OFFICERS

BIG SIR Steve Hagenbaugh

LITTLE SIR Lee Lamp

SECRETARY Cris Andrews

ASST. SECRETARY Dean DeCourcy

TREASURER John Aubuchon

ASST. TREASURER Duane Nelson

DIRECTORS Bill Harris Dick Fyten

Don Paulsen Murray Blake Dave Durfee

Administrative Leaders Attendance Larry Koch

Asst. Vacant

Chaplain Joe Beck

Larry Morgan Facilities

Don Paulsen Membership

Joe Beck Profiler

Frank Galusha Newsletter Editor

Vacant Publisher

John Aubuchon Asst. Publisher

Barrie Lee Raffle

Jim McClelland Sunshine

Len Napoli Asst

Special Awards Paul Poling

Sergeant At Arms Frank Galusha

Activity Leaders Computer Club John Aubuchon

Fred Skill Dine Out

Various Members Fishing Jay Liu

Asst. Paul Poling Golf 18 Hole

Lee Lamp Asst. Larry Andrews

Golf 9 Hole Murray Blake

Bob Goetz Dick Fyten

Teller of Tales Bud Argambright

Directory Data Base & Web Master John Aubuchon

THREE SHASTAS

BRANCH 129

SIR NEWSLETTER

VOLUME 34 NO 7 July, 2019

SIR’S MONTHLY MEETING: 3RD Wed—Redding Elk’s Lodge

Mtg. 11.00 A.M. / Lunch 12:00 P.M

ATTENDANCE IS IMPORTANT. To be excused, and not be billed for lunch, call before 5:00 the Monday

prior to the meeting to:

530-224-8722

Big Sir Sez’ I have heard you all out there, make it simple and make it short. Gentlemen I have no problem with your wishes. Let's give a short summary of the month of June: Flag Day was the 14th and hopefully you all had them up and flying in the wind.

Father's Day was the 16th and hopefully all you Dad's had a GREAT DAY with your kids. I sure did. SIR’s Auction was held on the 19th . I would like to thank the Auction Commit-tee for an awesome event and can't wait for the suggestions/ideas as far as bene-fiting our club members and IRS in general. We participated in both the Cottonwood parade and the Redding parade that gave us some needed recognition. Summer came in with a big bang on the 21st and all in all with just a touch of some lack of communication, The only downside is the club is down a total of 16 members and hopefully in the next six months we can turn that around. Finally, as far as I am aware, we don't acknowledge very many Wedding Anniversaries; well in July Little SIR will be celebrating their 38th and Big SIR will be celebrating their 34th. See all of you on Wednesday the 17th at the Elks. P.S. All is straightened out as far as our July-Novembers 2019 regular scheduled meetings. Steve Hagenbaugh Big SIR

See page 3 for info on our guest speaker for July

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SIR STATE OFFICERS

STATE PRESIDENT Ed Benson

DIRECTOR, REG. 1 Mark Stuart

AREA GOVERNOR TBA

SIR’s 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, Incorporated , and it’s 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.

Flawless Male Logic

The following is a conversation between a man and his wife. You’ll see that she asks 5 or 6 questions, which are answered quite simply.

She is speechless after being asked only one question. Woman: Do you drink beer? Man: Yes Woman: How many beers a day? Man: Usually about 3 Woman: How much do you pay per beer? Man: $5.00 which includes a tip (This is where it gets scary !) Woman: And how long have you been drinking? Man: About 20 years, I suppose Woman: So a beer costs $5.00 and you have 3 beers a day which puts your spending each month at $450.00. In one year, it would be approximately $5400.00 correct? Man: Correct Woman: If in 1 year you spend $5400.00, not accounting for inflation, the past 20 years puts your spending at $108,000.00 correct? Man: Correct Woman: Do you know that if you didn't drink so much beer, that money could have been put in a step-up interest savings account and after accounting for compound interest for the past 20 years, you could have now bought a Ferrari?

Man: Do you drink beer? Woman: No. Man: Where's your Ferrari?

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Some great information about the State Organization is at http://sirinc.org/

Guest Speaker for July From the McConnell Foundation

Rachael Hatch

Mission

The mission of The McConnell Foundation is helping build better communities through philanthropy.

A Little Humor

The Fourth of July weekend was approaching, and Miss Pelham, the nursery school teacher, took the opportunity to tell her class about patriotism. 'We live in a great country,' she announced. 'One of the things we should be happy about is that, in this country, we are all free.' Trevor, who was a little boy in her class, came walking up to her from the back of the room. He stood with his hands on his hips and said loudly, 'I'm not free. I'm four.'

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18-Hole Golf Report

We are officially halfway through the year. June saw comparatively mild weather for this time of year and made for a couple great days of golf. The Mt. Shasta event had 31 players. Thanks to Larry Andrews and Justin Clandening for handling the event in my absence. A couple weeks later we made the same trek (almost) up to play McCloud. 22 players made it up for a terrific day of golf. We played two loops on the 9 hole track. Interesting how a couple of the holes play completely dif-ferent based on tee location. Greens needed a little work but all in all it was a fun day.

Mt Shasta Results

Skins went to John McCue, Pete Rowland, Willie Lawson, Howard Hughes, Geoff Neely, Bruce Maddox, Brad Bunnell, Justin Clandening, Clark Morehead. All with net eagles on a hole not covered.

McCloud Results

Skins went to Warren Mindestrom, Bruce Maddox, Tom Sparrowe, Clark Morehead.

Next up is Fall River on July 8th...sign up and fill the course with SIR!

Lee lamp, 18 Hole Golf Chairman

Larry Andrews, Assistant Chairman

First Flight: Geoff Neely -7 Kevin Dempsey -5 Brad Bunnell - 4 Tom Breedlove - 4

Second Flight Leroy Bussard -7 Al Fabbrini -6 Justin Clandening +1 Gene Pair +1

Third Flight Clark Morehead -4 Bruce Maddox. -4 Warren Mindestrom -1 Lyle Whitmore +4

First Flight Phil Nystrom -1 Milt Clark E Kevin Dempsey E

Second Flight Leroy Bussard -2 John McCue +1 Justin Clandening +3

Third Flight James Williamson -3 Clark Morehead -2 Warren Mindestrom +6

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9ers (Nine Hole Golfers)

SIRS 9 HOLE GOLF

June had two outings, Churn Creek on June 17th and Gold Hills on June 25th. Both days had wonder-ful weather. 9 Hole golf is great for the Redding summers. We are off the course by Noon, before the heat of the day. We have had some players dust off their clubs and resume playing golf. Come out and try. No handicap needed and you can invite a spouse or friend to play. We would love to see you. Tucker Oaks is our next outing on Monday, July 15. This is two days before our next meeting so the on-ly way to sign up to play is to email or call me. lakehead6@gmail.com, 530-245-0684

Next three 9 hole outings

15 July (Mon) Tucker Oaks 8:00 a.m. $12.00(reserve cart) 30 July (Tues) Tierra Oaks 9:00 a.m. $20.00(Cart Included) 13 Aug (Tues) Gold Hills 9:00 a.m. $20.00(Cart Included) Tom Merrow and Murry Blake at the first tee. Big SIR Steve Hagenbaugh enjoying the day

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Sir Fishing Report June 2019 By Jay Liu

May Fishing Meeting (2nd Wednesday of the Month @ the Country Waffle Restaurant)

I talked about current conditions on Shasta Lake and Trinity Lake

SACRAMENTO RIVER Salmon Salmon season is closed. Trout: The flow is 10965 CFS and trout fishing is pretty good from south Bonneville Bridge to the

Sundial Bridge. I did not get a report on the lures of choice. SHASTA LAKE

Bass: The lake is 7 feet down and dropping about 1/3 foot a day. Fishing is wide open, top water is just starting to turn on early in the morning then go to bottom baits. Most of the fish are around 25 to 35 feet down. The baits of choice are Swim baits, flickshake worm on a ball head, Ned rig TRD and Hula grubs. NOTE: THERE ARE STILL LOTS OF FLOATING TIMBER, SO BE CAREFUL AND WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKETS.

Trout: The trout fishing is starting to pick up. They are trolling 30 to 60 feet down and the speed is

2 to 5 miles The lures of choice are Kast Masters in shad color, Meps Spinners (black with yellow dots), Bass Rat and the Optimizer.

Kokanee and Big Kings: I did not get any report on the Kokanee or Kings.

TRINITY LAKE

Bass: Trinity lake is down 8 feet and holding. The bite is pretty good and getting better as the wa-ter warms up. Most of my fish are starting to show up on points or off shore rock piles.

Trout and Kokanee: No report

WHISKYTOWN

Bass: I heard that there is a good bite for bass. They have moved out from the banks and starting to show up off shore on island tops. Use drop shots or small swim baits.

Trout and Kokanee: I heard that the Kokanee haven’t shown up yet and the bite is tough.

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Birthdays in July

CREGG ZEHNLE 1

CHARLIE GRIPP 2

FRED SKILL 4

DON SCHIMPFF 8

ROGER PETERS 14

DENNIS ALFARO 21

BOB HARRIS 21

PHIL BRADLEY 23

BOB REID 23

ROBERT SMICK 23

RUSSELL SMITH 23

JOE MARSIANO 25

JOE BECK 28

BRANCH 129 WEB SITE

If you haven’t checked out our new web site take a few minutes to do so. http://sirinc2.org/branch129/ Frank Galusha and his team have done an awesome job of putting this together. If you have comments or suggestions for Frank send him an email at Frankgalusha2@gmail.com.

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July Calendar

July 1 Lunch Bunch Don’s Sandwich Shop 11:30AM July 8 18 Hole Golf Fall River 9;00AM July 10 Fishing Meeting Country Waffle 10;00AM July 15 9 Hole Golf Tucker Oaks 8:00AM Breakfast/Lunch Following at Sand Trap 10% Discount all invited July 17 Regular Meeting Elks 11;00AM July 22 Breakfast Gang Marie Calendars 8:30AM July 23 18 Hole Golf Lake Shastina 9:00AM July 23 Finance Group LuLu’s 9:00AM July 24 Dine Out Tierra Oaks 5:00 PM July 30 9 Hole Golf Tierra Oaks 9:00AM

Dine-Out for July After an outstanding dine out in June, Russ Smith and Bill Harris are at it again. This month they have arranged a chicken or tri-tip dinner at Tierra Oaks. Badge number 58 is the winner of a free lunch in July. Cost is only $15 per Person, tax and tip included. 5 PM on the 24th of July. Call Bill or Russ or sign up at the General Meeting on the 17th.

Bill Harris and Russ Smith co-chairs for dine out in July.

Computer Users Microsoft will stop issuing security updates for Windows 7 soon. You have until just after the end of the year to convert to Windows 10.

There is a risk that hackers may infect your computer or your network after the support ends if you do not upgrade. Remember if you go on the internet after January 14, 2020 using Windows 7, you run a risk. If you are using your computer only off-line, like letter writing, games, spread-sheets or the like, then there is no concern. If you have an older computer, you may want to consider buying a new computer. The main reason to continue to use Windows 7 is that there are some programs that do not work with Windows 10. Here is info from the Microsoft web site. What does end of support really mean?

To avoid security risks and viruses, Microsoft recommends you upgrade to Windows 10.

Join Fred and John after lunch to talk about your computer related problems.

If you continue to use Windows 7 after support has ended, your PC will still work, but it may become more vulnerable to security risks and viruses. Your PC will continue to start and run, but Microsoft will no longer provide the following support for your business.

N O T E C H N I C A L S U P P O R T

N O S E C U R I T Y U P D A T E S

N O S O F T W A R E U P D A T E S

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Branch 129 6240 Gold Hills Court Redding CA 96003

Sunshine Report As we enter the typical Redding Summer, we're discovering it's not so typical. I'll take the 90's any day! It's the month of celebrating our Independence and being thankful to be Americans. Our lives are so blessed even though we must endure life's process. Our sympathy goes out to Cloyd Buck as he lost his wife of 40 years the middle of June. Her celebration of life has not yet been announced. Our past Big SIR, Harry Tully has been battling, very courageously, some pretty debilitating setbacks. He's been a trooper and could use our thoughts and prayers to keep up the good fight. Being the proud men and women that we are, let us not forget the sacrifices that were made to make this country what it is today. Quote for the month: "This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the one of the brave." Elmer Davis Happy Independence Day! Len Napoli – Sunshine Chairman