 Central
Lakes College Interim President Joe Opatz made Sertoma one of his
stops in his efforts to become acquainted with the Brainerd Area.
Joe is a long time educator from the St. Cloud area who is
resigning from his position with the legislature as District 15B
representative to serve as president of the college for one year
while the search goes on for a permanent replacement for Joe
Birmingham.
His speech was rather short, but he did discuss his goals of
improving enrollment and expanding programs. He explained, “We
need to work on diversity; our programs also need to offer more to
people who cannot leave the area to finish their educations.”
About 5,000 students attend the Staples and Brainerd campuses and
about 230 staff are involved.
A question and answer session followed with some questions that
were serious such as what progress is being made in on-line
association degree programs. Some questions were shameless
promotion of friends; i.e. Mr. Raboin pointing out the excellent
religious diversity instructor who also happens to be his friend’s
wife. Opatz is very enthusiastic and is extremely well qualified
to make things happen at CLC. |
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Thanks Joyce Anderson for taking notes!!!! |
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| Announcements |
| Flag Facts from Mike Howard - The flag
revenue for the year was $11,832. All total, 4668 flag
placements were made at 361 man hours which amounts to $32.745
per hour and $2.53 per placement. All in all a wonderful
effort supported by a great crew, all of whom deserve a
standing ovation. We especially want to thank Mike and Beth
Burnard for all their hard work on this project. |
| Sept. 20 - Board Meeting, Northwinds Grill
7:00 a.m. |
| Sept. 21 - NO Meeting. Chili Cookoff for
United Way. Vote for our Booth #6 |
| Sept. 22 - New member induction at Sawmill
Inn-plan on attending with your sponsor. See Sandy Kleist to
sign up. This one is at noon. |
| Sept. 22 - Ditch Pick 5 p.m. at
Back to Exact Body Shop across from BIR. Sign up by next week.
Poor Gary will be cooking so plan on attending to work and
EAT! |
| Sept. 23 & 24 - First scheduled Pipe
and Drape at the "Ageless Expo" at the Civic Center. We have to
set up 30 booths so make room on your schedule. |
| Sept. 24 - State Fall Conference will
be held in Owantonna this year. Call Kari Robinson at 829-3187
to sign up before Friday of this week. Remember Rookies this
is a requirement for your GEM Award. |
| Nov. 12 thru 17 - Festival of Trees Linda Twaddle presented
this year’s information on this worthwhile activity which
helps to keep many of the residents at their non profit
facility in care when their funds are exhausted. |
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| Pipe and
Drape Schedule |
| Where |
Civic Center - Ageless Expo
- 30 booths & some backdrop |
| Sept. 23 |
Set-Up Friday, Sept. 23rd at 5
pm |
| Sept. 24 |
Take-Down Saturday, Sept. 24th
at 4 pm |
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| Where |
Wadena Taste of Home cooking
school - School cafeteria - |
| Oct. 6 |
Set-Up Thursday, Oct. 6th at 3
pm - 50 booths |
| Oct. 6 |
Take-Down Thursday, Oct. 6th at 7:30pm - Please note
the take down time is different! Not at 10 pm! |
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| Ceiling Dates |
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| Ticket Winner |
| Would have been Bob Ehrich |
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| Pot-O-Gold
Winner |
| Pam Sachs (money donated to the
flood relief efforts at United Way) |
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| Attendance |
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Guests: Chuck Floor from Gm
who is a flag volunteer and Dr. Joe Opatz from Central Lakes
College |
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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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| Sept 21 |
NO MEETING - Chili Cookoff |
| Sept 28 |
Dan Holmes, Randy Hukriede, Mike Howard |
| Oct 5 |
Dallas Humphrey, Merle Inne, Chuck Saxon |
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| Sertoman of
the Day |
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Of
Note |
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 Fishing
Has No Boundaries thanked our organization for our gift of $300 to
support their third annual event held at Camp Confidence August
26th-27th. See the picture for the 94 anglers with disabilities
who were able to attend the event thanks to the support of
Sertomans and the community. Fifty seven boats were on the lake
with 150 dedicated volunteers helping out. |
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Relay for Life sent out a thank you. Did you know that a $500
contribution trains 5 or 6 I can Cope volunteers to teach patients
and their families skills to manage symptoms, emotions and
finances. $1,000 donations are helpful in financing Hope Lodges.
Reach to Recovery can take $2,500 and reach 25 breast cancer
patients. |
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| Rumor Corner
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- John Raboin is a chili Cookoff judge!!
- Charlie is selling maggot fishing lures.
- By the time you read this Paul Gropper should be a father
for the second time.
- Joyce Anderson took notes today to avoid fines for the
Sertoma Golf Tournament. Vern (Veronica Jensen) made the “Wanted
Poster” at the golf course.
- Jason Bertram’s new wife-to-be already has all of his money,
he had to borrow to pay his fines today.
- Bill Mitsch paid a Corvette fine today—sure wish I had one
to pay a fine on.
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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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