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The Men’s Club Assistant Program Chairman, Mickey Jordan, greets Jerry Grote before his talk to the April Sacred Heart Men’s Club meeting.

Mr. Jerry Grote was the guest speaker at the April 12th meeting of the Sacred Heart Men’s Club.  Mr. Grote has been a resident of Hot Springs Village for 6 years with his wife Anne who is a floral designer and manager of The Bee Hive.  Jerry was an all American athlete in college in both baseball and basketball.  Following college he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team and the St. Louis Hawks NBA team.  He decided to play basketball and played for both the Hawks and the LA Lakers.  Following his professional sports career he was a college basketball coach, a television announcer for the LA Lakers and involved in the insurance business.


Jerry spoke to the Men’s Club about the importance of daily scripture reading, the value of daily prayer and finding satisfaction through service.  He used examples from his experience along with numerous humorous antidotes to bring his presentation to life.  His talk was followed by a lively question and answer period.


Sacred Heart Men’s Club is an organization of men from Sacred Heart Parish that meet monthly for fellowship and provide services and financial donations to various community charities.