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New fire base boosts airport land development
Work is progressing as scheduled on the new wildfire management base in Merritt. Paul Gelineau/Mireau Contracting
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The new wildfire management base on Airport Road is a few weeks away from completion, but it’s already paying dividends for Merritt. “It’s an anchor tenant for our Airport
subdivision,” said James Umpherson, economic development manager for the City of Merritt. “Council decided a few years ago to develop the airport and create a subdivision. Ironically, just as we finished building the subdivision last fall, we were entering into
negotiations with the Ministry of Forestry about their new training centre. As such, they ended up leasing six of our sites up there. So, essentially, they’ve filled a considerable amount of our subdivision right from the get-go. The cost we’ve had to incur to
develop won’t be in vain, because we’ve already got our first tenant, which is great.” Umpherson said the only current tenant in the subdivision is the Merritt Flying Club but he added that the city is in talks with several other businesses. “We’re in discus-
sions with a few potential tenants,” he said. “We’re also trying to market it with our current property developers up at the airport. We’re working with the Ministry of Forestry to enhance the services they’ll require (for the base) when they move in.”
The wildfire management base is expected to be completed in time for fire season, which begins in May, said Umpherson, who added that the base will bring several economic benefits to the region. “It’s important to the city to build up that area,” he said. “We have some retail and commercial up there as it is and if we can densify the area, it just brings more and more business and more and more people to the area. The other side of that is the airport itself, which offers a new industry and new types of businesses that wouldn’t normally be there. What we’re talking about is airport industrial and airport commercial. It’ll bring in new types of skills and trade people we
don’t have here. It diversifies our business sector and our labour force.” Construction on the building is on schedule, said Kayla Pepper, information officer for the Kamloops Fire Centre. “Right now, the anticipated date of completion is June 30,” she said. “The project is going on as planned, on schedule, and under the $4.74 million budget that was announced by Steve Thomson (minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations) last fall.” The base will house the Kamloops Fire Centre’s expanded Merritt fire zone office as well as a wildfire training centre.
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Community band invited to play at Government House By Emily Wessel THE HERALD
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The Nicola Valley Community Band is warming up for a slew of upcoming performances, including a special performance at Victoria’s Government House on the invitation of LieutenantGovernor Judy Guichon. Guichon, who once played flute in the band, invited the group to help celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s coronation on June 2. “It’ll be fun. We have a lovely bandstand on the grounds,”
Guichon said. “It’s a special honour to be invited to play at Government House,” tuba player Steve Rose said. “It’s a huge special event. There could be upwards of three to four thousand people at this thing.” The band, which has about 20 members, is holding a fundraising concert at the Culture Club on April 5 to cover its remaining travel costs after receiving $800 from Government House. Rose said the show will be a departure from the band’s usual marches.
“It’ll be a cabaret-style, relaxing sort of a concert,” Rose said. “It’s going to cost a lot of money for this trip down to Victoria, but Victoria’s probably going to be our highlight of the year.” The band is also performing on April 26 at the Civic Centre for the Nicola Valley Community Arts Council’s 30th anniversary celebration before hitting the road for Langley on May 31 for a joint concert with the Langley Community Band.
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Wildfire base on target From Page 1 “There are a number of firefighters based out of Merritt, including two 20 person sustained action crews,” said Pepper. “And a third crew that reports to that office. It’ll be really nice to have a larger facility to be able to gather all the wildfire management personnel in that area. Also, the facility will be used for more operations and strategic planning.” The training centre will be used to train new recruits coming into the wildfire management branch. “It’ll also have space for up to 15 additional staff, storage for firefighting equipment, and, I believe, three classrooms,” she said. “That’ll be to support all the training that crews need to do every year to maintain their certification.” Pepper said that Merritt is the ideal location for the training centre due to its central proximity. “Merritt is the largest fire zone we have, not only in our fire centre (Kamloops), but also in the whole province,” she said. “There are over 70 people regularly working out of that facility. Also, Merritt is a fairly dry area. You see quite a bit of wildfire action there. It’s also fairly central, so if we have firefighters coming in from out of province to support B.C. firefighters, it’s a great place for them to gather and get briefed before they head out into the field.”
Opening up of Hearts and Hands By Emily Wessel THE HERALD
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Even on spring break, the Hearts and Hands Daycare at Kengard Learning Centre is bustling. The facility, which used to only accept children of young mothers who were in school at the centre, went public earlier this month, and it’s almost a free-for-all. “We’re the least expensive daycare around,” Hearts and Hands Early Childhood Educator Michelle Sproson said. “We run only on subsidy. If the average mom comes in, she is going to school or looking for work, and she pays nothing because it’s completely subsidized.” The daycare gets $550 per month for each child between three and five, and $750 per month for infants up to a yearand-a-half. “We get funds for everybody who comes
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two young daughters to Hearts and Hands in September for five days a week after a bad experience at another area daycare. “I was going to school here, so I just came over to check it out,” Miller said. “(Michelle and I) got along really well, and
my kids have really progressed being here, and they’re doing everything in their schedules that needs to be done.” “We follow a preschool program here, so we do our ABCs and our 123s,” Sproson added. Hearts and Hands Daycare program start-
ed in 2010 as a partnership between Conayt Friendship Society and School District 58. The program was originally open to mothers between 14 and 24 who were going back to school to finish their Grade 12 education or do college or job preparation.
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“We’ll spend Saturday with them touring around Langley,” Rose said. “They have some things planned for us. We had them here last summer, so it’s our turn to go down there.” The band will then catch a ferry for Victoria for their afternoon performance at Government House. “It’ll be a long day, but that’s OK,” Rose said. Later in June, the band will wrap up their season with the annual Friday with Friends show at Quilchena Hotel. “The hotel just gets jammed out there. It’s a very popular event,” Rose said. Tickets to the fundraiser concert on April 5 are $10 apiece and available from band members. The show starts at 7 p.m.
Province promises $1 million for Nicola Lake dam Minister of Environment Stephen Rogers announced in Merritt Friday that the provincial government will commit $1 million to the construction of a new Nicola Lake Dam. Rogers made the announcement at City Hall accompanied by Minister of Forests and local MLA Tom Waterland. The two cabinet ministers met with acting mayor Al Gilmour and City aldermen and members of the Nicola Valley Working Committee. In addition, Waterland said that the City’s bylaw to finance improvements to the sewage system has been approved by Victoria. The total cost for the project authorized by the bylaw is $1,150,000.
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Lytton man stopped in Merritt, found to be breaching probation Driver arrested for probation breach On March 20 at approximately 1 p.m., Merritt RCMP stopped a vehicle for a Motor Vehicle Act infraction. In the course of this investigation, the passenger was found to have an outstanding warrant for breaching his probation. The 46-year-old Lytton man was arrested and held in custody to appear in provincial court in Kamloops on March 21. Cake mix thief thwarted On March 14 at approximately 2 p.m., Merritt RCMP responded to a complaint of a shoplifter from a business in the 1700 block of Garcia Street. The suspect, a local 48-year-old woman, had been apprehended by store
security. The woman had been caught trying to steal two boxes of Duncan Hines cake mix. She was banned from the store and escorted from the business by police. Drunk driver swerves into wrong lane On March 14 at approximately 11:30 p.m., Merritt RCMP observed a vehicle turning onto Voght Street from Nicola Avenue without any lights on and driving approximately two feet over the double solid line in the wrong lane. The vehicle was stopped and the driver, a local 44-year-old woman, was found to have been drinking and her ability to operate a motor vehicle was impaired by alcohol. She provided two roadside breath sam-
ples and failed both. She was served with a 90 day notice of driving prohibition and her vehicle was impounded for 30 days. Stolen laptop Sometime between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on March 15, a residence was entered in the 9300 block of Douglas Lake Road and a laptop was stolen. Police are still investigating this incident. If anyone has any information about this, they are asked to call the Merritt detachment or Crimestoppers. Drunk driver nearly causes accident On March 15 at approximately 11 p.m., Merritt RCMP observed a vehicle unsafely turning onto Nicola Avenue from Douglas Street. The
driver of a truck had to brake hard to avoid hitting the vehicle. The vehicle was stopped and the driver, a local 45-year-old woman, admitted to drinking prior to being stopped by police. Subsequent investigation revealed that the woman’s ability to operate a motor vehicle was impaired by drugs and/or alcohol. She was served with a 90 day notice of driving prohibition and her vehicle was impounded for 30 days. Local woman breaches probation by drinking On March 16 at approximately 2 a.m., Merritt RCMP were conducting a licenced premise bar walk when they observed a local 19-year-old woman in the bar drinking. The officers recognized the
woman from a previous investigation and knew that she was breaching her courtimposed condition not to consume alcohol. She was arrested and brought back to the local detachment where she was held in custody until she appeared before a justice of the peace. She will appear before a provincial court judge on April 2.
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Sharon Edwards practices her conversational skills at the Merritt Library as she gears up for the first conversational ESL class on April 2. Emily Wessel/Herald
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A new class at the Merritt Library is offering people with an alternate first language a chance to practice their conversational English skills. Two Merrittonians are taking on the task of talking with people in various stages of learning English in the hopes that conversational skills can make their lives a little bit easier in Merritt. “I had met a woman here whose mother had immigrated and was trying hard to
learn English, but right now there are no courses being offered, so I thought I could do this,” said Sharon Edwards. “I moved here from Vancouver quite a while ago, but after all this time, I thought, I liked doing ESL in Vancouver as a volunteer.” Once Edwards established the program with library manager Deborha Merrick, fellow volunteer Katharine Shewchuk got on board to help run the program as well. “It’s all conversational,” Edwards said. “I have no skills in teaching English, but I’m pretty good at speaking it. We’re
Mid-March police report From Page 4 Vehicle hit in parking lot On March 16, a vehicle had been damaged while parked at the Civic Centre in Merritt. The vehicle appeared to have been struck by another vehicle and sustained light damage to it’s fender. If anyone has any information about this, they are asked to call the Merritt detachment or Crimestoppers. Man breaches probation by being in a bar On March 17 at approximately 1 p.m., Merritt RCMP were advised of a male who had been causing problems in a local licenced establishment. A 27-year-old man from Lillooet had been ejected from the bar and was intoxicated. He was arrested for being drunk in a public place and further computer checks revealed that he was on probation from Dawson Creek, B.C. with conditions not to be in a licenced
establishment. He was remanded in custody and appeared before a provincial court judge on March 17. Window broken On March 17 at approximately 3:30 a.m., Merritt RCMP responded to a complaint from a citizen in the 2300 block of Jackson Street that someone had just broken the citizen’s living room window. The suspect was not located after extensive patrols in the area. If anyone has any information about this, they are asked to call the Merritt detachment or Crimestoppers. Vacant building window smashed Sometime overnight on March 17, a window was smashed in the 2100 block of Nicola Avenue. The commercial building is currently vacant and empty. If anyone has any information about this, they are asked to call the Merritt detachment or Crimestoppers.
Stolen guitar, laptop Sometime overnight on March 18, a shed had been broken into in the 2500 block of Kinvig Street. A Dell laptop, an Epiphone guitar and an Epson projector from a wall mount were among the items stolen. If anyone has any information about this, they are asked to call the Merritt detachment or Crimestoppers. Stolen tires Sometime overnight on March 18, unknown person(s) stole eight tires from a secure compound at Kal Tire located in the 2600 block of Nicola Avenue. The tires are Firestone Firehawk GT Pursuit tires (P235-55-R17) with a value of $267.19 each. If anyone has any information about this, they are asked to call the Merritt detachment or Crimestoppers. Merritt detachment 250-378-4262 Crimestoppers 1-800-222-TIPS (8477)
going to try to cover the topics and areas that we think are important, but the most important thing is what the group members want. We hope that we can make it into a meaningful experience.” Edwards said topics of conversation will include hobbies and interests, family, what to do in Merritt on the weekends, and, depending on participants’ English levels, the group might talk about the upcoming provincial election which is on May 14. “Until we’ve actually met with the people, we don’t know their levels,” Edwards said. “There will be many levels, I think. It’s hard to structure it too much. We think we will do a lot of teaching by modeling, by hearing how Katherine and I say something.” Edwards said this first session will be a pilot project and will determine whether the women take up the program again in the fall. “The first session will be interesting, and after that we’ll have a better idea of how to continue,” she said. “We’re hoping that this is a non-threatening environment for people to take a chance and say the words out loud. It’s an opportunity to speak and listen. We’re both keen, we’re both excited about it, and it certainly sounds like there’s a need.” Classes are free and no registration is required. The six-week conversational English program runs Tuesday and Friday mornings at 10 a.m. starting on April 2.
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HERALD OPINION Ottawa takes lead on training
TOM FLETCHER B.C. VIEWS The B.C. election campaign that’s about to get underway will feature lots of talk about skills training. It will be everyone’s top priority, along with a dozen other top priorities. But since elections are no time to deal with serious issues, don’t expect much frank discussion about ways to redirect our increasingly soft, urban society toward useful work. Somebody might be offended. The B.C. Liberals see lots of skilled, technical jobs on the horizon, but they cut their skills training budget and many of their MLAs are also looking at a career change. The B.C. school system, like that of other provinces, still pushes kids to university programs that lead to coffee-serving jobs and the need for another round of training. This has been going on since the 1970s, and it’s not confined to B.C. The B.C. NDP apparently expects to coast to victory with the same empty rhetoric about “income inequality” and student debt that they’ve been using for years. Their only discernible intent is to return control over how many apprentices can be on a job site to industrial unions, which severely restrict it, squeezing out small business. This team’s ideas are mostly left over from the last industrial revolution.
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TV or not TV? Reporter prefers outdoors Emily Wessel Merritt MINUTE In last Tuesday’s Herald, editor Craig Lindsay talked up TV as a social and conversational catalyst. While I agree that discussing what’s on the tube can be an easy way to find out what you have in common with other people, I do take issue with the mindlessness of spending hours staring into the abyss of the glowing box, mouth
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slightly ajar. It’s not what a person likes on TV that makes them a good candidate for friendship. That might open the door, but it’s a pretty flimsy foundation for any type of meaningful relationship. Now, I’m not antiTV by any stretch and I don’t live in some kind of TV-free utopia. I’ve watched episodes, seasons and even entire series of shows on Netflix since I moved here six months ago. But I don’t have a TV, and I’m glad about that. It’s liberating to not reach straight for the remote control when I get home from work, crash on the couch and emerge from a TV stupor four hours
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later. I don’t spend hours flipping channels and getting caught up in varying degrees of staged drama, idly passing the time while not really getting anything out of it. When I do sit down to watch a show, I know that it’s one I’ll really enjoy — it’s not just watching TV for the sake of watching TV. It’s not just watching TV to alleviate that persistent fear of missing out when everybody talks about the latest episode of American Idol around the water cooler on Monday. It’s watching TV to give the brain a (sometimes) much-needed break. And while purposely shutting your brain off certainly has its place
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(namely at the end of a long and draining week), it’s still just filler for your time. Is mindless TV watching really worth your time, or would that time be better spent reading a book, going for a walk, hitting the gym, going to dinner parties, or engaged in a whole host of other life experiences — those very experiences wherein TV enthusiasts posit you can recap the latest episode of Breaking Bad with your buddies? My beef with the socalled social argument for TV is that it really doesn’t add anything to what could otherwise be ordinary social occasions. Remember when people used to have Survivor or
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Big Brother pools? Those were good reasons to get together. But the advent of PVRs, Netflix, and (lest we forget) the almighty Internet, those social gatherings are quickly becoming obsolete (except in the case of sporting events, which reliably bring people together because of their live nature, that can lose its lustre on the PVR). Now when I go somewhere that the TV is on, I find myself drawn back into its addictive clutches. People sit around the small screen and stare into its shallow face like people sitting around a campfire who can’t seem to look at anything else except the licking flames. And that’s what I don’t miss about watching TV.
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YOUR OPINION Poor school ratings reflection of system Dear Editor: I was pleased to see someone else beginning to question the ranking of our local schools as compared to others in the province. Our kids and families deserve a better school system. The problem, in my experience, starts with the apparent inability of our school leadership to grasp the idea that there are three key subjects that must be mastered before Grade 5: reading, writing, and arithmetic. To achieve this, we need to give kids a good traditional start in the early years. Teach “by rote” if necessary, but do it early.
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No calculators, no computers — just good old-fashioned brain power and handwriting. It is true that socio-economic conditions play a role, but the key factor is good teaching. Here we have great teachers managed by an administration and school board that appears, in my opinion, to be rudderless. We need to start a management by objectives program for teachers aimed at giving kids the basics they require to succeed. Outcomes need to be targeted and measured with regular testing. Lin (LB) Wotton Merritt, B.C.
Lali holds open house ahead of election good,” he said. “I think we would’ve got more people if it hadn’t been snowing. We didn’t keep track, but we probably had 50 or 60 people come through in a few hours. People just had some snacks and chitchatted and came to say hi.” Lali said it’s nice to offer an opportunity for constituents to Harry Lali (left) and friends enjoy a laugh at the open house. Craig Lindsay/Merritt Herald come into his office in Fraser-Nicola MLA open house Thursday Merritt without havat his office in Merritt. ing to travel at great Harry Lali met with expense to Victoria. “It went pretty constituents at an
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Merritt Sunrise Rotary Club donated $500 to assist with the rental of a second piano for the Nicola Valley Community Arts Council upcoming Vancouver Piano Ensemble concert. The show, 8 hands, 2 pianos, will showcase the community’s Yamaha C7F grand piano, purchased by the Arts Council 20 years ago. The audience can expect to be amazed and delighted by the ensemble’s performance. “We wanted to help with the costs of bringing in the second piano and felt this would be a good opportunity to support the concert series program,”
said Chris Walder, Sunrise Rotary president. “They have such a great concert series program and bring diverse professional performing artists to the Nicola Valley. We appreciate all their hard work in organizing events like this.” This is the fourth and final concert of the year. The Vancouver Piano Ensemble will perform April 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the Civic Centre. Tickets are available at Black’s Pharmacy, Baillie House Mandolin’s.
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Fletcher: Conservative platform centres on job grant From Page 6 Fortunately, there is a mid-term federal government that has acted. Last week’s federal budget launches new programs that the next B.C. government will have to go along with. Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government didn’t claw back post-secondary funds from B.C. and other inept provinces, as some had feared. What we got from Ottawa was social engineering, Conservative style. The centrepiece is the
“Canada Job Grant,” a $5,000 grant to employers willing to match it and train an unemployed person. To qualify, the province has to match as well, for a total $15,000 commitment to one worker who will have a job to go to. Delta-Richmond East MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay was one of the Conservatives out to promote the budget. She said when the Canada Job Grant is fully rolled out, it will fund training for 130,000 people a year. Some will be young people, but there will
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Of course, no worker or province or band council is required to participate. They have the option to leave the federal money on the table. But the NDP should note that the Canada Job Grant applies to unionrun apprenticeship schools as well as those in community colleges and technical institutes. Saying no isn’t much of a choice. Whatever grand promises the B.C. Liberals and NDP have written into their yetto-be-released election platforms, they will need to find the money to participate.
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Fire Rescue member recovering from accident By Emily Wessel THE HERALD
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The member of the City of Merritt Fire Rescue Department hurt last week while on the job attending a car accident on the Coquihalla is recovering at home, City of Merritt Fire Chief Dave Tomkinson said. The member, whose name has not been released, was the lone occupant of the rescue truck, which had all its emergency lighting on and was parked off-road at the accident scene about five
kilometres south of Merritt, when a transport truck struck its right rear end. The member was taken to the Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre, then transported to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops for observation. “There were no major injuries — cuts and bruises and that type of thing,” Tomkinson said. “It’s fortunate that it wasn’t worse than it was. We hope a speedy recovery to our member.” In the meantime,
the department has to deal with the damaged truck. “We are dealing with insurance companies, but we suspect that it may be written off,” Tomkinson said. “It appears that the frame was twisted from such a vicious hit. Right now we’re operating out of the back of our pickup truck, which is a temporary solution, but it can’t carry all of our rescue equipment.” Tomkinson called the damage to the truck the “minor part” of the incident, adding the department is
thankful the member was not badly hurt. He also urged drivers to slow down and move over when they see emergency workers on roads, and to drive to road conditions. Driving around emergency vehicles The Ministry of Justice states that drivers must slow down and move over when approaching emergency vehicles with their lights flashing. Emergency workers include police officers, fire and ambulance personnel, tow truck operators, special
police constables, conservation officers and park rangers. If there is another lane going in the same direction, drivers must move into the other lane to pass, if it is safe to do so and a police officer has not directed them to do otherwise, to give emergency workers as much space as possible. Drivers must slow their speeds to 70 km/h when in an 80 km/h or over zone, and to 40 km/h when in an under-80 km/h zone. Failing to yeild to an approaching emergency
ICBC invests $35,000 to make local roads safer The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) invested in three road improvements last year to help make Merritt and Logan Lake roads safer for everyone, according to a press release from March 20. The centre line and shoulder rumble strips between Meadow Creek and Clapperton on Highway 5 are one of the three road improvements. ICBC launched the safer roads program in 1989, and since then, has invested over $110 million in road improvement projects and safety studies across B.C. In 2012, ICBC invested approximately $1.8 million in the Southern Interior and $8 million in projects and safety audits across the province. “Public safety is
our top priority,” said Mary Polak, minister of Transportation and Infrastructure. “ICBC’s safer roads program works in partnership with our ministry and with communities to ensure safety is a priority in transportation infrastructure in communities across the province. This valuable program demonstrates our continued commitment to help keep everyone safe on our roads.” All proposed road improvement projects are assessed based on their ability to make roads safer. The most recent evaluation of the program concluded that overall, for every dollar invested, ICBC and its customers see a return of five times the investment. The evaluation found that two years following a project’s
implementation, there is on average, a 20 per cent reduction in severe crashes and a 12 per cent reduction in property damage crashes. The benefits of road improvements continue well beyond two years. ICBC also participates in engineering studies and assists communities in the planning of roadways and managing traffic. “Road improvements deliver real value to everyone on our roads, from drivers to pedestrians,”
said John Dickinson, ICBC’s director of road safety. “We’ll continue to invest in road safety initiatives that help us reduce claims costs to keep rates as low as possible for our customers.” As road improvements are implemented, drivers must adopt new driving behaviours, such as adjusting to traffic pattern changes and understanding the rules of the road. The majority of crashes are preventable and have more to do with
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driver error than road engineering. Drivers need to do their part by making smart driving decisions and avoiding crashes. Over the last 23 years, ICBC’s safer roads program has evolved with community investments and partnerships that have led to award winning projects. The contributions have helped advance the knowledge of the road safety engineering industry in B.C. and across Canada. Submitted
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Golden ld Staffi S ffi Cross, C 1.5 1 5 years Med size, is very affectionate and loyal, is great with a k9 pal, but gets a little worried in large groups of other dogs, doesn’t dig or jump fences, a good girl, but will need basic training.
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2 yrs She is a happy healthy girl who loves to run and play. She is a little shy but is ready to go home to a loving family. She is very affectionate and loves her walks.
View other adoptable dogs available at Angel’s Animal Rescue Society by going to http://www.angelsanimalrescue.ca. Carolyn Palaga, MSc, Aud (C)
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As of Market Close on March 22, 2013
Indexes
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Commodities Gold am/pm Äx London 1607.75 Copper Highgrade 3.43 Lumber (day session) 381.40 Live Cattle 126.10
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THIS WEEK’S MARKETS .... The S&P/TSX Composite closed at $12,757.35 last week. In the U.S., the S&P declined 0.2% to close at $1,556.89. Oil was down 0.1% to close at $93.39/bb, while natural gas futures rose 2.6% to close at $3.98/MMBtu. Gold bullion finished the week at $1,608.10, up 1.0%. The Canadian dollar weakened against the US dollar, closing at $.98/USD. The 2 year Canadian benchmark bond rose to 0.99% and the 10 year bond decreased to 1.82%. South of the border 2 year US treasury yields increased to .25%.
Canadian Common A&W Revenue Royalties 21.99 ATCO Ltd. 88.11 Arc Resources Ltd. 26.72 BCE Inc 46.73 Barrick Gold Corp 30.03 Ballard Power Sys 1.10 Bonavista Energy Corp 14.65 Bombardier 4.06 Bank of Montreal 63.94 Bank of Nova Scotia 59.45 Can. National Railway 99.50 Canadian Tire (NON VTG A) 70.54 Cameco Corporation 21.99 CIBC 81.32 Canadian Utilities Ltd. 76.76 Can. Real Est. Trust 44.67 Can. Nat. Res. Ltd. 32.87 Enbridge 46.86 EnCana Corporation 19.48 Finning 24.92 Husky Energy Inc. 29.68 Imperial Oil 42.61 Kinross Gold Corp 8.32 Loblaw Companies 41.60 Maple Leaf Foods 13.31 Molson Coors Can Inc. 49.75 Manulife Financial 15.21 Pembina Pipeline Corp. 31.18 Potash Corp of Sask 40.42 Pengrowth Energy Corp. 5.38 Power Financial Corp. 29.90 Precision Drilling Corp 8.85 Rogers Comm Inc. 50.10
Royal Bank 61.37 Research In Motion Ltd. 15.19 Sun Life Financial Inc 27.97 Shaw Comm Inc 24.85 Shopper’s Drug Mart 43.05 Suncor Energy Inc 30.97 Toromont Inds Ltd 23.04 Toronto Dominion Bank 83.96 Transcanada Corp 49.61 Telus Corp 69.67 Tim Hortons Inc 53.63
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2012-13 Merritt minor hockey awards ATOM/PEEWEE FEMALE RECREATION Most Sportswomanlike Most Improved Most Valuable Player
Avery Sigurdsson Taylor Nichols/ Emmagin Richardson Tyra Gage
ATOM RECREATION Most Sportsmanlike Most Improved Most Valuable Player
Dawson Campbell Wade Fountain Bryce Garcia/ Janelle Gage
PEEWEE RECREATION Most Sportsmanlike Most Improved Most Valuable Player
Austin Hawkins Natalie Sterling-Moses Colton McCauley
BANTAM/MIDGET FEMALE RECREATION Most Sportsmanlike Most Improved Most Valuable Player
Alana Suzuki Kendal Cunningham Christiana McMaster
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Larry MacMillan
Best Timekeeper
Most Sportsmanlike Most Improved Most Valuable Player
Nkikani Grismer-Voght Nathan Jarvis Kristopher Chastko
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Billy Gossoo Jack Sterling-Moses Devan Van Unen
Allysia Rodgers/ Tom Harrington
Mackenzie Finch
MMHA President’s Honour Roll
Marcel Ouellet
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Tyler Robinson
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Atrayu Johnny Mathew Newman Talon Zakall Ethan Thygesen
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Anthony Tulliani Fred Ware Mack Stead
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MMHA Oustanding Achievement Award
Alec Hunchak Memorial Award Dylan Stirling
Team Ambassador Most Improved Most Valuable Player Heart & Hustle
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OTHER MERRITT MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION AWARD WINNERS Outstanding Jr. Official
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Sam Suzuki Baley Tomkinson Sunil Sahota
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Robert Arthur Maize April 3, 1921 - March 19, 2013 Art passed away peacefully at Royal Inland Hospital on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Art was born in Assiniboia, SK and moved to BC, after the war eventually making his home in Kamloops, BC in 1997. He is lovingly remembered by his wife, Beverly, his daughter, Cynthia(Rusty) his daughter, Pat, his son Garth, his stepson Garth (Pat) step sons Jeff and Brad, step-daughter Fain (Tom), step-son Eric(Debbie) foster daughter Charlene 17 grandchildren and 10 great-grand+children and many nieces and nephews. Art was predeceased by his first wife, Val, grandson Buzz, his brother Ross and son-in-law Chuck. He is also cherished by many friends and extended family. After graduating from high school he attended Normal School in Moose Jaw, SK, and became a teacher. His career was cut short by the war. He was particularly proud of his three years of service in the Canadian Ait Force and saw action overseas in England and France. On his return home he began teaching again and married Val with whom he raised three children. He spent 35 years teaching in various places and pioneered the first bookmobile and teacher’s resource centers. He married Beverly in 1983. We were blessed with 30 years of welcoming grandchildren and great- grandchildren from both sides of the family. We enjoyed many outdoor activities. Art loved golf. We travelled to many interesting places, loved family get-togethers and reunions with friends and attending plays and symphonies.
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Secretary/Accounting Clerk Interior Community Services, Merritt is currently seeking an independent and resourceful individual to Àll the permanent position of part-time Secretary/Accounting Clerk in our ofÀce in Merritt, BC. The successful candidate will have a Diploma or CertiÀcate in Business/OfÀce Administration or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. As well, they will have a professional telephone and reception manner, work experience with various software programs, ofÀce equipment and bookkeeping experience. Hours of work will be mainly Monday to Friday 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm with some Áex time required. Rate of pay to start at $14.55/hour. ICS enriches the lives of individuals and families by providing integrated family support, individual life skills development, and safe, nurturing home environments designed to assist people to live to their potential in the community. ICS is a non-proÀt agency providing close to 50 programs in 32 communities. Please submit resume by April 1st, 2013 to: Sarah Bijl, HR Manager Interior Community Services 765 Tranquille Rd. Kamloops, BC V2B 3J3 E-mail: sbijl@interiorcommunityservices.bc.ca Fax: (250) 376-3040 • Phone: (250) 554-3134 www.interiorcommunityservices.bc.ca
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Thank you to all friends and family who have supported us so generously with their time, meals, compassion and love in the last few years. We have appreciated it more than we can say. Particularly, we would like to thank Dr. Farrell for his compassion and his professional care for Art. The nurses on 6 North and 5 South went far beyond the call of duty. Thank you to you all.
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MERRITT Housing Outreach Worker/SHOP Assistant Permanent Full Time (8:30-4:30 Monday-Friday – with ½ hour paid break) $19-$22.30/hr based on experience. Benefits upon successful completion of probationary period. Provide street level on-going intensive support and service to the clients supported in acquiring housing that have been identified as requiring these supports and services Specific Responsibilities: Provide individualized support, as needed, to clients with multiple barriers (including sex trade workers) and to assist them in the maintenance of their affordable, safe, and supported community housing; Liaise with Sex Trade Workers / Businesses/ Neighbourhoods . Provide outreach services and programming targeting women at risk in partnership with community partners; Mediate between the landlord and client when necessary as well as problem solve with building managers and landlords through regular ongoing communication; Provide outreach and relocation assistance for Tenants in transition to and from the various housing programs; Maintain complete documentation, statistics, and records both in house and on the BC Housing Database; Provide verbal and written reports, case notes, letters and year end reports. Qualifications: BSW, Human Service Degree or equivalent degree and experience with mental health / addictions and homelessness issues. Mental Health First Aid an asset. Must pass criminal record check and reference screening. Vehicle required in good working order / valid driver’s license with relevant insurance able to transport clients. Level 1 First Aid required. Send resumes to careers@askwellness.ca prior to March 25, 2013, 4:30pm.
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Ad Designer Merritt Herald The Merritt Herald is looking for an Advertising Creative Consultant to work along side our award winning design team. Hours of work: 25 to 37.5 hours per week. Responsibilities: • Ad design using InDesign & Photoshop • Real Estate listings • Uploading information to the internet • Mockup of paper editions • Reception • Additonal duties as required This individual must be able to endure pressure/ deadline situations and yet keep a healthy sense of humour with their fellow employees. The Merritt Herald publishes and distributes to over 8300 homes twice a week. If you feel you have what it takes to be a star among our stars we look forward to hearing from you. To apply, please forward your resume with a cover letter to: Theresa Arnold, Associate Publisher Merritt Herald 2090 Granite Ave., P.O. Box 9 Merritt, B.C. V1K 1B8 e-mail: publisher@merrittherald.com
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HELP JACOB REACH HIS BC CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION $10,000. GOAL!
This is Jacob, he is 7 years old... Jacob is raising money for BC Children’s Hospital. Jacob’s little brother Daniel, had to be born at BCCH because he needed open heart surgery at 4 days old. Daniel’s mom went to the hospital every week, the month before he was born, so they could take pictures of his heart to make sure he was still safe. The staff at BCCH had always made the family feel welcome and answered all their questions. Since Daniel’s Àrst birthday in April, Jacob has been collecting recyclables and donations towards BC Children’s Hospital to help build a new hospital. The small change you can donate on FREEBIE FRIDAYS at MOVIE EXPERTS, Merritt BC will help purchase vital equipment, expand crucial programs and fund world class research and save countless patients’ lives.
2125 Quilchena Downtown Merritt, BC
250.378.4303
GOAL!
10,000. 9,000. 8,500. 8,000. 7,500. 7,000. 6,500. 6,000.
WE ARE HERE...
Hours:
5,500. 5,000.
Mon. - Thurs.: 11 am - 10 pm Fri. & Sat.: 11 am - 11 pm Sunday: Noon - 10 pm