Can iCal do a reminder message?

I'll be honest, I've never used ical. However working on my Dads mac, I would like to create a reminder or pop-up that he cant MISS to call me about tuning up his mac or doing updates every 4 months or whatever. Can ical do this? If, not, what app can?
In a couple months I would like something large pop up that says "Call Steve for Mac Tuneup " or similar? Like a pop-up post-it note...maybe?
Steve

Greetings,
When you add a new event in iCal (just double-click on the day you want) you will see a little field called "alarm". Click on this field to see a list of various choices. Use the "message" option to have a window pop up with a message. Message in this case means the name of the event.
This will pop up at the appointed time regardless of whether iCal is open or not.
Hope that helps.

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