June 2025 Ears Newsletter
Members celebrating Birthday’s in June
Cynthia Jones 10th
Judy Smith 15th
May you two have an amazing time celebrating with family and friends!
SRVWRF 75th ANNIVERSARY PARTY INVITATION
Your 5 time NFRW Diamond Award winning Club is celebrating our Diamond Anniversary this year!! It is with great pleasure that your Board, invites all of you to celebrate our Club’s 75th Anniversary on Saturday, June 14th, 2025, from 5:30-9pm!! The party will be held in Alamo. More information is available here.
We would love your help in organizing this amazing party! Our initial request for help is for donations for our a silent auction and help with decorations. Please email info@srvrwf.com with ways you are able to help.
Please pass on this invitation to fellow Republican’s to celebrate with us!
SRVRWF BOARD HELP
Dear SRVRWF Membership,
Your Board is in need of help in the positions of Secretary and Treasurer. I would like to thank the two amazing members, Paula and Julie, who stepped up last year to fulfill these Board positions, unfortunately they had to step down due to unforeseen developments in their lives. If you have a couple hours a month to assist Kirstin and I, you will be given as much help as needed to succeed in your position. Please reach out to me at president@srvrwf.com, if you would like to discuss this opportunity.
Kind regards,
Erika Coday
SRVRWF President
Causes of Recent CA Wildfires Revisited
There is always a great media focus on how our disastrous wildfires get started and not why they are becoming increasing massive and uncontrollable. CalFire (our state firefighting agency) says, there are on average 2,900 wildfires each year. Almost all are put out so fast you will never hear about them. Many are also put out by local fire districts as well. Fire districts are always improving training & equipment.
What causes the few to become so massive and uncontrollable is requiring very negligent maintenance of wild areas, allowing a great fire load to accumulate. As every year, it will be bone dry during summers and fires can spread very fast. According to our US Forest Service, there were 129,000,000 dead trees standing in CA (Google: 129 million dead trees in CA). Most are pine trees that are bark beetle kills. Over-crowding of forests, aids in rapid fire spread and poor tree health. In droughts, overcrowded forests struggle for the remaining groundwater. Under brush used to be eliminated by controlled burns. Environmentalists have used political pressure and lawsuits to fight burns. They demand things be left “natural.”
The recent LA homes were surrounded by a huge load of brush right up against property lines. This brush develops a sap layer on the branches that is highly flammable when dry. Homeowners were not allowed to clear a defensive zone even though they knew of the great danger.
Mark Fernwood - SRVRWF Member
Cal Fire Article on Dead Trees in California
Many of you may remember that in September of 2023, SRVRWF hosted, C. Michael Hogan, PhD, during which he discussed the State of California’s policies related to water supply and wildfires which have led to adverse outcomes. He stated that with regard to wildfires, California has been derelict in removing known dead wood and underbrush from our forests; these areas have been well mapped but not funded by our legislature, and ignored by our governor. In fact, Newsom has fired 1,000 of our fast responder fire fighters, and not invested in critical aerial fire combat technology. Finally the state has been very lenient to serial arsonists who account for about 30 percent of our wildfires.
CFRW SUMMER BOARD MEETING and CONFERENCE
June 6-7 - Atascadero, CA
They have a great lineup of speakers so far (see attached) - and more to come! There are so many things to do in the beautiful San Luis Obispo area (see attached). Plan to combine your conference attendance with some R&R in the area!
EARLY BIRD PRICING EXPIRES MAY 7th! REGISTER USING LINKS BELOW....
Register for Conference at:
https://www.cognitoforms.com/CFRW1/CFRWSUMMERBOARDOFDIRECTORSMEETINGANDCONFERENCEJUNE2025
Register for Hotel room at CFRW rate at:
https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1740693520817&key=GRP&guestreslink2=true&app=resvlink
Click here to Read full "Call to Conference”: https://mcusercontent.com/5747bc70d125d1ceb4bbc7094/files/eee8874e-6c38-d172-97f7-90016e49346e/FINAL_CALL_2025_SUMMER_CONF_ATASCADERO.pdf
CFRW website: https://cafrw.org
DID YOU FORGET TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP??
THERE’S STILL TIME TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP FOR 2025!
Membership dues are January 1st to December 31st. If you have not yet renewed your membership for 2025 please take time this month to renew via our website or by printing out our 2025 application and mailing it into the PO Box.
Membership dues are as follows:
Associate $35 - Members of another RWF Clubs or men membership
Regular $50 - Full voting rights membership
Golden Poppy $100 - Club sustaining membership
We offer two ways to renew:
1. Online via our website, you may pay via Zelle.
2. Print our membership application and mail your check to SRVRWF, PO Box 1, Danville, CA 94526.
We are excited for our Club’s 75th year and the return of Donald J. Trump to the Oval Office!!
CALENDAR
JUNE 2025
June 1st National Ketchup Day
June 6th-7th CFRW Summer Conference - Paso Robles Area - Register here
June 6th D-Day Remembrance
June 7th National Chocolate Ice Cream Day - Yummy!
June 14th SRVRWF 75th Anniversary Celebration - RSVP here; President Trump’s Birthday;
United States Army’s 250th Birthday; Flag Day
June 15th Father’s Day
June 17th National Root Beer Day
June 20th First Day of Summer
June 27th National PTSD Awareness Day - For more information please visit this VA page