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Former staffers share their memories The Optimist has been a great place to work for many people over the years. Maureen Gulyas worked as a reporter for close to two decades. Gulyas says one overall observation from her time at the paper was that she was always impressed at the level of community engagement residents showed in South Delta. “People really care about their community there and that’s what I learned when I was a reporter,” she says. Specific memorable experiences for her were covering big Burns Bog fires, getting to fly around in a helicopter to survey the area in one instance, and being
MAUREEN GULYAS, WHO NOW WORKS FOR THE RCMP, IS A FORMER OPTIMIST REPORTER. driven into the middle of the scene by firefighters as they worked to put out another blaze. Another occasion saw her take a helicopter trip, this time with police, as officers
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busted a marijuana field in the middle of the bog. She left the Optimist in 2008 and after a brief stint at Delta municipal hall, Gulyas is now a civilian member with the
R RCMP and enjoying her role i communications. in P Roe remembers the Pat Optimist as a great place to O work. w ““It was a really, really good place to work. It was a lot of p ffun, everybody got along. It rreally was like one big happy ffamily,” says Roe, who spent 220 years at the paper. Her roles included accounts H rreceivable, collections, data iinput and sales support. R Roe says when she arrived in late 1990 there were already quite a few longterm employees on staff, something she thinks speaks volumes for a company. Since retiring she has kept busy with lots of travelling. CONTINUED ON PAGE 17
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