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Earle Brown Days
Meeting Minutes
July 15, 2008
PRESENT:
Mike Meyer, Cathy Ballot, Phil Cohen, Karen Youngberg, Kathleen Carmody and Sue
LaCrosse.
Karen Youngberg called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
There was a motion by Phil Cohen, seconded by Mike Meyer to
approve the minutes of the June 24, 2008 meeting. Motion carried.
TREASURER’S REPORT
: Cathy Ballot reported $19,290.16 in checking. There was a $550 deposit and
a $45 Craft & Business Expo check bounced. There was a motion by Mike Meyer, seconded by Kathleen
Carmody to approve the treasurer’s report. Motion carried.
BUDGET/FINANCE:
Phil Cohen said it is getting harder to get the business community support. We
will have to try to do a better job over the next two years.
CRAFT & BUSINESS EXPO:
Sue LaCrosse said there was an exhibitor driving on the trail about 9:30
p.m. The police office said she looked disoriented and did not seem to notice there were people around. We
need to stress to the exhibitors they can’t do this. She said there were no door prizes for this event. If we are
not going to have door prizes, we shouldn’t have people fill out the slips. She said the email she received
from Joy Reinhart said the exhibitors would like more foot traffic.
DUNKIN BIRTHDAY PARTY
: Sue LaCrosse said she would like to shorten the time by ½ hour and
serve cake at the same time the hotdogs and chips are served.
FACE PAINTING:
It helped to have two face painters.
FAMILY FUN & GAMES:
Phil Cohen said there was a good cross section of demographics.
People like getting something for free. Don’t advertise an ending time for this event.
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL:
Very disappointing.
HONOR THE VETERANS:
Phil Cohen said this went better than expected thanks to Mike
Meyer and Myrna Kragness. It was a slow sell. Duoos supplied the flags. He would like to present the
VFW and the Legion with framed certificates.
ICE CREAM SOCIAL:
It looked like it was successful. They had long lines for the ice cream.
KID’S FISHING CONTEST:
Went really good. Lots of fish were caught.
MAGIC SHOW
: Good. There was a good crowd.
MUSIC/FIREWORKS:
Superb!
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PARADE:
Mike Meyer said he will have a committee member be in charge of the banners and
getting the students to carry them. He had to take the banner volunteers to the bands the night of the parade,
taking him away from other things. He dropped off the trophies ahead of time to a Lion’s member who lives
by Evergreen. This worked well. Phil Cohen passed out some information about parade safety that was
distributed by the League of Minnesota Cities.
PUBLICITY:
It was suggested that we print some type of slip to put on the counters of businesses.
The tabloid looked good.
SENIOR GOLF TOURNAMENT:
This event went good.
TRIVIA CONTEST:
Kathleen Carmody said the event lost money.
OTHER EVENTS:
The Readmobile does not want to come again. They did not get enough
children. It was scheduled at the same time as other family/child events. SpongeBob was very popular.
OLD BUSINESS:
None.
NEW BUSINESS:
Bill payment:
Bixby $1,118.76 Portable Restrooms
BCHS 25.50 Building Supervisor at Earle Brown
There was a motion by Kathleen Carmody, seconded by Karen Youngberg to approve payment of the
bills. Motion carried.
Karen Youngberg will chair the nominating committee
EXT MEETING: Room 221 (upper level) at
N Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. in the
the COMMUNITY CENTER.
ADJOURN:
There was a motion by Kathleen Carmody, seconded by Cathy Ballot to adjourn the meeting at
4:55 p.m. The meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully Submitted,
Sue LaCrosse
Program Supervisor
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