Our President Speaks I am writing this letter from Fargo, N.D. - stuck

here in a blizzard while on our way to Phoenix - our flight has been cancelled and we will be coming back in Winnipeg tomorrow. Oh, well, the travails of try-ing to avoid winter.

We had another successful President’s luncheon

on December 15th and made a nice donation to the Dream Factory. Thanks to everyone who makes this a great event each year. Thanks again to Al and Eri-ca for hosting the Xmas party at their new home. I think all the Gyros enjoyed a lovely evening with more than adequate Christmas cheer!

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and man-

aged to connect with all your loved ones. It’s time to now start thinking about 2019 and those New Years resolutions. Remember, hope abounds within the depths of winter (wind outside here currently about 50mph….lucky to find a beer at the bar…hard to be-lieve any of the hotel staff made it to work!). Good thing I’m an optimist.

Our scheduled Gyro event for January is GoCart

and AirSoft on January 26th. Please advise Derek if you are planning on attending. A reminder to all that the meeting that is normally scheduled on the 1st Wednesday of January is cancelled and we will com-mence our 2019 meetings on week 3, January 16th.

On behalf of, Janice and the entire board of Direc-

tors of Gyro Winnipeg I wish each of you a Happy New Year!!!

Dinner Meeting January 16th, 2019

Winnipeg Winter Club 6:00pm Cocktails 6:30pm Dinner

Go Carts & AirSoft

January 26th Time - 11:00am & 2:00pm Speedworld & Xtreme-tatic

The Official Publication of the Gyro Club of Winnipeg

Officers & Directors 2016 - 2017 President (2) Brent Young ......................... drbyoung@mts.net Vice-Pres (2) Tyler Seman ...................... tyler.seman@mnp.ca Secretary Derek Hay ......................... hay-family@shaw.ca Treasurer Tyler Seman ...................... tyler.seman@mnp.ca Director Bob Drew ............................. darord@mymts.net Director Derek Hay ......................... hay-family@shaw.ca Director Gary Howes ............................ ghowes@mts.net Director Chris Medland .............. chris.medland@shaw.ca Past Pres. Bill Johnston ................... wjohnsto@mymts.net

The Gyrose http://winnipeg.gyro.ws

January 2019 Dedicated to Friendship and Fun Free

Other Important Dates Widows are encouraged to attend any mixed

function they wish. Please contact Bill or Don to arrange.

Jan 2nd ..................................................................... Cancelled Feb 6th ............................................................ Dinner Meeting Feb 20th ..................................................... Valentin’s Dinner Mar 6th ............................................................ Dinner Meeting Mar 9th .............................................. Billiards & Shuffleboard Mar 20th .......................................................... Dinner Meeting Mar 29th .................................................. Virtual Reality Night Apr 3rd ........................................................... Dinner Meeting Apr 17th .......................................................... Dinner Meeting Apr 27th ...................................................................... Bowling

Gyro Dinner Meeting December 5th, 2018

In attendance tonight were Gyro’s: Al, Don, Ty-ler, Gary H., Craig, Bill, Brent, Gary P., Tony, Derek & George, who all came out to enjoy out-standing salad followed with a nice turkey dinner and dessert made to add pounds. Casual conversa-tion around the table as mainly about hockey.

Brief Business portion: • Christmas party • Al is ready. Traditional Turkey dinner. • President luncheon already to go

Health • Val is doing very well • Bill A. Doing good as well • Don visited Bob Dines, doing well but dementia

has set in Board meeting • Donation this year increased by$1000 to a total

of $4000 this year. Dream Factory • New events and some old events are in the plan-

ning phase for the Spring. The draw

Good bye George, so long Don as these two were eliminated from the draw tonight, leaving the win-ner to be Craig, with Don & Tony wining the NTI.

The free dinner was also won by Tony who went home with some of the many coins in brought in a month ago.

For those in the Lottery pool from last meeting we are still active. A new Pool also started up this meeting.

Good & Welfare

Tony has given up trying to find a comparable venue that can provide a private meeting area for our meal. Also our meals seem to have gotten better in the last month, so there is no reason at this time to move to a different location.

Committee Chairpersons Gyrose Derek Hay GyroScope Derek Hay FAG Fundraiser Dinner Tim, Mark & Bob Health Don McInnes, Bill Johnson Membership Don McInnes, Patrick Rathwell Photography Everyone with a smart phone President’s Luncheon Brent Young Social Board of Directors Speakers Don McInnes Telephone Bill Johnston Nomination Craig, Derek, Bill

Comments or if you just want to reach us : Gyro Club of Winnipeg

6 Cass Street Winnipeg, MB R3R 2M4

winnipeg@gyro.ws http://winnipeg.gyro.ws

https://www.facebook.com/Gyro.Winnipeg

“If you put a group of men together under the pretence of friendship, they might not necessarily have fun.

But if you provide fun for a group of men, they will likely become friends by sharing mutually positive experiences.”

Celebrate with your Friends Crystal ............................. February 20th Do we have your birthday information so we can come by for a free drink. Gyro Winnipeg stats: Total members: 27 25 year members: 7 40 year members: 2 Average time in Gyro: 16.2 years Average age of members: 65.2 years Oldest is Don McInnis

Christmas Party By Michelle

On December 8, 2018 the GYRO Christmas cele-bration took place once again and thanks to our gra-cious hosts, Al and Erica McLaughlin and their two busy elves, a great time was had by all 36 guests. Al and Erica always succeed in amazing us, not only by opening up their home at such a busy time of year, but by their ability to create a wonderful spar-kling evening with all the right touches.

Mouth watering appetizers greeted us as we set-

tled in to their cozy and warm holiday environment. The dinner table was incredible with many mouth-watering choices including turkey, ham and all the trimmings. The flower centre piece set the stage for each dish calling to us from its prefect setting.

Interaction was constant as we all caught up and

shared stories with one another. At times conversa-tion tackled serious concerns and current affairs but as always individuals and groups found a way to combine serious talk with laughter and fun. Our President, Brent Young, found just the right words to thank our hosts as they looked on in appreciation

and we were all wished the very best for the upcom-ing year.

In the midst of our evening and to our surprise

conversation was halted as a group of enthusiastic carollers arrived and sang their favourite songs in support of a chosen charity. Thank you members for giving generously to their cause and thank you San-ta for bringing them our way!

As we leave 2018 it is important to consider one

important point. We all deserve a pat on the back and why? No matter what the occasion, we can walk into a room filled with folks from many walks of life and share the best gift of all, FRIENDSHIP. Congrats Gyros and Gyrettes, the world is a better place with all of you in it. Carry on and lets recruit some fascinating new members for next year’s par-ty. They will be amazed!

If you become aware of a death, sickness or hospitalization involving a fellow Gyro or their immediate family, please notify Don McInnes, Chair of the Health Committee so that appropriate action can be taken.

Gyro President’s Luncheon By President Brent

Another successful President’s Luncheon was held at the Winter Club on December 15th with ap-proximately 70 men attending. Our guest speaker, Joe Poplawski, entertained us with some stories about his early career with the Bombers, some of the famous players and coaches with the Bombers and the league - Dieter Brock, James West, Rick House, Bernie Ruoff, Tom Clements, Ray Jauch, Cal Murphy, Hugh Campbell, Paul Robson, just to name a few. Joe shared some very candid thoughts regarding the state of our football team and provid-ed comments on our quarterback, the receiving core, the offensive coordinator, the large upcoming free agent market, field conditions at this years Grey Cup, etc. Many of these reflected some of the con-cerns that many of us have had regarding the state of Winnipeg football.

We all enjoyed a meal of beef wellington and the

attendees enjoyed a few libations keeping in mind that many of us needed to drive home safely follow-ing the event. A donation of $4,000 has been made

Gyro Bowling TBA

TBA o’clock pm St. James Lanes

Dinner at the lanes

Contact Gervin to book your spot

to the Dream Factory, an increase from our $3,000 donation level of previous years. I would add that there were three guests at my table who also attend-ed our wine and cheese event in October for pro-spective new members. Overall, a successful event and special thanks to the Gyro members who make a concerted effort each year to bring out one or more guests (and one member in particular who was the host for probably 25% of the crowd).

Humour Page Thoughts to Ponder. ? If poison expires, is it more poisonous or is it no

longer poisonous? ? Which letter is silent in the word "Scent," the S

or the C? ? Do twins ever realize that one of them is un-

planned? ? Why is the letter W, in English, called double

U? Shouldn't it be called double V? ? Maybe oxygen is slowly killing you and It just

takes 75-100 years to fully work. ? Every time you clean something, you just make

something else dirty. ? The word "swims" upside-down is still "swims" ? 100 years ago everyone owned a horse and only

the rich had cars. Today everyone has cars and only the rich own horses.

? If you replace "W" with "T" in "What, Where and When", you get the answer to each of them.

? At a movie theatre, which arm rest is yours? ? If people evolve from monkeys, why are mon-

keys still around? ? Why is there a 'D' in fridge, but not in refrigera-

tor? ? Who knew what time it was when the first clock

was made? ? Wonder why the word funeral starts with FUN? ? Why isn't a Fireman called a Water-man? ? How come Lipstick doesn't do what it says? ? If money doesn't grow on trees, how come

Banks have Branches? ? If a Vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a Hu-

manitarian eat? ? How do you get off a non-stop Flight? ? Why are goods sent by ship called CARGO and

those sent by truck SHIPMENT?

April 11th, 2018 Granite Curling Club

5:30 Cocktails $40.00

Contact Mark or Tim Prizes wanted for the silent auction Do you have any freezer space that you can spare until the dinner Do you have any game, fish, exotic roadkill, you want to donate. 100% of the net proceeds from the FAG Dinner each year will be allo-cated to the Charity Fund.

? Why do we put cups in the dishwasher and the dishes in the Cupboard?

? Why do doctors 'practice' medicine? Are they having practice at the cost of the patients?

? Why do they call it a TV 'set' when there is only one?

? What are you vacating when you go on a vaca-tion?

Golf at Christmas

Four old-timers were playing their weekly game of golf, and one remarked how nice it would be to wake up on Christmas morning, roll out of bed an without an argument, go directly to the golf course, meet his buddies, and play a round.

His buddies all chimed in and said, “Let’s do it! We'll make it a priority, figure out a way and meet here early Christmas morning." Months later, that special morning arrives, and there they are on the golf course.

The first guy says, "Boy, this game cost me a for-tune. I bought my wife such a diamond ring that she can't take her eyes off it."

Second guy says, "My wife is at home planning the cruise I gave her. She was up to her eyeballs in brochures."

Third guy says, "Well, my wife is at home admir-ing her new car, reading the manual."

They all turned to the last guy in the group who is staring at them like they all had lost their minds. "I can't believe you all went to such expense for this golf game. I woke up, slapped my wife on the butt and said: "Well Babe, Merry Christmas. It's a great morning for either sex or golf, and she said, "Take a sweater. ”

Billiards & Shuffleboard Tournament

Granite Curling Club 3rd Floor

Noon

March 9th, 2019 You are encouraged to bring

along a friend, who we can influ-ence with our de-bauchery and she-nanigans

Bring a friend to Gyro The membership committee has schedule the 3rd Wednesday (2nd meeting) of the month, to be, bring a friend to Gyro night. All members are encouraged to bring a friend. This can be an actual true friend, a work college, a relative or anyone you feel will be a good addition to Gyro. Remem-ber that if they join and become a Gyro, we will reimburse you for up to 2 dinners that you paid for, should they join within 1 year of attending said dinners.

LAST RIDE ON MY HARLEY? While riding my Harley, I swerved to avoid hitting

a deer, lost control and landed in a ditch, severely banging my head. Dazed and confused I crawled out of the ditch to the edge of the road when a shiny new convertible pulled up with a very beautiful woman who asked, "Are you okay?" As I looked up, I no-ticed she was wearing a low cut blouse with cleavage to die for...

"I'm okay I think," I replied as I pulled myself up to the side of the car to get a closer look.

She said, “Get in and I’ll take you home so I can clean and bandage that nasty scrape on your head.”

"That's nice of you," I answered, "but I don't think my wife will like me doing that!"

"Oh, come now, I’m a nurse," she insisted. "I need to see if you have any more scrapes and then treat them properly." Well, she was really pretty and very persuasive. Being sort of shaken and weak, I agreed, but repeated, "I'm sure my wife won't like this." We arrived at her place which was just few miles away and, after a couple of cold beers and the bandaging, I thanked her and said, "I feel a lot better but I know my wife is going to be really upset so I'd better go now."

"Don't be silly!" she said with a smile. "Stay for a while. She won't know anything. By the way, where is she?"

Still in the ditch with the Harley, I guess."

Court Date A cranky older woman "in her senior years" was

arrested for shoplifting at a grocery store. She gave everyone a hard time, from the store manager to the security guard to the arresting officer who took her away. She complained and criticized everything and everyone throughout the process. When she appeared before the judge, the judge asked her what she had stolen from the store. The lady defiantly replied, "Just a stupid can of peaches you old fool.”

The judge then asked why she had done it. She replied, "I was hungry and forgot to bring any

cash to the store." The judge asked how many peaches were in the

can. She replied in a nasty tone, "Nine! But why do you care about that?"

The judge answered patiently, "Well, ma'am, be-cause I'm going to give you nine days in jail -- one day for each peach."

As the judge was about to drop his gavel, the lady's long-suffering husband raised his hand slowly and asked if he might speak. "Yes sir, what do you have to add?"

The husband said meekly, "Your Honor, she also stole two cans of peas.

St. Valentines Dinner February 20th

Winnipeg Winter Club 6:00 pm Cocktails

6:30 Dinner

Bring your Sweetie out for an evening with friends.

Minneapolis Metro GYRO is planning the 2019 District VII Convention to be held in Duluth on September 13 - 15 next year. We're planning another fun and interesting opportunity for Gyro's to get together for a great weekend. Put it on your calendar now. You won't want to miss it.

Inn on Lake Superior, Duluth, MN Ben Leadholm, Chairman 2019 Convention Planning Committee

The Dying Irishman An Irishman lies dying; his wife is by his bedside. He says in a weakened voice “There is something I

must confess.” “Shhhh” said the wife, “there is nothing to con-

fess.” She holds his hand and caresses his head. “Everything is all right” she whispers.

“NO!!” the husband replied “I must die in peace...I had sex with your sister, your best friend, her best friend and your best friend's mum!”

“I know,” she whispered, “That's why I poisoned you. Now close your eyes.”

Airsoft & Go-Cart racing

January 26th, 2019 With the new year comes the resolution

to exercise more. And Gyro is hear to help you, by getting into the Fun of Friendship

Doubleheader Mixed Event

It’s time to see who is the better driver and more adventurous of our group - Gyro or the Gyrettes, young new Gyros or older wiser Gyros. Speed World - Indoor

11:00 AM 575 C Berry Street This is all about strategy. Where to pass, where to block, how to make the corner We will be doing the Ultimate Grand Prix - ULTIMATE GP - $60.00 10 lap warm up / 20 lap qualifier / 20 lap feature race. You’ve watch racing on

TV, it looks simple, now it’s your turn to try it out.

Xtreme-tactics.com 2:00PM 551 Ferry Rd Check out their web site for package prices and choose you weapon wisely. You don’t want to run out in the middle of a shootout. - Personal advise - wear thick clothing.

Perfect opportunity to

bring out friends and show them what Gyro is all about.

We put the Fun in Friendship!

TGIF We are meeting Friday afternoons at the

Rockwood legion on Wilton. You are en-couraged to bring along a friend to intro-duce them to Gyro. This is casual drop in type of thing, but we are also asking that you respond to the email that you are going.

Gyro Photo’s The Winnipeg Gyro photo albums have

moved to a new site. Click the following link to take you to there. The other site was costing your editor to much money per year and I did not want to keep it up.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/GyroWinnipeg/502640953096754?sk=photos_albums

You do not need to be a member of Fa-

cebook and if it asks you to login, just hit the escape key.

"GYRO is a social club that offers the opportunity for

Fun, Friendship, Networking and Socializing in a friendly &

relaxed environment".

PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO

READ OUR RULES IN THE

ATTACHED DOCUMENT!

Be advised that if your

group is late for your reser-vation, you will lose your track

priority and can expect ad-

ditional wait times.

If your party fails to pre-register

there can be de-lays in getting

your event start-ed on time!

ANYONE

WHO IS NOT REGISTERING

ONLINE SHOULD ARRIVE

20 MINUTES EARLY

ONLINE REGISTRATION OPEN NOW!

RESERVATION CODE 119326

CLICK TO REGISTER FOR YOUR GROUP EVENT

Club Roster as of July 22nd, 2018

Dedicated to Friendship and Fun

Nick

First Last

Spouse em

ail H

ome_Phone

Cel_Phone Bus_Phone

Address

Zip_Post Club_Posn

Bill W

illiam

Appleby

Laurie bappleby@

shaw.ca

204-470-5906 204470-5906

204-470-5906 206-B G

oulet Street R2H

0R8

Dennis

Dennis

Cale Joanne

djcale@m

ts.net 204-889-3931

204-941-3582

203 2680 Portage Ave

R3J 0R1

Craig Craig

Cormack

Sheryl ccorm

ack1030@gm

ail.com

204-896-7221 204-805-3308

6 Cass Street

R3R 2M4

Bob Robert

Drew

M

ichele darord@

mym

ts.net

204-227-3739 204-227-3739

14-180 Victor Lew

is Drive

R3P 2E1 BO

D

Scott Scott

Edmonds

Margaret

tsedmonds@

yahoo.ca 204-452-5689

204-952-2570

985 Dorchester A

venue R3M

0P9

George

George

Gram

vrelis Patricia

dynacom@

mts.net

204-895-8080

1395 Charlesw

ood Road R3S 1C3

Gervin

Gervin

Greasley

Marian

leecom@

mym

ts.net 204-831-7226

204-791-1992

301 - 1710 Portage Ave

R3J 0E2

Derek

Derek

Hay

hay-fam

ily@shaw

.ca 204-257-1420

204-981-7726 204-981-7726

51 St Hilaire Place

R2J 4B5 BO

D,BU

E,CLB,WEB

,SEC

Jamie

James

Hay

Kim

jdhay@

mts.net

204-254-8053 204-981-0034

62 Sm

uggler'S Cove R3X

1R6

Gary

Gary

How

es V

al ghow

es@m

ts.net 204-488-5083

204-612-4691 204-833-2500

901 - 155 Wellington Cres

RM3 0A

3 BO

D

Bj W

illiam

Johnston Sandra

wjohnsto@

mym

ts.net 204-889-8780

825 Cathcart St R3R 3C1

IPP,SCL

Tony A

nthony M

agian

tmagian@

shaw.ca

204-997-3752

16 D

eepdale Blvd R4A

2A6

Don

Donald

McInnes

m

ackiesisland5@gm

ail.com

204-895-8877

807-543-2333 714 - 3033 Portage A

venue R3K

2E3 M

EC

Al

Alan

Mclaughlin

Erica e.alan.m

claughlin@gmail.com

204-453-2763

204-982-2638

212 Waverley Street

R3M 3L2

Chris Christopher

Medland

Karen

chris.medland@

shaw.ca

204488-0171

204-982-3451 45 O

ak Street R3M

3P6 BO

D

Garry

Garry

Parkes Becky

parkesteamtouchbase@

gmail.com

204-774-7620

204-989-5000

74 Hollington Road

R3P 1R9

Tim

Timothy

Paul Cindy

timfpaul@

shaw.ca

204-895-3801 204-479-4343

16 W

heelwright W

ay R4G

0B9

Jim

Jim

Perfanick

120 Perfanick Dr

R3W 1R8

Tom

Thomas

Phinney Connie

stpzip@m

ts.net 204-633-2288

204-801-5740 204-694-6740

30 Massem

a Cres R2P 0K

9

Mark

G

Rathwell

Cecilia m

gr4@shaw

.ca

204-269-7023

18 Bromley Pl

R3T 3S5

Patrick Patrick

Rathwell

patrick.rathw

ell@gm

ail.com

204-295-0893

204-934-5410 18 Brum

ley Place R3T3S5

Gary

Gary

Read H

elen ghread@

mym

ts.net 204-889-0039

204-794-6382

1-82 Sandrington Dr.

R2N0J3

Ken

Kanw

al Saran

Cali kanw

alsaran@shaw

.ca

204799-6737 204475-0088

182 Messager

R2H 0A

1

Tyler Tyler

Seman

Crystal tyler.sem

an@m

np.ca 204-257-1420

204-996-4887 204-336-6149

147 Ed Golding Bay

R2C4S8 V

I1,TRE

Barry Barry

Smitke

Coleen bsm

itke@m

ymts.net

204-895-4638 204-771-1680

90 M

cDow

ell Drive

R3R2W7

John John

Stordeur Lou

jstordeu@shaw

.ca 204-837-8989

204-228-6394 204-885-4014

833 Cathcart St R3R 3C1

Doc

Brent Y

oung Janice

drbyoung@m

ts.net 204-736-4680

204-475-0088

31 Kingscrest D

rive R0G

0A1

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