North Shore Echo, December 28, 2011

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why is it the older you get, the quicker the days and years seem to roll by. it seems like just yesterday when we were saying goodbye to 2010 and now 2011 has almost passed us by. with the hustle and bustle of the holidays already gone, now is as good of time as any to take a look back and try to remember what it was we did this year.

being involved with the echo has great benefits. you get a first hand look at all the new, interest-ing and maybe not so interest-ing stuff that is happening in our neighbourhoods. good news especially! people can never wait to share good news and there is plenty of it.

This year on the north shore was yet another year of change. The big Little science Centre changed homes; moving from bert edwards science and Technology school to the nearly empty george hilliard on holt street. This opened up lots of new found opportunity for the popu-lar centre. Kids and adults alike from all corners of the city enjoy all the amazing displays, classes and interactive workshops. The Kamloops golf Club completed their massive renovations and The Kamloops players opened up their first ever brand new home and competed their first

production there, brocklehurst became home to the newest Tim hortons and is the proud new owner of a seniors activity Centre. speaking of seniors and change, dwight hoglund at the north shore Community Centre finally hung up his reigns and passed them on to new director Tim Larose. Tim seems well cut out for the job and we look for-ward to all he brings to our neck of the woods.

in terms of other memorable

moments of here on the north shore, our calendar in 2011 was jam-packed with some other great yearly adventures. we took a great cooking class with warunee over at her Thai restaurant, par-ticipating in the nsbia’s golf Tournament, hung out with the guys at the Moose Lodge, won some meat during the brock Centre pub’s renovation grand opening and even floated down the river once or twice. a defi-nite highlight was the nsbia’s

first ever big big sale on the north shore. we here at the echo hosted a kids party at Fun Factor complete with jousting. we can’t say some of us didn’t fight dirty, but it was definitely great fun on a great day. we always enjoy heading over to gardengate to see their pumpkins of Light and trips get some awesome fresh and organic veggies and plants, this year their summer salsa com-petition was top-notch with so many great teams competing as well we always enjoy heading to Macdonald park to take in some great local music during Music in the park and even enjoy Fridays Farmers’ Market at spirit square.

There is a reason half the popu-lation of Kamloops lives here on the north shore. it has a ton to offer. From open houses at gardengate and the big Little science Centre to amazing out-doors just waiting to be explored, the north shore has it all.

we are so happy to be able to share all the good times with everyone on the north shore. we thank everyone for allowing us to share in your daily life and for inviting us into your lives and businesses. Thanks for provid-ing us with a fabulous 2011 and cheers to an even better 2012. happy new year everyone!

Tanya Orozco, freelance

Farewell to another exciting year!

December 28, 2011Volume 7 • number 5250¢ newsstand price

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The Echo’s shaggy mascot (Carly Orozco) and administrator Carrie Harman living it up at Fun Factor during the North Shore’s Biggest Sale.

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hello, echo readers. 2012 has been an exciting year! in addi-tion to the fun events that happen downtown, Taste of downtown being one of my favourite, i was able to take a vacation and join an exciting new team sport this year.

My husband derek and i vis-ited my brother and his family in aliso Viejo. it’s about an hour drive south of Los angeles. Ken and rachael have two beautiful boys, paul and Luke, who was only one-month old at the time. we also visited disneyland and universal studios being that it was my first time in California!

Last February i went along with freelance writer Tanya orozco to watch the Tournament City derby dolls practice. it happened to be

a fresh meat night (that’s “recruit-ment” in roller derby language). at first i couldn’t stand in roller saktes, but by the end of the night i was skating around the gym somewhat confidently. ever since that night i have been skating two times a week with the derby dolls. i passed my skating skills test in august and played in my first roller derby bout (game) in november!

i am hoping that a move to Kamloops will be in the stars for 2012. a shorter commute would be nice! does anyone want a vacation home in the shuswap?

happy new year everyone!Erin Johnson is the North Shore

and Downtown Echo’s production manager.

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dear Friends,i wanted to send some sort of

holiday greeting to you, but it is difficult in today’s world to know exactly what to say without offending someone.

so i met with my lawyer yes-terday and on his advice i wish to say the following:

Please accept with no obliga-tion, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non addictive, gender neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday practised with the most enjoyable traditions of religious persuasion or secular practices of your choice with respect for the religious / secular persuasions and / or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular tra-ditions at all.

I also wish you a fiscally suc-cessful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recog-nition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2012, but not without due respect for the calendar of choice of other cul-tures whose contributions to soci-ety have helped make our country great (not to imply that Canada is necessarily greater than any other country) and without regard to the race, creed, colour, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee.

by accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms:

This greeting is subject to clari-fication or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actu-ally implement any of the wishes for her / him or others and is void where prohibited by law, and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. The wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.

Best Regards (without preju-dice),

name withheld (privacy act).or simply said best wishes

and Merry Christmas to you and yours for 2012.

~Wenda, Penny, Erin, Carrie, Cristina, Marilee, Wayne, Ian, Will, Arlene and Tanya.

Greetings for the holidays

CongRats!

Yet another highlight for the Echo this year was when the British Columbia Branch of the Kidney Foundation of Canada awarded the Echo Newspaper with the 2010 Print Media Award (Interior Region) for editorial support of awareness and fundraising campaigns, including Kidney Health Month, World Kidney Day, and The Kidney Walk.The Echo’s freelance writer Tanya Ozorco (L) accepted the award on behalf of the Echo Newspaper from Linda Bonner-Brown, patient services volunteer at the B.C Branch of the Kidney Foundation of Canada. Marg Archibald (R), manager of the Sahali Centre Mall, was also on hand to accept an award for her enthusiastic support of World Kidney Day, including purchasing ads, involving the mall’s stores in the event, enhancing the information display with a mannequin labelled to show where the kidneys are located, and providing a big screen presentation of the dialysis procedure.

Erin with Mr. Joe Black, a frequent visitor to the Echo office.

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Entering a decade of good newswe have just wrapped up our ninth

year of publishing your favourite little newspapers, the downtown and north shore echo!

as we embark upon our tenth year it dawns on me that following our dreams really does make them come to life. what started out as a novel thought, that each and every person has a story to tell and that we all need to hear some good news once in awhile, has transformed into the downtown and north shore echo. bringing good news to our neighbours is never tiresome and it’s so nice to hear many of our readers say, “i love that little paper!”

as the holiday season comes to a close it is only natural to spend some time reflecting on the year past and all that has happened in it. There have been good times and bad, tragedy and joy and above all else a community who never quits. The holiday season is a time to take a break and revel in the appreciation of family and those who make a difference in your life and we are proud to call the people who inhabit the downtown and north shore neigh-bourhoods our family.

not only do we have the fortune of in-teracting with many of you on a daily basis, but we thoroughly enjoy helping you spread the good news that separates Kamloops from so many other commu-nities. as a city, Kamloops must have the biggest heart in the nation, as around every corner there is good news. Fund-raisers, charity events, people helping people, there is no shortage of happy news stories and as a business we have taken it on as our mandate to help pro-mote the good in our community.

new year’s is usually the time for out with the old and in with the new and although our neighbourhoods have seen many changes in the last year it is

the old that makes the city so good. it is the dedicated business owners who through good times and bad have made these neighbourhoods their home, it is for the special people who work here, the ones who strive for excellence and are dedicated to improving life in the city. it’s the old-timers and their hard work that have made it possible for all the new guys to come in.

From all of us here at The echo to you and yours, we wish you a very, very happy new year and wish you all peace, prosperity and health for the upcoming year.

Wenda Noonan, publisher

Echo publisher Wenda Noonan felt the need to try out the inflatable slide during the North Shore’s Biggest Sale in October. Once she reached the top, she remembered she had a fear of heights. Lucky for the other sliders, who were going up the ladder, she also has a fear of embarrasment and although she was terrified, and being mocked from the small children (and one adult) below, chose to take the plunge. Placing one leg on each side of the slide, to slow her descent, she screamed all the way to the bottom!

What was the highlight of your year?

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Meeting my girlfriend.

Ian Wattecho Distribution

i had a good year doing my job.

Tanya OrozcoKCBIA / echo Freelance

going fishing on orcas island.

Arlene MarchiA-1 Bookkeeping

Coming to The echo each week and putting

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although i didn’t spend the entire 2011 year here at the echo, the time that i have spent has been action packed and full of learning.

i originally came to Kamloops ten years ago in search of a job as a nail tech, so you can imagine my surprise all these years later doing something totally unrelated. My journey here at the paper started in March and it has been adventurous ever since. only four months had passed and i was already filling in as editor. in the nine months here i have learnt so much about downtown and have enjoyed all the different events, activities and fes-tivals. everything from racing Tanya at the 2nd annual scooter rodeo, eat-ing my way around downtown at the Taste of downtown to seeing my very first play with wenda and Tanya at Mainstage.

outside of work was also adventur-ous. i spent summer days kayaking and got my nose pierced as well i also went to my very first pow wow, saw Johnny winter and took my boys to Fright nights at playland.

i have had such a great year meeting all the awesome people who come into and pass by the echo and can’t wait to make many more memories in 2012. now as soon as it snows enough i am going to go out and use the snow shoes i got for my birthday. i can’t wait to try them out. happy holidays!

Carrie Harman is the administrator and editor at the North Shore and Downtown Echo.

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Carrie’s year of new adventure

During the North Shore’s Biggest Sale in October, I was harassed into trying the gladiator ring by our freelance writer’s daughter and needless to say, she won (although I thought Carly was cheating just a little!)

KFR couplings used in Firefighters MemorialEditor’s note: Imagine my surprise when I read the

media release about the Firefighters Memorial only to see my family name! The Harman Foundry was estab-lished in 1962 by my Great Uncle Jack and was the first sculpture foundry in B.C., later to be taken over by his son Stephen after Jack’s passing in 2001. Many works are permanent features around the Vancouver area such as: Bannister and Landy’s Miracle Mile at the PNE, Harry Jerome in Stanley Park, Themis Goddess of Justice and Lord Denning in the Vancouver Law Courts. Needless to say, I am very proud to have such amazing artists in my family!

in the spring of 2011, Kamloops Fire rescue (KFr) submitted brass hose couplings to the harman Foundry in red deer, alberta. These hose couplings have been in service at KFr since the early 1960s. Last week, KFr was informed that these couplings will be used in the

casting of the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Memorial in ottawa.

This memorial has been in the works for over a decade and is scheduled to officially open in 2012. The bronze elements are scheduled to be completed in March 2012 and delivered to ottawa in early april. The official dedi-cation of the new memorial and remembrance ceremony will take place in september 2012. This will be the first memorial for firefighters across Canada, allowing them a place in ottawa to honour those who gave their lives serving their communities.

The bronze elements are being manufactured in red deer, alberta at the harman Foundry. The harman Foundry has done some significant works in the past such as the Terry Fox Memorials in ottawa and Vancouver, and the parliament hill bronze statue of Queen elizabeth on horseback.

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Life can be such an interesting ride. almost 10 years has past since i moved to Kamloops. an on-tario native, i packed it in after graduation for the beautiful west coast. i enjoyed Vancouver for six years before making one of the best decisions of my life, moving to Kamloops. i have had many ca-reers over the years, one of which was a personal trainer. it was through this job that I first met wenda noonan, a dynamic per-sonality (and a bit crazy). i knew we could get along famously! she told me about an exciting new project she was embarking on. “i’m going to start a news-paper!” well, me being the me-dia oppor-tunist that i am, im-mediately suggest a fitness column. wenda loved it and so my first ex-perienc-es with The echo began. about a year later af-ter some career changes, the col-umn was no more but was left with some fond memories and fun columns to look back on.

Fast forward nine years and my fate would bring me to The echo’s door once again. i made the crazy

yet exhilarating choice to join roller derby with the Tournament City derby dolls. i dove in head first and was on the board of directors for market-ing and sponsorship. The first order of business

was to get all media as a sponsor. so i called up wen-da and a new part-nership was born. well after a year of work with the derby dolls, peo-ple started to take notice of the mar-keting skills, including wenda from the echo. she called me up to meet for coffee one day and said i want you to join our team. The tim-ing couldn’t have been more perfect because after some sig-nificant life changes, this girl needed to get back out into the work force. so here we are, 10 years later and thing have come full circle. i am so thankful to have the oppor-tunity to work with this fabu-

lous group of ladies; i hope i can do them proud. what a ride… i can’t wait to see what the next 10 years has in store for me!

What comes around, goes around!

Cristina Ostopovich is the newest member of the Echo sales team - she started at the paper just this December. She’s no rookie though, in 2002 when the paper was first published, Cristina wrote a fitness column that ran bi-weekly in the Downtown Echo. Welcome aboard Cristina!

1. you get it into your head that chirping birds are the devil’s pets.

2. Trying to gain control of the situation, you continue to tell your room to “stay still.”

�. Looking at yourself in the mirror induces the same reaction as drinking a glass of fresh paint.

�. The bathroom reminds you of the fairground cry, “step right up and give it whirl!”

5. you’d rather chew tacks than be exposed to sunlight.

Ten indications of a New Year hangover6. you set aside an entire afternoon

to spend some quality time with your toilet.

7. you replace the traditional pray-ing on your knees with the more fea-sible praying in a fetal position.

8. your catch phrase is, “never again.”

9. you could purchase a new fridge on the proceeds from recycling the bottles around your bed.

10. your new response to “good morning,” is “be quiet!”


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Eyebrow waxing is new this year to The Echo with the addition of a salon professional on staff! Recently Echo bookkeeper Arlene Marchi (inset) got her brows ready for the holidays while Wenda (L) decides to try her hand at ripping a strip off our freelance writer Tanya Orozco! Ouch!

A phantom guestTrevor’s new year’s eve party was an annu-

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door, was greeted heartily although no one knew who he was, and was led to where the drinks were, in the kitchen. he sat there happily, chatting away, for a couple of hours before a strange light dawned on his face.

“you know,’ he confided to Trevor. “i wasn’t even invited to this party. i just came over to tell you that some of your guests’ cars are blocking my drive.”

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Erin Johnson, Natasha Lyndon and Carrie Harman decided to share their love of Halloween with the rest of the office this year!

It’s a winter wonderlandi just got off the phone with a

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A New Year’s eve surpriseJenny was taking an afternoon nap on new year’s eve before the

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“aha, you’ll know tonight,” answered Max smiling broadly.at midnight, as the new year was chiming, Max approached

Jenny and handed her small package. delighted and excited she opened it quickly. There in her hand rested a book entitled: “The meaning of dreams.”

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Cancer – The CrabJune 23rd – July 22ndFinancially you can expect savings and investments.

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