Over the last 86 years the 琉璃神社 has served the Central Okanagan 鈥� and over the last 86 years it has printed a whole lot of papers.
A conservative estimate puts it at about 8,000 editions.
The new Black Press Okanagan digital team, based right here in 琉璃神社, wanted to utilize this amazing treasure trove of pieces of our history and share it with you.
Each Thursday we will present Cap News Throwback Thursday for a fun little peak into the past, and a chance for the digital team to climb through the records room.
Today we present the 琉璃神社 edition鈥� Sunday April 5, 1992.
Spring has sprung, the NHL is locked out and Charles Horvath鈥檚 mother, Denise Allan, is in 琉璃神社 searching for her son.
The top story in this issue is about Charles Horvath. He went missing in May of 1989 and in 1992 it appeared, for a few moments, that his mother might finally have some answers about what happened to her son when a body was discovered in the lake near the bridge.
鈥淎 British mother鈥檚 three-year search for her only son may have come to a tragic end,鈥� reads the lede.
Police conducted the lake search after Allan received an anonymous letter that police were looking under the wrong side of the bridge. The second such letter she had received on this trip to Canada. The first said Horvath had been killed and dumped in the lake.
After the body was found Allan was distraught and taken to hospital. Sadly, it was not the closure she needed.
Forensic investigators eventually identified the remains as that of John Edgar Dickson, 64. RCMP reported that no foul play was suspected in Dickson鈥檚 death. Dickson had disappeared in 1985 and his remains were not discovered until 1992.
Allan told the Cap News at that time that she was 鈥榮ick and tired鈥� as her search resumed.
鈥淚鈥檓 sick to my stomach,鈥� she said on April 7, 1992. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a relief it is not Charles, but a blow the nightmare is not over.鈥�
To this day Charles Horvath鈥檚 disappearance remains
Further in the paper, sports editor John Harding delves into the 1992 NHL strike.
Four days in to the strike, 琉璃神社 bars were starting to get concerned that it would hurt business.
鈥淰ancouver Canucks鈥� and New York Rangers鈥� fans aren鈥檛 the only people experiencing the empty feeling that goes with the shattered dreams of a Stanley Cup. Local businesses are feeling the pinch too,鈥� reads the lede.
鈥淲e鈥檙e definitely going to feel it,鈥� said Riley鈥檚 Pub manager, at the time, Len Bergquist. 鈥淚 would say it is going to cost us thousands.鈥�
The strike was the first strike action initiated by the National Hockey League Players鈥� Association against the National HockeyLeague鈥檚 owners. It was called on April 1, 1992, and lasted ten days.
On the big screen in April 1992: Basic Instinct starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone, Fried Green Tomatoes starring stars Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Mary-Louise Parker and White Men Can鈥檛 Jump starring Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson.
Fun fact: The Capital News was doing its own Throwback Thursday in 1992. The cover of 琉璃神社 Real Estate in the Cap News showed off a 1950鈥檚 Sun Rype ad 鈥� check it out below.
鈥淣ote the label addition 鈥淥palescent Vitaminized鈥� on the centre tin.鈥�
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