DAY 4It might have been the best day yet. If nothing else, it’s why I love Winnipeg: the people.
Back on Wednesday, as I drove out to Carman on our 2010 Ticket Tour, I noticed all the terrific new buildings on the west end of McGillivray Boulevard just before the Perimeter. So, I told myself to drop in on some of those folks, just to see what was inside.
The first place I went on Friday was Brandt Tractor Ltd. and what an impressive place. You could play basketball in their foyer. If you need a tractor, make sure you go there and look around this marvelous facility.
From there, I dropped in at Arnott Agencies (Puma, Dunlop, Warrior Sports etc.) and had a great chat with Kerri Arnott and then drove over to the magnificent Kleysen Group LP building right across the street. It’s another tremendous building that houses one of Canada’s most prestigious transportation group of companies. You know it’s “prestigious” because the building screams prestige.
From there I went over to Dovercourt Drive and knocked on the door of my old friend Scott LaCroix at the IC Group, and then went down the street and met Michelle Mauer, who works for the FWS Group of Companies, but she’s not related to Joe. By the way, Joe Mauer is the best baseball player I’ve ever seen.
We also popped in on the folks at Supreme Basics, a division of Supreme Office Products, J.R. Cousin Consultants, Com-Free and C & T Rentals. We met a wonderful lady at Vector Construction Group (“The Concrete Restoration Specialists”) who passed the ticket package on to her boss, CEO Bob Spriggs, and then we dropped in on Steve and Ev Polish, along with Michelle Anseeuw, at TNM Promotions on Scurfield.
Steve once coached my daughter’s fastball team at Glenwood C.C. while Michelle is the headliner of “Inclineations”, a tremendous Patsy Cline tribute that’s been featured at the Casinos of Winnipeg. I know Steve will be at the ballpark this summer, and it appears we may have found a new anthem singer as well.
We finished up the day with a visit to that beautiful CRNM building on the south side of Pembina Highway, just before the underpass near the Pembina Hotel. The College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba has a wonderful site and I talked at length with a terrific young guy named Patrick Yeates. Hope we see a group from the CRNM at the park this summer.
It was a short week, just four days, thanks to 92 CITI FM’s Louis Riel Day holiday. But in four short days, we now have 46 business cards in our draw for that tremendous Roman Swiderek framed print.
All in all, it was a great first week.
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