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Prince George Citizen 2014 16 WWW.PGCITIZEN.CA | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2014 1974 FORTY September 26 and November 1, 2014 Print - Prince George Citizen 2014 16 WWW.PGCITIZEN.CA | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2014 1974 FORTY October 1 and 17, 2014 Print - Prince George Citizen 2014 20 WWW.PGCITIZEN.CA | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2014 1974 FORTY October 25, 2014 Print - Prince George Citizen Supplement 16 pages (front & back cover) 2014 33 Saturday, OctOber 25, 2014 | www.pgcitizen.ca 48 www.pgcitizen.ca | Saturday, OctOber 25, 2014 CAR GIVEAWAY Enter to Win a 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe Details Page 41 40TH BIRTHDAY PARTY November 8 in Centre Court Details Page 48 20 DAYS OF FLASH SALES Huge Discounts from participating stores Details Page 47 40 YEARS OF TRIVIA Centre Court Saturday, November 8 10am – 1pm Look Inside for Answers to the 40 Years of Trivia Contest! As heard on 99.3 The Drive and 101.3 The River Enjoy great prizes and giveaways! Party snacks for everyone! And share your favourite Pine Centre memories with our roving reporters from PCTV. SPONSORED BY SPONSORED BY ® 3055 Massey Drive, Prince George • 250 563 3681 pinecentre.com 3055 Massey Drive, Prince George • 250 563 3681 pinecentre.com 1974 FORTY October 25, 2014 Print - Prince George Citizen Supplement 16 pages (pages 2,3) 2014 Saturday, OctOber 25, 2014 | www.pgcitizen.ca 34 35 www.pgcitizen.ca | Saturday, OctOber 25, 2014 The Original STOrES The greatest proof of the success of Pine Centre Mall as a regional shopping centre during the last 40 years is the number of original merchants still welcoming customers, 40 years after the mall opened its doors. Shoppers Drug Mart was there in the beginning in 1974 and is operating out of an even bigger, modern outlet in 2014. Although it was better known by its full name as the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce back in 1974, the bank, now known as CIBC, has continued to offer financial services uninterrupted in Pine Centre since opening day. So has Coles Books, which in 1974 was carrying Carrie, the newlyreleased first novel by an unheralded young American writer named Stephen King. Coles remains a fixture at Pine Centre and Stephen King has become a fixture on the store’s shelves. Peoples Jewellers shines as brightly today as it did 40 years ago when it was also a popular tenant in the brand-new shopping mall. Like the others, Peoples has been with Pine Centre for the entire four decades, as everlasting as gold and diamonds. The other three stores on hand on opening day that remain on Pine Centre Mall’s tenant board are the women’s clothing store Ricki’s, the hair salon Charlie’s Girl, and London Optical. While it’s true that if you looked for London Optical today you wouldn’t find it, a phone call placed to the store’s original phone number would be answered in a store filled with stylish glasses located inside Pine Centre. Since the store changed its name to Iris when the two major eye-care chains merged in 2000, the optical outlet has continued to offer quality service to mall customers. “The owner of Iris, a very hands-on gentleman named Dr. Francis Jean who believed very strongly in customer service, applied that thinking to the London side of the merged company and “Some of our customers within a year have been coming to us we expanded in a big way all 40 of those years. The within the customer that just walked mall,” said m a n a g e r out: i’ve been cutting her and optician hair since she was three.” Tim Neufeld. “We easily - Jean Martindale quadrupled our square footage.” It was Dr. Jean who led the national lobby to streamline the regulations of the eye-care industry, and allow all the facets of eye examinations, lens crafting and glasses retailing to be done in one location. That was the business model that allowed stores like Iris to thrive. The first on-site optometrist at Pine Centre Mall was Prince George’s own Dr. Ross Nickolet, who is still involved in the company locally as the proprietor of the Iris store in Quesnel. Dr. Karen Jansen Van Rensburg is now the resident optometrist at Iris-Prince George. Ricki’s is another store that has more of a story at Pine Centre than meets the eye. Yes, it was an original Pine Centre Mall tenant, and yes, they are there today in a prime location on a corner near Sears, but they bowed out of the mall family for many years. About five years ago, Ricki’s returned to Pine Centre and some of its original mall customers came, too. “We have lots of regular customers, some of them still have the old paper Ricki’s client cards, and they seem very happy we are at the mall again,” said assistant Ricki’s manager Kerri Dodd. “I think it’s awesome. I love it. I started off five years ago as a part-time associate, now I’m assistant manager and I’m enjoying retail. I’m still learning, but I already see changes happening. Our product is excellent and the mall atmosphere is positive - personalized customer service is how we can compete with online shopping. We can make sure our customers are happy, face to face.” “It’s a great little team. We are like a family,” agreed store ABOVE: From the Citizen archives, a page in Pine Centre’s Grand Opening special feature that ran on colleague Halley Mason. Tuesday, November 4th, 1974, which shows an ad from one of the original tenants, Charlie’s Girl. Jean Martindale has been at Pine Centre Mall for 19 years “ “ but Charlie’s Girl, the salon she co-owns with Laurie Bator, has also been at Pine Centre since opening day. Even more impressive, Charlie’s Girl is one of the few remaining independent companies operating at the mall. “I have worked at Charlie’s Girl for 19 years and we bought it four years ago from the last remaining original partner, Diane Doman,” said Martindale.“So we feel very akin to the longevity of the mall. It’s our story, too.” Like Pine Centre itself, Charlie’s Girl has grown and diversified during the last four decades. It still employs eleven hairdressers but they added four aestheticians, three receptionists, one nail technician, and in peak times of year, they augment their staff with part-time help as well. They have also invested in some of the latest products and trade tools so they can offer a salon experience in their oneof-a-kind all-local boutique spa. “Some of our customers have been coming to us all 40 of those years,” Martindale said. “The customer that just walked out: I’ve been cutting her hair since she was three. She is 22 now. You see those clients through and even start cutting their kids’ hair. We get a lot of drop-ins, and we also get a lot of regulars who can do a lot of other things around the mall when they come for their services here. And we get a lot of people who are visiting from other places in the north and naturally come to the mall for their shopping.” “There are many good reasons for being in the mall,” agreed Neufeld. “There is a large flow of people, you have a convenient openhours structure so you can help people on their schedules, and it is a central place to do a lot of other things as well. That goes for staff and clients.” ABOVE: Charlie’s Girl owners Jean Martindale and Laurie Bator stand outside their storefront in Pine Centre Mall. Charlie’s Girl is one of the original tenants, and also one of the few remaining independently owned stores operating in Pine Centre. October 25, 2014 Print - Prince George Citizen Supplement 16 pages (pages 4, 5) 2014 36 www.pgcitizen.ca | Saturday, OctOber 25, 2014 37 Saturday, OctOber 25, 2014 | www.pgcitizen.ca LONGeST SERVING MALL MERCHANTS The three longest-serving employees in the Pine Centre Mall family are as different as earth, wind and fire but what they do share in common is a decades-old commitment under northern B.C.’s biggest retail roof. The most familiar human fixture to Pine Centre is Jack Butcher. He and his partner Maxine operate the lotto kiosk now, but since he first arrived in 1977, Jack has held a number of positions and been involved in a number “Over the years of ventures i’ve seen two main inside Pine Centre. expansions to the mall C l a i r e and a bunch of other Hochachka alterations which have has been helping the increased the retail public with outlets tremendously.” its purchases – untold - Walter Colk thousands of transac tions by now – for the past 35 years. Today, shoppers can find her at Stokes, the kitchen outfitters, but she started out at the Ricki’s clothing store, then was at the Hallmark shop, as well as some of the related stores in the Northern Group, and finally at Stokes, where she’d like to be at until she decides to retire. Walter Colk got his first Pine Centre Mall job in 1983 at Peoples Jewellers. In 1991 he moved within the mall to O.B. Allan Jewellers, which was taken over eventually by Ann Louise Jewellers and there he remains as manager until Christmas Eve of this year when the Christmas gift he gives himself is retirement. Colk said he has watched from a privileged position as retail habits and trends played out like seasons before his eyes. “Over the years I’ve seen two main expansions to the mall and a bunch of other alterations which have increased the retail outlets tremendously,” Colk said. “I’ve also seen a difference in the town itself and modern shopping habits as time went on. The mall is still a gathering spot.” Butcher was a Prince George boy but working in the Lower Mainland for Cal Investments, the company that owned Pine Centre Mall back then. They transferred him to his hometown to run the food services aspects of the mall, which was primarily the Pickle Pete’s Cafeteria, which later evolved into the multi-vendor food court of today, and the light refreshment stand near the front entrance that has never ceased operations. ABOVE: Claire Hochachka, who currently works at Stokes, started 35 years ago at Ricki’s Clothing Store in Pine Centre Mall, and has worked at a number of businesses in the Mall over the years. “ “ “ “The one thing you can still do, no matter what changes in life, is customer service.” “ 1974 FORTY - Claire Hochachka Inside the mall, Butcher has seen many changes in activities and technologies. Gone are the stores dealing in one-hour photo development but in are the stores dealing in cell phones. Gone are the days of many people smoking inside the mall and inside the stores, here are the days of being open seven days a week. “The one thing you can still do, no matter what changes in life, is customer service,” said Hochachka. “We expect to excel at customer service here.” ABOVE: Jack Butcher, who originally ran Pine Centre Mall’s food service aspects, is seen here working at the Lottery Kiosk. 1974 FORTY October 25, 2014 Print - Prince George Citizen Supplement 16 pages (pages 6, 7) 2014 38 www.pgcitizen.ca | Saturday, OctOber 25, 2014 39 Saturday, OctOber 25, 2014 | www.pgcitizen.ca To THE THE laTEST aDDiTiOnS PINE CENTRE FAMILY ABOVE: Kimberly Mitchell, a Manager at one of Pine Centre’s newest businesses, the WOW! Mobile Boutique, poses behind their stylish new signage. BELOW: Pine Centre’s newest ‘Anchor’ store, Target, during its construction last year. It’s hard to find a vacant space for very long at Pine Centre Mall these days. Retailers are lined up to join the family of businesses in the mall. Target conducted a massive renovation of its anchor space before opening its doors last year to area shoppers at Pine Centre. Other recent additions to the mall roster include Reitman’s, DavidsTea, the return of Ricki’s, Mobilinq, Boathouse, Stitches, Tommy Gun’s and WOW! mobile. Below The Belt will be open for business at its new Pine Centre location before Christmas. “We have been busy since the moment we opened, and we are busy every day until we close,” said Megan Goertzen, manager of Tommy Gun’s Original Barbershop. “I think the mall is a perfect place to have a business. Everyone comes to the mall. We did a lot of advertising right away, so people knew they didn’t need to make an appointment with us, they could just drop in. Plus people see our vintage fridge or other features that catch their eye, and they just walk in to check us out.” Goertzen said they serve a lot of customers from out of town, because the mall is a preferred place for the visiting shopper to go. While they are waiting for the teenagers to try on clothes, or wait for a spouse to do some banking, they will pop in for a haircut. All ages utilize Tommy Gun’s but it is dominated by men, the demographic that covets traditional barbers, and Tommy Gun’s added feature is the all- female staff doing the traditional trims and facial shaves. Tommy Gun’s can claim a lineage at Pine Centre Mall. Although the franchise is based in Alberta, this is the first location for B.C. and the local owner is also connected to Chatter’s Hair Salon, also a longtime mall merchant. WOW! mobile also has its sister stores long established at Pine Centre. They are a partnership between otherwise competitive stores Rogers and Telus, but since both get heavy traffic for the various products in their primary shops, they combined to set up the WOW! kiosk, dealing exclusively in cell phones. There are 100 WOW! boutiques in Canada; six have opened in B.C. in the past two months. During their opening week at Pine Centre, nobody in the corporate region sold more cell phones than Prince George’s Emmajade Stratton. “I was born here, moved away when I was young, then moved back when I was 11 in 2000,” Stratton said. “I’ve seen other places, and I’ve seen Prince George grow and change. It is different as a city just in my time here, and the mall is really different than when I was a kid. We look more like a mall you’d see in Vancouver than in a small town.” Her WOW! colleague Kimberly Mitchell said “There are more reasons to come here to shop. I think Prince George is only going to grow and I think Pine Centre is going to keep up.” PieceS Of HiSTOry • When Pine Centre opened its doors on Nov. 6, 1974, it did so with two anchor tenants – Woolco and SuperValu – and a total of 43 shops and services. • Two years later, Phase 2 of Pine Centre was completed, which added Sears as a third anchor and 22 new stores, bringing the mall’s total retail offerings to 65. • Shopping at Pine Centre was lauded as a convenient, hassle-free new way to buy with its “totally climatecontrolled malls, making the weather never a worry.” The mall was open six days a week (closed on Sundays and Monday afternoons). • Pine Centre cost roughly $1 million per acre, with the original footprint spanning 20 acres of land. Today, the mall itself covers 14 acres, with seven acres of property dedicated to parking. This includes the pad tenants (Starbucks, TD Canada Trust, RBC Royal Bank, Signature B.C. Liquor Store) who came on board between 2006 and 2008 – the same year the Pine Centre food court underwent a renovation. • Pine Centre had the support of 84 per cent of Prince George residents polled in 1973. DiD You knOw? phase 1... 1. was 289,269 sq feet 2. 100,000 quarry tiles were installed 3. 35 tropical plants were brought in 4. ground was broken on September 16, 1973 5. 400,000 yards of fill materials were needed 6.10,000 yards of concrete was poured 40 October 25, 2014 Print - Prince George Citizen Supplement 16 pages (pages 8, 9) 2014 www.pgcitizen.ca | Saturday, OctOber 25, 2014 41 Saturday, OctOber 25, 2014 | www.pgcitizen.ca BIG PRiZeS Talk about so much more in store! in a suspenseful key-matching event. Only one When Pine Centre Mall opened its doors key will open the door to the new ride, but all on November 6, 1974, it did so with a bang – semi-finalists will receive a consolation prize. literally. “When Northland Hyundai was invited to “When the cannon fires to officially open a participate in this marketing event, we were new era of shopping in Prince George there impressed with Pine Centre’s energy and will be fun-galore in store for everyone,” said a enthusiasm,” said Bachman. “We believe this special mall supplement in the Prince George event is the perfect complement to Hyundai’s Citizen. production of the most exciting vehicles on the On November 8, Pine Centre is bringing road today and our commitment to exceptional that excitement back with a 40th anniversary customer service.” spectacular. The cannon may be confetti this GETAWAY GIVEAWAY time around, but the day will be no less exciting. Mexico is still the place to go 40 years later. Between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., join the Pine Early Pine Centre shoppers had the chance Centre family as they celebrate the birthday to win a trip for two to Puerto Vallarta in 1974 in style with an and 2014 is no different. official ribbon cutting, But in the true community cupcakes, coffee and spirit that Pine Centre has more. adopted, winning this year’s You can also share in the true prize goes hand in hand with your mall memories on helping a local charity. community spirit camera for Pine Centre Pine Centre has renewed TV. that Pine Centre has its Passport to Savings And what’s more first trotted out when the adopted, winning stylish than $40,000 shopping centre opened its worth in cash and this year’s prize doors. Instead of saving up prizes? to $171.95, today’s shoppers goes hand in hand Keep this can pick up a coupon book supplement handy, with helping a local with a minimum of $1,974 because it’s your key to of discounts to Pine Centre charity. winning $2,014 cash or merchants. a $40 Pine Centre gift Passports (limit one per card in a trivia contest person) are handed out with on CKPG, The Drive and a minimum $5 donation to The River. Big Brothers Big Sisters Prince “ “ 1974 FORTY DRIVING AWAY A WINNER Speaking of keys, in 1974 one lucky winner drove away with a brand new Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. Not to be outdone, Northland Hyundai is ponying up Pine Centre’s biggest birthday present – a 2014 Sante Fe. “We were just shocked when Kyle Bachman at Northland Hyundai agreed to commit the Santa Fe to us,” said Pine Centre general manager Sonya Hunt. “That is a significant contribution. The Santa Fe is a high-end vehicle, but he loved the public response, so he agreed.” Head to www.pinecentre.com or www. rideawayinasantefe.com to enter. Forty names will be randomly selected from those who register to Ride Away in a Sante Fe by 5 p.m. on November 25 and that group of semi-finalists will be invited down to Pine Centre on Friday, November 28 to participate George, which can be picked up from the customer service desk. Entry forms for a trip to Puerto Vallarta are inside. Only 2,104 passports are available, so get yours now. The vacation package, provided by UNIGLOBE Sunburst Travel, is a way for the company to say thanks to Prince George, celebrate Pine Centre’s anniversary and help give something back to the community, said Tina Perison. “It’s fantastic that [Pine Centre’s] been in business that long, and that is has grown,” Perison said. “I know people from the Lower Mainland who like shopping there because the mall has everything they need and they can find it without trouble.” Northland Hyundai will also match donations to Big Brothers Big Sisters, with 100 per cent of the proceeds staying in Prince George. 1974 FORTY October 25, 2014 Print - Prince George Citizen Supplement 16 pages (pages 10, 11) 2014 42 www.pgcitizen.ca | Saturday, OctOber 25, 2014 PicTURe YOURSeLf WiTh PETEr PinE Picture yourself with Peter Pine Peter Pine once was lost, but now is found. The loveable lumberjack was created roughly two years after Pine Centre Mall opened its doors to stand as a mascot for the new shopping centre. “I’m pretty sure Margo Henry invented him,” said Jack Butcher, the mall’s longestserving employee. “She was the promotions manager of the mall, and she thought it was important that the mall have some kind of mascot. That was the image that came up.” Dressed in his leather work boots, his Pine Centre Mall mackinaw tartan and able to heft a raw log with a grin, Peter Pine was the picture of Prince George’s resource-based regional economy. But his cardboard likeness was put into storage so well, we got lost until the cleanups and renovations for the mall’s 40th anniversary. Now that he’s been revived, Peter Pine has been given a place of honour in Pine Centre’s Nostalgia Lounge, sponsored by Northland Hyundai. Let past and present collide: snap a selfie with Peter Pine and post it to Pine Centre’s Facebook page. There is $600 worth in Pine Centre gift cards up for grabs just for sharing your photo. SeLFIe COnTEST DiD You knOw? 7. it took 1,000 truckloads of concrete to build pine centre 8. 1.5 miles of drainage pipe was laid Take a selfie with Peter Pine, and post it on Pine Centre Mall’s Facebook page Anyone who posts a selfie with Peter Pine, gets entered into a draw to win OnE Of 3 $200 PinE CEnTrE gifT CarDS. Contest closes November 8, 2014. Saturday, OctOber 25, 2014 | www.pgcitizen.ca 43 1974 FORTY October 25, 2014 Print - Prince George Citizen Supplement 16 pages (pages 12, 13) 2014 44 www.pgcitizen.ca | Saturday, OctOber 25, 2014 45 Saturday, OctOber 25, 2014 | www.pgcitizen.ca fAMiLY friEnDly See story on next page “ Pine Centre has been a magnet for families from the i wanted families to be first day it opened excited about this area, its doors 40 years ago. i wanted interactivity, i In other words, wanted a place where the Prince George shopping mall is parents could sit and more than just take a rest and let their a collection of stores providing kids blow off some retail goods and energy, and have fun.” services. Instead, Pine Centre is a - Sonya Hunt destination that brings families, young and old, together under one roof. For the youngest family members, there is a colourful, climbable, crawlable family play area, installed in May 2012 to make a visit to the mall extra fun for the wee ones and to give a well-deserved break for their parents! At the Pine Centre play area, located just inside of the mall’s main entrance, kids can play with other kids while parents can take a breath, have a coffee or a snack and visit with other parents. The play area is just another way that Pine Centre creates a sense of community for all visitors, regardless of the goods and services they are shopping for. It sees an average of 1,700 kids a month. “I put a lot of time into designing this,” said mall manager Sonya Hunt, a parent and grandparent herself. “I didn’t want us to be a rural mall; I wanted our urban tastes to be reflected. I wanted families to be excited about this area, I wanted interactivity, I wanted a place where parents could sit and take a rest and let their kids blow off some energy, and have fun.” Also for the kids, Pine Centre recently upgraded its coin rides and invites children to the mall for all of the important season festivities, such as trick-or-treating to mall stores on Halloween and getting their picture taken with Santa at Christmas and the Easter Bunny in the spring. This year, there will be Halloween photo opportunities as well, which will be a fundraiser for the Spirit of the North Healthcare “Do you know why Foundation). i’m so motivated to “Do you know why I’m make Pine Centre so motivated to make Pine so family oriented? Centre so family Because of the oriented? Because of the inspiration inspiration i get from I get from the the public.” public,” Hunt said. “I wish you could - Sonya Hunt see the things I get to see being behind the scenes in the office. The items lost that have been brought into our office so the rightful owner can have it back? This community looks out for each other.” “ “ “ ABOVE: Photos of the Pine Centre Play area, a place for parents to relax, and kids to have fun, which helps to promote a sense of community. 1974 FORTY October 25, 2014 Print - Prince George Citizen Supplement 16 pages (pages 14, 15) 2014 46 www.pgcitizen.ca | Saturday, OctOber 25, 2014 47 Saturday, OctOber 25, 2014 | www.pgcitizen.ca fLASh a Sign Of THE TimES: Meet the WoMen BeHinD Pine Centre ABOVE: A sure sign of changing times in this clipping from the original grand opening special feature that ran in the Prince George Citizen in 1974. DiD You knOw? 9. pine centre has half a mile of sidewalks 10. the Highway Overpass was built at a cost of $800,000 Just as the fashions within its tenants’ windows have changed, so has the landscape of the workforce inside Pine centre. ushering the mall into existence was the work of some forward-thinking men, including Kelfor Holdings Ltd. president James a. Forsythe and vice-president James Kelley and Pine centre manager John Lemckert. but this was before the Quiet revolution; before women had truly begun to flood the workforce and their employment wasn’t just a nice-to-have secondary income, but a necessity. today, Sonya Hunt holds that general manager position – a role she’s held in Prince George since 2009. “the value is [men and women] working together,” said Hunt, who brought with her to Pine centre an Mba and nearly a decade in the shopping centre industry as the former GM for West Park Mall in Quesnel. “as society has changed, those changes have been reflected here,” said Karen cameron, Pine centre’s marketing director. cameron made the shift to the private sector in 2014 after more than 15 years of marketing experience in the public sector, including with the Northern b.c. yMca. take a walk through Pine centre today and you’ll see both men and women sharing the task of making the mall run smoothly, whether they’re mall administration, business owners, store managers and staff, security personnel, maintenance techs or guest services specialists. Shelley Sivell is one such employee, who has filled the role of guest services supervisor and marketing assistant since 2013. Sivell’s background is in performing arts, which just goes to show the shopping centre industry has opportunities for everyone. “[Women] have a lot to contribute, a lot to bring to the table,” said Hunt, who managed to balance the pressures of the administrative grind with being a single mother. “It’s about bringing equal value to the table.” MORe ThAN A MALL – ConteSt October 27 – november 7 with grand prize party november 8 HOw: Listen at 7:20, 12:20 & 4:20 weekdays for the question from the citizens Pine centre Mall’s 40th anniversary Supplement. then when you hear the cue to call tell us the correct answer to pick up a $40 Gift card. If you did not get your copy of the Pine centre Mall’s 40th anniversary Supplement from the citizen on October 25th be sure to get your extra copy at customer Service in the mall. gRanD pRize: each of the qualifiers will be invited to come to centre court at Pine centre Mall on Saturday, November 8th (registration 10am contest starts at 10:30am) and compete in the Pine For Past trivia game. The Grand Prize Winner will receive a $2,014 gift Card to Pine Centre Mall. all qualifiers be sure to study the Pine centre Malls citizen Supplement. BROUgHt tO YOU BY: Pine centre Mall & 101.3 the rIver CoMMuNITy CulTuRE “Shopping centres are places people like community. the mall also assists local charito go not just because of the stores, but ties with fundraising by donating at least because of the atmosphere. “ $5,000 in gift cards annually that can be used those were the words of Pine centre Mall’s as part of a silent auction or as door prizes. first manager, John Lemckert, and they are as “It’s a destination for the region,” said true today as they were 40 years ago. marketing director Karen cameron. “It’s a “Local clubs, organizabusiness, but it’s also a tions and community community centre.” groups will be constantly the mall is full of memoinvited to use the atries, whether they’re of “it’s a destination tractive mall facilities getting photos taken on for their convenience to Santa claus’s knee or with for the region. raise funds – to inform the easter bunny or going it’s a business, the community of what store to store trick-orthey’re doing and to hold treating on Halloween. but it’s also meetings, dances and did you get your first job a community fairs,” Lemckert said. at Pine centre? Were you take a walk through there on Nov. 6, 1974? do centre.” Pine centre on any you have any old photos to given day and you’ll come share? Pine centre wants across booths for local to hear your mall memoorganizations raising ries. Visit www.pinecentre. money, offering information or providing a com to travel down memory lane and you much-needed community service. could win some great prizes. Pine centre offers community space free of charge to help groups connect to the “ “ Pine For tHe PASt SalES Want to shop like it’s 1974? So how do you know when to save? Keep an the first shoppers to walk Pine centre’s halls ear on the radio and an eye on Pine centre’s had 10 days to take advantage of mall-wide Facebook page (www.facebook.com/pinecensavings. tre) to learn which store has some great deals to celebrate the anniversary, the mall is dou- up for grabs. bling down on opportuniSome of the retailers ties to catch some great, confirmed for participation deep discounts. include tip top tailors, charnovember 8 marks November 8 marks the lie’s Girl, black Sheep Gifts, the start of 20 days start of 20 days of flash bootlegger, d&M Handbags, sales. that’s almost three carters Jewellers, HMV, the of flash sales. That’s weeks of daily, surprise body Shop and much more. sales from a different store. but when the daily deal almost three weeks of “In order for merchants is announced, you better daily, surprise sales to participate, they had to hurry, because these sales provide a very compelling are for one day only each, from a different store. offer,” said Pine centre genleading to what is shaping eral manager Sonya Hunt. up to be the mall’s biggest and a 40th anniversary means each particiblack Friday yet. pating merchant is offering at minimum 40 per “It’s going to be a day to remember,” said cent off. Hunt. “ “ BELOW: From left to right - Shelley Sivell, Keriann Harlow, Sonya Hunt, Karen Cameron and Deanna Malanowich SAfETy fIRST as important as the shopping experience is at Pine centre Mall, keeping everyone safe is equally pertinent. that’s why mall administration regularly puts everyone through their paces and practices their emergency plan. Whether it’s a fire or an active shooter situation, Pine centre staff and merchants are looking out for everyone under their roof. “We see them more than as just customers,” said mall marketing director Karen cameron. “they’re in our care.” this includes performing mall-wide fire drills during opening hours. the last one, conducted at the end of September, was a major success, said general manager Sonya Hunt. “We had everyone evacuated in less than six minutes,” she said. Hunt knows the importance of having a concrete plan that the local fire department has signed off on after going through the experience in Quesnel. Only then, it wasn’t a drill. “that’s why I take this so seriously,” she said. 1974 FORTY October 27 and 28, 2014 Print - Prince George Citizen 2014 16 WWW.PGCITIZEN.CA | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2014 1974 FORTY October 30, 2014 Print - Prince George Citizen 2014 28 WWW.PGCITIZEN.CA | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2014 1974 FORTY 2014 October 18, 2014 Print Coupon Book - Passport to Savings Front and Back Cover 1974 FORTY 2014 October 18, 2014 Print Coupon Book - Passport to Savings Page 2 , 3 1974 FORTY 2014 October 18, 2014 Print Coupon Book - Passport to Savings Page 4, 5 1974 FORTY 2014 October 18, 2014 Print Coupon Book - Passport to Savings Page 6, 7 1974 FORTY 2014 October 18, 2014 Print Coupon Book - Passport to Savings Page 8, 9 1974 FORTY 2014 October 18, 2014 Print Coupon Book - Passport to Savings Page 10, 11 1974 FORTY 2014 October 18, 2014 Print Coupon Book - Passport to Savings Page 10, 11 1974 FORTY 2014 October 18, 2014 Print Coupon Book - Passport to Savings Page 12, 13 1974 FORTY 2014 October 18, 2014 Print Coupon Book - Passport to Savings Page 14, 15 1974 FORTY 2014 Sept 16 to Nov 28, 2014 Signage - Win a Santa Fe Showcard, Door Decal, Ceiling Signs, Customer Service In celebration of our 40th Anniversary we are giving away a 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe Win a 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe Enter at www.RIDEAWAYINASANTAFE.com SPONSORED BY pinecentre.com Customer Service Sign 1974 FORTY 2014 Oct 1 to Nov 28, 2014 Signage - Win a Trip/Passport to Savings Showcard, Customer Service, Draw Box Donate $5 to Prince George Big Brothers Big Sisters and you will receive your Passport to Savings with an entry to win a Trip for Two to Puerto Vallarta! Receive up to $1974 in savings from Pine Centre Mall merchants. Only 2014 copies printed. One Passport per person. We did it in 1974! And today we are giving away another trip for two to Puerto Vallarta including round trip airfare and one week accommodations at a fabulous Mexican resort. Big Brothers Big Sisters will be at Pine Centre Mall collecting donations for the Passport to Savings on October 10 and 11 Donated by UNIGLOBE Sunburst Travel. Winner drawn on November 28, 2014. Find your entry form at the back of the Passport to Savings booklet. One entry per person. ® pinecentre.com Customer Service Sign 1974 FORTY 2014 September 16 to Nov 8, 2014 Signage - Peter Pine Showcard 1974 FORTY 2014 Showcard 3-Tier October 1 to Nov 8, 2014 Signage - 40th Party Showcard, Customer Service, Door Decal, Ceiling Sign 40th Birthday Party Centre Court Saturday, November 8 10am – 1pm Enjoy great prizes and giveaways! Party snacks for everyone! And share your favourite Pine Centre memories with our roving reporters from PCTV. SPONSORED BY ® pinecentre.com Customer Service Sign 40th Birthday Party 40th Birthday Party Centre Court Saturday, November 8 10am – 1pm Enjoy great prizes and giveaways! Party snacks for everyone! And share your favourite Pine Centre memories with our roving reporters from PCTV. Centre Court Saturday, November 8 10am – 1pm SPONSORED BY ® pinecentre.com Ceiling Sign Enjoy great prizes and giveaways! Party snacks for everyone! And share your favourite Pine Centre memories with our roving reporters from PCTV. SPONSORED BY ® pinecentre.com Door Decal 1974 FORTY October 1 to Nov 28, 2014 Signage - TV Trivia 2014 Win a $2014 Gift Card from Pine Centre Mall Enter in mall and at CKPG.com from November 8 to 28. Watch CKPG for details. Grand Prize winner will be announced on November 28 along with the grand prize winners of the Hyundai Santa Fe and Trip to Puerto Vallarta! pinecentre.com Customer Service Sign 1974 FORTY October 1 to Nov 28, 2014 Signage - Radio Trivia 2014 Play 40 Years of Trivia and WIN! Pick up your copy of the Pine Centre Mall 40th Anniversary Supplement at Customer Service to find answers to the Trivia Question of the Day. Then from October 27 to November 7 listen to 99.3 The Drive and 101.3 The River for the 40 Years of Trivia Question of the Day. Contestants who correctly answer the 40 Years of Trivia questions will receive a $40 Pine Centre Mall Gift Card and be invited back to the mall on November 8 to play the Pine is Right contest for a chance to win a $2014 Pine Centre gift card. Play 40 Years of Trivia and WIN! pinecentre.com Customer Service Sign Pick up your copy of the Pine Centre Mall 40th Anniversary Supplement at Customer Service to find answers to the Trivia Question of the Day. Then from October 27 to November 7 listen to 99.3 The Drive and 101.3 The River for the 40 Years of Trivia Question of the Day. 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