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The formal announcement was made by MSS principal Bruce Bidney on Tuesday of this week, following the second of two public information sessions held on Feb. 4.

“It’s confirmed,” Bidney said. “We have at least 20 students now with some more coming. From what I understand, for a community of our size, to get these kinds of numbers in the first shot is quite a success.”

Bidney went on to explain the rationale for implementing a hockey academy in a high school setting.

“I just look at options for children, the students of Merritt. The more opportunities that we can offer to pro-mote achievement — not just athleti-cally but academically — the better. It is the way provincially that many schools are moving.”

The hockey academy will be a joint venture of Merritt Secondary School and RPM Hockey Ltd., based out of Maple Ridge.

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British Columbia Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon delivered the speech from the throne to kick off the B.C. legislature’s spring session — a speech that doubled down on the premier’s commitment to LNG promises. Full story on page 10.

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It’s official. Merritt Secondary School will be offering a hockey academy as an elective, beginning this September.

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Police complaint stats to be made public

For the sake of increased accountability, the City of Merritt and the local RCMP detachment are taking the advice of a recently released govern-ment report.

One issue brought up in the report from the Auditor General for Local Government regard-

ing the city’s use of its police resources was the fact the RCMP detachment commander doesn’t supply council with reports on complaints against officers.

The report added that the city does receive reports on the number of complaints when requested, but the RCMP doesn’t typically provide information pertaining to the nature of the complaints.

Detachment commander Sheila White told the Herald the plan moving forward will be to provide the city with statistics pertaining to complaints the detachment receives about its officers by including those num-bers in the quarterly reports it issues.

Sgt. Norm Flemming told the Herald the Merritt RCMP has historically kept this information

in house for their own records.The handling of public com-

plaints by the Merritt RCMP typically involves a member of the detachment being assigned to look into the complaint and send a report to the Southeast District headquarters in Kelowna, which determines whether or not the complaint is legitimate.

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“It’s the same as any other investi-gation that’s done,” Flemming said.

If the complaint is founded, a proper course of action is deter-mined.

For example, if someone was issued a traffic ticket unfairly, the ticket may be withdrawn and the officer who issued it receive addi-tional training.

White told representatives from the city at a Feb. 2 police committee meeting that complaints against her officers are received via phone call, email, in person or via fax to the public complaint’s commission.

“I’ve not reported on that, so I certainly can in the quarterly report,” she said at the meeting.

Formal complaints from the public complaint’s commission are dealt with through an investigation, whereas complaints made directly to the detachment can sometimes be handled informally by the officers, Flemming told the Herald.

He said that in the past year, the detachment has received approxi-mately 12 to 15 complaints, but many have been made by just a few

individuals. “It’s not always cut and dry, it’s

not really easy and sometimes the motivation behind the complaint is questionable,” Flemming said.

The police committee consists of staff Sgt.White, Mayor Neil Menard, Councillors Dave Baker and Diana Norgaard, and the city’s chief administrative officer Shawn Boven and its director of finance Sheila Thiessen.

The complaint statistics are to include both the number of com-plaints and the number of people making them.

Boven said the RCMP’s quarterly reports in general should also be tweaked to make them more infor-mative.

Merritt detachment received 12 to 15 complaints in the past year

CITY BEAT

From Page 6 When it comes to Merritt’s police force, nothing’s better than more women in uniform.

At the Feb. 2 police com-mittee meeting, Merritt Mayor Neil Menard said he thinks Merritt’s police force needs another female officer.

Detachment staff sergeant Sheila White agreed.

“There’s only so many per troop,” White said at the meet-ing. “In talking to our human resources people, per troop of

32 people in [RCMP Academy, Depot Division], maybe only five or six are female.”

The Merritt detachment currently doesn’t have a female member working as a general duty officer, due to a recent transfer, White told the Herald.

White, has an administrative role, while other female officers working at this detachment serve in capacities outside gen-eral duty.

One female RCMP officer is

part of the First Nations polic-ing department, and two oth-ers work traffic duty. Another works primarily out of the community policing office.

“It’s always nice to have a female [officer] working the streets,” said White.

Adding more, however, will depend on availability of spots at the Merritt detachment and the availability off female members that can be trans-ferred.

POLICE COMMITTEE BRIEFSWANTED: More female offi cers at Merritt detachment

Merritt’s Mounties will continue to operate a bar walk program for at least one more year due to its success.

During a bar walk police are tasked with watching out for underage drinkers, people being over served, fights and anyone asleep at a table.

“They’ll often check in with the bouncer or the doorman, and/or the manager or the person behind the bar to see how things are going,” White said at the City of Merritt police commit-

tee.She told reporters afterwards that police are

seeing a significant improvement in calls for ser-vice after bar closings in town.

Bar walks are part of police officers’ routine shifts, and are conducted both during the night and day.

Bar walk program set to continue in 2016

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APPLICATION DENIED

Last year, Nicola Mines Inc., applied for a permit to spread contam-

inated soils on the Craigmont Mine site near Lower Nicola. That request was denied last

month, the Ministry of Energy and Mines confirmed.“The Chief Inspector of Mines

denied Nicola Mines Inc.’s application

to use contaminated soils in the rec-lamation program for the Craigmont Mine,” a ministry spokesperson said in

an email to the Herald. “The chief inspector determined that the proposed use of contaminated

materials was not consistent with the existing approved reclamation plan and end land use for the Craigmont Mine.”

The permit would have allowed up

to 300,000 tonnes of contaminated soil

to be spread on the mine site. Peter Espig, president of Nicola

Mines, told the Herald at the time that

the levels of contamination on the soil

he planned to bring in were well below

the required limit. He also said there would be rigourous testing done on whatever soil came on the site in the future.

However, the plan was met with opposition from Lower Nicola Band chief Aaron Sam, as well as TNRD representative Randy Murray.

“Who’s to say that if they get approval maybe they start with this lower grade, responsibly measured dirt

and then — business is driven by profit

— who knows what might come in the

future?” he asked.

Nicola Mines’ request to spread soil on the Craigmont Mine site was not approved by the provinceDavid DyckTHE MERRITT HERALD

MINE RECLAMATION

BIOSOLIDS

The city will need to spend about $250,000 to replace a broken compost loader at the biosolids composting facility it recently paid $300,000 to acquire.

The loader turns over and moves piles of the city’s biosol-ids.

“It’s an integral part of the operation,” City of Merritt chief administrative officer Shawn Boven told council at a January budget meeting.“We can’t operate without

a moving loader,” he told the Herald

Despite needing to spend nearly the same money on a single loader as it did acquiring the entire operation, Boven said this will all still cost the city less than what it cost to have the site contracted out.He said the projected

expense to operate the site for 2016 is $193,845 — including $33,000 for equipment financ-ing.

By comparison, when the Sunshine Valley Good Earth Company operated the com-

posting site, the city was budget-ing about $230,000 annually in tipping fees to have its biosolids composted.The city intends to finance

the loader over a 10-year-lease at an annual cost of about that $33,000.

A request for proposal for the new loader, which will replace two other pieces of equipment on site, will be made in the spring after council’s bud-get process.

NOT WORTH IT TO FIXThe old loader is nearly 40 years old and to repair it would

cost at least $35,000.Public works superintendent Darrell Finnigan said he had anticipated having this piece of equipment for a number of years, however, one of the drive shafts broke off and wrecked the bottom of the transmission.

“It’s just not worth it [to fix],” Finnigan said.The city paid the Good

Earth Company $300,000 in 2015 to acquire the biosolids composting site, along with its inventory and composting equipment. Coun. Linda Brown said she

was “having difficulty” with the request for a new loader.

“I thought we were going to have a few years without having purchase a new piece of equip-ment,” Brown said.Merritt Mayor Neil Menard

said this kind of problem comes with the territory.“My dad sold a car to a

friend and he drove two blocks and blew the motor, so that kind of stuff happens,” Menard said.

“I don’t know that this is something we couldn’t antici-pate … it was an old piece of junk to begin with and we paid top dollar for it,” Brown replied.

The city is dealing with an unexpected expenditure

at its recently-acquired biosolids composting site

More than they bargained forDespite incurring some unexpected costs, the City of Merritt says operating its own bio-solids composting facil-ity is still expected to be a net-zero venture.


The city paid $300,000 for the composting facility. David Dyck/Herald

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Despite incurring some unexpected costs, the City of Merritt says operating its own biosolidscomposting facility is still expected to be a net-zero venture.

Nicola Mines’ request to spread soil on the Craigmont Mine site was not approved by the province.

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Currently, RPM Hockey and its subsidiary, Pacific Rim Hockey Academy Ltd., operate 16 hockey academies in B.C. schools — from Prince Rupert and Chetwynd in the north to communities on the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island and throughout the Lower Mainland.

PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP

“It’s a partnership between the school district and our com-panies,” RPM Hockey president Craig Millin told an audience of over 30 parents and students in the MSS library last Thursday night. “It is the best of the pub-lic sector and the private sector coming together to provide an in-school hockey academy.

“The academies have been put in place to provide students with a connection between academics and their sport of choice. Academics are a priority — they’re front and centre. We have very high expectations for this program.”

Millin went on to add, “The kids in the academy have to maintain their grades. If they slip academically, they may have reduced time in the academy. We don’t see much slippage. The kids want to be on the ice.

“The bottom line is we’re showing a marked level of aca-demic improvement at every academy we have.”

Millin referenced three for-mer Merritt Centennials who are RPM hockey academy graduates — Jordan and Regan Soquilla and Silvan Harper.

SUCCESS ELSEWHERE

In attendance at Thursday’s meeting was SD 58 assistant superintendent Dr. Christine Perkins. She is very familiar with and supportive of hockey acad-emies in a school setting.

“When I was principal at

Howe Sound Secondary in Squamish (Sea to Sky School District), we initiated a hockey academy there, and it has run for the last three years. It’s been highly successful. It allows stu-dents to do school differently, and to focus on a passion of theirs while they attain their aca-demics.”

Perkins went on to add that the initial success at Howe Sound has resulted in two addi-tional hockey academies in the nearby Whistler/Pemberton area.

“It’s open to boys and girls, and creates a great sense of belonging with the students that are in it.”

FITTING IT IN

Bidney said the hockey acad-emy would be a semester one (Sept. to Jan.) offering at MSS, because that’s when there’s ice available in local community arenas.

Securing an arena partner-ship is one of the things Bidney is prioritizing as things move forward, along with fitting the hockey academy into his school’s timetable and putting a teacher in place to oversee the program.

Arranging for on-ice instruc-tion will be one of Millin’s many tasks as preparations for the academy move ahead.

“It’s really important that we line up people who philosophi-cally fit with the program that

we’re trying to run. That’s the most important part. Hockey skills are one thing, but it’s the interpersonal and communica-tion skills that are the priorities.

“Our hope is to hire a senior person who will take the lead with the program in Merritt, somebody who is a real detail individual,” Millin said.

The hockey academy will run five days a week in the first semester, Millin said, with three on-ice and two off-ice sessions. The latter will include sport-specific activities focused on core strength, explosiveness and power, as well as classroom ses-sions on topics such as nutrition, personal growth and goal setting.

“We establish goals with the kids to do with school, family and the community,” Millin said. “We monitor those goals, and review them at the completion of the semester.”

THE PRICE TAG

The cost of the hockey acad-emy is $1,220 for one semester, which can be paid in five month-ly installments.

There is a discount if more than one member of a family

registers. Applications must be submitted with a first-payment deposit of $244 which is fully refundable right up until June 30 of this year.

Perkins emphasized that the hockey academy is open to any-one.

“There’s nothing to stop a family who can’t afford it from participating. School districts are bound to make sure everybody who wants access to something gains access, so we have other revenue sources that we can look at. For example, there’s our PACs and there’s the JumpStart program with Canadian Tire. It’s a board policy that we find a way for a student who wants to participate to participate.”

There is still room for a few more registrants, according to Millin. Interested individuals can reach him at (604) 476-0464 or [email protected]. More information and applications can also be found at www.rpmhockey.com. Applications are also avail-able at MSS.

“The academy is put in place to help kids succeed academi-cally,” Millin said. “It is probably the neatest thing a kid will ever do inside a school setting.”

COVER STORY

Academics will be a ‘priority’ says hockey school presidentFrom Page 1

RPM Hockey Company Ltd. owner Craig Millin and administrative assistant Holly Rogers spoke at two sessions made up of about 70 interested persons at Merritt Secondary School in November 2015 and again last Thursday. Herald file photo

‘‘‘There’s nothing to stop a family who can’t afford it from participating.’

— SD 58 ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT

CHRISTINE PERKINS


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Douglas Lake Ranch (DLR) and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) have partnered on a project to bypass a weir so that salmon have access to 18 additional kilometres of habitat on the Nicola River.

The weir was put in place in the 1970s to divert irrigation for the ranch’s hay operation. However, it is a six-foot high concrete wall, which blocks access to fish — particularly Kokanee salmon.

Ranch manager Joe Gardner said 10 years ago he began to work towards a solution, and met with the DFO to look at options.

The BCCF (British Columbia Conservation Foundation) wrote a proposal for a funding grant through the DFO’s Recreational Fisheries Conservation Partnerships Program, and a design was drawn up.

The result is a new bypass, put in 100 yards upstream of the weir, that allows fish to move around the other-wise impassable concrete wall.

“We were in favour of the fish being able to get by, so we all worked

together and damned if we didn’t get the job done,” Gardner told the Herald. “It’s kind of a win-win situa-tion — we actually co-operated and got something done.”

DFO restoration senior engineer and biologist Sarah Ostoforof pro-vided in kind engineering, design and biologist assistance through the design and construction of the project, Mike Wallis of BCCF was the lead contrac-tor, and the DLR provided labour, an excavator, a front-end loader and a rock truck to assist in construction, as well as gravel from their private pit.

The Upper Nicola Band were sup-porters of the project, and attended the opening ceremony last month.

“I think the largest single benefac-tor here will be the Kokanee,” said Gardner. “They’ll be able to get another 18 km of river to frolic in.”

He added that the ranch works regularly with the DFO on other smaller restoration and improvement projects, like fencing to keep cattle away from the river, and putting in rocks to keep erosion down — impor-tant in keeping silt from filling spawn-ing grounds.

RURAL NEWS

Douglas Lake Ranch and DFO team up for salmon

David DyckTHE MERRITT HERALD

(Left to right) DFO restoration biologist Sean Bennett, DLR assistant manager Phil Braig, DLR manager Joe Gardner and DFO senior engineer Doug Edwards. Submitted photo

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Preserving the memo-ries of a hunt is a long-standing tradition among hunters that can be traced back to the famous cave drawings of Lascaux in France, estimated to be about 18,000 years old.

The drawings depict,

among accurate animal profiles, hunting scenes and images of hunters posing with game animals they’ve killed.

As time went on the memories of the hunt included preserving the skin of the animal and we see the first head and full body preservations of animals in ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt.

In Egypt it was not uncommon to kill and mummify the favourite pet or the prized war horse of a deceased indi-vidual.

Pharaohs who passed on were given whole menageries of carefully

mummified animals to entertain and serve them in the afterlife.

Some of these mum-mified animals displayed in museums today look as lifelike as they did 2,000 years ago.

In many early cultures hunters would prepare the skin of an animal they hunted and wear it because they believed that the spirit of the animal would give them strength and wisdom, but also as a memorial of sorts to hon-our the animal whose life they took, and as a way to thank whatever deity they worshipped for providing them with important sus-

tenance.Throughout history

and across cultures, the skill to preserve the skin of an animal or bring it “back to life” was a highly respected craft in the hands of priests or shamans.

The ancient Greeks called these skilled profes-sionals “taxidermists,” a title still used today.

The word “taxidermy” is made up of the Latin word “taxis,” (arrange, arranging the order of things) and the word “derma” (skin).

Modern taxidermy is a multi-faceted practice that involves a great many

skills and crafts ranging from carpentry, molding and sculpting to painting and drawing, and which requires an intimate knowledge of animal anatomy and movement.

All these talents com-bined are required to create a replica of an animal that looks so real and natural you wouldn’t know the difference at a cursory glance.

Good taxidermy work is expensive, but the memory of that special animal you took will last with minimal care for many generations to come.

Protesters fear peace in forests

After 20 years of representing B.C. coastal First Nations to negotiate what U.S.-directed activists labeled the Great Bear Rainforest agreement, a weary Dallas Smith expressed his relief and frustration.

At a ceremony to sign the final agreement in Vancouver last week, Smith, president of the Nanwakolas Council of remote Central Coast communities like Bella Bella, joked that he’s finally out of a job. Then he got serious.

“My communities still aren’t bet-ter places to live yet,” he said. But the land use agreement with the province and forest companies over a vast coastal area up to the Alaska border means the years ahead will be better.

He said when he started it was like being caught in a divorce between the B.C. forest industry and interna-tional environmental groups. Dutch-based Greenpeace, its California offshoot ForestEthics and others moved on from their Clayoquot Sound battle to the B.C. coast, look-ing to continue the blockades against logging.

“It’s the First Nations of the Coast who stood up and said ‘no, this is how it’s going to work’,” Smith said.

How it’s going to work is that log-ging will continue on 550,000 hect-ares of coastal forest, with a greater share for First Nations, and with 85 per cent of the region preserved after a century of logging that began with sailing ships.

Aside from a few diehards who are either paid to protest or can’t get past issuing demands, B.C. aboriginal people have grown tired of being used as props in global de-market-ing campaigns directed from San Francisco or Amsterdam.

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The protesters’ tactic of organizing customer boycotts that damage far-away economies might be good for international fundraising, but it’s bad for poor people.

Formally begun 10 years ago with $30 mil-lion from Ottawa, $30 million from B.C. and $60 million from a group of wealthy U.S. family foundations with a larger anti-development agen-da, the land use plan remains under attack.

Among the many protest outfits is Pacific Wild, which has specialized in Great Bear Rainforest campaigns and now needs a new enemy. Their credibility was demonstrated recently when potty-mouthed U.S. pop star Miley Cyrus decided to speak out against B.C.’s wolf kill.

Typical of celebrities, Cyrus had no idea about the struggle to preserve dwindling herds of mountain caribou. She barely knows where B.C. is, a fact made plain when Pacific Wild toured her around the North Coast, far from the Kootenay and South Peace regions where the wolves in question actually roam.

Cyrus’s handlers spoon-fed video and state-ments to urban media, who were so anxious to exploit her global popularity that they played down the fact she was at the wrong end of the province spouting nonsense.

After periodically attacking their own B.C. agreement as inadequate, Greenpeace and ForestEthics have moved on to what they call the “boreal forest,” which we like to call north-ern Canada. The same bully tactics with forest products customers and producers have been featured.

This time, a Quebec company that signed an accord in 2010 is suing Greenpeace for “defama-tion, malicious falsehood and intentional interfer-ence in economic relations.”

Aboriginal companies on the B.C. coast will continue to log, including areas of old-growth forest and secondary growth. They will continue to export logs as economics dictate. They will continue to harvest animals, including grizzly bears.

And, I expect, they will continue to be sub-jected to attempts to supervise and direct them by members of urban society’s new religion, environmentalism.

The leaders of this movement don’t like peace. It’s bad for their business.

Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and col-umnist for Black Press. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @tomfletcherbc

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It is common for many hunt-ers to point out that a particular mount on their walls was shot by their grandfather.

Often there is a handwritten note attached to the back of the mount telling the story of the hunt. Memories don’t get better than that.

I always have been a great admirer of good taxidermy and continually marvel at the skill that it takes to create a replica of a live animal that is the perfect likeness down to the minutest detail. Seven years ago, when my wife Heidi and I moved to Merritt, I was surprised to learn that this city, with its long and lively hunting tradition, didn’t have a taxider-mist in town.

The good news is that this has changed.

Two years ago Steven Beckley, a very talented taxider-mist from Mckenzie, moved to Merritt.

Beckley began his taxider-mist career mainly for the rea-son of preserving the animals he has taken in North America and Africa and because he was fascinated by the art of taxi-dermy. Beckley is also a perfec-tionist — another reason why he chose to mount his own tro-phies. A phrase that kept com-

ing up during our conversation was: “It has to look real.”

Beckly’s dedication to his work becomes evident when you see the many certificates of excellence and awards hang-ing on the wall, and of course there are the finished mounts and works-in-progress in his garage that look so real that you’re inclined to touch them to convince yourself that they are not alive.

Beckley learned his trade from the best in the business: Brian Dobson who operates Artistic Taxidermy in Alberta.

Dobson is considered the dean of North American taxi-dermy artistry with a long list of prizes and awards for his outstanding work and crafts-

manship. Beckley is destined to follow his tutor’s and mentor’s footsteps; his work is an out-standing testament to this fact.

To see Steven’s taxidermy, go online to Facebook and search “Beckley’s Wilderness Taxidermy Studio.” I am glad we finally have a good taxider-mist in Merritt — it was a long time coming and in this case well worth waiting for. I know who will preserve the memories of my future hunts. Welcome to the Nicola Valley, Steven.

Othmar Vohringer lives in the Nicola Valley. He is a animal behav-iourist and outdoor writer for hunting magazines in Canada and the U.S. www.othmarvohringer.com

Peace is bad for the protest business

Taxidermist Steven Beckley putting the finishing touches to one of this zebra mounts. Heidi Koehler Photography

From Page 6

LETTER to the editor

Editor:

I hope recreational “pot” is never legalized! The world has already gone to pot (Re: “Marijuana laws in legal limbo,” Feb. 4)!

Medicinal marijuana is legal — fine and dandy if this helps a sick person. But when pot makes a healthy person sick don’t tell me how it should be legal recreationally! Cigarette smoke is deemed harmful to the public — well, so is marijuana smoke.

The building I am in is designated no smok-ing by the BC Housing-governed ASK Wellness Society. Why are dope and cigarette smokers allowed into a non-smoking building?

Non-smoking tenants are suffering because dope and cigarette smokers ignore the no smoking rule and enforcement is lax.

Initial judgement is lacking, allowing smokers into a no smoking building in spite of signing a no smoking agreement form.

Where’s the wellness and health protection for non-smokers where I live, as advertised by the ASK Wellness Society and BC Housing?

Pat O’GradyMerritt

Pot and cigarettes are both unhealthy

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A 26-year-old Clearwater man is facing charges of arson and assault with a weapon after alleg-edly setting fire to a truck and spraying a bystander with mace.

It’s believed the man set fire to a Toyota Tundra parked along the 1500 block of Coldwater Ave. just before noon on Sunday (Feb. 7).

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Flemming said that wit-nesses saw the man exit the truck, which went up in flames shortly afterwards.

“He came in to town to visit a friend, left her while she went to the store, and next thing you know he’s standing very close to this truck that’s on fire,” he said.

“Somebody went over to try and get him away from the truck, because he was going to get burnt, and he pepper sprayed him,” Flemming said.

About 13 firefight-

ers from the Merritt Fire Rescue Department responded to extinguish the fire, which had fully engulfed the cab of the vehicle upon their arrival, said Fire Chief Dave Tomkinson.

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confiscated the backpack, and the fire department called in the RCMP for assistance, Flemming said.

“It was deemed the fire was incendiary, and RCMP detained a suspect [at the scene],” Tomkinson said.

Flemming said the man did not leave the scene, and the fire appears to be a ran-dom act.

The truck was parked outside the residence of its owner, Tomkinson said.

POLICE REPORT

Weekend truck fi re suspect arrested at the sceneMichael PotestioTHE MERRITT HERALD

The fire seems to have been a random act, said police. Photo by Michelle Quallium

BIO SPILL

Biosolids spill cleanup complete, says WestsideDavid DyckTHE MERRITT HERALD

Cleanup on a crashed truck that was haul-ing class B biosolids en route to OK Ranch, near Jesmond, last week, has wrapped up.

The materials originated at the Westside Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant near West Kelowna, said Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) spokesperson Bruce Smith in a press release issued shortly after the event.

The accident happened at about 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 4, when the semi-truck, operated by a RDCO subcontractor, hit an icy patch and over-turned. The driver was pinned in the cab of the truck, but was freed by emergency crews and has since been released from hospital.

The truck contained about 20 cubic metres of biosolids.

“The regional district’s biosolids management subcontractor immediately enacted its emer-gency spill protocol, notifying the Ministry of Environment of the spill, and securing the site,” said Smith. “Working in co-ordination with minis-try staff, spill response crews are taking all the nec-essary steps to remove the spilled materials and soil from the site.”

Along with the biosolids material, an unknown amount of engine oil, hydraulic oil and coolant was also spilled at the site, though the fuel tanks remained in tact. “Spill response crews are working to isolate the site, however partially frozen water-ways have proven to be a challenge when setting booms and retention systems,” said Smith.

The Interior Health Authority has advised the public to keep themselves and their pets away from the area until potential health risks as a result of possible pathogens contained in the biosolids are ruled out.

‘‘‘Spill response crews are taking all the necessary steps to remove the spilled materials and soil from the site.’

— BRUCE SMITH


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On a Friday evening in the sum-mer of 1908, the new Quilchena Hotel was auspiciously opened to “a large and happy crowd from all over the Nicola Valley.”

The sound of music echoed around the foothills as the ball began at 10 p.m., with a sumptuous dinner served at 1 a.m. Then the dancing continued until about 5 a.m. when the satisfied guests left for home.

The historic hotel was built on highway 5A, 20 kilometres north-east of Merritt by pioneer Joseph Guichon, and opened its doors back in a time when the world moved at a slower pace. It was a grand hotel, lit with gas lights, equipped with a brass railed bar and boasted a grand piano in the parlour.

The hotel was originally built on a promise to Mr. Guichon that a railway would be built from Spences Bridge, pass through the Valley to Quilchena and then on down to Princeton. Mr. Guichon thought he could profit by catering to the result-ing travellers.

Unfortunately, this was not the case. The Kettle Valley Railway, an offspring corporation, chose to build the line from Merritt up the Coldwater River so it could connect with their other line through the Coquihalla Pass.

Despite this, the hotel became a favourite stopping place. With its saloon, and excellent fishing and shooting events, it appealed to cow-

boys, sportsmen and tourists. It was managed by Joe Jr., the son of Joseph Guichon, when he returned from the war.

During this time it was common for drinking establishments to have a small lock-up room with a bed and a water basin for “excessively inebriated and unruly customers.” Joe however would instead use the cold storage dugout behind the hotel. It is report-ed that one time Joe forgot about one such customer for more than a day. So came the comment, “Was he dry when he came out of there? He headed straight for the water pump!”

And then there are the famous bullet holes in the saloon’s bar. A man named ‘Smokey Chisholm’ was once given credit for those bullet holes (which are still there today) but other sources say that although Smokey was a “big talker” and often frequented the old stopping house, he was not the culprit.

Joe Jr. managed the hotel for sev-eral years, then also managed the Quilchena Store when it was built in 1912. He became the store’s postmas-ter for the next 50 years. Forced to close the hotel in 1919 due to liquor prohibition, Joe did not allow it to go to ruin. The Quilchena entertained a few paying guests and Joe and his wife Hilde lived there until 1956.

In 1957 the Guichon cattle empire was divided. Guy Rose purchased part of the ranch and the hotel and brought the old stopping place back to life. Even though some refurbish-ing was done, he kept most of the original furniture and fixtures to give patrons a chance to step into the past, if only for an evening.

Four years later, Guy took what was originally a polo field and built a nine-hole golf course. In 1984 another attraction was added when an air-strip was installed for commer-cial travellers.

A cowboy’s

GRAND HOTEL

The Quilchena Hotel, on Nicola Lake just northwest of Merritt. Nicola Valley Museum and Archives

SUSAN GEARING-EDGEA looking glassTO THE PAST

See ‘The Quilchena’ Page 12


Premier Christy Clark has doubled down on her election promise to pay off B.C.’s debt with revenues from liquefied natural gas exports, despite delays in proposed projects in the face of a global glut of oil and gas.

“Success is not for quitters,” declared the government’s speech from the throne, delivered Tuesday by Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon to open the spring session of the B.C. legislature.

“It is not a choice between keeping B.C.’s natural gas industry stable or deciding to grow it,” the speech said. “We must begin to export, or the 13,000 people who depend on this industry today will be out of work.”

NDP leader John Horgan said B.C.

Liberal losses in two Lower Mainland by-elections last week show the public isn’t buying Clark’s promises of prosperity.

“The premier said three years ago she was going to create 100,000 jobs with an LNG industry,” Horgan said. “Today she said she hopes to save 13,000 jobs if an LNG plant takes place.”

One new initia-tive in the speech is a renewed focus on food production, includ-ing an expanded “buy local, grow local” effort involving local govern-ments and community organizations. Farmers are to be offered a tax credit for donating food to non-profits, and an agrifoods conference is to be held in Kelowna in November.

Touting B.C.’s eco-nomic performance, the speech includes unusual

criticism of Alberta, saying it “lost its focus.

“They expected their resource boom never to end, failed to diversify their economy and lost control of government spending.”

The speech restates the government’s inten-tion to implement recommendations from former deputy minister

Bob Plecas to hire more child protection social workers and modern-ize the Ministry of Children and Family Development.

“That work must begin with ending the culture of blame that exists for those pub-lic servants with the most difficult role,” the speech says.

With an election scheduled for 2017 and the last full budget before it to be presented Feb. 16, the speech repeats the phrase “stand up for B.C.”

that could emerge as a re-election slogan. It also refers to “getting to yes,” a phrase Clark has used frequently in rela-tion to LNG and other resource developments.

As it did before the 2013 election, the gov-ernment has resumed jobs-themed TV ads focused on skills train-ing and technology incentives.

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Throne speech focus on fuel and foodTom FletcherBLACK PRESS

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Police have not released any further details.

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Family of skiers safe after venturing out of bounds at Sun Peaks

SKI SCARE

A family of six skiers from Vancouver had a scare when they ventured out of bounds and became lost for a few hours.

The family — mom, dad and four kids between the ages of six and 13 — crossed out-of-bound ropes at about 3 p.m. on Family Day (Monday) and ended up in an area with an avalanche risk.

Members of Kamloops Search and Rescue were mobilized and an RCMP helicopter was used to pluck the family from the mountain just before darkness fell.

The family had a cellphone and were in communica-tion with search and rescue teams during their time lost on the mountain.

There were no injuries reported.

—From Kamloops this Week

An RCMP helicopter arrives at Sun Peaks Resort at sunset on Family Day. The copter was called in to rescue a family of six from Vancouver who became lost in terrain prone to ava-lanches after venturing out of bounds while skiing. James Huser photo


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Today the rooms are vintage 1908, still equipped with many of the original furnishings. China basins, stone hot water bottles and rocking chairs (which are rumoured to mysteriously rock on their own in the middle of the night) can be found in the bedrooms. Historic photos from a life lived nearly a century ago adorn the walls.

The saloon, with its shiny brass rails is still there. In the Victorian par-lour/lounge is a square grand piano which was donated to the Roses by Joe Lauder (whose grandfather Joseph Dixon Lauder was an early pioneer in the Nicola Valley). The piano was built in Toronto in 1884 by Huntzman & Co. and originally sold for $250. It was brought from Kamloops to the Nicola Valley on a wagon loaded with hay.

Douglas Lake Ranch recently pur-chased “The Cowboy’s Grand Hotel” along with the heritage store and ranch lands. The Quilchena Hotel is now open year round. Despite the busy high-way that passes its door, life inside still has the ambiance of a world when the horse ruled the road.

Celebrate B.C. Heritage Week, February 15 -21st! For more information on the his-tory of Merritt and the Nicola Valley, call or come and visit the Nicola Valley Museum

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The hotel today, still recognizable in old photographs. Herald file photo

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#2505 $419,900

IMMACULATE HOME

Quality built & immaculate family home in quiet area on 0.26 acre lot. Home has been well maintained, high quality laminate, 4 bedrms, 5 pce ensuite & 2 other full baths. Has 2 bedrm suite with long term tenant.

#2554 $329,900

LARGE FAMILY HOME

Located in a great area of Merritt. Some recent upgrades include new roof, new laminate floors, kitchen counters, sink & taps. 3 bedrms up, 1 down plus 2 bedm suite. Spacious open floor plan. 2 gas F/P’s, skylights & double garage.

#2611 $514,900

DETACHED SHOP

Quality built Cape Code style home on 0.44 acres with 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, country kitchen, and a fully finished basement. Yard is landscaped with U/G sprinklers, a gazebo, covered deck, attached double garage plus a 32x28 shop/garage with 12 ft ceilings. Lot of RV parking.

#2564 $475,000

GREAT VIEWS

Executive home with view in great Bench area & nicely landscaped. Home features 5 bedrms, 3.5 baths, gourmet kitchen, formal dining, large living rm, den, family room, full bsmt & a double garage.

#2577 $155,000

LOTS OF POTENTIAL

5 bedroom home with partly finished basement. Located in low traffic area in a family oriented neighbourhood. House needs work. Lots of storage, carport. Parking for RV.

#2510 $109,900

GREAT STARTER HOME

Great starter home with 2 bedrooms and 2 baths, and in good area, close to school. Has an attached 17x23 garage/shop. Home needs some TLC of paint and flooring. Perfect for handyman.

#2597 $319,900

OVER 3200 SQ.FT.

Very nice floor plan in this 4 bedroom family home, close to schools. Features newer kitchen and flooring, 2 gas F/P’s, 4 baths, full basement with inlaw living quarters with walkout basement. Double garage.

#2506 $269,900

QUIET CUL DE SAC

Spacious family home with 3 bedroom up, vaulted ceilings, large kitchen, sunken living room, gas fireplace and large 3 pce ensuite. 1 bedroom down. Close to school. Single garage.

#2616 $234,200

STARTER OR RETIREMENT HOME

This 3 bedroom rancher has had extensive updating. New roof, windows, doors, vinyl siding, addition, deck, flooring and bathroom plus a new detached 22x24 workshop/garage. Excellent location & close to schools, 2 parks & downtown.

#2604 $47,000

RIVERFRONT

Nicely finished mobile home in Eldorado MH Park overlooking the river and golf course. Has 2 bedrooms, laminate floors, new skylight and comes with appliances. Quick possession.

#2592 $209,000

ACROSS FROM PARK

This 2 bedroom home is close to amenities and walking trail along river. Open concept kitchen. Yard is fenced with room for RV’s. Has 1 car detachdd garage/shop, great for handyman.

#2558 $239,900

HERITAGE CHARM

This home has had many upgrades such as furnace, HW tank, insulation, electrical, plumbing, & windows. 3+ bedrms, new custom kitchen with newer appliances. Wood stove in basement. Lots of parking.

#2468 $139,900

FIRST TIME BUYERS

Half duplex in family oriented neighbourhood and close to school. Has 3 bedrms up, large kitchen, updated bathrm with newer flooring & tub surround. Large fenced yard with storage/work area.

#2584 $74,900

SPENCES BRIDGE

Great opportunity – full side by side duplex with fenced yard and close to the Thompson River. Each side is a 1 bedroom unit with a common area of enclosed porch. As is where is.

#2609 $229,000

BRAND NEW KITCHEN

Nice 4 bedroom family home in quiet location, close to downtown, walking trails & schools. Features nice open concept with exquisite new kitchen with Millcreek cabinetry & appliances. Newer laminate flooring, vinyl windows,Newer fencing, water feature & 4 fruit trees.

#2504 $389,900

EXTRA LARGE LOT

Perfect family home with 4 bedrms, 2.5 baths, family rm, games rm, wine rm, office & storage all on 5 levels. Double garage has 10 ft doors & work area. Great yard with 1 ½ lots for extra parking.

#2518 $87,900

OVERLOOKS RIVER

2 bedrm manufactured home with huge private sundeck with hot tub, sauna & 30 x 12 work shed all overlooking Nicola River & golf course. One of a kind in a perfect location.

#2583 $137,500

GREAT STARTER HOME

Great little 2 bedroom home with many updates & renovations of newer windows, plumbing, electrical, new plank flooring throughout, new plumbing fixtures, paint, doors & tri, plus a duct cleaning & regular furnace mtnce.

#2563 $295,000

IMPRESSIVE RANCHER

1800 sq.ft. rancher only 6 yrs old, 3 bedrms, plus bonus room above garage, open kitchen with all appliances, HW floors, crown moldings, 9 ft ceilings, in excellent condition. Fenced backyard.

#2603 $122,900

HALF DUPLEX

3 bedroom, one and a half bath home in quiet family oriented neighbourhood. Located close to elementary school in quiet cul de sac. Home has had some updates. Good starter home.

#2593 $129,900

NICELY RENOVATED

Nicely renovated 2 bedroom house on large private lot. Home has had recent updates of new roof, electrical, plumbing, kitchen, bathrm, flooring & more. Great starter, retirement or investment home.

#2533 $69,900

NICE ADDITION

2 bedrm mobile with addition in one of the nicest parks. One bedrm on each end with an open concept kitchen eating area & living room in center. Addition has enclosed porch & family room.

#2561 $139,900

GREAT STARTER HOME

Located across from elementary school. Home has new kitchen with tile backsplash, pellet stove, new HW tank, 3 bedrms up, 12x32 attached garage and fully fenced backyard with fruit trees.

#2524 $319,000

BROOKMERE

Perfect retreat for outdoor enthusiast with year round activities. Close to fishing, cross-country skiing, quading & more. Beautiful 2 bedrm home with open kitchen/living room, double garage, lots of parking.

#2612 $74,900

IN LOWER NICOLA

Very clean home with 2 bedrms, great open floor plan, island in kitchen & central A/C. Very nice yard with flower garden & cedar hedge for privacy and a covered sundeck for those BBQ days, and a woodshed for storage.

#2531 $435,000

QUALITY & DESIGN

Custom home with open kitchen/family room, vaulted ceilings, 4 bedrms up, 4.5 baths, 6 ft crawl space for storage. Enjoy the nice covered deck, gazebo and fish pond in backyard.

#2589 $159,000

CLOSE TO SHOPPING

Well kept older home with huge yard & lane access. Has 2 bedroom on the main, fully finished basement with recr.oom. Single garage with lots of storage . Close to schools.

#2586 $199,900

ADULT ORIENTED STRATA

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.

#2606 $429,000

PRIME LOCATION

This executive Bench home has 4 bedrms on main, 1 down, custom fir cabinets with granite counters, S/S appliances, 4 baths & rec.rm & family rm. Nice inground pool and patio for BBQ’s.

#2334 $46,900

WALK TO SHOPPING

2 bedroom mobile in Eldorado Mobile Home Park. New plumbing with heat tape, 1 bath, comes with all appliances. Quick possession. Close to golf course. Pad rent $346 per month.

#2587 $214,900

IN LOWER NICOLA

This mobile home with addition is situated on 0.33 acre lot with 7 fruit trees & is close to elementary school. Home features 3 bedrms, 1.5 baths and spacious rooms. Roof only 1 yr old.

#2340 $159,000

APARTMENT

Newer 2 bedroom apartment in “The Summit” comes with stainless steel appliances, 1.5 baths and laundry room. No more shoveling snow! Great place to live, close to transit.

#2499 $39,900

WELL MAINTAINED

2 bedroom home in good Park. Has a wood burning fireplace and an open kitchen, newer windows, fenced yard, nicely kept and storage shed in back with garden area & fruit trees.

#2617 $284,900

EXCELLENT LOCATION

3 bedroom home with extensive renovations including custom kitchen, ball bathrooms, flooring, baseboards, moldings, doors & hardware, windows & new roof. RV parking & fully landscaped.

#2601 $299,900

HERITAGE RANCHER

Charming one of a kind home in the downtown area. Large rooms throughout, 4 bedrms, 2.5 baths, all new windows & doors, boiler system, HW tank, updated flooring & bathrooms. Double carport.

#2463 $214,900

STRATA HOME

Very nice townhouse, with bigger yard & less traffic. Tastefully decorated, 3 bedrms up, 3 pce ensuite plus office/play room, open living/kitchen area. Great patio in large fenced yard.

#2557 $225,000

LOCATION, LOCATION

This 2 bedroom home with good solid construction needs some updates. Has full, unfinished basement, large covered deck, fruit trees and a garden area in back.

#2409 $289,000

GOOD FAMILY HOME

Home features 4 bedrms, HW floors, large gourmet kitchen with appliances, sunken living room, newer shingles, some windows & exterior doors in past few years & A/C. RV parking.

#2614 $209,900

PERFECT STARTER HOME

Traditional style with 3+ bedrooms, 2 baths located close to school & easy access to downtown. Home has HW flooring, central air, large fenced lot with large deck & RV parking.

#2607 $139,900

APARTMENT

Quality built one bedroom unit in The Vibe. Open design plan with Maple shaker cabinets with granite countertops in kitchen, and comes with appliances. Nice view of mountains.

#2598 $265,000

GREAT LOCATION

5 bedroom home on large lot, close to all amenities. Features newer laminate floors on main, newer paint, furnace, soaker tub & new roof. Fully finished basement with family room. RV parking.

#2566 $129,900

STARTER/INVESTMENT

This would be a great starter home or investment property with 2 bedrooms up, 1 in partially finished basement & 1.5 baths. Great corner lot with good access. Property needs some TLC.

#2602 $359,900

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

New rancher with deluxe spacious kitchen, dining room & great great with gas F/P. Den, laundry & 1 bedrm on main, 1 bedrm above & possible 3rd in loft. Double garage. GST applicable.

#2588 $313,999

IN DESIRABLE AREA

Well maintained 3 bedroom home with nice kitchen & pine cabinets with lots of space, a forming room, large living rm with gas F/P, 3 bedrms, 4 baths and a fully finished basement. Great yard with U/G sprinklers, sundeck and RV parking.

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#2621 $589,000

Heritage home on 1.33 acre in desirable area in town. Owner has done numerous upgrades & renos. New windows, interior doors, Heartland appliances, boiler system, detached garage with bonus room & much more.

264 ACRES

#2457 $1,250,000

Gorgeous property of approx. 264 acres with 2 titles. Has 1 mile of Guichon Creek flowing through the property. A great variety of land with possibilities of subdivision. Not in ALR.

0.98 ACRE LOT

#2608 $99,000

Just under 1 acre located beside the river. Fish from your front yard, go for a swim or watch the deer. Beautiful build lot, very private and perfect for your custom home in the heart of the city.

NICOLA LAKEVIEW HOME

#2613 $650,000

This open concept rancher has a walkout basement & quality features like vaulted ceilings, rock F/P in huge living room with HW floors, spacious kitchen with island, 2 bedrms up, 2 down, large wet bar and games/rec.room.

ON 1.93 ACRES

#2620 $399,900

This 4 bedrm country home on 1.93 acres in Lower Nicola has a well kept & landscaped yard with fish pond & large lawn area. Home has 4 bedrms, 2.5 baths & full bsmt partially finished.

LAKEVIEW HOME

#2432 $949,900

Indulge your with 3800 sq.ft. of high end living on 1.3 acres with panoramic views of Nicola Lake. Superb workmanship & detail include granite counters, open wooden beams, 3 bedrms, 4 baths, large deck.

LAKEFRONT LOT

#2414 $242,900

Build your dream home on this 9.9 acres. Has some trees, open, sunny, views, easy access off highway, a well in place and power is on the road. Call for more details

DEVELOPERS

#2478 $1,700,000

276 acre site with incredible mountain & lake views. Property has an allowed legal density of 62 units maximum. This parcel is above Nicola Lakeshore Estates.

10 AC SUNSHINE VALLEY

#2615 $699,000

Great family home on 10 acres with 6500 sq.ft. shop & covered RV parking. Home has 4+ bdrms, 4 baths, woodstove in cozy central gathering area & full basement make this a wonderful place to raise a family.

COMMERCIAL BUILDING

#2305 $179,000

Immaculate 2000 sq.ft. building that can be used as two separate 1000 sq.ft. spaces or remove center wall & use as one space. Has parking in rear. Good frontage exposure.

COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITY

#2560 $325,000

Commercial building in downtown area with approx. 5000 sq.ft. on the main with 1100 sq.ft. up with a 3 bedroom suite. Zoned C-2. Run your business and live upstairs.

10 ACRES

#2374 $239,900

10.9 acres in Miller Estates, a subdivision of custom built executives homes. Land is south facing, sloped with some trees. Great place to build your dream home and enjoy the views.

OPPORTUNITY

#2461 $850,000

Approx. 12,000 sq.ft. on 2 levels with office space on ground level and 3 residential units upstairs, fully rented.

INDUSTRIAL LOT

#2356 $54,900

Light industrial bare lot, flat site, zoned M1 for your business opportunity. Easy access to truck route and just moments from the downtown core. Call for more details.

LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LOT

#2610 $297,500

Light industrial 0.8 acres with 62x32 insulated shop in the TNRD but on the edge of town. Located behind Shaw Cable yard & just off Coquihalla Exit. Zoning allows for wholesale commercial, service industries & more.

INDUSTRIAL BUILDING

#2538 $890,000

8500 sq.ft. building on corner lot with easy access to highway on truck route. Has loading dock, paved parking, all on 0.8 acres site. Phase 1 environmental has been completed. Bring your business.

9.88 ACRES

#2590 $184,000

Located just 15 minutes from Merritt, this acreage would be great to build your dream home on. Easy access off highway, land in open with rolling hills, some trees & nice views. Has well in place and power on road. Adjacent lot also available.

53 ACRES

#2575 $1,690,000

Rare property that includes R-3 and FD zoning. FD allows the Buyer to request a zoning to fit their plans such as an additional residential zoning or M-1 for Light Industrial.

COMMERCIAL BUILDING

#2019 $595,000

Great location on corner lot with 7300+ sq.ft. building, zoned C4 with site specific zoning to allow offices, lawyers, doctors, etc. Lots of parking. High visibility. For sale or lease.

12.63 ACRES

#2047 $199,000

Private acreage, treed with great access to Spius creek. Several good building sites, has a drilled well and hydro to lot line. Located in Sunshine Valley off Cleasby Road.

13 ACRES RIVERFRONT

#2208 $299,000

A great property in well developed subdivision of acreage lots. This unique property has a large amount of river frontage. Hydro at lot line, septic must be installed. Most of land is flat and useable.

ON 4.64 ACRES

#2335 $360,000

Beautiful 4 bedrm, 3 bath log home with open design, new Mill Creek cabinets, new flooring & furnace heat pump. Has numerous outbldgs, barn, storage shed, garage & more.

COMMERCIAL BUILDING

#2573 $850,000

In busy location with tenant. Total of approx. 6600 sq.ft. with 4100 sq.ft. on main, 1050 in basement and 1520 on top floor than could be living quarters. Great opportunity.

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2 ACRES

#2581 $279,900

2 acre lot in prime industrial area, close to city limits. Current zoning is “Future Development”. Water and sewer are not connected, requires application.

COMMERCIAL LOT

#2475 $900,000

Recreation commercial waterfront lot with huge potential to start your own resort/marina. 2 other lots available all side by side for a total of approx. 12 acres.

LAKEVIEW ACREAGE

#2578 $159,000

Perfect place to build the home of your dreams at Nicola Lake on 1.055 acres. Nicola Lake is great for all water sports, fishing & sailing. Two golf courses nearby.

20 ACRES

#2301 $2,000,000

Two 10 acre parcels in the City limits. One parcel has a two year lease. Zoned M-1. Other parcel has “future development” zoning. Call for more details.

COMMERCIAL LOT

#2486 $99,000

½ acre parcel with C-3 zoning located near Walmart on east side of Airport. Site is vacant with no improvements. Utilities are nearby.

INDUSTRIAL LOTS

#2565 EACH $49,900

3 flat light industrial bare land lots available side by side, each approx. ½ acre. Water andsewer are close to the lot lines. Each sold separately.

11.4 ACRES

#2488 $2,299,000

Irregular shaped parcel, presently split, zoned C-4 Highway Commercial and C-5 Airport Commercial. There is a planned rezoning change to C-9 (Shopping Centre Commercial).

117 ACRES

#2387 $2,500,000

Property has substantial aggregate deposit, excellent for long term gravel pit operation. 37 acres of light industrial and 80 acres of residential zoning. Estimate of 29 million ton deposit.

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10 PRIME ACRES

#2596 $529,900

Bring your family & horse to enjoy this acreage in Sunshine Valley. Immaculate 2 bedrm + den home, large kitchen, pantry & nook. Deluxe ensuite, vaulted ceilings, 2 baths. 26x40 storage shed & lean-to, horse stalls & water rights.

PRIVATE ACREAGE

#2594 $175,000

Two lots of 1 acre each, being sold together with two titles. Property is private, trees with views, is gently sloping with area setup for camping & room for RV’s. Close to crown land & Kane Valley.

179 ACRES

#2495 $1,241,000

Located only 2 km from city this historical south facing parcel sits on bench above Highway 8 with panoramic views, 31 acres in hay that can yield 3 crops annually, has marketable timber, a rock quarry and 3 bedrm home.

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415 OPAL DR $219,000 MLS# 131880

2125 GRANITE AVE$292,000 MLS# 132612

1599 COLDWATER AVE$258,000 MLS# 132638

MLS # House # STREET PRICEMerritt up to $200,000 131438 16-2776 CLAPPERTON AVE $10,000132332 79-2776 CLAPPERTON AVE $58,000132252 35-254 HIGHWAY 8 $58,000132602 18-254 HWY 8 $79,000131323 2276 COLDWATER AVENUE $95,000132046 71-2776 CLAPPERTON AVE $97,000132469 304-2295 BLAIR STREET $102,000128359 2637 QUILCHENA AVENUE $104,900132091 1874 DOUGLAS ST $105,000132471 206-2295 BLAIR STREET $108,000130761 2643 QUILCHENA AVE $120,000132352 2175 CLARKE AVE $129,900132592 1404 PINE STREET $129,900131395 1443 COWLEY STREET $130,000127305 1876 COLDWATER AVE $135,000127478 1951 GRANITE AVENUE $145,000131805 1902 NICOLA AVENUE $149,000132191 1650 LINDLEY CRK RD $149,800130290 17-2760 VOGHT STREET $150,000127307 2276 COUTLEE AVENUE $157,000131538 104-2799 CLAPPERTON AVE $159,000132661 203-1701 MENZIES ST $159,000131511 2376 JACKSON AVE $160,000132003 2352 ABERDEEN ROAD $166,000129401 468 MERRITT-SP.BRG HWY $167,500130524 1735 QUILCHENA AVE $175,000131450 #5-2760 VOGHT STREET $180,000130710 13-1749 MENZIES ST $187,500131428 2501 JACKSON AVE $190,000130646 22-1749 MENZIES STREET $199,500131398 1660 HILL STREET $199,800Merritt $200,000 to $300,000 132567 2549 CLAPPERTON AVE $203,000132416 1960 HILL STREET $205,000131118 1525 COLDWATER AVENUE $210,000129536 435 BRENTON AVE LN $215,000130825 3008 PONDEROSA AVE $219,000131671 2638 CLAPPERTON AVE $219,800132065 2399 COLDWATER AVE $225,800132386 2115 MAMETTE AVE $229,500129920 2102 PRIEST AVE $235,000130497 2464 JACKSON AVE $238,000127534 2556 CORKLE STREET $239,900130179 2614 COLDWATER AVE $249,000129079 2328 ABERDEEN ROAD $259,000132638 1599 COLDWATER AVE $259,000132525 2882 CRANNA CRESCENT $259,000131267 2626 GRANITE AVENUE $263,000132259 2575 IRVINE AVE $265,000132516 25-1901 MAXWELL AVENUE $274,900131719 2298 McGORAN PLACE $275,000

MLS # House # STREET PRICEMerritt $200,000 to $300,000 130128 419 DODDING AVE $279,000131411 1407 WALNUT AVE $279,900131154 1948 SAGE PLACE $285,000132612 2125 GRANITE AVENUE $292,000Merritt $300,000+ 132217 1510 BANN STREET $309,000131637 2950 MCLEAN PLACE $315,000127816 2930 MCLEAN PLACE $329,900128756 3051 HILTON DRIVE $353,000131067 2326 GARCIA ST $394,000131363 325 LOGAN LANE $465,000129329 1849 PINERIDGE DRIVE $469,000132233 3793 PETIT CREEK ROAD $1,495,000132647 5240 DOT RANCH CUTTOFF RD $1,695,000Homes on Acreage 132178 4960 STEFFENS ROAD $459,000128397 1444 LOON LAKE RD CC $499,000132182 DL3520 MILL CREEK RD $499,000129461 2797 MERRITT SP BR HWY $565,000125585 6036 BEECH ROAD $599,000132621 1815 NICOLLS ROAD $625,000130458 2184 ARMYTAGE ROAD $739,900128029 2188 SUNSHINE VALLEY RD E $875,000132232 3793 PETIT CREEK ROAD $1,495,000132648 5240 DOT RANCH CUTTOFF RD $1,695,000

Bare Land 127492 1585 CHESTNUT AVE $65,000127496 1620 CHESTNUT AVE $65,000127497 1630 CHESTNUT AVE $65,000130526 1410 WALNUT AVE $65,000127815 2488 SPRINGBANK AVE $75,000130904 1680 CHESTNUT AVE $79,900130261 1914 QUILCHENA AVENUE $80,000121605 2730 EAGLE CRESCENT $85,000125633 1305 FIR AVE $98,000126000 3435 D’EASUM ROAD $129,000131295 6681 MONCK PARK ROAD $129,000127607 2299 BURGESS AVE $139,900132236 328 COLDWATER ROAD $185,000127723 6357 MONCK PARK ROAD $189,000132195 2556 ABERDEEN ROAD $195,000131126 Lot 3 MIDDAY VALLEY ROAD $198,000129746 2980 PANORAMA DRIVE $250,000131680 1926-52 NICOLA AVENUE $325,000127935 2208 COYLE ROAD $450,000132331 2819 ABERDEEN ROAD $1,300,000Commercial 125491 2175 NICOLA AVENUE $220,000128538 1898 BLAIR STREET $369,000122729 2076 COUTLEE AVENUE $455,000119521 1988 NICOLA AVENUE $549,000

MLS # House # STREET PRICECommercial 126768 2302 CLAPPERTON AVE $624,000132658 2670 GARCIA ST $10,500,000Logan Lake 132485 347 POPLAR DRIVE $37,900132474 208-280 ALDER DRIVE $52,500130971 205-279 ALDER DRIVE $54,900132453 310-400 OPAL DRIVE $66,500129026 67-111 CHARTRAND AVE (Business) $79,900129209 217-308 CHARTRAND AVE $89,000131605 307-400 OPAL DRIVE $95,000125603 3 AGATE DRIVE $105,000125939 29 TOPAZ CRESC $114,900130231 433 OPAL DRIVE $124,900128450 21 TOPAZ CRESC $124,900130248 7 AMBER CRESCENT $169,000125620 31 BRECCIA DRIVE $199,900129866 154 PONDEROSA AVE LL $199,900131581 424 OPAL DRIVE $200,000131880 415 OPAL DRIVE $219,000131388 227 BIRCH CRESC $222,500132689 141 JASPER DRIVE $235,000130826 232 THRISSEL PLACE $299,900

2549 CLAPPERTON AVE$203,000 MLS# 132567

1948 SAGE PLACE$285,000 MLS# 131154

1815 NICOLLS RD$625,000 MLS# 132621

5240 DOT RANCH CUTTOFF RD$1,695,000 MLS# 132647

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2376 JACKSON AVE$160,000 MLS# 131511

Nice 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom family home with detached single car garage with lane access in the backyard. This home features newer windows, updated furnace, hardwood flooring, updated and new bathroom, open kitchen/dining room, bright living room and more. There is lots of parking for your RVs and toys. Call today to book an appointment to view your new home. All measurements are approximate, buyer to verify if deemed important.

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to th

e le

ase

of a

201

6 Cr

uze

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ited

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clud

ed. D

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rs a

re fr

ee to

set

indi

vidu

al p

rices

. Lim

ited

time

offe

rs w

hich

may

not

be

com

bine

d w

ith o

ther

offe

rs, a

nd a

re s

ubje

ct to

cha

nge

with

out n

otic

e. O

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app

ly to

qua

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tail

cust

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s in

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role

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ler M

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ting

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ciat

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aler

ord

er o

r tra

de m

ay b

e re

quire

d. *

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r val

id to

elig

ible

reta

il le

ssee

s in

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ada

who

hav

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tere

d in

to a

leas

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reem

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and

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vrol

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ors

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ay o

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ase

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o bi

wee

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leas

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s de

fined

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leas

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reem

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incl

usiv

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taxe

s). A

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the

first

mon

th, l

esse

e w

ill b

e re

quire

d to

mak

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l rem

aini

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ched

uled

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men

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ver t

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mai

ning

term

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ase

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requ

ired

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ay D

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sura

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lice

nce,

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app

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xes

not i

nclu

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ition

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itatio

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right

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inat

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se b

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on

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of $

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tail

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curit

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posi

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requ

ired.

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var

y de

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ptio

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clud

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imite

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fer,

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ay n

ot b

e co

mbi

ned

with

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er o

ffers

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you

r dea

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or c

ondi

tions

and

det

ails

. Gen

eral

Mot

ors

of C

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mpa

ny re

serv

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ht to

am

end

or te

rmin

ate

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r, in

who

le o

r in

part,

at a

ny ti

me

with

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chas

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ice

incl

udes

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ner C

ash

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nd a

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edit

of $

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d ap

plie

s to

new

201

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odel

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ticip

atin

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aler

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ada.

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chas

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of $

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xclu

des

licen

se, i

nsur

ance

, reg

istra

tion,

dea

ler f

ees

and

taxe

s. D

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r may

sel

l for

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. Offe

r may

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bine

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erta

in o

ther

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sum

er in

cent

ives

. GM

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ada

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ify, e

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term

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hole

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n pa

rt, a

t any

tim

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t not

ice.

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dea

ler f

or d

etai

ls. ^

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r ava

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qua

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tail

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omer

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wee

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brua

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lim

itatio

ns a

pply.

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ther

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redi

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all

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old

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of o

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requ

ired)

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part

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e tra

nsac

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dea

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ay re

ques

t doc

umen

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d co

ntac

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nera

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d m

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app

ly. V

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whe

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our G

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aler

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serv

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ht to

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end

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rmin

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rs fo

r any

reas

on in

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le o

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part

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notic

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Love hurts — sometimes fi nanciallyCOST ROMANTIC

Love hurts sometimes, espe-cially in your wallet, according to a new study.

The annual findings released by RateSupermarket.ca on Monday say that the costs linked to romance for Canadian couples has increased by 22.8 per cent since last year.

The study, which is the fourth put together by the financial ser-

vice company, takes into account the averages expenses associated with a one-year dating period, a one-year engagement and a wed-ding.

This year’s total cost is $61,821.60.

The company says that mark is 41 per cent higher than results from the inaugural report released in 2013.

The study points to increases in the costs of travel and eating out, which have been exacer-bated by the tumbling value of the Canadian dollar, as the main reasons for the rise in romance-related expenses.

“With consumer spending power on a decline, Canadians will see their dollars stretched on fancy dinners out and romantic

getaways,” Penelope Graham, editor at RateSupermarket.ca, said in a statement.

“For couples planning sig-nificant financial milestones, this year may be especially hard on the wallet.”

Graham stressed it is impor-tant that couples take these factors when planning for their future.

“While not terribly roman-tic, it’s important for couples to take economic factors, such as the strength of the dollar, into account when planning leisure activities and travel,” she said.

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We need to switch off power in your area for about four hours while we conduct

system upgrades. To keep our crews and the public safe, power must be switched off

while we complete this important work.

Where: Merritt area - east of Airport Road along Highway 5A, including the

Community of Nicola and those along the south side of Nicola Lake, to

the north end of Stump Lake, including all customers on Penask Lake

Road and Old Kamloops Road. Customers affected will also include those

on Nicola Cutoff Road and along the north side of Nicola Lake including

customers along Coyote Valley Road, Monck Park Road, Beaver Point Road

and Helmer Lake access roads, and all customers on Mill Creek Road from

Highway 5A to the Helmer Lake/Mab Lake area. Customers along Douglas

Lake Road from Highway 5A to the Norfolk Ranch by Goodwin Creek, near

the Salmon River, and on Glimpse Lake Road will also be affected.

When: Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Time: 8 a.m. to noon.

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Love is again in the air as Valentine’s Day rolls around. The mini-circus of cards, chocolates, flowers and phone calls are annual exhibits once more.

But one of the gnawing emptiness of modern relationship battles seem to be that a growing number of couples in our society are not just into mar-riage and are content to live together.

Seen as an outdat-ed institution, couples give diverse reasons for not formalizing their cohabitation by signing on the dotted lines of “just a piece of paper.”

However innocuous that explanation might sound, behind it there often lies a lurking fear of the unknown — of commitment and, thereby, of an imperfect love.

The growing ten-sion between discover-ing each other’s mind and a reluctance to face it drives away many from the eager-ness, the desire and the longing to “do it right.”

Apostle John, per-haps drawing from the scenarios of failed or unrequited human love stories, penned an alluring sentence of both challenge and comfort to human love and commitment when he wrote:

“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punish-ment and the one who fears is not perfected in love” (1 John 4:18).

“Fear involves pun-ishment.” The mean-ing behind the word “punishment” is a sense of restraint.

All of us know something about fear. What is there that constitutes the essence of fear?

One may be fearful because of an insuf-ficiency for which his soul is afraid.

One might be get-ting afraid because the pull of God’s will is going to be difficult for him to bear. The obedience that God asks of us is going to be a hard thing.

We might think of the loneliness that it might lead to, the high standard that God requires.

And then, we look into our own hearts and experience and see there the utter insufficiency, the inability even to think of entering into God’s will.

If we knew we could not swim, we would be more than a little bit frightened if we were in a boat which was sinking.

But there is another element in fear and its tyranny: the insuf-ficiency of which my soul is aware and an imagination in which my thought is active.

A tremendous part of fear is built up by the imagination and, therefore, unreal.

Situations are pic-tured and conjured up which never material-ize. Experiences are imagined which are never encountered.

Have we ever had to have a shot? Did we not have it more than once? We might even have had it six times before the needle touched our skin.

So often in life our imaginations are active and our thoughts busy, and we can build up a whole experience of fear which is based upon unreal imaginings.

We must all have faced a situation we were afraid of — an interview or a surgery.

Our imagination was active but when it was all over, did we not say, “It was not

half as bad”?There is another

element that cre-ates fear leading to imperfect love: The intention of which our hearts are afraid.

It sometimes hap-pens that we find ourselves in the hands of others whose inten-tions we are not sure of.

When we were young students, we perhaps received an invitation from the school principal of whose intentions we were not quite certain.

The fact we were uncertain of his inten-tions made that day rather miserable until the interview was over.

And then our mind was at rest, even if our body was not.

Friendship can come into a girl’s life and, with it, possibly, love — love on her side.

She knows that but she is not quite certain of the intention on the other side. Is it just friendship or is it going to be the fulfil-ment of her dreams?

The very uncertain-ty makes her afraid.

So, there is a great and complex element entering into the tyr-anny of fear: “Fear involves punishment.”

How many of us are under that tyranny in relationships just now?

We are not quite certain what the inten-tion of God is and we are more than a bit afraid of a whole realm of the intention of the will of God of which we feel we know nothing of.

Though the above verse in John’s writing speaks of a tyranny, it also speaks of a rem-edy.

We read there not only that fear has punishment, but that “there is no fear in love.”

There is no fear in pure, real love.

Marriage is a bibli-cal picture of man’s relation to Christ.

Just as a man

receives his wife and a woman her husband, people in Jesus’ time lived with him, fol-lowed him, listened to his teachings, obeyed him, and committed themselves to him.

Let the patron of love of affianced couples, the engaged couples, and of happy marriages, Jesus, with his outstretched arms of agape love, extri-cate fear from love, leading to total sacri-ficial commitment in marriage and love life.

Narayan Mitra is the pastor of Merritt Baptist Church at 2499 Coutlee Ave., Merritt.

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Did you know that the term “whiplash” doesn’t just refer to an injury of the neck?

In fact, a whiplash

injury from a car acci-dent can cause neck pain, dizziness, nausea, headache, shoulder pain, upper and lower back pain, sciatica and many other symptoms.

However, the most common whiplash symptoms I see in my office are back pain, neck pain and head-aches.

When the muscles, ligaments, joints, and disks of the neck and/or back are injured, the inflammation that

results can irritate the adjacent spinal nerves that control pain sen-sation and muscle con-traction.

This results in local-ized muscle spasm and nerve pain in the head, neck, arms, back, and legs.

When it comes to treating these injured areas, chiropractic treatment can help address the cause of the pain, and not just eliminate the symp-toms.

Using headaches as an example, a 2010 study published in The Spine Journal compared “actual” chiropractic treatment to “sham” chiropractic treat-ment (sham treatment is when the patient thinks they received a chiropractic treat-ment even though they actually did not) in 80 patients with chronic cervicogenic headache.

Compared to the sham treatment, the actual chiropractic

treatment patients were significantly more likely to achieve at least a 50 per cent reduction in pain. They also reported using 33 per cent less pain medication than at the start of the study.

In regards to neck pain, headache, shoul-der, upper and lower back pain, sciatica, and many other symp-toms that a patient may experience after a whiplash injury, per-

forming stretches and specific exercises is also a crucial compo-nent of a full recovery.

To fulfill this need, we have a physical rehabilita-tion program, utiliz-ing Kinesiologist Kim Penner.

For each patient that enters our reha-bilitation program, Kim and I design an exercise program that is specific to his or her injuries.

Then, Kim super-

vises the patient while they perform the actu-al exercises.

If you have any questions about how chiropractic, rehabili-tation, or even spinal traction can help you recover from a whip-lash injury, let your chiropractor know.

Dr. Colin Gage was born and raised in Merritt. He’s been helping patients from his clinic at Nicola Valley Chiropractic since 1996

Whiplash, chiropractic and exercise

DR. COLIN GAGESpinal COLUMN

"The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them."

—Ralph Nichols

Life and relation-ships will inevitably have some rough spots.

There may be an issue at work, or a conflict with a par-ent, spouse or child. Hopefully, as we go

through life we will develop the skills to resolve these issues in healthy ways.

What is unhealthy is taking things too personally, and reacting with anger, resentment and judgment. All this does is to escalate the situation, creating more things for both sides to feel upset about. If this is a pattern that exists between two people, they likely have the sense that they have the same argument over and over, but nothing ever gets resolved.

If we are blaming someone for making us feel a certain way it is unlikely resolution will come, because we cannot make others responsible for how we feel. We have a bet-

ter chance of finding resolution if we target specific behaviors and set boundaries around those.

If we say, "I do not want you to talk to me like that anymore," the person does have the power to honor our request. If he or she agrees, and keeps to that agreement, then there is resolution.

If we say, "You just do not respect me," or "You do not care about me," we are project-ing what we believe to be true of the other onto him or her, and if they disagree with our assessment, all we have is an argument that no one will ever win.

If we are successful

in identifying specific behaviors and getting agreement about the changes required, it is important then to let it go. If someone makes the effort to change the behavior we need to give credit for that, and refrain from throwing the old behavior back in their face. There is nothing that can be done to change the past, and using it as ammunition will only escalate a current argu-ment.

It is hard to move forward if we are dragging along all the baggage from the past. This will inevitably happen if all requests to change behaviors have been ignored.

A good relationship, whether personal or professional, involves listening to one anoth-er, and being willing to make adjustments that serve the good of all.

Gwen Randall-Young is an author and award-winning psychotherapist

‘‘ ‘The most common whiplash symptoms I see in my offi ce are back pain, neck pain and headaches.’

— DR. COLIN GAGE

Healthy confl ict resolution

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‘‘‘It is hard to move forward if we are dragging along all the baggage from the past.’

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The battle for the final playoff spot in the BCHL’s Interior division isn’t over yet.

The Merritt Centen-nials’ 3-1 victory over the visiting Vernon Vipers on Tuesday night moved the surging Cents to within four points of the Snakes, who occupy the fourth-and-final playoff spot

as the British Columbia Hockey League’s regular season schedule hits the home stretch.

By taking the two points from Vernon, Merritt leap-frogged the Trail Smoke Eaters into fifth place in the stand-ings. It’s the first time the Cents have found themselves out of the divisional basement in almost two months.

The sagging Smokies were 9-3 losers to the Salmon Arm Silverbacks on Tuesday night.

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BCHL STANDINGS to Feb. 09

Team GP W L T OTL PTS

Penticton 51 44 6 1 0 89West Kelowna 52 33 16 1 2 69Salmon Arm 50 27 15 4 4 62Vernon 50 22 25 0 3 47Merritt 51 19 27 1 4 43Trail 53 20 31 0 2 42

INTERIOR DIVISION


Chilliwack 48 31 11 2 4 68Wenatchee 49 29 15 3 2 63Langley 51 27 20 1 3 58Coquitlam 51 20 25 1 5 46Prince George 51 12 35 1 3 28Surrey 49 7 40 2 0 16

MAINLAND DIVISION


Nanaimo 52 33 17 1 1 68Powell River 51 30 18 0 3 63Cowichan Valley 49 23 20 3 3 52Victoria 50 21 25 0 4 46Alberni Valley 50 19 25 3 3 44

ISLAND DIVISION



MBC third overall at Inter-City ‘B’ ChampionshipsThe Merritt Bowling

Centre team rolled its way to a third-place fin-ish at the Inter-City ‘B’ Championships, held in town on Saturday.

The 10-member Merritt squad, com-prised of five men and five ladies, racked up an aggregate score of 11,290 to finish just 222 points behind Salmon Arm in second, and 277 back of the defend-ing champions from Vernon’s Lincoln Lanes.

A total of eight teams took part in the annual competition between B.C. Interior communities.

The event ran from six in the morning until seven at night, with an awards banquet after-wards at the Legion Hall.

Merritt finished sec-ond in the men’s com-petition, just 53 points behind Vernon, and fourth in ladies’ action. The mixed team placed third, only 50 points back of top spot.

A couple of indi-

vidual honours were won by Merritt bowlers. Rookie Lori Walker took the overall ladies’ block title for her four-game total of 862. The men’s block award went to the Nicola Valley’s Harold Aljam (1,061) who was on loan to the team from Golden for Saturday’s competition.

Aljam wasn’t far off the mark in the battle

for the day’s highest single game score. He rolled a 323 to place second behind Vernon’s Wayne Shultz (341). The ladies’ top single game was a 269 by Mary Mckenzie from Kamloops.

The Inter-City ‘A’ Championships are scheduled for March 18 and 19 in Vernon and Kelowna.

Centennials’ win has Vipers looking over their shoulder

ON A ROLL (Above) The Merritt Bowling Centre team (standing, left to right): Mary Angus, Chandra Bonthoux, James Isaac, Lori Walker, Rick Walker, Kayla Wingo, Derek Cornies, Sharon McIvor, (kneeling) coach Stuart Cornies, Don Kraus, (missing) Bill McNeil. (Right) A Merritt bowler celebrates a strike durning mixed team action on Saturday afternoon. Ian Webster/Herald and submitted

THE CHASE IS ON Merritt’s Ryan Roseboom (6) is shown in hot pursuit of Vernon Viper defenceman Latrell Charleson during Tuesday night’s game. Ian Webster/Herald

INTER-CITY ‘B’ BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIPSMerritt, B.C. - Sat., February 6, 2016

Men’s Ladies’ Mixed Aggregate

1. Vernon 4115 1. Salmon Arm 3493 1. Vernon 4011 1. Vernon 115672. Merritt 4062 2. Vernon 3441 2. Salmon Arm 3978 2. Salmon Arm 113453. Golden 3999 3. Golden 3428 3. Merritt 3961 3. Merritt 112904. Salmon Arm 3874 4. Merritt 3267 4. Kamloops 3694 4. Golden 110985. Princeton 3741 5. Chase 3190 5. Golden 3671 5. Lumby 102906. Lumby 3728 6. Lumby 3114 6. Princeton 3523 6. Chase 102757. Chase 3601 7. Kamloops 2986 7. Chase 3484 7. Princeton 101988. Kamloops 3492 8. Princeton 2934 8. Lumby 3448 8. Kamloops 10172

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The all-important Cents-Vipers showdown Tuesday felt and looked more like a chess match for most of the 60-min-ute game as both teams played cautiously and tentatively.

The two sides traded first-period goals with Michael Faulkner’s blast from the blueline 3:12 into the game the only Cents’ marker. Riley Brandt replied for the visitors just over nine minutes later.

A scoreless second period was highlighted by some fractious moments as emotions started to get the better of both teams. A 10-player scrum behind the Vernon net at the 12:32 mark resulted in multiple misconducts and a pair of overflowing penalty boxes.

The disciplinary mea-sures seemed to work, however, as the two teams returned to play-ing hockey and cut out most of the shenanigans.

When Merritt failed to score on almost five minutes of powerplay time at the start of the third period, it seemed

like another game was going to be squandered by ineffective special teams play. That’s when hard-working, blue-collar rookie Michael Regush came to the rescue.

From behind the Vipers’ net, the 16-year-old Regush’s centering pass deflected off of ‘something’ out front and slipped past a stingy Brendan Barry between the Vernon pipes.

Regush’s goal would prove to be the game

winner. Brett Jewell would add an insurance marker into an empty net with 1:59 remaining in regulation.

Merritt outshot Vernon 36-30. Cole Kehler picked up his 18th win of the season in the Cents’ net.

Prior to Tuesday’s game, the Centennials had two outings on the weekend against the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. The teams split their home-and-home series,

each winning in the other’s barn.

Friday night, at the Shaw Centre, forward Mitch Lipon scored twice, and defenceman Nick Fiorentino tallied the winner 52 seconds into overtime as the Cents came from behind to win 4-3. Zach Court had Merritt’s other goal.

Twenty-four hours later, at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena, the visiting ’Backs scored the first six goals of the game en route to a 7-3 pummelling of the Centennials. Colin Grannary with two and Tyler Ward tallied Merritt’s only goals.

With 1:48 left in the third period, Lipon was tossed from Saturday’s game with a major and game misconduct for a blow to the head. He would later receive a two-game suspension from league head office.

This weekend, the Cents visit Vancouver Island for games against Cowichan Valley, Victoria and Alberni Valley. A clean sweep will all but be essential if Merritt is to keep its play-off hopes alive.

SPORTS

The Tracker Sports-wear midget reps had their season come to an end on the weekend, losing two games to one to Vernon in their best-of-three, second-round playoff-series matchup.

The Merritt midgets took game one Friday night in Vernon by a convincing 5-1 score, but couldn’t secure a second win against a determined Jr. Vipers squad.

Saturday, in Merritt, Vernon scored two late goals to edge the home-side 3-1, then wrapped up the series with a 3-2 victory on their home ice Sunday.

Missing from the Merritt line-up for Sunday’s deciding game in Vernon were several players from the local NVIT midget rec team that have been regular call-ups throughout the season. Those players were back in Merritt, helping their side defeat

a team representing the Thompson-Cariboo 8-2 in game one of their second-round playoff series.

Game two of their best-of-three contest will go this Saturday in Ashcroft, with game three (if needed) slated for Sunday at the Shulus arena at 1:15 p.m.

Saturday will see three other playoff series also underway at the Shulus arena.

In the peewee rec division, Merritt’s Interior Savings team currently leads 100 Mile one game to none after taking the best-of-three series opener 7-1 on the road. Game two goes Saturday at 10:15 a.m., and game three (if nec-essary) at 3:45 p.m.

The Tolko female bantams are cur-rently down a game to Kamloops, having lost 7-3 in the Tournament Capital City this past weekend. Game two of the series will take place

at noon on Saturday at Shulus. If a game three is required, it will be on Sunday in Kamloops.

Finally, the Ramada peewee reps return to playoff action this weekend after a bye week. They take host Penticton in games one and three (if needed) on Friday at 5:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 11 a.m. respectively.

The only non-playoff game scheduled for Merritt this com-

ing weekend sees the Fountain Tire atoms host Kamloops on Saturday at 2 p.m.

The Merritt atoms are coming off a fourth-place finish at a 16-team tournament in Squamish on the week-end. They went 4-2 in their six games, defeat-ing Abbotsford, Port Moody Vancouver and the host team before falling to Whistler and Oceanside in the play-offs.

Island weekend will likely decide Cents’ fate

Merritt’s Wade Kanigan, 11, was a two-time winner at the BC Cup cross-country ski races held at Stake Lake on the weekend. Competing in the peewee boys’ division, Kanigan placed first in the 1.5 kilometre classic race with a time of six minutes and 53 seconds, and first in the 1.5 kilome-tre free (skate ski) race in a time of five minutes and 33 seconds. Conditions were excellent at the Stake Lake facility which is located midway between Merritt and Kamloops at the Lac Le Jeune turnoff. Over 350 competitors took part in this year’s BC Cup event. Photo submitted

Midget reps fall to Vernon in second roundIan WebsterTHE MERRITT HERALD

Minor Hockey Action This Weekend

Friday, Feb. 12 5:30 - 7:30 Peewee Rep vs PentictonSaturday, Feb. 13 10:15 - 11:45 Peewee Rec vs 100 Mile 12:00 - 1:45 Bantam Female vs Kamloops 2:00 - 3:30 Atom Dev vs Kamloops 3:45 - 5:15 Peewee Rec vs 100 Mile* Sunday, Feb. 14 11:00 - 1:00 Peewee Rep vs Penticton* 1:15 - 3:00 Midget Rec vs T-Cariboo*

All Games at Shulus Arena * Game 3 only if needed

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High school basketball round-up (Above) Point guard Savannah Stewart (6) and the rest of her Merritt senior girls basketball team hosted the Westsyde Whundas last week in league play. The visitors jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, winning 66-27. Top scorer for the Panthers was Gabby Zabek with 10 points. Casidy Sheena had five points, and both Claire Burnham and Amber Lorette four apiece. On the weekend, the MSS senior girls squad traveled to Princeton to take part in the annual Rebel Rouser tournament. The Merritt team won two of their three games to place second, defeating the Osoyoos Rattlers and the Ashcroft Rams and narrowly losing to the host Princeton Rebels. Guard Montana Leverre was the leading point getter with 15 in Merritt’s 58-26 victory against Osoyoos. She was followed closely by junior call-up Mesha Naiker with 13. Four Panthers hit double digits in Merritt’s 57-50 win over Ashcroft. Leverre again led the way with 17 points, followed by Naiker with 12, and both Gabby Zabek and Courtney Christie with 10. Leverre and Naiker had 12 and 11 points respectively in the Panthers’ 59-48 loss to the host Rebels. The Merritt Secondary junior boys basketball team also attended the Princeton tournament on the weekend, and came away with wins over senior squads from Princeton, Ashcroft and Kamloops Christian School to take first place overall. The Panther boys defeated KCS 61-34. Sam McNiven and Evan Sahota each had 21 points, while Sebastian Drexel chipped in with 11. Drexel and Sahota had 21 apiece in Merritt’s 67-52 victory over the host Princeton Rebels. Finally, McNiven lit it up with 29 points in MSS’s 75-64 win over Ashcroft. Sahota (19) and Drexel (10) also reached double digits. Ian Webster/Herald

WINNING HOCKEY Merritt’s Henry Cleghorn cel-ebrates his team’s 3-1 victory over the Vernon Vipers on Tuesday night. Ian Webster/Herald

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The Nicola Valley WomeN’s iNsTiTuTewill hold a sweets & tea Feb. 20, 2016, from 1:30 p.m.

- 3 p.m. in the Senior Citizens Association’s Hall, to cele-brate the birthdate of their founder Adelaide Hoodless. Tickets available at the door.

TWo free semiNars for hoW To raise back yard chickeNs aNd hoNey beesFeb. 20 at Purity Feed (471 Okanagan Way Kamloops)

Raising a small flock 10 a.m. – Noon. Home hive basics 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Pre-registration required. Phone (250-372-2233) or email ([email protected]) for more information or to register.

hearT sTroke fuNdraiserEnjoy a happy morning for happy and healthy hearts

at the Merritt Seniors Centre on Thursday, February 25, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Refreshments, silent auction, door prizes, dance fun and games for ALL ages. Bring a friend or two and come and Dance your Heart out! More info: Jane Bartle 250-378-5259 or Coral Dergousoff 250-378-5240.

Nicola Valley film socieTy PreseNTs: “PHOENIX” Rated G on Monday Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. at the NVIT LECTURE THEATRE. For more info phone 250-378-5190.

elks biNgoEvery Wednesday at 1 p.m. Doors open at 11 a.m.

Come in for lunch!

loWer Nicola flea markeT Winter/Spring 2016 dates are March 6 and 20, April

10, May 1. We will be at the Lower Nicola Hall from 10am to 3pm. Contact us on Facebook - Lower Nicola Flea Market or at 250-378-3481.

ready seT learNBring your preschoolers and join us for some fun and

adventures at your local elementary schools. Make con-nections with community professionals who work with young children and families. Every child will receive a gift, snacks will be provided, and fun will be had by all! Tuesday, February 16, 2016 – Collettville Elementary – 9 to 10 a.m. Secrets of Sleep! Brought to you by School District 58 and the BC Ministry of Education.

book of mormoN sTudy classWeekly, Thursday nights 7 - 7:45 p.m. Come and learn

more about Jesus Christ and His Ministry in The Ancient Americas. Sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 2451 Springbank Ave (on the Bench just passed Extra Foods) Any questions call or text 250-315-3321. Sunday Service @ 10 a.m.

coNayT biNgoJoin Conayt Friendship Society every Thursday for bingo.

Doors open at 4:30 p.m. and bingo starts at 6 p.m. Everyone welcome to come and play! 2164 Quilchena Ave.

coNayT elders droP iN ceNTreTuesday & Thursday mornings, 8:30 a.m. – noon, 2164

Quilchena Avenue. All Elders welcome – just come out and visit! For information contact Deloris at 250-378-5107.

merriTT seNior ceNTreWeekly schedule is as follows: Monday: Senior Exercises

1:30 p.m., Cribbage & Whist 2:30 p.m. Tuesday: Bingo 1 p.m., Doors open at 10:30 a.m. Duplicate Bridge 7 p.m. Wednesday: Carpet Bowling 1:30 p.m., Court Whist 7 p.m. Thursday: Floor Curling 1 p.m., Floor Curling (physically challenged) 10 a.m., 2nd & 4th Thurs. Friday: Rummoli & Games 7 p.m. Last Saturday of the month: Pot Luck Supper 5:30 p.m. for more info phone 250-378-4407.

The merriTT chaPTer of The ViNTage car club of caNada invites all persons interested in restoring and enjoying

vintage vehicles to join us at our monthly meeting held at the Anglican Church Hall, 1990 Chapman Street, at 7:00 PM on the second Wednesday of each month. Vintage car ownership is not required. Call Jack Cross 250-378-2662 or Kim Jurriet 250-378-2672 for more info.

Nicola Valley fish & game club Annual Trophy Awards Night - March 5, 2016. Entries

Big Game - Boone & Crocket Rules apply, entries to be accompanied with cancelled tags. Fish Trout and Coarse & Ladies and Juniors, Best Archery, Photography Contest: Wildlife, Local Scenery and open categories. Entry Deadline Feb. 20, 2016. Entry Drop off at Gun Fishin, Ponderosa Sports or Contact Paul 250-378-4904. Trophies and awards presented at pot luck and awards night March 5, Info Call Paul 250-378-4904 or Ed 250-378-2547

Do you want to list your event? Let us know! Call 250-378-4241 or email [email protected]

Deadlines for submissions is noon on Friday prior to publication

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Crossroads Community Church 2990 Voght St. • 250-378-2911

Service Time: Sundays 10:30 a.m.

Merritt Baptist Church 2499 Coutlee Ave. (Corner of Coutlee and Orme) • 250-378-2464

Service Time/ Sunday School: Sunday 10:00 a.m.

Merritt Lutheran Fellowship in St. Michael's Anglican Hall • 250-378-9899

Service Time: 3rd Sunday each month 1:00 p.m.

Nicola Valley Evangelical Free Church 1950 Maxwell St. • 250-378-9502 Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m.

Sacred Heart Catholic Church Corner of Jackson & Blair • 250-378-2919

Mass Time: Sundays 9:00 a.m.

Seventh Day Adventist Church 2190 Granite Ave. • 250-378-4061 Service Time: Saturdays 11:00 a.m.

St. Michael’s Anglican Church 1990 Chapman St. • 250-378-3772 Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m.

Trinity United Church Corner of Quilchena & Chapman • 250-378-5735

Service Time/ Sunday School (age 4 - 8 yrs)

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, Feb. 11, 2016 - Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016

Thurs. Feb. 11

PM Showers

High: 5˚CLow: 3˚C

Fri. Feb. 12

Light Rain

High: 8˚CLow: 2˚C

Sat. Feb. 13

Mostly Cloudy

High: 8˚CLow: 3˚C

Sun. Feb. 14

PM Showers

High: 7˚CLow: 4˚C

Mon. Feb. 15

Light Rain

High: 8˚CLow: 4˚C

Tue. Feb. 16

Showers

High: 8˚CLow: 2˚C

Wed. Feb. 17

Rain/Snow

High: 7˚CLow: 2˚C


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Contact us today!

help us reach our goal

Would you like to see a community theatre in Merritt, then the Nicola Valley Community Theatre Society can use your help!

If you would like to help donate to this wonderful cause please make cheque payable to Nicola Valley Community Theatre 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 $136,000 for

design & architect fees

Membership forms available at

Merritt printing


c/o 3451 Voght St., Merritt, B.C. V1K 1C6Contact: 250-280-4040

Symptoms of GriefOverwhelming sadness.

Inability to sleep, lack of appetite.

Lack of desire to do anything, forgetfulness.

Irritability, inability to concentrate.

Hospice SocietyMerritt & District

• 24 hour compassion helpline• Estate fraud protection• 100% service gaurantee• National transferability on

preplanned funeral services

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. WednesdayOn Call 24 Hours A Day

www.MerrittFuneralChapel.com

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.

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call 250.828.5104 or visit tru.ca/trades

Truck Driver TrainingProfessional Truck Driver Program - Funding available for those who qualify!

Funding provided: The Employment Services and Supports (ESS) program is funded through the Canada-British Columbia Jobs Fund for unemployed individuals who do not qualify for Employment Insurance, or under-employed and low-skilled, to gain the skills needed to fi nd employment in trucking industry.

The Class 1 Truck Driver Training program includes:• Airbrakes • Class 1 Driver Training – 5 weeks – 104 hours in-vehicle training • Road Test at ICBC

Upon completion of the program, participants will be prepared for entry level employment as a truck driver with “behind the wheel” experience.

For more information, contact:Ray Trenholm - Driver Training

Email: [email protected]: 250-371-5817

Funding provided by the Government of Canadathrough the Canada-British Columbia Job Fund.

Come Join our New TeamTom’s & Merritt Towing is looking for a licensed

heavy duty commercial transportation mechanic.

Part-time / Full-time

If this sounds like you, we want to hear from you!We offer competitive wages and bene ts.

Please fax resume to 250-378-5200 or drop by 1141 MacFarlane Way

Conayt Friendship SocietyEmployment Opportunity

FAMILY OUTREACH/PRENATAL

SUPPORT WORKER

Employment Term: 1.0 FTE @ 37.5 hrs per week (5 days per week)

Job Summary

Reporting to the Coordinator, the Support Worker provides basic administrative duties such as answering telephones, documentation of client visits and phone calls and update statistical information on a daily basis; updating participant files and organizing admin files; sorting through receipts, sorting through donations, shopping for program supplies; food preparation and cooking for prenatal and lunch club sessions, cleaning/organizing kitchen area and MMF activity area, assist with program planning and preparation; assist with weekly program activities.

Qualifications and Requirements:

Post-secondary education Diploma in Business and/or SW or equivalent work experienceExperience working with young parents and their children.Understanding the importance of good nutrition and good parenting for healthy childrenAbility to deal effectively and compassionately with clients, family members and collaborate with outside agencies. Ability to navigate through/discern information, resources specific to the client need; maintain trust and confidentiality with clientsProficient computer skills in MS office, Internet, and emailExcellent interpersonal skills, oral and writtenAble to maintain a secure and confidential filing systemAble to work in a team environment as well as individuallyKnowledge of Aboriginal CultureAdhere to program policy and standard practices of Conayt Friendship Society and Merritt Moms and Families which includes Orientation manual, Emergency Manual, Merritt Moms and Families Program PlansFood Safe & First Aide Certification (or willing to train)A clear Criminal Reference Check & Vulnerable Sector ClearanceSuccessful applicant must have a valid BC Driver’s License (drivers abstract will be requested), and reliable vehicleAs per Section 16 of the Federal Charter of Human Rights Act, preference will be given to applicants of Aboriginal Ancestry

Closing Date: Tuesday, February 263 (Three (3)

employment references will be required at the time of the

interview)

Please submit a cover letter and resume to:

Attention: Hiring Committee Conayt Friendship Society 2164 Quilchena Ave. PO Box 1989 Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 Phone: (250) 378-5107 Fax: (250) 378-6676 e-mail: [email protected]

*All resumes will be carefully reviewed, however, only those applicants invited to an interview will be contacted.

ENTRY LEVEL TECHNICIANSWe are looking for young men and women who desire to learn a trade and enter the rewarding Automotive Technician eld. After a probation period, successful candidates will be entered in an apprenticeship program licensed by the Province of BC. Graduating technicians will be awarded journeyman status and be entitled to the lucrative bene ts that come with this designation.

Murray Chevrolet Buick GMC of Merritt offers top wages and a great facility to work in. We provide our employees with excellent Health Insurance and a great opportunity for growth and advancement within the Murray Auto Group.

We are Platinum Members of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies.

Interested candidates should apply by e-mail to [email protected]

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Inclusions Powell River is hiring Residential Support Workers f/t, p/t and casual positions - Adult & Children’s residences.For more information visit:

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NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF QUILCHENA RE: PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF

RURAL AGENCY STORE

The Liquor Distribution Branch invites community input on a request to establish a Rural Agency Store (RAS) at Quilchena General Store in the community of Quilchena.

The intent of a RAS is to provide liquor service in rural communities and tourist destination resorts, in order to give people in these communities better, more conve-nient access to beverage alcohol products. RAS’s are established in rural communities where it is too small to operate a Government Liquor Store.

RAS’s will be established, where there is a suitable business i.e. an existing independently-owned full ser-vice general grocery store.

Only one Rural Agency Store authorization in a community is permitted.

Written comments will be accepted until March 4, 2016.

Your submissions may be used by the LDB in the de-cision process.

LIQUOR DISTRIBUTION BRANCHREGIONAL MANAGERS OFFICE#201, 1740 GORDON DRIVEKELOWNA, BC V1Y 3H2

[email protected]

Parkview Community KAS 1458

TENDERS1) Parkview Community is seeking a landscape contractor to maintain the lawns and gardens in our complex. A pre-tender meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 24th, at 3:00 p.m. at #6 - 1901 Maxwell Avenue, for all interested parties.

2) Parkview Community is seeking a landscape contractor to perform rehabilitation of garden beds throughout our complex. A pre-tender meeting will be held with interested parties at a mutually convenient time with arrangements to be made through president Doug Doige at phone 250-378-6634.

Parkview Community strata council reserves the right to accept or reject the lowest or any tender.

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 58(NICOLA-SIMILKAMEEN)

COMPUTER TECHNICIANSchool District No. 58 (Nicola-Similkameen) is accepting applications for a Temporary Computer Technician, to be based in Merritt, BC. This is a 7.5 hour per day position, temporary until June 30, 2016, with the possibility of being extended. Salary and benefits will be in accordance with the C.U.P.E. Local 847 Collective Agreement. Please refer to the district’s website under www.sd58.bc.ca, Employment/Support Staff, Job Code #1190829 for a listing of qualifications and to apply.

Application forms are available at the School Board office, 1550 Chapman Street, or on-line at www.sd58.bc.ca , click on Employment/Support Staff, listed under Job Code #1190829 and follow the prompts provided. Applications, including a detailed resume with a minimum of three references will be accepted until February 26, 2016, and should be 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.

MERRITT1988 Quilchena Ave.

January 19, 2016

250-378-1996 Call for all of your Residential

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1 bdrm Executive Suite. $1000 inc utilities.

3 bdrm Apt. Grandview Heights $825 plus hydro

1 bdrm Suite in Lower Nicola. $650 plus hydro.

1 bdrm Suite in fourplex. $650 plus utilities.

5 bdrm house. $1500 plus utilities. (X2)

3 bdrm house on the Bench. $1500 plus utilities

3 bdrm townhouse. Sun Valley Court. $1200 plus utilities

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Misc. WantedBuying Collector Coins, Ac-cumulations, coin collections & Old money. US Canada & world coins. Plus anything made of gold or silver. Todd’s Coins. 250-864-3521 I can make House calls!

Local Coin Collector BuyingCollections. Gold Silver CoinsEstates 1-778-281-0030 Chad

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NICOLA APARTMENTSClean One and Two Bedroom

starting at $550/month.

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Spacious 1 & 3bedroom apartments.

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Stoyoma Dental is Merritt’s newest Dental Clinic. We are a Not For Profit Society serving all residents of Merritt and the surrounding areas. If you are covered by Status, Healthy Kids, Disability, Ministry or the Emergency Plan you are fully covered for eligible services & no additional funds will be required of you!

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Children grow up fast. Sometimes it feels like yesterday when junior just learned to crawl, and today he or she is going online to check out the latest homework assignment or chat with a friend through a new app.

While parents and caregivers may not be as tech savvy as young people today, there are certain things that we do know about how to stay safe in real life – and those same rules apply to life online. You don’t have to know how to video-call, send a text or chat online to know how to keep your children safe in our digital world.

Follow these tips:•Talk about safety and the

unknown. Inform your child about the risks of opening emails or texts from senders they don’t know, or what to do if a stranger contacts them. Discuss different

scenarios and possible reactions. For example, if they get a text saying they should follow a link to collect a prize, tell your child to simply delete the message.

•Make password protection a priority. Children need to under-stand that their online informa-tion will be better protected if they use passwords. They should use different passwords for differ-ent sites and they should change them regularly. Make passwords strong (eight characters or more and a variety of letters, numbers and special characters), and never share them with anyone.

• Choose usernames for games and accounts that don’t reveal personal details about your child such as their location, what school they go to, their age or their full name.

• Check your anti-spy and anti-virus software. Make sure

your computer is fully loaded and up to date with this protection. New laptops often come with anti-virus software on a trial basis. Be sure to renew it or install new soft-ware when the trial period ends.

• Make sure files and apps from the Internet are from a trusted source.

• Emphasize the importance of protecting mobile devices. The first thing anyone should do with a new mobile device is activate a passcode. Talk to your kids about this, and the importance of pro-tecting the device itself. A device that gets into the wrong hands could result in videos or pictures being posted online by someone else in your child’s name.

•Remind kids that what they post on the Internet is not always private. Once something is posted online, you no longer have con-trol over it. It can be forwarded,

copied and pasted, manipulated, printed out or saved – it can remain online, in some form, potentially forever.

•Teach your kids to think before they click. It can take only seconds to snap a photo and post it to the Internet, or to post a comment. But it can be nearly impossible to permanently delete that comment or photo once it’s posted. They should only post things that they would be comfort-able with the whole world seeing.

More information is available online at GetCyberSafe.ca.

Bullying isn’t just a child’s issue; it’s a school and community issue, and must be addressed with a school and community solution.

Everyone has a role to play in promoting positive mental health and wellness, supporting students, positive social behaviour and preventing incidents like bullying. There needs to be an integrated approach to prevent, address and/or reduce bullying, by devel-oping the right partnerships with schools, parents, community and police.

Students who feel safe and are free to develop in healthy ways are far less likely to be involved in inappropriate activities. Students who are learning and thriving take pride in themselves, their school, their accomplishments and the accomplishments of those they are connected to.

Office Hours:Monday - Friday

8:00 AM - 4:30 PMNew patients always welcome!1999 Voght St.,

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