SEPTEMBER 2003 BULLETIN

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Wednesday, September 3 Luncheon Meeting Quality Inn

Wednesday, September 17 Luncheon Meeting Quality Inn

Friday, September 26 Installation of Officers Carriage House Inn
6:00 p.m. - Cocktails.
7:00 p.m. - Dinner followed by Installation of Officers and entertainment.
Cost: $ 40 / person – cost includes fly-away breakfast on Sat. Sept.27 at
Travelodge ( ½ block south of Carriage House Inn on MacLeod Trail)
9a.m. until 11a.m.
Dress code: formal/semi-formal for Installation. Breakfast-dress casual.
This is a mixed event and guests are welcome!

PAST EVENTS:

Horseshoe Pitch
The weather co-operated and 35 including 2 guests attended this fun afternoon which included a steak dinner after the horseshoe games were over.
The winners were:
Championship: Al Fech & Ron Thibault
Runner up: Andy Chunta & Ed Blasken
Second flight: John Fildes & Fred Gossett
Runner up: Gord Fordyce & Dave Gareau
Third flight: Dick Skinner & Cliff Deis
Runner up: Bob Steele & Ethan Compton

Thanks to our host Walt Howard and event organizer Dick Skinner.

ANNUAL CORN BOIL:
A fun afternoon with games, snack foods, beverages, delicious peaches and cream corn, tasty hot dogs, doughnuts and friendship was enjoyed by all the Gyros / Gyrettes and guests at the Al Azhar Shrine Mounted Patrol grounds. Thanks to the organizers and workers who made this event happen.
Al Clark and wife Mary Ann, Al Stuart and wife Sharon and Bob Rowan and wife Betty from the Stampede City Club joined us for the afternoon.
Al Clark extended an invitation to our club to attend the Stampede City Club’s "Poker Car Rally" being held on Saturday, Sept. 6^th commencing at 1:00 p.m.
Everyone will meet at Al Clark’s home located at 303 Canter Place S.W. and end at a secret destination where there will be a BBQ. The cost will be $15 per person. Contact Al Stuart at 281- 4992 or Al Clark at 281-3321 for more info and to confirm your attendance.

It is nice to be able to call people by name. Wearing your name tag helps new and older members to get to know one another.

SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS:

6^th George Garbutt
8^th Les Hamilton, Bob Lane, Bob Rowan,
14^th Andy Chunta
15^th Harold Lissel
26^th Cliff Deis

Have a Great Day, Gentlemen!

We were saddened by the sudden passing of one of our long time members, Steve Tippett. Steve was a Gyro member since 1976. Our condolences go out to Doris and the rest of the Tippett family.

A LETTER FROM GYRO HANK ERNST:

Hank has asked me to put this note in the Gyro Bulletin on his behalf.
We would like to express our appreciation to those of you who chose to contribute to the Evan Shaw Trust Fund in memory of Mary.
We deeply regret that Alberta Treasury Branches will not provide us with the information that would allow us to personally acknowledge donors on an individual basis.
Please accept my apology. Hank Ernst.

PRESIDENT CORNER:

President Ken’s Message

This summer Ann and I attended the International Convention in Salt Lake City. On the Thursday afternoon a membership symposium was held. As you all know, membership in Gyro is on the decline. The executive at every level of Gyro keep looking for the magic bullet that will stop the bleeding and allow us to see membership increase. So far nothing seems to be working.
The highlight of the Convention in Salt Lake City was that we met five wonderful couples from Edmonton. Over the next four days we had so much fun as we traveled with them from Salt Lake City to Wallace, Idaho where the District VIII Convention was held. To me that is what Gyro is all about…meeting new people and having fun.

When we arrived in Wallace we met up with Gord and Sylvia Anderson, Garry and Barb Davies, and Steve and Carole Denny. The Wallace Club did a bang up job in organizing the convention. While it was a tad hot, I know that everyone who attended this convention would do it again in a heartbeat.
During the presentations on Saturday evening our club was presented with the Russ Carter Membership Award. I was proud to accept this award on behalf of our club. It is presented to the Gyro club that brings in the most new members. While many clubs are experiencing membership problems, we continue to grow. The challenge for each of us in the coming year will be to keep increasing our numbers.
Also it was announced that Gary Cull had won the District VIII award for best Club Secretary for the second year in a row. Having worked with Gary on the executive for the last five years, I can say without any reservation that the award is well deserved. It will be officially presented at our Club Installation on September 26. Please come out and give Gary the recognition he truly deserves.

At the District VIII Convention in Wallace, Idaho the following District VIII Officers were installed:

Governor: Alan Clark (Stampede City Club)
1^st Lt. Gov.: Doug Aspeslet (Lethbridge Club)
2^nd Lt. Gov.: Erik Braun (Sherwood Park)
Sec./Treas. Wes Fillo (Stampede City Club)
Past Gov.: Gerry Glassford (Edmonton Club)
We wish all of you a great year as leaders of District VIII!

The Gyro Club of Calgary 2003-2004 Executive:

President Garry Davies
Vice President Dave Gareau
Past President Ken Baker
Treasurer Steve Denny
Secretary Gary Cull
Bulletin Editor Gord Anderson
Directors:
Ed Blasken Cliff Deis Al Fech Bob Lane Bob Steele*
*Bob Steele will be the Schedule & Events Coordinator for 2003/2004

Come out on our Installation Night to show your support for these fine Gyros as they guide our club in the coming year.

As Past District Governor I had the privilege of installing four new Gyro members and presenting one 50 Year Member Award at our Spring Brunch held at the Valley Ridge Golf and Conference Centre on April 27. The four new members are:
Don Doolan and wife Yvonne
Bonar Irving and wife Sharon
Shorty Price and wife Doreen
Wayne Sinclair and wife Sandra
Welcome to the Gyro Club of Calgary. We look forward to getting know you at the Gyro & Gyro/ Gyrette events.

Roy Bookes was the recipient of the 50 Year Member Award - Congratulations Roy!

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DID YOU HEAR……

A wife looked up from her newspaper one morning and said to her husband:
"I’m convinced that my mind is almost completely gone".
Her husband looks at her and responds:
"I’m not surprised…you’ve been giving me a piece of it for over 30 years".

The new 2003/2004 Gyro Club of Calgary Roster will be going to print soon. If you have any corrections or changes to make please e-mail, phone or fax them to me now.

Your bulletin editor,

Gyro Gord A.

KEEP THE FUN IN GYRO