‘Hatters young and old are encouraged to attend an old-fashioned Sunday in Kin Coulee Park on Sunday, August 9. The local fundraising group Angels for Angela is hosting the event from 12 PM – 4 PM near the park’s band shelter.
Many events are planned for the day including a bake sale, dunk tank, live local entertainment, Corvette show, three-legged races, gunny sack races, horseshoes, inflatable bouncers, face painting, pedal tractors, barbecue, cotton candy, popcorn, raffles, a silent auction and much more. Dunk tank volunteers include Alderman Jeremy Thompson and several local teachers.
Many local businesses have rallied to support the group’s efforts and have donated high-value raffle prizes and silent auction items including a broom-finished driveway package (up to 500 sq. ft., valued at $3500), a huge assortment of gift baskets, golf and ski packages, hotel packages, children’s items, Saskatchewan Roughrider tickets and more.
This weekend is heritage day long weekend and as part of the celebrations, The Esplanade is hosting a public one-day festival on Saturday, August 1st from 10AM to 4:30PM. In Alberta, Heritage Day is a civic holiday celebrated on the first Monday in August to increase community awareness of Alberta’s heritage and to celebrate the history of the province.
More than 30 heritage groups and organizations are participating in this year’s festival that will be performing various events scheduled throughout the day including:
- Live Entertainment on the Outdoor Stage
- Historic Walking Tours at 11AM and 2PM
- Doll-making workshop from 11AM – 3PM in the Discovery Centre
- Quilt Display and Vintage Vehicle Display
- Heritage Skits, Readings, Movies and Jiggers in the Studio Theatre
- Free Admission to the Galleries including the exhibit “Playful Revelations Toys: 1880 – 1980”
- Live Chess Demonstrations at the Giant Chess Board
- Local Community Heritage Showcase, and Showcase by local Toy Collectors
For more information, view the Heritage Festival section at the Esplanade website or download the brochure (PDF).
The Mad Hatters are a running club that have run all over the prairies and beyond. They are based out of Medicine Hat and the club is run by members, for members. Their mission is simple: To run, to have fun and create networks of friendship.
The club offers group runs for beginners and regulars, training exercises for different terrains, preparation for races, and they host a number of social events.
On the website, you can find information about the club, how to join, a schedule of events, photos from past races, links to their partner sites and past race results.
Running has many great benefits besides cardiovascular fitness, it also increases oxygen utilization, improves blood flow, strengthens the heart, and what is more, it is an all-around sport that has no age limitations.
If you are interested in running, whether casually or for fun, check them out, they are a friendly group of people that will welcome you with open arms.
Dunmore Road is the main strip of Medicine Hat. It is the first turn into the city when traveling west and connects with the opposite end of the city, with many strip malls, restaurants and stores along the way.
Restaurants include:
- Moxies
- Montanas
- Boston Pizza
- Earls
- Sushi Miso
- Bee Natural
- Pho Dao
- Roscos
Fast Food restaurants include:
- Taco Time
- Dairy Queen
- McDonalds
- Mary Browns
- A&W
- Burger King
- KFC
- Booster Juice
- Subway
Stores Online is coming back to Medicine Hat, Lethbridge and Calgary to do their yearly Internet Marketing Conference.
Vaughn and I attended the conference last year when they were here and learned a lot about their practices, both in attending, and through the Internet afterward. We also learned that lots of people seem very taken in by the notion that they can make lots of money through the Internet with minimal effort. Do not forget to read the review on our attendance from last year. You can bet with their snappy dress codes, offerings of a free meal and MP3 player and encouraging words exclaiming “Anyone can do it, even you!” that their conference this time will be all about luring people in to get as much money as they can and offering poor website templates just as much as it was last year.
To summarize and make a few points, the last time they were here:
- The entire crowd, except for Vaughn and me, was pretty much all people above 40 years of age. (An attempt to lure people in who may not have as much experience with eCommerce as newer generations).
- They offered us a free meal for attending, which was poor at best.
- They offered us a free MP3 player that ended up having multiple virus’s that installed automatically upon connecting with our computers.
- They coersed people into buying their product by using powerful phrases like “You have to make decisions fast!” followed by “Some people don’t make any decisions ever in life.” to make people sound like failures if they do not buy in.
- The website templates they offer look like they are circa 1998 at best.
There is a whole website dedicated to the review of Stores Online and has over 800 comments, which can be found here.
Last year, we had found out that Stores Online had received as Cease and Desist order from the State of Utah. Now upon Googling it, it seems they have received even more.
Vaughn and I might be at the conference again this year, as I received two free tickets to attend it through my place of employment. Oddly enough, to add their their unprofessionalism, they spelled both the first and last name wrong on the tickets I have.
Medicine Hat Media is primarily about showcasing Medicine Hat-related things, but I cannot help wanting to branch out a little bit to do a review on the Temple Gardens Mineral Spa in Moose Jaw.
Earlier this week, Taylor and I visited the spa during a trip to Regina and we were far from being even slightly disappointed. The pool is not overly meant for swimming, but more for relaxing, and is about 5 feet deep at the deepest part and has both indoor and outdoor sections. According to the Temple Garden’s website, the water is drawn up from 4500 feet below the Earth’s surface. The therapeutic benefits from the high concentration of Epsom and Glauber salts, Silicon, Potassium and Magnesium result in soothing effects on the body, joint pain relief, skin hydration, and much more.
The spa is often compared to the mineral pools in Bath, England, which has a rich history of mineral water being used for therapeutic benefits.
As Moose Jaw is just a few hours down the road from Medicine Hat, if anyone is heading out that way, it would do a work of good to stop by Temple Gardens and have a dip. There is also a hotel to stay in, a restaurant in the building and a casino across the street.
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The Canadian Red Cross in conjunction with the Redcliff Youth Centre will be putting on a Fun in the Sun day for Youth. It will be on Friday August 14, 2009 at 4:00pm to 8:00pm at Riverside Park (Train Park) downtown Medicine Hat.
We will be entertained by the music of Mahoney, a local Medicine Hat cover band, who will play for youth and their families, while the community enjoys a charity BBQ.
In addition, The Magic of Trevor Moore, a professional Medicine Hat magician specializing in hand and illusion tricks, will be awing the crowd with his magic tricks.
Throughout the evening, The Canadian Red Cross has organized a Banana eating Contest, Potato sack races and a poster building contest. Great prizes will be given to the winners of these challenges!
Fun in the Sun is a celebration of the youth in Medicine Hat, Redcliff, Brooks and surrounding areas. Everybody is welcome to help honor the difference youth make in our communities.
The Monarch Theatre is showing the fourth film of their summer series “Films Al Fresco” on Saturday, August 1, 2009 at 9:00PM at the Kin Coulee Park Band Shell.
Midsummer Night's Dream
Our movie this evening will be “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (1999) starring Christian Bale, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kevin Kline, Rupert Everett, Stanley Tucci, Calista Flockhart, Anna Friel, Daniel Strathairn, Dominic West, Sophie Marceau, and Sam Rockwell.
This adaptation of Shakespeare’s magical comedy of a love-tangled summer’s evening shimmers with sumptuous cinematography and a truly stellar ensemble cast. Set in the Tuscan countryside, the film follows the romantic misadventures of four lovers who wander into the forest and are magically bewitched by the creatures living there. This cheerful romp is a feast for the senses set to a magnificent classical score and is the perfect entertainment for a languid midsummer’s evening. The movie is rated PG for mild sensuality.
People are reminded to bring a blanket or lawn chairs, as there is no fixed seating available in the park. Come early to get the best spot!
*UPDATE* September 8th – It is now confirmed that Mucho Burrito is open to the public once again.
*UPDATE* Just got an email reading: “I just reviewed your comments on line and do respect and appreciate. We will be reopened in a few short weeks. Looking forward to seeing you there again as a customer.” – Stephen Travers, President – Extreme Brandz Western Canada.
Looks like it is good news for all the fans, we might do an update when it re-opens. Otherwise, below is the original article:
Mucho Burrito has recently closed as of this weekend. A lot like East Side Mario’s closing earlier this month there is a lot of speculation and not a lot of information as to why. I only stopped in there once when it first opened because I was intrigued at the concept. Although I wasn’t completely sold on the variety of sides they had (for example, I was expecting mexi-fries rather than plain tortilla chips with salsa) the rest of the food was good and I thoroughly enjoyed the homemade-style salsa. I believe I got both a chicken burrito and a beef burrito with the hottest salsa – and it definately was HOT.
Seemingly this place would of got a lot of business being so close to everything in the new developing area, but then again, East Side Mario’s was seemingly doing well as well. So what’s going on? Anybody with more information, feel free to comment or contact us.
Newly designed logo
Although I’m a tad bit late on this, TriCube Media, local web design and development company has released their new website a long with a new logo and branding effort. TriCube Media has also recently celebrated its fifth year running.
For those of you unaware, TriCube Media is The Medicine Hat New’s web department that branched out as its own company years ago and started servicing their own clients as well. TriCube Media also offers web advertising, company branding and other design related production. TriCube Media currently has offices and representatives in Medicine Hat, Lethbridge, Thunder Bay, and Kelowna.
The new website focuses on a clean and simple aesthetic with a bit of “corporate” feel to it (the stark white areas) offset by some colorful and bright backgrounds. The logo follows that same function but mixes “technology-esque” typography with a simple, yet iconic visual logo playing with the idea of illusion for introducing the “three cubes” as showcased in the intro video on the home page.
TriCube Media home page
Some of you may know that I currently work for TriCube Media and was largely responsible for the outcome of the design and development on both the website and the new branding.
Sean has said that he wants to do a post or round-up of all the web design companies within the city, so make sure to stay tuned for that if you are interested in this kind of post. We will probably also feature each company separately at some point – kind of like this post, but more focused on the company itself rather than if it launched a new site.
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