SIR 34 May 2019 Newsletter
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“With the coming of spring, I am calm again.” » Gustav Mahler
Spring is nature's way of saying, “Let’s party!” » Robin Williams
Spring is nature's way of saying, “Let’s party!” » Robin Williams
Big SIR
Jim Benham
I hope you all enjoyed a great Easter and Passover. The rains are gone, spring weather has arrived along with beautiful green hills, lawns are lush, trees are budding and of course hay fever has arrived at the same time. May is the month to get the sprinkler system operating, fertilize the lawn, plant your tomatoes and get ready for summer. We had a week of very warm weather which is just a precursor of beautiful days ahead.
I was encouraged to see we had three guests last month who all opted to become new members. We welcome you and encourage you to take advantage of our many activities. If you don’t see your favorite activity, just speak up and we will try to get a new one started. As always, please reach out to your friends and acquaintances and bring some potential new members to lunch this month. Remember, guests eat free and if they become a member, you receive a good bottle of wine or a free lunch.
SIR 34 Annual Picnic
Please remember to bring your check for the summer picnic to be held at the Fairgrounds on Friday, June 28. Tickets are $30 and that includes free admission to the Fair and a great lunch. We invite all spouses and significant others as well as any of your retired friends. Finish lunch and stroll next door and win big betting on the ponies or buy a bale of hay as I always seem to do.
Click here for the Picnic Flyer
Little SIR
Bill Staack
Guest Speaker
Our speaker this month is Marcia Murray an Acupuncturist, Marcia is also a register Nurse with San Leandro Memorial Hospital.
Bill
Treasurer's Report
Tom Reif
Please note: If you come in late for a meeting and there is no one at the table to buy a lunch ticket, please check the sign at the table to see where a treasurer (Wendell Moen, Jack Ogden or Tom Reif) is sitting and buy your ticket. Thanks for your help.
Lunch
Ron Jensen
There is an important change in the policy for reporting absence from our SIR luncheons. Starting in March, there is NO need to inform the attendance chair whether you will be absent from this meeting or any other meeting.
If you have a conflict and cannot attend, you will marked as absent from that luncheon by the fact that you did not use your badge that month.
Otherwise PLEASE SHOW UP FOR THE LUNCHEONS.
Jim Benham
I hope you all enjoyed a great Easter and Passover. The rains are gone, spring weather has arrived along with beautiful green hills, lawns are lush, trees are budding and of course hay fever has arrived at the same time. May is the month to get the sprinkler system operating, fertilize the lawn, plant your tomatoes and get ready for summer. We had a week of very warm weather which is just a precursor of beautiful days ahead.
I was encouraged to see we had three guests last month who all opted to become new members. We welcome you and encourage you to take advantage of our many activities. If you don’t see your favorite activity, just speak up and we will try to get a new one started. As always, please reach out to your friends and acquaintances and bring some potential new members to lunch this month. Remember, guests eat free and if they become a member, you receive a good bottle of wine or a free lunch.
SIR 34 Annual Picnic
Please remember to bring your check for the summer picnic to be held at the Fairgrounds on Friday, June 28. Tickets are $30 and that includes free admission to the Fair and a great lunch. We invite all spouses and significant others as well as any of your retired friends. Finish lunch and stroll next door and win big betting on the ponies or buy a bale of hay as I always seem to do.
Click here for the Picnic Flyer
Little SIR
Bill Staack
Guest Speaker
Our speaker this month is Marcia Murray an Acupuncturist, Marcia is also a register Nurse with San Leandro Memorial Hospital.
Bill
Treasurer's Report
Tom Reif
Please note: If you come in late for a meeting and there is no one at the table to buy a lunch ticket, please check the sign at the table to see where a treasurer (Wendell Moen, Jack Ogden or Tom Reif) is sitting and buy your ticket. Thanks for your help.
Lunch
Ron Jensen
There is an important change in the policy for reporting absence from our SIR luncheons. Starting in March, there is NO need to inform the attendance chair whether you will be absent from this meeting or any other meeting.
If you have a conflict and cannot attend, you will marked as absent from that luncheon by the fact that you did not use your badge that month.
Otherwise PLEASE SHOW UP FOR THE LUNCHEONS.
Membership
Don Bartel Chairman
Member Changes
Dave Granum active to out
Wayne Wright active to out
Bob Steuben active to out
Larry Strohmeyer active to out
Jeff Simpson active to out
In April we have 170 active members
Don Bartel Chairman
Member Changes
Dave Granum active to out
Wayne Wright active to out
Bob Steuben active to out
Larry Strohmeyer active to out
Jeff Simpson active to out
In April we have 170 active members
New Members
May Birthdays
Frank Fuentes
Tom Gallagher
John Plotts
Tom Reif
Dick Sanders
Bill Spruit
Tom Gallagher
John Plotts
Tom Reif
Dick Sanders
Bill Spruit
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Golf
Jim Kenna
Thanks to more than half of our golf membership who have submitted responses to the 2020 Golf Course Preference Survey. Preliminary review indicates we want to play local courses and the better courses out of the trivalley area. The results and more specific feedback will be available at the luncheon meeting.
Jim Kenna (925) 989-9062
GOLF PLEASANTON FAIRWAYS
STEVE THOMAS
Please join me for nine great holes at the Pleasanton Fairgrounds on Monday and Thursday, 8:00
AM tee off. Show up at least 15 minutes earlier for pairing.
Jim Kenna
Thanks to more than half of our golf membership who have submitted responses to the 2020 Golf Course Preference Survey. Preliminary review indicates we want to play local courses and the better courses out of the trivalley area. The results and more specific feedback will be available at the luncheon meeting.
Jim Kenna (925) 989-9062
GOLF PLEASANTON FAIRWAYS
STEVE THOMAS
Please join me for nine great holes at the Pleasanton Fairgrounds on Monday and Thursday, 8:00
AM tee off. Show up at least 15 minutes earlier for pairing.
Wine Tasting
Larry Lindsey
Our May wine tasting will be at Bill and Karin Staack's home on May 14th starting at 6:30 PM. They have asked that you bring your favorite wine. The event will be limited to 44 people. Please respond to this e-mail or directly to Bill & Karin. Thank you Bill and Karin for hosting this wine tasting for May.
Bill & Karin Staack
4766 Woodthrush Ct
Pleasanton
925-462-1487
wcstaack@comcast.net
Last month we met at the home of our all around activities guy, Steve Annin. We got off to an early 5pm start, the weather cooperated, so we had a great conversations, fellowship and wine on Steve's patio. The pot luck food just gets better and better, thanks everyone!
Larry Lindsey
925-593-5305
larrylindsey@hotmail.com.
BRIDGE
CHUCK BROWN
In April, we met at John Knox Presbyterian Church 7421 Amarillo Road, Dublin.
We had 3 tables and the winners were: Gordon Lund, Tim Kennedy and Chuck Brown.
Our next meeting will be May 14, 2019 at 1:00 PM.
Camera Club
Don Roberts
Any questions about Camera Club get in touch with Don Roberts at 846-5145 or email dwrwghb@comcast.net
Chaplin
Larry Brumm
Please call Larry if you hear of any SIR sick, hospitalized, or injured so he can let everyone else
know.
Larry Lindsey
Our May wine tasting will be at Bill and Karin Staack's home on May 14th starting at 6:30 PM. They have asked that you bring your favorite wine. The event will be limited to 44 people. Please respond to this e-mail or directly to Bill & Karin. Thank you Bill and Karin for hosting this wine tasting for May.
Bill & Karin Staack
4766 Woodthrush Ct
Pleasanton
925-462-1487
wcstaack@comcast.net
Last month we met at the home of our all around activities guy, Steve Annin. We got off to an early 5pm start, the weather cooperated, so we had a great conversations, fellowship and wine on Steve's patio. The pot luck food just gets better and better, thanks everyone!
Larry Lindsey
925-593-5305
larrylindsey@hotmail.com.
BRIDGE
CHUCK BROWN
In April, we met at John Knox Presbyterian Church 7421 Amarillo Road, Dublin.
We had 3 tables and the winners were: Gordon Lund, Tim Kennedy and Chuck Brown.
Our next meeting will be May 14, 2019 at 1:00 PM.
Camera Club
Don Roberts
Any questions about Camera Club get in touch with Don Roberts at 846-5145 or email dwrwghb@comcast.net
Chaplin
Larry Brumm
Please call Larry if you hear of any SIR sick, hospitalized, or injured so he can let everyone else
know.
History Club
Steve Jackson
For those of you who are history buffs this club might be of interest to you. We meet every second Wednesday of the month at 10am (next one Wednesday May 8th), at the Corner Bakery Café near intersection of Bernal and Valley near I-680. We have a list of topics we want to explore and are currently working on Panama Canal stories. Please join us if you are interested and bring a fact or two with you to share.
Stephen Jackson stivescoop@comcast.net
Steve Jackson
For those of you who are history buffs this club might be of interest to you. We meet every second Wednesday of the month at 10am (next one Wednesday May 8th), at the Corner Bakery Café near intersection of Bernal and Valley near I-680. We have a list of topics we want to explore and are currently working on Panama Canal stories. Please join us if you are interested and bring a fact or two with you to share.
Stephen Jackson stivescoop@comcast.net
Beer Group
Steve Annen
The beer drinking SIRs met at Bottle Taps in March. Turn out was great, one of our best with 15 SIRs at Bottle Taps. A good time was had by all, there were many good beers to sample, and the conversation also flowed freely. Next event is Thursday, May 9th.
Steve Annen
The beer drinking SIRs met at Bottle Taps in March. Turn out was great, one of our best with 15 SIRs at Bottle Taps. A good time was had by all, there were many good beers to sample, and the conversation also flowed freely. Next event is Thursday, May 9th.
Poker
Bill Junges
We met April 10th at Tom Pico’s house and welcomed Dennis Alcalde to our group for his first game and he cleaned us out. I think we recruited a card shark.
Changes are coming, as I turned over the stewardship of the Poker Group to Bill Junge. I think he will do a great job, if interested in playing or just finding out more info, e-mail Bill at ptownjunges@comcast.net. Bill will send out an announcement detailing May’s game time and place
Bill Junges
We met April 10th at Tom Pico’s house and welcomed Dennis Alcalde to our group for his first game and he cleaned us out. I think we recruited a card shark.
Changes are coming, as I turned over the stewardship of the Poker Group to Bill Junge. I think he will do a great job, if interested in playing or just finding out more info, e-mail Bill at ptownjunges@comcast.net. Bill will send out an announcement detailing May’s game time and place
Bocce
Steve Annen
Our next game is scheduled to be played at the Pleasanton Senior Center, hope to see you there.
Steve
The once a month Breakfast Group
Jim Benham
We had another good turn-out with 14-15 SIRS joining us for breakfast and conversation at Vic's All-Star Cafe in downtown Pleasanton. Please join us at 8:30 on Wednesday, May 29. We are always done by no later than 10:00 and the breakfast discussions and camaraderie are priceless.
Steve Annen
Our next game is scheduled to be played at the Pleasanton Senior Center, hope to see you there.
Steve
The once a month Breakfast Group
Jim Benham
We had another good turn-out with 14-15 SIRS joining us for breakfast and conversation at Vic's All-Star Cafe in downtown Pleasanton. Please join us at 8:30 on Wednesday, May 29. We are always done by no later than 10:00 and the breakfast discussions and camaraderie are priceless.