 Emily
Roragen who represented the Brainerd Lakes Chamber was today's
speaker. Her job is Main Street Coordinator and she is focusing
on the area from Oak Street to Kingwood Street. Organization and
fundraising for this program which intends to provide ongoing
assistance to project and programs that promote downtown. Making
the businesses successful is an important part of the economic
growth of our city which is the fastest growing area in
Minnesota. Emily also thought that we were 23rd in the nation in
the development of a micrometro area. To avoid many of the
problems which plague the larger metro areas, this group is
attempting to make improvements to the core area that will
affect the entire region. The current effort is centered around
bringing the holiday spirit to the community. The City, Chamber,
Main Street Program, Community Action and the Brainerd
Restoration Committee have partnered to bring holiday
decorations back to downtown. They are looking for donations to
help make this possible. A Downtown Holiday Celebration is
planned for three weekends in December. The committee is looking
for volunteers, donations, and feedback especially from ordinary
citizens about what they would like to see downtown. |
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Thanks Carole Paulsen for taking notes! |
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| Announcements |
| Winter Wonderland Update The big news
is that Ann Sherman with some assistance from Joe Schulte
and Pam Sachs has put together an online sign up system for
the Winter Wonderland staffing.
Simply click here,
fill out the information, and check the days you wish to
work. Feedback is not immediate, it has to be processed
through Joe and Ann. If you do not receive an email
confirming your dates within two days--go back to the form
and try again. The dates you selected were probably chosen
by someone else also. Since this is first come first served,
it is wise to get it done as soon as possible. The number of
jobs has increased since the last newsletter. Steve Mau
urged anyone who can help out (a church group of four or
five, a work group, etc) to contact Joe Schulte immediately
so that they have their choice of days. It is more
beneficial if you have a larger group to schedule them on
three separate days since the basic jobs have to be
supervised by at least one Sertoman. |
| Setting Up the Light Displays Many
thanks to Steve Mau and Jim Grant who are taking a lot of
time away from their businesses to work with the volunteers
in setting up the displays. The work days have been extended
to Monday through Thursday from 10-4 p.m. Any amount of time
will be appreciated. Skill levels range from basic to
advanced. Wear appropriate clothes and tools will be
provided. Jim Grant is having a wire cutting party Friday
evening at 4:30 at Jim's Electric. Please respond to your
email by replying to Steve Mau (click the blue link to open
up a message to him) and sign up to help if you haven't
already done so. |
| Kristine Hoheisel presented the Christmas
Wish List for the Women's Center. If you would like a
copy or would like to know what to donate, just call Kris at
Hawthorne Inn and Suites (218-822-1133). |
| Get your business notes into Pam for
our new section of the newsletter! This is your chance to
let us know what exciting things are happening in your
world!! |
| Service to Mankind nominee search is
underway. Submit nominees to Missy Lake soon |
| No Meeting at Bonanza next week.
Everyone is invited to the Arb for the working lunch. If you
didn't get a chance to sign up today--be sure to let Steve
Mau know that you are planning on attending. You can also do
that on the email |
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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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Blue Ticket Winner |
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Jeff Marchand who donated his winnings to the Women's Shelter |
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| Pot-O-Gold
Winner |
| Would have been Tracy McFarline |
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Guests: Ron Soukoup from Emerald Lawns, Emily Roragen from
Mainstreet Project and the Chamber, Rose Hauge from Crow Wing
County Prevention who is joining |
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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:
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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| ATTENTION THE GREETER SCHEDULE CHANGED DUE
TO THE CHILI COOKOFF |
| Oct. 31 |
Todd Dahl, Joyce Mikesh, Shayna McCulloch |
| Nov. 7 |
Mark Heglin, Paul Heinlein, Cheryal Lee
Hills |
| Nov. 14 |
Devie Hagen, Kris Hoheisel, Andy Holmes |
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Of
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Congratulations to Missy Lake and her husband who have decided to
become Kinship Partners. Gary Walters was congratulated today
on losing 63 of the pounds he has promised to lose for Kinship. |
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Business Notes |
Jinny Haugen has a new job with Bisys Retirement along with her
duties at Esser's.
The Mainstreet Project is looking for businesses and groups that
want to contribute to the holiday decorations project downtown.
Go to the explorebrainerdlakes website for more information.
Thanks to everyone who is taking time away from work and
businesses to help launch the Winter Wonderland project. |
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Rumor Corner
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Mary promoted Brian Jelinski into helping her sergeant
today--Brian of course had a wonderful time and everyone paid
paid paid.
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Nate Grotsky flunked the ARMS Test. He hides out in the far
corner of the room and forget to pay attention to details!
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Does Diane Rook Johnson really have a belly button piercing and
a tatoo? Inquiring minds want to know.
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Jeff was nice enough to give his winnings to the Women's Center
even though he off on a vacation next week.
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Tami Webb was not here to get the rest of the story straight so
Chuck Brenny got away with not having a pine by blaming it on
her and poor Kari had to pay her fine.
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Postage Due Paulsen would have gotten a fine today but she
quickly volunteered to take notes.
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Pooch donated $2 to promote the flue shots for the elderly
program at Cub Foods. He complained that he now could not afford
the shot.
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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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Notes from your President |
Wow! The amount of work that has already been done by a few
individuals to get the Winter Wonderland Project going is
tremendous. Thanks to Ann and Bob Sherman for making the sign up
online a reality--there are so many slots to fill that doing it
at the meetings is not going to be possible or efficient. Get
there early to choose your most convenient times to work.
I want to personally thank everyone who has brought in a new
member in the past few months. If this continues, we will have
no trouble regaining our title as the World's Largest Sertoma
Club. More important, we need to keep all the great members we
have so that we can continue serving mankind in the Brainerd
Area.
Please attend next week's working meeting at the Arboretum.
Everyone should be there even if they cannot stay and work.
If your email has changed, please get that information to Pam.
She is coordinating all the email communication for the Rookie
Party and for the Winter Wonderland so you need to be up to
date! |
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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? Bonnie Cumberland
(bcumberland@mailstation.com) is the person
in charge of awards and meeting paraphernalia. |
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