The Garfield Legacy Fund

I'm booked and checked-in on Air Canada's #1123 at 11:00 on September 14 arriving at 12:33 to begin (I'm guessing now) our 23rd reunion since John DeLisle convened the first one in 1995. Many a tale has been told and retold since the mid 1960's when it all started in Thurstonia Park on Sturgeon Lake where a small, less than glorious, cottage was our weekend retreat. I think there were 12 guys who formed the original group, with Arch, Bill and me signing on for life a couple of years later. (We were the old guys who were allowed to hang out when some of the younger decided their weekend-time would be better spent elsewhere.) That roster remains to this day except for Pat and Arch who passed away rather suddenly. Jack, Phil and Paul have been replaced by Rod, Eric and the odd mystery guest (one named Piggy comes to mind) whose sudden appearance illuminates our gatherings from time to time. Our yearly experience seems to stay ignited by regular emails about horse races, f...

Bianca on Television talk show tours Sept. 9/99 All of Canada glued themselves to television on this Saturday afternoon. Bianca, now being called, She The North after the Toronto Raptors NBA basketball champions, was taking on the 24 Majors Champion Serena Williams in front of a stacked crowd pulling for the American. Bianca is a free swinging tennis athlete who appears to know no fear of losing or winning. She meditates, seeks professional advice for her mind and thoughts as well as her tennis technique. She wears a hair springy band around her right arm's elbow for no reason that we know of, yet. She is comfortable with the post-win adulation that has fallen on her as the only Canadian to have ever won one of the Major Tennis Championships (US, French, Aussie and Wimbledon) ever. Canada has had contestants in the finals but who never crossed the finish line first. I'll predict that if she can remain injury-free she will be number one in the Tennis world for years to ...

On Leadership: 1906 - 2001 With battered machinery producing commercial printing projects for the likes of Rust Craft Greeting Cards and Advertising Agencies who always demand more at less cost to gain its business - Arthurs Jones has emerged from the dust of the 1960's to the top of Canada's printing industry by 1990. AJ had its birth in 1906 when Mr. Arthurs started the company; Mr. Jones joined in the 1920's and Mr. Adams and Mr. Reid McGregor purchased control in the 1950's; Mr. Duncan McGregor, right out of Ryerson University joined in the early 1960’s, and earned its presidency and ownership in 1976. While this dollar amount of $28,000,000 annually may not seem like a significant amount, please consider that blocks of type and relevant photographs produced in any colour of ink on any manufactured paper stock, and finished in a variety of ways for every single individual project will limit an ability to create the volume possible in other production fac...

Most of America if not most of the world waited for his spoken words. Would they be Trump's undoing or would he crawl out and escape once again?  Today was the long awaited pronouncement detailing Donald J. Trump's complicity regarding Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential Election in the USA. The warm up to this ground breaking testimony was palpable. Every news Chanel was on point when Mueller was sworn in by Congressional stalwarts, and my PVR was set to bring me the eight hours of enlightenment. I watched the first two hours and left for my Wednesday golf game at BGC. When I returned and visited the news/opinion broadcasts that evening my concerns/suspicion were well-founded. Mueller's performance was not explosive; it was not dynamic and did not sway the public; it was truthful just as the report was intended when written over a period of two and a half years and presented in its redacted form two months ago. Robert Mueller is 74 years of age and delibera...

The home of The Championships have spent 90 million pounds installing two retractable roofs on the main two courts. Why? Because it rains a lot in London, England. During the last fortnight there was nary a drop to be seen. What was in evidence was that the big three in the men's draw: Djokovic, Federer and Nadal still have what it takes to make it to the semi-finals. And the Open knew it. They were seeded one, two and three. The Ladies Championship was contested yesterday between long-time multi-winner Serena Williams and Romanian Simona Halep who had won the Rolland Garros French Grand Slam in 2018 for her first Slam. Williams' career is in the books as perhaps the best female player of all time, and probably the most tempestuous too. On this day Williams was destroyed by Halep 6 - 2, 6 - 2 and was broken four times. Halep played like never before - she was in the zone - and she knew it by blowing shot after shot past Williams for out and out winners over the 58 minutes i...

Among other creative thoughts about post secondary education, this column looks at the Apprenticeship vehicle as one that solves many problems for our youth and society in general. You may find it worthwhile especially if there are young people in your life who are approaching that decisive moment in their lives. Please read on: Sridhar Vembu is the co-founder and CEO of Zoho Corp., an India-based software development company that creates web-based business tools and information technology solutions. A new labour market is taking shape and it’s unlike anything we’ve seen before. Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are blurring the lines between tasks performed by humans and those performed by machines. Should entry-level workers fear losing their jobs? Where will people go to acquire the skills that employers are looking for? How can companies upskill their staff as they introduce more technology into the organization? Managed correctly, technologica...

In the business of reading all manner of advice is offered in all kinds of genres. Some of it is worthwhile copying and some of it is worthy of passing  to others. The following, I believe, is good information for anyone applying for a job in an interviewing process. The original -- and where I found it -- was in Investopedia, a site that usually provides investment information and definitions for financial ratios like what is a P/E. I'll not be applying for work, but maybe you will? Here they are: 1. I am very familiar with what your company does. Letting a prospective employer know that you are familiar with what a company does shows that you have a legitimate interest in the business and are not just wasting their time. Do your homework before arriving for an interview. Check out the company website for information about products and services. Search for the latest transactions and pertinent business news.  Be sure to let the interviewer know that you are famili...