SIR #142 NEWSLETTER Page 1 Editor: John Bernat 341-4045 Website: www.142-sirbranch.com A ssistant Editor: Bernie Olson 593-6423 Webmaster: Al Armand, 583-0362 November 2014 BigSIR Mike McCann 591-4358 At our November 6th luncheon meeting, the officers and directors for 2015 will be installed. Many positions will remain the same as this year with the following notable changes: Current Little Sir Mike Lazzari will assume the Big Sir position. Peter Deutsch will become our Little Sir. Gino Medina and Ken Masry will be officially installed as Directors. One of our own, Sir Al Malouf will be our guest speaker at our November meeting. Sir Malouf will be sharing some experiences as a Navy Bomber Pilot during World War II in the South Pacific. It is a honor and a privilege to have Al as our guest speaker and I thank and salute Sir Al Malouf for his service to his country. LUNCHEONS Luncheons are held at 12:00 noon, on the 1st Thursday of each month at the San Mateo Elks Lodge on 20th Ave. Come & enjoy a hot lunch, listen to an interesting speaker and socialize with your other members. Bring a friend. MENU FOR NOVEMBER Honey Bake Ham with a spiced Rum Sauce and Herb Roasted Chicken Salad Station Reminder that on December 6th, the SIRS #142 luncheon will be at the Basque Cultural Center in South San Francisco. I thank John Kristovich and Bob Lockwood for coordinating this annual event. Tickets will be sold at the November meeting or you may contact either John or Bob for tickets and/or additional information. We still need to fill the Hospitality Chair position after Bob Smith resigns after the April, 2015 meeting. Thanks to Bob for all the years of service to our SIRS organization. If interested in this position, please contact Bob or any officer/ director. I encourage you to continue to bring guest/friends to our luncheon meetings. Maintaining and attracting new members to SIRS is always a concern. If any of you desire to start a new interest group with SIRS, please contact any officer/ director. We strive to have sufficient interest groups within the organization to maintain current membership and attract new members. Thank you and hope to see all members at our November luncheon meeting. Mike McCann SIRS #142, "Big Sir" Membership data changes The following changes: address, phone number, E-mail, medical status information and any other changes that are recorded in our roster should be communicated to Tom Malaspina at the monthly luncheon or call (650) 701-9100 or email Tom at tmalaspina@comcast.net Free Lunch on your Birthday Only if you ar e at the lunch and you are the lucky one to have your name drawn. NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS SIR #142 NEWSLETTER Page 2 Little SIR Michael Lazzari, 312-9414 Scheduled speaker SWEEPSTAKES TICKETS Ken Mantoani, 368-2009 Harvey Harrison, 341-7534 Check your Badge numbers for special deals! If your badge No. is 1-25 and if you purchase $5 in tickets, you will receive 3 extra tickets. SWEEPSTAKES TICKETS Ken Mantoani, 368-2009 & Harvey Harrison, 341-7534 October winners were: 1. $60 Frank Hambrick 2. $40 George Trelut 3. Jewelry Peter Deutsch 4. Wine Peter Deutsch 5. Free Lunch Dick Hogan 6. Free Lunch Joe Lysek Each luncheon there are six drawings. The latest edition of SIR Happenings has been posted: http://sirinc.org/sirhappenings Would you like to travel here is the Travel link: http://sirinc.org/new_site/travel.html January 2015 Lunch Meeting November 6th: Albert Malouf, SIRs member. He will do a presentation on “Flying with the U.S. Navy During WWII”. SUNSHINE Don Parrish, 583-5234 Jim Hansen is undergoing another Knee Operation and we wish him well. Wishing a speedy recover to Cy Rinck and all other Sirs who are recovering. Mark Harrnett Vice-president of Complete Solar gave a very informative presentation on the value of converting to solar energy. NEW MEMBER AT OCTOBER LUNCHEON Rick Hawkins, resides in San Mateo, retired as manager of telecommunication companies. He loves to play golf, guitar and ukulele. He is in training to become Court Appointed Special Advocate. TREASURER’S MAY REPORT George Trelut 996-0424 Beginning Balance $ 2,559.09 Income $ 1,220.00 Expenses $ 1,435.21 Ending Balance $ 2,343.88 All expenses have been reviewed and paid. All receipts collected at the luncheon have been deposited. AS OF August 31, 2014, 141 MEMBERS Attention all members. If you are looking for additional social events, the Peninsula Italian American Social Club of San Mateo has a luncheon on the third Friday of each month, and a dinner dance the first Friday of each month. These events are open to all, with great food, including wine, at a very reasonable price. For reservations or more information, please contact Tony at 650 343 7981. January 8th will be the first meeting in 2015 due to prevent a conflict with New Years Day. Editor’s Note: Articles to be published in the Newsletter must be received by the 20th of the preceding month, so the Newsletter can be published on the Web site http://www.142-sirbranch.com/ ,prior to the meeting. Thanks for your cooperation! Printed copies are available at the luncheon. NEWSLETTER ON THE WEB: If you are not receiving the monthly email broadcast announcing that the latest Newsletter is now available on the website, you should contact Tom at tmalaspina@comcast.net email address. SIR #142 NEWSLETTER Page 3 GOLF (The wee small balls) Bob Chang, 703-2342 Golf Report – November 2014 Seems like only yesterday, but our golf program is entering its last month. Our last golf tournament for 2014 will be Dec. 2. We still have room for golfers who want to play this year and next, so let me know if you’re interested. We are adding three new golfers this month – Rick Hawkins, Tim McMurdo, and Charles Bundy. We also had a “fun” offside tournament at the newly modified Poppy Hills golf course. Our golf program will close with a luncheon on Dec. 11 and all of the “alumni” golfers are invited to attend. For the past month, the notable results were a resounding win by the team of Dick Roza, Jim Cunningham, John Wong, and Dale Heiberger at San Ramon, low scores in Flight 1 Big Sir Mike McCann (83) and Bob Chang (85), Dan Scannell (91) and Ken Masry (93) in Flight 2, and John Wong (95) in Flight 3. Other notables for the month included two really close to pin shots by Dan Scannell (the closest being 2’ 4”) and 5 birdies by Bob Chang Our remaining golf dates are: Oct 28 Sky West, Nov. 4 Presidio, Nov. 11 Poplar Creek, Nov. 18 Crystal Spring (Scramble), Nov. 25 Santa Clara, and Dec. 2 Spring Valley. Give me a call at 650-703-2342 to find out more about the golf club or to reserve a date to play. Signup sheets will also be available at the November meeting. NON-RESPONSIBILITY CLAUSE: All tr avel events and other activities sponsor ed by SONS IN RETIREMENT, INC., or its branches are for the convenience and pleasure of the members and guests who desire to participate. SONS IN RETIREMENT, INC., and its Branches do not assume any responsibility for the well-being or safety of the participants or passengers, or their property, or any damages whatsoever, in any manner pertaining to said travel or other activities. SIR #142 NEWSLETTER Page 4 Interest Groups Interest groups continue to have their normal meetings. Since future newsletters will now be electronic, we suggest you look into the two computer meetings. Both are now chaired by Branch 1 members, but all SIRs are welcome. Meetings are held at the Charles Schwab/Silicon Valley Foundation building a 1300 El Camino., San Mateo. Unless indicated otherwise Rick Dusine, has a monthly meeting. on the 4th Tuesday of the month Meetings start at 9:30 AM –11:00 AM. A $5.00 contribution for coffee & donuts is suggested but not collected at each meeting. Attendees share their experiences with computers and help those with questions. ☺ Collections and Stamp Group - Rick Zanardi 343-2917 The next meeting of this group will be on 3rd Monday, 10:00 AM, Bring your favorite antique, stamps, coins or bullion to discuss and find out what it is worth. Call Roy or Rick if you have any questions. Roy Hansen (Branch142) 583-4657 Bill Bromley, has a monthly technology meeting on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at the IHOP restaurant at 1510 El Camino in Belmont.. A no host breakfast is available. Meetings start at 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM. Bill publishes by email a very interesting monthly newsletter on the fast changing industry. Attendees informally share their experiences and solutions with computers and personal electronics. This is an excellent place for beginners to get their questions answered. BOCCE (The Little balls) Dan Scannel, 341-1245 We play on Thursdays. Looking for some new faces. Come join us at Beresford Park in San Mateo. Coffee and Doughnuts at 9:30 AM and games start at 10:00 AM. Teams are created by drawing so no team can horde all the best players. Some potential players need a ride to the games. If you can provide a ride please let me know so we can make the arrangements and increase our players. BOWLING (The Big Balls) Sir’s if any of you are interested in BOWLING in our Sir’s bowling league now is a good time to join. There is plenty of room for anybody that is interested in joining the Sir’s Bowling League. You’ll also meet a bunch of nice guys (Sir’s) from other branches, and you’ll have a lot of fun and a nice change of pace for you. We bowl at Bel-Mateo on Fridays from 9:45 A.M. to 12:15 P.M. If interested contact Ken Braband at 650-572 1250. Ken Braband 650 572-1250 Note: Required Attendance Rule 100 states, “Any member who misses (3) consecutive meetings without proper ly notifying the Attendance Chair man, or attends less than five (5) meetings within the last 12 months, will be notified in the prescr ibed for m of his pending member ship ter mination”. If you must miss a meeting, phone Joe Lysek, Attendance Chair, at 650-578-9208. Otherwise, email him at jjL4me@att.net by the Monday before the lunch date.