Pro icemaker preps curling rink
29.09.11
In principled a few days, the ice at the Oilsands Curling Club will be ready for rocks.
The diversity between previous seasons is that the ice this year is being made by a pro — Calgary's Jamie Bourassa.
This is Bourassa's first values bright and early in Fort McMurray. He's previously made ice at last year's Canada Cup, Canadian Juniors and the Sphere Men's championships, as well as being the head guy at last year's Brier in Halifax.
"This is a admirable facility, it's really gorgeous," said Bourassa. "I'm hoping this ice will be done by the outmoded
I leave on Monday morning and we can start throwing rocks."
Beside's Bourassa's gamy profile ice-making jobs, he also brings a wealth of endure.
"This is year 36 for me, but I've been flooding rinks with my dad since I was 10, doing hockey rinks back in the day when we old to flood the ice with the old barrel flooders and scrape the ice by hand, because there was no such fixation as a zamboni then," he said.
Source: Fort McMurray Today
Friendly, Chef Solutions, WaMu, Madoff, NewPage: Bankruptcy
05.10.11
(This description contains items about companies both in bankruptcy and not in bankruptcy. Updates Borders and adds Good-natured Ice Cream as first item; Washington Mutual, Madoff and NewPage in Updates; Inclusive Maritime in Watch List; and Liberty Tire and Chukchansi Casino in Downgrades.)
Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Genial Ice Cream Corp., the owner and franchiser of about 490 restaurants, filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in Delaware to peddle the business mostly in exchange for debt to an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners Inc.
The existing holder and holder of second-lien debt are also affiliates of Sun Excellent. Friendly, based in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, said today it is closing 63 stores, leaving about 424 operating. Franchise operators have about 230 of the locations.
Difficulties totals $297 million, the company said. Annuity Benefit Guaranty Corp. was listed as the creditor with the largest unsecured call for.
An affiliate of Boca Raton, Florida-based Sun First-rate will pay about $120 million for the business. The price includes enough change to pay first-lien debt and an amount of cash for unsecured creditors to be negotiated with the ceremonial creditors’ committee.
Source: BusinessWeek