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Day supports Tegart at Merritt meet-and-greet By Emily Wessel THE HERALD
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Ex-Conservative cabinet minister Stockwell Day showed his support for the BC Liberals when he stopped by Brambles Bakery and Cafe on April 10 with Liberal Fraser-Nicola MLA candidate Jackie Tegart for breakfast and a meet-and-greet. Tegart said she is grateful for Day’s support as she gears up for the campaign ahead of the May 14 provincial election, which is slated to kick off after the writ drops today. “I think it’s wonderful that Stockwell Day has stepped up and said that he supports the Liberals in this so-very-important election,” Tegart said. Stockwell Day (right) and Fraser-Nicola MLA candidate for the Liberals Jackie Tegart met with supporters Wednesday at Brambles. Day served as the Minister Emily Wessel/Herald
of International Trade and the Minister for Public Safety in the mid-2000s under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and did not seek re-election in 2011. Day told a crowd of about 30 people in Merritt that working with Liberals while he was a Conservative minister and having known Tegart for years on the provincial political circuit made supporting the party a natural transition. “I worked with the BC Liberals back when I was formerly in government as a Conservative, and have seen first-hand as a B.C. citizen the positive results of their economic policies,” he said. “I’ve supported them in the past and I certainly support them now.”
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Councillor calls out economic officer over web post By Craig Lindsay THE HERALD
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The ongoing saga at city hall continued at Tuesday’s city council meeting. Coun. Alastair Murdoch suggested that council deal with James Umpherson, city economic development manager. Umpherson had written a review about the Merritt Ramada Inn on tripadvisor.com. The comments were posted on April 5 about a stay that happened in Sept. 2011. The owner of the Ramada, Anoop Sekhon, is also the president of Tourism Nicola Valley, an organization that the city is looking at no longer working with. “We were first made aware of it on Sunday,” he said. “We’re in contact with
the city and with tripadvisor. com. We’re just working on the process so there’s not much to comment on at this time.” As the Ramada owner, Sekhon said he receives all the comments posted on sites such as tripadvisor.com. He was disappointed that a city official would malign a local business like that. “It was unprovoked,” he said. “It should’ve never happened. He’s the economic development manager. He should be supporting local tourism rather than breaking them down and saying negative comments about them. That’s my personal opinion.” Sekhon, who was at the council meeting on April 9, said he has been told the city is dealing with the issue
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internally. “It’s part of their process to deal with it in-house,” he said. Merritt Mayor Susan Roline said Coun. Murdoch was not allowed to bring up the concern with Umpherson at the council meeting. “Again, it’s a councillor going down a road he’s not supposed to go on,” she said. “You cannot bring up staff in an open, public meeting. That has to be done in an in-camera meeting.” Roline would not comment any further on the matter. In a statement released on Saturday, Umpherson said: “In my opinion, the comments made at council are defamatory and I am seeking legal advice.”
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can follow up on them so we don’t develop a bad reputation. So it’s a balance for them. It’s customer feedback. I have to ask, why is this an issue? Although we know, legally, it’s not an issue.” Noble reiterated that it’s up to the three parties to work it out. “This is not a municipal issue,” he said. “If he did something wrong — which he didn’t — but if he did, don’t come crying to us, go after him. Sue him in a court of law. Don’t slander and defame him. Without any knowledge, there were some very negative words used against an individual. There’s no place for that in a council chamber.” Coun. Murdoch had no comment when reached by the Herald on Monday.
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way out of proportion.” Noble said city employees are no different than anyone else in that they should be able to voice complaints against businesses in which they’ve had an unsatisfactory experience. “I’ve had bad experiences and I’ve complained about it and I would have a right to complain about it,” he said. “He didn’t complain about it saying, ‘I work for the City of Merritt.’ He said, ‘I’m a guest and I have a problem.’ When I went on the site, there were good comments and bad comments. That’s what those sites are for. It’s a check for people like Ramada. When they’re good, I (as a business owner) would want to know the good things, but I also want to know the bad things so I
Umpherson’s boss Matt Noble, city administrative officer, said there would be no action against him by the city in regards to posting on the site. “The way this unfolded wasn’t correct,” said Noble. “You do not bring up employee issues. No community does that to their employees. Council members are not supposed to do that. The fact is, council have one employee only and that’s me. It’s written in the charter. This is not a city issue. Whatever is occurring there is between Ramada, the travel site and the person who has every right to make whatever comments they want. It wasn’t done on city equipment, it wasn’t something done on city time. It’s something that was blown
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MINING SIGNING British Columbia Aboriginal Mine Training Association (BC AMTA) CEO Laurie Sterritt signs a memorandum of understanding with Ken Tourand, president and CEO of the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology on Friday. The memorandum of understanding is a partnership between BC AMTA and the post-secondary institution in training and employing aboriginal students in the mining sector. Emily Wessel/Herald
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Family Services has to wait for council decision By Craig Lindsay THE HERALD
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Lenora Fletcher, executive director of Merritt Youth and Family Resources Society (MYFRS), gave a presentation to council on April 9 asking the city to renew the lease for the group’s teen centre building at 1721 Coldwater Ave. Although MYFRS lost the contract for operating the teen centre and other services to an organization from Kamloops, they still plan to use the building to offer other family services. MYFRS owns the building but leases the land from the city. “We were hoping to renew our lease agreement for the location but we didn’t achieve that,” Fletcher told the Herald on Friday. Council was informed by city administration that due to the change of services, MYFRS may not be
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able to use the building as the land is zoned for P3, which is for non-profit use. “Council was ready to make a decision after I had finished my presentation,” said Fletcher. “The next thing I knew, he (Matt Noble, city administration officer) was saying, ‘We can’t make a decision because we have this new bylaw decision that has come into play that could affect your lease.’” MYFRS is a charitable, non-profit organization,
said Fletcher. “We use that facility to provide cost-effective services to the community. In the past, we used it primarily for a teen centre. But, of course, we used it for other services. If something changes, I don’t know what we’d do.” Merritt Mayor Susan Roline said the city has an agreement with MYFRS to allow the building to be on city land. “We don’t charge them rent or taxes for the land
because they’re a non-profit organization providing services to the residents,” she said. “If they change now the use of what they’re providing there, it could restrict what they’re allowed to do there. We don’t know yet. We have to figure that out because they (MYFRS) came with a delegation advising of their intentions. Now, council will have to work with them to see what exactly those intentions are and if it fits the zoning of that property. So if they go to anything that creates a profit situation for them or creates a business, it changes the game.” City staff will meet with the directors from MYFRS to find out what the plans are for the teen centre building. Staff will make a report for council, and council will vote at a future meeting on whether or not to renew the lease with MYFRS. “They have that lease
under a special agreement with the city,” said Matt Noble, city chief administrative officer. “That lease is coming due shortly and now they’re changing the use, or trying to change the use of that structure. For example, there are certain activities they cannot undertake in that zone. If they were planning on at some point, for example, daycare — it’s not zoned for that. They need to work with rec and parks or leisure services and be clear. The facilities have to be suited to the purpose they are directed.” Noble said the city needs to know what the exact plans are for the building, before giving direction. He said MYFRS has been vague with their future plans for the teen centre. “Tell us the programs you want to run out of that structure,” he said. “If they’re not allowed in that zone, we can’t allow you to do them. That’s the law.”
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Indexes About 50 people gathered at the intersection of Coutlee Avenue and Garcia Street for an Idle No More demonstration while the Unity Riders circled on horseback last Sunday. Emily Wessel/Herald
Ride hopes to bring attention to social issues By Emily Wessel THE HERALD
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The latest Idle No More demonstration in Merritt took on a different tone as supporters saddled up and rode horses into Merritt from Shulus. The Unity Ride was aimed at demonstrating people of all backgrounds coming together for what protesters call a “Canadian issue” against Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s policies on environmental protection and First Nations sovereignty. Despite falling wet snow, about 15 riders took to horseback and rode into town with a police escort and circled at the intersection of Garcia Street and Coutlee Avenue for about 45 minutes on April 7. The political movement was one of the reasons Upper Nicola Band member Audrey Ward said she participated in the ride. “For me, it’s about social issues,” Ward said. “As a First Nations person, I know what it’s like to have to fight for rights just to get my status and my children’s status. I know what legislative poverty is. I know what depression, suicide and historical trauma from residential school is all about. I’m supporting the Idle No More movement because it gets people
out of their homes and moves us from feeling helpless to actually doing something.”
‘It’s about coming together as a people and saying we do have a voice.’ —UPPER NICOLA BAND MEMBER AUDREY WARD
Ward said it took courage for her to mount her horse after being bucked off and suffering broken ribs last year, but the cause was too important to sit out. She added that the weather was a symbol of the riders’ resilience, not a discouraging factor. “What the snow reminded me of is our resiliency as a people,” she said. “It’s about coming together as a people and saying we do have a voice. We do have power, we have each other, our land, the language, the culture, our people, and of course, we have our horses. Our horses symbolize our strength and unity, and really improved our lives in many ways — but more than that, they’re connected to us in a spiritual way. To come together with our horses was really exciting.”
The unifying aspect of the event was another reason Ward was one of three women participating in the ride. She said she invited her non-First Nations friend to participate in the ride with her to demonstrate solidarity on political issues. For rider Phil Dumont, the display of unity was the most important aspect of the ride. “All I know is it was a perfect opportunity for me and the kids to be part of something, and it was amazing,” Dumont said. “Riding
the horses right into town with a police escort — how many times are you going to get welcomed into town like that?” Dumont said the political overtones of the ride, as riders chanted “No more Stephen Harper,” was secondary to the political idea that unity can strengthen communities. “I think it was a great, great event and a very strong statement for the City of Merritt,” he said. “If we could combine and
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Saima Fewster, teacher consultant with the provincial outreach program on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, described strategies to work around the learning disability to about 25 educators and parents on Wednesday at the Civic Centre. Emily Wessel/Herald
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About 25 support workers, educators and parents heard strategies to support people with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in schools and with their learning on Wednesday at the Merritt Civic Centre. Provincial Outreach Program on FASD (POPFASD) Teacher Consultant Saima Fewster delivered a two-hour presentation that addressed
what FASD is and how to help learners get around it. “We have a good understanding of what's difficult for [people with FASD], but how do we help other people around them understand that so that it's easier for them to get the supports they need?” Fewster said during her presentation. “That's our job — to connect people with the information they need so they can support those folks out there who need it.”
Fewster is one of three presenters for the Prince George-based POPFASD, which has made the presentation in each school district in B.C. since it began in 2006. The presentation included information on what FASD is; the primary and secondary challenges faced by people with FASD; strategies to support people with FASD in their learning; and resources for more information. “It really does touch on building bet-
ter understanding for folks about FASD,” Fewster said. FASD is the umbrella term for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, partial Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, and Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder. Alcohol consumption during any stage of a pregnancy can result in a permanent brain injury, which manifests itself in each category of the spectrum with at least three central nervous system impairments. Those impairments are the primary effects of FASD, which Fewster said is key for educators and parents to understand so they can effectively support their students' and children's special needs. The primary disabilities can include attention, memory or language deficiencies, impulsivity and trouble linking actions to outcomes, and lead to secondary effects of FASD such as anger, isolation, depression, low self-esteem, drug and alcohol issues, and frustration. “The primary disability is what's wrong inside. It's a functional deficit. It's the brain
Day visits Merritt From Page 1 Day said New Democrat policies on resource development will chase jobs and money out of the province. Tegart agreed with Day’s criticisms. “I think we’ve spent a long time trying to dig ourselves out of the hole that the NDP put us in, and despite the worldwide economy, we’re looking pretty good in British
Columbia,” she said. Polls show a consistent NDP lead, usually of 12 to 15 points. In the latest EKOS poll of about 800 British Columbians from April 3 to 10, the BC Liberals were about 12 points behind the NDP (27.3 per cent to 39.3 per cent, respectively). The Green Party came in at 16.2 per cent of the respondents’ votes, while the Conservatives took 13.4 per cent.
impairment that you have, and it's a permanent brain injury," she said. "We need to help these people figure out a way to get around that.” Fewster said strategies to support people with FASD include applying structure through consistent and repeated routines; speaking directly to the point and without excess words; and using visual cues to aid instructions. For Travis Simpson, 35, the seminar offered a chance to learn more about the syndrome he lives with. “I've learned that with the brain, there's certain areas that the information won't go through," he said. "It's like a shield that blocks it, and then it bounces back and keeps on bouncing but it won't punch through.” Simpson said more information is better when it comes to awareness and understanding of FASD, and that it was his idea to go and bring his mother with him. “I'm actually trying to eat healthier and live a better lifestyle and I just want to better myself,” he said.
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TOM FLETCHER B.C. VIEWS As the B.C. NDP launched its election campaign last week with a package of income tax hikes, higher than those in the BC Liberals’ election budget of February, a third party leader confirmed his own plan to increase personal and business income tax rates. It’s not readily apparent from his recently released “fiscal framework” document, but BC Conservative leader John Cummins told me his plan to phase out B.C.’s carbon tax does indeed include raising income tax rates that were lowered to make the carbon tax “revenue neutral.” I reached Cummins in Prince George, where he was continuing his aggressive courtship of northern B.C. with an announcement that federal gas tax revenues would be redirected to a new fund for locally determined road improvements. Earlier he vowed to study the deplorable state of northern ambulance service. Cummins has more good news for the north: that’s where a regionally phased elimination of the carbon tax would begin. It’s also the area of thinnest population, meaning the impact on the B.C. treasury would be less. This is, after all, a tax budgeted to bring in $1.2 billion in the current year. The BC Conservatives continually remind people that the carbon tax falls disproportionately on rural, remote and particularly northern folks who face long distances, long winters, and public transit options ranging from slim to none.
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A hodge-podge of political potpourri CRAIG LINDSAY Off the Cuff I bring your attention to our online poll question on the following page. The Merritt Herald wants to know if you think City Hall is broken or not. (Be sure to go to to merrittherald.com to vote.) In recent weeks, I have written several stories on the disconnect and fracture between the mayor, council and administration, which directly or indirectly works for council, and therefore you, the people. That’s not to say it’s all bad news and dark clouds
coming out of council. The city website is doing very well and that’s helping to attract business and tourists to our fair city. The sale of Ardew to Aspen Planers is great news and shows that our city can attract businesses and encourage those businesses to grow. BC Hydro is working on several projects in the area to boost our electricity and allow the city to be able to expand. I’d also like to take this time to encourage readers to write to the paper. We always take time here to read every letter and print what people think. Of course, there are guidelines and such, but we certainly like to hear what you have to say. Our last poll was about the recent switch back from the HST to the PST/ GST. We all remember
the uproar that happened throughout the province when the BC Liberals put in the hated HST. Most of us thought it would mean more money out of our pockets going to governments, both local and federal. And then came Bill Vander Zalm to the rescue. The charismatic former premier led the way to an unprecedented referendum on the HST. Showing there was no harmony in the Harmonized Sales Tax in 2011, British Columbians voted 55 per cent in favour of repealing the HST and reinstating the PST/GST. It took almost two years, but the PST/GST is back. Funnily enough, 64 per cent of our readers are now against the PST/GST or at least are unhappy with having to switch again. Then again, it seemed
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the referendum vote was never really about the tax itself and more a condemnation of the Liberal government that pushed through the HST after promising before the election they wouldn’t. With the next provincial election coming up on May 14, the HST issue may not be dead quite yet. It’s something the Liberals might wish was done with, but the NDP may still bring it up. Speaking of the NDP, local MLA Harry Lali held his candidate nomination meeting on Saturday at the Civic Centre. Lali ran unopposed and gladly accepted the nomination from the NDP. In the next week or so, Lali will be opening up campaign offices in Merritt as well as some surrounding towns in the riding.
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As for Liberal candidate Jackie Tegart, she had none other than former Canadian Alliance leader and long-time Okanagan MP Stockwell Day throw his support behind her campaign with a stop at Brambles on April 10. Green Party leader Elizabeth May was also in town recently to support Fraser-Nicola Green Party candidate John Kidder. I’m sure we can look forward to more visits from politicos including the Conservatives in the weeks leading up to the election. We’ll also see ads on radio, TV and our newspaper talking all about who you should be voting for and who is right to lead the province. No matter who you support and who you think will represent you the best, be sure to get out and vote!
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YOUR OPINION Change of family services just change for sake of it Dear Editor, I note with some genuine concern the change in not-for-profit agencies providing family, children and youth services and programming in our community. After 35 years of service, Merritt Youth and Family Resources Society (MYFRS) has been unsuccessful in securing contracts with the Ministry of Children and Family Development. In an economic culture that promotes intense competition among not-for-profit agencies seeking funding from similar or the same resources, it is perhaps not surprising that a Kamloops-based agency, much bigger than MYFRS, has successfully obtained funding from the ministry. The real issue I have with the change in service providers is primarily related to direct client services as they pertain to the families, children and youth in Merritt as well as the Nicola Valley. Imagine, if you will, suddenly receiving information that your doctor, dentist, optometrist and/or other professionals will no longer be providing service to you. All of these individuals affecting your life will be gone by a specific date. Other professionals unknown to you will simply take their places. How would you respond or
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react to this situation? Having worked for over 30 years with families, children and youth, both in child protction services and mental health, I am, at best, very apprehensive about rocketing in new organizations and staff to provide services to a critical population. I am, at worst, somewhat pessimistic about how clients will fare with this situation. Many children, youth and families in receipt of MCFD-contracted services are fragile in terms of establishing trust and confidence in their workers, and professionals in general. It takes time, energy, patience and empathy to build relationships founded on trust, dignity, respect, caring and compassion. Cut these relationships off at the knees, with very little, if any transition time, and what do you have? Very possibly a confused, frightened, frustrated and angry client group that must accept a “trust us” approach where no such trust has been earned, established and/or warranted. I have been actively involved in this change process. Not once have I heard a word from the new service providers about client care, client needs and client individuality. I would suggest that client trust and confidence cannot be bought or negoti-
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This has ceased to be much of an issue for the urban B.C. majority, who are focused on bridge tolls, ferry fares and the like. The BC Conservatives decry the population decline of rural B.C., with international immigration almost exclusively going to big cities, while temporary foreign workers increasingly fill agricultural and industrial jobs in the Interior. The party’s still-evolving platform echoes the NDP’s call for more skills training and increased completion rates for trade apprentices. Cummins is in favour of the proposed Northern Gateway oil pipeline and
the massive buildup of infrastructure needed to add liquefied natural gas to B.C.’s energy export mix. He sees that enormous industrial expansion as the path to shift population growth beyond the south of the province. Cummins is surprisingly cool to one industrial project, the proposed Site C dam on the Peace River, calling himself undecided. He also sounds skeptical about the BC Liberal plan to extend B.C.’s electricity grid and use that to develop further independent power. This sounds to me like political positioning rather than economic analysis. An anti-Site C independent candidate has significant support in Peace River
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who may well have been your neighbours, friends or relatives. Change can be good; but first, we need to understand the necessity for change as well as the importance of implementing change that is reflective of and respectful toward the persons directly affected by it. A society is only as strong as its most vulnerable citizens. We, as a community, have an ethical and moral responsibility to ensure that harm is not done to individuals by the change process itself. Clearly, this is one instance in which money truly cannot buy everything. Merritt’s families, children and youth deserve to be considered and respected in this equation. I would strongly encourage clients affected by this change to be vocal as well as visible regarding their concerns, and to request clean, precise answers to their questions. Agencies and individuals making such decisions should be held fully accountable, be they government or not. And we, as a community, need to be fully cognizant of this major shift and how it might play out over the course of the next year. Bigger is not always better. I rest my case. Bonnie Cowan Retired social worker/therapist Merritt, B.C.
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ated. These precepts are built on the fundamentals of positive relationshipbuilding that many of us espouse: acceptance and acknowledgement of each person as an individual. There is an old adage, “A fool is someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.” It seems unfortunate that some of our most fragile and vulnerable citizens may quite possibly be at risk in a climate that may appear to value dollars over relationships. Indeed, this whole process may well be a case of “penny wise, pound foolish.” I strongly believe that Merritt’s families, children and youth deserve services that take into account their uniqueness and special needs, be these social, economic, ethnic, demographic or otherwise. “One size fits all” is simply not appropriate or helpful when it comes to working with families, children and youth. Merritt is not a satellite of Kamloops. We are a community well able to provide service to our own citizens. As such, we need to be asking why this change has occurred and how it will benefit the clients in question. Surely, 34 years of service to the community counts for something. MYFRS should be acknowledged for its quality services and as a sizable local employer with dedicated staff
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North, creating a threeway struggle for a key BC Conservative target. The BC Conservative platform also totals up the billions in long-term electricity contracts with private power producers and suggests the price for this clean energy has been set too high. This is another echo of the NDP’s vague position. So if the BC Conservatives are gung-ho on oil and gas and think the carbon tax is a mistake, do they think there should be any effort to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions? Cummins sidestepped that question, preferring to talk about conventional air pollution, whether it’s in the Fraser Valley or as a
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byproduct of a northern industrial boom. As a long-time former Reform and Conservative MP, Cummins is acutely aware that the urban media will leap with extra vigour on any perceived gaffe of the right wing. Should a Conservative let slip that he’s skeptical about global warming, or worse, express a rustic view on social issues, all hell would break loose. The BC Conservatives have started with the most detailed, costed platform of any party. Don’t count them out. Tom Fletcher is a legislative reporter and coumnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com.
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Five members of the Merritt Secondary School senior boys’ rugby team will be taking their game halfway across the country this spring as part of a YMCA-sponsored student-athlete exchange program. Grade 12 students Ben Cunningham, Clayton Torgalson and Matt U’Ren, along with Trevor Reed (Grade 11) and Paz RainvilleMorrison (Grade 10) are all members of a Kamloops-based U17 select team that will travel to Ontario May 26 to June 2. This week, on the first half of the exchange, 30 rugby players from Vankleek Hill, located 100 km east of Ottawa, are arriving in British Columbia to play an exhibition match with the Kamloops U17 team, tour the Interior of the province, and take part in the Tournament Capital’s Rugbyfest this coming weekend. While the five Merritt players on the host team will not actually billet any of the visitors from Ontario, they will be taking part in a number of activities planned for the two groups. “We’ll be playing in the game on Wednesday,” said Cunningham, “and practising with their team prior to Rugbyfest. There’s also a big social
planned for Saturday night for all the players, coaches and families. It’s going to be a lot of fun.” The five Kamloops players from Merritt went through an arduous selection process in order to make the U17 rugby side. “There were over 50 players when practices started in February,” Cunningham said, “including about nine from Merritt. After training for about a month and some meetings with parents, the number of players was narrowed down to 32. Since then, we’ve been practising twice a week in Kamloops.” Kamloops head coach Trevor Johnston said that he is very impressed with the character of the Merritt members of his team. “They’re all polite, courteous young men, and we’re very pleased to have them with us.” Johnston went on to add that the sport of rugby is a wonderful vehicle by which to offer travel opportunities and experiences to young athletes. Johnston said that Merritt’s Max Heppner is a great example of the sport’s endless opportunities. The 21-year-old MSS graduate has traveled to England, South Africa, New Zealand and across Canada while playing rugby. Heppner is currently helping Johnston coach the Kamloops U17 team. It will be a very busy
week of rugby for the five players from Merritt as they must also fit in a regular league game with their school team on Tuesday against Westsyde in Kamloops. That match-up will be a showdown for first place as both teams go into the game with 2-0 records. Because of the exhibition game against their guests from Ontario on Wednesday, Cunningham and his mates will miss an MSS ‘friendly’ versus Gleneagles Secondary on the same day, as the Vancouver school team passes through Merritt en route to Rugbyfest. Cunningham said the community of Merritt has been very supportive of the upcoming trip to Ontario by the MSS players. “We’ve received assistance from Tolko, RBC, Tim Horton’s and Extra Foods. In addition, lots of people have bought tickets to a special Steak Dinner Night.” This is Cunningham’s second rugby trip to Ontario. In 2010, when he was in Grade 8, the talented rugby player represented British Columbia on a U14 team that took part in a National Rugby Festival in Toronto. “I’m really looking forward to this trip,” Cunningham said, “because I have a bunch of my friends going with me. It’ll make the whole thing that much more special.”
PANTHER POWER Five members of the MSS Panthers senior boys’ rugby team will be traveling to Ontario at the end of May as part of a YMCA-sponsored exchange with Vankleek Hill Collegiate Institute near Ottawa. The players are (from left) Clayton Torgalson, Matt U’Ren, Paz Rainville-Morrison, Ben Cunningham and Trevor Reed. The Ontario side arrived in B.C. on Sunday, and the two U17 teams will play an exhibition game in Kamloops on Wednesday. Ian Webster/Herald
VANKLEEK HILL - GINGERBREAD CAPITAL OF ONTARIO Vankleek Hill is a small agricultural town of 2,000 people located just over an hour away from the nation’s capital. It was named after Simon Vankleek, a United Empire Loyalist who settled nearby at the end of the 18th century. In 2003, Vankleek Hill was declared Ontario’s Gingerbread Capital – but not because of its baking prowess. Gingerbread is also the name given to the ornate woodwork that adds architectural detail to the exterior and interior of buildings. Over 250 homes in Vankleek Hill contain Victorian era decorative gingerbread elements on their porches, windows, gables and rooflines. Vankleek Hill Collegiate Institute (VCI) has a student population of 450. Notable alumni include NHL players Martin St. Louis and Dan McGillis as well as former politician Don Cousens. Each March, hockey players from Ontario, Quebec and the eastern United States converge on Vankleek Hill for a four-on-four tournament called the Pond Rocket Cup. The PRC, as it is known, is the social event of the winter in the area.
A CHILLY START TO YOUTH SOCCER Cool temperatures and gusty winds made for a frigid first weekend of Merritt youth soccer on Saturday. Dave Lambe (left) and his son, Alex, and Joanne Rooke from Grand Forks (right) and her grandson, Trevin, bundled up to watch the youngsters at Diamond Vale School. Over at CMS, Chelsea and Team Blue (below) did battle in the grade 8 and over division. Ian Webster/Herald
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SALARY: Negotiable DEADLINE: April 19, 2013 START DATE: ASAP Interested candidates should submit their resume and a cover letter to: Angie Sterling, Principal, Lower Nicola Indian Band School 201 Horn Road, Merritt, BC V1K-1M9 asterling@lnib.net or fax to: 250-378-6389
Compensation: This position includes a competitive base salary, commission, gas allowance and benefits. If you meet the qualifications and feel you would be suitable for the position, email your resume and cover letter to bobbygill@telus.net. Only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
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2 bdrm upper unit apartment for rent. Newly painted, f/s, w/d, dw, no-smoking, no-pets, avail May 1st. $650/mon. + util. 1-604-701-6493 2 bedroom suite in Lower Nicola 4-plex. Recent upgrades & shared laundry. No Smoking. No Pets. $625/mo plus utilities. 250-378-8223 ON Nicola Lk, near Quilchena, great 1 bedroom suite, private entrance, 4 kitchen appliances, in suite laundry. Incl. phone, internet, satellite, utilities. NS/NP. Available now, $850 a month. Enjoy summer on the lake! Viewing this weekend 604-467-3304, 250378-8358
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Suites, Lower 2 BEDROOM Basement suite available May 1st. $800/month includes utilities and laundry. May require references. Contact Sandy or Jas 250-315-4675.
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Legal Notices Alfred Thomas Gray; your goods from 2950A Clapperton will be sold at Auction on 4/20/13 failing payment of $1640 by 4/19/13. D.H. Oborne.
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