In his capacity of Chairman of the Board, Steve Mau
gave a report on the regular meeting which was held
Tuesday, September 16th at the Chapparal.
Twenty-eight people attended and it was one of the
largest board meetings recently. The biggest issue
was the Winter Wonderland monetary disposition
committee. According to an agreement that was made
with the Arboretum, the committee will consist of 9
members including two from their Board and one from
the Sertoma Morning Club. After much discussion,
this motion passed with the agreement that the issue
will be revisited after one year. Other highlights
included:
- Methods of dealing with the Aitkin Chamber
and their payment problems for last spring's
show.
- Membership is at 171 with 1 add and 4
drops-Richard Slieter became a member and DJ
Dondelinger, Tom Krekow, Rick Fargo, Mark Van
Grinsven, and Ryan Czerny were the drops.
- Pipe and Drape needed a budget
revisal-estimated revenue was lowered by $10,000
and realistically could be $5,000 less due to
loss of Aitkin show.
- Approved donations from the sponsorship
committee included $250 to Mounted Eagles, $250
Bridges of Hope, $2,000 to United Way, $600 to
Junior Achievement Biz Town Project, and $2,000
to the Arboretum to show our appreciation of
their support in Winter Wonderland.
- Committee structure and by-laws are still in
the process of being reorganized.This needs to
be expedited as soon as possible.
- Karen Munsterteiger as treasurer elect will
be issuing the bills for Pipe and Drape to make
the process more efficient.
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Thanks Pam Sachs for taking notes. |
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| Announcements |
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September 15th Women's Walk-About 4-7
p.m. Come and Walk-About downtown. The
businesses promise special food,
demonstrations, free samples and promotions
for the evening as well as the chance to win
over $1,000 in prizes. |
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Saturday September 20th Sertoma's Huge
Outdoor Auction. Sale starts at 10 a.m.
At Confidence Learning Center |
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Coming soon--date and location to be
announced but around October 1st--stuffing
the Winter Wonderland children's
designs into the notebooks for display at
the event. See Bonnie Cumberland if you can
help!! Many hands make light work! |
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Brian Lehman was very appreciative of the
money and foodstuffs donated to the
Salvation Army today. He will have a
complete report at a later date. |
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8 a.m. Fridays Lord of Life Winter
Wonderland planning committee. The group
would like your input but you have to bring
your own coffee!! |
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October 11th 2 Hours of Curling
Instruction for people who want to
join--see John Raboin for details. |
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Takedown for the Senior Expo at
ForestView will be at 3 p.m. Thanks Matt for
volunteering to be the truck driver. |
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Tom Rosenberger gave a short report on the
conditions in Haiti following the
hurricane devastation which has severely
affected the area that he and his group have
been working with.
Click HERE to see the
pictures. He also recommended reading the
article in this month's National Geographic
which illustrates the poverty of the area
and show how the Haitians eat mud to
survive. Ann, I forwarded these separately
so you can create a page for them) |
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October 14th Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Seminar at Crow Wing County Land
Services Interactive seminar dealing to
inform and educate. |
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NO MEETING NEXT WEEK CHILI COOK OFF FOR
UNITED WAY |
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Brainerd Area
Sertoma Club Calendar
Got a big event coming up—want to let everyone know?
Please send to Pam Sachs and it will be posted.
eglponys@brainerd.net |
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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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Bill Goers |
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Winner |
| Would have been Kevin Donnay |
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| Attendance |
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Guests:
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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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| Sept. 24 |
No Meeting |
| Oct. 1 |
Mike Boen, Dale Bolt, Craig Dunmire |
| Oct. 8 |
Chuck Brenny, Dave Burggraff, Todd Dahl |
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| Sertoman of the Day |
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 Jeff
Marchand who is General Manager of Cub Foods was today's honored
Sertoman. He has worked with this organization for 35 years
starting as a carry out boy working for his father. His unique
position allowed him to tell us that he has never been
interviewed for a job. Cub Foods in Baxter as well as the
Brainerd branch has been instrumental in supporting Sertoma
causes. Cub employs 240 people and helps supply the food that
feeds our little part of the world. Jeff is a valued member who
was brought into the club by George Moore and has helped with
his rookie party, flags and the ditch pick. He was reluctant to
join, but has since come to "love the group". Jeff recently
remarried "the love of his life" and they share 4 kids and a
passion for Harley Davidson Motorcycles. They just returned from
an 1800 mile trip. Jeff's most embarrassing moment of many was a
trip to a large mall rest room with his very young son who was
just learning the art of the bathroom. His loud "Dad, let go of
my penis" shout was made to a huge audience! |
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Of
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The mean green curling machine turned black today. We celebrated
John Raboin's 50th birthday party with some help from his office
staff who brought in balloons and a cake. Other people who have
recently celebrated birthdays or will soon are Missy Lake and
Pam Bye!
It was "Sign the Pink Flamingo Day". Kari Robinson, Tami Webb
and Jo Lovitz are headed to Tulsa to visit Julia Sullivan who
finally has settled into a new home. Her contact information is:
Joh and Julia Sullivan, 315 N 153rd Circle, Omaha NE, 68154,
402-509-0054.
Thanks to the efforts of Nanci Hallam, the club has become
involved in the Jessica Lindsey Benefit Fund which has been
established at Bremer Bank. Nanci passed the bucket in hopes of
raising at least $300 which the Board decided the Club would
match. Over $400 was raised.
Welcome the 8 new members who were officially inducted into
Sertoma at Ernie's on Gull. It was a beautiful night on the
lake! Our new members are Craig Dunmire-Ernies on Gull, Bob
Morey-Edina Realty,Brenda Kelley- D B Kelley Farms, Doug
Benzer-B.I.T.S., Nathan Kempka-B.I.T.S, Jayme Holmes-Kinetico,
Tim O'Keefe-Kinetico, and Dick Slieter-Community Behavioral
Health Hospital.
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Business Notes |
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Rumor Corner
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 Happy
fines abounded today--Kari Barnes has a new granddaughter, Sue
Slaybaugh wanted everyone to know what a great friend Nanci
Hallam is, and Kathy Williams has a second place tournament
muskey fisher in her family.
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Kari and her flamingo got into difficulties today but she
manager to get a lot of signatures on the memento and even got
her fancy Sharpy back.
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Stevey Rau Mau and Scotty Fisher were caught lurking at the
dessert table too long last week and had to pay a "sweet" fine
for it.
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The current economic problems with big insurance companies
trickled down to Dale Bolt and Lowell Carlson who paid two
dollars each to help with the billion dollar problem.
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Brian decided to do a little advertising campaign to raise money
for Sertoma. He did nice little business blurbs for Carole
Paulsen and Gene Farone that cost them $2. His other hardly ever
gets fined arrow hit Patty Hartman--something about her husband
shooting geese. George Moore paid his retribution fine also in
that group.
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Our COB wanted the multi-tasking chili workers fined but he
didn't have any authority to collect the money!
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Mary Marana and Pam Bye got caught sneaking out early and got in
serious trouble.
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Our President closed with his idea that everyone should keep in
mind, "Everybody is a Sertoman, they just don't know it yet."
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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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Sue VanWagner (suekvw@brainerd.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 is the go-to person
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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