 It is always a pleasure to have one of our own members who is willing to get up in front of our somewhat rowdy membership and speak on important issues. Roy Miller discussed the role of the newspaper in todayıs society and presented some opinions about the speaker part of the Sertoma Program. In asking people to speak in front of our groups there are some definite problems especially with the time. It is very important that the sergeants and the president allow enough time for a speaker to present their information. Roy also thought that we do need to work on our listening skills and try to be more quiet and polite when people are speaking. Roy began his talk about the Brainerd Daily Dispatch with the statement ,"Media has changed since the December 11 attacks" . Newspapermen used to refer to articles about remote areas of the world that very few people know about as Afganistanism, that certainly is not the appropriate in the light of recent events. Small town newspapers have to cope with the fact that they are not going to be able to compete with television when presenting national
news. They have to be content with the background nuts and bolts type information. The strictly Online newspaper is not progressing as fast as Roy thought it would five years ago. His next and probably most controversial issue was taking the Brainerd Daily Dispatch to the morning. Economically speaking, this is very feasible and would give advertisers more timely exposure for their ads. FAS 821-1130 Jill Sandberg. Problems would be in delivery especially on those cold snowy mornings we are all familiar with since the carriers would be on the roads in the wee hours of the morning and papers would be delivered by 5:30 a.m. This would mean the end of the paper boys of course. Thanks for a very informative speech Roy.
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| Announcements |
| Wanted desperate rookies trying to win their GEM
Award. Tami Webb has 11 people signed up to car pool to the District Convention at 7:30 on Saturday morning Dec 1. She would like to see 20 people attend. Call Tami today!!! |
| Bob Ehrich is again looking for help with vision and hearing
screening.
Contact him at 829-8852 if you can help. The first session is Mississippi
Horizons on Dec 13th: 8:10-10:10, 10:15-12:30, and 1:15 to
2:15. If you don't make this one plan on helping after the holidays at the Washington
Middle School on January 3 & 4, 2002. |
| See Tami Webb to sign up if you want to attend the
District Conference in St. Cloud. She needs to know numbers and whether you are staying Friday night or Saturday night. The club is re-imbursing for the cost of the conference. |
| Dec. 13 - Speech and Hearing Screening at Mississippi Horizons Schools. Mark your calendars and let Bob Ehrich know if you can participate. |
| See Karen Owen if you wish to purchase Sertoma shirts and
sweatshirts. She still has several for sale. Mike Boen is spearheading an effort to get a new shirt design for those of us who have had our Sertoma shirts for quite some time and would like a new one. |
| Convention Dates-Note on your Calendar |
| Dec 1, 2001 |
Kelly Inn, St. Cloud District Convention |
| May 2-4, 2002 |
Omaha Safari Regional Convention |
| July 10-13, 2002 |
Toronto National Convention |
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| Oct-Nov-Dec - Northern Lakes Sertoma Benefit
Raffle. Tickets are $10 and many prizes including 4 wheeler and a Grand Casino Getaway are included. See Mike Howard or Lori Redmond for tickets. |
| Oct-Nov-Dec - Membership
Drive, Gary Walters will lose and keep off one pound for every new member who joins. Anyone who brings in a prospective new member will receive a license plate holder with the Sertoma Logo and Motto on it. |
Jan 3-4
Vision and Hearing Sign-up sheets went around. Call Bob Ehrich if you wish to help at the Washington Middle School. He needs 12 people on Jan 3rd and 14 people on Jan. 4th. |
| Jan. 12 -
Brainerd Noon Sertoma Holiday Party. The location for the holiday party has been determined. Reserve January 12th at the Nisswa Legion for fun and festivities. |
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by 11:45 and call somebody if you can't. Call Jeff Birks @
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Cassie Gylland, Allen Hall, Dean Zenner
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| December 5 |
Jinny Haugen Segler, Kim
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| December 12 |
Mark Hegstrom, Bruce Heilman, Kipp Meleen
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Many Sertomans attended the Distinguished Service Award Banquet. President Gary Walters is shown schmoozing and Brenda Meech was seated at the Sertoma table with Gary's wife, Tami Webb, and Pam Sachs. Others attended representing their businesses. FAS 821-1130 Dennis Lutterman.Sertoma member Bonnie Cumberland was Outstanding Citizen of the Year.
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The Board Met this week and welcomed three new members: Andrea Holmes, Dan Holmes and Terry Curtis.
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Roller skating was a huge success. One hundred thirty nine people attended. The facility was excellent and Rory admitted that the delay in serving pizza was his fault. Jen Carver was given the crash dummy award for the event and David Tagtmeier was given the outstanding skater award.
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Find a Sawbuck Corner:
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.
Dale Bolt called but couldnıt come to the meeting and collect. Sorry Randy Phillips you did not win.
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Photos Photos Everywhere Whew, over 70 new photos have been
uploaded to the MSN Community Page where your hard working
photographer is now storing photos. 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 photographs of the Ditch Pick
(subtitled Dave Clausenıs Bachelor Party and including some
photos from the actual wedding dance) either click on this link or
cut and paste this address in the browser window: http://communities.msn.com/BrainerdNoonSertoma/_whatsnew.msnw
If you are looking for a name to match a face, Pam is also trying
to take current head shots of all Sertoma members and providing an
online directory at the same location.
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