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Community garden growing in Merritt By Emily Wessel THE HERALD
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Winter may just be setting in, but the Community Garden Project Committee is thinking ahead to spring, when it plans to launch Merritt’s community garden. Committee member Kate Anderson said the project is modelled after a similar project in Kamloops, which has a network of over a dozen community gardens throughout the city. “Our idea was, let’s build one relatively small, really well-functioning community garden there,” Anderson said. “Let’s show that this one
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can be really successful. Then maybe there could be another one in Colletville, and another one in Diamond Vale.” Anderson said a program like the Gardengate Horticultural Program, operated by the nonprofit Open Door Group in Kamloops, that promotes healthy eating and active living for people with mental health issues is the ultimate goal. “It would be great to eventually have a centre where you grow things, and excess food could be sold to the community so it would also support itself,” Anderson said.
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City crew takes the beet route to de-icing roads The formula is credited with cutting down the amount of sand needed, making spring less messy By Emily Wessel THE HERALD
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The City of Merritt is trying a new way to beat icy roads this winter, and the secret ingredient is beet juice. The de-sugared molasses prevents ice from bonding to pavement, making snow and ice removal easier. It’s applied to the streets before expected snowfall or freezing temperatures as the pre-treatment in a
two-fold approach to winter road maintenance. It also lowers the freezing temperature of the salt brine, which is applied on top of ice and snow to help them melt. The approach is used in many cities throughout Canada and has many purported benefits. It’s far less corrosive than road salt, relatively environmentally safe, and cost-effective, though it is more expensive than salt
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brine. The idea came to the city through VSA Highway Maintenance, which Public Works Supt. Darrell Finnigan said has been using the beet juice mixture for about three years. The company approached him about the product
and he agreed to test it this winter. “We’re working closely with [VSA] on how to lay it out, when to lay it out, the volumes and all that kind of stuff,” Finnigan said. “It sounds like it should work quite well, so I thought we’d give it
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a whirl and see what happens.” The city used the mixture for the first time on Dec. 3 and Finnigan said within minutes, the frost started to bear off. He said the city would’ve used about two dump truck loads of sand with its old strategy of just sanding sidewalks and roads. Unlike sand, the beet juice mixture doesn’t require cleanup, which Finnigan said will be a relief come
spring. “[The sand] would build up considerably, and in the spring it usually takes up to a month with two sweepers to get it all off the road and clear at least one path through the whole city,” he said. “We’re not spending all that money and time trying to take it off the road again.” The dark brown mixture doesn’t stain cars or clothes, Finnigan said. He also
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said implementing the new de-icer solution was well within the city’s budget, and there was no need to purchase new equipment. Crews are using a spare flat-deck truck with a spare 1,000litre tote on the back and a spray bar from the water truck it uses in the summer. “There was actually no cost in setting this up,” Finnigan said. “We have a perfect test unit to see how it works.”
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20 people waiting for plots From Page 1 “But the first step is just to have a community garden, so that’s what we’ve been working towards for what seems like forever.” The idea originated with the Merritt Food Security Task Force in the spring of 2011 but faced a few setbacks before it could get going. First it had to organize as a non-profit to accept donations, then secure its land off Reid Avenue behind the hospital, which it’s leasing from the Hospital Endowment Foundation. Now, the biggest hurdle the group faces is getting a water hook-up to the area off Reid Avenue behind the hospital.
The group’s next move is to submit a grant-inaid application to the City of Merritt for the water hookup before it can sort out what it will charge for plots. But since the group secured the land the project has been gaining plenty of momentum. Anderson said there are already about 20 people waiting for plots, and countless individuals and organizations have backed the project in donations of time, money, and equipment. “Just when I was personally feeling like maybe Merritt wasn’t ready, all of a sudden, out of the woodwork come all these people,” Anderson said.
“There’s just a huge list of people who’ve come on board.” The group has built 10 boxes already and said comparable fourfoot-by-eight-foot plots in Kamloops typically cost between $15 and $30 per season. Anderson said one plot can feed two people during the growing season, or feed one person with plenty of leftover produce for preserving. Fellow committee member Katharine Shewchuk said the group will also look into workshops in the spring once the gardening season is underway. “A lot of the younger people who would like to garden
don’t know how,” she said. “Merritt used to be a market garden place, with potatoes and turnips and those kinds of things that we can grow here. With climate change, we can probably grow tomatoes now.” Both Shewchuk and Anderson said they put the time and effort into making the community garden happen because it promotes healthy eating in a sustainable way. “It’s something that’s ongoing and helps to create and promote health in the community,” Anderson said. “It would be really great not to depend on handouts, or to eventually get to the place where
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Merritt Youth and Family Resources Society Executive Director Lenora Fletcher plays with a toy available to the society’s clients with special needs at its new Family Place in the Railyard Mall. The Canadian Tire Jumpstart program is one of many initiatives that the society operates. Programs such as that one help subsidize the costs for initiatives like sports. Emily Wessel/Herald
Family Place moves to Railyard Mall The society helps needy people, including youths with special needs By Emily Wessel THE HERALD
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The Merritt Youth and Family Resources Society has moved its Family Place to the Railyard Mall, and Executive Director Lenora Fletcher said it represents an exciting time for the non-profit. “We’re in a great location now for people to find us and access our programs,” Fletcher said. “Now that we have our new facility, we have a beautiful layout and are able to maximize our space better, which means we increase our standards of services
we’re offering.” The society offers programming and resources to families and youth from babies to 18 years old with special needs, including speech pathology, play groups, and teen events. Many of the clients have autism spectrum disorder. The society operates with funding from a number of resources and donations. One of its most popular programs is the nationwide Canadian Tire Jumpstart program, which subsidizes equipment costs for kids who want to play sports but
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whose families aren’t in a financial position to make it happen on their own. In the last year, Jumpstart helped over 500 kids in Merritt alone. Fletcher said one of the program’s biggest advantages is its accessibility — families just need to fill out an application to qualify. Another recent program is the Boys Group, which started
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here and they get everything they need, and the development is amazing. For some of them, it’s about lifelong support.” Family Place also has a girls’ play room, a quiet room, a fully-equipped kitchen, a speech pathology room, and family rooms. The society still operates its Teen Centre at 1721 Coldwater Ave. The Family Place is now located in the Railyard Mall, with its entrance off Coutlee Avenue. The 34-year-old society provides all of its programming and resources for free.
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Fletcher said. “We started out with four boys, but numbers are growing. It’s just about being able to cope with day-to-day activities that some of us take for granted sometimes.” Fletcher said the society sees about 25 clients in eight different programs. Some of the clients use the society’s resources for only a few months, while others age out of the program when they turn 18. “Hopefully at that point, the adult programs take over for those clients,” Fletcher said. “Some of them spend three months
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TOM FLETCHER B.C. VIEWS VICTORIA – On Friday, as the federal government was giving the green light to a Malaysian investment of billions more into northern B.C.’s liquefied natural gas megaproject, Coastal First Nations chiefs held their quarterly board meeting in Vancouver. These are now the most powerful aboriginal leaders in North America, bankrolled by U.S. environmental groups and their wealthy charity foundation backers as guardians of the Great Bear Rainforest. A major topic was the Haisla Nation, the Kitimat partner that abruptly quit its voluntary association with the Haida, Gitga’at and other communities over its plans to develop LNG exports. This discord comes at a bad time. Premier Christy Clark has bet heavily on LNG, not just for her government’s future, but the industrial and economic direction of the province for decades to come. Initial press reports were misleading. One had it that Haisla Chief Councillor Ellis Ross, the B.C. government’s key ally on LNG, was
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“buddying up” with the Harper government on the Enbridge oil pipeline proposed to go to Kitimat, in the heart of Coastal First Nations territory. Not so. Both Ross and Coastal First Nations executive director Art Sterritt confirmed to me that they remain solidly against the Enbridge proposal. The disagreement is over how to power the processing of LNG, which the Haisla are pioneering with provincial assistance. Sterritt said the Haisla and the rest of the group were in agreement until a few weeks ago. The plan was to follow Clark’s solemn vow to make B.C. LNG the “greenest” in the world. All parties acknowledge that some of B.C.’s shale gas will have to be burned to process and ship LNG to Asia. The initial idea was that one or two natural gasfired power plants would be built,
‘These big, hulking plants that are going to be in Kitimat are just going to be sitting there, rotting.’ —COASTAL FIRST NATIONS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ART STERRITT
eventually backing up wind, small hydro and other renewable supplies. BC Hydro has 600 megawatts available from its dams, which would require new transmission capacity up to Kitimat to help run the first two LNG plants proposed in partnership with the Haisla. Then the play got bigger. The B.C. government transferred Crown land on Douglas Channel to the Haisla for an LNG project
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be added. And as more LNG producers rush into B.C., reserves that would have lasted 75 to 100 years could be depleted in 30. And when the gas is gone? “These big, hulking plants that are going to be in Kitimat are just going to be sitting there, rotting,” Sterritt said. “It happens all over the world.” B.C.’s clean energy plan envisions extending the BC Hydro grid, developing run-of-river and wind farms such as the big offshore proposal off Haida Gwaii, and ultimately a future beyond oil and gas. Now, in their rush to develop LNG, Clark and Energy Minister Rich Coleman seem poised to abandon that strategy. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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B.C. eyes pipeline tolls for spill fund The initiative is not tied to Northern Gateway or the twinned Trans Mountain By Tom Fletcher BLACK PRESS
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The B.C. government is considering following the lead of Washington state and putting a toll on pipelines to fund better leak prevention and spill response programs. Environment Minister Terry Lake announced recently that the government is seeking public and industry input into a new plan to ensure a “polluter pay” system for oil and gas pipelines and other forms of hazardous material transport. “For instance, in the state of Washington, a five-cents a barrel tax is applied to the owner of the oil product received into a storage tank,” Lake said. “Four cents of that is put into an oil spill prevention account, and another one cent into oil spill response account.” He added that this applies to the Trans Mountain pipeline that moves oil from Alberta to tanker port at Burnaby and carries on south to supply Washington state refin-
eries. The state toll applies to all oil crossing the U.S. border. Brenda Kenny, president of the Canadian Energy Pipelines Association, said the industry supports the concept of polluter pay and is looking forward to discussing the toll pro-
posal and other suggestions. She said B.C. is already home to 6,000 km of natural gas pipelines and another 2,500 km carrying oil and other liquids, and more safeguards are needed if that network is to grow. Lake said the initia-
tive is not tied to the Enbridge Northern Gateway proposal across northern B.C., or Kinder Morgan Canada’s plan to twin the Trans Mountain line. Resource development is increasing, with many kinds of hazardous materials
being moved by rail car and truck as well as pipelines, he said. A discussion paper has been posted on the environment ministry website at gov.bc.ca/ env/. Lake said submissions from the public and environmental organizations will be accepted until Feb. 15.
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Sloan plays his way onto 2013 Web.com Tour By Ian Webster THE HERALD
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It’s onward and upward for Merritt professional golfer Roger Sloan. The 25-year-old Sloan, who now calls Houston, Tex., home, has earned full status on the Web.com Tour for 2013, thanks to a top-75 finish at the final stage of PGA qualifying school in La Quinta, Calif., the week of Nov. 28 – Dec. 3. The Web.com Tour (formerly known as the Nationwide Tour) is generally regarded as North America’s number two golf tour, just one notch below the PGA Tour that features the likes of Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy. The road to the
Web.com Tour was not easy for Sloan. After three seasons on the Canadian Professional Tour, he had to survive two intense stages of PGA qualifying school this fall just to make it to California. At the culminating event in La Quinta, Sloan and over 160 other hopefuls from around the world were forced to play six grueling rounds of golf in as many days to try to earn one of the coveted spots on either the PGA or Web.com Tours. Sloan had to come from behind at the final stage event in California to earn his spot on the Web.com Tour for next year. After rounds of 71-72-75, Sloan found himself tied for 142nd. Forced to play catch up
in a big way, the young Merritt golfer came through in the clutch. Following a 70 in round four, Sloan hammered the final 36 holes of competition with scores of 66 and 68. Sloan’s finishing score of 10-under 422 put him in a 13-way tie for 73rd spot and assured him a place on the 2013 Web.com Tour. “I really wasn’t too worried about the numbers the last three rounds,” Sloan told the Kamloops Daily News last week. “I thought that if I could get to 10-under it would be an accomplishment after those first three rounds.” Sloan went on to add, “I was behind the eight-ball. I told myself in the last three rounds to get back to basics,
stay committed and play my game. I’m ecstatic with the way I played over the last three rounds.” As if playing from behind wasn’t pressure enough, Sloan also lost his caddy part way through the PGA final stage competition. Curtis Sloan, Roger’s dad, hurt his back at the halfway point and had to give up the bag. Fortunately, the senior Sloan was able to stay around and show his support for his son. Roger plans on lining up a full-time caddy for the Web.com Tour next year — one of several pleasant adjustments he will need to make for the coming year. The 2013 Web.com Tour will have in excess of 25 stops throughout the playing season
compared to just eight on last year’s Canadian Tour. The prize money is considerably higher, and the top 25 money earners on the Web. com Tour will move up directly to the PGA Tour in 2014. You can bet that Sloan is looking forward to the many new challenges. *********** Sloan didn’t have just the first-hand support of his dad in California. Canadians by the droves came out of the woodwork to follow him around the course and offer up their encouragement. They included several past and present Merrittonians who are currently living or vacationing in the general vicinity of La Quinta, a resort town just south of
FATHER AND SON Merritt’s Roger and Curtis Sloan discuss strategy at the 2011 Western Open, held at the Rivershore Golf & Country in Kamloops. Ian Webster/Herald
Palm Springs. Roger’s mom, Kathy, said it meant the world to her son to have that many fans and support-
ers on site. “It was so generous of people to do that,” she said. “Roger was amazed.”
Local horse breeders make hay at B.C. Turf Awards By Ian Webster THE HERALD
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What a showing by Nicola Valley horse breeders at the 2012 B.C. Turf Awards, held on Nov. 22 at the Newlands Golf and Country Club in Langley. At the annual horse racing industry presentations, no fewer than five major awards were won by horses bred and raised at stabling and breeding facilities located in the immediate vicinity of Merritt. Can-A-Mex Farms, located 30 minutes west of the city on Highway 8, enjoyed a veritable “hay-day” at the awards ceremonies. Owners Joel and Karen Menna shared the honours (with co-breeders Clive and Linda Lytle) as four-year-old gelding Taylor Said won Horse of the Year, along with B.C. Bred Horse of the Year, and Open and B.C. Bred Champion — Older Male. Can-A-Mex Farms also brought home an award for another of
the horses they raised, as Taylors Deal won Champion B.C. Bred 3-Year-Old. Pat Gormley and Shirley Telford of Telford Farms, situated about 20 minutes west of Merritt in the Sunshine Valley, also came away from the B.C. Turf Awards as winners. Their sixyear-old mare, P.S. Touchdown, won Champion Older Female — B.C. Bred. P.S. Touchdown is the second B.C. Turf Awards winner for Telford Farms. In 2008, P.S. Good and Ready claimed a similar title. It was quite a year for Taylor Said as the powerhouse gelding won six of seven starts, including the Sir Winston Churchill Handicap, the Lieutenant Governors Handicap, the B.C. Redekop Cup Classic Handicap (all at Hastings Park in Vancouver) and the prestigious Longacres Mile Handicap at Emerald Downs in Auburn, Wash.
“It’s every breeders’ dream to win Horse of the Year,” Karen Menna said. “Rarely does it come along. It did [for us] and we’re very honoured. We feel very lucky to be able to share [the award] with our breeding partners — Clive and Linda.” Menna went on to disclose that Taylor Said’s most recent owner — North American Thoroughbred Horse Company — has sold the highly-touted racing prospect to interests in Dubai “for a substantial, undisclosed amount. “The plan is for him
to run in the Dubai World Cup next year, which has a purse of $10 million and is the world’s richest horse race,” Menna said. “His story is far from over.” Taylors Deal, who is currently wintering at Pegasus Stables in Redmond, Wash., also had an outstanding 2012 campaign, winning three times. His victories included the Turf Paradise Derby in Arizona (with Kentucky Derby and Preaknesswinning jockey Mario Guiterrez on board) and the B.C. Sterllar’s Jay Handicap at Hastings Park in August. “I suspect he’ll be
back racing at Hastings next season,” Menna said. Also expected to return to the Vancouver track next racing season will be P.S. Touchdown — winner of the $50,000 B.C. Cup Distaff Handicap in August. The mare is currently back home at Telford Farms, resting. “She’ll go down to Hastings in early February to prepare for racing which will begin in mid-April,” Gormley said.
RIGHT ON TRACK (Top) Shirley Telford and Pat Gormley with the award for Champion Older Female — B.C. Bred (P.S. Touchdown). (Above) Joel Menna (far left) and Karen Menna (second from right), along with Clive and Linda Lytle, were winners of multiple awards for the horses Taylor Said and Taylors Deal. (Left) Taylor Said racing to victory in the B.C. Redekop Cup Classic Handicap at Hastings Park in Vancouver on Aug. 6. Photos courtesy of trevorreynoldsphotography
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Publisher Aberdeen Publishing hasCLERK an opening for the DATA ENTRY position as Publisher the Jasper Fitzhugh. (Data inputting for of hourly timesheet) We are seeking a proven leader with the Position: Temporary – Hourly entrepreneurial skills to continue and further Hourly Rate: $12.00 per hour enhance the strong growth this paper has BeneÀts: Not Provided experienced over the past six years. Industry: Construction – Energy ReportsIdeally, to: Cameron Duffy,have Project Manager you should a good understanding Works from: Construction Site OfÀ ce of allMerritt facets of newspaper operations with on sales, marketing and financial Rokstademphasis Power Corporation (www.rokstadpower.com) is a 100% Canadian In owned provider of Power Line management. addition, our new publisher Servicesshould in Western looking to hire be Canada. well suitedWetoareworking with a datacommunity entry clerk ingroups Merrit, BC. individual will as be and This clients as well responsible for the sponsorship daily data entry of timesheets for developing opportunities for the up to 150 unionized employees. Timesheets must be newspaper, done on a daily basis M – F. The construction crews typically 7 days so you Mondays and As work publisher of per the weeks Fitzhugh, will help Tuesdays will have a higherfor workload to catch up develop strategy the newspaper asfrom it the weekend. continues to serve this diverse marketplace. Payroll experience would be a deÀnite asset. Aberdeen Publishing is one of Western Canada’s SKILLS AND ABILITIES largest math independent newspaper companies with • Excellent skills properties in British Columbia and Alberta.skills • Excellent communication and interpersonal • Excellent computer skills If you have the ability to innovate, are customer • Discretion in dealing with sensitive and driven, success oriented, and want to live in one conÀ dential matters of the beautiful places in Alberta, then we • Ability to most maintain sustained attention to detail in want toand hear from you. We offer a generous preparing recording payroll transactions with compensation and benefits package as well as high level of accuracy • Self-motivated withfor multi-tasking skills the opportunity career advancement. • Ability to meet daily deadlines Please submit your resume by December 31, • Proven ability to identify payroll-related issues 2012, to the attention of: DUTIES • Gather timesheets from General Foreman and Ron Lovestone, Regional Manager Construction Managers Prince George Free Press • Maintain current andStreet accurate employee 1773 South Lyon timesheet records BC V2N 1T3 Prince George, • Awareness of vacation dates, Telephone 778.349.6327 orsick days etc. noted on timesheet email publisher@northeastnews.ca • Work with General Foreman, Construction Managers, Project Coordinators and Project Accountant to ensure accuracy of timesheet information • Maintain and organize hard copy If you are interested in this position please forward your resume to careers@rokstadpower.com.
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