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HodgePodge by Charlie Hodge

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Charlie Hodge is a best-selling author, writer, a current Kelowna City Councillor, and a Director on the Regional District of the Central Okanagan Board. He spent more than 25 years as a full-time newspaper journalist and has a diverse background in public relations, promotions, personal coaching, and strategic planning. A former managing editor, assistant editor, sports editor, entertainment editor, journalist, and photographer, Hodge also co-hosted a variety of radio talk shows and still writes a regular weekly newspaper column titled Hodge Podge, which he has crafted now for 41 years. His biography on Howie Meeker, titled Golly Gee It’s Me is a Canadian bestseller and his second book, Stop It There, Back It Up – 50 Years of the NHL garnered lots of attention from media and hockey fans alike. Charlie is currently working on a third hockey book, as well as a contracted historical/fiction novel. His creative promotional skills and strategic planning have been utilized for many years in the Canadian music industry, provincial, national, and international environmental fields, and municipal, provincial, and federal politics. Charlie is a skilled facilitator, a dynamic motivational speaker, and effective personal coach. His hobbies include gardening, canoeing, playing pool, and writing music. Charlie shares his Okanagan home with wife Teresa and five spoiled cats.
Hodgepodge by Charlie Hodge

Hodgepodge by Charlie Hodge – Life Lessons

Life is littered with lessons and if we are wise we continue to observe and learn. Having spent some 25 days in hospital, many of...

Hodgepodge by Charlie Hodge – Memo From Paradise – aka KGH

Hello from Paradise. Also known by most as Kelowna General Hospital. Right now it feels like paradise to me compared to where I briefly...

Hodgepodge by Charlie Hodge – Oct 20, 2017

You can't make this stuff up. Well, actually I guess you can however it is overwhelmingly warming and intriguing when such heart-rendering stories unfold.  Occasionally...

Hodgepodge by Charlie Hodge – Sept 29, 2017

Occasionally as I move forward with my life I am overwhelmed with a feeling I am about to step back into the past. It...

Hodgepodge by Charlie Hodge – Sept 15th 2017

It all seems so sadly surreal. As I sit spellbound in front of my television a part of me feels like a vulture sitting on...

Hodgepodge by Charlie Hodge – Sept 8th, 2017

Life is often like a successful pot luck dinner.  Toss in a large variety of components and a marvelous, entertaining potpourri is created. That aptly...

Hodgepodge by Charlie Hodge – Sept 1st, 2017

September first. Really? Where did July and August go? Like many I have been either significantly slowed down for weeks now while working outside - or...

Hodgepodge by Charlie Hodge – August 28, 2017

Wondering what to do tonight? If you're in luck there may still be a few seats at Rann Berry's first performance of a double-header weekend...

Hodgepodge by Charlie Hodge – Aug 11, 2017

So where did my MLA go? Am I the only one a tad miffed right now with our infamous former MLA and Premier Christy Clark? When...

Hodgepodge by Charlie Hodge – Aug 4, 2017

Is it hot enough for you yet? This is certainly an opportune time to be a commissioned fan or portable air conditioner sales person. It's times...