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Show Senior citizen convention Oct. 11 The sixth annual statewide state-wide convention of the Utah State Coalition of Senior Citizens will be in Salt Lake City at the Hotel Newhouse, Oct. 11. The theme of the convention conven-tion will be "Senior Power in the Eighties." Convention activities will be preceded by a board of directors' reception recep-tion Friday at 8 p.m. in the Newhouse Hotel, said State President Urcy Bell Demings of Richfield, Utah. "Legislators, candidates, can-didates, USCSC members and friends of the Senior Coalition are invited to attend at-tend the event, as well as the infomative sessions on Saturday," Pres. Demings stated. Saturday's program opens at 10 a.m. Senator Jake Garn and Dan Ber-man, Ber-man, candidates for Senate, will address key senior citizen concerns during the morning session. ses-sion. Mrs. Norma Matheson is also scheduled schedul-ed to speak. The afternoon session will include entertainment entertain-ment by the Western Days Group, an address by Sen. Frances Farley and a panel of experts from various fields. In addition, ad-dition, there will be at least a dozen displays for seniors with pertinent information in-formation on senior employment, tax rebates, food stamps, health insurance in-surance and legal services. ser-vices. Coalition officers for the 1980-81 year will be installed in-stalled and special entertainment enter-tainment has been arranged ar-ranged for the Friday reception and the Saturday Satur-day luncheon. Convention activities are open to the public, and senior citizens are welcome from the state. |