LAKEPORT, Calif. – On Wednesday, April 5, the Sons In Retirement group will start the golf season off with a scramble played at the Aetna Springs Golf Course.

Two weeks later on April 26, the group will play at the Hidden Valley Lake course. 

Jim Cary, the golf chairman for branch 133 and 168, has organized the schedule for the remainder of the year, including golf tournaments in Reno in June and in Monterey in September.

These events are in addition to the local tournaments that Cary has scheduled to take place about every two weeks from April through November.

Bob Specht, the travel chair, is working on plans for a trip to Sacramento on Thursday, May 25, to see the show “Phantom of the Opera.”

There are a few tickets left for this great musical. It's a matinée at the Sacramento Civic Theater. Bus transportation and lunch at the Spaghetti Factory are included.

The show costs $115 per person. Guests are invited. Call Bob at 707-279-0187 or Bill at 707-277-8846 for more information or reservations.

Sons In Retirement is a social organization for men of retirement age who are pursuing the goal of enjoying their later years.

It has 142 branches with 18,000 members throughout the state. Branch 168 holds a luncheon on the second Friday of each month at the TNT’s restaurant in Lakeport.

Anyone interested in learning more about Sons In Retirement is encouraged to contact Larry Powers, chair of the membership committee, at 707-263-3403 or to visit the state Web site at www.sirinc.org .