Friday October 1, 2010Adler’s Gonna Pump… You Up!
Inspired by the Gouvernator, fueled by Jane Fonda and frightened by Susan Powter, the team at Adler have decided to buff up and build a world-class gym. The goal of the new facility is to promote and provide a daily healthy active lifestyle & physical fitness in the office and field.
With the labour and the fitness equipment being donated by the staff, the gym is truly an Adler community project. The staff has signed up to build, clean and even teach. New Adler employee Joe ChinYaVong moonlights as a volunteer fitness instructor for the Abs Core class at the YMCA and has already started to design a workout program geared to keep all of the employees at Adler fit, firm and feeling fine. The fitness equipment has been, ahem, gently used and is currently being brought in from the basements, closets and garages of the Adler staff. “ I recently discovered that the thing I hang my hockey equipment on is actually a Bow Flex,” says Curt Scheewe, GM of Insulation. “I look forward to actually using it and getting back into shape.”
Slated to be finished in December, of 2010, the new fitness centre will be a welcome addition to the Adler shop - just in time for those New Year’s resolutions.
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Trevor Brown: Project Manager By Day, Rockstar By Night
Kelowna Project manager, Trevor Brown is a man on a mission: he wants to lead the most balanced lifestyle possible. And, he wants to rock. Originally from Kelowna, Trevor is taken with the small city in the heart of British Columbia’s beautiful Okanagan Valley. Having lived in Montréal, Edmonton and Calgary, he’s decided to return to his roots.
Not in any rush to be tied down with a family or kids, Trevor is happy with the laid back lifestyle that Kelowna has to offer. “I have the privilege of going straight to the beach after work in the summer months. I like how golf season and snowboarding season overlap by a month; I have snowboarded in the morning and then gone to the driving range in the afternoon… Some think the lifestyle is a lot slower. I think it’s just more in tune.” Just when you think it’s time to pack it in for the day, along comes another hobby! Trevor likes to wind down with his two bands Brides (punk) and Blackpool (folk rock). The two bands are pet projects and he plans to go on the road someday and spend his vacation time touring through New York, California and “everything in between.”
If you think that’s a lot of activity for one person, think again. Trevor needs to work off his favourite Saturday morning breakfast: The John Candy Skillet from Sturgeon Hall. This cholesterol-packed breakfast features 3 over easy eggs and hollandaise sauce on hash browns with bacon, green onions and cheese. And on the side: a Caesar (not the salad.)
Project Manager, musician and sports enthusiast; we can’t wait to see what comes next…
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The Scheewe Acreage: Home to children, goats and asses.
Curt Scheewe has recently fueled speculation that he is in fact a hillbilly by purchasing some asses and goats in order to manage the shrub and grass growth on his property. As most people know, goats are excellent for reducing the amount of yard work to be done on your property; they are furry garbage compacters that are excellent at managing compost and shrubbery overgrowth. The asses have their duties as well and are surprisingly complex beasts. Asses are well known for their cute tails and furry, round cheeks but as well they provide much needed labour and good, clean fun. Take a look at what Curt can accomplish with his ass...
Top 5 Things Curt Can Do with His Ass
- Curt’s ass is excellent predator control for goats, sheep and llamas. (By making loud noises his ass can alert people to danger or simply scare away the predators.)
- Asses can be taken to fairs and entered into Blue-Ribbon competitions.
- When school classes come to visit his farm the donkeys can be shown for educational purposes.
- Curt’s ass can munch grass and is an excellent landscaping tool.
- They are deceptively strong and easily capable of pulling a cart, or a packsaddle.
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