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 Kevin
Thesing was the main speaker of the day today. Not only is he Paul
Gropper's partner in Lakes Printing, but he is a staunch supporter
of the FFA program in the Brainerd School system.
When budget cuts were threatening to affect the school farm and
the agriculture program, he joined many other concerned citizens
to form the EAT Foundation to support Education, Agriculture and
Technology in our schools. Membership in this organization is
growing with over 150 members who have managed to help the school
district realize the importance of agriculture to our local
economy as well as the importance of teaching many skills and
values through the program.
As an Honorary FFA Chapter Farmer, I am well aware of the
influence this program had on hundreds of students in the state.
Agriculture has become big business but it still is very relevant
to curriculum. The ISD 181 Ag Center is located on 80 acres leased
from the county and is unique to the state and almost unique to
the nation. The site serves over 650 high school students a year
as well as partnering with the elementary program and students
from the Mille Lacs area.
It has been renamed the Community Ag Center because the EAT
organization hopes to work with Community Education and make this
truly a cultural center for agriculture in the area. The
organization is attempting not just to deal with the current
budget crisis in the school but to establish long term goals that
will affect the community. Mr Thesing and his group have been
overwhelmed by the response. He remarked, "The number of
organizations who wish to get involved in the facility is truly
amazing."
He went on to say "Values inherent to agriculture need to
continue to be taught in our school system." He praised the two
current instructors, a husband and wife team who have just
received a prestigious Jaycees agribusiness award. If you wish to
become a member, the fee is $20 and Paul Gropper will be bringing
membership materials to Sertoma in the next few weeks or you can
contact Kevin at Lakes Printing. Thanks for contributing you $10
advertising fine to our Rookie Party fund Mr. Thesing. Speaking of
the Rookie Party, we were all treated to a little taste of the fun
today.
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Rookies rolled out the red carpet, got up and sang with the help
of David Allen Pundt, and gave us some excellent reasons to attend
the party. The #2 reason was that the rookies are prepared to sing
to you. The #1 reason was that they will finally shut up. The
first 55 attendees will be receiving door prizes. There will be
two surprise fund raisers at the party. |
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Thanks Pam Sachs for taking notes. |
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| Announcements |
| By now you will have heard the many radio
announcements about our participating in the annual Bell
Ringing Contest for the Salvation Army. Brian Lehman who
does a great job of coordinating this activity will have more
details including dates and sign up sheets by the next
meeting. |
| Good news from the Rookies--not only
did they raise $400 for cancer in their Rock-a-thon Saturday
but they were the best team and won the prize. The new rocking
chair will be donated to Bridges of Hope. Their other exciting
news was the fact that they have pledged to take over the
gossamer ceiling for the upcoming year. You go rookies!!!!! |
| Ski Gull thanks all who donated or helped
make their recent fund raiser a success. We also received
a thank you from Parks and Rec for donating $600 towards
providing an interpreter for a hard of hearing softball child. |
Nov 2 - Putting on the Ritz" will
take place at Cragun's Conference Center on Thursday and
semi formal attire is requested. 5:30-7:00 social hour and
door prizes 7:00-9:00 show featuring Scott Hansen 9:00-after
hours karaoke party and door prizes. Arrive early and stay
late since you must be present to win. Rooms are Available at
Cragun's at a special rate of $69-call Becky at 825-2700.
The top ten reasons for attending continued: |
The #1 reason was that they will finally shut up.
#2 The rookies are prepared to sing to you.
#3 The Paparazzi are busy and buzzing about the #1
social event in the Brainerd Lakes Area, Putting on the Ritz
at Cragun's on November 2nd.
#4 We guarantee you will laugh and laughter is very
healthy.
#5 There will be no politicians speaking at the event.
#6 This is NOT a pot luck, food will be served
during the social hour.
#7 was the
announcement of the entertainment--5 time Minnesota
comedian of the year Scott Hanson.
# 8 was given by the guy in the pink shirt and noted that
it was a good way to have one last fling before deer camp.
#9 The 2006 Rookies give you
a money-back guarantee that this will be the best ever party.
More to follow next week. Thanks for the Ritzy treats!
#10 There will
be a nationally known celebrity who is not related to fishing
or sports scheduled to entertain. |
| Nov 8 & 9 Forest View Vision and
Hearing Screening for 7th graders with two shifts each
day. Sign up with Bob Ehrich. Bob took the opportunity to
thank the 32 members who helped screen the fifth grade this
week. |
| Nov 12 - 4:30-6:30 p.m. Second
Sundays at Prairie Bay hors d' oeuvres and wine to benefit
the Crisis Line |
| Nov 17 - Not too late to support
the Rookie Rocking for a Reason group that is
participating in a rocking session at the Mall from 11:00a.m.
To 3 p.m. All proceeds go to supporting free mammogram's for
those who need them at St. Joseph's Medical Center. See a
rookie to pledge. |
| Nov 22 - Festival of Trees
Luncheon (no meeting at Bonanza). We will be at Madden's
Town Hall that day. |
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Brainerd Area
Sertoma Club Calendar
Got a big event coming up—want to let everyone know?
Go to
the
interactive calendar and post it for all
to see. |
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| Pipe and
Drape Schedule |
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| Ceiling Dates |
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| Ticket Winner |
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Les Franz |
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| Pot-O-Gold
Winner |
| Chris Gross (Way to come
back at just the right time Chris) |
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Guests: Kevin Thesing from Lakes Printing representing EAT |
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| *Everyone is encouraged to bring potential
members to a Sertoma meeting with the Club picking up the cost.
However, you will be billed $9.50 for any other guests. |
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| Greeter
Schedule |
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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 for the social committee and
half goes to the Club President along with the bucket of tickets.
Be there by 11:45 and call somebody to substitute for you if you
can't be there. |
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| Nov 8 |
Mike Howard Darren Larson, Carol Winegar |
| Nov 16 |
Brian Lehman, Gary Loge, Anita Travica |
| Nov 22 |
Colleen McMurry, Mary Marana, Jeff Marchand |
| Nov 29 |
Rhonda Mareck, Steve Mau, Jamie Arvig |
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| Sertoman of the Day |
 Matt
Hanneken finally got his opportunity to be Sertoman of the Day.
Bill Goers and President Mau were threatening to fine him because
he skipped the most embarrassing moment part, but he escaped at
the end. Matt began by talking about his road construction days
and said, "Maybe you've seen me on 371 since I worked on all of
the reconstruction from Little Falls to Nisswa."
In 2002 he joined the family business working out of his Dad's
office in Little Falls until they purchased Dittmer Insurance in
Brainerd. The other location which is run by his brother Chris is
in Pine River. They are an independent insurance agency
specializing in all areas.
Matt was born in Buckman, attended high school in Pierz, and
college at Bemidji. He is married with two children. Matt is a
great outdoors man and told us about his hunting shack in Northome.
He described his reluctance to join Sertoma but he succumbed
due to the influence of his employee Lowell Carlson and now he
says, "I am hooked". He enjoys the camaraderie, and he is happy to
be involved in an organization that does so much for the
community. He ended by reminding us that he is a rookie and that
our $20 ticket is buying us at least $100 worth of entertainment. |
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Lynn Franz took the opportunity to thank the members of the
Swinging Sertomans who helped Les Franz get ready for winter at
his home. Les is recuperating from knee surgery |
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Rumor Corner
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- Dave Pundt as the repeat rookie got a little razzing today
when he lead his group in their ritzy song.
- Welcome back Todd Dunlap, Chris Gross and Rod Converse. You
have heard of the song, "I left my heart in San Francisco"? Rod
was singing, "I left my wife in South Dakota," and it cost him
big bucks. Of course Chris won so much money in the pot O gold
that he is getting a 1099 from the club.
- Jackie McCall had a great customer appreciation week last
week but it cost her big bucks today.
- Mark Korte had to pay a You Are Not The Comedian fine.
- Then there was a long story about Andy Isackson and a
stripper, a male one at that.
- Pam invited Kevin Thesing to sing America the Beautiful or
the Canadian National Anthem if he was lonesome for that other
"R" organization. He declined.
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Photo's |
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Photos
Photos Everywhere New photos go up almost every week on our new
Sertoma Photo Gallery.
http://sertomaphotos.brainerd.com |
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If you are not receiving the newsletter notification or the
emails announcing special events, please contact Pam Sachs
either at 218 829 7761 or
eglponys@brainerd.net. |
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Sandra Bonde (ehrichappraisals@charter.net) is in charge of the
Sertoman of the Day schedule. Contact her to take advantage of
this great opportunity to share your story and get some free
advertising (and no fines for the day). The form is also
available here on our website.
Kari Barnes and her assistant Cathy Picek are the go-to folks
for Pipe and Drape information.
Need awards? Did you lose your pin? Tami Webb is the person
in charge of awards and meeting paraphernalia. |
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