KPTV News

Friday May 13, 2005
Wake for Da

vid Apple to be held Wednesday

Friends of David Apple are invited to join in a celebration of his life:

Wednesday May 18, 6:00-10:00pm
Historic Jenny Bramhall House
5125 NE Garfield (one block west of NE Alberta and MLK Blvd.)
Portland

Also, for friends or callers who would like to send a note of condolence to David’s family, you can send it to David’s office:

Founder’s Mortgage Group
10157 SW Barbur Blvd, Suite 107C
Portland, OR 97219
Attn: Patty Apple

David’s body was cremated on Thursday. At this time, there are no plans by the family to have a public funeral service.

Some very sad news for the KPTV family. David Apple, weatherman for "The 10 O'Clock News" from 1983-85 and again from 1992-98, died suddenly of a heart attack, at his office earlier today. He had been sitting at his desk when co-workers noticed he was in distress. Despite efforts to administer CPR by his co-workers, and the arrival of paramedics, David was pronounced dead before he could be taken to a hospital.

We are all in shock at this sudden, unexpected event. Anyone who had the opportunity to know David, knew what a kind and generous man he was. His love of weather was topped only by his love for his family and his friends. We in his KPTV family will miss him tremendously. Our condolences go out to his wife and family, and his many, many friends.

Our dear friend, Margo Chambers, died on Friday April 29, after a valiant battle against cancer. Margo worked at KPTV from the late 1970s through the early 1990s, later as assistant to Bud Chisholm. Although ill, Margo attended our KPTV reunion on April 2nd at The Kingston. Her efforts allowed many of her friends to see her again after several years. She was cheerful, funny and very loving at our gathering. We all appreciate that she gave us the opportunity to see her one last time. Below is the obituary from The Oregonian.

If you would like to send a note of condolence to Margo's husband Gary, and their children Rachel and Charlie, you can send it to this address:
25465 Swiftshore Drive, West Linn, OR 97068

A celebration of Margo's life was held on Sunday May 1st, with many of her KPTV family in attendance.

Margo Salas was born Sept. 28, 1952, in San Diego. She lived in Tacoma in the early 1970s and moved from San Diego to Portland in 1975. She was a media buyer for KPTV (12). In 1970, she married Gary.

Monday, April 04, 2005
Collin 'Bud' Chisholm remembered in memorial service
A gathering was held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, 2005, in Riverside Golf & Country Club in Portland for Collin "Bud" Chisholm, who died March 27 at age 76.

Mr. Chisholm was born Feb. 13, 1929, in Seattle. He later lived in Half Moon Bay, Calif., and Medford before moving to Portland in 1961. He worked for KPTV for 32 years, retiring as local sales manager. In 1948, he married Gerry Nunes; they divorced. In 1978, he married Sandy Wing; she died in 2003.

Survivors include his son, Bruce; daughters, Cathy and Joan; stepsons, Steve Sedillo and Ron Sedillo; and seven grandchildren.

January 7, 2005
Larry Crnich retires from KPTV
Larry Crnich has retired from KPTV, effective January 7th. Friends gathered at The Lucky Lab Saturday January 8th to toast him farewell.

Val Roberts and his wife Rosalie are settled and enjoying their new retirement home they built in 2002 (out in the boonies). They are staying active with their family, church and community and Val is helping out a neighbor with some farming duties! He is a board member of a Foundation that is restoring an old pioneer townsite too. Barbara, Chris & their two children Samantha (6) & Hayden (3) are still in Little Rock AK. She is a Morning & Noon time Anchor. Chris is planning on going back to school.

Phil Cassidy is busy with his new venture Shoot My Video ( www.shootmyvideo.com) and it's basketball city at his house with two boys in four different leagues!Shoot My Video keeps Phil busy producing three-to-five minute mission statements allowing companies to tell its story and how they can partner with potential clients. Please pass along the word if you know anyone who has a business or an event and needs promotional work done. Phil says "We're very affordable, work fast, and produce quality, thanks to 20 years in T-V news."

Jeanette Holt and her husband Gary have been enjoying the Oregon coast and hope to do more traveling this year. They are both doing well and enjoying retirement and being free to do what they want.

Melanie Fernandez has been busy with providing sales training in six markets for Raycom Media. They own 42 TV stations based in the south so Melanie speaks their language!

Bob Dickey (KGUN in Tucson, AZ) has been keeping company with alum's Sue and Hunt Decker while John "Lash" Larue and his wife were in town. Bob said that much ole KPTV trivia was discussed...hmmmm....imagine that!

David Apple is keeping company with alums Gary Hill, Dave Thompson, George Stephan & Phil Cassidy plotting the next Portland metro snow storm! [NOTE: David Apple passed away on May 10, 2005. See article above for details.]

Steve Mansker is busy at KATU operating the SAT and microwave trucks for News.

David Berger is enjoying Seattle working for Nordstrom and living in the Magnolia neighborhood. He still maintains his Portland clientele as well so let him know if you need any help.

Rosalie Drake and Shari Busse are holding down the fort at KASA TV in Albuquerque, NM and hope to make our next alumni event.

Roger Forrest is enjoying his retirement and staying busy with his wood shop projects.

John Lawrence will soon chalk up his 5th anniversary with KOIN TV sales...my how time flies!

Mary Samp and her husband Dennis are still living in Newberg and she's working for Touchmark Living Centers, Inc. in Beaverton and has been there for over 2 years now and loves her job.

Nancy Soeterik and her fiance Blane just purchased their first home in Vancouver and moved in a week before Christmas. They haven't set their wedding date yet.

June 15, 2004
Retired newsman and Senate aide dies
Bill Swing, first news director of KPTV (12), had opened a rare book store after his retirement in 1991

Bill Swing, a Portland broadcast and news journalist who bracketed a long career in journalism with stints as news director at KPTV (12), died June 10, 2004, at 78 at his Portland home.

He retired from KPTV in 1991 after 14 years as news director, a tenure remarkable in length in the television business. During his years there KPTV won an array of awards.

Mr. Swing was born Jan. 1, 1926, and grew up in New York City. He served in the Marine Corps during World War II, graduated from Reed College and was hired in 1952 as the first director of KPTV's fledgling news department.

From KPTV, Mr. Swing moved on to The Oregonian as a staff writer from 1957 to 1967; he was also a stringer for The New York Times and the National Observer. He then spent two years as executive aide to Sen. Mark O. Hatfield, R-Ore.

In the 1960s, Mr. Swing opened the first television news bureau in Washington, D.C. for Chris Craft Industries Inc. The bureau, with Mr. Swing as lead reporter, supplied footage and stories from the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court and the United Nations to a group of television stations around the country.

Returning to Portland, Mr. Swing was an editor and reporter at KATU (2) for four years before returning to KPTV in 1977.

A longtime rare book sleuth, after his retirement in 1991, Mr. Swing opened a small downtown Portland store called Bill Swing Rare and Fine Books, at 917 S.W. Oak St. There he indulged his unabashed enthusiasm for modern American first editions.

Mr. Swing married Yvonne Hauser in 1947 and they had eight children. They divorced in 1974.

He is survived by daughters, Yvonne Wenger, Rebecca Swing, Liza Larkin, Sally Swing, Kate Coughlin and Joan Hayter; sons Mark and Peter; 17 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Sigrid Bengeyfield and Malan Strong.

A memorial service is scheduled for 1 p.m., Monday, June 21, at Finley-Sunset Hills. Private burial will be in Willamette National Cemetery. Remembrances may be sent to Cedar Mill Community Library.