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BULLETIN
SIR# 172 – Twain Harte, CA
November 2014
Website: www.sirtwain.org
PO Box 1143, Twain Harte, CA 95383
LUNCH SCHEDULE
Lunches are the first Thursday at
the Elk’s Lodge with No-Host
Refreshments starting 11:00am.
Lunch at Noon for $13.00
ROLAND’S REPORT
November 6, 2014 Menu
Roast Turkey & Stuffing
Gravy & Cranberry Sauce
Buttered Corn & Candied Yams
Salad
Pumpkin Pie
Three important LUNCH dates are coming up:
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 – monthly lunch
Saturday, December 6, 2014 – Christmas Dinner
Friday, January 2, 2015 – monthly lunch
LUNCH PRICE INCREASES JANUARY 2015 TO $14.00
Our caterer has borne the rising food costs and will need to increase the
individual SIR (and guest) lunch cost to $14.00 each beginning with our
Friday, January 2, 2015 luncheon. I’m certain you’ve been satisfied with
the food quality and portion size and want for that to continue.
CALL IF YOU CAN’T GET TO OUR LUNCH (536-6333)
Last month a record was set for the highest number of SIR members who:
- Didn’t attend the luncheon, and who
- Didn’t call beforehand!
We need to be considerate to our caterer and not surprise him with No
Shows causing him a financial loss.
- - WEDNESDAY - December 3, 2014 Menu
Beef Kabob
Rice Pilaf
Green Beans & Green Salad
Bread Pudding
Per Person Lunch Prices
Will Increase On
Friday, January 2, 2015
To $14.00
CHRISTMAS DINNER TICKETS
Richard Brandau
Heinz Buseman
Leroy Bushart
Otto Giuliani
NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS
Charles Luke
Bruce McCulloch
Dave Palmer
Roland Patton
John Rech
Mike Schmidt
Jim Svetich
Harry Taylor
GUEST SPEAKERS
November 6
We’ll have a ceremony honoring our SIR Branch WWII
Veterans and hope all of you will remain for this event after
finishing your lunch. Please stick around for this event.
December 3
Frank and Sally Helms, owners of Dodge Ridge Ski Resort will be our
guest speakers for the Wednesday, December 3rd luncheon.
They’ll talk about current operations as they plan for the upcoming
winter season, additional improvements and customer services planned
for the future.
The next BEC Meeting will be on Monday, Dec 1, 2014 at
the Pine Tree Restaurant. Board Members and Group
Chairmen and all members are invited
Buy tickets for the Saturday, Dec 6, 2014
Annual Christmas Dinner at the November
SIR Luncheon
The Per Person cost is $22.00
Checks made payable to SIR# 172 can be
mailed to PO Box 1143, Twain Harte 95383
with Dinner selections that are: Salmon,
Prime Rib or Cornish Game Hen.
Contact Dennis at honeyd24@gmail.com for
more details.
Lunch Attendance
Planned Absence & Guests
If you won’t be at the lunch, you need to call our
Hotline (536-6333) before 12:00 noon on the day
prior to our lunch.
You will be counted as an Excused Absence – calling
after noon or not showing up without calling will be an
Unexcused Absence
Guests - call our Hotline before noon the day before
our lunch with your guest’s name.
ACTIVITY GROUP NEWS
Bike (Glenn Mutch, 588-8404)
Tuesday, November 18th is the next bike ride. Glenn will meet everyone near Kohl’s in the Junction Shopping
Center at 8:30am and a carpool caravan will head to Knight’s Ferry. Ride out and back with lunch at The 50’s
Café. Bring a helmet, gloves, tube repair, water, snack or lunch money. Oh yea, we need pictures, so,
one or more should bring a camera and take a bunch of pictures!!!
Golf (Richard Broddie, 586-3151)
Games and tournaments will resume Spring 2015.
Hike (Jerry Jensen, 928-1278)
Hike around Pinecrest Lake on Thursday, November 20, 2014. Meet at 8:30am at the Twain Harte Market
and we’ll car pool. It’s about 4.5 miles round trip staying around 5,600 feet. Flat terrain with short up pitches
over several rocky bluffs. Bring lunch, water, mosquito repellent and sun block. And, yea, we need
pictures, so one or more hikers need to bring their camera!!!
Horseshoes (Cas Munoz, 586-1578)
SIR Horseshoe games will restart in Spring 2015
Pinochle (Roland Patton, 586-5643)
Games are each Monday at the Moose Lodge on Longeway: November 3, 10, 17 and 24
Play starts at 12:30pm and usually ends at or before 3:30pm. We play ‘Cutthroat’ (3 players) over 8
games with 3 hands per game and the entry fee is $3.00.
Propane (Roy Gray, 586-9663)
SIR# 172 has a deal with J.S. West to provide members with propane at $0.65 above their daily/
weekly costs. The price for the week ending Nov 7 is $1.78/gallon. Contact Roy for information.
RV (Duane Porter, 533-2189)
There’s a preliminary trip to Arizona for Spring Training in March 2015. Duane will provide details as they
come together.
Tech (Dick Chimenti, 677-7070)
Dick held a meeting last month focusing on how to move pictures from a camera to computer, resize
pictures & how to send them via email and there’s a summary on page 4. There’s no meeting
planned for November, but, please call or email Dick (casachimenti@gmail.com) with any ideas
Theater (Dave Palmer, 352-6157)
The final play for this year takes place at the Fallon House:
“Sander Family Christmas”, Dec 10th (Bob Wright, Host)
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Bring 2 checks to the Nov 6 Lunch payable to SIR# 172 Twain Harte.
The per person charges are:
Play - $22.00
Dinner - $25.00
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Travel (Paul Halek, 352-7399)
We need a preliminary headcount before we pay the reservation fee and book a trip. An email flyer
went out and you should “Reply To All” and pick a trip – no obligation, just a needed headcount.
Choose one or both “Snow Train” to Reno in Feb or “Spring Training” to Glendale, AZ in Mar 2015.
Look for the Motherlode Travel table at the lunch this week and sign up there if you want.
No Email? Call me for details (sierra.red@sbcglobal.net)
-2SIR# 172 Twain Harte Bulletin - November 2014
Golf Group Results
Riverbend Madera Golf Course
Oct 7, 2014
ACTIVITY GROUP HAPPENINGS
Pinochle – October Scores
Roland, Bill Burnes and Bert Kronnick (#77) in the background
while Otto Giuliani scrutinizes the results Mike Schmidt
is preparing while Henry Beltran and
Bob Morrison (#136) await the results.
Alan Day surveying the course for his next shot.
Results for the October games didn’t make it before
Bulletin printing and emailing. These are Sep results
Group One
First Place Winners
Group Two
Broddie
68
Ballesta
68
Date
Gorham
72
Pendleton
69
6-Oct-14
459
Sonny Tome
77
Sameulian
73
Porter
72
13-Oct-14
593
Jerry Morrow
172
20-Oct-14
397
Paul Halek
172
27-Oct-14
421
Sonny Tome
172
Group Three
Player
Branch#
Group Four
72
Eachus
66
Bolitho
72
Bezerra
72
Conley
72
Kavanaugh
73
Uhl
72
Becker
Score
Closest To Hole #8
4 Session Players
Closest To Hole #7
Quartarolo
12'
Pendleton
17'
Bezerra
19'
Average
Score
Player
Downes
12'
Average
Score
2 Session Players
Dave Goldemberg
346
Paul Halek
353
Ron Zils
308
Dick Robinson
265
Otto Giuliani
302
Mike Schmidt
192
Henry Beltran
253
Average
Score
Player
Hike to Bell Meadows
Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
Player
3 Session Players
Player
Average
Score
1 Session Players
Jerry Morrow
430
Art Bartee
312
Ed Mintline
219
Roland Patton
187
Bike Group
Thursday, October 9th
Becky Chimenti took this picture at the Bell Meadow
hike: pictured are Mike Clay (#77), Jerry Jensen,
Dick Chimenti, John Morton and his friend, John and
finally, Dennis Hebert.
Bell Meadows is in a valley originally carved by glaciers and
has one of the largest Stanislaus Nat’l Forest aspen groves.
Wildlife species include mule deer, black bears, foxes,
bobcats, mountain lions and coyotes. Glad to report all SIR
hikers returned safe and sound
No pictures
were taken
on this ride
to Fraser Flat
last month.
This older Bike Club picture is from their Old Don
Pedro Bike Ride
-3SIR# 172 Twain Harte Bulletin - November 2014
TECH TALK
Technology User’s Group (TUG)
SIR Dick Chimenti’s October lunch meeting involved digital pictures - maneuvering them on your computer. This
section will highlight general and specific issues and we ask you to tell us what you’d like to learn - send an email with
specifics to Dick Chimenti and Paul Halek
FREE COMPUTER CLASSES AT TUOLUMNE COUNTY LIBRARY
The Sonora Library at 480 Greenly Road is offering Free computer classes to beginning and intermediate adults. Each
course is two sessions and are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00am to 10:00am.
You need to call 209-533-5507 as soon as possible to try to get a seat at one or all events.
This is an excellent opportunity to learn more about Word, Email & Internet, Photo processing and computer basics.
Class Title
Dates
Introduction to WORD
Introduction to Internet-Email
Digital Image Processing
Beginning and Intermediate Computer
Nov 4 and
Nov 18 and
Nov 18 and
Dec 2 and
6
20
20
4
Dec 9 and 11
Dec 16 and 18
Dec 23
At Horseshoe Group
The final games were played on November 30 and Cas Munoz will be awarding the Top Player with a
trophy at an upcoming SIR Lunch. Here are the November scores. The December Bulletin will have the
2014 Player Totals identifying the Award Winner
Player
Cas Munoz, Carl Nunes and Dave Goldemberg
Total
#Wins
#Losses
Rich Brandau
20
4
0
Cas Munoz
18
3
1
Jim Beacom
18
3
1
Dave Perry
14
1
3
Harold Granados
14
1
3
Dave Goldemberg
14
1
3
Carl Nunes
12
0
4
◙ We have enough youth, how about a “Fountain Of Smart”
◙ There are three kinds of people. Those who can count and those who can’t.
◙ The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the ability to reach it
◙ A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory!
◙ When you get to a fork in the road, take it
◙ I started out with nothing and I still have most of it.
◙ Be nice to your kids. They’ll get to choose your nursing home
◙ I was going to do something about my procrastination, but, I haven’t got to it yet
◙ When you get to the fork in the road, take it
-4SIR# 172 Twain Harte Bulletin - November 2014
BRANCH OFFICERS
POSITION
NAME
TELEPHONE
EMAIL
Big SIR
Little SIR
Secretary
Secretary Asst
Treasurer
Roland Patton
Rich Brandau
Robert Fisher
Ed Mintline
Alan Day
586-5643
586-3399
532-3306
586-1893
586-3974
rolandsonora@gmail.com
richardbrandau44@comcast.net
fisher@goldrush.com
emgat@att.net
adday@mlode.com
Treasurer Asst
2nd Year Director
2nd Year Director
2nd Year Director
1st Year Director
1st Year Director
1st Year Director
Dennis Honeychurch
Stu Heller
Dick Chimenti
Jerry Jensen
Dave Palmer
Sprague Edwards
Don Walton
586-2117
586-7323
677-7070
928-1278
532-6136
586-2818
586-1606
honeyd24@gmail.com
lakewooddancers@goldrush.com
casachimenti@gmail.com
jerjenrpf@frontiernet.net
dpalmer348@aol.com
sprague2@sbcglobal.net
Joanwalton6214@comcast.net
Area, Region and State Officers
President
Vice President
Director, Region 3
Maynard Rodland
Bobbie Hairston
Jimmie Johnson
Area Governor
Jerry Morrow
Ph: 916-371-1978
Ph: 707-252-0252
Ph: 916-061-8092
jerdan@sonnet.com
586-2979
BRANCH REPORTS
The Branch BANK - Oct 2014
Begin Cash Balance
$5,946.32
Receipts
$1,761.10
Disbursements
$1,938.44
Ending Cash Balance:
$5,768.98
LUNCH ATTENDANCE REPORT
Oct 2014
Begin Membership Count
169
Absences
59
SUB TOTAL
110
Guests
0
Speakers, Visitors
2
SUB TOTAL
2
TOTAL ATTENDANCE
112
MEMBERSHIP REPORT
Oct 2014
Begin Membership Count
New Members
SUB TOTAL
Newly Inactive, Resigns,
Terminations
SUBTOTAL
TOTAL ACTIVE
MEMBERS
MEMBER INFORMATION
SIR BRANCH ATTENDANCE RULES (abridged)
Rule 100.
A member may be terminated for any of the following:
(a) Missing three consecutive regular luncheon meetings without having been excused
prior to the meeting date.
(b) Did not attend one-half of the regular luncheon meetings within the previous
twelve consecutive month period.
Rule 101.
Certification of attending another Branch meeting will be considered as a credit to his
attendance record.
LEGAL NOTICE
Non-Responsibility Declaration:
All activities arranged for or by, or sponsored by, Sons In Retirement, Incorporated,
and its Branches, are for the convenience and pleasure of the members and their
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 their
property, in any matters pertaining to said activities (Rule 345). Checks, money
orders or credit cards for travel for one day or less (no overnight), where a
bus/busses is/are used as the primary means of transportation may be made payable
to the branch sponsoring the event. All other checks, money orders or credit cards
for travel must be made payable to the travel agency (Rules 420 & 421).
Rule 13:
169
0
169
0
0
169
Sons In Retirement shall not support, promote or otherwise act to
benefit, directly or indirectly, any other entity, cause, or crusade;
or any charitable or civic project no matter how worthy, including
donations to the Red Cross, blood banks and the like. Speakers at
luncheons or other meetings of the Branch or State shall be made
aware of this position so as to avoid any semblance of soliciting
contributions or business, or endorsing any political, religious or
ideological concepts.
CHANGING YOUR PHONE#, EMAIL OR ADDRESS
Contact your Membership Chairman
-5SIR# 172 Twain Harte Bulletin - November 2014