 Bridget
Allen who is the coordinator for the Lutheran Social Services
Caregiver Support and Respite Program was today’s speaker.
Bridget showed us a locally made video that gave us a better
idea of what this innovative program is all about. The main goals
of the program are to provide caregivers of people over 60 years
of age who need supervision but do not have special needs with
some time away from their responsibilities.
Volunteers are specially trained to go into the homes and work
with the clients, freeing up the caregivers for rest and
relaxation activities that will help them stay well themselves.
Things the volunteers do with the clients include playing games,
working on home projects, and taking them out for some fun
activities.
For more information, just call Bridget at 1-800-488-4146,
especially if you know of someone who has need of this program.
Respite care according to Bridget is like having another member of
the family who is there to listen and to help. Bridget’s area
presently includes Crow Wing, Cass, Wadena and Todd counties. |
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Thanks Joyce Anderson for taking notes!!!! |
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| Announcements |
| Service to Mankind Committee is
looking for candidates and someone to chair the committee. Who
do you know that is out there in the community and deserves
this prestigious award? |
| Bell Ringing - Sign up now for either
November 18th or November 29th. Please note the fact that
both of these locations are indoors!!!! |
| Nov 16 - Sertoma Meets at
Cragun’s Legacy We are planning our noon meeting around an
opportunity to enjoy the Festival of Trees. |
| Nov 17 - The Rookie Party committee
has been working hard. They have a mystery location and a
date—Thursday, November 17th. Cost will be $12 per person.
Note the change in date. Fifty people have already signed up
and are looking forward to this fun event!!! |
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| Pipe and
Drape Schedule |
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| Ceiling Dates |
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| Ticket Winner |
| Diane Rook Johnson |
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| Pot-O-Gold
Winner |
| Ian Newkirk |
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| Attendance |
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Guests: Brenda Woitalla who
works at Norwest Mutual with Jason Bertram; Gabe Franz; Les’s
grandson; Clint Headley with Advantage Property Care; and Bridget
Allen from LSS |
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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 |
| 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 2 |
Jerry Keimig, Paul Keprios, Brian
Kirkpatrick |
| Nov 9 |
Sandy Kleist, Loren Kmett, Quandee Knoblauch |
| Nov 16 |
Paul Koering, Deb Kohan, Mary Kolkind |
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| Sertoman of
the Day |
 Merle
Ihne, III was today’s honored Sertoman. He comes from an
illustrious family of educators and most will recognize his mother
Sally as the retired President of Central Lakes College. His
significant other is Eva and she works at Magnum Electrical
Contractors.
Merle himself works for a company called Digital Entertainment
and specialize in Satellite TV installation including Dish Network
and DirecTV. He is also a Nextel and T-Mobile agent. He will soon
be involved in Clearwire, a wireless broadband internet service.
Merle combines an interest in numbers with an interest in
acting—he has been involved in many plays throughout the years. He
joined Sertoma in 1996. His hobbies include broomball, golf,
baseball, softball and poker. One should not hold the fact that he
is an Iowegian against him!! |
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Of
Note |
 A
special award was given Karen Owen at today’s meeting. She
received her 1 for 1 Acknowledgement Pin for bringing in new
members.
Welcome back Val Fiksdahl.
Happy Birthday Beth Burnard.
Please include Diane Ulmen’s grandson in your
prayers—recovering in burn unit. |
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 President
Clausen announced that Mark Korte has agreed to accept the interim
position as VP of the Club. He has expressed an interest in
continuing in the position when the regular elections are held in
March of next year. |
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| Rumor Corner
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- John Raboin’s new business-It’s a Little Late Catering
- Thanks to all who donated clothing to the Burggraff drive!
- Clausen is very sure that Val really really really missed
us.
- Steve Mau’s clone---his son who is in Clausen’s Junior
Achievement Class
- Jason Bertram opened his mouth and threatened a sergeant and
now he has the job of collecting fines infinitely.
- Brian Tater Tots Lehman
- Diane It’s About Time We Don’t Talk
- Pastor Bauman has threatened everyone with fines if they
don’t start filling up the front pews at the meetings.
- Deb is married to someone named Conan the Barbarian (Gropper
needs a refresher course in spelling)
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Photo's |
| 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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| Congratulations |
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One of our illustrious members, Dr. Jackie McCall, just moved
into her new building. If you get a chance to stop by and
congratulate her, the Grand Opening was this week. |
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