We "missed" you a Merry Christmas

Our Christmas Party was wonderful! Great food - thank you Shayne and the Abbey Inn - the room was lovely, the fellowship great always, and the entertainment was Spectacular! For those of you who missed this evening of Holiday Feasting, I'm attaching a whole batch of photos to entice you never to miss a Rotary Club of Dixie Sunrise social again.

Lots of great food, as I said.

Lots of great fellowship, as I said.

And, Lana Jo Holt is a most talented and lovely young lady. She shared her lovely voice with us and I'm sure I can speak for one and all, it was wonderful . Lana Jo, thank you for sharing your gift. And, for the gifts of music we took home.

Maria and Calvin, again we thank you for putting up with us week after week after week. You take very good care of us! And feed us very well!

A reminder that we will not meet on Dec. 24th or 31th. Our next meeting will be January 7th at the usual time and place.

May I conclude with my sincere wishes that the Holiday Season finds you with much to be Thankful for. I hope your Christmas is full of what matters to you most.

Merry Christmas and a Happy Propsperous HEALTHY, New Year.

Marla Shelby-Drabner, President

Rotary Club of Dixie Sunrise.

Can you do it?

Welcome to the BLOG of the Rotary Club of Dixie Sunrise! Last week we had our 667th meeting all time meeting and the 22nd meeting of this year.

This week we were – with visions of many aches and pains – educated about the newest St. George major event the Ironman! On May 1st of 2010, St. George will debut the 7th venue for Ironman in the U.S. This event has so much potential that 750 tickets were sold with the introductory announcement.

Kevin Lewis, event coordinator working with St. George City and Jeff Gardner, an event survivor gave us an insider’s view of the event which is slated to bring 10,000 people to St. George next spring. With 2,500 participants – the event is fully sold out – our economy should see a positive bottom line from this. And, the even will donate up to $50,000 to local charities. Rotary has jumped in to help, so we could share in this donation!

Our event will be extremely unique and should grow each year because of the very unique terrain over which the event – of swim, bike and run – is staged. Most, such as Florida’s Ironman run on flat ground. Not here! Elevation everywhere!

For more information go to ironmanstgeorge.com.

Next week, Christmas Feast! 6:30 p.m. Grab your best guest and join us for an evening with friends, good food, and GREAT entertainment.

Remember your gift bags!

Marla

Finally a name tag!

Jim, we are glad to have you with us!

Including another of John Johnson's great shots. Great eye John!

So, Mark and Todd, awfully deep conversation here........

See you all Thursday

St. George has an Igloo!

At the all time 667th meeting of the Rotary Club of Dixie Sunrise last week, we learned of the about to open IGLOO Ice Rink! What an exciting addition to our community. James Mitchell, part owner or the facility, and John Crosier, Director of Hockey for Dixie Igloo and Kids on Ice were joined by Kids on Ice Board Member, Shannon Walker to introduce this new addition to our city to our members.

While the Igloo will indeed be open to the public for figure skating and other open skating, the goal of the Kids on Ice Board is to offer young people the ability to spread their wings in athletics. Their goal is to encourage young people to be athletes rather than single sport players who then have a narrow focus as adults. The Kids on Ice Program follows the American Developmental Model – Play LOTS of sports and BE KIDS! Visit http://www.kidsonice.org/ for more information.

The new facility is slated to open before Christmas and will be a welcome addition for families looking for healthy opportunities for kids and families.

Next week: The Ironman!

Followed by our Holiday Feast! We will have our annual Christmas Party at the Abbey Inn on December 17th at 6:30 p.m. (No, no breakfast meeting.) We look forward to a delicious Abbey Inn menu and entertainment by Lana Jo Holt. Sign up at this week’s meeting.

Marla