FEATURE STORIES

Aug. 10, 2006

By Sara Dehn
UW-RF Public Affairs

Senior citizens were welcomed with open arms to Tuesday morning's Chiefs Summer Training Camp. One hundred and six seniors with smiling faces had arrived by 9:30 a.m. to the Ramer Field Sports Complex. Although many younger fans didn't want to comply, there was a section of bleachers reserved for the seniors to sit during practice.

Each Senior was given a raffle ticket, a free camp journal and a pen which was donated by the UW-River Falls Alumni Foundation. The raffle tickets were read off at 10 o'clock; the prizes were a Kansas City Chiefs T-shirt from the concession stand and 10 McDonalds' coupons. The seniors also received complimentary coffee from the concession stand.

Fifty-two seniors on a tour bus from Kansas City attended. Seairlan World Tours brought a group up on a big coach bus for a tour around Wisconsin. They stayed in Rochester, Minn., on Monday night and Ramer Field Sports Complex was their first stop Tuesday morning. They are making six stops in all, to other locations around Wisconsin, including the Cranberry Bog, House on the Rock, Wisconsin Dells and Michigan Lake for a yacht tour.

The NFL Network was also present on Tuesday morning. Seniors enjoyed watching interviews with Chiefs President Carl Peterson, tackle Kyle Turley and tight end Tony Gonzalez. Peterson and quarterback Trent Green even managed to squeeze in a little autograph session with some of the seniors.