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MAY 2024 FENCEPOST
APTOS, CAPITOLA & RIO DEL MAR SIR BRANCH 104 – Website https://sirinc2.org/branch104/
‘The Abbott and Costello Team’
LUNCH DATE: 3rd TUESDAY, MAY 21st AT 11:30 AM
SEASCAPE GOLF COURSE MONARCH ROOM
BIG SIR MESSAGE: BIG SIR RICK POWERS “THE ROSTER’S CACA-DOODLE-DOO”
This month’s meeting will be another milepost for SIR Branch 104, it will be our 41st birthday!
Congratulations! Our incorporation was May 2, 1983!
Happy Birthday . . . this calls for a celebration with some cake, Sparkling Apple Cider and a cheery Happy Birthday song to us. . . enjoy.
Our May meeting will feature another tasty luncheon … your choices are Pork Loin, Grilled Salmon Salad, or a Western Veggie Salad.
Our guest speaker will be Bill McBride, who will be relating his experience of being the Jury Foreman of the Charles Manson murder trial.
Be sure to welcome our newest members: Al McLeod, Robert Johnson, and Joel Dedrick. Keep up the good work of inviting your friends to come investigate the goings on of our SIR Branch 104 continued use of the spacious, airy Monarch Room depends on us expanding our membership. . . keep up the increase!
Good job, fellas!
See you all on the 21st . . . . Rick
LUNCHEON PROGRAM:
Our speaker for our May meeting will be Bill McBride, who was the jury foreman for the Charles Manson murder trial that occurred in 1970. This was a case that took nine months to complete, including the sentencing phase. Sharon Tate and four other victims were murdered at the Benedict Canyon estate rented by the actress and her husband, film director Roman Polanski. Two others were slain the following day at another location
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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 receive your request. The cost will be $27 per person.
Option 1: Pork Loin: topped with Apple & Red Onion Cream. Served with garlic mashed potatoes and 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.
MAY BIRTHDAY BOYS: SIR Gene Ghio, SIR Rick Marlais, SIR Ron Perez, SIR Paul Peterson, SIR Gareth Shepard, SIR Dick Winner,
Remember, you must be present at the drawing to win the free lunch.
NEW BRANCH #104 MEMBERS: SIR Rick Hornbeck.
We now have 104 members. Please welcome our three newest members Al McLeod, Joel Dedrick and Bob Johnson
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.
BRANCH 104 ACTIVITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
SIRS OUTING WITH SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS AT ORACLE PARK JUNE 12th AT 12:45 PM
More details about the group outing to see the SF Giants will be presented at the meeting. Please contact Joe Rudnicki at (831) 662-3534 or (831) 251-0726 or Pilotrudnicki@gmail.com if you are interested in attending the game against the Houston Astro. Feel free to bring guest(s).
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, May23rd at Sevy’s Bar + Kitchen (formerly Severino’s). We plan to meet on their outdoor patio at 4:30pm to delve into their Happy Hour menu and talk about books, movies, and television shows.
As we have done for the past several meetings, we are continuing the “reader’s choice” option. If there is a book that you have read that you think other folks may be interested in, please let us all know about it at the 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 or second Tuesday of each month. Our next meeting will be April 9th at 10 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.
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 May 8th, 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 Rich Hamlin at hamlin.rich.w@gmail.com PH (276-732-134) for further information.
OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS TO MARK IN YOUR CALENDARS
SIRS Branch #104 Monthly Luncheon on June 18th, 2024
Schedule for Rest of the Year SIR Monthly Luncheons. Not too early to mark your calendars!
- Tuesday July 16th
- Tuesday August 20th
- Tuesday September 17th
- Tuesday October 15th
- Tuesday November 19th
- Tuesday December 17th
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Branch 104 Website https://sirinc2.org/branch104/ Webmaster: SIR John Ryan (650) 743-3040 or John.E.Ryan@comcast.net.
Branch 104 Fencepost Newsletter Editor: SIR Bob Basel (707)-373-2484 or rbasel@sbcglobal.net
GARY OING’S SHARING GOOD THOUGHTS WEBSITE (SGT):
Since this is the “merry month of May” I suggest that each of us say “May I help” to more than one of our friends or family or strangers.
Showing kindness and doing good deeds for others is a great way to make the world a better place.
This first link gives you 52 “good deed ideas” — https://www.good-deeds-day.org/52_good_deed_ideas/
And if that didn’t get you motivated to do good things for others, check out this even longer list — https://www.madefromgooddeeds.com/good-vibes-only
We humans need to do more “acts of kindness”. I hope to try some of these 100+ acts of kindness in the coming month — https://www.bradaronson.com/acts-of-kindness/
The book, referenced on the prior link, is named “HumanKind: Changing the World, One Small Act at a Time”. If you like books, you can learn more about the book and author by visiting this website — https://www.bradaronson.com/humankind-book/
Asking for permission to be helpful is especially important when you say it to strangers. Some people don’t want to be helped or are uncomfortable interacting with someone they don’t know.
My favorite way to say “May I help” to strangers is by using the Pay It Forward (PIF) approach. Click here to see 50 PIF ideas — https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/the-kindness-blog/2917-50-ways-to-pay-it-forward
And, if you would like to see how this happens in real life, click on this link to see a few short videos — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vahi77oOsK4
Lastly, let’s give a special thank you to those of you who “help the flowers grow”.
Here is a link to beautiful pictures of “May flowers” — https://pixabay.com/images/search/may%20flowers/
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 “May I Help”.
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.