We had 30 people attend the meeting, 24 played crib. Some better then others!
The winners of the Champions side were, Paul West and Brian Wolfe.
The winners of the consolation side were, Les Bellan and Ray Davis. Having to put up with a lot of winers the winners were provided a bottle of wine each.
The winner of the 50/50 was Paul West, not sure what he won but believe it was about $80.
Dorne
A good time was had by all, Sherwood Park was well represented by three teams. The hotel in Canmore was great and the Saturday supper was super by all accounts. Unfortunately Lloyd had to cancel due to pneumonia so we picked up a recruit from our Senior Curling group at GARC. Dave Rozack joined us and is now quite interested in joining Gyro. We only came away with two trophies this year, with the Bill Austin team defending their rights to the B event trophy (Jim Mallot, Al Govenlock, and Ted Ewanchuk). Ray Davis was able to hang on to the D event trophy for Lloyd with his team of Dave Rozack, Terry Bajer, and Don Greig. Milt Lanes team ( Dick Caddey, Dorne Hunt, and Art Merrick) did not quite make it even though it was them who put the Davis rink down into the D event.
After the Saturday evening meal and before the poker game Terry Bajer was invited to the mike and entertained the group with a few good jokes and was well received, good job Terry.
The poker game was rather small this year only eight players joined in (three from Sherwood Park) Ray came away as the runner up in the winning event walking away with a cool $60.
Of course there was crib games and with out Lloyd there someone had to channel Lloyd, so Ray took on that task losing many games much to the delight of Dorne and Dick. Unfortunately Ray took down the guest with him, sorry Dave.
Cheers Ray
Fellow Gyros:
We had a request to provide the contact information for Dr. Jasneet Parmar who delivered the excellent presentation on Caregivers Alberta at Founders Night. Her information as follows:
In addition I am providing the link to Caregivers Alberta as follows: http://www.caregiversalberta.ca/
Regards,
Ted
October 17th, 2019
Members of the Sherwood Park and Edmonton Gyro Clubs
Subject: Founder’s Night, October 16th, 2019
My thanks to each member of the Sherwood Park and Edmonton Gyro Clubs for making Founder’s night such an enjoyable evening. The success of Founder’s Night would not have been possible if it were not for the exceptional contributions of those involved in organizing the event. In particular, I would like to thank Ted Ewanchuk for co-chairing the evening and to Ken Lesniak for making the arrangements to hold the meeting at the Belvedere Golf and Country Club. As well, the outstanding contribution by Milt Lanes and Dunc Mills for their efforts on the registration desk and for dealing with the issue related to the seating arrangements. As usual, the Gyro members showed their remarkable ability to deal with this matter quickly and effectively. While we expected 89 members, we had 96 members attend, which filled every seat.
The program began with the witty and entertaining presentation by David Winfield on dining. This was followed by Keith Bradley’s Founder’s Night presentation, which acknowledged the contributions by Ed Kagy, Gus Handerson, and Paul Schwan for creating 107 years of Gyro friendship and fellowship. Fred Schulte provided an interesting and informative overview of the history of the Edmonton Club, which was incorporated 98 years ago, just 12 years after the foundation of the Gyro Association.
Ted Ewanchuk introduced our guest speaker, Dr. Jasneet Parmar, Associate Professor at the University of Alberta, and a Director of Alberta Caregivers. Dr. Parmar gave an important insight into a growing challenge within society of responding to the issue of caregiving. As society ages, caregiving will become a serious challenge for everyone. And, as noted by Dr. Parmar, society is not well prepared to handle this challenge. As such, not only are those requiring care at risk, so too, are the caregivers. Dr. Parmar advised that those faced with caregiving responsibilities could seek help and assistance from Albert Caregivers at website www.caregiversalberta.ca, or by contacting her personally at .
My apologies to Don Greig and Lloyd Wilson for not calling on them to comment on Cribbage Night and Curlarama, but since the meeting was into its fourth hour, it was decided to conclude the meeting. Accordingly, I would ask Don and Lloyd to address these issues through email.
In conclusion, my thanks again to those involved in organizing Founder’s Night and to the Gyros who participated so effectively in the program. My thanks as well to everyone who attended this event.
Yours in Gyro
Allan
GYRO DISTRICT VIII – 2019 CURLARAMA
The Best Deal and Most Fun You Can Have in a Weekend
( A Great Event For Inviting Non-Gyros )
HOST: GYRO CLUB OF CALGARY
DATES: NOVEMBER 1 TO 3, 2019 (hospitality starting at 5:30 PM
on Nov 1; curling prizes & wrap-up at noon on Nov 3)
PLACE: CANMORE, ALBERTA
HOTEL: CANMORE INN & SUITES, 1402 BOW VALLEY TRAIL
CURLING: CANMORE CURLING CLUB, 2000 8th AVE.
PRICE: $275.00 Cdn. per Curler, $215.00 Cdn. per Non-Curler
Prices based on 2 per room – $110.00 Single Room Supplement
Price Includes:
CURLING (minimum of 3 games – 6 ends per game)
2 NIGHTS HOTEL
2 BREAKFASTS
GYRO HOSPITALITY FRIDAY EVENING
– Including food and host bar
SATURDAY EVENING BANQUET
SATURDAY EVENING POKER TOURNAMENT
PRIZES: Prizes will be awarded to the winning & runner up
teams in each of four curling divisions.
TROPHIES: Last years winners please bring the engraved trophies
DEADLINE: ENTRIES TO BE RECEIVED BY FRI, OCT 11, 2019.
Mail to John Hodgson, 339 Avonburn Rd. SE, Calgary, AB T2H 1N9
or email to
FELLOW GYROS
This is your Gyro Club of Sherwood Park invoice for dues covering the period from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020
.
Dues for this period are $375.00 and are now payable.
If paying by cheque please make it payable to the Gyro Club of Sherwood Park.
Payment can be given to Erik Braun or Al Bleiken at the next meeting..
If you wish you may mail your payment to:
Erik Braun
Suite 116
69 Crystal Lane
Sherwood Park AB
T8H 2E9
Thank you,
Erik Braun
Treasurer
A great day was had at Kleebaums, great food, super weather, and engaging competition. Thanks so much Gary! Gary’s helpers were hard working as usual thanks to Jim Copeland, Sid Slade, Herb Zmurchuk and Al Bleiken. The Bocce tournament had two winners the A Side with the team of Keith Bradley, Marian Phillips, Carol Kleebaum, and Bill Austin going home with wine and a taste of homemade horseradish and/or blueberry jam. The B Side winners were the team of Jan Bradley,Vic Syvenky, Terry Bajer, and Judy Govenlock, they went home with a six pack of beer and the homemade horseradish and/or blueberry jam. Congratulations to the winners a well fought battle.
The Meeting was brought to order at 6:50 pm. Ken Lesniak led off with the Gyro song, followed by John William’s toast to the Queen. Gary Jones introduced his guest Bruce, and Scott Brisbin gave a thoughtful Grace. Dinner featured Chicken Schnitzel, which was excellent. Don Greg gave an extensive report on health and welfare in which he reported many of our Gyro members are making good progress back to good health. Don acknowledged the loss of Rick Lemieux’s wife and advised that a donation had been made by the Club on her behalf. Art Merrick reported his wife Judy was once again undergoing treatment for cancer. Lawrence Zaleski gave an extensive report on the history and status of Bill Carter’s health status and noted Bill would like to take some fellow Gyro’s money by playing Crib at his house. Al Bleiken read a letter of Thanks from Bill and Jeannie for all the support they received from Gyro members.
Al Bleiken then presented the Bowling trophy to Brian Wolfe, who chaired the winning team. The delay in presenting the trophy was caused by some minor repairs which needed to be done. Scott Brisbin won the 50/50. And John Williams gave a report on our next meeting which will be Poker Night. The meeting was adjourned. Garry Jones then introduced Al Bleiken as the Guest Speaker. As stated, the presentation on Global Terrorism was a fill-in for the cancelled Valentines Dance. Unfortunately, it was not as much fun as the dance would have been. The response to the presentation was good from the 22 Gyros attending the meeting and some important questions were raised on terrorism. Several members asked for a copy of the written report on terrorism, which I have attached for Gyros who attended and those who were away.
All in all, another good Gyro meeting.
Thank you and have a good day.
Vice President Al
Good night at Caffrey’s in the Park, great turnout and good food and entertainment. Thanks Paul and Rick. Seems the winners of the tournament and a bottle of wine were Brian Wolf and Terry Bajer with wine going to the runners up also which was the team of Lawrence and Lloyd. Got some pictures not that great in a smoky old pool hall!! The shark, the winners and the wanabe winners.
Hello:
Our report for Crib Night follows.
This year Crib Night was slotted near the beginning of our year which I think helped in getting 29 members out of which included 2 proposed members; Brian Wolfe and Ian Bannatyne. Past years the meeting has been held in March and attendance was lower because of members seeking sunny and warmer weather. It should be noted that Bill Carter and Jack Beattie were in attendance and stayed right to the bitter end; great to see them both out and being able to participate again at meetings.
Dorne and myself thought it might be faster to play teams rather than singles which we thought would result in faster play. The format was double knock out with a winner for A side and B side. We assigned members attending to their teams and started play before dinner. Play continued after dinner until winners were declared at around 9:00 pm. A side winners were Jack Beattie and Lloyd Wilson, B side winners were Earl Korber and Peter Elzinga. Each winner picked a bottle of wine to take home as a prize; the cost of which was our program budget. Someone was heard to say. “Doesn’t Lloyd loose at anything.”
Both Dorne and I felt it was a good meeting and well attended which should continue as it was this year in November.
Yours in Gyro,
Don and Dorne
