Thursday, August 9, 2007

Chris Ecklund the Garbage Man

3 bags of Garbage.

That is what I collected yesterday while out and about.

1 entire bag on the fenceline alone. This " windbreak" at times is so full of garbage I have had to get City crews to come out and collect it all, that is usually on a Thursday preceded by a wednesday night wind storm!

Oh well, better against the fence than throughout the City.

Parents, you can help, if you give your kids a bottle of water to head to the park, ask them to bring the empty back to recycle it!

A few neighbours also complained about kids breaking bottles in the park, and that they also went to clean the broken glass up afterwards. First off, thankyou for cleaning up, it is dangerous to have broken glass lying around in the swing sets. If anyone sees anything happening there at night, please let me know and I will look into it.

And speaking of Garbage, dont forget it was a holiday last weekend, hence 1 day late in getting our garbage picked up.

Saturday, August 4, 2007

Ti Cats Win

Wow, what a game and what a night!!

Last night I had a great time along with over 24,000 fans with cheering on the Cats to their first win of the year!!

After Jesse Lumsden scored a touchdown I went to congratulate his Dad Neil, who is an old and dear friend, but he was live on the air so I never really did get to say hello, we just used sign language!

And also a Happy birthday also to Jesse, Happy 25th!, you got a long career with the Cats ahead of you!

It was a very enjoyable night, I was wandering all over the stadium, up with Bob Young in his box for awhile, down on the second floor for awhile, talked to the press, and spent some time with Ellison Kelly former Ti Cat great, and father of childhood friend Jerry, and also had a few long talks with Ti-Cat great Angela Mosca in the Hall of Fame club.

I also ran into John Dolbec from the Chamber who brought out his son to enjoy the game, and also Terry Anderson and his wife, Terry is the former alderman for Ward 7 and currently running for the Conservatives in the upcoming Federal Election.

Down on the field all the front office staff was in good spirits, and I almost got taken out by a tackle on the sidelines!!!A laptop suffered the brunt of it :(

Down in the west end zones I spent some time in the tents, a great spot by the way and some are still available for rent!Ran into some friends old and new, some neighbours also, and even my mother and father in law, and other members of the family!I even got my picture taken with the Grey Cup, last time I touched it, I was helping to polish it!