B U L L E T I N. SIR# 172 Twain Harte, CA January 2017 Website: PO Box 1143, Twain Harte, CA 95383

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1 B U L L E T I N SIR# 172 Twain Harte, CA January 2017 Website: PO Box 1143, Twain Harte, CA NEWS FROM DAVE I hope everyone enjoyed a very nice Holiday Season and that 2017 is a safe, healthy and happy year for you and your family. I am proud and honored to be your new Big Sir for 2017! 2016 was a successful year for our branch, our activities were enjoyed by many, we had a Classy August Picnic and a special Christmas Dinner. I want to thank Big Sir Dave Palmer, the Branch Executive Committee (BEC), and all the Committee Chairmen (Support and Activities) for making it all happen! Little Sir Charles Luke and I hope 2017 will be another excellent year plan to maintain high standards that were in place by previous BECs. A number of your fellow members have diligently served in various positions for several years, and while they enjoy helping out, some really could use a break. Please consider attending a BEC Meeting to get a better feel for how we operate and give thought to assist with our Activities, or becoming an Officer or Director of the BEC. Any BEC member would be pleased to answer any questions that you might have All you need to do is ask! Little SIR Blog I m honored to be stepping into the position of Little Sir for I would like to start off by saying a huge thank you to the many people who have contributed to the success of our branch. I retired in 2010 and moved to Sonora from the South Bay, after working for 35 years in the insurance industry. I have enjoyed being a member of Twain Harte SIR for the past 6 years and it s been a pleasure getting to know my fellow SIRs. I m looking forward to working with Big Sir David Goldemberg and anticipate an enjoyable year filled with fun activities and an interesting slate of speakers. JANUARY BIRTHDAYS John Burnett Lee Piercey Dick Chimenti Dennis Honeychurch Joe Skaff Michael Fryhoff David Olson Joe Smith Ron Gorham Don Wooldridge LUNCH SCHEDULE Lunches are noon the first Thursday at the Elk s Lodge with No-Host Refreshments at 11:00am. Lunch cost is $ THURSDAY - - Jan 5, 2017 Menu Sirloin Tips Noodles, Carrots Green Salad Chocolate Pudding - - THURSDAY - - Feb 2, 2017 Menu Roast Pork Applesauce, Mashed Potatoes Green Beans, Green Salad Cookies - - THURSDAY - - Mar 2, 2017 Menu Corned Beef & Cabbage Diced Red Potatoes Carrots, Green Salad Cake Can t Make Lunch? Call Please read Rule 100 and 101 pertaining to lunch attendance in the Member Information section on the last page FELLOWSHIP Get Well Cards were sent to Sir Dick Anderson Sir Mike Eachus Sir Fowler Hall Sir Bill Otts Sir Richard Wattenbarger Sir Bob Wright Condolence Cards were sent to Sir Vern Krell on behalf of his wife, Billie Deanne Leontovich on behalf of her husband George Please contact Sprague Edwards (sprague2@sbcglobal.net / ) if you are or know about an ailing fellow Sir

2 ROSTER Do we have your correct street/mailing address, phone number and address? Last year, we called some members finding some changes occurred and we were able to update our roster with that new information. You can check your information by heading to our website (sirtwain.org) and logging onto our Members section. The username is "sir" and "twain172" is your password. To update, please or call our Membership Chairman, Bill McManus BEC MEETING The next BEC Meeting will be at 8:00am on Monday, January 30, 2017 at the Pine Tree Restaurant. Board Members, Group Chairmen and all members are invited Lunch Speakers January 5, 2017 s lunch speaker will be Dr. Matthew L. Personius, M.D. of Sierra House Calls Medical Group. This unique group is dedicated to caring for elderly and disabled seniors. He ll discuss how to maintain a healthy, active, and independent lifestyle. On February 2, Sara Jones, one of the Sierra Repertory Theatre founders, will discuss the history of SRT and the company s plans for future seasons. TECH TALK Technology User s Group Your NEW YEAR S RESOLUTION!!! Do you need help from your wife, kids or grandkids to fix your computer? Does your grandchild tell you that what happened is nothing and fixes it in minutes? How many times has it been recommended to you to go to a computer class and learn something? You can personally get infected with a VIRUS with your doctor prescribing medications. You can catch a COMPUTER VIRUS that may send bogus s to everyone in your address book. Do you know how to avoid that or- know how to fix it yourself? Does your computer run slowly? Yep, there are things you can do to unclog your computer making it run faster! When you receive and print an Excel file, does it print on lots of sheets of paper and look nothing like what you saw on your screen? Yep, you can tell Excel how you want it to print! Do you like Chinese food? Enjoy a buffet Chinese dinner and ask Sir Dick Chimenti about how to fix these and all other computer problems you ve experienced. Too Busy, you say? Too old to learn? Nope! Wednesday afternoon, January 25, 2017, 5:30pm, is when you can enjoy that dinner and join fellow Sirs, spouses and friends at the China House in Twain Harte. Bring your appetite and questions. Bring your laptop! BRANCH DUES - $20 About 2/3rds of our members have paid their 2017 dues and Dave Tibbetts, our Treasurer (who is looking for an assistant!!!) will be in the bar area this Thursday to take your cash or checks

3 ACTIVITY GROUP NEWS Bike (Steve Happel, ) The first Bike ride of the new year will be on Tuesday, January 10th. We ll carpool to Copperoplis Town Square riding down Little John Road to Saddle Creek then ride around the development. Lunch afterwards at a place TBD. We ll meet at Kohls at 8:30am then carpool to Copperopolis. Golf (Richard Broddie, ) Stay tuned for this year s schedule Hike (Fred Petersen, ) Fred volunteered to be our Hike Chair but cannot start until at least April. So, no Hikes for the first few months of 2017, but, we will be having some fun excursions later this year. Horseshoes (Cas Munoz, ) That s it also for Horseshoes. Cas will develop a 2017 schedule early next year. Kayak (Dave Kenney, ) Dave will be developing some adventures with Pinecrest Lake being a favorite destination. Lunch Schedule 2017 Month Day Date Month Day Date January Thursday January 5, 2017 July Thursday July 6, 2017 February Thursday February 2, 2017 August Thursday August 3, 2017 March Thursday March 2, 2017 September Thursday September 7, 2017 April Thursday April 6, 2017 October Thursday October 5, 2017 May Thursday May 4, 2017 November Thursday November 2, 2017 June Thursday June 1, 2017 December WEDNESDAY December 6, 2017 Pinochle (Roland Patton, ) Cutthroat Pinochle each Monday at 1:00pm at the Pine Tree Restaurant. Entry fee is $3.00. January 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30. We normally play on any 5 th Monday but it doesn t count for the monthly score totals. Propane (Roy Gray, ) Roy will announce the latest prices at each luncheon RV (Duane Porter, ) Duane will update the branch on anything related to RV trips or planning meeting Tech (Dick Chimenti, ) We will have a Tech Group meeting on Wednesday afternoon, January 25 th, 2017 at 5:30pm at the China House Restaurant in Twain Harte. No subject is set and we hope the group announcement will generate some topics of interest Theater (Sprague Edwards, ) We ll have a 2017 schedule after SRT announces their 2017 plays, dates and prices Travel (Paul Halek, ) An updated list of the European cruises and North & South American trips are on our website

4 ACTIVITY GROUP HAPPENINGS Twain Harte SIRs BIKE Group December 2016 Ride Pinochle Results December Monday Session Players Roland Patton Sonny Tome Henry Beltran Monday Session Players Tom Newell Bert Kronnick Bob Morrison Mike Schmidt John Johnson Our dedicated Bikers pictured (L-R): Tom Francis, Bob Boyd, Fred Petersen, Bill Bamford, Mal Perry & Dennis Honeychurch with Steve Happel taking the picture SIR Twain Harte - New Members Here are two of our newest members Steve Spangler Sponsor: Jerry Morrow Dennis Rizzi Sponsor: Bill Bamford 2 Monday Session Players Del Rotelli Bill Burnes Dave Goldemberg Al De Neveu Monday Session Players Jerry Morrow Art Bartee Jerry Kopyn Dick Robinson HIKE Catfish Lake Hike September 2016 A warm Tuesday, September 20th, provided pleasant weather for this trek. Weekly First Place Winners Date Score Player Branch# 5-Dec Bert Kronnick Dec Tom Newell Dec Tom Newell Dec Dave Goldemberg 172 Bad weather caused cancellation of the last 3 hikes. SIR vs SIR vs SIR Branch Average Scores - Jan thru Dec 2016 Branch Score

5 THEODORE ROOSEVELT S SECOND INAUGURATION PANORAMA Beginning in 1937, the President-elect of the United States takes the Presidential oath at 12:00pm on January 20 th after the general election. If January 20 is a Sunday, the oath is administered in private on January 20 th then again in public on Monday, January 21 st. The Vice President-elect takes their oath immediately before the President-elect. From 1789 through 2013, the presidential oath has been taken on 73 occasions by 44 people; seven have repeated their oath of office (for differing reasons). Franklin D. Roosevelt and Barack Obama each took the oath four times, more than any other President. In 2009, Chief Justice John Roberts incorrectly recited part of the oath and the oath was correctly administered the following day, January 21, January 20, 2013 was a Sunday. There were 59 Vice President swearing in ceremonies for 48 people. YEAR PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT YEAR PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT George Washington John Adams Benjamin Harrison Levi P. Morton John Adams Thomas Jefferson Grover Cleveland Adlai E. Stevenson Thomas Jefferson Aaron Burr William McKinley Garret A. Hobart Thomas Jefferson George Clinton William McKinley VACANT James Madison George Clinton 1901 William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt James Madison VACANT Theodore Roosevelt VACANT James Madison Elbridge Gerry Theodore Roosevelt Charles W. Fairbanks James Madison VACANT William H. Taft James S. Sherman James Monroe Daniel D. Tompkins William H. Taft VACANT John Quincy Adams John C. Calhoun Woodrow Wilson Thomas R. Marshall Andrew Jackson John C. Calhoun Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren Calvin Coolidge VACANT Martin Van Buren Richard M. Johnson Calvin Coolidge Charles G. Dawes 1841 William H Harrison John Tyler Herbert Hoover Charles Curtis John Tyler VACANT Franklin D. Roosevelt John N. Garner James K. Polk George M. Dallas Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry A. Wallace Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore 1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman Millard Fillmore VACANT Harry S. Truman VACANT 1853 Franklin Pierce William R. King Harry S. Truman Barkley, Alben W Franklin Pierce VACANT Dwight D. Eisenhower Richard M. Nixon James Buchanan John Breckinridge John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson Abraham Lincoln Hannibal Hamlin Lyndon B. Johnson VACANT 1865 Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Hubert H. Humphrey Andrew Johnson VACANT Richard M. Nixon Spiro T. Agnew Ulysses S. Grant Schuyler Colfax Richard M. Nixon Gerald R. Ford Ulysses S. Grant Henry Wilson Gerald R. Ford Nelson Rockefeller Ulysses S. Grant VACANT Jimmy Carter Walter F. Mondale Rutherford B Hayes William A. Wheeler Ronald Reagan George Bush 1881 James A. Garfield Chester A. Arthur George Bush Dan Quayle Chester A. Arthur VACANT Bill Clinton Albert Gore 1885 Grover Cleveland Thomas Hendricks George W. Bush Richard Cheney Grover Cleveland VACANT Barack Obama Joseph R. Biden - 5 -

6 Branch, Area, Regional Officers BRANCH OFFICERS POSITION NAME TELEPHONE Big SIR David Goldemberg dgoldemb@msn.com Little SIR Charles Luke celuke@gmail.com Secretary Robert Fisher fisher@goldrush.com Secretary Assistant Ed Mintline emgat@att.net Treasurer Dave Tibbetts dksvcs@att.net Treasurer Assistant Vacant - TBD 2nd Year Director Rich Brandau richardbrandau44@comcast.net 2nd Year Director Ralph Legg ralphlegg@sbcglobal.net 2nd Year Director Rich Robinson rrcr63@sbcglobal.net 1st Year Director Art Bartee artb@mlode.com 1st Year Director Mel Johnson mel.johnson@juno.com 1st Year Director Bill Parson waparson38@gmail.com STATE OFFICERS President Jerry Strain sirjerry42@gmail.com Vice President Derek Southern Dereck.Southern@gmail.com Regional Director Jerry Morrow jerdan@sonnet.com Area Governor Jim Johnson jlj32@sbcglobal.net BRANCH REPORTS The Branch BANK Dec 2016 Begin Cash Balance $8, Receipts $2, Disbursements $7, Ending Cash Balance: $3, LUNCH ATTENDANCE REPORT Dec 2016 Attending Members 110 Speakers, Visitors, Guests 4 LUNCH ATTENDEES 114 Non-Attending Member Info No Call Members 14 Inactive & Called-In Absence 26 NO SHOW TOTAL 40 MEMBERSHIP REPORT Dec 2016 MEMBERS Begin Active Member Count 163 New Members 0 TOTAL ACTIVE 163 TOTAL INACTIVE 8 Sub-Total 171 Resignations, Terminations. 0 TOTAL MEMBERSHIP 171 MEMBER INFORMATION SIR BRANCH ATTENDANCE RULES (abridged) Planned Absence & Guests Monthly Lunch If you can t attend lunch, you need to call our Hotline ( ) as soon as you know before the lunch. If you re bringing a Guest please call our Hotline before noon the day before our lunch with your guest s name. We advise the caterer of anticipated attendance. Rule 100. A member may be terminated for any of the following: (a) Missing three consecutive regular luncheon meetings without having been excused prior to the meeting date. (b) Did not attend one-half of the regular luncheon meetings within the previous twelve consecutive month period. Rule 101. Certification of attending another Branch meeting will be considered as a credit to his attendance record. LEGAL NOTICE Non-Responsibility Declaration: All activities arranged for or by, or sponsored by, Sons In Retirement, Inc, and its Branches, are for the convenience and pleasure of members and guests who desire to participate. Sons In Retirement Inc. and its 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 (Rule 345). Checks, money orders or credit cards for travel for one day or less (no overnight), where a bus/busses is/are used as the primary means of transportation may be made payable to the branch sponsoring the event. All other checks, money orders or credit cards for travel must be made payable to the travel agency (Rules 420 & 421). Rule 13: Sons In Retirement shall not support, promote or otherwise act to benefit, directly or indirectly, any other entity, cause, or crusade; or any charitable or civic project no matter how worthy, including donations to the Red Cross, blood banks and the like. Speakers at luncheons or other meetings of the Branch or State shall be made aware of this position so as to avoid any semblance of soliciting contributions or business, or endorsing any political, religious or ideological concepts. CHANGING YOUR PHONE#, OR ADDRESS Contact your Membership Chairman Bill McManus (Ph: ); E: sirtwainharte@gmail.com - 6 -