Sunnyvale Branch 62

Luncheons

Host:

Mike Miller
Program:

John Dieckman

Bruce Edmundson
Songster:
Roger Falberg
Chaplain:

Hugh Moore
Menus:

Bruce Edmundson
Humorist:

Paul Goodwin
Books:

Lynn Grilley
Photos:

Bob Pastorino

When Do We Meet?

We are now meeting in person on the 2nd Thursday of every month.

11:00am-12pm: Social time for all
12pm~2:30pm: Meeting, lunch and guest speaker

(Scroll down for our meeting location)
There will be Zoom access to in-person meetings - but only if requested ahead of time.

We chat (no agenda) on Zoom on the non-meeting Thursdays at 12 noon.

Members should look for an email invite to meetings and Zoom chats.


April 2024 - Sunnyvale Water Presentation
April 2024 - Sunnyvale Water Presentation
March 2024 - New member Felix Sy (on left)
January 2024 - Hobee's
January 2024 - Hobee's
January 2024 - Guest Speaker
Tom Kramer - History of Golf
January 2024 - Hobee's
January 2024 - Hobee's
November 2023 - New Member JC Roy (on right)
November 2023
November 2023 - Guest Speaker - Mark Marymee
November 2023
November 2023
November 2023 Macara
Bob P's Hole In One Award
October 2023 - Jack Pettygrove (left) Received the Senior SIR Award
April 2023 - Big SIR Heber Slusser
April 2023 - Guest Speaker Mike Miller - BR 62 Website
September 2022 - Speaker Elli Tehrini & John Dieckman
September 2022 - Speaker Elli Tehrini - ClearCaptions
September 2022 - Wally Anderson
September 2022 - Social hour
July 2022 - Big SIR Steve Burnham
July 2022 John Dieckman Safari Talk
July 2022 John Dieckman Safari Talk
July 2022 John Dieckman Safari Talk
May 2022 New member Paul Cole
May 2022 New member Paul Cole
May 2022 New member Paul Cole
May 2022 Inducting new member Paul Cole
May 2022 Paul Cole
May 2022 Guest speaker
Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone
May 2022 Guest speaker Larry Stone
May 2022 Guest speaker Larry Stone
May 2022 John D awarding Larry Stone
May 2022 Meeting
May 2022 Don Coletti with some humor
April 2022 fellowship time
April 2022 fellowship time
April 2022 getting ready for meeting
John D introducing Sunnyvale Mayor Larry Klein
April 2022 Mayor Klein
Mayor Klein presenting
Mayor Klein presenting
John Dieckman awarding Mayor Klein
Perfect Cup of Coffee talk
March 2022 BEC Meeting before lunch
Sharing w/Zoom to members who can't be there
Introducing new member Richard Simpson
We encourage wives of members to attend
Heber helping speaker Richard set up
Paul, Richard, Heber, and Steve
Social time before lunch
Our meeting
Don Coletti sharing some humor
We celebrated Don C's 97th birthday
Our March 2022 speaker - Richard Simpson
John giving award to speaker Jim Hohenshelt
Barry and Steve - Birthday & Prize Drawing
Bob Hebson and Roger Falberg
Big SIR Steve Burnham


Where Do We Meet?

We meet at:



Blue Pheasant Restaurant
22100 Stevens Creek Blvd
Cupertino, CA 95014
(Located at the Blackberry Farm Golf Course)


MAY 9th 2024 MENU CHOICES:
(Choose one*)
  1. Pasta Primavera - Vegetables with linguini, basil & garlic in light dry white wine sauce.
  2. Shrimp Louis Salad - Assorted fresh greens, bay shrimp, hardboiled egg, tomato, Louie dressing
  3. Breast of Chicken - Boneless breast of chicken lightly sautéed in white wine, fresh squeezed lemon and artichoke hearts
  4. Roasted Sirloin of Beef - with sautéed mushrooms, garlic and burgundy wine sauce

*Cost is $32 per person. Entrees include garden fresh mixed greens, potato or rice (depends on the entree), fresh vegetables, French bread, coffee or tea. Soda and desert are not included.

Very important - new procedure:

The restaurant now requires a headcount and your meal choice in advance.
Call or email Bruce Edmundson one week before the luncheon, AND:

  1. Tell him, even if you bought a ticket earlier, whether you will attend or not.
  2. If attending, tell him your meal choice from the menu above.
  3. Tell him how you will be paying.



What We Do:

Following an hour of fellowship, we have a traditional lunch meeting, which commences by saying the Pledge of Allegance, followed by reports from each of our SIR activities, some humor, and other business including a celebration and prize drawing for birthdays each month (you must be present to win).
While enjoying our lunch, we hear a presentation from our guest speaker.



May 2024  Guest Speaker
Our May guest speaker will be J. Cambell Scott, who will talk about climate change.


April 2024  Guest Speakers
Our April guest speakers were Mr. Rohan Wikramanayke and Mr. Mansour Nasser from the Sunnyvale Water department. They spoke to us about Sunnyvale water, where it comes from, and where it goes.
Water Supply Slides   Wastewater Slides



March 2024  Guest Speaker
Our March guest speaker was Bailey Hall from the city of Sunnyvale. She described Sunnyvale's SMaRT (Sunnyvale Materials Recovery and Transfer) station, and told us what is and what is not recyclable in Sunnyvale.
Ms. Hall's Slides   Sunnyvale's SMaRT Website



February 2024  Guest Speaker
Our February guest speaker was Joe Burdick from the Santa Clara County District Attorneys Office. He spoke about elder financial fraud, including common scams, protective measures for prevention, and reporting fraud.
Mr. Burdick's slides


January 2024  Guest Speaker
Our January guest speaker was Mr. Tom Kramer from Branch 51. His topic was:
The History of Golf - Origins and Evolution of Golf, Equipment and Courses.
Tom shared his knowledge of how the game of golf evolved. He brought antique golf balls and equipment that he has collected over the years.
Mr. Kramer's slides
(Be sure to play the Fred Astaire video that didn't work at his talk)


(December was our annual Christmas dinner)



November 2023  Guest Speaker
Our November speaker was Mr. Mark Marymee, a certified photo manager based in Fremont. The presentation was about Photo & Film Organizing. He explained the basics of sorting through photos and film, identifying your best A-grade images, tossing out your worst, then scanning prints and slides and organizing these new digital assets into an online system where it's easy to find photos and share them with family and friends.
Mr.Marymee's slides



Past speakers have presented interesting topics like:
-Valley Water Conservation-   -Fishing in Alaska-   -Ameteur Radio-
-The Perfect Cup of Coffee-   -Sunnyvale Community Services-   -Memory Training-
-Protecting Your Personal Information-

For detailed information about past lunch talks, check out this document (it's indexed):

Lunch Talks History


We conclude each meeting by singing God Bless America, led by our SIR songster.




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