LAKEPORT, Calif. – Sons In Retirement (SIR) Branch 168 will hold its monthly luncheon meeting at Konocti Visa Casino on Friday, Aug. 8.

The guest speaker will be Carol Cole-Lewis, founder and coordinator of the Time Bank of Thrive Lake County.

In January 2011, she and Steven Elias started the time bank as a way to promote community and build the local economy through an alternative currency.

The time bank now has 430 members who have exchanged almost 9,000 hours.

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 conference room at Konocti Vista Casino.  

Among the many activities SIR is involved in are golf, travel and special events such as Christmas dinner dance, the annual picnic and the Valentine’s Day sweetheart’s luncheon.

Anyone interested in learning more about SIR activities can call one of the following members: golf, Jim Cary, 707-998-3004; travel, Bob Specht, 707-279-0187; special events, Frank West, 707-263-7144.

Anyone interested in learning more about Sons In Retirement in general are 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 .