 Keith Moilanen, the voice of the North Central Motor
Speedway, was our refreshing change of pace speaker today. Keith brought two of the regular drivers, Gary Waton and Mark Smorong, along as well as a race car. Keith has been involved in racing since the 50's where stock racing took place on the oval dirt Nisswa Speedway. The North Central facility was built in 1960, sold to its current owners in 1989, and has seen many improvements in the last few years. Keith explained,
"North Central Motor Speedway is as good a race track with as good a programs any in Minnesota." He extolled the state of the art concession stand, explained the track was fully insured., and talked about their new tech and tower facilities. His connections to Sertoma include Deb Ryan whose brother and father are both racers and Milo Johnson who sponsors races for Auto Value.
 Keith explained that the track now follows the Wasota format. Wasota is an organization that includes 60 area dirt tracks just like the one where important NASCAR drivers like Jeff Gordon got their start. An interesting fact centers around the origin of NASCAR racing itself--it all started when the moonshiners would get together on Sundays to race their souped-up cars that they used to transport their products. One hundred sixteen cars competed last week--an all time record. The classes are now : 4 Cylinder Modified, Street Stock, Super Stocks, Wasota Modified, and Wasota Pure Stock.North Central gives away $40,000 in prize money every race. Their drivers are consistently in the top 25 division races for Wasota which covers several states. He invited us especially to come next Tuesday for the mid-week Best of Wasota Race, which is a traveling race that goes from track to track all summer.
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June 22
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Set Up at Brainerd High School for Quilt
Show, Take Down 4:30 on Saturday June 24th. |
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June 27
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Sertoma Night at St. Cloud stadium for Riverbats vs. Mighty Gulls. See Milo for tickets and info. |
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June 30 - July 4
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For information on The Fourth
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July 28-29
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Sign up with Sandra Ehrich for the Sertoma Relay for Life team to support the efforts of the American Cancer Society. Up to 15 people from Sertoma need to sign up and get at least $100 in pledges. You do not need to be there for the whole 12 hours. Come and support the team and enjoy the activities or sign up to donate supplies if you cannot be there. |
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August 2-14
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CARING TREE at the Westgate Mall. Booth takes donations of clothing and supplies for kids starting school. Program needs volunteers for 2 hour time slots to man the booth--sign up at Sertoma or see Ruth Norman. The program served 225 kids last year. |
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August 25-26
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Project Lead at Camp Confidence-A one day workshop for Sertomašs new officers and potential new officers. Lunch will be served. It begins at 10:30 a.m. It will include the new Serteens officers as
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Becky Burcher, Pam Bye, Reed Campbell |
| July 5 |
Tom Carlson, Lowell Carlson, Kathy Christensen |
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Pipe and Drape Needs You - Sign up and Help Mike Howard and the club |
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Camp Kimchee, the Korean Culture Camp which is held every July for a week, was represented by Linda Thiel who gratefully accepted the Sertoma donation of $600. |
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Jeff Olson gave everyone involved in the big weekend at Camp Confidence
a huge thank you. "This was the biggest one ever and we want to thank each and every Sertoman and especially those who worked, took part in activities and acted as sponsors." He also congratulated our own Paul Gropper who was named Volunteer of the Year.
Larry Wild who participated in the Classic festivities would like to encourage everyone to come to the ball game this Tuesday. He would like to meet each and every one of us at the MIGHTY GULLS VS. RIVERBATS game in St. Cloud.
Paul Koering is working on having his own web site and brought three people from the Minnesota legislature to lunch today (they were helping him door-knock).
Bob Ehrich took the time to thank his Mariucci veggie team, he appreciated all the quality help he and his wife got preparing their special treats for the Fiesta
For information on The Fourth
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Congratulations to the team of Jo Lovitz and Kari Robinson who not only lead the Sertomans in the fishing tournament but also with the help of Tom Swanson earned second place.
Congratulations also to Dale Bolt whose son pitched the winning state baseball game.
Bob Nibbe took time out from his participation in the Mariucci Fiesta to go to the hospital and witness the birth of his son Thursday evening. Congratulations to the Nibbe family. |
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