The Peninsula Times
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2015-01-09
issued: 1978-06-21
description: Serving the Sunshine Coast.
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note: ��� ��� / I I 5%'X ' ����*- 2nd Class Mgll Registration No. 1142 Serving the Sunshine Coast (Howe*S6,und'to Jervis Inlet), including Port Mellon Hopkins" landing Granthartjs landxag^Gibsdns^ Roberts Creek Wilson Creek Selma Pdrk Sechelt, Halfmoon Bay, Secret Cove' Pender Hrb , AApdeira Par_k���GardeTrBayTTrvine s Landing Earls Cove Egmont Union tr��ri��Ss?^-v Label AARGEST READERSHIP OF ANY PAPER ON THE SUNSHINE COAST. -Volume 16 ���No. 29 H 18 Pages ��� 20c Copy. SNA- Wednesday, June 21,1978 WHILE THE KIDS gorged them- Diablo who got the heartburn. Doesn't selves on popcorn, pop and candy he know smoking is bad "for your floss last week at the circus it-was El health? (once) show on By TERRI BRANDMUELLER j. "Big Bobby" ran away from home when he was 11 to live out that childhood fantasy of joining the circus. Home in those days was Springfield, Missouri; and Gibbs recalls that he made? it to Enid, Oklahoma, before his parents caught up with him. Today, two months, out of the year, Gibbs' home is a ranch in Texas. The rest of the time, home is Gibsons, Sechelt or wherever else the Carson and Barnes Circus happens to be. Although Gibbs' official title is animal drainer, that's only one of the jobs lie performs seven days a week, 10 months a year. He also helps set up tents and trailers, acts as announcer for the big top show, and in-between hustles pony and elephant rides for the kids. - "It's a grind if youdon't like it;" said Gibbs, "but it's my life ahd it's a good life." Where else but in the circus would you get to travel, play with animals and even get paid for it, asks Gibbs' assistant, a young-girl named-Marie. Gibbs once thought he could do it as a veterinarian, but he. found out after two years in an American college that vets only get to see sick animals. "That was it for me,-" said Gibbs. He joined the circus with a pony act. Now, 26 years later, "I've got fiVe animal acts, an $18,000 trailer and 35 acres of grapefruit in Texas." "'���,,,'-��� Gibbs' firs…
note: Frequency: Weekly Titled "The Sechelt Peninsula Times" from 1963-12-04 to 1967-03-01. Titled "The Peninsula Times" from 1967-03-08 to 1979-12-26. Published by Sechelt Peninsula Times Ltd. from 1963-12-04 to 1968-12-24 and from 1970-11-04 to 1971-03-10; by The Peninsula Times Ltd. from 1969-01-08 to 1970-10-28; by Powell River News Town Crier Sechelt Times Ltd. from 1971-03-17 to 1975-11-05; and by Westpres Publications Ltd. from 1975-11-12 to 1979-12-26. Dates of Publication: 1963 to 1980.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Sechelt (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0186517
language: English
lat: 49.4716667
long: -123.763333
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Sechelt, B.C : Westpres Publications Ltd.
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source: Original Format: Sechelt Community Archives.
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