OCTOBER 2017 We meet the 4th Monday of the month

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1 The Sir ~ LAKE TAHOE BRANCH 160~ CHARTERED APRIL 22, 1991 RETIRED AND SEMI-RETIRED MEN GETTING TOGETHER FOR LUNCH AND ENJOYING OUR VARIOUS ACTIVITIES HIGH MOUNTAIN NEWS OCTOBER 2017 We meet the 4th Monday of the month Next reg. meeting our 325TH.OCTOBER 23, We meet at Tep s Villa Roma Officers & Chairmen 10:00am Lake Tahoe Blvd (Hiway50) Social hour.11:00am.south Lake Tahoe, California Luncheon...12:00noon.Across from the Bijou Center Big Sir Larry Coffman As you read this month s newsletter, in the attendance report there were a number of letters sent out to members who have missed meetings. Attendance is required to be a member of SIR, there is excused absents/snow bird excused absents/ medical absents, and hardship absents. You can miss 6 meetings a year with, but not letting your caller know or the attendance chairman know, we assume you no longer want to be part of the organization and there for you receive a letter after missing three meetings in a row, stating you will be dropped from SIR. Without some sort of reply from you the BEC assumes you no longer what to be a member and we will vote to terminate your membership in SIR. So please if you want to continue in Branch 160 please attend the meetings or let your caller or attendance chairman know if you have a reason for not attending. This is a great organization with a lot of great gentlemen from all walks of life, who enjoy your camaraderie and your friend / sponsor who took the time to talk to you about joining SIR I am sure he would not have introduced you to SIR if he did not think you would be an asset to the Branch. So please reconsider, attend the meetings, enjoy the golf and bowling that we participate in and have a great time in SIR. Thank you, Big Sir Larry Coffman 1.

2 September 25, 2017 SIR Business Meeting The scheduled meeting of SIR Branch 160 for May was held at Tep's Villa Roma restaurant. The meeting was called to order at 10:06 AM. Big Sir: It was agreed that we had a quorum of officers present. Larry Coffman presented the agenda for the meeting and after review a motion of approval was carried unanimously. A request for approval of the August minutes was made and carried unanimously. Larry noted this month s newsletter had some incorrect dates for upcoming events and that he would announce the correction at today s luncheon. Larry stated that we have one new member attending today s lunch together with two potential candidates. Little Sir: No report Officer Reports Treasurer's Report: John Lilygren reported we have a current balance of $ in the treasury account. John made a summary report of the status of the treasury. John requested approval of payments of $128 for State SIR assessment and $73 for the monthly newsletter. Both were approved unanimously. Committee Reports: Attendance: Steve Butts reported that he had ed letters to some of our members encouraging them to attend our monthly luncheon. Steve noted that we had six members on medical leave. It was also noted that the State SIR quartile assessment was based on active members. Activities: No official report. But it was noted that the American Legion was having a community event to collect new toys for kids in need on October 11 there would also be an Oktoberfest event for a $15 donation. Membership: Larry briefed us on our new candidate Duane Collins background and a motion to accept Duane as a member was carried unanimously. Sunshine: Mike Vadnais reported that we had sent cards Rob Clements and his wife Betty who are both under the weather. Golf: Ed Dworak reported that next outing on September 26 would be at Genoa Lakes at 9AM. Bowling: No report. Rooster Sales: No report. Website: Mike Davis reported that our website was back up and running. Newsletter: Larry Coffman requested input for the October newsletter be sent in early as he would be traveling later in the month. Old Business: None New Business: Larry Coffman noted that the Xmas lunch price had gone up one dollar for each of the last three years that is from $25 to $28 this year. After deliberation on how to cover this cost a motion was made to cover a $3 subsidy from the treasury, which carried unanimously. Adjourn: The meeting adjourned at 11:10AM 2.

3 Last months speakers, Richard Solbrig and Shannon Cotulla gave us some insights on the utilities in Lake Tahoe as far as water metering installations mandated by the state and other information on up coming projects the city has coming. This month s speaker is Leon Malmed. He is a Holocaust Survivor. He was a resident of the San Francisco Bay area for 30 years and he and his wife now live in Lake Tahoe. He is a writer, rides bikes, skies, sails and is a golfer. Sounds like a candidate for SIR. Ray Grubbs, Karl Johnson, Ron Rathbun, Dan Hanifen, John Tugwell, Larry Coffman, Dave Best, George McCool, Tom Sawyer, Russ Dow Lake Tahoe Branch 160 Badge Color Scheme Charter Member RED Honorary Life Member GOLD New Member BLUE the rest of us BLACK. When you see a badge with BLUE lettering indicating a NEWER MEMBER, be sure to make him welcome. One is 75 and One is 80 MEMBERS ANNIVERSERY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 1999 Ray Grubbs, SUNSHINE REPORT Our Sunshine Chairman is Mike Vadnais His phone number is Let Mike know if someone is under the weather or if a family member is not well Dale Herman, 2006 Larry Coffman, 2011 Bobby Silvius, 2013 James Barrett and George McCool 3.

4 ROSTER CHANGES Please post these changes to your Branch Roster Add Three New Members JJJ JIM BEILSTINE, 1011 Silver Ranch, Gardnerville, NV 89460, Badge # 10, Spouse Mary, , jbeilstine@juno.com LEE EDWARDS, P.O. Box 616, Zephyr Cove, NV , Badge #2, Spouse Jane, , leeedward@gmail.com JOE TOMLIN, 721 Mustang Lane, Gardnerville, NV , Badge #11, Spouse Reita, , tomlin530@gmail.com Change of Address and Marshall McCurdy, 989 Peachblossom Way, Sparks, NV 89436, MarshalW@charter.net ROOSTER SALES ~NOTICE ON SALE NOW~ SUPPORT The SIR DRESS IT UP SHOW HOW PROUD YOU ARE TO BE A SIR. ROOSTER PINS, HATS, SHIRTS, GOLF AND BOWLING TOWELS. HATS $10 ~ VESTS $29.50 POLO SHIRTS ~ $16/$21 WICKING SHIRTS ~ $20/$24/$30 PINS SMALL $2/LARGE $3 GOLF AND BOWLING TOWELS~$9 START LOOKING GOOD. DAVE TIONGCO Previews of Coming Attractions OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 13 OCT Bowling Carson City Gold Dust Lanes 16 OCT Golf Toiyabe 9am SG 20 OCT Bowling Carson City Gold Dust Lanes 23 OCT SIR MEETING TEPS 24 OCT Winter Golf 27 OCT Bowling Carson City Gold Dust Lanes 7 NOV Winter Golf 10 NOV Bowling Carson City Gold Dust Lanes 4, I have been contacted by the Sacramento Kings about a SIR game package for the home games. If you are a Basket Ball Fan here is your chance to see the Kings play. Let me know if you would like to attend one or more of the games. Larry C.

5 From the Attendance Chairman WINTER GOLF Mike Davis will be putting on our winter golfing this winter. Give him a call at Membership & Luncheon Report Sons In Retirement Lake Tahoe Branch 160 Your attendance Chairman, Steve Butts OCTOBER 2017 Members Dropped (0) Members Added (1) Duane Collins Inactive Members (1) James Taylor Inactive Emeritus (1) Ron St. Thomas Medical Leave (7) Will Smith, Ed Rector, Will Twining, Herb Wheeler, William Fegliano, Bobby Silvius, and Michael Fanucchi Total Members this report (99) Net active members (90) Attendance active members (46) Visitors / State Dignitary (0) Guests-Prospective members (2) Dan Rodriguez, Scott Cook Speaker (2) Richard Solbrig, Shannon Cotulla Total present (50) Non-Attendance letters sent to Ken Davis, Jim Barrett, Hal Bird, Joe McKenna, Daivd Keith, Bill Kaster, George McCool, John Roethel, Dennis Wingate, Ron Tharp and Bruce Steger... STEVE BUTTS Time for the annual reminder to our several Snowbirds be sure to request from me a Leave of Absence. Also please give us your winter address so you can keep up with Branch goings-on by receiving the monthly Newsletter. You are URGED to make a donation at this time to help defray the expenses of the club while you re away. We look forward to seeing you in the Spring, so take care! TO: SIR BRANCH 160 C/O SIR John Lilygren P. O. Box 7982 S. Lake Tahoe, CA I m enclosing my donation in the amount of For: $ Missed meeting donations I ll be gone for a while Just because Name BADGE # BADGE DRAWING WINNER FOR OCTOBER LUNCHEON JOE TOMLIN Come to a meeting, have lunch, hear our guest speaker and have your badge pulled from the bucket for a lunch on the SIR at the next meeting. 5.

6 LAKE TAHOE BRANCH 160 FOUNDERS DAY OCTOBER 31, years ago... how time flies! Back in the summer of 1990, SIR Area governor Campbell O'Neill from Placerville's Hangtown Branch 29 ran an ad in our local newspaper asking retired men to attend an informational meeting concerning the establishment of a Branch of SIR at Lake Tahoe. The meeting was held at the old 89 Bar & Grill on Emerald Bay Road, and was attended by half a dozen locals and four men from Branch 29. Current Members Bob Peterson, Al Bartley and Ken Koegl spread the word and ran newspaper ads and put out fliers and the response was great. Right away they moved the luncheons to Carrow's Restaurant for several meetings before moving to Timber Cove Lodge (soup and sandwiches served by "Angie's"). On October 31, 1990, the SIR State organization granted probationary status to the new Branch 160. Probation was to continue until the new Branch could show a total membership of 75 men, at which time we would be officially chartered. That happened on April 22, This club has grown to well over 100 members, some of whom are very involved in our activities, and serving on committees and as officers. It is important that we continue to grow in membership, because that makes it a lot easier to find officers and committeemen, and increases our monthly donations so we don't have to sweat that out so much. When one of the many SIR Branches folds up, more often than not it is because the guys won't help out by filling the leadership chairs. Those are a couple of selfish reasons for bringing in new members. But consider this retired and semi-retired men living everywhere from Woodfords and Meyers, through South Lake Tahoe and Stateline, up both sides of The Lake and down in The Valley -- these guys need us as much as we need them! When you invite an acquaintance to be a guest at the luncheon and he decides to join, figure you have done him a big favor. He doesn't need to become real active, if only he enjoys the monthly luncheon as a social event, that's fine. And who knows there may be some real talent among these fellows. So here we are, after 27 years of building... Your Branch 160 Executive Committee 2018 JOHN GERARD, SKIP HEMPLER, DEREK SMITH, GORDON SALAS, JOHN LILYGREN, VERN FICKLIN, RON RATHBUN, JOE KILLIAN, BILL VANHOOSAN, MIKE DAVIS, VAN MARSHALL AND LARRY COFFMAN 6.

7 Branch 160 s 6 th Annual SIR Bowling Tournament at Tahoe Bowl is Now History! The 6 th Annual SIR Branch 160 Bowling Tournament at nearby Tahoe Bowl, scheduled for Friday and Saturday the 15 th and 16 th of September has been successfully completed! My thanks to all the Branch 160 bowlers and their partners and spouses for helping to make this special event a success! I particularly appreciate the efforts of Larry Coffman and Ron Ticknor for their handling of the drawings and other administrative matters. Special thanks go to Bobby Silvius for running brackets for each squad. The tournament was attended by 72 bowlers, 19 of whom (26%) were associated with Branch 160. Twenty nine (40%) of the participants scored prize money. Big winners for our Branch were Larry Coffman and Ron Ticknor who took first place in Division A Doubles, Chrissy Hall (first place Division C Singles plus first place Division C All Events) and Paula Gilmore (third place Division C Singles). Congratulations to all!! Next year I plan to hold our 7 th Annual Tournament at nearby Carson Bowl in Carson City. This house has excellent facilities for our tournament. It has 28 recently upgraded and well-maintained composite lanes and is housed in a building with three fine restaurants (and a full bar ). RV parking is available on-site. Close by is a Marriot Courtyard with whom Carson Bowl has an agreement for very reasonable room rates. Right next door to the Courtyard is Casino Fandango one of Carson City s finest facilities for Nevada style food and entertainment! No more will participants in this tournament who wish to stay over for a night or two have to pay steep room rates. And finally, Carson Bowl is very easy for visitors to find. It is my current intention to maintain the format of the Branch 160 tournament with a Singles and Doubles squad offered on a Friday and Saturday two weeks after Labor Day. Any later in the year than this time might see challenging winter road conditions across the Sierra passes. If there is sufficient interest among SIR bowlers after this first year at Carson Lanes, we might consider adding an additional day with a Team event in the future. OTHER SIR TOURNAMENTS The SIR Tournament at Harvest Park Bowl in Brentwood, California, will be held on Tuesday October 17 th. This tournament is for SIRs and their guests and includes doubles, singles and all events. Applications can be found on the SIR website (sirinc.org) or by contacting the Tournament Manager, Sir John Fry at (925) The AREA 22, Sir Bill Tisdall Memorial 23 rd Annual Bowling Tournament will be held on Thursday, November 2 nd and Friday, November 3 rd at McHenry Bowl in Modesto, California. Applications can be found on the SIR website (sirinc.org) or by contacting the Tournament Manager, SIR Jim Pastorelli at (209) The SIR Concord Branch 19 Bowling Tournament will be held on Tuesday, November 14 th and Wednesday November 15 th at Clayton Valley Bowl in Concord, California. Applications can be found on the SIR website (sirinc.org) or by contacting the Tournament Manager, SIR Mike Kropf at (925) Don t forget SIR no-tap bowling every Friday of the month beginning at 11:00 am at Gold Dust West! BOWL ON! Tim Hall, Bowling Chairman and Tournament Manager: (775) ; thall1939@att.net. 7.

8 NEWSLETTER LAKE TAHOE BRANCH 160 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BIG SIR LARRY COFFMAN DIRECTOR MIKE DAVIS LITTLE SIR JOHN GERARD DIRECTOR JOE KILLIAN SECRETARY DEREK SMITH DIRECTOR RON RATHBUN ASST. SECRETARY GORDON SALAS DIRECTOR GEORGE RAMIREZ TREASURER JOHN LILYGREN DIRECTOR BILL VAN HOOSEN ASST. TREASURER VERN FLICKLIN DIRECTOR VAN MARSHALL HONORARY DIRECTORS KEN KOEGL JACK POST TOM SAWYER MIKE VADNAIS DAVE TIONGCO RON THOMPSON COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN ATTENDANCE STEVE BUTTS ASST. ATTENDANCE-----DAVE TIONGCO ACTIVITIES TOM SAWYER BOWLING TIM HALL CALLER KEN KOEGL CHAPLAIN CURT EMRIE GOLF SIG HEIDEMANN ASST. GOLF ED DWORAK MEMBERSHIP TBD NEWSLETTER LARRY COFFMAN PUBLIC RELATIONS------TBD ROOSTER SALES DAVE TIONGCO RECRUITER TBD SUNSHINE MIKE VADNAIS BRANCH OFFICIAL CONTACT AND WEB MASTER MIKE DAVIS Area 19 Governor Gary Johnson Region 2 Director Jerry Morrow State President Jerry Strain SIR Branch 160 Newsletter 1655 Bakersfield St. So. Lake Tahoe, CA 96150