LAKEPORT, Calif. – Sons In Retirement (SIR) started the New Year with a new location for their monthly luncheon meetings.

The 2015 meetings will be held at noon on the second Friday of the month at T-N-T’s new facility at 2599 Lakeshore Drive in Lakeport.

At the Jan. 9 meeting the guest speaker was Jeff Cramer, representing Main Street Bicycles.

He was invited because some members had expressed an interest in establishing a bicycling group.

Cramer explained where bike paths were in Lake County and answered people’s questions. Bob Rumfelt volunteered to help establish a bicycling group.    

The membership chair, Larry Powers, introduced four new members, bringing the total number of members to 99. The new members are Richard Shaw, Bryce Smith, Jim Cary and Gary Faulker.

Frank West volunteered to take over the special events function and announced that the first special event will be the Valentine’s Day luncheon on Feb. 13. Wives and significant others are the guests and will not be charged for their meal.

West also announced that the annual picnic will be held on Oct. 9 at the county park.

The golf chairman, Jim Cary, distributed handy reference cards that show the full schedule of biweekly tournaments starting on April 8. Most tournaments are played on Wednesdays.

Travel chairman Bob Specht reported that he was arranging a two-night trip to Reno in early March to see the show “Madame Houdini.” The cost will be $168 per person. Anyone interested should call Specht at 707-279-0187.

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 California.

Branch 168 holds a luncheon on the second Friday of each month.

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 visit the state Web site at www.sirinc.org .