 An
organization that bills itself as a group that expends its
efforts to expand and diversify the economic base of a community
to create jobs was explained in detail today by John Newhouse,
Chairman of the Board of the Brainerd Lakes Area Development
Corporation. He became involved in the organization because he
is President of Lakeland Mold which is one of the many area
companies that have benefited from the program. Others include
Lakes Area Mailing, Lindar Corporation, NorSon, Hunt
Technologies and many more. In fact to date over 2225 jobs have
been created, 220 projects with investments of 160,000,000 have
been completed and local governments have been assisted in
obtaining $4,500,000 in economically related grants. The
organization that was founded in 1985 has achieved a new
direction of purpose because of the massive amount of work
generated by the Potlatch move. The group formed to deal with
that crisis received a grant to continue planning. Vision 20-20
will continue to propose and implement new economic growth for
20-30 years. The group serves Brainerd, Baxter, Jenkins, Cross
Lake, Nisswa, Breezy Point, and Lake Shore. Another exciting
development is the current talks with CREDY, the Cuyuna
development organization. |
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Oct 24 - See Jim Potvin if you wish to attend the Distinguished
Service Awards. The Social Hour is at 6:00 p.m. and the Dinner
is at 7:00. The Club will pay for Sertomans who wish to attend. |
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Oct 25th - Fall State Conference, Mankato 8:30-3:30 See
Kari Robinson to sign up to go. Some are going early. Club plays
registration fee. |
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Apply for the District Sai Gau scholarship of $500. Pick up
the application form from Jim Potvin for your children or any
eligible candidates that are related to you. The applicant must be
a graduate who has been accepted into a college program. |
 Julia
Sullivan thanked everyone who helped take down the Pipe and Drape
at Maddens before the Ditch Pick. Jim Potvin thanked Rick Besmehn
and Lakes Area Body Shop for hosting the event and Gary Loge for
his excellent, as always, picnic dinner. These two lucky guys each
found a hundred dollar bill while doing their part to pick up the
ditch. Congrats to Dave Clausen and Jeff Diehl. |
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Winner |
| Ward Thompson (Hmm, he was greeting) |
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Winner |
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Would have been Steve Trebil (Hmm, he should have been greeting) |
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Attendance |
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| Guests: John
Newhouse and Ellen Cherne from Brainerd Lakes Area Development
Corporation. |
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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 Turpin, Lori Ukkelberg, Diane
Ulmen |
| Oct 22 |
Joe Vreeland, Nadine Wade, Gary Walters |
| Oct 29 |
Lisa Walters, Steve Wardrip, Steve
Warren |
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Sertoman of the Day
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Please take a quick look at the guidelines for using the mass
email. Pam maintains the Yahoo account separately from the
database emails to enable quick communications that do not make
the newsletter. There has been some criticism of the content. Pam
would appreciate any feedback. This email will be used to
communicate with members for the following purposes:
- Informing of special events and communicating personal
information such as hospital addresses or people who need
support due to death and illness.
- It will not be used to advertise business events or for
personal communication.
- Mailings will be kept to a minimum so people will read them
because of their importance.
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Charlie will be home in a few days for about two weeks and then
goes back for more surgery. He talked to Greg Straka yesterday and
wishes to thank everyone for their support. He especially
appreciated Julia Sullivan’s cheer up visit. |
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donate to many causes. Maggie Sweeney and Nikki Phillips are
participating in the Diabetes Walk and were delighted to receive a
$100 check from President Jim Potvin |
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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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