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WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — Gov. Gary Herbert celebrated the state's 145 residents who are at least 100 years old at an annual event in West Jordan.
The Deseret News reports (http://bit.ly/1EtsVDY) the annual Centenarian Celebration luncheon was held Friday and attended by 55 of the state's eldest residents.
The governor and his wife Jeannette ate lunch with 106-year-old Beatrice Payne of Provo. She and 106-year-old Evgeni Safanov of Salt Lake County were the oldest attendees.
Herbert said Utah residents of all ages could learn from the lives, experiences, and hopes of the state's centenarians.
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