 "Vote
Young. Vote Forever." This is the motto of Kids
VotingUSA which has a local chapter headed by
Theresa Goble who is also the finance director for
the City of Brainerd. The local chapter was started
in 1996 under the auspices of then Mayor, Bonnie
Cumberland. Since this program stresses the
educational component followed by the actual kids
voting at the polls experience, it was an easy thing
for Bonnie to support. Its goals include to engage
kids in the political process and to establish a
life-long commitment to informed voting as an adult.
Local studies have shown that voting increased
fourteen percent among the kids who participated in
the program and have since become voting citizens.
The national program originated in Arizona when a
group of vacationing businessmen were impressed with
the voting turnout in Costa Rica where children are
always brought to the polls. Minnesota Links is
sponsoring the program this year and 7,000 students
in the area will participate. Overall 250,000 take
part in Minnesota alone. The group raises about
$4,000 every two years to support the program and
promotes 150 volunteers to man the polling sites and
provide the kids with ballots. The ballots
themselves have pictures of the candidates, are
shortened to leave out the uncontested races and
judgeships, and contain two issue questions to help
promote classroom learning. This year the questions
are (K-6) "Should people be required to recycle
their garbage?" and (7-12) "Should the voting age be
lowered to 17?" The classroom material is online and
readily available for teachers to use. Theresa
enjoyed her visit to Sertoma and remarked on what
a"fun" group we were. For more information go to
www.kidsvoting.com. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thanks Pam Sachs for taking notes. |
|
|
| Announcements |
|
Do not miss President Korte's note at
the bottom of the newsletter!! |
|
|
Winter Wonderland
- Work is starting. The trucks will be
sorted and the new arrivals will be
delivered by the time the newsletter is
published. Many hands are needed
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of next
week. There is a four page guide
available for workers that shows where
the displays need to be set up. See
Steve Mau to get involved with the hard
work.
- Lori Rubin is working on sales. She
is looking for help to contact all
current sponsors to check their info in
the publication. Also new sponsors are
needed since many of the displays were
paid for by Sertoma last year. Call Lori
at CTC to let her know you can help.
- Online sign up will be up and
running soon. Anyone who knows that they
can volunteer was given the opportunity
to sign up today. Joe Schulte and Ann
Sherman will again be coordinating this
effort.
- See David Allen Pundt if you know of
a group that would like to entertain for
an hour or so at WW. He is also looking
for Santa volunteers.
|
|
You Are Invited: Kari Robinson and
Gayle Satre will be getting married in
Jamaica on November 11th. They are
celebrating with their friends at Shep's at
3:00 on Saturday December 6th!! Mark your
calendars! |
|
|
|
Brainerd Area
Sertoma Club Calendar
Got a big event coming up—want to let everyone know?
Please send to Pam Sachs and it will be posted.
eglponys@brainerd.net |
|
|
| Pipe and
Drape Schedule |
|
|
| Ceiling Dates |
|
|
|
Blue Ticket Winner |
|
John Raboin Consortium donated to Kinship |
|
| Pot-O-Gold
Winner |
| Jamie Holmes-donated to Sertoma
Sponsorship Fund |
|
| Attendance |
|
|
|
Guests: Katie Imgrund from Imgrund Auto, Theresa Goble from
the Kids Voting Program and the City of Brainerd and Pete Knight
from People's Security who joined. |
|
| *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. |
|
| Greeter
Schedule |
| Remember:
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. |
|
| Nov. 5 |
Jim Mayne, Sandra and Bob Ehrich |
| Nov. 12 |
Craig Dunmire, Kim Ellingson, Shannon Fanth |
| Nov. 20 |
No Greeters MEETING NOVEMBER 20TH WITH
CHAMBER CHOW AT THE ARBORETUM! |
|
|
| Sertoman of the Day |
|
 Nisswa
Mayor Brian Lehman was today's honored Sertoman and he took full
advantage of it. He answered his cell phone, listed every single
one of his jobs during introductions, and generally made a
nuisance of himself. He also shamelessly promoted his candidacy
(he is running unopposed). This however does show us why Brian
joined this organization. He belongs to another "stuffy" service
club. Brian called Brainerd Noon Sertoma a "healthy" club,
mainly because people who laugh often live longer and we
certainly enjoy our laughs at Sertoma. Brian originally comes
from Pennsylvania and lived in Oklahoma.He married a Minnesota
girl 22 years ago and she brought him here in 1999. They have
four children ranging from a fourth grader to a college
freshman. Brian loves baseball and collects stamps and antique
postcards. He is very involved with the Salvation Army,
coordinating efforts at bell ringing every year. He has a
private consulting firm, but is mainly involved in publishing.
His work at Lake Country Journal involves client services had
business management. This publishing company produces the
Journal, the Initiative Quarterly, and the new Visitors Guide.
Brian joined Sertoma in 2001 and was sponsored by Paul Gropper.
His most embarrassing moment involved sitting between Vernonica
Jensen and Pam Sachs trying to sell Jaycees $150,000 Ice Fishing
Tickets to a "porno" star. |
|
|
|
Of
Note |
|
BL Broadcasting ran a large ad in this past issue of the Lake
Country Journal that simply said "BL Broadcasting Salutes the
Sertoma Winter Wonderland" and gave the new dates. Thanks Mike
Boen. |
|
|
|
Business Notes |
Anna Gorecky will no longer be with Snap Fitness. She is
taking a "new" job which will involve spending 4 months
in New York City working with a catering group that does
movie shoots and television programs. She plans on
coming back to Brainerd and making a major career change
in the process. Thanks for all you have done for the
group and we will definitely miss our Anna!!! More on
Newton Advertising quickship products to be used for the
upcoming Holiday Season. Go to
http://www.newtonmfg.com/files/HolidayGifts.pdf to
download the file so you can take your time to scroll
through each page. Use these great items for employee
gifts, customer appreciation, etc. And they can always
be decorated with your advertising copy. Kathy Williams
also suggests you bookmark
www.newtonmfg.com
for referencing when you are planning to attend a trade
show and need that unique item to attract visitors to
your booth.
Hawthorn Inn and Suites was storing 50 church
pews--turns out the owners do not want them back.
Contact Kristine Hoheisel if you have a use for them. |
|
|
|
|
Rumor Corner
|
-
ood thing we didn't have any young visitors today. Sergeant
Brian did his game show host imitation. His show was called
slutty, fat or drunk and he actually called on Sertomans to put
themselves into a category. If he agreed, they didn't get fined.
Joe Schulte and Gus were the only "lucky" contestants. Sheriff
Dahl, Carol Winegar, Laura Beilke, Dave Clausen and Brian
Lehman, Randy Phillips and Todd Dunlap all flunked. It was truly
hilarious and everyone was a good sport!
-
Heidi Funk paid a happy fine-she is engaged.
-
Matt Davis got in trouble for not giving Bill Goers a ride to
Sertoma.
-
Todd Dahl got compliments on his "Halloween" costume--hmm I
think the County pays big bucks for that outfit.
-
Rumor has it that Vern is drinking milk for a reason. Heidi is
vociferously claiming she doesn't need to drink milk and is not
getting engaged because of anything to do with milk.
-
Tami Webb was making confetti today and enjoying every minute of
it. Inquiring minds want to know if she shouldn't have used her
paper shredder instead.
-
George Moore mistook his chicken bone for the traveling
microphone.
|
|
|
|
|
Photo's |
|
Photos
Photos Everywhere New photos go up almost every week on our new
Sertoma Photo Gallery.
http://sertomaphotos.brainerd.com |
|
|
Notes from your President |
To the "Finest Sertoma Club in the Land"
We received a thank you from "The Salvation Army" today for our
generous contributions to the food shelf. During the month of
September over $20,000.00 dollars was contributed throughout the
community along with over 3,000 pounds of food. On our donation
day we collected $325 and 632 pounds of food. Thanks to all who
helped Sertoma contribute to this worthy cause which helped fill
the food shelves and reach over 600 individuals. "The Salvation
Army" is also asking us to ring bells on the following dates
(11-29-08) 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Cub Foods Brainerd and
(12-06-08) 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Steve and Barry's. Please
consider helping out at these times. A sign up sheet will be
sent around at the next meeting.
Thanks Mark |
|
|
|
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. |
|
|
|
Sue VanWagner (suekvw@brainerd.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 is the go-to person
for Pipe and Drape information.
Need awards? Did you lose your pin? Bonnie Cumberland
(bcumberland@mailstation.com) is the person
in charge of awards and meeting paraphernalia. |
|
