GYRO CLUB OF SHERWOOD PARK

Greetings Fellow Gyros

This is a reminder that Sherwood Park and Edmonton Gyro Clubs (District 8) invite you to the 2025 Gyro International Convention to be held June 3 to June 10, 2025.

The convention will be held in conjunction with an Alaska Cruise 7-Day Inside Passage (Roundtrip Vancouver, Canada).

As this is a 7-day cruise including all meals and associated costs, there will be no convention registration fee.

For more information, please use the following link:  Cruise Details – 7-Day Inside Passage (Roundtrip Vancouver) – Princess Cruises

Our travel agent has secured fixed pricing for the Oceanview and Balcony cabins until December 5, 2024.  However, this does not guarantee cabin availability, and cabins are booking quickly.  If you intend to attend the cruise, I suggest that you book your cabin as soon as you can.  Please book through the travel agent as we get points for each cabin sold which can be used for a Welcome Reception or private dining room for the President’s Dinner

For more info or to book contact:

Terra Travel 2007 Inc. Established in 1979

Summer Office hours April 1-September 30, 2024:  Monday-Friday 8AM – 4PM MST

Call Kelly Bergquist at (780) 477-1977 or Email  

Yours in Gyro Friendship

Ted Ewanchuk

District 8 Governor

 Don Greig presented the full slate of candidates for the vacant positions. For the position of Vice President, Art Merrick was nominated, seconded by Sid Slade, and accepted his nomination. Further nominations were called for and none were forthcoming. Art was declared elected by acclamation. Don Greg(existing V.P. ) willingly accepted the position of President as nominated by Bill Austin and endorsed by all attending. Two Directors will continue in their role as second year Directors, they are Ted Ewanchuk and Sid Slade. There were two candidates put forward for the position of 2 year Director. Blair Gallant was nominated and accepted his nomination in absents, Lawrence Zalasky was nominated and accepted his nomination. Other nominations were called for three times. Receiving no further nominations Blair and Lawrence were declared elected for the vacant positions of Director. For the position of Treasurer Ted Ewanchuk was appointed and accepted. Secretary (Ray Davis) was appointed and accepted the position.

For the 2024-25 Gyro year the Board of the Club is as follows: President: Don Greig, Vice President: Art Merrick, Past President: Nestor Slipchuk, 2Year Directors: Blair Gallant and Lawrence Zalasky, 1Year Directors: Sid Slade and Ted Ewanchuk, Treasurer: Ted Ewanchuk, Secretary: Ray Davis, Bulletin Editor: Scott Brisbin.

Congratulations to Al Gordon the winner of the Gyro Hockey Pool, 44 points ahead of second place finisher Ray Davis (who was 16 points ahead of the next person) from our club also. Thanks to Alan Pentney for running the pool it was lots of fun to follow along with the NHL.

Hello Gyro Friends,

Lynn and I enjoyed the evening last night at Broadmoor celebrating Christmas , good food, good friends, enjoyable evening. Dunc was a good sport as Santa and the 50/50 provided a gift of $270 to me. Thank you very much. This morning I sent the money to A Safe Place in Sherwood Park to help in their mission to provide shelter to abused women and children.

We welcomed Blair and Clare Gallant to Sherwood Park Gyro as Blair was inducted into our club by Governor Dunc Mills.

Merry Christmas to all our Gyro friends and families.

Lynn and Ray

CARTER, Bill

It is with both deep sadness and profound gratitude for his life that we announce the passing of Bill (William Wallace) Carter on November 7, 2023, after a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer. He was surrounded with love and support as he passed.

Bill enriched countless lives through his kindness, generosity and humor. He volunteered his time and energy for the betterment of others as a Special Olympics coach for over 25 years, and on numerous professional boards and organizations. He and his wife Jeanne fulfilled their lifelong dreams of traveling the world with close friends. They cultivated beauty through their passion for flowers and gardening, sharing their prized Dahlias with those all around them. Their award-winning yard was the envy of the community.

A celebration of Bill’s life will be held on December 15 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Hainstock’s Funeral Home and Crematorium, 9810 34 Ave. An online live stream is available at:
https://view.oneroomstreaming.com/index.php?data=MTcwMDIwMTczNDI4MTUyOCZvbmVyb29tLWFkbWluJmNvcHlfbGluaw==

The family wishes to extend a special thank you to the staff of St. Thomas Care Centre, the Gamma Knife and Cross Cancer care teams, the U of A Hospital, and to all of the Bayshore caregivers who helped Bill and his family through such challenging times. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to the Canadian Cancer Society.

Re: Reinstatement of Art Merrick Gyro Membership.

The good news is Art Merrick would like to return to Gyro and he has applied for his Gyro Membership to be reinstated. The Board has approve the reinstatement and welcome Art back to Gyro.