Ken Seefeld reminded members of the upcoming Jubilee of Trees luncheon on Monday, November 22 and Linda Sappington asked members who will be attending to let her know for a head count.Reed Noble reminded those who had committed to delivering dictionaries to the five remaining elementary schools (Red Mountain, Horizon, Washington, Enterprise and Arrowhead) to stop by his office to pick them up.
Eldon McArthur will be the guest-of-honor at an open house on Saturday from 2 - 6 p.m. in celebration of his 90th birthday. All are invited to attend.
Ken Seefeld encouraged members to attend the upcoming “Murder by Poker” performance by the Class Act Senior Theater Company at Sun River. Dates are Monday, November 15 through Friday, November 19 with a matinee on Wednesday. All performances are free-of-charge.Jim Coleman announced a trip to India in February and encouraged any interested club members to talk with him for more details. Currently 18 in the Utah Rotary District have expressed interest in this trip to innoculate children against polio.
PROGRAM: Kyle Case, Executive Director called the Huntsman World Senior Games “the largest annual multi-sport event in the world.” Currently, 48 states host senior sporting events, but St. George is the largest with more than 10,000 participants compared to the 2nd largest in Florida with 3500 participants. Although event organizers anticipated a drop in attendance due to the ongoing problems in the world economy,
the HWSG’s actually saw an increase in new athletes (2403 in ‘10 compared to2006 in ‘09), an increase in the number of softball teams (339 this year), an increase in the number of volleyball teams (162) and basketball teams (to 77). Most participants are from Utah, California, Washington, Arizona and Michigan.The economic impact of the games is estimated at approximately $13,708,500.
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