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Download Suburban Columns on Als COO Weightman & Former QB Dattilio NEWS & VIEWS LLavoiravoir LLavoiravoir PPatriciaatricia VVictoriaictoria 5320 Patricia Ave., N.D.G. (corner Chester) 5950 Victoria Ave. Alouettes are in good hands CAMP LAUNDRY MADE EASY! Look no further than Lavoir Patricia with Mark Weightman We have heavy-duty large 65 lb. capacity washing machines to accommodate • Sleeping Bags • Duffle Bags • Pillows Mike Cohen DROP OFF SERVICE You can even leave your laundry to be Mark Weightman has certainly come a long washed, dried, & folded by our staff way since he began his Canadian Football League front office career with the former Montreal’s Largest Laundromat Baltimore Stallions 18 years ago. But how did this all come about for the present-day chief (MIKE COHEN PHOTO) operating officer and de facto president of the Mark Weightman at last week's home opener. Montreal Alouettes? Alouettes owner, Jim Speros, though wanted The charismatic 40-year-old Beaconsfield to meet with me. I was among his first hires as SEARS DECARIE LIQUIDATION resident truthfully owes it all to his wife Lotta marketing coordinator and I never left the Décarie Square, (on the first floor) Côte Saint-Luc Braam and the opportunity of an internship. team. I guess this shows you the value of the Prior to last Thursday's 2013 home opener at internship. You do a lot of grunt work, but you OFFERS IN EFFECT the fabulously revamped Percival Molson learn a lot.” outletEveryday. JULY 15 – AUGUST 11, 2013 Stadium - the first live Als game I have seen While Weightman does not have the title of Sears Quality...Outlet Prices... UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, WHILE QUANTITIES LAST. in more than a decade - Weightman provided president, as COO he runs the business side of SALE PRICED MERCHANDISE MAY NOT BE EXACTLY AS ILLUSTRATED. me with a neat history of how he ended up in the Alouettes operation. The difference is that Baltimore. Jim Popp, the general manager, does not “Nineteen years ago I was sitting at a com- report to him, instead doing so directly to puter lab at the Loyola campus of Concordia owner Bob Wettenhall. “I have known Jim University waiting for my girlfriend, now my since Baltimore,” he says. “We are good FASHION wife,” Weightman recalled. “I had contacted friends.” $ $ Larry Smith, who at the time was the com- WHITE HOUSE DOWN: I finally saw the THOUSANDS missioner of the CFL, and asked him how I Montreal made motion picture White House 2.99 4.99 could get in touch with the various teams for Down, starring Channing Tatum and Jamie OF ITEMS jobs. There were no websites to look for back Fox. Look and listen closely and you will then. He sent me a list of contacts so there I notice CTV's Todd van der Hayden as a heli- WOMEN’S, was at the lab, typing letters to every CFL team copter reporter, Lori Graham as a newscaster in Canada. When Lotta said she needed anoth- and Tara Schwartz, Global's Tim Sargeant, MEN’S & er 10 minutes, I figured I'd kill the time and CBC's Frank Cavallaro as TV reporters. Barry CHILDREN’S write a letter to Baltimore. Lo and behold, a Morgan and Andrew Peplowski of CJAD pipe few weeks later I was offered an internship.” in doing radio alerts. COHEN CHATTER: Weightman's brother UP TO It turned out that Weightman had an aunt $ and uncle residing in the Baltimore area, so he Brian is the head of ticket sales for the % $ Impact..Michelle Aikman Carter is a chip off 8.99 OFF went down there, bunked with them and 90 6.99 enjoyed a memorable season with the the old block. The Pointe Claire native, daugh- Stallions. The team averaged 36,000 fans a ter of CJAD's Andrew Carter and noted media SHORTS, SKIRTS, JEANS, DRESSES, ETC . game, won the Grey Cup and would have personality/publicist Cindy Aikman, is work- TH stuck around as the CFL's marquee American ing on the communications team for Just For BUY 3 & GET THE 4 team until the National Football League Laughs… How much will Astral chief Ian returned to that city - the Cleveland Browns Greenberg earn from the sale of his enterprise FREE!!! becoming the Baltimore Ravens. Weightman to Bell Media? Reports peg his gains at $152 had no sooner moved back to Montreal and by million. FURNITURE AREA chance the Stallions relocated to our fair city Have you got something to share? E-mail [email protected] or call 514-484- RUGS and became a new version of the Alouettes. OVER “I had just accepted a job with the Impact 9203, ext. 307. Follow me on Twitter @mike- 300 PIECES BUY 1 & soccer team,” Weightman says. “The new cohencsl and at http://blog.thesuburban.com/ GET ONE UP TO JGH Cons Family Geriatric Unit extends % FREE 90 OFF compassionate care to the elderly DINING ROOM TABLE $50 • CHAIRS $10 EA. As the size of Quebec’s elderly population Along with its rehabilitation room, private continues to rise, and as their multiple illness- washing machine and dryer, special lighting, APPLIANCES es assume great complexity, the extensively and many other amenities, the Cons Family renovated Cons Family Geriatric Unit at the Geriatric Unit enables elderly patients to ND BUY 1 & GET THE 2 Jewish General Hospital (JGH) is playing a receive care with comfort, safety and dignity. % leading role in the use of progressive design to This Unit is also in line with the renewed enhance the hospital’s compassionate care. emphasis that the Government of Quebec has AT OFF 50 Notable among them is the cozy lounge asked all hospitals to place on ensuring that NAME BRANDS LIKE GE, LG, KENMORE which doubles as a common dining area. This the full range of healthcare services meet the * IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A SEARS CARD AND/OR SEARS MASTERCARD, light, airy space features a large window and needs of seniors. WE CAN OPEN AN ACCOUNT IN-STORE WITHIN 2 MINUTES. wood-paneled walls that bear framed photo- “This area and the unit as a whole are clear Décarie Boulevard USE YOUR SEARS FINANCIAL™ graphs of brightly coloured flowers, along evidence that proper care for seniors entails CREDIT CARD with a flat-screen TV. Easily visible to nurses at much more than delivering top-quality med- DÉCARIE SQUARE the main desk, the lounge is ideal for reading, ical treatment,” explains Dr. Ruby Friedman, 6900 Décarie blvd, MON-TUES-WED: 9:30am-6:00pm Coolbrook Avenue THURS-FRI: 9:30am-9:00pm card games, conversation, simple relaxation JGH Site Director for Geriatrics. “That’s why Vézina Avenue Côte Saint-Luc, QC Clanranald Avenue SATURDAY: 9:00am-5:00pm or, at mealtimes, for dining in cheerier sur- • THE SUBURBAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 2013 JULY • THE SUBURBAN, WEDNESDAY, (514) 731-6118 SUNDAY: 10:00am-5:00pm roundings than a hospital room. See JGH, page 19 4 NEWS & VIEWS Alouettes are in good hands with Beaconsfield's Weightman Mark Weightman has certain- League front office career with come about for the present-day chief ly come a long way since he the former Baltimore Stallions operating officer and de facto presi- began his Canadian Football 18 years ago. But how did this all dent of the Montreal Alouettes? Mike Cohen The charismatic 40-year-old Beaconsfield resident truthfully owes it all to his wife Lotta Braam and the a computer lab at the Loyola campus (PHOTO BY MIKE COHEN) (PHOTO — SINCE 1840 — opportunity of an internship. Prior to of Concordia University waiting for FUNERAL HOMES last Thursday's 2013 home opener the Beaconsfield's Weightman at last week's COLLINS CLARKE my girlfriend, now my wife,” home opener. MACGILLIVRAY WHITE fabulously revamped Percival Molson Weightman recalled. “I had contacted Stadium -the first live Als game I have Larry Smith, who at the time was the wanted to meet with me. I was among (&&I;7J9>7F;BH;9;FJ?ED>7BBI FUNERAL PREARRANGMENTS seen in more than a decade - commissioner of the CFL, and asked his first hires as marketing coordina- 9H;C7J?ED7D:9EBKC87H?KC Weightman provided me with a neat him how I could get in touch with the tor and I never left the team. I guess history of how he ended up in Martin Allaire, Director - West Island/Montréal/South Shore various teams for jobs. There were no this shows you the value of the intern- Baltimore. ship. You do a lot of grunt work, but MMM$:?=D?J;GK;8;9$9EC#+'**.)#'.-&#'...)*(#,+,+ websites to look for back then. He sent “Nineteen years ago I was sitting at me a list of contacts so there I was at you learn a lot.” the lab, typing letters to every While Weightman does not have CFL team in Canada. When the title of president, as COO he runs Lotta said she needed another the business side of the Alouettes 10 minutes, I figured I'd kill operation. The difference is that Jim the time and write a letter to Popp, the general manager, does not Baltimore. Lo and behold, a report to him, instead doing so direct- few weeks later I was offered an ly to owner Bob Wettenhall. “I have internship.” known Jim since Baltimore,” he says. It turned out that “We are good friends.” Weightman had an aunt and Born in St. André d'Argenteuil, uncle residing in the Weightman holds an MBA from Baltimore area, so he went l'Université du Québec à Montréal and down there, bunked with a Bachelor of Commerce degree with them and enjoyed a memo- a major in Marketing from Concordia.
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