FROM THE GUEST EDITOR
If I remember anything from my mornings in January, February and March at TAKE 5 Newsmagazine, it will be the wide smile and heart-warming greetings from Nadine Wong as I stepped into the office.
It is said people remember not what was said to them over the years, but how they treated you. As Nadine announced her well-deserved ‘retirement’ from three years of sales and marketing at the magazine in March, I felt a tinge of nostalgia.
Many in the region know Nadine for her many roles in the arts, and I will always remember the first time I met her in my small office four years ago at Ladysmith Resources Centre Association (LRCA).
I was involved in the LRCA’s communications and fundraising, and the well-attended Sunday summer concerts at Transfer Beach amphitheatre.
Nadine at that time was organizing Ladysmith Marine Association concerts on the dock at the community marina and went out of her way to connect so we weren’t stepping on each other’s toes with concert nights and band duplications.
She is, and will always be, one of the kindest people I ever met. All the best Nadine, and I kind of expect to see your byline make its way back into TAKE 5 sometime soon.
As I bid adieu for a few months, enjoy reading the stories of our annual Green Edition.
Always so much more to tell you …
- Rick Rake and the TAKE 5 greenthumbs