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National Service Award

On July 6th our club was awarded the 2009-2010 National Service Award. A picture with the letter we recieved is listed below. This is a great accomplishment and something for us to be very proud of. Now we all need to buckle down and work towards the BIG-E.

Ken Olsen

It is with great sadness that we announce that one of our club members, Ken Olsen, passed away on Sunday, July 18, 2010. Ken was a charter member of the St. George Exchange Club and he served as president of the club and president of the District.

In the last few years he has spent a great deal of time on the road and has not been able to attend our meetings very often, but it was always enjoyable when he did.

He leaves behind a great legacy and we should all be grateful for the efforts he put in to help establish this club.

A link to his obituary is below. The club has arranged to send flowers.

Ken joined the Exchange Club on 5/1/1974.

1975 Club President
1977 District Div. 1 Director
1978 District Div. 1 Director
1979 District Secretary
1981 District President-Elect
1982 District President
1983 District Immed. Past President

Obituary

Ford Iron Man St George 2010

Today's speaker was Kevin Lewis, Sprots & Events Director with the St George Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. Kevin gave us a recap on the St George Iron Man, sharing a couple of videos and pictures and much feedback from the participants.

2,500 athletes signed up (the race was capped at 2,500). Only 2,150 athletes registered the day before, only 1,916 started the race, and only 1,634 finished. Kevin explained that the St George Iron Man is being claimed as the hardest course in North America. The people at Iron Man were impressed with the way the City of St George came together to pull this off. We had 4,300 volunteers, over 9,000 visitors came and spent an estimated $7.85 million in Washington County.

The male winner was Michael Weiss, finishing in 8 hrs 40 min.
The female winner was Heather Wurtele, finishing in 9 hrs 35 min.

The Kids Fun Run had an estimated 700 participants, this is the second largest Fun Run that the Iron Man circuit has ever had.

Iron Man has signed a 5 year contract with St George and will always be on the 1st Saturday of May.

Ford Iron Man St George website
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Changing of the Guard

Out with the old, and in with the new!

Today's club meeting was held at the Children's Justice Center. We conducted our new officer installation. Tim Floyd was presented with a Exchange Club President Plaque for his valiant efforts as club president for the past year. Our new Club President Bill Hudson was sworn in by Mark Loosli.

The 2010-2011 Club Officers are:

National Outstanding Service Project

And the winner is...

"Congratulations! The Exchange Club of St. George won the National Outstanding Service Project, in the area of Youth for your Southern Utah Performing Arts Festival. What a great project!"

Michele Tallent
Awards/Programs of Service Coordinator
The National Exchange Club

I just received the news from Michele with The National Exchange Club. She also said that our club will be presented with a special banner on July 23rd at the National Convention in La Quinta, California. Congratulations again to the club and to our SUPAF director Hayley Winslow. Keep up the good work.

For more information about the Southern Utah Performing Arts Festival visit the website.

A Vision For Tomorrow

Today's Speaker was Scott Hirshi with the Washington County Economic Development Council. He presented Washington County economics 101, which Bill Hudson FAILED miserably. He explained how the past few decades has reshaped the economic climate of St George/Washington County and explained why this is important to our community. He shared the strategic plan, which includes:















































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Business Meeting

Today was a business meeting at the Main Street Plaza. We recapped Iron Man Kids Fun Run. There was an estimated 700 kids that participated. This is a good fund raiser for the club and should be bigger and better next year. Our goal is to have 1,500 participants and next year we will likely reach that. We will need to have a better outreach to the elementary schools and order more T-shirts. Our registration booth next year will need to start earlier and be better organized to handle it, but it is realistic.

We also discussed the need to raise dues to cover our expenses and change our venue to accommodate larger groups and a meal. It was motioned and approved to change our dues to $40 a month and continue at the Main Street Plaza through the end of May.