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ROAD CONDITIONS WORSEN PAGE 3 COPS FOR KIDS PAGE 9 WOLF POPULATION BOOMS PAGE 5 Nicola Valley’s News Voice Since 1905 MERRITT HERALD merrittherald.com bcclassified.com TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2013 • MERRITT NEWSPAPERS FREE FEATURE HOMES Great Investment Opportunity! • Prime development potential. • Ideal location for your business. • Mixed use commercial. • $570,000 M4038 PROFITABLE LOCAL BUSINESS • Perfect family enterprise • Training can be provided • Beautiful storefront and deli. • 2 walk-in coolers, large quick • freeze. $150,000 M4030 Amazing kitchen w/granite • Easy care yard • 5 BR, 4 bth family home w/pool • New roof & remodeled bath- • rooms $439,000 M4039 UNIQUE PROPERTY • 13+ acres close to Merritt • House is 3 years new • 3 bdrm, 3 bath, family home • Detached garage/shop & 2 wells. • $755,000 M4036 Phone: 250-378-6181 1988 Quilchena Ave., Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 • Fax: 250-378-6184 www.royallepage.ca/merritt www.realtor.ca Helping you is what we do. ™ MERRITT See our full Real Estate Review inside the Thursday edition of the Merritt Herald. NEW LISTING NEW LISTING NEW LISTING NEW LISTING NEW LISTING NEW LISTING NEW LISTING NEW LISTING Two Nicola Valley groups are hoping to send two local actors to Zurich, Switzerland for the premiere of the locally-shot movie they starred in. Merritt SaySo Expression Society president Mil Juricic and Merritt and District Chamber of Commerce manager Etelka Gillespie are spearheading an ini- tiative to raise funds to send the two lead actors from the movie Shana: The Wolf’s Music to the pre- miere of the Swiss film. Come March, they are hoping to send Lower Nicola Indian Band member Sunshine O’Donovan, who plays the main character, Shana, and fellow cast member Delilah Dick, who plays Shana’s teacher and mentor, to the film’s premiere in Zurich. Juricic and Gillespie are look- ing at ways to fundraise for the trip. Juricic told the Herald the non- profit SaySo and the local cham- ber of commerce recently put in a grant proposal with Rotary Club of Merritt Sunrise. Juricic said they are looking at sending the pair to Zurich for 10 to 12 days. Gillespie said it should cost about $7,000 to send the pair on the roundtrip to Switzerland. “We’re doing stuff on the cheap here,” Juricic said. The two actors plan to take some of the dresses they wore in the film to wear at the premiere as well. “It’s [about] creating a pres- ence and enough of a profile that people say ‘Oh, gee, we want to see that film in our country,’” Juricic said, noting the hope is there will be film distributors at the premiere. Gillespie said the actors also plan to tour schools around Zurich to talk about the film and Canadian life in Lower Nicola. Juricic said he also hopes to submit the film to be shown at some film festivals, such as the Berlin Film Festival or even the Sundance Film Festival. The film will also likely see a debut in Canada and Juricic said they are lobbying to get that premiere brought to Merritt next spring. Juricic said SaySo, the chamber of commerce and the Thompson- Nicola Film Commission are working to promote the locally- shot film as much as possible. “There’s been a number of films, Hollywood included, that have done films in this area. This one is particularly precious because it’s about this area,” Juricic said. The film was directed by Switzerland’s Nino Jacusso and made in conjunc- tion with Switzerland’s Reck Filmproduktions and Vancouver’s Red Cedar Films. There are 50 speaking roles in the movie — including six lead actors — and 95 per cent of them are First Nations. Even Juricic has a small speak- ing role in the film. “What’s unique about this production is that it hasn’t been peppered by famous Hollywood actors or anything.” By Michael Potestio THE HERALD [email protected] Groups hope to send local actors to film premiere A screen shot from Shana: The Wolf’s Music, which was shot locally and stars Lower Nicola Indian Band member Sunshine O’Donovan. Submitted See ‘SaySo’ Page 2
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ROAD CONDITIONS WORSENPAGE 3
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Two Nicola Valley groups are hoping to send two local actors to Zurich, Switzerland for the premiere of the locally-shot movie they starred in.
Merritt SaySo Expression Society president Mil Juricic and Merritt and District Chamber of Commerce manager Etelka Gillespie are spearheading an ini-tiative to raise funds to send the two lead actors from the movie Shana: The Wolf ’s Music to the pre-miere of the Swiss film.
Come March, they are hoping to send Lower Nicola Indian Band
member Sunshine O’Donovan, who plays the main character, Shana, and fellow cast member Delilah Dick, who plays Shana’s teacher and mentor, to the film’s premiere in Zurich.
Juricic and Gillespie are look-ing at ways to fundraise for the trip.
Juricic told the Herald the non-profit SaySo and the local cham-ber of commerce recently put in a grant proposal with Rotary Club of Merritt Sunrise.
Juricic said they are looking at sending the pair to Zurich for 10 to 12 days.
Gillespie said it should cost about $7,000 to send the pair on
the roundtrip to Switzerland.“We’re doing stuff on the
cheap here,” Juricic said.The two actors plan to take
some of the dresses they wore in the film to wear at the premiere as well.
“It’s [about] creating a pres-ence and enough of a profile that people say ‘Oh, gee, we want to see that film in our country,’” Juricic said, noting the hope is there will be film distributors at the premiere.
Gillespie said the actors also plan to tour schools around Zurich to talk about the film and Canadian life in Lower Nicola.
Juricic said he also hopes to
submit the film to be shown at some film festivals, such as the Berlin Film Festival or even the Sundance Film Festival.
The film will also likely see a debut in Canada and Juricic said they are lobbying to get that premiere brought to Merritt next spring.
Juricic said SaySo, the chamber of commerce and the Thompson-Nicola Film Commission are working to promote the locally-shot film as much as possible.
“There’s been a number of films, Hollywood included, that have done films in this area. This one is particularly precious because it’s about this area,”
Juricic said.The film was directed by
Switzerland’s Nino Jacusso and made in conjunc-tion with Switzerland’s Reck Filmproduktions and Vancouver’s Red Cedar Films.
There are 50 speaking roles in the movie — including six lead actors — and 95 per cent of them are First Nations.
Even Juricic has a small speak-ing role in the film.
“What’s unique about this production is that it hasn’t been peppered by famous Hollywood actors or anything.”
By Michael PotestioTHE HERALD
Groups hope to send local actors to fi lm premiere
A screen shot from Shana: The Wolf’s Music, which was shot locally and stars Lower Nicola Indian Band member Sunshine O’Donovan. Submitted
See ‘SaySo’ Page 2
www.merrittherald.com 2 • TUESDAY, November 12, 2013
NICOLA VALLEY NEWS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 Twelve Months in Merritt - a dance recital presented by the students of the Love to Dance Academy. Free. Civic Centre doors open at 6 pm, program starts @ 6:30 pm. Raffles & silent auction.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28 ANNUAL COMMUNITY CONCERT Doors open at 6:00 pm and the concert starts at 7:00 pm. Admission is by donation at the door. This is an event that you won’t want to miss so come early! For more information call Kurt at 250-378-4909 or email: [email protected]
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29 CRAFTER’S MALL at the Civic Centre. Doors open at 2:00pm and close at 10:00 pm
CONCESSION - at the Civic Centre, operated by Mandolins open 2:30 pm-5:00 pm
SANTA PARADE Call Darrel at 250-315-8247. Applicatons at Chamber Office, Baillie House, & Country Bug Books. Starts 7:00 pm
SANTA’S VILLAGE opens in the Culture Club, 2058 Granite Ave., after the parade and will remain open until 10:00 pm
MERRITT COMMUNITY BAND will perform in the foyer at the Civic Centre after the parade
BAILLIE HOUSE after the parade - free cocoa, coffee, tea • Bake Sale until 10 pm
MIDNIGHT MADNESS hourly sales & a youth Christmas card display & sales with proceeds to the food bank
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30CRAFTER’S MALL 9:00 am-4:00 pm, at the Civic Centre
SANTA’S VILLAGE opens in the Culture Club, 2058 Granite Ave. 10:00 am-12:00 noon and 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
BAILLIE HOUSE Bake Sale 10:00am-4:00pm
CONCESSION - at the Civic Centre, operated by Mandolins open 9:00 am-4:00 pm
Q 101 - Q BEAR FUNDRAISER Spirit Square, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm. Proceeds from bear sales to Merritt Soup Kitchen
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1BREAKFAST WITH SANTA 9 – 11 am at the Civic Centre. Tickets available at the Civic Centre and Aquatic Centre in advance for $5.00 or $7.00 at the door
Events Sponsored by:CITY OF MERRITT, MERRITT PRINTING,MERRITT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, COMMUNITY FUTURES NICOLA VALLEY, Q 101, MERRITT HERALD
DESIGNED BY MERRITT PRINTING
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The public and all interested parties are invited to attend the
Annual General Meeting for Tourism Nicola Valley, to be held
Thursday, November 14th 2013, commencing at Noon at the Merritt Desert Inn, at 2350 Voght Street Merritt, BC.
For further information please call Rob Miller at 250-378-3923 or email: [email protected]
www.tourismmerrit.com
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Royal LePage Real Estate • Tourism Nicola Valley • Carrie Ware & Co. Inc.
Tickets at Baillie House, Black’s Pharmacy & Mandolin’s CoffeehouseSingles Adults $22 • Singles Seniors & Students $17Singles Children $12 • Children 5 & under FREE
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V1K 1B8The Children’s
Therapy and Family Resource Centre held a two-day workshop called “Coming together to learn” for community child care providers and educators in Merritt.
The workshop was held at the Crossroads Community Church on Nov. 1 and 2.
Supportive child development consultant for the organization Brenda Gustafson said the workshop was the first the organization has held in Merritt and she intends to host another one in the spring.
At the workshop, childcare providers of Merritt attended lectures by three pre-senters, one of which was about strategies to increase a child’s positive behaviour, Gustafson said.
There was even a yoga session in between presentations for the participants.
The yoga was to get them moving after a morning of sitting, Gustafson said.
In total, 56 people attended the workshop, Gustafson said.
Ellen Maclaren from Tumbleweed Playschool Society said the work-shop was informative for her. She said she learned about new ideas on positive attitudes in dealing with children on a daily basis.
At the workshop, Gustafson told the Herald the childcare providers got to learn a variety of techniques on how to run their pro-grams.
Children’s Therapy and Family Resource Centre is a provincially-funded agency based out of Kamloops, but has a Merritt office.
Child care workers extend knowledgeBy Michael Potestio
“All the acting is done by real, local people who are in the film,” Juricic said, noting the Nicola Valley isn’t portrayed as a different part of the world in this movie, but rather as itself.
The film is about a 13-year-old Canadian First Nations girl who is a gifted violinist. After her father sells her violin to pay a debt, Shana
steals it back, takes to the wilderness and discovers a new form of musical expression leading to her acceptance to a Vancouver music school. While in the wilderness, she connects with a wolf that protects her.
The film was filmed in the Nicola Valley last summer.
Juricic said anyone who has an idea for fundraising for this cause can contact the chamber of com-merce office at (250) 378-5634.
SaySo, chamber of commerce looking for fundraising ideas for Swiss tripFrom Page 1
Ellen Maclaren and a group of other child care workers participate in a yoga session in between lectures at the first Children’s Therapy and Family Resources workshop on Nov. 1 at the Crossroads Community Church. Michael Potestio/Herald
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GOOD MORNING!
From the Herald archives: November, 1976
Another new
business: the Yarn Barn for Merritt
A new business is opening in Mer-ritt this week and will be a welcome addition to the downtown shop-ping area. The Yarn Barn, owned and operated by Rebec-ca Warren and Donna Gilbertson, both Merritt resi-dents, is opening Thursday, Nov. 4 at 9:30 a.m.
Both these ladies have loved to work with wool and have found that Yarn Barn offers quality and such interest-ing combinations, as well as the expe-rience of selecting combinations and weights at a very reasonable price.
Mrs. War-ren, a keypunch operator, says it is a first time into business for her and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Gilbert-son, and they are both looking for-ward very much to their new venture.
REMEMBERWHEN?
Friends & Neighbours
The Merritt Herald is looking forCOMMUNITY-SUBMITTED STORIES
about your Friends & Neighbours.Ph: 250.378.4241 Fax: [email protected] www.merrittherald.com2090 Granite Avenue, P.O. Box 9, Merritt, B.C.
MERRITT HERALDPlease bring them in to:
BABY BETS OFF The bets on when Brambles Bakery co-owner Sarah Molnar (centre) would welcome her baby to the world are off: baby Rufus was born Oct. 5. To celebrate, Brambles hosted a month-long “baby pool,” where a $2 donation to the food bank bought each donor a guess on Molnar’s delivery date. The pool ended up raising $109 for the food bank, which manager Marlene Fenton (left) accepted on Oct. 31, and earned pool winner Rachelle Vogt (right) lunch for two at the restaurant. Emily Wessel/Herald
As road conditions worsen, Merritt RCMP members are reminding Merrittonians to be careful when they’re travelling on highways.
Now that winter driv ing conditions have arrived in the Nicola Valley, drivers need to slow down and drive at a speed appropriate to road conditions, Merritt RCMP Cpl. Doug Hardy said.
“This time of year [in the] early morning [and] later part of the afternoon, be careful in shaded areas because that can frost up pretty fast,” Hardy said.
He said in those areas it’s easy not to notice ice and frost
developing on the road.Roadway conditions can
change quite rapidly, Hardy said.
A Merritt police cruiser was struck by a vehicle on the night of Nov. 3 on the Coquihalla Highway near Surrey Lake Summit.
Hardy said the police car was attending the scene of an accident when a Pontiac Grand Am rear-ended it.
A female officer was inside the police car at the time but wasn’t hurt in the incident, Hardy said.
He said none of the four occupants of the Grand Am were injured.
There was, however, about $4,000 worth of damage to the Pontiac, and about $6,500
in damage to the police cruiser.
That day, there were slushy and slippery sections on the Coquihalla Highway and mul-tiple reported vehicle incidents north of Merritt, according to Drive BC.
Hardy said Merritt police responded to about eight acci-dents that weekend.
Hardy also said he thinks the conditions on the Coquihalla were not good, and doesn’t believe people slowed down for the condi-tions as many calls were of cars that had gone off the road and into ditches.
“A lot of them just went into the ditch,” Hardy said. “There wasn’t any damage. The ones we responded to
obviously had damage, maybe even minor injuries,” Hardy said, noting there were no incidents involving serious injuries or fatalities in the Merritt area that weekend.
BCAS offers safety tipsThe BC Ambulance
Service is warning pedestri-ans and drivers to be careful on the road, especially in the weeks following the time change.
The provincial emergency service reports it responded to 19 per cent more calls for pedestrians being hit by cars in the four weeks following the change from daylight sav-ings time to standard time compared to the previous four weeks.
The service recommends pedestrians wear reflective clothing and carry a flashlight; use sidewalks where avail-able or walk facing traffic; use crosswalks; stay off highways; be careful walking around hedges, parked cars and buses; make eye contact with drivers; and avoid headphones or talk-ing on cellphones.
BC Ambulance Service recommends drivers slow down in the wet, dark winter months, especially around crosswalks; shoulder check when turning right to make sure no pedestrians are walk-ing; be attentive, particularly around schools and residential neighbourhoods; and never pass a vehicle that is stopped for pedestrians.
Winter road conditions hit CoquihallaBy Michael Potestio
Do you know someone who puts time, energy, talent, and hard work into making their community in the Nicola Valley a little bit better?
The B.C. government is taking nominations for British Columbia Community Achievement Awards and is seeking applicants who are dedicated to making arts and culture,
sports and recreation, multicultural-ism, the environment, health care, education, civic duty, business innova-tion, voluntarism, philanthropy, and youth and senior leadership more vibrant in their communities.
“Each year, we encourage com-munities to consider their citizens who make a difference,” said Keith
Mitchell, chair of the BC Achieve-ment Foundation, which administers the awards. “Take the time to nomi-nate the special people who contrib-ute to your communities — either as a volunteer or in the course of their work — and who inspire by their example.”
The recipients are selected by an
independent council of community leaders and will be honoured at a ceremony at Government House in Victoria in the spring.
Nominations can be submitted online and are due by Nov. 15. For more information about the process, visit bcachievement.com or call (604) 261-9777 or 1-866-882-6088 toll-free.
Province looking to award community achievers
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vintage cars, a silent auction, oodles of poodle skirts, and decorations to match. Emily Wessel/Herald
Check in from UBCM
Merritt Mayor Susan Roline,
Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart
and city councillors Mike Goetz,
Dave Baker, Harry Kroeker
and Kurt Christopherson are in
Vancouver this week at the Union
of B.C. Municipalities conference.
The conference got started on
Monday and the group from city
hall met with a few ministers to dis-
cuss various projects.
Coun. Mike Goetz said they met
with Minister of Forests, Lands and
Natural Resource Operations Steve
Thomson on Monday to discuss the
city’s desire to purchase 100 acres
of land behind the bench area that
the city has been looking into for
about a year.
Goetz said the city would like to
bring in more technological-related
industries into town. Not want-
ing to locate those industries in an
industrial area, the city is looking to
purchase the land behind the bench
area for future development.
“Our request is a fairly simple
one, we’re just looking to purchase
some land,” Goetz said. “We’re not
asking for a gift or anything like
that.”The cost of the land is based on
market value, Merritt Mayor Susan
Roline said.
Once the province gives them
the approval to purchase, the city
would need to get three appraisals
of land and the average cost would
determine the value, she said.
Roline said they also talked
about the Gateway 286 project with
Thomson, mentioning the city’s
already invested over $2 million in
infrastructure to service the area
and are eager to see the project
move forward as that investment is
deteriorating.
Roline also attended the fourth
meeting of the BC Mayors Caucus,
which brought together 124 mayors
from around the province.
“Our largest attendance yet,”
Roline said.
By Michael Potestio
THE HERALD
See ‘Pipeline’ Page 4
UBCM to vote on city-driven resolutions today
Representatives from Merritt
are sponsoring a couple of
resolutions at the Union of B.C.
Municipalities conference in
Vancouver this week, which could
help eliminate a hurdle in the
Gateway 286 project.
“We’re looking up at the
[Gateway] 286 project, and there’s
land up there that we want to use
that is still governed by the ALR
[Agricultural Land Reserve],”
Coun. Mike Goetz said.
It is also more com-
monly referred to as the ALC
(Agricultural Land Commission)
and its goal is to ensure agricul-
tural land is maintained for agri-
cultural purposes, he said.
The resolution would call on
the provincial government to
establish a process to recognize
that drawbacks to local govern-
ments outweigh the potential
benefits of retaining certain lands
deemed unsuitable to reserve for
agriculture.
The resolution involves the
Agricultural Land Commission
Act and Agricultural Land
Reserve Regulations and aims to
change the regulations pertaining
to these lands.
Another Merritt-sponsored
resolution pertaining to ALC lands
would simplify the process and
time it takes to gain approval and
remove those lands from the ALC.
Goetz said their resolution
would make the acquisition of
agricultural lands for non-agricul-
tural purposes easier.
Both Merritt-sponsored resolu-
tions will be voted on today.
He said the land involved in
the Gateway 286 project is non-
farmable.“There really is no agricultural
concern up there because nothing
grows up there except tumble-
weed,” Goetz said, adding in all
his years in Merritt he’s never seen
anything but weeds growing there.
Goetz said due to the large
number of resolutions, multiple
resolutions will often be rolled
into one “block” and voted on
together.Given the non-contentious
nature of their resolution, Goetz
said he can’t see it failing to pass.
“And it’s not just Gateway 286.
What we’re trying to do is we’re
trying to make that process more
available and easier for everybody
in the province and that’s why we
brought it forward,” Goetz said.
Merritt Mayor Susan Roline
said this resolution will also help
future growth with other lands
that fit this description.
Goetz and Roline said they’ve
received a lot of support on the
resolution from other communities
that have run into these types of
situations.“It’s not hard to figure out that
this kind of thing holds communi-
ties back for years,” Goetz said.
A simpler application process
would cut down on the time it
takes to go through a process to
get the land off the ALC, which
can take years, Goetz said.
Though this resolution won’t
solve all the problems associ-
ated with Gateway 286, it will
knock down at least one hurdle in
Merritt.“You get a process where you
say ‘OK, this is unusable land,
we’ll just automatically take it out
of ALR and it becomes Crown
land, which is much easier to
move into a project than ALR
land,’” Goetz said.
By Michael Potestio
THE HERALD
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ALL SHOOK UP Elvis tribute artist Jeff Bodner had the audience a
the annual Crime Stoppers fundraiser. The 1950s and ’60s-themed e
vintage cars, a silent auction, oodles of poodle skirts, and decoration
Check in from UBCM
Merritt Mayor Susan Roline,
Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart
and city councillors Mike Goetz,
Dave Baker, Harry Kroeker
and Kurt Christopherson are in
Vancouver this week at the Union
of B.C. Municipalities conference.
The conference got started on
Monday and the group from city
hall met with a few ministers to dis-
cuss various projects.
Coun. Mike Goetz said they met
with Minister of Forests, Lands and
Natural Resource Operations Steve
Thomson on Monday to discuss the
city’s desire to purchase 100 acres
of land behind the bench area that
the city has been looking into for
about a year.
Goetz said the city would like to
bring in more technological-related
industries into town. Not want-
ing to locate those industries in an
industrial area, the city is looking to
purchase the land behind the bench
area for future development.
“Our request is a fairly simple
one, we’re just looking to purchase
some land,” Goetz said. “We’re not
asking for a gift or anything like
that.”The cost of the land is based on
market value, Merritt Mayor Susan
Roline said.
Once the province gives them
the approval to purchase, the city
would need to get three appraisals
of land and the average cost would
determine the value, she said.
Roline said they also talked
about the Gateway 286 project with
Thomson, mentioning the city’s
already invested over $2 million in
infrastructure to service the area
and are eager to see the project
move forward as that investment is
deteriorating.
Roline also attended the fourth
meeting of the BC Mayors Caucus,
which brought together 124 mayors
from around the province.
“Our largest attendance yet,”
Roline said.
By Michael Potestio
THE HERALD
See ‘Pipeline’ Page 4
UBCM to vote on city-driven resolu
Representatives from Merritt
are sponsoring a couple of
resolutions at the Union of B.C.
Municipalities conference in
Vancouver this week, which could
help eliminate a hurdle in the
Gateway 286 project.
“We’re looking up at the
[Gateway] 286 project, and there’s
land up there that we want to use
that is still governed by the ALR
[Agricultural Land Reserve],”
Coun. Mike Goetz said.
It is also more com-
monly referred to as the ALC
(Agricultural Land Commission)
and its goal is to ensure agricul-
tural land is maintained for agri-
cultural purposes, he said.
The resolution would call on
the provincial government to
establish a process to recognize
that drawbacks to local govern-
ments outweigh the potential
benefits of retaining certain lands
deemed unsuitable to reserve for
agriculture.
The resolution involves the
Agricultural Land Commission
Act and Agricultural Land
Reserve Regulations and aims to
change the regulations pertaining
to these lands.
Another Merritt-sponsored
resolution pertaining to ALC lands
would simplify the process and
time it takes to gain approval and
remove those lands from the ALC.
Goetz said their resolution
would make the acquisition of
agricultural lands for non-agricul-
tural purposes easier.
Both Merritt-sponsored resolu-
tions will be voted on today.
He said the land involved in
the Gateway 286 project is non-
farmable.“There really is no agricultural
concern up there because nothing
grows up there except tumble-
weed,” Goetz said, adding in all
his years in Merritt he’s never seen
anything but weeds growing there.
Goetz said due to the large
number of resolutions, multiple
resolutions will often be rolled
into one “block” and voted on
together.Given the non-con
nature of their resolu
said he can’t see it fai
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What we’re trying to
trying to make that
available and easier
in the province and
brought it forward,
Merritt Mayor
said this resolution
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A tentative deal that will see school support workers receive a 3.5 per cent raise has been reached between the Canadian Union of Public Employees (the union representing edu-cation support staff) and
the B.C. Public Schools Employers Association.The two groups announced they’ve reached an agreement under the 2012 Co-operative Gains
Mandate last week.The provincial frame-work for the deal was reached on Wednesday for the 27,000 kindergarten to
Grade 12 CUPE education support staff, who have been without a contract for
a year.The two-year agree-ment provides a one per
cent increase dating from July 1, 2012; a two per cent increase on Feb. 1, 2014 and the 0.5 per cent
on May 1, 2014.The new agreement is retroactive and will expire just over nine months from now.
Local CUPE president Wade Thompson said the deal still needs to be ratified by the union mem-
bers, and he hopes to set up a date to ratify the deal within the week.
Thompson said the union has a good relation-ship with School District 58 and doesn’t believe ratifying the deal will be a
problem.“We’re cautiously opti-
mistic and the reality of the situation is we’re here for the kids, we work with the kids, we’re about the kids,” Thompson said, not-ing the general consensus is not to have a strike.Each school district board will need to meet with their local CUPE chapter and formulate an
agreement dealing with all of their local issues to create a final agreement which each side will need
to ratify. The school district will
need to find the funding to incorporate the new raise and have its school trustees approve the plan before sending it to the Ministry
of Education for approval.The deadline to ratify the agreement is Dec. 20.School District 58 superintendent Bob Peacock said every district
needs to come up with a savings plan to show where in their budgets the money for the raise will come from.
“That’s the process that we’re now in, to take a look at our budget and see
where we can get ongoing
savings,” Peacock said, not-ing the savings will need to be ongoing to incorporate the raise for each year.Peacock said he has some ideas on how the school district will accom-
modate the raise in their budget, but preferred not to mention those ideas until they are discussed with the trustees.“I would say at the most, in two weeks, we’d
like to be moving forward with it,” Peacock said.He said he’s happy the
organizations have a deal in place.
“Any time you can get labour peace without dis-rupting the school system
is outstanding,” Peacock said.
The agreement was reached without any con-cessions on the part of CUPE members.The Co-operative Gains Mandate states employers (in this case school districts) need to find savings within their budgets or within the collective agreements to fund modest compensation
increases for workers if warranted. The provincial government is not going to be funding wage increases within the public sector, according to a Ministry of
Education spokesperson.
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School District 58 has
exceeded its enrolment
projections for the current
school year.
At the first school board
meeting of the year on Sept.
18, superintendent Bob
Peacock said the district
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-
uting the district’s $311,007
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.
By Michael Potestio
THE HERALD
School district enrolment above projections
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.
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Hearing from con-stituents is, in my view, a critically important part of elected office. Many citizens take the time to offer constructive advice that can help public office holders do a more effective job in repre-senting constituents. From my own perspec-tive, I greatly value the comments and feedback that I receive back each week in response to my weekly reports.
In last week’s discus-sion, I raised the topic of the Senate and in particular recent efforts to suspend a number of senators without pay. I also shared some of the feedback I had received on this subject that was overwhelming outrage as most citizens feel strongly that sena-tors should be held to the same standards as everyday citizens.
One criticism I heard from a number of indi-viduals is that I did not firmly state my position
on this subject. Having since re-read last week’s report, I agree with my critics in that I did not clearly state my stance on this issue as clearly as I should have and in this week’s report, I would like to remedy that.
For the record, I fully support the suspen-sion of these senators without pay and while the majority of citizens I have heard from also strongly support this position, there are a few who disagree.
The argument most frequently made from those who support the senators not being sus-pended is “due process” should be the guiding factor. The challenge with that from my expe-rience (as I stated in last week’s report) is “due process” as it pertains to elected officials spend-ing tax dollars usually amounts to finding a loophole to justify an expense and arguing that it did not technical-ly break any rules and as such there should be no consequences.
As I also passed on last week (with an example), this practice has clearly gone on in Ottawa for far too long – this is why there are literally entire chap-ters of rules governing members’ business in
order to close previous loopholes that have allowed for the exploita-tion of tax dollars by elected officials. I should also add this is not a partisan issue; there have been many exam-ples over the years from members representing all major political par-ties that have abused tax dollars in expense claims.
The message that I hear loudly from citi-zens and what I believe needs to be understood in Ottawa is that this issue is not about a pro-cedural argument find-ing a way to suggest a rule was broken or not. This is an issue of trust – the public trust.
When Canadians elect fellow citizens to represent them in gov-ernment, they expect tax dollars to be respect-ed and used fairly and ethically when it comes to the expenses of pub-lic office. It’s no differ-ent than citizens expect-ing elected officials to act honourably, refrain from using profanity, to
show up for work and as legislators, to not break the law.
For the vast majority of citizens I hear from, if they were to misuse use tax dollars or abuse funds from an employer, they would expect serious consequences for that behaviour. This same expectation extends not just to the Senate but to all elected
officials. Last year I posted an
annual accountability report. In this report, I attempted to provide as much information as possible on a variety of different subjects includ-ing travel, sponsored travel, meetings and other activities related to my position as a mem-ber of Parliament.
After doing this report, I received a strong level of sup-port from citizens who appreciated the infor-mation and effort for increased transparency. As a result of that feed-back, I am currently in the process of preparing what will become an
annual accountability report summarizing my actions and expenses over the past year.
Although there is no formal requirement for a member of Parlia-ment to issue annual accountability reports beyond what is already publicly available, I believe increased trans-parency helps to main-tain the integrity of our democratic process.
While Canadians may differ on what poli-cies will best serve the public interest, such as more free trade versus protectionism or per-haps the desirability of lower versus higher taxes, there is one thing we agree on: the need for elected officials to serve in a way that respects the public trust.
It is my intention to have my annual accountability report released within the next few weeks and I will welcome your questions and feedback. I can be reached via email at [email protected] or by phone at 1-800-665-8711. I look forward to hearing from you.
Dan Albas is the member of Parliament for Okanagan-Coquihalla. His blog is DaninOttawa.com and previous MP reports can be found at danalbas.com.
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Trust at centre of Senate scandal
‘‘‘This is an issue of trust — the public trust.’
— MP DAN ALBAS
www.merrittherald.com TUESDAY, November 12, 2013 • 5
Merritt has been in the international head-lines again. This time it had nothing to do with feral cats or bobcats roaming in our city. This time it was much more serious. The headlines read: “Aggressive wolf pack attack near Mer-ritt prompts warning.” The encounter was seri-ous enough for the BC Forestry Safety Council to issue a warning to all their employees and people living in the Mer-ritt area. As much as some try to convince us that this is just a singular case, it happens more frequently each passing year. The provincial gov-ernment has stated that the wolf population in our province is growing each year and in some areas has reached the point of over-population.
The regular read-ers of this column may remember my article about the peril of the B.C. mountain caribou. Part of the problem is a growing wolf population killing off these endan-gered animals at a rate that puts the survival of the entire herd in jeopardy. There are gov-
ernment reports that elk and moose population in some areas are facing similar pressure from wolves.
With a growing wolf population, the danger to humans increases dramatically too. Once the wolves have deci-mated their natural prey, they quickly learn that human-inhabited areas within their range are an easily accessible food source. Each year, there are reports of farmers and ranchers who lose cattle and horses to packs of wolves. In one case, it was reported that two wolves in a single night killed over 170 sheep.
Wolf advocates try to convince us that wolves only kill what they need for food. Not quite true. Research has shown, time and again, that in areas where wildlife and livestock exist in large numbers, wolves, for rea-sons not fully understood yet, will indiscriminately kill every animal they can catch. Humans in these areas are also attacked more frequently.
Wolves can become a real danger to humans when they come close to our towns. I discovered this year that they are closer to Merritt than I would ever have imag-ined. At the start of the hunting season, I noticed the deer in my favourite hunting spot just outside Merritt appeared to be more skittish than in previous years, and
I kept wondering why that might be. I got the answer when I shot a bear in mid-October and went back in the evening to retrieve one of my treestands. Passing about a hundred metres by the field where I took the bear, I noticed crows and eagles feasting on the intestines and organs I left behind. I also noticed what I thought at first were two big coy-otes nearby; they were unusually large so I had to have a closer look at them. To my astonish-ment, I saw that they were, in fact, wolves.
Now if we are to
believe the pro-wolf advocates, we all should learn to co-exist with wolves. Of course, such talk emanates mostly from people who live in cities where no one has to co-exist with any wildlife and certainly not with wolves. On the other hand, we have researched expertise from wildlife authorities such as wildlife biolo-gist Dr. Valerius Geist who has studied wolves to a great extent and concluded that wolves indeed can be a tre-mendous menace on wildlife populations and livestock, and have no
hesitation whatsoever to take on humans too if their populations are not strictly managed. Wolves live in large packs of up to 30 and 40 animals strong, but they do not run together at all times. They split up in small groups in search of prey — meaning if you see one or two wolves, there are 20 or more you don’t see.
Our government has recognized the problem of an ever-growing wolf population throughout the Thompson region and is considering lifting all remaining wolf har-vest restrictions.
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ROYAL REWARD Royal Canadian Legion Branch 96 in Merritt members Jan Oswald (left) and Randy Poehnell middle) display a cheque for $8,000 that represents the legion’s contributions to various community organizations over the year. The funds were generated by the poppy campaign and the legion’s Saturday meat draws. Submitted
Wolf population booming in area
OTHMAR VOHRINGERThe OUTDOORSMAN
www.merrittherald.com 6 • TUESDAY, November 12, 2013
Since I moved to Merritt over a year ago, my Google alerts have insisted on alerting me to news from Merritt Island, Florida.
So, late last week, I decided to actually read up on this unincorpo-rated “town” that Internet robots want me to know so much about and share what I’ve learned with the rest of you.
Here are the basics about our doppleganger
to the south.Just under 35,000
people call this island home. It is located off the east coast of Florida but is actually connected to the mainland to the west and another island to the east by causeways.
It’s about an hour’s drive to Orlando on the mainland, and a quick 15-kilometre jaunt across Banana River to the famous Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Merritt Island starts wide in the sparsely-popu-lated north and tapers off to a skinny point in the more populated south.
It is home to a number of unincorporated towns, including Merritt City. Residents of the area overwhelmingly defeated a bid to incorporate the island in 1988, and it remains governed by Bre-
vard County. The average tempera-
ture in November ranges between 15 and a balmy 26 degrees Celsius.
Most famously, Merritt Island is home to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
The population of the island boomed in the 1950s and ’60s during the space race, when the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. battled for firsts in space explora-tion and ultimate cosmic supremacy.
The kind-of former Floridian island is also home to a 140,000-acre nature sanctuary. Some of the resident wildlife includes sea turtles, alli-gators, manatees, bald eagles, and bobcats (hey, we’ve got those!).
About 12,000 feral pigs call North Merritt Island home as well (and you thought our feral cat
population was large!). Some of those animals
have made Merritt Island headlines, including one nine-foot alligator that a man was surprised to find in his front yard. The roaming reptile was even-tually cornered under a car and removed by wild-life officials.
In other strange finds news, a woman came across a treasure in her son’s bag of Halloween candy: a gold ring.
The woman posted on Facebook that she found the ring and other news sources reported on it, but didn’t show a picture of it in the hopes it would lead to an honest iden-tification. As of late last week, the woman reported four people contacted her about lost rings, but sadly, the one she found wasn’t theirs.
The causeways around Merritt Island cause their fair share of accidents, including a fatal motor-cycle crash recently. Other crashes in recent news from the area include a small plane that took off from Merritt Island and crashed in south Georgia, killing one. Back on land, a man crashed his Cadil-lac into a Merritt Island resident’s house.
So there you have it, a quick snapshot of life on Merritt Island, our town’s twin in title, its double in denomination, its nemesis in nomenclature.
Well, maybe nemesis is a bit much, but it’s hard not to be jealous of pic-tures of Merritt Island’s white sandy beaches under the sun while win-ter edges closer and closer to our little Merritt of the north!
HERALD OPINION
The Asian race to Mars
The Curse of Mars also applies to Asian countries.
About two-thirds of the attempted missions to Mars have failed, many of them even before leaving Earth orbit, and most of the rest when they tried to land.
Japan’s only Mars mission failed in 1998.
China’s first attempt failed when the Russian rocket carrying its Mars orbiter into space fell back to Earth in 2011.
So, India seized the opportunity to be the first Asian country to go to Mars.
Fifteen months after the decision was announced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in an Indepen-dence Day speech from the Red Fort in Delhi, India’s half-tonne Man-galyaan vehicle blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on the country’s east coast on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
It is already in Earth orbit and, within two weeks, it will set course for Mars. Unless the Mars Curse gets it, of course.
There is something faintly ridicu-lous about India and China racing to be the first Asian country to reach Mars, but it’s no more ridiculous than the Russian-American space race of the 1960s.
Besides, to be fair to the Indian Space Research Organization, the launch window for making a relatively low-energy transition to a Mars orbit will close before the end of this month — and it won’t open again for more than two years.
Once Mangalyaan gets there, if it does, it will go into orbit around Mars and carry out various scientific experi-ments, notably a search for methane (an indicator of the presence of life) in the Martian atmosphere.
At this point, various arrogant and/or sanctimonious people will point out the American Mars rover
Ever wondered about that other Merritt?
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Curiosity has already report-ed finding no methane on Mars and that India is too poor to be indulging in such foolishness anyway.
The Indians will reply that NASA, the American space agency, also said there was no evidence of water on the Moon — until the Indian lunar orbiter Chan-drayaan-1 reported the pres-ence of water molecules in the lunar soil in 2008.
They might also mention that if the United States waited until there were no more poor Americans before sending people to the Moon, the first U.S mission might leave 50 years from now.
Or maybe not even then.The Indian space pro-
gramme operates on an amazingly small budget (about $1 billion a year), but
it has put dozens of satellites in orbit that provide practi-cal benefits for earthbound Indians: Remote sensing, flood management, cyclone alerts, fishery and forest management, etc.
But, that’s all in near space. The question is really whether long-range space exploration is a rational proposition.
Nationalism is part of the motivation behind every country’s space program and, while it has its comical side, it does at least per-suade the political authori-ties to provide large sums that are needed.
China is planning to land a rover on the Moon next month and is talking about a manned landing there by 2024.
That will certainly speed up India’s manned space program.
Like the old Russian-American space race, the Chinese-Indian one will accelerate the development of new technologies and techniques.
It will fill some of the gap left by the loss of momentum in the older space powers and some use-ful science will get done.
But, the biggest reason for welcoming the entry of major new players in space exploration is the one every-body is too embarrassed to mention — the future of the human race.
Well, almost everyone.Elon Musk, the founder
and CEO of SpaceX, the private company that aims to dominate the delivery-to-orbit service once provided by NASA, actually wants to create a human colony on Mars in his own lifetime — and he’s 41 now.
Musk is a serious player whose large fortune (derived from his creation and subse-quent sale of PayPal) is now devoted to manufacturing electric cars and building space-transportation sys-tems.
Both projects are pros-pering and he sees them as providing the financial and technological basis for pursuing his real goal — spreading human beings beyond this single planetary habitat while the launch window for that is still open.
Musk was quite frank about that in an interview with Rory Carroll in the Guardian newspaper in July.
“The lessons of history suggest that civilizations move in cycles,” he said.
“You can track that back quite far — the Babylonians, the Sumerians. We’re in a very upward cycle right now
and, hopefully, that remains the case. But, it might not.
“There could be some series of events that cause that technology level to decline. Given that this is the first time in 4.5 billion years where it’s been pos-sible for humanity to extend life beyond Earth, it seems like we’d be wise to act while the window was open and not count on the fact that it will be open a long time.”
I’ll let you in on a little secret.
That is a big part of the motivation (though a rarely admitted part) for half the people who work in any of the national space programs, including India’s.
They value the science and they may even revel in the glory from time to time, but that’s what it’s really about.
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Nationalism, glory behind new space race
Dear Editor,
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the people of Merritt who have shown me such kindness in the search for my miss-ing son, Dean Kelly Mor-rison. Everyone has been very supportive and willing to put up the flyers I have given out.
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COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS Aspen Planers presented donations to the Nicola Valley and District Food Bank ($3,000), the Soup Bowl ($700), the Nicola Valley Shelter and Support Society ($600), and Nicola Family Therapy ($600) on Nov. 6. The money was raised over the past year at company functions. The company also donated $200 to each elementary school. Aspen Planers employees and management donated $2,950 at their Christmas party and the company matched it for a total of $5,900 raised. Michael Potestio/Herald
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By Ian WebsterTHE HERALD
As this edition of the Merritt Herald went to print on Friday (due to Remembrance Day), Team Canada West (with the Merritt Centennials’ Dane Birks and Jeff Wight) had earned a place in Sunday’s bronze medal game of the World Junior A Challenge in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
With the grandson of famous netminder Vladislav Tretiak in goal, Russia scored five unanswered times to defeat Team Canada West 5-2 in one of two WJAC semi-final games played on Friday at the Mariner’s Centre in Yarmouth.
The United States and Switzerland were scheduled to play in the second semi-final game later on Friday to deter-mine who will meet
Russia in the champion-ship game and who will meet Canada West in the battle for third spot.
Canada West earned a bye into the semi-finals thanks to a perfect 2-0 record in Pool B prelim-inary round play. They defeated Switzerland 4-3 on Nov. 4 and the Czech Republic 4-1 on Nov. 5.
The United States won Pool A with a 2-0 record after defeating Russia 8-3 and Team Canada East 4-2.
In quarterfinal action, Switzerland edged Canada East 5-4 in overtime, while Russia downed the Czech Republic 3-1.
Sunday’s gold medal game between Russia and either the United States or Switzerland will be Russia’s first appearance in the championship game in the eight-year history of the World Junior A
Challenge, dating back to 2006. It will also be just the second time that Team Canada West is not in the gold medal game.
Canada West has won the gold medal at the WJAC on three occasions (2006, 2007, 2011). The Merritt Centennials’ Casey Pierro-Zabotel was on
the first two champion-ship Canadian teams while the Cents’ Reece Willcox played on the 2011 gold-medal team.
Going into the bronze medal game on Sunday, both Birks (one goal, two assists) and Wight (two goals, one assist) had three points for Team Canada West at the 2013 WJAC.
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TEAM CANADA WEST The Merritt Centennials’ Jeff Wight and Dane Birks are in the middle row, third and fourth from the left respectively. Photo courtesy of Matt Murnaghan/Hockey Canada Images
MERRITT’S VERY OWN (Left) The Merritt Centennials’ Dane Birks during warm-up prior to Team Canada West’s game against Switzerland. (Above) The Centennials’ Jeff Wight celebrates his goal in Canada West’s 4-1 victory over the Czech Republic. Photos courtesy of Tina Comeau/Yarmouth Vanguard
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By Ian WebsterTHE HERALD
The second annual Cops for Kids fundraising volleyball tournament, held on the Nov. 2-3 weekend at the Lower Nicola Band School, was a complete success, according to its prinicipal organizer, Const. Lurene Dillon of the local RCMP detachment.
“We had a total of eight teams take part and we raised over $1,100 for the program,” said Dillon.
In the best-of-three final match on Sunday, it was the Dinosaur Crushers who disposed of the Rockin’ Rambos, 2-0.
“I was the one that chose the team names,” said Dillon with a laugh.
The RCMP constable was very appreciative of all the assistance she received from Brandon Dechert of the local RCMP Community Policing Office, and from the local McDonald’s
restaurant and its manag-ers, Brandy and Graham Walker.
“[McDonald’s] pro-vided us with all sorts of supplies like coffee and muffins,” Dillon said, “and they even put together a volleyball team (Big Macs) made up of employees at the last minute when we had a team drop out.”
Dillon also noted the generosity of principal Angie Sterling who made the Lower Nicola Band School gymnasium avail-able all weekend for the event at no charge.
Annually, the B.C. Southern Interior branch of Cops for Kids raises close to $100,000 to assist children throughout the region who are in medi-cal, physical or traumatic need.
“Recently, we had a specialized bike pur-chased for a local girl who has cerebral palsy,” said Dillon, “and we also donated some funds to a Merritt Youth and Family Services event.”
The Cops for Kids major fundraiser each year is a grueling 10-day bike ride around the southern Interior of the province by RCMP officers. The 2013 event raised almost $94,000.
Online requests for financial assistance from the Cops for Kids program can be made by individuals, families
or groups directly, or by a second or third party on behalf of someone else in need, said Dillon. The financial aid can go towards things like regis-tration costs, equipment purchases and even travel assistance.
For more information on the Cops for Kids program, contact Dillon at 250-315-9877.
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A REAL HIT (Left) Sonny Billy and John Cavaliere contest the volleyball at the net during a game between the Dinosaur Crushers and the Rockin’ Rambos. (Right) As teammate Miguel Mack looks on, Tiana Collins of the Big Macs team focuses on her forearm pass. Ian Webster/Herald
DINO-MITE! The winners of the Cops for Kids fundraising volleyball tournament were the Dino- saur Crushers: (from left) René Thomsen, Rob Dunsmore, Rita Cavaliere, Wendy Farmer (holding trophy), Liz Cavaliere and John Cavaliere. Photo submitted
Soccer Quest developing Merritt’s youthBy Ian WebsterTHE HERALD
Soccer Quest Aca-demy, based out of Nelson, has had a strong presence in Merritt for close to 10 years now.
“We’ve been put-ting on week-long camps every summer for quite awhile,” said Quest owner and senior instructor David Spendlove. “We’ve also been involved in pre-sea-son coaching clinics for Merritt Youth Soccer for the past several years.”
Spendlove and his coaching team have increased their visibility in the Nicola Valley even more this fall by offer-ing an 18-week indoor program for young soc-cer players at Collettville
School on Monday nights.
“We’ve got two groups at present,” said Spendlove, “a U11 group that meets from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and a 12-plus group that goes from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
“The current session runs from September to the early part of December,” added Spendlove. “We’ll take a bit of a break and then offer another 18-week session starting in February.”
Spendlove said the weekly soccer sessions are all about teaching the basics of the beauti-ful game.
“We work on the Canadian Soccer Association’s LTPD (Long Term Player
Development) program. It’s a grassroots skill development program that is used across the country.”
Spendlove really likes what he sees happening with youth soccer in the Merritt area.
“The people who run Merritt Youth Soccer, and have been involved for the last six to seven years, have done an excellent job in developing soccer in the community. We’ve given them a lot of help and they’ve done fantastic.”
The 58-year-old Spendlove has spent a good part of his life hon-ing his craft.
“I originally came over to Canada from England in 1979,” he said. “At the time, I
was just the third full-time head coach of a youth soccer program anywhere in Canada. Today, there are thou-sands.”
Spendlove worked in Toronto for almost 25 years before coming to Kamloops in 2001. After five years with KYSA, he decided to create the privately-run Soccer Quest Academy.
Today, Soccer Quest operates programs for over a thousand young-sters throughout the Kootenays and in com-munities like Kamloops and Merritt.
The easiest way to register for any upcom-ing Soccer Quest pro-grams is to call their head office at 250-352-4625.
GAME ON Soccer Quest players (from left) Wade Kanigan, Mathew Desmond, Beckett Finch, Koen Hales and Sebastien Myram take part in a lively scrimmage at the end of their Monday night session at Collettville School. Ian Webster/Herald
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