tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post3780766246540431901..comments2024-03-04T12:34:21.190-05:00Comments on Toronto Sun Family: 1971 - 2021: 30 - Nick IbscherToronto Sun Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371905107394425335noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-26129960249799111802013-07-20T14:53:10.482-04:002013-07-20T14:53:10.482-04:00I was lucky enough to have been his friend when I ...I was lucky enough to have been his friend when I worked there and after starting around 1995 onwards. He was as described by others, passionate, funny,generous and a good friend. <br />One day we went to play mini-put and I realized much later that he let me win. He took out my kids at Christmastime to see Toy Story. At the last minute after a girlfriend of mine cancelled for a fundraiser, he Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12490914013698109422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-80548559442078152802011-02-18T12:36:24.991-05:002011-02-18T12:36:24.991-05:00Found this site belatedly. Often wondered how thin...Found this site belatedly. Often wondered how things were with Nick. We inherited a cat from him in Thunder Bay, and "Jeff" aka "Jethro de Bodine Bean," became our daughter's best friend. Nick, when bored between assignments at the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal, would call the local radio phone-in show, and affecting different accents, would lead the host on a merry chase Bill Beannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-91461961877204022652009-04-01T18:33:00.000-04:002009-04-01T18:33:00.000-04:00i learned of nick's death belatedly on this site. ...i learned of nick's death belatedly on this site. we were colleagues on the sun desk, but long before that we were students together at rye high back in the 70s.<BR/><BR/>that's when i got my first taste of nick's unique nature. <BR/><BR/>my favourite recollection:<BR/><BR/>we were sitting in the last row seats of a lecture hall in ron shirtliffe's (sp?) english class during a one-man john fracassinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-88733886853832317562008-12-17T12:00:00.000-05:002008-12-17T12:00:00.000-05:00I was just thinking of Nick yesterday; today I bel...I was just thinking of Nick yesterday; today I belatedly read that he's gone. I was thinking of him as I was reading about a new documentary called Abel Raises Cain. I still remember a headline Nick wrote when I was working with him on the news desk at the Sun in the mid '90s. The story was about a disabled senior thwarting a bank robbery by whacking the robber with his cane. Here's Nick's head:<pawlyshynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440430624625287390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-25685003981703619382008-09-17T12:00:00.000-04:002008-09-17T12:00:00.000-04:00Happily, Nick's kitties are learning the joys of o...Happily, Nick's kitties are learning the joys of outdoor life and how to get along with two dogs and one or two other cats at Nick's sister's in Ontario. I also golfed often with Nick and his enthusiasm for life was infectious - I miss him.<BR/><BR/>Frankie Thornhill, Calgary HeraldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com