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Members of the Smart Step Youth Organization city squad and the Community Policing Office canvassed the downtown core on Aug. 19 to clean up graffiti for the fifth annual Paint Our City Clean campaign.

Gabrielle Smith (left) and Michelle Schultz of Smart Step clean graffiti off of a wall outside the Adelphi Hotel.

Merritt RCMP Const. Tracy Dunsmore told the Herald they’ve noticed less graffiti to clean up than last year, but the numbers aren’t necessarily trending downwards; rather, they fluctuate from year to year.

Dunsmore said this initiative fosters community pride in the Smart Step participants.

Michelle Schultz of Smart Step city squad said participating in Paint Our City Clean shows that youth like herself can have a positive impact on the community.

In all, 30 locations were cleaned up during Paint Our City Clean.

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Low attendance, volunteer turnout at festivalSturgis Canada closed a day

early because of low attendance and a shortage of volunteers, according to the music festival and motorcycle rally’s president Joan Hansen.

Approximately 1,100 tickets were sold in advance of the festival, which ran Aug. 21 to 23 at the old Mountainfest site. Hansen said there

were some tickets sold at the gate, but the final ticket count was not known as of press time.

She said she estimates there were about 2,000 people at the festival site on Saturday night, when head-liner Burton Cummings played.

In terms of volunteers, Hansen said they had about 100 confirmed, but only about 45 actually showed up.

As for those who bought tickets

for Sunday’s shows, Hansen said they are working on a plan, and are leaning toward offering some sort of credit as opposed to a full refund.

“We’re not going to make any promises at this point, but we’re working on a plan,” Hansen said.

Hansen said weather may have been an influencing factor in the low turnout as the area did see some rain.

“We didn’t have a whole lot of

people show up from Merritt on the Thursday — the free day — but it could possibly be weather-related as well, which I’m thinking it is,” Han-sen said.

She didn’t say whether or not the festival will return to Merritt next year, as organizers will need to evaluate if the Merritt-area site is a viable location based on the numbers.

Hansen said she’d like to hear

from the people and business own-ers in Merritt to see if Sturgis Cana-da has their support.

“I don’t want to come back if there’s no support,” Hansen said.

“We’ve already heard a lot of people want us back, but we’d like to know from the business perspec-tive whether it was even profitable for the town.”

By Michael PotestioTHE HERALD

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City of Merritt chief administrative officer Allan Chabot said the city is supportive of festivals and events, realizing they can bring cultural and economic benefits to Merritt.

Chabot said he’s heard suggestions through other media sources that the Merritt RCMP had too many roadblocks at the festival and caused too many problems, which he dis-agrees with.

“I think some accu-sations have been made and certainly that’s of concern to us, particu-larly if they’re not accu-rate,” Chabot said.

The music festival site is privately owned land in the Thompson Nicola Regional District and is not part of the City of Merritt.

Hansen said while she’s heard complaints from festival patrons about the RCMP road-blocks, she had no issue with the police.

“We appreciate the police and they helped us a lot,” Hansen said. “I’m very grateful towards the RCMP.”

Merritt RCMP Sgt. Norm Flemming addressed city council at its regular meeting on Tuesday night regard-ing rumours police had something to do with the early shutdown.

He said the rumour that police seized upwards of 30 motor-cycles is false as they did not seize any motor-bikes.

He also said the detachment did not bring in any officers from out of town.

Merritt RCMP Staff Sgt. Sheila White told the Herald there were only a few violations over the course of the weekend. Tickets were issued for having improper helmets and for having improper driver’s licences.

During the festi-val, White said, police responded to four calls at the site of the music festival — two arrests were made for drunk in public on Friday with-out issue and they were taken to jail to sober up.

White said police responded to “a con-sensual fight” between a member of the Hell’s Angels and a member of another motorcycle club on Saturday night during the Burton Cummings concert.

On Sunday morn-ing, police responded to a call of causing a disturbance between staff members of Stur-gis Canada. No charges were laid in that inci-dent, she said.

Unpaid bills

The owner of the Merritt Intown Inn is upset with Sturgis orga-nizers, claiming they have yet to pay a bill totalling about $5,000 incurred during this year’s festival.

Qian Xiang — who also goes by the name Chen — said he has yet to be paid a penny for the rooms booked for the Sturgis Canada festival.

He said organizer Ray Sasseville booked upwards of 40 rooms.

“I couldn’t sleep for two or three days,” Chen said. “Oh man, this is horrible.”

The bill is for $4,791.20.

“They hurt the busi-ness,” Chen said.

He said the RCMP told him there was nothing they could do for him about the welshed debt.

Merritt police Sgt. Norm Flemming said that to his understand-

ing, an agreement was made between the two parties to settle the bill after the fact and, in that case, it becomes a civil matter.

“Essentially, you’ve extended credit to the individual,” Flemming said.

The Merritt legion is also owed payment from Sturgis Canada, but treasurer Margue-rite Kempin said she isn’t expecting to be

paid as not much beer was sold.

Kempin said the legion was given a con-tract good for $5,000 to serve the beer at the festival’s beer garden.

She said the legion was also to receive another $5,000 if the festival netted $10,000 from beer sales, but said that bonus is unlikely.

“If you don’t make money, it doesn’t matter if you have your con-

tract signed with blood on gold paper. If there’s no money, there’s no money,” Kempin said.

Hansen told the Herald festival organizers are putting their bills in order and working on a repayment plan for the Intown Inn as well as the legion.

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of our much loved father, grandfather and great grandfather, John Hector Ford. John passed away peacefully on August 22nd, 2014 in Ashcroft at the age of 82 years.

John was predeceased by his wife Elizabeth in 1992, and his brother Don several years ago. He is survived by his one daughter and five sons, and their families.

John moved to Ashcroft from Northern Alberta in 2010 to be closer to his family. He was a rancher for most of his life, having farmed over the years in the Armstrong area, Merritt, and in Alberta. He was a longtime member and supporter of the CSSM Churches, and had also participated in many local farm fairs and 4H events over the years. He had a great love of horses, especially Clydesdales, and enjoyed all aspects or caring for them. He had a great enthusiasm for riding.

The last few years had been difficult for John as he struggled with Alzheimer’s disease. He went into care in Kamloops in August 2013, and was then moved to Jackson House in Ashcroft in May of 2014. The care he received during this time has been exceptional. The family would like to send a heartfelt thanks to the doctors and staff who have been involved this last while in assisting John.

Visitation for John will be held from 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM on Wednesday, August 27th from the chapel of Thompson Valley Funeral Home Ltd. In Ashcroft.

Funeral Services will follow at 10:00 AM on Thursday, August 28th from the Sage Hills Evangelical Free Church in Ashcroft with a reception after in the church lower auditorium. Burial will take place that afternoon at the Hullcar Cemetery in Enderby.

Donations in memory of John may be made to the CSSM “One Hope” Bible Camps – General Camps

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Sturgis Canada ended its inaugu-ral event in Merritt a day early over the weekend. The reason for the Sunday cancel-

lation was unknown at press time as organizers had yet to release a state-ment.

Contrary to rumours, the festival had not had its liquor licence revoked, a spokesperson for the B.C. Liquor Control and Licensing Branch said in an email.

Even with no licence, the festival could have continued without selling liquor.

That was the case at Boonstock in Penticton over the August long week-end. That festival was denied a liquor licence this year but went ahead with an estimated 9,000 attendees each day.

The Bass Coast electronic music and arts festival, which also takes place at the old Mountainfest grounds, does not sell liquor on-site and saw its second consecutive suc-cessful event earlier this month.

Merritt RCMP, which works closely with the B.C. LCLB, did not recommend the branch revoke the licence either. Neither local police nor the liquor licence inspector knew of the cancellation beforehand.Despite the early closure on Sun-

day, organizers said they felt the event went well, Sturgis Canada president Joan Hansen said.“We thought it went really well

— until Sunday,” Hansen said Mon-day morning, adding she was not prepared to make a statement on the reason for the early closure.There is no word yet on whether

refunds will be issued for the Sunday portion of the event, nor how many tickets were sold to the event. It is also unknown if the festival

will return next year.

By Emily WesselTHE [email protected]

Liquor licence not revoked, organizers mum on reasonClassic rock legend Burton Cummings rocked the main stage

at Sturgis Canada on Saturday night. Despite a big-name lineup, organizers wrapped up the festival early, cancelling its Sunday, Aug. 24 events. No reason for the early cancellation was available by press time. Emily Wessel/Herald

What went wrong at Sturgis Canada on Sunday?

Sturgis Canada ended its inaugural event in Merritt a day early over the weekend. Contrary to rumours, the festival had not had its liquor licence revoked, a spokesperson for the B.C. Liquor Control and Licensing Branch said in an email.

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Arts council rebounding from resignations

The Nicola Valley Community Arts Council is on the upswing after a wave of recent resigna-tions from the group’s board.

The NVCAC had an emergency meeting on Aug. 20 to talk over its challenges and potential solutions.

The group also elected Bill Edmonds as its new president, and he took the concerns from the meet-ing forward to a meeting with city staff and council Monday night.

Among the NVCAC’s most pressing short-term challenges is a lack of vol-unteers, Edmonds said.

Lack of a concert committee chair is one of the reasons the 2014-15 concert series is cancelled.

The concert series typically sees four per-formances in a variety of genres — from classical piano to stand-up comedy — come to town.

The NVCAC also

cited lower-than-necessary attendance and higher-than-expected overhead costs for the concert series cancellation.

Edmonds said the group would like to see a higher funding commit-ment from the city going forward.

Historically, the arts council had been given $6,000 a year, but this year, city council cut the funding to $4,000.

Coun. Mike Goetz said that number was based on information council received from the NVCAC about the base-line number they needed in order to get reciprocal funding from the prov-ince.

However, NVCAC treasurer Chris Dooley said the province’s BC Arts Council grant amount changes each year as well.

Edmonds said the fact some funding was allot-ted to the arts and culture policy task force — which included some NVCAC members — may have

confused the grant-in-aid application process.

The group is also fund-ed by a BC Arts Council grant and a BC Touring grant, which applies to the concert series.

Dooley said cutting overhead costs of putting on events would help the group’s finances in the long run.

“We’re trying to bring a cross-section of a dif-ferent type of music and entertainment which might not necessarily bring the whole city but it does entertain a certain part of the city,” she said. “It makes people grow culturally by being able to experience new and dif-ferent concerts.”

She said the costs for the concert series mount-ed quickly, as having to bring in a sound system from Kamloops could run the group over $2,000 each time.

Edmonds said the NVCAC’s short-term financial goal is to secure a BC Arts Council grant and reciprocating grant

from the city. Edmonds said pro-

vided the grants come through, the arts council will have a good baseline from which to grow next year.

The NVCAC currently has a net deficit of about $11,000, Dooley said.

Volunteer shortage

With its expectations on financials expressed to city hall, the arts coun-cil’s short-term goal is to address the volunteer defi-cit, Edmonds said.

The NVCAC needs a secretary, and there are still five open seats on the board which can accom-modate 11 directors.

The more people power the group can draw on, the lighter the demands on each volun-teer, Edmonds said.

One of those available volunteer positions is the role of art gallery director, which has been vacant since the resignation of the former gallery direc-tor, who relocated in July.

The Courthouse Art Gallery has been closed for a month with no one to run it.

Edmonds said that position turned out to be a burden for the volunteer who took it on because it required nearly full-time commitment.

While the group evalu-ates the gallery director position, it’s trying a new format for art shows.

The “pop-up art show” format involves the showing artist to man the gallery on a Friday, and the arts council will hold an event in conjunction with the show on the fol-lowing day.

The first event will feature a Vancouver artist on Oct. 3 followed by an Oktoberfest event at the Culture Club on Oct. 4, where two of his pieces will be auctioned off in a fundraiser.

In November, the pop-up show will feature local artists Fran McMurchy and Wendy Eeckhout.

By Emily WesselTHE HERALD

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See ‘Excitement’ Page 8

BIRD’S-EYE VIEW The Doug James Band played to a diverse crowd at Spirit Square on the afternoon of Aug. 22 that included pets and people alike. The rockers played crowd-pleasing hits from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s on Friday and Saturday as part of the chamber of commerce and city’s joint event, Music in the Square, which wraps up with family entertainer Mat Duffus this weekend. Emily Wessel/Herald


Next council meeting: Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014Council agendas and minutes at www.merritt.ca

City of Merritt ★ 2185 Voght Street, Box 189Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 ★ Phone: 250-378-4224

JOB POSTING: IT Coordinator

Applications are invited for the position of IT Coordinator for the City of Merritt.

For complete details, visit City of Merritt website at www.merritt.ca

Detailed resumes attached with a cover letter will be accepted until 4:00 p.m., Friday, August 29, 2014 and should be addressed to:

Carole Fraser,Human Resources Manager

City of MerrittPO Box 189, 2185 Voght Street

Merritt, BC V1K 1B8Or by email: [email protected]

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

HELP KEEP MERRITT’S BOULEVARDS AND LANES CLEAN We all want Merritt and the

neighborhoods we call home to look the best as possible.

A frequent question to the City’s Bylaw Department is “Who is responsible for maintenance of boulevards and lanes?” The short answer is the adjacent property owner. Just as with winter snow, the adjacent property owner is responsible for shoveling the sidewalk in front of their home, so during the rest of the year the adjacent property owner is responsible for keeping the boulevard and lane abutting their property neat and tidy. We may even want to consider helping some of our neighbours who may be less capable.

With this in mind Merritt’s Nuisance Abatement Bylaw provides for minimum property standards within City limits. This Bylaw requires property owners to also maintain lanes and boulevards.

We all need to do our part to maintain our neighbourhoods. One of the pleasures of living in a smaller community like ours is that the little extra that we contribute makes a huge difference that will positively reflect on the City of Merritt as somewhere great to live.

INVITATION TO TENDER

4X4 UTILITY WORK MACHINETender Reference No. ENG-2014-03The City of Merritt Public Works Department is accepting Tenders for the supply of one new 4x4 Utility Work Machine. The Utility Work Machine must be a full time 4x4 vehicle with front loader and a rear three point hitch system including a PTO as described in the specifications section.

Tender Closing Time: 2:00 pm local time

Tender Closing Date: 2014-09-04 at:

Address:CITY OF MERRITT2185 VOGHT STREETMERRITT, BC V1K 1B8

CONTACT PERSON:Shawn Boven, AScTPublic Works ManagerEmail: [email protected]: (250) 378-8626Fax: (250) 378-2600

Please note that the City’s Website address is www.merritt.ca

INVITATION TO TENDER

UTILITY SERVICE TRUCK

Tender Reference No. ENG-2014-04

The City of Merritt Public Works Department is accepting Tenders for the supply of one new Service Utility Truck for our Utilities Division. The truck must have an aluminum deck, tool cabinets, and a small crane as described in the specifications section.

Tender Closing Time: 2:00 pm local time

Tender Closing Date: 2014-09-04 at:

Address:CITY OF MERRITT2185 VOGHT STREETMERRITT, BC V1K 1B8

CONTACT PERSON:Shawn Boven, AScTPublic Works ManagerEmail: [email protected]: (250) 378-8626Fax: (250) 378-2600

Please note that the City’s Website address is www.merritt.ca

SPRAY PARK RESURFACINGThe City of Merritt’s Spray Park located at Rotary park, will be unavailable from Sept. 15 - 17 in order to complete the spray pad resurfacing project.

The resurfacing project will entail base preparation and applying a rubber product over the entire surface. The rubber product is made from 100% recycled BC tire rubber. This will result in a much more resilient, softer and slip-proof surface. This is a 2014 Capital Budget Project.

Only the spray park will be inaccessible during this time. The rest of Rotary Park will still be available for the enjoyment of the local community and visitors alike.

Please note that the resurfacing project dates may be subject to change as the project is weather dependent.

For more information please contact: Larry PlotnikoffLeisure Services [email protected]

NOTICE

Water Conservation WILL BE IN EFFECT

MAY 1 - SEPTEMBER 30

WATERING IS ONLY PERMITTED during the following times:

THERE IS NO SPRINKLING ALLOWED ON SUNDAYViolations will result in a $50 fine.

Basic Sprinklers

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6 am - 8 am & 7 pm - 10 pm EVEN ADDRESS: Monday, Wednesday & Friday ODD ADDRESS: Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday

Midnight am to 4 amEVEN ADDRESS: Monday, Wednesday & Friday ODD ADDRESS: Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday

Hand watering of plants using a hand held hose with a working spring-loaded shut-off nozzle or a hand held container is permitted anytime.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGPROPOSED CITY OF MERRITT ZONING AMENDMENT

BYLAW NO. 2178, 2014

Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held on Tuesday September

9th, 2014 at 7:00pm in the Council Chamber at Merritt City Hall, located at 2185 Voght Street, Merritt, BC with respect to a proposed Zoning Bylaw amendment. Pursuant to Section 892 of the Local Government Act, City Council will consider amending Zoning Bylaw 1894, 2004. The purpose of the proposed amendment is to add a site specific use in unit #106 at the Railyard Mall. That site specific use would be for a recycling depot.

The Zoning bylaw amendment applies to only UNIT 106, LOT A DISTRICT LOT 123 KAMLOOPS DIVISION YALE DISTRICT PLAN KAP67209 EXCEPT PLAN KAP92388 A copy of the proposed amendment bylaw and other relevant documents may be viewed during normal business hours of 8:30am to 4:30pm on until September 9th at 4:30 PM at City Hall, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt BC. The bylaw is also available online at www.merritt.ca. Anyone wishing to address the above Bylaw will be afforded the opportunity at the Public Hearing to be heard in person, by a representative, or by written submission, on all matters contained in the proposed Bylaw. If you are unable to attend the Public Hearing, written submission must be received NO LATER THAN 4:00PM

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 8th, 2014, to ensure their availability to Council at the Public Hearing. No letter, report or representation from the public will be received by Council after the conclusion of the Public Hearing.Sean O’Flaherty, RPPPlanning & Development Services ManagerNote: This is the first of two consecutive Public Notices.Dated this 28th of August 2014, at Merritt, BC

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PROVINCE

Thank youYou’ve all made owning the Aberdeen memorableEric Barren would like to thank everyone who has come out

to help support the Aberdeen Pub and Cold Beer, Wine & Liquor Store over the past 25 years.

Good Luck and all the best to Steve and Mark, the new owners as of August 5, 2014.

Important Notice

to all Nooaitch

Band members:

Nooaitch Chief and Council will be holding an Indian Reserve #9 revocation referendum. A community informational meeting will be held on August 27th, 2014 @ 7:00pm at Nooaitch Band Hall at 2960 Shackelly Road reviewing the referendum.

Nooaitch Chief and Council will be holding the referendum on September 24th, 2014 at the Nooaitch Indian Band Office, 2954 Shackelly Road, main building, downstairs board room from 9:00 am – 8:00pm. Mail in votes will be accepted until September 24, 2014 @ 8:00pm. The referendum will involve a vote on a revocation of a past timber surrender. Chief and Council would like to ensure the timber surrender does not continue to apply to current management of Nooaitch IR #9.

Information will be mailed out to all Band members living off reserve. Information packages will be distributed to all Band members living on reserve. Or, you can request a package from the Nooaitch Indian Band office.

Contact information if Band Members have any questions regarding the referendum process: Elections officer, Sheldon Gagne Natural Resources Specialist, Lands and Economic DevelopmentAboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, BC RegionSuite 600 - 1138 Melville StreetVancouver, BC, V6E [email protected] - 666 - 6755 (fax: 604 666 8292)(1 800 665 9320) Office: 1425H

Contact information for an information package on the referendum:Lani McKenzie Receptionist

ICBC seeks 5.2 per cent basic rate hike; cites distracted driving

ICBC is asking regulators to approve a 5.2 per cent increase in basic auto insur-ance rates.

The public auto insurer said the rate hike would cost the average customer an extra $40 per year if approved by the B.C. Utili-ties Commission.

The rate hike is to take effect Nov. 1 on an interim basis while the BCUC reviews the application.

A previously approved 5.2 per cent rate hike that took effect in 2013-14 means driv-ers will soon be paying 10.4 per cent more than they did in 2012 for basic coverage.

ICBC blamed the latest increase on a continued rise in injury claims costs paid to crash victims for pain and suffering, future care and lost

wages.Bodily injury claims hit

$1.9 billion in 2013, up $73 million from 2012 and by more than $500 million from five years earlier. Legal and medical costs are also up.

Drivers’ rapidly growing use of cellphones and other personal electronic devices behind the wheel is one of the factors ICBC cited for the rise in injury claims.

Distracted driving is the second leading cause of fatal car crashes in B.C. – killing

88 people a year – and is the leading cause of rear-end crashes that often cause inju-ries, spokesman Adam Gross-man said.

A new campaign against distracted driving is to roll out in September.

Grossman was unable to provide details justifying why basic rates should be 10.4 per cent higher than 2012 when the injury claim cost increase from 2012 to 2013 was only four per cent. The full rate hike application is to be filed Friday.

Consumers Association of Canada president Bruce Cran said it continues a pat-tern of steeper increases in basic rates on which ICBC has a monopoly but more restraint on optional cover-age rates where it must com-pete.

He also took aim at the provincial government’s con-

tinued raiding of ICBC cof-fers for general revenue.

The province has budget-ed to pull $200 million from ICBC this year, $155 million next year and $125 million in 2016, down from $237 mil-lion in 2013 and $576 mil-lion in 2010.

Cran said he doesn’t “give a damn” about ICBC and government claims the yearly dividends to the province come only from the optional side and don’t affect basic rates.

“We see it as one corpora-tion,” he said. “As long as they’re stealing our money by the million by transferring it into government revenues, no matter which division they claim it from, we are being gouged as a public.”

Cran called it a stealth tax on people who drive vehicles that is “absolutely disgrace-ful.”

By Jeff NagelBLACK [email protected] ‘‘‘Distracted

driving is the second-leading cause of fatal car crashes in B.C.’

— ICBC’S ADAM GROSSMAN


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Every day I receive at least one press release from an RCMP detachment somewhere in B.C.

These releases — brief as they may be — provide a peek into the world of police officers in communi-ties around this lovely prov-ince and the wide variety of stuff they have to deal

with. In one release from

mid-August, Coquitlam RCMP officers were spreading the word about a stolen electric Toyota forklift.

The forklift went miss-ing from a Coquitlam busi-ness overnight earlier this month, and police found skidmarks on the pavement from what they believe were thieves dragging the thing onto the back of a truck to make off with their loot.

You see, the thieves didn’t just drive it off the equipment lot because the key to the forklift was stored inside the business.

So if you come across a bright orange, older

model forklift with the model number 7FBOU25, you may want to alert the appropriate authorities that you have found the loot of some less-than-bright criminals.

Why someone would steal a forklift, I have abso-lutely no idea. But there you have it.

Most of the releases I receive from RCMP are on the more serious side of what they do. They have to do with notices of miss-ing persons, high-profile arrests, warrants for arrests, hit-and-runs, break-and-enters, weapons seizures ... and the list goes on.

And that’s only a snap-shot of the things officers see day in and day out.

It’s no wonder police officers are prone to burn-out.

I recently had a conver-sation with a local cop on exactly this topic.

He had been the recipi-ent of a text that was not intended for him, to which he responded, in the pro-cess identifying himself and his position within the local RCMP detachment.

The mis-texter then offered him a tip about what he/she believes to be drug activity in a local house — for a cash reward.

As if having action taken at the rumoured drug house isn’t enough of a reward, it takes money to make offering that infor-mation worth it.

As if, maybe, taking an active interest in your community’s wellness isn’t enough.

Or, you know, recogniz-ing that police can’t simply go around kicking in doors, that they need reasons.

Here’s the part where cynics pipe up and say, well, the cops won’t do anything anyway, so what’s the point? In fact, this is the exact sentiment the mis-texter expressed (albeit with definite vitriol) to that officer.

All of a sudden cops are being trash-talked for not doing anything when they simply can’t force help on those who resist it.

Ruts in road to farmland changes

The month-long Agricultural Land Commission consultation closed Aug. 22, and the B.C. government is com-piling the feedback received from a province-wide tour and invitation to comment.

I can’t tell you much about the offi-cial input. The consultation sessions were by invitation only, with no media allowed, and the submissions via web-site are also not public.

I reached Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick as he was traveling around B.C. with his camper van, conducting his own meetings with farmers. He’s not saying much either, except that a summary of the findings should be made public in September as the government considers new regulations.

The aim of this exercise is to con-sider relaxing rules around secondary farmland uses in the Interior, Koote-nay and North regions, as well as food processing and retail sales of food and beverages on farmland. Also under consideration is allowing breweries and distilleries, as wine and cider pro-duction are now allowed, and relaxing rules to permit more off-farm prod-ucts to be sold from farms.

Letnick defended the 30-day sum-mer consultation as adequate. It’s based on 11 questions developed with staff, farm groups and local govern-ment. He’s also not counting how many emails were stacked up by pro-ponents or critics.

“I’m not conducting a plebiscite,” Letnick said. “What I’m trying to do is come up with the best balance of recommendations to make to govern-ment that can hold their own based on the idea and the potential positive and negative consequences.”

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There is something of a two-way street here, but some people have their blinders on and can only see what’s in their lane.

This particular officer is no rookie and the situation exasperated him. Imagine how frustrated people new to the force must find these kinds of baseless accusations.

Sadly, the same high burnout rate applies to paramedics, firefighters and social works, to name just a handful.

The fact this exasperation and eventual burnout is not entirely surprising is the real problem.

Maybe we need to look at our level of tolerance for burning out first responders.

Between May and August of this year, 17 Canadian first responders have killed themselves.

That’s 17 lives lost and

untold lives changed as a result of post-traumatic stress disorder, a mental health con-dition that often doesn’t show its symptoms overtly.

Police forces, paramedic organizations and fire depart-ments across Canada are feel-ing the effects of these losses.

While first responders are trained to confront some of the ugliest situations imagin-able, that training does not preclude their being affected by these situations.

Cynicism and a dark sense of humour are no match for some of the experiences these people have lived through, and have to live with.

As conversations around mental health, suicide and PTSD continue in the wake of actor/comedian Robin Williams’ suicide, let’s hope we don’t have to hear about casualty number 18.

Crime seeps into where it’s tolerated, and so does apathy.

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NDP agriculture critic Lana Popham was more forthcoming. She was invit-ed to the formal sessions, and also won’t talk about them directly. But she’s not backing away from her criticisms.

The government is pro-posing to bypass the Agri-cultural Land Commission for several kinds of deci-sions, including subdivision for family use or into prop-erties of 160 acres or more.

“I think the general idea was that people trust the ALC to make that deci-sion, and it should still go through the commission,” Popham said. “Actually the commission has been mak-ing those decisions anyway, and I think they’ve been quite fair when somebody applies.”

She said farmers also aren’t sold on the notion of

easing the rules for second-ary businesses.

“You will already find situations where there’s, let’s say, a welding shop or something like that attached to somebody’s residence who lives on ALR land,” Popham said. “That sort of stuff has been allowed, but it’s always had to go through the ALC or some sort of process that’s been in place. This leaves that process out, and so I think that’s the problem people are having.”

She noted that non-farm activities have a way of growing until they become the main business.

A reader who attended the Kelowna session said even winery operators aren’t thrilled about the proposal to enlarge retail space and allow sales of wine or beer not made on site. He said “not one” participant there liked the

idea of increasing industrial activity such as food pro-cessing or retailing. And he agreed with Popham that the ALC is doing a good job with subdivision appli-cations.

Popham also clarified the situation with the leased craft gin distillery on her own Vancouver Island farm. It started as a winery, and the conversion needed only local government approval because the pro-duction facility was already considered and taxed as light industrial.

Victoria Gin has been a model for the government’s push to allow distilleries, breweries or meaderies on farmland. Given the B.C. Liberals’ love of liberalized liquor, I expect that change to go through.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc

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READING CLUB WRAP-UP About 30 kids took part in the library’s fun and games during its last party of the summer on Aug. 20. Each week, participants in the library’s summer reading program were invited to take part in different themed parties. The programs, which served kids aged three to 12 in three different groups, wrapped up last Wednesday while the teen club finished Aug. 21. Emily Wessel/Herald

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Crews from Yellowhead Helicopters Ltd. worked on one of their choppers at the Merritt airport han-gar on Aug. 13.

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These pop-up art shows have a dual purpose as well: creat-ing more excitement around NVCAC events, Edmonds said.

“We want to have some excitement, a bit of a buzz,” Edmonds said. “I think we’ve been not quite as active as we should [be in] generating interest. I think there’s the basic interest there, but we’ve got to stoke it up a bit more.”

Despite a challeng-ing year, the group had its share of successes.

Among them, some

members contributed to a draft arts, culture and heritage policy for the city, and the organization partnered with the chamber of commerce for a second successful Art Walk.

While the group is struggling to find volunteers, it has a healthy membership — approximately 80 indi-vidual memberships and about a dozen group memberships, Dooley said.

“It’s just a matter of — I think — just getting people excited about things that are happening and want-ing to come and have

fun,” she said. The long-term

goals brought forward by stakeholders were implementing the 13 recommendations of the city’s cultural map-ping policy; turning the art gallery into a gen-eral arts centre; secur-ing the Civic Centre for concerts and arts council activities at a discount; and continu-ing discussions with the city on an arts, culture and heritage system.

Committee of the whole meetings are for discussion and city council doesn’t make any decisions during them.

Members of coun-cil offered Edmonds and Dooley their sug-gestions, including holding a local talent show as a fundraiser, promoting local artists in the gallery, having a sponsorship drive and making meetings more engaging to get more NVCAC members to attend.

The NVCAC cel-ebrated its 30-year anniversary in 2012.

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I was pretending sum-mer would last forever. After a slow start to the season, I was savouring every sunny day.

Life just seems easier when the weather is warm. I have been appreciating the vibrant colours of the flowers, the myriad shades of green, the bright red of the crab apples on my tree.

One day recently I was lying on my deck

swing contemplating life, and drifted into that soft place between awake and asleep.

Suddenly a little bird landed on the edge of a birdbath within arm’s reach of where I lay, oblivious to my presence. I watched as he drank, and then splashed water over himself. The water droplets glistened in the sun as they flew through

the air. I’m going to miss this

so much. I know it is time for

the seasons to change. I know spring will come again. I also know my attitude will determine my quality of life in between. Letting go of summer is like a mini-death.

In order to embrace the change, I have

to think embracing thoughts.

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We must give our-selves something to look forward to. Those who love winter sports are all set. Planning to take a class or start a project shifts the focus for those who spend more time indoors in winter. We can do this!

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Is your sciatica due to a misalignment?

Have you ever expe-rienced sciatic nerve pain? That’s the pain that’s starts in your low back, goes into your but-tock, down the back of the thigh, and potential-ly as far as your calf and foot. Sciatica is a very common reason why people come into my office and there are sev-eral ways that patients get this condition.

The sciatic nerve is the big thick nerve

at the bottom of your spine that travels along the same route that you’re experiencing as described above. The nerve starts in the lower spine and runs down the back of the thighs and legs. Sciatica symptoms occur when there is pressure, inflammation, or damage to the sciatic nerve.

As a chiropractor, I am well aware of the many potential causes of sciatica. However, I did some digging around with the Internet to find out what the online world says causes sciati-ca versus what I see on a daily basis. Here are the results of my search.

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Wrong. Chiro-practors help sciatica patients on a regular basis. Thankfully, the causes we often find are far easier to allevi-ate than the ones listed above. Often, what is causing your pain is likely a problem that is often not considered a possibility by other doc-tors who are not chiro-practors.

When I reviewed the

online resources about sciatica, the first thing that came to my mind is: what about a simple spinal misalignment or lack of mobility that is irritating one of more of the spinal nerves, resulting in sciatica?

It is frustrating that this is not listed as a potential issue when we see it so often in patients coming into our office every day.

During the consulta-tion and examination of a patient with sciatica, I would be looking for the potential serious causes listed above and try to rule them out as possi-bilities. In most cases, it is possible to rule nearly all of them out fairly quickly.

Next, in the physi-cal examination of the

patient, I would be looking for any spinal misalignments that may be creating pressure or irritation on that nerve. The L5 vertebra, the pelvis, and the sacrum are all specific areas that I would evaluate as the leading cause of the sci-atic pain.

When I’m feel-ing along the spine, I may feel areas of heat (increased temperature due to inflammation), spasm, or point tender-ness on specific joints. Any of these indicators can reveal a spinal mis-alignment or restriction.

If these areas match up with nerve roots that can affect the sciatic nerve, then I can feel reasonably confident where the problem is and that chiropractic

care can help.In instances where

the cause of the sci-atica is less clear, taking X-rays may be a good idea to be more certain that there’s nothing going on with the spine that would prevent you from getting chiroprac-tic care.

If you have sciatica, be sure to have your chiropractor examine your spine to look for

the more common and conservatively treatable causes.

Excerpts of this article were taken from an article written by a chiropractor named Dr. Philip in Houston, Texas. He and oth-ers like me write and publish health-related articles on EzineArticles.com for the general public to view and use as they see fit.

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The hours of plan-ning and organizing done by the District of Logan Lake’s event co-ordinator, Charlene Vandean, came together on Aug. 3 with hot, sunny weather to offer both residents and visitors alike a marvelous day-long time of celebra-tion.

With 124 vintage cars registered in this year’s show and shine, there were plenty of amazing vehicles to positively drool over. Again, Kelly Norwood and his wife Christina Garret put their orga-nizational skills and great list of contacts to exceptional use in pulling together the highest number of participants in the four-year history of this event.

There was plenty for people of all ages to do and enjoy inside the Rec Centre, including 4Cats Art Studio out of Kam-loops, which came without charge to Logan Lake to help visitors create a huge

splatter canvas. The canvas was ultimately donated to Alisha Grant, who heads up the local juvenile diabetes chapter and which will be used as part of an upcoming fundraiser. The indoor seating for folks was a very welcomed addi-tion, which will prob-ably be repeated next year as well.

RC Days for Kids from Williams Lake was in Logan Lake to treat youth to some fabulous radio-con-trolled truck racing on a track that was spon-sored by Kamloops’ Kal Tire on Mount Paul Way.

New this year were covered tables and chairs so people could sit down to enjoy the food and bever-ages dished up by the regional food trucks while members of the Logan Lake Lions Club slung food all day long. Given the heat and the opportu-nity to catch a breath, I think this concept will only be bigger next year.

Another first this year was the pin-up pageant sponsored by

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The hearing takes place Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. in council chambers at city hall.

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Come and see this 4 bedroom, 2 bath home on the Bench, with private backyard with screened porch and tons of extra parking. Features include 4 bedrooms, 2 bath, and many upgrades such as windows, doors, furnace, HW tank in 2011, central A/C, and 2 storage sheds.

#2283 $299,900

COMMERCIAL BUILDING

#2137 $325,000

Good opportunity to buy this approx. 5000 sq.ft. of commercial space on the main floor with 1100 sq.ft. 3 bedrm suite above. Perfect for running your own business and living upstairs.

ON QUIET STREET

#2111 $279,000

Very private yard of 18,000 sq.ft. with fruit trees, large concrete patio & fish pond. Thiscustom 3 level split has 4 bedrms, 3 baths, large living & dining rooms with big windows.The fully fin. Bsmt has large rec.rm and 2 bedrms.

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IMMACULATE RANCHER

IN SUN VALLEY COURT

#2160 $199,900

Nice 3 bedrm, 2.5 bath townhouse with unique floor plan, lots of windows, and gas F/P in the living room. Kitchen has had some updates. Has been prof. painted & is move in ready.

133 AC WITH LAKE

#1663 $495,000

Incredible year round off the grid home or a 4 season rec. property which almost surrounds Allie Lake. Has 2 main cabins plus 3 additional guest cabins. Own in outright or buy with family or friends.

GREAT HORSE PROPERTY

#2251 $525,000

9.88 acres with riding ring and close to Mamit Lake. 5 bedrm level entry rancher with vaulted ceilings, walkout bsmt & some updates. Includes several outbldgs, storage containers & chicken coop.

IN LOWER NICOLA

#2234 $229,000

Enjoy the country style living on 0.35 acres with creek. Home has 2 bedrms up, 1 down, galley kitchen, large living room and renovated bsmt with new carpets, paint & HW tank. Detached shop with power.

NEWER RANCHER

#2278 $299,000

3 bedroom rancher with 1800 sq.ft., open design kitchen with all appliances, HW floors,crown mouldings, 9 ft ceilings, and a bonus room above the garage. Fenced backyard with shed.

QUIET NEIGHBOURHOOD

#2226 $339,900

Clean & bright 3 bedrm rancher with 2 baths, vaulted ceilings, large open kitchen with new kitchen counters & sink & family rm with F/P. Double garage & RV parking with sani-dump & private backyard.

GREAT LOCATION

#2245 $265,000

4 bedrm family home is a 3 level split with 2.5 baths and recent updates of new metal roof, some windows/door, exterior painting & tiling in kitchen. Nice corner lot and beautifully landscaped.

OPEN CONCEPT DESIGN

#2185 $79,000

3 bedrm modular home with ground level entry. Extra room for hobby, storage or family room. Quiet location on large lot privately fenced with garden area. Central A/C, newer vinyl siding, thermal pane windows and many upgrades.

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Prices Starting at $128,000 + GST Beautiful 10 +/- acre parcel with gorgeous views of the Coldwater River, just 10 minutes from Merritt. Power at lot line & many lots have pre-approved building & septic sites. Some lots have wells, but all have a gov’t required hydrology study to assure Buyers of ample domestic water.

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#2311 $195,000

A diamond in the rough. Unfinished house on 2 city lots, close to river, and very private. This house is in the rough framing stage and is a renovation & will need a new building permit to complete.

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LARGE LOT

#2295 $239,000

Immaculate 3 bedrm home on 0.27 acre lot, nicely landscaped in Lower Nicola. Has has open concept kitchen with eating bar, skylight & lots of cupboards. Living room with gas F/P. Fenced backyard.

GARDEnER’s PARADisE

#2285 $176,500

Remarkable 2 bedroom home with mature landscaping and private backyard with patio. Home features newer kitchen & bathroom, furnace upgrade, 2 skylights for natural light, and 2 outbuildings.

BEAUTIFULLY FINISHED

#2304 $224,900

In excellent location across from park. Refinished virtually everything inside & out. New windows, doors, furnace, HW tank, U/F sprinkling, woodstove, deck, garage, kitchen cabinets & more.

THREE LEVEL SPLIT

#2121 $325,000

Executive 3 level split family home with stunning view of the valley. Has a grand living rm and dining rm with large vaulted ceilings, open kitchen concept with sunken family rm. 3 bedrms up, large master suite. Upgrades include new bathrm, windows & more.

LOCATiOn, LOCATiOn

#2259 $449,900

Beautifl 4 bedrm home on 0.42 acre lit. Has open concept plan, master on the main, maple HW flooring, large kitchen, 5 pce ensuite, bonus room over garage, central A/C, U/G sprinklers and much more.

BACKYARD OAsis

#2250 $264,900

This 4 bedrm home has a recently remodeled kitchen with custom cabinets, granite counters & new appliances. Bathrms have been redone. Enjoy the solarium that overlooks the backyard garden, pool & pond.

LOWER niCOLA

#2186 $214,900

2 bedrm home on its own 0.23 acre lot. Home is very neat with new siding, shingled roof, skirting with insulation & 14x28 garage. Has an enclosed deck & porch. Yard is fully fenced with workshop, RV parking & garden area.

LARgE FAMILY HoME

#2183 $445,000

Spacious 5 bedroom home with huge master bedrm with jet tub in ensuite, open kitchen & family room, Cherry stained cabinets in kitchen, 2 huge sundeck in private backyard plus covered sitting area.

OPEn COnCEPT DEsiGn

#2185 $79,000

3 bedrm modular home with ground level entry. Extra room for hobby, storage or family room. Quiet location on large lot privately fenced with garden area. Central A/C, newer vinyl siding, thermal pane windows and many upgrades.

gooD STARTER HoME

#2110 $119,900

Very clean home with 3 bedrooms up 2 baths, new file and newer flooring in living room, newer countertops in kitchen. Has covered carport in back with lane access. Upgraded to 100 amp.

inVEsTORs

#2199 $628,800

Great opportunity of 6 strata title townhomes, all within walking distance to downtown & close to all amenities. Being sold below assessed value at $89,828 per unit. All are currently rented.

inVEsTMEnT

#2163 $649,000

4 separately titled side by side duplexes, a total of 8 units rentable. Some long term tenants. Each unit has 2 bedrms, 1 bathrm, living room & kitchen. New shingles on roof, 100 amp service.

inVEsTORs

#2089 $65,000

Great opportunity to own a one bedroom apartment as investment or for first time buyer. Great affordably price strata unit. $3,000 bonus paid to Buyer upon completion! Don’t miss this one!

LOWER niCOLA

#2299 $229,000

Private setting, spacious 1820 sq.ft. rancher with 3 bedrms, 1.5 bath, freshly painted & 3 pce ensuite. Great views off deck, 7 well producing fruit trees, and is close to elementary school.

EXCELLEnT LOCATiOn

#2214 $299,900

Home has 2 full floors plus bsmt, 2 car garage and legal 2 bedrm daylight rental suite on main with rear entrance. Bright kitchen with island, living rm with gas F/P. Nice covered deck in back.

JusT 3 YRs OLD

#2271 $264,900

3 yr old home with 4 bedrms up, grand master suite with 4 pce ensuite & W/I closet. Open design kitchen to family rm & formal dining & living rm. Beautiful kitchen cabinetry & granite countertops

sun VALLEY COuRT

#2160 $199,000

Nice 3 bedrm, 2.5 bath townhouse with very unique floor plan. Main fl oor has lots of natural sunlight & large bay window & gas F/P in living rm. Kitchen has newer appliances, tile backsplash & fl ooring. Has been prof. painted up & down. Move in ready.

BEAUTIFULLY LANDSCAPED

#2050 $329,900

Large family home with 4 bedrms, open design, bright kitchen, central A/C. Huge, fenced backyard with sundeck and large garden area, plus double garage and deactivated 2 bedrm suite in bsmt.

UNFINISHED HoME

#2311 $195,000

A diamond in the rough. Unfinished house on 2 city lots, close to the river, with private yard. This house is in the rough framing stage and is a renovation and will need a new building permit to complete.

iMMACuLATE MOBiLE

#2286 $34,900

Fantastic 2 bedroom mobile with addition and covered porch in immaculate condition. Has vaulted ceilings , skylight, great floor plan, furnace has a new motor & well maintained.

sPACiOus MOBiLE

#1967 $74,500

2 bedrm mobile in one of the nicest parks. 1 bedrm on each end with an open concept kitchen eating area & living rm in the center. The addition has a large enclosed porch & family rm.

IMMACULATE RANCHER

#2283 $299,900

4 bedrm, 2 bath home on the Bench, meticulously maintained with many upgrades such as windows, doors, furnace, HW tank in 2011 and central A/C. Private backyard, lots of extra parking.

CORnER LOT

#2213 $199,000

5 bedrm home within walking distance to downtown & amenities. 2 storey home with single garage. 3 bedrms up, 2 down, large family room with a small kitchenette.

GOOD LOCATiOn

#2308 $315,000

Large family home with many upgrades. 3 bedrms up, 2 down with inlaw suite. Owners has put in a wood burning stove, HW tank in 2012, insulation, BI vac & water filtration system. The backyard has beautiful flower beds and front yard has fish pond & U/G sprinklers.

nEWER APARTMEnT

#2312 $139,900

Urban living in one of the finest strata developments. Nice one bedrm apartment with granite counters, shake style kitchen cabinets & incl. appliances. Clean and ready to move into

5 LEVEL HoME

#2258 $389,900

Perfect home for a large family. Possible 5 bedrm house in great area with with big yard, nice back deck & gazebo and double garage with 10 ft high doors. Lots of extra park with 1.5 lots.

inVEsTORs

#2197 $59,900

Perfect for investors, young people, retired couple. Nice 1 bedroom apartment in a well managed building, on bus route and close to corner store. Building has elevator and easy access.

QUALITY BUILT HoME

#2307 $299,000

A large foyer greets you and opens to living & dining rooms with lots of windows. Kitchen has large skylight, gas cooktop & new wall oven. 3 bedrms, jetted tub in master ensuite. In floor radiant heat, A/C, double garage with workshop & RV parking.

in LOWER niCOLA

#2264 $189,900

Beautifully renovated inside & out. Spacious 4 bedrm home on 0.25 acres with a fully manicured lawn & U/G sprinklers. Features new bathrm, new flooring, paint new windows, siding, furnace & more.

DEsiRABLE LOCATiOn

#2297 $369,000

Spacious family home with 5 bedrms up, 2 down, 3 baths, formal living room with gas F/P, jetted tub in ensuite. Upgraded paint and most flooring. All appliances stay. 2 bedrm inlaw suite.

in LOWER niCOLA

#2233 $514,900

Quality built home with 3 bedrms up, country kitchen, full bsmt with family room & work area. Beautifully landscaped 0.44 ac lot with gazebo, attached garage & 32x28 detached shop & shed.

GREAT ViEWs

#2235 $479,000

Spacious 4 bedrm + den, 3 bath home with newer S/S appliances in gourmet kitchen, dining & living rooms adjoin a walk-out balcony. The walkout bsmt has wet bar & games room. Lot of parking.

EXECUTIVE HoME

#2244 $499,900

Executive 6 bedrm family home in excellent location with panoramic views. Great curb appeal and grandiose floor plan. Features Jacobi HW flooring, slate tile, 2 gas F/P’s, extra large kitchen, large master bedrm with 5 pce ensuite, and an inlaw suite

EXECUTIVE BENCH HoME

#2141 $385,000

Quality executive 3 BR family home with HW & cork flooring with spacious rooms, vaulted ceilings & Mill Creek cabinets with granite top on kitchen island. U/G sprinklers, 2 sundecks, private yard.

TRiPLE GARAGE

#2187 $537,000

Quality built view home offers approx. 4000 sq.ft. on 3 levels. Large chef’s kitchen with all appliances, family rm open to large balcony, 4 bedrms, 3 baths. Fully finished basement.

BEAUTIFULLY LANDSCAPED

#2245 $259,000

This home is a 3 level split with 3 bedrms up + 1 down. Recent updates include new metal roof, some windows/door, exterior painting & tile in kitchen, stainless steel appliances in large kitchen.

inVEsTORs

#2287 $268,000

Large 6 bedroom home in good area, close to school. 3 bedrooms up, 3 down, 2.5 baths, 2 fireplaces, huge sundeck, fenced backyard, skylights and double garage.

MOVE in READY

#2279 $84,900

This well cared for 2 bedrm home in Lower Nicola MHP has large windows in living room with great views, an oversized bathrm with jetted tub, comes with all appliances, A/C & BI vac.

DEsiRABLE AREA

#2157 $199,900

Great starter home for young families or retirees. 3 bedrms, flat private yard with garden, 2 car garage & RV parking. Includes appliances & gas F/P. A quality built home in a desirable neighbourhood.

niCE sTRATA uniT

#2192 $59,000

Why rent when you can own? 2 bedroom strata unit with balcony and storage. Large living and dining room. Great for retirees or first time buyers. Strata fees are $212.70 per month.

gREAT STARTER HoME

#2276 $159,900

In a great neighbourhood, close to shopping & schools. There is a fenced yard and single car garage. Basement has a second living quarters for your inlaws.

PERFECT FoR LARgE FAMILY

#2296 $259,900

Home features 3 bedrms up plus 2 on entry level that could be used for main home or the 1 bedrm suite. Sunroom off kitchen, family rm, jetted tub in main bath plus a 3 pce ensuite. Fenced backyard.

QuiET LOCATiOn

#2226 $339,900

Clean & bright 3 bedrm rancher with full bsmt, vaulted ceilings, large open kitchen with new countertops, family rm with gas F/P, 2 car garage, RV parking with sani-dump and a private backyard.

DEsiRABLE AREA

#2126 $329,000

Immaculate 4 bedrm home with fantastic views., 3 pce ensuite with soaker tub & sitting rm. Living rm with gas F/P. Main level has family rm, office, laundry. Double garage. Near college.

NEWER RANCHER

#2278 $299,000

3 bedroom rancher with 1800 sq.ft., open design kitchen with all appliances, HW floors,crown mouldings, 9 ft ceilings, and a bonus room above the garage. Fenced backyard with shed.

HALF DUPLEX

#2236 $157,000

Great starter home, close to school. 3 bedrms up, large living room and kitchen/dining room. Newer paint & HW tank. Very clean and is move in ready. Fenced backyard with covered deck.

CHARACTER HoME

#2170 $166,000

Cozy 2 bedroom home with 9 ft ceilings in the

living room & bedrooms, updated flooring,

cabinets and bathrm. Fenced yard with lane

access, RV parking and a 16x24 shop.

EXTRA LARGE LOT

#2167 $135,000

Older 2 bedroom home in nice neighbourhood,

close to the downtown. An extra large 13,780

sq.ft. lot with subdivision potential. Lane

access, huge backyard with single garage.

oVER 12,000 SQ.FT. LoT

#2298 $345,000

5 bedrm home in good area. Main floor has been upgraded with HW floors, kitchen counters & paint. Open design kitchen, 3 bedrms up, 2 down, huge living rm with rock F/P plus airtight woodstove in bsmt.

AMAZINg HoME

#2164 $535,000

Quality built, open & bright home on 3 levels with 5 bedrms + den, 3.5 baths, on demand HW heat, den/office with coffered ceiling & large windows, chef style kitchen with granite counters, large island & much more.

FANTASTIC VALLEY VIEWS

#2209 $474,900

Impressive home with breathtaking views from the huge wrap around deck. Features beautiful oak doors, 4 bedrms, 3 baths, full finished basement, large family & games rooms. Bathrooms has been refurbished with vintage tub & high end faucets.

niCE LOCATiOn

#2265 $249,000

3 bedroom home, perfect for first time buyers. Two bedrooms up, 1 down. Has single detached garage, fenced backyard and several fruit trees. Lots of parking for your toys.

DETACHED SHoP

#2234 $229,900

Great rural setting on 0.35 acres with creek. Enjoy the country style home with 2 bedrms up, 1 down, bsmt renovated with new carpets, paint & HW tank. Open concept kitchen, galley kitchen, large living room.

IMMACULATE RANCHER

#2227 $209,900

Spacious home with 2 bedrooms and a den or 3rd bedrm, generous living & dining room plus office. Both bedrms have ensuites. Large covered deck, 20x16 detached shop.

WHY RENT

#2203 $89,000

This 3 bedrm home has had some updates, laminate flooring, double glazed windows, electrical upgrade, newer roof. 2 levels, 3 bedrms, 2 baths. Strata fees include heat and HW.

FIRST TIME BUYERS

#2212 $148,500

Nice 2 bedroom rancher close to downtown and seniors center with newer furnace and HW tank. Concrete foundation, and fenced private yard with shop. Quick Possession.

DOWnTOWn

#2211 $75,000

2 bedroom bungalow with big living room, back lane access, within walking distance to downtown shopping and all amenities. Perfect for the handyman. As is where is.

ADuLT ORiEnTED sTRATA

#2151 $224,900

One of the nicest gated communities in Merritt with views of the Nicola River. Has 3 bedrms, 2 baths, open design living, gas F/P, galley kitchen with nook, laundry on main, hobby & rec.rm down.

OPPORTuniTY

#2098 $99,900

Great corner lot on a quiet street with plenty of room to built a shop. This 2 bedroom home is awaiting your ideas. Home is in need of some TLC but is price accordingly.

DOWnTOWn

#2303 $44,100

2 bedroom house in the downtown area, close to shopping & schools. This house needs TLC with a fenced lot. As is where is. Schedule A applies. Has potential.

BIg FAMILY HoME

#2309 $319,000

In good area, close to schools. Home has 3 bedrms up with 2 bedrm inlaw suite at ground level, Newer paint & flooring on main, oak kitchen cabinets. Fenced backyard with garden area and great views from both decks.

BROOKMERE

#2292 $339,000

A beautiful oasis in rural setting, perfect if you enjoy the outdoors year round. Lovely 2 bedroom home with attached double garage with guest room & 3 pce bath. Nicely landscaped, RV parking.

CLOsE TO PARK

#2291 $224,900

3 bedroom home on quiet street, close to schools & park. Home has had some updates such as windows, furnace, laminate flooring, U/G sprinklers & central A/C. 22x30 shop in back

On QuiET sTREET

#2111 $279,000

Very private yard of 18,000 sq.ft. with fruit trees, large concrete patio & fish pond. This custom 3 level split has 4 bedrms, 3 baths, large living & dining rooms with big windows. The fully fin. Bsmt has large rec.rm and 2 bedrms.

in LOWER niCOLA

#2269 $299,900

Bright 3 bedroom rancher, nicely finished with 24x26 detached garage/shop. Private fenced yard with large sundeck. Room for RV’s. Blacktop driveway. This home is neat as a pin.

HALF DUPLEX

#2261 $199,000

Recently renovated 3 bedrm, 2 storey half duplex. New flooring, paint, interior doors, moldings, and bathrooms renovated. Also has a walkout level entry inlaw suite that is great for extra family member. Covered deck on top level with views.

niCE YARD

#2248 $142,000

Affordable and spacious 2 bedroom home with bright & restful décor. Living room with fireplace, large open addition attached to entrance. Well kept yard with large deck.

CuRB APPEAL

#2281 $269,000

Beautifully finished both inside and out. This home has 3 bedrms up, 2 down, updated interior/experior paint, landscaping, new windows, new bathrm & some flooring, Fenced yard, large covered deck.

gREAT NEIgHBoURHooD

#2275 $339,000

Very nice floor plan in this 4 bedroom, 4 bath

home with newer kitchen and flooring in past

5 yrs. Has 2 bedrm inlaw living quarters in

walkout bsmt. Spectacular views of the city.

FANTASTIC VIEWS

#2260 $299,000

Look at this newer 3 bedrooms rancher with

modern open floor plan, 3 pce ensuite, vaulted

ceilings in kitchen, eating area and family

room. Double garage with 10 ft ceilings.

OPPORTuniTY

#2300 $52,500

2 bedroom house close to the downtown area. Has 1 car garage and 2 workshops. The house needs some TLC. Great for a handyman. As is where is. Schedule A applies.

GREAT sTARTER

#2215 $125,000

Why rent when you could own this 3 bedroom

home with 1.5 baths, newer windows and

siding. Close to schools. Has 100 amp

service and a carport in the back.

niCELY LAnDsCAPED

#2266 $44,900

Enjoy this well cared for 3 bedrm home & nicely

landscaped yard. The woodstove warms the

open concept kitchen & living room accented

by laminate floors. Relax on either deck.

REVEnuE PROPERTY

#2289 $319,900

Good revenue duplex with approx. 1600 sq.ft. per side in good area. Has 10 appliances, Newer flooring & paint on the main, newer furnace, 100 amp upgrade, separate backyards.

LOCATiOn, LOCATiOn

#2290 $249,900

Clean, spacious house with large rooms, heritage style home with newer floors & kitchen cabinets, newer vinyl windows, walk-in soaker tub with shower in main bath, 3 bedrms up 2 down. Detached garage.

ATTEnTiOn inVEsTORs

#1982 $169,900

Side by side duplex. Each side has 2 bedrms, 1 bathrm, kitchen & living room plus a fenced backyard. Each side has 432 sq.ft.. Some renovations has been dones. 3 other duplexes also available.

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GREAT HORSE PROPERTY

#2251 $525,000

9.88 acres with riding ring & only 5 mins. From Mamit Lake. This 5 bedrm level entry rancher with walkout bsmt has had some updates. Open concept with vaulted ceilings, 3 baths, large kitchen & big sundeck.

LARGE SHOP

#2144 $345,900

Fantastic views of Mamit Lake and valley & just 17 mins. from Merritt on 4.69 acres. Tidy 4 bedrm home with newer kitchen & flooring, huge living rm. 30x40 detached shop, 200 amps.

4.64 AcRES

#1916 $399,900

Country living on 4.64 acres with beautiful 4 bedroom log home. Spacious loft master suite, newer kitchen & appliances, new electric furnace & heat pump, pellet stove. A perfect hobby farm.

fAnTASTic 157 AcRES

#2231 $824,000

Only 15 mins. from Merritt toward Aspen Grove. Property has 1500 sq.ft. 2 bedrm modular home with huge ensuite & big deck. Includes 2 shops, corrals with heating automatic watering for livestock.

APPROX. 264 AcRES

#2246 $1,250,000

Gorgeous acreage with approx. 1 mile of Guichon Creek flowing throught the property. A great variet of land with possibilities of subdivision. Not in ALR. Old farm house used for seasonal cabin + shop.

On 1 AcRE

#2306 $345,000

Great family home on 1 acre just minutes from town. Home boasts 3 bedrms up, 1 down, updated kitchen, parquet flooring, rec.rm with bar. Has detached 2 car garage, 1 car garage & storage bldg.

2.11 ViEW AcRES

#2288 $414,400

Beautifully renovated 4 bedrm home with open concept & vaulted ceilings, oak kitchen cabinets & an airtight woodstove. Great gazebo to relax & enjoy the views. Room for horses. Some outbldgs.

1 AcRE WiTH cREEK

#2263 $434,900

4 bedrm rancher in approx. 1 acre in park-like setting with creek & pond. Home has HW floors, open country kitchen, huge family rm with woodstove & living rm with pellet stove. Detached garage.

cOUnTRY DREAM HOME

#2302 $445,000

Located just 10 mins. from town on 1.17 acres with outdoor recreation out the front door. Home features 4 bedrms, 4.5 baths, 3500 sq.ft. with an inlaw suite downstairs. Large 2 car garage.

9.88 AcRES

#2189 $459,000

Bring your horses! Set up with 3 horse shelters, 2 round pens, 2 hay barns & tack shed. The 4 bedrm home has a new country kitchen, open design, vaulted ceilings, HW floors, gas F/P.

APPROX. 120 AcRES

#2268 $849,000

Compact rancher in a natural valley setting just west of Merritt. Approx. 120 acres of level hay land bordering Spius Creek and Nicola River with abundant water for irrigation. Home is sold “as is”.

WATERfROnT HOME

#2207 $998,000

Magnificent 5 bedrm home on Nicola Lake with unique

open designed family area with large bedrms & family

rooms with an extra summer kitchen. 3 floors, 2 large

covered decks. Has detached triple garage & an

underground boat house bunker.

AT STUMP LAKE

#2277 $274,900

This amazing premium building acreage of 2.75 acres is waterfront with fantastic views. Located in subdivision of quality homes with underground services. Perfect place to build your lakeside cottage.

WATERfROnT LOT

#2146 $269,900

Just over 1 acre on Nicola Lake. Great place to invest for a family getaway or retire and enjoy the great weather. Gentle slope & easy access allows for a wide variety of home plans. Includes roll-a-dock.

LAKEViEW LOT

#2188 $189,900

Build your summer cottage on this 1 acre lot with beautiful views of Nicola Lake. Great lake for fishing, water skiing, wind surfing. Kick back, unwind & enjoy your new investment.

On nicOLA LAKE

#2174 $299,000

Fantastic 1.562 acre lot, great for one or two dwellings. Water & sewer are not connected. Now is the change to build your dream home – most lots are sold, don’t miss out.

On WALLOPER LAKE

#2225 $129,000

Great lakefront cabin of 450 sq.ft., recreational retreat on Walloper lake. Crown lease. Easy access off Coquihalla Hwy. Call for more details.

2 AcRES

#2154 $120,000

Build your home in the country. Has a drilled well of 15 GPM, power at lot line, septic approval, and driveway are in. Nice view, crown land nearby. Just 20 mins. from Merritt.

inVESTORS

#2171 $850,000

Approx. 12,000 sq.ft. building with office space with one long term tenant. Great for professional offices, retail, lawyers, doctors, government agency, etc. Has approval for residential units upstairs.

incREDibLE inVESTMEnT

#2114 $399,000

Fantastic investment with 6 revenue streams – 3 residential suites and 3 commercial units at ground level. Highway frontage for excellent exposure for commercial & centrally located. Call for details.

10 AcRES in KAnE VALLEY

#2156 $549,000

Just 20 mins. south of Merritt close to cross-country ski trails, fishing, hunting & snowmobiling and backs onto crown land. Beautiful log home with large wrap around covered deck. Includes a guest cabin, new barn with loft & chicken pen.

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133 Ac + LAKE

#1663 $495,000

Incredible year round off the grid home or use as rec. property, almost surrounds Allie Lake. Includes 2 main cabinet plus 3 additional guest cabins. Great for horseback riding, snowmobiling, fish & more.

bRinG YOUR HORSES

#2180 $549,900

9.9 acres with 3400 sq.ft. custom home on 2 levels with fantastic views. 2 bedrms up, 2 down, HW floors, ceramic tile, 3 baths, large kitchen, living rm with F/P. Has 2 corrals, hay shed & horse shelter.

APPROX. 22 AcRES

#2195 $649,000

Nicely renovated 4 bedrm home with newer fl ooring, bathrooms and paint. Great horseproperty with 44x36 barn and a 100x44 metal Quonset shop. Gently sloped useableland. Great views & close to town

cOUnTRY GETAWAY

#1961 $379,900

This spacious 3 bedrm, 2 bath home has open design with huge 48 ft deck to enjoy the sunsets & good times. 24x24 detached shop/garage. Land is fenced & would be great for horses.

HORSE PROPERTY

#1992 $489,000

Great horse property with riding arena on 9.91 acres & backs onto crown land. 4 bedrm home with huge country kitchen, large wrap around covered deck. Has double garage and detached shop

LAKEfROnT HOME

#2249 $1,050,000

Custom home on Nicola Lake built with reclaimed timbers & HW flooring throughout, open concept, gourmet kitchen with custom cabinets, great room with F/P, and a detached triple garage.

spius creek estates

Country living at its best! These 9 properties are located approx. 15 mins. from Merritt in the beautiful Sunshine Valley. A Phase 1 has been completed and a water report is available. 4 lots are waterfront, all have stunning views of the valley. Area offers swimming, biking, canoeing, horseback riding,motorcycling & more. GST is applicable #2216

From 9.8 to 17 Acres

Prices starting at $199,000

LARGE ciTY LOT

#2272 $99,000

Residential building lot of 0.62 acres, zoned R2. Lots has potential to be made into 4 city lots or Buyer may apply for possible zoning change to higher density multi-family residential.

20 AcRES

#2301 $2,000,000

Two 10 acre lots has just come into the city.

One of the site is entering into a 2 yr lease.

Other lot will be zoned with Sale Agreement.

12.16 AcRES

#2048 $219,000

12.16 acre treed lot waiting for you to

develop it. Many building sites, some

with views, has a shallow well.

cOMMERciAL bUiLDinG

#2019 $595,000

Great location on a corner lot on main street coming into Merritt. This 7300 sq.ft. building is zoned C-4 with a site specific zoning for prof. offices, doctors, lawyers etc. Lots of parking.

DEVELOPMEnT LAnD

#2173 $1,700,000

294 acres of development land with 2 titles and incredible views. Property has an allowed legal density of 62 units maximum. Located above Nicola Lakeshore Estates at Nicola Lake.

19.77 AcRES

#2092 $146,000

Private 19.77 acres with spectacular view

of the valley & mountains. Located off Petit

Creek Rd at end of quiet cul de sac. Property

is treed with creek running through it.

inDUSTRiAL bUiLDinG

#1913 $890,000

Immaculate 8000 sq.ft. precast tilt-up building on corner lot with excellent exposure. Easy access to truck route. Adjoining warehouse has bay door, loading deck office & mezzanine space.

RiVERfROnT LOT

#2166 $109,900

Fronts Nicola River in City limits, 0.91 acres, completely flat land this space offers unlimited possibilities to build the home you’ve always dreamed of. City services in vicinity.

3 inDUSTRiAL LOTS

#2237 EAcH $59,900

Nice flat light industrial bare land lots. Water and sewer are close to the lot lines. Great business opportunity. Each lot is 95 x 198 and zoned M1. In area growing industrial business.

OPPORTUniTY

#2305 $179,000

Immaculate 2000 sq.ft. commercial building in downtown core. New roof in 2013 renovated interior including new paint throughout. Parking in back with lane access. Great for investor or entrepreneur.

WATERfROnT AcREAGE

#2155 $170,000

Great 6 acre property to build your home or use as recreational. Mostly flat with many buildings sites, has shallow well, septic approval, hydro to property & driveway is in. Close to crown land.

1 AcRE LOT

#2294 $99,800

Enjoy the great outdoors on this 1 acre lot on Iron Mountain, close to fishing, hunting, cross country skiing & all outdoor activities. Only 10 mins. from Merritt. Perfect for a hobby farm.

26 AcRES

#2252 $310,000

Spectacular horse property of 26 acres just 15 mins. From Merritt. All natural grassland with 2 ponds and a seasonal creek. Great place to start a hobby farm or use as rec. property.

WATERfROnT LOTS

#2175 EAcH $900,000

3 parcels of Recreation Commercial waterfront zoned C4 for multi-family resort, Pub, restaurant, marina & more. Great opportunity to start your own resort & marina.

OPPORTUniTY

#2137 $325,000

Good commercial building in downtown core. Approx. 5000 sq.ft. of commercial space on the main with 1100 sq.ft. up with a 3 bedrm suite, currently rented. Zoned C-2. Run your business and live upstairs.

PRESTiGiOUS HOME

#1837 $749,900

Custom home on 51.99 acres with panoramic views. This private home has open design with custom cut timbers frame beams, HW flooring, 3 bedrms, 2.5 baths & wrap around deck.

1.75 Ac in THE ciTY

#2190 $399,000

Unique property, entirely fenced with 2 small homes (live in or rent out) while you build your dream home. Has large water feature on site, U/G sprinklers & mountain views. Was former putting course.

PRiVATE 30 AcRES

#2184 $549,000

30 acre fenced horse property with beautiful pastures & fantastic views . Very private setting with 3 bedrm house (2 on main, huge master bedrm in loft). Cozy airight woodstove in living rm. Rustic style home to live year round or use a rec. retreat. 25 mins. south of Merritt.

APPROX. 103 AcRES

#2194 $489,000

Great acreage overlooking the Nicola River with numerous outbuildings, hay storage & tack shed. Double wide home has 4 bedrms, 2 baths and a partially fi nished basement with cold storage. Big sundeck to enjoy the views.

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Under the agreement, the BCLC has received full repayment in the amount of $55,171.20, which includes total net salary and

holdback Graydon received from Feb. 4 to March 31.

The BCLC did not request repayment of $30,960 in vaca-tion pay, noting Graydon is legally entitled to those funds.

Until this announcement, which was made on Thursday, Aug. 21, NDP Leader John Horgan had said the B.C. Liberal government should have taken Graydon to court to retrieve bonus money paid

to him after he was found to be in a conflict of interest.

A report commissioned by the province found Graydon was in a conflict of interest when he negotiated with a private gaming company for two months before informing the BCLC board he was leaving.

The province’s gaming and enforcement branch also investigat-ed Graydon’s activities in his new

role with a company that wants to develop a $500-million casino next to B.C. Place Stadium in down-town Vancouver.

Kamloops businessman and former Social Credit cabinet minister Bud Smith joined the BCLC board in May 2012 and was appointed chairman in August 2013.

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“The review shows that the information provided by Mr. Gray-don to the board and BCLC was incomplete and/or inaccurate.”

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Another exciting season of Merritt Centennials hockey begins on Friday of this week with the start of training camp at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena.

“We have very high expectations for both our returning players and the new incoming players,” Cents head coach and GM Luke Pierce said. “They’re a very talented group.”

An estimated 40 skat-ers will be on hand for the Cents’ main camp, which will run until Sept. 7 and include four exhibition games — two against the West Kelowna Warriors and two versus the Trail Smoke Eaters.

The players in attendance at this year’s camp will be vying for one of 22 coveted positions on the Centennials’ roster for the start of the 2014-15 BCHL season.

As has been the case

the last two seasons, the Centennials have 11 return-ing players from the team that finished fourth in the BCHL’s highly-competitive Interior Division in 2013-14 with a 31-22-4-1 record, good for 67 points.

The returning group of Centennials includes defencemen Jake Clifford (94), Shane Poulsen (94) and Malik Kaila (96), along with forwards Sam Johnson (94), Devin Oakes (95), Diego Cuglietta (95), Daniel Nachbaur (95), James Neil (95), Adam Tracey (95), Rhett Willcox (96) and Gavin Gould (96).

Gone from last year’s team are graduated 20-year-olds Scotty Patterson and Jason Bird (both to Lake Superior State University), Sebastien Pare (Mount Royal University) and Payton Schaefer and Tyler Martin (both retired).

Also departed from last season’s club are scholar-ship athletes Dane Birks

and Devin Kero (Michigan State University), Jeff Wight (University of Connecticut), Wayland Williams (Amarillo Bulls of the NAHL), Zach Hartley (retired) and Jarrod

Schammerhorn (traded to the Vernon Vipers).

The Centennials made one major deal in the off-season, acquiring veteran goaltender Jonah Imoo from

the Powell River Kings for future considerations.

A native of Surrey, the 20-year-old Imoo has three years of playing experience in the BCHL, has competed in two Fred Page Cup league finals and played for Team Canada West at the 2012 World Junior A Challenge.

“Having a proven goal-tender in Jonah is very important,” Pierce said. “Last year, [rookie] Devin Kero turned out to be phenomenal, but you can’t always count on that.”

Backing up Imoo in all liklihood will be 19-year-old Anthony Pupplo from Shirley, New York. Pupplo played last season for the P.A.L. Jr. Islanders on Long Island.

“I really like the goalie tandem we have,” said Pierce. “Hopefully, they can both stay healthy and push each other.”

With just three return-ing defencemen, the Cents’ blueline will see several new

faces this coming season.“Our greatest focus

development-wise will prob-ably be on defence,” Pierce said. “In the past, that has been one of our strength areas. Obviously having Shane Poulsen back is huge. He and Jake Clifford are going to take on a lot of leadership on the backend.”

Notable blueline recruits at camp will be 19-year-old Josh Teves, who joined the Centennials for the playoffs last season after a very suc-cessful year (10 goals, 14 assists, 24 points) with the Fernie Ghostriders of the KIJHL, and 18-year-old Tyrrell Buckley (8-23-31) from Penticton, a graduate of the Okanagan Hockey Academy’s elite U18 Varsity program.

Up front, the Cents have definitely recruited some firepower, including 18-year-old winger Michael Ederer from Lancaster, New York.

Newly-appointed captain Sam Johnson (above) will be expected to lead the way for the Merritt Centennials when the team begins its 2014-15 BCHL campaign this weekend. Fans can also look forward to the new centre-ice clock at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena. Ian Webster/Herald

CENTS’ TRAINING CAMP SCHEDULE

Friday, August 29

3:30 - 4:00 Player Orientation @ Nicola Valley Memorial Arena 4:45 - 6:00 Team Red Practice 6:45 - 8:00 Team White Practice

Saturday, August 30

10:15 - 11:15 Team Red Practice11:45 - 12:45 Team White Practice 7:00 - 9:15 Team Red vs Team White Intra-Squad Game

Sunday, August 31

10:00 - 11:00 Player Meetings & Releases 4:00 - 5:00 Bus to West Kelowna 7:00 - 9:15 Exhibition Game vs West Kelowna Warriors

Monday, September 1

10:00 - 11:30 Player Meetings & Releases 7:00 - 9:15 Exhibition Game vs West Kelowna Warriors

Centennials’ returnees and recruits a promising group

Jake Clifford Diego Cuglietta Gavin Gould Sam Johnson Malik Kaila Daniel Nachbaur James Neil Devin Oakes Shane Poulsen Adam Tracey

FAMILIAR FACESReturning Merritt Centennials Players

from the 2013-2014 seasonPhotos courtesy of Julie Van Koll

Rhett Willcox

See ‘Cents’ Page 20

CENTS’ EXHIBITION GAME SCHEDULE

Sunday, August 31

7:00 Merritt vs West Kelowna Warriors @ Royal LePage Place, West Kelowna

Monday, September 1

6:00 Merritt vs West Kelowna Warriors @ Nicola Valley Memorial Arena

Friday, September 5

7:00 Merritt vs Trail Smoke Eaters @ Osoyoos Arena, Osoyoos

Saturday, September 6

7:30 Merritt vs Trail Smoke Eaters @ Nicola Valley Memorial Arena

Saturday, September 13

7:30 Merritt vs Penticton Vees @ South Okanagan E.C., Penticton

‘‘ ‘We have very high expectations for both our returning players and our new incoming players. They’re a very talented group.’

— MERRITT CENTENNIALS HEAD

COACH AND GM LUKE PIERCE

Cents’ training camp begins Friday


AIRBOURNE NUMBER ONE

The Airbourne mixed slo-pitch team (above) proved to be a less-than-hospitable host on the weekend as it won its own 10-team tournament at the Central Park ballfields. Airbourne defeated K-OS from Penticton 17-14 in the final on Sunday, while the Rez Doggs from Keremeos took third place with a 16-4 triumph over Merritt’s own S.W.A.T. team. Members of the Airbourne team are (back row, left to right) Nathan Russell (with baby Everley), Dennis Prowal, Mike Hendricks, Sonny Billy, Aaron Forman, (middle row) Richelle Forman, Angela Russell, Kayla Boston, Chelsea Spahan, Candice Bateson, (front row) Jeremy Long and Dylan Lowey. Photo submitted(Below) Shortstop Tanner Dan of Team Evolution makes a diving lunge for the ball during Sunday morning action against S.W.A.T. Ian Webster/Herald

Roger Sloan qualifi es for 2014-15 PGA Tour

Cents in action Sunday and MondayThe explosive winger

garnered 30 goals and 23 assists for 53 points while playing last year for the Buffalo Jr. Sabres in the Ontario Junior Hockey League.

The list of forwards also includes centre Nick Fidanza (21-27-48) from Kamloops who suited up for the Chase Heat of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League in 2013-14.

“We have some incoming players who have the potential to put up some big numbers,” Pierce said, “but until you get them playing within your structure and systems, you just never know how it’s all going to work out.

“You’re always a bit apprehensive about how it all comes together. We’re so big about who plays what role, you hope

that you don’t have too much of one thing and not enough of the other.”

One thing Pierce is quite certain about is how quickly he wants to pare down the numbers at training camp.

“It’s a short camp,” Pierce said, “but with the reduced roster of only 40 players at the start, it’s nice. We won’t waste a lot of time with endless scrimmages to sort things out. We have a couple of practices to get everyone familiarized with each other, an intra-squad game, and then, bang, we’re into exhibition games — which is where you really find out what you have.”

The Cents play back-to-back games against the West Kelowna Warriors on Sunday, August 31 in West Kelowna and on Monday, September 1 at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena, starting

at 7 p.m. both nights.“The big focus for us

is going to be those first two exhibition games,” Pierce said. “We’ll put a lot of young guys in the line-up that we want to take a good look at in a game situation.”

The following week-end, the Centennials play home-and-away games against the Trail Smoke Eaters with Saturday’s game in Merritt at 7:30 p.m.

“Our goal is cut down to 28 to 30 players after the first two exhibition games, and then be down to our final roster number (22) following the two games with Trail,” Pierce said.

“Following that, we’ll have a full week to work with the group prior to a final tune-up against Penticton (on September 13). Then we’ll head off to the BCHL Showcase in Chilliwack.”

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New PGA Tour card holder Roger Sloan of Merritt celebrates on Sunday at the conclusion of the WinCo Foods Portland Open in North Plains, Oregon. Photo submitted

By Ian WebsterTHE HERALD

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Merritt golfer Roger Sloan will be compet-ing next season on the PGA Tour, the world’s most prestigious golf circuit. Its membership includes the likes of Irish star Rory McIlroy, cur-rent FedEx Cup points leader Hunter Mahan, this year’s Canadian Open winner Jim Furyk and (when he is healthy) Tiger Woods.

Sloan, 27, earned his way onto the 2014-15 PGA Tour by placing amongst the top 25 finishers on this season’s Web.com Tour — the developmental golf series that acts as a feeder pro-gram to the major circuit.

Sloan ended the Web.com Tour’s regular season in 24th place with total earnings of $159,018. In 19 Web.com Tour starts, Sloan made the cut on 12 occa-sions, had four top-25 fin-ishes, and was the winner of the $650,000 Nova Scotia Open in early July at the Ashburn Golf Club in Halifax.

The last month has not been easy for Sloan, as he saw his rankings slide each week since a

season-high 12th-place immediately following his win in Nova Scotia.

“I’ve known for the last several weeks that I was in contention for a top-25 finish, and I was fairly confident that things would work them-selves out. At the same time, there was always those little seeds of doubt lingering,” Sloan said in a telephone interview early this week.

“Relief is the best word to describe how I felt this past Sunday afternoon as the regular season wrapped up,” Sloan added. “I don’t think that I did the best job of handling the situation leading up to Sunday — thinking about it all the time, and perhaps playing a little too conservatively. It defi-nitely was a real learning experience.”

Joining Sloan in the Web.com Tour’s top-25, and also earning his PGA Tour card is fel-low Canadian and good friend Adam Hadwin. The 26-year-old native of Moose Jaw, Sask. fin-ished fourth overall in the standings with earnings of $293,667.

Both Sloan and Hadwin will have a

chance to improve their standings in the Web.com Tour’s top-25 as the series begins its four-event finals this weekend with the $1,000,000 Hotel Fitness Challenge in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The playoffs wrap up Sept. 18 to 21 with the Web.com Tour Championships in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

“My goal coming into this year was to make the top-75 on the Web.com Tour, qualify for the play-offs and secure my play-ing status for next year. Obviously I’m delighted to have accomplished that and so much more,” Sloan said.

While Sloan always believed that he had the ability to win on the Web.com Tour, it was never a specific goal going into any one tournament.

“My objective always remains the same — to consistently improve, to go through the process of becoming better, and to commit myself to each and every shot.”

Sloan’s PGA Tour card for next season will have ‘limited’ status. It will allow him to enter the majority of the Tour stops but not some of the exclusive invitationals and not the majors like the

British and U.S. Opens and the Masters.

“Full exempt status is pretty well reserved for the top 125 players in the world,” Sloan said. “Actually there are about 18 different categories of player. Each category has a letter of the alphabet assigned to it with A at the top. I’m currently in category H which gives you some idea of where I stand right now.”

This year was Sloan’s second full season on the Web.com Tour. In 2013, he played 18 events, made the cut five times and picked up total earn-ings of $54,613.

Prior to joining the Web.com Tour, Sloan played two seasons on the Canadian PGA Tour. It was highlighted by a victory in 2011 at The Western Open in Kamloops, B.C.

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Garden and experience a relaxing outdoor yoga adven-ture among the plants. Every Thursday 5:15 - 5:45 pm. A new instructor every week. The gardens are located behind the hospital.

NICOLA VALLEY FARMERS MARKETNicola Valley Farmers

Market 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. ever y Saturday rain or shine, in the parking lot beside the Baillie House. Come down and enjoy fresh home grown veggies, flowers, baking, arts and crafts made and grown here in our Nicola Valley. A great place to socialize

and enjoy the day. Vendors call Market Manager: Lang Mackenzie 250-939-8605 or Sue 250-378-2031

RISING FROM THE ASHESF ire relief fundraisers

for Earth Walker Spiritual Shop. You can either donate money to the bank account set up at CIBC or drop off your bottle donations to the bottle depot.

SPENCES BRIDGE FARMER MARKET

Spences Bridge Farmers and Flea Market - Sundays 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Spences Bridge Community Hall on Hwy #8, May to October.

MERRITT DANCE SOCIETYOngoing pre-registration.

For more information con-tact Selena at 250-378-7266

MERRITT MINOR HOCKEYRegister for the 2014/15

season at merrittminorhock-ey.com. Call 250-378-6827 for more information

VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDThe Navy League is in need

of officer’s and volunteers to help out with our growing Cadet Corps. Our children are age 9

to 13 and we meet every Wednesday night from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. If you have past experience or are inter-ested in becoming a part of our Corps please contact us. Ellen 250-280-6944, Debra 250-280-4086 or email at [email protected]

KNITWITSLove to knit or crochet? Or

are you a novice interest-ed in learning more about knitting or crocheting in a friendly and welcoming set-ting? Come on down to Brambles Bakery Thursday evenings. Bring your yarn and needles and join in the fun.

COURTHOUSE ARTGALLERYThe Valley Visual Arts (VVA)

will be holding a weekly cre-ative art session, in the art-ists room at the Art Gallery, every Thursday between 4

p.m. and 8 p.m. Everyone welcome to stop in and see their work.

MARVELLOUS MUTTSMar vel lous Mutts &

Rehoming Merritt Branch, are always looking for fos-ter families. If you would like to help by fostering a fur-kid, until they find a fur-ever home, please contact Margie at [email protected].

NV REMOTE CONTROL FLYERWe are starting a new club

in town for flying model aircraft. We fly at various locations around town. New members welcome. For more info, call Jack 250-378-4371.

MERRITT SENIOR CENTREWeekly schedule is as fol-

lows: Monday: Crib & Whist 7 p.m. Tuesday: Bingo 1 p.m., Duplicate Bridge 7 p.m. Wednesday: Carpet Bowling 1:30 p.m., Court Whist 7 p.m. Thursday: Floor Curling 1 p.m. (third week

- shut-in lucheon) Friday: Rummoli & Games 7 p.m.All seniors welcome.

TRINITY UNITED CHURCH1899 Quilchena Ave.

Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Sundays - for children ages 4 to 8 years. Children learn of God’s love through stor-ies, music, crafts and fun. More information: Gail 250-378-9706

SENIOR-IN-TRAININGPositions now available

fo r Senior - In-Tra in ing . Applicants must be 40 years or older. Qualifications include a willingness to have fun and enjoy the company of others. Contact Seniors Association at 250-378-3763 for more information.

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONTuesday - Darts: 7:00

p.m.Friday - Frosty Friday -

5:00 p.m.Saturdays - Meat draw:

2:30 p.m.

YOGA IN THE GARDENCheck out the Community

Garden and experience a relaxing outdoor yoga adven-

ture among the plants. Every Thursday 5:15-5:45 PM. A new instructor every week! The gardens are located behind the hospital.

Phone 250-378-4241 with any events that you may be hosting or email: [email protected]

Archery PracticeTuesday 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the Gun RangeContact BJ Moore for more info250-280-0304BrowniesMondays 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Central School - 250-315-7410CMHA - Merritt ClubhouseFireside Center - 2026 Granite Ave.Wed/Fri 9 am - 2:30 pmShirley 250-378-5660Central School PacFirst Tuesday 7 p.m. Lunchroom - 250-378-4892Community ChoirMondays 7 p.m. - Fall to SpringCollettville Elementary - 250-378-9899Court Whist - Fun GameWednesdays 7 p.m.at the Seniors Centre 250-378-2776Crossroads Youth Min. Tuesdays 7 - 9 p.m. Crossroads Community Church - 250-378-2911Drop-In SoccerTuesdays & Thursdays: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.Girls & Boys 16+ welcome 250-378-2530Drop-In VolleyballMondays 7 - 9 p.m. CMS. 250-378-6212.Girl GuidesWednesdays 5:30 -7:00 p.m. Central School - 250-936-8298Ladies’ Curling LeagueWednesdays 6 & 8 p.m.Call 250-378- 8175 or 250-378-4917Living With Loss Support GroupNo meeting in June, July, & August. Sup-port still available. Call Marilyn at 250-

378-3513Merritt Curling ClubFor League Information 250-378-4423Merritt Duplicate Bridge ClubTuesdays 7 p.m. Seniors’ Centre 250-378-5550 Merritt Elks Lodge ClubsSecond & Fourth Wednesday 8 p.m. Elks Hall 250-378-9788 Merritt Lawn BowlingSun., Tues., & Thurs. at 7 p.m.2050 Merritt Ave. 250-378-2095Merritt Moms PrenatalPost Natal Support group. Monday - Friday - 8:30 a.m. 250-378-2252Merritt Mountain Biking Assoc. Wednesdays 6 p.m. - rideE: [email protected]: #merrittbikingNavy League Cadets of CanadaWednesdays 6 - 9 p.m. Cadet Hall - Ages 9-13 welcome 250-280-6944Merritt Snowmobile ClubSecond Tuesday 7 p.m.Civic Centre 250-315-1082 Merritt’s Women in BusinessSecond Wednesday 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Merritt Desert Inn 250-315-5851 Nicola Naturalist SocietyThird Thursday - 7:00 p.m.NVIT. www.nicolanaturalists.caN.V. 4-H ClubSecond Tuesday - 6:30 p.m.Central School - 250-378-5028Nicola Valley Better BreathersThird Wednesdays 1 p.m.Trinity United - 250-378-6266

N.V. Community Band Tuesdays 7 p.m - MSS Music Room 250-378-5031 or 250-378-9894NVCACMeets the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 7:00 pm at The Art Gallery. 250-378-6515 www.nvartscouncil.comN.V. Dirt Riders AssociationLast Wednesday 7 p.m. Garden Sushi - Scott: 250-378-3502 N.V. Fall Fair Third Monday 7 p.m.2145 Quilchena Ave. 250-378-5925 N.V. Fish & Game (except July and Aug.)Third Wednesday 7 p.m.2236 Jackson Ave. 250-378-4572 or 250-378-4904 N.V. Heritage Society Last Wednesday - Baillie House250-378-0349N.V. Quilters GuildFirst & Third Thursdays Civic Centre 7 p.m. 250-378-4172N.V. Search & RescueSecond Monday 7 p.m. at the airport - 250-378-6769 N.V. Thrift StoreFirst Tuesday - NVGH basement 250-378-9100N.V. Women’s Institute Second Wednesday - 1:30 p.m. For locations, 250-378-2536 PathfindersMondays 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Central School - 250-936-8298Patricia Rebekah LodgeSecond & Fourth Mondays at 7 p.m. Lawn Bowling Club Rocky Mnt. Rangers CadetsTuesdays 6 p.m. 250-378-1302 or 250-572-3775

Royal Canadian Legion #96Executive Mtg. Second Thursday 6 p.m. - Regular Mtg. Fourth Thursday 7 p.m. 1940 Quilchena - 250-378-5631Royal PurpleFirst & Third Mondays 1:00 p.m. - Down-stairs @ Elks Hall 250-378-6788Rotary Club of MerrittEvery Thursday - NoonBrambles Bakery Cafe. 250-378-5535Sagebrush Spinners and Weavers GuildTamarack Gardens every other Thursday at 11:00 AM Bev at 250-378-2787. Rotary Club of Merritt - SunriseEvery Tuesday - 7 a.m. Brambles Bakery Seniors’ Mixed CurlingMondays & Tuesdays 1 - 3 p.m. 250-378-6779Soup BowlTuesdays 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Anglican Church HallSparks Mondays 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Central School - 250-315-7410Teen Centre / FiresideThursday & Friday 3:30-7:30 p.m. 250-378-5660Valley Scrapbooking250-936-8298Valley Visual Artists General club informationFran McMurchy - 250-378-4230Vintage Car Club - MerrittSecond Wednesday - 7:30 p.m.Anglican Church HallAl 378-7402 Jack 378-2662 Ska-Lu-La WorkshopAl - 250-378-7402 Ted - 250-378-4195

CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS

21 • THURSDAY, August 28, 2014

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE NICOLA VALLEYHave an event we should know about? Tell us by calling 250-378-4241 or emailing [email protected]

Approved mini-storage

On-site rentals

Secured

Sale of New and Used storage containers

CONTAIN-ITSTORAGE

1750 Hill Street Phone: 250-315-3000111717

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THE CHURCHES OFMERRITT WELCOME YOU

Crossroads Community Church

Merritt Baptist Church 2499 Coutlee Ave. (Corner of Coutlee and Orme)

Merritt Lutheran Fellowship

Nicola Valley Evangelical Free Church

Sacred Heart Catholic Church

Mass Time: Sundays 9:00 a.m.

Seventh Day Adventist Church

St. Michael’s Anglican Church

Trinity United Church

7 Day Weather Forecast for Merritt, BC - Thursday, March 14 - Wednesday, March 20, 2013

• STAIN GLASS• SUN CATCHERS• NIGHT LIGHTS• PICTURE FRAMES

Available at Creative Company2074 Quilchena Avenue, Merritt, BC

Monday - Saturday Ph: 250-378-0813

Stain Glass by Almerina RizzardoThurs. Mar. 14

Cloudy w/ShowersHigh: 9CLow: 6C

Fri. Mar. 15

Cloudy PeriodsHigh: 10CLow: 4C

Sat. Mar. 16

Variable CloudsHigh: 8CLow: 4C

Sun. Mar. 17

Wet SnowHigh: 6CLow: 2C

Mon. Mar. 18

Variable CloudsHigh: 6CLow: 0C

Tue. Mar. 19

SnowRain ShowersHigh: 7CLow: -1C

Wed. Mar. 20

Light SnowHigh: 7CLow: 0C

7 Day Weather Forecast for Merritt, BC - Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014 - Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014

Thurs. Aug. 28

Chance of showersHigh: 23˚CLow: 14˚C

Fri. Aug. 29

Mainly Sunny

High: 20˚CLow: 11˚C

Sat. Aug. 30

Mainly Sunny


Sun. Aug. 31

Mainly Sunny


Mon. Sept. 1

Mainly Sunny


Tue. Sept. 2

Chance of showers


Wed. Sept. 3

Cloudy w/showersHigh: 19˚CLow: 10˚C

help us reach our goal

Would you like to see a movie theatre in Merritt, then the Merritt Community Cinema Soceity can use your help!

If you would like to help donate to this wonderful cause please make cheque payable to Merritt Community Cinema Society and mail it to:

1952 Eastwood Ave., Merritt, BC V1K 1K3

For more information

call Rich Hodson250-378-6794

phase 2has started.

goal to reach $144,000 for

design & architect fees


In Remembrance of

Always with me, always loved, always treasured, always missed

Bonnie and the Henry, Ross and Hall families

ALBERT ROY BROWN(1930 - 2011)

And if I saw you standing there, cowboy hat tilted,

smoking on a little puffy, our Harley Davidson Cassanova,

grinning from ear to ear, I would know you.

I knew you then, I know you now, I'll know you forevermore.

You are my love, my light, my heart.

www.merritthospice.org Email: [email protected]

MERRITT & DISTRICT HOSPICESOCIETY

Mourners need brave souls who dare to hold them, touch them and to stay rather than leave

when the tears begin to flow.

MERRITT FUNERAL CHAPELCelebrating lives with dignity

• Funeral Services• Cremation

•Burial•Monuments

250-378-2141 or 1-800-668-3379

2113 Granite Ave.Merritt, BC

REGULAR OFFICE HOURS

10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Mon., Tues., Thurs. & Fri.

1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Wednesday

On Call 24 Hours A Day

www.MerrittFuneralChapel.com

A Division of Service Corporation International (Canada) ULC

A FUNERAL PRE PLANNING ADVISOR will be available at the Merritt Funeral Chapel on the second and fourth Friday of the month, between the

hours of 10am – 3pm (or by appointment). A Personal Planning Guide will be provided.

JOB POSTING

Description: Reporting to the Principal, the Hot Lunch Cook is responsible to cook a hot lunch program for the students attending the School.

Duties Include: Cook Hot Lunch for approximately 75 stu-dents, twice per weekLunch is to be served at 12 noonServe lunch to studentsClean up includes washing dishes and put away food afterwardsShopping for groceries

Requirements: A Valid Driver’s license and reliable vehicleMust pass a criminal records checkMust have their Food Safe Certificate

Salary: $15.00/hourDeadline: September 5, 2014Start Date: ASAP

Applicants are required to submit a resume with cover letter and 3 references to:

Angie Sterling, PrincipalLower Nicola Band School201 Horn RoadMerritt, BC V1K-1M9Fax 250-378-6389e-mail: [email protected]

The Lower Nicola Indian Band thanks all those who apply; however, only qualified candidates will be

considered for an interview.

LOWER NICOLA INDIAN BANDPOSITION: HOT LUNCH COOK

Shackan Band - Job PostingFirst Nations Lands CoordinatorShackan Band requires a new Lands Coordinator, responsible for the effective management of Shackan Band lands, conducting scientic environmental research, evaluating and creating land-use plans/developments and related consultations, as well as programs and services within Shackan Band lands and traditional territory. This position works closely with the public and fosters strategic relationships with co-management groups, other First Nation groups, Territorial and National governments.

Shackan Band offers competitive salary packages, an incredible work environment, and career advancement opportunities.

Qualied applicants should submit cover letter and resume to:

Fax 250-378-5219, email: [email protected] ormail to: PO Box 1360, 2099 Granite Avenue,

Merritt, BC, V1K 1B8

Closing Date: August 29, 2014 at 4:30 pm

fromfromThank You fromThe Merritt Library extends a heartfelt thank-you to the following businesses and individuals who graciously contributed to the Summer Reading Club. Your support bene ted children

in the community of Merritt and surrounding areas and shows your commitment to our children’s’ success.

BLACK’S PHARMACYPHARMASAVECOOPERS

Merritt Library

Position Duties:Under the direction of the Program Director, the successful applicant will carry out the Vision and Mission of Journey’s Into Tomorrow Transition House and provides support to women and their children in a non-judgemental and condential atmosphere.

Duties include the following:To create an atmosphere of safety and trust by • providing condential and non-judgemental supportTo assist clients recognize their rights and • responsibilitiesTo provide necessary referrals and/or case planning • with other organizations/agenciesIntake procedures including assessing eligibility• Handle crisis calls and to provide emotional support, • information and referrals over the phoneRecord keeping in compliance with the Privacy • Act and Journey’s Into Tomorrow policies, as well as maintain statistical activity reports

Position Qualications and Requirements:College Certicate in the Social Services discipline • or two years’ experience In the Social Services SectorCrisis and Suicide Intervention/Prevention• Food safe, Level 1 First Aide• Effective and respectful interpersonal • communication skills and the ability to work cooperatively with colleaguesReliable and self motivated• Maintains professional standards of practice • including ethical boundaries and protecting the condentiality of the House, families and colleaguesReliable vehicle and valid BC Driver’s License• Complies with the Criminal Records Review Act•

Employment type: On call casualStart date: ImmediatelyWage: Dependent on qualications and previous experience.

Please fax or email resumes to the attention of Sharon Collins, Program Director, Journey’s Into Tomorrow Transition House Fax # 250-378-6172 Email [email protected]

Only selected applicants will be contacted for interviews

Journey’s Into Tomorrow Transition House

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYCasual Support Worker

Applicants should submit a cover letter and resume directly to clinic

2025 Granite Avenue, Merritt BC

HELP WANTEDTHE MEDICAL CLINIC requires an energetic, motivated individual to ll a permanent full time

position.

Duties include front desk reception, lling, medical transcriptions, other general o ce duties and

assisting physician when necessary.

Applicants must have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to work as a team player.

N.V.C.L.VALUE ADDED

LUMBER REMANUFACTURING PLANTProduction Workers: $14-20/hr.

Steady employment with overtime available.

Please submit resume in person to 1195 Houston Street, Merritt B.C.

250-378-6161

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In MemoriamIn Memoriam

Obituaries

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Lost & FoundLOST at Helmer Lake on July 22, grey/brown plastic tote with dark lid. Reward offered. Call Dwight at 250-295-3787

Obituaries

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JOB OPPORTUNITY

TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSON

AEL Trafc Control is seeking applications for Trafc Control Persons in the Merritt Area.

Applicants must meet the following qualications and conditions:

Current Flagging Certicate• Valid BC Driver’s License and positive driving • recordReliable and exible, as the nature of the work is • on call (24/7)Physically t and able to work outdoors in all • weather conditionsSafety footwear is required•

Applicants must provide details of qualications and experience, as well as a photocopy of agging certicate, driver’s license and current drivers abstract. Candidates are subject to pre-employment drug testing.

Please send your application to:

Mike DavidsonTrafc Control Supervisor103-1121 McFarlane Way

Merritt, BCV1K 1B9

Fax: (250) 378-4209Email: [email protected]

AEL will also be having a 2 day Trafc Control Course Sept. 8th and 9th. $320.00 GST included. For more information email Mike Davidson or call 250-378-4206 EXT 101

Merritt, BC

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 58(NICOLA-SIMILKAMEEN)

School District No. 58 (Nicola-Similkameen) is accepting applications for the following relief positions. Applications will be kept on file for 6-months and will be reviewed should a relief position become available:

Relief Custodian: Applicants are required to have a minimum Grade 10 education and a valid BC Driver’s License. (Job Code #122391)

Relief Bus Driver: Successful applicants will be required to have a Class 2 or higher license with air, a minimum Grade 10 education and six months to one year commercial driving experience or equivalent combination of training and experience. Preference will be given to those with bus driving experience. Drivers will also be required to provide a Driver’s Abstract. (Job Code #122390)

Relief EA: Applicants for relief Education Assistants will work with special needs student(s) in various schools in the District. Qualification requirements will vary subject to the needs of the student(s). (Job Code #514834)

Relief Secretary: A minimum typing speed of 55 w.p.m. is required. (Job Code #133681)

Relief Noon Hour Supervisors: 1 hour per school day. Previous experience dealing with students would be an asset. (Job Code #133684)

All positions are on-call positions. Salary and benefits will be in accordance with the C.U.P.E. Local 847 Collective Agreement.

Application forms are available at the School Board Office, 1550 Chapman Street, Merritt, BC, Princeton Secondary School, 201 Old Merritt Road, Princeton, BC, or on-line at www.sd58.bc.ca click on Jobs/Support Positions-Job Postings/Support Staff. Applications, including a detailed resume with a minimum of three references will be accepted until September 5, 2014. Please forward to:

Attn: Secretary TreasurerSchool District No. 58 (Nicola-Similkameen)

P.O. Box 4100, 1550 Chapman St. Merritt, BC V1K 1B8Fax: (250) 378-6263

Only those applicants being interviewed will be contacted.

Literacy Merritt & Nicola Valley Society is seeking a Literacy Outreach Coordinator. This is a part time contract working under the direction of the Board of Directors.

Overview: The main responsibility of the Literacy Outreach Coordinator will be to provide leadership for community development that focuses on building and enhancing literacy services and networks within the community. The coordinator will provide a link between Merritt Literacy and the community. S/he understands, supports, and facilitates the Merritt Literacy Plan as well as the literacy work already underway in the community.

Areas of Responsibility:Community Literacy Plan Implementation• Financial Management and Reporting• Program Administration• Literacy Partnership Building• Public Awareness, Information Sharing and Marketing•

Quali cations:Knowledge and experience of literacy issues as they • relate to policy, program delivery, and community awareness; 3-5 years related experience will be considered an assetKnowledge of B.C. Societies Act and ling of the an-• nual society’s act and bylawsOutstanding communication, interpersonal, and • presentation skills, particularly with individuals and groups having diverse interests and backgroundsAbility to organize events, manage projects, and • develop partnershipsFacilitation and team building skills• Strong nancial management, grant and report writ-• ing skills requiredSolid time-management and priority setting skills• Computer software competence, including Word, • Excel, Power Point, Outlook and online communica-tion and researchKnowledge and experience in marketing• Experience with recruiting, training, motivating and • managing volunteersHigh degree of self-initiative to maintain momentum • and progress requiredInclusive, sensitive, and respectful approach to • collaboration that accommodates uniqueness and differing viewpointsSuccessful candidate must have their own of ce • space and equipmentValid driver’s license, clean driver’s abstract, reliable • vehicleCriminal record check required•

Application deadline: September 8, 2014

Please forward your resume and references to: Faye Ah-demar, President, Literacy Merritt & Nicola Valley Society, Box 1510, Merritt, BC, V1K 1B8 or [email protected].

LITERACY OUTREACH COORDINATOR

Do to retirement we are looking for aTRUCK DRIVER to deliver

Vancouver Sun and Province Newspapers. 4 days a week Wed. - Sat.

and other days as required.

Must be able to drive 1 Ton & 4 Ton Truck.

Driver to haul from Merritt - Kelowna - Sicamous return via Hwy. #1. Takes Roughly 10 hrs.,

Leaving around midnight.

Truck will be providedPay $170/per day plus benets.

Please fax resume, attention: Dale to 250-457-9736 or phone 250-457-9678

MENTORING COORDINATORWe are seeking a dynamic Mentoring Coordinator, who will promote and facilitate our youth mentoring programs in Merritt. This is a part-time position with a starting wage of $17.50 hourly and a typical work week of 25 hours.

The successful candidate will have a post-secondary diploma or degree in the Human or Social Services eld, and ideally have experience in coordinating social services or youth programs.

For a full job description, please visit:www.bbbskamloops.ca/en/Home/aboutus/careers.aspx

We thank all applicants, but only those selected for an interview will be notied. Please submit your cover letter and resume by

Monday September 8, 2014 to:

Ian Gerbrandt, Executive DirectorBig Brothers Big Sisters of Kamloops & Region821 Seymour StreetKamloops BC V2C 2H6.Email: [email protected]: 250-374-4930

Help Wanted

NICOLA VALLEY CHIROPRACTIC is looking for a motivated employee to

join our ofce team for Sept 1st. Wage is based on experience and skill

level. Please fax resumes to 250-378-8259 or drop them off at 2076A Granite Ave.

Scw’exmx Child & Family Services Society

Part-time Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental Health Clinician

One Year Term Position

Scw’exmx Child and Family Services Society (SCFSS) is seeking a highly motivated and dynamic individual to join our team as an Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental Health (ACYMH) Clinician. As an integral member of a multi-disciplinary team, the Clinician will provide culturally appropriate services and information which enhance the relationships and wellness of children and families who are experiencing significant challenges, in the Merritt area.

The position is under the direct supervision of the Executive Director. Evening and weekend work as required.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Connects and collaborates with appropriate referral sourcesConduct intakesConduct mental health assessments and develop assessment reportsConduct provisional DSM diagnosis Develop and execute treatment plansMaintain appropriate Clinical and administrative records

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Awareness of First Nations culture and issues affecting First Nations families and communitiesDevelop and maintain working knowledge and relationships with natural partners and supports in the communitiesDemonstrated expertise and knowledge in Clinical Mental Health assessment, diagnosis and treatment Ability to conduct suicide assessments and assist with crisis interventionsComfortable with conducting both Psycho-educational and treatment focused group sessions to various agesExcellent interpersonal and communication skills

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Awareness of First Nations culture and issues affecting First Nations families and communitiesDevelop and maintain working knowledge and relationships with natural partners and supports in the communitiesDemonstrated expertise and knowledge in Clinical Mental Health assessment, diagnosis and treatment Ability to conduct suicide assessments and assist with crisis interventionsComfortable with conducting both Psycho-educational and treatment focused group sessions to various agesExcellent interpersonal and communication skills

Start Date: ASAP As Needed

Pay: Rate will be negotiated based on experience

Deadline for submitting applications: August 29, 2014 @ 12:00 pm

For Full job description contact SCFSS

Apply by submitting your cover letter and resumein a sealed envelope

Attn: Yvonne Hare, Executive DirectorScw’exmx Child & Family Services Society

85 Highway 8, Merritt, BC V1K 0A7Tel: (250)378-2771 Fax: (250)378-2799 Email:[email protected]

Scw’exmx Child & Family Services Society thanks all those who apply, however, only qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview.

JOB POSTING

The Upper Nicola Band Head Start program is looking for a positive, motivated and enthusiastic individual to be a part of the Head Start team at Douglas Lake.

The successful applicant will possess a current Early Childhood Educator certificate with infant/toddlers and special needs certification.

A drivers license is requiredA criminal record check is mandatoryReferences are required

Please forward you resume to the:

Upper Nicola Head Start Program

Box 3700 Merritt BC, V1K 1B8

or email it to:

[email protected]

Attention: Lynne Bomford

Closing Date: August 22, 2014

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Help Wanted Help Wanted Help Wanted Help Wanted Help Wanted Help Wanted Employment

Career Opportunities

“Unifab” in sunny Grand Forks, BC

is actively hiring CWB capable Welders and Fabricators.

Competitive wages and benefi ts. Excellent place to raise a family and just two

hours southeast of Kelowna. Fax (250-442-8356) or email

[email protected]

Help Wanted

3571 Voght Street (located at the Ramada Inn)

Domino's Pizza is now hiring a delivery person

$14/hrMust have a flexible schedule & available

weekends

Please apply in person to

An Alberta Oilfi eld Company ishiring experienced dozer andexcavator operators, mealsand lodging provided. Drug testing required. 1-(780)723-5051.

Looking for Qualifi ed carpenterwith concrete exp. Or a 3rd or4th year apprentice. Please fax resume to (250)378-5084or at [email protected]


Coldwater Indian Band Box 4600

Merritt, BC V1K 1B8Ph: 250-378-6174 • Fx: 250-378-5351

FINANCE COORDINATORThe Coldwater Indian Band has an up and coming exciting and challenging opportunity for a full time Finance Coordinator position. This individual reports to the Coldwater Indian Band Administrator. The Finance Coordinator is responsible for assisting in the overall management and reporting of the nancial affairs of the Coldwater Indian Band, managing the day-to-day accounting affairs, and assisting in the development and administration of accounting policies and procedures.

Specic Duties and ResponsibilitiesHuman Resource Management – Supervises and • evaluates the performance of all employees in the Finance Department, etc.Financial Management – Administers the nancial • affairs of the band in accordance with the band nance policy, etc.Financial Accounting System – Manages day • to day accounting affairs of the band (payroll/AR/AP/GA/SPA/statutory and regulatory disbursements and reconciliations, etc.Audit – Coordinates the preparation for year – • end audit, etc.Reporting – Completes data reports and analysis • for the band, etc.General Administration – provides backup • for PR and band programs in posting and disbursements, as required, etc.

Education/QualicationsPrefer Post Secondary Degree in relevant • eld such as Business Administration, Financial Administration, or equivalent combination of education and experience working for a First Nations organization or working towards an accounting designationOr six to eight (6-8)years related experience with • two (2) years at a management or supervisory levelExperience in all related areas of Accounting • (A/P, A/R, payroll, nancial management, budgeting, nancial reporting)Prefer experience with First Nations Organizations• Extensive working knowledge of fund accounting• Drivers License and own transportation• Bondable•

Please mail, fax or email your resume with references and cover letter that outlines why you are interested in this position and state your salary expectations:

Attn: COLDWATER INDIAN BAND – H.R. COMMITTEEBOX 4600

MERRITT, BC V1K 1B8Fax: 250-378-5351

Email: [email protected]

Deadline for cover letters and resume’s: September 12, 2014 at 4:00 pm.

Only quali ed individuals being considered will be contacted for an interview. No phone calls please.

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 58(NICOLA-SIMILKAMEEN)EDUCATION ASSISTANTS

School District No. 58 is accepting applications for Education Assistants for the following positions:

Merritt Bench Elementary School 5 hrs/day, temporary September 2, 2014 to June 25, 2015 (Job Code # 726605).Merritt Secondary School, 6 hrs/day, temporary September 2, 2014 to June 25, 2015 (Job Code # 726610).Merritt Bench Elementary School, 5 hrs/per day, temporary September 2, 2014 to December 19, 2014 (Job Code # 726611).Merritt Secondary School, 5.5 hrs/day, effective September 2, 2014 to June 25, 2015 (Job Code # 726613).Merritt Central Elementary School, 5 hrs/day, temporary September 2, 2014 to December 19, 2014, (Job Code # 726615).

The district has a high percentage of First Nations and other multicultural students and so being sensitive to cultural diversities would be an asset.

Please refer to the District’s website for required training and responsibilities.

Application forms are available at the School Board office, 1550 Chapman Street, or on-line at www.sd58.bc.ca, click on Jobs/Support Positions/Job Postings listed under the applicable Job Code and follow the prompts provided. Applications will be accepted until September 2, 2014. Please forward to:

Attn: Secretary TreasurerSchool District #58 (Nicola-Similkameen)

P.O. Box 4100, 1550 Chapman St.Merritt, BC V1K 1B8Fax: (250) 378-6263

Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

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2 bdrm duplex. $750 plus hydro.

2 bdrm duplex. $850 plus utilities. (new flooring)

3 bdrm duplex. $800 plus hydro.

3 bdrm in triplex. $750 plus hydro

3 bdrm in fourplex. $800 plus hydro. (Heat included)

2 bdrm house. $850 plus utilities.

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Cottages / CabinsWATERFRONT HOUSE FOR RENT, SWANSEA PT. ON MARA LAKE. $650. MO. AVAILABLE SEPT. 15 TO MAY 15. FURNISHED, ELEC-TRIC HEAT. N/S. CALL 250-306-0707

Duplex / 4 PlexLarge 2 Bdrm unit for Rent. F/S, W/D. No pets, No smok-ers. Sept.01. (250)378-8383

Newly renoed 2 bdrm duplex. w/d incl. Non smokers and no pets. Ref. req. $700/mon. Avail Sept. 1. 250-378-5901. after 6:00 pm

Mobile Homes & Pads

2 bedroom mobile home. Washer, dryer, fridge, stove, utilities included. Close to town and schools. Pet friendly. $950 per month. 250-378-0887

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Shared Accommodation

Roommate wanted. Furnishedbedroom with own bath,shared laundry, kitchen, inter-net included. Non smoker, non drinker, no parties, no pets. $500 per month + damage de-posit. Responsible person onlyapply. Call 250-378-6020 orcell 250-280-2264

Suites, Lower2 bdrm basement suite. Avail.Sept 1st or immediately. W/d, fenced yrd, close to town. $750/mon. util. incl. 250-378-6295 or 315-9397

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All Ages WelcomePIANO TEACHER

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Merritt, BC V1K 1C2 Fax: 250-378-2273

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