March 2: Taylor's Ticket Tour - Day 8

Day 8 began as well as one could imagine. As expected, our good friend Roger Williams from CanCentral Card and Supply on Erin bought a pair of mini-packs and we definitely want to say “Thanks” and give a shout out to Rog.

Things got even better when our old pal and tremendous Goldeyes supporter Dave Petrishen, who just happens to be the new business consultant at Dairy Queen Restaurants, called about mini-packs for 2010 and we made a date for next week to talk about his options.

We dropped in on a couple of terrific young ladies on Des Meurons. Our first was at Overhead Door who said she’d pass on the ticket info to president Scott Wallace and the other at Special Laser Tech Inc. who wanted to barter for my Goldeyes jacket. I told her I’d bring Goldie into the office if she and her boss bought season tickets.

Had a great chat with Garry Gerbrandt who runs Dynamic Auto on St. Mary’s Road. As busy as he was in the shop, he was still buzzing about Sidney Crosby’s goal on Sunday. Aren’t we all? Still.

From Dynamic Auto, I wanted to get down the street to see Ray Giguere at Argy’s Collectibles. A tremendous baseball man, Ray also happens to be a Goldeyes fan with a tough summer schedule. As umpire-in-chief of the BoniVital Umpires Association, he doesn’t have much time to enjoy baseball in the summer because he’s either umpiring or scheduling umpires.

In fact, anyone older than the age of 13 with an interest in making a few extra bucks this summer can call Ray at 253-1565 or 253-8452 and apply to be an umpire in St. Boniface-St. Vital. It pays up to $40 a game and there is no previous experience necessary (BTW, we’re still trying to figure out a way for Ray to tweak his schedule and buy a couple of mini-packs).

After spending almost an hour with Ray, we slipped across the street to see Dan Meyer at Meyer’s Auto. Dan was out of the office but his friendly staff told us the ticket package would be placed on his desk.

All in all, Day 8 was a productive day and we now have an even 80 business cards in our draw for that beautifully framed Roman Swiderek print.