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Sertomans welcomed back Dawn Stattine in her capacity as
Director of YAR (Youth As Resources). It was again a day of
double duty for Dawn since she was named the District Service to
Mankind winner and was presented with her plaque by acting
President Rory Coit.
Dawn’s message about her work with YAR was simple—kids
committed to community projects stay away from dangerous
behaviors and they learn to give back to the community, a
behavior that continues in their adult lives. Seventeen students
are on their board. YAR was brought into the area by the
Initiative Foundation. Grants are given to students who organize
a project , address a youth and community concern (building
leadership skills in youth, strengthening community, reduce drug
and alcohol abuse, etc), have a budget, meet an identified
community need and have a specific end result that can be
reported back to the Board.
Thirty great projects have been accomplished so far by
students ranging in age from kindergarten through 20 years of
age. All projects are supervised by adults and this helps
establish good working relationships. It is funded largely by
grants from the Initiative Foundation, The Family Services
Collaborative, Bremer Foundation, St. Joseph’s Foundation and
the Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation.
The skate board project we recently heard about is a very
good example of YAR at work. They have also planted a butterfly
garden for the Woodland Goodland Samaritan Village that has
turned out to be a continuous project. Each year they have The
Battle of the Bands during the Fourth of July celebration to
help raise money for projects. This year it will be held at Don
Adamson Field from 4-11 p.m. on July 2nd with 14 bands
competing. |
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Announcements |
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Buy your raffle tickets for the Camp Confidence Classic
from Jim Potvin, Karen Owen, Tami Webb and several others. Start
thinking about reserving some time to work on the Mariucci Fiesta
and/or the Classic Fishing or Golf Tournaments June 17th, 18th,
and 19th. |
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May 7 - Flag Project - Hole Drilling Team on Friday headed
up by Dave Clausen. |
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May 10 - Flag Project meeting on Monday at 5:30 p.m. at the
Super 8 Motel. Downstairs in the board room. Flag Project needs
some sales people to go out to some businesses that have not been
contacted yet. |
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May 12 - Monday Deadline for Flag Project Contracts before
5:00 p.m, sooner if possible. |
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May 13 - Thank you luncheon for everyone involved in the CLC
Foundation Project. Let Bonnie Cumberland know if you plan to
attend. We will be awarding 3 $500 scholarships to area
seniors this spring as a result of this effort. The event is from
12:00-1:00 at Timber Mist. |
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May 15 - First Flag Day The chairmen of the four flag
routes (this first time only) are George Moore, Gary Walters, Jeff
Kozitza, and Rory Coit. They will organize their own help. Please
be ready to volunteer to supervise one route this summer.
Especially critical are people who are available during the Fourth
of July Celebration. If Kari Robinson or Todd Dunlap calls in they
can win their sawbuck this week. |
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May 22 - Diamond in the Rough Camp Confidence Cleanup Day.
Sertoma is having a two week drive to gather up cleaning supplies
for this event. Plan on bringing those cleaning products
cluttering up your shelves or that you tried once but don’t really
like and donate them to the cause. New items are also very
welcome. The green camp van will be parked at Bonanza and you can
place items directly into the van on May 12th and 19th. If you
wish to bring something next week, Pam will take it to Camp in her
truck. Mary’s Wish List for cleaning includes: mops, buckets,
brooms, rakes, paint brushes, any cleaning supplies, scrubby pads
and sponges, dish soap/dishwasher soap, bleach, paper towels,
window cleaners, spray bottles, lemon or furniture oil etc. Bring
your kids, your neighbors, your friends and most of all yourself
to Camp on Saturday, May 22. |
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June 12 - Regional Twins game for Sertoma. Plans are being
made to make the Twins Baseball Game the spring family social
event. We need to help get at least 500 tickets sold in our REGION
so that our very own Swinging Sertomans can sing the National
Anthem. Two coach buses will be provided if we sell enough
tickets—an adult bus and a family bus. Costs are still being
discussed. |
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July 13 - Installation of Officers Dinner is scheduled for
Ruttger’s. |
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July 11-17 Great Plains Region Camp Sertoma—volunteers
needed to cook, donations of food or ideas of where to get
donations welcome. |
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FAS: Both Brian Lehman and Bill Mitsch won their FAS
money two weeks ago. Kris Welle called in to tell Pam she didn't
put any names in this week, but she didn't make the meeting to
collect her money. |
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| Pipe and
Drape Schedule |
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Pine Tree Patchwork - Brainerd High
School |
| June 24 |
Set Up - Thursday at 10am |
| June 26 |
Take Down - Saturday at 4pm |
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Winner |
| Bonnie Cumberland |
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Winner |
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Dave Clausen |
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Attendance |
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 Guests:
Olivia (Diane Ulmen’s granddaughter) Lee Harnack (Kathy
William’s daughter and Nurse Supervisor for Assisted Living with
Milacs Band of Ojibway) Greg Franzman of Franzman Custom Homes
who is joining, and Jenni Bailey from Camp Confidence and Camp
Sertoma |
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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 Current Club Treasurer 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 Patty Hartman. |
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Mark Fyten, Sharol Gibson, Kevin Goedker |
| May 19 |
Jim Grant, Paul Gropper, Chris Gross |
| May 26 |
Allen Hall, Jim Hansen, Patty Hartman |
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Sertoman of the Day
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 Nancy
Hallam who has only been in the Brainerd area for three months
was today’s honored Sertoman. Nancy works for Super Eight Motel
and this is her first experience managing a motel. She talked
about the great breakfast program Super Eight offers and her
recent training where she learned about the nationwide scope of
Super Eight. She has two children and two grand children. They
moved here in February from Grand Rapids where she worked for
the owners of this Super Eight. She is enjoying the opportunity
to deal more directly with people. She is enjoying the area
since she likes fishing, biking, downhill and water skiing. Her
sponsor is Diane Ulmen and she is looking forward to getting
involved in Sertoma Projects. Her most embarrassing moment so
far in Sertoma is wandering around the Civic Center looking for
the Sertoma Booth (she thought Pipe and Drape was just one). Be
sure to say yes when Sandra Bonde asks you to be—Sertoman of the
Day! |
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Of Note: |
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Twenty people attended the Regional Convention in Mankato, 14
members with assorted family members making up the rest. Dave
Burggraff brought home the International Director’s Banner for the
second time in 25 years when he was elected to that prestigious
office. Congratulations Dave. $22,000 was raised for the Camp
Sertoma Foundation and an additional $5,000 was given directly to
Camp. Our new District Governor is Tami Webb. Congratulations to
her also. |
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Dave Burggraff |
Tami Webb |
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Matty’s (the old Robin’s Nest) is having its Grand Opening
Celebration May 22nd. Those of you planning on attending the Clean
Up Day and anyone else who would like to hear some great blues
music should plan on heading over there. Profits from that day
will be donated to Camp Confidence. |
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Cookies for Kosovo - Our second place winner in the Heritage Essay
Contest, Katie Paschelke was also in the Dispatch. She and her Mom
send 249 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies to the 367th Engineer
Battalion including sending her Dad his very own box. |
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Rumors Corner: |
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- Diane Rook Johnson is known as the “Evacuee” after the flag
drilling committee hit a gas line in front of her place of
business today.
- Watergate Plumber John Raboin has changed occupations again.
- Mike Boen has now become the Voice of America radio.
- Roy Miller was singing Happy Trails To You to Pam Sachs
today—see today’s Dispatch for details.
- Wendy Johnson has moved from Wells Fargo to First Franklin.
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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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