Maybe I will drop by Nifty Fifties, or perhaps The Office pub today for a nice, smoke free lunch.

Well, it sounds like the first fines have been given out, and even though I am for this bylaw, I am not sure I agree with this situation.

Marcus Campbell, over at the Silver Buckle received a $200 fine for having ashtrays on his tables after 12:00.   The police expected him to have everyone quit smoking at 11:59, and have all ashtrays removed.

Marcus is all for the smoking bylaw, and even has had a lounge upstairs for almost a year that is smoke free.  I guess rules are rules, but the police should be going around tonight, not last night.

Well, it’s official people! Medicine Hat is scheduled to get two more radio stations. Here are the raw details from the CRTC ruling:

Clear Sky Radio : Clear Sky Radio Inc. (formerly known as 1182743 Alberta Ltd.) (Clear Sky) proposed to establish an English-language commercial FM radio station that would operate at 102.1 MHz (channel 271C) with an ERP of 100,000 watts. The proposed station would offer an Adult Standards/Modern Nostalgia music format appealing to those between the ages of 35 to 64 with the core audience of those over 45. A minimum of 40% of all popular music broadcast during the broadcast week would be Canadian selections, which exceeds the minimum requirement set out in the Regulations. Between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, a minimum of 35% of all popular music would be Canadian, which conforms to the minimum requirements set out in the Regulations. On average, a minimum of 22 hours of each broadcast week would be devoted to structured spoken word programming, including news, news updates, magazine programming, arts, music and lifestyle features. The applicant stated that it would devote $129,500 to CTD over seven consecutive broadcast years, upon commencement of operations.

Rogers Broadcasting: Rogers Broadcasting Limited (Rogers) proposed to establish an English-language commercial FM radio station that would operate at 105.3 MHz (channel 287C1) with an ERP of 77,900 watts. The proposed station would offer a blend of modern rock, album-oriented rock, classic rock and adult rock music designed to appeal to those between 25 and 54 years of age with a core audience of males aged 25 to 44. In each broadcast week, the station would broadcast 19 hours of spoken word programming of which 2 hours would be structured spoken word including news and information programming. The remainder of the spoken word programming would reflect the station’s rock music format and consist of unstructured discussions on various topics by announcers as well as brief news, traffic and weather surveillance and general information segments created by a local production team. The applicant stated that it would devote $1 million to CTD over seven consecutive broadcast years, upon commencement of operations

…so dies my hope of something cutting edge and interesting in local radio. I’m sorry if I sound pessimistic on this one, but really…”Modern Nostalgia”, and “Blended Rock designed to appeal to 25-54 years” just sounds like more commercial cheese to me. I guess the proof is in the pudding, but I was really hoping for if not something really edgy; then at least a good solid classic rock station.

A great game, but unfortunately we came up short. After having unusually great refereeing all tournament and letting the teams play, they decide to call the petty stuff in the final. Of course I’m upset about the last penalty, but that was just the culmination of what was bad penalties for both sides all game. Alas, ref’s do not win or loose games, it was just disappointing to see them find the whistle in the last match.

It was superb hockey, and a series/rivalry that will be remembered for a very long time.

And one very happy insurance company who didn’t have to pay out a total of $150,000 to Rodeo Ford customers.

Kim Johnston is going to have more details tomorrow morning about a welcome home party for the Tigers on Tuesday. Listen to the morning show or check his blog for more information.

Kanuckhockey sent me a link to a great article about Keetley on NHL.com.

Kim at MY96 posted the following video on his blog.

Hello,
This is Lisa from Dewdrop Entertainment . The reason for this email is our
featured artist of the month is local Comedian Stephanie Foley. Stephanie is
performing at the Esplanade on May 26th. The show will be a charity event for
the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Due to the fact that the show is a charity
event we don’t have a budget for advertising so we are relying on word of mouth
and the internet. PLEASE help us spread the word!! Tell your staff ,
customers, friends and family and please forward this message to everyone you
can think of. The show will be amazing with many performers and will definitely
be worth every penny. The more tickets we sell the more money we will raise for
charity, and time is running out. We heard through the rumour mill that it is
impossible for a local talent to sell out the Esplanade, LETS PROVE THEM
WRONG! Please support your local talent. Listed below is info on the show and
how to get tickets.

DETAILS:
Where : Esplanade , downtown Medicine Hat
When : May 26th @ 8PM
Tickets : $20
Avail. : www.TIXX.ca
www.esplanade.ca
403.502.8777
Esplanade Box Office
Mall Customer service /Box Office
Dewdrop Entertainment @ 403.878.3766

Entertainment: Comedian , Headliner Stephanie Foley {local}
Comedian Dre {local}
Comedian MJ {local}
Musical Guest- recording artist Missdeefy {local}
Musical Guest recording artist Blake Breglund {local}
MC- Radio DJ - Dan Foley {Lethbridge}
Extras/ Backround Dancers {local]
Charity:Heart and Stroke Foundation
Sponsor: Black Ball Billiards & Extreme Tattoo
Rating : age 16 and up

Thank you for your time and suport of local talent. It isn’t easy for these
kids to make it in this biz but with your help we can make it happen!!!!
Lets raise some money for charity! BRING ALL AND TELL ALL!!!!!!!!!
Let us know if you can make it
Lisa
Dew Drop Entertainment
dewdropentertainment@gmail.com
dwey@telus.net
www.myspace.com/stephaniefoley
403.878.3766

Like the beef jerky people annoying the Sasquatch in his cave - The Tigers are yelling “DIng Dong!”…(I like the game being on TV, but I wish there were more than 3 sponsors…) The Tigers choked out the Giants in a thriller to advance to the final game Sunday afternoon. Dare to Dream …it would be awesome to win the Memorial Cup and bring it back to the Hat for a little party. One of the advantages the Tigers had is they were the “home” team even though they were playing Vancouver at home - I think their win tonight gives them final line match ups on Sunday as well.

What a Great Game. Physical, tough, emotional and how sweet to have Dorsett make a great move to score on the Power Play (gifted because of yet another late hit on Russell)

One more win - wouldn’t that be something?

A late post …but check out the highlights from last nights game! How about Ennis getting the national media attention. Way to go Tigers, next up Vancouver.

You may have read the article about 29 business’s in Medicine Hat having 52 charges laid against them for selling smokes to minors.

John Smith of the Tobacco Control Program says the charges are the result of a four-day sting operation by Health Canada. He says the southeast section of Alberta has the worst compliance in the province and probably in all of Canada.

I agree that selling cigarettes to minors is wrong. But isn’t the law screwed up? On my way to work yesterday I see a girl around 13 years old standing at her bus stop puffing away on a cigarette. We can’t sell cancer sticks to the kids, but go ahead and smoke them all you want. Have you ever driven past Hat High during lunch hour?

What kind of message are we giving? We should be handing out fines to kids smoking in public places. We should fine parents that purchase smokes for there kids. Lets make the laws similar to alcohol. Taking the middle road is useless.

At the arena town hall meeting, it was mentioned that the strategy to increase revenue for the esplanade was to bring in more and bigger name acts. I’m not sure if Weird Al falls under the “bigger name” category, but I am definitely going. I think we may be in for a few surprises this summer and fall. It will be interesting to see what Paul Heywood (esplanade program director) can pull off.

Thanks to Mike for the heads up.

*edit* - E-mail dangermousemh@gmail.com your Game 7 pictures - the modern multi media world must have tons of great images floating around the city today - lets blog them. (Tiger’s family?)

It will never get any better than what we just witnessed. Down 3 games to 2 heading for game 6 the Tigers gutted out a 4-3 win to force the deciding game tonight. Game 7 - the Tigers are down 2-1 with 8 mins left in the season and they find the will to tie it up.

From that point forward it just seemed like the Tigers were destined to win it all. I am not old enough to remember 1973 with Lanny skating for the Tigers not sure if its a franchise first - but it was something special to have the team win their championship on home ice. 2004 the Tigers won in Everett - here they shared that magic moment with 4000+ fans who packed the stadium to watch 4.5 periods of intense knock em down, drag em out fast paced hockey.
Easily the best hockey series I have ever witnessed.

Congratulations to Willie, and Keetly and all the 2007 Medicine Hat Tigers - we are very proud of you.

We’re #1 - Indeed…

Leave your comments and wishes for the Memorial Cup in the Comments and we will direct them all to the Tigers when they leave to challenge for the National Title!

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