RYLA report

Our meeting on November 19th was our wonderful opportunity to hear from Justin Gooch and Levi Spafford about their experience wtih the Rotary Youth Leadership Award experience. For anyone who is not familiar with RYLA, it an opportunity for high school juniors to have an intense experience in leadership principles with youth from around our State. These young men told of the lessons learned, the experiences, the great Northern Mountain location AND the number of girls who attended RYLA! It was great to hear the enthusiasm of these young men as they start their journey into Rotary and Leadership.

Remember, no meeting on Thanksgiving!

December will bring exciting events - stay tuned!

Marla Shelby-Drabner, President

Rotary Club of Dixie Sunrise

A picture is worth 1,000 words!

Wade and Vicki returned! Great fun!

Did you notice the average age of the our club attendance dropped geometrically this week?

Next week, RYLA! Hear from the kids who were there!

Marla

The Rotary Foundation

This week the Rotary Club of Dixie Sunrise joined with our fellow clubs; The St. George Rotary Club, The Red Rock Club, and The Hurricane Rotary Club to hear Past District Governor, Fred Berthrong's update on the Rotary Foundation. If you were not able to be with us - we missed you! If you were not able to be with us, please go to the RI web site to view the new Future Vision Plan for the Foundation. Many opportunities to give of ourselves and the ways to do so just got easier. Please check it out!

Thank you PDG Fred for your visit and thank you St. George Club for hosting us all!

Remember, we won't meet on Thursday this week, BUT next week The Snake Lady will be our program. You won't want to miss this. Bring you kids, they'll love it.

See you on the 12th!
Marla Shelby-Drabner, President

Shayne, how does luncheon compare with our breakfast?

Nature Captured

We have among us a member with a great camera and an eye for the capture. Here is a sampling of the Fall colors courtesy of John Johnson

Enjoy!

The Amazing Dixie Center

Wow! Our meeting last Thursday was held at the Dixie Center where we were not fed a delicious breakfast we got the “back lot” tour of the operations of the Dixie Center and for those of us who hadn’t done that before it was eye-opening!

JoAnn Gordon, Dixie Center Marketing Director for 19 years, Cindy Curtis, Sale and Decorating Coordinator, for 12 years and Susan Duncan who is 1 of 3 event Coordinators welcomed us to the insiders look at the Dixie Center.

Did you know the Dixie Center began at Dixie State College and was originally comprised of the Burns Arena, Cox Auditorium and Smith Convention Center? The current facility opened 11 years ago – we were there on the anniversary! – with 31,000 sq. ft of meeting space. Today the Dixie Center encompasses 32,000 sq. ft of flexible meeting space and 46,500 sq. ft. of column-free exhibit space! Trade shows may host as many as 240 booths. The facility can accommodate small meetings or weddings or events the size of the largest user, What Woman Want. And the center includes a full theater.

The center is managed and funded in an amazing shared manner by The City of St. George (32%) and Washington County (68%). Each entity has a Director and City/County Representative. Marketing staff, Convention and Tourist Office is the responsibility of the county, operations including set up staff, event coordinators, custodial staff, etc. All in all quite, an extraordinary operation.

Remember, we will be participating in the All Clubs Luncheon next Monday, November 2, 2009 at the Holiday Inn on Bluff Street at 12:15. Please plan to attend to hear PDG Fred Berthrong tell us about the amazing work of the Rotary Foundation.

We will NOT be meeting on Thursday. However, next week, Nov. 12th ,The Snake Lady returns. Be sure to bring your kids, it is really great fun.

Marla Shelby-Drabner, President
Rotary Club of Dixie Sunrise.