 In
honor of the Holiday Season coming up, we had some special guests
at Sertoma this noon. Bryan Jelinski brought his meat manager from
the Baxter Cub Foods to demonstrate the proper way to carve a
turkey.
Rob did the honors while Bryan did the blow by blow.
The middle table got the pleasure of eating most of the turkey.
LoAnn Reponen pronounced it delicious and very moist. |
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 Bryan
and Rob were followed by our very own Dave Pundt affectionately
known as the Wine Dude.
Dave discussed appropriate wines to serve with both light and
dark turkey as well as other holiday meats such as ham.
Rule number one in wines is what tastes good to you. He
recommended Vouvray for turkey.
Thanks to Cub Foods for the enlightening and very yummy
addition to our meeting.
Dave tried to avoid getting fined for “clearing this throat and
making up wine names to cover it up” but our sergeants were
merciless. Thanks Dave for stepping before the microphone. We all
know how shy you are and how difficult it is for you to speak in
front of a group.
Thanks Dave Clausen for taking notes. |
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| Announcements |
| The Salvation Army Bell Ringing Service Club
Trophy is at state. We came in second last year to the dreaded
rival club, not to be mentioned in a good Sertoma newsletter.
Let’s all sign up to ring bells in front of Fleet Farm in
December. |
| The big news from the Board Meeting was
the discussion of sponsorship funds and most significantly,
the money allocated to United Way. The recommendation from
the sponsorship committee was to donate the money without
designation and that was approved. Rory wanted to thank
everyone who attended the meeting to discuss the issue. We are
still at 203 members. |
| Watch your email for Board Agenda and
Minutes from last two meetings. The Agenda will be
published a week before the meeting and the minutes a week
after from now on. Board meets at 7 a.m. next Tuesday at
Northwinds Café. |
| Mark Your Holiday Calendar for the
Festival of Trees Events: Saturday, November 20th Gala
Reception 6:30-10 p.m., Sunday, November 21st-Sunday
Brunch Concert 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Monday and Tuesday November
22 & 23rd-Senior’s and Children’s Days 1-5 (open to
public), Wednesday, November 24th-Tinsel and Tea Cup Party,2:30-5:00
p.m., Friday Saturday November 26 & 27th North Pole Arts
Festival 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (open to public) For
information and reservations for events call 218 855-6616. |
| Nov. 19 - Distinguished
Service Awards Banquet, the Club has purchased 4 tickets—see
Rory if you are interested in attending. |
| Nov. 23 - Board meets at 7 a.m. at
Northwinds Café. |
| Nov. 23 & 24th - Vision and Hearing
Screening at Washington School. Sign Up sheets are now
being handed around. |
| Nov. 24 - Put November 24th on your
calendar. Our noon meeting will be held at the new school
and will include a tour of the building. |
| Nov. 29 - Vision and Hearing Screening
at Mississippi Horizons |
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| Pipe and
Drape Schedule |
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| Ceiling Dates |
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| Ticket Winner |
| Renee Tonkinson |
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| Pot-O-Gold
Winner |
| Would have been either number 66 or
99 on the badge list (neither were here) |
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| Attendance |
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| Guests:
Brenda Woitalla, Jason Bertram’s assistant; Terri Benzick from Ski
Gull and Dana Peck (Julia’s Dad). |
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| Greeter
Schedule |
| 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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| Nov 24 |
None—Meeting at Forest View School |
| Dec 1 |
Ron Morris, John Nelson, Sarah Nelson |
| Dec 8 |
Karla Nelson, Bob Nibbe, Pete Odell |
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| Sertoman
of the Day |
 Carole
Paulson was our Sertoman of the Day. She has been married for six
years to Jim Erickson and for those of you who wonder why she
still goes by Carole Paulson; it is because the initials of her
business- Carole Paulson Accounting- tell you exactly what her job
is CPA.
Carole and Jim have four children between them and 6
grandchildren. Her hobbies include crocheting, knitting, walking,
watching football and her favorite babysitting the grandkids.
Carole Paulson Accounting recently moved to the Riverdale
Building. According to Carole, “Tax laws change frequently so
everyone needs a CPA to keep track.” Just call her next week, she
is planning on attending the seminar for the new tax laws and will
have all the answers. Carole has worked for other people but she
enjoys having her own business which has been open for six years.
Her Sertoma sponsor was Rick Besmehn and she has been a member for
about nine years. She joined because of the social aspects of the
club and stayed because of the many friends she made and the great
work Sertoma does. She has been Treasurer and Rookie of the Year
as well as a very active member helping out with projects. |
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| Of Note: |
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| Jean Marshon had another bout with
surgery and is still recuperating. Please continue to keep her in
your prayers. |
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Also Becky Olson, former member from the Bemidji area is
struggling with a hunting accident that put her husband in
intensive care and would appreciate your prayers and thoughts. |
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| It was awards day at Sertoma today.
Joyce Seymour received her Centurion award and Tami Webb achieved
Senator level. Thanks to both of these hard-working Sertoma ladies
for dedicating so much of their time to our club and beyond. |
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Joyce Seymour
Receives Centurion Award |
Tami Webb
Achieved Senator Level |
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| Kristine Welle gets married this
Saturday and has invited everyone to the dance at 8 p.m. at the
Falls Ball Room. Those of us of the female persuasion are invited
to Shep’s on Friday night for the bachlorette party. |
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| Welcome back Kevin Wroolie |
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| Rumor Corner |
- John Raboin threw everyone a curve today—he simply announced
himself in his real occupation. He must not have had time to
step into his phone booth and put on his disguise for the
meeting. Mark Korte decided to be an attorney today just to keep
him company.
- Pooch gladly paid his fine today to invite everyone to the
Holiday Open House at Midtown Floral.
- Our sergeants were a bit confused today. Bryan Jelinsky
almost got fined for teaching Safe Sex instead of Safe Food
Handling.
- Steve Mau signed up for Bell Ringing at Target. Is this a
protest or what?
- Thanks for the Habitat for Humanity Tickets—someone (Dave
didn’t catch this little item and I can’t remember) donated five
tickets for their holiday fund raiser at Breezy.
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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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