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GIVING IT A TRI Seventy-seven local children from ages 3 - 14 participated in Merritt’s first Kidz Tri It triathlon on Sunday. Starting at the Nicola Valley Aquatic Centre, children swam, biked and ran their way to the finish line at Rotary Park. Distances varied depending on age group. Left to right: Ella McKeown (7), Daniel Hodson (2) and Brennan O’Flaherty (9). See Thursday’s Merritt Herald for more photos and information. Ian Webster/Herald
Country fans struggle for Mountainfest refunds By Jade Swartzberg THE HERALD
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Usually, Langley resident Leah Carlson buys four reserved seats and two campsites valued at over $1,500 to attend the Merritt Mountain Music Festival. This year, however, she went with her gut and only reserved two seats. Despite her caution, Carlson is still out $624 that Active Mountain Entertainment had not refunded as of Friday, though the company announced it had scrapped the festival last Tuesday. A cancellation notice posted on the festival website and emailed to those, like Carlson, who purchased tickets directs customers to contact their credit card providers for a refund. “When I read that it said con-
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the festival. That was enough for some diehard festival fans to think twice before purchasing tickets this year. “My cousin has been going since the beginning, but she didn’t buy tickets this year,” said Carlson. “It’s a shame, it could have been a great thing.” Organizers cited low ticket sales for the cancellation, but Carlson said they could have sold more tickets if Active Mountain had slashed the prices and marketed the festival as a rebuilding year. Instead, tickets prices were the same as last year. “What it boils down to, is that we’ve been lied to,” she said. Mountainfest co-founder Claude Lelievre refused to answer media inquiries. Instead, he told the Herald to call back next week “when the dust had settled.”
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“The representative I spoke to allowed me to dispute the charges anyway, but since it’s passed 90 days, I have no guarantee,” she said. A customer service representative from the RBC Royal Bank gave the Herald a similar response. He said in this situation, Active Mountain is responsible to authorize a refund, otherwise customers need to dispute the charges, but there is no guarantee. Carlson is not the only disgruntled ticket holder looking for a refund. On the Merritt Mountain Music Festival Facebook page several people have posted comments expressing frustration with the company, updating each other as they continue to get the runaround. Some people said they were told that Bean Stream, an electronic payment processing company, was hold-
tact your credit card company, I knew something was wrong,” said Carlson. “Usually when a show is cancelled through Live Nation or Ticketmaster, the money is automatically refunded.” On Ticketmaster’s website, it states that if an event is cancelled, customers will get an automatic refund for tickets bought online or by phone. Tickets purchased at a retail location can be returned at the same location for a refund. Instead of phoning her credit card company, Carlson phoned Active Mountain to request her refund, but the representative insisted she call her credit card company. When she called her Visa provider, Carlson was told that cardholders had 90 days to dispute a charge and after that, there was nothing they could do.
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Making dining out just a little bit easier It is now easier than ever to make healthy choices when dining out with the recent launch of the Province of British Columbia’s Informed Dining program. Featuring more than 300 restaurant outlets in British Columbia, the program publishes nutritional information and allows diners to view the information in a format similar to that of a nutritional guide on products at the grocery store. All you have to do is look for the Informed Dining logo at participating restaurants. “British Columbians have made it clear they want information to help them make informed choices about what they and their families are eating,” says B.C. Minister of Health Mike de Jong. “With Informed Dining, we are partnering with B.C. restaurants to help make the healthy choice the easy choice.” Some of the participating restaurants include chains such as The Boathouse, De Dutch, A&W and Little Caesar’s, and stand-alone restaurants such as H.A.V.E. Cafe in Vancouver, Mountain Eagle Books in Smithers and Joseph’s Coffee House in Victoria. With people in British Columbia eating a meal in a restaurant approximately 10 per cent of the time, it’s never been more important to be able to source out healthy options. With the new program, calorie and sodium information is prominently highlighted for all regular menu items, while other nutrients, including carbohydrates and fat, are also noted. The program also gives advice on daily calorie and
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encouraging every restaurant to join the initiative and make such information available. “We want to be part of the solution in making healthy choices, easy choices in B.C.,” says Vice-President of the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association Mark von Schellwitz. “This program has the potential to help restaurant patrons become more conscious about what they are eating – it also shines a light on those establishments already providing menu nutrition content while encouraging other restaurants to follow suit.” The provincial government has been working on this program since 2010, and has given restaurants several options for disclosing nutrition information, including a menu insert, a poster or a brochure. “I am proud that we have about 300 outlets across the province signed up to participate in this important program,” says Ian Tostenson, CEO and president of the B.C. Restaurant and Foodservices Association. “I know that other business will continue to learn more about Informed Dining and sign up – this information is what our customers have been telling us they want, and it is our responsibility to provide it.” The initiative is part of the Healthy Families BC campaign, created by the Province to promote healthy lifestyles and prevent chronic disease. For more information, visit www. healthyfamiliesbc.ca/home/informed-dining. The website also features a contest with weekly draws and a grand prize to cook like a chef and learn from a dietitian.
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PAINTING AT LILAC CONSPIRACY Daniela Lawrence (9) and McKenna Hack (8) paint near the Lilac Conspiracy display during Saturday’s Spring Garden Festival at the Baillie House. Hosted by the Baillie House and Communities in Bloom, the festival included displays about art, square foot gardening and a plant exchange. Jade Swartzberg/Herald
Water Festival planned for Rotary Park By Phillip Woolgar THE HERALD
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While Merritt has experienced lowerthan-average spring temperatures, organizers of Merritt’s firstever Water Festival are hoping for summer sun when they launch the wet event at Rotary Park on June 8. The Nicola Watershed Community Round Table has planned activities for people of all ages, including displays and demonstrations. The event is a new version of the former Rivers’ Day, which was last held two years ago
on the last Sunday of September at Lions Park. “This is Rivers’ Day morphed,” said Liis Jeffries, a director at the NWCRT. “We’ve added more.” The day was changed because the hype and attendance at Rivers’ Day was limited, she said. But plans for this year are less focused on education and more so on entertainment. Local musicians and dancers from Linda’s Dance Studio are expected to perform to popular Beatles songs. “All the education will still be there,”
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able at the event. An all-ages costume contest is open to willing contestants — a winner for best costume will be chosen from those with a water-themed wardrobe. The winner will be handed a $100 prize. One of the displays is dedicated to displaying local water-themed art. Canvasses will also be available for those
who want to create water pieces for the event. Each canvass is painted with a primer and can be picked up at City Hall, the Baillie House, the Merritt Library, Creative Company, Brambles Bakery and Cafe or at the Courthouse Art gallery. Each piece must be signed and dated on the back. There is no submission fee and the work is not judged. The art needs to be created prior to the event and submitted to the Baillie House by
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According to Shackan Indian Band Chief Percy Joe, women are the backbone of the community. With this in mind, band members gathered at the Merritt Civic Centre on Thursday evening to honour seven women who have contributed to their community for over 20 years. “Often when we celebrate a person’s life it’s for a sad occasion,” said Shackan Coun. Lennard Joe. “This time we said we’d like to celebrate these women while they still have life.” The celebration began with a procession led by a group of hand drummers, then Lennard recognized the women in front of their family and friends. After a dinner in their honour, he read highlights from each of their lives and
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presented them with a bouquet of roses and a personalized jacket. The seven women were Joan Seymour, Rena Sam, Mandy Jimmy, Kay Swakum, Linda (Birdie) Archachan, Ruby Adams and Barbara Joe. Five of the women are from Shackan, while
Swakum is from the Lower Nicola Indian Band, and Archachan is from Quilchena; however, Percy said both women deserved recognition for their years of contribution to the Shackan community. “Women are leaders in our community,” said Lennard. “We cher-
ish, honour and follow the footsteps of our Shackan women. “In everything they’ve done, they raised families and being the son of one of these women, I’m really grateful.” The Shackan Indian Band is located in the Nicola Valley, approxi-
mately 20 kilometres east of Spences Bridge and 40 kilometres west of Merritt on Highway 8. Among the women recognized was a former chief, a woman who has studied and taught the traditional language and women who worked with youth.
LNIBS students to learn about relationships By Phillip Woolgar THE HERALD
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Students at the Lower Nicola Indian Band School are looking to learn about loving relationships during a Roots of Empathy yearend celebration on Thursday. Facilitators of the international program
visit classrooms to show children examples of caring relationships between babies and parents. “Children learn to identify and reflect on their own thoughts and feelings and those of others,” said Roots of Empathy Facilitator Kelly Donaldson. “Studies show that children who go
through the Roots of Empathy experience have increased positive social behavior and decreased aggression.” In the long term, the anti-bullying program aims to build capacity for the next generation. In the short term, facilitators want to raise levels of empathy to create a more caring and respectful society
that doesn’t bully. LNIBS Principal Angie Sterling said the program was also at the school last year. “The mom comes in with the little baby and they learn how to be empathetic,” she said. “It’s good for the wee children, teaching them how to be good.” The program is scheduled for 3:30 to
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HERALD OPINION Scenes from the trenches With ongoing pipeline and oil tanker skirmishes, and a hot summer for mining and logging still to come, the green war in B.C. shows no signs of slowing down. Things are already hot in the Fraser Valley, where the federal government’s change to the definition of fish habitat has opened a new front on the farms. Farmers briefly got into the public discussion by hauling a couple of cute calves into downtown Vancouver and staging a television-friendly demo in front of the federal fisheries office. They have been saying for decades that imposing salmon stream regulations on drainage ditches around their fields is impractical. Fraser Valley Conservative MPs Randy Kamp and Mark Strahl even had the nerve to meet with local mayors to hear their concerns about B.C.’s most productive farmland, without inviting self-appointed “activists.” Arrayed against them is an environmental lobby whose deep green wing was defined by Marvin Rosenau, a former provincial biologist who now teaches “fish, wildlife and recreation technology” at BCIT. “Mark Strahl is leading the charge of eco-fascists intent on making the last dime off the backs of the
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last remnants of an absolutely spectacular ecosystem,” Rosenau told the Chilliwack Progress. “A massive and productive floodplain of fish and aquatic values … has been drained, ditched, tiled and laser-levelled for agricultural profit.” The same could be said for the broad fields of Richmond and Pitt Polder farms north of the Fraser, a wetland diked and drained by Dutch settlers after World War II. Farms are “industrializing the land-
scape,” said Rosenau, who stopped short of calling for them all to be shut down. At the provincial level we have a new Animal Health Act, which threatens heavy fines or even jail time for prematurely leaking reports of serious animal disease outbreaks. This was also portrayed as a jackbooted sellout of the public’s right to know, putting the business interests of land and ocean farms ahead of public safety. Here’s what’s really happening. As
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about sick animals. They and the farmers themselves can say all they want, once infections are confirmed and quarantines established. McRae and Paul Kitching, B.C.’s chief veterinarian, pleaded for the public to understand that any farm reporting system must rely on voluntary compliance by farmers. When the B.C. government took the advice of B.C. Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham
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and began releasing fish farm inspection data in 2010, the operators stopped providing samples voluntarily. The fish farmers’ position was that you can have a co-operative system of farm inspections or one that’s imposed, but not both. Imposing inspections on land farms across B.C.’s vast area is even less practical. Former Alberta premier Ralph Klein famously observed that the next rancher to find a possible mad cow should have
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“shot, shovelled and shut up” rather than file a report and devastate the industry. Denham, the NDP and others appear to operate under an assumption that there should be sufficient government resources to sample and inspect every farm across B.C. for reportable contagious illnesses. This is similar to the fashionable notion that we should have enough park rangers to guard every cedar tree. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press.
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Well over 500 fans, including a number from Merritt, took in an exciting night of roller derby thrills and spills at the McArthur Island Sports Centre in Kamloops on Saturday, May 19. The doubleheader evening of skating action kicked off with a coed scrimmage between a pair of all-star teams. This was followed by the main bout between the host Tournament Capital Derby Dolls and the Edmonton Big Rock Stars from Alberta. Saturday night’s competition was just one part of a huge weekend of activities put on by the TCDD that included workshops and clinics, and attracted derby skaters from throughout B.C., Alberta and even Washington State. The sport of roller derby, in one form or another, has been around for over 100 years and has enjoyed several periods of high popularity. It debuted on television in 1948, and at one of its high points, in 1952, over 82,000 fans packed Madison Square Gardens in New York over a five-day period to watch the National Roller Derby
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League World Series. In 2009, the movie Whip It! pushed the sport to the forefront again. The most recent incarnation of derby, called flat track, was born in Texas in 2001. It has caught on around the globe, with membership in over 20 countries. The first World Cup of Roller Derby took place in Toronto in September, 2011 with 11 countries participating. The U.S. defeated Canada in the gold medal game. Jayne Allen, media relations representative for the TCDD, says that she would love to see interest in roller derby take hold in the Nicola Valley. “It would be great to have a team based out of Merritt and involved in the Kamloops’ league. We already have skaters from Logan Lake and from Cache Creek.” The Kamloops-based Derby Dolls have two more ‘bout nights’ planned for this summer. On June 23, the TCDD will take on the Okanagan Shuswap Candy Strykers and the Gold Pain City from Quesnel. On July 14, the opposition will be Castlegar’s Dam City Rollers and Trail’s Bad News Betties. For more information, you can Allen at 250-682-6754.
Photos (clockwise from centre top) Referee April SinBin signals four points; the Tournament Capital Derby Dolls’ Cheeky Bon-Bon takes a tumble during action against the Edmonton Big Rock Stars; referee Noah Backtalk checks skater Rambumptious’s headgear; the Black team allstars welcome a White team skater during introductions; the sport of roller derby has a tradition of tongue-in-cheek, sometimes obtuse names for its participants; a pair of jammers - Edmonton’s Commie and TCDD’s The Clap - go shoulder to shoulder; Extreme Takeover keep the crowd informed of the score; Quadzilla and Noah Backtalk battle it out for the lead. Ian Webster/Herald
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AQUARIUS: Today adds a dose of clarity, logic and effectiveness to all your communications; in fact, persuading others to see things your way will be child's play now. Resist the urge to get dramatic about a situation this evening. PISCES: Obstacles move out of the way today and clear a path for greater movement this week. Release old fears or ideas that are creating walls between you and your loved ones.
TAURUS: Today will bring the breakthrough you've been awaiting, for it carries the power to open doors and remove blocks in an instant. When you change the way you've been approaching a loved one, you'll finally get what you've been asking for.
VIRGO: Be sure to share new insights with a trusted friend just to make sure you're not being influenced by wishful thinking. You communicate with grace and charm, and you find others hanging on your every word.
GEMINI: Everyone will seem resistant to work this week, so you could find yourself burdened with the responsibilities of more than one coworker. To avoid resentment and pace yourself wisely as you move through this hectic week.
LIBRA: You could experience a sudden change of mind, heart or direction. Don't doubt your movements or decisions. You should make plans to spend the evening with your favorite friends
CANCER: Hidden fear or self-doubt may rise to the surface, but it has a higher purpose: to help you release a misconception or unrealistic dream you've been carrying.
ARIES: An associate will reveal a creative way to approach a mundane task that will enable you to finish it in half the time. You'll receive some interesting news about an old lover or friend, which will free you of any regret about the way things ended.
REGIONAL EVENTS
LEO: You should consider information carefully and do a bit of your own research before drawing any conclusions. Financial shifts may have you feeling a bit restricted, but things should balance out in a few more weeks.
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SCORPIO: You appear to be wearing your heart on your sleeve, which will actually work in your favor and advance a relationship to the next level. Make sure you take care of your own needs and responsibilities before volunteering to help someone else. SAGITTARIUS: You may feel a bit frustrated when work interferes with your plans to play, stay focused and you won't have to work over the weekend. Pay close attention to your actions, as one false move could cause an accident now.
➣ The movie "Paris, Texas" was banned in the city of Paris, Texas, shorty after its box office release.
➣ The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
JUNIOR CHOIR Linda Baird has a junior choir at Trinity United Church for children aged 6 to 14 years who like to sing! Variety of music will be sung. For more info. call Linda at 250-378-4528 or Sharon at 250-315-1305.
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If you're reading this, then so will many other people. Spots will go fast, so act now. For more information call Thresa or Alisa at 250-378-4241 2090 Granite Avenue, Merritt, BC
BUCKETS OF STRAWBERRIES Order 30 lb. buckets of pre-washed, cleaned and sliced strawberries for delivery at the end of June. Call for pricing and more information 250-378-0349.
The Merritt Mountain Bike Association is looking for members. Joining the MMBA gives you a voice in the local riding community and helps the association advocate on behalf of bikers and hikers alike whom enjoy the great trails in our valley. For more information on the club please visit www.merrittmountainbiking.com. For more information please contact the club via email at merrittbiking@yahoo.ca
➣ At McDonalds in New Zealand, they serve apricot pies instead of cherry ones.
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NICOLA VALLEY COMMUNITY BAND Next free community concert, "Friday With Friends", Friday, June 1, 2012 at 7 p.m. in the Quilchena Hotel banquet room.
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➣ Each year there is one ton of cement poured for each man, woman, and child in the world.
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NICOLA VALLEY FALL FAIR We will be having our giant yard sales again this year. Donations gratefully accepted, phone 250-378-2303 for free pickup on Wednesday and Thursday, or arrangements can be made to deliver your donations to the Fair Building. Yard sale dates: Saturday, June 16, from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
NV DIRT RIDERS ASSOCIATION Newly formed family-oriented motorcycle club is having it’s first event on Father’s Day, June 17th. Call Scott for more information at 250378-3502 or visit www.NVDRA.com
➣ The number of the trash compactor in Star Wars (20th Century Fox, 1977) is 3263827.
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COURTHOUSE ART GALLERY May and June at the Courthouse Art Gallery will be featuring painting by the former Coquihalla Middle School Art Teacher, Fame Mackney. If you would like to come see her work it will be showcased from Friday, May 11 until Saturday, June 9.
Across 1. Chesterfield, e.g. 5. Kind of line 10. Synthetic thermoplastic material (acronym) 13. “Miss ___ Regrets” 14. Series of six balls bowled from one end of a cricket pitch (pl.) 15. Pink, as a steak 17. Detachment 19. Original matter prior to the Big Bang 20. Modified car for speed (2 wds) 21. Dance bit 23. “To Autumn,” e.g. 24. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (acronym) 25. Professional beggar 28. Course 29. “Seinfeld” uncle 30. Setting at an oblique angle 31. Whirring sound 32. Shallow dishes mounted on a stem and foot 33. Hand sewing items (3 wds) 39. Brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry 40. Ashtabula’s lake 41. Usurps forcefully 43. Drink from a dish 44. Priestly garb 48. 45 degrees clockwise from N 50. All excited 51. “A Nightmare on ___ Street”
52. Australian runner 53. Aviator 54. Coin opening 56. Chinese characters, e.g. 59. Arid 60. Church donation 61. Same: Fr. 62. Moray, e.g. 63. Character 64. Flight data, briefly (pl.)
33. Quality of just coming into being 34. One registered in a class 35. For a limitless time 36. Biblical verb 37. “Dang!” 38. End 42. Arab, e.g. 44. House with steeply angled sides (hyphenated) 45. Marine gastropod with low Down conical shells 1. Used to express lack of interest 46. Creator god in Hindu (2 wds) 47. Has a hunch 2. Good-for-nothing 49. Sit in on 3. Tailor, at times 50. Balloon filler 4. Religious community where 53. Long, long time Hindu holy man lives 55. ___ el Amarna, Egypt 5. 128 cubic feet 57. Addis Ababa’s land: Abbr. 6. Egg cells 58. “Look here!” 7. “What’s ___?” Answers 8. Pie chart, e.g. 9. Cockeyed 10. Be nosy 11. Assign a value to 12. Sideboard 16. Came out 18. Family head 22. Mollify 25. “Buona ___” (Italian greeting) 26. Dogwood trees, e.g. 27. Back 29. Deception 31. Cheerful
WOMEN IN BUSINESS Every second Wednesday Merritt’s Women in Business, an informal network for entrepreneurial-minded women, meet at the Merritt Desert Inn from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. June 13, “Business Tips and Bookkeeping Suggestions” with Carrie Ware, CA. RSVP by emailing Robyn at robyn@rbrandproductions.ca GARLIC FESTIVAL Pete and Becky Ratzlaff are looking for vendors who grow and produce products or fresh garlic, to participate in their garlic festival and antique tractor show at Smith Pioneer Park in Lower Nicola the last weekend in September. For more information call Becky or Pete at 250378-4199. STRAWBERRY TEA The Trinity United Church will be hosting a strawberry tea to be held on Saturday June 9 from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to enjoy cake, strawberries and whipped cream.
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The S&P/TSX fell 0.5% last week Änish Index gained Composite 296 points Index last week, or 2.62%, to Äto nish at at 12,040. Nineofoften tensectors sectorsÄÄnished nished in in positive negative territory territory 11,576. Nine for week led by the Energy, Consumer led the by the Materials, Energy and Financials Industrialsand sectors. In the Staples sectors. Incrude the energy crude oiltofell $0.48 energy complex, oil lostcomplex, $0.62 (-0.68%) close at (-0.5%) to close at $102.83/bbl while gas futures $90.88 bbl while natural gas futures fellnatural $0.17 (-6.35%) to fell $0.11 (-5.2%) to clsoe at Ä$1.98. bullion down Änished at close at $2.57. Gold bullion nishedGold at $1.571, $23 $1660, upThe $30.10 (+1.9%). The weakened Canadian dollar weakened (-1.44%). Canadian dollar against the US dollar, closing $1.029/USD. against the USat dollar, closig at $1.000/USD.
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On or around August 15, 2011 a complaint was received from Douglas lake ranch regarding damage to a bridge over Quilchena Creek near Paradise Lake. The bridge is on private land and several wooden bridge stringers had been cut through with a chain saw making the bridge unsafe and inoperable. Damage is believed to be close to $50,000.
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