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Owen introduced our guest speaker John Bolduc
assisted by Anne Nelson Fisher. She asked for some
respect--some joker in the audience said we didn't
have to worry because we are in Baxter. October is
domestic violence awareness month and this group
along with Karen Owen is speaking to all the service
clubs. In his twenty three years of service John has
seen this topic becoming more and more a serious
part of every community. It affects the entire
country and it is not someone else's problem. The
definition is "A pattern of behaviors designed to
control someone with whom you are in a relationship
including emotional as well as physical abuse." This
is a progressive behavior. One in three women's will
become victims of domestic violence or sexual abuse
in their lifetime. This is a staggering statistic.
The cost in this county alone is estimated at 8.5
million dollars. It includes the cost of police
response, courts, medical care, and social services.
This crosses all levels of society and through
cultural boundaries. Victims are normally women and
they earn less money than other women because of
their violent home life. It causes transient
employees who cannot stay very long at one job. The
leading cause of death for women in the workplace is
homicide--and this is directly related to domestic
violence spilling into the workplace. Law
enforcement views these calls as the most dangerous
of all their efforts due to their unpredictability.
Victims are usually assaulted three times on average
before they seek intervention. Neighbors often
ignore this because they feel it is an invasion of
privacy.
Anne presented some ideas about what we can do. One
of the biggest things is to become informed. Learn
about the local groups that are out there to deal
with this. Their website is
www.mcbw.org and the Crisis Line is also a good
resource. The web includes suggestions for employers
who have questions about how to help a victim. This
issue should be covered in the local churches.
Modeling proper behavior is always important as
coaches, youth leaders, and parents. Everyone needs
to be aware of how extensive a problem this has
become.
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Thanks Pam Sachs for taking notes and Bonnie Cumberland for
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| Announcements |
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Vision and Hearing Screening at South
Campus on October 22nd. Two shifts 8:0-12:45
and 1-3:10 Contact Bob Ehrich to sign up if
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Buy your Nisswa Women of Today raffle
tickets from Bonnie Franke, caroled
Paulson, Mary Marana. The event is October
20th and the proceeds from the fashion show
go to Ski Gull, Crisis Line, and Nisswa Park
and Red |
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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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Blue
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Karen Munsterteiger's treasury crew |
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Winner |
| Would have been Pam Bye |
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Guests: A J Levenske-Northway Construction, John
Bolduc-Brainerd Police Chief who was joined by Anne Nelson
Fisher from the Council who presented the program, Dale Braddy
Northland Arboretum who is joining. |
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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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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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Jaime Arvig, Steve Augustinack, Bryan Barrer |
| Oct. 21 |
Carolyn Bare, Pam Bye, Reed Campbell |
| Oct. 28 |
Lowell Carlson, Toni Carlson, Dave Clausen |
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Of
Note |
Tom Rosenberger thanked everyone for their prayers and thoughts
during his recent heart surgery. We are praying that Buford
Johnson (Diane Rook Johnson's husband) who is in the Cities and
doing well after getting a heart stent.
Thanks to all who put in about 96 hours testing approximately
500 fifth graders at Forest view on Monday and Tuesday October
5th and 6th.
 Congratulations
to Carol Winegar who won an orange energized shirt today!! Bring
in those new members and mentor them.
We are receiving so many thank you notes these days that we have
decided to move them to FACEBOOK. You can read these in full on
the Discussion Tab. We will no longer be sharing them at
meetings or on the regular newsletter. REMEMBER you can view our
Facebook page anytime without joining. See details below. |
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Facebook |
| This is the link to the official Facebook
page for the club. It will now be an interactive
way for members to share pictures and comment on
club activities. As with Walters Wacky
Adventures Page--you can visit it without being
a member of Facebook. Creating a Facebook
account is easy and free. You can limit access
to your page and just communicate with those
people who are really your friends. Signing up
is simple and by creating your "own" page you
give yourself interactive abilities on the
Brainerd Area Sertoma site. You can completely
ignore your personal page if you wish. However,
the profile and information pages may become THE
way for us to update your data base information
in the future. I am also totally available for
phone consultations for people who want me to
walk them through the Facebook site. For
instance--Jeff Fitch has promised me by Monday
you will be able to view his awesome barbecue
pictures. Les Franz also took some photos at the
party and maybe we can get him to join and
upload those!! |
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Business Notes |
Value, Convenience, Expertise & Creative Planning--new
staff added at Traveler's Fare. Their agents are Clare
Williams, Kari Satre, Diane Lindroth, Michelle Underland
and Alyssa Shelito. We are open from 8:30a.m.-5 p.m.
Monday through Friday and Saturday's by appointment. The
are at your service and at your fingertips. Call them at
218 829-3187 or email agentsfirstname@travelersfare.com
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Rumor Corner
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One of our "Phantom Members' was welcomed to Sertoma today.
Richard Mileski came with Mr. Bolt to a warm welcome.
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We really missed Joyce Anderson today--she had to appoint the
Porn Star's girlfriend to take her place at the greeting helm.
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The tourists are gone and the cubfoodswallows have returned to
Sertoma Land en mass!
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Tom Rosenberger was back at Sertoma today-welcome back and hope
you are well on the way to recovery.
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Lori Ukkelberg and Heidi Funk joined Pam today in her little
corner. Always fun to have new faces.
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Thanks Cathe Picek for sprucing up the banners!!
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Welcome back Bonnie Franke.
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Cheeseburger stuff was on the menu today. Pasta? Casserole?
Bryan Barrer, Pam Sachs and Kathy Williams all figure its only
the beets that are worth eating.
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What newsletter editor is having a Jared Allen party when he
comes up bow hunting on her back 40?
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Karen M got in trouble for using the B word about her fellow
co-winners.
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Congratulations to Carol Winegar on her new job at Fleet
Farm--the orange shirt syndrome.
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Jeff Olsen got caught cheating in the parking lot so he had to
pay a happy fine!
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Naked school teaching fines--enquiring minds want to know which
retired one answers the door in the nude. Tom claimed he didn't
have any way to prevent his bottom from hanging out in the
hospital.
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Paul Heinlein got in trouble for his Afro at Shep's.
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Jeff Fitch practiced his shoot American philosophy and killed a
buncha Canadian ducks.
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Anita Travica had a little serious note from her priest to
return to the flock. Terry did a very nice reading of the
letter.
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John Bolduc got in the spirit of the meeting, made a few jokes
to start his speech and fined John Raboin $2 at the end of his
program.
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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 |
Today was a great day in terms of celebrating Minnesota sports
teams. Perhaps we all need to take a moment to just appreciate
all the good things that are happening in the world today. Go
out and do good things!!
Roster Updates/Change of Information
Send Cathe any changes of business, address, phone or email. The
roster will be updated and published at the beginning of each
quarter.
Cathe Picek
cathe@campconfidence.com
218-330-7804
Program/Sertoman of the Month
Contact Joe or Veronica to schedule a time to share your story
about you and your business. No fines that day!
Joe Schulte
schujm@kellyservices.com
218-850-5476
Veronica Jensen
vrjensen@bremer.com
218-828-5191
Download form here
Pipe and Drape
Contact Tad with Pipe and Drape information or questions.
Tad Hoskins
tadhoskins@juno.com
218-838-7617
Awards/Club Supplies
Bonnie Cumberland
bcumberland@mailstation.com
829-6316
If you are not receiving the newsletter notification or the
emails announcing special events, please contact Pam Sachs
either at 218-821-1130 or
eglponys@brainerd.net.
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