THE TOWN CROWER

THE TOWN CROWER
SONS IN RETIREMENT
North Peninsula Branch 91
sir91.org
Men Enjoying Active Retirement
August, 2016
BIG SIR
Dan Capodanno
(650)588-0324
[email protected]
LITTLE SIR
Bob Sullivan
(650)755-3248
[email protected]
Volume 37, Issue 8
SECRETARY
John Cooney
(650)692-3460
[email protected]
Dan’s Thoughts
Big Sir Dan Capodanno
Here it is August already. The
year is half gone
and summer is
here. Summertime means picnic. Please see
Page 4 and the enclosed flyer for
information about making your
reservations.
I would be remiss if I did not
thank Marilyn Cooney for her
entertainment at our luncheon.
She had us singing along. In a
way, it was to be a tribute to all
those in Nice, France who died at
the hands of a terrorist. May they
rest in peace.
As mentioned at the meeting,
we may explore another venue
for our luncheon. We will try to
get a reservation at Sharp Park
Restaurant for October. Make no
change, however, until you get a
final notice from me.
I know it is summer time, but we
still need your attendance at our
luncheons and your $2 voluntary
donation, even if you do not attend. I know paying the donation
is a sticky subject with some of
you, but remember, it has nothing
to do with the meal cost. It is
about the administrative costs to
run the Branch. We have bills just
like every one of you. We must
pay them. So please, write a
check for the remainder of the
year-$10 to cover this donation. If
that is a hardship, then be sure to
Dan’s Thoughts continues on
page 3
Spotlight on John Rittweger
by Karin Martz
John Rittweger’s philosophy of
life was formed by being raised by
two parents who had lived
through the depression of the
1930’s. He and his older sister
were taught, by example, to conserve, to waste nothing, to value
hard work and education and to
respect the rights of others. When
you left a room, you turned off the
lights; you ate everything on your
plate and you lived by maxims
such as “cleanliness is next to
August, 2016
Godliness”.
That early upbringing has stood him in
good stead all of his
life - he appreciates and values all
that he has experienced and considers himself lucky to have lived
and be alive in the greatest country in the world, the greatest time
and even the greatest music of all
time: the Beatles and the inception of Rock & Roll.
Spotlight continues on page 3
1
TREASURER
Dennis Shreve
(650)991-3052
[email protected]
Editor
Steve LaRosa
(650)873-1938
[email protected]
Our luncheon meetings are held the 2nd Monday of each month at the So. San Francisco
Elks Lodge, 920 Stonegate Dr., S.S.F. The
cost is $17, unless otherwise noted. Branch
Executive Committee meets 10:00am;
Social hour 11:00am; Lunch: 12:00-noon.
August 8
Speaker: Sgt. Martin Mahon, Canine Trainer
with the South San Francisco Police Department.
House Salad with Raspberry Dressing
Prawns
Sherbet
*Alternate: Chef’s Salad
September 12 Note: $22 this month
Speaker: To be determined
Menu:
House Salad with Italian Dressing
BBQ Steak
Chocolate Éclairs
*Alternate: Shrimp Salad
October 10
Entertainment by our very own Tommy & The
Backup Boys.
Caesar Salad
Roast Beef Au Jus
Blueberry Strudel
*Alternate: Tuna Melt with Curly Fries
*Alternate meals must be reserved while at the
previous month’s meeting. For assistance, please
contact Dan Capodanno at (650)588-0324.
The great thing about getting older is that you
don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.
Volume 37, Issue 8
ACTIVITIES
Chairman: Lee Severe
(650) 595-1973
Golf
Golf Chairman: John Rittweger (650) 738-2323; [email protected]
Sign-Up Book: Marty Mintz (650) 345-1466; [email protected]
If you’re not signed-up but want to play, contact Marty in advance so that he can
add you to the list.
Highlights from recent tournaments. (Due to space considerations, only the top
[email protected]
July Meeting
Winners:
three low net players are shown. Complete results are available on the Golf page of
our website.)
~Raffle: $89 to Mike McCurdy
Date
June 21
Closest to Pin
Green; Valdez
~Birthday Free Lunch
Winner: Dennis Shreve
Wehner
Tom McGill Repeats Win at
Sequoia Woods Golf Tournament
June 28
Course-Par/Slope
Sunnyvale-70/110
Player, Gross/Net
Green 89/60
Rittweger 76/64
Birdie Club: Rittweger(3)
Palo Alto Muni-67/103 Shreve 81/64
McAfee 90/64
LaRosa 87/65
Birdie Club: Fenech; Shreve; Woodall
July 5
Moffett Field-72/117
Cioni 82/70
Cannuli; McAfee
Rittweger 83/70
Green 101/71
Birdie Club: Fenech; McAfee; Rittweger; Romero
July 12
Santa Clara-72/113
Green 95/66
Cioni 78/67
LaRosa 90/67
Birdie Club: Cioni(2); Brown; Rittweger
Upcoming tournaments:
Date
Aug. 2
Aug. 9
Aug. 16
Aug. 23
Aug. 30
Sept. 6
Bocce
Course
San Jose Muni
Poplar Creek
Sharp Park
Moffett Field
Santa Clara
Skywest
LaRosa; Rittweger
Congratulations to our
Branch member Tom
McGill, who won First
Place in the Senior
bracket in the Sequoia
Woods Annual Golf
Club Tournament. Sequoia Woods GC
is in Arnold, Ca. Tom took the honors
for the second year in a row.
Nice going, Tom! You are the man!
SIR Happenings
The April 2016 edition of State SIR
Happenings is now available online,
here:
Time
10:00am
10:15am
9:30am
8:30am
9:30am
10:00am
SIR Happenings
There, you’ll find highlights from various branches as well as activities
available to all members. Travel trips
are included.
Free play every afternoon at Orange Ave. Memorial Park, So. S.F.
Lessons are available in April and September; contact Bob Eserini at (650)
589-4278; [email protected]
Golf Tip
For our online readers:
Visualization Tip
Bowling
Meets every Thursday and Friday at 10:00am at Bel Mateo Bowl in San
Mateo. Contact Carl Martz (650) 589-4924; [email protected]
August, 2016
2
Volume 37, Issue 8
Dan’s Thoughts
AUGUST
MEMBERSHIP
REPORT
continued from page 1
give us $2 for every luncheon
from now until the end of the
year, whether you attend or not.
As always, be sure to ask your
retired friends to come join us
for lunch one time per month.
Let us know you are bringing
someone and we will roll out the
red carpet and even pay for his
lunch.
See you at the August luncheon.
Spotlight on John Rittweger
continued from page 1
John was born in Dallas,
Texas, in 1951, but his family
moved to Chula Vista near San
Diego when he was a child, and
he went to Catholic schools from
elementary to high school.
He graduated from Marian High
School and went to college at
Cal-Poly in San Luis Obispo,
majoring in history. When he entered the work force, there was
no work to be had so he went
back to school for his MBA. He
supported himself all through his
higher education, working at various part-time jobs in the evenings, such as doing janitorial
work and working as a waiter in
nearby restaurants.
His first real job was with Pacific Telephone, which he calls
“the Bell System”, part of AT&T
until 1981, when the government
broke it up. He took the equipment part and worked for Lucent.
He retired from Avaya after 25
years. After that, he worked parttime at a golf store, but since he
still had to put two kids through
college, he worked again, fulltime, at State Fund Workman’s
Compensation in the Information
& Technology Department until
six and one-half years later,
when he retired for the final time.
who will be celebrating
birthdays this month.
Happy Birthday to you!
Jim Baney
Roy Bava
Orlando Cortopassi
Don Dent
Ed Galli
Lido Galli
Robert Johnson
Any of the above members present at this
luncheon meeting are entitled to a raffle
ticket and drawing for a free lunch
at a subsequent meeting.
August, 2016
Active Members:
Inactive Members:
July Meeting Attendance:
Active Members Attendance:
Visitors:
Guests:
69
1
53
52 (75%)
1
0
He met his wife, Lori, in 1987 through mutual
friends and married her at St. Gabriel’s Church in
San Francisco in 1988. They had two children, a
son and a daughter. When his children grew-up and
participated in sports, he coached baseball, soccer
and basketball at various times.
John has four hobbies: playing golf, hiking, swimming and traveling. He joined SIR in 2012 and is
the current Golf Chairman, as well as Assistant
Treasurer of the Branch.
At the end of the day, John feels blessed and
grateful for everything and lives his life on the positive side. He is a great role model for us all.
Karin Martz is a regular contributor to The Town Crower
and her Spotlights are featured throughout the year.
IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT
TO AN UPCOMING MEETING:
AUGUST BIRTHDAYS
We have seven members
Steve LaRosa
(650) 873-1938
[email protected]
PLEASE contact Jack Cardon at (650)274-0860 or at
[email protected] as soon as you know you won't be
attending, but at least by the Thursday before the meeting date.
Also, please use this form to circle the date(s) of meetings you
cannot attend and insert your name and badge number. Clipout the form and mail it with your $2 contribution for each meeting you will be missing to: Jack Cardon, 1825 Royal Ave., San
Mateo, CA 94401-3438.
This meeting: August 8
Next meeting: September 12
Meeting after: October 10
Name: ________________________________________
Badge No. _____________
3
Contribution: $_______
Volume 37, Issue 8
SIR BRANCH 4 & 91 ~ 2nd ANNUAL PICNIC
WHEN:
WHERE:
PRICE:
DETAILS:
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Flood Park (Oak Shelter Area), Menlo Park
*$25 per person
See enclosed flyer
*Tickets must be purchased no later than the upcoming August 8 luncheon meeting. They will be on
sale at the meeting and can also can be ordered by mail. Just send your check, payable to “SIR
Branch 91”, to Sir Bob Sullivan, 619 Midway Ave., Daly City, CA 94015. We need to receive your
check by Aug. 10th. Your ticket will be held for you at the picnic; it will not be mailed to you.
Want to help at the picnic? Contact Dick Young: (650)588-2218; [email protected]
Note to our hard-copy readers: Our newsletters may contain internet links to various documents or
lists. If you have no internet access and would like to have a copy of any of them, please contact the
Editor at (650)873-1938 and we’ll mail copies of any such documents to you.
NON-RESPONSIBILITY DECLARATION
All travel events and other activities arranged for or by, or sponsored
by, Sons in Retirement, Inc. 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 passengers, or their property or any damages whatsoever, in any
manner pertaining to said activities.
Newsletter Submissions
We welcome for consideration, your articles or other
contributions for our newsletters. Please provide them
to the Editor by the 18th of the preceding month. We
cannot guarantee that items received after that date will
be included in the subsequent newsletter.
Your Contact Information
Please notify the Membership Chairman of all changes
in your address, email address or telephone number.
ent
m
e
r
i
t
e
R
Sons in
91
&
4
s
e
h
c
n
Bra
IC
N
C
I
P
L
A
U
3rd ANN
y
b
d
e
r
e
t
a
BBQ c
e
u
c
e
b
r
a
B
Rawlings
Flood P
ar k, Me
nlo Par
Wednes
k
day,
We’ll be at the
“Oak Shelter” area
10:00am to 3:00pm
Danish, donuts and coff
ee at 10:00am
Lunch at 12-noon
Lunch includes Smoked Po
rk Ribs, Pulled
Pork, Smoked Turkey Br
east, Baked
Beans, Potato Salad, Co
le Slaw, Roll &
Butter and Cake for dess
ert. Also includes beer, wine, soft
drinks and water.
August
17th
Come one,
come all!
Have fun and
bring a guest!
 Bocce
 Bingo
 SAPO
 Raffle Drawings
 Prizes
PLATES AND UTENSILS
WILL BE PROVIDED!!
sonst 8
r
e
P
r
e
P
$25ets on sale until Ayumguail, as
k
b
d
Tic
tings an n Crower.
e
e
m
r
u
ow
at o
in The T
d
e
il
a
t
de
See you there!
Maps & directions
on other side.
Directions to Flood Park in Menlo Park
From the north:
Take US101-South.
Take Exit 406 for CA-84 E/Marsh Rd., (Dumbarton Bridge)
Turn right into Marsh Rd. Go 0.5 mi.
Turn left onto Bay Rd. Go. 0.7 mi.
Flood Park will be on your left.
From the south:
Take US101-North.
Take Exit 404B for Willow Rd.-West.
Take the cloverleaf onto the overpass. Go 0.2 mi.
Turn right onto Bay Rd. Go 1.3 mi.
Flood Park will be on your right.
Turn into the entrance
and park near one of the two short
walkways leading into the Oak Shelter
picnic area.