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 Brainerd Noon Sertoma covered a broad spectrum of interests at
today's meeting ranging from arts and artists through auto racing
and curling. Our first guest was Ruth Weaver from the Crossing
Arts Alliance. She came to spread the good word about the
excitement at the Franklin Arts Center. The CAA has been around
for thirty years and they included "crossing" in their name to
recognize the Brainerd area's railroad roots. She explained that
Art Space, a real estate agency, actually owns the building. Their
goals is to develop suitable buildings into combined working and
living areas for artists who often need unique spaces. The
apartment part of the building will be available next year. The
school district continues to be involved with renting space for
student activities. There currently are 40 artists covering the
whole spectrum of studies at Franklin. To get to know them all,
plan on attending one of the Second Saturday celebrations. All of
the artists try to be available and it also includes Flipside, a
program of kids' activities. She concluded her part of the program
with a special thank you to CTC for their tremendous support of
FAC. She handed out their current brochure which features the
Lakes Area Guide to the Artist as well as local art and creative
activities. |
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  Then we proceeded to the awards ceremony. Bill Goers and John Raboin presented the curling awards. Bill actually had some
Olympic music he played on the harmonica. Their cheap but much
touted medals were presented to Kris Hoheisel, Bill Goers, and
Dick Stoltman who won bronze, silver and gold respectively.
Actually, this activity was received with a great deal of
enthusiasm by those who participated and there is already talk of
more fun next year. |
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 Finally, Jed Copham and Jim Rau hit the podium and added the
roar of racing to our program. Jed is the new owner of the
Brainerd International Raceway. He was visiting Sertoma to invite
us to participate in their fund raising activities and looking for
suggestions to help make BIR a welcome part of the neighborhood
again. Jim presented opportunities for fundraising groups that
include ticket selling and running, parking and reserved seating
staff. They are also open to suggestions such as the one Rick
Besmehn made about offering flat fees. Jed concluded the speech
with his statement, "We want to return BIR to the status of
something the Brainerd area can be proud of." |
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Thanks Pam Sachs for taking notes. |
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| Announcements |
| Pipe and Drape thank you's went out to
all the Aitkin crew that put on a successful event that sounds
like it will be a repeat next year. They put up 111 booths and
lots of backdrop and carpeting. |
| The Commerce and Industry Show Set Up
is March 28th at 3 p.m. Trucks are needed at 2 p.m. at Lake
Region Storage. Charlie Bartels took the opportunity to thank
Kari for all of her excellent organizational skills and great
work. |
| Contact Lori Rubin if you would like an email
color poster for the Bad Apple Comedy Tour. Thanks
again to Cub Foods for offering to sell the tickets that will
earn $5 apiece for the club. Lori also announced the speaker
for the '08 Convention which came about through her comedy
connections. Kathy Buckley, America's first hearing impaired
comedian, will be our featured speaker. |
| Next week is the cutoff for early bird
registrations--it is still not too late to sign up for the
St. Cloud Regional Convention in May. Mike Howard was our
last motivational speaker who used Hopper's "Work Hard and
Play Harder" motto to encourage everyone to attend. He has
attended six conventions and concluded his speech with "What
happens in St. Cloud stays in St. Cloud!" |
| Tuesday, March 20th 7 a.m. Board Meeting
T.J.'S Log Cabin |
| Free Donuts Anyone? Cub Foods is competing
with the Fire Department to promote the blood drive.
Anyone who donates can get free donuts at Cub Foods. Jeff had
to pay a fine even though it was a certain unnamed Sergeant
from the other store doing the promoting-sneaky! |
| Laura Beilke announced the United Way Biggest
Loser contest coming up after Easter. She and Cheryal Hills
have also organized a trip to the St. Paul St. Patrick's Day
Parade. For more information about either event, talk to
Laura. The teams for the loser contest have been reduced to 6
persons. Last year's event raised $9,000 which went to school
athletic equipment and other needs. |
| Get your Classic Booster Tickets from
your local Sertoma ladies who are in competition with the Twin
Cities crew to sell the most before June 15th and 16th when
the golf and fishing events are scheduled It's not too early
to mark your calendar for the Mariucci Fiesta on June 15th. |
| May 3-5 - Great Plains
Regional Convention in St. Cloud. Make plans to attend--we
will have a hospitality booth encouraging people to attend our
convention the next year. |
| The dates have been announced for Camp
Sertoma. Our group was instrumental in the founding of
Camp Sertoma for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children held each
year at Confidence Learning Center. This year again will see
two sessions with the younger students attending July 8-13th
and the older students the 15th-20th. If you can spare some
time to volunteer, plan on joining the kitchen crew. |
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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 |
| March 24th |
Princeton |
| March 22-25 |
Lewies RV |
| March 23-26 |
Rolfings |
| March 28-31 |
Brainerd Chamber |
| April 13-15 |
MMBA |
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| Ceiling Dates |
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Blue Ticket Winner |
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Brian Lehman Consortium |
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Winner |
| Would have been won by Deb Ryan |
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| Attendance |
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Guests: Ruth Weaver from the Crossing Arts Alliance and Ted
Copham and Jim Rau from BIR |
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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 |
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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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| March 21 |
Loann Reponen, Kari Robinson and Diane
Rook-Johnson |
| March 28 |
Karla Nelson, Steve Rose, Tom Rosenberger |
| April 4 |
Lori Rubin, Deb Ryan, Joe Schulte |
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| Sertoman of the Day |
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Hannah Kangas who won last year's two hundred dollar prize for the
Heritage Essay Contest just received her Savings Bond and thanks
us for the big contribution to her college fund. |
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Rumor Corner
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 The Dog Pound got a lecture from Kari Barnes today--they are too
shy to stand up and be counted in the Pipe and Drape thank you.
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President Mau will be in Florida on the Beach next week. He will
be quietly reciting the Peter Piper to practice with
alliteration (actually he should be saying Sue Slaybaugh over
and over). He is handing the podium over to his next VP, Julia
the head of the Rude Patrol. She gave everyone a "don't talk
when someone is at the podium speech" and then stood her ground
when the sergeants tried to fine her.
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Thanks John Raboin for his help getting Lori Rubin involved in
the planning for '08. She did a terrific job of lining up the
speaker. John has made his second meeting dressed in his lawyer
suit. We were greeted in style today.
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Pam was wondering what artistic skill the racing guys had when
she thought we only had one program today. She also got the razz
ma dazz for updating the dating base. All singles need to get
their info into her and she will match them up.
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Jeff Olson got the award for asking the "beer by the Jaycees"
question for the racing guys.
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Kathy Williams got accused of being a "dip" today. HMM what is
the rest of the story.
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Our poor president has gotten to the point where he is
depositing money with the Sergeants so he doesn't have to
remember it every week.
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Scott Fisher got the closest liquor store to the FAC award
today--a $2 fine of course.
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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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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 (tamiwebb61@yahoo.com) is the person
in charge of awards and meeting paraphernalia. |
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