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Wayside Expands With Acquisition Of Electric Paper Company Vernon Marketing & Imaging Firm Has Served Region For Nearly A Century BY DAVID HOLMES
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ER NON – P rov id i ng printing and a range of o t h e r s e r v i c e s to t h e greater Vernon area for nearly a century, Wayside continues to evolve to better serve its growing client list. On March 31 Wayside acquired the Electric Paper Company (EPC), a small boutique style printer ideally structured to serve clients needing short print runs and fast turnarounds – a market not as easily served by a major marketing and imaging company like Wayside. “Wayside has a responsive front end where we serve all of our client’s marketing needs, from the building of websites to signage to of course printing. Generally we focus on big clients, big projects for clients located all over,” explained Neil Perry, one of Wayside’s owners. SEE WAYSIDE | PAGE 9
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Wayside’s Richard Finn (left) and Neil Perry congratulate Electric Paper Company’s former owner Lyle Doucette (middle)
Roger Smith Appointed New Chief Operating Officer of SICA Former Board Member Takes Organization’s Reigns
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ELOW NA – There have been some changes at the top at the Southern Interior Construction Association (SICA). Roger Smith assumed the responsibilities of Chief Operating Officer (COO) April 3, replacing Bill Everitt who stepped down from the role to return to the for profit sector. Everitt had
helmed SICA for the past five years. “Bill has left to pursue some different avenues, to go back to the for profit sector, essentially returning to his roots in the industry,” Smith explained. No stranger to SICA, Smith had previously sat on the Association’s Board of Directors,
functioning in that capacity for the past four years while continuing to operate his own construction business based in Golden. To take on his new COO responsibilities Smith was required to give up his business holdings, to avoid any perceived conflicts of interest. “It was interesting, 10 years of work signed
away in about 45 seconds,” he said. The Southern Interior Construction Association, with a current membership of some 500 companies and individuals, was created in 1969 following the merger of the Kamloops and District SEE SICA | PAGE 21