570News Blog: Glenn Pelletier

It was my pleasure to take part for the first time in the annual Kitchener Rangers golf tournament on August 26th at Whistlebear Golf Club.

As you might expect, if you are at all familiar with the way the Rangers organization conducts itself, it was a first-class event all the way. The Rangers rookies have begun to learn how a top-notch club operates and in some small way, it will rub off on them both on and off the ice.

I spoke briefly with Rangers head coach/general manager Steve Spott, who has clearly picked up where his predecessor left off - an accomodating gentleman with a passion for the game, and a role model for the young men he will lead into battle this season.

As for the golf, I did not “tame the bear.” It mauled me. That said, it was a god-given day for golf and I consider myself fortunate indeed to have been out there on such a beautiful course.

Don’t forget the annual Rangers Fan Appreciation Day, Sunday, August 31st in the parking lot at the Aud from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Hope to see you there! Go Rangers Go!

I wonder if this has ever happened to you?

I’m lying in bed the other night, just about to doze off for the night, when the telephone rings. I pick it up and I am greeted by a Waterloo Regional Police constable, asking if I had put twenty dollars worth of gas in my car earlier that night at a Kitchener gas station. Suddenly, it dawned on me. I forgot to pay!

After apologizing repeatedly, the very gracious and understanding officer told me it happens a lot, not to worry, and to simply drop by the gas station the next day and pay for the gas.

“I wasn’t overy concerned,” the officer told me. “After all, you were reported to be driving a Nissan Altima and had two lovely little girls in the car with you.” Yes, officer, they are my beautiful daughters, not my accomplices.

For the first time in many, many years, I spent a week off in Kitchener.

Accustomed as I am to venturing away during my summer vacation, I decided to spend all of last week in town. I was not looking forward to it - not because I can’t stand the place, but because getting out of town is just what one does when on vacation - but I loved it!

I didn’t do any of the touristy things, didn’t visit any of the touristy places - been there, done that - I just stayed home, slept in, watched the Olympics, hung out with my daughters, read a bit, rode my bike, went for walks, nothing special. However, my vacation time was so simple, so basic that it came without some of the stresses that can usuaully accompany a more typical getaway vacation.

There is something to be said for “cocooning” as a way of getting away from it all.