40 YEARS AGO:
A shock strong enough to shake Times publisher Dave Berryman's house followed a flash possibly caused by a meteor by some two to five minutes. Some people in Vavenby thought the direction was west, while in Clearwater, east.
45 YEARS AGO:
The first meeting of the Vavenby branch of the Hospital Ladies Auxiliary was held in the school activity room. Mrs. Chesney agreed to be treasurer, and Joyce de Vooght and Roselyn Saunders were to act as local representatives.
40 YEARS AGO:
A fire caused $100,000 damage to the Amco building on the Flats in Clearwater. Firefighters were just finishing a practice when Leona Turcotte drove up to report the blaze.
35 YEARS AGO:
North Thompson figure skaters did well in the Tumbleweed Competition in Kamloops. Angela Rau won a gold medal, Melody Isvik and Mona Toth took silver, and Debbie Pelton came home with a bronze.
Grade 2 class reporters Nikki Chambers, Kevin Austin and Duane Dowds visited the Times' office with their teacher, Mrs. Young.
30 YEARS AGO:
Volunteer Art Mayer had to walk down Grizzly Mountain for three miles after being dropped off by a helicopter with two bottles of propane at a television repeater site. The machine went for additional bottles, but then was unable to locate Mayer in deteriorating weather.
25 YEARS AGO:
Organizers of the annual Miss Clearwater pageant reported to Clearwater Recreation Association that they were finding it difficult to attract young women to compete.
Clearwater Fire Department was holding a Mayor for a Day contest to raise money for new equipment and fire victims. Nominees were Diane Dekelver, Betty Borrow and Lloyd Strickland.
20 YEARS AGO:
A Pritchard woman was killed when she was thrown from the van she was a passenger in after it collided with a chip truck. The van became airborne and came to rest 30 feet below Highway 5 in Tum Tum Trailer Court in Vavenby.
15 YEARS AGO:
CUPE made a formal complaint against school trustee Bert Walker for crossing a picket line to attend a school board meeting. As a part-time ambulance attendant, the North Thompson trustee was a CUPE member, although of a different local. Walker said he felt his duties as a trustee outweighed his duties as a union member.
An agro-forestry expert with the Ministry of Agriculture gave a day-long workshop in Clearwater on alternative uses of the forest. False box has considerable value in the floral trade, he said.
10 YEARS AGO:
TNRD announced overall taxes were going down 1.5 per cent. Director Steve Quinn expressed interest in conducting a solid waste management review of practices throughout the region.
Further developments occurred with Interact Wood Products Ltd. The company was granted creditor protection by the Supreme Court of Canada. President Eric Cable issued a letter to his creditors stating his company would carry on “business as usual.” Price Waterhouse Coopers Inc. was appointed by the court to report on Interact’s operations.
5 YEARS AGO:
Community Resource Centre of the North Thompson obtained a $5,000 grant from Enterprising Non-Profits to do a study into a proposed arts, crafts and technical center. "We're envisioning a multi-use building," said CRC spokesperson Ted Richardson.
Clearwater RCMP Cst. Michelle Hall returned after helping out with security at the Winter Olympics in Whistler. "I found it interesting and the logistics were just awesome," she said.
1 YEAR AGO:
CN put a gate across the Mud Lake Forest Service Road where it crossed the railroad tracks north of Blue River. A snowmobiler had stopped a train several weeks earlier after being unable to leave the tracks because of high snowbanks.
District of Clearwater was consolidating its parcel taxes into one rate. Clearwater's water system had been developed in stages and each extension had resulted in different parcel tax rates, explained director of finance Sheila Thiessen. The borrowing to pay for the extensions was now paid off and so the rates were set to pay for longterm maintenance and sustainability.