 A strong dose of patriotism on the brink of the beginning of a
war in Iraq was the program at today's Brainerd Noon Sertoma
meeting. This infusion of the spirit that moves American to
unite in support of our country's decision to go to war to stop
terrorism came from three essays presented by fifth graders in
the 20th Annual Sertoma Heritage Essay Contest. Bruce Heilman,
Director of the Contest, commented, "This year we had the
largest number of participants, two hundred sixty eight to be
exact, and this is very much related to the world situation at
this time." Winner Kellie Barnaby summed up the need to fight
for freedom in her last paragraph. She said, "When is freedom
worth fighting for? I believe we should fight for freedom if
everyone is not being treated fairly, when people are in danger
and need help, and lastly when cruel people are leaders. It is
scary to think that there might be a war soon." Kellie is the
daughter of Mike and Renee Barnaby. Her teacher was Pam Warren
and goes to Baxter. The second and third place winners both came
from Riverside and their teacher was Heidi Johnson. Nick Swenson
used some strong words at the beginning of his essay. He said,
"Misery, gloominess and sorrow. To me these words mean the
opposite of freedom." He then went on to explain even the
children are miserable and having nightmares because of the
terrorist threats that make fighting for freedom necessary.
Anastasia Buscher used an excellent comparison to start her
essay. She said, "There are many reasons to fight for freedom.
If you wrote them all down, tied them in a knot, and stretched
them out, they could probably fit around the earth." Honorable
mention went to seven other essayists: Melissa Morey (Baxter),
Ethan Davis (Whittier), Samantha Harting (Baxter), Carsten
Nelson (Baxter), Briley Johnson (Riverside),Will Nystrom
(Baxter), and Alexandra Buscher(Riverside). Special thanks goes
to the judges Julia Sullivan of Godfather's Pizza, Pam Sachs,
Reed Campbell of Bremer Banks, Bruce Heilman from Atlas Abstract
and Title, and Karen Owen of MidAmerica Mortgages.
Read the winning
essays. |
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| Announcements |
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Pipe and Drape - March 21, TWO setups Rohlfings and the Women's Forum
at the Armory 5 p.m |
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Pipe and Drape - March 22, 4 p.m. Take Down the Woman's Forum |
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Pipe and Drape - March 24, 5 p.m. Take Down Rohlfings |
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March 27th-28th Deaf Awareness Days at Central Lakes
College. If Steve Pelkey reads this and calls Pam at eight two
nine seven seven six one before the next meeting he can collect
his sawbuck. The Morning Club is sharing the duties of screening
hearing at this even with us. Call Sandra Ehrich if you can work. |
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The club mourns the death of Craig Dugas, a very active member of
the Morning Club. Our sympathies and prayers to his family. |
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Pizza Party at the Armory after the Pipe and Drape Setup
March 21st at both the Armory and Rohlfings. The temporary Pipe
and Drape chairman Julia Sullivan hopes that food is a good draw
because lots of help is needed. |
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Welcome new members: Wendy Johnson, Denny Benjamin, Amarie
Nelson, Jim Davis and Steve Warren. Denny and Amarie also attended
the induction March 13th at the Sawmill along with Diane Ulmen,
Sandy Kleist, and Steve Mau. If you are a new member and have not
had an individual picture taken for the online director, see Pam
after the meeting. |
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FAS: Neither Cathy Christensen nor Joe Brenny called to
win their FAS money this week. |
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a row, wow Ryan want to go to Vegas?) won and donated their
prize money to Shoes for Haiti. If Kevin Goedker reads this and
calls Pam at 829-7761 he will collect his sawbuck. |
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Would have been Brett Smith |
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Besides the teachers, parents and students we welcomed
Valerie Fournier from IKON Office Solutions, a potential new
member.
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Remember: Greeters (Be sure to take care of your duties
that include meeting people at the door and getting the ticket
money counted and divided with half going to Tami to give away
and half to Diane for the social committee's budget). 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 Club Treasurer (Diane Rook
Johnson) and half goes to the Club President along with the
bucket of tickets. Be there
by 11:45 and call somebody if you can't. Call Jeff Birks @
820-5544 if you can't make it.
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Larry Kruse Janie Lapka, Peggy Leas |
| April 2 |
April 2 Brian Lehman, Kathy Bittner Lee
Jean Marshon |
| April 9 |
Robin Loftus, Gary Loge, Diane Ulmen |
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Sertoman of the Day
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In these difficult times, it is important that we spend some time
thinking about what it means to be an American soldier facing war
in Iraq. Instead of humor or rumors this week, let us all spend a
few minutes of thoughts and prayers for Americans away from home
who are trying to stop the terrorism that our young people wrote
about so eloquently in their Heritage essays. |
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Find a Sawbuck Corner: Call 829-7761
The FAS Program was designed to encourage people to read the newsletter. Even those who attend the meeting can benefit from reviewing the announcements etc. If you find the letters FAS followed by your name, you must call the number provided and just leave a message that you called and attend the next meeting to collect your money. Simple--however 90% of the people never respond. |
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Photos Photos Everywhere New photos go up almost every week on our new MSN Community homepage. This community is for the club, easy to join and gives you the opportunity to add edit or delete any photos that are posted as well as leave messages for fellow Sertomans. It is a good way to thank someone for doing a good job or give them some positive feedback for a big event in their life. If you wish to view the current photographs or check out the new online directory go to:
http://communities.msn.com/BrainerdNoonSertoma/_whatsnew.msnw
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Pipe and Drape |
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2002 Pipe and Drape Schedule |
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Pipe and Drape gets into full swing. Julia Sullivan is heading up
the substitute committee to help out Mike Howard who is
recuperating. She would love to have some experienced help since
she knows nothing about the program.
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