No Ross; no French Toast. What gives?

Read all about it: fentanyl, monster bombs and second careers!

Members:

Brett Bain. He enjoyed having his son and his family visit for the past few weeks. He couldn’t help noticing that as delightful as it was to pick them up at the airport … it was equally saddening to return to the airport to see them off. (Ah well, there’s next year to look forward to.)

Sean Baylis.

Jim Bladon. The Stampede ticketing program (for draws for great prizes) was hugely successful this year.  Better yet, most of the big winners were local Calgarians (or within driving range). • The online sales were so popular, they increased revenues by $700,000.

Paul Boucher. A slip of the pen that could have cost Paul a pretty penny, was resolved by the fine folks at FEDEX. When Paul realized he’d made a mistake and that it was already enroute with Fedex, he called to ask if they could somehow call it back. They could and they did. Phew.

Ian Campbell: Faster? Smarter? More successful? Ian is spending less time with customers (patients) and being a little more hands-on as owner/manager. (His clients still get good care, so don’t worry.) His business volumes are growing.• Meanwhile, Ian’s volleyball-spiking son is keeping active – including playing in Edmonton where serious players can begin qualifying for the Olympics. 

Matt Dart .

Don Davis .

Todd Dean:

George Doherty.

Don Doolan . 

Tony Fisher. He marvelled at Gord Forsyth’s amazing selling abilities. In fact, Tony wondered out loud if maybe Gord missed his calling:  Gord may yet have a second career in his future – as a carnival barker on the midway. 

Gord Forsyth.

Mel Gibson.

Henry Heuver. Henry was happy to let others do the talking.

David Hicks.

Dan Kennelly. It’s a worry it is. An orange package was found in Dan’s neighbourhood – full of doses of fentanyl! Such a find in a family community is frightening. It’s reason enough to keep your eyes peeled for strange cars and/or people in your area.. • Dan also mentioned that heating, A/C and hot water equipment are all leased in Ontario. Nobody buys them there.

Matt Litke.

Andy Lockhart. Last week, he spoke of the burgeoning mosquito peril around his home section. This week, he’s speaking about recreating one of the biggest bombs of WWII. Hopefully, there’s no connection between these two events. • There’s a Men’s Club in High River that has nothing but nice things to say about the Biggest Bomb-maker we Birds know: Andy recreated their multi-player cribbage table (Lost in the 2013 flood).

J.D. MacDonald. Just back from the fine weather and high prices of gasoline in Agassi and Harrison Hot Springs. • To afford such pleasures in the future, JD may be talking to Don Davis about how to set up a lease corp for HVAC and related items.

Michael McLennan. Micheal remembers when English Bay area of Vancouver was an attractive place to hang out. Not so much anymore. So he now suggests the Village of Steveston – on the other side of Richmond. It has much going for it without all the street people, druggies and police sirens.

Ross Mikkelsen.

Mike Mikkelson. 

Brad Pachal. Tipster of the day?. #1. Brad sits on his email messages and such until the next day. J-u-s-t in case he wants to change it, fix it or cancel it. • #2: You know how annoying WeedEaters can be. Their line spools are finicky and re-spooling is a pain in the butt. So Brad suggests you buy some ‘spiral line’. Spiral line cuts better than plain cord and lasts longer  Available at CT.

Gerry Parcells.

Dwayne Vinck. Dwayne spoke of a cannabis-based firm (where he’s the CFO) and how  its ‘going public’ plans are unfolding as they should.

Bob Wiggins. Bob delivered a short review of our annual report. Seems we’re in the black but as always, an edge of red could creep in at any time. 

George Roberts. 

Associates:

Gregg Callander. 

Alumni:

Ken Eades. 

Bill Hoogstratten. 

Bruce Roblin. 

Chris Wright