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Board Chairman Dave Clausen gave his report on the highlights from
the Board Meeting last Tuesday. Six members were dropped and one
added. St Francis School is presently included in the $4,000 grant
for phonic ears. The budget for Pipe and Drape is going to include
some more drape and stools. The good news about Pipe and Drape is
that Cragun's is back on board and will be using our equipment for
some of their activities. The Rookies were complimented on the
great work they are doing with the gossamer ceiling. Every time a
group takes on a project like the ceiling or the flags, it makes
it so much easier to get sign-ups for other activities. The Club
has upgraded to Quickbooks which should make Darren's job as
treasurer easier. The money outlay for St. Cloud has been
approved. The Foundation has given out $98,000 this year, however
they did not approve our request for funding to help with Pipe and
Drape expenses. For more details, watch your email for the
complete minutes. |
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Thanks Bonnie Franke for taking notes. |
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| Announcements |
| Bring a Guest to Sertoma Month - Since
we are officially at a low ebb in membership with our six
drops (three were due to late dues and may return), it is
imperative that we recruit new members. March is bring a guest
to Sertoma month--scour the hills for new recruits. |
| Thanks From the Survivors - The sponsorship
committee voted to give a $300 donation to the Daffodil
Drive for cancer. Bouquets were purchased and delivered to
areas of the hospital that serve cancer patients. Bonnie
Franke took a moment to thank the committee from those
Sertomans who are cancer survivors. |
| March 28th Set up for the Commerce and
Industry Show at 3 p.m. Watch your email for slots that
need to be filled and details about organizational efforts at
Lake Region Storage. |
| Friday March 23rd Set Up at Rohlfings
at 4 p.m., Takedown Monday March 26th at 4 p.m. More
volunteers are needed-contact Tami Webb. |
| Kathy Williams is doing her darndest to get
everyone to order their 2008 Windshirts before the St.
Cloud Convention. We do appreciate all your efforts Kathy!!! |
| 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 |
Rohlfings at 4
p.m., Takedown Monday March 26th at 4 p.m. |
| March 28-31 |
Commerce and
Industry Show at 3 p.m |
| April 13-15 |
MMBA |
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| Ceiling Dates |
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Blue Ticket Winner |
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Sue Slaybaugh |
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| Pot-O-Gold
Winner |
| Greg Strakka - donated his winnings
of $50 to Camp Sertoma - Thanks! |
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| Attendance |
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Guests: Jeff Tidholm from Tidholm Productions |
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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 28 |
Joe Schulte Steve Rose, Tom Rosenberger |
| April 4 |
Karla Nelson, Lori Rubin, Brian Skogen |
| April 11 |
Joyce Seymour, Lisa Shattuck, Bob Sherman |
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| Sertoman of the Day |
  Curt
Hawkinson was today's honored Sertoman. Although he looks a little
gruff and his picture, he is really very friendly. Hawk, as he is
affectionately known, goes to the same church as Steve Augustinack.
In fact, my favorite mental picture of Hawk is him in his tights
at the Christmas Pageant. Hawk was born in a little farm town and
moved to the big city after that. He and Verna joined us in
Brainerd in 1996. His business, Dream Builders Construction,
specializes in great custom homes and remodeling. Verna, his wife,
is an integral part of the company that includes 8 other
employees. She is the one who encouraged him to be the spontaneous
Sertoman of the Day today. When he first joined, he was much more
active. Hawk promised us that he was going to get more involved
and we are going to hold him to that. His Sertoma involvement
included a stint as sergeant and lots of Pipe and Drape. His
family consists of three daughters, an "OK" son in law and three
grandkids. Hawk loves the Vikings and proudly displays his tattoo
of their logo. This got him into serious trouble on a cruise. When
a little girl admired it, he accidentally grabbed the wrong lady's
derriere in the elevator. He tried really hard to talk his way out
of it and must have succeeded because he didn't have any scars to
show us. Hawk is an outdoors man and loves hunting, fishing,
snowmobiling and all those boys with toys experiences. |
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The Minnesota Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf thanked us for
our donation of $300 for Camp ASL. Pictures will be forthcoming.
Jeff Tidholm is from Aitkin and brought his compliments from the
Chamber on the Pipe and Drape. He feels that with a few minor
adjustments, this could be a yearly event for us. |
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Rumor Corner
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Welcome back Rhonda Marek and Sarah Nelson (she was in the paper
last week).
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Things are bad for Hawk, Bill figures he got his Dream Builders
nickname from his experience in the Elevator. Dave Clausen also
took the opportunity to tell Hawk he couldn't change his name to
Gropper--it's already taken.
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Karla had to pay a fine for not bringing Elvis into the building
with her.
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As a Sertoman you are in trouble if you haven't been fined for a
long time (Aaron, Joe and Joyce) or even in trouble if Bill sees
you too often during the week.
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Our guest is a former Sertoman. Since he hasn't been to a
meeting for 14 years (728 to be exact) he had to pay a $2 fine
even though he is not yet decided to rejoin.
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Julia did break down and pay her $2 fine from last week--she was
very proud of how quiet and well behaved we were this week. Her
two best witty remarks as President were, "I think the room is
having hot flashes, is it going through menopause?" and "Go see
the comedy act, you will laugh so hard you will pee your pants."
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Paul Heinlein got in trouble for getting too many grateful
kisses for his role as rookie gossamer ceiling guru.
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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 (tamiwebb61@yahoo.com) is the person
in charge of awards and meeting paraphernalia. |
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