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Gone to eat fishing...

Apologies for lack of posts. Just finished two days of directors meetings for the Canadian Community for Dialogue and Deliberation. Those were in Ottawa. Now headed to New Orleans with my lovely wife for a bit of R&R. We booked the trip before the oil leak started.  I am doubly glad we are going down now.

I'm eager to to do a very small bit to help the economy in the gulf. I will be eating lots of seafood.

In Praise of the Hands On Apartment Manager...

Haven't been blogging much this week. My family owns apartment buildings and our manager has been on his summer holiday.  I've been covering for him. He'll be back on the job Monday.

While I've been more hands on in the buildings, I've been thinking about how much work managing well actually involves. We pride ourselves on offering a quiet and well maintained building. A good manager is key in this effort.

We don't always get it right but it gives me great personal satisfaction to see happy tenants and former tenants who are applying again for apartments.

I've been reminded of the good work our manager does for us, and look forward to seeing him back next week.

Experienced Kamloops Entrepreneurs Race to a Million....

Two Kamloops boosters for whom I have a lot of respect have launched a contest that asks teams of entrepreneurs to turn five hundred dollars into a cool million dollars in ten and a half months. Peter Cameron-Inglis and Dean Pierson are youtubing the pre-launch phase:

Congratulations Mel Rothenburger - A Short Movie...

Just shortly after I was born, in August 1970, Mel Rothenburger began his immense contribution to Kamloops. Congratulations Mel on an inspiring 40 years! I made a little movie for you:

(Movie made with Screenflow)