Next Meeting: Monday, August 16, 2004 1475 Creekside Drive Walnut Creek Call 806-8874 by the Thursday prior to the meeting to cancel your standing reservation or to bring a guest! August, 2004

August Birthdays

When you see these members, wish them a Happy Birthday! Berthold, Erich Breitwieser, Richard Contestable, Pasquale Crua, Frank De Barr, Milton Dorr, Timothy Dubow, Paul Egbert, Leon Floyd, Paul Hood, Leonard Johnson, Raymond LaCroix, Dale McQueen, Arthur McVean, Kirk Nargang, John Pope, Daniel Rinkert, Otto Sorensen, Harold Turnquist, William Walden, Herman

Horoscope for Leo/Virgo You must believe in luck. For how else can you explain the success of those you don't like?"

Sayings of 2004 Big Sir Tom Robinson

Greeters for August are Ed Regalia and Mike Cavallo

Trampas Topics

Menu for the August Luncheon BBQ Chicken Red Potato Salad Macaroni Salad Rolls and Butter

Reminder: Our Branch Webmaster, Floyd Skelton, has created an online calendar for all the planned Branch 116 activities. It is an excellent product and can be accessed at http://home.att.net/~trampas1/2004 Calendar/

I have been asked many times,” What is the most difficult part of being Big SIR?” In reality, it is coming up with something to write for the Topics. As Big SIR, I get the Newsletters from the branches in Area 2. The following

was supplied by Jim Casten of branch 171 in the July issue. I found it very interesting.

At about the time our original 13 states adopted their new constitution, in the year 1787, Alexander Tyler (a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh) had this to say about “The Fall of The Athenian Republic” some 2,000 Years prior.

“A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time voters discover that they can vote THEMSELVES numerous gifts from the public treasury. From that mo-ment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise them the most bene-fits, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is followed by a dictatorship.

The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations from the beginning of history has been about 200 years. During these 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:

From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to complacency; From complacency to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back to bondage.”

Sounding familiar ???????????

Branch 116 Leadership for 2004

Big SIR Tom Robinson

798-4276

Little SIR Ron Domer 838-8320

Secretary Jack Bevis 254-7256

Asst. Secretary Matt Arena 946-0404

Asst. Treasurer Bob Shader 939-8421

Attendance Jim Nachtweih 838-7417 Audit Dick Thomson 944-1760 Dan Pope 939-5483 Bridge Milt Greenstein 376-5589 Candy Sales Terry McGovern 672-7687 Chaplain Harry Shaner 933-2493 Christmas Luncheon Jim Shurr 937-9142 Computers Dick Thomson 944-1760 Fishing Terry Miller 686-9298 Golf Phil Jenkins 837-7881 Golf Handicap David Harris 672-5543 Greeters Ed Regalia 934-6313 Historian Matt Arena 946-0404 Host Frank Crua 932-0975 Interviewer Bill Mowris 672-2885

Investment Ben Smith 820-5403 Ladies Day Jim Shurr 937-9142 Membership Roland Scrivner 938-9078 Membership Roster Dick Thomson 944-1760 Newsletter Editor Phil Goff 831-3692 — Proofreader John Maclay 937-2399 — Distribution Lynden Laird 937-1368 Photographer Ken Miller 256-9419 Piano Bob Lake 837-4054 Poker Bill Harrington 935-1625 Sunshine Art Donaldson 934-8391 Travel Kirk McVean 9375403 Volunteers Bob Kinser 837-8886 Webmaster Floyd Skelton 838-2515

Treasurer Don Roberts

672-7698

Executive Committee

Ken Harold 932-6259

Bill McCallum 939-5045

Tim Hubbard 944-0472

Doug Brown 825-7475

Pat Bermingham 930-9477

Dick Thomson 944-1760

Board of Directors

Committee Chairmen

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Carlos Xavier 947-6756

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Art Donaldson August Sunshine Report

JOHN LEMAK spent 3 days in John Muir for a lung biopsy to determine the cause of shortness of breath. The diagnosis is lung inflammation which is being treated with antibiotics. Separately, John is having additional tests to determine the best treatment for persistent auricular fibrillation.

Please let Art Donaldson (dnldsn@earthlink.net or 934-8391) know of any Sunshine concerns.

Roland Scrivner Membership Summary for July 2004

Total Current Members — 260 Total in Process — 7 This Month’s Inductees — 0 On Inactive Status — 26 Those in Interview Stage — 2 Left the Branch — 0 No Activity since last month.

Jim Nachtweih July Attendance

Attendance at the July 19th meeting totaled 192 persons, including 186 members, 1 visitor, 1 speaker, 4 guests and no inactive members. There were 64 excused members and 10 unexcused members. The unexcused members will be asked to pay for their missed lunch.

Receipts - $21,239.74 Disbursements - $19,541.52 Balance - $1,698.22 Savings - $1,716.26 Petty Cash - $ 250.00 Total as of 6/30/2004 - $3,664.48

Don Roberts Treasurer’s Report

Officers: Big Sir — Ron Domer Little Sir — Jerry Hunter Secretary — Lynden Laird Asst. Secretary — Mat Arena (carryover) Treasurer — Don Roberts (carryover) Asst. Treasurer — Bob Shader (carryover)

Directors:* Pat Bermingham (carryover) Doug Brown (carryover) Ken Harold (carryover) Terry Miller (replaces Tim Hubbard) Tom Eller (replaces Bill McCallum) Dick Thomson (carryover) Robbie Robinson (replaces Carlos Xavier)

Nominations for Officers and Directors for 2005

THEATRE ALERT!!! Berkeley based theatre Shotgun Players is presenting Bertolt Brecht’s THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE, outdoors @ John Hinkel Park (in Berkeley). This excellent and well known play is a rewrit-ing of the parable involving King Solomon and a child fought over by two mothers. Admission is FREE, but a basket will be passed asking for donations. The play is being staged outdoors, so bring a

blanket in case they are out of areas with back rests, and begins Saturday and Sundays at 4 p.m. through August 29th. The play lasts about two and one half hours. Also during this production Shotgun Players will be collecting old and new books for children up to age 12, for the children’s Book Project of San Francisco. (Continued on page 4)

* Each year a minimum of 2 Directors are replaced and the past Big Sir is added to the Board for one year.

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Our Guest Speaker for the August Luncheon is: Mr. David Gilbert

He will speak on the activities of the US Dept of Energy Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek

David is the Public Affairs Manager for the Joint Genome Institute. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley with a bache-lor's degree in agricultural biotechnology. From 1983 to 1988 he conducted research on plant molecular biology for Advanced Genetic Sciences (AGS). When AGS merged with DNA Plant Technology Corporation he was ap-pointed Corporate Communications Manager.

In 1992 he joined Lawrence Berkeley Lab and served as Development & Communications Officer for the Life Sci-ences and Genomics Division. From 2001 to 2003 he served as Associate Director for the UC Discovery Grant Pro-gram which provides funding to foster industry-academic partnerships throughout the UC system and the National Labs managed by UC.

David is president of the board of directors of Berkeley Biotechnology Education, Inc. BBEI is a career program to assist underserved youth to prepare for entry level positions in the biotech field (this was the main subject of the article in last week's Times about David and the JGI). Of interest to the SIR's is his service on the advisory commit-tee for the Center for Research and Education in Aging.

$ums In Retirement Financial Group Ben Smith

The August meeting of Area-2 Financial Group ($ums In Retirement) will be held Wednesday, August 25, 2004. The meeting will be held at our regular meeting place, Diablo Creek Golf Course (Legends Grill Room) located at Hwy 4 and Port Chicago Hwy in Concord.

Our meeting for August will feature a special presentation from FIDELITY INVESTMENTS, Walnut creek office. The Topic will be" RETIREMENT INCOME PLANNING" and we will discuss and review a new Fidelity IN-VESTMENT TOOL to give any person an excellent way to measure the best ways to enhance and safeguard your Retirement Income. This program will provide real insight into the best ways to manage your Income flow, without running the risk of running out of money before the end of your retirement. It will also deal with added safeguards in planning your estate. The meeting will start at 8am and breakfast will be available at anytime after 7am. We normally meet on the 4th Wednesday of each month. No Reservations are necessary, just come and have breakfast and join in. All SIR's are welcome to attend. Bring your ideas and questions and have a good time and learn some ways to improve your fi-nancial condition. If you have questions or need additional information, contact SIR Ben Smith(Br.116). Tele: 820-5403, e-mail bjsssmith@aol.com

THEATRE ALERT!!! (continued from page 3) Further in the future, ACT in downtown San Francisco is presenting THE BLACK RIDER: CASTING OF THE MAGIC BULLETS, from 8/26 through 9/26. These tickets are much more pricey, but any production by Robert Wilson is going to be visually spectacular! Robert Wilson is quite modern and the visual effect of his plays is not surpassed in the writer’s opinion. The text of the play was written by William Burroughs and the music and lyrics were written by Tom Waits. Rock star Marianne Faithfull is one featured member of the cast. If you have any questions concerning these two plays, or anything else relating to the theatre, contact David Geary, dsgeary@comcast.net (or telephone 735-8638). He will try to help. Member 62.

Terry Miller Area 2 Fishing Report for August, 2004

Along with the usual fishing reports our Group had a talk by Hogan’s Sports Manager, Tim Carey, on “trolling with multiple lines”. This gave good insights on proper trolling techniques and how to use

two downriggers to put out 4 lines. As our fishermen often use multiple downriggers in trolling for kokanee at New Melones Reservoir (as well as other places) , this was particularly timely. Tim is a real resource. If you are in the market for outdoor gear, take the time to see him and ask your questions. He’ll be sure to steer you straight.

The trip to Norden (Tom Hensley’s cabin) involved 6 fishermen. The group concentrated on stream fishing, cast-ing flies and sleuthing out likely spots for trout. They had a great trip (gourmet meals, etc) and lots of fun but no pictures ??? Pity Gene Bingham, who hurt his knee (doing silly things with the grandchildren) the day before he was to leave on the trip, so had to stay home. Wait until next year!

While not a regular member of our group, Branch 8’s Bob Stein reports on weekly trips out into the ocean for salmon. According to Bob, they come home with lots of fish (up to 2 per rod is allowed) every time they go out. Bob is trying to stir up some interest from others in going out on these forays. Any interested should contract him direct.

Our next major trip (July 25th to 29th) will be to the Hooy cabin near Grass Valley. As of this writing, the group size has dwindled to 5 (from 9) , but should make up in quality what it lacks in quantity. The emphasis here will be on trout with some kokanee as potential targets. Will report later on the results. Branch 8’s Rich Bal is leading another 7 day trip at the end of this month to British Columbia. Some 10 of our members are taking part and ex-pect to bring back scads of fresh/smoked salmon for the table. Here again, results will be reported as they de-velop.

Upcoming trips include day trips to the Delta and local reservoirs for salmon and stripers, as conditions permit, during August and September; to New Melones Reservoir near Angels Camp for kokanee salmon (August 15 to 20) ; to Eagle Lake for trout (October 10 to 15) ; to East Cape Baja, Mexico, in November; and to the Klamath River for steelhead in December (or as water conditions allow). There’s much more to come, so, for those inter-ested, attend one or more of our meetings (usually on the Thursday of the Month) at the Legends Sports Bar and Grill at the Diablo Creek Golf Course at 4050 Port Chicago Highway in Concord. Meetings start at 8:30 a.m. For further information, please contact Bill Hooy (Big Fish) (925-686-2627); Terry Miller, (Branch 116 Coordinator) or Tom Hensley (Treasurer/Secretary) (925-937—0605). All SIR members and guests are welcome and, indeed,

encouraged, to participate in the fishing trips as well as attend the monthly meetings.

Milt Greenstein Bridge

July 13 - 26 players met at Roundhill CC for lunch and bridge. High score for the day was 5500 points by Ali, followed by Roy Hedtke ( 4980 ), Terry Thomas ( 4860 ), Paul Floyd ( 4780 ) and Jess Morgan ( 4700 ). Only one small slam was bid and made by Jim Pope and Paul Floyd.

July 27 - 27 players met at Diablo CC for lunch and bridge. Jai Lee was our high scorer for the day with 5860 points, followed by Jack Dodgson ( 5760 ), Ken Harold ( 5420 ), Jess Morgan ( 5190 ) and Bob Wolf ( 5040 ). Small slams were bid and made by Jess Morgan and Bob Wolf, and by Jack Dodgson playing with a floating dummy.

Our next session will be at Roundhill CC on August 10. Anyone interested in joining us , call Milt Greenstein at 376-5589.

REMINDER : Our SIRS Ladies Day lunch and bridge event - Tuesday, Oct. 12, at Diablo CC - 11 am Cost is $33 per couple, plus $5 for prize money for the ladies Call Ben Yereka for more details - 672-2475 - and sign up !

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"If you have an interest in digital photography, the Thursday, August 19th, Area 2 Computer User Group meeting is a “Must-Attend” . We will have the second of two presentations on digital photogra-phy. Our speaker for this presentation, Charlie Kezarian, will address the popular Adobe Photoshop software program This meeting marks the first anniversary of the re-birth of our group. We meet from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., on the third Thursday of the month at the Social Hall of the Walnut Creek United Methodist Church, 1543 Sunnyvale Ave. (off N. Main, one block north of the Treat/Geary/N. Main intersection). We will

also address your computer questions and problems as well as identify some cool sites to visit on the Internet. In addition we will present the results of a SIR Computer User Group member survey, conducted via the web. In-formation obtained in the survey provides a profile our membership, identifies their interests, and gives input for our future direction. When you receive notification of the survey please take the 5-10 minutes necessary to com-plete and return it. If you are not on our e-mail list and would like to participate please e-mail Floyd Skelton at: f.skelton@att.net For ongoing information about the SIR Area 2 Computer User Group please visit our web site at: http://home.alt.net/~area2computer/ DICK CURRY - 376-5541 racorinda@pacbell.net FLOYD SKELTON 838-2515 f.skelton@att.net

Area 2 Computer User Group Floyd Skelton & Dick Curry

Dick Chaffee & Troy Powell

July 2004 Results

July 14 Results: 20 golfers participated in our July 14 tournament. David Geary won low scoring honors with a 1 over par 32 followed by Cord Hull and Pete Lucido with a 37 and 38 respectively. Closest to the Pin: Hole 5: 1. David Geary 2. Dick Chaffee 3. Ken Miller Hole 6: 1. Ed Cole 2. Cord Hull 3. Ken Miller

Congratulations to all. July 28 Results: Wednesday July 28, was a record setting day for SIRS 9 hole golf! 23 golfers played -- a new participation record! And, David Geary won low scoring honors with a PAR round of 31! This is a new 9 hole scoring record. In second place was Pete Lucido with a 35. Chuck Cuny was third with a 39. Closest to the Pin: Hole 5: 1. David Geary 2. Dick Chaffee 3. Jai Yee Hole 6: 1. Pete Lucido 2. Dick Chaffee 3. none, only 2 hit the green I was requested to note that Jim Nachtweih "came close but no cigar" on hole 5. Jim perhaps 1 more club next time! Also Jerry Kaplan had a birdie 2 on the third hole. A first for Jerry. Congratulations to all. Our upcoming events are August 11, August 25 and September 22. If you haven't as yet signed up and would like to play, please call the SIRS Golf Club hot line 906-5355.

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TRAVEL– Kirk McVean and Jim Cobb Pick up brochures, forms, etc., at the travel desk at the luncheons. Payment should be made to the travel agency arranging the event unless otherwise stated in the announcement.

Local Travel

Not So Local Travel August 25-27 SIR Branch 116 Carson City Golf Tournament. The perfect golf getaway! Includes three night’s lodging and two rounds of golf (including cart). There are three hosted cocktail parties, three private banquets, breakfast coupons plus gaming and bar coupons. All for $249 for golfers and $155 for non-golfers. Singles add $35. A signup sheet is on page 8 of the this Newsletter. Contact Art Miller Branch 116 @ 934-6881. October 3-10, 2004 National Parks of the Southwest. Air, motor coach, meals, dinner cruise on Lake Powell, admis-sion to parks and monuments. Details too numerous to mention, See Brochure. Contact Charlie Kiser Br. 146 @ 274-157 October 26-27, 2004 Comedy in Reno. Feel like an evening of unending laughter? Yakov Smirnoff will provide one hundred sixty two laughter you wouldn’t believe with his all new material. Trip includes motor coach transporta-tion, overnight accommodations at the Reno Hilton, Casino stops, $13 cash, $2 food credit, breakfast and dinner coupons and tickets to Yakov Smirnoff’s performance. Cost - $ 102pp dbl, $ 15 single sup-plement. Bob Hagler 925-934-7620.

Not So Local Travel (cont.) November 14-15, 2004 Carousel – Held at Carson City Community Center with an overnight stay a t the Sands Regency Hotel in Reno. Cost will be $80pp and also include transportation, lug-gage handling, casino stops, cash back, gaming and food credits. You can begin to amass your fortune while play-ing bingo on the bus. Cost $ 80pp. Kahuna Raaka at 925-254-0482. November 30 - December 1, 2004 Holiday Extravaganza – Featuring Robert Goulet. One night deluxe accommodations at Eldorado Hotel Casino, admission into showroom and special holiday gift, hosted cocktail party, area casino stops and bonuses. Cost - $ 108pp double, $ 18 single supplement. Charlie Kiser – 925-274-1575 December 29 - January 2, 2005 Grande Ole New Years – A five day tour to Music City, USA – Nashville Tennessee. Featuring a New Years Gala hosted dinner/dance at the Opryland Hotel, Back-stage tour at the Grand Ole Opry, Wildhorse Saloon, Country Music Hall of Fame, Antebellum Home Tour and much more. Ya’ll come cause it’s gonna be fun. Cost - $1235 dbl occupancy, $ 325 single supplement. Bob Hagler 925-934-7620. March 31 - April 11, 2005 Traditional and Modern Japan. A 12 day tour featur-ing 10 nights in Japan. Cities visited are Osaka, Hi-roshima, Okayama, Kyoto, Toyohashi, Hakone, Nikko and Tokyo. Trip includes: • Round trip airfare from SF to Osaka • Transfers to SF Airport • First and Deluxe class accommodations for 10

nights • Deluxe motorcoach throughout • Tickets for the “Bullet Train” Osaka to Hiroshima • All meals hosted (3 meals daily) • All entrance fees at listed sites • Baggage handling for one large suitcase throughout • All applicable air and land taxes • Tips for driver & tour manager Tour price is $3165 per person double occupancy. $750 single supplement.

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Musings of the Golf Wizard Wizard, You ain't going to believe this. The other day I teed up my ball, and in taking my stance I inad-vertently touched the ball with my club causing it to fall off the tee. An almost violent argu-ment ensued. I claimed it wasn't a penalty but one of the other foursome members claimed it counted as a stroke.

Wizard, just this once, please tell me I'm right.

You won't believe this either. Later during the same round, just as I was about to make contact with the ball, the wind moved it, causing one of the greatest shank shots of my life. Now, shouldn't I be allowed to take the shot over without penalty?

Your desperate friend, S. Hazard

Hazard, ya old coot!

I don’t believe it! You are right! Since we have history to guide us, you are probably right for the wrong reasons, but anyway you are right!

Here are the principles:

a. If you are not trying to swing at the golf ball and hit it, it is not a stroke.

b. If you move a live golf ball, it is a penalty.

So, in your example of inadvertently moving the ball on the tee, it is not a stroke, and because it was not a live ball, you put it back on the tee with no penalty. (Of course, I am assuming you did not put your ball on the tee in the middle of the fairway after your third shot. If you do this, my advice is to use green tees.)

Now let’s say your ball on is on the putting green. (Even you get there eventually). You take a practice swing and move the ball by mistake. It is not a stroke, so put it back where it was. Add one stroke for moving a live ball.

Now for the second question, quite a messy one. The rules are clear, just hard to define thoroughly.

If you have not taken your stance and the wind moves the ball, then you play the ball from the new position, no penalty. This applies to fairway, rough, or green.

Once you take your stance, your are considered responsible for any movement of the ball and are penalized. (Put it back in the original spot and add one stroke for moving a live ball.) The hard to define part is when you have taken your stance, I won’t even begin to try to settle that one.

The exception is when the movement occurs after you have taken your stance and while you are swinging. You are not expected to be able to stop, replace it, and add a stroke, so no penalty, and you get the result of the swing. But if you do stop, you must replace it and add a stroke.

If you take a practice stroke near the ball and hit the ground and the ball moves, you are responsible for moving a live ball and must return it to its original position and add a stroke.

I hope this is clear. You certainly seem to find some challenging situations in your foursomes. Could you be part of the problem?

Your pal, Wizard

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18 Hole Golf

Remember: Sir Branch 116 Golf Hotline is 906-5355.

Chairman Phil Jenkins

Handicap & Scoring

Jed Daniel

David Harris

The Golf Website can be accessed at http://att.home.net/~sirs116.golf/

P Marks 69 3 T Powell 66 3 P Jenkins 67 3B Smith 72 2 L Egbert 58 2 F Walsh 71 2D Geary 73 1 B Testa 69 1 P Grivas 73 1 Low Gross Low Gross Low GrossP Marks 83 T Powell 91 P Jenkins 96

B Smith 68 3 P Eckels 68 3 M Arena 69 3F Crua 69 2 J Cobb 69 2 P Jenkins 76 2J Hunter 69 2 L Johnson 69 2 F Lockwood 76 2A Yasuda 69 2 Low Gross Low Gross Low GrossJ Clizbe 82 P Eckels 94 P Jenkins 105

F Crua 74 3 P Goff 68 3 C Cuny 65 3R Domer 78 2 J Cobb 75 2 M Arena 69 2C Xavier 78 2 H Walden 75 2 B Kinser 73 1 Low Gross Low Gross Low GrossF Crua 89 P Goff 91 C Cuny 97

F Crua 62 3 D Chaffee 63 3 B Vetro 53 3D Geary 68 2 J Cobb 64 2 P Morison 63 2J Hunter 68 2 P Eckels 65 1 M Arena 64 1 Low Gross Low Gross Low GrossF Crua 77 J Cobb 89 B Vetro 86

Closest to: Hole #2 - T Eller, L Johnson --- Hole #12 - F Crua

Boundary Oak - July 5, 2004

18-Hole ResultsBy David C. Harris

Closest to: Hole #2 - L Egbert, J Lee --- Hole #12 - M Morse

Closest to: Hole #2 - C Robertson, D Chaffee --- Hole #12 - J Hunter, B Vetro

Vintners - July 26, 2004

Mare Island - July 20, 2004

Closest to: Hole #3 - C Xavier, L Johnson --- Hole #15 - R Domer, B Vetro

Flight 1 Flight 2 Flight 3Boundary Oak - July 12, 2004

Flight 1 Flight 2 Flight 3

Flight 3

Flight 1 Flight 2 Flight 3

Flight 1 Flight 2

Branch 116 Golf Leader Board as of July 26, 2004 (Vintners)

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FLIGHT 1 FLIGHT 2 FLIGHT 3NAME POINTS NAME POINTS NAME POINTS

Hunter, J 25 Powell, T 24 Jenkins, P 39Crua, F 22 Robinson, T 20 Lockwood, F 23Geary, D 21 Goff, P 19 Hemmelsbach, B 17Harris, DC 14 Cobb, J 17 Arena, M 13Marks, P 12 Daniel, J 12 Vetro, B 13Xavier, C 12 Chaffee, D 11 Brown, D 12Domer, R 10 Eckels, P 11 Grivas, P 10Meyer, D 10 Contestable, P 10 Kallas, P 7Robertson, C 9 Sequin, A 10 Kinser, B 7Smith, B 8 Thede, W 9 Maclay, J 7Yasuda, A 8 Testa, B 7 Honstein, H 6McCord, B 7 Walden, H 7 Morison, P 6McInnis, C 4 Egbert, L 6 Cuny, C 5Watanabe, B 4 Fend, W 5 Miller, K 4Altomare, J 3 Hutchko, A 5 Mix, B 3Clizbe, J 3 Lutkus, A 3 Booth, D 2Eller, T 3 Socolich, D 3 Turrin, A 2Hicks, J 3 Doyle, L 2 Walsh, F 2Leschot, A 3 Johnson, L 2 Aalders, D 1Brandreth, R 2 Lucido, P 2 Harriss, Don 1Belden , P 1 Rinkert, Otto 2 Regalia, E 1Morgan, J 1 Schnieder, W 2

Story, John 2Welsh, D 2Bryant, F 1Kay, N 1Vollmer, J 1With, M 1

A non profit Organization for Retired Men devoted to the Promotion of Independence and Dignity of Retirement

Las Trampas Branch #116

RETURN TO: Roland Scrivner 3300 Tice Creek Drive #4 Walnut Creek, CA 94595-4105

Non-Responsibility Declaration: All activities arranged for or by, or sponsored by, Sons in Retirement, Incorporated, and its Branches, are for the convenience and pleasure of the members and their guests who desire to participate. Sons in Retirement Inc. and its Branches do not assume any responsibility for the well being or safety of the participants, or their property, in any matters pertaining to said activities.

Please Remember our Rules of Attendance and Membership for Branch 116 Regular members missing 3 consecutive meetings without notifying their attendance chairman or attending less than 7 meetings within the last 12 months, shall be notified by form letter of their membership termination. Certi-fication of attendance at another Branch meeting will be considered a credit to the attendance record. (Maximum of 2 visits per calendar year).

Non-Responsibility Clause: All travel events and other activities sponsored by Sons in Retirement, Incorporated, or its Branches, are for the convenience and pleasure of the members and their guests who desire to participate. Sons in Retirement, Incorporated, and its Branches do not assume any responsibility for the well being or safety of the participants or passengers, of their property or any damages whatsoever, in any manner pertaining to said travel activities.

Checks for trips of 3 nights or less must be made payable to the Branch conducting the trip. Checks for trips in excess of 3 nights must be made payable to the travel agency involved.