 To
honor all the people who strive to keep us safe and to remember
those lost in the war and the terrorist attack, today's speaker
was Army National Guard representative Major Mike Pazdernik.
Major Pazdernik served in the active duty Army for five years
including deployment in Bosnia. When he returned to Minnesota in
2001, he became the Training Officer of the lst Battalion, 194th
Armor and served in Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Mike spoke to us about important issues with the soldiers who
are returning after deployment. He talked about the soldier who
spent 18 months in Iraq leaving behind a newborn who was two by
the time he returned. The 194th which encompasses guard from all
across the state has deployed 600 soldiers in the last four
years and most of them will be back in their regular lives by
the end of this year. The Minnesota National Guard is leading
the nation with its re-integration program which starts when the
soldiers are still overseas for both them and their families and
follows up at 30/60/90 days. Mike thanked us for our leadership
capabilities and encouraged us to continue to make sure the
organization maintains its high standards. He remarked, "if you
know you are right, stand your ground." The support of people
like Sertoman who are striving to improve the communities that
the soldiers are returning to is an important thing that helps
them realize what they are fighting to preserve. The biggest
thing we can do for any deployed soldier is moral support for
his/her family at home. One example of this was Camp Noah, a one
week program for kids with parents fighting overseas. It was
totally staffed by volunteers and had a huge impact on the kids
involved.
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Thanks Pam Sachs for taking notes! |
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| Announcements |
| September 17th 1-2 p.m. Gossamer Take Down
at the Armory. Call Paul Heinlein if you can help. |
| Tuesday, September 18th Board Meeting
7 a.m. At TJ's Log Cabin Meeting to discuss By-Law revision
will follow for all interested. |
| September 26th NO MEETING UNITED WAY CHILI
COOKOFF |
| Ditch Pick is scheduled for next week
Thursday, September 20th at 5 p.m. At Besmehn's with Poor
Gary officiating behind the prime rib line. |
| Thursday, October 4th New Member
Orientation at the Chapparal. 6 p.m. Be sure to sign up
if you are a sponsor or a new member. |
| Minnesota Fall Conference October 7th
St. Paul Holiday East 10:30-7:30. Talk to Gary Walters or
Julia Sullivan if you are interested--includes a banquet and
Scott Hansen entertaining. |
| Beth Burnard and her cohort Mike Howard
received kudos for a job well done on another successful
flag season. The 9/11 flags were given much publicity
with mention on Mike Boen's radio stations, and a feature on
the Lakeland Public Television Broadcast Tuesday night.
Thanks to all the people who helped with the flags--this is
truly terrific way to give back to the community and to show
them we care. |
Sept. 21 Forest View Set Up 35-40
booths 15 volunteers needed
Sept. 22 Forest View Take Down 2:45 |
October 5th Taste of Home Wadena Set
Up. 2:30 carpool. 20 needed.
Take down is October 6th with a 1:30 carpool time. |
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Great In '08 website is up. Take a look. |
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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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Mike Howard |
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| Pot-O-Gold
Winner |
| Jamie Arvig |
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| Attendance |
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Guests: Jeremy Johnston from Northland Construction, Dave
Askew from Integrity Excavating who is joining, and Major Mike
Pazdernik from the Minnesota Army National Guard. |
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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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| Sept. 19 |
Kevin Goedker, Joyce Frid, Anna Gorecky |
| Sept. 26 |
Jim Grant, Paul Gropper, Chris Gross |
| Oct. 3 |
Nate Grotzke, Allen Hall, Nanci Hallam |
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Of
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Welcome back Erika Eigner. She is very encouraged about Peter's
progress. Joyce Frid went back to work for a few hours today and
plans on being at Sertoma next week. She has received a very
good prognosis on the elimination of her cancer problems. |
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Rumor Corner
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- Sue Slaybaugh has definitely won the biggest baked potato
ever served at Bonanza contest--this was a 6 and 1/2 bomb.
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Nice to see Kevin Donnay at a meeting again. Now if we could get
both Kevin Goedker and Kevin Donnay there at the same time we
would have a big celebration.
- Pam was really glad she was
taking notes today--she would have been swept up in the mass
fining hysteria that was focused on her table.
- Paul Heinlein
will have to pay his hug and run fine next week since he ran
before he could be fined.
- Laura Beilke tried to give away her
foreign student to Pam Bye and got fined for that, then she did
a little ad to try and find a home with a teenager for her
splendid German girl--Clausen thought she was giving away a
puppy.
- Mark Korte got stuck today--he had to do a major
rewind of his introduction to give Bonnie Cumberland time to
chew.
- Sue Slaybaugh did some shameless advertising for the
Camp Confidence Outdoor Auction which is coming up a week from
Saturday and has many great bargains!
- Gus helped Pam and Mary
catch Chuck Brenny trying to sneak in late.
- It's hard not to
get patriotic driving through Brainerd on a significant day when
our flags are flying. Rory Coit shared the fact that someone
entered a great picture of the flags at the ice tournament at
the State Fair.
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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 |
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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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