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Starbucks on its way to Old Main, other food services renovations delayed

Sean Brady

Ω Contributor Extensive food services changes at TRU were announced by at the end of the 2013 winter semester which included a brand new food court on the second f loor of Old Main, the replacement of Old Main Tim Horton’s with a Starbucks and an updated and redesigned Terrace food court.

The food services renovations will start with the Old Main Tim Horton’s being replaced by a Starbucks in September but the remaining renovations won’t happen this year according to TRU. “I made the decision to leave it as is, and once we finish the last class we’ll have everything done for the following September,” said TRU ancillary services director Glenn Read.

“If these were normal circumstances, you would just go in and do the work, but we don’t live in that kind of scenario. We all exist here for the students, so to disrupt them while they learn is not the most effective way to do it.”

The second f loor Old Main food court is to house Triple O’s, Miso, Bento Sushi, Sultan’s,

Extreme Pita and Purblendz and is to replace the space’s current offering, Revvup. The Terrace in the Campus Activity Centre will house the new Urban Kitchen restaurant along with other international food offerings, according to plans released by TRU. Summer renovation projects have, however, been confined to the Old Main bottom f loor. The new food courts in Old Main and the Terrace will not begin until after the 2013-14 school year, based on Read’s assertion.

However, the new Starbucks in Old Main is also facing delays and may not open on schedule, despite demolition to prepare the site being completed in late July.

The general contractor for the Starbucks project, GLS Construction Ltd., said on Aug. 9 that it might not receive the permit from the city to begin construction for another two weeks.

“We’re waiting on city permits.

We were looking at the first week or early second week of September,” project coordinator Gaston Landry said, “But it might be delayed another week by the process,” adding, “We haven’t even really started the job. We probably have about five weeks of work to do there.”

The proposed food service area on the second floor of Old Main is expected to house a Triple O’s, an Extreme Pita, Bento Sushi and more, although not for at least another year.

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The Omega believes strongly that, as a society, we need to look out for each other and help those around us whenever possible. It is only through cooperation and coaction that we build and retain strength as a whole.

It is with this in mind that we will be offering a

“Community Corner” in the upcoming publishing year, where we will advertise one fundraising or other community effort each week.

Email editor@truomega.ca with your event or cause and our editorial staff will choose one group to feature each week.

found guilty of pool cue assault Sean Brady Ω Contributor TRU student Yousef Mohammed Almotairi has been found guilty after an assault against a fellow student outside Cactus Jack’s last November.

Almotairi, a 27-year-old business student from Saudi Arabia, had argued that he acted on ref lex when he stabbed TRU business administration student Abdulaziz Alhedaib in the eye causing a “deep penetrating injury.”

Alhedaib suffered an orbital fracture, brain hemorrhaging and nerve damage leading to partial paralysis.

The dispute between the two, heard in court to be acquaintances, came about after Almotairi did not attend Alhedaib’s Nov. 3 birthday party.

Security footage revealed that the two were initially amiable and even hugged upon greeting one another at Cactus Jack’s around 11:00 p.m. the

same evening. But things later turned aggressive and Alhedaib punched Almotairi in the face.

Almotairi responded with the pool cue stabbing.

In his defence, Almotairi said that he did not recall stabbing Alhedaib and that his next memory after the incident was hearing girls screaming and seeing Alhedaib on the f loor in the club. He claimed that he acted on ref lex when he struck Alhedaib.

“Even accepting his evidence that he has no recollection, it does not enhance his defence.

There is no evidence that he struck Mr. Alhedaib in a ref lex action,” said Justice R.B.T. Goepel in his reasons for judgment.

Following the verdict, Almotairi erupted outside the courtroom, saying that the verdict was his lawyer’s fault and that he was told to say he forgot what had happened.

Almotairi will be sentenced later in the fall.

ON THE COVER: There hasn’t been a whole lot to cheer about as far as the food and beverage selection on campus the past few years, but there’s an overhaul of those services in the works. See story top of page. —PHOTO BY SEAN BRADY

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Do it.

Seriously.

As another summer winds down and I again find myself reticent to let go of it, I thought I’d explore the idea of moving forward in general.

I’m going to try to not be too preachy.

This will be more of an examination for my own well-being than it will be to convince you of anything, but maybe you’ll also find it worthwhile. I personally need to explore something right now to gear me up rather than hold me back, but if you get something out of it, I guess that’s okay, too. I hope it doesn’t ramble too much, but I need to work through some things here to get back on track for the upcoming semester.

I suppose it should start with the question of why we even feel this periodic need to reassess and rejuvenate? Why can’t we just stay focussed on the future, or, better yet, live life by that old saying about being “in the now” all the time?

“Letting go of the past” is a huge theme in our collective human experience. Why is that? What attaches us so strongly to previous experience that we need things like articles in Psychology Today that are simply lists of inspirational quotes about letting go.

“In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.” – Deepak Chopra “Holding on is believing that there’s only a past; letting go is knowing that there’s a future.” – Daphne Rose Kingma “There’s an important difference between giving up and letting go.” – Jessica Hatchigan While these pieces of “wisdom” are all well and good, they don’t really shed much light on the whole “why” of the problem. That question being: why do we have such issues with this?

Another “why” might be this: why should we do this?

A simple online search of the phrase

“letting go of the past,” on the Internet immediately tells you a couple of things that we will explore in more detail shortly: 1.

There is a HUGE demand for help in doing this.

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Women are more interested in this than men are. Whether that’s because men are better at doing it without aid or men just don’t feel the need to do it in the first place, when the majority of articles on a subject are from places like Oprah and Chatelaine, and almost all of the results that come up are women writing on the subject, you can’t just ignore that facet of the issue.

So I’m curious to hear what you think.

Is there some inherent human condition that compels us to hang onto the past long after it’s good (or healthy) for us to do so?

How do we figure out the value in the past? Where’s the line as far as “letting go,” anyway? Don’t we want to keep those memories, even — or perhaps especially — the painful ones to learn from them?

What’s the difference between nostalgia and regret? I know, this one sounds obvious, but fond remembrances and regretful ones aren’t as far apart as you might think. There are many things in my past, for example, that I don’t enjoy thinking about — I’ve had some unpleasantness at times, as have we all — but I recognize them as learning experiences and part of the fabric that made me who I am today.

I certainly don’t regret them — but I definitely wouldn’t say I’d like to relive them.

We’re about to launch our new website.

As I write this, Sean Brady, our incoming copy/web editor is putting the finishing touches on it (well…the touches required to get it up and running, anyway).

It’s a subtle but significant change in name, from THEomega.ca to TRUomega.ca (capitalization not required). Although we’re still independent from the university itself, we feel it represents our connection to the campus community and our goal of informing, entertaining, and (most importantly) engaging with those who work and study here.

I’d love for you folks to go there and have your say about letting go of the past, nostalgia, regret or anything else you’d like to say about this — or any other story on there — so we can continue the conversation.

In the meantime, I’m going to try to get a few more rounds of golf in this summer and try to focus on the upcoming year as another adventure to partake in, rather than lamenting all I didn’t get to do this summer. editor@truomega.ca

Canadian Target store openings good for students Samantha Pettifer Nexus (Comosun) American megastores such as Walmart are often maligned for their aggressive business expansion and homogenization of local marketplaces. This is an issue again this year as discount retail giant Target opens stores across Canada. (Editor’s note: Our own target opened in Sahali Mall earlier this summer) Many Canadians feel some resentment at yet another bigbox corporate invasion of our retail space, bringing with it some echoes of Walmart’s move here in 1994. Walmart’s strategy, which included taking over Woolco stores in Canada, turned out to be a huge industry gamechanger, sparking major debate over the local side effects.

As far as having another big American retailer here, the key is competition, and competition is good for consumers. For example, Walmart moved quickly to lower prices to coincide with Target’s opening. For those who don’t have much spare cash, students especially, this means more affordable options.

We all know buying used is better and cheaper, but not every student has time to hunt through thrift shops for clothes and other household items. And you can end up leaving with more than you wanted: an apartment can

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only have so many macramé hangings and coconut monkeys before — well, ideally, it should have none at all. This is where the discount stores come in, and Target is known for having a focus on clothing and decor trends.

This is good news for people who don’t wish to play mix-andmatch with yesteryear’s fashions, but who also don’t have a huge budget to play with.

One of the big arguments against the big-box stores back in the ’90s was that they choked out small retailers through unfair pricing tactics.

This did happen with Walmart in a lot of small communities and caused backlash in both Canada and the United States.

The loss of retail diversity also caused people to feel that they had fewer choices.

However, the marketplace has changed since then, and both consumers and smaller retailers have adjusted to the ubiquitous mega-store presence.

The big retailers are now battling each other, leaving a niche for the small stores as well as an emerging market for the people who prefer to buy local.

It’s easy to lump a large corporate expansion into the whoneeds-it category, but Target’s move into Canada is bringing consumers what they want: better choices for bargain-hungry shoppers.

Bring it on!

Target opened its doors in Kamloops earlier this summer, but will it lower prices in general in the community?

—PHOTO BY MIKE DAVIES

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Life & Community Kamloops carshare program seeking leadership to move forward Sean Brady Ω Contributor

Kamloops city councilor Arjun Singh is putting his energy behind the idea to bring a car share program to Kamloops, but he says his efforts alone won’t move the idea forward.

The concept is a product of the Kamloops Ideas Festival, which was held for the first time earlier this year by Singh. At the festival’s conclusion, he pledged to advocate for the top two ideas.

Frankly Coffee was host to an Aug. 1 meeting of 13 members of the public who gathered to discuss the idea. The meeting was also the platform for a car share information presentation put together by TRU business student Karen Atara, who is helping Singh bring the idea to light.

The main goal of the meeting was to organize a steering committee.

“If it’s just my energy behind it, it’s not going to work. We need some leadership,” Singh said.

Although there was some interest by attendees in joining the committee, the leadership position remains open at these early stages.

Vancouver currently has multiple car share operations and car share co-ops operate in B.C. cities as small as Smithers and Nelson.

Meanwhile the Okanagan Car Share Co-Op (OGO) officially launched in Kelowna on Aug. 7 with a fleet of two vehicles and 30 memberships. Its members can also use the Modo Car Share Co-Op vehicles in Vancouver, according to the co-op’s website.

The 2012 Driving Costs report by the Canadian Automobile Association says that it costs the average Canadian approximately $7,500 per year to own and operate a vehicle.

The Okanagan Car Share Co-Op requires a $500 membership deposit and charges $3 per hour plus a mileage fee of $0.45 per kilometre.

Members pay for their own gas.

According to Atara’s presentation, car sharing is economically viable for those who drive less than 10,000 km per year, or those who regularly walk, bike or carpool on a regular basis.

“It’s saving folks money and it’s emblematic of sustainable values,” Singh said.

Once a committee is established the next step will be to look at how a car share operation would need to adapt to fit with Kamloops, Singh said.

Another information meeting for a Kamloops car-sharing program will take place sometime in September.

Check out “Okanagan Car Share Co-op” on Facebook to find out more about their version of the idea.

Kamloops councilor Arjun Singh (the big guy in the middle) hosts a meeting for anyone interested in bringing car sharing to Kamloops Aug. 1 at Frankly Coffee. If you’d like to get involved, watch for the next meeting announcement soon.

—PHOTO BY SEAN BR ADY

TOP: Patrons of the arts in Kamloops gather to celebrate the 2013 Downtown Artwalk at the launch party held Aug. 1 at The Art We Are on Victoria Street.

MIDDLE: Local band Alamagogkus (pictured) as well as solo artist Keenan Wilcox play to those gathered at the launch party for the 2013 Downtown Artwalk, celebrating both visual and performing arts in the community.

BOT TOM: Event assistant with the Kamloops Art Council and local artist Hope Mikal greets people outside the launch party.

CARE TO PLAY US A TUNE? TRU Student Jody Wells has borrowed an idea that’s gaining momentum in many places for a recent course assignment. Read her story by finding “Chopsticks to Chopin,” article in the TRU Newsroom section of the TRU website - and feel free to play whenever you’d like.

—PHOTO BY SEAN BR ADY

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Arts & Entertainment Some good ol’ Canadian country Bobby Wills and Dallas Smith take the stage at Music in the Park Courtney Dickson Ω Contributor Riverside Park’s free concert series will include the talented Bobby Wills, a Canadian Country Music Award-nominated family man from Calgary, Alta.

Langley’s Dallas Smith will accompany him.

Wills and Smith have performed shows together in the past and have even followed each other on tour. Wills said they’ve even joked about stalking each other since they always seem to end up in the same place.

Wills recently played Alberta’s Big Valley Jamboree in Camrose.

“What a riot,” he said, “It was a wonderful time and a great crowd.” The festival encouraged Wills to take his family along, and his older daughter, Kylie, was excited to meet fellow performer Luke Bryan.

After his performance in Kamloops, Wills will head to Toronto for the Havelock County Jamboree, another renowned country festival.

Wills’ family is his inspiration for creating music. When he met his biological family at age 20, he realized that his passion for music was not an accident.

His brothers were also serious musicians, and his father especially loved to listen to old records. In fact, that is how they spent their first evening together; instead of talking, they listened to music. It was empowering for him to feel as though music was an option as a career, since he grew up in a home that didn’t pay much attention to music.

As far as his wife and three children are concerned, Wills said they are “everything.”

His most prominent song, “Somebody Will,” was written about his daughter Kylie. His upcoming single was written for his wife.

Though he spends a significant amount of time in Nashville writing songs, he maintains loyalty to the Canadian music industry.

“I feel very connected to Canada as an artist, particularly to Calgary, because of the country clubs, venues and the stampede.

The Canadian industry has done a lot for me,” he said.

Wills is playing (with Smith) in Kamloops for the first time at Riverside Park on Thursday, Aug. 15 at 7 p.m. Admission is free and the atmosphere will be family friendly.

Saskatchewan band Close Talker has to squeeze recording and touring in around attending separate schools in different parts of the country, but they seem to be doing a pretty good job of it so far, based on how well-received their first album seems to be.

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Indie-rock group Close Talker makes it happen between semesters

Courtney Dickson Ω Contributor

Bobby Wills (pictured) takes the stage at Music in the Park at Riverside Park Aug. 15 at 7 p.m. with his friend Dallas Smith.

The free concert series runs all summer long and schedules can be found at www.tourismkamloops.com.

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Though they’ve only been working together for just over a year, alternative indie-rock group Close Talker has already made a name for itself. “The West Was Won” from their first album, Timbers, debuted at number five on CBC’s R3-30 chart in July and recently played the Ness Creek Music Festival, which featured indie artists Said The Whale, Elliott Brood and The Wooden Sky. Four young men from Saskatoon, all of whom had played in other bands prior to forming Close Talker, were able to record their debut album in just a few days over the winter holidays in 2012. Timbers was released only a couple of months later in February of this year.

Their album has received approval from critics, and rightfully so. Their polished sound is hard to come by for such a young band.

Though Timbers had an exceptionally quick turn-around, drummer Chris Morien said they went through months of planning.

Because they are split during the school year while two members attend post-secondary in British Columbia, most of the planning for the record had to be done long distance. The good news is that the band doesn’t mind taking time to plan ahead and then record aggressively later. There are plans to do another whirlwind recording session during the break in December.

Morien said athough they are inf luenced heavily by prominent groups like The National and We Are The City, they also find inspiration from more local bands

in Saskatchewan and British Columbia. “We also really try to draw from different genres,” he said.

Morien has spent his summers working in Lloydminster when not performing with Close Talker. As September draws near, performances will be put on hold while his band-mates Will Quiring and Matt Kopperud head back to school in B.C. for their final year of study.

“After this year of school we’ll be back together more often and then we can really move forward,” Morien said. But as of right now, he said that the group is just “getting a taste of what they want to do next.”

“As long as I’m having fun, I’ve achieved my goal,” Morien said.

Close Talker comes to Kamloops on Aug. 24 to play the Art We Are café at 7 p.m.. Tickets will be $5 at the door.

Get in touch with Courtney with concert or other event information. arts@truomega.ca or @dicksoncourtney of Twitter.

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Sports WolfPack recruiting update Mike Davies

Editor-in-Chief As their respective seasons get closer and we leave the summer behind, The Omega thought it right we should pass along a few quick updates about the recruiting that various athletics staffs have done in their constant attempts to better their programs.

Women’s Soccer Head coach Tom McManus has stayed with tradition at this school and looked primarily to the local region to find his incoming recruits.

Karlee Poeschek is the most recent addition to the squad.

She joins her teammates from Kamloops Youth Soccer Association U-17/U-18 REP team, Jodi Hutton and Jordy Hamer-Jackson as the third local to sign letters of commitment this off-season.

It’s hard to imagine the team struggling with chemistry,

WolfPack recruit Karlee Poeschek (Photo courtesy of TRU Athletics)

considering these three recruits make a total of seven over the past two years that have come from the Kamloops Youth Soccer system.

Men’s Volleyball Head coach Pat Hennelly has gone back to Manitoba for the

second off-season in a row to find a recruit. This year’s intake from Canada’s easternmost prairie province is left side Randy Grundmann, who comes off a recent stint with Team Manitoba at the U-18 National Championships, where they finished in fourth place.

Grundmann will play behind current starting left side Brad Gunter, who is a member of Canada’s National Junior Team, so he’ll continue to learn from one of the best in Canada at the position.

He joins Jordan Foot and Tyler Pomietarz, who played at the same National Championships for Team B.C. as this year’s TRU commitments.

Men’s Basketball With the return of Justin King, who played for TRU two years ago when he earned a spot as a Canada West second-team allstar, the men’s basketball team has immediately improved this off-season.

Kamloops golf Mike Davies Ω Editor-in-Chief As promised last month in my Whistler golf review, I have put together my top-five list of Kamloops golf courses.

Keep in mind, all the courses on this list are great tracks. We live in one of the best regions in Canada as far as golf-friendliness is concerned, so let’s set up the three parameters I used to get to these five before we get to the list itself.

Proximity There are a ton of exceptional golf courses within about an hour’s drive of Kamloops, and I debated whether to consider them for this list. I decided, however, to stick to courses within about a half hour of town by car so I could avoid only have one truly local course on the list — which is why you won’t find places like Talking Rock (Chase), The Rise (Vernon), or Sun Peaks on this directory. Those are exceptional courses and if you want to take an hour or so on

the road, definitely try them out, but they’re not included in this particular examination.

Value I love golf. That’s no secret. But I’m no wealthy retiree who made millions in the housing market or bank administrator cashing in on your $10 per month banking fees to do nothing. Bang for your buck was the primary justification for placement on this list and held the most weight in determining that placement.

Staffing and maintenance It turns me off when I’m not treated well when paying money to hit a ball with a stick. If you don’t seem to care that I went out of my way to spend money at your establishment, I likely won’t be back. Likewise, if I’m spending money to come hit a ball with a stick on your property, I expect you to have put adequate money and effort into landscaping that property. Once value was established for your course and placed you on the list, this category moved you up or down on it.

WolfPack assistant coach Kevin Pribilsky (Photo courtesy of TRU Athletics)

believe the team will perform much better than their 8-14 record last year.

Badminton WolfPack badminton won’t find themselves without bodies to put on the floor next year as five new players from B.C.’s interior have all signed up to join the squad.

Carly Dal Ponte of Kelowna, Joel Feenstra and Nathan McNeilly of Salmon Arm and Anthony Arduini and Ali Hines of South Kamloops Secondary will add significant depth to the roster and should create a strong foundation from which to build for the coming years.

WolfPack co-head coach Ross Perkin has especially high hopes for Dal Ponte, telling sports information officer Larry Read he feels she is, “definitely one of the strongest high school players in the Interior this year.”

For more news and information on the WolfPack squads, click on the WolfPack link on the TRU website’s homepage (bottom left).

And, of course, watch future editions of The Omega.

Great region for a great game or best region for the best game?

5. The Dunes at Kamloops Wolf Pack golf’s home course, this links-style, par 72 Graham Cooke layout will have you playing from all kind of lies. Rarely is the ball at the same level as your feet, as the whole property undulates. $75 is way too much for this track (which is why it’s down here at #5), but if you can get a deal (someone has a punch-card or a 2-for-1 coupon or something) head out to Westsyde and take a run at it.

Aim for the 150 marker and play in from the fairway. There’s too much trouble off the edges.

4. Chinook Cove This course would be higher on the list if it were closer to town. It actually is just outside my previously stated “half hour” requirement, but it just had to slip in due to its value. It’s only nine holes, but it’s a fun track to play through twice, especially at a mere $35 for 18 holes.

3. Rivershore Don’t pay the $80 regular price, but definitely get out to this Robert Trent Jones Sr. design when you can get a deal. I take advantage of their “after 2:00 SaturdayTuesday” rate, which is about $50 and includes a cart and a $10 coupon for the restaurant or snackshack.

Much like The Dunes, I recommend aiming for the 150 markers off the tee and playing n from the fairway. A bit closer than 150 will help, though, as you need to be avoiding the greenside bunkers with your approach, many of which are deeper than you are tall.

2. Eagle Point

Looking back from the sixth green down the sixth fairway at Eagle Point Golf Resort.

—PHOTO BY MIKE DAVIES

When you add that one of the team’s most prolific players over the past four years and finalist for Basketball BC’s Male Athlete of the Year award this past season (Kevin Pribilsky) will be retuning as an assistant coach — and gets to boss around his younger brother, who has been recruited after a year off from playing with the University of Victoria Vikes — there is reason to

After 1 p.m. any day of the week you can get 18 holes for $35 here ($45 with a cart — which I recommend, especially for the back nine), and it’s more than worth it.

Your top golf course in the Kamloops region, ladies and Gentlemen – Sun Rivers Golf Course.

—PHOTO BY MIKE DAVIES

They haven’t planted nice lush grass off all of the fairways creating what you’d normally think of as “rough,” so just don’t put your ball there. Okay, we all know that’s not realistic, so how’s this: it creates an interesting ball-striking experience when this inevitably happens.

A wide variety of hole styles and layouts will keep you on your toes, and the friendly staff will likely get you back for more.

Plus, they’re one of the few courses left that have a range where you aren’t forced to hit off those mats that get green plastic smear all over the bottom of your clubs.

1. Sun Rivers Just go play here.

If there’s a downside to Sun Rivers, it’s that the practice range faces the side of a mountain, so there’s really no way to judge the

actual distances of your clubs because your drive that might normally travel 260+ yards hits the side of that mountain at the 175 yard flag.

Oh, and possibly more than any other course in the region, hit the fairway off the tee box!

There are cliffs running down the side of many holes, areas where there are really nice houses you’re responsible for damage to if you hit them (despite it not being your decision to put a damn house there) and sagebrush everywhere.

Again, because I’m not wealthy, I take advantage of the “5 hours before sunset” rate of $35 (plus $10 for the cart seat), but even at the regular rate, this track is a gem worth examining.

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Coffee Break

Hey, here’s a random joke!

When Beethoven passed away, he was buried in a churchyard. A couple days later, the town drunk was walking through the cemetery and heard some strange noise coming from the area where Beethoven was buried. Terrified, the drunk ran and got the priest to come and listen to it. The priest bent close to the grave and heard some faint, unrecognizable music coming from the grave. Frightened, the priest ran and got the town magistrate.

When the magistrate arrived, he bent his ear to the grave, listened for a moment, and said, “Ah, yes, that’s Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, being played backwards.”

He listened a while longer, and said, “There’s the Eighth Symphony, and it’s backwards, too. Most puzzling.” So the magistrate kept listening; “There’s the Seventh... the Sixth... the Fifth...”

Suddenly the realization of what was happening dawned on the magistrate; he stood up and announced to the crowd that had gathered in the cemetery, “My fellow citizens, there’s nothing to worry about. It’s just Beethoven decomposing.”

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August 2013

Life & Community

Photos from the annual Hot Nite in the City Show and Shine, held in downtown Kamloops, Aug. 10, 2013.

TOP LEFT: A car enthusiast checks out Raymond Holinberg’s 1937 Ford. Holinberg brought the car all the way from Vancouver Island for the show.

TOP RIGHT: The interior of William Kermode’s 1962 Corvette.

LEFT: Larry Duncan brought his 1955 Ford Crown Victoria out from Calgary for the event.

RIGHT: Not just for passenger vehicles, Victoria Street between 5th and 6th Avenues was devoted to big rigs like Keith and Cindy Bradley’s 2007 Peterbilt 379.

BELOW: The detail put into restoring some of these old machines is exemplified in cars like Wayne Jensen’s 1929 Ford Model A , which he brought down from Prince George to show off.

BOT TOM RIGHT: They don’t build ‘em like this anymore. The 1971 Dodge Duster had some power, if Brian Schultz’ rebuild is anything to go by.

—ALL PHOTOS BY MIKE DAVIES

Check out more photos from the Show and Shine at our newly launched website, www.truomega.ca.