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WHAT IS THIS? Kamloops This Week is 25 years old and we’re celebrating with this special edition. In it, you will find recollections from reporters and other KTW staffers about some of the biggest stories to have hit the Tournament Capital since the first issue of the paper rolled off the presses on Aug. 28, 1988 — everything from the Bushman of the Shuswap to the tragic 1989 crash that left five dead on Columbia Street to the Kamloops Blazers remarkable runs to three Memorial Cups in the early 1990s, and plenty more. We hope you enjoy looking back at these stories — points in time that shaped the Kamloops we call home today — as much as we enjoyed putting this edition together.
THEN AND NOW We’ve combed the dusty archives at Kamloops This Week to find some of the more interesting ads, stories and photos from years gone by to show how much things have changed. Gas for $0.48 per litre? A rear-projection TV for $3,500? Brand-new homes for less than $90,000? Those stories, and more, are inside. You better read them because we all have dust all over our hands and desks.
25 YEARS OF COMMUNITY Inside, you’ll find some of KTW’s most memorable front pages from the past two-anda-half decades, as well as plenty of anecdotes from the people who have put these papers together over the years.
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25 YEARS OF KTW
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N AUG. 28, 1988, THE 40th Emmy Awards were broadcast, with the best in TV being celebrated. Big winners that night were the ABC series thirtysomething and The Wonder Years. Perhaps appropriately, Aug. 28, 1988, marked the first edition of Kamloops This Week and, as you enjoy this special anniversary edition, you will read of how KTW provided wonder years to many past employees. And, as we toast our 25th year, we know we will be thirtysomething in the blink of an eye. Kamloops This Week landed on city doorsteps as a result of the venerable Kamloops Sentinel shutting down its presses in 1987 after dominating the Interior’s journalism landscape for 107 years. KTW was briefly known as the Kamloops Super Shopper. On page 4 of this special edition, original owner Clarence Wiseman tells of how the Sentinel’s demise led to where we are today, with Kamloops This Week becoming the most-read newspaper in the Tournament Capital. As Wiseman recounts during a rare break from the golf course in the Shuswap: “It is great to see the newspaper has
continued to flourish and expand and move forward in the community. “You are providing another sounding board for the dissemination of news and editorial content and I wish the newspaper many more years of sold growth.” On page 6 of this special edition, original publisher Rick O’Connor, now in charge of all things Black Press from Hawaii to Ohio and all parts between, reflects on his time in Kamloops. O’Connor was there in the preInternet days, when the newspaper was produced underneath John De Cicco’s Continental Barbershop on Victoria Street. Back then, KTW’s “flats” (pages) were shipped by bus to Williams Lake to be printed (today, that same process involves coded 0’s and 1’s and is done by clicking a button, after which all the news written and ads designed magically travel to a printing press in Vernon from Kamloops in the blink of an eye). O’Connor writes about the raw crew at KTW, intent on creating a damn fine newspaper: “Everyone had a passion for the paper and it became one of the great success stories in community newspaper publishing in B.C. over the past quartercentury.”
In this special edition, you will read of drinks at Sgt. O’Flaherty’s, of conversations with Shania Twain and other country-music stars and of unimaginable tragedy. However, the common thread running through all recollections collected is that Kamloops This Week was and remains a pretty cool place to work, a place where disparate personalities cannot help by be drawn to the common goal of publishing a pretty cool newspaper. Rob DeMone, the newspaper’s second editor, sums it up neatly on page 19 of this special edition: “The thing I remember most, and most fondly, is the feeling of family that we had in the early days. “KTW was a huge part of my career and some of my proudest moments were realized there, both in the things we accomplished and the stories we told.” We hope Kamloops This Week has been, and will continue to be, an important part of your life in the city. Sit back, relax and take a 40-page stroll through time — and let us know what you think.
85 years of inspiring stories. One of those stories is from Ornella Anaka then from Ashcroft, BC, who frequented the Kamloops White Spot with her husband when they were 'ns 'n icckk'kk'n Pick Pi en Pic icickkeen Chick Ch preparing to adopt a child. “My husband and k! baacck! isis bac I adopted our daughter in 1996 from birth in Bellingham,” she recalls. “What makes our story so special is that prior to us adopting, my husband Bill and I would have dinner at the White Spot in Kamloops and discuss our future adoption. The staff at the Sahali store became like family and we shared our story about waiting for our child to be born. Every time we would go in, they would all ask if our future child was born yet. When the day finally arrived we drove and picked up our daughter and brought her home with us. The following day, we brought her to White Spot to meet everyone. She pretty much became the White Spot baby because everyone made such a big fuss when we would bring her in.” Ornella’s daughter, Breanna is now 17 and preparing to go into Grade 12 at Burnaby North Secondary School. Ornella and her family are still big White Spot fans. Breanna loves the Caesar salad, prawns & fries and Ornella regularly enjoys the Monty Mushroom Burger. Ornella’s husband Bill always ordered the Chicken Pick’ns and is happy that it has found it’s way back on to White Spot’s menu. Ornella, adds, “White Spot’s Clam Chowder is to die for!”
— the staff of KTW editor@kamloopsthisweek.com
The first edition of Kamloops This Week, published on Aunday, Aug. 28, 1988. Twenty-five years later, KTW is going strong, with its 30,000 issues hitting Kamloops doorsteps every Tuesday and Thursday and its popular website — kamloopsthisweek.com — constantly offering breaking news, story updates, photo galleries and videos.
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25 YEARS OF KTW
The Sentinel’s demise led to birth of KTW When the Kamloops Sentinel closed its doors in 1987, I felt that another public voice was needed in the community and also wanted to preserve some necessary jobs. So, I elected to commence a publication called the Kamloops Super Shopper. As the months moved onward, we started to add some editorial content and began to look more like a little weekly newspaper. The publication was more of a family-run operation, with my wife, Sandra, daughter, Kelly, and some staffers from the Sentinel in production and sales. Bob Grainger of the David Black newspaper group offered us an opportunity to move forward with their resources. This was vital for the success of the operation and, with their expertise and financial resources, was born Kamloops This Week. It is great to see the newspaper has continued to flourish and expand and move forward in the community. You are providing another sounding board for the dissemination of news and editorial content and I wish the newspaper many more years of sold growth. Rick O’Connor, the first publisher, and Bob Grainger of Black Press really were the brains behind those early years and should be applauded for what they brought to the city — sound journalism and a great newspaper. Congratulations to all. — Clarence Wiseman and family (Sandra, Todd and Kelly) Clarence Wiseman was the founder of what is now Kamloops This Week. He is retired and lives in Salmon Arm, where he can be found on the golf course at least 150 times a year.
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1914 - Henry J. Giddens, a plumber by trade opens his own business at 341 Seymour St. after immigrating from England in 1912. H. Giddens & Sons was primarily a plumbing & heating company, dealing also in insulating, roofing materials and sheet metal. His wife and three children lived above the shop. 1934 - Henry passes on after falling ill at their cabin on Paul Lake. The company is now in the hands of son Joe and daughter Elsie, whose husband Stan Humphrey joins the company. Youngest son Dennis began working at the store in 1937. 1944 - Giddens Electric was formed with one department for appliance services and another for electrical contracting. They consolidated in the 1960’s to form H. Giddens Ltd. The store which was located between Kamloops Daily News and the Old Post Office. They sold new products, large and small appliances and was one of the first dealers of Televisions in Kamloops.
1971 - H. Giddens Ltd. closes its doors and Giddens Services Ltd. was formed with Dennis Giddens, Don Graham, and Fred Chapman moving from the old store to the Valleyview area, becoming strictly a service company. Which it has continued on as it is today. Don and Fred left the company in the late 70’s. 1987 - Dennis Giddens retires and three of his sons Brian, John and David take over the reins. The company continues today providing quality service to Home Electronics, and Major Appliances. We also provide Electrical Contracting. Our excellent staff is committed to continue the service standards that we have all come to expect in our ever changing world. We pride ourselves on quality workmanship, and stand behind the services we provide, just as Henry J did in 1914.
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KTW one of the great success stories Chief among them was Don Moores, a recruit from I am thrilled to hear Kamloops This Week has the Kamloops Daily News. reached 25 years and is still thriving as a part of the Don built this wonderful sales team, including Jim fabric of Kamloops. Coulter, Bruce McAuliffe, Sue Ludwig, Sharon Cooper My stay in Kamloops was relatively short — from and Linda Hooton. 1988 to 1991 — but my attachment to the paper and Sharon and Linda died much too early in life, but the people of Kamloops endures to this day. In fact I have a framed copy of the first edition (seen Jim, Bruce, Sue and Don all went gone onto achieve success in the newspaper/publishing industry and it at right) on my office wall. was because of the lessons we all learned The genesis for KTW grew out of the building this paper from scratch in the ashes of the Kamloops Sentinel. basement on Victoria Street under John The former publisher of the Sentinel, DeCicco’s barber shop. Clarence Wiseman, along with this wife, There were many other wonderful Sandy, had started a publication called employees — too numerous to mention Kamloops Super Shopper to fill the void — who got KTW off to such a terrific left by the closing of the Sentinel and to start and set the table for 25 great years. provide an alternative for advertisers to Everyone had a passion for the paper the venerable Kamloops Daily News. and it became one of the great success I came to Kamloops, hired by Black stories in community newspaper publishPress, to start a competitive publication ing in B.C. over the past quarter-century. and quickly decided it would be best to Kamloops This Week and the city and join forces with the Wisemans rather than RICK O’CONNOR: people of Kamloops are a wonderful create a third print vehicle for the city. Inaugural publisher recalls match. So, we purchased the Super Shopper, whirlwind time at KTW. A terrific newspaper and a vibrant city had Clarence and Sandy stay on, changed full of interesting stories yet to tell. the name to Kamloops This Week and My sincere best wishes to publisher Kelly Hall and launched 25,000 free home delivered copies on Sunday, staff on your 25th anniversary. Aug. 28, 1988. That began a whirlwind three years during which we — Rick O’Connor was KTW’s first publisher and is went from once per week to three times per week and now president and chief executive officer of grew the revenues eight-fold. Black Press Group Ltd., responsible for the Clearly it was a publication that filled a void in the operations of Black Press in all regions — community. British Columbia, the Prairies, Central Web, There was a terrific cast of characters who battled Washington state, Ohio and Hawaii. hard in the formative years to establish the paper.
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KTW’s first editor recalls start-up paper I was the original editor of Kamloops This Week; dragged there by Rick O’Connor, for whom I’d worked with in Quesnel, my first newspaper job, and again in suburban Vancouver. It was an easy move for me having gone to Valleyview junior secondary and graduated from high school in nearby Chase. I knew the area. I just didn’t know what I was in for. Black Press had purchased Clarence Wiseman’s shopper. In the package, we got the entire Wiseman family. Clarence led the ad department, daughter Kelly was our everything receptionist and mom Sandy, who had little to no experience, became my only reporter — but keen, always keen. Our office was in a cavernous basement on Victoria Street. It looked OK at the reception desk, but beyond that it truly was a basement, except we had our computers wired through the ceiling. The paper quickly took off. We worked liked dogs and partied very hard every Friday in the Coast Hotel’s O’Flaherty’s Pub — everyone there completely understanding how much we needed lots of beer after “putting
This is Dale Olsen’s column in the first-ever issue of KTW.
the paper to bed.” In reality, flats were on a bus to Williams Lake to be printed. Staff was added. Crazy Rob Lentz was our photographer and he managed to fill the paper with pretty girls. He could even get a pretty girl in the picture of a car crash. Sharon Cooper, an ad rep and even better cook, kept us going with sugary treats daily. The paper soon moved to two days a week. The always fun Don Moores was added to the ad department,
with Clarence trying to retire. Sandy stayed on, her mad cackle of a laugh ever-present. My fiancee, Marie Zirk, moved to Kamloops, joined the ad-sales team and we bought a classic old house on Columbia Street. It was a near miracle Marie moved, having grown tired of driving up on Friday nights, only to find me asleep on my couch on Battle Street after, once again, stopping at O’Flaherty’s with the crew to have “a couple.” I remember the next editor, Rob Demone, who took over when I
switched to the ad department, befuddled when on a Firday afternoon, his wife called the pub and asked for him. The Italian bartender, who was a fixture, promptly called Rob to the phone. Amazed, Rob, who is from Lunneburg, N.S., went to the phone and returned to the This Week post-work party shaking his head and saying “that would never happen at home.” “In Nova Scotia, a bartender would just tell a wife, ‘Nope, you just missed him,’ while looking
right at you.” Kamloops was fun. My wife and I really enjoyed our time there and the city. It even led to my current job. In an effort to get back to Victoria, where I went to university, and to get out of newspapers’ crazy pace, I purchased the Kamloops menswear store Outlooks, owned by Ted Desireau, and moved it B.C.’s capital. I’m still running it today. — Dale Olsen was KTW’s first editor.
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Moores remembers ‘the little paper that could’ Congratulations to everyone at Kamloops This Week on the newspaper’s 25th anniversary as a community leader in Kamloops. It’s a great accomplishment and one I’m sure the entire staff is very proud of. I was very fortunate to have joined KTW when it was only eight months old. In those days, it was a Sunday-only publication with a small office — downstairs at 319 Victoria St. Even then, the focus of the paper was very clear — Kamloops, its people and their lives. It was amazing to watch and be part of the continued growth of the little paper that could. In the early years, it was so gratifying to see the many advertisers who jumped on board immedi-
ately, recognizing that the focus, layout, content and delivery penetration was superior to anything else in the marketplace and delivered concrete results — something that has continued throughout the years. It was also very interesting to watch local politicians and community leaders who paid very little or no attention to KTW in the early days. Many changed their views quickly when they realized the paper only focused on the Kamloops community, with in-depth, balanced coverage, giving a behind-the-scenes look at many issues. It made the paper a powerful read then and now. It has come a long way in 25 years and I know Kamloops This Week will be around for many more years to come because of
DON MOORES: Former publisher of KTW and president of Black Press
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25 YEARS OF KTW
Thinking back on touching tales As Kamloops This Week celebrates its 25th anniversary, it is worthwhile to recall some of the people whose stories were told in these pages. Jozef Perszon is one of these people. I met Jozef, a Polish immigrant and concentration-camp survivor, in December 2007 near the end of my four-year stint as a reporter at Kamloops This Week, when he invited photographer David Eagles and myself to his home to tell us his story. It was a story no one wants as his life’s story. Jozef’s father and brother were killed less than a year before the Second World War was over. Jozef was imprisoned in a concentration camp and pushed to the brink of death several times. And, when the war was over, returning to Poland wasn’t an option because another dictatorship — this time the communists — had taken over Poland. Yet Jozef’s soul was not crushed. His faith in humanity remained intact. He told me he holds no grudges despite his senseless suffering
MARKUS ERMISCH: Former KTW reporter recalls fondly the story of Jozef Perszon
at the hands of many. It takes inner strength to forgive those who wronged you. Jozef, a devout Roman Catholic, had that strength because of his faith. I don’t know if Jozef is still alive. I am certainly glad I met him and that he allowed me to tell his story. In 2007, KTW reporter Markus Ermisch and photographer Dave Eagles met with Jozef Perszon, a concentrationcamp survivor who shared a story of strength and perseverance.
— Markus Ermisch is a former Kamloops This Week reporter. He is now a media-relations officer with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.
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On driving cattle with the publisher and rattlesnakes Peppy publisher Kelly Hall, who had often golfed, ran a marathon and planned his week’s work schedule before most normal people had swatted the snooze button on their alarm clock, bounced into the office nine years ago repeatedly yelling, “Yahoo!” and “Yeehaw!” My initial thought was this delightful dude had OD’d on triple espressos at Starbucks or that, in his quest to glean more online cred, he did The Google and stumbled across a couple of new search-engine favourites. “How do ya want to be my deputy?” smiled Hall, throwing in a few butchered cowboy accents and a “howdy” for y’all. “Assistant publisher?” I smiled back, thinking more money and more out-of-office golf days had to be included. “No, silly — Kowboy Kurenoff in the Kamloops Cattle Drive,” he explained. “You know, write a dude’s diary for the paper, mingle with the neat horse-ranch folks, camp, sing songs, eat beans and enjoy an experience you’ll never forget. “Can you think of a better gig, Gordo?”
Former KTW editor has fond memories of his time in Kamloops and the people of the Tournament Capital.
Well, yes, but since he had already signed me up . . . I didn’t get a chance to reveal my real dream gigs — being a Triple Crown jockey or a gigolo. But, because I was much too big for one and not big enough for the other, becoming a deputy for Sheriff Hall had to be the
next best thing, right? It was, all kidding aside, the ultimate highlight of my life. (To keep peace at home, I told the wife it was No. 2.) The people were truly terrific, the outdoor experience was second to none and, to this day, the cool belt buckle, cowboy hat and
Cattle Drive swag sits proudly in my office, next to the other bucket list accomplishments. We watched a horse whisperer do his amazing thing, we camped one night near rattlesnakes (for some reason I stayed wide awake), we ate, danced a bit and drank a bit more and shared side-splitting stories with silly strangers who got dustier and darker as the scorching-hot week progressed. When people ask me about Kamloops, I tell them I truly loved the place. Best people on Earth by a country mile. I tell them about Sheriff Hall and how I truly loved golfing and talking hockey with this classy guy, or discussing curling strategy with sales rep extraordinaire Linda Bolton while wearing crazy horns at a birthday bash, or debating politics and civic referendums with Dale Bass, whose “bread, not circuses” line on government spending was way ahead of its time but oh-so-relevant now. I was often amazed at how Dave Eagles could capture, in a single frame, a picture that
told endless stories. Many of the reporters I worked with at Kamloops This Week have gone on to become editors, leaders and even better people. And I’m proud that Christopher Foulds, perhaps the best young reporter I saw rise through the community-journalism ranks, become editor of an important Kamloops institution and crank out excellent work week after week at a time when newspapers manoeuvre to maintain readers, many who seem to prefer their “global” information (wink, wink) in 140 characters or less. Congrats on your first 25 years, KTW. And good luck on the next quarter-century, pardners! It was a real pleasure to be there for a small part of it. Godspeed — and cowboy up!
— Gord Kurenoff was KTW editor and editorial director of Cariboo Press from 2003 to 2005. Today, he is the evening sports editor/co-ordinator for The Vancouver Sun.
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Forty-five — it's not really middle age but there's a lot of history, a lot of experiences, a lot of living behind those fourand-a-half decades. For Kamloops Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram, that time span has meant some deep roots established in the River City — and in families that, from grandpa to mom and dad to son or daughter, have been united in their loyalty to the dealership and the cars it sells. As Kamloops Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram celebrates its 45th year in the city, those two digits will be prominent in pricetags, said general manager Dave Jacobs, as he and his staff, many of them long-time employees, celebrate the anniversary. There will be plenty of time spent looking back at the beginning of those deep roots, when the original dealership started out in the area where McCracken's Pub can now be found. From there, it moved east into the 2300-block of the East Trans-Canada Highway on a lot it rapidly outgrew. As more and more people came — and more and more cars were sold — it became necessary to find a larger location, which led the dealership to move to its current site right in the middle of the Auto Mall strip at 2525 East Trans-Canada Highway, where Moore's Motel used to sit. And, as the dealership grew, so did the cars it sold, as Chrysler introduced new models, dropped others, merged lines together and continued to bring to Kamloopsians cars and trucks ideally suited for the area terrain and driving requirements. There are many reasons why Kamloops Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram has not just remained a fixture in the community but is a business that has grown, Jacobs said. Perhaps the biggest in his mind is the dedication of everyone at the dealership to customer service. The simple reality is technology has moved cars and trucks forward and "all cars are good now. All trucks are good now," Jacobs said, so there has to be more that brings people back to the dealership. There has to be that dedication, the personal touch, the ever-expanding knowledge required to service vehicles. Derek Johnston agrees. Now retired, the man who used to be in the office every day said one of the strongest assets Kamloops Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram has is its staff, many of whom have been there for decades. They know the vehicles, they know the customers and they know how to make sure every interaction lives up to what Kamloopsians want. Technology has changed the industry and, especially what happens in the service bays. Those long-time employees "are technicians now. They're no longer mechanics," Johnston said. Talk to any of the service staff there and you'll find they agree. Everything under the hood — and pretty much everywhere else in a vehicle — has dramatically changed from the old days when any car buff would spend a Saturday morning changing the spark plugs or draining and replacing the oil. Environmental awareness is one reason. The average person simply isn't equipped to properly dispose of any old oil, for example. Technology is another reason. The heart of the engine isn't the carburetor anymore — it's the computer that, in many models, not just tells you when you need an oil change but will let you know through a dashboard indicator or even a warning voice if you've used the wrong weight. So, there's plenty to celebrate this year as Kamloops Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram marks its 45th year selling cars and trucks to Kamloopsians and Jacobs and his staff are inviting everyone to take part in the party with sales promotions and specials almost every week of the year.
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THEN AND NOW Not everything gets more expensive as time goes on, as is shown in this Visions Electronics ad that ran in KTW in 1993, pitching a state-of-the-art 52-inch rearprojection 4:3-aspect TV for a little less than $3,500. Is it HD? Ha! For about $100 less in 2013, you can take home a 65-inch 1080p LED smart TV, according to a listing at visions.ca.
All About Change While Changes staff make an effort to change the fortunes of some in Africa, they are also committed to bringing about a positive change in you. The full Aveda-concept salon at 401-1150 Hillside Dr. has been catering to Kamloops for 12 years with a team that includes eight professional stylists and two estheticians trained in Aveda Advanced Education, a program run by the company that helps build technical skills and discover new artistic expression.
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At Changes, that means giving guests the ultimate in service and providing unparalleled performance with botanically based products that are, quite simply, better for the professionals and their customers. The team at Changes works as a family, acts as a family, thinks as a family and gives back as a family. Many thanks for all the support over the years. Come on in and become part of the Changes family — and enjoy the experience.
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She’s still crazy after all these years This was never supposed to have happened. Relatively new to Kamloops, with kids still in school and having already completed more than a quarter-century at a large Ontario daily newspaper, the plan was simple. Kamloops This Week had advertised for an on-call pasteup technician — this was back before everything was done on computer and we still generated sheets of type that had to be posted onto boards, bussed to the press in Vernon, shot and the negatives used to make press plates. Those were the days. Somewhat bored and looking for something to do once in a while, I applied for the job. Truth be told, the only experience I had in a composing room was watching the compositors work their now-obsolete magic — but I’m a fast study. The person doing the hiring, however, had another idea and, at the start of the interview, sent me to the editor’s office to be quizzed for an opening in his department.
the street the folAnd, here I am, lowing many 13 years later and weeks, handing cruising in on 40 things out. years in this busiA lot went to ness. the Kamloops Food Along the way Bank and the New have been some truly Life Mission as memorable stories, well and, probably ironically more a month later, the generated here in sight of a stuffed Kamloops than were DALE BASS: green garbage bag written in my homeShe was never even no longer left me town — although I supposed to have this job! sighing. spent more time as Happenstance an editor there than I led to another story. did a writer. Then-reporter Darshan The first would have to be the Lindsay wasn’t at her desk and series written in 2001 on homeI ended up with a call from a lessness in the city, a story that grieving mom whose daughjust didn’t stop. ter had died in an accident in People kept bringing things to the office to be given to those Brocklehurst. Darshan’s plate was pretty people who call the street, the full, she told me to deal with it riverbank, any nook they can and the result was an emotional find, their home. couple of hours with this mom Our back area soon filled as she talked about her beautiful with bags of clothes, sleeping daughter, about hopes dashed bags, blankets, shoes, gloves, and memories all the more mitts — you name it. sweet. My family wondered when Her courage in sharing the the basement would be clear story was awesome; I continue again, as well. to think of Valerie Craig every I spent a lot of time out on
time I drive by the spot where she died. I loved the story of Jocelyn Thompson, a remarkable thenyoungster, and her parents who were raising money to deal with the genetic fluke that had led to the girl being born with no teeth. A photo of a smiling Jocelyn is still on my desk. Courage personified yet again. Fun moments include: Interviewing Bruce Cockburn and having to stop, apologize and ask if we could start again. I was wandering in my interview — but it was Bruce Cockburn! Interviewing Ted Neeley and getting to take my dear friend Deb Steele backstage to meet him after the Kamloops show of Jesus Christ Superstar. Deb’s a huge fan; it was as much fun watching the two of them interact as it was talking to him. Tracking down Margaret Edson, the Pulitzer-Prizewinning playwright of Wit, which was being staged by Western Canada Theatre. She’s an elementary-school
teacher in Atlanta and it was more of a conversation between two people with a keen interest in education and words than anything else. My husband and I talk about retirement a lot these days. We are moving into that “can I live off my RSPs?” age group. I smile and nod and agree and ask questions but, somewhere in the back of my head, the idea of not getting up every morning and heading to KTW to hear other peoples’ stories just seems wrong. It’s nice to go into work not really knowing what the day will bring, who will touch you or grumble at you or bring a unique bit of humanity to your experience. As long as there are no packed garbage bags in sight. — Dale Bass is STILL a reporter at KTW, spending her time these days covering crime and education, among other things, while penning a weekly column. She’s also known around the office for having the loudest laugh in the newsroom.
Don Edwards, a resident of Kelowna and long time customer of Al Perrett (owner of Kamloops Harley-Davidson®) has purchased his 4th brand new motorcycle from Al on June 12, 2013. Normally this is nothing out of the ordinary for Kamloops Harley-Davidson® to sell new motorcycles in June when the sun is out. But, Don was actually one of Al Perrett’s ¿rst customers 41 years ago. This was when Al was a Honda Dealer in the early 70’s before he had the Harley-Davidson® dealership we know of today. He purchased a new 1972 Honda CB350, his ¿rst new motorcycle. Obviously, the business has changed a lot since then and we fast forward 41 years and Don is buying yet another motorcycle from Al and Kamloops Harley-Davidson® Al Perrett, when asked; “how do you keep customers for a lifetime”? He Replied “Enjoy what you do – have fun and people come back.” This is only one of Al’s stories from doing business in Kamloops through the decades. Come up and become part of the history and Kamloops HarleyDavidson’s® story. Share YOUR story with Kamloops Harley-Davidson® on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram.
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Great times, tough times ics pull bodies from cars strewn all the way up to First Avenue and telling Lentz to stop shooting. That happened on a Friday morning and I had to go back and write that story past deadline, then loop through his negs for something. My wife and son were nearly hit by that truck as it careened down Columbia Street. Awful. But, those were the salad days for newspapers. We had great fun and every Friday we dissected the week past and the week to come over at Sgt. O’s. KTW was a huge part of my career and some of my proudest moments were realized there, both in the things we accomplished and the stories we told.
When a big rig’s brakes failed as it drove down Columbia Street, the result was tragedy. Five people, including the truck driver, died in the aftermath of the horrible accident. Then-KTW editor Rob DeMone and then-KTW photographer Rob Lentz were on the scene — where DeMone’s wife and son narrowly avoided being part of the carnage.
— Rob DeMone was editor of KTW in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He went on to be editor of the Peace Arch News in White Rock before joining Black Press’s digital-news department. DeMone recently left the news business to co-own a restaurant in Eastern Canada.
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The thing I remember most, and most fondly, is the feeling of family that we had in the early days. We worked out of the lower level of a building in Victoria Street, below John De Cicco’s barbershop. We worked long hours and laboured to be something different. We worked hard to make a name and carve a niche — and, sometimes, we broke some china doing it. I remember vividly a story we wrote when the latest fear-mongering environmentalist slammed Weyerhauser for releasing something into the river. We got reaction from the mill, who predictably contradicted the report. I took that reaction back to a local environmentalist, who gave me a great quote — and my zipper headline. “They want dead bodies.” Publisher Rick O’Connor impaled me for that one. Hardest thing I did in my time? Standing with photographer Rob Lentz at the scene of the horrific Columbia Street truck crash of Oct. 27, 1989, that killed five people. I remember watching paramed-
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‘He appears in an instant. Suddenly. Quietly. Out of nowhere.’ Former KTW reporter recalls exclusive meeting with the elusive Bushman of the Shuswap When I first arrived at Kamloops This Week in 1996, I recall being extremely grateful to editor Ken Alexander, who offered me the job while I was backpacking in Bangkok, for the opportunity to be part of such a young and aggressive news team. Ken gave me a lot of freedom to develop my own story ideas and encouraged me to follow my instincts. This included making contact with the elusive Bushman. Ken was the only person who knew that I had arranged to meet John Bjornstrom on an abandoned logging road in the remote Shuwap mountains north of Sicamous — him and Dave Eagles, who generously leant me his cell phone. I landed the interview with a lot of luck and a little negotiation. Although I had tried to make contact by leaving business cards addressed to Bjornstrom with cabin owners, who kindly left them displayed on their kitchen tables, he actually called me using his RCMP-delivered cell phone. Bjornstrom was looking for items he could not obtain through his regular means, which was breaking into summer cabins and helping himself to people’s belongings. He wanted videocassettes, stamps, envelopes, a pair of boots and, if I was able, a hot meal from town. He asked me to leave them beside a marked rock in exchange for a lengthy phone interview. After a short discussion, we agreed to convene in person, the first time he would meet someone face-to-face in two years.
In the days leading up to the exchange, I gathered the supplies — including a second-hand pair DALE of boots purchased STEEVES from Value Village — and, on the day of the interview, a fully-loaded sub from Subway in Salmon Arm. I also prepared myself, packing two days of non-perishable food and water, in case the unthinkable occurred and I found myself a hostage. The drive up the dirt logging road was not the least bit healthy for my 1999 Saturn, which took a tumultuous and devaluing beating. After about an hour on a sharply steep and active logging truck road, I came to the marked boulder, took the next right and promptly sank my two front tires into a deep pothole. I was on foot from that point onwards. I only advanced about 35 metres when the Bushman quite literally stepped out from behind a large bush, packing a loaded .22-calibre rifle and a .357 handgun. It was at that moment I wondered if this was really worth $35,000 a year. “Hi Dale, I’m the one they call Bushman — John Lambert Bjorstrom,” said the heavily bearded man who I could smell from a considerable distance. I’m not sure whose hands were sweating more when we greeted each other formally, but I immediately felt more at ease when he asked that I walk on the opposite side of his weapons.
was published. I wrote the story that night, sitting at my kitchen table, leading with the strongest memory of the day — “He appears in an instant. Suddenly. Quietly. Out of nowhere.” The day after the interview, I drove to work thinking I might have the biggest story in the province, maybe further as the Bushman had captured the interest of media across Canada and into the United States. The date was September 11, 2001. When I tuned in to Radio NL and heard Jim Harrison’s coverage of the horrific events taking place in New York City, my story about the Bushman of the Shuswap was all but forgotten. I am extremely grateful to Cariboo Press and Kamloops This Week for giving me the unique opportunity to enjoy a fantastic job in a wonderful community that I am proud to remember as my home for many years. Congratulations to KTW and all employees, past and present, for 25 years of exceptional service to the citizens of Kamloops. We agreed to hike about 500 metres to a hilltop, which was where he had been watching me. From there, one could see winding logging roads for miles and serene Shuswap for hectares. We sat in that strategic outlook for over four hours and, after the interview, he helped me push my car out of the pothole. I drove down the mountain, stopping in Salmon Arm to consult with Salmon Arm Observer editor Tracy Hughes (who also later interviewed Bjornstrom), where
I transferred pictures and files in case the RCMP caught on to what I was up to and confiscated my information. I then stopped just east of Kamloops to meet with my colleague, Dale Bass, and her husband, Thompson Rivers University journalism professor and former Canadian Press Ottawa correspondent Alan. They wisely advised me to give copies of my notes and photos to the newspaper’s lawyer, who could protect them at least until the story
— Dale Steeves was questioned by the RCMP who later posed as undercover journalists to successfully capture John Bjornstrom. Steeves retired from journalism four weeks after the story was published and became communications director for former British Columbia premier Gordon Campbell. Today, he lives in Vancouver and works for Telus as the vicepresident of corporate and executive communications.
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‘There was always lots of cake’ I started at Kamloops This Week as a junior reporter and learned early on how lucky I was to work under seasoned journalism veterans Chris Foulds, Dave Eagles and Dale Bass. I have great memories from my time at KTW. Golfing with co-workers, Kelly Hall’s inspiring speeches — where he’d invariably report that readership was up and reader feedback was positive — and cake on co-workers’ birthdays. There was always lots of cake. There were Wednesday editorial meetings, where everyone always had something interesting to contribute. Midday coffee breaks with Marcus Ermisch and Cassidy Olivier were essential, as were Friday beers after a hectic week covering the Tournament Capital. It was a great job. I met the movers and shakers of Kamloops and region. I got to know a city I grew up in even better, covering everything from school-district
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meetings to events at TRU to pollution in a local lake. It was a good place to work, full of friendly co-workers who were always up for a chat. Today I work in public relations, but I hope to return to journalism one day. Wherever that place may be, it will have big shoes to fill. — Mark MacDonald is a former KTW reporter. Today, he’s a new father living with his wife and child in Norway.
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KTW a ticket to ride for Wishart Meeting Aaron Pritchett and his manager (and guitar player) at the Kamloops White Spot. Meeting Emerson Drive keyboard player (and Kamloops native) Dale Wallace at . . . the Kamloops White Spot. Meeting Shania Twain in Vancouver at a record release. Being at Kamloops This Week gave me a great chance to meet some of the top names in country music, ask them some really strange questions — and get paid to do it. In the case of the Shania Twain interview, I not only got paid to do it, but I also got to fly down to Vancouver (and back) on the record company’s dime. She was doing a series of press conferences for the release of her breakthrough album, The Woman In Me. I was doing a country music column in KTW, so the record company asked if I wanted to fly down and get an interview with her. I checked with the editor, and was very relieved when he said yes. The press thing was at the Vancouver Press Club, so I wasn’t sure how I was going get an inter-
kind of tree would view, but the record you be?” company rep told me No, a legitimate I could meet Shania question. in the coffee shop One I liked to pull back at her hotel out for someone who afterwards. had been around a It was great. while was to referShe was very ence their first hit, funny, still seemed then ask, “If that song somewhat surprised was pitched to you by how big this whole today, would you thing was becoming, ALLAN WISHART: record it?” and was caught comUsed his time at KTW to ask I was surprised by pletely offguard by obscure questions of stars. how many of them my last question. said, “No,” or that “In the video for they wouldn’t record it the same Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under, you walk into the diner past way. But, I could always tell they an old pickup truck with a dog in hadn’t been asked that question the back. The dog is a real mutt. Was that a reference to your (then) before. I put in about a dozen years at husband Mutt Lange?” KTW before heading back up north, She laughed for a good 30 secto my home territory. onds, then admitted, “I have no I still like to get back when I idea, but the next time I see the director, I’ll make sure to ask him.” can — and they haven’t moved That was one of things I always without telling me, so I can still find them. liked to do with the stars I interviewed, either over the phone or in person at the Merritt Mountain — Allan Wishart worked as a Music Festival — ask them a quesreporter at KTW for 12 years. He tion they hadn’t heard before. now works at KTW sister paper, Not an off-the-wall question the Prince George Free Press. like, “If you could be a tree, what
THEN AND NOW This photo, from the Oct. 11, 1991, edition of KTW, features a young Kelton Hall, who had been preparing for an Ironman Triathlon. (Don’t let the cutline fool you. Hall is, in fact, the man pictured below, not the woman.) In April of 1993, Hall began working at KTW. Today, he’s the publisher. Nowadays, you’re more likely to find him on the golf course than on on the back of a bicycle.
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THEN AND NOW It might be unfathomable to kids today — that, yes, there was a time when there was no such thing as the “Guide” or “List” buttons on your remote control. But, most of us remember pulling the TV listings out of the newspaper and checking what time M*A*S*H or Who’s the Boss or Family Matters or Boy Meets World was on — and on what channel. Back then, you had to schedule your evenings around TV shows you could not miss. That is no longer the case, thanks to PVRs — and we can skip commercials.
At the start of the 2008-2009 school year, KTW reporter Melissa Lampman and photographer Dave Eagles followed five-year-old Marisa Baldwin to document the youngster’s first days of her life as a student. In a three-part series, Lampman’s words and Eagles’ photos captured the ups and downs of starting school for the first time.
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THEN AND NOW Believe it or not, when prices at the t Valleyview Esso pumps nudged 50 cents per litre in 1992, water-cooler c talk t invariably turned to the greedy bastards who run the oil companies. b Today, if the numbers on the signs at a gas stations drop below $1.20, we witness a convoy of vehicles heading w to t Esso, Chevron, Petro-Canada and Shell, all driving like mad to lock in S the t “cheap” price before the greedy bastards who run the oil companies b send the price higher yet again. s It’s all relative — gas at 48 cents a litre looks dirt cheap when viewed from a $1.35-a-litre world. f But, a 48-cent-per-litre price comes across as pure thievery when, just a weeks before, the cost was in the w 35-cent range. 3 Back in 1992, drivers had two choices — drive or don’t drive. c Today, the gas gouging may be as prevalent, but the choices are plenty p — don’t drive or drive an electric or
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‘I made wonderful friends’ I spent almost six years writing sports for KTW, from 1996 to 2001. It was my honour to tell the stories of Kamloops athletes, young and old, from Dylan Armstrong and the Kamloops Blazers to the figure skaters, minor hockey players, and high school football and basketball players. I met many terrific people who stick in my memory to this day. I made wonderful friends — not just among the athletes, coaches, administrators and parents, but also among KTW readers. I relished the opportunity to write for a city that is so sports enthusiastic and for readers who consistently challenged my opinions and approaches. I’ve returned to Kamloops after 10 years in Calgary. I’m running a small business — telling a different style of story, mostly online and via social
THEN AND NOW Remember record stores? Cassettes? Those gigantic plastic security cases CDs came in? Dr. Hook just trying to talk to Sylvia? Kriss Kross missing the bus? In 1992, when this Sam the Record Man ad ran in KTW, iTunes was nothing more than a glimmer in the eye of Steve Jobs — still nine years away from launch. Even Napster, which changed the music-purchase (pirate?) landscape forever, was seven years off. Record stores offered a different kind of music-buying experience, though — one where a customer would peruse albums based on cover art rather than an algorithmic suggestion that pops up on the screen of their iPhone or laptop. But, neither Sam the Record Man nor HMV nor A&B Sound, with all the cover art in the world, can compete with the convenience of mp3s.
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— Angela MacIsaac was sports editor at KTW from 1996 to 2001. She has also worked for the Calgary Sun and recently returned to Kamloops with her writing and onlinemarketing business, That Angela Media.
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In 2003, then-Kamloops Blazers’ netminder Devan Dubnyk was named to Canada’s under-18 team, which was going to compete in the U-18 World Championship in the Czech Republic. It was not the last time the lanky goalie would be chosen to wear the Maple Leaf in international competition. In 2006, Dubnyk was named to Canada’s gold-medal winning team at the World Junior Hockey Championship, which was held in B.C., though he didn’t see any playing time behind starter Justin Pogge. He also suited up for Canada at the 2010 IIHF World Championship — following his first NHL season with the Edmonton Oilers — appearing only once in the tournament and stopping all eight shots against him. In 2012, Dubnyk started twice for Canada at the Worlds and he split time between the pipes with Mike Smith at this year’s event. Dubnyk also played for Canada in the Spengler Cup during the 2012-2013 NHL lockout.
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THEN AND NOW KTW photographer Dave Eagles and reporter Mark Macdonald saddled up and joined some cowboys on the range north of the city, where they learned the ranching way of life is giving way to myriad modern pressures.
Outbacks! That used to be a thing, back in the days before the Duchess and when the Rendezvous was still alive and kicking as a strip-club alternative. Kamloops’ nightlife has changed a lot in recent years, and nowhere is it more evident than the peelers — or lack thereof. Not too long ago, there were multiple options for potential patrons looking to look at women. Today? There is one. And it might not be long for this world.
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Three deaths and lives are changed forever On Oct. 15, 2002, a drama began unfolding only blocks away from the offices of Kamloops This Week. Police had barricaded parts of McGill Road near Hillside Drive and there was word of a hostage-taking. It was mid-afternoon on a Tuesday and our paper had been put to bed, save a few column inches for this latebreaking story. A colleague of mine was pacing the newsroom with headphones and a police scanner strapped to her waist. Another reporter and photographer went to the scene, only to be blocked by the police barricade. I was making phone calls, trying to help piece together whatever information we could for a story. The rest of the day is gone from my memory, but the following days are not. By morning, police had released information. The incident was not a hostage-taking, but a doublemurder suicide at the offices of the Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection. Dick Anderson, a regional manager, had walked into his workplace with a gun and shot two men before killing himself. A coroner’s inquest months later would hear he had just been fired. The incident shattered my naïve belief that such acts of workplace violence only existed in larger centres, or in the United States. I was stunned, as were my colleagues and friends, that something like this could happen in Kamloops. Having it happen within a few blocks of the KTW offices added to this sense of shock and disbelief. In the days following, a media mob converged on the city. Reporters from throughout the province and the country — representing English and French networks — attended police press conferences and interviewed local residents.
A a local l l reporter, t it was overwhelming h l i att times ti t be b As to part of this media swarm, watching those from the outside badger our local RCMP liaison officer, looking to uncover whatever tiny new piece of information they could to make their story more fresh than the next.
Were they interested in what happened or more interested in getting the next scoop? It’s tough being a reporter during times of crisis, especially the kind that involve death. You have to ask questions, gather facts and differing perspectives and provide information to the public. In the process, doors are slammed in your face, literally and figuratively. The day following the murder-suicide, I walked along McGill Road. I entered business offices closest to the murder scene in search of eyewitness accounts. I did so with hesitation, but I found people were willing to talk — about what they saw, about their own feelings — and realized it was part of their own way of processing the unthinkable. “Things aren’t supposed to happen like this in Kamloops,” said a business owner, who, the evening before, had watched members of the RCMP emergencyresponse team enter the government building next door, armed with weapons. That day, Kamloops lost a part of its small-city innocence — and so did I. Even now, more than 10 years later, the drive along McGill Road’s industrial and commercial corridor is not the same. As I pass by the murder-suicide scene, the building now painted a different colour and no longer a government office, I will always remember what happened on Oct. 15, 2012. The lives of three families were changed forever. — Darshan Lindsay had two stints last decade as a reporter at KTW. She is now in the public-relations department with the Interior Health Authority.
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25 YEARS OF KTW
THEN AND NOW Before what is now Interior Savings Centre opened its doors in 1992, the City of Kamloops took out ads in KTW asking for pledges from citizens to help make the facility a reality. The arena replaced the decades-old Memorial Arena as Kamloops’ biggest venue for hockey and concerts and became the new home of the Kamloops Blazers — who, in the early 1990s, were the hottest team in Canadian junior hockey. What opened as Riverside Coliseum later became Sport Mart Place. Now it’s ISC — and it’s held up well. Before the Blazers return to action in the fall, the City of Kamloops and the WHL club are — finally — partnering to replace the arena’s outdated video boards.
In 1992, the Kamloops Blazers hoisted the Memorial Cup for the first time in franchise history. They would win two more in quick succession — 1994 and 1995.
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A special place to be a young reporter I can still remember my first day. My throat was dry, my stomach was in knots and, more than anything, I wanted to impress my new colleagues. I’d come from a weekly newspaper in Merritt to land a job at a tri-weekly (back then, KTW published on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays) newspaper was akin to getting a callup to the storied minor-league team you’d religiously followed for years. It was that one step closer to the bigs and you could feel the electricity. My beat was cops and courts. Other than provincial politics, this is the best beat that can be thrown to a reporter. CASSIDY OLIVIER: I was lucky and In his mind, he’s still here I knew it. at Kamloops This Week. The beat was hot as soon as I landed. Within weeks, there was a string of murders. I still remember all of the names and the address of the first door I knocked on. And I can still remember how it felt when my editor offered, for the first time, a simple “nice story.” More than anything, I remember the newsroom and the group of young, talented and hardworking reporters who I was fortunate
enough to sit beside. We had a hell of an editor who we all admired. We yelled, laughed, competed hard and, sometimes, even shed tears. We were a solid team. And we kicked a lot of ass. It was fantastic. We put everything into what we did and, on most days, it felt like we accomplished something greater than any of us could have imagined. Many of those I sat beside remain close, dear friends. It was a special time. We were inspired. And we believed in what we were doing. Sometimes, I think it is the city itself — its character, its geography and its rawness — that fuels the reporters that walk through the front doors of Kamloops This Week. This certainly could be the reason why it remains such a fantastic paper. Kamloops is a terrific news city. There are stories everywhere. Nothing, I don’t think, will ever change that. It’s a special place to be a young reporter. Sometimes, I wonder if I ever really did leave. — Cassidy Olivier was a reporter at KTW in 2007 and 2008. He is now a reporter at the Vancouver Province. On June 14, KTW published its last Sunday edition, going to a twice-weekly publication schedule. Today, Kamloops This Week is published on Tuesdays and Thursdays and lands on 30,000 doorsteps in the Tournament Capital.
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THEN AND NOW There was a time in the 1990s when you were not cool if the clothes you were wearing did not include one of a handful of names — Mondetta, Chip & Pepper, Vuarnet France and the like. This ad, from the Jan. 2, 1991, edition of KTW, shows just how important Chip & Pepper apparently was in the marketing strategy of Sagebrush Sportswear. It’s been 22 years and now Chip & Pepper is back in style with its new C7P line aimed at teenagers, as well as throwback C&P T-shirts and jeans marketed toward 20- and 30-somethings with fond memories of being the coolest kid in class thanks to the label on their acid-wash pants.
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