Message from Big SIR

The members of SIR Branch 169 Executive Board invite you to our May Luncheon catered by Pardini’s Catering.  The staff at Pardini’s are looking forward  to hosting us for our first luncheon in many months.  We really hope to see each of you and we encourage you to...

Words from the Big SIR

Happy New Year one and all!! As we roll over into the new year I want you to know that I look forward to representing you as your Big Sir. I am both honored and humbled to serve you for the upcoming year. I accept the challenge to lead us into the new decade but, I...

Big SIR 2019 Wrap Up

I've accomplished both this year and in my first term. As an example, 4 years ago I changed our Thanksgiving luncheon into a Veterans luncheon. I had a ROTC unit do the presentation of the flag and a female Navy officer that was at the Pentagon on 9/11 as our speaker....

Words of Wisdom from the Big SIR

It is important to remember that: "An invisible man casts no shadow".  The point here is that when there is work to be done in our Chapter, we need guys to come forth, assume the tasks and be counted for what they can accomplish.

Big SIR Comments

We had a really nice luncheon in August with Paul Loeffler as our speaker. Since he does the radio broadcast for Fresno State football, he was honored to meet our own SIR Dean Philpott, still ranked in the top seven for both career rushing and touchdowns for the...

Big SIR Comments for June

We had a good turnout for Ladies Day. Unfortunately, there wasn’t much of a food choice, the beef was dry and then our special entertainment had an emergency and couldn’t show up. We’re going to address the food choice in our next contract and talk to Pardini’s about...