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April 2017 of 6 SIR Branch 35 Trail Tips

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Branch 35 web site: www.sirinc2.org/branch35/ April 2017

3rd Wednesday, April 19, 2017 Elks Lodge, 4249 El Camino Real, Palo Alto

Social Hour 11 a.m. – Lunch 11:55 a.m.

Please, IF BRINGING A GUEST OR

NOT ATTENDING!

CALL 650-823-0702

or E-MAIL sir35notify(at)gmail.com

by SATURDAY, April 15th (Leave name and badge #)

PROGRAM

Speaker: Rod Diridon, Sr. Topic: Climate Change -- Crisis or Charade?

Rod Diridon, Sr., served as executive director of the Mineta Transportation Institute from 1995 until 2014 when he moved to Emeritus status. Mr. Diridon has chaired more than 100 world-wide and local programs, most related to transit and the environment. He provides legislative testimony on sustainable transportation issues and is regarded by many as the “father” of modern transit service in Silicon Valley. In 1996 he founded and chaired the Transportation

Research Board’s study panel, “Combating Global Warming through Sustainable Transportation Policy.” He has provided keynotes in more than 50 US cities and for a dozen international conferences, and he has published numerous related articles. On Tuesday, March 28th, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that will demolish his predecessor’s attempts to slow the pace of climate change. It is an omnibus directive that strikes across the federal government, reversing major rules that aim to restrict greenhouse-gas emissions while simultaneously instructing departments to ignore or downplay the risks of climate change in their decision-making. Come hear what Mr. Diridon has to say about climate change and ways of reducing our impact on the climate. He may also talk about how the construction of infill housing and commercial developments in the air rights on top of rail stations and parking areas is a win, win, win, win, reducing traffic congestion (and commuting time, cost, danger and climate change pollution) caused by the ever increasing distances needed to commute from fringe area, urban sprawl developments.

The Big Sir Says . . . Our March speaker, Steve Tremulous, a fellow Sir in Branch 51, Los Altos Hills, addressed the question, “Where’s my dream car?” He told the interesting story of his family’s involvement in the development of numerous experimental cars (example: the Tucker Torpedo) over several decades. It was fascinating to see how various innovations, prototyped in unusual cars that never achieved commercial success, have become standard features in the cars of today. Following the meeting, we were treated to a tour of a fuel-cell powered car, hosted by Sir Russ Ayres. At the March meeting of the Branch Executive Committee, we reaffirmed our policy about reserving seats before lunch. The policy: Members are allowed to reserve seats by placing markers at place settings providing they do not interfere with Elks personnel setting up. Two constraints: (1) Only 6 of the 8 seats at any table may be reserved; and (2) markers should be removed at 11:50 so that everyone can find a seat. Did you know that our Branch 35 has 14 different activities? Check them out in the membership roster, on the website, in Trail Tips, or on the slide show that we all see just before lunch. Bicycling, Bowling, Book Club, Book Swap, Bridge …and that’s only the letter B! Many of our activities include wives or significant others. If you’re curious, the activity leader (find him in the roster or in Trail Tips) will be happy to talk with you. It is well known that staying active helps us to live longer (and live better!). That’s it for this month. See you at the April 19th luncheon!

Duncan

We're off to a good start. One dinner group has already had a successful night with new friends being made. A second group is being organized now. if you have any interest discuss it with your wife and let me know. contact me at alangaudie(at)yahoo.com

TIME TO TALK TOMATOES?? See page 6.

DINING IN

ALAN GAUDIE 650-964-6510 alangaudie(at)yahoo.com

http://www.sirinc2.org/branch35/



ROSTER CHANGES

Active Members: 367 Net Monthly Change: 0

NEW MEMBERS

Russ Ayres (Hallis) 650-776-6391 1094 Russell Avenue rrayres3(at)hotmail.com Los Altos, CA 94024 Spectral Dynamics

Computers, Tennis, Flying Doug McGee (Jeannie) 650-255-4390 23500 Cristo Rey Dr. #121C twomcgees(at)mac.com Cupertino, CA 95014 Morgan Stanley

Travel, Stock Market Steve Rosenblum (Ellen) 650-322-9650 212 Santa Rita Avenue steve(at)rosenblums.us Palo Alto, CA 94301 Advanced Energy Industries

Fishing, Hiking Music, Sailing, Woodworking

EMAIL CHANGE Karl Reseck karlreseck(at)gmail.com

APRIL ANNIVERSARIES: 10+ YEARS Jack Dyer 22 Gordon Mullin 14 Ken Cole 20 Frank Cameron 13 Jim Marshall 19 Jim Dunaway 13 Ken Nix 19 Mickey Ellingson 11 Frank Kiss 15 Chuck Nile 11 Jack Tooley 15 Stu Kennedy 10

APRIL BIRTHDAYS

During the social hour before every luncheon, 11:00 a.m.

Bring a few and take a few – FREE! After the meeting, residuals go to Friends of the Library of Los Altos. April is Mystery month. Share some great books that you don't think you will read again.

Rehearsal: 2nd Wednesday, April 12, 10:00 a.m. in the Choir Room, Los Altos Methodist Church. Pre-Meeting Rehearsal: April 19, 11:00 a.m., Elks Lodge. Parody Writers: Bob Simon, David Skurnick Accompanist: Don Cameron Bob Simon will write the parody for the April meeting.

..TENNIS BILL SCHICK 650-948-8768 billschick(at)att.net

Every Monday and Thursday, starting at 8:00 a.m. at the Rinconada Park Courts – Located on Hopkins Avenue, off Newell near Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto. We play a relaxed doubles spin in open format. Sirs and non-Sirs alike are welcome.

Fourth Friday, April 28, 2017. Meet at 10:00 a.m. Wives & Guests are welcome. Location: Rancho Canada del Oro Open Space Preserve Driving Directions: Meet at the parking lot off Casa Loma Road. Take 85 or 101 south to Bailey Avenue which is the first exit after the 101/85 merger (in south San Jose.) Turn right on Bailey and continue 3.2 miles to the end of the road where it junctions with McKean Rd. Turn left on McKean and drive 2.4 miles to where McKean becomes Uvas Rd. At this junction, turn right onto Casa Loma Road. Continue on Casa Loma for about 1.6 mi. to the parking lot entrance. There are no parking fees at this Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority preserve. Allow about 60 minutes for driving about 38 miles from Elks Lodge area. Hike Details: We will hike a 4.4 mile loop along the Mayfair and Serpentine trails with an elevation gain of up to 500 feet. We expect to see many wildflowers here. For the more energetic, we can add a 2+ mile out and back hike on another trail. A toilet is available at the parking lot. Bring a trail lunch or snack and water. There are some open areas so a hat is also suggested. We will return to the parking lot no later than 2:30 pm. Contact me by phone or email if you plan to attend this hike. This will let us know who to expect and we can provide additional driving directions and hike venue details. We can coordinate car pools if desired. I send out an email reminder about a week before each hike. If you are not receiving the email and would like to be included, let me know and I will add you to the list.

2Nd Thursday— April 13, 2017 11:00 AM Wives ands guests welcome Rain cancels; Helmet required

Foster City Bay Trail

The Ride: We will ride the flat Foster City Bay Trail for about 10 miles from

the Oracle Headquarters to the Poplar Creek Golf Club at Coyote Point for

lunch, and then return (approximately 20 miles round trip). It might be

windy, so bring a jacket or windbreaker.

Directions: Get off Highway 101 at Marine Parkway/ Ralston. Turn right

on Marine Parkway, then an immediate left onto Oracle Parkway. The

meeting point is a tree-shaded parking lot with restrooms to the left of this

intersection. If the parking lot there is full, backtrack over the creek to 401-

501 Island Parkway and park in the Oracle lot. Ride your bike across the

pedestrian bridge to the meeting point.

If you plan to ride or have questions please contact Jim Lunt as

above or Gordon Tong at 408-242-0557 or gordy6850(at)gmail.com. The SIR Branch 35 monthly bicycling is a combined activity with all SIR Branches in Area 16. The objectives of the monthly rides are to continue to promote fellowship, share experiences, get some exercise and above all, have FUN! Planned SIR rides are announced in each SIR Monthly Newsletter and by email to all interested members. The rides are on the 2nd Thursday of each month. Wives and guest are welcome. All that a bicyclist needs are a bike, bicycling helmet, and a jacket or vest, if it is windy. Rain will cancel the planned ride. We ask that all participants exhibit a positive attitude, exercise good judgment when riding such as maintaining a safe distance between riders, obeying all traffic signs and stop lights, etc.

John Brittain Paul Machado Bob Sarut Bill Blockie Joe MacIntosh Dan Schettler Jim Dinkey Charlie McLure John Sessoms Roger Dunlap Niel Miotto Dell Smith Jeff Grundy John Nicholson Steve Vonderach Don Holmes Al Parra Gary Waldeck Hutch Hutchinson Larry Partain Galen Walters Frank Kiss Robert Pittman Bob Willwerth Carl Lambert Roland Rempel Jack Wu Jim Lunt

BOOK SWAP JOHN GERICH 650-969-6679 jgerich(at)juno.com

TRAIL BIRDS DAVID SKURNICK 650-650-473-9263 daveskur(at)comcast.net

HIKING DELL SMITH 650-968-5006 dellnmolly(at)sbcglobal.net

BIKING JIM LUNT 408-252-6804 jamesdlunt(at)yahoo.com

In Memoriam

Bob McNamara

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Member Profile P RON NAKAMOTO 408-440-2330 ron.nakamoto(at)yahoo.com

This monthly article highlights one of our branch members. We hope that you enjoy knowing a little more about your fellow members and the interesting life they have had. If you have someone you would like to nominate or if you would like to help author an article, please email ron.nakamoto(at)yahoo.com. .

JIM HOLMAN “A most interesting part of my earlier professional life was my representation of a company seeking to bring a major league baseball team to Tempe, Arizona. I represented Baseball Facilities, Inc. who was interested in attracting a professional baseball team to Tempe. Tempe in the 1960’s had a population of about 40,000 but was growing and ambitious to attract more talent and industry. I participated in negotiating land acquisition from the City of Tempe and the county of Maricopa and participated in the search for a baseball team. I recall visiting the Oakland Athletics and sitting across the table from Charlie Finley. The conversation was more like a diatribe with Charlie telling you what he wanted with a ‘take it or leave it’ attitude. It was a short meeting. Subsequently, we were able to attract a newly formed baseball expansion team, the Seattle Pilots, for spring training. (Editor’s note: If you are interested in early baseball history you

should read about the origins of the Seattle Pilots and the lawsuits, bankruptcy and resurrection under a car salesman named Bud Selig at

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Pilots.) I prepared the agreements with the Pilots and others for the participation of the team, stadium financing and construction, etc.. A special events committee of the Tempe Chamber of Commerce, known as the Tempe Diablo’s, was formed to help promote the use of the stadium. I was a member of the Diablo’s and later became President. The stadium, which was named the Tempe Diablo Stadium, became the spring training home of the Pilots, then the Milwaukee Brewers, the Seattle Mariners and since 1993, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. In addition to baseball, the Diablo’s were active in efforts to bring college football (Fiesta Bowl 1971-2006) to Tempe.” Jim was born in Minneapolis, MN and lived there through college. He was the only child. His father was a machinist and his mother a secretary. He attended Central High school and lettered in wrestling in his Junior and Senior years. He was Sports Editor for his class yearbook. His weekdays were spent working a paper route, later clerking at a grocery store and working summers at a service station. At fifty cents an hour and thirty dollars a week, Jim felt well off. He was always certain that he would attend college and did enroll at the University of Minnesota and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Law (BSL) and later a Doctor of Jurisprudence (JD). His parents were only able to contribute fifty dollars to his college education so Jim continued to work at various jobs to make ends meet. In 1954 while still in college, he married Joan, his high school girl friend. Jim enrolled in the Marine Corps Officer Candidate Course while in college; completed his twelve weeks of training at Quantico, VI and after graduation was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Marine Corps. He spent four years on active duty; eight months learning to be an infantry office and the balance as Trial and Defense Counsel for General Court Martials at Camp Lejeune, NC. During his tour of duty he prosecuted or defended in excess of 100 General Courts Martial cases. (Most were for desertion as any Marine apprehended east of the Mississippi River after being absent for more than two years was sent to Camp Lejeune for trial.) After release from active duty, with the rank of Captain, but having no desire to return to the cold and snow of Minnesota, Jim with his eight-

month pregnant wife and two kids decided to go to Arizona because “… it seemed like a place we would like to live, even though we knew no one and had no firm prospects for employment.” While establishing residency required to take the Arizona Bar Exam, Jim worked as a parts clerk for Sperry Phoenix and then a Trust Officer for Phoenix Title & Trust. After passing the Bar, Jim became the first full-time City Attorney for Tempe, AZ. A long time and well-respected City Attorney for another city offered some advice: “You will be asked in a public meeting for an immediate legal opinion on an issue which you have not had an opportunity to research or study. When this happens to me, I try to think, what should be the answer according to the legal principles I know and how much damage will I do if I am wrong.” “After a little over two years, I resigned as City Attorney to open my own law office in Tempe. In addition to my law practice, I began a campaign to establish Tempe as a Home Rule, Charter City. (Editor’s note: In home rule

states, an article or amendment to the state constitution grants cities, municipalities, and/or counties the ability to pass laws to govern themselves as they see fit (so long as they obey the state and federal constitutions). Within the local sphere, the authority granted falls into four categories; structural, functional,

fiscal and personnel e.g. employment rules.) This resulted in an election directing the formation of a Board of Freeholders (of which I became Chairman) to draft a Charter for the government of the City. Largely because of this and my other civic activities, I was voted as the “Outstanding Young Man of Arizona” by the Arizona Jaycees in connection with the national Jaycee program, which resulted in a trip to Washington with recipients of this award from other states. A high point was an audience with President Lyndon Johnson. “I worked very hard with long hours developing my law practice, taking on partners and even expanding my business to include financial consulting for businesses. Unfortunately, the long hours took a toll on my marriage ending in a divorce. We had three children, my oldest son is deceased from complications resulting from a motorcycle accident, my daughter lives in San Diego and my second son lives in Pleasant Hill and we stay in close contact. “In 1982, my financial consulting business brought me to California for a fresh start and expanded to full time servicing various construction companies. I met my present wife, Phyllis at a Stanford Bachelor’s Club dance. We were both convinced to go by friends that, in turn, never showed up. We met, left to have a bite to eat, decided to go on a picnic together at Grant Ranch and the rest was history. We have been happily married for over 31+ years. We have often commented that we met at probably the only time and place that we would have even been within sight of each other. Serendipity. “Along the way I met two other men while working with a construction company that we were trying to help (one of whom is Sir Robert Pittman). Unfortunately, the company owner and CEO was not making sensible business decisions resulting in a number of board members resigning including Robert and me. Over lunch one day, our conversation came around to ‘… now that you are unemployed what are you planning to do?’ We decided to form a General Contracting company. We formed Devel Construction, Inc. to build clean rooms for various high technology companies. Robert’s specialty was in identifying construction needs of these companies, our third partner’s specialty was on-site construction and my specialty was in legal and finance. We began building clean rooms for the semi-conductor industry including Intel, LSI, Lockheed Martin, Apple, VLSI, and Applied Materials to name a few. When that work went overseas, we moved to specializing in Tenant Improvements. We formed an Employee Stock Option Plan so that our employees would be able to buy us out when we retired – which they did. The company is still active and it is nice to know that the current President began work with us as an apprentice carpenter. “Since retirement, my wife and I have travelled extensively in the U.S. and beyond to include Australia, New Zealand, Holland, the Canal boats in


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Pilots



France and England, Africa, the Galapagos and Brazil. I currently bowl and fish and attempt to play golf. I’ve done fairly well in bowling after a short period of dedicated effort but am still poor at golf after many years of trying. I still have a good time and enjoy the fellowship. A heart attack eighteen years ago impressed upon me how fortunate it was to live three minutes away from the Paramedics. After three stents in my heart and regular check-ups, I have gotten along fine. One check-up did send me back to Stanford where they put in a replacement stent as the old one was getting clogged. “One thing that I believe from having changed direction a few times in my life is that ‘If you think that you can do it, you probably can.’ Don’t hesitate to try something you want just because you can’t be sure how it will come out.” ******************************************* Members, The February Member Profile article on “Pets" spawned some good feedback from our members. I am considering publishing a “Pets II” article in the future. If you have a candidate pet article you would like to consider publishing, please send me a note at ron.nakamoto(at)yahoo.com. If selected, I will send you a set of questions to answer to help format your article after which I can either draft it up for you or you can draft it up yourself. Please let me know your interest by the end of April.

Thanks, Ron Nakamoto

Assistant: Walter Weber 408-371-8925, walterweber08(at)comcast.net September 5-19, 2017 Accent on Atlantic Isles -Enjoy a thirteen-night Crystal wine & food festival theme cruise aboard the Crystal Symphony with ports of call including Lisbon; Ponta Delgada, Azores; Praia da Vitoria, Azores; Madeira/Funchal, Portugal; Santa Cruz de la Palma, Spain; Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands; Agadir, Morocco; and Casablanca, Morocco. The tour price ranges from $8095 to $10325 per person/double occupancy depending on cabin and deck selection. Contact SIR escorts Larry Martinson (408) 528-0746 or Jim Stoner (408) 238-8458. October 22-29, 2017 Coastal Cruise from San Francisco aboard the Grand Princess - Celebrate Pre-Halloween at sea with a seven-day cruise that starts and ends in San Francisco. Cruise through the Golden Gate on your way down the California coast with stops at Santa Barbara, Long Beach, Ensenada (Mexico) and San Diego. Transportation to and from San Francisco pier from The Villages or the Capitol Light Rail Station. Prices range from $1220 to $1695 per person, double occupancy, depending on stateroom category and include one bottle of wine per stateroom, port taxes, Group Protection Plan and porter tips for one suitcase per person. Plus…our own private cocktail party on board. Brochures available soon or by calling Bill Rodman. (408) 274-4521. There are still many SIR travel opportunities featured in our Travel Bulletin including a 9-day tour of Norman Rockwell's New England and a 12-day tour of Florida's Sunrise Trail. Check them out on the website. Tell us about your travel interests. Next month we will have an opportunity to influence the next cycle of SIR sponsored trips. Please let Ed Pausa or Walter Weber know by email of your travel interests, preferences or disqualifications so that we may better meet your needs.

Contact Skip Ross to join this e-mail group where SIR members in all branches can exchange Mac-related news, get answers to questions, and share experiences.

Every Friday, 10:00 a.m. to noon. Wives and guests are welcome. Location: Bocce Ball Courts (between second and last wing), Los Altos Senior Center, 97 Hillview Ave. (just off San Antonio Rd.) Parking near baseball fields. As noted in last month’s Trail Tips, we are exploring the benefits to our members of playing with other SIR Branches in our area. Bob Roy has reached out to those branches that play Bocce and has identified four nearby. On March 17 the Sunnyvale Branch 62 sent over 5 to play with 6 of us at our Los Altos Senior Center courts. It would be an understatement to say that we had a good time playing with them while getting acquainted and enjoying the games, points scored, etc. In the photo below, left to right, Fred Schwalbach, Mel Waldman of Branch 62 and Bob Roy are preparing to make a throw of the ball. Mel is wearing a white jersey with a large SIR logo on the back along with his name. In addition to Mel, the Branch 62 players were Jeff Bautista (their Membership Chair), Bob Lowery, Walt Strach, and Tom Birley. We will do more of this inter-branch playing in the future now and then. We are also seeking other courts nearby for the convenience of our members. For example, Wayne Dexter is pursing the option of Cuesta Park in Mountain View. If you know of other possible sites we might want to consider, please contact those listed above and we will check them out. We want to insure that all in our branch who want to play can have that opportunity at a convenient location.

Our SIR Branch 35 Bridge Group meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month for an afternoon of contract bridge from 1:00 to 3:30pm. This event is open to all Sirs and their significant others. If interested please

contact Jerry Ososkie at jcososkie(at)sbcglobal.net.

Every Tuesday,1:00 p.m., at Homestead Lanes, Homestead & Stelling, in Cupertino. Due to “on the (bowling) job injuries”, Bob Garten and Chuck Huff will miss several weeks at the lanes. We wish them speedy recoveries. Now is always the perfect time to join the Bowling activity. The cost is only $15 per week. (Standings on next page)

BOCCE BALL NORM PASS – SCHEDULE/ CANCELLATIONS 408-737-7639; normpass(at)sbcglobal.net

FRED SCHWALBACH – PLAYER

DEVELOPMENT 408-257-9713; fpschwalbach(at)aol.com JOHN RICHARDSON - SUPPORT 650-996-7787; jlr(at)rcgc.com

TRAVEL ED PAUSA 650-324-0322 clements.e.pausa(at)us.pwc.com

MACINTOSH GROUP SKIP ROSS 541-857-6224 waross(at)closereach.com

BRIDGE

JERRY OSOSKIE 408-238-4342 jcososkie(at)sbcglobal.net

BOWLING

BOB TAGGART 650-321-2654 cbtaggart(at)earthlink.net DOUG ANDERSON 415-407-4000 marktinti(at)aol.com Prizes: Alan Gaudie



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WINTER-SPRING SESSION – WEEK #9

1ST PLACE – Arnie Satterlee, Fred Emmenegger, Phil Vanderwerf

2nd PLACE – Jim Dinkey, Harold Kaye, Alan Gaudie, Bob Taggart

3RD PLACE – Nancy Jones, Fred Schwalbach, Patrick Wong

4TH PLACE – Al Delfino, Carl Moyer, Jay Jonekait

5TH PLACE – Les Fisher, Jim Holman, Joe Enos

6TH PLACE – Hutch Hutchinson, Ken Jones, John Fawcett

7TH PLACE – Ranney Thayer, Rick McCulloch, Doug Ericsson

8TH PLACE – Bill Webster, Chuck Huff, Ron Nakamoto

9TH PLACE - TIE – Bob Garten, Candy Eastham, Doug Anderson, Tim Eastham

9TH PLACE - TIE – Ruth Ososkie, Jerry Ososkie, Darryl Walker

HERE ARE THE LEADERS – WEEK #9

HIGH SERIES - SCRATCH 1st – Joe Enos: 542 2nd – Jay Jonekait: 541

3rd – Patrick Wong: 516

HIGH GAME - SCRATCH 1st – Harold Kaye: 210 2nd – Jerry Ososkie: 198

3rd – John Faucett: 172 (Tie) 3rd – Ron Nakamoto: 172 (Tie)

HIGH HANDICAP SERIES 1st – Ranney Thayer: 643 (Tie) 1st – Fred Emmenegger: 643 (Tie) 3rd – Fred Schwalbach: 606

HIGH HANDICAP GAME 1st – Alan Gaudie: 241 2nd –Tim Eastham: 224

3rd –Les Fisher: 207

(Golf Committee members are listed on page 7 of the Membership Roster.)

SIGN-UP for the following by April 14 with John Gerich, 650-969-6679, jgerich(at)juno.com

GOLF RESULTS

GOLF BOB GARTEN, GOLF CHAIRMAN 408-253-5860, xonon1(at)comcast.net




2017 Annual Tomato Challenge

With the abundance of rain this winter and arrival of spring, its time to focus on our fruitful gardens and especially those fantastic tomatoes. This is just a quick reminder to plan and plant your wonderful tomatoes for this year's annual tomato taste challenge to be held later this summer. If you are interested in competing or judging, please contact Jerry Ososkie at jcososkie(at)sbcglobal.net.

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