02-22-2016 SAMSenior Advisory Board Minutes
February 22, 2016
Present: Julie Jensen, Harriet Sturges, Curt Dahl, Judy Klawitter, Warren Schuft, Don
Schroeder
City Staff: September Jacobsen, John McRaith
Absent: Kay Yoch, Darlene Kenning
I. The meeting was called to order at 10:00a.m. by Chairman Don Schroeder.
II. Secretary's Report: The January minutes were examined. Warren made a
motion to approve the minutes and Judy seconded the motion. The motion was
approved.
III. Treasurer's Report: Warren presented the financials for the past month. Card sales
for January/February were $178 while shotgun shell flags brought in another $50.
Other craft sales totaled $35. The Giving Program has a current balance of $1781 in
the account. Judy made a motion to accept the report with a second from Harriet.
The motion passed.
IV. Old Business
A. Tours- Julie Jensen reported that the trip on February 14th to Orchestra Hall went
very well. This tour included dining at Crystal's in Minnetonka and she heard
many compliments on this establishment. On March 9th a group will travel to the
Plymouth Playhouse for a revue featuring John Denver's music. This event is
sold out. Upcoming trips include "Grease" at the St. Cloud Paramount Theater
which still has nine openings, a Norwegian festival, an Old Log Theater
production of "Million Dollar Quartet", a summer cruise on Gull Lake, a visit to
Black Bear Lodge with a performance at Jasper Theater, a trip to the State Fair,
and a mystery tour. The latest addition to the tour calendar is a December visit to
the Basilica of St. Mary to hear a Lutheran choir concert. The new registration
system for tours that allows each person to purchase a maximum of two tickets
seems to be working well.
B. Update on Programs- September reported that the movie for this month was "A
Walk in the Woods" which turned out to be pretty good. "The Age of Adeline"
was the bonus movie. For March the movie will be "The Intern" with "A Song
for Ireland" as the bonus film. Tomorrow's Fellowship dinner has 35 people
registered. Next month the meal will include beef stew in honor of St. Patrick's
Day. The dinner fee was raised to $9 to cover costs and there was very little
displeasure expressed about the change. Intergenerational mentoring is starting
slow with six participants coming and going but they are enjoying the activity.
The Center will have bingo every Friday now and Walgreens will be providing
some of the callers. Bone Builders is still very popular but they could use a few
more people to train as session leaders. The golf nets have been ordered. Table
tennis is going well with up to twelve people there to play on occasion. We
currently have three tables but one is not very portable.
V. Business
A. Election of Officers- The current officers of the advisory board were
nominated to serve another year in their current positions. The current chairman
is Don Schoeder, the vice -chair is Harriet Sturges, the secretary is John
McRaith, and the treasurer is Warren Schuft. Curt made a motion seconded by
Warren that we approve the nominations. The motion passed unanimously.
B. St. Croix Hospice - Representatives of St. Croix Hospice would like to get
involved at the Senior Center. The board felt that fifteen minutes of the March
meeting should be reserved to hear from them.
C. April Concert- The Roy Orbison and Elvis Pressley Tribute concert is
scheduled for April 2"d. The tickets will be $15 in advance and $20 at the door.
Thrivent will be helping to sponsor this event. Volunteers will be needed to
make the concert a success.
D. Other- Don reminded the other members to think about new programs for the
Center. September told the group that "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune" are
available for the Wii machine. The group also discussed the need for a
computer for Julie to have for planning trips. A computer printer and where it
should be located were also topics of discussion that will be revisited at a future
meeting.
VI. Adjournment: Curt made a motion to adjourn at 11:11 am with a second from Warren.
The motion passed.
The Senior Advisory Board's next regularly scheduled meeting is on Monday, March
28th at 10:00 a.m.
John McRaith, Secretary