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FEBRUARY 22, 2019 | Volume 32 No. 16
IDEAS ON ALZHEIMER’S
FRIDAY
Little Onion Puppet Co. is presenting Dorothy: a mother daughter memoir, at Stage House Theatre on May 8 and May 9 A25
n’s Kids Page Cai The Neverending Story …
Page A26 is your guide to myriad events in the city and region
7, here is your in school, between kindergarten and Grade We started it — you continue it. If you are the story. Limit your paragraph and send in the next part to chance to add to our story. Read the opening opsthisweek.com. tale will be added! Email to editor@kamlo submission to 120 words. Perhaps your
Bobby always wanted to go to space. Chris Hadfield was his hero and Bobby, now in Grade 4, could not wait until he was old enough to become an astronaut. One day in class, while staring out the window at Mount Paul, Bobby saw something that made his heart leap. “Maybe,” he WATCH FOR THE thought to himself, KTW/CAIN’S KIDS’ “I won’t have to wait until I am older to visit PAGE EVERY TWO WEEKS space!” (The next part was “I want to, but written by Danica how?” Bobby replied. Cain.) Then the alien “A rocket ship!” reached out and Bobby cried in delight. touched Bobby’s hand. Indeed, a space (The next part shuttle had landed on was written by Hailey the back field of Mount Traynor, a kindergarPaul School. The grass ten student.) was scorched. Thank All of a sudden, two goodness it was winter ears popped out of or the entire building Bobby’s head and he would be on fire. turned green, just like Then the high side the alien. They became door folded down and friends. two astronauts walked The alien needed down the ramp. help finding his spaceBobby sprang from ship because he was on his seat and bounded another alien’s spaceto the door. He raced ship. over to the astronauts While they were and skidded to a stop holding hands, they feet. at their began to float up to the “Hello!” Bobby universe. cried. “Can I come to space with you?” he WHAT HAPPENS asked. NEXT? YOU “Can you fix a TELL US IN 120 rocket ship?” one of the WORDS OR LESS! astronauts asked. The winning entry “I think so . . .” will be added to this Bobby said. story in the March 8 He walked over and edition of KTW. gasped. On the bottom of the rocket was a blue-skinned, skinny creature with huge eyes, staring up at him. “Can you help me?” the creature hissed.
BULLETS IN AIR
Rex Gill’s friend recounts morning of fatal shooting death A6
JOKES & RIDDLES & OTHER FUN STUFF Enjoy some laughs and tackle the riddle at the bottom for a chance to win a prize!
JOKE’S ON YOU
Q: Why can’t your head be 12 inches long? A: Because then it would be a foot! Q: What did one eye say to the other? A: Don’t look now, but something between us smells. Q: How does the ocean say hello? A: It waves.
RIDDLE ME THIS What instrument can be heard but not seen? Send your answer by email to editor@ kamloopsthisweek.com.
Previous riddle:
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I? Answer: Footsteps Winner: FINN THOMSON
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Get creative and add to our story. You might win a prize! A29
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MURDER CHARGES LAID AGAINST PAIR TIM PETRUK
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TIM PETRUK/KTW Kamloops RCMP Sgt. Nestor Baird displays a photo of murder suspect Hugh McInstosh. McIntosh and Gordon Braaten have been charged with murder and attempted murder in connection with the Feb. 15 shootings in Brocklehurst that killed 39-year-old Jason Glover and injured 50-year-old Kelly Callfas. As of KTW press deadline on Thursday, both men remained at large.
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Two alleged Kamloops gangsters were charged Wednesday with murder and attempted murder in connection with a deadly shooting last week in Brocklehurst — the latest in a string of violent incidents linked to a power vacuum at the top of the city’s drug trade. Gordie Wayne Braaten and Hugh Alexander McIntosh are each facing charges of first-degree murder and attempted murder following a shooting last Friday that killed 39-year-old Jason Glover and injured 50-year-old Kelly Callfas. As of KTW deadline late Thursday after-
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noon, Braaten and McIntosh remain at large. (Go online to kamloopsthisweek.com for updates to this story.) Kamloops RCMP Sgt. Nestor Baird said the public should exercise caution. “These are targeted events, but the public does have to remain vigilant,” he said. “These are dangerous people.” Glover and Callfas were shot on Friday, Feb. 15., at a residence
HUGH MCINTOSH
in the 1900-block of Tranquille Road. Glover died of his injuries in hospital. There has been no update on Callfas’ condition, but police have said recently she remains in hospital. Baird said the shooting is linked to the city’s drug trade, as were shootings on Jan. 23 that killed two men outside hotels in Aberdeen and Valleyview. See SUSPECTS, A6
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