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We are pleased to have Steve Brosvik as our speaker for January’s Club meeting. Steve was named as the new President and CEO of the Utah Symphony and Utah Opera in 2020. He has been the Chief Operating Officer of the Nashville Symphony since April 2015. In this role, he has overseen the orchestra, artistic, concert operations and production, education and community engagement, fundraising, marketing and communications teams. We are eager to hear from Steve the status of our great Utah arts organizations — the Utah Symphony and Utah Opera. Word has it that he might bring along a couple of musicians for our listening pleasure.  Please join us on Zoom for this wonderful evening!

After months of absence due to Covid-19, we were pleased to begin our 2020-2021 season.  We missed the food and finery of the Alta Club, but were glad to see and visit each other virtually, from our own homes using Zoom.  Our featured speaker was Dr. Devon Hale from the U. of U. Medical College, a recognized infectious disease expert.  He helped us understand some of the intricacies of our current pandemic, and provided some valuable insight to help us minimize the risk to us and our families and our society in the coming days.  Thanks to all of you who “attended” and to Dr. Hale for taking the time to prepare and present that very helpful message to us.

Our next club “meeting” will be on October 29, 2020, one week later than the 4th Thursday, to allow for the US Presidential Debate on Oct. 22nd to be heard by us all.  At that meeting our speakers will be Frank Pignanelli and Lavar Webb on the upcoming election and all things political.  We expect this will also be a Zoom meeting, and will pass along the details for that event as the time approaches.

Stay safe!

Our February Timpanogos Club meeting promises to be one of our best ever, as Morgan Scalley, the University of Utah Defensive Coordinator, will be speaking about the U of U football team.  As you know, this past year has been one of their best years ever, and Morgan will speak about how it happened.  He will also describe the recruits just signed, judged to be the best class of recruits ever signed by the U football team, and Morgan played a huge role in that success.  He also will educate us on what goes into a stellar defense–when and why do you deploy the defensive backs in a zone or a man-to-man, what goes on with the linemen stunting, when and why do the coaches use a blitz, etc.  Morgan is the son of our own Club member, Bud Scalley, who was a running back at the U of U back in the day, who undoubtedly taught Morgan much of what he knows.

Our February meeting will be at the Alta Club at the usual 6 p.m. dinner first, then Morgan’s talk at 7.  As a reminder, parking for the Alta Club is at their new lot on South Temple about one half block east.  Please feel free to invite friends, relatives, acquaintances, etc. who might have an interest in joining Timpanogos Club, and please let us know how many you are bringing for a head count for the dinner.

Many thanks to our past president, Randy Jensen and his wife Liz, who spoke last month about their adventures in climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in  Africa, with photos and amazing stories.  Some of you have mentioned that your age, lumbago, etc. might prevent you from climbing Kilimanjaro yourself, and just hearing about Randy and Liz’s adventures will have to suffice.

The March meeting date has moved one week from its usual fourth Thursday due to scheduling changes, and will be on March 19th instead.  Please make this change on your calendars, as the address noted below by Dr. Bruce Woolley will be incredibly important, educational and entertaining.

March 19, 2020-–Dr. Bruce Woolley will speak about “vaping”   Why should we each avoid it, and what should we  tell our  family members about it to explain what it does to our bodies and the  dangers involved, including permanent lung damage and/or death!  Bruce will also give updated information about coronavirus–how to avoid it, what to do if we catch it, etc.

April 23, 2020–Sam Clark, our  Second Vice President, will speak on his experience as a Mission President.  We are excited to have Sam share his mission experiences and lessons learned applicable to each of us!

May 28, 2020––Peter Breinholt performing!!  This is our end of season meeting with spouses or significant others, and Peter’s agreement to come is huge.  Peter, as you know, is a world-famous singer who accompanies himself on the guitar.  His music will appeal to all, with “oldies but goodies” mixed with the contemporary, and many of his popular songs were written by him!

Our November meeting is on the 3rd Thursday instead of the 4th, to avoid a conflict with Thanksgiving.  Our speaker will be our own Club member, Harvard trained cardiologist Dr. Jeff Anderson, who will explain and demonstrate some of the amazing treatments cardiologists have developed to treat the life-threatening heart problems we can acquire.  A short list of heart conditions we might all develop which can kill  or maim us includes:

• Aortic Aneurysm
• Arrhythmia
• Atrial Fibrillation
• Cardiac Arrest
• Cardiac Rehab
• Cardiomyopathy
• Cholesterol -related cardiac disease
• Congenital Heart Defects
• Diabetes
• Heart Attack
• Heart Failure
• Heart Murmurs
• Heart Valve Problems & Disease
• High Blood Pressure
• Infective Endocarditis
• Kawasaki Disease
• Metabolic Syndrome
• Pericarditis
• Peripheral Artery Disease

If struck by any of these, Jeff may be the one to save us, and his talk will tell us how he does it!  The dinner will be at 6 p.m. at the Alta Club, as usual (unusually scrumptious with their current chefs), followed by Jeff’s talk.  Please remember to invite and bring along potential Timp members, friends, associates, sons, grandsons, etc.–please let us know for the head count.

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Our dinner meeting this month will be on Thursday, October 24, 2019, starting promptly at 6 at the Alta Club as usual. Our speaker is fabulous, Alexander Dushku. He is with the Kirton and McConkie law firm, and will s​peak to the topic, “The Intersection of Religious Liberty and Civil Rights.” His topic is germane to each of us, as it impacts us all in one way or another.

Having filed briefs or petitions in 28 cases before the United States Supreme Court, he has represented a number of religious organizations in various cases and has litigated a broad range of constitutional and civil rights issues. He received his J.D. from BYU, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and became a member of Law Review. He then served as a judicial clerk to Judge Daniel A. Manion of the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. He is also currently an LDS stake president.

Please join us for a great evening!

Steven Newman has over 25 years of experience in the offshore energy sector, including 21 years with Transocean, Ltd., the world’s largest offshore contract driller.  Mr. Newman’s roles with Transocean included a variety of functional assignments and international postings and culminated with being named CEO on March 1, 2010.  Mr. Newman led the company through the Macondo Well Incident, multiple proxy fights with activist investor Carl Icahn and a significant fleet rationalization and restructuring associated with the industry downturn in 2014.  Mr. Newman retired from Transocean in 2015.  He currently sits on the Boards of Dril-Quip (NYSE – DRQ), Tidewater (NYSE – TDW) and SNC-Lavalin (TSE – SNC).  Mr. Newman earned a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and an MBA from Harvard Business School.  He resides in Holladay, Utah with his wife and is the proud father of four amazing kids.

Steve will provide a brief introduction to offshore drilling, discuss some of the common challenges encountered in offshore drilling and review the events surrounding the Macondo Well Incident of April 20, 2010.