Reportedly, on June 28th …

Members:

Brett Bain. Stampede Party Report: please let Brett know if you’re attending the OSI BBQ

Sean Baylis.  

Jim Bladon. Interest Rate report: Jim’s been talking to the analysts who are anticipating two more Interest Rate hikes this year and more hikes next year. Time to lock in variable rates, he suggests. • Want to win a nice home plus $100 Grand? Buy a Stampede Lottery package of tickets. House comes with a corner lot in Walden and a Whiskey room off the master bedroom.

Paul Boucher. The Disintermediation Report: (No, Gord, I don’t know what it means either. But if Paul can throw this word around at breakfast, I can use it in the minutes.) Paul is voicing a ‘trailer’ for the movie, The Quiet Zone. This is a pretty big deal as trailer voice work tends to be lucrative and attention-getting. And the pool of trailer voices tends to, well, pool. • Paul talked to a US representative (think agent) while in NYC and may just have found one. This is a big deal, too. Well, it could be.

Ian Campbell.

Matt Dart. The 3D Printing Report: they’re now printing 3-dimensional-blocks to use for building houses.

Don Davis. Hawaii Beach Report: Don’s nephew (?) plays for the Alberta Selects (soccer). They won a berth in a tournament in Hawaii. They lost their first two games so had to spend the duration of tourney … on the beach sipping beer. So sad. • Don has been bothered by his knee and was sent to a surgeon. After poking and prodding Don for a while, the cutter told Don he wasn’t cutting. He told Don to double or triple his exercise regimen. That, he said, will make the pain go away.

Todd Dean.

George Doherty.

Don Doolan.

Tony Fisher. Airport Report: (airport report? of course! He’s our guy at YYC, or CIA if you prefer). LAX is not getting better. If anything, it’s getting worse. • He tells of a young fellow on the escalator who’s shoe got snagged at the top. Escalator stopped. Kid’s foot exited the shoe so it wasn’t mangled. But scary none the same.

Gord Forsyth . Pick-up report: you know those sticks with a nail protruding from the bottom? Used for picking up litter? Gord needs some for a ‘good cause ’ clean-up drive.

Mel Gibson. New Digs Report: Mel gets to drive the Glenmore to Birds in the morning. He also gets to check his previous home till mid-July. Good thing he did: one of its toilets got a stuck valve. (Yay JD and Sons.)  

Henry Heuver. Calgary and area tree report: it’s been a dry winter which was hard on trees. Harder than any recent winter. Lots of replacements needed.

David Hicks.

Dan Kennelly. The Mail Report: seems Dan’s company stopped receiving mail. Which reduced cash flow (cheques etc). Which saw Dan go on a mission to find out what happened. Seems the carrier quit. So, until new carrier starts, mail is stockpiled at the distribution centre. Dan recovered most of their mail – but one week of mail is missing. An investigation is now in progress. May it be faster than a snail.

Matt Litke. Realtor Report: seems Nettie Hendricks is a pretty thorough realtor.  

Andy Lockhart. Weather report: Andy was bashing little white balls around the links when he noticed how dark the sky was getting. Suddenly the wind struck, knocking a dozen trees down and whisking sand out of the sand trap. And then it was gone; replaced by blue skies and gentle breezes. (I believe the wind gave him two mulligans   and blew 5 strokes off his scorecard, too. That was some wind.)

J.D. MacDonald. Water Softener report: JD and his crew are becoming experts at water softening.

Michael McLennan.

Ross Mikkelsen. Financial report: thanks, Bob Wiggins, for a large number of years of looking after Birds’ numbers so diligently.

Mike Mikkelson .  

Brad Pachal.

Gerry Parcells.

Dwayne Vinck.

Bob Wiggins . Orange Juice Report: Bob got to the bottom of the Birds orange juice (or whatever kind of juice it was) mystery. Birds orange juice will now return for breakfast, regularly. Tastefully and reliably.

Chris Wright. 

George Roberts. 

Associates:

Gregg Callander.

Alumni:

Ken Eades.

Bill Hoogstratten.

Bruce Roblin. 

Chris Wright