Upcoming Events: SIRS98

Luncheon Wednesday March 9 Sun City Roseville

Timber Creek Lodge 10:30

Menu

Corn Beef & Cabbage, Pota-

toes, Salad with a choice of

dressing, Roll and Butter, De-

sert, Coffee, Ice Tea, Water

March Birthdays

1 Robert Cates

2 Ritchie Adams

2 Hermes Justiano

2 Joe Esparza

3 Norman Kruse

3 Ed Hanson

5 Ron Maximo

6 Joe Vasta

10 John Erickson

11 Sam Yamasaki

12 John Nolan

12 Marlin Larson

12 Larry Coons

14 Steve Edwards

16 Charlie Kelly

17 Ken Vondeylen

18 Tony Bolobnow

19 Cliff Horrell

22 Ben Assenza

24 Tom Dennis

29 Peter Wright

30 Will Watson

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

MESSAGE FROM BIG SIR: John Harper (916-749-7703)

March 2016, Vol 9816, Issue 03

March 9 GUEST SPEAKER Dr. John Chuck, MD

Dr. Chuck is Chief of Health Promotion and IT Innovation and Chief of Physician Health & Wellness at Kaiser Permanente. John pur-sued a career in medicine so he could combine his abilities in sci-ence with a desire to work with people. After graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in nutritional sciences, he attended the UCLA School of Medicine. While at UCLA, his interest in comprehensive and continuous care led him to believe that he should pursue a career in family practice. His goals in life as a physician and as a human being are to love God and love people. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with family and friends and engaging in service projects and raising money for his charity, Serotonin Surge Charities. Some recent adventures include enjoying a croissant in Paris; making joong (Chinese tamales) at a family reunion in Oakland; zip lining and snorkeling in Maui; and walking his dog after din-ner. Dr. Chuck says “I like working in an integrated health care system like Kaiser Perma-nente where the health plan, hospitals, and physicians are working in concert to provide our patients with the very best in quality and service.”

Dear Members,

Welcome to our March Luncheon meeting. We sincerely hope you have a good one. We welcome our State President Donald Dill who will install our three Lifetime Honorary Members. Our Speaker is Dr. John Chuck and that will wrap up our show for the March meeting. Also, least we not forget, it will be St Patrick's Day on March 17. You may notice our lunch menu including corned beef Irish fare. It is not often that I receive any input on these Luncheons or speakers or other parts of our program that you may have a problem with or even better have a complement to pass on. Please do grab me and let me have it if you will. A speaker or menu item or lack of chairs or long dull boring meetings, you name it. I want to know about it. Too many times I will receive just one or two comments....not enough to draw a conclusion......Help us all out and please LET ME HAVE IT. I have taken this volunteer job to try and do it well.....and without feedback it is a slow pro-cess. I will be exploring other ways like passing out questionnaires, etc. to try and see how good we are doing. Thank you for your input.

Message from the Little SIR: Bob Gilson (916) 543 – 0447

Big SIR John Harper and I will be meeting with Sun City Roseville Banquet Operations regarding the price of our lunch. Food and personnel cost have increased to the point the Timber’s is requesting a $2 increase in the cost of lunch. We will meet with the staff to see what we can do to contain the cost to the current level. I would appreciate ideas from the membership such as elim-inating desert, moving the a buffet style service …. Our February speaker is Dr. John Chuck MD at Kaiser Permanente. He will be speaking on Men’s Wellness at our lunch.

jANUARY 2016

Treasurers Report Beginning Bal $ 8,519

Income: 7,975

Disbursements ($ 4,780) Ending Bal (1/31) $11,714

Net Change + $3,195

FINANCIAL / INVESTMENT GROUP

We have an opening for one more member of our group. If you have the stock market down pat we can use your exper-tise. If you are as befuddled as some of the rest of us in this highly volatile investing environment, please join us as we all work together to hone our skills. Having trouble picking stocks and/or knowing when to buy and sell? We are developing more discipline together and finding resources to support better decision making than most of us would have ever learned on our own. Most of us grew up on the long-term method of buy and hold. To a large degree that has changed dramatically since the market high in May of last year. Our group meets the first Tuesday of each month at 10:00 AM rotating between member’s homes with a leader for each major market sec-tor. We also communicate in between our gatherings for timely topics and in-vestment ideas. Please contact me or any member of our group if you are inter-ested in learning more about this SIRs activity and joining our team. Steve Quiggle (916) 715-9855 sdquiggle@gmail.com John Conger (916) 804-6460

New Members for January 2016

In FEBRUARY we Inducted six (6) new members. This brings our totals to 283 members which includes the 6 NEW members listed below, +4 Honorary members, and +2 Emeritus members and -3 inactive members and 280 active mem-bers. Unfortunately we did loose 4 member from our active status due to resignation, death and/or transfer. We need to keep up the great work and we will continue to be one of the strongest branches in SIRS. GREAT JOB!

Randy T. Cook Spouse: Rita Birth Month: October Resident of: Citrus Hts Phone: (916)726-8831 Badge # 231 E-mail: cooker@surewest.net

John C. McCroy Spouse: Rita Birth Month: December Resident of: Rocklin Phone: (916) 409-2178 Badge # 178 E-mail: johnmccroy@hotmail.com

Richard (Dick) M. Meyers Spouse: Pat Birth Month: February Resident of : Roseville Phone: (916)771-3213 Badge # 275 E-mail: dm0674@sbcglobal.net

Cecil (Bill) E. Beathem Spouse: Birth Month: August Resident of N. Highlands Phone: (916)308-2118 Badge # 168 E-mail: beathemwest@att.net

Robin G. Doria Spouse: Debbie Birth Month: October Resident of Roseville Phone: (916) 899-5266 Badge # 194 E-mail: ftrpltrobe0619@gmail.com

John D. Nolan Spouse: Joan Birth Month: March Resident of Rocklin Phone: (916) 624-2781 Badge # 67 E-mail: jnjnolan@hotmail.com

ACTIVIES

INFORMATION

Area 15 GOLF Chairman: LES OLSEN (916) 652-0090 Friday Golf League Chairman: LEN SAMPAIO (916) 797-9391 Friday Afternoon Golf Chairman: Tom Werth (916) 782-3536 Bocce Ball Coord.: GORDON BADOVICK (916) 773-5504 Chefs Table Coord.: PETE MORELLI (916) 772-3257 Cook’s Kitchen Coord.: BOB ZIMMERMAN (916) 253-7612 BOB GILSON (916) 543-0477 Fishing Coord.: open Investment Group Coord.: Steve Quiggle (916) 715-9855 Smart Phone Group Coord.: GIORGIO DINA (916) 521-9998 MARK STUART (916) 218-2287 Tennis Coord.: BOB SIPES (916) 771-9214 Wine Club Coord.: Joe LaPira (916) 434-8843 Debbis Cirrone (916) 209-3426 Other Activities are listed on our website such as:

BRIDGE POKER

BOWLING BREAKFAST CLUB

BOOK SWAP

For more activities see our

complete listing at

www.sir98.ord

CHEF’S CORNOR

BY Jerry Foster

RED VELVET CREAM CHEESE BUNDT CAKE

Ingredients:

For the Swirl (all ingredients should be at room temperature)

2 ea 8 oz Packages of cream Cheese (room Temperature) 2 ea. Large Eggs 2/3cup Granulated Sugar 3 Tbs Sour Cream 3 Tbs Heavy Cream 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract For the Cake 1 ea Red Velvet Bunt Cake Mix (easiest way to go) For the Glaze 4 oz Cream Cheese 1/2 cup Confectioners’ Sugar 1/2 cup. Sour Cream 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract 1 ea Pinch of salt Directions:

1) Make the Swirl: Combine the Cream Cheese, Granulated Sugar, eggs, Sour Cream, Heavy Cream and Vanilla in a food processor or mixer and beat until smooth. Set aside.

2) Make the cake: Preheat the oven to 350°. Generously coat a 10—15 cup Bunt pan with cooking spray and dust with flower and tap out excess. Prepare cake mix ac-cording to instructions.

3) Pour about 2 1/2—3 cups of cake batter into bunt pan and shake to level. Pour the Swirl mixture into bunt pan. Spoon the remaining cake mixture over the top. Be sure to leave about 1” of headroom from the top of the bunt pan. Batter will ex-pand as it cooks.

4) Bake until the top of cake is cracked and a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Put a cookie sheet on the rack below the cake to catch any overflow.

5) Make the Glaze: Combine the Cream Cheese, Confectioners’ Sugar, Sour Cream, Va-nilla and Salt and puree until smooth.

6) Let cake cool and than pour and spread the glaze onto the cake and enjoy. Serving Suggestion:

Serve with a nice scoop of Vanilla Ice Cream. Serves 8-10 CALORIES = 300, FAT = 15g , SODIUM 230mg, Carbs 39g, Protein 5g.

Note: You can freeze the cake wrapped in plastic wrap fo up to 6 months to enjoy at a

later date.

Recipe courtesy of “FOOD NETWORK MAGAZINE “ January/ February

2016 (modified)

SMART PHONE GROUP Hi All,

"We hope to see you again this coming month of March on 3/10 and 3/22. We will be meeting starting at the same loca-tion, at the Raley's event center at 1915 Douglas Blvd in the back of the store, at the normal time, "10am". After a few fairly heavy classroom-like sessions on backing up your phone and iPad using iTunes and iCloud, we have decided that in these few upcoming sessions we will be addressing much lighter topics, have some more fun sessions with lots of interaction, socializing & discussion. We will revisit some of the main apps and present some new ones that you might be interested to use in the future. We hope to see you there, learn from each other and have some fun together. If you would like to go over an issue or specific item, we will be there early before the session and can remain after to help you out, if we can. Till then, Mark & Giorgio"

Mark & Giorgio

Contact information Giorgio Dina (916) 521-9998 e-mail= giorgiodina@hotmail.com

Mark Stuart (916) 218-9214

Xavier Gutierrez

Who is God to me? One good way to answer a big question like who is God? Is to tell a story such as the old Indian tale about "Four Blind Men and the Elephant": There are four blind men who discover an elephant. Since the men have never encountered an elephant before, they grope about, seeking to understand and de-scribe this new phenomenon. One grasps the trunk and concludes it is a snake. Another explores one of the elephant's legs and describes it as a tree. A third finds the elephant's tail and announces that it is a rope. And the fourth blind man, after discovering the elephant's side, concludes that it is, after all, a wall. Which one is right? Each in his blindness is describ-ing the same thing: an elephant. Thus, all are right, but none wholly so. So God is many things to each of us and each is correct. Wishing you all a Happy and Blessed Easter Season.

Antelope Greens Golf

Antelope Greens Winter golf continues, BUT get ready for the Spring & Summer League which will start at 7:30 A.M. April 22nd and continue every Friday at that time until October 14th. Those of you who were members of the league last year will be receiving the Schedule of tourna-ment games and the Rules for 2016. The AG league re-quires a one-time entry fee of $25.00 to be paid the first date you play with the group. These fees are used for costs of running the league, with the majority of it used for our prize fund. Each Friday players will pay their green fees directly to the golf course, plus $1.00 to enhance our prize fund, which will be paid out to the winners of our weekly events at an end of season Awards Luncheon. All players must also pay an initial $2.00 for hole-in-one insur-ance. A portion of the insurance fund is used to immedi-ately award the golfer making the hole-in-one to help car-ryout the tradition of buying his fellow golfers a drink to celebrate the achievement. Note! Members of the AG golf league do not have to play every Friday, but only on se-lected dates or tournaments of their choice. Any SIR mem-bers wishing to join the Antelope Golf for the 2016 season should contact Len Sampaio at (916) 797-9391 for addi-tional information as well as a copy of the rules & schedule of tournaments.

The Wine Group will hold its next event on Thursday, April 14, at Popie Wines in Loomis. There will be a tast-ing of a white Vermintino, a red Manoel (a Portugese grape) and their Basin Red. Some appetizers and food will be served with the wines. The Wine Group stands at 26 members and still grow-ing. Contact information: Joe LaPira (916) 434-8843

THE WINE GROUP

BOCCE BALL

Congratulations to our ace bocce ball team including Joe LaPira, Tom Frische, Ed Cruz, and Sam Kemp for placing 3rd in the State tournament in Stockton, CA. After winning the regional crown in 2015, placing 3rd in the state is not bad for competing for the first time in any regional/state level tournaments. Hopefully, this year, for 2016, the results will be even better (see picture of the team in their spiffy Branch 98 polo shirts). Also, congratulations again to Joe LaPira who received a trophy at the last luncheon for Branch 98 Bocce Ball Champi-on for 2015 based on the highest winning percentage of all games played throughout the year. Last month in February we had 12 members and prospec-tive members come out after the luncheon to enjoy bocce ball on an unusually pleasant day. That was a record in the winter season but everyone had a great time. March begins our new 2016 bocce ball season. Weather permitting we will play after the March 9th luncheon and again on Monday, March 21st at 9:30 a.m. on the Sun City Roseville bocce ball courts. Also, as is customary, we will hold our Spring Bocce Ball tournament after the SIRS luncheon on April 13th to really kick off the new year. Anyone with at least some playing ex-perience is invited to participate. There will be a $5 entrance fee and cash prizes will be awarded. The tournament will again be limited to the first 16 people so you are encouraged to register as soon as possible. It is not too early to sign up. You can sign up in advance at the March meeting, call me at the above telephone number, or e-mail me at Contact: Gordon Badovick gbadovick@laverne.edu (916) 773-5504

A MESSAGE FROM OUR ACTIVITY CHAIRMAN

I mentioned 3 possible new activities at our February meeting. I heard from a few of you that you couldn't hear me very well. Here is a recap! 1. Let's end the monthly luncheon meeting with

a 1/2 hour walk. We'll try it in March. This certainly goes along with the speakers topic in March- "wellness". No sign ups needed, JUST DO IT.

2. There is some interest in a SIR book club. If you have any interest in getting together every month or two to discuss a book and get good ideas for books to read, please sign up at the next meeting or call or email me. 3. Some of us are interested in a group going to a River Cats baseball game, probably in May or June. Again, sign up at the March meeting or call or email me.

Brien Hensley 916-813-0798 brienhensley@gmail.com

WALK WITH A SIR!

WEAR YOUR WALKING SHOES To March 9 Luncheon.

We will go for a half hour walk

Build comradery with fellow members

Increase cardio activity.

We will meet at the Timbercreek entrance 5 minutes

after close of the meeting.

We will walk for approximately 30 minutes

Come and have some exercise and FUN

FISHING GROUP ACTIVE AGAIN

Brian Macadam has agreed to be the new fish-

ing group coordinator. Howard Rice will work

with Brian to insure a smooth transition.

We are all looking forward to new fish sto-

ries. Thank you Brian

Contact info. bmacadam1952@gmail.com

(916) 862-7752

RON MAXIMO GET HOLE IN ONE

On Monday February 15th, playing in the SIR Monday group at Antelope Greens, Ron Maximo accomplished

every golfers dream by making an Ace on the 4th hole. Ron hit an “A-Wedge on the tricky 83 yard hole as all of us in the 4-some watched it hit the green in line with the flag stick as it suddenly disappeared into the cup. Congratulations Ron!

SIR Branch 98 Joins the History Books At this month’s luncheon, your Branch will make history. We will be joining a select few branches when we elevate three mem-bers to the Honorary Life Member (HLM) status in a single month. State President Don Dill will have the honor and privilege of be-stowing this award on our well-deserving Branch 98 members. At the November 2015 Branch Executive Committee (BEC) meeting, a special nominating committee was formed to recommend candidates for selection as Honorary Life Members. At that time, Branch 98 had three HLM positions that could be filled. The com-mittee was chaired by Past Big Sir and current Branch 98 HLM, Bob Fricke, and included two other esteemed members of our Branch. After the BEC meeting, the committee met on two separate occasions to determine a list of candidates, to review historical branch material and finally to score the candidates. Twenty-one different criteria were used in the evaluation of these candidates. With due consideration of many of our members who have in the past contributed significantly to the successful operation and growth of Branch 98, the committee recommended the three highest scoring candidates. The top three scoring candidates were sub-mitted to Branch 98’s BEC for approval, and the members present voted unanimously for approval. Two BEC members were not present for the voting. Three new SIR Branch 98 Honorary Life Members were approved by the State Board of Directors on January 23, 2016, and are listed below alphabetically: Peter Morelli, Tom Werth, and John Winger

Pete Morelli has been a member of Branch 98 for 10 years, joining in 2006. In 2010, Pete was elected Assistant Branch Treasurer. He continued his Branch Executive Committee service as Little SIR in 2011, and was elected Big SIR in 2012. He has continued his contributions to our branch by serving as a Director to this day. His other contribu-tions are: Member Branch 98 Golf Committee – 2010 to present Official Branch Photographer – 2013 to 2015 Coordinator of the 4th Wednesday poker group – 2013 to present Coordinator Chef’s Table gourmet cooking group – 2014 to present In addition, Pete has been the Area 15 Golf Committee Chairman since 2015, and was responsible for automating the

Branch 98 Monday Golf Tournament signup process using an interactive website. Tom Werth has been a member of SIR Branch 98 for 17 years, joining in 1999. He was elected Branch Treasurer the same year he joined SIR and served from 1999 – 2000. Tom remained on the Branch Executive Committee for the next 5 years in the following elected positions: Branch Secretary – 2001 Little SIR – 2002 Big SIR – 2003 Branch Director – 2004 – 2005 In 2011, Tom started Friday afternoon golf at Sierra Pines, and has continued to coordinate tee times to this day. In 2014, Tom again volunteered his service to the branch as Sustainability Chairman. John Winger has been a member of SIR Branch 98 for 23 years, joining in 1993. In 2004, John was elected Big Sir. After serving in that position, he was elected as a Branch Director, and served 4 years in that capacity from 2005 – 2008. While serving as a Branch Director, John also held the following positions: Greeter’s Chairman – 2005 Activities Chairman – 2006 Assistant Newsletter Editor – 2006 – 2012 In his last year as a Branch Director, John became a Caller for our monthly luncheon attendance, and continues to this day.

The Importance of Walking Walking can add many, many minutes to your life. This enables you at 85 years old to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing home at $7000 per month. My grandpa started walking five miles a day when he was 60. Now he's 97 years old and we don't know where he is. I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. The only reason I would take up walking is so that I could hear heavy breathing again . I have to walk early in the morning. Before my brain figures out what I'm doing... I joined a health club last year. Spent about 400 bucks. Haven't lost a pound. Apparently you have to go there. Every time I hear the dirty word 'exercise', I wash my mouth out with chocolate. The advantage of exercising every day is so when you die, they'll say, “Well, she sure looks good doesn't she.” If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country.

Submitted by Phil Lander

7 Essential Tips to Beat Phishing Scams

Don't get caught on the net Phishing scams are among the most prevalent forms of cybercrime, especially in the UK. Although phishing is widespread, it is beatable. Apart from ensuring you install security software, the best way to combat scams is to learn what phishing looks like.

What is Phishing? Phishing (pronounced "fishing") is a kind of identity theft which is growing in popularity amongst hackers. By using fraudulent web-sites and false emails, perpetrators attempt to steal your personal data - most commonly passwords and credit card information. Criminals gain this information by sending you links to sites that look like sites you trust, such as your online banking provider or social networks, and are able to steal your data as you enter it. Some of the sites spoofed most regularly include PayPal, eBay, Yahoo! and MSN, as well as financial institutions - so don't think that an email is guaranteed to be safe when it's not from a bank. How to protect yourself against phishing 1) Be wary of emails asking for confidential information - espe-

cially information of a financial nature. Legitimate organizations will never request sensitive information via email, and most banks in the UK will tell you that they won't ask for your infor-mation unless you're the one contacting them.

2) Don't get pressured into providing sensitive information. Phishers like to use scare tactics, and may threaten to disable an account or delay services until you update certain information. Be sure to contact the merchant directly to confirm the authenticity of their request.

3) Make sure you familiarize yourself with a website's privacy policy. The majority of commercial websites have a privacy policy, which is usually accessible at the foot of the page. The most useful thing to look for is the website's policy on whether it will or will not sell its mailing list. Most of the spam you receive on a daily basis - as well as potentially dangerous phishing emails - is coming to you because a site you have signed up to has sold your email address to another company. If you're not ok with this happening, it might be worth reconsidering whether you want to sign up to the site.

4) Watch out for generic-looking requests for information. Fraudulent emails are often not personalized, while authentic emails from your bank often reference an account you have with them. Many phishing emails begin with "Dear Sir/Madam", and some come from a bank with which you don't even have an ac-count.

5) Never submit confidential information via forms embed-ded within email messages. Senders are often able to track all information entered.

6) Never use links in an email to connect to a website unless you are absolutely sure they are authentic. Instead, open a new browser window and type the URL directly into the address bar. Often a phishing website will look identical to the original - look at the address bar to make sure that this is the case.

7) Make sure you maintain effective software to combat phishing. Norton™ Inter-net Security automatically detects and blocks fake websites. It also authenticates major banking and shopping sites.

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Phil’s Ponderisms

Why does a round pizza come in a

square box?

What disease did cured ham actually

have?

Why is it that people say they "slept like

a baby" when

babies wake up like every two hours?

Why

do doctors leave the room while you change?

They're going to see you naked anyway.

If

Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why

is there a stupid song about him?

If the professor on Gilligan's Island

can make a radio out of a coconut,

why can't he fix a hole in a boat?

If

electricity comes from electrons, does

morality come from morons?

Did you ever notice that

when you blow in a dog's face,

he gets mad at you, but

when you take him for a car ride, he

sticks his head out the window

1st Chinese Vehicle Backup Alarm

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 2016 Officers:

Big SIR: John Harper Little Sir: Bob Gilson Secretary: Kent Miller Assistant: Mike Kearns Treasurer: Bill Murrel Assistant: Bill Kemper

Chaplain: Xavier Gutierrez

Directors:

Bob Gilson Gary Jurovich Giorgio Dina David Bills Pete Morelli Kevin Mahoney Bob Zimmerman

Membership Chairman David Bills

The Rooster Tale Editor Jerry Foster

Database Manager Mike Mason

Activity Chairman Brien Hensley

SIR STATE

Donald Dill, President Jerry Strain, Vice President

SIR Regional 9

Mark Stuart, Director

Area 15

Mark Stuart, Acting Governor

For more information about SIR

and SIR Rocklin Branch 98 visit:

www.sirinc.org

www.sir98.org

Sons In Retirement Inc. Important Time Dated Material

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

Help Wanted

WANTED: SIRs who have the time and energy to keep Branch

98 alive and vital. This is the time of year when the search is on

for next year’s club officers, Board members, and activity coor-

dinators. If you have organizational skills, accounting or writing

skills, talking to your fellow SIRs, or enjoy unwinding Byzantine mysteries (the state

SIRs Rules and Regs,) YOU are a wanted man. Interested? Please contact Bob

Zimmerman or Little SIR Bob Gilson to volunteer…Thank You.

Bob Zimmerman (916) 253-7612 Bob Gilson (916) 543-0447

PLAYERS NEEDED

Two Poker groups need "regular" poker players. 1) 3rd Tuesday noon-4 pm. (3) Players needed. Contact Jim Carroll 916-251-7447 2) 3rd Thursday 6-9:30pm. (1) Player needed Contact John Conger 916-804-6460