 Reed
Campbell took off his Sertoma and banker's hats today and stood
before us as a member of the Brainerd School Board. He brought
with him fellow Board Member Bob Nystrom and Director of
Business Services Stephen Dickinson. Both Reed and Bob are 1975
graduates of Brainerd High School and are very active Board
Members. Reed addressed the issues which are facing the District
in terms of financial shortfalls. Currently Brainerd School
continues to enjoy an excellent reputation throughout the state
and even nationally. However, along with other schools in
Minnesota their quality programs are going by the wayside
because of budget cuts. Governor Ventura changed the way schools
are funded and the current method along with the recession that
followed his term has finally taken its toll on the local
situation. The School District has spent it's cushion and cut
five millions dollars in programs
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teachers so far. They are facing many new mandated programs that
do not come with a lot of dollars attached. Reed remarked,
"Either we have a referendum to offset this imbalance or we will
be forced to cut 5 million dollars in one year." That would
amount to 70 teachers. Enrollment is expected to be the same or
to grow slightly from the current 7,150 students. Our school is
compared to many richer districts but is currently very low on
the totem pole when it comes to local funding options. We rank
28th in enrollment and 86th in average local money spent per
student. School finance is a very complex issue. Both Reed and
Bob reiterated that even though 75 percent of the citizens in
the 750 square miles that encompasses the Brainerd School
District do not have children in schools, they have a definite
stake in the quality of education. Bob added, "The Brainerd
School District is part of the fabric of the community. Quality
people move to Brainerd because of the quality of our schools."
The School District contributes 98 million dollars to the
economy and anything that impacts that figure will trickle down
to everyone. All three of these individuals encouraged us to
support the school system and a referendum if it is presented to
the taxpayers. As a former educator, I appreciate the fact that
the Brainerd School District does not attempt to sugar coat
issues and appeals to the citizens to help them solve their
problems. Everyone needs to be concerned about the future of our
community. |
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Thanks Pam Bye from the Chapparal and TimberMist for taking notes. |
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| Announcements |
| All the Sertoma members who participated in
the preparations for the Mariucci Fiesta and/or put up flags
for Flag Day, and/or helped with the Camp Sertoma Fundraiser
on Saturday deserve to be recognized for outstanding Service
to Mankind. Many thanks to all especially from Julia
Sullivan and from Jeff Olson from Confidence Learning
Center. Julia remarked, "You are all awesome, the day went
so smoothly." Jeff added, "Financially this was the most
successful and the biggest Classic yet." Joyce Anderson
thanked her cohort Veronica Jensen and then shared the fact
that the 2007 auction total is twice what it was in 2005 at
$7,614. The Live Auction brought in $12,165 which makes the
grand total $19,779. Awesome!!!
Click to see a photo
collage of the event. |
| The Board Meeting was held last week
and the minutes will be in your email. The biggest news is
the fact that Joe Schulte and Rory Coit have arranged to
visit five different Sertoma district conventions to promote
Great in 08. They will be visiting Orlando, Fort Dodge,
Sioux Falls, Minneapolis and Nebraska. |
| July 14th The $40 registration fee for the
LEAD activity which includes the Twins game and dinner
as well as a chance to move up on the awards levels will be
paid for by the club. Contact Steve Mau if you are
interested. |
June 27th New Officer Induction 6 p.m.
Lakeside at Confidence Learning Center.
Food, fun, and a chance to thank the outgoing officers and
welcome the new ones. |
| Pictures Pictures Pictures--what
happens when two shutterbugs get together and take photos--a
tremendous number of new pictures up on the Webshots Camp
Confidence site http://communitywebshots.com/user/campconfidence.com
Tom Krekow added his considerable talents to the mix to
produce some very professional picture of the Fiesta as well
as the Golf and Fishing. Camp Confidence and Sertoma thank
him for his efforts. Pam just bumbled along and took her
usual stuff!! Tom created an excellent collage for all three
Classic events. Click here for the Mariucci photo collage. |
| Gossamer Ceiling Set Up and Take Down the
weekend before the 4th--contact Paul Heinlein to get the
times and offer to help. |
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Brainerd Area
Sertoma Club Calendar
Got a big event coming up—want to let everyone know?
Go to
the
interactive calendar and post it for all
to see. |
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| Pipe and
Drape Schedule |
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| Ceiling Dates |
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The rookie team '06 is looking for a few good volunteers. |
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Blue Ticket Winner |
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Bob Nibbe |
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| Pot-O-Gold
Winner |
| Beth Burnard |
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| Attendance |
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Guests: See above |
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| *Everyone is encouraged to bring potential
members to a Sertoma meeting with the Club picking up the cost.
However, you will be billed $9.50 for any other guests. |
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| Greeter
Schedule |
| Remember:
As greeter you have several duties. You need to arrive about 10
minutes early. It is your job to greet people, help them find
their badges and sell them a ticket if they wish to participate.
The money collected must be divided by the Greeters equally--half
goes to the Current Club Treasurer for the social committee and
half goes to the Club President along with the bucket of tickets.
Be there by 11:45 and call somebody to substitute for you if you
can't be there. |
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| July 4 |
No Greeters |
| July 11 |
Dale Bolt, Sandra Bonde, Chuck Brenny |
| July 18 |
Joe Brenny, Dave Burggraff, Beth Burnard |
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| Sertoman of the Day |
 Mary
Marana worked at KLKS for 18 years and then decided she needed
more stress in her life so she became Director of the Crisis
Line. She is their only full time employee and directs
operations. Mary came to Sertoma way back in 1994 and her
sponsor was Lynn Franz. She explained that she has made many
dear friends through Sertoma as well as helping out the
community in things like the flag project, pipe and drape, bell
ringing, and others. Her family includes a grown daughter and
son and she is a single parent. Mary likes to visit warm spots
like the Carribean where she can wear her bathing suit as much
as she likes and drink pina coladas under a beach umbrella. She
likes Minnesota hobbies like fishing but she would rather just
go out in the middle of the lake and read her book while
pretending to cast. She is also an avid gardener. Her most
embarrassing moment involved admiring male bodies much in the
manner of the Diet Pepsi (correction by Bryan Jelinski)
commercial. Her admiration of the workout room at the Crosby
Community Center allowed her to smack right into a decorative
column. |
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Of
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 Director
Emeritus Dick Endres and Executive Director Jeff Olson presented
the Everett Lassig Award to Sertoma member and General Manager
of BL Broadcasting, Mike Boen. WJJY was one of ten radio
stations in the country presented with the prestigious NAB
Crystal Radio Award for Community Service. Two of the
significant efforts that made WJJY stand out are the blood
drives and radiothons for child abuse. Confidence Learning
Center is very grateful for all of Mike's efforts that support
CLC throughout the year. His donation of radio time to promote
both The Classic and the Brainerd Jaycees $150,000 Ice Fishing
Extravaganza goes a long way to making those events successful.
His continued membership in two Sertoma clubs makes him a
staunch supporter of CLC in other ways. In fact, Mike had to
leave his Sertoma Mariucci duties to come up on stage to receive
his award. |
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Rumor Corner
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Gosh Pam Bye took notes and Mary was Sertoman of the Day and
they behaved themselves!!
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Bob Nibbe won some money today and got a lot of free publicity
from Dave Clausen for Boys-n-Berries. They are doing splendidly
and are out of fruit til Friday.
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Brett got fined for the toilet bowl joke.
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Lori Rubin is auctioning off her dog--she was the first
volunteer to contribute to next year's Fiesta auction. Joyce was
serious however, she wants to start collecting right now!!
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Chuck Brenny was assaulting young ladies at the Fiesta--he paid
a happy fine!
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Happy 29th B-Day Kathi Nagorski.
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Some YMCA lady got a dig into all the insurance guys today, but
she paid for it!!
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Terry Curtis found out it doesn't pay to be the paving go to guy
for a Sergeant.
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Again many thanks to all the Sertomans who participated in the
Classic as well as those who helped with the Fiesta. Camp
Confidence is proud to acknowledge the large contribution
Sertoma makes each year to their continued success.
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Photo's |
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Photos
Photos Everywhere New photos go up almost every week on our new
Sertoma Photo Gallery.
http://sertomaphotos.brainerd.com |
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| FYI |
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If you are not receiving the newsletter notification or the
emails announcing special events, please contact Pam Sachs
either at 218 829 7761 or
eglponys@brainerd.net. |
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Sandra Bonde (ehrichappraisals@charter.net) is in charge of the
Sertoman of the Day schedule. Contact her to take advantage of
this great opportunity to share your story and get some free
advertising (and no fines for the day). The form is also
available here on our website.
Kari Barnes and her assistant Cathy Picek are the go-to folks
for Pipe and Drape information.
Need awards? Did you lose your pin? Tami Webb (tjwebb61@yahoo.com) is the person
in charge of awards and meeting paraphernalia. |
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