Upcoming Events: SIRS98

Next Luncheon Wednesday January 10, 2018

Sun City Roseville Timber Creek Lodge

10:30 am Menu

NO LUNCHEON IN

DECEMBER

Enjoy Holidays with

Friends & Family

December Birthdays

3 MIKE FLANAGAN 4 JACK PELETTA 6 DON MEYERS 7 MILT GRAY 8 DAVID SCHUMACHER 10 GARY JOHNSON 10 BILL KEMPER 11 ED PEZZACK 14 JOHN McCROY 24 GARY BUTLER 26 TONY LICATA 31 BOB GILSON

THE ROOSTER TALE A Nonprofit Public Benefit Organization for Retired Men Devoted to the Promotion of Independence and Dignity of Retirement

DECEMBER 2017 Vol: 9817, Issue: 12

MESSAGE FROM LITTLE SIR: Kevin Mahoney: (916)835-7855

2017 was a terrific year for me. I have enjoyed working with Bob Gilson and the BEC. We accomplished a lot this year. Our RAMP committee is up and running. Literally running! Thanks to the persistent efforts of Steve Quiggle (our Assistant Treasurer), Brien Hensley (BEC member), Ken Hansen and Charlie Wells we have a lot of great things happening:

Want to avoid the luncheon ticket line and enjoy the pre-lunch social hour, use our “Pre-paid Ticket” option

Want to have a great time with your fellow SIRs: find the best burger, improve your short game playing Top Golf, explore Leonardo da Vinci’s inventions at the Aerospace Museum of California, or taste some of the areas’ craft beers

And more! We settled on a luncheon meeting place –the Timber Creek Ballroom at Sun City Rose-ville. 83% of the active Branch membership voted to stay at the TCB. November’s lunch-eon was very good (I received several positive and NO negative comments about it.) The BEC will work with TCB to keep that level of quality at future luncheons. Our new website is up and running thanks to Pete Morelli, Georgio Dina, Bob Zimmer-man and a host of others. It took almost two years, but it was worth the wait. As I am writing this I am energized to become the Branch Big SIR next year. With your support and positive input were going to have a great 2018! BTW: Everyone I wrote about above is a VOLUNTEER “Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation’s compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain loving one another.” ~Erma Bombeck, American humorist and author

MESSAGE FROM BIG SIR: Bob Gilson (916) 543-0447

I would like to wish all of our members Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I would also like to thank the 2017 board for all they have done to make this a successful year. We have had new items added to our list of activities. We moved the annual Pic-nic from September to May. For the first time in many years we have had more volunteers for the Branch Executive Committee than we could seat. We have also had many volunteers to fill other positions that are important to the oper-ation of the branch. We have a website makeover under way that will be open to all members in the near future. The new website will be much more functional than what we have had in the past. We have also lost a number of members to death and illness, please keep them in you prayers.

The 2018 BEC will be seated in January and begin establishing goals for the branch. If you have suggestions you would like considered please forward them to any of the new board members.

I hope to see many of you at the Christmas Dinner Dance on December 21st. Mike Kearns and his team have put together a great event. Tickets are still availa-ble December 13th if you wish to attend, contact Mike Kearns directly.

October 2017

Treasurers Report Beginning Bal $11,545

Income 4,687

Disbursements ($ 4,238) Ending Bal (10/31) $ 11,994

Net + $449

Member Status for Octoberr 2017 In November we inducted 3 new members bringing our total membership 274 15 inactive members and 2 active which resigned, Also 1 member transferred out. We need to step up the recruiting for the rest of the year if we want to reach our goal.

Donald (Don) T. Noyes, Jr

Spouse: Debbie Birth Month: May Resident of: Lincoln Phone: (916) 945-7615 Badge #13 Email: huntinnoyes@gmail.com

Charles (Charlie) Robinson

Spouse: Vickie Birth Month October Resident of: Roseville Phone: (650) 454-6488 Badge # 78 Email: charles.robinson@gmail.com

Stanley (Stan) Paul Nader

Spouse: Mary Birth Month November Resident of Lincoln Phone: (916) 645-1149 Badge # 152 Email: stannader48@gmail.com

Happy Holidays! One of my holiday gifts was getting Alan Ensign to accept the position of Assistant Ac-tivity Chairman for SIR Branch 98. Alan's infectious enthusiasm will greatly help our burgeoning activity program, especially our Out and About events. 2018 Out and About events will include a Kings game, Auto Museum, Sacramento Un-derground Tour, Brewery Tour and Beer tasting, and a River Cats game. Alan and I will be hosting our first activity together at our ACTIVITY FAIR scheduled at our January luncheon 1/10/18. Please plan to spend time at our Activity Tables in the Ballroom from 10:30-11:30and be prepared to sign up for new activities! As always, let us know your ideas for Out and About events and NEW Activities! Brien Brien Hensley SIR Branch 98 Activity Chairman brien.hensley@gmail.com (c)916-813-0798 Alan Ensign SIR Branch 98 Assistant Activity Chairman aensign3941@gmail.com (c)925-407-5335

AVTIVITITIES UPDATE

By Brien Hensley

ACTIVIES INFORMATION Bocce Ball Coord.: GORDON BADOVICK (916) 773-5504 Bowling Coord.: BOB FRIEND (916) 747-0809 BOB BROWN (916) 771-7001 Book Swap Coord.: FRANK DORSEY (916) 757-1815 Breakfast Club Coord: Tom Pratt (916) 622-4791 Bridge Coord.: BRUCE GRANT (916) 791-8055 Chefs Table Coord.: PETE MORELLI (916) 772-3257 GIORGIO DENA (916) 521-9998 Cook’s Kitchen Coord.: BOB ZIMMERMAN (916) 253-7612 BOB GILSON (916) 543-0477 SSS Sir’s Search for Super Burger Lunch Coord.: Steve Eastman (916) 548-6641 Dinning Out Coord: Ken Hansen (916) 622-2757 Golf- Monday Morning Coord.: PETE MORELLI (916) 772-3257 Golf –Friday Morning Coord.: LEN SAMPAIO (916) 797-9391 Golf-Friday Afternoon Coord.: TOM WERTH (916) 782-3536 Asst. LARRY MANWILLER (916) 771-2078 Golf—Couples Coord.: CARLOS RAMIREZ (916) 791-3358 Top Golf Coord.: Brien Hensley (916) 813-0798 Mark Stuart (916) 218-2287 Investment Group Coord.: STEVE QUIGGLE (916) 715-9855 Investment Group 2 Coord.: ALAN ENSIGN (925) 407-5335 Out & About Coord: Brien Hensley (916) 813-0798 Poker—First Tuesday Coord.: Jim Carroll (916) 251-7447 Poker– First Tuesday Coord.: DICK KNOX (916) 783-4664 Poker - First Wednesday Coord.: TOM WHALEN (916) 259-4346 Poker—Second Thursday Coord.: DICK KNOX (916) 783-4664 Poker—Third Thursday Coord.: JOHN CONGER (916) 804-6460 Poker-Fourth Wednesday Coord.: PETE MORELLI (916) 772-3257 Poker– Fourth Thursday Coord. JIM CARROLL (916) 251-7447 Wine Club Coord.: JOE LAPIRA (916) 434-8843

For more activities and infor-

mation, see our complete listing at www.sir98.ord

Sirs Search for the Superb Burger

By Steve Eastman

We didn’t have lunch this month due to being so close to Thanksgiving. In 2017 we visited 9 burger restaurants. The rat-ings we gave each are below:

Skipolinis was our last lunch of the year and we will be going to Moo Moo’s to present our Best of SIR branch 98 certificate for 2017 on January 16, 2018.

Stepheneastman68@gmail.com 916-548-6641

Antelope greens golf group is in its winter season format

from Oct. 27th thru April 13th 2018. Play each Friday starts at 9:30 am. No prior sign ups required, no dues or fees to the club. Just show up register with the desk, pay your green fees and form groups with the other players there. Any questions call Len Sampaio at (916) 797-9391. . Submitted by: Len Sampaio, AG Coordinator

Antelope Greens Golf News

UPDATED INFORMATION

2017 WINNER of Best Burger

2017 Results of SSS Survey

Montana’s Meals on Wheels Program

Submitted by Joe Alameida

Financial Group 2 Continues to Grow

The Finance/Investment Group 2 met on Tuesday, Octo-ber 24 closing out our first year of activity. We began in June with 5 founding members and closed the year with 9, all from different career paths and investment philosophies.

We get together monthly each year from January thru October in a member’s home to meet as friends, exchange invest-ment & financial ideas and participate in an enjoyable activity. In this spirit each member builds an individual model fantasy portfolio to participate in a fun and friendly competition with fellow members and provide a valuable source of investments for developing a successful Group 2 fantasy portfolio consisting of individual stocks, bonds, mutual funds & ETFs designed to meet or exceed a decid-ed target. We expect many of these fantasy portfolio investments will find home in our - real money - personal portfolios.

To check us out:

Visit our exhibit table at the January Luncheon Activity Fair and, or

Contact: Alan Ensign: Email: aensign3941@gmail.com Alan Ensign: Home; 916 253-7630; cell (925) 407-5335;

The SIR’s 98 annual Christmas Party tickets are on

sale NOW. Mark your calendar for December 21.

Send checks to Mike Kearns. Please make checks

to SIR Branch98 and mail to Mike Kearns 1681 Oak

Knoll Ln., Newcastle, CA 95659. For more infor-

mation contact

Committee Members;

Mike Kearns (530) 852-2282 mikekearns67@yahoo.com Fred Martinez (916) 622-0724 Joe Alameida (916) 591-2193

CHRISTMAS PARTY TICKETS

December 21 5:00—11:00 + Timber Creek

Ballroom

Dinner Choices

Breast of Chicken $32 ea Fresh Salmon $37 ea Filet Mignon Oscar $45 ea

TICKETS GOING FAST—LIMITED QUANTITY

DINNER FUN WITH FRIENDS

DANCING RAFFLE PRIZES

OUT & ABOUT 2018

By Brien Hensley

SACRAMENTO KINGS vs CHICAGO BULLS February 5, 2018

Tipoff 7:00 pm @ Golden 1 Center We will have lower level seats for $50 per ticket. Seats will be limited, so please sign up early. Spouses are wel-come. I will be looking into taking the Roseville Game Day ex-press bus. Please RSVP to me by email or phone, and checks can be made out to SIR Branch 98 and mailed to me at 3617 Miners Ravine Dr. Roseville, CA 95661. I can also take checks at the SIR golf lunch-eon on Wed. 12/13.

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PURCHASE TICKETS NO LATER THAN DEC. 13

BOCCE BALL

There is NO Bocce Ball in December

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE

By Gordon Babovick

As we rejoice and celebrate this wonderful sea-son of Christmas, let us not forget to thank baby Jesus for coming into our lives. Let us together prepare ourselves to welcome him into the homes of our hearts. Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones.

My special wishes to you and to all those to are

close to you. May you have a Christmas that is more special than it has ever been. May Baby Jesus bless you abundantly.

This Christmas as you count your blessings

sent to you by the Almighty, don’t forget to pray for those you aren’t able to partake in this won-derful celebration. I wish you have a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year ahead.

A Message about our Chaplain

CHAPLAIN Xavier Gutierrez

Christmas Food for Thought Messages

1. Johnny's mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child's name?

2. There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet

ten inches tall and he wears size 13 sneak-ers. What does he weigh?

3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the

highest mountain in the world? 4. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two

feet by three feet by four feet? 5. What word in the English Language is always

spelled incorrectly?

6. Billy was born on December 28th, yet his birthday is always in the summer.. How is this possible?

7. In California, you cannot take a picture of a man

with a wooden leg. Why not? 8. What was the President's Name in 1975? 9. If you were running a race, and you passed the per-

son in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

10. Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white" or "The yolk of the egg is white"?

11. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in another field?

Something to keep Those Brain Cells Active

Submitted by John Conger

A QUIZ

Answers on page 8

Label Lodgic By Jerry Foster

It is hard sometimes when we are trying to be smart about our eating habits but it ALL begins with knowing how to read the labels on processed or packaged foods. Here is how to decode your food label.

What To Look For: Serving Size: This is the KEY to correctly reading

your label. If you eat more than this amount, you’ll need to account for more calories, & higher fat, sugar, & sodi-um than listed on the label.

Calories: Remember; higher-calorie foods can be worth it if they are high in nutritional value.

Fat: Avoid trans fat where possible because it raises “BAD” LDL cholesterol and lowers “GOOD” HDL choles-terol. Beware: A label that lists 0 grams of trans fat may actually have up to 0.5 grams, so double-check the ingre-dient list for partially hydrogenated oil or shortening before you buy.

Sodium: Too much sodium can raise blood pressure, which increases heart disease risk. It may also be a sign of a more highly proceed (& less healthy) food.

Sugars: Even Fruit has sugars, but added sugar max-imizes calories with providing nutrients. Newer labels call out added sugars. If your looking at an older label, check the ingredients for words ending in “-ose” like dextrose & high-fructose corn syrup.

Dietary Fiber: You want at least 3 grams per serving in any product that has grains.

Protein: Protein is the building block of every cell, but the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services says that adults only need 5 to 7 ounces of it each day.

Vitamins: These micronutrients add nutritional value to food.

BE Mindful of Buzzwords Organic: Consists of at least 95% organic ingredients. The other 5% appear on USDA-approved list are FREE of antibiotics, growth hormones and pesticides Made with Organic Ingredients: Consists of at least 70% organics. None of the other ingredients are produced with sewage-sludge products or ionizing radiation. Whole Grain: According to the 2015-2020 Dietary Guides at least half of the grains we eat should be whole grains. Check ingredients list for brown rise, oats, & oatmeal, wheat berries or grains labeled “whole”. Natural: Does not contain artificial ingredients or pre-servatives & ingredients are minimally processed.

Submitted by Phil Lander

The Flying Chicken

The true story of the Chicken Gun. Too funny not to share! Sometimes it does take a rocket scientist! Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch stand-ard 4 pound dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, mili-tary jets and the space shuttle, all traveling at maximum veloci-ty. The idea is to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the windshields. British engineers heard about the gun and were eager to test it on the windshields of their new high speed trains. Ar-rangements were made, and a gun was sent to the British en-gineers. WHEN THE GUN WAS FIRED, THE ENGINEERS STOOD SHOCKED AS THE CHICKEN HURLED OUT OF THE BARREL, CRASHED INTO THE SHATTER-PROOF SHIELD, SMASHED IT TO SMITHEREENS, BLASTED THROUGH THE CON-TROL CONSOLE, SNAPPED THE ENGINEER'S BACK-REST IN TWO, AND EMBEDDED ITSELF IN THE BACK WALL OF THE CABIN, LIKE AN ARROW SHOT FROM A BOW. THE HORRIFIED BRITS SENT NASA THE DISASTROUS RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENT, ALONG WITH THE DESIGNS OF THE WINDSHIELD AND BEGGED THE U.S SCIENTISTS FOR SUGGESTIONS. NASA RESPONDED WITH A ONE-LINE MEMO......... "DEFROST THE CHICKEN FIRST." (TRUE STORY)

Submitted by Phil Lander

This should make you smile. You have to love little kids. The teacher handed out some Lifesavers candies to her students, and the children began to identify the flavors by their color: Red....................Cherry Yellow................Lemon Green..................Lime Orange ..............Orange Finally the teacher gave them all HONEY Lifesavers. None of the children could identify the taste. The teacher said, 'I will give you all a clue. It's what your mother may sometimes call your father.' One little girl looked up in horror, spit her lifesaver out, and yelled, 'Oh my God! They're ass-holes! The teacher had to leave the room!

Candy With the Little

Why Wait In Line Each Month to Pay For Your Lunch?

Did you know there are already very easy and straightforward methods to pay for your lunch without waiting in line each month? As you know, we have been using a luncheon “pre-pay” process for several months that consists of writing a check to SIRS Branch 98 and sending it via US Mail to Steve Quiggle at his home address. Well, here are a couple of other methods for your consideration to pre-pay for lunch that are even easier.

Use the on-line Bill Pay process associated with your banking account. We all likely pay some or most of our bills using the on-line Bill Pay process that is linked to our banking account(s). The process is straightforward and can be completed as follows;

Open your on-line “Bill Pay” activity at your bank and designate “SIRS Branch 98” as a Payee (this is a one-time activity).

Provide the Treasurer’s address (my address in this case, 3466 Paseo Mira Vista, Lincoln, CA 95648) as the pay-ee’s billing address (i.e.,. where the bank will send the check--free of charge to you), and then send a payment just like any other bill payment. Please ensure the check will arrive at least one week prior to the luncheon.

And, you are done! No checks need to be written of stamps required, and nothing needs to be mailed by you. Once this Payee (SIRS Branch 98) is set up in your on-line Bill Payment Process you can simply select this Payee each month and quickly pay for lunch!

Use Electronic Transfer of funds from your bank account to SIRS Branch 98’s US Bank checking account. This process may require a few more actions to establish but once that is done these money transfers can be made very quickly and the funds are transferred immediately from your account to the SIRS Branch 98 checking account. The process is summarized as follows;

Open your on-line banking “Transfers” activity and designate “Funds Transfer” (electronic funds transfer (EFT)) between your bank account and the SIRS Branch 98 checking account (the Treasurer can provide the SIRS Branch 98 bank account number and checking account number via email).

Designate the $24.00 funds transfer, the transfer frequency (e.g., one-time only) and send the transfer. Again, please ensure EFT are executed at least one week prior to the luncheon.

And you are done! No writing and mailing of checks were required and the money will be transferred immediately to the SIRS Branch 98 checking account. Once the SIRS Branch 98 checking account is set up within your banking on-line Transfers activity you can simply select this EFT activity each month and quickly pay for lunch!

However, the following notes associated with EFTs are provided for your convenience: EFTs between accounts within the same bank are typically free of charge, however there may be a

charge for EFTs between different banks. Many banks offer a “free of charge” means for EFTs with different banks that are less than $1,000 (e.g.,

Zelle Payment Process). You can setup the free of charge payment processes either on-line or with assistance from your Bank’s

help-line Service Representative during the process of establishing SIRS Branch 98 checking account as an EFT payee.

In Summary, both these payment processes can be used immediately to make your luncheon payments electronically

(albeit EFT’s are the preferred method), with minimal action on your part, in lieu of waiting in the luncheon payment line each month. Once the payment is received (again, within one week of the luncheon) we will continue to utilize the Express Table to locate your badge, raffle ticket, and lunch ticket. Also, the pre-payee list on the current SIRS Branch 98 website will be updated prior to the luncheon indicating all pre-payments received, per our normal process.

Furthermore, these payment processes can and hopefully will be utilized for paying your 2018 dues-please note on your

EFT or check that the payment is for 2018 dues. By doing so, the luncheon lines will be even shorter and move much faster than normal for the January luncheon.

At some point next year these payment processes will be used in conjunction with paying for lunches and dues via the

new SIRS Branch 98 website. Hopefully these payment processes will be even easier due to the automation capabili-ties of the new website. Hope this is helpful and please do not hesitate to contact Bill Kemper (billkemper63@gmail.com) if you have questions or need additional information on this matter.

START 2018

RIGHT

Rocklin Branch 98

Meets: 2nd Wednesday of Month

at Timbers at the Lodge at Sun

City, Roseville 7050 Del Web

Blvd.95747 (916) 774-3838

Board Meeting 09:00am Fellowship 10:30am Luncheon 11:30am

SIR Branch 98 2017 Officers:

Big SIR: Bob Gilson Little Sir: Kevin Mahoney Secretary: Kent Miller Assistant: Ron Maximo Treasurer: Bill Kemper Assistant: Steve Quiggle

Chaplain: Xavier Gutierrez

Directors:

Denny Heintz Giorgio Dina David Bills Pete Morelli Brien Hensley John Harper

Membership Chairman David Bills

The Rooster Tale Editor Jerry Foster

Database Manager Mike Mason

Activity Chairman Brien Hensley

SIR STATE

Jerry Strain, President Derek Southern, Vice President

SIR Regional 1* Mark Stuart, Director

Area 3* Giorgio Dina, Governor

For more information about SIR

and SIR Rocklin Branch 98 visit:

www.sirinc.org

www.sir98.org

SIR State quarterly Newsletter at:

http://sirinc.org/sirhappenings

* Changes

Sons In Retirement Inc. Important Time Dated Material

JERRY FOSTER—EDITOR 1457 E HIDALGO CIR ROSEVILLE, CA 95747

Answers from Senior Brain Teaser on Page 5

1. Answer: Johnny, of course.

2. Answer: Meat.

3. Answer: Mt. Everest; it just wasn't discovered yet. [You're not very good at

this are you?]

4. Answer: None. There is no dirt in a hole.

5. Answer: Incorrectly

6. Answer: Billy lives in the Southern Hemisphere.

7. Answer: You can't take pictures with a wooden leg. You need a camera to

take pictures.

8. Answer: Same as is it now – Donald Trump [Oh, come on...]

9. Answer: You would be in 2nd. Well, you passed the person in second

place, not first.

10. Answer: Neither, the yolk of the egg is yellow [Duh]

11. Answer: One. If he combines all of his haystacks, they all become one big

one.

Happy Holidays