Introducing our new Branch Chaplain, Kim Castro.

Million Dollar Quartet Christmas

Join us at the Sierra Repertory East Sonora Theater, Thursday November 20th at 2pm,  for a special afternoon of entertainment with an optional dinner (location tbd) afterwards.

Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley come together again to celebrate the holidays in a knock-out holiday musical experience.

Questions or to RSVP call Ken Kajioka at 209-602-8351.  We hope you can join us.

 

 

Please join us for lunch on Wednesday, May 21st at the Black Bear Diner.  We will order from the regular menu and get individual checks.  Our program for this month will be by Covenant Living of Turlock.  Spouses, significant others or other guest are welcome for this special program.  See below for a short paragraph about their mission…

At Covenant Living of Turlock, we offer opportunities to
work toward wellness, share the joys of friendship and
explore paths to your personal goals, always backed by
caring staff members who are inspired to serve. Our
community promises supportive and secure senior living
in an enriching environment, with the peace of mind that
you’ll live your best life at every stage.  Covenant Living of Turlock is a community where you’ll grow, believe and belong.

We hope to see you there.

SIR Dine Out - The Castle

We had 38 SIR members, spouses and guest join us for dinner on Thursday, January 16th.  As usual, we ordered from the full menu and received individual checks.  The food was good and the company even better!  If you haven’t joined us for a dine out you are missing a great time.  The next dine out will be at the Golden Bowl Chinese restaurant in Hughson, date still tbd.  Watch the newsletter or come to our next lunch meeting for more information.  Come join the fun, the more the better!!!

28 fun loving SIR members, spouses and guests joined us on this train experience taking Amtrak/BUS to Sacramento where we transferred to the iconic California Zephyr making stops in Roseville, Colfax and Truckee  before arriving in Reno.  The higher up we went in elevation, the more stunning and gorgeous the views
became. We saw bright, sunlit woodsy meadows, farmlands, mountains, huge pine trees, Donner Lake and the Truckee River  which flowed beside us. We travelled through dark tunnels with the views changing from bright green grass to snowy mountains and the skies going from sunshine to thick cloud cover.  After arriving in Reno it was just a short walk to the Eldorado and Silver Legacy hotels for the night.  After settling into our rooms we had some free time before meeting for a group dinner at the Ichiban teppanyaki style restaurant.  After a delicious dinner we had free time for some Nevada style recreation before turning in for the night and preparing for the morning departure home.

     

 

Don’t forget, mark your calendars, our next luncheon meeting will be Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at Black Bear Diner in Turlock.  Doors open for us at 10:30am and our program starts at 12N.  Our program this month will be by Angela Freeman, Principal of Pittman High School.  This should be an interesting talk.  Our branch has been doing a great job of bringing in new members this year, the latest being Rick Ahlborn.  Please say “Hi” to Rick at our next lunch and give him a big welcome to SIR.  Please continue to bring guests to our lunches and share your enjoyment of SIR and help grow our membership back to what it was pre-pandemic.  Finally, we may have a special wine tasting/dine-in for July.  Watch for more information.

Please join us for a tasty lunch on Wednesday, May 15, at Black Bear Diner in Turlock.  Following lunch we have a great program lined up for you… our guest speaker will be Chad Hilligus, CEO of the Gallo Center for the Arts.  As always, doors open for us at 10:30am with the program starting at Noon.  In consideration of our guest speakers please try to finish your lunch before the program starts.  We hope to see you there and remember to bring a guest, if you can, to share your SIR experience.

Please join us for lunch at the Black Bear Diner in Turlock on Wednesday, April 17.  We order from the regular menu and get individual checks.  They might even have some specials for us to choose from – come and see.  Doors open at 10:30am.

Our program this month will be by Scott Atherton from the Turlock Historical Society speaking on Turlock in the Roaring 20’s.  Scott is the premier historian on Turlock and is a great speaker so you don’t want to miss his program.

Guests are encouraged and always welcome so please invite a friend to join you for lunch and share you enjoyment of SIR.  In addition to our monthly lunch and program we have various other activities for members to participate in; golf, bowling, bocce ball, RVing, travel, radio control airplanes, dine outs at local restaurants and wine tasting.

If you would like to join us for lunch to find out more about SIR but don’t know anyone who is already a member you can call our membership chairman Mike Johnson, 209-613-6801, for more information.  We would love to have you join us.

If you have not already paid your 2024 dues get them in to treasurer Leonard Zumstein as soon as possible or bring to the next meeting to keep from being dropped from our branch membership roster.  Renew you membership now – remember that you can’t participate in your favorite SIR activities if your membership is not current.

I hope to see you at the Black Bear Diner for lunch on Wednesday, April 17.