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Upcoming Programs
May 6 — Nick Cochrane,
Game & Fish Department
May 13 — Gene Morsching,
Aberdeen Community Con-
cert Association
May 20 — Dave Eckert,
Aberdeen Recreation & Cul-
tural Center
May 27 — Tour of new
apartments on Main Street
by Heath Johnson
Board Meeting
June 11 2015
12:00 Noon
MAY, 2015
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Officers/Board Chairman: Heath Johnson President: Kelli Van Steenwyk Pres. Elect: Corey Kramer Vice Pres.: Carla Glynn Secretary: Miko Brandner Treasurer: Kent Edson Sgt. At Arms: Richard Holland Tom Agnitsch Bob Gruman Shirley Jahraus T.J. Johnson Scott Noeldner Betty Ochsner Matt Prehn Tom Snyder
The Aberdeen Sertoma Bulletin is published monthly by the Public Relations Committee. The purpose of this publication is to serve as a communication tool of and for the members of the Aberdeen Sertoma Club.
Contact Shirley Jahraus for program announcements or
other information of interest to the Aberdeen Sertoma
members. Call 225-8703; [email protected]
Information due the end of the third week of each month.
Making Life Worthwhile
Through
Service to Mankind
Service to Mankind Banquet
The 2015 Sertoman of the Year recipient Shaun Falken receives his recognition plaque from 2014 recipient Scott Noeldner.
The 2015 Service to Mankind recognition plaque is presented to Mark Marion by Sertoman Corey Kramer.
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President’s Message Hello fellow Sertomans!
Hello Fellow Sertomans!
The lack of April Showers has made a slow start to the May flowers but
it didn’t stop our group from continuing the great work we do. The Service
to Mankind Banquet has had rave reviews. It is truly an honor to have all
the past and present Service to Mankind recipients in one room. Thank
you to all who coordinated the successful event.
The planning for our annual Rummage sale has begun. Saturday May,
30th at the Pavilion will be rockin and rollin with sales! Donated items
can be dropped off at the Wylie Park Pavilion on Thursday 5/28/15 and
Friday 5/29/15 from 3pm – 6pm. We need YOU to make this year another
great success; please consider helping out by volunteering your time to
work this event – email Miko to sign up at [email protected] .
As this school year winds down and spring leads into summer the Family Gravity coaster construction
will begin. The new addition to Storybook land is creating quite the buzz and I for one, cannot wait to see it
up and running! Thank you for all you do!! Have a wonderful May! ! Thanks!! Kelli Van Steenwyk
A big Thank You
to the Women of the Moose
Bob Gruman, Chair of the Sertoma Sto-
rybook Land committee, is pictured at
the left, accepting a check in the
amount of $1620 from Millie Harris
and Corrine Nordling on behalf of the
Women of the Moose for the new grav-
ity roller coaster at Storybook Land in
Wylie Park. This check represents the
proceeds of the annual Moose Card
Marathon project which is chaired by
Millie and Corrine.
Kelli Van Steenwyk and Miko Brandner held the club's orientation on March 30th
at Maverick's.
The following members attended the meeting: Jody Sandvig, Barry Coughlin,
Jacque Ohleen, Tarah Heupel, James Haugen and Jackie Witlock.
Orientation is a high overview of the club's policies, procedures, structure and history.
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Programs
Liz Hannum from NSU and Travis Kiefer, a technology entrepreneur, spoke to the at-
tendees about their startup-focused meetup called StartHub. Their mission is to connect stu-
dents and young entrepreneurs with seasoned businessmen, bankers, lawyers, and other sup-port people new ventures need, cultivating conversations and mentorships.
Included in their longer vision is to create a website that includes crowdsourcing for funds
and input for potential businesses in the vacant local commercial spaces. They hope to eventu-
ally develop a shared workspace environment complete with a venture capital fund. The StartHub forum is very open and typically features speakers from the local business
community. They meet weekly at Slackers at 8pm and people of all ages and backgrounds are
welcome to attend.
Cody Roggatz is the Manager of the Aberdeen Regional Airport
and Rid Line of Aberdeen. He updated the club on the projects that
will be going on at the airport that involve runway construction and
the task of eliminating the wetlands around the runways. A major issue they have at the airport is not only the water levels but also the
wildlife and Varmints that live and feed from those wetland areas.
The wildlife cause damage to the grounds as well as danger to the
aircrafts coming in and out of the Aberdeen airport. While making the airport safer and removing the wetland areas
they are also contributing to enhancing the wetland areas in the wil-
low drive area south of Aberdeen. This way they we are not losing
habit for the wildlife but just moving it to a safer area for the animals as well as making for safer operation of the airport.
The construction and plans are all to bring the airport up to FFA
regulations and though the construction will have a lot of expense to
it only 5% of the cost will be covered by the city of Aberdeen.
Mike Herman, Executive Director of the Aberdeen Boys and Girls Club shared the following information about programs
offered to youth of Aberdeen.
MISSION: To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, re-
sponsible citizens.
VISION: The Boys and Girls Club of Aberdeen Area will be a structured,
dynamic, diverse organization that is recognized as champions for youth, as
well as, a leader for positive change in the Northeast region of South Dakota.
Year in Review:
Over 54,000 times a youth walked through our doors in 2014
Added 2 vans to our AST fleet, total of 10 now
Recognized with BGCA EAGLES Award for BoD performance
Increase in Board membership/activity - 18
Added additional staff members - 25
700 Club volunteers in 2014 / 515 BC Fair
SERVICES:
Open every day school is closed (school year and summer)
Meals/Snacks:
A healthy snack and a meal served every day after school -
Two meals and a snack served every day that school is not in
session
AST Program:
Provides supervised transportation from Aberdeen’s elementary and middle schools to the Club after school (212 youth
being serviced)
Campaign Update:
2.3 million raised towards goal of 5 million
New Building:
Approximately 28,000 square feet
Number of members served can increase to 300-325 per day
New Teen Lounge & Teen Learning Center
State-of-the art gymnasium
ADA compliant facility
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Programs, cont. Terri Holmes, of Northern State University spoke to the Sertoma Club on
Wednesday, April, 22, 2015, about the Day of Champions of which she is
the coordinator. It was noted that this is the 13 annual day of champi-
ons. The day of champions includes numerous NSU athletes who go out
into the community and work on projects of various sorts in helping other
groups and organizations with projects for one day within the Aberdeen and
surrounding communities. This event is scheduled this year for Saturday
April 25, 2015 and some of the organizations that will benefit this year in-
clude Aberdeen Community Theatre, Britton/Horton, Inc., United Way,
Whitetail Bowmen Archery Club, Frederick Forward/Westport, Boys and
Girls Club of Aberdeen Area, Pink Ladies Relay for Life Team, SPURS,
TDAF Girl Scout Camp @ Richmond Lake, Aberdeen Family YMCA/
Youth Development Center, Brown County Fair, Safe Harbor, Aspire, New
Beginnings Center/Lutheran Social Services. This is an event where the athletes are giving back to the community for one
day. They work hard on the various project on painting/staining, waxing, vacuum, cleaning, weeding, organize donated items and
costume shop, attach decals, move furniture, set up new mail boxes, spread wood chips and pick up garbage. Terri commented on
how this program started and has progressed through the years. This group is also in coordination with the United Way of NESD
and has various other groups who provide either materials or monetary funding to support the project and in feeding and providing
transportation for the athletes which include United Way of NESD, Twist Cone, Eide Bailly, Northwestern Energy, Ride Line, Aber-
deen Sertoma Club, The Salvation Army, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Pepsi Co, Subway. If you would like more information
as to this limited write up, please let me know. Thanks. Hopefully you received both photo attachments and can pick one of the two
to use-Jackie took the picture.
On April 29, Sertoma’s guest speaker was Kati Bachmayer,
Workforce Development Coordinator for the Aberdeen Devel-
opment Corporation (ADC). Kati has been working at ADC
since February 2015. Her job is to implement Aberdeen’s
Workforce Development Initiative, which is focused on Recruit-
ment, Retention and Training. This cross-sector collaborative
plan materialized after Governor Daugaard and the SD WINS
Cabinet hosted six regional Workforce Summits last year. Ab-
erdeen has been awarded two state grants dedicated to work-
force development and providing additional English as a Second
Language courses in our community. ADC is partnering with
the Chamber, NSU, PC, The Training Place, Cornerstones Ca-
reer Learning Center, the Aberdeen School District and many
others to get the job done. They’re also exchanging ideas with other SD Workforce Development Coordinators – like in Mitchell
and Huron.
Two Workforce Community Forums were held April 6 and 7 on NSU’s campus. At these meetings, ADC provided an update on the
workforce development initiative and had speakers from the Department of Labor, Cornerstones, The Training Place, Small Business
Development Center, NECOG, GROW SD, Lake Area Tech, and Mitchell Tech provide information on how these organizations
could help Aberdeen’s companies. ADC encouraged all those who attended to complete their workforce survey (https://
www.surveymonkey.com/r/GJBD783) in order to learn more about our community’s workforce needs and challenges.
Recruitment efforts include TV, radio, print and social media marketing targeted to surrounding states and locations with high unem-
ployment or underemployment. The goal is to direct job seekers to AberdeenSD.com/jobs to get more information. For retention,
ADC is working to increase college internship participation in our community and is helping to develop a partnership between our
grade schools and our local businesses. Exposing Aberdeen’s high school students to the career opportunities they have right here at
home can help grow our future workforce. As previously mentioned, Aberdeen received a state grant to fund additional English as a
Second Language classes over the next two years. These classes will assist our current immigrant and refugee residents. ADC is
partnering with NSU on this effort and the classes will start in Fall 2015 on NSU’s campus. Training opportunities can be found at
Cornerstones, The Training Place, the SD Division of Rehabilitation Services, and the Governor’s Office of Economic Develop-
ment’s ‘Workforce Development Program.’ Training is a vitally important piece of the workforce puzzle, and ADC will strive to
ensure Aberdeen’s businesses have the resources they need.
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April Sertoma Board Meeting Highlights
* Football Sales are finalized. We sold more football books this year – $10,484 compared to $10,189 last
year. After administrative fees, the Sponsorship Fund will have $8,879 compared to $7,920 last year,
an increase of over 12%. Congratulations and thank you to all that made this possible.
* We have a few members that have an outstanding balance. It is important to pay your dues on time.
* Welcome our two newest members, Barry Coughlin and Jody Sandvig.
* The Sponsorship Committee has sponsored the National Heritage by providing the Bill of Rights and the
Declaration of Independence certificates and the money for the winners, Taylor Erickson and Ian Ahl-
berg; Central Post Prom and the United Way Day of Champions. The committee is working on their
budget and a plan to sponsor the looping project at the Capitol Theater and Camp Sertoma.
* The members will be asked to donate to help purchase a volleyball net and other items from the wish list
for Camp Sertoma.
Jenni Bailey is asking all clubs to help recruit campers to attend Camp Sertoma.
* The Club will host a Wine and Canvas Party to raise money for the looping project. If you would like to
be part of the committee, please contact Miko Brandner.
* The Club has three new business cards. Two business cards to help new members remember what they
need to do to earn their GEM and Mentor award and the third to invite people to our meetings. You
can get the business cards at the Wednesday meetings.
* New Member Orientation was on March 30th at Mavericks. Barry Coughlin, Tarah Heupel, Jackie Wit-
lock, James Haugen, Jaque Ohleen and Jody Sandvig attended the meeting. A future date will be set to
have another New Member Orientation meeting.
* Walking Trail details are being planned.
*Year to date contributions to the Family Gravity Coaster ride was $137,979.95 which brought the Club’s
total to $168,313.84. Counting Sertoma club’s concession revenue earmarked by the City of $150,000
and other direct City revenue the grand total raised for the coaster ride is $350,719.
* The Park Board meeting was held and approved their approval and authorization to advertise for the bids
for the coaster project.
* We received two bids for the coaster project: Quest Construction $432,000.00 and Zeller Construction
$385,000. The recommendation to accept the bid from Zeller Construction was approved.
* The Blue books are available for you to pick up at the Wednesday meetings.
* We are still exploring options to create a secured link on our website page. If you know of anyone that
is willing to help the club, please let Miko know.
* Rummage Sale details are being planned for May 29th and 30th.
* The Club will register to be in the Gypsy Day parade on September 26th. This year will be the 100th year
having the parade. The Club will also plan to sell roasted almonds during the parade.
* The Club had an ad in the April 12th issue of the Aberdeen American News.
* The Club is exploring the option to display the Club’s highway plate on the major highways coming into
town.
* The next board meeting is June 11th at Mavericks. All members are welcome to come.
Respectfully submitted by
Miko Brandner
Aberdeen Sertoma Club, secretary
PS. The upcoming convention will be October 1-3, 2015 in Lincoln, NE.
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Aberdeen Sertoma
Rummage Sale
May 30, 2015
7 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Wylie Park Pavilion Items can be dropped off at the Wylie Park Pavilion
on Thursday 5/28/15 and Friday 5/29/15 from 3pm – 6pm.
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Sertoma Apparel
Silk Touch Sport Shirt Silk Touch ¾ Sleeve Silk Touch Long Sleeve Sport Shirt Men (XS-10 XL) K500 Sport Shirt Men (XS-6XL) K500LS Ladies (XS-XXL, 1x, 2x) L500 Ladies (XS-XXL, 1x, 2x) L562 Ladies (XS-XXL, 1x, 2x) L500LS $24.00 $31.00 $31.00
R-Tek Fleece Full Zip Jacket Crescent Vest Crew Sweatshirt 18000 Men (XS-4XL) JP77 Men 8350 $20.00 Ladies (XS-XXL, 1X, 2X) LP77 Ladies TM7020 Hooded Sweatshirt 18500 $50.00 $38.00 $26.00 I
Items are navy blue with the Aberdeen Sertoma logo on the upper left – prices include sales tax
Contact Miko Brandner
