Beth Dickinson:  

First of all, born in wonderful Chilliwack....Here is my story: Started out in Grade One when I was five and very shy, at Chilliwack Central Elementary. My parents were from the farm, having moved from Alberta, to Rosedale in 1944 and they lived with my Grandma Whitney and Auntie Betty, on McGrath Road. (I wasn't born until 2 years later when my family moved into Chilliwack). My parents were older in years, not up to date with current fashions, sports, schoolmates behaviour or city ways in general. I was the only one out of four kids that was "city born" (Chilliwack, actually), with my two older siblings being 15 and 17 years older than me. My younger brother was 2 1/2 years older than me, but still quite a distance in years. My dad was 60 and my mom was 40 years old when I was born. Imagine what that was like. My growing up years met a daily challenge. My dad retired from work when I started school, while my mom went to work, at the General Hospital. Not a good thing, but I quit school half way through grade 11 at Chilliwack Senior High..(later taking College courses to complete Grade 12.) Married Ewald Nickel in 1965, (lots of students probably still remember his younger brother, Bruno Nickel) then moved to Kelowna in 1972 with two very small children and myself, as this marriage was dissolved. This is really when my new life began to take shape. I worked for 38 years at the best and oldest radio stations in town, now called "The Q" and "Power104.FM". For 36 years I was the Traffic Manager, which is a proud job of logging all commercials and programming before it goes to air, a job I thrived on. I then took on 2 more radio stations, and then two more...making a total of six radio stations, adding Victoria and Vancouver, using the Internet to transfer files, commercial logs and programming etc. The past 2 years, I worked at the Reception Desk for Q and Power, enjoying every minute, greeting people coming in, to pick up prizes and greeting various upcoming and well established music groups and solo Artists. These jobs turned into a 38 year Career -- Who knew!! ...Expand for more