SIERRA HILLSBranch 79 Newsletter

HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS: David Blitstein - Joe Dydynski - Bill Heale - Craig Saunders

VOLUME 39 • NUMBER 3APRIL 2019

NEXT LUNCHEON:Thursday, April 18, 2019

Fellowship - 11:00 a.m.Call To Order - 12:00 p.m.

Menu: Deep Fried Pork Chops

LUNCHEON ABSENCECALL DEADLINE

Monday, April 15, 2019CALL BILL HEALE

(530) 277-9828

BIG SIRRick Sale

MEMBERSHIPJim Garrett

LITTLE SIRDavid Bright

Big SIR - Rick Sale

It looks like a rain is going away and we can get back outside for our activities. Join the bocce group on Wednesdays and Fridays. We can also get back going with our Walking and Hiking group.

On a more serious note, our Little SIR, David Bright, has bought a house out of state and will be leaving us. We need to replace him a soon as possible. The Little SIR assists the Big SIR on an as needed basis and also arranges for our speakers and will be the Big SIR next year. I enjoy my time as the Big SIR and it will be very important to get the replacement on board as soon as possible.

NEED A RIDE TOTHE LUNCHEON?Contact Craig Saunders

(530) 268-9668and he'll coordinate your

request with our Branch 79 team of volunteer drivers

Little SIR - David Bright

I was pleased that everyone seemed to like our Speaker at last month’sluncheon. Mark Tucker, a US Treasury Special Agent, had some interesting things to say about the IRS, their methods, and how to deal with thefraudulent scams that have “taken in” so many.

Our April speaker will be RemiehScherzinger, the General Manager of theNevada Irrigation District. His office askedme what subject we might like to hearabout. I said that he could take his pick. Rem has quite a number of topics he canchoose from. Some of those topics mightbe considered “hot topics”. Mark Twainonce noted, “ Whiskey is for drinking…. water is for fighting over “. Rem should beanother very interesting speaker.

ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT...In a relaxed, casual environment

where making friends and having funis our goal.

Sons in RetirementSierra Hills Branch 79

A Mens Social Club for all RetireesNo dues, initiation fees, rituals or fundraising. Activities include

golf, fishing, bowling, computers, hiking and travel.

www.sirbranch79.com

From the Editor - WKarl Simon

Often there are times when we might have a change in our phone numbers, addresses, and/or e-mail address. Please, forward that new information to our Membership Chairman, Jim Garrett at 415-450-1450. His e-mail address isjim@relateddata.com

We try to keep an up-to-date data base of our membership. We use this data base to send the newsletter, to keep track of birthdays, direct mailings and other such. One important issues currently is our Branch79 is searching for a new Little Sir. Our current Little Sir, Dave Bright, is soon to be moving. This is your chance!

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Men’s CookingBob Lemmon

March cooking venture found us in Alta Sierra being Co-Hosted By Jack Meylink & Bob Lemmon. Jack’s Split-Pea Soup creation was outstanding & enjoyed by all. Our baked bread took us in a new direction. We made bread rolls, filled with various fillings. We used Cinnamon, Garlic, & Steve Bluestien Jam fillings. This was a very creative cooking outing & enjoyed every bread roll, eat most of them. The pictures will give a clue our creativity.

Jack introduced us to a new concept for our Cooking Group, the idea of having Co Hosting for our events. This idea would allow members to participate & spawn more activ-ity. Let me know your thoughts.

Dining Out - Craig Saunders

Spring has sprung but the snows of Mount Everest continue to fly along with rain from the Pineapple Express. This months Dining Out is at Sherpa Restaurant and Bar located at 195 Harrison Avenue (off Elm St), Auburn, Ca. 95603 from 5-7PM. Their Website is https://www.sherparestaurantandbar.com/menu/. Sherpa presentsHimalayan cuisine from Nepal serving a buffet style variety of dishes for us.

Our March dinner at Strings ItalianCafe was delicious and fun.Attendees that night voted toattend Sherpa as “something newto try”. I look forward to this diningout and believe you will also.E-mail me of call me for reservations.I’ll have the signup sheets at theBR79 Luncheon.

2nd Tuesdays - 8:30 am - Fishing - Sierra Smokehouse Grill on Rt49Wednesdays - 9:00 am - Bocce - ARD Court, Recreation Dr.1st Thursday - 7:45 am - BEC - Black Bear Diner3rd Thursday - 11:00 am - SIR Lunch - Elks LodgeFridays - 9:30am start - Golf - Black Oak Golf Course Fridays - 9:00 am - Bocce - ARD Court, Recreations Dr.

Apr 23rd Dining out@ Sherpa Resturant & BarApr 23rd Golf @ Cherry Island in Elverta (4 man- 1bb format)May 20th Golf @ Alta Sierra (2 team qualifier)

ACTIVITY CALENDAR

79er Wine Trail - Dave Blitstein

Hello Wine Trail followers, there will be no outing this month.Our next outing will be May 28 between 12:30-2:30, atSIERRA STARR WINERY TASTING ROOM, that’s the Tuesdayafter Memorial Day. They are located at 124 West Main St,GRASS VALLEY. Jack Starr will be our host, he’s the winemakerand owner and now a certified Sommelier, so when he talksabout pairing food and wine it will be an expert talking. As formost of us it won’t matter to much, but very educational. There willbe a $8.00 tasting fee for 5 wines, the fee will be waived with a purchase. Winesare also offered by the glass $6.00-$9.00. Available are Champagne, Chardonny,Zinfandels, Cab Franc, Petite Sirah, specialty blends and more. Hope to seeyou there.

Bocce Ball - Dan Sutkaitis

We play Bocce Ball every Wednesday and Friday at 9:00 AM at ARD Park. . Please bring you and your spouse and enjoy the game of Bocce Ball. ARD Spring Bocce Ball League has extended the time to start on March 24 on Sunday starting at 3:00PM. $100 per team and $5 extra for non Auburn residents. And questions please contact me.

SIR Book Exchange will continue to occur at each of our monthly luncheons that are held at the Elks Lodge. There are no sign ups. The exchange is simple; all books are exchanged 1 for 1. Take a book, leave a book. Mark down the number of books you exchanged so we know the activity is one that SIR wants to continue. It’s the honor system if you see a book you want take it, but please remember to bring back a book to replace it at the at the next meeting. Let’s clean off those book shelves at home.

- Don Bull

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Fishing GroupTom Beale

Fishing Buddies.The weather is about to break from all this much-needed rain. Fishing conditions should improve over this next month, and all of us will be ableto get out and do some fishing. TheDepartment of Fish and Wildlife is on a pretty good stocking program on the lakes they can get to. Snow in the upperelevations may hamper stocking of fish until later in May or even June. We havea pretty good snow pack.

I am sorry to have to cancel the Shasta Fishing trip originally planned for May 6th through May 10th. We had only 6members pay to go. The checks will be returned to them. Interest andparticipation is really lacking for these trips. We used to to have 20 to 30 guys go. I can now get only a few. The Reservationplanning and preparation time required for so few members is just far too much.

Fishing Group meets the second Thursday of each month at the Sierra Smokehouse grill on Hwy. 49, (Grass Valley Hwy.) at 8:30 a.m. All those interested in Outdooractivity, fishing in particular areencouraged to attend.

Golf - Phil Bolander

Hello all you worm burners. Well, the weather has certainly curtailed any golf outings but we will venture on. Our next outing is Apr. 9th at Table Mtn., in Oroville. This should also be listed as a travel activity. In any case a few of us are going from 79 as well as some from 37 weather permitting. After that our next outing will be at Cherry Island in Elverta on Apr. 23rd. It is a 4man - 1bb format with computer generated teams. Cost is$41 preferably cash. At least this is close. Signups have to be by Apr. 12th. Hope this gets to you before then.

Something to consider. Our area 2 team qualifier is coming up on May 20th at Alta Sierra. It is a scramble event and if trying to qualify then teams of your choice must use the A,B,C,D format..That is by index as of May 1st. A - 0-17. B - 17.1 - 22.0, C - 22.1 - 27.0 and D - 27.1 - 36.4. Cost per person to qualify is $43. Let’s start thinking about your teams now. It should be great weather and an excellent course to play on. They are also under new man-agement and the restaurant will be open for lunch. Any questions call me at 530 745-9874.

Chaplin Chatter

A ship is always safe at shore, but,that is not what it’s built for.

Albert Einstein

Bowling - Tom McEntee

Round-Robin March 2019. Once again the level of participation for the Round-Rob-in bowling events was quite low. For the March event we were down three bowlers due to medical /illness issues. With that said, the three that did bowl represent 50% of our “active” bowlers, not bad from a numbers perspective. Our bowlers were led by SIR Harvey Eisley with a 605 scratch series followed by SIR Kenneth Launius with a 604. Rounding out the threesome was SIR Roy Guy with a 463 series. All three managed to cash in this event. Please see below for the line scores from the latest Yuba City bowling event.

SIR’s Yuba City Nu Generation Bowl Results 3/25/2019 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Series Harvey Eisley 182 198 225 605Ken Launius 254 193 157 604Roy Guy 169 159 134 462

Tournament Trail 2019: We have four bowlers headed to Gold Dust West in Carson City on April 8 – 11 2019 for SIR Bowling Tournament. Results to be published in the next news letter.

Travel - Phil Bolander

Saunders, Argo, Bolander and Berkebile are leaving on May 12th for a week in Canada. It’s a train ride thru the mountains with overnite stays in Kamloops, Lake Louise, Banff, andCalgary with great excursions along the way.

SIR Membership AwardsThe following SIR were presented with membership awards at our last luncheon: (left to right) Bob Tutton, 13 years; Jim Peters, 21 years; Russ Anderson, 28 years. Congratulations to our SIR Brothers.

Lunch Report - Bill Heale

Say Gents: How about that corned Beef that was really good stuff. Kudos to the Chef. That goes for the G-Man Speaker also. Very Informative. Great turn-out also with 100 for lunch. 1 Guest, 1 Speaker., 22 excused. Great to see a couple of old friends at the meeting.

Sometimes it helps to call and remind a friend on the third Wednesday of the month and say “Hey” the SIR Luncheon is tomorrow; you coming? Can I pick you up?I know we tried the phone thing B-4 and it bothered some people, but, we (Craig & I) only called 4 or 5 members an d 2 came. They had a great time. So, if you are not going to the luncheon call me or you might be getting a reminder call! I hope to see all of you this month.

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BRANCH 79 OFFICERSBig SIR: Rick Sale (530) 792-3313 Little SIR: David Bright (530) 346-6512Secretary: Stan Bishop (530) 823-8016 Treasurer: Vince DeWitt (530) 823-9392

BRANCH COMMITTEE CHAIRMENAttendance: Bill Heale (530) 277-9828Chaplin: Karl Simon (530) 320-7588 Clothing: Ralph Sutton (530) 878-0414 Database: Rick Sale (916) 792-3313 Greeters: Tom Parks & Ron Deberard Membership: Jim Garrett (415) 450-1450Newsletter: Karl Simon (530) 320 7588 Opportunity Drawing: Harvey Eisley (530) 823-5988 Photographer: Lynn Hartford (530) 320-8730 Program: David Bright (530) 346-6512Sunshine: Terry Doan (530) 320-1995Webmaster: Milo Schauer (541) 580-7747 Wine Steward: David Blitstein (530) 615-1297

BRANCH 79 ACTIVITY CHAIRMENArts & Entertainment: OpenBocce Ball: Dan Stukaitis (408) 396-2895

Pete Thompson (530) 823-7382Book Exchange: OpenBowling: Harvey Eisley (530) 823-5988

Tom McEntee (530) 889-0605 Computer: Milo Schauer (541) 580-7747 Dining Out: Craig Saunders (530) 268-9668Fishing: Tom Beale (530) 878-0301

John Cadiente (530) 878-9309Friday Golf: OpenGolf: Lee Livingston (916) 718-7277Hiking: Bob Veerkamp (530) 885-4957Men’s Cooking: Bob Lemmon (530) 477-8507 Tournament Golf: Lee Livingston (916) 718-7277Travel: Phil Bolander (530) 745-9874 79er Wine Trail: Dave Blitstein (530) 274-2100

SIR BRANCH 79INFORMATION

Executive Committee MeetingFirst Thursday of each month7:45 a.m. at Black Bear Diner

Lincoln Way in Auburn(I-80 at Foresthill Exit)

Branch 79 Newsletter Editorsir79newsletter@gmail.com

Branch 79 Web sitewww.sir79.org

STATEWIDE NEWSLETTER SIR HAPPENINGS

For the the latest edition visit www.sirinc.org/sirhappenings

It covers SIR state organizations and other SIR branches.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Bruce Baker, Bill Barron, Mark Bell, Claude Biddle, Ron Deberard,Tom Gavron, Gene Goldsmith, Jim Peters, Donovan Rittenbach,John Stanley

DECLARATIONSLuncheon Attendance: When a member is unable to attend the Thursday meeting he should notify the Attendance Chairman no later than the 3rd Monday prior to the Thursday luncheon.Attendance Rule: Regular members missing three (3) consecutive meetings without notifying the Attendance Chairman and giving a valid reason or attending less than six (6) meetings within the past twelve (12) months, shall be notified of pending termination. Certification of attendance at another Branch Meeting is considered a credit. Excused meetings cannot be included to achieve the minimum attendance requirement. (Rule 100)Prospective Members: Must attend a Luncheon and be introduced by a sponsor to the general membership prior to being accepted as a new member of the branch. (Rule 67).Non-Responsibility Clause: All travel activities arranged for or by Sons In Retirement, Inc. 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 responsibility for the well being or safety of the participants or passengers, or their property, in any matters pertaining to said travel and other activities. (Rule 345)

Membership - Jim Garrett

Bruce Thorson is going Inactive and will no longer be attending luncheons at the SIRS. He has moved to Brookdale Assisted Living in Auburn. Rebe Thorson writes: Many thanks to all the SIRS for their friendship.

Sunshine - Terry Doan

We’re sorry to report that Al Archer, a long time member of SIR Branch 79, passed awayat age 81 on March 29, 2019. There will be a mass in his memory at St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church in Auburn on Saturday, April 27th at 10:00 AM. A memorial service will follow at the Auburn Elks Lodge at 11:00 AM, after the mass.

Tony Oliveira informed our Editor on Wednesday, April 17th that our brother SIR Joe Dydynski has passed on this morning. No notices on future family plans at this time.