February 2019 Volume 49 No. 2. From Big Sir. Membership Report -1-

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1 February 2019 Volume 49 No. 2 Non-Responsibility Clause: All Tours and other activities arranged for or by Sons in Retirement, Inc. and its branches are for the convenience and pleasure of the members and their guests wishing 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, in any matters pertaining to said tours, trips or other activities. From Big Sir Branch 32 Website: State Sir Website: Sir Happenings Newsletter: The NEW SIR YEAR really started with a Bang. Thanks to our Little SIR Jim LeBlanc. He was able to STEP IN at the January 16 meeting with an excellent presentation and efficiency while I was down during that time with an unexpected illness. THANKS JIM FOR A GREAT JOB! Now, we are off to an all NEW SIR YEAR. News about the February BEC meeting: Our Branch is following the new state rules of Membership attendance, which allows that each Branch may modify their rules of attendance to meet our member s needs and at the same time keep attendance growing. A letter drafted by Bruce Henry will be sent to each member shortly. Don Soderman has agreed and been approved by the BEC to become a new Director for Thanks Don for volunteering. Speaking of new, we have two new members who will be inducted at the February 20 Lunch Meeting. Charles Smith (Chuck) sponsored by Bob Grandey, and Bob Shook, sponsored by Jim Caratozzolo. Each sponsor receives a bonus FREE lunch. WE ENCOURAGE ALL MEMBERS TO ATTEND THE ONCE A MONTH BEC MEETINGS We have two State sponsored events planned. Horse Racing at Golden Gate Fields March 29, Baseball Second Annual SIR DAY A s vs Giants, Sunday August 25, Contact Lee Moy or by LeeHealthStudio@gmail.com for more information. Reminder: Please be sure to mark your calendar - LADIES SUMMER EVENT JUNE 26, More details later. Please check with Wes Howard our Nominating Committee Chairman to help us fill open Board or committee positions for RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS IS THE ANSWER TO SIR SUCESS Warren Lampshire BIG SIR 2019 Membership Report We need to do better than last year when we had a net loss of 6 active members. Your Board has set a goal of gaining those 6 back and increasing the new members by a net 10 for All it will take is for each of you to bring in just one new member. With our great luncheon speaker program as well as our increasing activities we offer a great experience for new members. Remember a guest at a luncheon results in a new member most of the time, and you get a free lunch. Keep up the good work. -1-

2 To be inducted at the February 2019 luncheon: BERG David M. David # Trona Way San Jose (408) Retail Sales, Men s Warehouse 10/05 Cards SPONSOR: Nick Marafino # SMITH Charles A. Chuck # Mokelumne Place Annette San Jose (408) casmith1289@me.com (408) Engineer, NASA 02/12 Travel/Reading/Walking/History SPONSOR: Bob Grandey # SHOOK Robert S. Bob # Booksin Avenue Beverly San Jose (408) bshook@sbcglobal.net (408) Director 0f Public Works, City of Saratoga 08/27 Golf/Poker/Gardening/Grandkids SPONSOR: Jim Caratozzolo # Membership changes: #97 Inactive Bob Araldi has returned to Active status. #85 Inactive Dan Tam has returned to Active status. #148 Inactive Bob Coffee has resigned. #74 Inactive Stanley Dake has been terminated. #16 Inactive Bob Francone has been terminated. #102 Inactive Dan Roberts has been terminated. # 19 Active Phil Smith has resigned. #106 Active Skip Saunders has a new address: saundac1@gmail.com Our current membership status, as of February 1, 2019 is: 111 active members, and 3 pending Inductees. Remember, bring a guest to lunch and when they join, you win a free lunch. Respectfully Submitted: Bruce Henry Membership Chairman Birthdays and Anniversaries Birthdays Name Birthday Bob Sacks 02/03 Gary G. Pelton 02/08 Bernie Coullahan 02/11 Henry G. Newman 02/18 Max Bokelman 02/19 Larry St Denis 02/19 Don Pedrotti 02/24 Anniversaries Couple Anniversary Years Married Tom and Carol Boyce 02/03 57 Gary and Dianna Espinosa 02/04 52 Doug and Rebeca Krause 02/10 37 Paul and Charmain Gardner 02/12 36 Jack and Mary Vierhus 02/14 61 Bob and Nancy Edwards 02/14 Aare and Judy Onton 02/14 31 Dean and Sharon Johnson 02/20 59 Galen and Janice Gipson 02/26 63 Guest Speaker This Month Topic: Arctic Ocean Rowing Adventure Speaker: Carlo Ficchino Carlo Facchino was born and raised in San Jose, CA. He was introduced to the sport of rowing as a freshman at the University of California Davis. In 2016 Carlo -2-

3 competed in The Great Pacific Race as part of Team Uniting Nations. Carlo and his three crew mates set the Guiness Book of World Records for the fastest Pacific Ocean crossing from Monterey, CA to Honolulu, Hawaii. As part of the 2017 Polar Row crew, Carlo and his teammates set numerous Ocean Rowing World Records and achieved the northernmost latitude ever reached by a rowing boat. During the summer of 2017 Carlo Facchino, along with the crew of the Polar Row set out from Tromsø, Norway and headed north into the Arctic Ocean. The crew of the Polar Row were the first ever recorded row to go from Norway to the Arctic Ocean archipelago known as Svalbard. Along the way the crew encountered Killer Whales, Walruses, Whales, Dolphins and lots of cold water. From Svalbard the crew continued north to the permanent Arctic Ice Sheet where they made a U-Turn and headed south towards Iceland. Before reaching Iceland the crew had to navigate through dangerous ice drifts, battle Arctic storms and eventually stop on the remote volcanic island of Jan Mayen. Longevity Recognition 15 current active members joined Branch 32 in February The February members with the longest longevity are: #129 Galen Gipson 17 years joined in 2002 #17 Joe Phillips 9 years joined in 2010 #27 Clary Shuh 8 years joined in 2011 New Members Next Month Topic: Judge L. Michael Clark will share stories about how the Santa Clara County Superior Court helps addicted criminal defendants find sobriety and avoid recidivism through an innovative program called Drug Treatment Court. Speaker: Judge Michael Clark. This Month's Luncheon Three Flames Restaurant Meridian Ave, San Jose CA Wednesday February 20 at 11:00am. Alternative menus that are always available: (Obtain ticket from bartender, and place on table). Chicken breast with rice and vegetables. Vegetarian. Call now if you know you will not be at the September Luncheon. Call Jack Vierhus, Herschel Booth or Warren Lampshire before 6:00 on Sunday February 17. The Restaurant needs to know how many will attend for lunch. Sponsor Nick Marafino with New Member Tony Pock Bring some and take some!! -3-

4 Awards Utah's State RR Museum along with 3 other museums. The itinerary includes a ride on the Heber Valley RR, drive up the glacially carved valley known as Cottonwood Canyon, take an aerial tram ride to the "Roof of the Rockies" at Snowbird Ski and Summer resort. Tour includes home pick up, round trip air, deluxe motor coach, 4 night stay at Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City, and 8 meals. Total price incl air $2065 (dbl occ) $2445 (single). Trip ins is available. Deposit of $250 ($415/$446 with insurance) payable by check or credit card to Talbot Tours Trust Account. Mail to John Pletsch, 2697 Suisun Ave, San Jose, CA Brochure available on request or SIR members can pick up at their luncheon. August 8-16, 2019 U.S. & Canadian National Parks Explore 7 spectacular U.S. and Canadian National Parks as you visit Washington, British Columbia, Alberta, Montana & Idaho. Travel North along the Western slope of the Rockies, crossing the Continental Divide 3 times and motor coach south along the Eastern slope. Tour includes home pickup transfer, RT air to Spokane, professional tour mjr, 8 nights hotel accommodations, 14 meals, luggage handling, all taxes, gratuities and tips. $3345 dbl occ ($526 single occ). Deposit $250 w/o travel ins or $444 (dbl/$526 single) with ins. Final Payment due May 14, 2019.Contact John Pletsch (408) /(408) or Mike Console (408) Call for brochure or pick up brochure at Travel Table. See brochures for more information Be sure to stop by the travel table at the luncheon to obtain brochures on the latest trips!! Joseph Phillips 90 Year Award Travel May 8-12, 2019 Golden Spike 150th Anniversary (Br32) Escorts: John Pletsch (408) & Mike Console (408) Celebrate the completion of the transcontinental railroad. On May 10, 1869 the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads joined their rails at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory. Relive this historic event at the Golden Spike National Historic site. Learn about the history in the visitor's center. It will be a festive atmosphere with local re-en-actors. After the ceremony you will take a short drive to Ogden Union Station for touring and see the largest, heaviest and most powerful operational steam locomotive, Union Pacific's No 4014, called "The Big Boy". At Ogden Station you will explore Travel Bulletin If you would like to receive your Bulletin via , your request to brodman@sbcglobal.net from the address that you want your Bulletin delivered to. If you are not interested in travel get your name taken off our list by contacting Bill Rodman at (408) , brodman@sbcglobal.net or your branch Travel Chairman. Activities Camera Club No activities are scheduled. Dwight Buzick, Camera Club Chairman -4-

5 Golf Club JANUARY BEST SCORES: BR32 TUESDAY GOLF 1/1/2019 HOLIDAY NO GOLF 1/8/19 9:30 AM Los Lagos G.C., San Jose 8 Golfers Low Gross: Jim Claitor 86 Low Net: Jim Claitor 62 Least Putts: Bill Hawk 32 CTP#2: Al Mau 2 3 CHIP-INS: Dave Bowman #16 BIRDIES: None 1/15/19 No Golf Rained out 1/22/19 9:30 AM Los Lagos San Jose 8 Golfers Low Gross: Bill Hawk 92 Low Net: Wes Howard 70 Least Putts: Garry Sellers 33 CTP#12: Jim Caratozzolo 80 CHIP-INS: Wes Howard #9 BIRDIES: None 1/29/19 10:15AM San Jose Muni. San Jose 12 Golfers Low Gross: Bill Hawk 92 Low Net: Ed Wright 71 Least Putts: Al Mau 31 CTP#12: Bob Grandey 21 7 CHIP-INS: Dave Bowman #7 Bill Hawk #2 BIRDIES: Bill Hawk #2 (3 on PAR 4) SIRS BR 32 TUESDAY GOLF SCHEDULE 02/12/19 Los Lagos, San Jose 02/19/19 Los Lagos, San Jose 02/26/19 Los Lagos, San Jose 03/05//19 TBA 03/12/19 Los Lagos, San Jose 03/19/19 Los Lagos, San Jose 03/26/19 Los Lagos, San Jose SIR S BR32 TUESDAY GOLF Contact: Al Mau CO-ED GOLF at Deep Cliff G.C.,Cupertino: Contact: Don Soderman TEE TIME Thursday Feb/14/19 at Al Mau, Golf Club Chairman Bocce Club We meet on the 1st, 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month at 1:00 at the Almaden Lake Park (Winfield Road side) in South San Jose. Depending on the number of players present, we form either two or four teams through a totally random process. Each team plays two Bocce games to determine the winning team. It s a lot of fun and allows everyone to get to better know their fellow SIRS. Last year, a total of 35 Branch 33 SIRS participated in our Bocce games. Guest players are welcomed at all matches. That includes potential new members, friends, wives, and all significant others. Hope to see you there. No reservations are needed and there are no court fees. There is always space for additional players. For the month of January, we had 14 Branch 32 SIRS participate in our two matches, with an average of 12 players per match. Happy New Year and welcome to the start of our 2019 Branch 32 Bocce year. Here are the results from our first 2019 match that took place on Jan 8th. Ten players participated in the event. The forecasted rain held off for the afternoon making it a somewhat pleasant day to play Bocce. Today, the Gardner clan, Fred and Paul teamed up to take top honors with spectacular scores. First round: Team 1 versus team 2, and team 3 versus team 4 Second round: Team 1 versus team 3, and team 2 versus team 4 Team 1: Hersh Booth, and N.J. Olsen; Won their first match (11/3) and lost their second match (5/11) Team 2: Fred Boyce, Roger Earle, and Gary Pelton, Lost their first match (3/11) and won their second match (11/9) Team 3: Fred Gardner and Paul Gardner: Won both their matches (11/4) and (11/5) Team 4: Bill Olsen, Stan Schneider and Robb Walker: Lost both their matches (4/11 and 9/11) Here are the results from our second 2019 match that took place on Jan 22nd. Fourteen players participated in the event. There were no new guests at the match. It was a fine early spring afternoon to play Bocce. The sun was shinning and the temperature was at a very pleasant 60 degrees with only a light breeze. Warm enough for some jackets to come off during the games. Team 4 won both of their matches only after two long, very close, and highly contested games. It should be -5-

6 noted that Fred Gardner was again on the winning team. Two consecutive January wins for Fred. First round: Team 1 versus team 2, and team 3 versus team 4 Second round: Team 1 versus team 4, and team 2 versus team 3 Team 1: Ray Hall, Gary Pelton, and Robb Walker: Won their first match (11/7) and lost their second match (10/11) Team 2: Bob Grandey, Bill Olsen, and Jim Sleigh: Lost their first match (7/11) and won their second match (11/7) Team 3: Fred Boyce, Roger Earle, Sam Kahn, and Larry St Denis: Lost both their matches (10/11 and 7/11) Team 4: Hersh Booth, Fred Gardner, N.J. Olsen, and Stan Schneider: Won both their matches (11/10) and (11/10) Roger Earle, Bocce Club Chairman Gardening Club to attend. Our garden club is part of the SIR Area 11 and Garden Club. Members meet on a monthly schedule to enjoy guest presentations on gardening topics and to exchange information on gardening. Wives are encouraged We meet on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 11:00 AM at the Denny s Restaurant at 1140 Hillsdale Ave. (near Almaden Expy) in San Jose, CA. Contact our Club Chairman, Bill Allman who will answer any questions and insure you have badges. Book Club We are looking for more readers and discussants. The group reads nonfiction books which have implication for our country and communities. We read a book over several weeks and discuss part of it every week. Now we are reading Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick. For information, call or text Hans Lingens at (805) or hans.lingens@verizon.net Bowling Club The Sir s Winter Bowling league will start on Monday 10 September At the 4 th St Bowl located at 1441 North 4 th Street, San Jose, Ca We start league bowling at with practice at. The Sir s bowling league is having the same problem of losing bowlers due to age and illness just like all Sirs branches here in the valley. The Sirs league will now be bowling in the Dons 4-Some League. We are still badly in NEED of bowlers of all skill level. As in this year s Summer League we will be accepting both senior men and women. Weekly bowling fees is $15.00 per person per week. In addition you will have to purchase a $20.00 USBC bowling card for league sanction (This price may increase). So come out and join us. It s great exercise and also a lot of fun. Looking forward to seeing more of you there. With your help hopefully we will be able to keep the Sirs bowling league going for another year. PLEASE come early and visit with some of the BEST people in the world. For info you may contact me Victor Miller at if busy leave a message or me at VICGJAN@ATT.NET (Lower Case). Victor Miller, Bowling Club Chairman Bridge Club Meetings will be held at Harry Wenberg s House, Until further notice. Harry Wenberg, Bridge Club Chairman Pool Club Pool/Billiards: We had 7 players last month and used 3 tables, we played mostly 8-ball, as one person would lose a game the 7th person would rotate in, that way we got to play with a lot of different players. This month we will be playing on Monday February 18th at 1:00 PM at Cuetopia Cafe 4700 Almaden Expressway, San Jose, please come out and join us all SIR's and guests are welcome. Galen Gipson, Pool Club Chairman Hans Lingens, Book Club Chairman -6-

7 Genealogy Club The February Meeting was canceled. pick-me-up please let Skip know. He will follow up with a phone call and/or a card, and will be passing the information to the membership at our luncheons. No future meetings are scheduled. I suggest your remove the section from the newsletter until someone else contacts you. Please do not include my name or . I have resigned from SIR. Thank you. History Club No meeting during February. Wesley Howard, History Club Chairman Ladies Walking Group SIRS wives walking group meets 9:30 at the parking lot at Oak Meadow Park in Los Gatos. We are having so much fun that we decided to add a second Monday each month. We now meet on the second and fourth Mondays of each month. The upcoming walks are: February 11 th and 25 th March 11 th and 25 th The walk is along a lovely level, paved path through the trees and along the creek in some spots. We walk for about 45 minutes at a moderate pace. Come join the fun! Please Rosalie Howard at rohoward@sbcglobal.net if you would like to join us. Rosalie Howard, Ladies Walking Group Chairman We Care Committee Skip Saunders (860) is the new Chairman of our We Care Committee. Skip replaces Jim Leblanc, who is our 2019 Little Sir. If you know of a Br 32 member who is ailing or needs a -7-

8 February 2019 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday BEC GOLF TBA 6 GENEALOGY Disbanded 7 BRIDGE LADIES WALKING Group 12 GOLF 9:30am 9 GARDEN 11:00AM HISTORY No Meeting 14 BRIDGE CO-ED GOLF Deep Cliff GOLF 9:30am 20 BR 32 LUNCHEON 11:00AM 21 BRIDGE LADIES WALKING Group 26 GOLF 9:30am BRIDGE -8-

9 March 2019 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Daylight Savings Begins 17 St. Patrick s Day LADIES WALKING Group LADIES WALKING Group 5 BEC GOLF TBA 12 GOLF Los Lagos: 19 GOLF Los Lagos: 26 GOLF Los Logos: 9:30am 6 GENEALOGY Disbanded 13 GARDEN 11:00AM HISTORY 1:00 PM 20 BR 32 LUNCHEON 11:00AM 7 BRIDGE 14 BRIDGE 10:30 CO-ED GOLF Deep Cliff 21 BRIDGE BRIDGE

10 SIR Day at the Park A s vs Giants 2nd Annual Bay Area Series Sunday, 1, August 25th, 2019, Coliseum $ 52, deadline June 1st, section 106-shaded Check: Lee Moy, Amount: $ 52 Mail: 127 N. Helm Ave, Clovis, CA include: self-stamp return envelope Lee Moy-(559) State SIR Sports LeeHealthStudio@gmail.com