 In the absence of our President,Tami Webb, Jim Potvin
President-Elect filled in wearing both the hat of person in
charge of the meeting and guest speaker. Jim's very informative
speech gave Sertomans some much needed information about the
changes being made at Brainerd Medical Center. Physically the
building is adding 60,000 square feet and rerouting the exit so
that people will emerge on Buffalo Hills Lane and then proceed
to the stoplight, a much safer way to leave the new building.
The third floor will deal with internal medicine and include a
sleep center. Many children who are diagnosed with ADHD actually
have sleep disorders but there are very few centers that deal
with this problem. The closest one has been St. Cloud. The
ground floor will be three separate areas. The adult patients
and elderly will actually enter into a totally separate area to
the left. Family practice will stay where it is and pediatrics
will be on the far right. The new part of the building will
include more private chemotherapy areas, a separate entrance for
those who are coming to BMC for plastic surgery, and podiatry.
St Joseph's will be moving some services to BMC during their
remodeling. The pharmacy will be expanded and a cardiac
treatment center in conjunction with a Twin Cities hospital will
also be included in the new building. The employees are excited
about the fact that their lounge will no longer be in the
basement, the facilities include a workout room and showers, and
more lockers have been installed. Jim is very excited about the
expansion and the fact that about 10 new doctors will be on
staff in the next few years above and beyond the current number.
This is the third expansion that has occurred at BMC which is
totally ownedand operated by the doctors involved. No extensive
surgery is available at the clinic. One of the questions at the
end of Jim's detailed explanation of what's new at the clinic
involved rumors of financial difficulties. Jim assured the
Sertomans that the clinic is not suffering from financial
difficulties but is instead dealing with a natural slowdown that
has resulted from the economic problems and the closing of
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Watch your email for the Angels for Erika order forms. A
non profit fund raiser that will allow people to purchase fine
quality bracelets featuring the Angel for Erika symbol just in
time for the holidays will help the family keep looking for Erika.
The mail will contain individual order forms and group order forms
(if you would care to be the contact person for everyone at your
place of business or organization). Thanksgiving weekend will give
you an opportunity to buy a bracelet in person at the West
Brainerd Mall. A website has also been established
www.erikasmissing.com |
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November 14 - Board meeting, 5:30 p.m. at Super Eight |
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Happy Birthday Joyce Seymour |
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President-Elect Jim Potvin reminded us all to pay our fines
cheerfully because all the money goes to the social fund. |
 Mike Howard got to hold up the Chili Cookoff Plaque
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Nov 25 - Board Meeting at 5:30 p.m. at Super 8 Motel (note
change due to Distinguished Service Award) |
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FAS: Verna Hawkinson and Dean Zenner did not collect their
FAS money this week. |
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Winner |
| Karen Owen |
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Would have been Lori Ruben |
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(Keep bringing in those potential new members) |
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Remember: 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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| November 27 |
Sam Foss, Sandy Fowler, Bonnie Franke |
| December 4 |
Les Franz, Lynn Franz, Todd Froemming |
| December 11 |
Sharol Gibson, Kevin Goedker, Jim Grant |
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Rumor Corner |
- Talk to Mike Howard about the SPAM story. If he reads this
he should also call Pam Sachs because he finally is the fas
winner.
- Lynn Franz is sporting an arm sling and is not sharing the
story.
- Beth Burnard definitely won the tan contest--her Tahiti tan
was much better than Pam's Key West tan.
- Jim Potvin assured us it would only take him a few minutes
to "look like Tami Webb" HMMMM?
- Dave Clausen is doing something on street corners these
days?
- Hawk was also on vacation and a whole table got fined
because he has been gone and didn't have any other reasons to
fine people.
- Les and George cheered the new third floor old folks center
and someone mentioned that Les really needs the sleep center to
deal with his snoring.
- The Dog Pound all got fined--not enough women invited to sit
at their table.
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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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