Author Archives: Jim Copeland

Website usage in 2014

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Jim Copeland

A big thank you to you the members of the Sherwood Park Gyro Club for your support of the Club website in 2014 as can be seen in the following statistics. 2014 Website Usage in Review

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Passing of Ben Munro

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Jim Copeland

The Sherwood Park Gyro Club joins the Munro family in mourning the passing of Ben Munro, a fellow Gyro and friend. He had just celebrated his 75th birthday days before his passing. Ben’s obituary. It is with great sadness and … Continue reading →

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Guest Speaker Night in Review

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Jim Copeland

Guest Speaker night was organized by Barry Pratt and Al Bleiken and 26 members attended to listen to Gordon Both a friend of Barry’s, who is President of Alberta Seniors United Now, (SUN for short) explain about the organization. It … Continue reading →

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Passing of Sylvia Thorarinson

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Jim Copeland

I just received some sad news, Sylvia Thorarinson passed away last evening of a heart attack. For those of you who do not know Sylvia, she was the wife of Gene Thorarinson a founding member and past president of our … Continue reading →

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Founder’s Night 2014

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Jim Copeland

The Edmonton Gyro Club hosted this years Founder’s Night, in recognition of the 3 founders of Gyro (Paul Schwan,Gus Handerson, & Ed Kagy), at the Santa Maria Goretti Centre. Ten members and 3 wives from the Sherwood Park Club attended … Continue reading →

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Bocce Night

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Jim Copeland

October 15, 32 members of the Club gathered at the Italian Canadian Seniors Centre for an evening of fine Italian food hosted by Augie Annicchiarico and some spirited Bocce competition. Sheriff Dootjes was busy assessing fines to members in support … Continue reading →

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Mystery Golf Tour

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Jim Copeland

    Just wanted to update you on our Mystery Golf Tour. We ended up with 20 players, most of which were Gyros with a couple of guests invited. We played the Barrhead Golf Club. We had fantastic weather and played … Continue reading →

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