40 YEARS AGO: Several exceptional children from the North Thompson region boarded the bus on their way to the Special Olympics held in Kamloops. The group joined between 400 and 500 participants from the lower mainland to Quesnel and Trail to compete in the several track and field and swimming events. A banquet and dance was also put on for the competitors in the Southern Interior Special Olympics at Kamloops Overlander Secondary School. Five-medal winner at the Canadian National Special Olympics in 1981, Donna Vandenborre, was again part of the local team representing the local area at the Olympics.
20 YEARS AGO: Eight employees at Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital were advised that their jobs will change or be eliminated in the coming months. They were among 162 health-care workers in the Thompson-Cariboo-Chilcotin Health Services Area given similar notice. The advance notice was necessary so that the workers could decide if they want to keep their jobs with changed job descriptions, or attempt to displace others with less seniority for different jobs. According to the health services area, the actual number of layoffs was expected to be considerably less than the notices that went out.
15 YEARS AGO: A suspected winter fish kill decimated the fish population of Dutch Lake. The Freshwater Fishery Society of BC staff netted the lake with five gill nets, covering 1500 feet, and caught 10 suckers and no trout, suggesting the trout kill was very significant, if not total. The phenomenon was natural and happens at a number of smaller lakes due to low oxygen levels. Part of the problem for Dutch Lake is that for it’s size, it’s very deep.
5 YEARS AGO: Clearwater Secondary School girl’s soccer 10-game tournament was a success. The team won two games and lost two in the round robin, said coach Ian Eakins, and played for fifth place in the playoffs and defeated Merritt in very exciting shoot out. The Raiders team placed second in a 10-game tournament earlier in the season in Hope. The coach said that soccer has come a long way in Clearwater over the past 20 years. Community soccer is very well run and has good numbers again.
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