 Patricia
Charlson, Executive Director of the local chapter of the
American Red Cross, was today’s speaker. Her main goal was to
talk about the efforts that the local group which serves Cass
and Crow Wing Counties has made in the past year to improve
services to the community. The quality of delivery of services
to local people who have suffered the devastation of a house
fire is one of her major concerns. This was brought to a
personal level in the question and answer session when Jeff
Birks and Laura Beilke who had both lost their homes to fires
spoke. Laura displayed a blanket she had received and talked
about the kindness that was shown to her family at the Red
Cross. She also spoke about the value of the advice they
received. Jeff, on the other hand, was very disappointed in the
service. He did say that he felt that they needed more
volunteers and proceeded to say that he would like to get
involved. At present they have 5 volunteers o n
24 hour call and have developed a new pager system that should
assure that every fire is covered. Patricia urged people to call
the office to report needs that the Red Cross can meet. They
currently have a supply of blankets produced in cooperation with
the United Way and a fire comfort kit with personal items to
help fire victims face the next day. Their other main duties
include health and safety classes, lifeline programs (home
monitoring for sick and elderly), and armed forces emergency
services as well as trying to cope with any natural disasters
such as tornados which may occur in the area. Patricia said,
“The Red Cross Logo is the most recognized logo in the world; my
goal is to make it the most recognized logo in the Brainerd
Lakes area.” |
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Announcements |
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President Potvin and the Board have made some decisions
about the announcement section of the meeting. From now on any
announcements have to be cleared with him before the meeting.
Those relating to business are not allowed. Other non-profit
announcements will be made by the president, so please write it
out before hand and submit it to him at the beginning of the
meeting. Also, any pamphlets that are handed out need to be placed
on the table next to the button box before the meeting and removed
after the meeting. This is necessary to make things easier for the
people at Bonanza who have to clean up the room. |
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Nov 23-29 Festival of Trees - Linda Twaddle announced that
the Sertoma organization’s 8 foot tree is complete. It was
designed by Lynn Franz. |
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Dec. 1- Second meeting of the Christmas Lights Committee at
noon at Godfather’s. They are still looking for more input and
members. |
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Dec. 2 - Induction of New Members Sawmill Inn Noon |
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Dec. 6 - Everyone is invited to the Camp Sertoma Meeting at
10:00 a.m at Camp Confidence. One of the main topics of
discussion will be the annual summer golf tournament. They are
looking for a new person to chair this event. If you would be
interested, contact Dave Burggraff. |
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Dec. 11 - Induction of New Members Godfather’s Pizza at 6:00
p.m. See Kristine Welle who has the sign up sheets |
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Dec.18 - Vision/Hearing Screening is set for Thursday at
Mississippi Horizons with two sessions, one from 8:25 to 10:20
and the other from 11:35-3:10 p.m. with a lunch break. Sandra
Bonde got enough volunteers today so things should go smoothly. |
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Jan. 17 - Jaycees Annual $150,000 Ice Fishing Extravaganza.
Camp Sertoma Bucket Checkers needed. |
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Jan. 24 - Holiday Party at Ernies on Gull. Social hour will
start at 6:00 p.m. and dinner at 7:00. The social committee which
is looking for more members will meet on Dec. 8th at noon at the
Sawmill to finalize plans for this gala event. More information
will follow. |
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May 22 - CAMP CONFIDENCE CLEAN UP DAY everyone welcome |
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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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BANC Bemidji is now an active committee under the leadership of
Joe Schulte. Anyone with any contacts in the area is urged to
become a member and get this new club started. |
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Scholarship Committee is now being formed. The $25,000 we
donated to the CLC Scholarship Fund needs to have some parameters
and processes for scholarship applicants. Jim Potvin is looking
for three members willing to serve on that committee. |
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Service to Mankind and Sertoman of the Year dates have changed and
we need to get this information together much sooner. If you can
serve on either one of these committees or you have a nominee to
suggest, please contact President Potvin. |
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FAS: Congratulations to Sandy Kleist for collecting her
FAS money this week. Jeff Marchand did not call. |
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| Pipe and
Drape Schedule |
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Winner |
| Sandra Fowler |
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Winner |
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Would have been Bob Joyce |
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Attendance |
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Patricia Charlson, American Red Cross If Bill Mitsch or Carole
Paulson read this they can call in to win their fas money. |
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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 Club Treasurer (Diane
Rook Johnson) 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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Linda Twaddle, Jeff Marchand, Mark Fyten |
| Dec 3 |
Greg Larson Mary Olson, Randy Ahern |
| Dec 10 |
Sara Nelson, Trent Bowman, Darlene
Kersting |
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Sertoman of the Day
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 Mike
Howard of Design Adventure Cabinets was today's honored Sertoman.
Those of us who have been in Sertoma for a while recognized Mike
in spite of his disguise. Really, he did not come in second in a
boxing match, he had corrective surgery for his eyelids. Mike
has been a member of the club for four years and was brought in
by Paul Bloom who reportedly told Mike he should join the club
because it has lots of women. Mike immediately got involved by
taking over the huge task of organizing pipe and drape. Mike has
a wonderful sense of humor and has brought much merriment to the
club. The Sponsorship Committee also considers him a valuable
member. As a Charter Member of the Camp Sertoma Club, he has
been very active in that organization also. He has been married
to his wife Barb who is a nurse for 33 years and they have a 27
year old son. Mike likes to hunt, fish, play poker, golf and
talk to the ladies. He was born in Minnesota and decided to
start his own business after working in construction and at the
Floor to Ceiling Store. In spite of his opening comment, "You
will soon be saying take the mike away from Mike," he gave us a
very good picture of himself in a brief speech. |
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- Welcome new members Sara Nelson, Trent Bowman, Darlene
Kersting, and Julie Linn.
- Keep Lynn Franz in your prayers, she is having some medical
tests.
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Rumors Corner: No good rumors this week so we will pick some humor to share: |
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| There was a feud between the preacher and music director of a
local country church. It seems the first hint of trouble came when
the preacher preached on dedicating yourselves to service. The
choir director chose to sing "I Shall Not Be Moved." Trying to
believe it was a coincidence, the preacher put the incident behind
him.
The next Sunday he preached on giving. Afterwards, the
congregation squirmed as the director led them in the hymn, "Jesus
Paid It All." By this time, the preacher was losing his temper.
Sunday mornings attendance swelled as the tension between the
two built. A large crowd showed up the next week to hear his
sermon on the sin of gossiping.
Would you believe the choir director selected, "I Love To Tell
The Story?" There was no turning back.
The following Sunday the preacher told the congregation that
unless something changed, he was considering his resignation. The
entire church gasped when the music director led them in, "Why Not
Tonight."
Truthfully, no one was surprised when the preacher resigned a
week later, explaining that Jesus had led him there and Jesus was
leading him away.
Still, it would have been better all around if the choir
director had resisted the temptation to close with, "What a Friend
We Have in Jesus." |
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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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