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December 2017 Editor: Barry Brown THE BIG SIR COLUMN Our final regular meeting at the Hilton on November 13 was packed! In addition to a great speaker, the BrassFire quintet provided a lively music background. We mentioned and honored twenty-two SIRS that are directly responsible for our lunches, i.e., greeters, badges, cashiers, etc.. This made me think of the many other workers in our branch that volunteer during 2017. Overall we have 350 members and 212 currently volunteered for positions that make our organization function. Here is a quick summary of our volunteers. Our BEC is composed of only 12 members. Another 23 have “branch positions” such as the LDL Committee, Chaplain, Nomination Committee, ect. Technology positions such as audio, photo and webmaster totals 25 SIRS. Our Membership group, i.e., publicity, recruitment, roster, ect. are busy with 30 members. We have over 99 Activity and Assistant Chairman and the Hotline editors/publisher adds another 6 members. Our hats off to everyone this year that helped our branch. We look forward to seeing many of you and your ladies at the Roundhill Country Club annual Christmas Ladies Day Lunch on December 11 th . Nat Bitton and his committee have done another outstanding job of organizing this yearly event. Mike Long, Big SIR LITTLE SIR SEZ We owe a big vote of thanks to Speakers Committee members Ron Brown, Bill Espey and Tony de Losada for putting together a roster of ten excellent speakers in 2017. It takes a lot of time, hard work and perseverance to pin down speakers and coordinate with them. The committee works collaboratively and with great enthusiasm. Their results speak for themselves: January: David Gilbert, US Department of Energy, DNA Research Made Understandable February: Debbie Toth, CEO Choices in Aging March: Joe Tuman, Professor, SF State and Terrorism Expert: Terrorism and the Media April: Bob Shusta, retired Captain Concord OPD & Howard Jordan, retired Oakland PD Chief: Policing in the 21 st Century May: Gary Schaub, docent & Tom Leatherman, Superintendent, National Park Service: Eugene O’Neill’s Life and Tao House History. Tony de Losada livened up the day with some lovely Hula dancers and a memorable Hawaiian Shirt Day contest. July: Mark Sherry, Staff Specialist, SFO Air Traffic Control: Operating the Control Tower August: Dan Ashley, KGO TV: The Challenges of Television News September: Lawren Hicks, Medical Director, John Muir Senior Services: Demystifying Dementia October: Assemblywoman Catherine Barker: California Legislative Update November Maj Gen Rob Ostenberg, US Army (ret): Vietnam Reflections. Branch 8 member Bill Eich brought his brass quintet to entertain us before lunch and played while General Ostenberg awarded the Vietnam War Era pin to 140 Branch 8 veterans. THANK YOU, SPEAKERS COMMITTEE, FOR A MEMORABLE YEAR! Phil Trapp, Little Sir HOTLINE Index © = Spouses/Friends welcome Activity Page # General Branch Business 1-4 Biographies 15 Branch Positions 19 Activity Report 2 Arts, Crafts & Hobbies 5 Astronomy 5 Bargain Bites © 5 Birders © 5 Birthdays 16 Bocce ball (All) © 5-6 Book Exchange 6 Book Group 6 Bowling © 6-7 Bridge (All) 7 Car Enthusiasts 8 Computers and Tech © 8 Cribbage 8 Digital Photography 8 Dine In (All) © 9 Dine Out (All) © 9 Dine Out Single SIRs 9 Dominoes 9 Explore & Eat © 10 Fishing 10 Golf (All) 10-11 Heads Up Walkers © 11 Hikers © 11 Ladies Day Luncheon 11 Luncheon Information 4 Membership Report 16 Mexican Train Dominoes 9 Model Railroading 12 Mixer 12 Photo Gallery 18 Pickle Ball 12 Poker 12 Senior Center Activities 4 SIRS at the Games 12 SIRS in the Kitchen 13 SIRS at the Opera 12 Sums In Retirement 13 Sunshine Report 4 Traveling SIRS © 13 Wine Articles (All) 13-14 Writing your Life Story 14 14

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Page 1: Mike Long, Big SIR Dine In (All) © Dine Out (All) · Rolando Salazar Roger Lamm Speaker Rob Ostenberg General, US Army Retired Bill Peterson, Attendance Secretary CONCORD COMMUNITY

December 2017

Editor: Barry Brown

THE BIG SIR COLUMN

Our final regular meeting at the Hilton on November 13 was packed!

In addition to a great speaker, the BrassFire quintet provided a lively

music background. We mentioned and honored twenty-two SIRS that

are directly responsible for our lunches, i.e., greeters, badges,

cashiers, etc..

This made me think of the many other workers in our branch that

volunteer during 2017.

Overall we have 350 members and 212 currently volunteered for positions that make our

organization function. Here is a quick summary of our volunteers. Our BEC is

composed of only 12 members. Another 23 have “branch positions” such as the LDL

Committee, Chaplain, Nomination Committee, ect. Technology positions such as audio,

photo and webmaster totals 25 SIRS. Our Membership group, i.e., publicity,

recruitment, roster, ect. are busy with 30 members. We have over 99 Activity and

Assistant Chairman and the Hotline editors/publisher adds another 6 members. Our

hats off to everyone this year that helped our branch.

We look forward to seeing many of you and your ladies at the Roundhill Country Club

annual Christmas Ladies Day Lunch on December 11th. Nat Bitton and his committee

have done another outstanding job of organizing this yearly event.

Mike Long, Big SIR

LITTLE SIR SEZ

We owe a big vote of thanks to Speakers Committee members Ron

Brown, Bill Espey and Tony de Losada for putting together a roster of

ten excellent speakers in 2017. It takes a lot of time, hard work and

perseverance to pin down speakers and coordinate with them. The

committee works collaboratively and with great enthusiasm. Their

results speak for themselves:

January: David Gilbert, US Department of Energy, DNA Research

Made Understandable

February: Debbie Toth, CEO Choices in Aging

March: Joe Tuman, Professor, SF State and Terrorism Expert: Terrorism and the

Media

April: Bob Shusta, retired Captain Concord OPD & Howard Jordan, retired Oakland PD

Chief: Policing in the 21st Century

May: Gary Schaub, docent & Tom Leatherman, Superintendent, National Park Service:

Eugene O’Neill’s Life and Tao House History. Tony de Losada livened up the day

with some lovely Hula dancers and a memorable Hawaiian Shirt Day contest.

July: Mark Sherry, Staff Specialist, SFO Air Traffic Control: Operating the Control

Tower

August: Dan Ashley, KGO TV: The Challenges of Television News

September: Lawren Hicks, Medical Director, John Muir Senior Services: Demystifying

Dementia

October: Assemblywoman Catherine Barker: California Legislative Update

November Maj Gen Rob Ostenberg, US Army (ret): Vietnam Reflections. Branch 8

member Bill Eich brought his brass quintet to entertain us before lunch and played while

General Ostenberg awarded the Vietnam War Era pin to 140 Branch 8 veterans.

THANK YOU, SPEAKERS COMMITTEE, FOR A MEMORABLE YEAR!

Phil Trapp, Little Sir

HOTLINE Index © = Spouses/Friends

welcome Activity Page #

General Branch Business

1-4

Biographies 15

Branch Positions 19

Activity Report 2

Arts, Crafts & Hobbies 5

Astronomy 5

Bargain Bites © 5

Birders © 5

Birthdays 16

Bocce ball (All) © 5-6

Book Exchange 6

Book Group 6

Bowling © 6-7

Bridge (All) 7

Car Enthusiasts 8

Computers and Tech © 8

Cribbage 8

Digital Photography 8

Dine In (All) © 9

Dine Out (All) © 9

Dine Out Single SIRs 9

Dominoes 9

Explore & Eat © 10

Fishing 10

Golf (All) 10-11

Heads Up Walkers © 11

Hikers © 11

Ladies Day Luncheon 11

Luncheon Information 4

Membership Report 16

Mexican Train Dominoes 9

Model Railroading 12

Mixer 12

Photo Gallery

18

Pickle Ball 12

Poker

12

Senior Center Activities 4

SIRS at the Games 12

SIRS in the Kitchen 13

SIRS at the Opera 12

Sums In Retirement 13

Sunshine Report 4

Traveling SIRS ©

13

Wine Articles (All) 13-14

Writing your Life Story

14

14

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RAMP

Recruitment, Activities, Member relations, Publicity. RAMP is a collection of programs and services that together support the building of a successful branch.

RECRUITING & DIVERSITY COMMITTEE Gents, 2017 is now in our rear-view mirror. It was not one of our

notable years in meeting our Guest/Member goals. We now

need to look ahead and focus or attention on 2018.

We now have new Recruiting and Diversity Committees whose

goals are to assist the Branch in, a) increasing membership, b)

increasing a diverse membership. For the Branch to meet its

goals for 2018, we need the help of all of our Membership.

If any of you wish to help by becoming a member of one of the

Committees, or if you don’ t wish to formally join a Committee,

but have some ideas that you wish to share, by all means

contact me or a member of one of the Committees.

January is “Bring a Guest – Get a Bottle” month, so let’s start off

the New Year with, not just a Bang, but with an EXPLOSION!

Let’s all commit to make 2018 our greatest year ever!”

Thom Watkins, Chairman

ACTIVITY REPORT

Last month, I wrote about meeting leaders of

other SIR branches. Many of these branches

have fewer members and cannot support the

number and variety of activities that are

available to us in Branch 8. In November, we

took these discussions to the next level.

Specifically, we are developing a collaboration

with Branch 146 in Walnut Creek. Like Branch 8, they are

contemplating new activities, but unsure whether they will

generate a sufficient number of members to create a viable

activity. However, a collaborative effort of two branches could

engage enough members to maintain a healthy activity.

At our November luncheon, I asked if we have anyone who is

interested in Pinochle. Five members signed the blue Activity

Interest card. Those names were shared with Branch

146. Together, we may be able to generate sufficient interest

for a co-branch Pinochle group.

Similarly, we are creating a SIR Chess group. In addition to

good support from Branch 8 members, Branch 146 is sharing

names of members who would like to play chess. Again, we are

working together to develop a co-branch activity.

For our future, please think of new activities that you would

enjoy. If we do not have sufficient interest within Branch 8, we

will reach out to other branches for potential

collaborations. Many of our activities add members over

time. Nevertheless, it may be useful to work with other

branches in the early stages of some new activities. A

collaboration may give a new activity a good foundation for a

successful future.

As you select and participate in your favorite activities, please

consider how we can make our activities healthier and stronger

by thinking outside the box or even outside the branch.

Activity Coordinator: Steve Schramm

MEMBERS RELATIONS COMMITTEE

November 30th the last Member Relations Meeting, of the year,

was held at the Capital One Cafe meeting room on Main street,

next to the APPLE Store. MRC Co- Chair SIR Tom Mohrman

discovered this unique and conveniently accessed meeting

facility for the MRC Meeting and Tom also ran his first MRC

meeting as Co-Chair. Tom ran an excellent meeting! The results

of the meeting will be tendered to the BEC for their

consideration to act.

The Member Relations Committee wishes you, our valued

membership, a wonderful, enjoyable Christmas Season and a

healthy New Year and all years to come.

Tony de Losada and Tom Mohrman, 1st. Co- Chair

PUBLICITY AND IMAGE

Publicity and Image is teaming with the new Chairman

of Recruiting and Diversity Committees Thom Watkins, to

create a combination of concerted effort to the three

committees This Teamwork effort is done solely to emphasize

the importance of achieving the New Member Goal for 2018.

I would like to take this opportunity to explain something I

should have covered in my Member Relations article. I hope it

proves of interest to some of our membership who think" we

keep getting bigger and bigger, because that is what they want!"

or something similar. "That" is not all we want... my answer

to this statement, which I have heard , is what we want is to

replace our outgoing numbers with incoming plus one more, that

is all that is our stated goal! This year of 2017 is the first time

since I have been a member that we did not make our goal. If

that happens really not many times more, we lose! No more

branch for our Sons and Grandsons to join and enjoy as we do

today, we just go the way of so many other Men's Social Groups

have gone to.

So, as you see and hear of slight , yet important changes in

various RAMP, Recruiting, Activities, Member Relations,

Publicity & Image areas remember we are moving towards

keeping the branch as you make it today; current, vital, fun

loving, friendly, interesting just the way it is today!

Tony de Losada Chairman

ACTIVITIES AT OTHER BRANCHES

Breakfast Call Philip Magen 256-6548

Bridge Lunch 2nd/4thTu Milt Greenstein 376-5589

Historical © Call Rich Sjoberg 254-1661

Stamps Call Rich Sjoberg 254-1661

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ATTENDANCE

Attendance for the November luncheon

Active Members:

Membership Prior to Luncheon 342

Excused Absences - 66

Unexcused Absences - 6

Members Attending 270

Others:

Visitors - Guests - Speakers 13

Others Attending 13

TOTAL ATTENDANCE 283

Visitor

Jerry Hicks Little Sir Elect Br 116

Michelle Brown BrassFire Quintet

Tom Hyde BrassFire Quintet

John Taylor BrassFire Quintet

Ron Wetzel BrassFire Quintet

Guest Sponsor

Mike Cornelius Tom Trice

Mike Cunningham Allen Grossman

Jim Frediani Bud Grisanti

Steve Furtado Bud Grisanti

David Gee YK Chan

Mark Kahn Al Fahrenkrog

Rolando Salazar Roger Lamm

Speaker

Rob Ostenberg General, US Army Retired

Bill Peterson, Attendance Secretary

CONCORD COMMUNITY CENTER

FREE LEGAL CLINIC FOR SENIORS!

Held once a month on the SECOND THURSDAY! Sponsored by the City of Concord and Contra Costa Legal Services. 60 and over M/F invited to attend for a 45 Minute personal advice from Attorneys on: Advance Health Care Directives (AHCD). No income requirements. By appointment only! Call Concord Senior Center: 925-671-3320 and sign up. There are six appointments

Mention you are a SIR from Branch 8!

Tony de Losada P & I Chairman

COMMENT CARD CORNER

Analysis of Comment Cards from November 13, 2017 SIR Branch 8 Lunch Meeting.

There were 10 cards turned in by one unaffiliated attendee and 9 members. Three members were “Impressed”, one member was “A bit annoyed”, and the unaffiliated attendee and 5 members gave no attitudes.

Food got 7 comments: Three wanted Turkey and trimmings in the Thanksgiving month. Lunch was so-so, good, or delicious; pie was excellent, wow!

Three enjoyed the music and one thanked Sir Ernie Sherne for Taps.

Two thought the discussion of Recruitment was too complicated and confusing. There is no reason to limit the use (of the spinning wheel?) to the next meeting. It should be for Branch 8 only, and eliminate the cash alternatives. The meeting is too long, which is contributed to by too many announcements.

A recurring comment was that the slide show should be turned off not only during the invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, but in this case during presentations such as Golf Awards.

The most interesting comment was from one member who was disappointed in those who did not remove their hats during the Pledge of Allegiance. Remember Sirs, headgear off unless you are under arms.

SinSIRly,

Jim Sowell

ABSENCES & BRINGING GUESTS

If you are going to be absent or are bringing a guest, please call or email by Wednesday noon before the meeting.

Phone: 925-901-4826 (calls are not automatically returned)

Email: [email protected] (a confirmation E-mail will be sent to you)

IMPORTANT: If a confirmation E-mail is not received, it is the member’s responsibility to follow up and ensure it was sent to the correct address. Either resend the E-mail or call the attendance number at 925-901-4826 by Wednesday noon before the meeting

Bill Peterson, Attendance Secretary

FREE LUNCH DRAWING FOR BRINGING GUESTS

As an incentive to bring in new candidates for membership, a drawing for a free lunch will be held in January and in July for members who bring new guests to meetings during the previous 6 months. You can use the SIR cards available at the check-in table to invite guests. For each new guest sponsored during the 6 month period, a member will have an entry in the drawing. Bring one new guest, have one chance. Bring 3 new guests, have 3 chances! And for your efforts, you do not have to be present to win.

LEGAL NOTICE

This notice is available in the Roster and on the web site.

NEW ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER OR E-MAIL

If you change any of the above, please notify Bob Barnes. If you

need a new member’s email address (or phone number), you

can also contact Bob Barnes at (925) 348-6443 or send him an

email.

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DECEMBER LUNCHEON MENU

Ladies Day Luncheon

Round Hill Country Club

Salmon

or

Chicken

or

Vegetarian

NEED A RIDE?

Those Sirs who do not have transportation and would like a ride

to the monthly luncheon are invited to call: Scott Graff 925-552-

6097, [email protected]

RED DOT BADGES

They belong to our new members; don’t forget to say “Hi” and

introduce yourself. So let’s make them feel at home and let

them feel they can talk about your SIR activities and ask them to

join you.

SUNSHINE REPORT

Since the November Hotline Report the Committee has

extended wishes for a rapid recovery to Richard Bal, Stewart

Patrick, Bob Mayo, Bob McIvor, and Monte Allen.

Since the November Hotline Report, the Committee has

extended condolences to the Tony Watkin family.

Sunshine Committee ([email protected]

Terry Norton 925-798-6023

Larry Mersmann 925-935-9124

HOTLINE INPUT AND WEB EDITORS

IMPORTANT – SINGLE HOTLINE EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected].

Send your articles and photos BEFORE the 20th of the month.

Include meeting information and dates for the following month to

keep your group properly informed about meetings, deadlines

and upcoming events. Late reports may not be included in

the Hotline.

Hotline Editors (Hotline Coordinator *)

* Dan Weller [email protected]

Barry Brown [email protected]

Chuck Joyce [email protected]

Jim Ripley [email protected]

Website Editor, Webmaster, and Activities Page

Derek Southern [email protected]

Asst. Website Editor

Bill Hunter [email protected]

TREASURERS REPORT

Oct 2017

Receipts

Monthly luncheon $7620.00

Contributions 75.00

Interest .13

_______

Total receipts 7695.13

Disbursements

Monthly luncheon 8019.89

State Assessment 523.50

Printing & supplies 297.85

_______

Total disbursements 8826.74

Net loss (1146.11)

Cash,beginning 10070.87

Cash,ending $8924.76

ARTS, CRAFTS & HOBBIES

I know there are at least 100 of you out there who have a special talent or an interesting hobby or you collect things. Don't be bashful! Share it with us. We all would really like to see your special art work, carving, sculpture, wood turning, fishing lures, match book covers, travel memorabilia, photographs, silver spoons (even the one you were born with in your mouth), baseballs, golf balls, or moth

balls. Or maybe you do taxidermy, collect coins, make beer, build toothpick castles, make train cars, fly drones, have a model plane collection or something really unusual that we don't know about. All of us old guys like to see stuff and we appreciate people who collect or have a hidden talent or special skill. SHARE it with us. It makes the meeting more interesting and I'll even buy you a glass of wine. If you have a hobby, special interest collection, art of any form or a special skill, please consider sharing it with your fellow SIR. All it takes is an hour before our monthly meeting and we'll help you get things set up and taken down. In the process you may find a new friend who has your same interest and of course your fellow SIR will appreciate your time and effort. Give me a call or send an e-mail.. Thanks in advance. Ron Smith, Chairman [email protected] 925-314-3066 Al Steunenberg, Co-Chairman [email protected]

820-2758

ASTRONOMY

No report submitted for December

Larry Lange, Chairman 254-6281 [email protected] Leary Wong, Asst. Chair 930-7024 [email protected]

BARGAIN BITES ©

Hello Bargain Biters!

By the time you read this our December event

will be history. Hope you were able to join us

at the Himalayan Cuisine in downtown

Concord on Tuesday, Dec. 5. In January

2018 we will start our 5th year of Bargain Bites

with a Chinese extravaganza at 3 Brothers

from China, in Pleasant Hill. We were last

there in 2016 and it was a real treat. Alex Go has arranged for

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the same great menu to be prepared for the January dinner.

And the owner has agreed to hold the price to $20 PP tax/tip

incl. Happy Chinese New Year!!

Watch your e-mails for the announcement including the menu

details and the date and times.

While you are waiting -- Enjoy a Merry Christmas and a

Joyous Hanukah with your family and friends.

Chairman: Ron Smith 314-3066 [email protected]

Asst. Chairman: Ron Maciak 357-8005

[email protected]

BIRDERS ©

No report submitted for December

Chairman: Leary Wong, 925-457-0807,

[email protected]

BOCCE BALL OPEN PLAY ©

The 2017 Bocce Ball Open season is over. The last games were on October 20th in Newhall Park. Friday players were invited to attend a Brunch at Mel’s Diner (Treat/Clayton, Concord). We began play at 8:30 am and played on the Bocce courts in Newhall Park, Concord.

Newhall Park is located on Turtle Creek Rd. between Treat Blvd. and Ayers Rd. Play is open to all SIR members and partners. You do not require any knowledge of the game as we will show you how to play and explain the rules that govern the game of Bocce Ball. We provide all the equipment (Bocce Balls and score boards). I organize whoever comes to play into teams. If you have any questions, please call the Activity Chairman. This is the status as of September 15. 23 Members have participated in the Open play activity. Top% => 30 Games Name Won Lost Games Winning % Bob Barnes 24 13 40 68 Tom Keehn 21 10 31 68 Dave Allen 28 15 43 65

Other players may have a larger Winning % but have not played the minimum number of games. Notes: 1. We only play until 10:30 am and as a result some games may end early. 2. Whoever is ahead at 10:30 wins the game. See you next season!

Chairman: Bob Barnes 686-0106 [email protected]

Assistant Chairman: Danny Rinaldi: 825-0519

BOCCE BALL - LEAGUE PLAY ©

The 2017 Concord Bocce Ball Federation

(CBF) League season has ended for 2017.

The score in the table represents the SIR

Bocce record for the 2016 season. All team

members enjoyed the Bocce team play

during the season and are looking forward to

another season next year.

This table represents the team’s end of season record.

Date Results

September 5 Won 13 Lost 35

In our League group, we placed 9 of 9 teams on Tuesday

evening.

The SIR Bocce team for Branch 8 has the maximum number of

players for 2018. If a player decides not to play in 2018 then I

will ask if any current Bocce Ball players would like to play.

They will be asked on a first come basis from the Members who

are on the Friday Bocce Ball List.

Chairman: Bob Barnes 686-0106 [email protected]

Assistant Chairman: Danny Rinaldi: 825-0519

[email protected]

BOOK EXCHANGE

If you read it and liked it, bring it!

“IF YOU READ A BOOK THAT YOU

REALLY LIKED AND WANT TO SHARE IT,

BRING IT TO THE NEXT SIR LUNCHEON AND

DONATE TO OUR COLLECTION’. However,

we have recently been inundated with

books. Some generous members are bringing boxes of

books to donate...not individual books. The net result is

that instead of the collection growing at a box or two of

books per meeting, we are growing at 4-6 boxes. This is

creating a storage issue for us so we are spending a

large amount of time to weed through our collection to

reduce down the number of boxes.

In the future, if any member has a large number of books

to donate, it would help us if they brought only a dozen or

so per meeting, so that we can assimilate them more

easily. As always, if you have any questions or suggestions contact

any member of the book exchange team:

Chairman: Tom Kerns, [email protected] (925-376-8840). Assistant Chair: Alan Curtis, [email protected]

Assistant Chair: Rob Laaback, [email protected] Assistant Chairman: Ray Dewit, [email protected]

BOOK GROUP

Twenty-two eager readers met at Round

Table Pizza and discussed "Boys in the Boat"

by Daniel James Brown. It is the compelling

story of the 8-man crew from the University of

Washington who in 1936 won the gold medal

at the Olympics defeating the German shell,

much to the chagrin of Adolf Hitler.All of us praised the book

and the style of writing of the author, who followed the lives of

the 8-man crew as they developed into a well-oiled

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machine. Next month we';ll be reading "Wolves Eat Dogs" by

Martin Cruz Smith whose first novel, "Gorke Park" introduced

the world to Russian detective Arkady Renko.Book Group

meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 10:30 am in Round

Table Pizza on Oak Park in Pleasant Hill and there's always

room for one more. . Nick Maufe is the chair of our growing

group of readers.

/s/ Fred Nelson, December Reporter

Chairman: Nick Maufe [email protected]

BOWLING © Bowling Report for Decemberr 2017

Winter Leagues Branch 19 SIR League Branch 19 (Concord) sponsors a SIR league at Clayton Valley Bowl. The 2017-2018 league started on September 6th. The league consists of 10 four-person teams. Spouses and guests

are welcome. We bowl starting at 10 AM every Wednesday at Clayton Valley Bowl. This is a good time to be back into Bowling if you have been too busy while you were working full-time. We have averages from 120 to 220, so everyone is welcome. If you are not able to commit to a 30 week season, you might want to sign up as a substitute where you can normally bowl on the weeks that you choose, if there are any absences on your week. Many of the bowlers participate in some of the 20 SIR Bowling tournaments each year. These are a great way to meet SIRs from other branches. Contact Dan Weller, if you are interested. SIR State-Wide Tournament Schedules, Applications, and Results Are On Line: To access the SIR State Bowling information, open the state bowling web site at:. http://sirinc.org/bowling Upcoming SIR Bowling Tournaments:

ACTIVITY CHAIRMAN: Dan Weller 925-935-5510 [email protected] ASSISTANT CHAIR: Jim Erickson 925-939-7925 [email protected]

BASIC BRIDGE ©

We have discontinued the formal lessons and we will have open play with each player rotating after 4 hands. Table Talk is allowed. A discussion is encouraged after a hand has been played. Coaches are available for questions at any time. The Basic Bridge players are getting used to the challenge of playing with new

partners each round.

Our session begins with each table playing a demonstration

hand to show how many ways a deal could be bid and played.

After the discussion, we have open play at each table. This

month the open play produced the following top scores: Nick

Maufe (1260); Roger Lockwara (1110); and Stan Johnson (850).

Learning players are invited to join us on the first Thursday of the month at Round Table Pizza, 1938 Oak Park Blvd, Pleasant Hill. We start 1:30PM and play until 3:30PM. Arrive early for lunch because that is our payment for the use of the room. At

the mid-point of the session we will take a break to check our tires because the of the parking restrictions.

Rod Spicer, Chairman, 935-5306, [email protected]

BRIDGE DUPLICATE 1

The Duplicate Bridge Group I held their regular

session on November 10 at Round Table Pizza

in Pizza in Pleasant Hill. The top 3 finishers

were as follows:

1. Hubinger-Woolf 38 points

2 Milano-Plisco 37.5

3 Kahl-Schulze 32

There were no slams bid and made, but some very high scores

were achieved none the less. A score of 2050 was earned by

the defensive team of Tom Hensley and Dick Long. This is,

possibly, the highest score attained by the defense on any hand

since the Duplicate Bridge I group has been playing. The result

occurred when N-S redoubled a doubled 3 diamond, vulnerable

contract that ended up with a 5 trick set! The top high hand

earned by the offense happened when the team of Jerry Milano

and Gary Plisco, playing N-S, made a redoubled vulnerable 3

NT contract. This resulted in a score of 1000 points. One of the

largest swings of the day occurred on the same hand when Bob

Kahl and George Schulze, playing E-W, made 4 hearts

vulnerable resulting in a 1620 point difference between

thescores of the two contracts

Thanks to Ernesto Tong and Steve Greytak for subbing. Also ,

thanks to Jim Regan for hosting. Ernie Sherne has these duties

next month.

Substitutes are frequently needed. Please contact one of the

chairmen below to et on the substitute list:

Asst Chairman: Dick Long 274-1786

Asst Chairman: Tom Hensley 937-0605

Chairman: Bob Kahl 284-8572

Bob Kahl, Chairman 284-8572 Dick Long, Asst Chairman 274-1786 Ton Hensley, Asst Chairman 937-0605

DUPLICATE BRIDGE

We play on the 4th Friday of each month

(exceptions announced here and in Hotline). We

do not play in November and December due to

the holidays near the ends of those months so

the next meeting of the group will be the fourth

Friday, 26 Jan 2018. The group is currently short

one partnership to bring us to the full

complement of 12 pairs. And there’s always room on the

substitutes list for a SIR to sit in and get the feel of the game

without a standing commitment. Please call Jerry, Gary or Bud

to enquire or suggest a new participant.

September Tournament Champions are: Greene-Regan 1st with 60.5 points; Davis-Spicer 2nd with 49.5 points; Southern-Steichen 3rd with 49 points; Bushnell-Scherne 4th with 44.5 and Kahl-Schulze 5th with 44 points. Each team scored at least one high board. Greene-Regan scored seven highs and two teams had six. Davis-Spicer had no bottom boards; all other teams had at least one. Board 2 was tied with identical scores. All the N-S pairs were minus 200 and all the E-W pairs were plus 200, creating identical scores for all teams. Davis-Spicer bid and

DATE LOCATION COMMENTS

Dec 3 Fremont Sunday date for better traffic conditions

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made 6NT on Board 7; two other teams tried Heart Slams and were set. Bushnell-Scherne bid six and made seven hearts on Board 8. One other team made all the tricks also, but had not bid the slam. Perhaps the strangest hand of the day was Board 12 when Davis-Spicer bid 6NT and made 7; four other pairs did not bid slam, three made all thirteen tricks, but one other team lost three tricks in a 5 diamond contract.

Jerry Milano Co-Chair 934-3496 [email protected]

Bud Grisanti Co-Chair 672-3023 [email protected]

Gary Plisco Co-Chair 939-2483 [email protected]

BRIDGE RUBBER

Three tables of tire checkers had a great

competition. The top players this month were:

David Bushnell (4130); George Schulze

(4080); and Al Welch (3150). The scores ran

from 1520 to 4130 and the median score was

about 2900.

All members are invited to our game which meets at Pleasant Hill Round Table Pizza at 1830 Oak Park Blvd. The game starts at 9:00AM and we try to finish by 12:30PM. Please answer Al Welch's email early so we can try to fill the tables. Chairman: Rod Spicer, 935-5306, [email protected]

Al Welch, Co-Chair, 925-938-4131, [email protected]

David Bushnell, Co-Chair, 925-838-3914,

[email protected]

BRIDGE - COUPLES ©

On November 20, 2017, the Couples Bridge session had four tables with eight couples. Les and Carole Hopkins took first place with 4.740 points; Raleigh and Helen Davis were second with 3,640 points; and Steve and Honora Greytak were third with 3,290 points. Our next session will be at 1:00 pm on Monday, November 20, 2017 (our normal 3rd Monday of

each month) at the Mary’s Pizza on Oak Grove, in Walnut Creek. We always welcome new players, so if you are interested in joining us, please contact: Ray de Wit ([email protected]) or Ken Main ([email protected]).

CAR ENTHUSIASTS

Reservations are underway for the Pacific Grove outing in March of next year. We have made a large dent in the B&B's accommodations as we have 7 or 8 couples planning to go.

If interested in joining the Car Enthusiasts Activity, please contact any of the folks listed below. We meet on the 1st Tuesday of each

month at 1 PM in the Round Table Pizza meeting room, Oak Park Blvd. Pleasant Hill. Come a few minutes early to get your food and drink ordered prior to meeting. meetings usually last about 1 hour. Next meeting November 7th.

Activity Chair: Chick Lowry - [email protected]

Assistant Chairs

Tom Mohrman [email protected]

Bill Koski [email protected]

Bob McMains [email protected]

COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY ©

At our November meeting, Neil Schmidt gave us

an introduction to spreadsheet basics, focusing

on applications that might interest retirees. He

then went on to demonstrate some of MS Excel’s

many charts and functions. Examples included a

password vault and an investment record sheet.

In one big take away, Neil showed us how easy it

was to find Excel’s many work saving templates – you just click

on “File,” then “New” and the list of Templates will appear.

There are over 30 of them!

Unfortunately, the subject of Neil’s presentation, “spreadsheets,”

did not attract our usual 40 to 50 participants. Only 33 people

showed up, and that included nine CAT officers. If you did not

attend, you missed a very worthwhile presentation. You will,

however, be able to review Neil’s presentation notes at the CAT

Web page (a2cat.sirinc2.org)

The final take away, “. . . a spreadsheet is not just a

business tool, it can also be used in many ways in

everyday life.”

There will be no Computers & Technology meeting in

December.

We look forward to seeing you 9:15 AM, January 18, at the Walnut Creek Elks Lodge, 1475 Creekside Drive. We ask for a donation of $5 to cover the cost of the hall rental, coffee and cookies -- but some months are free, so come and see if our October meeting is another one of those! All SIR members and their guests (spouses included!) are welcome to attend. See you there.

Bill Phelon, [email protected]: 254-8338

CRIBBAGE

The Cribbage Group meets on the First Wednesday and the Third Tuesday of each month. There’s been a PERMENENT LOCATION CHANGE from Treat Blvd in Concord to the Round Table Pizza located at 1938 Oak Park Blvd. in Pleasant Hill. Hours of play are 1pm to 3pm. Please join us if you have

played Cribbage or would like to learn the game. 2017 November Results

November 7, 14 players November 21, 14 players

1st Place Dennis Mierzwa

191 pts

1st Place Steve Strobel

236 Pts

2nd Place Ray Nummi 185

pts

2nd Place Ray Nummi 187

pts

3rd Place Dan Smith 181

pts.

3rd Place Terry Mason

187 pts

4th Place Larry Mersmann

145 pts

4th Place Bud Grisanti

177pts

Chairman, Ron Draper [email protected]

Asst. Chairman, Dan Smith [email protected]

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DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

The Digital Photo Group’s November assignment

was Landscape Photography and the group

delivered some outstanding landscape photos, as

well as covering a few other subjects. Dave

Morse really illustrated the value of early and late

daylight for getting powerful photos. Rob

Brockman displayed some scanned “film” photos that made one

long for the day of film. And, of course, Dave Davis and Jock

MacKaig managed to include some insightful comments along

with their photos. All in all, a great meeting.

The Friday, December 15, meeting will be the Photo Group’s holiday luncheon at the Encinal Yacht Club. Bill Phelon will be sending reminders and asking for attendance confirmations soon, as the club needs to plan for our arrival. Please be sure to respond if you are planning to attend.

The Digital Photography Group meetings begin at 10:00 AM on the third Friday of the month. Coffee, tea and snacks are provided, for which we ask a $2 donation. All levels of photographer are welcome, from the point and shooters to sophisticated mirrorless & DSLR users. We even entertain phone photos!

Bill Phelon, Chair: [email protected] 254-8338

Dave Davis: Vice Chair: [email protected] 838-1753

DINE IN # 1 ©

Smiths hosted an historic walk back in time to

the 1950's. We were treated to Cincinnati

Chili serve over pasta with cheese a oyster

crackers. This is a famous regional dish and

Ron Smith used the recipe from a restaurant

in his home town near the Ohio border. As

usual, appetizers were over the top. Salad by

Judy Karg was terrific and Stephen Deness brought a

Hungarian dessert that was superb. Wine flowed as usual. Next

dinner is Jan 19

Chairman: Ron Cassano: [email protected]

DINE IN # 2 ©

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Co-Chair: Ed Cohn; [email protected]

954-7600

Co-Chair: Bob Price 937-6814 [email protected]

DINE IN # 3 ©

Our next dinner, and the last for this year, will be at Jeff Foster and Grace Chang's house on November 15th. Our dining group has evolved over the 2 years we have been together. Several members have moved on to other activities and new people have filled their places at the dinner table. At the end of this year, we say good bye to Tony deLasada and

Chris Tang. We look forward to greeting new members who would be interested in joining us. If you have an interest in this activity, contact Rich Cheney at 925-289-1265 or e-mail at [email protected] for more information.

DINE OUT # 1

DINE OUT 1 WILL BE AT THE GREENERY RESTAURANT AT THE DIABLO HILLS GOLF COURSE ON THURSDAY JANUARY 18, 2018. TOM AND SHEILA MOHRMAN ARE HOSTING. ALL SIR'S (COUPLES, SINGLES AND GUESTS) ARE INVITED TO JOIN US AT THIS NEWLY REMODELED VENUE.

MENU: You have a choice of 1) New York Steak OR 2) Salmon OR 3) Roasted veggie plate with fettuccine. Baked potato and vegetable included with meat dishes. All entree's include a house salad. WHEN: Social hour begins at 5pm (no host bar. Chips & salsa provided). Dinner @ 6pm. WHERE: The Greenery Restaurant is located at 1551 Marchbank Dr in Walnut Creek. PRICE: $30.00 per person, which includes tax and tip. CONTACT: Your host and hostess Tom and Sheila Mohrman. Make your checks to Sir Tom Mohrman (INCLUDE YOUR CHOICE OF ENTREE ON YOUR CHECK) and mail to 1700 Botelho Dr, APT 205, Walnut Creek, CA 94596. (516) 242-1635 or email [email protected]. RSVP: By Thursday January 11, 2018 to reserve your spot.

.Activity Chair: Ken Main Assist Chairs: Don Allen and Jim Ripley

DINE OUT #2 ©

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Chairman Jerry Milano 934-3496

[email protected]

DINE OUT - SINGLE SIRS ©

Tuesday, December 5th at La Tapatia Mexican Restaurant and Cantina 1802 Willow Pass Rd., Concord Social time is 5:00 with dinner at 5:30 p.m. host is Glenn Gilman 798-5155 [email protected]

LaTapatia Restaurant has been popular with the group before as we dine on “Taco

Tuesday” and giant Margaritas are a house specialty. Last month ten Sirs, single for the night, dined at the Peony Garden Restaurant, hosted by Frank Kilarr. Good food, good conversation and the highlight was when separate checks were received and we than realized how inexpensive was the meal. If you are single or just single at dinner time and wish to join the guys for dinner on the first Tuesday of the month, let Chairman Glenn or the host of the month know and a seat will be saved for you. Separate checks ensure each pay for his own meal. Check out our web page: https://www.sirbr8.com/dine-out-single-sirs/

Glenn Gilman Chairman

798-5155 [email protected]

Don Atwater, Asst. Chairman 673-1660 [email protected]

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DOMINOES

Wanted: New Players for Dominos

Have you wanted to learn how to play

dominoes? Here's your opportunity. We are

looking for members who would like to play

the game. You will play along side one of the

experienced members during regular play

until you feel comfortable to venture out on your own.

We meet at ROUND TABLE PIZZA located at 1938 Oak Park

Blvd, Pleasant Hill, Ca. Hours of play are 10:00am to 2:00pm.

We usually purchase lunch around 12:30pm, socialize and

continue play after lunch. We donate $5.00 each and keep

score by points. High score wins. We invite you to join, have

fun, and meet new friends. Please join us on the 2nd and 4th

Wednesday of each month.

Chairman: Dan Rinaldi 925-381-5486

[email protected]

Co-Chairman: Alan Schulze 925-876-7537

[email protected]

MEXICAN TRAIN DOMINOES

Mexican Train

Meets on 2nd Tuesday & 3rd Wednesday@10 a.m.

Round Table Pizza 1938 Oak Park Blvd. Pleasant Hill 94523

Mexican Train, a popular Domino game, is played on the second Tuesday and third Wednesday of the month starting at 10 a.m. at Round Table Pizza 1938 Oak Park Blvd., Pleasant Hill. After the game we enjoy lunch and social time. Newbies and experienced players are all welcome. Like in golf, the low score wins.

Results of the November 15th game: 13 Rounds - Clark Morehouse* 304; Jerry Ward 369; Terry Norton 407; Don Atwater 467; Larry Mersmann 483; Dan Rinaldi 579; Bill Peterson 649 *Clark Morehouse ran the tracks in one round before the other players were able to make their first play for a score of “O” while his opponents collected a total of 568 points (Low score wins).

Results of the November 14th game: 13 Rounds - Terry Norton 311; Jerry Ward 319; Clark Morehouse 345; Larry Mersmann 366; Bill Peterson 434; Don Atwater 455; Dan Rinaldi 436

Chairman: Danny Rinaldi 825-0519 [email protected] Asst. Chairman: Terry Norton 798-6023 [email protected]

EXPLORE AND EAT ©

No new article at press time. Chairman: Ron Woods

FISHING - AREA 2

All SIR members and guests are welcome, and indeed encouraged, to participate in fishing trips as well as attend the monthly meetings. Next meeting will be Thursday, November 16th, THE THIRD THURSDAY, at the Legend Sports Bar and Grill at the Diablo Creek Golf Course at 4050 Port

Chicago Highway in Concord. Meeting starts at 8:30am, come early.

We have shifted into our winter mode: trout, sturgeon, stripers,

crabs, and rockfish for a while.

We got the trout portion off with

a bang: Stan Wong, Phil

Scimonelli, Bob Hillacker, Terry

Miller, Reggie Fromm, and Carl

Moyer all got in on the early

action at San Pablo Reservoir (now

closed for the winter,) and Lafayette

Reservoir. Phil lead the charge with

a nice 4 pound rainbow. Rich

Fiscina and Tom Boltz each took

nice sturgeon. Tom Kostik, Mike

Corker, and Pete Gates had fun

with stripers. Stan Wong and Raleigh Davis have been busy on

crab/rockfish combo trips upon the ocean, doing quite well. Lee

Clark and Raleigh Davis finished a scintillating salmon season

with big fish. Chuck Vanoncini lead a large group of us to Lake

Almanor for 3 days of fishing, feasting, and frolicking. This has

been a highlight of our year and thoroughly enjoyed by the

participants. Thank you, Chuck.

Contacts are Paul Dubow (415-495-6504) and Carl Moyer (925-

685-5243.)

GOLF - 18 HOLES

Congratulations to our Club Champion for

2017, Kevin Roberts with scores of 85, 83

(168) Great shooting, Kevin. Our Low Net

winner for 2017 was Stan Johnson, 61,62

(123). Good going also. Our Club

Championship had its share of excitement

We have one golfer we shall name “D” who

has a motorized cart that we shall name “Spitzer” Spitzer obeys

every command from D. Day three of our Club Championship,

hole number 11: D hits his driver dangerously close to the water

hazard. Spitzer responds to D’s command and proceeds toward

the hazard and stops short as ordered D, being the golfer that

he is goes down on his hands and knees looking for his lost ball.

As D is searching a “butt call” occurs and Spitzer being the

Phil with his 4 lb.

rainbow trout

Sturgeon caught

on the Bay

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faithful servant that he is, proceeds forward towards the water

hazard. D, realizing what is happening frantically searches for

his remote, finds it and throws it to the ground. Spitzer, not

recognizing the command proceeds in to the water hazard and

falls bag first. The whole scenario was witnessed by his

foursome, Bill, Jack and Stan. No further incidents were

reported. By the way, D ended up in the money.

Bill Koski, Communications: 672 7650 [email protected]

GOLF - 9 HOLES

As we approach the holiday season and the

onset of what masquerades as winter in

California we should be thankful we are here

and not in one of those spots where winter

means snow drifts and fur boots!

It should be mentioned that the results every

week are posted on the branch website on the 9-hole golf “play

results” page where you can read all about the good and bad

play by our group. The Hotline is undergoing a make-over and

the aim is to make the branch website the up-to-date source for

activity news and use the Hotline for more basic information. For

those of you who have neglected using the web site please

check it out, everything there is current and interesting!

To everyone who plays with our group we wish you all the very

best for this holiday season, have a merry Christmas and a

happy New Year!

Barry Brown, Chair: [email protected] (925) 930 8026

Phil Philpot Asst. Chair: [email protected] (925) 937 2260

Dick Brooks, Stats & Board member [email protected]

GOLF – COUPLES ©

Today 3 couples actually challenged the rain and had an excellent round of golf at Diablo Hills. Golfers were the Barrellas, Lockwaras and the Batesoles. Highlights included not having to use cart path only, and #4, in one of our foursome’s, everyone made a

par. For SCG we make sure that the rain does not "rain on our parade". Nine additional couples showed up for lunch at the Greenery: the Derby's, Hersch's, Olson's, Steichen's, and the Yarberry's. Our Annual Year-end Celebration was on Oct. 27 at Boundary Oak. This annual event was a great way to enjoy our group without keeping scores! Paul and Sue Derby made all the arrangements, and the food was great as well as the friendships. Thursday, Dec. 14 (the second Thursday of each month) is our next outing with Roger and Mardi Lockwara as our marshals. They will email a reminder before the date with tee times. SIR Couples Golf is open to anyone who would like to join in a 9 hole 2nd Thursday group. For more information, you may contact chairperson Paul Derby-925-283-1784, [email protected] or Asst. Chair – Paul Hersch 925-933-7403 [email protected]. Truly we have as much fun off of the golf course as we do playing golf. WEBSITE – www.sirbr8.com (and be sure to check if you will also stay for lunch)

Chairman: Paul Derby [email protected]

Asst. Chair: Paul Hersch [email protected].

HEADS UP WALKERS ©

December 2017 Walks

One-hour walks start at 9:30 AM and usually are on flat surfaces. Most walks are “out and back” which means you walk for 30 minutes at your own pace, then turn around and walk 30 minutes back to the starting point. At 10:30 AM, we leave

the trail for coffee, refreshments and spirited conversation. Spouses and dogs welcome.

11/30/2017: Orinda: Tilden Regional Park, Inspiration Point. Exit Hwy 24 at Orinda, north on Camino Pablo (~2 mi.), left on Wildcat Canyon Rd., (~2 mi.) to Inspiration Point parking lot on the right. Cafe: Geppetto's Cafe. Leader: Terry Norton

12/7/2017: Lafayette: Moraga Community Center. Meet at the Lafayette Community Center on St. Mary's Road. Parking is near the new sport court. Cafe: Noah's New York Bagels. Leader: Bill Peterson

12/14/2017: Danville: Railroad Museum Iron Horse. Exit I-680 at Diablo Rd., west to Hartz Ave., left to Prospect Ave., right to Railroad Ave Meet in Railroad Museum parking lot, corner of Prospect & Railroad Ave. Cafe: Pascal French Oven Bakery & Cafe. Leader: Dan Smith

12/21/2017: Moraga: Moraga SMC. Meet at the staging area on St. Mary's Road approx. 1/10th mile north of the entrance to St. Mary's College. Cafe: Starbucks Moraga. Leader: Dan Weller

12/28/2017: Lafayette: Moraga Olympic. Meet at the eastern trailhead parking lot, north of Olympic Blvd. & west of Pleasant Hill Rd. Note, parking may be full. Try the smaller lot at the west end of Olympic, or hang out in the larger lot and wait for someone to leave. Cafe: Noah's New York Bagels. Leader: Dave Allen

ACTIVITY CHAIRMAN: Dan Weller 925-935-5510 [email protected]

ASSISTANT CHAIR: Erland Persson 925-932-5328 [email protected]

ASSISTANT CHAIR: Jim Kawal 925-228-8821 [email protected]

HIKERS - SIR HIKERS ©

December 2017 SIR Hikes

For more details on these 2 hikes, including

directions, car-pooling, what to bring, map,

pictures, and optional lunch see the SIR

Hiker web page at

http://www.sirbr8.com/hikers/

Easy Hike Black Diamond Regional Preserve, Antioch,

December 12

Retired geologist and fellow SIR hiker Dave Bushnell has

organized this special easy hike for December 12. We meet at

10 am in the main lower parking lot on Summersville Road, then

hike a mile or so to the restored Hazel Atlas Mine. A Naturalist

will meet our group and lead us some distance into the mine,

which produced both coal and glass sand in the late 1800s. This

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mining area is Eocene age and was one of the only sources of

coal in California in the decades after the gold rush. The walk up

to the mine is gentle, but the mine is quite chilly (56deg) so

warm clothing is advisable. The mine tour is limited to 16 hikers

and costs each a $5 fee. If more than 16 are interested, we'll

prioritize participation to the most active easy hikers in

2017.

Hike Leader: Dave Bushnell (925) 858-3914;

[email protected]

Hard Hike Nimitz Way, Berkeley Hills, December 26

This is a good all-weather hike atop Tilden Park with great

views. An out-and-back beginning at 10 am, we can do up to 8

miles on an undulating paved trail. Turn around when you want.

There are restrooms off the parking lot at Inspiration Point, the

beginning of the hike. No need for trekking poles, but bring a

hat, water and sun screen.

Hike Leader: Rob Laaback (925) 938-5228 [email protected]

December Coordinator: Martin Simmons (925) 586-2704

[email protected]

Activity Chairman: Dave Davis; (925) 838-1753;

[email protected]

LADIES DAY LUNCHEON

Dear SIRS, please join over 220 of us, already signed up, at

Round Hill Country Club for the Ladies Day Luncheon on

December 11th. You can find the application forms on the

website. No host drinks & socializing, delicious food in elegant

company, with beautiful holiday decorations all around. Send

applications, before Wednesday December 6th, to Ed

Dijkman, his address & details are on the application forms"

Thank you,

MODEL RAILROADING

We’ve changed the location of our model train layout! Design and construction of the HO layout will begin soon. Please stay tuned for future announcements on the direction of the group. There will be an exciting project for us to assist with in 2017! Watch the Hotline for details.

Instead, members of the Model Railroading Activity are encouraged to visit one or several of the many existing Train Club layouts in the Bay Area. Over the next few months, please consider visiting: The Golden State Model Railroad Museum in Point Richmond (www.gsmrm.org); the Carquinez Model Railroad Society in Crockett (www.cmrstrainclub.org); and the San Leandro Historical Railway Society in San Leandro (www.slhrs.org). Please check websites for open house events.

Note: This Activity will hopefully soon be an Area 16-wide area of interest.

Asst. Chairman: Dick Grube 687-0779

[email protected]

MIXER

Meets last Tuesday of the Month at

Stanford’s in Walnut Creek from 3pm to 6pm.

Check our website for more information.

Chairman: Jack Sagen 925-376-2749

PICKLE BALL

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For information, please call:

Chairman: Tom Trice (510) 853 9744 [email protected] .

POKER

Players wanted. Come join us for poker!

We now have 10 groups: playing days are

shown in the table below.

First Monday First Tuesday First Friday

Second Tuesday First Wednesday Third Wednesday

Third Thursday Fourth Monday Fourth Tuesday

Fourth Thursday

Our groups meet either from noon to 3:00 PM or 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Group members rotate as hosting. We play 5¢ – 10¢ – 25¢ with no wild cards and a three raise max. It’s an inexpensive way to spend an afternoon with a great group of guys! Chair: Dan Franklin 310-4900 [email protected]

Asst: Ekk Keller 685-1505 [email protected]

Ass’t: Ron Draper 939-5740 [email protected]

SIRS AT THE GAMES

You don't need a reminder of how expensive it is to live in the Bay Area. We see this fact in our everyday lives including our entertainment options.

Certainly, ticket prices for sporting events have increased significantly. As the teams become more successful, the ticket prices have

escalated. That is the good news and bad news of our sports environment.

In response, SIRs at the Games has offered college games as a way of managing expenses. We have tried St. Mary's basketball, and both basketball and football at California - Berkeley. Attendance at these games has been mixed to disappointing.

This winter, we have group opportunities to attend another Golden State Warriors' game (they are the NBA Champions!) and the San Jose Sharks (we can carpool to the Shark Tank). These games can be great fun for you and your spouses/friends, but can be costly as well. Tickets can reach the $100 -$160 range plus refreshments.

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I would like your feedback regarding these higher priced games. Are you willing to pay higher ticket prices for premium events like the Warriors or Sharks? I would appreciate your feedback before we commit to purchase tickets to one of these games.

Please contact me with your feedback, [email protected].

I look forward to your responses to this question of ticket pricing and SIR group attendance.

Thanks, Steve Schramm,Activity Chairman, SIRs at the Games

SIRS AT THE OPERA

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Note that until further notice, the opera and ballet HD transmissions will not be shown in Pleasant Hill due to theater renovations.

Chairman: David Bushnell – E-mail: [email protected] 925-838-3914

SIRS IN THE KITCHEN ©

Christmas Open House

Due to travel plans and the Thanksgiving

holiday, Sirs in the Kitchen did not meet in

November. We hope that all the Sir Chefs

and their families had a very happy

Thanksgiving! On December 19, we'll have an open house for

our Sirs in the Kitchen members and spouse/partners from 3.00

pm until 7.00 pm..

As of now, the open house menu will include Roast Tri Tip with

Chimichurri, Dinner Rolls, Meatballs in BBQ Sauce, Chef Jim's

Frijoles de la Olla, Iced Shrimp, Green Salad, Ms Karen C's

Potato Salad, Assorted Cheeses and Luncheon Meats,

Vegetable Platter, Chips and Assorted Dips such as California,

Garlic, Clam, Guacamole and Hot Queso.

There will also be refreshments, mix your own cocktails, red and

white wine, assorted beers, assorted soft drinks and even some

water.

I'll need three sous chefs at 10.00 am on Monday, December 18

and two crews of three sous chefs (3.00 to 5.00 and 5.00 to

7.00) the evening of the party. I'll also need at least two

bartenders to keep the bar stocked and a clean up crew after

the party ends. Best of all, the event will be free.

When you sign up, let Executive Chef Ed know your

preferred volunteer position and shift and your

approximate time of arrival so the food can be properly

staged.

SUMS IN RETIREMENT

There's no meeting in December. Back to 4th Wednesdays starting January 24.

$UMS Chairman Tom Henry [email protected]

Co-chair Dave Sutton [email protected]

TRAVELING SIRS ©

The Colorado Train Adventure has a lot of interest and some signups already. The trip includes: 7 nights hotel, 15 meals, all taxes and gratuities, airline fare to and from Denver, professional tour manager, and many sightseeing opportunities.

Also, home pickup to and from the airport. The trip is September 15, 2018. Lets all get

aboard, We are planning a travel meeting next year after January 1. We will have a travel agent

present to discuss the train trip and some river cruises.

Chairman Traveling SIRS: [email protected] 925-890-9245

WINE – BARGAIN WINES

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Chairman: Jim Warner, 925-935-8032 Assistant: Ed Benson, 925-943-7011

WINE - CELLAR FILLERS ©

December 2017 is a down month for the Cellar Fillers Wine Activity. The next meeting will be in January or February, 2018, with time and place TBD. New hosts for the meeting are always welcome. Anyone with room enough to have ten or more thirsty Sirs for lunch is qualified to be

the next host. Call if you would like to take it on.

The activity is open to members, applicants, and guests and is a great way to introduce a guest to SIR. Spouses and SO's are welcome at our other five wine activities, such as All About Wine, Wine Finders I, II, and III, or Bargain Wines. We meet at 11:30 AM for a simple lunch of sandwiches and fixin's, then taste five whites and five reds. Occasionally we throw in a few blush wines. Our price point is $7.00-ish, but if tempted by a pretty label we will go a little higher. The cost of the events is usually around $10.00, depending on the wines selected and how many members attend.

A report on the wines evaluated will be sent to the CFWA members shortly after the meeting, and will be available on the Branch 8 website home page. It will list the wines, their rankings, price and source. If you have questions or if you would like your name to be added to the mailing list, please contact:

Jim Sowell, Chair, [email protected], (925) 939-4670 or (925) 457-7746 cell

Jim Warner, Ass't Chair, [email protected], (925) 935-8032

WINE FINDERS 1 ©

December 14th, we propose to have our annual CHRISTMAS GALA, with all three WINEFINDERS GROUPS (WF-1,2, and3). Jack (Rose) Sagen has agreed to open his home, and requests that all revelers dress the part of decorations, bright, cheery, and in party mode. Suggested beverage would be sparkling wine, plus shared appetizers

Ron C. and Larry McE, would appreciate your forwarding this

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note to your respective wine finders.

Bob and Sandy P will be out of country unit October 10, so please direct any comments/suggestions to Tony D, including your Chardonnay selections for the Oct 12 gathering.

Chair : WF-1: Bob Price [email protected] (925) 937-6814 Co-Chair: Tony de Losada [email protected]

(925) 945-1730

WINE FINDERS 2 ©

No Article submitted by press time

Ron Cassano [email protected]

(925) 944-1238

WINE FINDERS 3 ©

December will feature another grand reunion of all 3 wine finders groups at a location yet to be determined. The next Wine finder III meeting will take place in February and hosted by Gene and Mary Lou Paschal.

.Chair WF-3: Larry McEwen

[email protected]

(925) 939-3216

ALL ABOUT WINES – NEW ACTIVITY

The first meeting of SIR All About Wine was held on Oct. 19 at the home of Tom & Barbara Anders in Walnut Creek. Chairman Tom Anders included a harvest and winemaking experience with his red wine grapes from the back-garden small vineyard. All 10 participants took part in harvesting, destemming and crushing while Tom explained normal winemaking industry practices.

This was followed with appetizers provided by the participants along with wines selected by Tom Anders from the Sierra Foothills-El Dorado and Amador County which was the wine region theme of this meeting of the group. Wine evaluation sheets for each wine were provided and all became wine judges based on 5 judging points. Results: (Avg. score of judges. Prices not known prior to judging.) Lewis Grace Winery 2018 Pinot Gris: 88 pts. ($18 at winery) Lava Cap Winery 2016 Chardonnay: 87 pts. ($15 at Total Wines) Lava Cap 2014 Barbera: 87 pts. ($14 at Total Wines) Lewis Grace 2013 Tempranillo: 88 pts. ($28 at winery)

Turley Wine Cellars Zinfandel Rinaldi Vineyard: 91 pts. ($38 at winery) Karmere Winery 2013 Barbera: 86 pts. ($27 art winery) The next meeting of the All About Wine group is planned for Thurs., Dec. 14 featuring wines of California Central Coast. Chairman Tom Anders

WRITING YOUR LIFE STORY

Writing Your Life Stories will meet on Dec. 26

and we welcome new members. We write short

stories about events in our lives that are of

interest to us and perhaps will be to our

progeny. Meeting as a group and sharing

stories (always voluntary) triggers our

memories and keeps us inspired.

We meet on the fourth Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. at Vintage

Kensington Place (in the second floor Game Room), located on

Geary Road near North Main in Walnut Creek, just off I-680.

You will receive a syllabus to guide you in writing your own life

stories

Dick Brewer 925-933-0876 [email protected]

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ACTIVITY CHAIRMEN & BRANCH 8 LEADERS’ BIOGRAPHIES

Jim Sowell, Chairman Wine-Cellar Fillers

My roles in SIR have been Little Sir-2009, Big Sir – 2010, Chair of Cellar Fillers Wine Activity, Asst Chair of Sirs in the Kitchen, Member Relations Committee, and Ride Share coordinator.

My artistic wife, Sandra and I have two children, two grandchildren, one step grandchild, and one great-step-grandchild.

I was born in Knoxville,TN and moved to rural Kentucky after WW II. I earned a BA in Math at the Univ of Kentucky, a MSc in Systems Management at the Univ of Southern California with a 4.0/4.0 GPA, and a two year Certificate in Hazardous Materials Management at the Univ of Cal Irvine, with a 4.0/4.0 GPA. I studied Latin, French, German, Dutch, Vietnamese, and Spanish.

I have lived in the Netherlands, Germany, and Vietnam and traveled to 22 other countries and all the states except Nebraska, North Dakota, and Wisconsin.

My military career began with the Army Reserves and ROTC where I was on the rifle team and took flight training. My first duty station was Ft Bliss, TX for Air Defense (AD) Artillery school. Next to the Boston region as a Nike AD Missile Battery officer during the Cold War. After AD I transferred to the Transportation Corps, attended Basic and Career Officer courses at Ft. Eustis, VA and served tours in Vietnam as a stevedore company commander and adviser to ARVN transportation units in Qui Nhon.

Other jobs were in port operations, motor pools, and logistics staff at the Benelux Terminal in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Ft. Bliss, TX, Ft. Leonard Wood, MO, Kaiserslautern, Germany and . Ft MacArthur, CA, rising to the rank of Major.

Next was a 30 year career with the SoCal Rapid Transit District (SCRTD) and its successor agencies, the LA Co. Trans Commission, and the LA Co. Metro Trans Auth,

In 2004 I retired and followed our daughter and grandchildren to Walnut Creek where I joined SIR in 2006. I have participated in the SIR activities of astronomy, barbeque, bocce ball, book exchange, bridge, car enthusiasts, computers and technology, digital photography, explore and eat, hiking, Sirs at the Opera, Sirs In The Kitchen, SUMS in Retirement, walking, wine tasting, and yoga. Outside of SIR my interests have been skiing, hunting, fishing, competitive shooting, camping, acupressure and massage, woodworking, modifying and repairing pre-1990's Volvos, and bird watching.

Mike Long, Big SIR 2017

I was born in Lakewood, Ohio and grew

up an avid sports fan of my Cleveland

Indians and Cleveland Browns. I

earned a BS degree in Economics at the

University of Dayton in 1961 and spent my college summers

working on several steam ships on Lake Michigan.

My working career started in St Paul, Minnesota with the 3M

Company as a sales engineer in our St Louis office. In 1965, I

was transferred to San Francisco where I met my future wife

Patricia and married in 1967. We raised three great children

and this year celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary with our

families

and seven grandchildren.

In 1969, I accepted a marketing management position at our

headquarters in Minnesota overseeing industrial products and

writing business plans. Three years later, I accepted a

position in New York and finally earned a MBA degree in

1975. I also served as the President of the Connecticut

American Marketing Association.

We packed up the station wagon in 1981 with three kids and

two gerbils for a new assignment in San Francisco and moved

to Walnut Creek. I retired from 3M after 40 years in 2001. We

now spend our time traveling and being with our families and

grandchildren in Wisconsin, Colorado, and Sacramento.

Thanks to Ron Smith, I was introduced to SIRS and over

fifteen years served as 18 Hole Golf Chairman, Activity

Chairman, Little Sir, and Big Sir.

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Membership Data for November 2017

BEC Approval: 11/13/2017

Applicants Inducted: 2

Name Badge Sponsor

Members Requested Active Status: 0

New Applicants: 1

Name Badge Sponsor

Herb Friedman MD-170 Dan Casella MD-214

Applicants Attended Orientation: 0

Name Badge Sponsor

Applicants Induction Date:1

Name Badge To Be Inducted

Herb Friedman MD-170 Tentative for 1/8/21018

Applications Withdrawn Date: 0

Name Badge Reason

Members Requested Inactive Status: 5

Name Badge Reason

Bob Brown MD-503 Family Member – Health

Mike Paster MD-502 Member – Health

Harry Reiter MD-504 Member – Health

Howard Berkman MD-506 Monthly Meeting absences

Stewart Patrick MD-507 Member - Health

Active Members Resignation: 3

Name Badge Reason

Bruce Benszler MD-331 Other activities

Maurice Nelson MD-241 Deceased

Carl Mianecke MD-348 Resumed work

Inactive Members Resignation: 0

Name Badge Reason

Membership Totals

Group - Status Number

Members - Active 342

Applicants – To Be Inducted 1

Members - Inactive 17

SIR Anniversary - December 2017

Name Years

Obituary Report:

Name: Maurice Nelson

Inducted: 2/2/2001

Deceased: 9/14/2017,

Activities: Antique Cars.

Digital Photography,

RVing, Wine Club

SIR Certificates – December

Name Certificate Type

Harry Hubinger Senior

New Members: Inducted October 2017

N/A

SIR Birthday – December 2017

Day Name Day Name

3 Gary Plisco 19 Rich Deyoe

6 Dick Brown 19 George Marich

6 Harry Hubinger 20 Dick Schally

7 Bud Bartz 21 Bill Barnard

10 Tom DiGrande 22 Ron Brown

10 Bill Phelon 23 Bob Mayo

10 Don Sanderson 24 Bill Hunter

11 Ken Rader 24 Peter Kiernan

12 Pete Boss 25 Marvin Kreitz

12 Al Frankenkrog 25 Bob Weiss

13 Rob Brockman 26 Don Flynn

13 Stu Harris 27 Rich Knowles

13 Terry Harris 28 Jim Lunn

15 Ken Main 28 Dick Marvin

17 Clark Morehouse 28 Alan Schulze

18 Ray de Wit 30 Dennis Fitzpatrick

19 Alan Curtis 30 Nick Maufe

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PHOTO GALLERY

Ernie Sherne, played “Taps”

Thom Watkins with his Wheel rewards!

Gen. Rob Ostenberg, November Speaker

Vietnam Award Line

Kevin Roberts 2017 Golf Open Champion

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Mt. Diablo Branch No. 8 Branch Officers

Big Sir Mike Long 925-930-8401 [email protected]

Little Sir Phil Trapp 925-648-4056 [email protected]

Secretary Erland Persson 925-932-5328 [email protected]

Membership Secretary

Asst.

Bob Barnes 925-348-6443 [email protected]

Attendance Secretary

Asst.

Bill Peterson

Rob Laaback

925-676-5295

925-938-5228

[email protected]

Treasurer

Asst.

Ron Cassano Dennis Fitzpatrick

925-944-1238 925-209-3547

[email protected] [email protected]

Directors Tony de Losada Steve Schramm Barry Brown Dan Weller

510-566-2661

925-222-0801

925-930-8206

925-935-5510

[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Attendance Positions

Hilton Coordinator Bill Peterson 925-676-5295 [email protected]

Member Badge Greg Ryan

Jack Sagen

925-676-0133

925-376-2749

[email protected]

[email protected]

Branch Positions

Activity Coordinator

Committee Members

Steve Schramm

Dave Davis

Tom Kerns

Dan Weller

Nick Maufe

925-222-0801

925-838-1753

925-202-5922

925-935-5510

925-719-2504

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

Audit

Asst.

Dave Sutton

Vito Magliano

925-686-0158

925-228-9251

[email protected] [email protected]

Certificate Creator Barry Brown 925-930-8206 [email protected]

Chaplain

Asst.

Fred Nelson

Dick Brewer

925-689-6714

925-933-0876

[email protected]

[email protected]

Historian Steve Schramm 925-222-0801 [email protected]

LDL Organization Nat Bitton Ed Dijkman Ron Maciak Dave Morse

925-798-2064 925-680-7756 925-357-8005 925-938-3078

[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Nominating Committee Don Atwater

Ed Benson

Bill Hunter

Ron Smith

Derek Southern

925-673-1669

925-943-7011

925-285-5670

925-314-3066

925-253-1646

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

Procurement Dick Brooks 925-228-6959 [email protected]

Luncheon Positions

Drawings – Lunch Ticket

- Birthday

- Tickets

Big Sir

Dick Brooks

Rob Laaback

925-899-4653

925-938-5228

[email protected]

Greeter Organizers

Asst.

Darryl Skiles

Joe Miscione

925-827-3818

925-284-2163

[email protected] [email protected]

Guest Check-In

Asst.

Dennis Mierzwa John Sutton

925-938-5343 925-787-7726

[email protected] [email protected]

Lunch Meal Tickets

Terry Vinson

Bob Olson

925-934-2194

925-376-6388

[email protected]

[email protected]

Lunch Organization Bill Peterson 925-676-5295 [email protected]

Need-A-Ride Scott Graff 925-552-6097 [email protected]

Pianist Dave Platter 925-283-9146 [email protected]

Song Meister Brian Woolf Carl Moyer

925-932-0590 925-685-5243

[email protected] [email protected]

Speaker Committee Larry Lange

Tony de Losada

Ron Brown

Bill Espey

925-254-6281

510-566-2661

925-283-8172 925-945-0626

[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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Mt. Diablo Branch No. 8 Membership Positions

Applicant Orientation Chairman

Asst.

Dave Perkins

Mike Anderson

925-256-9569

925-229-0680

[email protected]

[email protected]

Email Distribution Dave Perkins 925-256-9569 [email protected]

Branch Support Tony de Losada 510-566-2661 [email protected]

Member Picture Gallery DeWayne Ruwe 925-229-0162 [email protected]

Member Relations Chairman Tony de Losada

Multiple members

510-566-2661 [email protected]

New Member Follow-up Ron Smith 925-314-3066 [email protected]

Publicity & Image Chairman

Tony de Losada

Dick Brooks

510-566-2661 925-228-6959

[email protected]

[email protected]

RAMP – Chairmen Members Recruitment Activities Member Relations Publicity

Thom Watkins Steve Schramm Tony de Losada Tony de Losada

925-330-3780 925-222-0801 510-566-2661 510-566-2661

[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Recruitment Chairman Thom Watkins

Ed Cohn

Tony de Losada

Don Dennler

Joe D’Angelo

Stan Johnson

925-330-3780

925-954-7600

510-566-2661

925-687-6483

925-519-0505

925-938-7016

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

Roster Bob Barnes 925-348-6443 [email protected]

Sunshine Chairman Larry Mersmann

Terry Norton

925-935-9124 925-798-6023

[email protected] [email protected]

Technology Positions

Technology Coordinator Open

AMS Members Dan Weller

Dave Davis

Bill Hunter

Nick Maufe

Martin Simmons

925-935-5510

925-838-1753

925-947-6947

925-719-2504

925-586-2704

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

Audio Dick Brooks Hans Pable

925-228-6959 925-672-2564

[email protected] [email protected]

Computer Help (MAC)

Computer Help (PC)

Dick Brown

Dwane McGlothin

925-676-9048

925-798-2868

[email protected]

[email protected]

Infosys Team

Asst. Asst.

Dan Weller Rich Knowles Martin Simmons

925-935-5510 925-370-6239 925-586-2704

[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Laptop Manager Bob Barnes 925-348-6443 [email protected]

Photographer Bill Phelon 925-254-8338 [email protected]

Photo Gallery Editor DeWayne Ruwe 925-229-0162 [email protected]

Projector and Screen Bob Barnes 925-346-6443 [email protected]

Web Master

Asst.

Derek Southern

Bill Hunter

925-253-1646

925-947-6947

[email protected]

[email protected]

Hotline Position

Coordinator Editors rotate as defined by Coordinator

Dan Weller

Jim Ripley

Barry Brown

Chuck Joyce

925-935-5510

925-891-4007

925-930-8206

925-788-1295

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

Publisher Rob Laaback 925-938-5228 [email protected]

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