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Standoff with suicidal man ends peacefullyPLEASING THE PALATE It was a full house at the Grand Pub and Grill Tuesday for the 10th annual wine tasting, where patrons sampled local cider and Okanagan wines paired with various courses. Emily Wessel/Herald

A man from the Lower Mainland intent on com-mitting suicide in the Mer-ritt area was apprehended by police last Friday.

On Jan. 17 at about 8:30 p.m., Merritt RCMP received a call from a woman in the Lower Main-land who said her husband had called her and told her he had a gun and was going to kill himself.

Police had the man’s cellphone pinged for a loca-tion, but were unable to

determine where in the Merritt area he was. Police officers patrolled logging roads in an attempt to locate the suspect.

A second ping on the cellphone at 10 p.m. was successful in determining his location.

Co-ordinates put him south of Merritt near High-way 5.

Merritt RCMP Staff Sgt. Sheila White said the sus-pect had travelled up a log-ging road and was in and out of his vehicle during the incident.

White told the Herald this

situation was by no means simple and took hours to diffuse.

“It happened on a deserted logging road in the middle of nowhere. The members had to go on foot at one point, and didn’t know where he was,” White said, noting it was a scary situation to walk into, knowing the man had a gun and the potential to use it on himself and the officers.

“That mindset — walk-ing through the darkness, trying to find somebody to help them — is disconcert-ing, to say the least,” White

said.By pinging his cellphone

again and searching the road, officers were able to locate the man by 11:20 p.m., but he didn’t respond to commands from police and hid in the bush.

Officers set up a perim-eter of the area until they could relocate the man and determine his risk.

White said police were able to communicate with the man verbally, via text message and cellphone calls. They also commu-nicated with him through phone conversations relayed

by his wife in order to talk him through his issues and ensure he didn’t harm him-self or others.

“We used whatever tools we could. If the cellphone wasn’t working then we’d text, if the text wasn’t work-ing then we’d phone or talk to him verbally,” White said.

At 12:30 a.m., the man’s wife, who had been in contact with RCMP, told police she had talked to her husband on the phone. She told police he said he had been drinking, was scared and was afraid of dying in a

shootout. After a lengthy phone

conversation, an officer was able to convince the man to walk out to them and turn himself in.

At 1:30 a.m., RCMP members took the man into custody without incident.

A loaded shotgun and ammunition were located in the man’s vehicle after he was taken into custody.

He was transported to the Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre, then admitted to a hospital in Surrey under the Mental Health Act.

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Green Energy Project construction delayedThe Merritt Green

Energy Project (MGE) will not break ground in February as previously expected, but construc-tion on the site of the future biomass plant is still set to begin in the coming months.

Fadi Obari, senior vice-president of Dalkia (the company building MGE), told the Herald construction is expected to begin by about April.

“It’s going to hap-pen,” he said.

Obari said there are no hurdles for this project, and it’s just a matter of finalizing the contracts and closing the financing for the Merritt project.

“These projects are pretty complex. You have lots of parties involved,” he said.

“It’s the same config-uration that we have in

Fort St. James, so most of the contracts between the parties are already agreed upon and it’s a matter of just translating them for Merritt, and it takes time,” Obari said.

In November, the Vancouver Sun reported that the other biomass plant being built in Fort St. James closed a $175 million debt financing to support construction of that 40-megawatt, $235 million biomass plant.

The Merritt project is expected to close at roughly the same amount of money, Obari said.

Obari said construc-tion began on the Fort St. James project the day they closed the financ-ing.

Iberdrola Ingenieria, a Spanish multinational energy company, was awarded the contracts to

build the Fort St. James and Merritt biomass plants.

Tolko is a partner in supplying fuel to the MGE project with Dalkia, the company that will also operate and maintain the plant in addition to supplying it with fuel.

In the Fort St. James project, Dalkia has its own bio-energy license, Obari said.

Five banks are lend-ing money in the proj-ects, and Dalkia and Fengate Capital are the two equity owners in the projects.

“These multi-million dollar developments, they take time and all the pieces have to come together,” City of Merritt planning and development manager Sean O’Flaherty said. “They’re getting there.”

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TWANGY TRIBUTE Local musician John Flottvik belts out some good ol’

country tunes in the style of superstar Hank Williams during Sunday night’s

tribute concert. Flottvik organized the event to raise money for the local food

bank. About 50 people attended the concert at the Civic Centre to see Flottvik

and friends — including Gary Cooper — and food bank manager Marlene

Fenton estimates the concert raised about $1,600 for the organization. Emily Wessel/Herald

Tragic end for missing snowmobiler

A man is dead after a snowmobiling accident claimed his life on Thurs-

day night.Merritt RCMP and Nicola Valley Search and

Rescue responded to the incident near Mine Creek Road. Investigators said John Collins, a 44-year-old

resident of the Coldwater band, was snowmobiling by himself when, they believe, he lost control of his snow-mobile and it tipped over and landed on top of him.Dave McCauley, search

manager for Nicola Valley Search and Rescue, said it appears Collins tried to

turn around while climbing a steep hill on his snowmo-bile.

“It appeared that he had gone up a steep slope and looked like, I guess, he went to turn around and instead of turning around fully, the snowmobile tipped and it tipped over

on him,” McCauley said.“He was pinned beneath the snowmobile.”Merritt RCMP Sgt.

Norm Flemming said Col-lins left to go snowmobiling at 9:30 a.m. and had been in touch with his wife via text message at noon.Subsequent text mes-sages to Collins from his wife at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30

p.m. went unanswered.Collins regularly road his snowmobile by himself and was expected home before dark because the headlights on his truck were not working correctly,

Flemming said.McCauley said he

received a call from Cold-water Band Fire Chief Ron Aljam at about 10 p.m. notifying him Collins had

not returned home when he was expected to.When Collins didn’t return home, a group of

about 10 of his friends and family members went look-ing for him.“He hadn’t arrived so

a group of his friends had gone out looking for him and we had been called because he was listed as overdue,” Flemming said,

adding that the group ended up finding the man deceased.

Flemming said Collins was found 200 metres off the forest service road and eight kilometres southwest of Mine Creek.Five members of Nicola

Valley Search and Rescue along with two members of the local snowmobile club were dispatched to retrieve the body of the missing snowmobiler.“Once we mustered a crew together and got

the information from the rider that found him, we dispatched our crew up the hill and we knew at that point in time that he was

deceased and this was a body recovery,” McCauley said.

Flemming said the man’s family has been notified of his death. He also said police suspect the cause of death to be asphyxiation.McCauley advises peo-

ple who go out snowmobil-ing to never do so alone.

A man is dead after a snowmobiling accident claimed his life on Thursday night.

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Students share passion projectsIndependent directed studies course lets students explore their interests in depth

Ten Merritt Secondary School students explored their interests for school credit as part of the inde-pendent studies course offered for the first time on the timetable this semester.

With the end of the current semester loom-ing, students will have the option to take the course next semester as well. The course has been offered in the past, but only on stu-dents’ own time.

Teacher Yvonne Lord said she was impressed with the work her students did over the term, which they showed to other class-es during all-day presenta-tions on Jan. 17.

Many of the projects relate directly to what the students want to do after they graduate, whether as a career choice or a hobby.

Tilly Shymkowich wants to work with horses in her career, and her project was on all things equine.

“This was a really fun class because I do a lot of academic classes and being able to focus on something that de-stresses me from all my academic classes was quite a bonus. It basically felt like I was getting my credit for relaxing from my other classes, and that was really rewarding,” she said.

Shymkowich’s project focused on her horse, Tia, whom she’s had for five years.

“I spent a lot of my project on body language to make interacting with my horse more natural for her,” she said, adding that applying what she learned from her project improved

her relationship with Tia. “A lot of my learning was hands-on.”

Although Lukas Steel is still deciding what he wants to for a career, the Grade 11 student knows he wants to continue with his stock car racing hobby.

Steel said he learned a lot about the history of the sport by doing the project — something he doesn’t necessarily get when he’s racing on the track.

He checked out the racetrack shortly after moving to Merritt three years ago, worked on a pit crew at the track for the next two years, and built a race car in his second year. This past summer, Steel raced for the first time.

He even took some awards from the Stock Car Association, including Rookie of the Year and the trophy for Worst Rollover.

Learning about the subject’s history was a common theme among students — even for Julia Etchart, whose project on

ballet taught the dancer of 14 years all about the formation of the art.

Lord said the course allows students to research their passions or delve into something they’ve always been curious about.

Mega-fan Shawn Isaac based his project on the Vancouver Canucks, while multi-instrumen-talist Andrew Sciarpel-letti learned everything he could about music produc-tion.

Grade 11 student Jarod Vanden Dool researched martial arts, and per-formed a demonstration at the presentation dinner that took place last Thurs-day night with parents and guests from the school district.

Even though Vanden Dool did taekwondo for about seven years before he moved here in 2012 and has done a mixture of taekwondo, kung fu and other martial arts since, there was plenty to learn about the subject.

“I was able to teach myself different kicks that I otherwise wouldn’t have had time for,” he said. “I learned the 540 kick. You’re turning 540 degrees in the air.”

“Jarod gave this amaz-ing martial arts presenta-tion. Blew his own parents away,” Lord said.

Lord said she will be seeking community men-tors to work with students who enrol in the course next semester to help them develop their projects. Sev-eral students in the pilot term found mentors and their advice helpful.

Grade 12 student Amy Maclaren looked to her mother, who Lord described as an expert seamstress, for guidance along the way to creat-ing steampunk-inspired Romeo and Juliet cos-tumes.

Maclaren went for the Victorian sci-fi look to set her apart in the DX Cana-dian High School Design Competition.

During the celebration at MSS, Maclaren wore an outfit of her own creation. She had two hats, a men’s jacket, and even some steampunk goggles fitted with mason jar lid lenses on display at her table.

For the Romeo jacket, Maclaren used an ’80s jacket pattern, but had to improvise when it came to making and fitting the shoulder pads.

“This was a big learn-ing experience for me: the gathering, following patterns correctly, sort of improvising things because it doesn’t always look the way you want it to or the way it’s supposed to,” she said.

Grade 11 student Alisha Sterling, whose project was on sports psy-chology, had weekly Skype meetings with a Toronto-based coach for financial advisers and athletes who helped her with her proj-ect — and who helped her 15-year-old brother, Travis, with his hockey game.

“After every practice and game, or if there was something bad that hap-pened, [Travis] would have to come up with three pos-itives. He’s really liked it, and he’s learnt a lot about himself and all the good things he can do on the ice that he didn’t notice,” she said. “It worked out for both of us.”

Sterling came into the class with an interest in forensic psychology and sports psychology, and used the first few weeks of the class to narrow her focus down.

The class is offered to students in Grades 10, 11 and 12.

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Stock car racer Lukas Steel (left) discusses his independent directed studies project with fellow MSS students on Jan. 17. Emily Wessel/Herald


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BUSINESSES OPERATING IN NEIGHBOURHOODS?ATTENTION those who are interested in participating in the home-based

business task force A series of meetings are being planned to discuss home based businesses operating in neighbourhoods and what impacts; positive or negative that exist.

We are looking for representation from those with existing home-based business, those who have businesses in commercial areas, and those that are simply interested in the matter.

If you are interested in participating in the discussion and wish to attend 4 to 5 1-hour meetings on the task force please contact Sean O’Flaherty at City Hall at 250-378-8620.

THE OPPORTUNITY:The City of Merritt is seeking three (3) individuals to sit on the City’s Board of Variance for a three (3) year term. The Board of Variance is independent from the City and jurisdiction for the Board is set out by Bylaw.The Board of Variance is a body that hears requests for variances and appeals regarding hardships imposed as a result of the City’s zoning bylaw requirements. Meetings are infrequent and called on as needed basis.

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The following is an excerpt from the regular city coun-cil meeting agenda from Jan. 14, 2014.

Every year the BC Assessment Authority prepares an assess-ment roll listing the property values of all properties in B.C. This assessment is the basis of the amount of property taxes paid by each property owner that year.

During the first week of January, the BC Assessment Authority sends out an assessment notice to all property owners to advise them how much their property is valued at.

Owners then have until Jan. 31 to dispute the value. If an owner doesn’t dispute the value by that date it cannot be changed in the future.

Owners who dis-pute the values might have their assessments changed provided they can substantiate the requested change with

some sort of docu-mentation.

Assessment notices have been sent out to individual prop-erty owners by the BC Assessment Authority. If individuals have not received their assess-ment notices, they should phone the BC Assessment Authority and confirm their mailing address and obtain a copy of their assessment.

Property values in Merritt changed slight-ly with most properties changing between five and -5 per cent.

The City of Merritt’s residential property values change by -1.76 per cent on average.

If an individual dis-agrees with the prop-erty value they have until Jan. 31 to file an appeal.

The best option is to phone the Assessment Authority in Kamloops and dis-cuss the reasons they had for establishing the particular value.

Often, staff at the

Assessment Authority can explain the assess-ment or change the value to the satisfac-tion of the property owner.

If no agreement can be reached, the property owner can request a review by the Property Assessment Review Panel who have the ability to alter assess-ments. Property own-ers must substantiate their positions with documented reasons why the assessments should be changed.

The appeals are heard over the months of February and March and a new revised assessment roll is produced with all the changes on April 1.

We use the revised assessment roll to determine our prop-erty tax rates for the year.

Attached to this memorandum is a schedule comparing the tax rolls for 2013 and 2014. The last column on the sched-

ule shows what the market value change was for 2014. This percentage number excludes new develop-ment changes.

While there was a total of $1,822,900 of new property values, the change in valua-tion of one property in the major industry class will result in a reduction in property tax revenues of nearly $30,000.

The reason for the reduced major industry assessment was the change in the assessment of the former Ardew Wood Products property on Houston Street. The company was purchased by Aspen Planers and is no lon-ger being used as a mill. With the change in use came a reduc-

tion of property value and in property clas-sification. The changes for this one property resulted in a property tax revenue reduction for 2014 of approxi-mately $43,000. New additions to the other classes were not suf-ficient to offset this tax reduction.

The average assessed value of a single family home in 2014 for Merritt is $216,112.

This compares to $217,304 in 2013. There were a total of 3,107 residential properties included on the 2014 tax roll compared to 3,076 in 2013. There was no significant change in the number of non-residential properties between 2013 and 2014.

Residential property values slipAverage single family home valued at $216,112


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Sturgis Canada organizer talks plansPlanning for the

2014 Sturgis Canada motorcycle rally and music festival is going ahead smoothly, despite lingering trou-ble from the former Sturgis North festivals.

In a rare interview with the Herald, Stur-gis Canada organizer Ray Sasseville said he wants Merrittonians to know organizers are looking forward to calling the old Mountainfest grounds Sturgis Canada’s per-manent home.

Sasseville himself hopes to call Merritt home in the future.

“I want to bring people to town,” Sas-seville said regarding his vision for the inau-gural Merritt festival, slated for Aug. 21 to 24. “I want to see some kind of resur-

rection of Merritt like it used to be, as I attended every year of the Merritt Mountain Music Festival. I would like to move to Mer-ritt, I would like to put more festivals on that property, and bring some economy back here.”

This year’s will be the first event under the new name Sturgis Canada.

Formerly Sturgis North, the first festi-val was held in 2011 in Salmon Arm and the following year in Vernon. The company announced plans to hold a 2013 festival in Merritt, but that event was cancelled.

Plans for the 2014 festival are on track, Sasseville said.

Among events planned for the first Merritt event are spe-cialty rides, including one to Vancouver to

do some whale watch-ing; one through the Okanagan to do wine tastings; a veterans’ ride and a ladies’ can-cer ride.

On the music side of things, Sasseville has organized a Battle of the Bands and a concert lineup that’s 95 per cent Canadian rock ‘n’ roll.

The rebrand to Sturgis Canada reflects the festival’s focus on Canadian music, Sas-seville said.

The name change was not an attempt to hide the festival’s past, he said. Organizers owe about $200,000 to creditors in Salmon Arm, and are working on a resolution with the Vernon Motoplex regarding the 2012 festival.

Sturgis Canada intends to pay those creditors back in full, Sasseville said. There

will be a plan to reim-burse the creditors who are owed from Sturgis North, but the details will be kept private.

“When the plan is in place, they will be notified and they will have an option to be part of it or not. It’s as simple as that,” he said.

“Do we have an obligation to these creditors? Absolutely. Morally, we do.”

Earlier this month, Sturgis North launched a civil law-suit against a report-er/blogger and several people involved in past festivals.

Sasseville said orga-nizers have learned from their past mis-takes, including the value of infrastructure at the festival site and having on-site camp-ing.

“We went through so much in the first two years of our fes-tival. Nobody would believe it,” he said. “All the interactions of people, all the greed ... it’s just ... wow. I’ve learned so much in these two years.

“Over the whole thing, my objective in the festival has never been about making money. It’s never been about the money, ever.

It’s always been about promoting motor-cycles, a place for motorcyclists to go, a place for them to go where they feel com-fortable and are with like people.”

Sasseville said that objective remains the same going into this

summer’s festival, and the company is intent on sorting out the past so it can move for-ward.

“Let us make it right. We will accom-plish it. We would prefer insistence, not resistance,” Sasseville said.

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THE REGION Logan Lake mayor resignsMarlon Dosch has

resigned his position as Mayor effective Jan. 21. At its regu-lar meeting, council appointed Robin Smith as the acting mayor to complete

this term, which ends on Dec. 2, 2014.

“Serving in this capacity has been a far more rewarding experience than I ever could have imagined it would be,” Smith stat-

ed in a press release.“I wish to extend

my very best to Marlon Dosch and thank him for his many years of ser-vice to the District of Logan Lake.”


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A maximum security prison in New York state has some new residents — but they’re friendlier than you may first assume.

With presumably unin-tentional irony, a family of feral cats actually broke in to the Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Fort Ann to call its base-ment their new home.

Inmates and staff at the prison have taken the little kitties under their wing by building them a

big cage, and the prison’s head electrician tends to them in the mornings. Another inmate looks after the furry family when the employee is off on week-ends.

Prison officials say they want to find homes for the kittens among staff. (Obvi-ously, they have already found a home among the inmates.)

That got me thinking about the book I’m read-ing: Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat by psychologist Hal Herzog, which looks the vast, com-plicated and often hypo-critical world of human-animal relationships.

If it was a family of feral mice or rats, this story would probably have a much different ending.

However, because they are thought of as poten-tial pets, they are getting pretty good treatment in

lockdown.Pets have made their

way into the prison system in many facilities in North America, but not for being scofflaws.

In a Colorado prison, inmates help train wild horses, and the pro-gram prepares them for employment in equine management when they’re released.

A handful of cor-rectional facilities across Canada use some type of animal-based rehabilita-tion program.

In Burnaby, a former correctional centre for women operated a dog grooming and kennelling service for the public until 2004. The pet partnership program has since moved to a federal women’s prison in Abbotsford. In Calgary, a long-term partnership between the Calgary Wildlife Rehabili-

tation Society has helped minimum-security inmates and young offenders provide long-term care for injured wildlife. The benefits of pet therapy for children with intellectual disabilities and residents in nursing homes have been expounded many times, and they’ve been shown to work just as well inside prison cells for inmates as well.

In an admittedly old but nonetheless interesting 1998 Correctional Service Canada study on pet-fa-cilitated therapy in correc-tional institutions, inmates in a medium-security Colorado prison working with dogs reported they felt more productive while they were in jail with their four-legged friends, and the program facilitator said their temperaments improved from working with the pooches.

These are people who weren’t necessarily soft-hearted. One of the inter-viewees was serving a 250-year sentence. Another was taking care of the dog to atone, in a private way, for taking a person’s life.

In his book, Herzog asserts that a multitude of research studies, when taken together, point to a mutually-dependent rela-tionship people have on their pets.

As much as we like to think they need us to meet their basic needs, we need them too — but for more selfish reasons. We need to feel needed by them. They make us feel good, and we like to feel good.

There’s no shortage of information about human-animal relationships. It’s fascinating what animals and how we relate to them can teach us about pets, people and ourselves.

Old man take a look at your facts

VICTORIA – Neil Young’s anti-oilsands concert tour was the perfect distillation of the American enviro-assault on its dependent northern neighbour that’s been going on for a decade or more.

After touring Fort McMurray in his electric car with actor-turned-protester Daryl Hannah, the 68-year-old Young covered all the big propa-ganda hits and added his own fantasy facts.

It looks like a war zone up there! Hiroshima! If it keeps going it will be like the Moon! There’s no recla-mation! Tar sands oil is all going to China, and that’s why their air is so bad!

All of those statements are false. And then Young dropped his

own nuclear bomb, claiming cancer rates in Fort Chipewyan are 30 per cent higher than, well, somewhere else. Chief Allan Adam of the Atha-basca Chipewyan First Nation has cited a discredited study by former community doctor John O’Connor to press the same claim.

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta reviewed O’Connor’s claims in 2009. It con-cluded that “Dr. O’Connor made a number of inaccurate or untruthful claims” about cancer patients, and then refused to provide patient infor-mation after his claims made interna-tional news.

Retired professor David Schindler toured with Young and continued to push the health scare, referring darkly to newer research showing increased mercury and PAH (polycy-clic aromatic hydrocarbon) contami-nation.

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When you peel back the propaganda and journalistic hype, these studies mainly reveal that such toxins are on the rise, but are found in much higher concentrations around large cities where fuel is consumed. The cancer claims were then debunked by a Royal Soci-ety of Canada expert panel in 2010.

This cancer scare is the most damaging and dishon-est part of the selective attack on Alberta. The oil industry, politicians and most of the media seem unwilling to examine it criti-cally.

Climate scientist-turned-

politician Andrew Weaver was at Young’s Toronto news conference. He says there were no questions for him, Adam or Young’s other validator, David Suzuki, who previously worked with Schindler on a slanted oil-sands documentary for the CBC.

Weaver calculates that Young’s claim about greenhouse gas emissions is substantially correct, if you include emissions from the finished fuels. Weaver refused any comment on the cancer claims.

Young included the obligatory sneering compar-ison between Stephen Harp-er and George W. Bush, which is another sign he’s

lived in California too long. He seemed unaware that the NDP’s Thomas Mulcair and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau support continued oilsands development.

As for moonscapes, Young could have driven

his famous electric Lincoln from his Redwood City mansion on a hill to nearby Bakersfield, to view the greasy expanses of closely packed pumpjacks reaching to the horizon, still expand-ing due to hydraulic fractur-ing.

Young could have vis-ited North Dakota, where the second shale oil train explosion luckily didn’t kill anyone. It seems there will be no remake of Young’s classic Kent State lament dedicated to 47 Dead in Old Quebec. That’s American oil, so no protests.

Chief Adam was frank in an interview on CTV about using the “Honour the Treaties” tour to strengthen

his legal position. Young’s concert tour put $75,000 in his fund to pay lawyers. Oil isn’t the only thing being extracted here.

By the end of the tour Sunday, Young and Adam conceded they weren’t try-ing to shut the Athabasca oilsands down, just start a dialogue.

Thanks to uncritical media coverage, there will no doubt be discussions at dinner tables and in class-rooms all over the world about the terrible Alberta tar sands and the cancer they don’t actually cause.

Tom Fletcher is legislature report-er and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc

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Uncritical media fuels tar sands debate

‘‘‘Young could’ve visited North Dakota, where the second shale oil train explosion luckily didn’t kill anyone.’

— COLUMNISTTOM FLETCHER

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Dear Editor,

We would like to thank everyone in Merritt who donated toys in memory of our grandson, Riddick Servio. More than 250 toys were donated by the community and were distributed locally through the ASK Wellness Cen-tre, Nicola Family Therapy, Nicola Valley

Infant Development Program, the RCMP Victim Services Pro-gram, School District 58, Success by Six and the Toy Lending Library.

The response was indicative of the care, concern and support that are so evident in small towns. Over the years we have heard people complain about small towns

and how everyone knows each other’s business. While this is true and may seem frustrating, on occa-sion it becomes clear, especially in circum-stances like ours, that this really is not a liability, but an asset. A small town really is just a big “family” and when it comes to a crisis, it’s very evi-dent that we all care

and look out for each other.

We are fortunate

to be members of this small town. The concern and under-

standing that we have received has been instrumental in help-ing us in the long process of coming to terms with Riddick’s death.

On behalf of Rowena, Mike, Tem-perance and ourselves: thank you.

Jeff & Gail BloomMerritt

Thanking Merritt for support

Dear Editor,

I was visiting Merritt while skiing in the area last weekend. Our hotel had a copy of your newspaper and I enjoyed reading the local news.

However, I was very dismayed at the article on the pipeline debate by your local MP Dan Albas. I would have expected a rational discus-

sion of the pertinent issues, with some emphasis on local issues. But instead, Dan Albas spends three quarters of the article talking about Canada’s heavy oil demands for transportation. He even gets into how many gas stations there are in Canada and stresses the fact that ambulances and fire trucks also need gas and diesel.

Does he really believe the people of Merritt will fall for such nonsense? The proposed pipeline expansion has nothing to do with local gasoline supplies. Its sole pur-pose is for export.

He then goes on to mention the security of our petroleum supply as an important issue. Valid point, but what does exporting oil have to

do with energy security and what does he have to say about the fact that Eastern Canada relies heav-ily on imported oil? I think Merritt deserves better than such a poorly written article that only serves to confuse the issues.

John BaldwinVancouver

Writer dismayed by MP’s oil report

‘‘‘The concern and understanding that we have received has been instrumental in helping us in the long process of coming to terms with Riddick’s death.’

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We have been looking at the judgement and how each name is looked at. Each life records its own story. Do these records show that the person loves Jesus, and keeps His commandments? Would this person be happy in Heaven? If so, the name is written in the book of life. When all have heard of Jesus and His love, and have made their choice to either serve self or follow Jesus, then Jesus will come.

I imagine that He must be getting anxious about some things that are going on. I’m thinking of the poor, innocent children. The Word tells us of how Jesus will come. There are different ideas of Jesus’ coming but the Word only tells of one way.

When Jesus went back to Heaven after His resurrection, there were angels present that said to those who saw Him go up, “This same Jesus that you have seen go into Heaven will come in the same manner that you have seen Him go up.”

Jesus will come in person. The same,

kind, loving Jesus that had been here on Earth with them, will return.

The apostle Paul says that we need to know about those who are asleep for this is important. Paul then goes on to say that whether we are alive or asleep, when Jesus comes we will all see Him. Paul says that the Lord, Himself shall come down from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise fi rst.

All those whose names have been written in the book of life, shall rise fi rst. The rest will remain asleep in their graves a bit longer. The shout of Jesus will wake up the righteous dead. He will give new bodies to those who love and obey Him, to be ready to go to Heaven.

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She had a smile that won’t soon be forgot-ten and her life made an impact on the lives of her friends.

“She had that smile. She always had that smile, you know, every-body knew that smile,” recalled Merritt resi-dent Janet Poehnell.

Earlier this month, Merrittonian Bonnie Tymofievich passed away.

Her friends Poehnell and Tammy Dewit are spearheading a memo-rial for her at the local Mormon church this Saturday.

They told the Herald someone like Tymofievich deserves an appropriate sendoff, especially because she cared so much about other people.

It was that sympa-thetic aspect of her personality that made her stand out to her friends. Poehnell said despite Tymofievich having her own trou-bles, she was always more concerned about others.

“She was more concerned with if you

were OK,” Poehnell said.

Prior to living in Merritt, Tymofievich spent 22 years liv-ing in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, and became an advo-cate for helping the homeless.

“She just did her own thing; trying to help people out wherever she could,” Poehnell said. “She had a heart of gold and everybody that ever came across her knew that.”

The Downtown

Eastside is where Tymofievich devel-oped her sympathy for homelessness, Dewit said.

Tymofievich also lived with Down syn-drome, a condition where a person is born with an extra chromo-some, which causes intellectual disability and physical abnor-malities.

She lived on her own terms and was a woman who was proud that she was very inde-pendent, Poehnell and Dewit said.

Her personality was 10 times bigger than herself, Poehnell said.

“Oh boy, how do you describe Bonnie,” Dewit said with a laugh.

Poehnell and Dewit knew Tymofievich through their church, but Poehnell said that even before going to that church she knew who Tymofievich was because Tymofievich would always say hello to her whenever they’d bump into each other around town.

“She didn’t even

know me and she’d just [say] ‘Hi, how are you today?’” Poehnell said.

Poehnell said she first truly met Tymofievich outside of Cooper’s Foods.

Though she didn’t know her, Tymofievich offered to help Poehnell carry her gro-ceries.

“She said, ‘Here, let me help you with that.’ I said, ‘It’s OK, I’m fine,’” Poehnell said.

But Tymofievich was insistent.

“She said, ‘No, I’m Bonnie, what’s your name?’ I said, ‘I’m Janet,’ and she goes, ‘Let me help you with that. Now we’re friends, right?” Poehnell said, noting that Tymofievich made her feel like she wasn’t talking to a stranger.

“That’s Bonnie, she was just amazing,” Poehnell said.

Dewit told the Herald that Tymofievich was well known at places such as the food bank, the soup kitchen, the hospital and the library.

Tymofievich was 49 when she passed away on Jan. 8.

Her two friends said

they don’t know exact-ly what the cause of her death was because as non-family mem-bers, they were not privy to that informa-tion from doctors, and none of her family live

in Merritt.The memo-

rial service for Bonnie Tymofievich will be at 1 p.m. on Jan. 25 in the Church of the Latter-day Saints at 2451 Springbank Ave.


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The contractor has obtained the necessary permits and will comply with all regulations. A key requirement is that the contractor does not conduct burning unless the venting index is “good”. This ensures proper air movement exists to minimize smoke impacts to people in the vicinity of the burning.

The 247 kilometre, 500 kilovolt transmission line currently under construction, will expand the capacity of the system that brings power to businesses and homes in the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island.

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School District 58 has

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projections for the current

school year.

At the first school board

meeting of the year on Sept.

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has 1,142 students at the

elementary level — 43 stu-

dents above its projection of

1,099.At the high school level,

SD58 projected 809 stu-

dents, which it surpassed by

eight students.

Enrolment in distance

education programs, for

students who take courses by

correspondence or outside

of a traditional classroom

setting, sits at 100 students

— well above the projected

65. However, in the alternate

program, the district’s enrol-

ment fell from a projected 82

students this year to 62.

“We tend to pick up more

students from now until the

end of September, mainly

because those students take a

while to get back to school,”

Peacock told the school

board.Peacock told the Herald

Merritt Secondary School

has about 635 of Merritt’s

1,584 students. In Princeton,

the district met its projection

of 437 students, Peacock

said. Peacock said the higher

number of enrolled students

won’t translate into more

money for the school district

because any extra funding

for more students would take

away from the district’s fund-

ing protection.

He added it’s always good

to have more students in the

system.

Learning improvement

fundsThe school board also

heard the process for distrib-

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in learning improvement

funds, which is annual fund-

ing from the Ministry of

Education.

School principals submit

spending proposals to the

superintendent who drafts a

spending plan, consults with

local unions, and then pres-

ents the plan to the school

board. Peacock said $39,936 is

expected to go to certified

educational assistants (CEAs)

and the remaining $271,071

will be allocated to schools.

Peacock said tentatively

$162,560 will be added for

extra teaching staff, $19,500

will be added to fund teach-

er release time and $73,620

will be used for extra class-

room support such as CEAs

for kindergarten and Grade

1 classes.

The remaining funds will

be retained for next semes-

ter, Peacock said.

“In the second semester,

we’ll look at the configura-

tions that have taken place to

see where support is needed

for the remaining dollars,”

Peacock told the Herald.

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ACADEMIC ACCOLADES

Awards recipients, presenters and

spectators applaud during the Nicola Valley

Institute of Technology year-end awards for

2012-13 on Saturday. About $45,000 in

scholarships, community-sponsored awards

and in-house NVIT awards were given

to NVIT students at the Merritt campus.

Donors were also presented with blankets

during the ceremony. Awards for students

at both NVIT campuses — in Merritt and in

Burnaby — totalled $60,000.

Michael Potestio/HeraldTour seeks input on disability issues

The B.C. govern-ment has begun a province-wide tour to collect ideas for improving conditions for disabled people, particularly by improv-ing their job prospects.

Social Development Minister Don McRae attended the first ses-sion Monday evening in his home communi-ty of Courtenay, which drew a capacity crowd of 70 people. He plans to attend other ones in the B.C. Interior and Lower Mainland in the coming weeks.

The ministry has also established a website for public comments, and one of the more frequent suggestions is for B.C. to increase its social assistance payment to disabled people. That now stands at $906 per month, including a rent subsidy.

McRae said in an interview that major cost items like that will have to wait until B.C.’s economy improves. Meanwhile, efforts to increase employment are show-ing promise.

B.C. has increased the amount of income that can be earned without reducing dis-ability benefits from $500 to $800 a month. McRae said he wants to expand on a pilot project that allows people to earn more than that for part of the year, so they can take advantage of sea-sonal work.

McRae, who had “social innovation” added to his title when he was appointed to the ministry last year, said he was encour-aged by a meeting with a Tim Hortons franchise owner from Ontario who now employs one out of four people with dis-abilities in his stores.

Employees aver-

age less than a year in those jobs, but disabled employees stay an average of five years, which saves substantial money on training.

“It benefits the dis-ability community, and it also helps his bottom line,” McRae said.

Input from the community meetings and website comments

are to be used for a policy paper that will be presented at a pub-lic forum in June.

Meetings are sched-uled for Prince George Tuesday and Wednes-day, and in Quesnel Wednesday evening, for people registered to attend.

The nearest meet-ing to Merritt takes place in Kamloops on Feb. 4. Other meet-ings include Vernon on Feb. 5, Kelowna on Feb. 6, Richmond on Feb 11, Port Moody on Feb. 12, Abbotsford on Feb. 13, Cranbrook on Feb. 18, Fort St. John on Feb. 20, Terrace on Feb. 24, Vancouver on Feb. 25 (for hearing impaired people), and in Victoria on Feb. 26.

The website to submit a comment online or register to attend meetings is at engage.gov.bc.ca/disabilitywhitepaper.


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The National Energy Board (NEB) has received an application from Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC for approval to construct and operate the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (Project).

Description of The Project

The Project would expand the existing Trans Mountain pipeline system located between Edmonton, AB and Burnaby, BC. It would include

existing pipeline. There would also be an expansion of the Westridge Marine Terminal.

New pipeline segments would be added between Edmonton to Hinton, AB, Hargreaves, BC to

Reactivation of existing pipeline segments would occur between Hinton, AB to Hargreaves, BC and

The application can be found on the NEB website.

Participation in NEB Hearing

The NEB will determine if the application is complete and if so, it will hold a public hearing.

Those who wish to participate in the NEB hearing must apply to participate. Applicants must clearly describe their interest in relation to the List of Issues for the hearing, which is on the NEB website and included in the application to participate. Those who are directly affected by the proposed project will be allowed to participate in the hearing and those with relevant information or expertise may be allowed to participate.

The application to participate is on the NEB’s website at:

www.neb-one.gc.caselect Major Applications and Projects then

Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC - Trans Mountain Expansion

Applications to participate in the NEB Hearing are due on or before noon on 12 February 2014. Individuals and groups applying to participate must provide enough information for the NEB to decide whether participant status should be granted.

copy of its comments to those applicants to whom the comments apply. Applicants who received comments from Trans Mountain ULC

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Saying goodbye to my favourite hunting grounds

As reported in the Jan. 7 edition of the Merritt Herald, Quilche-na Ranch has been sold to the Douglas Lake Ranch. I learned about the change of ownership on Jan. 17 while coyote hunting at Quilchena with my brother who was visit-ing from Switzerland. We had just set up on our second stand for the day when Joe Gardner, manager of Douglas Lake Ranch, stopped by to tell us that my access permit to the ranch was no longer allowed and we were advised not to come back onto the

property. Knowing that Douglas Lake Ranch is not likely to grant access to any of the properties I asked any-way if they would con-sider issuing new access permits to hunt here in the future. I knew the answer would be no the moment I asked, but I had to at least try.

Quilchena Ranch has been a special place to many hunters, hik-ers, birdwatchers and photographers. Lush river bottoms and roll-ing hills provide the perfect habitat mixture for many wildlife spe-cies that thrive here in great numbers. Here you can see mule and whitetail deer browsing beside each other in the alfalfa fields in the early morning hours and again in the evening. Bears descend from the hills at dusk to eat the nutritious buds of the rosebushes grow-ing plentifully along

the river that snakes its way through the bot-tom lands. The river is home to many beavers, muskrats and a variety of waterfowl and even shy herons can be seen wading along the river’s edge. Tall ponderosa pines and power line poles, equipped with platforms, provide the perfect nesting places for the numerous bald eagles, ospreys and other birds of prey that call Quilchena Ranch their home.

The Rose family, previous owners of the

ranch, welcomed out-door enthusiasts to mar-vel at the scenery and wildlife this place has to offer. The Rose fam-ily also did an excellent job with conservation projects like the bur-rowing owl and grouse enhancement programs. The ranch hosted the Ducks Unlimited Youth Pheasant Hunt for sev-eral years, which raised important funds for waterfowl conservation and introduced young people to hunting and wildlife conservation.

My wife Heidi and

I spent many hours at the Quilchena Ranch and each visit we could be assured of seeing wildlife to observe and photograph. For me, Quilchena was always one of the those places where it didn’t matter so much if I had to come home without making a shot; the beauty and tranquil-ity of the land, and friendly encounters with fellow hunters and Quilchena staff always made the experience enjoyable. All this is now off limits to out-

door people, not only hunters. We can only hope that the new own-ers continue with the wildlife conservation programs that existed and take care that Quilchena always will be a wildlife paradise. I

extend a heartfelt thank you and my apprecia-tion to the Rose family for welcoming the com-munity to their property and sharing the natural beauty of their land with all of us who enjoy nature.OTHMAR VOHRINGER

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Overwaitea issues recall on sliced hamDue to a possible

listeria contamina-tion, Overwaitea Foods Group is recalling Ripple Creek Farm brand Hickory Smoked Spiral Sliced Ham.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reports the product has been dis-tributed in B.C. and Alberta and anyone who has the recalled product should either throw it away or return it to the store where it was purchased.

Symptoms of listeria include nausea, per-sistent fever, vomiting, muscle aches, severe headaches and neck stiffness. Food con-taminated with listeria monocytogenes may not look or even smell spoiled but can still make a person sick.

There have been no reported illnesses linked to the consumption of the product and the CFIA is verifying that industry is removing the product from the mar-ketplace.

Shawn Ashdown, assistant store manager

at Cooper’s Foods in Merritt, told the Herald the store follows recall procedures for events such as this, but made no further comment on the possible listeria con-tamination of the prod-uct, which is carried at stores such as Cooper’s.

Calls to OFG’s media relations depart-ment went unanswered by press time.

The recall was trig-gered by another recall in the United States, CFIA spokesperson Lisa Murphy told the Herald.

On Jan. 17, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced the recall of 67,113 pounds of spiral sliced ham products due to the possible con-

tamination by Gusto Packing.

Some of the hams were exported to Canada while the oth-ers were shipped to wholesalers for distribu-tion in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio.

The USDA reported that Gusto Packing’s internal sampling pro-gram found some of its products tested positive for listeria monocyto-genes. Those products were frozen and held for reconditioning. Later, Gusto Packing found that some of those ham products inadvertently shipped into commerce. The company then informed FSIS.

Hams labelled Ripple Creek Farm brand Hickory Smoked Spiral Sliced Ham

with the expiry date of Feb. 14 and case code 71292603312; Centrella Signature Hardwood Hickory Smoked Spiral Sliced Ham with Natural Juices, case code 71292603304 are subject to recall.


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Amish Valley Fully Cooked Hickory Smoked Spiral Sliced Ham, case code 71292645104, packaged on Nov. 29 and Nov. 30 is also subject to recall.

The CFIA is con-ducting a food safety investigation, which may lead to other products being recalled.

Murphy said OFG voluntarily recalled the product and the CFIA works with them to ensure the product has been removed.

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From Page 12

Possible listeria risk

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The benefi ts of getting a good night’s sleep

A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book. — Irish proverb

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If the stresses of life have caused us to forget how to sleep, it makes sense that we might have to teach ourselves how to do it. This is a much healthier approach than taking sleep medication. Medications may cause one to sleep, but they do not teach us to learn the relaxing things that are good not just for sleep, but for our wellbeing in general.

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It will most certainly be a week to remember for Merritt Centennial Devin Kero.

In a span of seven days, the 19-year-old

Michigan native not only puckstopped his team to two crucial victories against divisional rivals (allowing just two goals in the process) and was named the game’s first star in the second contest, he also earned BCHL

Player of the Week hon-ours for his 1.00 GAA and 0.966 SV% in the two victories.

To top it all off, Kero managed to fit in a three-day flydown to the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs — one

of several American insti-tutions of higher learning showing a keen interest in the rising junior hockey star.

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Merritt Centennials’ netminder Devin Kero was absolutely sensational on Friday night in leading his team to a thrilling 2-1 victory over the visiting Penticton Vees in front of almost 900 enthusiastic fans at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena.

Kero turned aside 35 of 36 Penticton shots, including 15 in the third period, to backstop the Cents to just their sec-ond win in seven games this season against the Interior Division-leading Vees.

“It might have been the best game that Devin played for us this year,” said Centennials head coach and GM Luke Pierce. “He was out-standing.”

Kero, who has allowed just one goal in each of his last two starts (both Cents’ wins) is understandably feeling good about his recent play.

“I’m really comfort-able with my game and confident right now,” the 19-year-old native of Hancock, Mich. said. “When I’m on, I notice that I’m tracking the

puck really well, control-ling my rebounds and finding a way to get to the puck. I also pride myself on being athletic and getting to the back door plays that you don’t always have much of a chance on.”

Providing all the scor-ing that Merritt would need against the Vees were a pair of Cents’ energizer bunnies — Diego Cuglietta and Daniel Nachbaur.

Cuglietta made up for a missed penalty shot early in the second period with the game’s first goal a few shifts later. Skating in on a two-on-one with Adam Tracey, Cuglietta elected to shoot and bur-ied the puck behind Vees’ starting goalie Hunter Miska.

After Penticton’s Brad McClure tied the game on the powerplay just seven seconds into the third period, it was a bit of Nachbaur ‘magic’ that put the Cents back in front for good.

“We were exiting our zone,” Nachbaur explained. “Payton [Schaefer] had the puck and I think he was trying a rink-wide pass, but the puck ended up deflect-ing off my rear end. It

went right between their two defencemen. I man-aged to beat them to it and found myself on a short breakaway. I went to my backhand and got the puck past the goalie, between his body and arm.”

Nachbaur’s game winner Friday night was his second in a week. He also had the go-ahead goal on Jan. 10 in Merritt’s 4-3 victory over the Nanaimo Clippers.

“Daniel’s goal against Penticton really devel-

oped out of nothing,” said Pierce. “He’s a great skater, and he’s got very slick hands at speed. He uses quite a short stick which allows him to do some good things.”

Nachbaur is just pleased to be finally back playing and contributing.

“It was difficult being injured and out of the line-up for almost three months. It took awhile for me to get my timing, but I finally feel that I’ve got that edge back that I had before.”

Equally impressive in recent games has been the revitalized play of the Cents’ blueline corps, led by new acquisition Jason Bird.

“The experience that Jason brings to the team is huge,” said Cents assis-tant coach Joe Martin. “It’s the patience he shows, the way he plays with and without the puck. It’s been a big lift for everybody.”

Bird’s arrival has allowed coach Martin to keep veterans Dane

Birks and Tyler Martin together as one pairing, and team Shane Poulsen with Bird as a second unit. In recent games, it’s been steady Jake Clifford with vastly-improved Wayland Williams as the third twosome.

“It’s created a back-end that’s much more consistent and comfort-able on the ice,” said Martin. “As long as nobody gets ahead of themselves, and [every-body] continues to play sound defensive hockey,

we should be in good shape.”

Despite winning both their games this past week, Merritt slipped back into fifth place in the BCHL’s Interior Division standings, two points behind Salmon Arm in the battle for the fourth and final playoff spot, and six back of the Vernon Vipers who occu-py third place. The Cents have two games in hand on both teams, and play five of their next seven games at home.

Before entertaining the Vipers this Saturday night, the Centennials must make a trip to Coquitlam on Friday to take on the Express. Both games will be tough, according to Pierce.

“[The Express] play a very offensive-minded game and score a lot of goals. We will need to play our style of game and just grind them down.

“As for Vernon, I didn’t think they played a very good game here last time (a 4-1 win for Merritt on Jan. 10), said Pierce. “They’re danger-ous when all their players show up. And, like us, they’re in the dogfight that is our division.”

Centennials goaltender fl yin’ high BCHL STANDINGS to Jan. 21

Team GP W L T OTL PTS

Penticton 44 27 11 2 4 60West Kelowna 42 26 12 2 2 56Vernon 45 23 14 3 5 54Salmon Arm 45 22 17 1 5 50Merritt 43 22 17 3 1 48Trail 45 9 31 2 3 23

INTERIOR DIVISION


Langley 46 28 12 1 5 62Prince George 44 25 15 2 2 54Coquitlam 44 22 18 1 3 48Surrey 45 18 25 1 1 38Chilliwack 45 10 31 1 3 24

MAINLAND DIVISION


Powell River 43 29 10 2 2 62Victoria 44 28 11 3 2 61Nanaimo 46 22 22 1 1 46Cowichan Valley 45 17 26 1 1 36Alberni Valley 44 13 24 2 5 33

ISLAND DIVISION

THE PUCK STOPS HERE Merritt Centennials netminder Devin Kero was on his game last Friday, stopping 35 of 36 shots in a 2-1 Cents’ victory over the visiting Penticton Vees at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena. Three nights earlier, Kero alllowed just one goal in a 4-1 Merritt win over the Vernon Vipers. For his efforts, Kero was chosen BCHL Player of the Week. Ian Webster/Herald

Kero leads Cents to victory over the E-Vee-l Empire

See ‘Merritt netminder’ Page 21



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It’s hard to believe that the sport of lacrosse has been in the Merritt area for a decade now.

The local Nicola Valley Minor Lacrosse Association kicked off its 10th aniversary season with an AGM on Jan. 9 at NVIT.

A new NVMLA executive was elected with Rose Grant tak-ing on the president’s position and Terra Fox the vice-presidency. Registrar is Melissa Pinyon and treasurer Tammy Wills.

The NVMLA and its Thunder teams are very excited about the upcoming season and the outdoor lacrosse box that has been officially approved by the City of Merritt. It is slated to be built in Central Park.

The local lacrosse

association is also very grateful for a generous donation of $2,500 by the Canadian Institute of Mining.

The minor lacrosse season runs from early March to the end of June and is open to boys

and girls. There are lacrosse

divisions for mini-tyke (born 2008-9), tyke (2006-7), novice (2004-5), peewee (2002-3), bantam (2000-1) and midget (1998-9).

For more information on the sport of lacrosse in the Nicola Valley, con-tact Terra Fox at 250-315-1002. Also watch for more registration details in future issues of the Merritt Herald.

SPORTS

Lacrosse season close at hand

SYNCHRONICITY Three members of the YBC bowling program at the Merritt Bowling Centre showed off their skills on Monday of this week. From left to right are Shaelan Willson, 11, Kaylee Grant, 14, and Megan Grant, 11. Over 20 youngsters are currently enrolled in the YBC program which runs every Monday at the MBC on Charters Street from 3:30 to 5 p.m. until April. Ian Webster/Herald

Atom Development

The Fountain Tire atoms travelled to Salmon Arm on Sunday and defeated the Jr. Silverbacks 6-2.

Merritt goal scorers were Breanna Ouellet (2), Max Graham (2), Cortez Charters and Sajjin Lali. Azaria McDonnell and Matthew Newman each had a pair of assists, with singles going to Ouellet, Graham and Tryton Bose.

Peewee Girls

Three-point per-formances by Taylia McKeown (two goals, one assist) and Talyn Ferch (one goal, two assists) paced the Joco Transport peewee girls to a 4-2 victory over Kamloops on Saturday. The other Merritt scorer was Bianca Cavaliere, while additional assists went to Ivy Smith and Emmagin Richardson.

Janelle Gage picked up the victory in net.

Peewee Rep

The Ramada Inn peewees edged the Kamloops Jr. Blazers 5-4 on home ice Saturday. Scoring for Merritt were Justin Tighe (2), Armoni McRae, Spencer

Vaughan and Connor Ouellet. Goaltenders Tristan Bjarnason and Colton Macaulay shared the win between the pipes.

On Sunday, the Ramada Inn squad fell to Kelowna 4-2. Gillian Moore and Austin Hawkins had Merritt’s only goals.

Bantam Girls

The league-leading McDonald’s bantams lost their first game of the season on Sunday, 2-0 to Clearwater.

In the front half of the teams’ weekend doubleheader, Merritt and Clearwater battled to a 3-3 tie. Goal scor-ers for the McDonald’s team were not available.

The Merritt bantam girls play their final regular season game this weekend against Kamloops.

Bantam Rep

In their only league game of the weekend, the Murray GM ban-tams tied the Kamloops tier 3 team 3-3 on Saturday. Merritt scor-ers were Kaelan Lester, Travis Sterling and Sunil Sahota. Assists went to Anthony Tulliani, Tanveer Bansi, Eric Lalonde, Noah Racine and Sahota.

Sunday, the Murray

GM squad were upset by Kamloops’ tier 4 side 3-2 in an exhibition game between the two teams. Only Cameron St. Louis and Sahota were able to beat an outstanding Jr. Blazers’ netminder. Lalonde and Bansi picked up assists.

Merritt’s bantam reps wrap up their regular-season schedule with a game against West Kelowna on the weekend. They will then begin prepara-tions for the start of the OMAHA playoffs on Jan. 31. The fourth-place Jr. Cents antici-pate that their first-round opponents will be fifth-place Penticton. The two squads have tied both of their games against each other this season.

Midget Rep

In their final two regular-season games on the weekend, the Merritt Tracker Sportswear midget reps picked up a win and a tie to lock up third place in the OMAHA stand-ings.

Saturday, Nolan Prowal’s hat trick led the Merritt team to an 8-3 victory over Chase. Other Tracker goal scorers were Tyler Edward, Marcelo Bose nd Dakota Grismer-Voght.

Sunday, in a rough and tumble game that had all the intensity and emotions of playoff hockey, Merritt scored in the final 30 seconds of the third period to tie the visiting Winfield Bruins 3-3. Tracker marksmen were Bose, Edward and Grady Musgrave.

Sam Suzuki put in his usual sparkling effort in the Merritt net in both weekend games.

Power Skating Sessions

Merritt minor hockey has made arrangements with noted instructor Willa Brooks to run a series of power skating sessions for bantam and midget-age hockey players on Monday evenings at the Shulus arena from Jan. 27 to March 3.

Willa Brooks has over 30 years experience working closely with numerous European and North American hockey players at all levels from youth to professional.Brooks is currently working with 57 NHL players.

For more informa-tion or to register for the Willa Brooks power skating sessions, contact Robyn Grebliunas at 250-315-5851 or email [email protected].

MINOR HOCKEY REPORT

A GOOD TIME HAD BY ALL

The focus was on fun on the weekend as Merritt minor hockey hosted a 10-team novice tournament at the Nicola Valley and Shulus arenas. In addition to Teams Black, White and Red from Merritt, there were two visit-ing squads from Williams Lake, as well as teams from Salmon Arm, Penticton, Cloverdale, Chilliwack and Kelowna. Neither game scores nor final standings were recorded in the two-day tournament which wrapped up Minor Hockey Week in Canada for communities and associa-tions across the country.

(Left) Scenes from the game between Merritt Team Black and the Cloverdale Tigers on Sunday at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena.

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“I flew out of Kelowna early Saturday morning and didn’t get back till 2 a.m. on Tuesday,” said Kero of his whirlwind trip to Colorado. “It was a really neat experience — visit-ing a military academy.”

Asked if he’s keen about one day joining the Air Force, Kero said, “I’m definitely consider-ing it. They have a lot to offer. There’s been interest from a few other schools, too. It’s nice to have offers, and at the end of the day have a choice as to what is best

for me, both as a person and as a hockey player.”

The articulate Kero went on to add, “Hockey is a small part of the whole process for me. I value academics a lot, so I want to go somewhere that will serve me well when my hockey-playing days are over.”

As for his BCHL Player of the Week selec-tion, Kero said it came as a complete surprise.

“I had just got off the plane in Seattle, and I got a text from a friend back east congratulating me on being chosen Player of the Week. I immedi-ately went on the BCHL

website to check it out. It was very humbling and a real honour.”

With 14 regular sea-son games still to play, Kero has already made 32 starts in net for the Centennials — a far cry from the 13 appearances all of last year in the NAHL with the Coulee Region Chill.

“You get tired, but you learn to treat your body really well,” said Kero. “I’m definitely being counted on right now as the go-to guy, and I really enjoy that. I like playing every night and trying to give our team a chance to win.”

Merritt netminder likes being the go-to guyFrom Page 20

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Merritt Duplicate Bridge ClubTuesdays 7 p.m. Seniors’ Centre 250-378-5550 Merritt Elks Lodge ClubsSecond & Fourth Wednesday 8 p.m. Elks Hall 250-378-9788Merritt Lawn BowlingSun., Tues., & Thurs. at 7 p.m. 250-378-2950Merritt Lions ClubFirst & Third Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Best Western - Han’s Golden Wok 250-378-9509Merritt Moms PrenatalPost Natal Support group. Monday - Friday - 8:30 a.m. 250-378-2252Merritt Mountain Biking Assoc.Wednesdays 6 p.m. - rideE: [email protected]: #merrittbikingNavy League Cadets of CanadaWednesdays 6 - 9 p.m. Cadet Hall - Ages 9-13 welcome 250-280-6944Merritt Snowmobile ClubSecond Tuesday 7 p.m.Civic Centre 250-315-1082Merritt’s Women in BusinessSecond Wednesday 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Merritt Desert Inn 250-315-5851Nicola Naturalist SocietyThird Thursday - 7:00 p.m.NVIT. www.nicolanaturalists.caN.V. 4-H ClubSecond Tuesday - 6:30 p.m.Central School - 250-378-5028Nicola Valley Better BreathersThird Wednesdays 1 p.m.Trinity United - 250-378-6266 N.V. Community Band Tuesdays 7 p.m - MSS Music Room 250-378-5031 or 250-378-9894NVCAC

Meets the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 7:00 pm at The Art Gallery. 250-378-6515 www.nvartscouncil.comN.V. Dirt Riders AssociationLast Wednesday 7 p.m. Garden Sushi - Scott: 250-378-3502 N.V. Fall Fair Third Monday 7 p.m.2145 Quilchena Ave. 250-378-5925N.V. Fish & Game (except July and Aug.)Third Wednesday 7 p.m.2236 Jackson Ave. 250-378-4572 or 250-378-4904N.V. Heritage Society Last Wednesday - Baillie House250-378-0349N.V. Quilters GuildFirst & Third Thursdays Civic Centre 7 p.m. 250-378-4172N.V. Search & RescueSecond Monday 7 p.m. at the airport - 250-378-6769 N.V. Thrift StoreFirst Tuesday - NVGH basement 250-378-9100N.V. Women’s InstituteSecond Wednesday - 1:30 p.m. For locations, 250-378-2536One Way Krew Youth GroupTuesdays 7 - 8:30 p.m. Crossroads Community Church - 250-378-2911Pathfi ndersMondays 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Central School - 250-936-8298Patricia Rebekah LodgeSecond & Fourth Mondays at 7 p.m. Lawn Bowling Club Rocky Mnt. Rangers CadetsTuesdays 6 p.m. 250-378-1302 or 250-572-3775Royal Canadian Legion #96Executive Mtg. Second Thursday 6

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MERRITT CIVIC CENTRE Monday Jan. 13-Feb 3 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Merritt Civic CentreMad Magic by Raymond Blake. Magic, jug-gling and other circus skills!

TRINITY UNITED CHURCH Steven Palmer Down Home Roots Concert, Friday Jan. 24, 7:30 p.m. Steven’s concerts feature a personal blend of Country, Folk, Gospel, Ragtime. Tickets available at Baillie House Info Centre or call Gloria at 250-378-4153.

CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCH “LAUGHOPOLIS” Improv Comedy Show. Jan. 26 at 7:00 p.m. at Crossroads Community Church. World class, family friendly comedy that will leave you rolling over with laughter! Tickets avail-able at Crossroads Church during regular business hours (and at the door. For more info call 250-378-2911

NVCAC CONCERT COMMITTEE Merritt Adult Community Choir is starting their Spring Session on Monday, Jan. 27, 7:00 p.m. Meet at Collettville School, Birch Ave. entrance. Everyone is welcome to come

and see what choir is all about. For info call Barb 250-378-2678 or Ellen 250-378-9899. 8th Annual Community Arts Show. ”Things That Make You Smile”. Show begins Feb. 6 and runs through Feb. 28. Reception on Feb. 7 from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Deadline for submitted work will be noon Wed. Feb. 5. For more info contact Meriel at 250-378-6515 or email [email protected] or n i co l ava l l eya r t s counc i [email protected]. Gallery hours are Thurs. 4 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Fri. 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. and Sat. 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. The gallery is located in the Old Courthouse Arts Centre at 1840 Nicola Ave. Will be hosting a Matinee performance on Feb. 1st at 2:00 p.m. - Murray Hatfield and Teresa, Merritt Civic Centre. Tickets available at Black’s Pharmacy, Mandolin’s and Baillie House. Mon. Feb. 17 7:30 p.m. NV Film Society Presents “Kon Tiki” NVIT Theatre.

PRINCETON ARTS COUNCIL PRESENTS Outerbridge Pure Illusions. Riverside Community Theatre. Sun. Feb. 23 7:30 p.m.

PHOTOGRAPHY CLASSES WITH JULIE KNOLL

An intro course to the basics of using any digital camera combined with the basics of good photography. Tues., Feb. 4 to 25, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Register at the Civic Centre 250-315-1050

THE NICOLA VALLEY WOMEN’S INSTITUTE is holding its Spring Tea and Raffle, Saturday Feb. 15 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the Seniors Centre. Tea, coffee and sweets will be served.

DESSERT CONCERT SERIES PRESENTS Paws and Tales Ensemble. Sun. Feb. 16 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Albans Hall (501 Brink St. in Ashcroft). This concert features a group of Kamloops based classical musicians Carlene Wiebe, Catharine Dochstader, Sally Arai and Dimiter Terziev. Purchase advance tickets at any of the following local businesses: The Ashcroft Bakery - 303 3rd St., Natures Gifts, 413 Railway Ave., The Cariboo Jade Shoppe, 1093 Todd Road, Cache Creek.

NICOLA VALLEY FISH & GAME CLUB Annual trophy & awards night pot luch supper to be held Saturday Mar. 8 at the Seniors Centre. Big fish and photo entries. Deadline Feb. 22. Entries can be left at

Ponderosa or Nicola Valley Outdoors. For info call Paul Komonoski 250-378-4904

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED The Navy League is in need of officer’s and volunteers to help out with our growing Cadet Corps. Our children are age 9 to 13 and we meet every Wednesday night from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. If you have past experience or are inter-ested in becoming a part of our Corps please contact us. Ellen 250-280-6944, Debra 250-280-4086 or email at [email protected]

KNITWITS Love to knit or crochet? Or are you a novice interested in learning more about knitting or crocheting in a friend-ly and welcoming setting? Come on down to Brambles Bakery Thursday evenings. Bring your yarn and needles and join in the fun.

COURTHOUSE ARTGALLERY The Valley Visual Arts (VVA) will be holding a weekly Creative Art Session, in the Orange Room at the Art Gallery, every Thursday between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Everyone welcome to stop in and see their work.Jan 9-31st Brain Drain by Eric Drain and Justine Brown. This is a contemporary show

with artist and writer Eric Drain also featuring in-cameo Local student artist Justine Brown. Gallery is open Thursday 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., Friday & Saturday noon - 6 p.m. Admission is free.

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

NV REMOTE CONTROL FLYERS We are starting a new club in town for flying model air-craft. We fly at various loca-tions around town. New mem-bers welcome. For more info, call Jack 250-378-4371.

MERRITT SENIOR CENTRE Weekly schedule is as fol-lows: Monday: Crib & Whist 7 p.m.Tuesday: Bingo 1 p.m., Duplicate Bridge 7 p.m.Wednesday: Carpet Bowling 1:30 p.m., Court Whist 7 p.m.Thursday: Floor Curling 1 p.m. (third week - shut-in lucheon) Friday: Rummoli & Games 7 p.m.All seniors welcome.

HELP US REACH OUR GOAL

Would you like to see a movie theatre in Merritt, then the Merritt Community

Cinema Soceity can use your help!

If you would like to help donate to this wonderful cause please make cheque payable to Merritt

Community Cinema Society and mail it to:1952 Eastwood Ave., Merritt, BC V1K 1K3

For more information

call Patty Beers

250-378-9503or

Rich Hodson250-378-6794

Thank you Merritt for helping us

purchse the land!

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In loving memory ofAfter a brief illness, Mharie Sinclaire, founder of local y shing group Broads with Rods, left us Dec 20, 2013.Mharie enjoyed shing from an early age. Fishing became her passion, searching out Be lakes in her trusty van Trout Express.Mharie loved to share her passion setting up a ne camp and teaching y shing to others with a zest. Her big smile, hearty laugh will be missed many.

Mharie Sinclaire

Mharies’ gone shin’ ...won’t be back..Tight lines!!

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

Helping Children with Funerals and Grieving

We have a number of books and brochures to assist you in helping children understand and

express their feelings.Visit our Library Tues. 9 a.m. - Noon

Hospice SocietyMerritt & District

Agnes was born May 7th 1930 in Merritt BC, where she lived all 83 years of her life. Survived by her husband Kurt, whom she had been married to 47 years. Agnes was a member of the Rebecca’s Club a number of years ago. In 1966 Agnes joined the Royal Purple, where she was a member for 49 years. Agnes will be cremated. A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Agnes Sutherland MosebachMay 7th 1930 - January 14th 2014

Pauline DoigePauline Doige passed away on January 15th, 2014 in Merritt BC after a long battle with cancer. She was born on March 26, 1937, in Vanderhoof BC to the late Albert and Joyce Schultz. She married Doug Doige in April 1959 and they raised three children: Leslie, Kim and Bruce. Pauline loved spending time with her seven grandchildren: Meggan, Malyssa, Amelia, Siobhan, Saira, Stoyan, Nicolas, her two great grandsons Kody and Jasper, her sister Kathy Musclow, her dear aunt & uncle, Evie & Glen Goodridge, cousins Nina Plowman and Verna Thomas and her dear friend Dorothy Townsend along with her other numerous family members and friends. Pauline’s passions throughout her life were horseback riding,

gardening, crafts, travelling and camping with family and friends. She worked as a special-needs assistant with the Merritt School District with Wendy Charney and Dee Arduini and other staff members. A job she thoroughly enjoyed. Loving and kind in all her ways, upright and just to the end of her days, sincere and true in her heart and mind, beautiful memories she left behind. She will be sadly missed by all. A celebration of life with be held January 24th at 1:00pm at the Merritt Golf Club. In lieu of owers donations can be made to the Gillis House in Merritt.

The Caprian Family respectfully announce that

James Garratt Wells CaprianBorn on November 16th 1957

Has passed away on January 19, 2014

“CHINUM”Celebration of Life to be announced at a later date

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On Thursday, January 16, 2014 Mr. Otto Brown passed away peacefully at Gillis House, Merritt at the age of 90 ½ years. He survived by his loving wife Margaret, his daughter Rozann (Ed) and grandchildren Kathleen, Anthony and Mary-Ann. Also left to cherish his memory are his brothers and sisters: Alma, Frieda, Vivian, Jim, Jean and Bob, as well as many relatives and friends.Otto was predeceased by his rst wife Kathleen Brown, brother Bernard Brown and sisters Rose Brown and Emma McKean.Otto was born June 2, 1923 in Demaine, Saskatchewan, and was raised on the family farm there. He had been employed at the Imperial Oil Re nery for over 30 years.Prayers will be recited on Thursday, January 23 at 7:00 p.m. in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. The Reverend Father Kenneth Anoruo will celebrate the Funeral Mass on Friday, January 24 at 11:00 a.m. in the church. Interment will follow at Pine Ridge Cemetery.Should friends desire, donations to the Heart & Stroke Foundation in memory of Mr. Brown would be appreciated.

Condolences may be expressed at www.merrittfuneralchapel.com

Arrangements entrusted to Merritt Funeral Chapel 250.378.2141

OTTO BROWN

It is with great sadness that the family share the passing of Doreen J. Weitzel (Whitfi eld) after her diagnosis of cancer 2 yrs. ago. She spent her last several days in the wonderful care of the Kamloops Hospice (Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial.) She is survived by her brother Bill Whitfi eld (Mary Lou), children Danny (Lorraine), Tina (Ken) and Shannon (LeeAnne), 8 grandchildren and 6 great-grand-children. She lived her life fully, tirelessly raising 3 children and touching the hearts of many people by being involved in the community as the Director of The Merritt Longhorns Drum Corp from 1968-1980, and a Foster Parent close to 30 years. She will be loved and missed by many, but we will all have our fond memories. Condolences can be expressed by emailing [email protected] as well there will be a Celebration of Life May 16 at 1926 Houston St., Merritt, B.C. from 2-6pm. The family would like to thank Home Support Services, Royal Inland Hospital, Ponderosa Lodge, The Kamloops Hospice and Dr. Dong for their part in her quality of life. In lieu of fl owers, please make donations to any of the 4 services above.

WEITZEL, Doreen JuneApril 22, 1933 - January 18, 2014

Dakota Thomson A New Journey BeginsThere’s a place I’ve never seen

beyond the world we know.

A place I’ve only heard of but someday hope to go -

It’s not on any map,

there are no roads to take me there,

But it’s a place of perfect peace

where hearts are free from care.

And though I understand some may be saddened

when I leave,

One day, we all will meet again -

that’s what I believe....

When its time to travel there,

I think I’ll wear a smile,

I’ll say good-bye to those I love,

But only for a while,

Knowing there are others

who have traveled there alone,

Who cannot wait to greet me and to whisper

“welcome home.”

July 9, 1992 - Jan. 10, 2014

Dakota Thomson passed away suddenly on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 at the

young tender age of 21.Dakota was born in Kamloops, BC on July 20, 1992 and was raised in Logan Lake, BC

where she graduated high school. She then continued her studies at NVIT where she completed her Home Care certi cate.Dakota will be miss dearly by her father,

Bill Thomson (Merritt, BC), mother, Patricia Thomson (Logan Lake, BC) and sister

Cheyenne Thomson (Logan Lake, BC). Grandparents: Scotty & Betty Thomson

(Merrit, BC), Janet Pell (Merritt, BC), and Lloyd & Marilyn Hearty (Langley, BC) and many

aunties, uncles, cousins and friends.Dakota is predeceased by uncle Jimmy

Thomson and aunty Candy Thomson.Service to be announced at a later date.

Love you baby - Daddy

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THANK YOUThe Family of Germaine Bouchard would like to express our appreciation for the kindness and caring support that we received from Family and Friends. A heartfelt “Thanks” to all who offered their care, concern and prayers during this difcult time.

A special “THANK YOU” to Vickie and Roger, we couldn’t have gotten through this last year without you. “Thank you” to the staff of Gillis House, for all you did for Mom, to Father Ken who beautifully ofciated and to the C.W.L. for serving us refreshments following the service. To the many friends and family who sent cards, owers or food, “Thank you”. Your support and generosity are appreciated.

Germaine will be sadly missed, but the memories we have of her will remain with us forever.

The Bouchard Family

Rey Creek Ranch is looking for a

SEASONAL FULL-TIME FARM LABOURERto start work on April 15, 2014.

The farm labourer will be responsible for weeding and irrigation of orchard & hay field.Wage: $10.25/hour. - Drivers licence required

If you are interested fax 250-378-5099

Employment OpportunityVSA Merritt is currently seeking a full time Certied Truck and Transport Mechanic (CTVM) with a Class 3 driver’s license. Preferred qualications include CVIP inspection ticket and good knowledge of computer diagnostic software. Wages and benets are in accordance with the current Collective Agreement.

Please submit resumes to: VSA Highway Maintenance

Attention: Adrian Reynoldson 2925 Pooley Avenue, Merritt, BC V1K 1C2

Or Fax: 250-315-0169Deadline for submission will be January 31, 2014.

NICOLA VALLEY ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING

CONTRACT BOOKKEEPERHELP WANTED

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Apply by submitting your resume in person to:Rusty Brewer at Ska-Lu-La Workshop

SKA-LU-LA WORKSHOP FULL-TIME

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Upper Nicola Band requires a Lands Manager to perform a broad range of duties associated with the management of on-reserve lands.

In recruiting a Lands Manager, Upper Nicola is prepared to sponsor a member to take training to become a certied Lands Manager through the National Aboriginal Lands Manager Association. Successful candidate will be expected to participate in the Professional Land Management Certication Program training, provided by University of Saskatchewan.

Duties include: (include the following, but other duties may be assigned): To effectively and efciently manage the Lands Department through

Assist with preparation of all land transaction • documents (survey, land transfer, permits, and leases).Obtain approval and registration of land • transaction documents in the Indian Lands Registry pursuant to sections of the Indian Act.Identify and assess the environmental implications • of land use policies, providing technical advice with respect to the adoption of sound environmental practices;Integrate the community’s goals into land • management plans and protection of a safe and healthy environment.Ensure compliance with the Reserve Land and • Environment Management Program (RLEMP), regulations and enforceable provisions of the AANDC.Assist Chief & Council, Band Members with • administration of estates.

Quali cations: Grade 12 or relevant secondary school • background and willing to be trained. Good written and verbal communications skills.• Valid BC Driver License.• Ability to understand and follow written guidelines, • policies, and procedures. Ability to be exible and to adjust work schedule as • necessary, without sacricing quality. Previous First Nation experience in on-reserve land • management an asset.Procient in computer programs – Word and Excel.•

Term: Full time, 32 hours a weekSalary: Depends On Experience and Qualications

The deadline for this job posting is, January 30, 2014 at 12:00 noon.

Submit cover letter and resume to: Administrator, Upper Nicola Band

Box 3700 Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 Fax: (250) 350-3342E-mail: [email protected]

We thank all applicants; however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

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Help WantedA.R.T ENTERPRISES Ltd o/a Subway at A-2190 Vought St, Merritt, BC, V1K-1B8 is hiring fi ve F/T Permanent Kitchen Helpers. $10.29-$11.50/hour. High School graduate. Duties: Wash & Peel vegetables & fruit. Receive, unpack & store supplies. Remove garbage. Drop-off or email resume: [email protected]

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2 bdrm Apt. $600 inc utilities.

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1 bdrm townhouse. $600 plus hydro.

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2 bdrm in Sixplex. $700 inc utilities.. (Lower Nicola)

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Looking for boarders, fur-nished rooms available March 1st. Beautiful home. Must be working, prefer contract work-ers, close to down town core. Not for permanent residence. Basement for 600 hundred, or upstairs room for 500 hundred. Includes utilities, but does not include food. Call Tracey at 250-378-8852

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Suites, Lower2 bdrm basement suite. Avail immed. $800/mon. util. incl. W/d, no pets and no smoking. May req. ref. Contact Sandy or Jas at 250-315-46754 bdrm bsmt suite, carpet & hardwood fl , w/d, all appl., 2 baths. $980, utilities incl., ref req. n/s. Avail Feb. 1. 250-280-1268, 250-378-5759Fully furnished basement Suite for rent. $550.00 a month. Avail. immed. No pets. Ref. req. 250-315-0019One bdrm ground level suite on Bann St. Avail immed. 250-378-5610

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CLEARANCECLEARANCE

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Amazing kitchen w/granite • Easy care yard• 5 BR, 4 bth family home w/pool• New roof & remodeled Bthrms•

$439,000 M4039

Beautiful 5 BR family home• 4 Bath, ensuite w/ jetted tub• 2 bedroom in-law suite• 2 Covered decks•

$399,888 M3972

The Best Bungalow!• 3 bedrooms, 2 bath• Private backyard w/ pool• Full basement w/ dbl carport•

$357,000 M3994

Beautiful sprawling rancher• Nicola River frontage• Mature shade trees• Located in quiet cul-de-sac•

$349,000 L3980


M E R R I T TPhone: 250-378-6181

1988 Quilchena Ave., Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 • Fax: 250-378-6184www.royallepage.ca/merritt www.realtor.ca

Claudette EdenosteBroker

250-280-0689

Debra SchindlerPersonal Real Estate Corp.

250-315-3548

Melody SimonSales Rep

250-315-8539

Tom McDonaghBroker

[email protected]

Karen BonneteauSales Rep

[email protected]

John IssacSales Rep

[email protected]

Lynda Etchart Diane ManchesterProperty Management Team

250-378-1996

Completely Replumbed• New HW tank• 3 Bed, 2 Bath rancher• Appliances included•

$34,900 M3844

NEW PRICE

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250-378-6181

COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES

Immaculate 3 bed plus den• Motivated-Quick possession• Quality appl.-amazing Kitch• C/Air, Gas F/P, U/G sprinklers•

$332,000 L3989

Large 7 bedroom 4 1/2 bath home•

Mill Creek cabinets in kitchen•

Nicely fi nished in-law suite•

Very nice 4 bedroom 2 bath home• Hardwood fl oors/view side of Parker • DrivePrivate backyard with awesome deck • and pool

$329,000 M3862$330,000 M4045

Amazing 1 year new• 3 bdrm 2 bath rancher• Bright open design• Buyer to assign rebate•

$329,000 incl GST M4024

4 bed, 4 bath family home• In-law suite on main level• 22 X 25 insulated/wired shop• Central air and u/g sprinklers•

$329,000 M4026

Lrg 4 BR, 3 bath family home +• 2 bedroom suite, own laundry• Skylights, A/C, U/G sprinklers• Oversized double garage•

$327,000 M4020

Family home 4 BR, 3 Bath • Plus 2 bedroom suite• Rear deck with BBQ hookup• Family area, cul-de-sac street•

$325,000 M3961

Beautifully updated • 2900 sq ft 3 bed family home• Lrg covered deck, fully fenced• Awesome family home•

$297,990 L4008

New roof, recent H/W & Boiler• 5 BR, 3 Bath main part of home• + 2 BR suite at ground level• Mstr BR, ensuite has jetted tub•

$289,000 M3984

Nice 2 bed 1 bath on .359 acre• Aerothermal heating & cooling• Updated windows/totally fenced• 24X30 detached shop/garage•

$269,000 M4022

Hobby Farm 1.79 acres• 3 bdrm, 2 bath home• 5 stall barn, hay shed, poultry pens• Numerous fruit trees, large veg. garden.•

$269,000 M4017

Ver• y nice 4 BR, 2 Bth family home

New furnace, roof and gutters•

Updated main Bth- Private backyard•

$264,900 M3945

Located on nice quiet street• 5 Bed, 3 bath incl. ensuite• Granite countertops, Central air• Tile & laminate fl ooring, 5 Appl.•

Nice 3 Bedroom rancher• Close to school & shopping• Separate living & family room• 16x20 detached garage•

$244,900 M3981 $239,000 M3968

3 bed, 1 ½ bath family home• Downtown location–close to library/• shopping22 X 24 heated/wired detached • gar-age/shop

$224,900 M#4035

Full duplex, steady revenue• Recent roof & vinyl windows, fenced • yardTwo levels each side, 4 bedrooms each• Priced below assessed value!•

Quiet culdesac location!• 3 bdrms up, 2 down, 2 bathrooms• Includes appliances, central air• Lots of parking•

Immaculate 5 bdrm home• Newer furnace & central air• Large fenced back yard• Mill Creek kitchen•

$209,000 M4040$214,000 M4043 $210,000 L4049

Great Buy! Below• assessed Value

2 single family homes on Lrg lots•

Collect rental income from both •

$209,000 M3947

2 bedroom character home•

Located near park•

Private oasis in backyard•

$189,000 M4025

Sun• valley Court-2 BR, 2 Bth T/home

End unit-includes all appliances•

24 hour notice required•

$194,000 M3741

Just across from the arena!• 2000 sq ft half duplex• 5 bdrms, 2 kitchens, 2 bathrooms• Laminate fl oors, fenced yard.•

$179,900 M4028

Cozy 2 B• D rancher, fenced back yard

Wood stove, metal shed & Shop•

Front yard has Garlic and Herb bed•

Year round residence• 4 bed, 2 bath main home• 2 acres private lot w/ extra’s• Guest cottage w/ tons of parking•

Nice 3 BR, 2 full baths, half duplex•

1 car attached garage & fenced yard•

New roof ’07, Large Master BR.•

Cozy, 1 bed cottage w/loft• 2 acres, fully fenced• Huge deck w/lovely Lk view• Year round recreation•

$169,000 M3886

$289,000 M3946

$169,000 M3852

$230,000 M3995

5 Bed , 3 Bath home• Currently set up as duplex• Back unit has 2 Bedrooms• Comes with appl. in both suites•

$167,000 M3983

MOBILE HOMES IN PARKS

160 acre ranch• 4500 Sq.ft. Linwood home• 130x220 riding arena•

$2,100,000 M3944

80 acre horse farm• 2 lrg ranch houses,44x96 barn• 40x40 wired, Insul, heated • shop

$1,690,000 M3900

Utopia in the Sunshine Valley!• 38+ acres of breathtaking property• 4 BR, in fl oor heat, 9 ft ceilings• Old growth forest & mature gardens•

40+ acres riverfront• Incredible new house• Beautiful log guest cottage• Expansive views•

$1,350,000 L3990 $1,195,000 M4050

44 +/- private acres w/creek• 2530 sq.ft. rancher,26x36 log barn• 20x40 RV,70x140 • arena,36x40 shop

$799,000 M3876

13+ acres close to Merritt• House is 3 years new• 3 bdrm, 3 bath, family home• Detached garage/shop & 2 wells. •

$775,000 M#4036

Awesome waterfront property• 3 BR home, new roof & fl oors• 7 stall barn, 2-16x24 cabins• Water rights on Nicola River•

$640.000 M3967

160 acres of privacy•

Endless trails, this land is fenced •

10 kms from pa• ved highway

$599,000 M3815

Custom Post & Beam Home• Stunning views on 21 + acres • Custom built maple cabinets & • more

$599,000 M3879

Log home/Hobby farm• Creek runs thru property• Farm Equipment included• Approx. 9 acres in hay•

$539,000 M3943

Main fl • oor has vaulted ceiling

Mstr BR w/ Ensuite & W/I closet•

10 acres and 2500 s• q.ft barn

$529,000 M4041

Amazing Panoramic views• 4 bed, 3 bath- 8 years new• Vaulted ceilings, C/Air, C/vac• 9.91 acres- Totally fenced•

$499,900 M3991

Horses welcome – 9.88 acres• Very nice 3 bed 2 bath home• Bright open design w/vaulted ceilings• Totally private/fenced & cross fenced•

Perfect horse property• Backs on to Crown• 6 stall barn• Creek on property•

$485,000 M4016$499,000 M4052

Amazing 2800 sq ft log home• 3 bed 2 bath quality built• Vaulted ceilings, 2 lofts• Totally fenced 1.14 acres w/out buildings.•

$439,000 M4032

Riverfront A• creage,

Modular home, 3 BR, 2Bth •

9.62 property, • fenced pasture

$399,000 M3857

Beautiful home w/custom kitch• Attached garage with guest • room &3 piece bath•

$375,000 M4019

Luxurious 3 BR Custom Log Home• Laundry on main, Games room/• moreResort style Atmosphere- Mile High!•

$349,000 M3894

Exclusive recreational property• Wonderful lake views & access• 2 bdrms & loft log cabin• Onsite caretaker, weekly rentals•

$288,000 M4033

RANCHES, RURAL AND RECREATION



call 250-378-6181



INC GST

LOWER

NICOLA

LOWER

NICOLA $2,000 BUYER

BONUS

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New 2 bed, 2 bath Apartment• Bright open design• Kitchen w/ lrg center island• Laundry room in unit•

$164,000 M4001

Close to down town core• Great investment property•

$139,000 M4021

N• ice 3 BR, 2 full Bath, 1/2 duplex

Fam Room on Main w/2 BRs, Kitch•

And L.R. on 2nd storey, Fenced yard•

$159,000 M3851

$75,000 INCL GST M4046 $59,990 M4044

New Double wide mobile home• 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom• Close to schools and park•

Beautiful rebuilt Mobile Home• Priced to sell• 2 bedrooms 1 bathroom• 55+ Mobile Park•



call 250-378-6181



1500 sq.ft/• fl oor, wheelchair access Top fl oor, 1 offi ce, mini kitch & Bth• Backyard fenced• , Ramps both sides

Locally managed 11 unit building• Main fl oor has laundry hookups• U/G sprinklers, good tenant base• Corner store half a block away•

$725,000 M4002

$265,000 M4027

Approx 15 acres of dev. prop• Current zoning I3 w/portion in • ALRSubdivision potential•

$499,000 M3873

4 Plex – Investors, lots of parking•

4 Lrg Suites, Close to D/Town•

Double L• ot, Great Location

$388,000 M3863

Perfect family enterprise• Training can be provided• Beautiful storefront and deli.• 2 walk-in coolers, large quick freeze.•

Investors, priced for your budget!• Totally updated side X side duplex• Currently rented with separate hydro• Unit A 725 sq ft, Unit B 778 sq ft approx.•

$150,000 M4030

$219,850 M4048

PROFITABLE

LOCAL BUSINESS

LOTS AND ACREAGE26 Country acreage• Natural grasslands,• Good water table • 2 acre, leveled, ready for a home•

$310,000 M4042

Lovely getaway acreage!• Great views of Stump Lake• Easy access to the highway• Water system & power to lot line•

$212,000 M3974

Spectacular Sunshine Valley!• Special 9.9+ acre property• Pristine views of Nicola River• Build your Future•

$249,000 M4004

24 acres, beautiful Sunshine Valley• Treed lot, very private, easy access• Many potential building sites• Hydro & phone lines to prop line•

$195,000 M3603

Absolutely lovely 2+ acres• Beautiful southern views• Backs on to Crown Land•

$150,000 M3940

Extra large double lot• 2 city water & sewage hookups• Easy access w/ paved roads•

$100,000 M3495

Good sized lot, Ok for double wide• City services @ prop line• Mountain view in a quiet area•

$79,000 M3534

Desirable Nicola Wynd Dev.• Nice lot for your dream home• Quality builder available•

$79,000 M3909

Beautiful river view• Nice, quiet neighborhood• Close to downtown•

$79,000 M3707

Easy access to new Retail and Dining• Wonderful Views, good sized lot• Build your own dream home•

$60,500 M3914 & M3915

Desirable Nicola Wynd Dev.• Build your dream home• Quality builder available •

$70,000 M3908, M3910, M3911

New residential lots in nice area• Located in quiet cul-de-sac • Fully serviced incl curbs/ storm drain•

$57,000 M3692

1.44 acre, approx, 295 ft river-front• Walking distance to downtown• Gorgeous views of mtns/ranchland•

$134,900 M3898

COMMERCIAL LOTS

One of a kind in downtown• Potential dev opportunities• Bring your building plans•

$85,000 M3942

Well known location• Insurance offi ce across the lane• Adjacent to city’s only Drycleaners•

$85,900 M3935Great Investment Opportunity!• Prime development potential.• Ideal location for your business.• Mixed use commercial.•

$570,000 M4038

SOLD

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