LUCERNE, Calif. – The Lucerne Alpine Senior Center is welcoming a new board chair.

The center did not have to search far to find a new chairman of the board after the sudden and unexpected resignation of Dr. John Zebelean.

A current member of the board, Dave Templeton, is the new chairman.

Before being unanimously voted to head the board, he was – and remains – in charge as a volunteer of operations at the center.

Templeton has a very interesting biography.

He spent five years as a Navy fighter pilot, leaving the Navy as a lieutenant commander.

After his stint in the Navy, he attended the University of California at Berkeley on the G.I. Bill. He earned a degree in molecular biology and minored in both anatomy and physiology.

After graduation, Templeton worked at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. Tiring of science, he worked as a supervisor for The Pacific Regency, and eventually began his own trucking business.

The Lucerne Alpine Senior Center Board is extremely pleased to have a chairman with such a wide variety of professional and educational experiences, according to center executive director, Rae Eby-Carl.

Additionally, Templeton also is an accomplished musician. Those who attend the center's open mic sessions may know him as the drummer for the band FOGG. He loves music and feels it provides an outlet for his creativity.

Lucerne Alpine Senior Center also is recruiting for two additional board members. Templeton would be delighted to talk to those interested in serving.

For more information or an application call Lucerne Alpine Senior Center at 707-274-8779.