These three scenes are part of last years BLORA lights display
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The work crews have been gathering at the
Arboretum for the past few days to prepare for the launch of
Sertoma's exciting new fundraiser, The Winter Wonderland.
Several people had already spent two full days there and by the
noon picnic lunch Sertoma officials were ready to announce that
90% of the displays that arrived in Brainerd on the first truck
were ready for final testing. A large group of Sertomans came
prepared to work for the afternoon and things were finished by
three p.m. That day. A second much smaller shipment will arrive
next week including the six designs submitted by the children's
contest winners. All of this is preparation for the Premier
Party which will be held at the Arboretum at 7 p.m. On November
8th. This will be the last opportunity for sponsors to get
aboard and still be a part of the whole experience including the
souvenir booklet which will be handed out to all visitors. The
Winter Wonderland Committee has been hard at work selling
sponsorships, but more are needed. The Premier Party is by
invitation only, but Lori Rubin would be glad to include any
potential sponsors on the party list. Go to the website to
contact the committee http://sertomawinterwonderland.com/. Steve
Mau and Steve Augustinack as co chairs of the event, thanked
everyone who has worked so hard to make this a reality and they
remarked, "You guys are really going to be proud to be Sertomans
when this project is up and running."
An interesting part of the workday was meeting the crew sent out
by Midwest Displays. Rudy Ortega who actually delivers for the
company has been all over the country doing his job. He said his
two largest displays so far were in Florida and Texas. Raymond
and David Flores are from Harker Heights, Texas where everything
is always " bigger". They have 150 displays that they set up at
Blora Park which is called "Nature in Lights". David has worked
with this project six out of the eleven years it has been
happening so he is well versed in the process. They will move on
from here to Albany, New York, where they will work with a large
pumpkin farmer who is going to expand his holiday efforts into
the Christmas season for the first time. All three of these
gentlemen were very impressed with the speed and skill displayed
by the Sertomans in handling the lighting displays. |
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| Co-Event Chairman Steve Mau is pictured with
Raymond Flores from Texas as the boom raises up a large
display for the Sertoma Winter Wonderland which will run
from Thanksgiving through December 31st at the Northland
Arboretum. Mr. Flores along with his brother David work at
the large BLORA Park display. |
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Morning crew included Jeff Fitch, Kristine Hoheisel and
President
Julia Sullivan who are shown working on one of the smaller
displays
with several other Sertoma members in the background. |
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| Announcements |
| Winter Wonderland Premier Party
November 8th 7 p.m. Northland Arboretum All Sertomans are
invited along with sponsors and potential sponsors. Because
this is a business meeting, it is adults only. If you have
not responded to your email and plan on attending you must
contact Joyce Anderson at jmanderson@bremer.com, or
828-5176. |
| The Holiday Village will include light
displays, opportunities for pictures with Santa or in front
of special cutouts, refreshments, and displays of the
children's designs. |
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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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| Attendance |
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Guests: |
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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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| ATTENTION THE GREETER SCHEDULE CHANGED DUE
TO THE CHILI COOKOFF |
| Nov. 7 |
Paul Heinlein, Shayna McCulloch, Cheryal Lee
Hills |
| Nov. 14 |
Devie Hagen, Kris Hoheisel, Andy Holmes |
| Nov. 21 |
David Downing, Dan Holmes, Mike Howard |
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| Sertoman of the Day |
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Thanks to the Brainerd Dispatch for including the names of the
winners of the design contest. They also displayed one of the
winning designs. Cub Foods sent over their grills to help with
the picnic. They will also be using the Winter Wonderland logo
and info on their grocery bags starting next week. |
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Rumor Corner
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Here is a little more humor to fill in the gaps because of the
informal meeting today.
The "Middle Wife" by an Anonymous 2nd grade teacher
I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids
myself,but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my
own second grade classroom a few years back. When I was a kid, I
loved show-and-tell. So I always have a few sessions with my
students. It helps them get over shyness and usually,show-and-tell
is pretty tame. Kids bring in pet turtles, model airplanes,
pictures of fish they catch, stuff like that.And I never, ever
place any boundaries or limitations on them. If they want to lug
it in to school and talk about it, they're welcome. Well, one
day this little girl, Erica, a very bright, very outgoing kid,
takes her turn and waddles up to the front of the class with a
pillow stuffed under her sweater. She holds up a snapshot of an
infant. "This is Luke, my baby brother, and I'm going to tell
you about his birthday." "First, Mom and Dad made him as a
symbol of their love, and then Dad put a seed in my Mom's
stomach, and Luke grew in there. He ate for nine months through
an umbrella cord." She's standing there with her hands on the
pillow, and I'm trying not to laugh and wishing I had my
camcorder with me. The kids are watching her in amazement.
"Then, about two Saturdays ago, my Mom starts saying and going,
'Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh!' Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans.
"She walked around the house for, like an hour, 'Oh, oh, oh!'
(Now this kid is doing a hysterical duck walk and groaning.) "My
Dad called the middle wife. She delivers babies, but she doesn't
have a sign on the car like the Domino's man. They got my Mom to
lie down in bed like this." (Then Erica lies down with her back
against the wall.) "And then, pop! My Mom had this bag of water
she kept in there in case he got thirsty, and it just blew up
and spilled all over the bed, like psshhheew!" (This kid has her
legs spread with her little hands miming water flowing away. It
was too much!) "Then the middle wife starts saying 'push, push,'
and 'breathe, breathe. They started counting, but never even got
past ten. Then, all of a sudden, out comes my brother. He was
covered in yucky stuff that they all said it was from Mom's
play-center, so there must be a lot of toys inside there." Then
Erica stood up, took a big theatrical bow and returned to her
seat. I'm sure I applauded the loudest. Ever since then, when
it's show-and-tell day, I bring my camcorder, just in case
another "Middle Wife" comes along.
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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 |
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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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