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Steele resolve for Walk of Stars show
Some behind-the-scenes changes at the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame are expected to create more opportunities for the facility’s funding, directors say.
“Once things are ready to rock and roll, the federal Canadian Country Music Heritage Society will be charged with operationalizing the Country Music Hall of Fame,” Hall of Fame volun-teer director Rob Miller said. “We’ve got a new business plan, we’re going to have the revised website ready shortly, and open for the summer. The biggest thing is getting
some programming in there to make sure it’s engaging for people and they have a reason to return.”
The Merritt Walk of Stars Society will become a sub-committee of the Canadian Country Music Heritage Society, which will take over Walk of Stars activities and operation of the Hall of Fame.
“The intent is to have this thing open year-round,” said Miller. “Right now, we’re just finalizing a website and doing all these things that will be used to generate more cor-porate sponsorship and sup-port that will pay for ongoing operations. We’re also looking at national sponsors that have
deeper pockets and would align themselves more appro-priately with a national facility like this.”
Until more sponsorships are secured, money around the Hall of Fame is tight, but the group is working on improving it, director Ron Sanders said.
“It’s a funding issue,” he said. “We’re still work-ing on getting more mate-rial for inside so it’s not so static. We’ve worked with the National Music Centre, which will help us put stuff in there. We had a lot of momentum a few years ago and we’ve hit a few snags, but we’ll get it going again.”
The Hall of Fame is staffed
primarily by volunteers, which Sanders said the society will put a call out for in the next few weeks leading up to its expected opening for the sum-mer in mid-May.
The changes come on the heels of $1,900 raised for the Hall of Fame at a steak dinner and performance fundraiser on Saturday. Red Deer-based country musician and Walk of Stars inductee Duane Steele said supporting the Hall of Fame was an easy decision.
“I think the heritage of the arts is very important and I think this is a big part of that to sustain its legacy,” Steele said.
About 70 people attended the event.
Lali named in NDP slush fund scandal
Fraser-Nicola MLA Harry Lali is once again in hot water over a scheme that saw money for local constituents funnelled to a central partisan slush fund.
A Liberal press release from March 13 stated a report from the Auditor General found “funds accruing to this account were being used for parti-san purposes and not for goods or services consis-tent with the original purpose of the constituency office.”
“The concern is that money that was targeted for constituency offices was sent to Victoria and put into a slush fund for the NDP to use for items that weren’t local,” said Jackie Tegart, B.C. Liberal Party candidate for Fraser-Nicola. “My concern, of course, is that the dollars that go into the constitu-ency office are dollars that are targeted to service the constituency and the people within it. I don’t think it’s appropriate to send money to Victoria for other purposes.”
The alleged scheme involved over $460,000 from NDP constituency offices across British Columbia being diverted to conduct political out-reach for the B.C. NDP.
Tegart said the NDP took $200 from each of 36 NDP MLAs per month and gathered it in Victoria.
“So those dollars weren’t available to deal with local issues, which is what the purpose of the con-stituency fund is,” she said. “The Auditor General indicated that there were concerns about that and whether that was an appropriate use of the money. There’s certainly been a call for an investigation into whether that’s an appropriate use of targeted dollars for constituencies. The bottom line is you’re given a certain amount of money to serve the people within the area you’re elected. We really believe that money should stay in the local con-stituency and that’s not what’s happening, obviously.”
Calls to Harry Lali’s office werer not returned as of press time.
By Craig LindsayTHE HERALD
Country musician Duane Steele played to a crowd of about 70 people at the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame fundraiser on Saturday at the Merritt Desert Inn. The fundraiser comes on the heels of some behind-the-scenes changes that hall directors hope will secure more funding. Emily Wessel/Herald
By Emily WesselTHE HERALD
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The Olde Courthouse Art Gallery is taking on an edu-cational role with its latest exhibition Ancestor Teachings: First Nations Arts and Culture, Past and Present.
The display, which started Friday and runs until April 6, mixes traditional tools and art pieces crafted by methods passed down for generations in First Nations communi-ties with a few con-temporary art pieces reflecting First Nations culture.
The display includes medicine bags, star blankets and cedar bas-kets. Some of the piec-es are museum quality, while others are more modern items crafted in traditional methods, said show assistant and artist Merial Barber. “The baskets are very traditional,”
Barber said. “They go back for thousands of years. The care that you see that some of these things had put into them is a reflec-tion of First Nations ideology.” You won’t see very many of these kinds of things except in a big gallery. We’re very lucky.” Barber said all of the exhibition’s pieces are from private collec-tions.“There are rattles here used in ceremony,” Barber said. “They are living pieces, they are not just something that belongs in a museum. They’re part of some-one’s medicine bag.”Although most of the pieces will be for sale, Barber said gal-lery curators will be on hand to connect people with local artists if they want to inquire about art purchases. Curator and Nicola Valley Institute of Technology elder Bernice Ball said the theme of the show is one that hits close to home.
“We’re having the show to make people aware of what the culture is and what the native people do and what they have done in the past,” Ball said. “I’m teaching my kids and my grandkids the beading and things like that. If I didn’t teach it, they’re not going to get it. It’s slowly fading out, unless somebody keeps it going.”
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Firefighter Lev Gammer (right) practices rigging up a sled to one of the department’s trucks dur-
ing some down time at the fire department. Gammer is a graduate of last year’s work experience
program, which is the fire department’s biggest improvement since the last Fire Underwriters
Survey in 2006. Emily Wessel/Herald
Aboriginal art show set for gallery Making the grade: Merritt Fire Dept improves upon assessment
See ‘ Art Gallery’ Page 8
By Emily WesselTHE [email protected]
A recent assess-ment by the Fire Underwriters Survey found the Merritt Fire Rescue Department is better equipped to fight fires despite its small size and limited fund-ing, City of Merritt Fire Chief Dave Tomkinson says.The survey looks at the city’s infrastructure and its fire depart-ment to determine two separate fire protection grades: the dwelling grade, which looks at residential firefighting capacity, and the public classification, which is for commercial build-ings and industry.The ratings are then used by insurance com-panies in their formulas for determining fire insurance premiums. The dwelling grade
ranges from five, which is unprotected, to one, which is the best possible protection. Within city limits, the dwelling grade raised from 3A to a two, and outside the city (but within the department’s jurisdiction, based on agreements with the Thompson-Nicola Regional District), the grade rose from a four to a 3B meaning both have better coverage than the last time the area was surveyed in 2006.Outside the city, that dwelling protection grade also means peo-ple with residential fire protection could save on their premiums in the future, Tomkinson said.
“That could be a 10 to 15 per cent savings,” he said. “For someone who pays $1,200 in fire insurance, they can
theoretically save just under a couple hundred dollars. They’ve had to do nothing, the City of Merritt has made some improvements, and they will reap some benefits.” The fire protection grade for public build-ings and industry falls on a scale of 10 to one, again with a score of one being the highest level of protection pos-sible. Within city limits, the public grade rose from six to five, which Tomkinson said puts Merritt’s fire station on the same fire protection level as other cities with similar populations but much larger forces and budgets than Merritt’s. “We are on par with departments that are spending a lot more money operationally,” he said.
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Artist Merial Barber (left) and NVIT elder Bernice Ball show a traditional star blanket during the
set up of Ancestor Teachings: First Nations Arts and Culture, Past and Present, the new exhibi-
tion at the Olde Courthouse Art Gallery. Emily Wessel/Herald
The latest exhibition coming up at the gallery is Ancestor Teachings: First Nations Arts and Culture, Past and Present.
A recent assessment by the Fire Underwriters Survey found the local FD much improved.
• Aboriginal art show set for Courthouse Gallery
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City reaches out to India for businessIn hopes of building
some goodwill and per-haps stir some interest in the area, City of Merritt staff attended a B.C.-India Global Summit in Vancouver last month at the convention centre.
“The summit was built around the idea of intro-
ducing and sharing ideas among business people from Canada and India,” said James Umpherson, economic development manager, City of Merritt. “Essentially what it was was a great opportunity to promote the city of Merritt as a place to do business and a community that’s open to exploring new ideas and new oppor-
tunities. We met a lot of business people from India and a lot of the nec-essary government people from both India and Canada so we can build that relationship and that rapport.”
There were also several panel discussions with experts on Canada-India business relations.
“It’s looking at how
do we get people from India to invest here,” said Umpherson. “It’s also looking at: how can we sell our products to India? How do we make those connections? It’s a two-way flow. I think it went well. We’ve got quite a list of connections inside and outside of Canada. I think we’ll see some dividends, particularly
since the Nicola Valley and Merritt have a strong Indo-Canadian business culture, so that bodes well for us. We also have a very inexpensive, in com-parison, business climate and all the benefits of liv-ing in Merritt such as the transportation network and access to markets. We think we had a good pitch.”
By Craig LindsayTHE HERALD
Upgrades to Coquihalla will benefi t drivers The B.C. govern-
ment announced they will be resurfacing a portion of Highway 5 southbound, approxi-mately six km south of Kamloops between Inks Lake Overpass and Chuwels Mountain Road.
“It hasn't been done for quite a while,” said Kevin Krueger, MLA for Kamloops-South Thompson. “Our gov-ernment has been very business-like and order-ly about getting caught up in road rehabilita-tion and maintenance. A lot of it hadn't been done in the 1990s.”
Krueger said the
stretch of road being paved hasn’t been been resurfaced since 1987.
“All over the province, despite a worldwide reces-sion, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has been steadily catching up,” he said. “It's so impor-tant that our govern-ment keep up with these
things. If you don’t do your maintenance, you have to do a whole lot more rehabilitation. If the road bed itself starts disintegrating, it’s tre-mendously expensive.”
Work is expected to start in April, and is scheduled to be com-pleted by the end of June. The $2.8-million contract for the project
was awarded to Peter’s Bros. Construction of Penticton.
“I think it’s great that (highway projects) have gone on despite a recession and we're able to balance our budget because we stuck to our strong fiscal plan,” said Krueger. “We expect more of the same for the area.”
By Craig LindsayTHE HERALD
HOCKEY NIGHT IN MERRITT - Centennials mascot Rhockey, along with other local super-fans, brings the noise during Tuesday night’s game four against West Kelowna at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena. Despite the loud crowd, the Cents fell 3-2 to the visiting Warriors. For more on the series, turn to Page 24. Craig Lindsay/Herald
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Next council meeting: Tuesday, March 26, 2013Council agendas and minutes at www.merritt.ca
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Notice of Proposal to DeliverEntertainment in Merritt Project
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
The City of Merritt is seeking proposal submissions from quali ed groups to develop Entertainment in Merritt cultural events during the summer months to replace the Music in the Park and Music in the City activities. The proposed project of cultural events should re ect various forms of entertainment and venues throughout the city during the summer period. The new Entertainment in Merritt shall improve and enhance cultural activities in the community with a focus on local talent.
Application forms are available from the Merritt City Hall at 2185 Voght Street, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, or on the City of Merritt website: www.merritt.ca
Three complete copies of each proposal must be received by 2:00 p.m. Local time on March 15, 2013.
Proposals can be submitted in hard copy to the City of Merritt, 2185 Voght Street, P.O. Box 189, Merritt, B.C., V1K 1B8 or electronically as a PDF le format. Electronic submission should be sent to: [email protected]
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City to roll out curbside recycling, separate utility billsCurbside recycling starting soon in Merritt
The City of Merritt is pleased to announce we are roll-ing out our curbside recycling program at the end of April. Your new container will be delivered by April 29 and your first recycling pick-up will be on the same day and time as your regular garbage pick-up starting April 30.
You will place your recycling container next to your garbage container, but please keep one metre between containers to allow the automated truck room to pick them up.
Please only place your recycling con-
tainer out for pickup when it’s full or near-ly full. All recycling can be placed in a blue bag inside your recycling container or can be loose in the container. Please do not use black, non-see-through bags for your recycling.
Every new recy-cling container will have a label on the lid showing you exactly what you can and cannot put in the container. You can also download our recycling brochure from www.merritt.ca.
Recycling tips to remember:
Recycle as much • household recy-clable material as you can.Use only see-•
through clear or blue bags, or place recyclables loose in the bin.Glass of any type • is not accepted in curbside recy-cling but can be dropped off at the Merritt Return-It Depot at 2326 Clapperton Avenue.Caps and lids are • recyclable. Rinse and remove them from containers and include in your household recycling.Plastics must have • recycling symbols one through seven.Styrofoam is abso-• lutely not accepted even if it has recy-cling symbol 6.
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City separates utility bills and property taxes
The City of Merritt is making changes to residen-tial utility billing. According to Ben Currie, deputy finan-cial services manager, “the new billing for-mat will help residen-tial property owners understand the cost of taxes paid on their property versus the cost of utilities for their homes.
Rather than have the taxes and utili-ties rolled up on one tax notice, residen-tial utilities will be invoiced separately, starting on April 1, 2013.”
The new billing of utilities will include
residential sewer, garbage and water user fees. These utilities are now due and payable to the city by May 15 each year. Starting May 15, 2014, a five per cent penalty will be charged each year for utilities unpaid.
“The city recog-nizes these changes need time, so there is no penalty in 2013 to help each household with the transition and to budget accord-ingly,” Currie said.
The changes to residential utility bill-ing will help residents understand the dif-ference between the residential property taxes on their annual tax notices and the cost of utilities.
However, Currie noted an added ben-efit of the separation.
“Separating the taxes and cost of util-ities and the changes in payment dates will lower the net amount of payments due on
July 2,” he said. The adoption of
a new utility billing process helps resi-dents understand the cost of services and taxes the city charges to deliver municipal services.
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Nicola-Canford construction update leads SD58 briefs
Nicola-Canford construction update
The school district is moving ahead on the construction project to upgrade some Nicola-Canford Elementary School classrooms, although provincial funding remains to be officially announced.
SD 58 Superintendent Bob Peacock said the dis-trict held an open house with parents and school staff to look at four layout options for the eight new modu-lars, which will replace 10 classrooms.
Peacock said the project’s tight timeline is pushing the project forward — demolition is scheduled for July and August, the design should be finalized for April or May.
“The architect has basically asked us if they could have the site for a year to do construction,” he said. “We have to have this project out for tender in April in order to hit the ground in the sum-mer.”
The superinten-dent expects Nicola-Canford students to be bussed to the old Coquihalla Middle School building during construction.
The modular proj-ect is a pilot project from the Ministry of Education because of a funding shortfall to replace the school entirely, Peacock said.
The next big thingDiamond Vale
Grade 6 student Nyah Petrovitch opened the School District 58 regular school board meeting in Merritt on March 13 with her rendition of Adele’s Someone Like You —
showing the board the talent that secured her title as Diamond Vale Idol for 2013.
“Every year — I think this is our fifth — at Diamond Vale, we have Diamond Vale Idol, and this year we started with about 38 different groups that came and performed,” principal Val Edgell said. “The top five performed in front of the whole school, then every staff member and every student had a vote, and Nyah came out as Diamond Vale Idol for 2013.”
Superintendent Bob Peacock said he was impressed by the per-formers’ talent when he watched the final round of the competi-tion.
“I just thought she’d done such a wonderful job that if it turns into a tradition, this time of year we’ll have the Diamond Vale winner come and perform for the board,” Peacock said.
Online kindergar-ten registration
Parents register-ing their children for kindergarten in the upcoming school year will be able to start the process from home, thanks to a kindergar-ten website currently being developed by SD58 technology co-ordinator Jason McAllister.
The registration forms will be started by parents at home and completed by the secretary at schools, which the school board expects to speed up the registration process and make it easier for working parents to reg-ister their kids.
“Currently, how it works is, parents will arrive at the school and have to fill everything out
at the school,” said McAllister. “In some schools, the secretary will do all the work. but a lot of this infor-mation could be filled out at home. Around the province, I found a lot of districts that use the same process: you can do some of the work online, and then the secretary will com-plete that registration process, so there’s still that connection to the school.”
The website will also contain a wealth of information about kindergarten at the district’s schools, from start dates to an intro-ductory video about what to expect in kin-dergarten, McAllister said.
“It will be a land-ing spot where parents can find out a little bit about what’s happen-ing in kindergarten,” he said.
Registration for the 2013-14 school year started about two weeks ago, but the website should be ready to use later in the spring or the beginning of the sum-mer, although the bulk of parents typically wait until the fall to enrol their youngsters in their first foray into the school system.
Science fairNicola-Canford
Elementary School
Principal Burt Bergmann presented to the board on the upcoming district sci-ence fair in an effort to secure some judges for the regional competi-tion.
Bergmann said about 200 students typically participate in the regional science fair, held at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops on April 4 and 5, from seven dif-ferent school districts.
School District 58 sends about 40 students each year to regionals from school-based science fairs. The number of seats each school gets is proportionate to the size of the science fair. From regionals, five students are sent to nationals.
Bergmann said the district typically does well at both levels.
“In the last at least five years, we’ve always had two of those seats from Merritt and Princeton,” he said. “Our small district has always had two of those five seats of the seven districts repre-sented in regionals to go to nationals. It’s an exciting thing to be a part of.”
Energy efficiency funding
SD 58 will be look-ing at ways to spend almost $10,000 in
provincial funding for a project to make its schools more energy efficient.
“If you look at the districts around the province that used these grants, almost all of the money went to new boilers,” Trustee David Laird said.
The Ministry of Education distributed $5 million to districts around the province for environmental projects. The board hasn’t decided how it will spend the money yet.
By Emily WesselTHE HERALD
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HERALD OPINION
Why not give third party chance to rip us off?
Nevermind the platform, forget about spewing out more press releases about all that is wrong in B.C.
What B.C. Conservative Leader John Cummins should be doing right now is arranging a long lunch date with Gordon Wilson.
It was Wilson, after all, who perfect-ed his timing during the 1991 provincial election televised debate to establish the B.C. Liberal Party as the centre-right heir to Social Credit.
As NDP Leader Mike Harcourt and Social Credit Leader Rita Johnston bickered, Wilson, then leader of the nothing-to-lose B.C. Liberals, quipped: “This reminds me of the legislature and here’s a classic example of why nothing ever gets done in the province of British Columbia.”
That remark was the highlight of the debate and helped Wilson’s Liberals win 17 seats in the election, which were 17 more than the party held entering the campaign.
When the May 14 election cam-paign officially begins, Cummins may also want to take a page from a political event in that same year — the 1991 gubernatorial race in Louisiana between former Klansman David Duke and a thief named Edwin Edwards.
Faced with voting for a racist or a man who would soon rip off taxpayers, voter sentiment was captured in the fol-lowing bumper sticker:
The B.C. Liberals were caught in a deceitful plan to use taxpayer-funded resources to court the ethnic vote via an extremely cynical agenda.
As a result, the party has repaid gov-ernment $70,000.
While the New Democrats were the ones who revealed this secret plan, Adrian Dix’s party is by no means as clean as the driven snow.
The NDP has its own ethnic-voter scandal brewing with news the party had diverted more than $500,000 from constituency offices across B.C. to be used for what Auditor General John Doyle has determined to be partisan purposes.
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School yards and play grounds are quiet this week with children off for spring break, but soon they will be back. Until then, parents are faced with having to make alternate arrange-ments to care for little Suzie or little Bobby.
But when those chil-dren go back to school what will they be learning? According to the recently
released Fraser Institute school performance ratings, not much.
Of the four elementary schools in Merritt and area to take part (Front page story in March 12 Herald) in the assessments, two of the schools, Diamond Vale (830th of 853) and Merritt Central (822nd of 853), are among the worst schools in the province.
But are the grades fair? Are they necessary? What, if anything, can schools learn from them?
The Fraser Institute, which is viewed by some as a right wing think tank, bases their School Report Cards on the controver-sial Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) tests which are taken by Grades 4 and 7 students.
Not all schools partici-pate in the tests, and stu-dents can individually opt out of them.
The British Columbia Teacher’s Federation (BCTF) runs advertise-ments urging parents to not allow their children to participate in the FSAs. In fact, the BCTF wants to abolish the tests altogether.
“We learn more about FSAs every year,” said BCTF president Susan Lambert recently. “We know they’re not a measure of how great a school is and that the rankings are deceitful. Such a narrow and shallow and superficial range of data can never measure the complexity that is a good school. But also, we know that FSAs tend to drive school systems
towards standardization, they are a standardized test, and towards confor-mity.”
The report cards are based on three catego-ries: reading, writing and numeracy. The website also lists other factors such as Grade 4 enrolment, percentage of ESL stu-dents, percentage of special needs students, French Immersion, parents’ aver-age income, and actual rating versus predicted based on parents’ income. However, the institute does not actually take into account any of that infor-mation in the tests which invariably skews the rat-ings. The top schools each year tend to be Vancouver private schools, which can, let’s say, be a bit more
choosy when it comes to accepting students.
I do believe there’s a definite place for the FSAs. I don’t think they should be the end-all, be-all, but should be used as tools for improving schools here in Merritt and throughout the province.
It’s just common sense that schools in lower socio-economic areas will not score as high on most exams, just as schools with large ESL populations will also not score as well on those same tests, but to just outright dismiss the Fraser Institute ratings and the FSAs would be foolish. Schools and their teachers and administrators can still use the data and informa-tion received to locate areas that could be improved.
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Robertson: bylaw offi cer should seek compliance Dear Editor,
This letter is in response to a submission to your newspaper dated March 14 on page 7 written by Mr. Dale Campbell entitled: “Letter writer writes in praise of our bylaw officer”
Before I begin, I will give the readers a bit of my background. I am a retired employee of 30 years with the Ministry of Forests and currently have a dual role with the Lower Nicola Waterworks. My duties with the MOF included policing under the Forest Act and some of my current duties include policing LNWW bylaws. Other
duties include sitting on the board as a director for the LNWW. Enough said on that for now.
I am acquainted with the bylaw officer and remember that his background included serving as an auxiliary cop with the RCMP and serving with the Ministry of Parks likely policing their rules and regulations, so I’m rather dis-appointed to hear of and question his presumed conduct in his cur-rent position.
My ‘words of wisdom’ to the bylaw officer are that perhaps you and your supervisor (Her Worship) should take a step back and reconsider your tactics to
approach your ‘victims’ by seek-ing compliance first to stand a better chance to get some coop-eration (another ‘C’ word). Then, only as a last resort, perhaps dip-lomatically use the enforcement tool in your tool bag to achieve the results you are trying to get. I can almost guarantee that if it’s done properly, you’ll seldom, if ever, be reaching in that ‘bag of tools’ for that nasty enforcement one.
By the way, that is the 30 plus years experience of this author that he is sharing with you. It’s not magic, just plain common sense and respect for your clients.
And so Mr. Campbell, to answer that question you had: “do you think you could do a better job?” My reply is a resounding “you’re darned right! (if things are happening according to the way I hear). If they aren’t, then I’ll be the first to offer my humble apologies to you and the bylaw officer.
My parting remark is that it is NOT my intention to make a mockery of your praise of the city’s employee…….So, enjoy your coffee now.
Lorne Robertson Lower Nicola, B.C.
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This notice is for residents of Lower Nicola that live along streets that run north and south. They are: Aberdeen, Carrington, Corkle, Paige, Postell, Riley, Schindler and Smith
Several years ago, the TNRD had our house numbers changed from three digits to four; however, Telus never updated their data base so our addresses are still three digits in the phone book and more recently in the Connector printed by the
Merritt Herald. There are a few exceptions, being the residents who have had the cor-rections made and I have now done mine by contacting Telus. They will only do each one individually so if you want to give it a try call Customer Service at 250-310-2255 and follow the prompts. Good luck in your endeavours to help Telus correct their database to produce better directories.
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Soup Bowl duo clarify origin storyDear Editor,
Thank you for the excellent article on the Soup Bowl in the March 14 Herald and the kind words about us. You have really captured the essence of what goes on there. Just one correction - a little history.
Ernie and I are not the found-ers of the Merritt Bread Basket, which conducts the Soup Bowl. In the fall of 1997, the Family Worship Centre, pastored by Chuck Brewer, had members of his congreation praying about what the church could do to benefit the community. They felt led to begin a feeding program so started with big dinners in the
Civic Centre. So the founders, as far as we know, were Chuck and Julie Brewer, Olivia McClure and Jerry and Linda Karlson. Ernie and I were newcomers then and just came to help.
We loved it. When the chruch saw more of a need to have feed-ing on a weekly basis and the big dinners were phased out, we con-tinued to help a little and - you might say - inherited the running of it in a natural way. From the beginning, Ernie discouraged labels and wanted it to be non-denominational. The Anglican Church has been wonderful to us as have all the churches, and vari-ous groups of people in the com-munity. Without our volunteers
from all walks of life, we could not continue to exist.
As for Ernie and I, this scrip-ture best shows why we have been at the Soup Bowl for so many years: Psalm 40: verses 1b and 2 “(The Lord) inclined to me and heard my cry. He also brought me up out of the horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, (the solid rock of Jesus Christ) and established my steps. (3) He has put a new song in my mouth...”
We have really desired to give something back.
Ernie and Pam WhitakerMerritt
Setting it straight from last weekIn my last column Will the BC mountain caribou be extinct in our
lifetime? the caribou herd numbers got somehow mixed up. It should have read: “The latest surveys by the Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations suggest only 1,533 mountain caribou exist in B.C. - down from about 1,900 in 2007, when the province announced a recovery goal to increase the herds to 2,500 ani-mals by 2027.” Sorry for any confusion the error may have caused.
Some readers wanted to know how high the wolf population is. According to the last count two years ago there are around 8,500 wolves in our province.
OTHMAR VOHRINGERThe OUTDOORSMAN
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Emcon head tagged as construction assoc. chair
The general man-ager and president of local construction company has taken up a new role with the Canadian Construction Association as the chair of its board.
Frank Rizzardo of Emcon Services was appointed to the chair at the CCA’s annual general meeting on March 7 in La Malbaie, Quebec.
Rizzardo has a long history in construction associations. He was first appointed to the CCA board in 2001 as the voice of the BC Road Builders & Heavy Construction Association.
“From there, it was on to committees; the road builder committee, the finance committee, governance committee,” Rizzardo said. “You just keep moving up the line. It provides you with a broad perspec-tive. The association includes vertical and horizontal construc-tion.”
The CCA has more than 17,000 members across the country (including a recent addi-tion of about 2,000 members from Quebec) that work in industrial, institutional, commer-
cial, and civil engineer-ing construction.
He first became involved with the CCA in 1998, and since being
appointed to the board in 2001 has worked his way up the ranks through committees. Now, as the chair of the board, Rizzardo said
the CCA will continue to work with govern-ments on various initia-tives already started, while the industry as a whole faces some new challenges.
“We’ll be short 320,000 people in our industry by 2020,” he said. “That’s 320,000 that aren’t here. Where are they going to come from?”
Rizzardo said work-ing with the federal government on opening up opportunities for for-eign skilled workers to enter Canada is one of the CCA’s biggest chal-lenges in the upcoming years. His workforce alone at Emcon will see 37.5 per cent of its staff turn over by 2017.
“It’s a lot more dif-ficult now than it was in
the ‘40s and ‘50s when the doors were open and my parents and I came into the country,” Rizzardo, who hails from Italy, said. “
He said regional challenges facing the CCA include improv-ing the treatment of drinking water so it fits the Drinking Water Act standards and improv-ing transit between major centres - not just in big cities. He said all the challenges come
back to a lack of con-sistent funding, and an estimated $150 billion infrastructure shortfall.
“We were really great in the 1950s in infrastructure,” Rizzardo said. “That’s what built the Trans-Canada Highway. But we failed in the sense that we didn’t put any really good funding mechanisms in place to keep those items well-maintained. That’s across all jurisdic-tions, includes water systems, sewer sys-tems. Municipalities in Canada have water sys-tems that are 100 years old and should’ve been fixed 30 years ago.”
Rizzardo said the CCA commissioned a third-party surveyor to identify the need for more funding by assess-ing infrastructure in over 400 municipalities across the country that he estimated represent over 80 per cent of the population.
Rizzardo said he inherited a number of initiatives that were already underway or are ongoing, including increasing transpar-ency in the construction industry, standardizing work practices across the country, and lobby-ing the government to make it easier for any company qualified for a job to bid on it.
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Emcon Services president Frank Rizzardo was appointed as the chair of the board of the Canadian Construction Association ear-lier this month. Emily Wessel/Herald
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The passover was only a short time away when Jesus and His disciples went to another place. Jesus’ good friend, Lazarus, got sick while they were away. Lazarus’ two sisters sent word to Jesus that their brother was sick. They expected Jesus would return and heal him like He did others. Jesus did not come right away but days later. By the time Jesus arrived, Lazarus had been dead and buried four days and his body was smelly, but Jesus still raised Lazarus from the dead.
What joy this brought the sisters and friends! However, when the priests heard about this they were very angry and decided that Jesus had gone too far and must be put to death. All this because of sel shness. Jesus would be seen as more important than the priests, and they would not allow that.
Jesus was treated worse than any criminal, then nailed to a cross to die
a slow death. The priests thought they had Jesus where He could do them no more damage. Now they made a joke of Him and mocked Him, but this came to a scary end. At midday, the sun went totally black. Now where do we go? At three o’clock, the sun came out and Jesus said, “It is nished.” And He died.
Never had anyone on the cross died in six hours. The Centurion even said, “Surely this was the Son of God.”
Word came from the temple, where the priest was about to offer the evening lamb. The big veil that separated the holy from the most holy, had ripped from top to bottom with a loud tear, for it was a heavy veil.
The lamb, that the temple service pointed to, had died. This was a special passover feast, but it had meaning no more for the lamb, as Jesus, the true passover Lamb was now dead.
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Beginnings and endings in Logan Lake
March of 2013 will be marked as an over-whelming time of begin-nings and endings in the community.
It all began late last month with the shocking and totally unexpected notice of the closure of Logan Lake’s Bargain Shop. And, you didn’t have to be a shopper who frequented the store each and every day of the week to recognize the negative impact the closure will have – not only on the community as a whole but, more importantly, on the lives of the caring, friendly customer service ori-ented employees who consistently went out of their way to help shop-pers, all the while offer-ing words of encour-agement to those they knew who were dealing with difficult life circum-stances.
Many Logan Lakers are desperately cling-ing to the “when one door closes, another one opens” theory of life, while the optimistic Christians among us, by resorting to prayer, may have received a tempo-rary reprieve for both employees and shoppers with the notice coming late last week that the store will remain open for six more weeks!
TBS closing was countered on a some-what different business level when Merritt’s Royal LePage Realty owner, Claudette Edenoste, opened her Logan Lake office on March 8 in the mall space across from the liquor store and the bank. Having previously been involved in real estate in our community and with background and experience as a bro-ker and property manag-er, Claudette is hoping to assist those in the market to buy, sell or rent. The office will be open Monday to Saturday.Then, on a much more personal level, comes a time of significant loss as the Health Centre and the wider commu-nity says goodbye to Dr. Sheik’s amazing, helpful guardian angel May McKenzie as she and her husband Bill, move to Alberta for lower gas
prices and to be closer to family. Wonder which is the higher priority? It’s hard to believe that May has only been with us for two and a half years because her presence at the doctor’s office, together with her music ministry at the Church on the Hill, has offered Logan Lake residents a frontline person of character who could be counted on for both assistance and exceptional exper-tise in challenging, and often life-threatening, situations. So, “Florence Nightingale” leaves us with these special words of goodbye: “May the Lord bless each of you and continue to help this town to flourish and to be a wonderful place to live.”
And, if losing one angel wasn’t bad enough, the community had to say another good-bye as Doris Bruno, our
Mental Health worker, enters into what will, no doubt, be the exciting new world of retirement. However, as I’ve repeat-edly told Doris -- she’ll be very much missed because her incredible knowledge, expertise, caring and confidential-ity has made it possible for so many in the com-munity, including me, suffering from depres-sion, anxiety and other psychological challenges, to live and experience a better quality of life than might otherwise have been possible. I’m sorry to report that Doris managed to “escape” despite the ticket for a guilt trip I attempted to lay on her.
But from my perspec-tive, the best part for both May and Doris, is that they’re leaving is by personal choice and that, in itself, in this crazy day and age, is something to celebrate.
By Barrie Ogden SPECIAL TO THE HERALD
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Logan Lake. All vehicles were parked in their resi-dential driveways.
Police were alerted to the criminal activity by area residents and did speak to two minors regarding their proximity to the thefts and the hour they were out wandering
the streets. The police are still investigating.
The schools are on spring break and with the nicer weather start-ing to show, more people will be out during the evenings. This recent “theft” activity is a good reminder to all that per-
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The Liberals have accused the NDP of being the pot calling the kettle black, while the NDP has argued its ethnic-voting strategy was at least not secret as the money transfers were authorized by the former legislature accountant.
In any event, tak-ing $200 per month from each NDP MLA constituency office and using it for polit-ical-party purposes is wrong.
That money is tax-payer dollars intended
for use by constituency offices to deal with constituents, regardless of their political stripe.
Sometimes — often, actually — B.C. poli-tics makes one yearn to take a shower.
With the imploding Liberals caught ripping off taxpayers behind the cloak of private emails and secret mes-sages and the surg-ing New Democrats caught ripping off taxpayers out in the open, thanks to a dubi-ous nod given by a now-fired comptroller, is there any hope for voters?
One would
think Cummins’ Conservatives should be measuring curtains for the offices of the Official Opposition, considering my cat could poll better than Christy Clark in Point Grey.
But, for whatever reason, the putative replacements for the Socreds/Liberals can-not escape single-digit purgatory in all polls.
It could be Cummins himself.
While a veteran pol-itician with plenty of experience, he is not exactly Justin Trudeau when it comes to con-necting with voters.
The political funk in which the Conservatives have long been is not due to lethargy on their part — for it can be argued no other party has yet released so much plat-form information.
However, since policy documents and press conferences have not ignited voters, per-haps the Conservatives should borrow from the bayou and simply ask voters to give them a chance to rip off the taxpayer, in the spirit of fairness.
Chris Fourds is the editor of Kamloops This Week
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Nicola Valley Museum and Archives president Murphy Shewchuk stands in the recently revamped ranching and logging display. Emily Wessel/Herald
He knows all about the history of the Nicola Valley, but he has quite an interesting history of his own.
Nicola Valley Museum and Archives president Murphy Shewchuk grew up in the min-ing town of Pioneer Gold Mine about 75 miles west of Lillooet in the late 1950s. It was there that Shewchuk developed a host of hobbies, including a fascination with his-tory.
“When we were kids, we used to explore the old min-
ing buildings and stuff around the area,” he said. “Ever since I was 12 or 13 I’ve been interested in that sort of stuff.”
A triple interest in the outdoors, pho-tography and elec-tronics led him to a job with BC Hydro that brought him to Kamloops and even-tually a transfer sent Shewchuk to Merritt. In Kamloops, Shewchuk’s hobby of writing turned into a freelance opportu-nity for an outdoor column with the Kamloops Sentinel, and then onto maga-zines and other pub-lications.
It was a freelance article for that now-
defunct paper that led Shewchuk to be elected president of the board of direc-tors of the Nicola Valley Museum and Archives.
“I was founding president when the organization was started in 1976. I had come down to cover the meeting and ended up getting elected president. I’ve been on the board, off and on, since May of ‘76,” he said, adding that his experience serv-ing on the board for the Kamloops muse-um and archives was an asset to the Merritt organization.
See ‘Shewchuk’ P. 14
By Emily WesselTHE [email protected]
Kathy Senio of Merritt takes part in the Merritt Snowmobile Club’s spring fling on Sunday to celebrate the end of the riding season. The club held a dinner and silent auction on Saturday night followed by a poker run, chili lunch and ride up Honeymoon on Sunday. The annual event brought out snowmobilers from Alberta, Kelowna, Chilliwack, Squamish, Kamloops, Abbotsford in addition to local sledders.
Submitted by Tracy Senio
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745 Notre Dame Dr.
1815 Rogers Pl.Kamloops
Aberdeen MallLansdowne Centre
Welcome
to the
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Shewchuk said the museum was origi-nally intended to be an archives associa-tion only because of a rumour that a Merritt museum society was forming.
When that society didn’t come to fruition, the archives society became the organiza-tion it is today.
Shewchuk helped grow the organization from its roots in the late ’70s, where he and the other history buffs on the board collected information and his-tories in basements, to setting up displays in their first building.
“One of our first homes was a place called Curly’s Drive-In, which is now the main part of the Home Hardware lot,” Shewchuk said. “We rented it for $50 a month or something like that.”
Then in the early ’80s came the Seniors’ Centre and museum combination build-ing, where the displays have grown to take up the nearly 4,000 square feet. Shewchuk has also seen the museum’s conversion of nearly 15,000 pages of old newspapers to search-able computer files for people to peruse.
“Last spring we had a lady come in and say her grandfather was a police constable here around the First World War,” Shewchuk said. “Jo at the front desk typed it in, and a few seconds later, we had five different issues of the newspaper where he’s referred to, and a reference in our his-toric quarterlies.”
Now, the museum has a dozen or so dis-plays set up that focus on various aspects of the valley’s his-tory, including ranch-ing, mining, First Nations artifacts, and local military history. Shewchuk said most of the artifacts come from people in the area, but the board has to be selective about what it chooses to let in.
“Before we accept something, we want to
make sure it has strong relation to the Nicola Valley,” Shewchuk said.
The avid photogra-pher and outdoorsman also has several books to his name, includ-
ing The Craigmont Story, which details the his-tory of the Craigmont copper mine, and
Coquihalla Country: An Outdoor Recreation Guide for Hope, Merritt and Kamlooops.
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Beautiful updated rancher on approx 5 acres• Bamboo fl ooring, A/C, hot tub, large deck• Huge 30 x 60 shop + horse facilities• Excellent access to Hwy 8, minutes from Merritt•
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Gorgeous 4 BR log home with f/bsmt on 4 acres• Spacious rooms,vaulted ceilings,several outbuildings• Beautiful landscaping, Large barn w/5 box stalls• 3 Grazing pastures•
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Gorgeous 4 bedroom, 3 bath family home• O.63 acre parcel bordering Nicola River• Dining Room with access to private deck• 2 car garage and So Much More!•
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$459,900 M3837
Riverfront Acreage with beautiful 2 year old • modular home has open fl oor plan, vaulted ceilings• 3 BRs, 2 Baths, Has Engineered Pad created• for a shop, 9.62 riverfront property w/fenced pasture•
$449,000 M3857
Executive 5 bdrm, 4 bath family home• Amazing chef’s kitchen w/ granite countertops• Remodeled bsmt & main bathrooms• Inground pool & private backyard•
4 Plex – Investors• 4 Large Suites, Close to downtown• Double Lot, Great Location• Lots of Parking•
$439,000 M3826 $398,000 M3863
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$398,000 M3801
New amazing 3 bedroom, 2 bath rancher • With full unfi nished bsmt.• 9 ft. ceilings, large bright design.• Quality built & Home warranty.•
$369,000 M3847
Beautiful 3 BR home w/high-end quality fi nishing• Kitchen has Travertine tile, granite counters,• and Mill Creek cabinets. LR with H/W fl oors• Gas F/P, Ensuite w/Jacuzzi tub. Huge rec room•
$349,000 M3855
Wonderful family home on quiet cul-de-sac• 4 bdrms, 2 baths + enste + 2 bdrm legal suite• New roof, h/w tank 2 yrs old• Large 2 car garage, fenced bkyd w/ deck•
$349,000 M3727
Outstanding views, and lots of privacy!• Newer Manufactured Home, never lived in.• Nearly 20 acres near Merritt, all new fencing• 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Home, Move-in ready!•
$349,000 M3881
Well maintained 3 BR, 2 bath home• On a quiet cul-de-sac and close to amenities• Open fl oor plan, Vaulted ceilings• Kitchen has cabinets galore& access to deck•
$339,900 M3859
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$339,000 M3854 $339,000 M3848
Large 7 BR, 4 ½ bath home• Potential legal suite• Plus In-law suite on main• Mill Creek Cabinets•
$329,000 M3862
Well maintained 1 owner home• 7 bdrms & 4 baths + 2 bdrm legal suite• New fl ring, H/W tank & boiler • M.BR w/ W/I closet, full enste w/ Jacuzzi•
$299,900 M3819
Unique & tasteful 4 bdrm, 2 bath family home• H/water on demand & central a/c• Hardwood fl rs & bright open design• Beautifully l/scaped yd w/ private patio•
$285,000 M3794
2 bdrm bungalow in popular strata• No kids, no rentals & self managed• New roof, carpet & paint• Quick possession•
$269,000 M3834
Bench Location 4 BR, 2 Bath home• HW fl oors and vinyl windows on main• Potential legal suite, potential 5th BR• All appliances included•
$262,000 M3865
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$260,000 M3811
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Enjoy this 1.92 Acres in Lower Nicola w/ 2 BR mobile• Mobile has lovely addition with spacious LR, laundry &• Large Mstr BR with walk-in closet.• Back deck leads out to fi re pit area•
$235,000 M3689 $219,000 M3856
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$217,000 M3875
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$204,900 M3874
Sunvalley Court-2 BR, 2 bath townhouse• End unit-includes all appliances• PRICED TO SELL!!• 24 hour notice required•
$199,900 M3741
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$198,000 M3839
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$182,000 M3821
Side x Side duplex w/ reno’s• Lam fl ring, paint, vinyl windows• Front driveway + lots of parking• Shared garage & shed•
Well maintained 2 bedroom rancher• In central location, Nice and spacious LR,• bright sunny kitchen,Beautifully landscaped Yard • Plenty of RV parking•
$173,000 M3813 $169,900 M3853
Nice 3 BR, 2 full baths, half duplex• 1 car attached garage & fenced yard• New roof ’07, Large Master BR.• Open fl oor plan,Option to purchase entire duplex•
$169,000 M3852
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$165,000 M3365
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$160,000 M3744
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$159,000 M3833
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$159,000 M3851
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$159,000 M3864
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Great views of the Nicola River & Merritt Golf course• 2 bdrm, 1.5 bath manufactured home• 2 b/I china cabinets, lge bay window•
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$58,000 M3787
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$49,900 M3844
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$44,000 M3607
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New residential lots in a nice part of Merritt• Located in quiet cul-de-sac & crescent setting• Fully serviced including curbs & storm drain• All prepaid by the developer•
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$149,900 M3749
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0.76 acre riverfront building lot• The location is second to none• 260+ feet of river frontage• Quiet cul-de-sac, bring your building ideas!! •
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$199,000 M3780
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$205,000 M3728
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$217,000 M3603
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$220,000 M3832
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$349,000 M3478
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143,000 M3880
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$147,500 M3792
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$120,000 M3871
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$120,000 M3797
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M E R R I T TPhone: 250-378-6181
1988 Quilchena Ave., Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 • Fax: 250-378-6184www.royallepage.ca/merritt www.realtor.ca
Tom McDonaghBroker
Karen BonneteauSales Rep
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250-280-0689
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250-315-3548
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250-378-6181
Beautiful updated rancher on approx 5 acres• Bamboo fl ooring, A/C, hot tub, large deck• Huge 30 x 60 shop + horse facilities• Excellent access to Hwy 8, minutes from Merritt•
$499,000 L3872
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Gorgeous 4 bedroom, 3 bath family home• O.63 acre parcel bordering Nicola River• Dining Room with access to private deck• 2 car garage and So Much More!•
$495,000 M3866
Gorgeous mountain and ranchland views• 10 acres of privacy• Custom Built 3 BR, 2bath home• 22x22 garage and 50x50 dog kennel.•
$485,000 M 3870
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$459,900 M3837
Riverfront Acreage with beautiful 2 year old • modular home has open fl oor plan, vaulted ceilings• 3 BRs, 2 Baths, Has Engineered Pad created• for a shop, 9.62 riverfront property w/fenced pasture•
$449,000 M3857
Executive 5 bdrm, 4 bath family home• Amazing chef’s kitchen w/ granite countertops• Remodeled bsmt & main bathrooms• Inground pool & private backyard•
4 Plex – Investors• 4 Large Suites, Close to downtown• Double Lot, Great Location• Lots of Parking•
$439,000 M3826 $398,000 M3863
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$398,000 M3801
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$369,000 M3847
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$349,000 M3855
Wonderful family home on quiet cul-de-sac• 4 bdrms, 2 baths + enste + 2 bdrm legal suite• New roof, h/w tank 2 yrs old• Large 2 car garage, fenced bkyd w/ deck•
$349,000 M3727
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$349,000 M3881
Well maintained 3 BR, 2 bath home• On a quiet cul-de-sac and close to amenities• Open fl oor plan, Vaulted ceilings• Kitchen has cabinets galore& access to deck•
$339,900 M3859
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New amazing 3 bedroom, 2 bath rancher• Quality built, Home warranty applies• Amazing kitchen • 9 ft ceilingsand large bright design•
$339,000 M3854 $339,000 M3848
Large 7 BR, 4 ½ bath home• Potential legal suite• Plus In-law suite on main• Mill Creek Cabinets•
$329,000 M3862
Well maintained 1 owner home• 7 bdrms & 4 baths + 2 bdrm legal suite• New fl ring, H/W tank & boiler • M.BR w/ W/I closet, full enste w/ Jacuzzi•
$299,900 M3819
Unique & tasteful 4 bdrm, 2 bath family home• H/water on demand & central a/c• Hardwood fl rs & bright open design• Beautifully l/scaped yd w/ private patio•
$285,000 M3794
2 bdrm bungalow in popular strata• No kids, no rentals & self managed• New roof, carpet & paint• Quick possession•
$269,000 M3834
Bench Location 4 BR, 2 Bath home• HW fl oors and vinyl windows on main• Potential legal suite, potential 5th BR• All appliances included•
$262,000 M3865
2 level home in Lower Nicola• Lge fenced yd w/ fruit trees• 36x12 covered deck + nice patio area• 2 bdrms up/1 down, master w/ensuite•
$260,000 M3811
Bench location• 4 bedroom, 2 bath family home• Close to schools & parks• Priced to sell!!•
Enjoy this 1.92 Acres in Lower Nicola w/ 2 BR mobile• Mobile has lovely addition with spacious LR, laundry &• Large Mstr BR with walk-in closet.• Back deck leads out to fi re pit area•
$235,000 M3689 $219,000 M3856
Quality 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath townhouse• Heat pump, a/c, high effi ciency appliances• Gas fi replace & many extras• Low maintenance property•
$217,000 M3869
Move-in Ready• 3 bedroom. 2 ½ Bath, & Offi ce• New fl ooring and new paint• Central Air and bright, open design•
$217,000 M3875
5 Bedrooms, 2Baths• Two storey family home• Large lot• Nice location•
$204,900 M3874
Sunvalley Court-2 BR, 2 bath townhouse• End unit-includes all appliances• PRICED TO SELL!!• 24 hour notice required•
$199,900 M3741
All Units Rented• 2 Year Old Roof• Lots of parking space• Short walk to city centre•
$198,000 M3839
Superior downtown location• Close to shops & groceries• Twin seal windows, full size garage• Mill Creek cabinets, security system•
$182,000 M3821
Side x Side duplex w/ reno’s• Lam fl ring, paint, vinyl windows• Front driveway + lots of parking• Shared garage & shed•
Well maintained 2 bedroom rancher• In central location, Nice and spacious LR,• bright sunny kitchen,Beautifully landscaped Yard • Plenty of RV parking•
$173,000 M3813 $169,900 M3853
Nice 3 BR, 2 full baths, half duplex• 1 car attached garage & fenced yard• New roof ’07, Large Master BR.• Open fl oor plan,Option to purchase entire duplex•
$169,000 M3852
Covered parking• Galley kitch w/ appl & skylite• Patio doors from 2nd bdrm or den• Nicola River in the back•
$165,000 M3365
Main house + bachelor house on 1 lot• 22x22 garage on 2nd lot• Main house has 100 amp upgrade• Garage is wired & heated•
$160,000 M3744
Bright, quiet and comfortable strata retirement home• This home is wheelchair accessible - large rooms• Gated community within walking distance to downtown• 2 large bdrms, 5 pce bathroom w/separate walk-in shower.•
$159,000 M3833
Nice 3 BR, 2 full Bath, half duplex• Large Fam Room on Main w/2 BRs, Kitchen• And L.R. on 2nd storey. Fenced back yard• With shed and single garage.•
$159,000 M3851
Great Investment/Starter home• Totally Updated 4 bdrm, ½ Duplex• Spacious rec room, new bath, laundry• Bedroom in basement and Private yard, •
$159,000 M3864
3 bedroom, 1 bath Rancher• Walking distance to downtown• Newer Furnace• Fully fenced yard•
Close to schools, parks & downtown• Fully fenced & landscaped• Basement is unfi nished• Great starter home•
$149,900 M3843 $139,500 M3751
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Great views of the Nicola River & Merritt Golf course• 2 bdrm, 1.5 bath manufactured home• 2 b/I china cabinets, lge bay window•
$69,000 L3824
Great starter home or retirement• 2 bdrm double wide w/ sun deck and ensuite• Coldwater River is close by•
$58,000 M3787
Stop paying rent!• 3 bdrm, 2 bath rancher• Appliances included•
$49,900 M3844
Well kept 3 bedroom manufactured home• 18x20 interlocking driveway• 6 appliances, newer paint & fl ooring•
$44,000 M3607
Bright & open describe this 2 bdrm, 1 bath home• Laminate fl ring, skylight, lge bdrms• Open kitchen, dinrm & lvgrm•
$35,000 M3755
Nice park w/ river across the road• 3 bdrm home w/ good sized fenced yard• New tub surround & lino in bathroom•
$30,000 M3796
LOTS AND ACREAGE
New residential lots in a nice part of Merritt• Located in quiet cul-de-sac & crescent setting• Fully serviced including curbs & storm drain• All prepaid by the developer•
Nicola Lakeshore Estates• Amazing lake view lot in Phase 2• Build your dream home• Tons of recreation to choose from!! •
$57,000 M3692
$149,900 M3749
Views of the Nicola Valley • Walking trails & shopping nearby• All services are u/g & at lot line• One of Merritt’s preferred neighborhoods•
0.76 acre riverfront building lot• The location is second to none• 260+ feet of river frontage• Quiet cul-de-sac, bring your building ideas!! •
$67,000 M3758
$199,000 M3780
Good sized lot• Ok for double wide• City services @ prop line• Mountain view in a quiet area•
247’ lake front w/ winding trail to site• Great views of the valley & water below• Community water in place, power @ lot line• Easy access off hwy & quiet enjoyment•
$79,000 M3534
$205,000 M3728
Beautiful river view lot close to downtown• Nice, quiet neighborhood• The uncompromised view never to change• Bring your building ideas•
24 acres in beautiful Sunshine Valley• Treed lot, very private, easy access• Many potential building sites• Hydro & phone lines to property line•
$89,000 M3707
$217,000 M3603
One of a kind lot in Lower Nicola• Cleared & level in an incredibly quiet location• Water serviced by Lower Nicola Water Works• Approved for septic & HST already paid •
Seclusion & privacy, off the grid living• 20 acres 9 kms from Merritt toward Lilly Lake• All new fencing & custom made gateway• Creek & 2 water holes, perfect weekend getaway•
$99,000 M3827
$220,000 M3832
Extra large double lot• 2 city water & sewage hookups• Private setting, fl at site• Easy access w/ paved roads•
Waterfront lot on Nicola Lake• 3 km to Quilchena Hotel• Close to Merritt & Kamloops• Private access to lake •
$100,000 M3495
$349,000 M3478
3 BR Rancher with carport• Near new int. and ext. paint, lino and carpet• Upgraded Elec.and Plumbing• Fenced backyard with raised garden areas•
143,000 M3880
Unique layout that awaits your touch• 2 lots, 2 titles• Detached double garage• Central location provides easy access•
$147,500 M3792
2+ bdrm home on a good sized lot• Open plan for kitchen, DR & LR• Roof, electrical approval• Fully fenced yard & lots of parking•
$120,000 M3871
Long term tenant for the investor• 2 bdrms & bath on main• Full unfi nished basement w/ laundry • Front driveway + lane access,lots of parking•
$120,000 M3797
Affordable revenue property• Lvgrm, kitchen & laundy rm on main• Upper fl r has 3 bdrms & full bath• Vinyl windows & fully fenced front yd•
$113,000 M3823
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1 1/2 commercial lots in downtown core• Zoned C2, 3000 sq ft lot fronts on Voght St• 6000 sq ft lot fronts on Coutlee Ave• Offers an array of commercial possibilities•
$139,000 M3867
Excellent downtown location• Chain linked fencing all around perimeter• Includes forklift, bobcat• Will consider a lease w/ option to buy•
$395,000 M3829
Large open commercial space (approx 6500 sf)• Curb parking and parking lot across the street• Located in the d/t core. Sold as bldg & land• Roof HVAC, hot water & roll down security door•
$440,000 M3779
Developers take note• Approx 15 acres of prime development property• Current zoning is I3 w/portion in the ALR• Subdivision potential•
$499,000 L3873
Find ultimate luxury in this 3 BR Custom Log Home• Laundry on main floor, Games room & more!!• Resort style Atmosphere, like a vacation everyday• Mile High Estates, between Logan Lake & Kamloops•
$375,000 M3894
Hi-end haven recreational property• 2 story log home at Mile High Estates• Wood stove, wood fl rs throughout• Gourmet kitch w/ custom cabinets•
$435,000 M3822
Striving for perfection? Home of distinction,• 5 bdrms, 3.5 baths, Master on main w/ enste• Custom quality construction, 3036sqft• On 1.9 acres Heated oversized garage•
$525,000 M3820
Completely redone & gorgeous• New windows, siding, roof, h/w tank• New kitchen, fl oors & electrical• Solarium off dinrm, the list goes on….•
$249,500 M3817
Great starter or investment• 5 bdrms on lge corner lot• New kitch, bathrms, fl ring throughout• New h/e furnace, a/c roof, windows…•
Great starter or retirement home• 2 lots for the price of 1• 4 bdrms, 2 bathrooms• Beautiful views•
Well maintained, secure bldging• Updated condo, central location• Strata incl heat h/w, cable, caretaker & yd maint.• Small pets allowed•
$219,500 M3818
$269,900 M3805
$125,000 M3808
Nothing to do but move in!• 2x6 construction and walk-out bsmt• Backing on to Greenbelt• New roof, 40 Gal HW Tank•
Affordable Living• Immaculate Manufactured home on own lot.•
Gas Fireplace, Vaulted ceilings• Newer Laminate fl ooring, no carpets•
$268,000 M3846
$129,900 M3882
Nice 2 Bedroom Condo• New laminate fl ooring• All appliances included• Good for revenue or fi rst timer•
$112,000 M3877
Cute & cozy• 3 bdrm bungalow• Huge 51x150’ lot, Covered deck • Enjoy the mtn views•
$110,000 M3807
Historical character 3 BR home• Enjoy the high ceilings and mature landscaping• Perfect location• Call to view and see the potential•
$99,000 M3878
Solid 2 bedroom home• Vinyl windows, 100 amp service• Close to town centre, lane access• Fully fenced yard•
$85,000 M3840
2 bedrooms in strata building• Central location• Laminate fl ooring• New roof in 2010•
$76,900 M3486
Fabulous views• 4 bdrm home w/in-law basement suite• Large fenced back yard• Two car garage, central vac and more•
$210,000 M3802
Guichon Creek fl ows thru property• Lots of grass for grazing• Farm setting• Easy access AND Water Rights!•
$249,000 M3810
Spacious 4 bdrm home• Family neighborhood, awesome deck• Huge Jacuzzi tub & pool table• All appliances & window coverings•
$258,000 M3806
Great 4 BR family home w/ 3 Bathrooms• Beautiful wood fl oors, Custom Brkfst nook• Tons of storage, Roof 1 year old• Relax in the Hot Tub at the end of the day•
$205,000 M3890
Well kept family home w/wood stove• Kitchen has open fl oor w/cedar sun room• New fl oors, windows, roof and siding• Enjoy the Hot tub after a hard day•
$259,000 M3891
Build your dream home• 1 of Logan Lakes best lots• 30 min drive to Kamloops shopping mall• Invest today in a fast growing community•
$44,000 M3884
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VICTORIA – The B.C. NDP collected more than $500,000 from constituency office budgets starting in 2005, using the money for purposes that Auditor General John Doyle described as inappropri-ate and inadequately documented.
Documents from a draft internal audit of B.C. legislature finances surfaced this week. They describe a practice of NDP constituency offices paying $202 per month each into a “cen-tralized fund” that was used to hire three-time NDP candidate Gabriel Yiu on contracts to work for the NDP caucus.
B.C. Liberal cabinet minister Bill Bennett said Premier Christy Clark has apologized for a plan that sug-gested using govern-ment resources to help the party, and the NDP should do the same for this.
“This is a kickback scheme,” Bennett said. “This is a scheme that uses money that’s intended for constitu-ency offices around this province ... your NDP MLA thought that it was OK to send back $200 a month to the caucus for politically partisan rea-sons, rather than using that money to look after your constituents.”
NDP caucus chair Shane Simpson rejected suggestions that the cen-tralized fund was a vio-lation of the rules, not-ing that it was approved by the legislature’s in-house accountant at the time.
The legislature’s for-mer comptroller general was fired last year after a broader audit by Doyle revealed MLAs’ person-al expenses were being paid without receipts. Those and other inad-equacies in record-keeping prevented Doyle from assessing whether constituency funds were being properly spent.
The 2010 draft audit described the response of NDP “management” as admitting that the payments were inappro-priate.
“Management erro-
neously relied on the honour system preva-lent at the [Legislative] Assembly to accept the
request for transfers which are now shown to have been inappro-priate,” the draft audit
stated.It describes the use
of the funds as for “par-tisan purposes and not
for goods or services consistent with the origi-nal purpose of the con-stituency office.”
NDP defends partisan ‘kickback’ fundBy Tom Fletcher
BLACK PRESS
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The Nicola Valley Community Arts Council (NVCAC) is pleased to announce the second of three exciting community events which mark the Arts Council’s 30th year as an organiza-tion.
Our second event will be a night to remem-ber as we host a free reception marking our 30 years as an organization. The night will feature live entertainment by pianist Bruce Vogt, the Merritt Secondary School Senior Jazz band and Nicola Valley Community Band. A black and white art show, cash bar and appetizers will be provided. The City of Merritt has pro-vided a generous in-kind donation of the Civic Centre and celebrations kick off at 7 p.m.
The third part of the Nicola Valley Community Arts Council 30th year celebration is the first annual Art in the Park on July 1.
The Nicola Valley Community Arts council wants you to join us in the 30th Celebration, to thank the community for supporting the Arts.
Arts council secures fundingThe Nicola Valley Community Arts Council
recently secured about $6,000 from the B.C. Arts Council for general funding.
Merritt is one of 415 communities included in the $8.3 million funding decision from the provincial body.
Arts council celebrating 30th anniversary
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Firefighters examine the damage of a grass fire on city property at the end of Quilchena Ave.on Saturday afternoon. At its peak, the fire was about 25 by 100 feet and melted part of the fence along the edge of the property. Crews believe the fire was intentionally set. Emily Wessel/Herald
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Where you choose to live in Canada can be for cultural, social, employment-related or a host of other individual and fam-ily reasons – but it’s usually not because of the provincial tax rate. Still, tax rules do vary from province to province and it’s good to know the differences, if only for your own knowledge and per-haps, to save you a few important dollars. Here are some interesting examples of Canada’s varied provincial tax landscape.
The amount of taxes you pay and the tax credits available to you are determined by the province you live in but, no matter where you live, the principles for reducing your tax bite as much as possible are the same: take full advantage of all your tax deductions and credits, make maxi-mum contributions to your investments held within an RRSP or TFSA, and use income-splitting and investment strategies that reduce taxes. One other tip: if you’re moving to a province with a lower tax rate, do it before Dec. 31 and you’ll pay the lower rate for the full year. If you’re mov-ing to a province with a higher tax rate, try to delay until the follow-ing year.
And it always pays to talk to your profes-sional advisor before you file your return.
This column, writ-ten and published by Investors Group Financial Services Inc. (in Québec – a Financial Services Firm), and Investors Group Securities Inc. (in Québec, a firm in Financial Planning) presents general information only and is not a solicita-tion to buy or sell any investments.
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Canada’s provincial tax landscapeNotable variations in tax creditsThe federal government provides refundable and non-refundable tax credits that are identical in every
province. However, each province provides its own roster of tax credits that often mirror or extend those provided by the federal government – but also vary from province to province.
Province Individual tax creditBritish Columbia Seniors’ home renovation tax credit: available to seniors (65 or older) or family mem-
bers living with them. Up to $1,000 to offset the cost of home improvements – such as the addition of handrails, ramps or walk-in bathtubs -- whether the home is owned or rented.
Manitoba Primary caregiver tax credit: available to primary caregivers for spouses, relatives, neighbours or friends. $1,275 for each care recipient; may claim for up to three care recipients for a total of $3,825 per year.
Saskatchewan First-time home buyers tax credit: eligibility similar to existing federal first-time homebuyer credit; up to $1,100.
Ontario Healthy homes renovation tax credit: available to seniors (65 and older) or family members living with them; up to $10,000 in eligible home improvements to make the home safer and more accessible.
2013 tax rate comparison
Employment income $150,000 $50,000 $80,000Eligible dividends $15,000 $5,000 $10,000
Taxes paid by province of residence
Alberta $46,414 $9,051 $19,387British Columbia $48,672 $8,148 $18,294Ontario $53,024 $9,221 $20,298Quebec $60,191 $12,512 $25,754
Contact your own advisor for specific advice about your circumstances. For more information on this topic please contact your Investors Group Consultant.
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The shoulder is an amazing piece of machinery. It has the greatest range of motion of any joint in the body. However, this large range of motion makes it less stable compared to the stronger but less mobile hip joint. Thus, the shoulder joint is more vulnerable to injury. I see patients every single day with issues with their shoulders. I will list a few of the more common shoulder problems that I see in my clinic.
A shoulder separa-tion is a fairly common injury, especially in cer-tain sports. Most shoul-der separations are actually injuries to the acromioclavicular (AC) joint. The AC joint is the connection between the scapula (shoulder blade) and the clavicle (collarbone). Shoulder dislocations and AC joint separations are often mistaken for one another, but they are very different injuries.
Biceps tendonitis, also called bicipital tendonitis, is inflam-mation in the main tendon that attaches the top of the biceps muscle to the shoulder. The most common cause is overuse from certain types of work or sports activities. Biceps tendonitis may develop gradually from the effects of wear and tear, or it can happen
suddenly from a direct injury. The tendon may also become inflamed in response to other problems in the shoul-der, such as rotator cuff tears, impingement, or shoulder instability.
Many people refer to any pain in the shoulder as bursitis. The term “bursitis” really only means that the part of the shoul-der called the bursa is inflamed. Tendonitis is when a tendon gets inflamed. This can be another source of pain in the shoulder. Many different problems can cause inflammation of the bursa and/or tendons. Impingement syndrome is one of those problems. Impingement syn-drome occurs when the rotator cuff tendons rub against the boney roof of the shoulder, the acromion.
The rotator cuff tendons are crucial to the healthy function-ing of the shoulder. They are subject to a lot of wear and tear or degeneration as we use our arms. Tearing of the rotator cuff tendons is an especially painful injury. A torn rotator cuff creates a very weak shoulder. Most of the time, patients with torn rotator cuffs are over 30 years old, but rotator cuffs tears can happen at any age.
Thoracic outlet syndrome causes pain along the top of the clavicle and shoulder. The pain may spread along the inside edge of the arm, into the hand, and also into the ring and pinky fingers. Numbness and tin-gling may accompany the pain, especially in the early hours of the morning before it’s time
to wake up. Symptoms tend to get worse when driving, lifting, carry-ing and writing. The arms may also feel tired when held overhead, as when using a blow dryer. It may be harder to hold and grip things, and the hand may feel clumsy.
These shoulder issues are very common and we successfully treat them every day in our clinic. If you require treatment for your shoulder problem, or you simply have questions, please feel free to call me at my office.
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I am very excited about the opportunity to be able to offer to my patients the latest weapon in the battle against age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Groundbreaking research has led to the advent of a vitamin called MacuHealth with LMZ3. It replenishes the carotenoids in the retina, which are responsible for
preventing, slowing and potentionally stopping the progression of AMD.
MacuHealth is comprised of three carotenoids found in the macula: lutein, zeaxanthin, and meso-zeaxanthin. Meso-zeaxanthin is the most critical of the three, and is found exclusively in the very centre of the macula – the area responsible for central vision. Zeaxanthin and lutein are found in the outer spheres of the macula.
What makes meso-zeaxanthin such an important component of this vitamin is that it’s quite difficult to get in our Westernized diet. It is found in foods
such as the shells of shellfish, shrimp and turtles, and in the skin of salmon. It is also derived from lutein in a process that requires a certain enzyme that is absent in some of the population. Those people must rely on a supplement to replenish diminished stores.
AMD is the leading cause of late onset visual impairment and legal blindness in the Western world among people over 50. According to reports from the Macular Degeneration Association, AMD Alliance International and the Foundation for Fighting Blindness, more people have AMD than breast cancer, prostate
cancer, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s combined. Over 15 million people in North America are currently affected by AMD and experts estimate that, as the population ages, the number of those afflicted will double by the year 2020.
I am seeing more and more patients with early signs of AMD, and now we have a powerful tool to help us with a comprehensive risk mitigation plan for our patients.
We have also just acquired an optical coherence tomography scanning laser that allows us to see under the retina where AMD starts. We can track it more
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Seventy-five to 80 per cent of all AMD has been traced to genes inherited from family members. Family members of AMD patients need to consider the possibility of prevention of this disease by building a protective layer of macular pigment in their eyes long before signs and symptoms of AMD appear.
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Going into Thursday night’s game five against the Warriors in West Kelowna, the Merritt Centennials find themselves in a do-or-die situation.
Down three games to one in their best-
of-seven, first-round series with the Tribe, the Cents simply must win Thursday to prolong the series and force at least a game six back in Merritt on Friday night and possibly a game seven Saturday in West Kelowna.
Some might think that the Cents do not deserve to be in the predicament
they’re in. They played sparkling in games two, three and four but have only one win to show for it. The series could eas-ily be three-one in Merritt’s favour or, at worst, tied at two apiece. But that’s playoff hockey!
Below is a recap of how the Cents got to this point in the post-season.
Cents on the brink of elimination
The Merritt Centennials’ Silvan Harper fends off the check from West Kelowna defenceman Adam Plant as he attempts to screen Warriors’ netminder Tyler Briggs. Ian Webster/Herald
The Cents’ post-season could not have got off to a worse start than this one-sided drubbing at the hands of the Warriors. Everything that went wrong in the final weeks of the regu-lar season (resulting in a six-game winless streak) continued in game one of the playoffs. Legs were listless, puck handling was sloppy, and every mistake resulted in an opposition puck in the back of the Merritt net.
The Warriors scored twice in the first period and once in the second to put this baby to bed early. A pair of West Kelowna powerplay mark-ers and one even-strength tally in the third only added salt to the wound.
Diego Cuglietta’s goal with 30 seconds left in regulation showed that Warriors’ netminder Tyler Briggs was mortal, but the loss was Merritt’s seventh in eight meetings with West Kelowna this season.
GAME 1Friday, March 15 - West Kelowna
WARRIORS 6 CENTENNIALS 1
Silvan Harper’s lone goal of the first period gave Merritt an early 1-0 lead, and seemed to awaken the giant. The Cents were suddenly sharper and playing with passion and purpose. They peppered Briggs with 17 shots in the first period and 41 on the night.
West Kelowna tied the game in the second period, but Regan Soquila put the Cents up a goal again early in the third on the powerplay.
Unfortunately, Merritt’s inability to nurse or build on a lead versus WK came back to bite them once again. Diminutive Ambrose Firkus (gotta love that name) tied the contest midway through the third, and Josh Monk netted the winner 10 minutes into the first overtime period. It was the Cents’ fourth 3-2 defeat at the hands of the Warriors, and second of those in OT.
GAME 2Saturday, March 16 - West Kelowna
WARRIORS 3 CENTENNIALS 2 (OT)
This game shouldn’t have even been close. Back on home ice, in front of almost 800 boisterous, friendly fans, the Cents were all over the Warriors from the opening faceoff. By the final whistle, they had pounded Briggs with 48 shots and finally scored more than three times against him in 10 meetings.
In a chippy, penalty-filled affair (145 minutes), Merritt finally dis-covered its powerplay and made WK pay, going 3-for-9. Cents’ man-advantage markers came courtesy of Soquila, Derek Huisman and Dylan Chanter.
Despite the way the ice was tilted, the Warriors managed to hang around and even briefly tied things at 3-3 halfway through the third.
Rookie Jeff Wight was the late-game hero as the Cents finally broke through with a win.
GAME 3Monday, March 18 - Merritt
CENTENNIALS 4 WARRIORS 3
The hockey gods were sure not looking down favourably on Merritt this day. The Cents dominated every facet of the game except goaltend-ing for 60 minutes but still could not forge a win. Briggs simply stole this one.
Both teams scored once in each of the first two periods (Tyler Martin and Brendan Lamont for Merritt) although the Cents had more golden opportunities than you can count on two hands.
In a frenetic third period that saw brilliant play by the likes of Lamont, Harper and defenceman Richard Sabourin, it was only West Kelowna who could score — on their one and only legitimate chance.
As possibly Merritt’s final home-game of the season wound down, players, coaches and fan faithful could only shake their heads and wonder.
GAME 4Tuesday, March 19 - Merritt
WARRIORS 3 CENTENNIALS 2
• CENTS PLAYOFF TICKET SALES •If there’s a Game 6 on Friday, March 22 in Merritt, tickets will be on sale Friday from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Cents Marketing Office at 2508 Granite Ave. (Phone 250-378-3604 during purchasing hours), and from 4 - 6 p.m. at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena. After 6 p.m., all ticket sales will be general admission.
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Derek Huisman of the Merritt Centennials forechecks the West Kelowna Warriors’ Matthew Berry-Lamontagna during second period action at Royal LePage Place. Ian Webster/Herald
Defencemen Tyler Martin (2) and Dylan Chanter congratulate Merritt Centennials’ goaltender Tyler Steel after their team’s first win over West Kelowna in 10 tries. Ian Webster/Herald
The Cents’ Brendan Lamont has been sensational throughout the playoffs, and scored a goal in game four following a steal of the puck on the forecheck. Ian Webster/Herald
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The Merritt Curling Club put a wrap on its 2012-13 season with the annual club champion-ships on Friday night. Close to 75 people were on hand at the Merritt Curling Centre to take in the action.
In the men’s ‘A’ final, the Randy Neill rink was victorious over the Brent Lindquist four-some. Other members of the Neill quartet were Dennis Rogalski, Ron Sanders and Grant Klassen.
The Neill rink was
presented with the Strickland Cup, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary next year.
Winner of the ladies’ ‘A’ final was the Monika Tenisch rink which included Colleen Reynoldson, Cari Barquest and Jane Wowchuk. They defeat-ed the Diane Twan team.
The Tenisch four-some was presented with the newly-created Marg Reynoldson Memorial Plaque hon-ouring the former long-
time Merritt Curling Club member who passed away in 2012.
Finally, in the men’s ‘B’ final, it was the Doug Allen rink
over the Jerry Sanders quartet. The Allen rink included Kurt Thoms, Ian Gordon, and Curtis Sloan sparing for Darryl McLean.
SPORTS
By Ian WebsterTHE [email protected]
A quartet of distance runners from the Merritt area put in some strong performances recently.
This past weekend, both MJ Bedard and Hans Aabye were win-ners at the annual Spring Runoff 10K race in Kamloops. Bedard was the top female fin-isher (and 25th overall), as well as first in her age group (F40-44). Aaybe
was also an age group winner (M35-39) and placed second overall amongst all runners.
Bedard, principal at Collettville Elementary School, was very pleased with her personal best time of 44:25 on a course that she had never run before and in rather cool, windy con-ditions on Sunday.
“The first three kilometres, we had the wind at our backs, and I thought that I was
going to melt,” she said. “Then we turned into the wind, and I was glad I had my layers on.”
Bedard’s win was a dramatic one, as she caught the two frontrun-ners in the final kilome-tre and took the overall ladies’ title with just a step to spare.
“It was an exciting finish. I caught up with Jennifer [Watt from London, England] just after the last turnaround point. Then, with about
a kilometre left to go, Hans was at the side of the course taking pictures. He said the fin-ish was just around the corner, so I let it rip and began to sprint. I caught Delihah [Topic from Kelowna] about a stride before the finish line. It was very close. They even gave us the same time.”
Aaybe, for his part, ran a very impressive 33:55 for 10K to finish just 13 seconds behind overall men’s winner
John Machuga from Kelowna.
Aaybe was delighted with his second-place time, stating that he had been sick all week leading up to the race and was hoping only to break 35 minutes.
“I certainly didn’t have very high expec-tations going into the race,” he said. “It’s my first time under 34 [minutes], so I’m really pleased.”
A total of 163 run-ners took part in the Spring Runoff 10K, which is the third race in the Interior Running Association series held each year through-out the Thompson-Okanagan region.
Both Bedard and Aaybe also took part in the second IRA event, held March 10 in Penticton. The Lakeside 5K saw Bedard place 52nd overall, 12th in the ladies’ category and second in her age group with a time of 21:41.
Aaybe was third overall (16:23) in Penticton and first in his age group.
A third Merritt run-ner, Bruce Wark, also took in the Lakeside 5K. He finished 20th overall in 19:10, and first in his age group (M60-64).
South of the border, long-time Merritt resi-dent Darch Oborne was an age group winner (M65-69) in the Lost Dutchman Marathon in Apache Junction, Arizona on Sunday with a time of four hours and 17 minutes.
Competing in his twentieth marathon (his first was in Paris in 2005), Oborne went through the ‘half ’ in 1:56.07.
“Even then I knew that I wasn’t going to break four hours for the marathon as the second half of the race had a lot of hills,” he said.
Oborne will be tak-ing very little time off from marathon racing. He is scheduled to do the Widbey Island 26.3-miler on April 17 fol-lowed by the Vancouver Marathon on May 5.
Oborne tries to run five days a week, usually for an hour. He varies
his workouts to include fartlek, hills, roads, trails and even sessions on the track. Prior to a compe-tition, Oborne throws in some two-to-three-hour runs. He also mountain bikes on an almost daily basis.
Next up for Bedard is the Dirty Feet half-mar-athon this weekend in Kamloops. Her current training regime consists of 55 to 65 km of run-ning weekly as well as strength and cardio workouts at the gym.
Aaybe has his sights set on the Wenatchee Marathon in Washington at the end of April, followed by either the Vancouver or Calgary Marathons in May.
“I plan to do the Okanagan College half-marathon on April 7 in Kelowna. That’ll tell me what kind of shape I’m in a few weeks before Wenatchee,” said Aaybe. “I’ve lost some impor-tant training because of being sick, but hopefully I can put in some big miles in the next few weeks.”
Local runners excel on both sides of the border
OUTSTANDING FEETS
MJ Bedard (far left) and Hans Aabye were both age group winners at the annual Kamloops Spring Runoff 10K on Sunday. Darch Oborne (above) won his age group at the Lost Dutchman Marathon in Apache Junction, Ariz. on the same day. Photos by Dave Graham/Kamloops and submitted
THE ‘A’ TEAMSWinner of the ladies’ curl-ing club championship was the Monika Tenisch rink (top right). Shown with the Marg Reynoldson Memorial Plaque are (from left) Cari Barquest, Colleen Reynoldson and Tenisch. Missing is Jane Wowchuk. The Randy Neill rink (right) topped the field to win the men’s club championship. Sharing the Strickland Cup are (from left) Ron Sanders, Grant Klassen, Dennis Rogalski and Neill. Photos courtesy of Darlene Gellrich
Curling club closes out season
Shown above is the winning Merritt five-pin bowling team. (Back row, from left) Jerrid Chandler, Jordan Pinto, Cindy Marshall, Bill McNeil, Deb Tancsa, Doreen Nikkel, Helen Szabo and Diane Walker. (Front row, from left) Gerry Thomas, Bill Campbell, Crystal Chandler and Mark Pattison. Photo submitted
BOWLING CHAMPIONS! The Merritt Bowling Centre’s five-pin team came away with three first-place trophies from the 67th annual Inter-City Championships, held March 15-17 in Vernon and Kelowna. The 12-member squad took top honours in the ‘B’ division’s men’s and mixed competitions and, combined with a sixth-place finish in ladies’ play, also won the overall aggregate title. A total of 20 teams (240 bowlers) from throughout the Interior of B.C. took part in the three-day championship event that was held at Lincoln Lanes in Vernon and Capri Valley Lanes in Kelowna. In the men’s competition, Merritt topped the field with Summerland second and Princeton third. In mixed play (three men and two women per team), Merritt led the field, fol-lowed by Quesnel and Summerland. Princeton took the ladies’ title with Lumby and Quesnel in second and third, respectively. One of the highlights of an action-packed weekend was the perfect game (450) rolled by Vernon’s Wayne Schulz on Sunday — the first in the Inter-City Championship’s history. A very successful banquet was held at the Vernon Rec Centre, which included the tradi-tional piping in of the teams.
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Brownies Thursdays - 5:30 - 7 p.m. Central School - 250-378-8310Canadian Diabetes Association Once a month, 7 - 9 p.m. Trinity United Church Hall. Call Eva at 250-378-2897 or Gerry at 250-378-3716Canadian Mental Health Association - Merritt Clubhouse Wednesdays & Fridays: 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. 1721 Coldwater Ave. (Teen Centre) across from MSS. 250-378-4878Central School Pac First Tuesday - 7 p.m. Lunchroom 250-378-4892Celebrate Recovery Meetings every Monday, 7:00 p.m. at New Life Fellowship, 1938 Quilchena Ave. 250-378-4534Community Choir Mondays - 7 p.m. - Fall to Spring Collettville Elementary - 250-378-9899Court Whist - Fun Game Wednesdays - 7 p.m. at the Seniors Centre 250-378-2776Drop-In Soccer Tuesdays & Thursdays: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Girls & Boys 16+ welcome 250-378-2530Drop-In Volleyball Mondays - 7 - 9 p.m. CMS. 250-378-6212.
Guides Mondays - 5:30 -7:30 p.m. Central School - 250-378-2281Ladies’ Curling League Wednesdays, 6 - and 8 p.m. Call 250-378- 8175 or 250-378-4917Living With Loss Support Group Wednesdays - 7 to 8:45 p.m. 2025 Granite Ave - 250-280-4040Merritt Curling Club For League Information 250-378-4423Merritt Duplicate Bridge Club Tuesdays 7 p.m. Seniors’ Centre 250-378-5550 or 250-378-4577Merritt Elks Lodge Clubs Second & Fourth Wednesday - 8 p.m. Elks Hall 250-378-9788Merritt Lawn Bowling Sun., Tues., & Thurs. at 7 p.m. 250-378-2950Merritt Lions Club First & Third Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Best Western - Han’s Golden Wok 250-378-9509Merritt Moms Prenatal- Post Natal Support group. Open Monday - Friday - 8:30 a.m. 250-378-2252Merritt Navy League Cadet Corp Wednesdays 6 - 9 p.m. Cadet Hall Ages 9-13 welcome 250-378-2620
Merritt Snowmobile Club Second Tuesday of the month 7 p.m. - Civic Centre 250-315-1082Merritt’s Women in Business Second Wednesday 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Merritt Desert Inn 250-315-5851Nicola Naturalist Society Every Third Thursday - 7:00 p.m. NVIT. www.nicolanaturalists.caNicola Valley Better Breathers 3rd Wednesdays, 1:00 pm at Trinity United Call 250-378-6266 N.V. 4-H Club Every Second Tuesday - 6:30 p.m. Central School - 250-378-5028N.V. Community Band Tuesdays - 7 p.m - MSS Music Room 250-378-5031 or 250-378-9894N.V. Dirt Riders Association Last Wednesday of the month 7 p.m. at Garden Sushi Scott: 250-378-3502 www.nvdra.comN.V. Explorers Second Wednesday - NVIT # 1 - 7 p.m. 250-378-4476 or 250-378-4413N.V. Horseshoe Club Meetings Wednesdays - 6 p.m. Smith Pioneer Park 250-378-5007 or 250-378-6980N.V. Heritage Society Last Wednesday - Baillie House 250-378-0349
N.V. Fall Fair Third Monday - 2145 Quilchena Ave. 7 p.m. 250-378-5925N.V. Fish & Game (except July and Aug.) Third Wednesday - 7 p.m. Phelan House - 2236 Jackson Ave. 250-378-4572 or 250-378-4904N.V. Quilters Guild First & Third Thursdays Civic Centre 7 p.m. 250-378-4172N.V. Search & Rescue Second Monday - 7 p.m. At the airport 250-378-6769 N.V. Women’s Institute Second Wednesday - 1:30 p.m. In member’s homes 250-378-2536One Way Krew Youth Group Tuesdays - 7 - 8:30 p.m. Crossroads Community Church - 250-378-2911Pathfi nders Thursdays - 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Central School - 250-936-8298Patricia Rebekah Lodge Second & Fourth Mondays at 7 p.m. Lawn Bowling Club, Merritt Avenue.Rocky Mountain Rangers Cadet Corp Tuesdays - 6 p.m. 250-378-1302 or 250-572-3775Royal Canadian Legion #96 Executive Mtg. Second Thursday - 6 p.m. Regular Mtg. Fourth Thursday - 7 p.m. 1940 Quilchena - 250-378-5631
Royal Purple First and Third Mondays each month 1:30 p.m. - Downstairs @ Elks Hall 250-378-9788Rotary Club of Merritt Every Thursday - Noon Brambles Bakery Cafe. 250-378-5535Rotary Club of Merritt - Sunrise Every Tuesday - 7 a.m. Brambles BakerySeniors’ Mixed Curling Mondays & Tuesdays - 1 - 3 p.m. 250-378-5539Sparks Mondays - 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Central School - 250-378-8310Teen Centre Mondays & Fridays - 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. 250-378-4878Toastmasters Club 3929 Tuesdays - 5 p.m. at the Merritt Library 250-378-58552 4 U Tuesdays - 2 p.m. at the Hospice Society Sue 250-378-2717 or Bonnie 250-315-0179Valley Visual Artists General club information contact: Fran McMurchy at 250-378-4230 Vintage Car Club - Merritt Chapter Second Wednesday - 7:30 p.m. Ska-Lu-La Workshop Al (250-378-7402) Ted (250-378-4195)
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THE CHURCHES OFMERRITT WELCOME YOU
Crossroads Community Church2990 Voght St. • 250-378-2911
Service Time: Sundays 10:30 a.m.
Merritt Baptist Church2499 Coutlee Ave. (Corner of Coutlee and Orme) • 250-378-2464
Service Time/ Sunday School: Sunday 10:30 a.m.
Merritt Lutheran Fellowshipin St. Michael's Church • 250-378-9899
Service Time: 3rd Sunday each month 1:00 p.m.
Nicola Valley Evangelical Free Church1950 Maxwell St. • 250-378-9502Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m.
Sacred Heart Catholic ChurchCorner of Jackson & Blair • 250-378-2919
Mass Time: Sundays 9:00 a.m.
Seventh Day Adventist Church2190 Granite Ave. • 250-378-4061Service Time: Saturdays 11:00 a.m.
St. Michael’s Anglican Church1990 Chapman St. • 250-378-3772Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m.
Trinity United ChurchCorner of Quilchena & Chapman • 250-378-5735
Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m.
MERRITT LIBRARY
Annual Book Sale’s last day is this Saturday! Library hours: Thursday, Friday, Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.,
TRINITY UNITED
CHURCH
Palm Sunday Service, March 24 at 10 a.m. Good Friday Service, March 29 at 3 p.m. Reverand Nick Judson and Reverand Dan Hinds (St. Michael’s Anglican Church) will be offi-ciating. Everyone Welcome.
NV COMMUNITY BAND
Musical Fundraiser at The Culture Club, Friday, April 5 at 7 p.m. Intimate cabaret atmosphere. Snacks included, beverages available for pur-chase. Tickets avail-able at Hair Shack or call James 250-378-9894.
ST. MICHAELS
ANGLICAN CHURCH
Easter bake sale & coffee break on Saturday, March 23 from 10 a.m. until noon. St. Michaels is located at 1990 Chapman St.
NICOLA VALLEY ARTS
COUNCIL
Join us at the Civic Centre, Saturday, April 6 at 7:30 p.m., for this year’s Vancouver Piano Ensemble as they bring their 8 hands and 2 grand pianos to Merritt. Tickets at Baillie House and Black’s. This event sells out, get your tickets now!
BAILLIE HOUSE
The Baillie House is once again sell-ing daffodils with all proceeds to the Canadian Cancer Society. Fresh flowers are sold in bunches of 10. Delivery avail-able for large orders.
Phone 250-378-0349 (daytime) or 250-378-0978 (evenings) to pre-order by March 25th.
Spring garage sale, weekly from Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., until the end of March. Fundraising for property mainten-ance and painting.
NV COMMUNITY ARTS
COUNCIL
Council is look-ing for artwork to be displayed at the Civic Centre for their “Night of the Arts”. All work must be in black and white or shades of grey, medium is open. Deadline for submis-sion is Saturday, April 20. Call 250-378-6515 for detailed information regarding submission require-ments. Fri, April 26th @ 7pmA”A Night of the Arts, A Community Reception for the
30 years with the NVCAC.” Help us celebrate our 30 years as an organization with this free com-munity event which toasts the success of the community and the Nicola Valley Community Arts Council. Join us for live entertainment including pianist Bruce Vogt, the Community Band and MSS Jazz Band, a rich historical display and so much more, Friday, April 26 at 7 p.m. at the Civic Centre. Call 250-378-6515 or email us for more information.
NV WOMEN’S INSTITUTE
Spring Fashion Show, Saturday, May 4 at the Senior’s Centre from 1 - 3 p.m.. For more infor-mation call Betty at 250-378-3730
COURTHOUSE ART
GALLERY
The Courthouse
Art Gallery presents “Ancestor Teachings: First Nations Arts and Culture Past and Present”, March 16 - April 20. An art exhibition curated by Lower Nicola Tribal Elder, Bernice Ball, assisted by Arts Council Director, Meriel Barber. Gallery is open Thursdays from 4 - 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday Noon -6 p.m.
MERRITT YOUTH CENTRE
The Merritt Youth Centre is open 3 p.m. - 7 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays. We are located at 1721 Coldwater Ave. Have questions, suggestions or inter-ested in volunteer-ing? Please contact Stacy Wormell, Youth Services Outreach & Merritt Youth Centre Coordinator, 250-315-9581.
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Hospice SocietyMerritt & District
Brian was a retired Science Of cer, Registered Medical Technologist and laboratory scientist in charge of the Histopathology Lab for the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fish in Abbotsford, BC.
A man of many talents; Brian built his own home in the Kane Valley near Merritt, did his own vehicle repairs, studied Astronomy, and created his own successful investment portfolio. He was an amazing guy.
Brian leaves siblings, family and many friends to mourn his loss. A beloved husband and wonderful father. Gone too soon. Loved forever.
Thomas “Brian” MooreFebruary 12, 1945 - January 2, 2013
It is with great sadness that the family of Norman Ross announce his passing on March 15, 2013 after a long battle with cancer.
Norman has had to leave his loving family, wife Colleen; Daughters, Tracy (Gary) their children Ashley, Alexis, Dustin and Adriana; Kora-Lee (Davis) and their son Koen; Desiree (Matt) and their children Liam and Matilda; Brothers Warren and Rick and Sister Leanne.
This wonderful husband, father and friend will be missed each and every day.
A Memorial service will be held at the Merritt Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses on Saturday the 23rd at 2:00 pm.
Norman Edward Ross Sept. 22, 1943 – March 15, 2013
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Terry was born in Kamloops and moved to Allenby (near Princeton) as a baby and later moved to Merritt with his family in 1961. Terry was a natural athlete and in his youth was very active in hockey and baseball. Later he took up golf which became his passion. Terry trained as an electrician and worked in various mines and sawmills in Western Canada. Five years ago he was diagnosed with COPD and was forced to give up working. As his health declined he gave up sports but continued to enjoy them on TV. He was an avid Canucks and Lions fan. He loved Merritt and its small city friendly atmosphere.
Terry will be missed and is survived by his sister Ida Hancox (Bill) of Abbotsford, brother Melvin Patenaude of Merritt, sister Gail Peterson (Paul) of Williams Lake, nieces Kathy Hancox (Mike Kothke) of Tucson AZ, Kirsten Hancox (Dave Robb) of Waterloo ON, and Sandra Peterson (Gary Carlson) of Vancouver, and nephew James Peterson (Ann Hahr) of Kamloops. As well as many aunts, uncles and cousins.
The family would like to thank Dr A Smit, the staffs from the Home Care, Nicola Meadows, and Gillis House for their loving care. A special thank you to those to who stopped to visit these last few months.
At his request there will be no formal service.
Terry Joseph PATENAUDE
Dec. 2, 1946 – March 16, 2013
It is with a deep sense of loss and broken hearts that we share the news of our dad’s passing. Chris Hutton lost his brief battle with prostate cancer on January 19, 2013. His last few weeks were spent in North Okanagan Hospice House in Vernon where he was treated with love, respect, and dignity. We thank them so very much for the care he received.
Chris moved to Merritt with his wife Barbara in 1994 to enjoy their retirement. They had immigrated to Canada from England in 1967 and Chris worked with Ford Motor Company until he retired. Before that, Chris and Barbara both worked for the British Army.
The couple thrived in Lower Nicola; they loved being retired and enjoyed many family reunions summer after summer. They moved into Nicola Meadows in 2006 and Barbara passed away two years later. Chris carried on bravely and kept himself busy at Nicola Meadows — calling bingo, organizing events for the residents, and enjoying the company of his good friend Irene Pare.
He is predeceased by his parents Gerry and May, and his sister Frances. He leaves behind his brother Tony, his loving children Pauline, Wendy (Dave), Patty (Dean), and David (Helen), his grandchildren Tim, Erin, Robert, Robin, Barbara, Christine, Ndola, Katrina, and Jenna and nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews and many friends.
A celebration of life will be held at Nicola Meadows, 2670 Garcia Street, Merritt B.C. at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 24, 2013. Please join us as we say goodbye to a man who loved to laugh and enjoyed a good whiskey. We shall raise a glass in honour of a life well lived and a man well loved.
In lieu of fl owers, donations may be made to the North Okanagan Hospice House, 3506-27th Avenue, Vernon BC.
HUTTONChristopher GeorgeMarch 27, 1934 - January 19, 2013
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HIRING DRIVERS Kamloops Chips Division
Seeking qualifi ed drivers for immediate openings in Merritt, BC for our Kamloops Chips haul.
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Alpha Design is seeking a permanent Full-time Shipper/Receiver person. This posi-tion has potential for growth and offers many exciting new learning opportunities.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the following duties:• Receiving all incoming product, verifying quantities and prices• Make hydraulic hoses• Deliveries to various companies in the area
Requirements:• Computer pro ciency required as candidate will use several computer programs combined with shipping duties. • Applicant must be detail oriented, with the ability to multi-task, prioritize and demonstrate leadership skills.
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Alpha Design is seeking a Full-time Machinist. This is an excellent
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The successful candidate will be responsible for the following duties:• reading and understanding blueprints • operating lathes, milling machines & boring mills • assessing work pieces and determining appropriate repairs • knowledge of hydraulic cylinders is an asset
Applicants must have a positive attitude, a strong work ethic, and excellent time manage-ment skills.
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Lower Nicola Indian BandHOME CARE ATTENDANT
QUALIFICATIONS: Home Care Attendant Certi cate from • accredited institution, or equivalent; or currently employed as a Home Care Attendant.Previous experience required; • Ability to communicate effectively both • orally and in writing.Ability to work with behaviorally dif cult • clients.Hold a valid driver license and have a reliable • vehicle.Wage is negotiable depending on • experience and quali cations. Ability to speak or willingness to learn the • Nlakapamux language is an asset.
For full details, see website www.lnib.net. We thank all applicants; however only quali ed candidates will be considered for an interview.
Submit Cover Letter and Resume by 4 pm on March 22, 2013, to:
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The Merritt Herald is looking for an Advertising Creative Consultant to work along side our award winning design team.
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This individual must be able to endure pressure/deadline situations and yet keep a healthy sense of humour with their fellow employees.
The Merritt Herald publishes and distributes to over 8300 homes twice a week. If you feel you have what it takes to be a star among our stars we look forward to hearing from you.
To apply, please forward your resume with a cover letter to:Theresa Arnold, Associate PublisherMerritt Herald2090 Granite Ave., P.O. Box 9 Merritt, B.C. V1K 1B8e-mail: [email protected]
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Misc. WantedLocal Coin Collector Buying Collections, Accumulations, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins + Coin Guy: 778-281-0030
Real Estate
Mobile Homes & Parks
2 BEDROOM MOBILE HOME in quiet 55+ park.
w/d, f/s. Asking $11,500.
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Rentals
Apt/Condo for Rent
The SummitApartments
2 bedroom suites available in March.
Brand New Building.
All Stainless Steel Appliances.
Accepting Applications
250.280.7644
No SmokingNo Pets
2 bdrm apartment for rent above Brambles Bakery. Appl. included. Free WiFi. $800 + util. Avail. immed. 378-6655
Rentals
Apt/Condo for Rent
KENGARDMANOR
Ask about move-in incentives For appointment call
Ph: 250-378-9880
Spacious 1 & 3bedroom apartments.
F/S, heat and hotwater included.
Misc for Rent
MERRITT1988 Quilchena Ave.,
Merritt, BCMarch 12, 2013
Applications are now being accepted for apartments, suites and houses. Many
assorted units coming available.
Call for more info onthese units and others call
250-378-1996Direct line to the PropertyManagement Department
Call for all of your Residentialor Commercial Property
Management needs!
MERRITT REAL ESTATE SERVICES
Property Manager: Lynda Etchart
3 bedroom split level house. 3 bedroom split level house. $1200 plus utilities.$1200 plus utilities.
2 bdrm house. Large fenced 2 bdrm house. Large fenced yard. $850 plus utilities.yard. $850 plus utilities.
2 bdrm house. Renovated. 2 bdrm house. Renovated. $950 plus utilities. Great area$950 plus utilities. Great area
1 bdrm apartment. 1 bdrm apartment. $575 plus hydro$575 plus hydro
1 bdrm apartment. 1 bdrm apartment. $600 plus hydro. (2)$600 plus hydro. (2)
2 bdrm Sandpiper unit. 2 bdrm Sandpiper unit. $750 plus hydro. (X2) $750 plus hydro. (X2)
2 bdrm duplex. 2 bdrm duplex. $750 plus utilities.$750 plus utilities.
2 bdrm triplex. 2 bdrm triplex. $ 750 including utilities.$ 750 including utilities.
2 bdrm in fourplex. 2 bdrm in fourplex. $750 plus hydro (inc heat) $750 plus hydro (inc heat)
3 bdrm in fourplex 3 bdrm in fourplex $800 plus hydro (inc heat)$800 plus hydro (inc heat)
2 bdrm bsmt suite. 2 bdrm bsmt suite. $650 including utilities.$650 including utilities.
2 bdrm quaint duplex. 2 bdrm quaint duplex. $675 plus utilities. (x2)$675 plus utilities. (x2)
3 bdrm duplex. 3 bdrm duplex. $925 including utilities.$925 including utilities.
3 bdrm Upper Floor. 3 bdrm Upper Floor. $1275 including utilities.$1275 including utilities.
2 bdrm in Sixplex in Lower 2 bdrm in Sixplex in Lower Nicola. $600 inc. utilities. Nicola. $600 inc. utilities.
3 bdrm townhouse. 3 bdrm townhouse. $725 plus utilities.$725 plus utilities.
3 bdrm Upper fl oor of house. 3 bdrm Upper fl oor of house. $900 plus utilities.$900 plus utilities.
Homes for Rent2 bdrm house for rent in Lower Nicola. 4 pc bath, full kitchen, 1/2 acre fenced yard. No smoking, no pets. $900/mon plus damage deposit, ref. req. 250-378-5579
Rooms for Rent2 Furnished rooms for rent $415/$465 includes xtreme in-ternet, cable, laundry, utilities, private entrance,suitable for working person, on bus route. No drinking or drugs. 378-5128
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WOODLOT 1779WOODLOT LICENCE PLAN
Thynne Mountain Woodlot Co. Ltd. is preparing the Wood-lot Licence Plan (WLP) for Woodlot 1779 located west of approximately 8km on the Prospect Road up the August Creek Road within the Merritt TSA of the Cascades For-est District.
The draft WLP has been prepared under the new Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA). Unlike previous Forest Development Plans prepared under the Forest Practices Code Act, the WLP does not show specifi c locations of proposed roads and cutblocks. Rather, the WLP shows the entire Woodlot area with associated resource values identifi ed. The plan specifi es performance requirements, measures, and standards to be carried out to protect these values over the next fi ve year period and into the future.
As well as the public review, stakeholders are invited to provide information about specifi c resource features that may be unknown to the proponent so that they may be incorporated into the planning process.
In accordance with FRPA, the WLP is available for public review and comment until May 15, 2013. Please contact Rene Thomsen RPF at (250) 378-2710 to view the plan. Written comments or inquires can be sent to 2037 Gillis Crescent, Merritt, BC, V1K 1H9.
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Consultant on Aging
It’s never too early to start planning for the future.
CFP Certifi ed Financial Planner CPCA Certifi ed ProfessionalConsultant on Aging
call me at: 250.315.0241 E-mail: [email protected]
Need help to create a plan to enjoy the life you desire today, & tomorrow?
➣Personalized Retirement Plans➣Detailed Risk Analysis➣Insurance & Estate Planning➣Strategic Retirement Analysis & much more
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Nicola Plumbing & Heating
Fully Quali ed Tradesmen in..Plumbing, Heating, Bonded Gas Fitters.
Service Work & Furnace Service. Custom Sheet Metal
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PHONE: 250-378-4943 2064 Coutlee Ave., Merritt, BC
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LOGAN LAKE DENTAL CLINIC
General Family Dentistry
Logan Lake Mall • 250-523-6682
New Patients Welcome
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REASONABLE RATES, while using customers
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• Irrigation Activation• Spring Clean-Up• Aerating • Thatching• Seeding • Fertilization• Turf Installation• Retaining Walls• Parking Lot Sweeping
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Phone 250.315.0340 for details
All Ages Welcome
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Quality workmanship, Outstanding Service.
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Call for a FREE Estimate
JASON ARNOLD - Serving Merritt Since 2000
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Professional Staff - Fully Insured
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MERRITT LUMBER SALESMERRITT LUMBER SALES2152 DOUGLAS ST., MERRITT, BC250-378-5382 • 250-314-4249
HOURS OF OPERATION:HOURS OF OPERATION:Mon to Fri.: 8 am - 5 pm & Sat.: 8 am - 4 pm
Mon to Fri.: 8 am - 5 pm & Sat.: 8 am - 4 pm
SCREWS, NAILS, ROOFING, INSULATION, JOIST HANGERS & much moreLARGE LANDSCAPING BEAMS AVAILABLE
BUILDING SUPPLIESSCREW
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IVAN’S SIDINGSALES & SERVICE
• Vinyl & Hardie Board Siding
• Aluminum Sof t, Fascia & Eavestroughs
“When others have come and
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SERVING THE
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CALL: (250) 378-2786
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2026 Mamette Avenue 250-378-1322
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026 Mamette Avenue 250-378-1322
OLD OR NEW WE HAVE THE EXPEREINCE TO REPAIR THEM ALL.• Tune Ups • Brakes • Exhaust• Suspension • Lube/Oil•Radiator Service • Shocks & Struts• Air Conditioning Service
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We are currently acccepting new clients and look forward to meeting with you about any of
your accounting & taxation needs.We are confident our team will add value to your business
by providing reliable and timely accounting services, allowing you more time to grow your business.
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1988 Quilchena Ave. (Royal Lepage of ce)
Merritt, BC V1K 1B8
Phone: 778-257-4129e-mail: [email protected]
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