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Mobile home with tragic past torn downWhen the dust settled, all that remained of the
Telemon Place trailer where Allan Schoenborn killed his three children in 2008 was a pile of rubble.
An Arnica Contracting excavator pulled down the trailer on Tuesday, nearly seven years to the day after the murders.
The mobile home sat vacant and fell into disrepair in the years after the murders.
It was also significantly damaged during the course of police investigation.
In January, Merritt’s city council gave the owner of the trailer, who lives in the Lower Mainland, until March 15 to arrange to have the dilapidated trailer demolished and the property it sat on restored, or the city would start the process itself and send him the bill.
On March 26, Arnica Contracting took out a build-ing permit — which also covers demolition work in city
limits — on behalf of the property owner with the City of Merritt.
The demolition took approximately two hours.By Wednesday morning, most of the debris had been
trucked away.The tear-down scene elicited thumbs up from at least
two passing motorists.Neighbours and passersby said removal of the trailer
comes as a relief and the beginning of some closure.Schoenborn was found not criminally responsible by
way of a mental disorder for the murders of Kaitlynne, 10, Max, eight, and Cordon, five, in 2010. He remains at a Coquitlam psychiatric facility.
Schoenborn will be back before the B.C. Review Board on April 29 for the third day of a hearing which will determine if he will be given escorted day passes in the Coquitlam area.
Emily Wessel/Herald
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City council approves code of conductCity council added
another layer to its civic decorum by approving a code of conduct calling for councillors to police them-selves.
The policy is not a toothless one, however, as councillors will deter-mine sanctions to impose on those in violation of the code of conduct, with options such as instituting a motion of censure or rescinding a councillor’s appointment to a commit-tee.
The code of conduct outlines the ground rules for respectful behaviour and how councillors will work together, chief administra-tive officer Allan Chabot said.
This separates it from the oath of office, which basically has councillors state they will not do any-thing unlawful.
Under this new policy, councillors are to refrain from abusive conduct such as verbal attacks and per-sonal accusations.
Councillors are to be prepared for public meet-ings, listen to all public discussion and focus on the business at hand. Councillors must not inter-rupt other speakers, make personal comments not relevant to the topic of dis-cussion or disturb a meeting in any way.
Members of council are to treat people with respect, not use public resources unavailable to the general public for personal gain, refuse any gifts or favours
from a person with or seek-ing to have dealings with the city, and make their decisions based on merit rather than unrelated con-siderations.
The code of conduct goes on to say that council-lors shall not interfere with administrative functions of city staff or impair staff ’s ability to implement council decisions.
In addition to the code of conduct, council approved a council-chief administrative officer cov-enant and chief administra-tive officer-one employee policy.
The goal of the cov-enant is to ensure clarity between the roles of coun-cillors and administration, ensuring councillors don’t become involved in the day-to-day business of the
corporation. “Council is there to
provide governance and leadership, and administra-tion is there to implement council’s decisions,” Chabot said.
The one employee policy states the city’s CAO is council’s only employee, who acts as the bridge between city staff and council.
The new code of con-duct will apply to city councillors and members of council bodies including committees, task forces and boards.
No explicit, standalone code of conduct or code of ethics has existed at city hall until now.
Council gave unanimous approval of the code of conduct last Tuesday at its regular meeting.
By Michael PotestioTHE HERALD
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Organ Donor Awareness Month
proclaimed by council
April will be Organ and Tissue Donor Aware-ness Month in Merritt.
City council unani-mously approved the proclamation at its regular council meeting last Tues-day.
BC Transplant states that as of March 1, there are 465 people in the province waiting for a transplant, and since 1968 there have been 6,424 transplants performed in B.C.
This month is also national Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Month.
Curling club lease renewed, tennis
club lease proposed
City council approved a five-year renewal on the lease of the curling club facility for the Merritt Curl-ing Club at its regular meeting last Tuesday.
The new lease kicked in the following day at a rate $1 per year.
Council also gave notice of its intention to renew a lease with the non-profit Merritt Tennis Club for the next three years begin-ning April 14 at the rate of $1 per year.
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LEARNING THE ROPES Nicola Valley Search and Rescue volunteers Angelina Cavaliere and Curt MacMillan ascend an embankment
by the airport with a stretcher during the local search and rescue group’s rope rescue practice on Sunday. Emily Wessel/Herald
Trailer coming down todayThe mobile home on Telemon Place where Allan Schoenborn killed his three children in 2008 will be torn down today. The trailer, which went
unoccupied after the murders, fell into disrepair and was the subject of numerous orders to comply with unsightly property and nuisance abate-
ment bylaws administered by
the City of Merritt over the years.
In January, Merritt’s city council gave the owner of the property, who lives in the Lower Mainland, a deadline of March 15 to have the dilapidated home removed
and the property it sits on restored.
The structure is expected to be demolished by 9:30 a.m.
Hwy 8 wildfi re believed to be human-causedThe Wildfire Management Branch believes a short-lived wildfire 26 kilometres west of Merritt late last week was caused by humans.Although no specific cause was identified by press
time, it’s believed the fire was human-caused because there has been no lightning in the area recently.Wildland firefighters responded to the seven-hect-
are blaze near Highway 8 on Friday afternoon.Initial attack crews sta-tioned at the Provincial Wildfire Training Centre in Merritt responded and had the blaze contained and
extinguished by Saturday.No structures or infra-structure were threatened by
the fire.Open burns are permitted
in the Kamloops Fire Centre, which includes the Merritt Fire Zone, but the Wildfire Management Branch reminds people to be mindful of burn-ing conditions — including strong wind — which can increase the chances of a wildfire.
“Many areas throughout the Nicola Valley are quite dry, so people need to be in attendance of their fires at all times and burn appropriate to conditions,” fire informa-tion officer Kayla Pepper said.
Wildfires can be reported to the Wildfire Management Branch at 1-800-663-5555 or *5555 from cellphones.
Although no specific cause was identified by press time, it’s believed the fire was human-caused because there has been no lightning in the area recently.
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Twin Kennedy bringing their Love Thing to Merritt’s Culture Club
For musical duo Twin Ken-nedy, the classic folk trope “I’ve been everywhere” rings true given their whirlwind cross-Can-ada tour earlier this year.
Twin sisters Carli and Julie Kennedy drove 17,000 kilome-tres from coast to coast in 45 days, stopping in at 47 radio stations and playing 15 shows along the way to promote their new single It’s a Love Thing, the title track from their forthcoming album.
They spent Valentine’s Day in Quebec City, exploring that city’s massive winter celebration, the Bonhomme Carnaval.
In Prince Edward Island, violinist Julie tracked down a tra-ditional Gaelic-inspired jamboree called a cèilidh (pronounced “kay-lee”), where they were received with open arms.
The Powell River-based sisters said playing shows in provinces they’d never been to before intro-duced them to the varied cul-tures around Canada.
More importantly, the tour introduced country music lov-ers from across Canada to Twin Kennedy.
Each sister is a classically trained musician — Julie in vio-lin and Carli in guitar — with a degree in music from the Univer-sity of Victoria.
Combining elements of their classical training with modern country, the sisters have forged a signature sound.
Their new nine-track album runs the full gamut from rockin’ full band country jams to an acoustic, live-off-the-floor, stripped-down album closer.
Every song’s theme can be traced back to love, which is why the band went with It’s a Love Thing as its first single, the Ken-nedys said.
“It’s near and dear to our hearts because it’s about all the things you do for love,” Carli said of the title track. “The dad gets up early in the morning to go to work for his kids, the mom works night shifts. That is our story. Our family’s really done everything they could to support us.”
“It can be scary to totally share your soul, but I think those are the best songs — when you don’t hold anything back,” Julie added.
The sisters’ sincerity and ded-ication to their music meant for a long journey up to the release of the album, which is slated for April 7.
They spent about two years honing their songwriting craft, working on over a hundred songs, and taking them back and
forth to Nashville and Toronto for fine-tuning.
During that time, their radio promoter put them in contact with Canadian country music legend George Canyon, who pro-duced the album from his ranch studio outside of Calgary.
Twin Kennedy called their connection to George Canyon a natural fit.
“His music and his brand really aligns with ours,” Carli said.
The sisters spent a month liv-ing and recording at the studio over the summer, completely immersed in creating their music.
“Making this album was such a love experience,” Carli said.
With the record about to hit the shelves and the cross-Canada tour finished, the sisters had a few well-deserved days off to visit
with family in Kamloops before heading back to the Lower Mainland to begin a six-date B.C. tour to launch the record.
Their Merritt show on April 10 will feature their full lineup, which is rounded out by a drum-mer and bassist.
After their B.C. dates, they’ll head back down south to Nash-ville, likely finding plenty of shows to keep them busy.
Then they’ll come back up north to the Country Music Capital of Canada to open for Big and Rich at Rockin’ River on Aug. 2.
“We’re basically moving to Merritt part-time,” Carli joked.
Tickets for the April 10 show at the Culture Club are $20 in advance from Brambles Bakery, Black’s Pharmacy and online at twinkennedy.com.
By Emily WesselTHE HERALD
Identical twins and bandmates Julie (left) and Carli Kennedy will play an album release show at Merritt’s Culture Club on April 10. Photo submitted
Sister act will play Rockin’ River in August too
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Next council meeting: Tuesday, April 7, 2015Council agendas and minutes at www.merritt.ca
City of Merritt ★ 2185 Voght Street, Box 189Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 ★ Phone: 250-378-4224
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:
Position:The City of Merritt is inviting applications for the position of a regular full time Engineering Technician.
Current resumes reflecting applicants’ knowledge, skills and abilities relevant to the position and detailing education, qualifications and proof of required licenses/certificates/degrees will be accepted prior to 4:00 p.m. Friday, April 10th by:
Carole Fraser,Human Resources Manager
City of MerrittPO Box 189, 2185 Voght Street
Merritt, BC V1K 1B8Or by email: [email protected]
For complete details, visit City of Merritt website atwww.merritt.ca
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:
Position:The City of Merritt is inviting applications for the position of a full time seasonal Summer Student.
Current resumes reflecting applicants’ knowledge, skills and abilities relevant to the position and detailing education, qualifications and proof of required licenses/certificates/degrees will be accepted prior to 4:00 p.m. Friday, April 10th by:
Carole Fraser,Human Resources Manager
City of MerrittPO Box 189, 2185 Voght Street
Merritt, BC V1K 1B8Or by email: [email protected]
For complete details, visit City of Merritt website atwww.merritt.ca
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
SUMMER STUDENT
INVITATION TO TENDER
MIDDAY VALLEY ROAD STORM WORKSTender Reference No. ENG 2015-02The City of Merritt invites tenders for the construction of approximately:664 metres of storm sewer19 metres of CSP Culvert550 metres of ditch reshaping100 metres of ditching3,540 square metres of pavingAssociated restoration
Tender Closing Time: 2:00 pm local time
Tender Closing Date: April 9, 2015
Tender Closing Location:CITY OF MERRITT2185 VOGHT STREETMERRITT, BC V1K 1B8
All technical inquiries should be directed to:Michael Owen P.EngAssociated Engineering (B.C.) Ltd.610 – 1632 Dickson AvenueKelowna, BC V1Y 7T2Phone : (250) 763-3638 Fax: (250) 763-8880
Contract Documents are available for download at www.BCBID.gov.bc.ca
WIDE AREA MOWERTENDER REFERENCE NO. ENG-2015-04
The City of Merritt Public Works Department is accepting proposals for the supply of one Wide Area Mowing Machine.
Tender Closing Time: 2:00 pm local timeTender Closing Date: Thursday April 9, 2015 at:Tender Documents can also be found at www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca
Address:CITY OF MERRITT2185 VOGHT STREETMERRITT, BC V1K 1B8
CONTACT:Shawn Boven, AScTPublic Works ManagerEmail: [email protected]: (250) 378-8626Fax: (250) 378-2600
Please note that the City’s Website address is www.merritt.ca Tender Document
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROPERTY DISPOSITION (LEASE)
Notice is hereby given that the City of Merritt intends to dispose of an interest in land, being the entering into of a lease for the Merritt Tennis Facility, known as a portion of (Lot 2, Plan 29664, District Lot 174, Kamloops Division, PID #006-201-728), with the Merritt Tennis Club for a term of (3) three years commencing on April 14, 2015. The consideration to be received by the City for the proposed Lease is the initial sum of $1.00 plus applicable taxes.
For more information, please contact Larry Plotnikoff, Leisure Services Manager at 250-378-8618 or via e-mail at [email protected]
This notice was given on March 25, 2015 in accordance with Section 94 of the Community Charter.
NOTICE TO RESIDENTS
H&M EXCAVATING LTD. WILL BE DOING UNDERGROUND AND SURFACE ROAD WORKS ON
COLDWATER AVE. AND MAIN ST. STARTING ON
MONDAY MARCH 2NDFOR A DURATION OF 4 MONTHS
THE PURPOSE OF THIS NOTICE IS TO INFORM YOU OF THE TYPICAL NUISANCES INVOLVED WITH A PROJECT OF THIS TYPE -- MAINLY ACCESS TO YOUR PROPERTY. THE CONSTRUCTION ENTAILS INSTALLATION OF SANITARY SEWER MAINS AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROADWAY ALONG COLDWATER AVE. THE STREET WILL BE SINGLE LANE TRAFFIC SOME OF THE TIME, AND THERE WILL BE TIMES THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE VEHICULAR ACCESS TO YOUR PROPERTY. WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO NOTIFY YOU IN ADVANCE AND TO KEEP THESE INTERRUPTIONS AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE.
AS WITH ANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF THIS SORT, YOU CAN EXPECT SOME DUST, NOISE AND VIBRATION. RESIDENTS WHO BORDER THE PROJECT SHOULD BE AWARE THAT ANY FRAGILE OR VALUABLE ITEMS THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE DAMAGED DUE TO VIBRATION SHOULD BE TAKEN DOWN OR SECURED FOR THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT. PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR CHILDREN ARE AWARE OF THE DANGERS OF A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND THAT THEY STAY CLEAR OF THE EQUIPMENT.
WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE. HOWEVER, WE ASK THAT YOU BE PATIENT THROUGH THE DURATION OF THIS UPGRADE PROJECT. IF YOU REQUIRE ANY ASSISTANCE OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE PHONE OUR SITE SUPERINTENDANT, GEOFF PRESTON, AT 493-4677 (OFFICE) OR 250-809-2405 (CELL).
WITH MAYOR MENARD
You’re Invited!
Drop-In Sessions in 2015 with Mayor Menard will be held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., in the Mayor’s
Office at City Hall (second floor), 2185 Voght Street.
Mayor Menard invites interested citizens to stop by and say hello and discuss issues and opportunities for the City, its residents and businesses.
If you would like to schedule a particular time to meet with the Mayor at a Drop-In session please call reception at City Hall 250-378-4224.
SESSIONSDROP-IN
Ever wonder what happens
when you flush the toilet?
Did you know the City of Merritt welcomes tours of our Advanced
Waste Water Treatment Plant? If this interests you, please call 250-315-1360
to make an appointment.
Phase 1 of Central Park project almost complete
Work is approximately 95 per cent complete on Phase 1 of the Central Park Improvement Project. Utilities have been laid in place and final hookups will be completed shortly.
Once work has been com-pleted on the utility hookups,
completion of deficiencies, landscaping and final concrete pouring will take place.
The public is reminded that the multi-purpose sports box and concession and washroom building are still not available for use as the area is still a con-struction zone.
The city is excited to be nearing the completion of Phase 1 of the Central Park Improvement Project and is looking forward to being able to announce a grand opening date for the community’s new-est sports facility within the next few weeks.
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The Royal Canadian Legion, Branch # 096 Merritt, BC is looking for qualified individuals or companies to provide quotes to replace two
furnaces and ducting in the Legion Building.
The Royal Canadian Legion, Branch # 096 reserves the right to reject any or all requests for Proposals, to waive defects in any bid or tender
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Light will be shed on the issue of relationship violence this month.
An information ses-sion is being held at the Fireside Centre in downtown Merritt on April 16 at 1 p.m. for Relationship Violence Awareness Week.
A march around the city’s downtown will follow the session, which will feature a speech from someone who has been a victim of relationship vio-lence.
Last year, of the 199 assaults Merritt police dealt with, 40 per cent were for domestic vio-lence, Heather Broman, RCMP Victim Services
program co-ordinator, told the Herald.
The purpose of the event in Merritt is to raise awareness and educate people on the issue.
Broman said this event will be a first in Merritt.
She said relation-ship violence impacts both men and women, although it is women who tend to make up the majority of victims.
The goal is to target youth when it comes to relationship violence awareness, she said.
“Relationship vio-lence starts in the dat-ing relationship,” Bro-man said. “Usually by the time you get into a committed relationship, if that’s an issue, there’s
warning signs that started earlier on.”
This type of abuse also comes in various forms — from verbal and physical to emo-tional and even finan-cial.
Broman said in relationships where one partner has control over the couple’s money, the other partner can feel trapped in the relation-ship.
The event will high-light the various agen-cies available to people in town that provide services in dealing with relationship violence.
The City of Merritt has made the week of April 12 to 18 Relation-ship Violence Aware-ness Week, Broman said.
Relationship Violence Awareness Week runs April 12 to 18
By Michael PotestioTHE HERALD
Local turns coffee pods into charitable donations
The single-cup coffee pod has become a staple of satisfy-ing people’s caffeine fix, but one local person couldn’t stomach the waste they produce anymore.
“I gave it up,” Travis Fehr said of his coffee pod usage.
The owner of Breathe Bikes collects Tassimo T-Discs and ships them free of charge to Ter-racycle, an Ontario-based recy-cling company.
Terracycle’s Tassimo Brigade program turns the discs, and the foil packaging they come in, into plastic products such as garbage cans, benches, watering cans and hard shells for coolers.
Tassimo provides a one cent donation for every T-Disc, and Fehr in turn is supplying that money to Merritt’s food bank.
He’s collected about $30 so far and plans to cut the first cheque to the charity once he makes the first $100.
Fehr’s downtown bike shop is one of just five drop-off locations the Tassimo Brigade program has in B.C.
There are 69 across Canada.As a drop-off location, Fehr
puts together a box weighing 50 pounds — the weight of approximately 1,400 coffee discs — before sending them to the recycling company.
Anywhere from two to six peo-ple drop off their T-Discs at his shop on a daily basis, Fehr said.
Fehr said it took a few months to collect his first 50-pound box, but now he is producing about one per month.
“I think we’re scratching
the surface still at 50 pounds a month. I think we could easily double or triple that, and then you’re talking a substantial dona-tion to the community every month,” Fehr said.
The person who operates a drop-off location chooses a school or non-profit organization to send the donations.
Fehr also said he’d like to implement a system where he gives the donation money to vari-ous charities.
He said his concern for the environment is the reason why he decided to find a way to recycle the coffee discs.
Because the coffee pods are made up of various materials,
they won’t be recycled by munici-palities because it is too costly to take them apart, and they are instead sent to landfills.
Although Terracycle also accepts Keurig K-Cups, Fehr doesn’t collect those as it costs at least $50 per box to ship them.
In neighbouring Kamloops, the Lafarge cement plant is using the K-Cup as an alternative fuel source — burning them as a sub-stitute for coal.
Last year 9.8 billion K-Cups were sold worldwide.
When it comes to how Fehr gets his cup of joe, he uses a pot of coffee. He also has a single portion coffee maker — no disc required.
By Michael PotestioTHE HERALD
Bike shop owner Travis Fehr has been collecting Tassimo T-Discs to send away to Ontario where they are recycled. For every disc sent, Tassimo donates one cent, which Fehr is giving to the Merritt food bank. Michael Potestio/Herald
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For Christmas last year, the office staff at the Mer-ritt Herald forewent the typical secret Santa game.
Instead, we decided to lease ourselves a Keurig.
If you’re unfamiliar with the contraption, it’s a single-serve coffee maker using pre-measured “pods,” called K-Cups, that come in a variety of flavours. All you do is plop the pod into the front of the machine, press a but-ton indicating what size you want your beverage to be, and there it goes. The whole process takes a few seconds.
First the Keurig made headlines for its seem-ing overnight rise from unknown to ubiquitous.
Then it made headlines for generating massive quantities of waste, namely in the form of the non-recyclable K-Cups.
Last year, it was the recall of a particular Keurig machine model that made the news for burning users by wildly spraying boiling water from its nozzle rather than pouring it in a smooth stream into the mug below.
These days, the man who invented the contro-versial little K-Cup is back in the news, essentially to lament the popularity of the product.
John Sylvan invented the plastic pod that could make a small mug of cof-fee in the 1990s.
At the time, Sylvan thought the pods would appeal to office workers who typically take a break to get a takeout coffee, and for that reason, he thought
the non-recyclable pod waste would essentially be neutral because they’d save takeout cups.
He had no idea that his creation would ignite a single-serve coffee craze and catch on like wildfire.
Despite some less-than-flattering media cover-age, Keurig remains an extremely popular device at offices and homes alike.
Last year, Canadians spent $95 million on single-serve coffee makers, and you can find a Keurig (or something like it) in nearly half of Canadian homes — about 40 per cent, according to research by the NPD Group.
Sylvan sold his owner-ship in the company in 1997 for $50,000, before the single-serve coffee phe-nomenon caught on.
Keurig’s annual rev-enues have hit has high as $5 billion in the last five years.
Among Sylvan’s regrets in inventing the K-Cup are their expense and the
quantity of K-Cups that go to landfills every year.
For the plastic K-Cups to hold up to boiling water streaming through them, they’re made up of four layers of different plastics. Recycling requires the materials to be separated, and separating out the plastics and foils would be too expensive for most recycling programs, so that’s why so many of them go to landfills.
Our machine at the office is well used, but it certainly doesn’t stop any-one from jetting out to buy a coffee for a quick break from the monotony of sit-ting at the computer. It’s just kind of a new option to satisfy our collective caf-feine addiction.
For its part, Keurig Green Mountain has pledged recyclable K-Cups by 2020.
In the meantime, Keurig users with guilty consciences can get refill-able coffee pods with bio-degradable filters or even a
cup-cutter doohickey that will help users separate the plastics out for recycling.
(The Tassimo single-serve coffee maker’s paper-based T-Discs are recyclable once the foil is removed. In places that don’t accept some of the materials of the T-Discs, Tassimo also runs a free recycling program through local businesses — see the story on page 5.)
Having to do this extra work might seem ironic because it only takes a few seconds to make coffee the traditional way or in a French press in the first place. But the appeal of single-serve coffee mak-ers that nobody predicted doesn’t rest in the time it takes to use one.
Not every person likes repeating the process of making a pot of coffee or a specialty tea two or three or four times a day.
It’s not time or the environment these things are saving, it’s immediate nuisance.
HERALD OPINION
Treaty trouble has deep roots
VICTORIA – Why did the B.C. government suddenly slam the door on their old friend George Abbott, after spending months recruiting him to head up the B.C. Treaty Commission?
The instant media narrative, embraced by a shocked Abbott and then by NDP leader John Horgan, was that this was payback for griev-ances nursed by Premier Christy Clark from the 2011 BC Liberal leadership contest done on a whim, Horgan said after a week grilling Clark and Aboriginal Relations Minister John Rustad. Clark is sud-denly a sore winner, lashing out, wrecking two decades of careful and costly treaty-making.
Like many instant media narra-tives, this one makes no sense and is almost certainly wrong.
If Clark was resentful about the roasting she received from lead-ership rivals Abbott and Kevin Falcon, she had an odd way of showing it. She appointed Falcon as finance minister to drive a stake into the harmonized sales tax, and Abbott as education minister to fashion a pre-election truce with the ever-hostile teachers’ union. Both completed their unlikely tasks and retired as heroes of the party in 2013.
Outgoing chief treaty com-missioner Sophie Pierre was as dismayed as anyone at the news of Abbott’s demise. While the two were in transition meetings, Pierre learned that she was not being replaced, leaving the federal-provin-cial-First Nations Summit partner-ship of 22 years in shambles.
Clark went further when ques-tioned by reporters about the sud-den reversal. The future of aborigi-nal relations in B.C. may or may not include the B.C. Treaty Com-mission.
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SETTING IT STRAIGHT
In the March 26 edition of the Merritt Herald in the story Water, garbage collection rates increasing, the average increase was incorrectly stated.
The actual increase is expected to be $100 per year on average.
“There have been some results, but four treaties in 22 years for $600 million is not enough result,” Clark said. “We have to be able to move faster, and we have to find a way to include more First Nations in the process.”
That $600 million is mostly loans, from the federal government to First Nations to finance treaty talks. Of every $100 spent trying to honour the century-old duty to sign treaties across B.C., $80 is a loan from Ottawa, $12 is a grant from Ottawa and $8 is a grant from B.C.
The plan was for First Nations to repay their loans out of cash set-tlements made to them for 100-odd years of uncompensated resource extraction, which is now accepted as being contrary to British and Canadian law.
It was the blunt-spoken Pierre who first acknowledged this hasn’t worked. Some of the 50 First Nations stuck at the treaty table have borrowed too much to go on, she said last year, calling for an “exit strategy” that forgives debt.
The probability of the B.C. gov-ernment making this decision with-out talking to the federal paymaster
is exactly zero. I’m told the prov-ince’s clumsy timing had something to do with Ottawa’s late demands.
I asked Clark if her plan to set-tle land claims faster was anything like the 2009 attempt by Gordon Campbell’s deputy minister Jessica McDonald to negotiate a province-wide deal declaring aboriginal title. Clark sidestepped the question, saying only that the 150 B.C. First Nations not at the treaty table need a say and a solution too.
(McDonald now faces a similar legal gridlock as the Clark-appoint-ed CEO of BC Hydro, trying to build the Site C dam.)
Pierre, a veteran administrator from the Ktunaxa Tribal Council in the Kootenays, made a prophetic statement when her term as chief commissioner was extended three years ago.
She said if Ottawa isn’t pre-pared to give federal negotiators a realistic mandate on compensation and sharing of salmon rights, they should “shut ’er down.”
Her advice may have been heard after all.
Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc
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Fate of B.C. Treaty Commission uncertain
Dear Editor,
People currently organized to resist the local biosolids fertiliza-tion practices should be congratulated for getting involved and raising awareness for important environ-mental issues, but is the cause in itself justi-fied?
Here we are, as a population, rejecting the science behind the currently most sus-tainable form of fertil-ization (not only from a biological nutrient life cycle perspective, but also a responsible waste management perspec-tive), in favour of an emotional conclusion drawn out of fear.
At the moment, people seem more con-cerned about biologi-cal nutrients being put back into the soils from which animals feed than they are about the life cycle of their own drinking water and excrement.
Why is there little concern for the health of a munici-pality’s drinking water when there is a
direct groundwater flow through to the aquifers from what leaves their very own toilets? In effect, they are responsible for a more streamlined intake of the very materials they mean to avoid by banning bio-solids fertilization.
The reason drinking water is not a concern is that there have been solid conclusions made by measurable science and have satisfied the governing authorities.
Our fam-ily has farmed here in Merritt for well over 30 years and is proud of the positive contribu-tions we have made to our land and know that it is healthier now than before we started.
Part of the respon-sibility we have is to continually replace the nutrients in the ground that are taken out through the growth and consump-tion of vegetation.
In agriculture, we have to choose between biological or synthetic fertilizers. I, for one, would prefer the biological option
that has been rendered inert as opposed to the synthetic option with patented undisclosed mineral and heavy metal contents.
Many other farm-ers in countless other communities have done their own research into the published scien-tific findings and agree.
It is a shame that such a well-intentioned and active group of people in the commu-nity have already made up their minds without acknowledging the sci-ence nor considered the farmer’s perspective.
We have to trust science in order to make the most respon-sible decisions we can. We will continue to trust the science of using biosolids and will do so as long as it is the best fertilization option available for our land.
We should all seek to avoid creating con-flict in the community based on fear and mis-information.
Derrick Cooke(Son of Lou and Marilyn Cooke)Salmon Arm
Biosolids protest ill-informed
Dear Editor,
We have farmed in Merritt since 1982. We feel good about our land because I know it is better than when we came here, but we also take 800 tons of hay off our land every year. To keep the land pro-ductive, we must put something back into the ground to replace what we take out.
Our choices are between synthetic fertilizer, organic fertilizer (bio-solids), and no fertilizer at all. We have used all three options over the last 33 years.
The two fertilizer options were very expensive. The synthetic fertil-izer leaches into the groundwater whereas organic fertilizer is a much slower release and doesn’t leach into the groundwater.
The cost of organic fertilizer (biosolids) has gone down to nothing and is still safe. We feel the choice should be organic fertilizer (biosol-ids) if we are to leave our land better than it was when we came here.
We are not going to argue with anyone about the science of bio-solids because most people who want to argue have already made up their minds and will not acknowledge the science nor see the farmer’s side. We, on the other hand, trust the science of using biosolids and we will continue on working the land.
Lou and Marilyn CookeOwners, Coquihalla Cattle CompanyMerritt
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What is the TNRD Bylaw Notice Dispute Adjudication System about?
The new Notice Enforcement Bylaw sets out the penalties and the period for paying or disputing Bylaw Notices received for violating the provisions of the campground, building regulations, unsightly premises, dangerous dogs, zoning, solid waste, noise control and water system regulations bylaws. The bylaw also allows for a dispute adjudication system to resolve disputes in relation to issued Bylaw Notices.
When does it come in to effect?
Notice Enforcement Bylaw No. 2500 comes into effect April 1, 2015.
Why is the new program being introduced?
The system is intended to resolve bylaw violations and notice disputes in a simple, cost-effective manner. The new Bylaw Notice Dispute Adjudication System will improve efficiencies in the area of paying and collecting fines as well as delivering a streamlined process to the public.
How will it affect me?
If you receive a Bylaw Notice for violating one of the TNRD bylaws listed above, you will have 30 days to either pay the fine or dispute the Notice through the Dispute Adjudication System without having to go through the Provincial court system (which can take up to 6 months). An independent adjudicator will hear the dispute instead, possibly resolving the dispute in one month.
What are the benefits?
The new system will provide the following benefits:
Simplifies and expedites the dispute processes by removing minor bylaw violations from the Provincial court system;
Reduces costs associated with using the court system (lawyers and the time spent by enforcement officers waiting to testify);
Includes dedicated staff members (the Screening Officers) to act as a resource to help residents dealing with bylaw tickets and the dispute process.
Allows residents to dispute tickets in-person, in writing or over the phone; Provides additional flexibility to encourage bylaw compliance as opposed
to a strict enforcement focused system.
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For more information, please contact [email protected] or visit the TNRD website at www.tnrd.ca.
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A 60-year-old Land Rover with a rich his-tory has found its way to Merritt.
Celebrated Canadi-an naturalist and artist Robert Bateman, along with his best friend Bristol Foster, used the Land Rover to travel across four continents in 1957.
The 14-month trip across Africa, India, Southeast Asia and Aus-tralia was a spur-of-the-moment idea for the two best friends, and their once-in-a-lifetime journey included meet-ing the Pygmy peoples in Central Africa and encountering rough ter-rain and wildlife at the mouth of the Nile.
The trip, however, could not have been possible without anoth-er travelling companion – their special order ambulance-style Land Rover that they called the Grizzly Torque.
After the pair returned from the trip, the Grizzly Torque was sold to one of Foster’s classmates in Toronto. As the years passed, Bateman became a well-known artist and naturalist and Foster
became one of Cana-da’s best-known biolo-gists. They never forgot about their coveted Land Rover, though, and often wondered what had happened to their beloved Grizzly Torque.
As it turns out, the Land Rover recently resurfaced in the wilder-ness outside of Williams
Lake.Bought by Vancou-
ver car collector and Land Rover enthusiast Stuart Longair, the old vehicle was shipped to longtime Land Rover restorer Alan Simpson outside of Merritt.
The vehicle sat out-side of Simpson’s shop for years, until Longair, while browsing the
Internet, discovered the vehicle’s exciting histo-ry. After some research and even a visit from Foster himself, the Land Rover’s identifi-cation as the one and only Grizzly Torque was confirmed.
Soon after the res-
toration of the vehicle started, Simpson reached out to some local tradespeople to help out with the proj-ect.
Barry Jackson of Jackson’s Welding was contacted to help out with the frame and
body of the Rover. Paul Thomson
helped with restoring the body of the vehicle and Corey Hepper of Lower Nicola’s FabCore aided in the repairing of the frame.
“It is quite an excit-ing project to be work-
ing on,” Jackson said, showing the body of the Land Rover at his shop.
The dedicated team that is restoring the Land Rover is working hard to have it finished by Bateman’s birthday on May 24, when it will be revealed at the All-British Field Meet held at Vancouver’s VanDus-en Botanical Garden.
“There are at least six to eight people working on the Land Rover seven days a week to make sure it is finished in time,” Jack-son said.
The Land Rover will go on to be a central part of the Rover Boys exhibition opening at the Robert Bateman Centre in Victoria. That exhibition will also go on a cross-Canada tour, complete with the restored Land Rover.
Famed Land Rover gets Merritt restorationBy Selena Randhawa
SPECIAL TO THE HERALD
The distinct ambulance-style Land Rover that artist Robert Bateman took around the world in the 1950s is being restored by local auto shops. Tradespeople are working hard to make sure the vehicle, nicknamed the Grizzly Torque, is ready in time for its May debut. The Land Rover will hit the road on a cross-Canada tour this summer as part of the Rover Boys exhibition. Photo by Selena Randhawa
Jackson’s Welding employees are working seven days a week on restoring a vintage Land Rover for its unveiling this May. Photo submitted
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God the Word, the World
When we take a look at what is going on in the world, we can sum it up in one word: Power. It is all about power. Look at Russia. The opposition was shot.
When we look at the middle east, there are differences even in the main religions, all of the smaller ones. What about people all over the world signing up and going to war all because of promises. Who has the power to ful ll all these beautiful promises?
Let us look at power. What is real power? When they had Jesus on the cross at high noon, suddenly something threw a “switch” and just like that, there was total darkness. Who threw the switch? God did. That took real power. That put some fear and wonder into the minds of many people.
Then, after what seemed like three looong hours, the switch was thrown and all was bright again. Jesus said, “It is nished.” And He died. The Lamb of God had died for your sins, and mine. We all have a choice who we will follow.
When Lazarus, Jesus’ friend, had died, Jesus came along four whole days after the fact, when the body had begun to rot. Jesus looked into the tomb and called to Lazarus. Out came Lazarus, a totally new being. That takes power.
The storms like in the east this winter, were Heaven sent, to show people who has the last word, who is in charge, and who we can trust.
In the book of Job, in the Old Testament, God says to Job, “Have you seen the snow and hail that I have reserved for the time of trouble?” Look at the snow this past winter in eastern Canada and the United States. God wants to wake us up so we might see who is in charge and not think all is well when it is not.
Look at what Daniel said about knowledge. It will be increased. See where we are in the business of communication? This is part of the troubles now, we see too much on television.
May the Word be our guide.
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BUDGET INFORMATION MEETINGSIn conjunction with the School District’s desire to provide information regarding the budget planning process, there will be a public budget
presentation for interested stakeholders, including all members of the public. This meeting will review provincial funding, district
projections for enrollment and provide more specific information regarding the district’s annual budget.
Meetings have been scheduled as follows:
MERRITT – 5:30 p.m., Wed., April 8, 2015 – Merritt School Board officePRINCETON – 5:30 p.m., Thurs., April 9, 2015 – Princeton board office.
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The tragic event last month causing the death of a person start-ed innocently enough.
A car got stuck in the mud on a logging road in the backwoods of the Nicola Valley. The two occupants of the vehicle attempted to walk out of the area in search of help.
This decision started a chain reaction of events that ultimately led to the death of one of them.
What should have been just a quick drive out into a remote area turned deadly and is a stark reminder of how quickly a situation can go very wrong.
With the spring hunting season just around the corner, it is well worth remember-ing that nature can often turn quickly and unexpectedly deadly for the unprepared person.
A little common sense and a few simple preparations can help
to avoid potential prob-lems. To that end, here are a few basic tips that will help you to stay safe in the outdoors.
• Always let some-one know where you’re going and at what time you will return. If necessary, leave a map of the area you will be visiting with a family member or friend.
• If your vehicle should break down, stay with it. Never, ever abandon the vehicle. The vehicle will provide you with shelter from the elements and rescu-ers are more likely to find you quickly.
• Always carry some sort of fire starter with you. Making a small fire will provide you with warmth and com-fort and at night serve as a visible signal to rescuers which can be seen from far away.
• Make sure your cellphone battery is charged so that you can call for help when there is reception. No matter where and how far I go off the beaten path, I always carry a Rubber-maid box in the vehicle that contains a blanket, flashlight, spare batter-ies, bear spray, small
tarp, warm jacket, socks, underwear, boots and a pair of pants. Should I, for whatever reason, get wet, it is important to change as quickly as possible into dry clothing to prevent hypothermia.
• If you have a medical condition that requires regular and scheduled medication, make sure that you have the required pre-scription medication on you at all times. There are several cases each year of people devel-oping life-threatening health conditions or dying because they get stranded in the bush without having access to their prescription medication.
• Always take a few bottles of drinking water and some food in the form of chocolate, trail mix or nutrition bars with you. While humans can go up to six days without food, they only can last two days without fluids. As well, it is important to a person’s overall well-being and personal comfort to drink and eat regularly.
The above recom-mendations should be considered even on
short trips. If you go out in the wilderness, always be prepared for the worst-case scenario and prepare accord-ingly. There has been a time or two where I had to make long detours because the road was blocked by a fallen tree. Now I always carry a chainsaw and pulley in my out-door emergency kit.
If you get stranded in the wilderness, try to attract attention from others. At night, make a fire. During the daytime, activate the vehicle horn with three short sounds every half hour.
If you have a fire-arm, shoot three times in the air in quick suc-cession every half hour. These signals are uni-versally recognized as distress signals.
Being outdoors is a wonderful experience but for the unprepared person, nature can quickly turn deadly as was sadly illustrated last month.
Always hope for the best but be prepared for the worst is good advice that will keep you safe from harm in most instances.
With that in mind, I wish you all an enjoy-able and safe spring hunting season.
OTHMAR VOHRINGERThe OUTDOORSMAN
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LOWER NICOLA WATERWORKS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
LOWER NICOLA HALLWednesday, April 8, 2015
7.00 P.M.
Everyone welcome!
COUNCILLORS CLEAN UP
Councillor Linda Brown and some of her city hall colleagues were out on Nicola Avenue Monday to clean up trash along the roadway as part of council’s commitment to the Adopt-A-Road program.
The five-person team collected about eight garbage bags of trash in their effort to beautify the city.
Their stretch of the road runs from the 7-Eleven to the intersection at Douglas Street. The Adopt-A-Road program calls for a commitment of three cleanups a year on the adopted stretch of road for two years.
To adopt a road, contact city hall at 378-4224.
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Daffodil Month raises funds for Canadian Cancer Society
If April showers bring May flowers, then local woman Lor-raine Brown Aldrich is ahead of the curve.
All of April, Aldrich will be spearheading the Canadian Cancer Society’s daffodil campaign in Mer-ritt.
The national campaign sees little yellow daffodil pins available for purchase at various businesses around town.
The money raised supports the Canadian Cancer Society’s research, awareness and prevention programs, as well as its financial support pro-gram for those who need help to afford treatment.
Aldrich accessed the financial support program in 2012 after she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
“I was laying on my couch watching TV, and I got an itch. I scratched it, and there was a lump. I thought I’d better go in and get it checked,” she said.
She said she was lucky because it was a small lump and she caught it early.
Living in Kingsgate — a com-munity of just 400 people by the Idaho border — meant she had to travel the 80 or so kilometres northeast for her six rounds of che-motherapy in Cranbrook, then to Winfield where she stayed with her sister while undergoing a month of radiation.
At the time, her husband wasn’t working and the Canadian Cancer Society programs helped her finan-cially.
Without a place to stay close to the treatment centre, Aldrich said
receiving treatment can be very expensive.
“If you’ve got to stay in a motel, it gets pretty costly,” she said.
Aldrich said she didn’t realize the variety of supports and resources the Canadian Cancer Society offers to clients until she got her diagnosis.
Of the five regions in the B.C. and Yukon division of the Canadian Cancer Society, the Southern Inte-rior has the most people access the funding program.
By Emily WesselTHE HERALD
See ‘Local woman’ Page 11
Lorraine Brown Aldrich sold daffodils by the bunch or potted and blooming at Cooper’s Foods on March 28 to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society. Daffodil pins will also be available at various businesses throughout April, which is the charity’s annual nation-wide campaign. Emily Wessel/Herald
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All money raised stays in Merritt to deliver mentoring programs for children. Get a team of friends or co-workers together and start something BIG!
Merritt Bowling Centre—Two Sessions!
Gather your co-workers, friends or family for a fun night of bowling and socializing! Bowl for Kids Sake involves local teams of 5 - 6 bowlers that raise $25 or more per person to further youth mentoring programs in Merritt. Since 2010, we have provided opportunities and supports to over 120 children and teens in the Merritt
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A local non-profit is testing the waters to see if Merritt can sustain a low-income supportive housing facility.
Bob Hughes, executive direc-tor for ASK Wellness, said his organization is having a feasibil-ity study done to determine if building a 30 or 40-unit apart-ment in this community is eco-nomically viable.
He said the study should be complete in the next six to eight
weeks.The feasibility study will
take into account projected construction costs, such as land purchase, permits, design fees and landscaping, as well as operating costs and revenue, Hughes said.
If the facility becomes a real-ity, it would serve as another means of housing Merritt’s homeless population, offering clinical services and life-skills supports.
There is potentially capital support for such a facility, but it
is contingent on whether or not those support services can be offered, Hughes said.
As for where this capital funding is coming from, Hughes said he couldn’t disclose that at this time.
ASK is searching for a part-ner in providing these services as well as funding sources to help support the facility. Contri-butions could come via grants from the provincial or federal government.
Feasibility study for low-income housing coming
By Michael PotestioTHE HERALD
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PLEASE DONATE! The Friends of the Nicola Valley Society is now able to take donations. If you cannot be at the road blockades or help in other ways, you can now donate toward help-ing with the fight to stop SEWAGE SLUDGE from coming to the Nicola Valley. Please write cheques payabe to: Friends of the Nicola Valley Society, and mail to P.O.Box 935 Merritt, B.C. V1K 1B8 This is a NON PROFIT Society.
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Since September 2010, over 1,500 clients in B.C.’s Interior have accessed $700,000 in funding.
As well, the Cana-dian Cancer Society runs four lodges near cancer treatment cen-tres throughout B.C. that patients can stay at for reasonable prices and which also provide meals.
“They were there if I had any questions, and very caring and I don’t think you could ask for a better bunch,” Aldrich said of Canadian Can-cer Society employees. “Anything I needed to know, I’d phone them and they’d give me an answer for it.”
Aldrich said she was lucky she didn’t feel sick or even particularly tired after her treatments. She continued to work as a firefighter, which she had done since 2006.
“I didn’t want to give it up because I really enjoyed it, and I never had to. I just did my chemo treatments and
carried on with my life as normal,” she said.
She said that matter-of-fact attitude was the same one she had when she was diagnosed.
“When my doctor asked me how I felt about it, I said it wasn’t going to get me because I wanted to be around long enough to drive my children, my grand-children and my great-grandchildren crazy,” she said.
Three years and 16 grandchildren later, Aldrich is cancer-free.
“My attitude is don’t be sorry, be positive,” she said.
Last Saturday, Aldrich had help from one of her grandchil-dren, 16-year-old Taylor Phillips, selling fresh daffodils at Cooper’s to raise money for the campaign.
This year marks Aldrich’s second year of running Merritt’s Daf-fodil Month campaign, which she does on top of volunteering at the food bank three days a week.
Last year, she also
volunteered with Relay for Life, a 24-hour relay that benefits the Cana-dian Cancer Society.
“I’m not one to sit still,” she said.
Not sitting still is also the message Aldrich had for people about their health.
“There isn’t one person who can sit and say it isn’t ever going to happen to me. Well, you can say it all you want, but it doesn’t make it true,” she said. “Go get checked, and don’t be scared.”
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T YO
UR
BC
CHEV
ROLE
T D
EALE
RS.
Che
vrol
et.c
a 1-
800-
GM
-DR
IVE.
Che
vrol
et is
a b
rand
of G
ener
al M
otor
s of
Can
ada.
Off
ers
appl
y to
the
pur
chas
e, le
ase
and
fina
nce
of a
20
15 S
ilver
ado
1500
Dou
ble
Cab
1WT
(G80
/B30
/H2R
) equ
ippe
d as
des
crib
ed. F
reig
ht ($
1,69
5) a
nd P
DI i
nclu
ded.
Lic
ense
, ins
uran
ce, r
egis
trat
ion,
ad
min
istr
atio
n fe
es, d
eale
r fe
es, P
PSA
and
tax
es n
ot in
clud
ed. D
eale
rs a
re f
ree
to s
et in
divi
dual
pri
ces.
Lim
ited
tim
e of
fers
whi
ch m
ay n
ot b
e co
mbi
ned
wit
h ot
her
offe
rs, a
nd a
re s
ubje
ct t
o ch
ange
wit
hout
not
ice.
Off
ers
appl
y to
qua
lifie
d re
tail
cust
omer
s in
BC
Chev
role
t Dea
ler
Mar
keti
ng A
ssoc
iati
on a
rea
only
. Dea
ler
orde
r or
tr
ade
may
be
requ
ired
. *
$10
,000
is a
com
bine
d to
tal c
redi
t con
sist
ing
of a
$4,
500
man
ufac
ture
r to
deal
er d
eliv
ery
cred
it (t
ax e
xclu
sive
) for
20
15 S
ilver
ado
Ligh
t Dut
y D
oubl
e Ca
b, $
1,00
0 O
wne
r Cas
h (t
ax in
clus
ive)
, a $
2,42
0 m
anuf
actu
rer t
o de
aler
Opt
ion
Pack
age
Dis
coun
t Cre
dit (
tax
excl
usiv
e) fo
r 20
15 C
hevr
olet
Silv
erad
o Li
ght
Dut
y (1
500)
Dou
ble
Cab
1LT
equi
pped
wit
h a
True
Nor
th E
diti
on a
nd a
$2,
080
man
ufac
ture
r to
dea
ler
cash
cre
dit (
tax
excl
usiv
e) o
n Si
lver
ado
Ligh
t Dut
y (1
500)
Dou
ble
Cab
LS C
hrom
e Ed
itio
n, L
T an
d LT
Z, w
hich
is a
vaila
ble
for
cash
pur
chas
es o
nly
and
cann
ot b
e co
mbi
ned
wit
h sp
ecia
l lea
se a
nd f
inan
ce r
ates
. By
sele
ctin
g le
ase
or
fina
nce
offe
rs, c
onsu
mer
s ar
e fo
rego
ing
this
$2,
080
cre
dit w
hich
will
res
ult i
n hi
gher
eff
ecti
ve in
tere
st r
ates
. Dis
coun
ts v
ary
by m
odel
. ‡ B
ased
on
Vin
cent
ric
2014
Mod
el L
evel
Ana
lysi
s of
full-
size
pic
kups
in th
e Ca
nadi
an r
etai
l mar
ket.
‡‡
The
Chev
role
t Silv
erad
o H
D re
ceiv
ed th
e lo
wes
t num
ber o
f pro
blem
s pe
r 100
veh
icle
s am
ong
larg
e he
avy-
duty
pic
kups
in th
e pr
opri
etar
y J.
D. P
ower
U.S
. 20
14 In
itia
l Qua
lity
Stud
y.SM
Stu
dy b
ased
on
resp
onse
s fr
om 8
6,11
8 ne
w-v
ehic
le o
wne
rs, m
easu
ring
239
mod
els
and
mea
sure
s op
inio
ns a
fter
90
days
of o
wne
rshi
p. P
ropr
ieta
ry s
tudy
res
ults
are
bas
ed o
n ex
peri
ence
s an
d pe
rcep
tion
s of
ow
ners
sur
veye
d in
Feb
ruar
y-M
ay 2
014
. You
r ex
peri
ence
s m
ay v
ary.
Vis
it jd
pow
er.c
om. †
† O
ffer
app
lies
to e
ligib
le c
urre
nt o
wne
rs o
r le
ssee
s of
any
mod
el y
ear
1999
or
new
er c
ar th
at h
as b
een
regi
ster
ed a
nd in
sure
d in
Can
ada
in th
e cu
stom
er’s
nam
e fo
r th
e pr
evio
us c
onse
cuti
ve s
ix (6
) mon
ths.
Cre
dit v
alid
tow
ards
the
reta
il pu
rcha
se o
r le
ase
of o
ne e
ligib
le
2015
mod
el y
ear
Chev
role
t car
, SU
V, c
ross
over
and
pic
kups
mod
els
deliv
ered
in C
anad
a be
twee
n A
pril
1st –
Apr
il 30
th 2
015
. Cre
dit i
s a
man
ufac
ture
r to
con
sum
er in
cent
ive
(tax
incl
usiv
e) a
nd c
redi
t val
ue d
epen
ds o
n m
odel
pur
chas
ed: $
500
cred
it a
vaila
ble
on C
hevr
olet
Spa
rk, S
onic
, Cru
ze, V
olt,
Tra
x, M
alib
u (e
xpec
t LS)
; $7
50
cred
it a
vaila
ble
on o
ther
s Ch
evro
let v
ehic
les
(exc
ept C
olor
ado
2SA
, Cam
aro
Z28,
Mal
ibu
LS, S
ilver
ado
Ligh
t Dut
y an
d H
eavy
Dut
y); $
1000
cre
dit a
vaila
ble
on a
ll Ch
evro
let S
ilver
ado’
s. O
ffer
is tr
ansf
erab
le to
a fa
mily
mem
ber l
ivin
g w
ithi
n th
e sa
me
hous
ehol
d (p
roof
of a
ddre
ss r
equi
red)
. As
part
of t
he tr
ansa
ctio
n, d
eale
r may
req
uest
do
cum
enta
tion
and
con
tact
Gen
eral
Mot
ors
of C
anad
a Li
mit
ed (G
MCL
) to
veri
fy e
ligib
ility
. Thi
s of
fer m
ay n
ot b
e re
deem
ed fo
r cas
h an
d m
ay n
ot b
e co
mbi
ned
wit
h ce
rtai
n ot
her c
onsu
mer
ince
ntiv
es. C
erta
in li
mit
atio
ns o
r con
diti
ons
appl
y. V
oid
whe
re p
rohi
bite
d. S
ee y
our G
MCL
dea
ler f
or d
etai
ls. G
MCL
res
erve
s th
e ri
ght t
o am
end
or t
erm
inat
e of
fers
for
any
rea
son
in w
hole
or
in p
art a
t any
tim
e w
itho
ut p
rior
not
ice.
Off
er a
pplie
s to
elig
ible
cur
rent
ow
ners
or
less
ees
of a
ny P
onti
ac/S
atur
n/SA
AB/
Hum
mer
/Old
smob
ile m
odel
yea
r 19
99 o
r ne
wer
car
or
Chev
role
t Cob
alt o
r H
HR
that
has
bee
n re
gist
ered
and
insu
red
in C
anad
a in
the
cus
tom
er’s
nam
e fo
r th
e pr
evio
us c
onse
cuti
ve s
ix (6
) mon
ths.
Cre
dit v
alid
tow
ards
the
ret
ail p
urch
ase
or le
ase
of o
ne e
ligib
le 2
015
mod
el y
ear
Chev
role
t car
, SU
V, c
ross
over
and
pic
kups
mod
els
deliv
ered
in C
anad
a be
twee
n A
pril
1st –
Apr
il 30
th 2
015
. Cre
dit i
s a
man
ufac
ture
r to
con
sum
er in
cent
ive
(tax
incl
usiv
e): $
1,00
0 cr
edit
ava
ilabl
e on
Che
vrol
et
Spar
k, S
onic
, Cru
ze, V
olt,
Tra
x, M
alib
u (e
xpec
t LS
); $1
,500
cre
dit
avai
labl
e on
oth
er e
ligib
le C
hevr
olet
veh
icle
s (e
xcep
t Ch
evro
let
Colo
rado
2SA
, Cam
aro
Z28,
Mal
ibu
LS).
Off
er is
tra
nsfe
rabl
e to
a f
amily
mem
ber
livin
g w
ithi
n th
e sa
me
hous
ehol
d (p
roof
of
addr
ess
requ
ired
). A
s pa
rt o
f th
e tr
ansa
ctio
n, d
eale
r m
ay r
eque
st
docu
men
tati
on a
nd c
onta
ct G
ener
al M
otor
s of
Can
ada
Lim
ited
(GM
CL) t
o ve
rify
elig
ibili
ty. T
his
offe
r may
not
be
rede
emed
for c
ash
and
may
not
be
com
bine
d w
ith
cert
ain
othe
r con
sum
er in
cent
ives
. Cer
tain
lim
itat
ions
or c
ondi
tion
s ap
ply.
Voi
d w
here
pro
hibi
ted.
See
you
r GM
CL d
eale
r for
det
ails
. GM
CL r
eser
ves
the
righ
t to
amen
d or
term
inat
e of
fers
for a
ny r
easo
n in
who
le o
r in
part
at a
ny ti
me
wit
hout
pri
or n
otic
e. †
MyL
ink
func
tion
alit
y va
ries
by
mod
el. F
ull f
unct
iona
lity
requ
ires
com
pati
ble
Blue
toot
h® a
nd s
mar
tpho
ne, a
nd U
SB c
onne
ctiv
ity
for s
ome
devi
ces.
**L
ease
bas
ed o
n a
purc
hase
pri
ce o
f $30
,902
/$33
,857
(inc
ludi
ng $
4,50
0/$3
,500
man
ufac
ture
r to
dea
ler
deliv
ery
cred
it, a
$1,
000/
$1,0
00 m
anuf
actu
rer
to d
eale
r O
ptio
n Pa
ckag
e D
isco
unt
Cred
it a
nd a
$89
3 O
wne
r Ca
sh) f
or a
Silv
erad
o 15
00 D
oubl
e Ca
b 1W
T (G
80/B
30/H
2R) a
nd S
ilver
ado
1500
Cre
w C
ab 1
WT
(G80
/B30
/H2R
).Bi
-wee
kly
paym
ent
is $
135/
$145
for
24
mon
ths
at 0
.0%
APR
, and
incl
udes
Fre
ight
and
Air
Tax
, on
appr
oved
cre
dit t
o qu
alif
ied
reta
il cu
stom
ers
by G
M F
inan
cial
. Ann
ual k
ilom
eter
lim
it o
f 20,
000
km, $
0.16
per
exc
ess
kilo
met
er. $
2,25
0 do
wn
paym
ent i
s re
quir
ed. P
aym
ent m
ay v
ary
depe
ndin
g on
dow
n pa
ymen
t tra
de. T
otal
obl
igat
ion
is $
9,27
1/$9
,796
, plu
s ap
plic
able
taxe
s. O
ptio
n to
pur
chas
e at
leas
e en
d is
$21
,631
/$24
,06
1. P
rice
an
d to
tal o
blig
atio
n ex
clud
e lic
ense
, ins
uran
ce, r
egis
trat
ion,
taxe
s, d
eale
r fee
s an
d op
tion
al e
quip
men
t. O
ther
leas
e op
tion
s ar
e av
aila
ble.
Dea
lers
are
free
to s
et in
divi
dual
pri
ces.
Lim
ited
tim
e of
fer w
hich
may
not
be c
ombi
ned
wit
h ot
her o
ffer
s. S
ee y
our d
eale
r for
con
diti
ons
and
deta
ils. G
ener
al M
otor
s of
Can
ada
Lim
ited
res
erve
s th
e ri
ght t
o am
end
or te
rmin
ate
this
off
er, i
n w
hole
or i
n pa
rt, a
t any
tim
e w
itho
ut p
rior
not
ice.
<> U
.S. g
over
nmen
t 5-S
tar S
afet
y Ra
ting
s ar
e pa
rt o
f the
Nat
iona
l Hig
hway
Tra
ffic
Saf
ety
Adm
inis
trat
ion’
s (N
HTS
A’s)
New
Car
Ass
essm
ent P
rogr
am (w
ww
.Saf
erCa
r.go
v). +
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ed o
n w
ards
auto
.com
20
14 L
arge
Pic
kup
segm
ent a
nd la
test
co
mpe
titi
ve in
form
atio
n av
aila
ble
at t
ime
of p
osti
ng. E
xclu
des
othe
r G
M v
ehic
les.
5-y
ear/
160,
000
kilo
met
re P
ower
trai
n Li
mit
ed W
arra
nty,
whi
chev
er c
omes
fir
st. S
ee d
eale
r fo
r de
tails
. ~ 2
015
Silv
erad
o 15
00 w
ith
avai
labl
e 5.
3L E
coTe
c3 V
8 en
gine
equ
ippe
d w
ith
a 6-
spee
d au
tom
atic
tra
nsm
issi
on h
as a
fuel
-con
sum
ptio
n ra
ting
of
12.7
L/1
00 k
m c
ombi
ned
(4x2
) and
13.0
L/1
00 k
m c
ombi
ned
(4x4
). Fu
el-c
onsu
mpt
ion
rati
ngs
base
d on
GM
test
ing
in a
ccor
danc
e w
ith
the
new
20
15 m
odel
-yea
r Gov
ernm
ent o
f Can
ada
appr
oved
test
met
hods
. Ref
er to
veh
icle
s.nr
can.
gc.c
a fo
r det
ails
. You
r act
ual f
uel c
onsu
mpt
ion
may
var
y. C
ompa
riso
n ba
sed
on w
ards
auto
.com
20
14 L
arge
Pic
kup
segm
ent a
nd la
test
com
peti
tive
info
rmat
ion
avai
labl
e. C
ompe
titi
ve f
uel-
cons
umpt
ion
rati
ngs
base
d on
20
14 N
atur
al R
esou
rces
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About $3 million would need to be in place to get the project started.
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“It’s high time that Mer-ritt is the location for a housing facility to be built,” Hughes said.
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The Trans-Canada Trail 10 kilome-tres west of Princeton is closed after a rock fall.
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Recreation Sites and Trails BC and the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen are working to repair the trail.
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Many of us have experienced the effect of rolling resistance (RR) when riding a bicycle with underinflated knobby tires, in contrast to smooth-tread tires inflated to a higher pressure. A cyclist expends less effort when using smooth road tires.
The effect of RR is similar in our vehicles, except that we never really notice it as much since the engine is doing the work.
Did you know that rolling resistance from tires accounts for about 4 to 7 per cent of your vehicle’s fuel consumption? In fact, auto manufacturers commonly install low
rolling resistance tires as original equipment on new vehicles to help improve efficiency.
Most tire manufacturers are also offering low rolling resistance (LRR) replacement tires, which can reduce the overall fuel con-sumption of your vehicle by about 1 to 4 per cent, compared to conventional replacement tires.
LRR tires are designed to improve vehicle fuel efficiency without compromising safety – and tire designers use innovative materi-als, construction methods and tread patterns to reduce the amount of RR and in turn, the amount of fuel consumed.
Ask your local tire retailer about LRR tires and look for cost estimation tools online. Several tire manufacturers and retailers pro-vide online calculators to help drivers make informed tire choices. Look for calculators that provide comparisons of tread life dura-bility, wet traction safety, rolling resistance and total cost of ownership. (www.newscanada.com)
The fuel consumption ratings you see on the windows of new vehicles and on the web, reflect the results of standardized tests done in laboratories on dynamometers that simu-late different driving conditions. While these ratings are achievable if you drive with fuel efficiency in mind, how, when and where you drive can have a dramatic effect on your vehicle’s fuel consumption.
Follow these fuel-efficient driving tips from Natural Resources Canada to make fewer trips to the gas station and keep a few more bucks in your wallet:
• Accelerate gently – this can reduce your fuel consumption by up to 15 per cent;• Drive at the posted speed limit – decreasing your cruising speed from 120 km/h to 100
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• Don’t idle – idling for more than 60 seconds uses more fuel and produces more CO2 compared to restarting your engine;• Use cruise control – on dry, flat, wide-open highways, use cruise control to help
improve fuel efficiency by maintaining an even and steady speed;• Take the most fuel-efficient route – those with fewer stop lights and less traffic may
use less fuel than shorter routes with more stop lights and heavy traffic;• Avoid carrying unnecessary weight –the less weight in your vehicle, the less fuel
your engine will need—and the fewer carbon dioxide emissions your vehicle will produce;
• Calculate your mileage – set your odometer every time you fill up and challenge yourself to get better and better readings.
Check out the Natural Resources Canada website at www.vehicles.nrcan.gc.ca for some other fuel-efficient driving tips.
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The B.C. govern-ment is giving itself new authority to regulate ongoing teacher train-ing, possibly requiring completion of new programs for teachers to maintain certification.
Education Minister Peter Fassbender said there are currently no detailed requirements for certified teachers to stay current with new education techniques. Those requirements are to be worked out with the B.C. Teachers’ Fed-eration, which was noti-fied only hours before changes to the School Act were introduced in the legislature last Thursday.
“There is no legislat-ed requirement for pro-fessional development, nor is there a definition of what the route to that might be and what some of those tools are,” Fassbender told reporters last Thursday. “That is why it is impor-tant that we work with the teaching profession to define that moving forward, and that’s what this bill allows us to do.”
There is no change to the five professional development days per school year that are cur-rently part of the BCTF contract, or any require-ment in the legislation that new training be delivered during those days.
B.C. Teachers’ Fed-eration president Jim Iker said education ministry officials have assured him there will be two years of consul-tation before changes to professional develop-ment are imposed. Any changes “need to be properly funded and respect teachers’ profes-sional autonomy,” he said.
Iker was more con-cerned about another change that gives the ministry authority to impose shared services arrangements on school districts. He called the move “a diversion from
underfunding,” after the government demanded $29 million in admin-istrative savings from districts, many of whom say they can’t find any more savings.
Fassbender said school districts will have time to develop shared service plans themselves before anything is imposed by Victoria.
NDP education critic Rob Fleming said Fassbender and the BC Liberals have a
“centralizing impulse” toward school districts, shifting authority to the education ministry that doesn’t have the capac-ity to make all those decisions.
The government forced all school districts into a new administra-tion computer system that didn’t work, cost-ing $120 million, so it doesn’t have the track record to lecture school districts on efficiency, Fleming said.
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Backyard bird enthusiasts should reg-ularly clean their bird feeders and bird baths at this time of year as migratory songbirds return from their win-ter retreats.
Species such as pine siskins, redpolls and grosbeaks con-gregate in large flocks in spring, and their close contact at a time of weather stress and nutrition shortage can pass diseases from bird to bird, says a bulletin from the B.C. forests ministry.
Cleaning feeders every two weeks and changing water in bird baths every few days can reduce the spread of avian pox virus, avian conjunctivitis and salmonella bacte-ria among birds. Using metal or plastic feeders rather than wood, and spreading out multiple small feeders that only allow one or two birds at a time also reduces the risk of disease transmission.
Wildlife biologists say these bird diseases can also spread to peo-ple handling infected birds or contaminated materials. Placing bird feeders over a con-crete surface allows
easier cleanup of litter underneath, which can also prevent the spread of infection.
If you see one or two sick birds in your area, biologists advise clearing and scrubbing the feeder. If there are more than three diseased birds, take your feeder down for a week or two to encour-age birds to disperse.
Here are some common signs to look for:
• Birds with avian conjunctivitis have red, swollen, watery or crusted eyes. Infec-tion can be spread by feeders with small openings that birds touch with the sides of their heads. Infected birds may have trouble feeding and remain on the ground near the feeder.
• Birds with sal-monella bacterium may be found dead or appear tame, sitting quietly for hours or days, often with their feathers fluffed up. Salmonella can eas-ily spread to pets or humans, and so strict hygiene should be enforced in these situ-ations.
• Birds with avian pox virus may have warty lesions on the unfeathered parts of their head, legs or feet.
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So often, when we hear that someone is very successful, the first thought that comes to mind is that they have done well financially. This says something about our culture: those with a lot of money, regardless of how they acquired it, are consid-ered successful, while those with little, regard-less of how much talent or integrity they possess, are considered less suc-cessful.
Something is wrong with this picture, and it may reflect a kind of immaturity in the West-ern psyche.
Think of a small child who is asked which of two containers holds the most water. Although the amount in both containers is iden-tical, the child will pick the container that is the tallest.
‘Higher must mean more’ is how the reason-ing goes. As the child matures and learns a little more about vol-ume, his judgements are more sophisticated.
Our culture may be at a more childlike stage, still believing more is better. This creates internal conflict as well as struggle in families, because what satisfies, nurtures and delights us are qualities unrelated to financial status.
Feeling loved and loving, supported and supporting, respected and respectful, and united in a common purpose warms the heart and inspires the soul. These bring mean-
ing to our lives. However, because
we live in a culture that continues to honor material wealth, the majority of the popula-tion is continually trying to balance material suc-cess with mental/emo-tional/spiritual success.
Lists are made of the wealthiest people in the world, but I have never heard of a list of the wisest people, the most compassionate people or the most helpful. My definition of success would be something like this: to have found out truly who you are, to be
living a life in alignment with who you are, to have loving relationships with friends and family, to be doing something to make the world a bet-ter place, and to have peace of mind.
With this kind of success, there would be no regrets at the end of life.
Unfortunately, all too often this aspect of suc-cess is pushed into the background to be devel-oped after fulfillment of material desires.
Ironically, if we did it the other way around, fulfilling our authentic
selves first, we would see how elusive is the search for happiness when based on the mate-rial. Then we would have even more time to savour the deep, mean-ingful, human success to which we all have equal access.
Our lives would slow down, and instead of striving to get some-where, we would realize that it is all right here, right now, just waiting to be enjoyed.
Gwen Randall-Young is an author and award-winning psychotherapist.
As the weather con-tinues to become warm-er, many people will be heading out camping at our beautiful lakes and campgrounds around the Nicola Valley.
Although you might think that camping is a relaxing and sedentary activity, I still seem to have numerous people walk into my office Monday morning with severe neck or back pain after a weekend of camping. Therefore, I would like to make a couple of suggestions to help you prevent this pain from happening to you.
When you camp, it is impossible to take your favorite ultra-supportive mattress with you. This does not
mean you have to sleep on the hard ground. Sleep on something that will offer a little cushion and support to your back.
A sleeping ‘foamy’ is typically light, portable, and will be the most durable. Even a good air mattress is better than nothing. However, an air mattress is likely to pop if exposed to rough or sharp surfaces. If this happens during the night, the result may be that you sleep directly on the ground and wake up with a
sore back.If you can, take your
favorite pillow with you wherever you go.
Using a completely different pillow or a rolled up pair of jeans is just asking for a stiff neck in the morning. If you do not have your favorite pillow, try to keep your neck in a neutral position when sleeping.
If you sleep on your side, your neck should not be bent sideways toward the ground. If you sleep on your back, your neck should not be
bent backwards. Basi-cally, if you imagine the position of your neck and head while you sit up straight in a chair, this is the position your neck should be in when you are lying down.
It is also very impor-tant to not sleep on your stomach. When you lie on your stom-ach, you have to turn your head to either side in order to breathe, and keep it there all night. This is far from a desir-able position for your neck and can result in some serious pain or
stiffness in the morning.If you have been
experiencing mild back or neck stiffness for a week or more prior to going camping, you may wish to address this before you go.
If there is already mild stiffness in the joints of your neck or back and you challenge these joints even more by sleeping on a hard surface or without a pillow, you are even more prone to having problems.
Before heading out for a relaxing weekend
camping by a lake, see your chiropractor. He or she is specifically trained to do ‘adjust-ments’ or ‘manipula-tion’ to restore the proper movement to the joints of the back or neck so that you are less vulnerable to waking up sore.
To further prevent neck and back problems from putting a damper on your weekend of camping, visit my web-site merrittchiro.com and check out the neck and back stretches and exercises.
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By Ian WebsterTHE HERALD
There’s no shortage of young hockey play-ers aspiring to play in the British Columbia Hockey League. Not according to the speed with which registra-tions came in for this weekend’s Merritt Centennials’ spring camp and where the players are coming from.
A capacity 88 play-ers, ranging in age from 16 to 19 and hailing from all parts of North America, are signed up to take part in the three-day Cents’ evaluation camp that runs from Friday to Sunday at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena. A second camp is scheduled for Abbotsford on the June 12 to 14 weekend.
Incoming players will be assigned to one of five teams that will take part in a series of scrim-mages with each other, commencing at 3:30 p.m. on Friday and con-tinuing through to 1:15 p.m. Sunday afternoon.
Breaking down the numbers, a total of 10 goalies will be at the spring camp, along with
30 defencemen and 48 forwards.
According to their year of birth, the largest contingent of players is 1997-born (34), followed by 1998 (31), 1999 (17), 1996 (5) and 1995 (1).
Not surprisingly, given the time of year and the fact that schools are still in session, the largest group of partici-pants in this weekend’s camp are from B.C. (71). Eight players are from Alberta and another nine from various parts of the United States, including Massachusetts, New Jersey, Michigan, Minnesota and Washington State.
Of the 88 players registered to attend, 42 played some level of midget hockey this past season, from Tier 3 to major midget, while another 22 were involved in hockey acad-emy programs such as Pursuit of Excellence in Kelowna and OHA in Penticton.
Sixteen players are coming to camp with at least one year of Junior B experience, and one having played Junior A. Two American-born players competed for
their high school teams.Merritt and area is
well-represented at the camp with six invitees. Goaltender Kritstian Stead spent this past sea-son playing for the 100 Mile House Wranglers of the KIJHL, while fellow puckstopper Sam
Suzuki toiled between the pipes for the local Jr. Centennials midget squad. Suzuki’s team-mate Grady Musgrave is the lone defenceman at the Cents’ camp with ties to the Nicola Valley. The hometown forwards include Marcelo Bose
and Logan Lake’s Eric Lalonde (both played for the Merritt midgets), Riley Barnes (Golden Rockets, KIJHL) and Sunil Sahota (Thompson Blazers, BCMML).
Some of the players expected to be here this
weekend have interest-ing connections to Centennials past and present. Current Cents’ forward Nick Fidanza will have his younger brother Michael at camp, skating with Jovin Kaila, a distant cousin of Centennials’ defence-man Malik Kaila.
The Michigan trio of Hunter Kero, Mitchell Kalleward and Cale Markham are all related to former Merritt goalie Devin Kero, who played one season (2013-14) for the Cents before earning a scholarship to Michigan Tech.
Brothers Rory and Hunter Garlasco, from Mahwah, New Jersey, came to the attention of Cents’ assistant coach Joe Martin through long-time friend Peter Goulet from Kingston, Ont. who coached Rory in Nepean (outside Ottawa) this past season.
Martin is pleased with the talent that has signed up for this year’s first evaluation camp, especially considering all that’s going on still hockey-wise.
By Ian WebsterTHE HERALD
The Merritt Centennials made the first of their off-season moves on March 23, sending 18-year-old for-ward Rhett Willcox to the Trail Smoke Eaters to complete a deal back
in January that saw 20-year-old Smokies’ defenceman Griffyn Martin come to Merritt for future consider-ations.
Willcox, from Surrey and the younger brother of former Cents’ defenceman Reece Willcox, spent
two full seasons with the Centennials. In 97 career games, he scored 16 goals and added 26 assists for 42 points. The fractious winger, a 10th round draft pick of the WHL’s Portland Winterhawks, also accu-mulated 126 penalty minutes.
American-born Martin, from Fairfield, Conn., had 10 assists in 20 games with Merritt after posting 11 points (three goals, eight assists) in 35 games with the Smoke Eaters. A cere-bral player, who Cents’ coach Luke Pierce said could easily become a
very successful coach one day, Martin played two games of NCAA hockey with Union College in 2013-14 before joining Trail this past season. Union College went on to win the NCAA Division 1 national title that same year.
Willcox dealt to Trail to complete trade for Martin back in January
Rhett Willcox Griffyn Martin
HOME COOKIN’ Merritt’s Kristian Stead (above) heads up a six-pack of local players who will be attending the Centennials’ spring evaluation camp this weekend at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena. Scrimmages run from Friday to Sunday. Ian Webster/Herald
CENTS SPRING CAMP SCHEDULE
Friday, April 3 2:00 p.m. Player Registration 3:30 p.m. Red vs Blue 5:30 p.m. Black vs Green 7:30 p.m. Red vs MaroonSaturday, April 4 9:00 a.m. Blue vs Green 11:00 a.m. Black vs Maroon 1:30 p.m. Red vs Green 4:00 p.m. Blue vs Maroon 6:30 p.m. Red vs BlackSunday, April 5 9:00 a.m. Green vs Maroon 11:45 a.m. Red vs Black
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By Ian WebsterTHE HERALD
After a two-week spring break for local students, the sports scene at Merritt Secondary School has ramped up significantly.
Wednesday night of this week saw the first rugby action of the sea-son as the MSS senior girls squad hosted the NorKam Saints in a match played at Voght Park. The result of the game was not available by press time.
This year’s MSS girls rugby squad is a little light on numbers but deep in experience.
“We have 20 players out, many of whom are in Grade 11 and 12,” said Molly Brigden, who is co-coaching the girls team with fellow MSS teacher Heidi Andersen. “A lot of our seniors have played together for the past five years, if not longer. That maturity and cohesiveness is going to be a strength of ours.”
The Panthers’ for-ward group will be led by veterans Kalea Palmer, Madison Brown, Jamie Neil and the Henry sisters — Keisha and Selena — while the backs are keyed by returnees Katie Huber, Jaycee Chenier and Danika Potter.
“Although Katie has played the game for
four years, this will be her first season at the critical scrum half posi-tion,” Brigden said. “She expressed a desire to try it at the beginning of the season. She is a natural leader and fits the role very well.”
Keeping it in the fam-ily, Brigden’s husband Nathan is coaching the
Panthers boys rugby team(s) along side former MSS teammate Ryan Reid. It’s a numbers game for the boys’ rugby program, too, with only enough bodies for a junior squad at the moment.
“A senior team this year is a bit of a ques-tion mark,” Brigden said.
“We might end up only playing a few exhibition games. A junior side is a go for sure.”
Brigden said that the junior team will be built around the play of returnees Dawson Geier and Silas Potter, although the latter has still not been cleared to play due to an injury in practice.
Both Brigden coaches are hoping that the touch rugby that is currently being taught at the local elementary schools will serve as a feeder to MSS and that the high school can return the sport to the glory days it enjoyed in the past with a full complement of teams and regular visits to pro-
vincial championships.Judging by its num-
bers, the MSS girls soccer program is defi-nitely benefiting from its feeder systems: the local elementary schools and the highly-successful Merritt Youth Soccer Association. This year, there are close to 30 girls from Grades 8 to 12 out
for practice.“We’re looking
at having junior and senior girls teams for the first time in a long while,” said Mo Ollek, who is coaching the Lady Panthers with Guy Dugas and Carly Krestanovich. “Both teams have a lot of expe-rience.”
The MSS senior squad is led by the likes of goaltender Madi Webber, midfielder Takarah Kubo and for-ward Sabrina Samra, while the young juniors have some promising talent in players such as Mesha Naiker, Makyla Cooke and Gillian Moore.
Merritt Secondary’s track and field program is slowly growing under the guidance of head coach Randy Sheldon. He has about a dozen athletes out training for this year’s track season, which will begin with the Battle of the Borders meet in Kamloops on April 25.
This premier event brings together high school teams from around B.C. and Alberta for a one-day festival of events held at Hillside Stadium in the Tournament Capital City.
Read the Merritt Herald for stories, results and photos from all the high school sports action.
“It’s actually not the best weekend,” Martin said. “The Cyclone Cup (provincial Jr. B championship) is taking place at the same time in Kimberley, as well as the B.C.-Alberta major midget finals involving the North East Chiefs from Vancouver. This past weekend, 16 teams were busy with the U.S. midget championships. It’s unlikely we’d see any of those players.”
While on paper the Centennials have 14 players eligible to return next season, Martin is anticipating the number will be more like nine or 10, leaving plenty of
spots open for new addi-tions.
Expected to return and contend for their place on the team are defencemen Malik Kaila, Tyrell Buckley, Cole Arcuri and Matt Foley, forwards Gavin Gould, Colin Grannary, Nick Fidanza, Brandon Duhaime and Zac Bowles, along with goal-tender Anthony Pupplo.
Question marks when it comes to returning to Merritt are forward Devin Oakes (expected to retire following season-ending shoulder surgery), forwards Cole Chorney and Stephan Seeger (both expected to try and return to major Junior), and forward
James Neil (out with long-term concussion symptoms).
Martin said that both he and head coach and GM Luke Pierce know exactly what they’re looking for going into the spring camps.
“Stability and matu-rity both on and off the ice,” Martin said. “Character kids that can play in any situation, and are using their time at the rink every day to get better.”
Martin said that he really likes the returning group of core players for next season, but the team is intent upon find-ing players who will push those returnees for ice time each and every day.
SPORTS
High school sports swings back into action this week
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT MSS sports teams were busy training this week in preparation for the start of their respective seasons. (Clockwise from top left) Merritt Secondary School senior girls’ soccer goalie Madi Webber makes a save. Ben Hume works on his long jump skills during track practice at Voght Park. The MSS girls rugby squad executes a maul. The boys rugby team watches coach Ryan Reid and player Baley Tomkinson demonstrate how to bind in a maul, ruck or scrum situation. Ian Webster/Herald
Cents seeking character playersFrom Page 21 By Ian Webster
Going into game six of the BCHL’s three-team round three playoff series Thursday night, the Penticton Vees were solidly in the driver’s seat.
The Vees have won all three of their previ-ous round-robin games against the Nanaimo Clippers and Chilliwack Chiefs to automatically punch their ticket into the Fred Page Cup final best-of-seven series, which is set to begin April 10.
The Vees, first-place finishers in the Interior division of the BCHL, and overall regular-
season league champi-ons, defeated the Island champion Clippers 4-1 on March 25 to kick off round three of the play-offs. They followed that up with a pair of victo-ries over the Mainland champion Chiefs, 4-3 in overtime on March 29 and 5-2 on March 31.
In between the Vees’ first two wins, the Clips defeated the Chiefs 7-3 on March 27.
Should Penticton win game six on Thursday in Nanaimo, it would leave the Vees unde-feated at 4-0, while the Clippers’ record would be 1-2 and Chilliwack’s 0-3.
A Vees’ win Thursday would neces-sitate a game seven between Nanaimo and Chilliwack on April 4. If the Clippers win that game, they would lock up second place in the third round series and a place in the Fred Page final versus the Vees.
A Chiefs’ win on April 4, however, would leave both Chilliwack and Nanaimo with 1-3 records, and force a tie breaker game to
be played at the home of the higher seed on April 6.
Going into this year’s BCHL playoffs, Penticton, Nanaimo and Chilliwack were seeded one, two and three respectively.
The winner of the Fred Page Cup final will represent the BCHL at the 2015 Western Canada Cup, slated for Fort McMurray, Alta. from April 25 to May 3.
Also attending the WCC will be the cham-pions from the Alberta Junior Hockey League, the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, the Manitoba Junior Hockey League and the host Oil Barons.
Vees are fi rst to qualify for Fred Page Cup
EastEr ExtravaganzaApril 3, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. at Rotary Park. Features: Easter Egg Hunt, Starbucks, Games, Face Painting, Music, etc. All for FREE! Sponsored by: City of Merritt, Interior Community Services (ICS) and Success by 6.
st. MICHaEL’s angLICan CHUrCH - gOOD FrIDaY sErvICE Please join us for a trad-
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gOOD FrIDaY sErvICEAn interdenominational
Good Friday service, spon-sored by Merritt Ministerial Association, will be held on April 3 at 10:30 a.m. at Crossroads Community Church.
rOYaL CanaDIan LEgIOnAn Old Fashioned Family
Day Easter Sunday. Legion Hall April 5 door open 4 p.m. Dinner served at 5 p.m. Everyone welcome. Ham and Turkey Dinner with all the trimmings. Tickets available 250-378-5631 or 250-378-4124. Colouring contest with prizes for kids. Easter Bonnet and cap decorating contest. Prizes for best Ladies, best Men’s and best all around!
BEgIn tO rUn PrOgraM Starts April 7 and goes
for 8 weeks. The class runs from 5:30 to 6:30 and includes presentations by speakers on running and health related matters, a begin to run manual, entry into the Merritt Country Run and a Merritt Country Run t-shirt. The class will be held at the Civic Centre in partnership with the City’s Leisure Service Department. Contact the City at 250-315-1050 for details on registering.
COnaYt BIngOJoin Conayt Friendship
Society every Thursday for bingo. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. and bingo starts at 6 p.m. Everyone welcome to come and play bingo! 2164 Quilchena Ave.
COnaYt ELDErs DrOP In CEntrETuesday & Thursday
Mornings, 8:30 am – Noon, 2164 Quilchena Avenue. All Elders welcome – just come out and visit! For info, con-tact Deloris at 250-378-5107
rECYCLE anD HELP The Graduating Class of
2015 is looking for anyone who wants to help out raise money for their River Rafting Trip, there has been a bin set up at the bottle depot. Please drop your bottles off and let them know that it is for the MSS Grads.
ELks BIngOEvery Wednesday at 1 p.m.
Doors open at 12 p.m.
nICOLa vaLLEY COMMUnItY garDEns is now taking a list of 2015
gardeners for garden plots at Baillie House between 10:00 and 4:00 except Sunday & Monday. Payment of rental and membership will be accepted on April 8 at the Society’s Spring Meeting, April 8, 6:00 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Library. Contact Paula (evenings) at 250-378-6877; or Katharine, 250-378-2374
MOtHEr’s DaY FUnDraIsErThe Mother’s Day Flower
Blitz Fundraiser is under way. Contact any Band Student (Grade 8 –12) Orders due by Tuesday April 14, 2015. No late orders will be accepted. If you have any questions please contact Tracy Brooks @ 250-378-4722.
nICOLa vaLLEY CrUIsErs Car CLUB Are you interested in cars,
cruising and joining in activities related to cars? Nicola Valley Cruisers Car Club would welcome you as a member. Meetings are monthly on the 1st Wednesday of the month at the Ramada at 7:00 p.m. For more info call Russ or Charlotte at 250-378-2290.
LIvIng WItH LOss sUPPOrt grOUPLiving with the Loss Support Group Wednesday 7 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. #12-2025 Granite Ave, Merritt - Call 250 280-4040.
annUaL CHarItY DanCE By Merritt Vintage car Club
and Nicola Valley Cruisers Club. 50’6, 60’s,70’s Soch Hop with a live band at Lower Nicola Community Hall. Saturday April 11 7:00 p.m. for more info and tickets call Barry 250-378-7064 or Jack Cross 250-378-2662. Profits go to the Children’s Charity Telethon in February.
BIg BrOtHErs BIg sIstErs Big Brothers Big Sisters
is hosting a Bowl for Kids Sake event in Merritt on Friday, April 17 from 5:00pm – 8:00pm at the Merritt Bowling Centre. All funds raised support men-toring programs for children in the community. Please call 1-877-222-8099 to register your team and reserve your lane.
a MOtHErs DaY WEEkEnD CELEBratIOn WItH ELvIs“Adam Fitzpatrick” as ELVIS,
May 8, 2015 at the Merritt Seniors Centre, 1675 Tutill Court (beside the museum) Doors open at 6 p.m. Show time at 7 p.m. Adults only. Tickets available at Blacks Pharmacy 250-378-4407.
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Come on down to Brambles Bakery Thursday evenings bring your yarn and nee-dles and join in the fun.(1st Thursday of the month)
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Merritt Baptist Church 2499 Coutlee Ave. (Corner of Coutlee and Orme)
Merritt Lutheran Fellowship
Nicola Valley Evangelical Free Church
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Mass Time: Sundays 9:00 a.m.
Seventh Day Adventist Church
St. Michael’s Anglican Church
Trinity United Church
7 Day Weather Forecast for Merritt, BC - Thursday, March 14 - Wednesday, March 20, 2013
• STAIN GLASS• SUN CATCHERS• NIGHT LIGHTS• PICTURE FRAMES
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Stain Glass by Almerina RizzardoThurs. Mar. 14
Cloudy w/ShowersHigh: 9CLow: 6C
Fri. Mar. 15
Cloudy PeriodsHigh: 10CLow: 4C
Sat. Mar. 16
Variable CloudsHigh: 8CLow: 4C
Sun. Mar. 17
Wet SnowHigh: 6CLow: 2C
Mon. Mar. 18
Variable CloudsHigh: 6CLow: 0C
Tue. Mar. 19
SnowRain ShowersHigh: 7CLow: -1C
Wed. Mar. 20
Light SnowHigh: 7CLow: 0C
7 Day Weather Forecast for Merritt, BC - Thursday, Apr. 2, 2015 - Wednesday, Apr. 8, 2015
Thurs. Apr. 2
Mix of sun and clouds
High: 9˚CLow: 0˚C
Fri. Apr. 3
Chance of a shower
High: 10˚CLow: 0˚C
Sat. Apr. 4
Mainly Sunny
High: 9˚CLow: -1˚C
Sun. Apr. 5
Chance of a shower
High: 10˚CLow: -1˚C
Mon. Apr. 6
Chance of a shower
High: 10˚CLow: 0˚C
Tue. Apr. 7
Chance of a shower
High: 11˚CLow: -2˚C
Wed. Apr. 8
Mainly Sunny
High: 12˚CLow: 0˚C
help us reach our goal
Would you like to see a movie theatre in Merritt, then the Merritt Community Cinema Soceity can use your help!
If you would like to help donate to this wonderful cause please make cheque payable to Merritt Community Cinema Society and mail it to:
1952 Eastwood Ave., Merritt, BC V1K 1K3
For more information
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HANK (Henry) McEwanJuly 10, 1930 - March 22, 2015
Born in Salmon Arm, BC - Died in Merritt, BC
“The Man with the Mountains in his Eyes” Hank rode across “The Great Divide” on Sunday, March 22 in the hills he
loved.He leaves behind his partner Susanna Hobbs, Daughter Marny McEwan and
her husband Pete, Sister Doris Morton, nephews and their families, friends from all over this world and his beloved horse, mule and dogs.
He was Hank, the Horseshoer. He lent a hand to anyone who needed help and wanted to learn. He was a master Farrier and taught the Farrier pro-gram at he Polytechnic Universities in California, Kelowna, and Langley at the Kwantlen University for forty years and shod horses for sixty ve years. He was an honoured member of the Canadian and American Farriers Associations. Inducted into the International Horse Shoeing Hall of Fame 2003.
Hank shod his last horse this past November and we headed to the hills for his last ride. He volunteered his whole life and was a valuable member of the Back Country Horsemen of B.C.
There will be a celebration of his well lived life on Friday, May 1 at 2 pm Newlands Golf Course - 21025 48th Ave., in Langley, BC
His ashes will be spread in his beloved Ashonola Mountains.If you care to, his request was any donations to Angels Animal Rescue Soci-
ety charity in Merritt, BC would be appreciated.A Native American PrayerI give to you this one thought to keepI am with you still, I do not sleep, I am the thousand winds that blowI am the diamond glints on the snow.I am the sunlight on ripened grains, I am the gentle autumn rain.When you awaken in the mornings hush, I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled ight.I am the soft stars that shine at night.Do not think of me as gone, I am with you still in each new dawn.
CHRISTINA YVONNE CARLA EHL
(nee Elsener) April 26, 1935 - March 25th , 2015
It is with great sadness that the family of Christina Yvonne Carla Ehl announces that our beloved matriarch of the family has passed away after a long illness.
Christina's family, her husband Charlie, her children, Elsie (Jim), Keith (Irene), Carl (Lorette), Eleanor (Steve), Linda (Dave), grandchildren, great-grandchildren and her sisters, Barbara, Anna and Betty and many nieces and nephews will miss her. Her ability to accept us for who we are and love us unconditionally, taught us how to live and love.
Family and friends will miss the great meals and coffee chats at her home, and the laughter that always accompanied those occasions. Memories of Christina's love of cooking, canning, sewing, knitting, gardening and card games will remain with us. Christina was a long term resident of Merritt and loved exploring the area on day trips and camping by the lakes in the local area. Her grandchildren always loved spending time with her as there was lots of spoiling to go with the visit.
The family would like to thank Dr. Smit, Dr. Bester and the wonderful staff at Nicola Valley Health Centre and Gillis/Coquihalla House for all the support and care they gave to Christina and our family during her long illness.
Though we miss Christina, we have lots of memories of her love to comfort us.
In lieu of owers, donations can be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
Conayt Friendship SocietyEmployment Opportunity
TERM FINANCE OFFICER (P/T – 3 days a week)
Reporting to the Executive Director the selected candidate will be responsible for the planning, coordinating, and administration of the Society’s Accounting Systems. All nance operations are to be consistent with the Conayt Friendship Society Financial Administration Policy adopted by the Board of Directors in 2014.
Quali cations and Requirements:Post-secondary education in nance, accounting, • bookkeeping with some consideration given to business graduates; CA or CMA is preferred; Minimum ve years responsible accounting/• bookkeeping experience including accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, general ledger and nancial reports.Knowledge of computerized accounting • (Adagio), but must be able to do a manual set of booksProcient computer skills in MS ofce, Internet, • and email;Excellent interpersonal and team skills; ability to • multi-task while maintaining vigilant attention to detailsKnowledge and awareness of Aboriginal cultures, • Friendship Centre’s, and urban issues Salary negotiable depending on education and • experience Successful applicant must pass a Criminal Record • Check; must be bondableSuccessful applicant must have a valid BC Driver’s • License with drivers abstractAs per Section 16 of the Federal Charter of Human • Rights Act, preference will be given to applicants of Aboriginal Ancestry
Closing Date: Tuesday April 14th, 2015 at 05:00pm
Please submit a cover letter and resume to:Attention: Executive Director
Conayt Friendship Society2164 Quilchena Ave.
PO Box 1989 Merritt, BC V1K 1B8Phone: (250) 378-5107
Fax: (250) 378-6676e-mail: [email protected]
*All resumes will be carefully reviewed, however, only those applicants invited to an interview will be contacted.
The Merritt Herald, an award winning twice-weekly newspaper, published in the Nicola Valley, is seeking a full time advertising consultant to join our team. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop a rewarding career in advertising and marketing. If you are a highly creative individual, with an ability to multi-task in a fast-paced team environment and have good interpersonal and sales skills, a valid drivers licence and reliable vehicle - we would like to meet you. While experience is an asset, it is not a prerequisite.
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The Upper Nicola Band is seeking applications to the position of Executive Assistant
Duties and Responsibilities:(includes the following, but other duties may be assigned)
Provides general administrative and senior • clerical support to the Senior Executive, the Band Administrator, and Chief & Council.Prepares correspondence, reports and other • documents, maintains a variety of condential labour relations, nancial and other records. Develops and maintains a records management • system. Participates in the planning and implementation of • administrative systems in consultation with senior management. Develops and recommends new and revised ofce procedures and practices.Establish, co-ordinate, update and maintain • administrative policies, manuals and procedures for all departments.Arranges meetings and events with a variety of • participants and coordinates the logistics, including facilities, supplies and catering.Prepare agendas and make arrangements for • committee, board and other meetingsTakes minutes of Chief & Council meetings, • Community Meetings, Annual General Meetings and other meetings as required.Makes travel and accommodation arrangements • for Chief and Council and senior management as required.
Quali cations:(Three) 3 years clerical, administrative support or • secretarial ofce experience or a combination of experience, education, and training.Experience/training in word processing, excel • spreadsheet, and other standard computer applications.Experience in developing and managing a records • management system.Preference may be given to applicants with • receptionist experience in an ofce environment.
Term: Full time, 32 hours a week (includes some evenings)Salary: $19.00-$24.91 an hour
The deadline to receive applications is April 7 at 12 noon.
Submit cover letter and resume to:Senior Executive - Upper Nicola BandBox 3700Merritt, BC V1K 1B8Or Fax: (250) 350-3311 or Email: [email protected]: Tel: 250-350-3342
We thank all applicants; however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
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Forestry Harvesting Supervisor
Stuwix Resources Joint Venture is a well-established fiber management and marketing company that is owned in a Joint Venture structure by 8 First Nations Bands with its office located in Merritt, British Columbia. Stuwix ensures that its staff and contractors meet the highest possible standards in the safety and environmental management systems that are required by our industry. Stuwix is a Safe Certified company under the BC Forest Safety Council and has also attained ISNetworld safety certification. In addition, Stuwix became certified under the Sustainable Forestry Initiative’s SFI 2010-2014 Standard in 2011.Commencing immediately, we are looking to fill in the position for a Harvesting Supervisor who will work within our operations department and work directly with our Planning Forester.
Descriptions & Duties
Duties of this position include but may not be limited to:Review proposed blocks to gather information on standing timber and terrainReview developed blocks prior to final approval for harvestWork directly with road building and harvesting contractors regarding rates and deliverablesLiaison with government agencies, stakeholders, First Nations, and local licenseesFinalize log harvesting cost calculation analysis with Planning ForesterConduct pre-work meetings and checklists with contractorsConduct harvest supervision and inspections specifically for production, quality, and safetyTrack costs on harvest and road construction operations and work directly with accounting departmentAssist in amending site plans when necessaryMaintain electronic filesOther works as required in forestry operations
Preferred Characteristics and Prerequisites
Safety OrientatedMinimum 5 years working as a forest technician, preferably in forestry operationsDemonstrated ability to work independently as well as in a team environmentStrong verbal and written communication skillsStrong computer skills – preference in Microsoft Office, Arc GIS, and iPadKnowledge and understanding of First Nations – preference to Nl’akapaumx and Syilx protocolsRPF or RFT designationValid BC Driver’s License
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Salary is commensurate on individuals ability, skills and experienceStuwix Resources Joint Venture offers a comprehensive benefits package
Please apply by forwarding a resume and cover letter to Lennard Joe, General Manager before 4PM, April 3, 2015
Email: [email protected], Subject line: Harvesting SupervisorMailing Address: 2-98 Highway 8, Merritt, BC. V1K 0A7
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NOOAITCH INDIAN BAND
Maintenance Worker
A First Nation organization with great economic and administration potential, located in the beautiful Nicola Valley, west of Merritt, has an excellent opportunity for an experienced:
ON CALL MAINTENANCE WORKER Reporting to Manager of Asset Management, the successful candidate will have Provincial Grade 12 or equivalent, valid class 5 drivers’ license, provide a clean criminal record check, be willing to take professional development courses and have the training, skills and abilities to be responsible for: Performing all duties and responsibilities in accordance with the
Nooaitch Indian Band policies, standards and procedures as directed by the Manager of Asset Management.
maintaining confidentiality on all matters relating to the affairs of Nooaitch Indian Band
responsible for the maintenance and repair of Nooaitch Indian Band buildings, grounds, roads, equipment, machinery, vehicles, septic and water systems, emergency systems, and building services, to include light plumbing, electrical, carpentry and mechanical as well as janitorial duties.
This is an on call position, offering a good compensation package along with the opportunity to contribute to the success and growth of a great community. Please forward a current résumé with references to: Arlene Johnston, CAFM, CAPA Band Administrator 2954 Shackelly Road, Merritt, B.C. V1K 1N9 [email protected] Fax: 250-378-3699
Résumés will be accepted until Friday April 10, 2015
NOOAITCH INDIAN BAND
The selected candidate will be responsible for identifying family’s problems, assisting family’s to gure out a solution and develop a holistic approach to achieve a positive outcome. To support activities offered by the Conayt Friendship Society’s Family Preservation program utilizing the “Together We Stand – Family Preservation Model”, and the grassroots training program. S/he provides leadership, advocacy, direct services, and facilitates activities to promote and optimize the healthy development of families living in the Merritt area.
Reporting to the Programs Manager the Family Preservation Coordinator ensures the program remains, efcient, effective and accountable to the Society, its funding partners and stakeholders.
Quali cations and Requirements:Degree in Social Work is preferred; • Three years recent related employment experience including one year • program coordination;Knowledge and awareness of Aboriginal cultures, Friendship Centre’s, • and urban issues;Familiar with Ministry of Children & Families Development Case • Management practices;Knowledge of basic accounting, nancial statements, budget • management;Procient computer skills in MS ofce, Internet, and email;• Maintain clear and accurate records; strong reporting component • required (monthly, quarterly, annual)Counselling, facilitation, teaching and group leadership skills;• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; ability to deal • effectively and compassionately with clients, family members and collaborate with outside agencies;Must be able to navigate through and discern information and • resources specic to the client need; maintain trust and condentiality with clientsSuccessful applicant must pass a Criminal Record Check for working • with children & vulnerable adultsSuccessful applicant must have a valid BC Driver’s License with drivers • abstractAs per Section 16 of the Federal Charter of Human Rights Act, preference • will be given to applicants of Aboriginal Ancestry
Closing Date: Tuesday April 7th, 2015 at 5:00 pm
Please submit a cover letter and resume to:Attention: Executive DirectorConayt Friendship Society2164 Quilchena Ave.PO Box 1989 Merritt, BC V1K 1B8Phone: (250) 378-5107Fax: (250) 378-6676e-mail: [email protected]
*All resumes will be carefully reviewed, however, only those applicants invited to an interview will be contacted.
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LEARNING ASSISTANT TEACHERThe Lower Nicola Band School is seeking a dynamic individual to serve as the Learning Assistance Teacher. This individual will oversee the Learning Assistance Program, report writing, supervise the SEA Staff, work closely with the classroom teachers, design and monitor IEP’s, liason with Therapists and Professionals in the community for assessments, make referrals, follow up and maintain good communication with parents. It is expected that this individual will implement a holistic approach to working effectively with the students and Staff.
Quali cations: Category 4 or 5 Teaching Degree; Teaching • Certication - BC College of Teachers;Teaching experience, preferably in a First Nations • School;Training and experience in working with special • needs students;Assistance with scheduling and implementing • reading programsExperience in supervising support staff; some • principal assisted duties;Excellent organizational, communication, leadership • and interpersonal skills;Knowledge and experience using Assistive • TechnologyWorking knowledge of curriculum, effective • instructional methodologies and a holistic approach to meeting the individual learning needs of students;Willing to gain new knowledge and skills, be exible, • positive and a team player;Experience in developing and implementing IEP’s • and special needs programming;Knowledge of N’lakapamux Language/Culture an • asset.
Criminal Records Check is mandatory for all positions.
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Hours:Monday to Friday
9 am - 6:00 pmSaturday: 9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Sundays: Closed
2025 Coutlee Ave., Merritt Phone: 250-378-2332