SEPTEMBER 2015 WE MEET THE FOURTH MONDAY OF THE MONTH

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1 The Sir ~ LAKE TAHOE BRANCH 160~ CHARTEERED APRIL 22, 1991 RETIRED AND SEMI- RETIRED MEN GETTING TOGETHER FOR LUNCH AND ENJOYING OUR VARIOUS ACTIVITIES HIGH MOUNTAIN NEWS SEPTEMBER 2015 WE MEET THE FOURTH MONDAY OF THE MONTH Next reg. meeting our 300TH SEPTEMBER 28, 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 FROM THE BIG SIR MIKE DAVIS O ur local branch of the SIR organization cannot survive unless we work to make that happen. We all enjoy the benefits of membership, or we wouldn't be here. One of the most important items is the luncheon speaker. These programs are interesting and informative. (Well, maybe the talk about prostate problems wasn't entertaining, but sure was informative) The job of the Little SIR is to line up these speakers. As of now, no one has stepped up to fill this position for Van Marshall says he has lots of ideas for next years' speakers that he is willing to share. Please, someone, step up and be the 2016 Little SIR. The other open position is that of Activities Director. I am not sure this position can be effectively filled. The last Director worked his ass off trying to fine activities with enough interest to continue. I think we can continue without this position being filled. Bowling and golf are doing fine. If you have some activity you love that needs more participation, bring it up in the luncheon meeting. I have volunteered to be Webmaster. Robert Fleisher has been a great help teaching me the ropes of this position. I hope to be up to speed by the end of the year. Van will be in charge for the September meeting. I am going to be on a cruise. See you later. 1.

2 LITTLE SIR VAN MARSHALL I want to say Congratulations to Dave Tiongco, our Golf Club Champion of The Year with a net score of 66. Well done, Dave! Our speaker for September will be JoAnn Conner from the South Lake Tahoe Cancer League. JoAnn has a background in journalism, education, retail loss prevention and business. She is also a graduate of the Identity Theft Course through Iowa State University. The Cancer League is completely organized and ran by volunteers, dedicated to serving the population of Lake Tahoe and surrounding areas. The purpose of the organization is to drive cancer patients to treatments, provide emotional support and provide grants to help with living expenses while a person is going through treatment. They hold several fundraiser events each year to raise the money to help local families fight cancer. Monday, August 2015 SIR Branch 160 Board of Directors/Executive Committee Meeting South Lake Tahoe, CA. The scheduled meeting of SIR Branch 160 for June was held at Tep s Villa Roma restaurant. Big Sir: Mike Davis called the meeting to order at 10:10 AM. A quorum of the Branch Executive Committee (BEC) was present. The minutes for the June, 2014 meeting was tabled for review and comment. A motion to approve the minutes as they stood was made and approved by the membership. Treasurer s Report: Chuck Garber handed out copies of Form 28 Cash Balances for July Chuck reported the cash balance for the month ending was $ Little Sir Report: Van Marshall reported that the annual picnic attendance was about the same as last year, around 70. Van felt we needed to improve the attendance numbers and execution of the picnic set up and asked for suggestions. A suggestion to change the venue to Lampe park was made. This park came with lots of shaded areas. This would eliminate the task of setting up and taking down the canopies. A lot of work!!! Other suggestions were: elect a chairperson for the picnic; Use formal checklists; change menu to hamburgers and hot dogs; ask for volunteer chairperson at the luncheon meeting. Activities Report: None made Membership Report: George Ramirez reports that are no new members and two drop outs this month. George requested that all members need to be encouraged to look for new members and invite them to our luncheon. Attendance: no report made Sunshine Report: Mike Vadnais reported that Ron Biegler passed away in July. Mike also recently sent out get well cards to four of our members. 2.

3 Bowling Report: Bobby Silvius reports that he would be looking for help in managing bowling tournaments. The upcoming tournament is scheduled for September 18 and 19 here in Tahoe. Golf Report: No report Website: Mike Davis volunteered to take this on and will get into it by October. Old Business: The nominating committee stated they had a full slate of officers for year The slate will voted on at the luncheon. New Business: Mike Davis will be added to the 2016 Directors and Dave Tiongco will become an honorary Director. The executive board meeting was adjourned by Mike Davis at 10:37 AM. BADGE DRAWING WINNER FOR SEPTEMBER LUNCHEON Lee Szromba 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. ROSTER CHANGES Please post these changes to your Branch Roster Drop TWO members L L Gary Burns and Steve Pannozzo Change Ron Thompson (rltgenoa@gmail.com) GET SIRS HAPPININGS QUARTERLY If you want to get the latest issue of the Sirs Happenings Newsletter, just go to and down load the latest issue. It comes out quarterly. Previews of Coming Attractions SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER Sep 28 SIR Luncheon Teps Sep 29 Golf Empire Ranch 9 am Oct 5 Golf Lakeridge Reno 12:06 pm Oct 9 Bowling Lake Tahoe Bowl 11 am Oct 12 Golf Thunder Canyon 9 am Oct 16 Bowling Gold Dust Bowl Carson City 11 am Oct 19 Golf Eagle Valley East Carson City 9 am Oct 26 SIR Luncheon Teps 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 ~Attendance Reminder~ We must not miss 3 consecutive meetings without notifying the Attendance Chairman and being excused. Whether or not we have been excused, we still must attend at least half the meetings during the previous 12 months period. 3.

4 MEMBERS ANNIVERSERY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 1993 Ron St. Thomas, 2004 Mike Vadnais, 2005 Richard Gwinn, 2006 Dave Tiongco, 2007 Skip Hempler, 2008 Russ Dow, 2009 John Barton, Tom Sawyer, 2010 Robert Hoy, 2012 Michael Davis, 2013 David C. Keith, and 2013 Dan Wilkinson Membership & Luncheon Report Sons In Retirement Lake Tahoe Branch 160 Your attendance Chairman, Michael Sandifer AUGUST 2015 Members Dropped (2) Gary Burns, Steve Pannozzo Members Added (0) Inactive Members (3) Jerry Beauchamp, Ken Davis, Bob Hoy, From inactive to active (0) Van Marshall, Bob Peterson, Ron Thompson A belated July Birthday to Terry Cannon Medical Leave (0) Total Members this report (101) Net active members (95) Total inactive members this report (3) Attendance active members (67) Visitors Members Friends (1) Scott Cook Guests-Prospective members (3) Rob Slaughter, David Moore, Lee Edwards, Lee Szromba Visitor/Speaker (1) Tim Wulf SIR Ron Biegler has passed. He joined SIR in May of SIR Dan Denny has passed. He joined SIR in May of 2010 Our prayers and thoughts go out to their friends and family. Total present (73) 4.

5 HAPPENINGS TRAVEL BULLETIN September 30-October 11, 2015 Canada & New England This is an 11-day cruise on the Caribbean Princess. The cruise starts in Quebec City with 8 stops including: Port Saguenay, Graspe, Charlottetown, Sydney and Halifax, Bar Harbor and ends in New York. Prices range from $2990 to $3389 PPDO depending on accommodations and includes r/t air, and much more. Offered by Branch 58 Travel. Call Derlin German, at October 9-23, 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Cruise This is an eleven-day round-trip, Rome to Rome on the luxurious Celebrity Reflection. The trip includes, two pre- cruise nights in Rome (Hotel Ponte Sisto) with two guided tours ancient Rome and the Vatican. We will visit legendary cities such as Istanbul, Athens, Ephesus, Naples, Mykonos and Santorini. The trip includes air, all shipboard meals, entertainment, group cocktail party, and one bottle of wine per cabin. Costs range from $5380 to $6100 PPDO, depending on stateroom category. Offered by Branch 114 Travel. Call Jim Stoner at or Larry Martinson at November 5-23, 2015 Crossroads of Turkey This land tour of Turkey begins with 3 days in Istanbul and then continues to Asiatic Turkey, with a stop at the WW I battlefield of Gallipoli. Stops will include many ancient Biblical, Roman and Greek sites, as well as fascinating geological features and museums, showing history back to the Hittites. The cost per person is $3795, either single or double, and includes airfare from SFO, tour transportation, all hotel accommodations, and 35 meals. An optional 5-day pre-trip to Athens is available for $1295. Offered by Branch 62 Travel. Call Jim Hohenshelt at or Roy Jordan at December 26, 2015-January 3, 2016 New Year s Celebration A New Year s Celebration on a Western Caribbean Cruise. Prepare to enjoy a better than usual way to greet the New Year. The event includes a one night stay in New Orleans and then boarding the Norwegian Dawn for seven days of freestyle cruising and visiting the following ports of call: Cozumel (Mexico), Roatan, Bay Islands, (Honduras), Harvest Caye (Belize) and Costa Maya (Mexico). Prices range from $2350 to $3530 PPDO. Price includes home pick up, round-trip airfare to New Orleans and all shipboard meals. Offered by Branch 1 Travel. Call Philip Manriquez at January 9-19, 2016 Mexican Riviera Trip This is a round trip cruise from San Francisco. The ports of call will be: Puerto Vallarta, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, and Cabo San Lucas. Some of the attractions include: Splendid beaches and lush jungles, early architecture and towns, wildlife, Mexico s largest turtle sanctuary, kayaking, snorkeling or scuba diving, zip-lining and other outdoor adventures such as, dolphin encounters and whale watching. Costs range from $1455 to $1995 PPDO, depending on cabin selection and includes home pick up to & from the San Francisco Pier and all shipboard meals & entertainment. Offered by Branch 62 Travel. Call Roy Jordan at or Jim Hohenshelt at

6 From the Nominating Committee At the September luncheon meeting, the attending general membership will be Voting on our Branch Officers for next year. These 12 positions constitute the Branch Executive Committee. The following list of Candidates will be offered during that meeting for your consideration. Big Sir Van Marshall Little Sir (TBD) Secretary Derek Smith Asst. Secretary John Gerard Treasurer Chuck Garber Asst. Treasure Vern Ficklin Director Larry Coffman Director Ron Rathbun Director George Ramirez Director Mike Davis Director Tom Sawyer Director Dave Dugan We thank these gentlemen for answering the call. Additional nominations may be made from the floor, and a nominee from the floor must indicate his agreement to accept the office if elected. Officers will be installed at our November meeting. NOMINATING COMMITTEE George Ramirez, Tom Sawyer, and Ron Rathbun 6.

7 Notes from Tim Hall, SIR Branch 160 Bowling Tournament Manager, September 2015 The SIR Branch th Annual Bowling Tournament held at Tahoe Bowl last weekend was a great success. Bobby Silvius and I thank all of you associated with the Branch who participated in, contributed to and helped administer the tournament! The tournament came off without a hitch; it was almost as if we knew what we were doing Branch 160 owes special thanks to Jason Agnew, Manager of Tahoe Bowl, for having his establishment in great shape for us and the food served at the 11 th Frame was excellent! We filled the lanes for each of the four squads (2 singles and 2 doubles). Like last year, we had 86 participants! Although some bowlers were not always happy with their scores for a game or two, most said they had a great time and would return next year. I am in the process of compiling the scores and will have the results for you at our meeting next Monday the 28 th. Here is pertinent information about future tournaments that might be of interest to you: 1. SIR Bowling Tournament at Fireside Lanes in Citrus Heights, California, will be held on Monday October 5 th and Wednesday October 7 th. This tournament is for SIRs and their guests and includes singles, doubles and all events. Applications can be found on the SIR website (siring.org) or by contacting the Tournament Manager, SIR John Spisak, at (916) SIR Bowling Tournament at Harvest Park Lanes in Brentwood, California, will be held on Tuesday October 13 th and Thursday October 15 th. This tournament is for SIRs and their guests and includes singles, doubles and all events. Applications can be found on the SIR website (siring.org) or by contacting the Tournament Manager, SIR Paul Elmer, at (925) or SIR Curtis Manning at (510) Don t forget SIR no-tap bowling on the 2 nd (Tahoe Bowl) and 4 th (Gold Dust West) Fridays of each month! Help Bobby age gracefully!!! BOWL ON! 7.

8 NEWSLETTER LAKE TAHOE BRANCH 160 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BIG SIR MIKE DAVIS DIRECTOR LARRY COFFMAN LITTLE SIR VAN MARSHALL DIRECTOR TOM SAWYER SECRETARY DEREK SMITH DIRECTOR RON RATHBUN ASST. SECRETARY JOHN GERARD DIRECTOR.GEORGE RAMIREZ TREASURER CHUCK GARBER DIRECTOR DAVE DUGAN ASST. TREASURER VERN FLICKLIN DIRECTOR RON THOMPSON HONORARY DIRECTORS KEN KOEGL MIKE VADNAIS JACK POST DAVE TIONGCO DOM DELCENIO COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN ATTENDANCE MICHAEL SANDIFIER ASST. ATTENDANCE RON RATHBUN ACTIVITIES TBD BOWLING BOBBY SILVIUS CALLER RON ST. THOMAS CHAPLAIN CURT EMRIE GOLF SIG HEIDEMANN ASST GOLF JOE SCOTT MEMBERSHIP..GEORGE RAMIREZ NEWSLETTER LARRY COFFMAN PUBLIC RELATIONS TBD ROOSTER SALES DAVE TIONGCO RECRUITER TBD SUNSHINE MIKE VADNAIS BRANCH OFFICIAL E- MAIL CONTACT VAN MARSHALL E- Mail: VLMsit@aol.com Area 19 Governor Charles Wilson Region 2 Director Russell Salazar State President B. Hairston SIR Branch 160 Newsletter 1655 Bakersfield St. So. Lake Tahoe, CA 96150