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Upcoming Events: SIRS98

Next Luncheon Wednesday NOV. 13

Sun City Roseville Timber Creek Lodge

10:30 am

Menu Thanksgiving dinner, turkey dressing , potatoes, salad with choice of dressing, rolls, water coffee & ice tea. The Vegetari-an selection is a STUFFED ACORN SQUASH

NOVEMBER Birthdays 1 STAN NADER 4 RICH SIMMONS 7 DON GIFFORD 7 GARY CARRIER 7 RON CLEVELAND 10 BRUCE GRANT 11 RAMESH THADANI 12 JIM BEERS 16 JERRY FOSTER 16 JIM GRAGG 16 DENNIS LOVE 18 JERRY ENNENGA 18 CHUCK COBB 19 BOB RITZMAN 19 AL LIPSON 21 PAUL BURNETT 21 JOHN BENBOW 22 MICHAEL MOYER 23 RICK TROIA 26 GUS PETSAS 26 MIKE KEYS 26 JAMES KIMKER 30 HUGH HOFFMAN

THE ROOSTER TALE

NOVEMBER 2019 Vol: 9819, Issue: 11

MESSAGE FROM LITTLE SIR: ROBIN DORIA (916) 580-5481

November Little Sir Message:

The November Luncheon is the last lunch meeting for 2019. I want to thank everyone who helped me fill the Little Sir position throughout the year. The Barbecue would not have happened without all the support from the members. The Program Committee found key people to speak during the luncheons sometimes at the very last minute. The many projects and activi-ties don’t just happen by themselves. The members step up to make Sir 98 a great branch where we have fun and friendship. Thank you to all who volunteered, gave assistance, chaired activities and made it a great year. In the same vein, Bill Warfield heads the Christmas Party Committee and has given us all a long list of things yet to be done. Why not give Bill a call and ask “what can I do to help?” It is always more fun if you are involved and the friendships you make carry forward for a long time. At a minimum, get your tickets early for a great evening of dinner, dancing

and prizes. The November lunch is a hot meal of traditional turkey with stuffing, green beans, mashed potatoes, gravy and cranberry sauce. The vegetarian selection is stuffed acorn squash. The cost for the hot meal is $25. If you prepay, the line will be a lot shorter and you will have more time to enjoy the back of the room activities and share jokes with your friends. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.

MESSAGE FROM BIG SIR: David Gonzales: (408) 621-8835

NOVEMBER

LUNCHEON MEAL

$25

GUEST SPEAKER INFORMATION Page 2

The Big SIR Message for November

Gentlemen: Historically in America, November is a month of giving thanks for our bless-ings. Thanksgiving was made a national holiday by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Imagine that, Lincoln asked people to look at their blessings during the bloodiest conflagration in American history. Thankfully we are in a very different situation now and this month is a good time to celebrate again our freedoms and our bounty in Ameri-ca.

At the October luncheon we presented Branch 98's highest honor to Len Sampaio for his service to community, Branch 98, friends and with Len, he helped all that he surveyed. Len is a man of great faith who puts that faith into action. We salute you Len and many thanks for blessing us with your presence and your hard work to assist us all.

Luncheon attendance has been dipping and I am not quite sure why. We offer good food, lively programs, great fellowship and even pre-luncheon activities at the back of the room including prize contests. I urge all our members to put the Second Wednesday of Each Month on your calendars for our Branch Luncheon! We want to see you at our luncheons; we miss you!

PREPAY IS AVAILABLE FOR LUNCHEONS

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September 2019

Treasurers Report Beginning Bal $11,543

Income $3,300

Disbursements ($ 4,413) Ending Bal (9/04) $ 10,430

Net -$1,113

DECREASE due to Survey Monkey & Website Mainte-nance

Member Status for OCTOBER 2019

Only 1 month more to go to reach our goal for 2019 which is 37 new members and we have inducted 33 new members in since January 1 or 90% of our 2019 goal. We have inducted 4 new members applications in process for November. We are right on our target for this year. We now have a total of 260 active members. We did loose 2 member for 1 for personal rea-sons & 1 because he is moving. Lets ALL welcome our new “STAR” Members into our club.

By David Bills, Membership Chairman

Beverly Lewis has served as the Director of the Placer-Lake Tahoe Film Office since 1998. Under the auspices of the Placer County Office of Economic Development she runs the County’s film office dedicated to attracting and supporting commercial, film, and television and other me-dia productions to the benefit of our local economy. The Placer-Lake Tahoe Film Office has assisted over 700 productions since 1998 and generating more than $ 37 million in economic impact to Placer County businesses. Among the films she has shepherded through the county: the 2014 Acade-my Award winning film “Her” starring Joaquin Phoenix; the Disney film, “The Muppets;” the HBO film, “Cinema Verite;” “JackAss 3D;” "XXX," "Almost Fa-mous," "Dragonfly," "The Deep End," a Sundance Award winner, and an IMAX film “California Adventure,” for Disneyland, and scores of independent productions, televi-sion program, commercial and still photo shoots. Beverly will tell us about the film industry and Placer County.

NOVEMBER GUEST SPEAKER INFORMATION

GEORGE E. HUBBARD Spouse: CAROL Birth Month: January Resident of: Lincoln Phone: (916) 253-9612 Badge: 24 E-mail: gehubb1@aol.com

MARTIN (MARTY) G. WADE Spouse: DIANE Birth Month: May Resident of: Rocklin Phone: (916) 741-9593 Badge: 219 E-mail: martinwade@wavecable.com

JAMES (JIM) G. DENNIS Spouse: LINDA Birth Month: July Resident of: Roseville Phone: (916) 788-0304 Badge: 209 E-mail: sixofsix89@aol.com

JOE M. MERCADO Spouse: LINDA Birth Month: May Resident of: Sacramento Phone: (916) 261-2661 Badge: 206 E-mail: lindasue53@aol.com

DAVID J. FONTANA Spouse: CAROLE Birth Month: January Resident of: Citrus Hts. Phone: (916) 715-6026 Badge: 189 E-mail: djf@surewest.net

We went to Loree’s Little Shack in Rocklin in October. There were 10 SIR burg-er testers for this outing. We had a great time, however, Loree’s was not so great. The food was tasty but the décor was BAD (a dive) & service was slow. The burgers over all rated 3.97 out of 5.0 stars. Next month is our last burger lunch for the 2019 year & it will be at the Granite Rock Grill located at 5140 Pacific St., Rocklin on November 19. Come join us for a fun time and hopefully some good food. You can RSVP me at stephenestman68@gmail.com or just show up.

SSS Sir Search for the Superb Burger 2019

NORMAN (NORM) PAUL GIUSTI Spouse: DIANE Birth Month: February Resident of: Granite Bay Phone: (916) 749-3094 Badge: 232 E-mail:

Beverly Lewis, Director of Placer-Lake Tahoe Film Office

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Great news on bocce ball this month. I've also at-tached two photos as discussed in the copy with cap-tions listed below. Hope this helps.

Branch 98 is the 2019 Regional Bocce Ball Cham-pions!!!!!!!!! After playing against 7 other SIRS branches throughout the summer, Branch 98 made it to the regional fi-nals. On October 10

th we played in Au-

burn against Branch 95 from El Dorado Hills. We WON the regional champion-ship by defeating Branch 95 2 games out of 3. We actually won the first two games so didn’t even have to play the third game. Congratulations to the win-ning team consisting of Sam Kemp, Joe Pellegrini, Joe La Pira and Ramesh Thadani. (see attached photo of Gordon Badovick, acting as the Regional Bocce Ball Coordinator, presenting the traveling trophy to the team).

Branch Bocce Ball Tournament: After the last SIRS luncheon on Octo-ber 9

th, we held the annual branch boc-

ce ball tournament as a fitting close toward the end of the bocce ball sea-son on October 31

st. The weather was

great and the competition was strong. In the end the 1

st place win-

ners were Sam Kemp and Ramesh Thadani and the 2

nd place winners were Joe Pelle-

grini and Steve Cooper. For those who couldn’t participate this year you missed a great tournament. (see attached photo of the branch winners). If you have any questions or interest in bocce ball, please don’t hesitate to contact Gordon Badovick at (916) 773-5504 or atdrgbadovick@aol.com.

BY Gordon Badovick

BOCCE BALL

By Mike Flanagan

Come join us at the back of the room on November 13 before the luncheon for a putting contest. Sink the little white or colored ball in the hole and win. It will be fun and we can see you is the best putter. Both right and left hand-ed putters available.

RAMP BACK OF THE ROOM ACTIVITY

(L) to (R) SAM KEMP, JOE PELLE-

GRINI, GORDON BADOVICK,

RAMESH THADANI, JOE LaPira

(L) to (R) STEVE COOPER & JOE

PELLEGRINI, SAM KEMP , RAMESH

THADANI

SIR State Golf Tournament

The SIR State Individual Championship Golf Tourna-ment 2019 was held at Hiddenbrooke Golf Club in Vallejo. There were 71 qualifiers for the tournament and Branch 98 had 8 golfers to do so which was the most of all the branch-es. Our qualifiers were Charlie Robinson, Mike Kearns, Pete Morelli, Stephen Eastman, Jim Yoe, Mark Stuart, Frank Dorsey & Abe Rivera. The course is a tough one but they all had fun. (see pictures below) According to the posted results, we had 2 of our mem-bers win prizes. There were 7 Flights grouped by your golf

index. Charlie Robinson came in second in Flight #1

with a net score of 76 & Frank Dorsey took third in Flight #6. with a net of 67. Congratulations Guys, Great Job!

HIDDENBROOKE GOLF COURSE, VALLEJO, CA

(L to R) Mike Kearns, Pete Morelli, Frank Dorsey, Abe Rivera, Jim Yoe

Charlie Robinson, Stephen Eastman

Mark Stuart

Missing for group photo

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ACTIVIES INFORMATION Bocce Ball 2nd & 4th Wed. Coord.: GORDON BADOVICK (916) 773-5504 Bowling Coord.: BOB FRIEND (916) 747-0809 Book Swap Luncheons 2nd Wed. Coord.: FRANK DORSEY (916) 757-1815 Breakfast Club 1st & 3rd Wed. Coord: Tom Pratt (916) 622-4791 Bridge Coord.: BRUCE GRANT (916) 791-8055 Chefs Table Coord.: PETE MORELLI (916) 772-3257 GIORGIO DINA (916) 521-9998 Classic Car 1st Wed. 9 am Coord.: Norm Shipley norms40chevy@comcast.net Don Meyers dlmglm32@gmail.com Cook’s Kitchen Coord.: BOB ZIMMERMAN (916) 253-7612 BOB GILSON (916) 543-0477 SSS Sir’s Search for Super Burger Lunch 3rd Tues. Coord.: Steve Eastman (916) 548-6641 Dinning Out Coord: Ken Hansen (916) 622-2757 Golf- Monday Morning Feb. thru Early Dec. Coord.: PETE MORELLI (916) 772-3257 Golf –Friday Morning April thru Mid-October Coord.: LEN SAMPAIO (916) 797-9391 Golf-Friday Afternoons Sierra Pines All Year Long Coord.: TOM WERTH (916) 782-3536 Asst. LARRY MANWILLER (916) 771-2078 Golf—Couples Coord.: CARLOS RAMIREZ (916) 791-3358 Top Golf Winter Play 4th WED. Jan. thru April Coord.: Brien Hensley (916) 813-0798 Investment Group 1st Tues. Coord.: STEVE QUIGGLE (916) 715-9855 Investment Group 2 3rd Tues. Coord.: ALAN ENSIGN (925) 407-5335 Out & About 4th Thurs. Coord: Brien Hensley (916) 813-0798 Poker—First Tuesday Coord.: Angelo Coero (916) 472-6650 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.: BILL HAMMOND (916) 783-7314 Poker — 3rd Thurs. Coord. Mark Santor (916) 778-8026 Poker-Fourth Wednesday Coord.: PETE MORELLI (916) 772-3257 Trails — 1st & 3rd WED. Coord. ALAN ENSIGN (925) 407-5335 Wine Club Coord.: JOE LAPIRA (916) 434-8843

UPDATED INFORMATION

By Ken Hansen, Activity Coordinator

Couples Welcome

The Antelope Greens season ending awards luncheon was held on Oct. 18th at Timber’s Restaurant. The Backyard BBQ Buffett was enjoyed by all attendees. Our AG club distributed $433.00 in cash winnings for the season, 10 golf certificates for 18 holes with cart, 15 gift certificates for various restaurants and 7 envelopes with cash for the raffle drawing. In all a total of $1,169.00 was awarded in prize money and gifts to our players. Antelope Greens is well underway on the construction of their new club house, which should be completed by the time we start our 2020 Spring & Summer League. We encourage all our SIR members to watch the Rooster Tale next February & March for news of our starting date and how to sign up to play. Our league is for early risers who want to play at 7:30 a.m. and be done by 11:30 a.m., which leaves time for a nice lunch and a delicious nap in the afternoon. Our winter program continues each Friday morning at 9:30 a.m. on a walk up, sign up, pay and play with groups formed at random. As a courtesy to the course and members, please 15 to 20 minutes prior to tee time. Thanks. Submitted by: Len Sampaio; AG Coordi-nator

By Len Sampaio

FRIDAY GOLF

ANTELOPE GREENS TOURAMENT GOLF

By Ken Hansen

Dining Out November

Dining Out for November will be November 19, 6pm at My Thai Kitchen, 1465 Eureka in Roseville. Excellent, tasty Thai food, excellent service, no tipping allowed. For reserved spot, email me @ kenandpenni@yahoo.com. My Thai Kitchen is rated with 4.5 stars by guests. The craft authentic Thai food to your order. The taste and aromas are great. “Because your meal is freshly hand-crafted from the moment you order it, please don't expect your food to come to your table quickly. While you are patiently waiting, we make your food with love and for that reason we hope that you think it's the best Thai food you have ever had.”

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Branch 98 Christmas Party

This year’s party is shaping up to be another fun affair. Tickets will be sold at the November luncheon as well as at the golf outing at Sierra View on October 21. If you don’t bring your check book, take a flyer and follow the directions. If you want to reserve a table, 5 couples, or desire to sit with another couple, indicate it some-where on your form and will accommodate you. We need raffle prizes. Now is the time to clean out your liquor cabinet and find a good home with another SIR for that bottle of whiskey or Scotch or whatever that you don’t drink anymore. Gift baskets are always popular. Make one up yourself with some of your favorite things, or just buy one and donate it. A time share weekend that you are not using, tickets to an event or even a special, hosted dinner at your house are suggestions of things which are crowd pleasers. See Don Noyes (Raffle Chairman) at Sierra View and let him know that you are donating. If you are not a golfer, then get with Don at the November luncheon. Volunteers are needed as well. People can help with set up, tear down, selling tickets, stuffing envelopes and generally making sure that everything is done right. Tickets are selling fast so reserve your place now! Food, social time, dancing and an opportunity to win some great gifts should make you want to attend but if that is not enough, then come for the Holiday Celebra-tion with some good friends. Bill Warfield- Christmas Party Chairman wfdbill@comcast.net

Sir branch 98

annual Christmas party 2019

Christmas party

TICKETS ON SALE AT THE OCTOBER LUNCHEON

Act fast, Limited Seating Available

DATE: Thursday December 19th

TIME: 5:00—10

Social Hour: 5:00, Dinner 6:30,

Dancing to follow

Place: Timber Creek Ballroom,

DINNER

DANCING

FUN WITH FRIENDS

NO HOST BAR (W/ BYOB Wine, $10 corkage fee)

RAFFLE PRIZES

For Information Contact Committee members

Bill Warfield

wfdbill@comcast.net or (916) 390-6100

BREAST OF CHICKEN

$34.00 EA

FRESH SALMON

$39.00 EA

FILET MIGNON

$47.00 EA

OVEN ROASTED VEG.

CASSOULET $33.00 EA

PARTY UPDATE

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There is a lot of buzz about the latest meatless burg-ers. I personally have not eaten a veggie burger that didn’t disappoint. Have you really found one you liked in the past? They have tried with tofu burgers, quinoa burgers, cauliflower, lentil & black bean burgers but none of them tasted like what we love. “So I was interested in trying the new “bleeders”, those plant-based ground meats that bleed on the grill like ground beef does.” Says Jeff Csatari, author for Eat This, Not That” Enter the next generation of meatless burgers. The

Impossible Burger by Impossible Foods is currently

only available in restaurants (over 1,000 across the U.S.)

and now offered by Burger King, White Castle and Red

Robin. Beyond Burger Beyond Meats is available at

Carl’s Jr., and A&W and in some supermarkets like

Walmart, Wholefoods, Target, Amazon, & Publix. So if

you want to eat better you might want to check these

meatless burgers out.

The Inside

Scoop

Impossible Burger Ingredi-ents: Water, Soy Pro-tein Concentrate, Coconut Oil, Sun-flower Oil, Natu-ral Flavors, 2% or less of : Potato Protein, Methyl-cellulose, Yeast Extract, Cultured Dextrose, Food Starch Modified, Soy Leghemoglobin, Salt, Soy Protein Isolate, Mixed Tocopherols (Vitamin E), Zinc Gluconate, Thiamine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B1), Sodium Ascorbate (Vitamin C), Niacin, Pyridoxine Hydro-chloride (Vitamin B6), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Vitamin B12. Beyond Burger Ingredients: Water, Pea Protein Isolate, Expeller-Pressed Canola Oil, Refined Coconut Oil, Rice Protein, Natural Flavors, Coca Butter, Mung Bean Protein, Methylcellulose, Potato Starch, Apple Extract, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Vinegar, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Sunflower Lecithin, Pome-granate Fruit Powder, Beet Juice Extract (for color).

COOK’S CORNER, FALL FAVORITES

By Jerry Foster

From “Eat This, Not That!”, Fall 2019 Issue

COMMUNITY OUT N ABOUT

Sacramento Kings vs Oklahoma City Thunder

January 29, 2020 Please join us for a fun Sacramento Kings basket-ball game against the Atlanta Hawks on Wed. 1/30/19 at 7PM. We will again have lower level seats for only $53. Also, most of us will take the Roseville Game Day Ex-press bus. We will take sign ups at the 11/13 luncheon. Also, you may RSVP to me, and send your checks made out to SIR Branch 98 to me as well. We had a great time last year, let’s have an even big-ger group this year. If you haven’t been to Golden One Center, this is your chance to visit this state of the art arena. As always for Out & About events, we welcome spouses and guests! Brien Hensley SIR Branch 98 Activity Chairman

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"Well it is that time again-time to pay our Annual Branch Dues for 2020. Annual Dues collections are required from Jan. 1 - March 31 per Branch 98 Rules; however, those wishing to get a jump on their dues payment are welcome to do so stating in November 2019. Several members did pay their 2020 Annu-al Dues during the October luncheon! The Branch annual dues will be held at $25 per member in spite of an announcement by the SIR State organization that Branch Assessments will in-crease in 2020 by $1.00 per Branch member. The BEC is try-ing to hold costs on other Branch activities such that we can absorb this increase within the Branch 98 operating funds. Therefore, please submit your $25 check (made out to SIR Branch 98, with a note that it is for 2020 Dues) or cash, to the Treasurer (Bill Kemper, 3466 Paseo Mira Vista, Lincoln, CA 95648) either by US Mail, or during the luncheons. I recom-mend mailing your checks to the Treasurer as it will minimize the lunch line delays. And, as a reminder, per Branch 98 Rules, all 2020 dues payments are required by March 31, 2020."

Branch 98 Annual Dues are Due for 2020

Mooove Over, Meat!

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An Inspirational Message 6 Ways To Save Your Knees

by Stacey Colino, AARP, September 20, 2019

With the passage of time, a certain amount of wear and tear on your joints is inevitable. But it doesn't have to affect the way your knees feel, function or move. If you experience a clicking or popping sensation in the joint when you walk, bend or lunge, but there's no pain or swelling, you don't need to worry about it, says Dennis Cardone, D.O., an associate professor of orthopedic surgery and sports medicine at NYU Langone Health in New York City. On the other hand, if you have pain or swelling with that clicking or popping, it's best to schedule a visit to your doctor. 1. Maintain a Healthy Weight Toting around excess

weight places tremendous pressure on your knees. “For every pound of weight you put on, the knees will have four more pounds of force on them and even more than that when you go up or down stairs,” says John-Paul Rue, an orthopedic sports medicine surgeon at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore.

2. Keep Moving. Regular physical activity helps maintain joint function, including strength and range of motion in the knees, which “means less force gets applied to the knee.

3. Strengthen the Muscles that Support the Knees. De-veloping strong thigh muscles — especially the quadri-ceps, hamstrings and abductors — improves range of motion, protects knee cartilage and reduces the stress you place on the knee, says Richard Willy, an assistant professor of physical therapy at the University of Mon-tana School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sci-ences. Get in the habit of doing squats and lunges twice a week

4. Perfect your posture. “People often slouch or get more stooped over as they get older,” Cardone says. This is problematic because poor posture changes your body's center of gravity, placing added stress on your knees and hips. So make a point of standing tall, with your head in line with your shoulders, your shoulders directly over your hips, your hips aligned with your knees, and your knees aligned with your feet.

5. Choose the right shoes. Wearing supportive, comforta-ble shoes promotes proper alignment of the joints in your lower extremities as you move, explains Barton Branam, M.D., an assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Cincinnati it's a good idea to get profession-ally evaluated and fitted by someone at a top-notch run-ning or sporting goods store, Branam suggests.

6. Listen to your knee pain. If you develop pain and swelling in your knee, take a break from walking, running or any other high-impact activity you're doing. Give your knee the RICE treatment — rest, ice, compression and elevation — and take an anti-inflammatory medication such as ibuprofen, Rue advises, If it doesn't respond in a week or two, have it looked at by a doctor.

The FLU season is here. Be safe, get your flu & pneumonia

shots. Tell your friends.

Time to get Flu Shots

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Phil’s Funnies

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Rocklin Branch 98

Meets: 2nd Wednesday of Month at Timbers at the Lodge at Sun City, Ro-seville 7050 Del Web Blvd.95747 (916) 774-3838 Board Meeting 09:00am Fellowship 10:30am Luncheon 11:30am

SIR Branch 98 2019 Officers:

Big SIR: David Gonzales Little Sir: Robin Doria Secretary: Tom Whalen Assistant: Mike Flanagan Treasurer: Bill Kemper Assistant: William Kinzie Chaplain: Xavier Gutierrez

Directors: Kevin Mahoney Bob Gilson Denny Heintz David Bills Angelo Coero Jim Trudel

Membership Chairman David Bills

The Rooster Tale Editor Jerry Foster

Database Manager Mike Mason

Activity Chairman Brien Hensley Assistant : Alan Ensign, Mike Flanagan, Tim Szumowski

RAMP Committee Chairman: Brien Hensley Little Sir: Robin Doria Recruiting: Ken Hansen Activities: Brien Hensley, Alan Ensign, Mike Flanagan, Tim Szumowski Member Relations/ Retention: Steve Quiggle, Stephen Eastman, Publicity: Charlie Wells

SIR STATE Ed Benson, President Jim Johnson , 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

Sons In Retirement Inc. Important Time Dated Material

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

BRANCH 98 CLASSIFIEDS

Assistant Editor NEEDED

An assistant editor is needed for the Branch 98

ROOSTER TALE. The job would require about 4

hours a month putting together articles and laying

out the newsletter pages. I need someone with a

fair computer knowledge and a desire to create

something wonderful. My minimum requirements

are

• Have a personal computer with WINDOWS 10 installed

• Must have MS Office program with access to Publisher

• Be available to attend the BEC Meetings

once a month

You will split the duties with me and we will work

together on the other details.