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Recovery of teens’ bodies brings closure By Staff
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The bodies of two Langley teens, Austin Kingsborough and Brendan Wilson, have been found in Nicola Lake after a brief search by an independent company from Idaho. The company, which specializes in recovering bodies from big lakes, had been brought up by family friends after the RCMP had halted their search on Friday. The bodies were located at a depth of 75 feet in Nicola Bay near the area where the canoe had been located two weeks earlier. The two boys were vacationing in Merritt and staying at Wilson’s parents’ cabin on Nicola Lake. The two were reported missing on Sunday, April 23 after going canoeing on the lake and not returning. “It sounded like the couple that came from Idaho began their search yesterday (Sunday)
until it got dark,” said Merritt RCMP Cpl. Tracy Dunsmore. “They were out first thing this morning (Monday). One of the family members said they had had a hit. At that point it became a coroner’s investigation.” Dunsmore said the bodies were quickly identified as the two Langley boys. She said the equipment used by the Idaho company was essential to finding the bodies. “It took them about a day and a half to find them,” she said. “The equipment they have is apparently more sophisticated than the equipment we have, and this couple has been doing this since 1999. This was the 83rd or 84th people they’ve found. It’s a long lake and quite deep. There’s a lot of silt, a lot of debris down there and that presents quite a challenge to the divers.” Dunsmore said it’s important that the family now has closure and is able to properly mourn.
Merritt rolls out new recycling program By Craig Lindsay THE HERALD
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The City of Merritt is keeping up with the recycling needs of residents with a new sanitation truck to go along with the recently completed eco-depot facility in Lower Nicola. “The truck was new last year as was the garbage rollout (when the city starting using automated bins),” said Darrel Finnigan, superintendent of public works for the
City of Merritt. “We were waiting for the Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) to finish the site before we could roll out the recycling, so we could deliver the recycling properly.” The city began its doorto-door recycling service on April 30. Other than a few hiccups, it’s been smooth sailing, said Finnigan. He said it’s important people properly separate their recycling from their garbage. “Keeping contaminants
such as cheesy pizza boxes out is a big part — it just takes up space where it shouldn’t be,” he said. There are several misconceptions around town about the new truck and the recycling program. “The biggest misconception is that we are putting recycling and garbage in the same truck,” said Finnigan. “People need to know that the truck has two sides to it. When the truck grabs garbage it dumps it into one
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paid for through their water, sewer and garbage taxes and are picked up at the same time on the same day each week. Finnigan says it’s important for residents to keep their recycling and garbage bins one metre apart so the truck can easily pick them up. “Today (May 2) on one route, I probably separated 30 different residences where they had them pushed together,” he said. “That just
takes time for the operator and he doesn’t have much time in a day to complete the route.” Finnigan said the ratio of recycling picked up compared to garbage is 60 to 40. “The more we can keep out of the landfill, the longer we’ll be able to use it,” he said. “Space for landfills is very limited, so if we can recycle and re-use, that’s the best option.”
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Petition to stop trucks on Highway 5A stalls By Craig Lindsay THE HERALD
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Anyone who has driven Highway 5A from Merritt to Kamloops knows there are many commercial trucks that use the road, despite the fact that the double-laned Coquihalla is right next to it. A petition to limit or prohibit trucks from using Highway 5A was brought to the B.C. legislature by Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Kevin Krueger on March 4. Krueger, who is stepping down as MLA, tabled a petition with more than 1,400 signatures gathered from homes along the highway. Krueger told Kamloops This Week that volunteers who collected the signatures “knocked on more than 95 per cent of all households adjacent to Highway 5A and only had six people turn them down.” Randy Murray, Area M director and chair of the ThompsonNicola Regional District (TNRD), said the TNRD supports a ban on large commercial trucks on Highway 5A. “It’s been one of my pet projects for the last couple of years looking at all the troubles on that highway previously,” said
This April 20, 2010, accident on Highway 5A at Trapp Lake — and others like it involving trucks — prompted Kamloops-South Thompson Liberal MLA Kevin Krueger to table a petition, asking that the province enact restrictions on truck traffic using the winding highway that connects Merritt and Kamloops. File photo
Randy Murray, “There was a pretty big head-on collision with two semis there about a year ago with two fatalities. There’ have been many incidents there over the years.” Murray said there are several factors contributing to the number of accidents including road degradation, danger of hazardous material going into the lake and contaminating the watershed and high tourism travel. “When you get 12 or 14 semi-tractor trailers heading in a convoy out there with that speed, mixed in with local traffic and tourists in the summer, it can be a pretty tough situation,” he said. “There’s only one dedicated passing lane, just before Kamloops, on that whole 100 kilometre stretch. There are lots of issues there.”
Murray has taken the Highway 5A situation to the TNRD board and received support for a motion to send a letter to B.C. Minister of Transportation Mary Polak asking to restrict all semi-tractor trailer traffic except for local truck traffic. “She came back saying they wouldn’t do that sort of thing and set precedent,” he said. “I said the precedent is there that we’ve got a freeway right beside that route that is designed to handle the type of traffic we see now on 5A which is nine and greater axle trucks there.” Murray said the petition has been accepted as has the letter from the TNRD but the Ministry of Transportation has said the status quo exists and nothing will be done. “We’ll just continue
to monitor it,” he said. “It’s not like the ministry hasn’t done anything. They’ve put large, white hash-marks on the way to Kamloops. They’ve put some solar-powered speed signs and things like that to slow the trucks down because they were tipping over on a regular basis on the tight curves. They’re trying to take some mitigating steps and it’s helped, but my suspicion is it’s just increased the speed on the Nicola Lake end. It’s an ongoing thing and it will be for a while.” Murray said that if they can’t have an outright ban on commercial vehicles, he suggests a speed reduction for trucks on Highway 5A, like they have on some American non-arterial routes. “Trucks just don’t go on those routes, because it’s not economical,” he
said. “But it’s not something that the government is willing to do in B.C. “ A representative from the B.C. Trucking Association told the Herald that it’s important for trucks to be able to access all major roads and highways in the province. “We believe all provincial highways should be open to all vehicles, including commercial vehicles,” said Louise Yako, president/CEO of the B.C. Trucking Association. “There have been discussions with the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. They’ve provided us with data in terms of the crash rates on Highway 5A as compared to other provincial highways. In fact, the crash rate is lower than comparable highways. There’s also been a number of mitigation projects there to reduce the number of crashes. My understanding is there has been a Highway 5A advisory committee that made a series of recommendations on a number of improvements to that highway and those have been implemented.” Yako said there is a higher level of enforcement on Highway 5A and you can see the results of that with the statistics.
According to ICBC, the number of crashes and injuries along Highway 5A has actually been in decline since 2007. In 2011, there were 27 crashes on Highway 5A with 14 injuries and 0 fatalities. In 2010, there were 46 crashes with 43 injuries and 2 fatalaties. Back in 2007, there were 56 crashes with 43 injured and one fatality. In total, there have been 210 crashes, 157 injured victims and five fatalities recorded by ICBC from 2007-2011. Preliminary results from 2012 indicate there were 29 crashes involving an injury. “I recognize and acknowledge that there are residents who have concerns about commercial trucks on that highway,” she said. “But if we were to ban commercial trucks from every road that residents had concerns about, it would be very difficult to not only operate trucking businesses but to also service customers and to provide necessary goods to consumers. It’s not a sustainable going-forward plan.” Yako said there has never been a ban on commercial vehicles on any highway in B.C.
New eco-depot streamlines recycling process From Page 1 The eco-depot is set up on the same site as the landfill in Lower Nicola and is operated by the TNRD. The City of Merritt pays to use the site just as any other user would. “We just opened up last Tuesday (April 23),” said Jamie Vieira, environmental services supervisor for the TNRD. “It’s a more modern way of dealing with waste in the TNRD. The major-
ity of customers don’t enter the active landfill anymore. They come into the site and can get rid of all the same recycling they always did. We’re actually offering more recycling services, the majority of which are free of charge.” Once customers have removed their recycling, they go to the eco-depot’s new weight scales where tipping fees are applied to garbage for the landfill. In the past, customers were charged by
volume. Vieira says most customers are saving money with the new method. The TNRD charges $60 per tonne for refuse. For a full list of user fees and penalties please go to tnrd.ca. At this time, the Lower Nicola eco-depot does not accept e-waste such as computers and TVs, which can be taken to the Merritt bottle depot. Customers can pay by debit, credit card, or TNRD The Merritt sanitation truck dumps off recycling at the new eco-depot at Lower Nicola. Craig Lindsay/Herald eco-cards, but not by cash.
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REMEMBER WHEN? From the Herald archives: May 4, 1983 Museum opening attracts large turnout About 165 people, including several special guests, attended the grand opening of the N.V. Museum/Archives on Jackson Avenue, May 1. Craigmont’s first president, John D. Simpson, Lucile McDiarmid, wife of Craigmont promoter Neil McDiarmid, MP Fred King, MLA Tom Waterland, former mayor Allan Collet and Alderman Allan Gilmour for the City of Merritt were all guest speakers. Murphy Shewchuk, president of the Museum/Archives Association, thanked the many people, corporations and groups who had contributed the development of the facility either through volunteer labour, membership or sponsorship of one of the Historical Quarterlys produced by the association.
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The economy and the environment took centre stage at an allcandidates forum last Monday night at the legion ahead of the provincial election on May 14. While Liberal candidate Jackie Tegart was double-booked and unable to attend the debate, incumbent NDP candidate Harry Lali, Conservative Michael Beauclair, and the Green Party’s John Kidder debated over issues submitted by people at the forum on fish farms, school and hospital job security, water conservation and fracking. Kidder said shrinking communities have led to job cuts in those areas. “Merritt is the healthiest community in this riding, by far,” Kidder said in response to a question about cuts to rural health care and education. “What we need to do is think about how we actually bring activity back into these communities — cultural activity, economic activity — so that they become even more attractive places to live. That will get the people living here to keep those services sustainable.” Lali said job losses in education and health care come back to spending provincial money in other areas, which takes away from support available to regions like FraserNicola. Beauclair said the Conservative Party would reduce bureaucracy to free up money to support more frontline staff. “We are committed to looking at the whole bureaucratic process in the B.C. education system,” he said. “That means reducing administration costs, especially when those jobs have nothing to do with student learning.” The debate then turned to the environment with a question about strategies to reduce damage done to water by fracking. Kidder said he is opposed to fracking entirely.
“It’s the wrong strategic direction for the province. We know it’s wrong from the environmental side,” he said. “To grow economies, you grow sustainable activity in agriculture, business, in resource processing, et cetera. This is the fundamentally Green way.” “You can’t say no to everything,” Lali countered. “Our party has come out in support of the LNG proposals that are coming forward, and to make sure the gas is extracted in an environmentally safe fashion, we’ve put in a full environmental review process.” Beauclair said water conservation comes down to individual responsibility. “You can’t drink oil, you can’t drink gas, but you can drink water,” he said. The candidates’ strategies to stimulate economic growth in rural B.C. largely overlapped, with references to making resource industries, especially forestry, sustainable. Beauclair said a small-scale salvage program could help enhance and revive forestry. “I’m not talking about clear-cutting and wrecking the landscape, I’m talking about retriev-
(From left) Green Party candidate John Kidder responds to a question at the all-candidates forum on April 29 at the Merritt Legion as NDP incumbent Harry Lali and Conservative Party candidate Michael Beauclair prepare their responses. Emily Wessel/ Herald
ing volume and value from those towns that are most affected,” he said. “We’re losing millions of cubic metres of wood across the province and I believe that by reviving this program, we can have an investment from small loggers and we can let the free market system work it out.” Lali said investment in green sector jobs and in skills training and education is key to keeping the forestry industry viable, while Kidder said a diverse landscape of sustainable small businesses would make the riding’s communities healthier. Kidder also slammed mega-projects such as the Site C dam for not properly dispersing profits, investment and jobs across the province. B.C. Federation of Labour SecretaryTreasurer Irene
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When Wayne Schindler and his wife Lynn were driving into town from their property two weeks ago, something caught their eyes. They pulled over and found, to their surprise, a hot tub, neatly severed into four pieces. Along with other
pieces of debris, including a hot tub cover and a motor, the hacked up hot tub was lying about 15 metres from the road on the slight decline of an embankment, leading Wayne Schindler to believe that whoever dumped it didn’t want it to be seen from Lindley Creek Road. Schindler said he and his wife own 800 acres of land — some of it
wooded — and that people probably don’t realize the land is private property, but that’s no excuse for illegal dumping. “They shouldn’t be doing this on Crown land. Crown land is your land. It’s everybody’s,” he said. “That’s beside the point.” And, he said, it’s not the first time he’s found garbage dumped on
his property, although it might be the most unusual find to date. “We’ve had a little bit before, but this is more than we’re used to,” he said. “Up on the ranch, we’ve had problems before with cattle going through garbage and standing in it, and getting tin cans stuck up over their feet,” he said, adding that cuts from refuse and debris can cause health problems for cattle and incur costs for the ranchers. “I was going to clean it up and take it to the dump the other day, but I don’t want to haul it to the dump and get charged for cleaning it up,” Schindler said. He talked to a representative from the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD), who informed him that the district would help him clean up the mess at no cost
to him. Improperly discarded refuse such as paint, battery acid, or oil can create environmental hazards by seeping into groundwater and soil, and discarded grass clippings and other yard waste can dry out and become fire hazards. Cleaning up illegal dumpsites also creates logistic problems when they’re found on Crown land. The TNRD is holding its household hazardous waste roundup on May 11 in the Civic Centre parking lot from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Refuse such as adhesives, batteries, gasoline, paint thinner, oil filters, fertilizer, and expired fire extinguishers can be dropped off at no cost. The TNRD spent $15,000 cleaning up illegal dumpsites in 2011. Figures for 2012 were not available by press time.
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TOM FLETCHER B.C. VIEWS When Adrian Dix took over as B.C. NDP leader two years ago, he struggled to communicate, especially in the sound bites of radio and TV. There was a running joke in the legislature press gallery: It didn’t matter what question you asked him, you got a six-minute answer that ended with the evils of log exports. Even more than under Carole James, the NDP railed against log exports. “B.C. logs for B.C. jobs” became one of Dix’s favourite slogans. As the election approached, another Dixism was heard daily: “Say what you’re going to do, say how you’re going to pay for it.” So it was a surprise a few weeks ago when the NDP signalled it would essentially not offer a policy on log exports. They’re going to meet with “stakeholders” and come up with a plan after they get a majority government. This is exactly the same nonpolicy the NDP had in 2009. They don’t have an answer to the industry’s point that the high price gained by premium logs in foreign markets is what keeps many loggers working, and subsidizes the harvest of other logs for B.C. coastal mills. Another thing the NDP doesn’t like is private power development. This issue featured prominently in the NDP leadership contest two years ago. Leadership contender Mike Farnworth told the party faithful he would study independent power purchase contracts, and if he found that they are not in the public interest, he would “mend them or end them.”
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CRAIG LINDSAY Off the Cuff With Iron Man 3 hitting theatres and rocketing to huge box office numbers this past weekend, the summer movie season officially began. Iron Man 3 is just one of many summer movies based on comic book characters. With the success of The Avengers and the Dark Knight movies, don’t expect the influx of super-hero movies to end any time soon. With Robert Downey Jr. capturing the wit and pathos of Iron Man and
his alter ego Tony Stark, the movies have struck a chord with audiences. As far as anticipation for Iron Man 3, I’d give it three out of five Hulks. Coming out in midJune is the new Superman movie, Man of Steel. It’s only been three years since Superman Returns, which failed to catch on with audiences. Will Man of Steel do better? It looks promising, with a cast that includes Kevin Costner, Russell Crowe and Boardwalk Empire’s Michael Shannon as General Zod. Superman was one of my favourites comic books growing up. The toughest part is making an invulnerable, flying alien relatable. I give it four out of five Hulks. Hugh Jackman returns once again in The Wolverine. After several X-Men
movies and the disappointing X-Men Origins: Wolverine, anticpation is a little low on this one. One out of five Hulks. Of course, there are movies out there that aren’t superhero flicks. Star Trek Into Darkness is the much-anticipated sequel to the very successful reboot to the Star Trek franchise starring Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto. If Into Darkness is half as good as the first J.J. Abrams-directed Star Trek movie, it’ll be great. Five out of five Hulks. I really liked the World War Z novel, so I’m looking forward to the upcoming movie starring Brad Pitt. Zombies might be overdone at this point, but WWZ has some interesting takes on the subject. The novel looked at the zombie war as a worldwide battle
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Music Monday’s galactic sing-along Grade One students from Merritt Bench Elementary school sing a song in the gym on Monday as part of Music Monday, a national campaign put together by music teachers from around the country where students, teachers and parents sing along to a song streamed on the Internet at the same time on the first Monday in May. This year’s song was co-written and performed by astronaut Chris Hadfield and the Barenaked Ladies’ Ed Robertson. Students from Nicola-Canford and Merritt Central Elementary Schools also took part in the celebration of singing, and each group performed more songs for the other students. Emily Wessel/Herald
Fletcher takes a look at NDP platform From Page 6 Another leadership hopeful, energy critic John Horgan, allowed that he would “break” contracts if necessary. By this spring, Dix had a new non-position on power purchase contracts. He will “assess them and address them.” The printed platform promises a review “within the limits of existing contracts.” Either they plan
to risk a costly legal battle, or they’re just paying lip service. All you have to do to find out is elect them. Labour code changes are another blank slate. A memo from the B.C. Federation of Labour executive to members last year described how they were working closely with the NDP to rewrite B.C. labour law. The NDP election platform punts this issue until after the
election as well, promising an independent expert panel to decide on issues like whether to end secret-ballot votes for union certification. This isn’t just a bad idea, it’s a 30-year-old bad idea. It’s based on the destructive old notion that employers are the enemy of workers, and only a union can protect them. The long decline of union membership in the private sector isn’t caused
by employer bullying or secret-ballot votes that protect employees’ freedom of choice. The cause is global competition. The only protection workers have from that is their own efficiency. Balancing the budget? An NDP government will strive to do that over “the business cycle,” says finance critic Bruce Ralston. Oldtimers might remember this one. It’s taken from the NDP’s 1991 elec-
tion platform. Yes, 22 years ago there was a widespread belief in a predictable four-year cycle of commodity prices and other economic determinants. Whatever was left of that dusty, faded picture was erased with the financial collapse of 2008. If you still believe in a predictable “business cycle,” you may be willing to accept that an NDP-led B.C. will become the first juris-
diction in human history to eliminate poverty, by setting annual targets and paying out borrowed money to low-income parents. On ferries, fracking, union contracts, capital construction and other weighty matters, the NDP’s answer is the same: trust us. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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Local students excel at regional science fair in Kamloops From Page 5
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2013 Cariboo Mainline Regional Science Fair Awards
BC Science Teacher’s Award Winner: Cassidy O’Flaherty – Collettville Elementary – Sanitation by Sun
Interior Science Innovation Council Environmental Award Winner: Eric Holland – Princeton Secondary – The Combustible Dust Factor. BC Innovation Council (BCIC) Student/Teacher Recognition Award Winner: Noah Bergmann – SCIDES CoNNect School
BCIC Young Innovator Scholarship Winner: Mackenzie Finch – Merritt Secondary – Drinking Water: An Environmental Filtration System Part 2 Heart & Stroke Foundation of BC & Yukon Award
Winner: Isabel vanRossum – Nicola Canford Elementary – Exercise and the Brain BC Nature Award (Federation of BC Naturalists) Winner: Mackenzie Finch – Merritt Secondary – Drinking Water: An Environmental Filtration System Part 2 Michael Crooks Physics Prize - BC Association of Physics Teachers Winner: Robert Neill – Merritt Secondary – Wind
Tunnel Best Environmental Science Award Winner: Mackenzie Finch – Merritt Secondary – Drinking Water: An Environmental Filtration System Part 2 Best Computational Science Award Perpetual Trophy Winner: Noah Bergmann – SCIDES CoNNect School – Nick of Time Best Novice Award (Grades 4-6) Winner: Nicholas Anscomb –
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Nicola Canford Elementary - Which Brand Stands Up? Best Intermediate Award (Grades 9-10) Winner: Noah Bergmann – SCIDES CoNNect School – Nick of Time Students Choice Award Winner: Noah Bergmann – SCIDES CoNNect School – Nick of Time Best Senior Award - TRU Top Science Award Winner: Mackenzie Finch
– Merritt Secondary – Drinking Water: An Environmental Filtration System Part 2 Students Selected to attend Canada-wide science fair in Lethbridge, ALTA: 1. Mackenzie Finch – MSS – Drinking Water: An Environmental Filtration System Part 2 2. Noah Bergmann – SCIDES CoNNect School – Nick of Time 3. Cassidy O’Flaherty – Sanitation By Sun
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The Sagebrush hosts a windy Junior Classic Abbotsford’s Nathan Bahnman, 15, (below) and over 30 other young golfers braved hurricane-like winds on April 27-28 to take part in the inaugural Junior Classic event at the Sagebrush Golf and Sporting Club, located in the hills above Nicola Lake at Quilchena. Ian Webster/Herald
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A hardy group of young golfers from as far away as Winnipeg battled winds gusting up to 90 kilometres per hour to compete in the inaugural CJGA Sagebrush Junior Classic, April 27-28, at the Sagebrush Golf and Sporting Club, located 15 minutes northeast of Merritt on the
shores of Nicola Lake. It was 13-year-old A.J. Ewart from Coquitlam who emerged as the overall winner of the first-time event, carding two rounds of 80 for a final score of 16-over-par 160 in the boys 14-and-under division. Second place went to another 13-year-old, Andrew Spalti from Vancouver, with a 165 total, including an
impressive final-round score of 77. “The wind just never let up,” Ewart said shortly after finishing the competition. “I knew that everybody would have one or two bad holes. I just kept trying to make pars.” “That was ridiculous,” added girls’ champion Marie Donnici from Vancouver (85-91-176) in summing up
the playing conditions on the weekend. “I can’t believe the scores. It was like survival of the fittest out there.” Donnici had a hole to remember on the par-three fourth. After losing her first ball off the tee, she proceeded to put her second provisional shot from the tee box directly into the hole. “I think that will be one of the best pars of my life,”
ALL IN A DAY’S PLAY Participants in the inaugural Sagebrush Junior Classic tournament enjoyed much more than a day of golf on a worldclass course. (Clockwise from top left) Vancouver’s Andrew Spalti, 13, got to go fly-fishing at Terry’s Hideout (located adjacent to the 13th fairway) and hooked a ‘beauty’. Fishing expert Bob Yamaguchi from Kamloops instructs Jenny Yuan, 16, from Vancouver on some of the finer nuances of the sport. Junior Classic winner, 13-year-old A.J. Ewart from Coquitlam, holds his trophy as he stands between Sagebrush GSC president Bob Garnett (left) and CJGA B.C. tournament director (and proud dad) Brad Ewart. Eleven-year-old Stephen Chu, from Vancouver, putts out on the 11th green while wearing a toque to fend off the strong winds. Scott Lemon, 16, shoots his way out of a sand trap after travelling all the way from Winnipeg to take part in the Sagebrush Junior Classic. A visit to the Sagebrush wouldn’t be complete without one of the local cowboys dropping by. Richmond’s Brycen Ko, 9 — the youngest competitor in the event — gets his picture taken with Miles Kingdon, a longtime cowboy at the nearby Quilchena Ranch. Ian Webster/Herald
Donnici said. Topping the field in the boys 15-19 age group was West Vancouver’s Liam Ripper with rounds of 83 and 84 for a 167 total. The 36-holes of golf was just one part of a truly memorable weekend for the 30 or so youngsters, ages 9-19, who embraced the Sagebrush experience. They were also treated to some fly-fishing at
the course’s very own stocked lake (located adjacent to the 13th hole) with expert angler Bob Yamaguchi from Kamloops, enjoyed a visit from Quilchena Ranch cowboy Miles Kingdon, feasted on a delicious Chateaubriand dinner at Terry’s Hideout, and competed in a skills competition led by former 2005 NCAA Division 1 golf champion James Lepp.
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THIS WEEK’S MARKETS .... The S&P/TSX Composite closed at $12,438.03 last week. In the U.S., the S&P rose 2.0% to close at $1,614.42. Oil was up 2.8% to close at $95.61/bb, while natural gas futures decreased 5.1% to close at $3.98/MMBtu. Gold bullion finished the week at $1,469.85, up 0.5%. The Canadian dollar rose 0.9% against the US dollar, closing at $.99/USD. The 2 year Canadian benchmark bond increased to .96% and the 10 year bond increased to 1.77% South of the border 2 year US treasury yields decreased to .22%
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Ph: 250-378-2332