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TAKING A STAND FOR EDUCATION A group of teachers at Coquihalla Middle School hold up picket signs on Tuesday. Teachers throughout the Nicola Valley joined with other members of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation across the province in a three-day strike, Monday through Wednesday in protest of Bill 22 “The Education Improvement Act,” which teachers feel will impact classrooms and make class size and composition worse. For more info on the teachers’ strike, visit www.merrittherald.com. Jade Swartzberg/Herald

City plans to increase tax rate two per cent this year By Jade Swartzberg

have to do these big jumps like we have in the past,” said Roline. “And the public will still see significant improvements in the community with the funds.” Council began reviewing the budget draft in January with presentations from each department in the city and Roline says council is in the final stages of the process. Once council approves the five-year financial plan, the budget will proceed to a public consultation on April

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As Merritt’s council and administration put the finishing touches on the 2012 budget, taxpayers can expect the tax rate to rise by approximately two per cent. Mayor Susan Roline says this amount will keep up with inflation and allow the city to put money in reserve for future capital projects. “We feel if we can sort of keep it constant then we don’t

3, where taxpayers will get an outline of the budget and have the opportunity to ask questions. After public consultation, council will be able to move forward with adopting the financial plan and tax bylaw. During budget discussions, councillors considered the possibility of not increasing the tax rate this year, but Roline says the majority of council is comfortable with the two per cent increase. “You don’t want to be

where you have a zero increase,” said Pat Sibilleau, financial services manager during budget deliberations. “That will come back to haunt you later.” Chief Administrative Officer Matt Noble agreed explaining that Merritt does not have significant reserves if something were to come up during the year. “Even though it looks healthy, there’s not a lot to throw around as we go down the road,” he said.

Roline said council is hoping to boost the capital reserves anticipating projects that may come up in the next year or two. “We have several reports coming in to council and we know there will be some projects we will have to do and we don’t want to play catch up,” she said. In 2010 council approved a water study and a sewer study that will provide the city with an assessment of current infrastructure. The next year,

council approved a storm water management study and a study of the traffic movement at the corner of Voght Street and Nicola Avenue. With the reports expected shortly, Roline says council will need money from the capital reserves to fund the improvement projects. Besides the tax rate increase, Roline said the BC Assessment figures were slightly higher this year, which will also bring the city more income.

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BULLYING STOPS HERE Students and staff from the Lower Nicola Indian Band School proudly display their pink T-shirts, committing to live a “bully-free” life, Feb. 29. Students across the Nicola Valley joined with others across Canada to take a stand against bullying. Phillip Woolgar/Herald

The 18-year-old Merritt man arrested for stabbing a woman on her doorstep has been charged with aggravated assault. Gibson Rhyss Smithers first appeared in Kamloops Court on Thursday followed by another court appearance by video on Monday. At that time he was remanded with another date set for March 15. On Monday, Feb. 27, 40-year-old Tracey Johnson was stabbed repeatedly by a young man after she refused to give him a ride when he randomly knocked on her door. The attacker fled the scene, however Johnson managed to describe him to police who arrested Smithers shortly after. While Johnson’s injuries were life-threatening, RCMP Cst. Tracy Dunsmore said Johnson was in hospital in stable condition as of Friday.

Car thefts increase when thieves get out of jail Snow tracks indicate car break-ins By Phillip Woolgar THE HERALD

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The recent snowfall in Merritt is allowing police to better keep an eye out for car thieves. “We’ve had more calls because people can see when someone laid foot-

prints in their driveway or left bike tracks,” said RCMP Const. Tracy Dunsmore. “We’ve heard lots about the prints going in and out of driveways.” While the number of thefts remain steady, police notice an increase when certain individuals are let out of jail. Most of the time the thieves are only entering the car if the door is unlocked. “But if you have a valuable in your car, they will smash a window to get at

it,” she said. Last year, 42 vehicles were stolen from Merritt and four charges were laid. Twenty-four of the vehicles were valued at under $5,000, while 18 were over that amount. Citizens on Patrol works with the police to curb the number of break-ins. “We haven’t caught someone breaking in yet,” said Citizens’ co-ordinator Lonni, who didn’t want her last name used. “Damage is usually done after we are off shift, because they seem

to know when we are on shift.” Police also charged five people in 2011 for stealing items from cars though a total of 110 thefts were reported. Often, the thieves aren’t local, Dunsmore noted. “They are making their way from Vancouver to Kelowna, or wherever.” Dunsmore said the break-ins aren’t confined to specific areas of town. “It’s nothing new, but it tends to be up and down, depending on who’s out

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City council meeting at a glance February 28, 2012 Regular Council Meeting Bylaws: 1. Council adopted the City of Merritt Road Closure Bylaw 2. Council adopted the City of Merritt Hotel Room Additional Tax Levy Bylaw New Business: 1. Council approved that the Development Services Officer be appointed as Deputy Approving Officer 2. Council awarded the 2012-2016 Mosquito Control Program contract to DG Regan and Associates Ltd. 3. Council

adopted the Terms of Reference for the 2012 Audit Committee and appointed Mayor Susan Roline, Chief Administrative Officer Matt Noble, Financial Services Manager Pat Sibilleau, Councillor Kroeker and Councillor Norgaard to the Audit Committee 4.Council adopted the amended Terms of Reference of the 2012 Policy Review Committee to include policies and bylaws and appointed Mayor Susan Roline, Chief Administrative Officer Matt Noble, Deputy Clerk Carole Fraser, Councillor Baker and Councillor Brigden to the Policy

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Review Committee 5. Council agrees to the Merritt and District Chamber of Commerce’s request for the City to waive the sixty (60) day notice provision of cancellation of the lease in lieu of the actual thirty-eight (38) day notice that was revised. Reports: 1. Councillor Baker reported he attended the last School Board meeting and advised that there were 3 upcoming meetings and urged those with a vested interest to attend

2. Councillor Goetz advised that the Kraft Hockey Ville voting starts tomorrow 3. Mayor Roline attended the Healthy Families BC Communities consultation workshop in Kelowna on February 27, 2012 and reported that the province announced funding for the Forestry Wildfire program in Merritt Information Items: 1. Council approved Councillor Norgaard’s travel expenses to attend the CMHC Municipal

workshop being held March 14, 2012 in Kamloops CITY BUDGET SCHEDULE March 13 Council review and adoption of provinsional 2012 budget April 3 - Public consultation Re: budget April 10 - First three readings of financial plan April 24 Adoption of standard budget, first three readings of tax bylaw May 8 - Adoption of tax bylaw

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The installation of two new whirlpools at the Nicola Valley Aquatic Centre will cost more than originally anticipated. During a committee of the whole meeting on Feb. 28, council approved an additional $46,500 from capital reserves to go towards the upgrade originally scheduled for the aquatic centre’s 2011 fall shut down. Council first approved costs for the two commercial grade whirlpools from the City of Merritt’s 2011 budget, however engineers discovered unforeseen problems during the demolition phase that drove up the total cost of the project, said Leisure Services Manager Larry Plotnikoff in a report to council. “The old whirlpool units and all associated piping were completely encased in reinforced concrete which does not allow for any access whatsoever for repairs or inspection,” said Plotnikoff. “The encased whirlpool units and the associated piping, electrical connections and drainage system has resulted in a situation whereby the structural,

piping and drainage system has to be rebuilt, instead of only requiring the hardware to simply be changed out.” The city had also experienced delays in the permitting process with Interior Health Authority, but Plotnikoff told council the whirlpool project would now be in a position to continue with the approval of additional funding. The leisure services

manager’s report indicated that the revised total cost estimate for the project was $130,000, with $48,500 coming from the original whirlpool budget and $81,500 coming from additional costs. Of these additional costs $35,000 will carry over from 2011 capital budget and $46,500 will come from capital reserves in order to complete the project.

During the meeting Councillor Clara Norgaard asked Plotnikoff if there would be a warranty on the new hot tubs. He told her the two new units have a lifetime warranty but the concrete work would be guaranteed for only one year. None of the councillors expressed any opposition to approving the funds.

“We knew we might be looking at something like this when we began the project,” said Councillor Mike Goetz. The city’s other options as outlined in the report would have been to do nothing and leave the aquatic centre without a whirlpool feature, or to wait until additional funding became available, which might take several years.

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HERALD OPINION Anti-bullying day, every day It can happen in a school hallway or in a Facebook post. And signs that your child is being bullied aren’t always easily perceptible. Most children don’t want to talk about it. That leaves it up to parents to decode subtle changes in their child’s behaviour. If kids are left suffering alone, the consequences can be tragic. But it’s getting easier to talk about bullying. In 2009, then-premier Gordon Campbell declared Feb. 25 AntiBullying Day in B.C., with the intention of raising awareness about bullying and providing easy-to-access resources for parents and kids. Anti-Bullying Day built on a grassroots movement that started in 2007 in Nova Scotia, when a pair of Grade 12 students came to the defence of a ninth grader who’d been bullied for wearing a pink polo shirt. The older students organized a rally and handed out pink T-shirts. The bullies quickly decamped. In B.C., radio station CKNW has kept the anti-bullying crusade alive by supporting an annual Pink Shirt Day that encourages schools, businesses and other organizations to take a stand against bullies. In schools throughout B.C., there also continues to be a pink tsunami of support. Last week students joined their counterparts everywhere supporting the movement. In recent years, there’s been a lot done to take the power away from bullies. In B.C. schools, there’s now zero tolerance for student intimidation that stems from code-of-conduct legislation enacted in 2007. And, online resources are widely available to help parents to deal with bullying behaviour. But it’s not time to get complacent. Bullying still happens in schools. And for some kids, that means daily torment. Pink Shirt Day is a reminder to talk with our kids to make sure that no child feels intimidated when they leave their home. It’s also a reminder to rally around those who are the victims of bullying. That kind of support is required every day, not just Anti-Bullying Day. – Black Press

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Nothing magical about snow in March JADE SWARTZBERG Merritt HERALD Snow: “An atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer.” Apparently of Germanic origin, this word and the actual substance it describes has inspired all sorts of emo-

tions in my heart. Growing up relatively close to the southern tip of Africa, the idea of snow seemed almost like a fairy tale. As we gathered with family for Christmas dinner on hot summer days, the lyrics “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas” seemed almost as improbable as the idea of man walking on the moon once seemed to people. I knew snow existed in the same way I knew Disneyland existed on a continent far far away, but I didn’t really think I would ever see it fall from the sky let alone make a snowman. When I learned that

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we would be moving to Canada, a country almost synonymous with cold, in my nine-year-old heart I was probably most excited at the prospect of seeing snow. I couldn’t have known that in Vancouver I’d be seeing a lot more rain than its icy cousin, and since we immigrated in May, it was many months before I was able to live my childhood dream. My first glimpse of snow occurred in October 1994 when my family took a day trip to Whistler. I remember taking the gondola up the mountain, which was still quite brown except for a large

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patch of ice on the side of the path. Inexperienced as we were, this patch of ice was good enough for us and we began playing with it and throwing dangerously hard “snowballs” at each other. Luckily, we got to experience the real thing later that year and felt the wonder of waking up to a pure white world, catch snow flakes on our tongues and learned to make snow angels. Since my youth I’ve lived in progressively colder places, studying in Idaho, teaching in Russia and now reporting in Merritt and the novelty of snow has, I’m afraid,

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worn off. There is still something magical about it around Christmas time, but like overplayed Christmas carols it quickly loses its charm for me. So, I was far from happy to see the snow falling throughout the day on Monday. Instead of magic and excitement, I only felt dread that an early spring was eluding me. I suppose we always want what we don’t have, and next week when I return to my native land for a visit I know friends and family will listen with envy as I tell them about my snowy home in Merritt.

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YOUR OPINION Tired of negativity about local middle school Dear Editor: We are responding to the March 1, 2012 editorial in the Merritt News, “The Problems with Middle Schools.” As readers, we expected a mature viewpoint regarding school reconfiguration, but instead we read a blatant attack against Coquihalla Middle School. Our community is in a difficult position with respect to the ongoing debate on school reconfiguration. The options presented at the first public meeting are unpleasant. No matter which option is chosen, the whole community will be challenged to work together to ensure our children get the best education possible. Attacking individual schools that are being considered for closure will only cause unneeded division in the community. The opinions in the editorial had few relevant facts to support them. It was based on one study of US middle schools, the supposed comments of one current or exCMS teacher, and the writer’s prejudices against our school. The editorial discredits the excellent work being done by CMS and district staff. It states, “CMS students have been

exposed to drugs and gangs over the years.” Which begs the question, what school has not been affected by drugs? Drug abuse is a community issue and to single out CMS in a Dec. 2, 2010 editorial and again this week shows bias against CMS. Some of us read the study (by The Rand Corporation) cited in the editorial and feel it is not relevant when discussing CMS. The reasons for this include, but are not limited to: • The paper is old (2004) and uses information that is even older (the 1990s). • The information is American. Data in chapter five shows Canadian results are much better than the U.S in each of seven “conditions for learning.” • It uses an examination of international assessments that shows Canadian students gaining on their American counterparts between grades four and eight. The RAND Corporation wrote, “…information from other countries, where students view their schools more favorably and feel emotionally and physically healthier, could be better utilized” (p. 140). Canada is one of those countries and this is an important part of the study missed in the

editorial. The RAND Corporation lumps together data from many different middle schools. Smyth, Down and McInerney state in their 2010 book, “Hanging in with Kids in Tough Times,” that studying middle schools is challenging as some have made “little change to teaching practices and school culture” (p. 184) compared with others that are more in touch with middle school philosophy. The RAND Corporation and Merritt News editorial have painted all middle schools with the same brush. At CMS, being a middle school is more than changing the sign on the side of the building. We use many elements of middle school philosophy to enhance the experience of our students. Our staff would like to share some positive elements of our school that the editorial missed: • Field trips to Silver Lake Forestry Camp and Camp Tulahead allowing students to connect with their team and engage curriculum in a natural setting. • Band trips to elementary schools in our district for younger students to see what

Shame to lose middle school Dear Editor: RE: Merritt News editorial “The problem with middle school” I read, once again the obvious hate-on the Merritt News editor has for Coquihalla Middle School. Several years ago when I had my four children enrolled at the Bench Elementary school, I would hear references of chaos in the middle school. When my son entered the seventh grade there, however, it was not only a welcoming environment, he continued to grow into a responsible and kind

student. I was on high alert for the first while, but it was quite unnecessary. This year, the youngest is flourishing quite nicely there. (This makes eight years I’ve had with CMS) The caring nature of the teachers along with the enthusiastic involvement of both principal Mr. Slanzi and vice-principal Mr. Bergmann make CMS a great learning environment and athletic atmosphere. My son and two daughters were well-equipped for the hard work required of them at MSS, and I know that my youngest will enter said school with the same

preparedness. If the editor would only enlighten himself and spend some time at the school, he would witness the obvious eagerness of both teachers and administration for the success of the student population. It would be a shame to close this school for it allows a gradual step into the high school and the large, hairy inhabitants that call it home. Listening to gossip is a waste of time and potentially hurtful; printing it is irresponsible and harmful. Loree Burnham Merritt, B.C.

they might be capable of, as well as trips to other parts of the province. • Home economics, Technology Education, and Art classes taught in specialized settings by specialist teachers. • Extra-curricular art projects such as the Movie Make-up Club and last year’s Banner project that saw CMS students display their work in Kamloops. • Basketball, volleyball and rugby teams that give all students (no players are cut from teams) the opportunity to play in tournaments . • A breakfast club entirely supported by CMS that provides students with breakfast every morning. • Charitable initiatives such as the Penny War that raised $1200 for our Food Bank. • Programs such as RAW (Reading and Writing) and Accelerated Reader that have made books a frequent topic of student conversation. • Student led conferences which have been postponed this year by job action, but in past years had nearly 100 per cent parent participation. • CMS staff attended provincial conferences focused on middle school learning.

• CMS is a technologically advanced school with a SMART board and a laptop for every student in each academic classroom. Our students were stunned to read in the editorial that they are exposed to drugs or violence at CMS. They feel it reflected negatively on them and their school. The comments on gangs in particular left them feeling hurt or bewildered. Many students want to explain how school configuration affects their leadership at school, the transitions they make, and how changes may affect their “innocence.” They feel adults who spend little time at CMS don’t understand these issues as well as they do. We hope the Merritt News has enough integrity to apologize. A positive aspect to these ill-informed comments is that students, parents, teachers, support staff, administration, district staff, and at least one trustee have united to voice their disgust with this editorial by the Merritt News. This type of unity serves schools and communities well.

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‘Please return my wallet’ Dear Editor: It seemed that a few people had a blast breaking into cars along Parker Dr. on Sunday night. Like a few others I made the job easy for you by leaving my vehicle doors unlocked. Very dumb on my part. From my car you took my wallet, again dumb on my part, and a few other things that may or may not be of use to you. Can’t believe that you didn’t like my music enough to take my CDs. I am hoping that you are kind enough to do me one favour though, could you please drop my wallet off in a mail box with my drivers license and a few keepsakes that were given to me by my father who passed away a couple years ago. You will know

what they are and you will also realize that they have no value to you, but they do to me. You can keep the bank cards etc. and I hope that you have better luck with them than I have had. Hopefully you have not discarded anything yet and you will be able to help me out. Oh, and if you could include my Pleasure Craft License that would be great, those are hard to get. So if you can help me out, that would be great, I only need a few things back! The mail service will return it to me. If you want though you can even drop it off in my paper box! Bill Haviland Merritt, B.C.

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Hit and run drivers cause havoc

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Winter weather played havoc with travellers on the Coquihalla this year, but often it was other drivers that posed the biggest threat. Merritt resident Earl Gilchrist learned this the hard way when he was returning from work at the New Gold mine near Kamloops in January. At about 5:45 p.m. on Jan. 10, Gilchrist pulled into the fast lane to pass two vehicles when a truck on the right hand shoulder began to make a U-turn across the southbound lanes. “There was a whole bunch of stuff happening really fast, but I pulled into the middle of the highway to avoid a collision,” recalled Gilchrist. After narrowly avoiding a collision with the truck, Gilchrist gripped his steering wheel and braced himself for some sort of impact as his car bounced along the unpaved median between the north and southbound lanes. He did not collide with any road signs as he had feared. When his truck came to a stop, Gilchrist found himself facing the oncoming traffic in the northbound lane. The truck kept going and no one else had stopped or reported the near collision. “There was not much damage to the vehicle and so I didn’t think to call the cops,” said Gilchrist. “I didn’t want to sit the in road in case someone hit me so I drove straight home and was glad to get there.” It wasn’t until the next day that he felt the pain in the back of his head where the headrest of his front seat had hit him. The pain stuck with him and by midFebruary Gilchrist was still unable to return to work. With less than $200 worth of damages and no witnesses, Gilchrist said ICBC representatives told him there is not much they can do. “He’s in a tough spot because there are no witnesses to confirm that someone cut him off and

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because the damage is so minor,” said Janet McKinnon, ICBC Customer Relations Advisor when she heard about his situation. “If his claim is accepted, he’s entitled to accident benefits, but otherwise there’s not a lot we can do.” “He’s in a very unfortunate situation.” McKinnon said that ICBC looks at each situation very differently, but without a witness it can be difficult. “If there is someone travelling behind you that sees something like this, you would hope they would stop,” she said. About a month after Gilchrist’s experience, a Vernon couple were cut off by a semi-truck which also continued without stopping, only this time those involved were unable to avoid a collision. As Don Drexler and his wife Susan headed south on Feb. 7 just six miles south of Merritt, a semitruck cut them off and struck the passenger side of the vehicle. “He cleaned off everything on the passenger side,” said Drexler. “His tire was hooked on my front rim and as he was travelling he was pulling me.” Drexler, who has a professional class one license himself, said that as he clung to the steering wheel he could feel his car being pulled under the truck. Hooked to the truck, his red 2006 Golf even lifted

up and banged against another car in the lane beside him. Drexler said it all happened very fast, but somehow his car became unhooked and the driver of the truck continued without stopping. In contrast to Gilchrist’s experience, by the time Drexler got through to the RCMP, the accident had already been reported three times. “We had a very quick response and the service we got was unbelievable,” said Drexler. “The help we got from the ambulance, the RCMP and the fire department was awesome.” Neither Drexler or his wife were injured though he said Susan was “quite shaken up.” “An inch closer to that tire and her life could have been gone, so yeah, it bothered her quite a bit,” he said. His car on the other hand, had over $9,000 worth of damage, but unless the RCMP are able to locate the driver, Drexler will be left to pay the $500 deductible himself. As of Feb. 27, Drexler didn’t think the driver had been caught. “The guy that did this was either a rookie driver, or a driver that was all booked out in hours, but I don’t want to be associated with people like that,” said Drexler, explaining why he plans to hand in his professional license on his upcoming 72nd birthday.

Nine windows smashed at Coquihalla Middle School By Phillip Woolgar THE HERALD

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Nine windows were smashed over the weekend at Coquihalla Middle School, in a relatively rare winter act of vandalism on Saturday. “We haven’t had school windows broken in quite a while and usually it happens in the summer,” said Const. Tracy Dunsmore, noting the smashings took place between 9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday.

“The number of windows that were broken is pretty extreme.” Nicola-Similkameen School District 58 Maintenance Manager Jim Garfield estimated the damage at $1,300 and approximately $700 more will be spent on labour. “We don’t normally get this many windows broken at once,” he said. CMS is not necessarily targeted more than other schools, but

it does get hit more than schools such as Collettville Elementary, he added. Dunsmore said the school is a prime area for teenagers to drink alcohol and hang out because it’s not visible from the road. Residents who live just above the field at CMS call in any noise from party-goers to the police. But, Dunsmore said general partying doesn’t usually lead to vandal-

ism. “It’s more of an opportunity thing,” she said. “If someone was partying back there on the weekend, it only takes one person to get mad at something or have something against the school or who have just had too much to drink.” Nothing was reported stolen from the school. RCMP said school window breakings don’t usually result in thefts.

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Auditors report indicates possible forestry job loss: MLA

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Phillip Woolgar THE HERALD

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A recently released auditor general report on the future of timber revenue in B.C. indicates the possible reduction in the number of jobs at mills in the Nicola Valley, said Fraser-Nicola MLA Harry Lali. Trees aren’t being replanted fast enough to maintain the forest industry, the report states. “The report was a damning indictment of the B.C. Liberal record over the last 11 years,” Lali said. “Instead of putting more money into inventory or into forest health, the B.C. Liberals are going to cut a further $20 million, specifically in that area and that will hurt tree planting and silviculture and forest health in our province and it will have an effect on forestry in the Merritt area.” Auditor General John Doyle criticized the ministry for not clearly defining timber objectives. Improper timber monitoring can cause the downfall of forestry in B.C. — this can lead to mismanagement, he said. “The future availability of timber will be smaller and less diverse, putting future revenue opportunity at risk,” Doyle said in his Feb. 17 report. “Stewardship responsibility for these forest resources lies with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.” He recommended developing a plan for direct stewardship to guide decision-making, timeframes and assessments. He also called for adequate investment in silviculture. The 22 million hectares of B.C. forests are valued at a quarter trillion dollars and Doyle said 1.1 million hectares needs to be reforested, equivalent to roughly

Bill Bose spends most of his days working at Merritt Printing. Phillip Woolgar/Herald

Local man defined by hockey Phillip Woolgar THE HERALD

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Auditor General John Doyle criticized the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural resources in a report, saying the ministry isn’t monitoring its activities close enough. Jade Swartzberg/Herald

13 per cent the size of the Thomson-Nicola Regional District. But according to Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources Steve Thomson, 500,000 of those hectares are to be replanted by the private sector. “There is a lot of debate over the numbers,” he said, noting his ministry has identified 733,000 hectares of land needing restock. “Plans are in place to make sure the rest is reforested because we do invest in reforestation.” The government has dedicated $236 million since 2005 in the ‘Forest for Tomorrow’ program. He said much of the remaining land is des-

ignated mountain pine beetle-infested and could be harvested. Approximately $6 million was dedicated in the 2011-12 budget to inventory activities. An additional $10 million was included in this year’s budget for inventory work. “That’s going to allow us to accelerate inventory work and ground surveying,” Thomson added. “We do have the long-term objectives that the report recommends.” Replanting programs already in place account for a mere 8,730 hectares per year in the last five years. “Industry is legally obligated to reforest the area it harvests, and it does so,” Doyle said. “But government,

which is responsible for over 90 per cent of British Columbia’s forests, and whose reforestation decisions have a significant impact on our future forests, is not clear about its own commitments.” Doyle outlined in his report that the B.C. government relies heavily on timber to pay for services and he warned a suffering forest industry leads to a suffering provincial economy. “Government needs to establish a provincial plan that states its long-term timber objectives and focuses its resources in order to foster economic stability and quality of life for British Columbians now and in the future,” he said.

Hockey... just a notion of more than 30 million Canadians with all the spirit needed to cheer on their local team and no regard for the trouble it took to arrive at the frozen scene. Or something along those lines would describe the demeanor of one of Merritt’s most beloved hockey-loving, fun-gunning printing specialists named Bill Bose. He’s dedicated 25 years to turning what has traditionally been a backyard bruise-fest over a frozen choppy pond into a regular tournament among First Nations hockey players. “Hockey is a cruel game. It can make you happy, it can make you cry, it can make you wonder what’s going on,” he said. Bose has proved steady in his commitment to making the Nicola Valley Junior Native Hockey Association tournament into an event people from as far as Saskatchewan have entered. Next week, 20 to 30 teams are expected to arrive for the tournament.

“We’ve gone there and now they’re coming to us,” Bose said. “Indians are like that, we’ll go to a tournament anywhere. We’ll pack 17 into a room, it doesn’t matter. “One time we were at a tournament for a few hours and a few of the guys already had three girls in their room,” he said, laughing. Hockey means more to him than just nets, sticks, ice and pucks. It’s a lifestyle that can drive people to greatness. “There is a real negative attitude out there about Natives, but we need to do our part,” he said. “I really believe it’s up to us as kids and coaches to get us there and hockey can help.” But the sport only makes up a portion of this man’s life. In a neat package resembling a nutshell, Bose, married for 40 years, works at Merritt Printing, has two sons, eight grandchildren, loves photography, hunting, poetry, and, of course, hockey. Not too long ago, Bose killed his first elk in Alberta. But this act does little to reveal the true nature of this man. “Blow a moose in the head, say a poem.”

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Estate planning strategies, the basics and beyond

DAVID L. BROWN Managing YOUR MONEY None of us likes to think about our end of days but we should if we want our legacy to be passed on as we wish, to ensure our family is protected, and to limit the taxes levied against our estate. That’s why estate planning is so important. The basics: A Will is the foundation of any estate plan. It designates how your estate should be distributed. If you die without a Will (i.e. intestate), provincial legislation will determine how your

estate is distributed amongst your heirs. A Living Will provides direction for your care in the event of catastrophic illness or disability. An Enduring Power of Attorney (also called a Mandate in case of Incapacity in Québec) provides direction for how your property will be managed in the event of incapacity. An Executor (sometimes called a Personal Representative or in Québec, a liquidator) is the person named in your Will to settle your estate according to your documented wishes. A Guardian should be named in your will to take care of your children during their minority. Liquid Assets are important to pay for taxes, debts, the costs of settling your estate and/or other obligations. If you do

not anticipate that your estate will have sufficient liquid assets, consideration should be given to purchasing insurance. Funeral Services can be prearranged to save your estate some money, avoid extra stress on your survivors, and ensure the service is according to your wishes. Financial Assets should be comprehensively listed in your records -- and be sure your Executor and/or survivors know where to find them. Beyond the basics Probate or not? Probate is the process by which your Will is validated by a court with fees paid to your provincial government usually calculated on the net fair market value of the assets in your estate. Although reducing probate fees may be desirable, avoiding probate

through the use of strategies such as beneficiary designations and joint ownership can lead to problems if some beneficiaries receive more of the estate than others. These comments are based on the probate process outside of Québec, since the probate process is different in that province. Set up a Trust? A Trust specifies a trustee who will manage the assets so long as the assets are held by the trust. Although it is possible to set up a trust during your lifetime, most people set up trusts in their will. A trust set up in your will is known as a testamentary trust, and it can serve several purposes, including maintaining control over the assets until certain beneficiaries are mature enough to manage them, and providing certain tax

benefits to high income beneficiaries. Your personal estate planning strategies depend on your financial situation and the rules in your province. Your professional advisor and lawyer can help ensure your legacy is left as you wish while limiting probate costs and taxes. This column, written and published by Investors Group Financial Services Inc. (in Québec – a Financial Services Firm), and Investors Group Securities Inc. (in Québec, a firm in Financial Planning) presents general information only and is not a solicitation to buy or sell any investments. Contact your own advisor for specific advice about your circumstances. For more information on this topic please contact your Investors Group Consultant. Call David Brown at 250-315-0241 to book your appointment.

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Are you tired of feeling saggy, lumpy, pinched or strained? Well you’re not alone. As you’ve probably seen on Oprah or read in women’s magazines, over 80 per cent of all women wear the wrong size bra. Here’s where Barb Chapman, the Bra Lady, comes in.

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Merritt celebrates International Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Phillip Woolgar THE HERALD

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Nicola Valley Women in Action is celebrating International Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day by hosting the 8th Annual Celebrate Women, an event that aims to recognize the achievement of local females. The event is scheduled for today (Thursday) at the Merritt Civic Centre from 6 to 8 p.m. Shelley CressyHassel, ASK Wellness Program director, was slated to speak, but she is

in Vancouver to tend to an emergency. Instead, Mary Ramsey will read her speech. Cressy-Hassel was honoured last year for several contributions to the community, including her participation in the Nicola Valley Recycling Society, which lobbied the City of Merritt to initiate a recycling program. The city is now slated to receive a curbside program next spring. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was part of a group of women recycling in Merritt before there was any

Shelley Cressy-Hassel, ASK Wellness Program director, is a past honouree at the Nicola Valley Women in Actionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s International Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day celebration. Phillip Woolgar/Herald

recycling here,â&#x20AC;? she said. She was also recognized for her work helping homeless people in Merritt by bringing the number of people without homes to the attention of

stakeholders who could fund resources for the homeless. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have one hand to help myself and the other to help others,â&#x20AC;? she said. Five women from

the community will be honoured and everyone is welcome to attend. Shannon Daw, secretary treasurer for the NVWA and organizer for the event, said most of the women are recognized for contributing to the community in a dynamic manner by making a positive difference in a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the ladies that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve honoured over the years has contributed to the hockey team here for years and years and years,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had hockey players

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

FEATURE HOMES Completely renovated 4 bedroom family home me on 11.24 acres in in tth the he la River. Home has had beautiful Sunshine Valley bordering the Nicola en & bathrooms, new extensive upgrades, such as, brand new kitchen ning & living rooms. appliances, beautiful maple hardwoods in the dining x22 covered deck Completely finished basement & the list goes on!! 12x22 hlights: barn, 3 with partial wraparound, new carport & walkways. Highlights: bay garage/workshop, artesian well, water rights, fully fenced ced with corrals, storage shed & irrigation equipment.

$549,000.

M 3686

Totally finished 4 level split. Large gourmet oak kitchen w/ lots of cupboards. Pull out shelving & drawers. 3 basin Cerulean sink w/ disposal system. Samsung dbl door 28 cf fridge. Built-in wine rack. Great rm & kitchen wired for surround sound. Extra wide hallways, closets deeper than normal. His & hers walk-in closets in master w/ jetted tub. Hardwired security system to all doors & most windows. All 3 bathrms are soundproofed. Central air, built-in vac & water softener. Fantastic views, a very private yard. Totally landscaped, with terracing, fencing, cedar trees, garden boxes. Natural gas BBQ outlet, in ground sprinkler system, garden shed & room for RV.

M 3612

$529,000.

Enjoy the spectacular views from this beautiful over 3000 sqft custom built 4+ bedroom home on 9.91 acres in Miller Estates. Master suite in the upper loft area has library/foyer overlooking the living areas below. 18’ ceiling in the living room affords magnificent views of the valley. Maple floors throughout. Kitchen boasts custom made hickory cabinets, 2 large bedrooms are located on the main floor, plus a 9.10x10.3 office. Walk out daylight basement has 4th bedroom, plus huge rec room, play room, full bathroom, laundry & storage room. Fridge, stove, dishwasher, central air, alarm system all included. Large wraparound deck off main floor with reinforced concrete patio below. 20x30 equipment shed, plus 12x16 workshop, underground sprinklers & more.

$499,900.

M 3688

NEW LISTING

D SOL

• 3 bdrm country charmer on 1.15 ac • Lots or original h/wood • Dining room has gas f/place • Vinyl windows throughout M 3710

$264,000

• Green Gables Ranch-100 acres riverfront • 2 beautiful homes & many outbuildings • Currently producing 6000 bales 2 cuts • Panoramic views

M 3681

$1,485,000

• Privacy on 39+ acres in Sunshine Valley • 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath log home w/ vaulted ceilings • 272 sqft guest cottage w/ bathroom • 6 fruit trees, underground sprinklers

M 3625

$650,000

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11.24 acre hobby farm Full renovation inside Barn & 3 bay garage Borders Nicola River

M 3686

$549,000

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M E R R I T T

1988 Quilchena Ave., Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 • Fax: 250-378-6184

www.royallepage.ca/merritt

www.realtor.ca

Janis Post Sales Rep

John Issac Sales Rep

250-315-3672

250-378-1586

250-280-7253

250-315-3503

250-315-5178

250-378-7795

janispost@royallepage.ca

johnissac@telus.net

angelatexmo@royallepage.ca

dward@royallepage.ca

kbonneteau@telus.net

vickymartin@telus.net

Tom McDonagh Broker

250-378-6181 tommcdongh@royallepage.ca

Angela Texmo Sales Rep

Don Ward Sales Rep

Karen Bonneteau Sales Rep

Vicky Martin Sales Rep

Connie Property & Strata Manager

Cathy Property Manager

Lynda Property Manager

250-378-1996

250-378-6181

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING LOTS

$5000 appliance bonus!!

• • • •

Exquisite 3 bdrm Rancher Detached shop on .5 acre Hdwd flrs & custom window coverings Easy access & very private

M 3497

$540,000

• • • •

Wonderful executive home on the Bench Totally finished 4 level split, fantastic views Gourmet kitch, 5 bdrms, 3 baths Beautiful l/scaping w/ terracing, gorgeous gardens

M 3612

$529,000

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4+ bdrm home on 9.91 ac. 18’ ceiling - magnificent views Hickory cabinets, maple floors, Walk-out daylight basement Central air, u\g sprinklers & more

$499,900

M 3688

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Executive 3 bdrm rancher Riverfront, .55 acres Completely landscaped, flat property Hardwood thruout, incredibly private

$485,000

M 3651

• Spacious 6000+sqft completed living space • 6 bdrms, 5.5 baths-luxurious master bdrm • Dream kitchen, lge games rm, bar rm w/ bar • Large 3 bay garage-RV parking

• Executive 5 bdrm, 4 bath family home • Amazing chef’s kitchen w/ granite countertops • Low maintenance landscaping-lane access • Inground pool & private backyard

• • • •

M 3440

M 3701

M 3638

$459,900

$439,000

One of a kind in Merritt!! Close to 4000sqft on 2 flrs Giant brick fireplace in bsmt Sauna w/ dual shower, dbl garage

• • • •

$410,000

Three bedrooms & a den Open concept design Beautiful views Home warranty

M 3665

• • • •

$399,900

9.88 acres in Petit Creek 3 bedroom home with solarium Drilled well produces 157gpm Fenced & cross-fenced-3 bay shop

M 3578

$398,000

• Main has 3 bdrms, 3 baths, open kitch/ lvgrm • 9’ ceilings, maple cabinets/granite counter tops • Bsmt has 2 bdrm legal ste, rec/games room • HST paid!!

$389,000

M 3682

Cheapest lot listed for sale in all of Merritt! Upper Bench neighbourhood - Grandview Heights. Underground services to lot line. Bargain price and NO HST!! M 3616 $55,000 New lots in quiet cul-de-sac & crescent setting. Fully services including curbs & storm drain all prepaid by the developer. M 3692 $57,000 Great flat lot in popular subdivision. Close to elementary schools. Minutes from walking trails & downtown shopping. Services are at lot line and priced to sell. M 3674 $65,000

• 2180 sqft move-in ready - no renos needed • 4 bedroom rancher on Bench • New walnut kitchen cabinets • ¼ acres w/ private yard, attached garage

M 3676

$384,300

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Do you want comfort?? Open floor plan, crown mouldings Quality appliances & light fixtures Cherry h/wood flring w/ Travertine tiles

M 3664

$379,000

• Relax in the pool • 3 lge bdrms, 2 baths, vaulted ceilings • Lots of renos, over 14,00sqft lot U/g sprinklers • Lge sundeck w/ great views of valley & city

• • • •

M 3529

M 3678

$362,000

Beautiful rancher w/ full bsmt 2 bdrm ste has own laundry Appliances included Located on a nice & quiet st

$360,000

• River & mtn views from your back deck • Vaulted ceilings in the open design lvgrm, kitch & dinrm • Main w/birch flrs, kitch w.birch cab & granite countertops • Bsmt has recrm, wkshop, 1 bdrm legal ste w/ laundry

• • • •

M 3668

M 3671

TOWNHOUSE

RANCHER

Very private, 4 poss 5 bdrm family home New appliances, central ai & vac 24x40 wired & heated shop Double lot & RV parking

M 3673

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$308,000

Very well kept, one owner home 3 good sized bdrm up New flring, counter tops & fixtures Fully fenced backyard, close to schools

M 3690

$254,900

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Beautiful open floor plan Double sided fireplace High ceilings Deluxe master bedroom

M 3579

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• • • •

$299,900

4 bdrm home in excellent neighborhood Easy walk to downtown Golf only moments away 360sqft deck Central a/c & new windows

M 3575

$249,900

Maintenance free living One of Merritts finest avenues Two bdrms, two baths Double attached garage

M 3576

• • • •

$279,000

3 bdrm family home Security system, 80% efficient furnace A/C, new windows, except bathroom Beautiful l/scaping, treed & fenced

M 3687

$249,000

Beautiful open floor plan Double sided fireplace High ceilings Deluxe master bedroom

M 3657

• • • •

$269,900

Bench location 4 bedroom, 2 bath family home Close to schools & parks Priced to sell!!

M 3689

• Newly built 1700+sqft Rancher in quiet CDS • Close to downtown, walking trails & schools • Open design-3 lg bdrms, 2 baths & a den • Fully fenced, l/scaped w/ 600sqft garage

$349,000

M 3695

$349,000

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Bench home at end of CDS 4 bdrm, 2 baths, fully finished Large deck, A/C, UG sprinklers Parklike backyard across from crown land

M 3608

$339,000

• 3 bdrm custom Rancher on .27 flat acres • Open flr plan, Mill Creek cabinets, ceramic flring • U/g sprinklers, fully fenced backyard, heated garage • Gazebo w/ 6 person hot tub & RV parking

• Very nice & clean family home • New flooring, includes h/wood upstairs • New bathrms, new lge kitch w/ lots of cupbrds • 2 fireplaces, large lot.

M 3636

M 3705

$329,000

$319,000

$244,900

Location at its best-quiet cul-de-sac Nice 3 level split-3 bdrms New roof ’08, newer vinyl windows Beautiful, private l/scaped large yard w/ water feature

M 3602

• • • •

$269,000

3 bdrm home on 1.8 acres Newer addition in back is nicely finished Windows upgraded to vinyl dbl glazed Quiet rural setting w/ lots of room

M 3632

$241,000

• • • •

Very nice 4 bdrm 2.5 bath fam home Close to downtown & schools Central air, security system Garden shed & gazebo

M 3293

• • • •

$269,000

Quality 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath townhouse Heat pump, a/c, high efficient appliances Gas fireplace & many extras Low maintenance property

M 3685

$219,500

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4 bedroom, 2 level home New 2-stage HE furnace in 2008 Quiet street, fully fenced yards Single car garage & Detached shop

M 3639

• • • •

$268,900

Updated kitchen Roof approx 7 y/o Newer furnace & h/w tank Completely fenced on corner lot

M 3518

$179,900

• • • •

4 bedroom home in a quiet location Crown molding, skylights, Granite counters, well designed kitchen Tile & laminate & carpet

M 3709

• • • •

$260,000

Covered parking Galley kitcth w/ appl & skylite Patio doors from 2nd bdrm or den Nicola River in the back

M 3365

$175,000

• Bench location-3 bdrm, 2 bath family home • Central air, built-in vac, new furnace 2010 • 12x24 detached wired 220 shop • Nice fenced backyard for privacy

M 3693

• • • •

$259,900

2 bdrm apt has a modern open floor plan Granite counter tops, SS appliances Has b/i wall a/c & in-unit laundry Urban living at its finest!!

M 3700

$169,000

• • • •

Well cared for family home 5 bdrm, 3 bath Large 65x120 lot Located in good area

$259,900

M 3691

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Beautiful river view lot close to downtown. Nice, quiet neighborhood. The uncompromised view never to change. M 3707 $89,000

3 bedroom rancher Vinyl windows & siding 9 year old furnace Fenced front & back

M 3708

$159,900

Block bldg on Nicola Ave. 2500 sqft adjacent lot is included. Retail exposure. M 3649 $289,000 Corner lot on a quiet street 2 bdrm home w/ some newer flooring Nice, big lvg rm & new bathroom Lots of rm to build a shop

M 3675

• • • •

$139,900

Good condition 2 bdrm Sandpiper 5 appliances included Extra cabinets in laundry room Priced to sell-call today

M 3706

$113,500

• Urban living at its finest! • 1 bdrm apt features a modern open concept design • Perfect for entertaining • Granite counter tops, laminate & tile in kitch & bath

• • • •

M 3699

M 3633

• • • •

$149,000

Brand new double wide Already set up in the ever improving Tree’s Mobile Park Quick possession

M 3704

$89,900

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Affordability at its best 2 bdrm manufactured on private lot 1 car garage, 2 garden sheds, rm for RV 120 sqft addition, 100sqft deck on CDS

$145,000

Under new management 1 bdrm apartment Stratified building Centrally located

M 3525

• 2 bdrm home w/ lots of rm on lge lot • Improvements to roof, driveway & electrical • Lge entry/laundry w/ rm of an office/ craft rm • Open kitch, dining & lvgrm

• • • •

M 3669

M 3652

• • • •

$76,900

$145,000

2 bdrms in strata bldg Central location Laminate flring New roof in 2010

M 3486

• • • •

$76,900

Nicely updated 3 bdrm, 3 level townhouse A bathroom on each 3 levels Nice, fully fenced backyard Great 1st time home-buyers & investors

$138,000

1 yr pad rent included 2 bdrm, 1 bath, nice, open design 5 appliances included New fence around lge yd & storage shed

M 3658

$74,000

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Excellent condition 2 bdrm Sandpiper Ground floor, 6 hi-tend appliances Laminate flooring, updated light fixtures Fans in both bdrms, air conditioned

M 3677

• • • •

$118,000

Nice &t open design-2 bed, 2 bath 24x10 covered deck Detached 16x12 wkshp w/ power Bay windows/skylite & more…

M 3536

$69,000

• Ground level condo w/ newer paint & carpets • In ste tlaundry, new dryer • Open flr plan for living rm & kitchen • Affordable first time or retirement living

M 3702

• • • •

$117,000

One bdrm in strata building Rent $550-600 Under new management Shopping & bus close by

M 3613

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M 3684

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$68,000

2 bdrm in Sttrata unit in Sandpiper Easy walk to downtown core Bus service only moments away Laundry rm & air conditioning

$114,000

Rent to own considered Buy your own home Nice 3 bdrm, 2 bath home Appliances included

M 3270

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M 3703

• • • •

$59,900

Commercial lot-C3 zoning Good investment property Tenant pays $700/month + utilities Lane access & close to downtown

$114,000

Well kept 3 bedroom manufactured home 18x20 interlocking driveway 6 appliances, newer paint & flooring Garden area, 2 decks, storage shed

M 3607

$37,500

2 lots on Eagle Crescent w/ no building restrictions. Plans available w/ the builder. Close to all amenities. M 3679-3680 $95,000 Desired Bench location. Owner pd GDT & WR charge. Phase 2 w/ gorgeous views. All u/g services. M 3570 $99,000

INDUSTRIAL

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Fully serviced R-2 lot, close to schools & d/t. Bring your bldg ideas. Trades considered. M 3274 $72,900 Good sized lot, ok for double wide. City services @ prop line. Mountain view in a quiet area. M 3534 $79,000

D SOL

1 SOLD - 1 LEFT

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$359,000

1600 sq ft 3 bdrm rancher on full basement Situated on a quiet cul-de-sac Walking distance to all amenities Lots of parking, low maintenance yard

Retail on Quilchena totals 3966sqft. 2nd floor has 6 residential apartments. Gross income is close to $55,000/annum. New boiler, roof, overall well maintained M 3698 $395,000 Amazing opportunity in downtown Merritt. 12,000sqft commercial building for purchase or lease. Over 10,500sqft of retail space, or lease @ $6./sf. Bonus lot at 2152 Nicola Avenue. M 3697 $850,000

Extra lge double lot. 2 city water & sewage hookups. Private setting, flat site. Easy access w/ paved roads. M 3495 $100,000 Double corner lot Main & Spruce, quiet area with trees. Spruce St is one of Merritt’s nicest. M 3494 $120,000

D SOL

Nicola Lakeshore Estates. 1.1 ac 15 min from Merritt. Enjoy the outdoors and build your dream home. M 3572 $214,900

NEW PRICE

24 acres in beautiful Sunshine Valley. Treed lot, very private, easy access. Many potential building sites. Hydro & phone lines to property line. M 3603 $227,000 Waterfront lot on Nicola Lake. 3km to Quilchena Hotel. Close to Merritt & Kamloops. Private access to lake. M 3478 $349,000

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M E R R I T T

1988 Quilchena Ave., Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 • Fax: 250-378-6184

www.royallepage.ca/merritt

www.realtor.ca

Janis Post Sales Rep

John Issac Sales Rep

250-315-3672

250-378-1586

250-280-7253

250-315-3503

250-315-5178

250-378-7795

janispost@royallepage.ca

johnissac@telus.net

angelatexmo@royallepage.ca

dward@royallepage.ca

kbonneteau@telus.net

vickymartin@telus.net

Tom McDonagh Broker

250-378-6181 tommcdongh@royallepage.ca

Angela Texmo Sales Rep

Don Ward Sales Rep

Karen Bonneteau Sales Rep

Vicky Martin Sales Rep

Connie Property & Strata Manager

Cathy Property Manager

Lynda Property Manager

250-378-1996

250-378-6181

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING LOTS

$5000 appliance bonus!!

• • • •

Exquisite 3 bdrm Rancher Detached shop on .5 acre Hdwd flrs & custom window coverings Easy access & very private

M 3497

$540,000

• • • •

Wonderful executive home on the Bench Totally finished 4 level split, fantastic views Gourmet kitch, 5 bdrms, 3 baths Beautiful l/scaping w/ terracing, gorgeous gardens

M 3612

$529,000

• • • • •

4+ bdrm home on 9.91 ac. 18’ ceiling - magnificent views Hickory cabinets, maple floors, Walk-out daylight basement Central air, u\g sprinklers & more

$499,900

M 3688

• • • •

Executive 3 bdrm rancher Riverfront, .55 acres Completely landscaped, flat property Hardwood thruout, incredibly private

$485,000

M 3651

• Spacious 6000+sqft completed living space • 6 bdrms, 5.5 baths-luxurious master bdrm • Dream kitchen, lge games rm, bar rm w/ bar • Large 3 bay garage-RV parking

• Executive 5 bdrm, 4 bath family home • Amazing chef’s kitchen w/ granite countertops • Low maintenance landscaping-lane access • Inground pool & private backyard

• • • •

M 3440

M 3701

M 3638

$459,900

$439,000

One of a kind in Merritt!! Close to 4000sqft on 2 flrs Giant brick fireplace in bsmt Sauna w/ dual shower, dbl garage

• • • •

$410,000

Three bedrooms & a den Open concept design Beautiful views Home warranty

M 3665

• • • •

$399,900

9.88 acres in Petit Creek 3 bedroom home with solarium Drilled well produces 157gpm Fenced & cross-fenced-3 bay shop

M 3578

$398,000

• Main has 3 bdrms, 3 baths, open kitch/ lvgrm • 9’ ceilings, maple cabinets/granite counter tops • Bsmt has 2 bdrm legal ste, rec/games room • HST paid!!

$389,000

M 3682

• 2180 sqft move-in ready - no renos needed • 4 bedroom rancher on Bench • New walnut kitchen cabinets • ¼ acres w/ private yard, attached garage

M 3676

$384,300

• • • •

Do you want comfort?? Open floor plan, crown mouldings Quality appliances & light fixtures Cherry h/wood flring w/ Travertine tiles

M 3664

$379,000

• Relax in the pool • 3 lge bdrms, 2 baths, vaulted ceilings • Lots of renos, over 14,00sqft lot U/g sprinklers • Lge sundeck w/ great views of valley & city

• • • •

M 3529

M 3678

$362,000

Beautiful rancher w/ full bsmt 2 bdrm ste has own laundry Appliances included Located on a nice & quiet st

$360,000

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M 3668

M 3671

TOWNHOUSE

RANCHER

Very private, 4 poss 5 bdrm family home New appliances, central ai & vac 24x40 wired & heated shop Double lot & RV parking

M 3673

• • • •

$308,000

Very well kept, one owner home 3 good sized bdrm up New flring, counter tops & fixtures Fully fenced backyard, close to schools

M 3690

$254,900

• • • •

Beautiful open floor plan Double sided fireplace High ceilings Deluxe master bedroom

M 3579

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$299,900

4 bdrm home in excellent neighborhood Easy walk to downtown Golf only moments away 360sqft deck Central a/c & new windows

M 3575

$249,900

Maintenance free living One of Merritts finest avenues Two bdrms, two baths Double attached garage

M 3576

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$279,000

3 bdrm family home Security system, 80% efficient furnace A/C, new windows, except bathroom Beautiful l/scaping, treed & fenced

M 3687

$249,000

Beautiful open floor plan Double sided fireplace High ceilings Deluxe master bedroom

M 3657

• • • •

$269,900

Bench location 4 bedroom, 2 bath family home Close to schools & parks Priced to sell!!

M 3689

• Newly built 1700+sqft Rancher in quiet CDS • Close to downtown, walking trails & schools • Open design-3 lg bdrms, 2 baths & a den • Fully fenced, l/scaped w/ 600sqft garage

$349,000

M 3695

$349,000

• • • •

Bench home at end of CDS 4 bdrm, 2 baths, fully finished Large deck, A/C, UG sprinklers Parklike backyard across from crown land

M 3608

$339,000

• 3 bdrm custom Rancher on .27 flat acres • Open flr plan, Mill Creek cabinets, ceramic flring • U/g sprinklers, fully fenced backyard, heated garage • Gazebo w/ 6 person hot tub & RV parking

• Very nice & clean family home • New flooring, includes h/wood upstairs • New bathrms, new lge kitch w/ lots of cupbrds • 2 fireplaces, large lot.

M 3636

M 3705

$329,000

$319,000

$244,900

Location at its best-quiet cul-de-sac Nice 3 level split-3 bdrms New roof ’08, newer vinyl windows Beautiful, private l/scaped large yard w/ water feature

M 3602

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$269,000

3 bdrm home on 1.8 acres Newer addition in back is nicely finished Windows upgraded to vinyl dbl glazed Quiet rural setting w/ lots of room

M 3632

$241,000

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Very nice 4 bdrm 2.5 bath fam home Close to downtown & schools Central air, security system Garden shed & gazebo

M 3293

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$269,000

Quality 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath townhouse Heat pump, a/c, high efficient appliances Gas fireplace & many extras Low maintenance property

M 3685

$219,500

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4 bedroom, 2 level home New 2-stage HE furnace in 2008 Quiet street, fully fenced yards Single car garage & Detached shop

M 3639

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$268,900

Updated kitchen Roof approx 7 y/o Newer furnace & h/w tank Completely fenced on corner lot

M 3518

$179,900

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4 bedroom home in a quiet location Crown molding, skylights, Granite counters, well designed kitchen Tile & laminate & carpet

M 3709

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$260,000

Covered parking Galley kitcth w/ appl & skylite Patio doors from 2nd bdrm or den Nicola River in the back

M 3365

$175,000

• Bench location-3 bdrm, 2 bath family home • Central air, built-in vac, new furnace 2010 • 12x24 detached wired 220 shop • Nice fenced backyard for privacy

M 3693

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$259,900

2 bdrm apt has a modern open floor plan Granite counter tops, SS appliances Has b/i wall a/c & in-unit laundry Urban living at its finest!!

M 3700

$169,000

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Well cared for family home 5 bdrm, 3 bath Large 65x120 lot Located in good area

$259,900

M 3691

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Beautiful river view lot close to downtown. Nice, quiet neighborhood. The uncompromised view never to change. M 3707 $89,000

3 bedroom rancher Vinyl windows & siding 9 year old furnace Fenced front & back

M 3708

$159,900

M 3675

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$139,900

Good condition 2 bdrm Sandpiper 5 appliances included Extra cabinets in laundry room Priced to sell-call today

M 3706

$113,500

• Urban living at its finest! • 1 bdrm apt features a modern open concept design • Perfect for entertaining • Granite counter tops, laminate & tile in kitch & bath

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M 3699

M 3633

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$149,000

Brand new double wide Already set up in the ever improving Tree’s Mobile Park Quick possession

M 3704

$89,900

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Affordability at its best 2 bdrm manufactured on private lot 1 car garage, 2 garden sheds, rm for RV 120 sqft addition, 100sqft deck on CDS

$145,000

Under new management 1 bdrm apartment Stratified building Centrally located

M 3525

• 2 bdrm home w/ lots of rm on lge lot • Improvements to roof, driveway & electrical • Lge entry/laundry w/ rm of an office/ craft rm • Open kitch, dining & lvgrm

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M 3669

M 3652

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$76,900

$145,000

2 bdrms in strata bldg Central location Laminate flring New roof in 2010

M 3486

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$76,900

Nicely updated 3 bdrm, 3 level townhouse A bathroom on each 3 levels Nice, fully fenced backyard Great 1st time home-buyers & investors

$138,000

1 yr pad rent included 2 bdrm, 1 bath, nice, open design 5 appliances included New fence around lge yd & storage shed

M 3658

$74,000

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Excellent condition 2 bdrm Sandpiper Ground floor, 6 hi-tend appliances Laminate flooring, updated light fixtures Fans in both bdrms, air conditioned

M 3677

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$118,000

Nice &t open design-2 bed, 2 bath 24x10 covered deck Detached 16x12 wkshp w/ power Bay windows/skylite & more…

M 3536

$69,000

• Ground level condo w/ newer paint & carpets • In ste tlaundry, new dryer • Open flr plan for living rm & kitchen • Affordable first time or retirement living

M 3702

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$117,000

One bdrm in strata building Rent $550-600 Under new management Shopping & bus close by

M 3613

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M 3684

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$68,000

2 bdrm in Sttrata unit in Sandpiper Easy walk to downtown core Bus service only moments away Laundry rm & air conditioning

$114,000

Rent to own considered Buy your own home Nice 3 bdrm, 2 bath home Appliances included

M 3270

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M 3703

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$59,900

Commercial lot-C3 zoning Good investment property Tenant pays $700/month + utilities Lane access & close to downtown

$114,000

Well kept 3 bedroom manufactured home 18x20 interlocking driveway 6 appliances, newer paint & flooring Garden area, 2 decks, storage shed

M 3607

$37,500

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Nicola Lakeshore Estates. 1.1 ac 15 min from Merritt. Enjoy the outdoors and build your dream home. M 3572 $214,900

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The 18th Annual Valley Visual Artist’s Show and Sale is scheduled to be held at the Merritt Civic Centre from Friday, March 23, to Sunday, March 25. The event is slated to feature art by club members in various mediums including oil, acrylic, pastel, photography, pencil and pencil crayon. Preparations are intense as the group gears up for the annual tradition. “Oh boy, we’re booking the Civic Centre and getting all the members to be prepared for the event with showing new work,” said Bev Veale, Valley Visual Artist’s president. “The Nicola Valley has an awful lot of great artists, from amateurs to professionals who are showcasing work that isn’t just confined to the fine arts.” This year, the club is welcoming both old and new work from the community. Formerly, only the current year’s pieces were accepted. Still-life floral, representational landscapes, as well as abstract work will be showcased. Greeting cards and small paintings that illustrate local landscapes will be available at a boutique table. Bev Veale, president of Valley Visual Artists, demonstrates a paint stroke as she gears up for the 18th The work will be displayed throughout Annual Show and Sale. Phillip Woolgar/Herald the Civic Centre and people can walk Toonie draws will be held over “I’m a jack of all trades, master of around to take in the work. the weekend and the winners will be none,” she said about her work, with a People come to view the art from the announced at the end of the show and laugh. “My first love is chalk pastels, but I coast, Logan Lake and the Nicola Valley. sale on Sunday. Artist Shirley Sauviat’s has participated do acrylics and watercolour and maintain A reception, which features music and a sketch book. Something else catches in the event in almost all of the 15 years refreshments, is scheduled to be held from she has been a member of the Visual Arts your eye and you think, ‘Gee, I’d love to 5 to 8 p.m. on the first day of the event. try that.” Club.

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Reclaiming Lent from its morass NARAYAN MITRA You Gotta Have FAITH The season of Lent is well under way. Whether the 40-day period is practiced or not, the eyes of the faithful are upon its culmination on Good Friday, April 6 this year. At the heart of the message of the Word of God is the Cross of Lord Jesus Christ. The implications of that message can readily be summed up in three words suggested by the language of Paul in 2 Corinthians 5:14,15: “For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf.” Substitution. “He died for all.” Those words strike at the root of the Christian gospel, and tell us that God has dealt with sin. Our sin of rebellion – our claim to the right to be independent of Him – He has dealt with this through His Son who was obedient unto death. To quote the language of Isaiah: “The Lord has laid on Him the iniquity – the bias to independent living – of us all, and by His stripes we are healed.” The sword of God’s justice has been buried in His own heart, for when Jesus laid bare His breast to the stroke of God’s judgment on human guilt, God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself. The punishment which was due to us, He has borne Himself. Here, then, is the great fact of substitution, seen most clearly at Calvary, yet revealed not only in the death of Christ, but also in His life of which His death was simply the climax. Identification. “One died for all, therefore all died.” This

tremendous truth of Christ for us, by which we may receive forgiveness for all our sins, solely on His merit and because of God’s grace, has this immense implication: that God has nothing of His blessing for anyone except it be in Jesus. The life He lived and the death He died, which God has so clearly accepted, has involved the setting aside of every other kind of life. The acceptance of the life of Jesus in heaven is the inevitable rejection of all others. It is His meekness and perfect obedience which is accepted before God and therefore our pride and rebellion are for ever condemned. It is impossible for anyone to claim forgiveness, unless they accept Christ in life and death

and resurrection. It is this truth which is desperately in need of reemphasis today. So many seem to take Christianity upon themselves so easily, almost flippantly. There has been little, if any, understanding of what sin is, or of what it has done to all of us in throwing our whole personality off centre and making us the victim of appetite and desire instead of being the masters of it. Nor is there real appreciation of the fact that it is only through Christ that we are not only forgiven, but made one with the Lord that we are enabled to live victoriously. How is this possible? That question is answered at the heart of Paul’s message. Sovereignty.

“That they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him…” The offer of God’s free grace demands God’s full government. There can be no conversion without His complete control. We cannot accept Christ and live as we like. He must be Lord. But this is no awful bondage. It is, in fact, perfect freedom. This revelation of Christ for us as our substitute, and us with Christ in His death, has been accompanied by the imparting of His nature within each one of us. This double truth of Calvary, through which we have forgiveness and share His victory, controls and restrains; compels our surrender and enables us to do God’s will. The two greatest les-

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Treating the cause of your problem, not just the symptoms DR. COLIN GAGE Spinal COLUMN I have spent the 16 years in practice trying my best to educate my patients and the general public about many different physical problems that I see in my office I often use a chiropractic term called a “subluxation”. Although other health care practitioners may have a slightly different definition for the word, chiropractors have been using this word to describe a very specific problem for over 100

years. There are volumes of quality scientific information and studies demonstrating what a subluxation is and how chiropractors successfully treat it. In order to keep this interesting, I will simplify the definition harshly. As we go through our daily lives, we expose ourselves to all kinds of stress. They may be physical (such as an accident) or emotional (such as job or family stress). Either way, they have a negative effect on your physical health, particularly in the muscles, nerves and joints of your spine. In my practice, I see people every day who are or have been under some form of stress. These people are often seeing a chiropractor to correct the lack of mobility or

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restricted areas in their spine. When these problem areas are present, they can cause irritation of the nerves as they exit

Specialist talks about skin cancer (NC)—The incidence of melanoma has tripled in the last 30 years and knowledge is considered the most important preventative. Here, skin cancer specialist, Dr. David Hogg, answers questions about the disease: Does a new mole mean I have skin cancer? No, but it’s good to know your skin and be aware when new moles occur. Warning signs are visible, so have your moles checked if: the shape of one side is different from the other; the border is irregular or not sharp; there is colour variation within the mole; it is more than 6 mm wide, or if it changes over time. If it is skin cancer, what can be done? If caught early, even the most dangerous type of skin cancer, melanoma, can be treated more easily and the outlook is good. However, if you’ve been diag-

nosed with advanced melanoma, it’s more difficult to treat. The good news is that a new treatment called Yervoy has just been approved by Health Canada and is the first and only approved treatment to extend survival. It works by kick-starting the body’s own immune system to fight the cancer. Can I prevent skin cancer? Not all the time, but the best form of prevention is limiting your exposure to ultraviolet light that comes from the sun or from tanning beds. If you go out in the sun, cover up with a hat or clothing and use a broad-spectrum sunscreen on exposed skin. Is the sun as dangerous in the winter as in the summer? Do not let the cold winter weather fool you. Snow reflects as much as 80 per cent of UV radiation, which is much higher than

the spine. These nerves control the neighboring muscles, pain sensation, and other internal organs and glands. If left

untreated, the muscles can go into spasm, mild to severe pain can occur, and other seemingly unrelated problems can occur at different areas where the nerve travels to. By doing a series of “chiropractic adjustments”, the movement or “alignment” (as my patients like to call it) of a problematic area can be restored. This allows the joints and nerves of the spine to function normally and the person feels much healthier because of it. Once a person has achieved a healthy spine and the associated nerves are functioning normally, it is at this point that he or she must incorporate some form of consistent mild to moderate exercise into their life. This can be done with the

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guidance of a chiropractor as well. By combining a healthy spine and nerves with consistent mild to moderate exercise, your body will be able to reach its maximum physical potential. This will allow one to accomplish more and do the things that are important to him or her in life. This should not be

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(NC)—Eating too much sodium can lead to high blood pressure, stroke and heart disease. The bad news is, most of us are eating more than double the amount of sodium we need. The good news is, you can change that. Take a look at these five tips from Registered Dietitian Sue Mah to improve your eating habits and your health: 1. Eat more vegetables and fruit. Not only are they packed with nutrition, they are also sodiumfree. Frozen and canned produce are good, economical options too as long as you buy the ones with no added salt or sauces. You can also rinse canned vegetables to wash away some of the sodium. Aim for 7-10 servings of vegetables and fruit every day. Are you getting enough? To assist with your efforts, a leading juice brand offers incentives for you to track your fruit and vegetable servings online at www.facebook.com/mottsgardencocktail. 2. Look for “sodium reduced” products. Read food labels and look for the words “sodium reduced,” “low sodium” and “sodium free.” Many foods have been reformulated with a lower sodium content. In the juice section, for example, the new Mott’s Garden Cocktail Original contains 35% less sodium than it did before, and the “low sodium” line has reduced it by another 65%.

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BARRIE OGDEN BARRIE’S BANTER Derek DeCandole’s arrival in late 2011 as the District’s Economic Development Officer has brought new ideas and a potential for change which, together with fresh energy is, from my viewpoint, providing a welcome change of perspective to community life. While Derek looks barely old enough to have graduated from high school, his interest and energy in working with mayor and council to make Logan Lake an even better place to live, work, retire can’t be denied. While people, like me, may want to have a community with a designated shopping district, Derek is celebrating the fact that we have to park our vehicles off Chartrand and Opal to become pedestrians on the Lakeview Plaza. Derek believes this gathering point for community life encourages friendliness and social interaction, even if the communication is as brief as a pleasant hello offered with a smile. And, who can argue about the genuine friendliness of Logan Lake life? If you’re someone

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who, like me, has “been parked” outside the Seniors Centre collecting money for Heart and Stroke or if you’ve been selling tickets as a fundraiser for a local organization, the sociable nature of residents is both evident and exceptional. One of Derek’s initiatives is to promote Logan Lake as an age friendly community. While we haven’t yet received this designation, the district has received funding from the province through Age Friendly B.C. and the Union

of British Columbia Municipalities. This funding will allow Derek, together with district administration and members of council, to formulate a community planning process which will, later this spring and early summer, provide residents with unique opportunities to take an active role in defining the future highlighted by the health and well-being of individuals, families and almost, more importantly, the community as a whole. Another initiative that Derek, in coopera-

tion with the Economic Committee of mayor and council, is working on the concept of an open market in Logan Lake during June, July and August. The market will offer local businesses, especially those which are home-based, together with artisans and farmers, a unique opportunity and venue where goods can be marketed and sold. If there’s sufficient interest, the length of the market might be expanded to include May and September. Derek is hoping to host an organizational meeting later

this month. If you’re interested and/or want more information, please don’t delay and contact him by phone at 250-523-6225 or by email at ddecandole@ loganlake.ca. I urge all those who are interested to step up to the plate to take advantage of this incredible opportunity. In his spare time, Derek will be developing a marketing plan for the district as a means of attracting both tourists and, more importantly, new residents, to a community with developing real estate options.

New crisis line network aims to protect Barrie Ogden THE HERALD

Recently, the provincial government launched the Interior Crisis Line Network in Kamloops as a means of providing Interior Health residents, including those of us in Logan Lake, with around-the-clock access to telephone support through

a toll free number – 1-888353-2273 when facing personal challenges such as depression, substance abuse, spousal abuse and other issues which threaten health and happiness. This toll-free number will connect callers to the nearest crisis line geographically but, if that line is busy, the call will be routed to another

Interior-based line, ensuring the caller’s concerns are dealt with quickly and efficiently. Those answering the phone are, obviously, both highly trained and skilled and have access to a wideranging information base of community services and supports across the region to ensure callers obtain the best service possible so the

outcome for individuals is manageable. On a another note: This is the reminder for kids and youth that BC Lions great, Geroy Simon will be at the Elementary School beginning at 11:30 a.m. while older “kids” will have a chance to meet this CFL hero at the Black Bull between 4 – 7 p.m.

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Buying Versus Renting When it comes to a home, you have two options: buying or renting. What is right for one person may not be right for another; it’s important to know which is the best option for your individual situation. There are a number of reasons why someone may either choose or be forced to rent, including sporadic or unpredictable income, a high debt-to-income ratio, a bankruptcy or unpaid collection accounts or judgments, frequent relocating for employment or the inability to save enough money for a required down payment on the purchase of a home. As a homeowner, you will be responsible for any maintenance or repair issues that arise. This is a big consideration when choosing whether to rent or buy. When you rent, the property owner is responsible for repairs and it may not always be obvious that these issues can be very costly. If you have steady income with a good employment history, can provide a down payment of at least 5-10 percent of the purchase price and are current with all debts, it may be time to consider buying a home instead of renting. When deciding to buy, job stability is a big factor. If your job does not require frequent relocation and you plan to live in the home for at least 5-10 years, you may want to consider making the purchase. If you need to relocate after that, you may have enough equity from the sale to use as a down payment on another home. Before shopping for a home make sure you check your credit report for inaccuracies and dispute anything that needs correction with each of the three major credit reporting agencies. A REALTOR® can show you the perfect home and a lender can tell you whether or not you can afford it. Serving Merritt & Logan Lake

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Led by the three-goal performance of their captain, Evan Stack, the Merritt Centennials defeated the visiting Salmon Arm Silverbacks 5-2 on Tuesday night. The hat trick was Stack’s first in the BCHL and brought his goals total for the year to an even 30 with two games remaining in the regular season. “My goal at the beginning of the year was to get close to 30,” stated Stack, who is wrapping up his second full season with the Cents. “It feels good to get there.” The Calgary native went on to praise his two linemates, Regan Soquila and Chad Brears, for all their hard work. “They always battle hard,” he said. Brears drew assists on all three of Stack’s goals, while Soquila was directly responsible for the third goal as he worked a nice give-andgo with Stack in front of the net. The Centennials got on the scoreboard first in their seventh and final meeting with the Backs this season, as Stack notched his team-leading fifteenth powerplay goal at 8:16 of the first period, a tip-in of a Brandon

Merritt Centennials’ captain Evan Slack (9) celebrates his third goal against the Salmon Arm Silverbacks on Tuesday night with teammate Chad Brears, who assisted on all three of his linemate’s tallies. Brandon Bruce and Jakob Reichert also scored while netminder Lino Chimienti made 18 saves as the Cents defeated the Backs 5-2. Ian Webster/Herald

Pfeil point shot. The Silverbacks would respond just under seven minutes later as Shane Hanna buried the rebound off a Devin Muller rush behind Cents’ starting netminder Lino Chimienti. Brandon Bruce, with his seventh goal in the Cents’ last eight games, put Merritt ahead with less than three minutes gone in the second stanza, and Stack made it a two-goal lead at the 6:15 mark, stuffing the puck past Backs’ goalie Adam

BCHL STANDINGS to March 06 INTERIOR DIVISION Team

GP W

T OTL PTS

Penticton Merritt Prince George Chilliwack Vernon Westside Salmon Arm Trail

58 58 58 57 58 58 58 57

3 18 20 22 27 28 34 39

0 2 2 1 1 2 0 1

53 32 32 31 28 21 16 11

2 108 6 72 4 70 3 66 2 59 7 51 8 40 6 29

Clark after a wild scramble in front of his net. Once again, a resilient Salmon Arm team would battle back with Morgan Zulinick bagging a powerplay goal at the 11:51 mark. It was all Merritt in the final period of regulation as Stack, with his third, and Jakob Reichert put pucks past Clarke. All told, the Cents fired 41 shots at the Backs’ netminder, while Chimienti had a relatively quiet night between the pipes, turning aside 18 of 20 shots all told. Stack gave credit to the opposition for keeping it close through 40 minutes. “They played hard. They were transitioning really well, and rushing the puck. They have some talented forwards.”

Cents’ head coach and GM Luke Pierce conceded that teams like Salmon Arm, who are out of this year’s play-off picture, can be extremely dangerous to play late in the schedule. “They were playing a carefree style, with guys taking major risks,” he said. “It got us off our game a bit at the beginning, but we stayed patient. When we got back to doing the things we need to do – which is defend as a unit – we created a lot of turnovers and generated more scoring chances.” As for Stack’s threegoal performance, Pierce went on to say, “It’s his leadership coming through. I thought the whole line was really good. The nice thing with them is that even

when chances don’t quite work out, they never quit. They just keep going and going. They’re tough to stop.” The Centennials have two remaining regular season games, both against the Trail Smoke Eaters. Merritt travels to the Kootenays on Friday before entertaining the Smokies back at home on Saturday night. Despite a 4-3 win in their last meeting back on Feb. 29, the Cents are not taking their opposition at all lightly. “They [Trail] always work hard,” said Stack. “But we know that if we win the next two games then we don’t have to worry about scoreboard watching. We’ll automatically get second place and home-ice advantage. It’s also important to win

GP W

T OTL PTS

Surrey Powell River Cowichan Valley Coquitlam Nanaimo Alberni Valley Langley Victoria

59 57 58 58 57 58 57 58

14 16 16 18 23 33 33 37

2 2 1 2 0 2 1 1

36 37 35 36 25 21 18 20

7 2 6 2 9 2 5 0

81 78 77 76 59 46 42 41

ranked Penticton Vees (also not inconceivable), then the Chiefs could in fact overtake the Sprucies for third place and become Merritt’s firstround competition. A total of three Centennials’ players were out of the line-up on Tuesday. Brett Fletcher was serving the first of a twogame suspension for his check-to-the-head major in last week’s game versus Penticton. Both Tyler Martin and Dylan Chanter weren’t dressed for Tuesday’s game because of slight concussion symptoms. Inserted into the Cents’ line-up was affiliate player Scotty Patterson from the Osoyoos Coyotes of the KIJHL.

Fountain Tire atoms host OMAHA championships The Merritt Fountain Tire atom development squad is hosting the nineteam OMAHA Michie Conference championships this coming weekend. A total of 19 games will be played at both the Nicola Valley and Shulus arenas starting Friday at 4:30 p.m. and wrapping up Sunday at 2 p.m. Merritt’s atom team, which finished second in the regular season standings with a 12-1-3 record, has round robin games on Friday at 6:15 p.m., and Saturday at 9:45 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. All three games are at the Nicola Valley arena in Merritt. Out-of-town teams are from North and South Okanagan, Penticton, Summerland, Clearwater, Chase, Princeton and Westside.

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so that we have a lot of confidence going into the play-offs.” Merritt’s first-round opponent in the postseason has yet to be determined. While Prince George has the mathematical edge, as they are just two points back of the Centennials in the standings and still contending for second place, the Chilliwack Chiefs are also very much in the picture. The fourth-place Chiefs’ 4-2 victory over the Vernon Vipers on Tuesday night puts them just four points back of the Spruce Kings. If the Chiefs were to win all three of their remaining games (which is not inconceivable), and Prince George was to lose their last two games against the number-one-

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Local teams take both Devils’ tournament titles ThisTheAin’t No Bull Ty Pozzobon Report By Ian Webster THE HERALD

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Merritt bull rider Ty Pozzobon kept up his busy schedule of rodeo events this past week with competitions both north and south of the border. From Feb. 28 – Mar. 1, Pozzobon was in Texas taking part in the Rodeo Houston BP Super Series. Competing in Pool A, the Nicola Valley cowboy won both the first and third rounds with scores of 88 and 91. The latter was his top result so far this season. “Yeah, 91 is my best ride this year, and the second highest ride of my career,” said Pozzobon when contacted on Tuesday of this week while resting up in Stephensville, Texas. His combined score of 179 for three rounds put Pozzobon in first place in his pool and qualified him for the Houston rodeo semifinals, slated for next Thursday. Top prize for the event is $50,000. “It’s been a pretty awesome experience, already,” he stated. “It’s one of the biggest rodeos in the world and it means a lot to have won two rounds. It would be pretty cool to win it all.” Should Pozzobon make it to the Houston finals on Mar. 17, he’s hoping to avoid a conflict with another rodeo commitment he has. On the same day, he is scheduled to compete in Arizona at the Glendale Invitational. The Built Ford Tough Series event will bring together the top 40 bull riders in the world. “Because I’m 13th right now in the BFTS, and because of television coverage and everything, they want me there,” explained Pozzobon. “I don’t think they want me missing any of the events. If the conflict doesn’t get resolved, I’ll just have to be satisfied with the round money from Houston. It is what it is, and I’ll accept whatever happens.” Following his success in the prelims at the Houston Super Series, Pozzobon hopped on a plane and flew to Lethbridge, Alberta for a PBR Canada competition on Friday. He managed to tie for second with an 87-point ride on Lost Wages. What made the result special was that the Merritt cowboy is part owner of the

very bull that he rode. “Me and a stock contracting company from Alberta, called Wild Hogs, bought this bull together last May down in Fort Worth, Texas. When we bought him, he was just a three-yearold competing in the amateurs and bucking a lot of guys off. Now he’s in the PBR ranks.” Wild Hogs Bucking Bulls, along with Smithbilt Hats and Wrangler are Pozzobon’s three major sponsors at this particular point in his career. Pozzobon and his traveling buddy, Aaron Roy, hightailed it out of Lethbridge Friday night and barely made it to their next rodeo destination – Arlington, Texas. “Our flight out of Calgary was going to be delayed. Luckily, we got pushed to another airline and got to the rodeo just in time.” Competing in the Dickies Iron Cowboy III at Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington was “a truly amazing experience” declared Pozzobon. “It was one of the largest venues that I’ve ever ridden in.” The former Merritt Secondary School student didn’t allow the impressive surroundings overwhelm him however, as he won his first two rounds of head-to-head competition before bowing out in the quarterfinals. His event average of 178 was still good enough to place him sixth overall and bring him another $1,000 payday. After eight events on the Built Ford Tough tour, Pozzobon remains in 13th place overall, with 1,690 points and more than $18,600 in earnings so far this season. Up next for the rising rodeo star is the second PBR sponsored ‘Last Cowboy Standing’ event of the year, at 80,000-seat Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. It is the home of the National Football League’s Detroit Lions. Pozzobon is looking forward to the relatively restful weekend of only one rodeo commitment. “It’ll be nice. I’ll be able to get a good rest. I was pretty tired out after last week.”

The annual Coldwater Hotel Devils men’s and women’s rec hockey tournaments saw local teams emerge victorious on both sides of the draw on the weekend. In the men’s division, played at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena, it was the Grand Pub & Grill Rednecks battling back from a two-goal deficit to edge the host Devils 3-2 in Sunday’s final. Cole Yurkowski was the hero of the day for the Rednecks, scoring twice in the championship game. Ironically, Yurkowski had played for the Devils in a game earlier in the tournament as a shortage of healthy bodies resulted in numerous incidents of teamswapping by the aging participants. Dwayne Suzuki tallied the third Rednecks’ goal while Devils’ marksmen were Dan Post and Kevin Dixon. Men’s tournament organizer and Devils’ player Roddy Rodgers conceded that the title game might not have been as close as it was had it not been for the tremendous goaltending of Jordan Pehr in the Devils’ net. “He was outstanding all tournament,” said Rodgers. Third place in the

CWAFG netminder Amanda Billy (above) faced upwards of 60 shots a game in the women’s rec tournament at Shulus arena on the weekend. Despite not winning any of their games, the CWAFG gals displayed great sportsmanship and had a grood time. Ian Webster/Herald

men’s tournament went to the NVIT Eagles, fourth to the Merritt Scrapers and fifth to the Penticton Reds. On the women’s side of the draw, the local Krushers upset the highly-touted Dirt Bags from Kamloops in another wild 3-2 game that saw the visitors pull their goalie in the final minute but fail to gain the equalizer. After falling behind 2-0 in the first period, the Krushers’ Veronica Charters and Kyla Bukkos scored in the second to square things on the scoreboard. Charters got her second of the game with just under three minutes

left in the deciding period, leading to the frantic finish at the end. Lillooet’s Dewey’s All-Stars edged the local Fur Real team 3-2 in the battle for third and fourth, while the Drifters subdued CWAFG 9-0 in the tussle for fifth and sixth place. The make-shift CWAFG squad failed to win a game all weekend, but that did little to dampen the spirits of the enthusiastic team members. “We were just a thrown-together team at the last minute,” conceded CWAFG netminder Amanda Billy. “We pretty well knew that we weren’t going to be winning

many, if any, games.” Billy’s own efforts were truly heroic as the neophyte puckstopper bravely faced a ton of rubber all weekend long. “I’ve only played in goal a bit before, mostly pond hockey,” she stated with a laugh. “This was only my second tournament.” Billy credited her husband, Sonny - a goaltender himself - with helping her a great deal. “He’s really a very good teacher. A lot of what he said to me made sense. We practised in our living room the night before, and he gave me lots of tips. If I’m any good, it’s because of him.”

A RARE EIGHT-ENDER In the curling world, it’s the equivalent of golf’s hole-inone. The local Adrian Reynoldson rink pulled off an eight-ender last week at the Merritt Curling Centre, successfully placing all eight of their rocks in a scoring position. The unusual occurrance took place during Thursday night’s men’s league action between the Reynoldson rink and the Greg Van Rossum foursome. The Reynoldson quartet that night was comprised of (shown left to right) Adrian Reynoldson, Ken ConwayBrown, Adam Yasunaga and Bob Reid. The last eight-ender locally is thought to have occurred at least five to six years ago. Photo submitted

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12 at 7:30 p.m. at the NVIT Lecture Theatre the society presents “BEGINNERS”, rated PG. & featuring Christopher Plummer. Parking is free and there is no food or drink allowed in the theatre. For more information phone 250-378-3974 COURTHOUSE GALLERY The 6th Annual Community Arts Show is open until March 16th. This year’s show is very different from previous years with the types of art that were submitted for showing. This year’s show is really exciting. Here is some of the work being shown: fish-scale art, painted

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1:00 pm Floor Curling Floor Shuffleboard Cancelled 1:30 pm Seniors Meeting 7:00 pm Rummoli & Pool 1:00 pm Floor Curling 7:00 pm Crib/Whist 1:00 pm Bingo 7:00 pm Bridge 1:30 pm Carpet Bowling 7:00 pm Court Whist

feathers, a homemade rocking horse, painted spoons, glass etching, and some illustrated books. Voting for Viewer’s Choice will continue through Mar. 16. Come in, see the show and support your local arts. Gallery hours are: Thursdays 4 - 8 p.m., and Friday & Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE Hosting their Annual St. Patrick’s Luncheon on Saturday, March 17th from 11 am - 2 pm at the Parish Hall. Prizes and raffle tickets available from C.W.L. members or at the door. Everyone welcome. CELEBRATE WOMEN On Thursday, March 8 from 6 - 8 p.m. the Nicola Valley Women in Action would like to invite you to their 8th annual Celebrate Women at the Civic Centre. This day is to celebrate International Women’s Day by honouring women in our own region who have made a difference either through their volunteer

activities or through their profession. Everyone is welcome to come out and honour these wonderful women. For more information please contact Shannon at 250378-9222 daytime or 250-378-9910 or email shannondaw@telus.net. MERRITT NAVY LEAGUE CADET CORPS Would you like to help out the youth in our community (ages 9 - 13) ? The Navy League Cadet Corps in Merritt is currently looking for Volunteer Instructors and Officers. You will be trained by Commanding Officers from The Navy League of Canada. FMI & find out where to sign up please call Branch Pres. Michelle Fox @ 378-4099 or CO Rob Wagar @ 378-7276. VALLEY VISUAL ARTIST’S 18TH ANNUAL SHOW & SALE Merritt Civic Centre on Friday, Saturday & Sunday, March 23, 24 and 25th. The reception will be held from 5 pm to 8 pm on Friday with

refreshments and music. This latest show and sale will feature art by club members in a variety of mediums including oil, acrylic, pastel, photography, pencil and pencil crayon. Subjects range from still life to floral, from area landscapes to the abstract. A boutique table offering greeting cards and smaller paintings illustrating local area scenes is also included. A Tooney Draw will be held throughout the weekend with the winner(s) being announced at the close of the sale on Sunday. COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX PROGRAM CVITP started on March 6 at Crossroads Community Church, Tuesday & Thursday 9 am - 12 noon. Will run until April 24th and April 26th and will be pick-up only. EXTREME WEATHER SHELTER *VOLUNTEERS NEEDED If you are interested in volunteering please call the Community Policing Office at 250-378-3955 or drop in at 2013 Quilchena Ave.

The Community Response Extreme Weather Shelter will be open until Mar. 31 at 2199 Coutlee Ave. Doors will open at 5 p.m. and guests may stay until 8 a.m. the next day. SENIORS’ EVENTS AT THE FLORENTINE The Florentine has movie nights at 6:30 p.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. On Tuesday nights, at 6:30 p.m., we play cards and other games. Tea and snacks

are at 3 p.m. daily. For more info. call the Florentine at 250-3785300. BADMINTON Happening until June 2012, provided by the Leisure Services Department. All skill levels invited to play. It is being held at the CMS school gym every Friday from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. For more information contact the Civic Centre, call Bharat @ 250-3788471 or email merritt378@gmail.com

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Drop-In Volleyball Mondays - 7 - 9 p.m. CMS. 250-378-6212 Food Bank Bingo Fridays - Elks Hall - 5:30 p.m. Guides Mondays - 5:30 -7 p.m. 250-378-4768 Ladies’ Curling League Wednesdays, 6 - and 8 p.m. Call 250-378- 8175 or 250-378-4917 Lions’ Bingo Mondays - 5:30 p.m. - Elks Hall Fridays - 5 p.m. - Elks Hall Living With Loss Support Group Wednesdays - 7 to 8:45 p.m. 2025 Granite Ave - 250-280-4040 Lower Nicola Band Bingo Saturdays - Elks Hall - 5 p.m. Lower Nicola Community Hall Card Games - 2nd & 4th Tuesdays 7 p.m. - Starting Oct. 25 Call 250-378-9545 or 378-4732 Lower Nicola Society First Monday - 7 - 8 p.m. at the Lower Nicola Hall Masonic Lodge Members Fourth Monday - 7:30 p.m. 2065 Quilchena Ave. Merritt Duplicate Bridge Club Tuesdays 7 p.m. Seniors’ Center 250-378-5550 or 250-378-4577 Merritt Elks Lodge Clubs Second & Fourth Wednesday - 8 p.m. Elks Hall 250-378-9788 Merritt Lawn Bowling Sun., Tues., & Thurs. at 7 p.m. 250-378-2950 Merritt Lions Club First & Third Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Best Western - Han’s Golden Wok 250-378-9509 Merritt Moms Prenatal - Post Natal Support group. Open Monday - Friday - 8:30 a.m. 250-378-2252 Merritt Mountain Bike Association Weekly & daily rides. For more info www.merrittmountainbiking.com

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Margaret Alice Reynoldson (nee Dickie) passed away suddenly on March 3, 2012. She was born January 8th, 1953 in Merritt, B.C. Left behind to tell of her adventures are her mother, Mary Dickie; her husband of forty years, Adrian; her two children, Aaron (Delaraine) and Adriane (Mike); numerous family members; close friends and of course her two grandsons, Carson and Gavin who lovingly knew her as, “Golf Cart Grandma.” Never one to sit still for long, Marg could be found at the curling club, singing with the community choir, enjoying dinners with the book club, planning her and Adrian’s next travel destination, or at the golf course - carting the boys to see the ducks and play in the dirt. A cowgirl at heart, her smile was never as true as it was when she was talking of her time spent with her companion, Springs. There were few things dearer to her than a crisp morning ride with the sun beaming down on her face as she rode across the mountainside of Pooley Ranch. Marg was a loving and compassionate person who will be affectionately remembered and terribly missed. She left too soon; but, there is comfort in knowing… she lived. A celebration of Marg’s life will be held at the Crossroads Community Church in Merritt at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 10th. In lieu of flowers, please consider making donations to the Heart & Stroke Foundation in Marg’s name.

GWENDELINE (GWEN) OLIVE MILLER In the early hours of Tuesday, February 28, Gwen Miller passed away peacefully in her sleep. She had been admitted to Royal Inland Hospital a couple of days earlier after a fall and was under observation. Gwen was 95 years old at the time of her passing. Gwen is survived by her loving children, Jack (Verna) Miller, Christine (Joe) Kenward, and Elizabeth (Dwayne) Burdeniuk; grandchildren Anthony Miller, Dustin (Virika) Miller, Joey Kenward, Nicola (C.J.) Baker, Alyson (Jeff) Van Humbeck, and Michael Burdeniuk; and great grandchildren, Annika Miller and Ross Miller. She is also survived by sister-in-law Rhona Baker of the Hamlets and many nieces and nephews. She was pre-deceased by husband Wilson Miller, Brother Sid Baker, sister Renee Carswell and her parents Louis and Gertrude Baker. Gwen was born in Winnipeg, Dec.26, 1916, but because her father was an Engineer for the CNR, she spent much of her early childhood moving west, eventually arriving in Kamloops in 1927. She attended Stuart Wood Elementary School and later Kamloops High, graduating from Grade 12 in 1936. She attended Vancouver Normal School, completing the requirements for a Teaching CertiÀcate and took up her Àrst teaching position in Lytton in 1938. She met her husband Wilson while in Lytton. They were married in Kamloops in 1941, and then moved east when Wilson joined the RCAF during WWII. After the war, they returned to Lytton, where they purchased a general store, which they operated together until the late 1960’s. Gwen went back to teaching in 1963 and was thrilled to return to the career she loved. They made many life-long friends while in Lytton, and Gwen touched the lives of many children during her time teaching there. In 1969 they moved to Merritt where Gwen taught until her retirement in 1980. In 1994 Gwen moved into a condo where she lived until she made the decision to move back to Kamloops to Cariboo Manor in 2004. She spent her last years in the Hamlets, enjoying an active and enjoyable life. Over the years Gwen was a Guide leader, very active in the Anglican Church, the Rebecca Lodge, and as a member of the Retired Teachers Association. She loved to sing and play the piano and continued to do so in her Ànal years at the Hamlets. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, March 9, 2012 at St. George’s Anglican Church, 308 Royal Avenue in North Kamloops, BC, the Reverend Isabel Healy-Morrow ofÀciating. There will be no interment. In lieu of Áowers, donations may be made to the St. George’s Church Sunday School, sent to St. George’s Anglican Church Sunday School, 308 Royal Avenue, Kamloops, BC, V2B 3P5. Arrangements entrusted to Kamloops Funeral Home 250-554-2577 Condolences may be emailed to the family from www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com

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CLASS 1 DRIVER N.M.V. Lumber Ltd. requires immediately an experienced and dependable Class 1 driver for their Áat deck, super-B trucks. Winter hwy driving experience is an asset. We provide steady week day work hauling lumber within the Interior and Lower Mainland with the option of long haul trips. Please deliver your resume and abstract in person to 2770 Pooley Avenue or via fax to 250-378-5820.

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The award winning Merritt Herald is currently looking for an enthusiastic individual to Àll the circulation manager position. Main duties would be to make sure our newspaper arrives at every doorstep in the Merritt, Lower Nicola and Logan Lake areas. Responsibilities • Communicating with carriers and customers. • Handle all phone inquires and complaints in a professional and efÀcient manner. QualiÀcations • Must have strong organizational and communication skills • Be able to work well under pressure. • Some ofÀce/computer experience is also required. • Must also have own form of transportation. If you are interested please drop your resume off in person to 2090 Granite Ave., Merritt, BC. No phone calls please.

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Suites, Lower Newly reno’d bright very clean spacious bachelor suite. Private entrance in owner occupied home. Close to all amenities. Fully furnished and equipped. Rent incl. all util. except phone. Avail. March 1. No pets, alcohol, drugs, smoking, or parties. Suitable for single or retired person - long term tenant preferred. Damage deposit and ref. required. Phone 250-315-0179 to view.

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