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FEBRUARY 2024 FENCEPOST
APTOS, CAPITOLA & RIO DEL MAR SIR BRANCH 104
“Just for the 
fun of it”
LUNCH DATE: 3rd TUESDAY, FEB 20th AT 11:30 AM
SEASCAPE GOLF COURSE
BIG SIR MESSAGE: BIG SIR RICK POWERS
Again, happy new year! I sincerely hope as we begin the month of February that your hopes and goals are starting to progress to fruition. We are looking forward to a really fulfilling year, filled with activities, events and tours.
Our speaker committee has some excellent speakers lined up who promise to be informative and engaging. A big thank you to SIR Larry Tartaglino for getting the ball rolling with his excellent presentation about Cuba.
Our continuing goal is to expand our membership. It’s not hard, guys. . . just reach
out to your friends and acquaintances. Remember, our Branch 104 provides a free lunch to first time guests.
LUNCHEON PROGRAM
Our speaker this month will be Chandra Morvay, a registered nurse who works in the Cardiac Rehab department of Dominican Hospital. She’s been an ER RN for 20 years and now works performing Cardiac Rehab and Diabetic Education. She will come to talk about lowering everyone’s risk for both heart disease and stroke.
Chandra is a native of Santa Cruz, graduating from Harbor High School in 1989 and went to Cabrillo College obtaining an Associates Degree in Science and later a Bachelors of Science in Nursing from the University of Nevada Reno in 1997. She began working at Dominican Hospital’s Emergency Room 22 years ago. After Covid, transferred to Dominican’s Lifestyle Management Program where she works with cardiac rehab patients by providing supervised exercise and education to lower their heart disease risk as well as work with diabetic patients to lower their risk of long term complications.
LUNCH ARRANGEMENTS – Meal Selections. Cost $27
We have the following three menu choices for our lunch. Please be sure to let your monthly caller know your choice for lunch to ensure you and your guest receives your request. The cost will be $27 per person.
Meal Selections for February:
Option 1: Pork Loin: topped with apple & red onion cream. Served with garlic mashed potatoes, fresh sauteed seasonal vegetables.
Option 2: Grilled Salmon Salad: mixed greens, tomatoes, red onions, and cucumbers with grilled salmon and topped with raspberry vinaigrette
Option 3: Southwest Veggie Salad: Mixed Greens, Corn, Black Beans, Tomatoes, Red Onions. Topped with Avocado, Tortilla Strips and Ranch Dressing.
FEBRUARY BIRTHDAY BOYS: SIR Mario Beltramo, SIR Tim Clark, SIR John Dickinson, SIR Dave Downing, SIR Flair Goldman, SIR Larry Hart, SIR Brad Hawthorne, SIR Rick Hornbeck, SIR Daniel Lipschutz, SIR Kelly Nesheim, SIR Brent Paine, SIR Bud Souza, SIR Earl Wagener
Remember, you must be present at the drawing to win the free lunch.
NEW BRANCH 104 MEMBERS: SIR Rick Hornbeck.
We now have 102 members. Please welcome our newest member Frank Nigro III. Welcome Frank!
BRANCH 104 ACTIVITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
SIRS OUTING WITH SANTA CRUZ WARRIORS
Who would like to see the Santa Cruz Warriors? We are working with them to have a SIRS Branch #104 group event. We are looking at the game at Kaiser Permanente Arena on March 27th. Tip-off is 7:00 pm.
Come to the luncheon meeting on Feb 20th to get more details about the event. For those who are interested, but not able to make this month’s luncheon, a follow-up e-mail will be sent to everyone inviting them to the game with all the details such as ticket costs, parking, etc.
BOCCE—SIR Brent Paine Email: brentp1955@gmail.com PH: (408) 355-4623
We will be playing pick-up games. So, just come, have a good time and everyone will play!
Bocce play is scheduled from 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon on the 1st Tuesday of the month at the Felt Street County Park. Following Bocce, optional Dutch Treat lunch with the guys at a local restaurant.
GOLF – SIR Doug Deaver Email: ddeaver@yahoo.com PH: (831) 234-1210 :
There is an afternoon 9-hole golf group on Mondays and Thursdays at Aptos Seascape that is organized by Doug Deaver.
GOLF – SIR Jim Stott Email : JimPams@sbcglobal.net PH: (831) 212-3393
The eighteen-hole (multi-branch) SIR golf group plays on Monday mornings at various courses and is coordinated by SIR Jim Stott.
BOOK CLUB — SIR Rick Hornbeck Email: rhornbeck@sbcglobal.net PH (831) 226-4350)
The Book Club will be meeting on Thursday, February 22nd. The time and location will be announced soon.
For our next meeting, we continue to do a “reader’s choice”… since there are so many good books out there, we thought we could all read a book of our own choosing and, if so moved, report out on it at our next Book Club meeting.
If interested in learning more about the Book Club, please contact SIR Rick Hornbeck. He will be glad to add you to the Book Club email distribution list to get more up-to-date information.
INVESTMENT CLUB
We continue to do a Zoom call on the first Tuesday of each month at 9 a.m. On the call we share ideas and usually drill down on a couple of stocks. We share our mistakes and occasional wins. We can’t promise big gains, but we usually have some laughs. Our next meeting is scheduled for Jan 9th.
Until we find a new lead for this group, please contact Doug Deaver at ddeaver@yahoo.com or (831) 234-1210 for further information.
CARDS AND BOARD GAMES!! – Wednesday February 14th, 2024
Come to the Aptos Grange to join other SIRs in card, poker, cribbage, and any other games of your choice. This is a new activity that we are pulling together that will meet from 1:00 – 4:00 on the second Wednesday of every month at the Aptos Grange on 2555 Mar Vista Dr.
Please come by to join us with the poker club and other SIRs to have some fun competitive games and good conversation. So, bring your deck of cards, dominoes, cribbage boards or whatever game you would like to start a group to play every second Wednesday. Also please feel free to bring drinks (non-alcoholic) and food for yourself. Please contact Bob Basel rbasel@sbcglobal.net PH (707) 373-2484 for further information.
WE CARE – If you know of any member who is experiencing any difficulty with health or personal issues and you feel it can be shared with the all the members, please let your caller know when they call about the next meeting or let the BIG SIR Rick Powers know while attending the monthly meeting.
OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS TO MARK IN YOUR CALENDARS
SIRS Branch #104 Monthly Luncheon on March 19, 2024
GARY OING’S SHARING GOOD THOUGHTS WEBSITE (SGT):
Giving Peace & Shared Good Thoughts (SGT)
“F” Words & Shared Good Thoughts (SGT)
Since this is the only month of the year that starts with the letter “F”, I decided to focus on F words that give good thoughts.
For me, the most important F word for good thoughts is friendship. If you would like to see “brainy quotes” on this topic by famous people, click on this link — https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/friendship-quotes
If you see the name of a person that you are particularly fond of, click on the name, and see many more quotes by that individual on a variety of topics.
Some of us are fortunate to have family/friends nearby and have fun with them. The upcoming Super Bowl football game will certainly be something to enjoy for those of us who cheer for the SF Forty Niners.
How many of you want more fame and fortune in your life? I suggest that you share this great old song on these topics with someone you love. It was recorded in 1960, just after this famous singer left the Army — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmRaxyodtpI
This article shows the history of this singer’s most popular recordings from the 1950s to 1970s and brought back many memories for me — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley_singles_discography
My guess is that all his songs can be found on YouTube. Check it out and listen to YOUR favorite one!
Of course, the Internet is full of many funny things. Here are two of my favorite links to them –
** Funniest Clean Videos, Jokes, & Content — https://1funny.com/
** Quick/Funny Jokes — https://www.buzzfeed.com/christopherhudspeth/quick-funny-clever-jokes
That’s enough fun for the month that has the fewest number of days…and this year you get an extra day!
As a reminder, you can find the above links and much more at Gary’s SGT website. I encourage you to save the link to the SGT website and visit it throughout the month to help remember my suggested topic of “F words”.
The link to Gary’s “Sharing Good Thoughts” (SGT) website is — https://www.gk.eoing.com/good_thoughts
Let me know if you have found Internet content that you use for your “mental health”. If so, share those links with me and I can add them to my website.
Stay well and mentally happy by thinking good thoughts.
Branch 104 Website https://sirinc2.org/branch104/ Webmaster: SIR John Ryan (650) 743-3040 or John.E.Ryan@comcast.net. Our Website has been recently been re-organized and updated in order to provide easy access to all the SIR activities within our Branch and SIRs State news and activities.
Branch 104 Fencepost Newsletter Editor: SIR Bob Basel (707)-373-2484 or rbasel@sbcglobal.net