Brainerd Area Sertoma Club - Brainerd, Minnesota

YE OFFICIAL SERTOMA NEWSLETTER September 17, 2003

	Newsletter Archives

Program

Brainerd will soon see the advent of a new bowling alley and today Sertomans got the spare and strike info from the entrepreneurs who are building this facility sporting 24 lanes and some very unique choices of activities. Kevin and Ginger Lawrence who own Wadena Lanes will be living on site to oversee things in the beginning. Jack's House Family Entertainment Center is located on the way to Radco at the junction of 18 and 25. Their virtual reality room will feature both firearms (don't bring your own) and golf. A 3000 square foot arena is set aside for laser tag, perhaps a new family outing for the Sertoma Club to consider. The restaurant facility will be "more than just a burger joint" with seating for 175 to 200 people. Other amenities include a pro shop, a large arcade, and outdoor patio with volleyball in the summer. If Bob Nibbe or Greg Straka wants to win a sawbuck they need to call Pam this week. Business people wishing to advertise during league and family bowling can make use of their new "rolling marquee". Kids can enjoy supervised play in the toddler room with advance notice. It will open October 1st with free bowling the 25th, 26th and 17th. Call 824-5225 for more details on this offer.The ninety-five lucky Sertomans in attendance were able to pick up a free beer or soda card.

Announcements

Sept 18 - The Rookies revealed the location for their party. It will be at Ernies. Remember to detour the Green Gables road on your way to the Rookie Party on Thursday. The Gull Dam Road is truly the Gol Dam Road these days with the construction which isn't suppose to be finished until November.

Sept. 20 - Dog Eared Book Sale for Hart. Call Linda at Hart to donate.

Sept. 24 - NO MEETING Sertoma is entered in the Chili Cookoff for the United way. Everyone is encouraged to "LUNCH" there with ticket sales starting at 11:30 a.m. and voting.

Sept. 25 - Wine Dinner for Hart Foundation, Nisswa Grille 7:30 p.m. $65 per person . Nisswa Grille (Call 281-963-4717 for reservations.)

Sept 26 - Crossing Arts Alliance Fundraiser at Timbermist with the food provided by the Bye's and the entertainment provided by the Swinging Sertomans. See Gus or Jim Park for your $30 tickets.

Sept - 27 Legacy Choral Fund Raiser. 5 course meal at Cragun's lovely facility with tickets available at the music stores and the Dispatch at the cost of $50 per person.

Oct 2 - Sign up soon for Ditch Pick 6 p.m. at Rick Besmehn's. Gary will be serving his famous prime rib sandwiches. Note that we are starting a little later to make it easier for people to get there "together" and save so many trips for the shuttle drivers. Lynn needs a count for the great prime rib sandwich feast.

Oct 4 - Free Light Checkup and replacement of faulty bulbs by the techs at Central Lakes College. They are accepting donations for the food shelf or Salvation Army.

Jim Potvin will only serve a 10 month term of office since the fiscal year is changing this year.

A big thank you to all the hard working people who helped make the officer induction a huge success. Thanks Rory for the great officer cards. If you haven't had a chance to see Randy and Pam's new facility, drop by anytime.

The Pillager Serteen group is disbanding. Thanks for all your hard work Brenda Meech--we miss you at Sertoma.

Dennis Renowski and Dave Bergin are the new Sergeants for the upcoming year.

Our official count of members after the Board Meeting is 208 members.

FAS: Neither Brian Lehman nor Kevin Close called in to win their FAS money.

Hawk Hawkinson receives Gem Award Congratulation's Hawk!	"What did I miss ???"
Rory and Jim

Pipe and Drape Schedule


Where:	Taste of Home Show - Wadena School.
Set Up:	Wed. Sept. 24 at 6:30 p.m. & Thurs. Sept 25 at 1:30 p.m
Take Down:	Thurs. Sept 25th at 10:00 p.m. ********


Where:	Ageless Expo - Civic Center
Set Up:	Fri. Sept. 27th at noon
Take Down:	Sat. Sept. 27th at 5:30 p.m.


Where:	MN Leadership of Nurses Madden's Town Hall
Set Up:	Tues. Sept 30 at 5 p.m.
Take Down:	Thurs. Oct 2 at 5 p.m

Ticket Winner

Jeff Kozitza

Pot-O-Gold Winner

Would have been Greg Strak

Attendance

Members

Guests

Guests: Kevin and Ginger Laurence from Jack's House of Family Entertainment and Karen from Tanner Motors

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 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.

Sept 24	NO MEETING
Oct 1	Debbie Struthers, Julia Sullivan, David Tagtmeier
Oct 8	Ward Thompson, Lindell Timothy, Steve Trebil

Sertoman of the Day

Our illustrious new president Jim Potvin took the plunge as Sertoman of the Day today to start off the revived program that attempts to introduce you to new and old members of the club. Jim is very much a staunch Brainerd native who loves his hometown. He has a wife and two girls and has been a Sertoman for 5 years. He has worked as CFO at Brainerd Medical Center for 6 years. He enjoys the outdoors and the wildlife that goes with it. His most embarrassing moment came when some of the facts of breast feeding were revealed to him as a much younger sibling with a new baby in his sister's family. He has been very active in the Sertoma Club and his sponsor was John Nelson.

Rumor Corner:

Mark Engstrand has been entertaining guests from out of state.
Karla Nelson is practicing to be a mother-in-law.
Where has that handsome debonair banker of all trades Reed Campbell been lately?
The world is not ending, but Bob Sherman did come to two Sertoma meetings in a row.
If you figure out who to embarrass from these photos submitted to me anonymously so be it. As newsletter editor I am sworn to secrecy.

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.

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

Congratulations

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