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Kamloops. He was one of the last to cross the finish line but when the crowd, which had amassed back at the starting line in Voght Park, saw him heading to the finish, everyone cheered. Oborne even went back to jog a bit with Butcher. Butcher started running marathons when he retired at age 66 and said his daughter was a big inspiration for him. “She’s done the Ironman [triathlon] and she led the way. [She] said, ‘Dad, why don’t you run?’ so I did,” said Butcher. Families came out to run as well. Helen Asseltine and her eight-yearold daughter Paige finished the 5K race together. Her husband Graeme and six-year-old son Isaac were not far behind. Even her mother-in-law, Bernice Asseltine, 82, took on the 5K race at the Country Run. “This was her first 5K and it was our first time doing it together,” Helen said about running the race with her daughter.
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Merritt held its fourth annual Country Run Sunday and the event saw people of all ages participate in the 5K, 10K and half-marathon runs. In total, there were about 300 participants, said event organizer Mary Jorgensen. The 5K had 157 runners, and the 10K attracted 100 participants. Thirty-three people ran the halfmarathon. Former Rotary Club of Merritt president Darch Oborne participated in the half-marathon race. The 68-year-old is an avid runner, having completing three marathons in 53 days just two weeks ago. When asked how he manages to run so much in such a short period of time, Oborne answered, “You gotta do it while you’re young. “Relative to tomorrow, I’m young,” he told the Herald. Another relatively young runner to take part in the half-marathon was 78-year-old Bruce Butcher from
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Family of Darcie Clarke defends NCR Reform Act Mother of triple murder victims says Bill C-54 protects victims’ rights By Emily Wessel THE HERALD
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Family members of a woman whose children were murdered by their father in Merritt in 2008 are speaking up in support of the Not Criminally Responsible Reform Act. The act would change the release reviews for those found not criminally responsible from annual hearings to hearings every three years, which Darcie Clarke’s family members say will correct an imbalance in the current review system. “What is being proposed is what
we – the families of victims all across Canada – have been asking for: people found not criminally responsible get better supports than are currently in place; the community as a whole receives the protections [it] deserve[s]; and the families of victims finally get more time to heal,” reads a statement released by Clarke and her cousin, Stacy Galt, on the victims’ advocacy website 4darcie.ca. Allan Schoenborn was found not criminally responsible by reason of mental disorder for the murders of his and Clarke’s children, 10-year-old Kaitlynne, eight-year-
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than those with mental disorders, the statement says. In 2011, the B.C. Review Board granted Schoenborn escorted visits into the community from the Port Coquitlam psychiatric facility where he was being held. That permission was revoked after opposition from Clarke’s family, who said she was living nearby. Schoenborn’s request to transfer to a psychiatric facility in Selkirk, Man. was approved by the B.C. Review Board in February, but has yet to be carried out. Clarke’s family opposes that move as well, saying she has family in the Selkirk area.
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The year was 1944. It was a year that marked a critical turning point in the Second World War with the Invasion of Normandy by the Allies. This past Thursday, June 6, marked the 69th anniversary of D-Day and the Merritt Herald spoke with a couple of local veterans to discuss their experiences with a war that changed history. With daughter Jayne Yeadon by his side to help fill in the gaps, lifelong Merritonian Ken Moyes, 89, told the Herald he lied about his age and joined the army as a 17-year-old because he was eager to serve. “[I was] afraid it might be over,” Moyes said with a laugh. “Remember, he was just a child. He thought it would be exciting, I think,” Yeadon added.
Moyes, a sergeant in the Westminster Regiment, went to war in 1941. Just two weeks prior to D-Day, on May 24 1944, Moyes and his regiment were busy fighting the Germans at the Melfa River in Italy. On that day, the Germans’ 30th Corps tried to set up a defensive live at the Melfa River. A Reece Troop (four light tanks) of the ‘A’ Squadron Lord Strathcona’s Horse, commanded by Lt. E.J. Perkins, crossed the river at this point and was attacked by German tanks and infantry. He held the position until reinforced by a company of the Westminster Regiment, which established a bridgehead and faced heavy fire for five hours. He was then reinforced by ‘B’ and ‘C’ companies of the Westminster Regiment. Moyes’ famous commander was
wounded in the head and twice in the leg, but refused to leave his command and defended the bridgehead. On May 25, regiments from the Eleventh Infantry Brigade crossed that bridgehead into the Liri Valley and Major Mahoney earned the Victoria Cross for his efforts at the Melfa River. Moyes recalled the objective he had in that battle as he fought as a ground soldier along-side tanks. “Push the enemy back,” said Moyes. It’s an experience Moyes said was both exciting and scary. Merritt resident Bill Palagain, 87, was just a month away from turning 18 and going to war in 1944 when he joined the army in November. He was on call to go to war at age 18, said his wife Margaret. Palagain, knowing he was going to be sent to war anyway, joined early and was
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sent to England, but was never involved in any fighting. “I just felt I had no choice,” said Palagain. “As far as the war’s concerned, I wasn’t concerned about it because I couldn’t control it anyway.” At the end of the war in the European Theatre, Palagain chose to go to Japan, but the fighting in the Pacific had ended
before he could be sent and he was discharged without ever having to fight. Having gone to war without seeing any fighting, Palagain went back to his home province of Saskatchewan. Years later, around 1957, Palagain had been working in Port Moody and went to the Royal Columbian Hospital in New
Westminster for his colitis. It was there he met his wife, who was visiting a family friend in the bed next to him. Two years later, they were married and eventually settled in Merritt, where they’ve lived ever since. Later this month, the couple celebrate a much happier anniversary: their 54th wedding anniversary on June 27.
Country Run participants pound the pavement From Page 1 The family trained for the race together, she said. “We trained together whenever we could and just to promote health and start teaching [our kids] how to run and teaching them about some endurance and exposing them to it,” said Asseltine. She said her daughter ran the race well even though she had a hurt knee. “I falled down when I was skipping,” said Paige. Merrittonian Hans Aabye finished first in the halfmarathon. For him, running is a sport at which he’s become quite good over the years. “It’s just a hobby that’s
gotten to the point where I’m able to place pretty well,” said Aabye. “I spend a lot of time training, and all that stuff, so it’s a fairly significant part of my life.” First across the finish line in the 5K run was 23-yearold Tristan Sandhu from Ontario. Sandhu is an athletic therapist for the B.C. Lions football team. It’s his first season with the team and his job entails dealing with players’ injuries. His Lions are currently at training camp in Kamloops, so he made his first trip to Merritt over the weekend. “It felt good. I just wanted to hop in a race because usually we are pretty busy working. We work about 70 to 80
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hours a week,” said Sandhu, who noted he had the morning off and decided to come to Merritt for the run. The first female to cross the finish line in the 5K run was 12-year-old Bench Elementary student Taylia McKeown. She said she practiced sprinting and pacing herself in preparation for the run. As for the challenges in the race, she said the hills were difficult as was maintaining her pace when other runners passed her. She said it felt good to have finished first among the female runners. “It feels really good. I feel I’ve accomplished a big goal of mine,” said McKeown. Doubling up the mileage,
10K winner Wayne Little from Ashcroft said he loves supporting local events and “grassroots races,” which is what brought him to his second Country Run. His first time running was in 2011, and though he didn’t finish first that year, he was Number 1 today. “A lot of people are shy of being on the podium. I love it. I feel like a kid on Christmas Day when I’m standing on the podium and I work really hard to get there,” Little said. Tiffany Anderssen, a teacher at the Lower Nicola Indian Band School, fought her way through a cold to become the first woman to cross the finish line in the
10K. She didn’t know she was first when she was running and just wanted to finish because of her sickness. “I was determined. I was doing a lot of training. I’ve taken a year off, so it was my first race in probably four years,” said Anderssen. The first woman to cross the finish line in the half-marathon also didn’t need much training. Emily Anderson from Fergus, Ont. was visiting her husband who works in the Merritt area when she decided to enter in the run. “My husband works up at the Logan Lake mine, and so I’m just here visiting him for a little bit and so I thought I would run a race,” Anderson said.
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Students take the alternative route to graduation By Emily Wessel THE HERALD
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Friday marked a momentous occasion for about 40 students who graduated Grade 12 from Merritt’s alternative schooling programs, offered through Kengard Learning Centre (KLC) and the South Central Interior Distance Education School (SCIDES). This is the first year that the schools have held a joint graduation ceremony. Although students graduated from two different streams — KLC being an alternative school and SCIDES being online — principal Al Mackay-Smith said combining their graduation ceremony made sense. “Although there are differences in the path to graduation, one common bond amongst all these students before you today is that they chose a nontraditional approach to meeting their graduation requirements,” Mackay-Smith said at the ceremony. School District 58 Superintendent Bob Peacock used a motorcycle ride analogy for the students’ path to graduation. “Students took a different ride to get to the same point,” Peacock said in his speech. “For some of them, it’s taken 10 years longer. Some of them have taken courses online. It doesn’t really matter what your ride was about. What really matters is that you’re here today, opening up this new part of your life.” Peacock congratulated KLC staff for helping to increase studentship, noting the first SCIDES graduation ceremony he attended had much smaller numbers — about six graduates with an audience comprised of roughly the same number of people. School Board Chair Gordon Comeau congratulated graduates on their perseverance through circumstances
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which made it difficult to continue with a conventional high school education. “This is a great opportunity for all of you, which opens many, many doors now,” he said. “I had the opportunity to watch my wife go through an open learning institute to get her high school diploma after many years of being out of school. I just can’t tell you how proud I was of her. I’m sure your parents have
the same pride in you as I had [in her].” One such student who persevered through difficult circumstances was Peter Johnston, who had serious health complications just before Christmas, said his sister, Marguerite Kempin, who was in the audience at the ceremony. Kempin said Johnston was in hospital with a spinal infection when he had a
stroke. “I never thought he’d walk again or talk again,” Kempin said. “It’s amazing he’s doing as well as he has. It’s really an inspiring story. I couldn’t miss my baby brother graduating.” Johnston graduated alongside his partner of 20 years, Natalie Jylha. “After successfully completing all the work last year, Peter suffered a very serious health
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crisis from which he is still recovering,” SCIDES teacher Colleen Mullin read as officials presented the couple with their diplomas. “Peter spent months in the hospital, and Natalie vowed that if he was able to attend his graduation, it would be a celebration of life and accomplishment.” About 100 people attended the ceremony at the Civic Centre on Friday morning.
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TOM FLETCHER B.C. VIEWS VICTORIA – As she unveiled her new cabinet, Premier Christy Clark promised a “line-by-line” review of government spending to deliver a balanced budget this year. Statements such as this would have more credibility if politicians subjected their own personal spending to the same scrutiny. That’s still not happening in B.C. Expense accountability has come a long way in the last year, thanks mainly to the work of now-departed Auditor General John Doyle, who swung the cobweb-covered door open on B.C.’s secretive Legislative Assembly Management Committee. Chaired by the speaker and run by senior MLAs from both parties, the committee had been doing pretty much whatever it wanted with MLAs’ own expenses. Doyle’s audit found that MLA credit card bills were being paid without receipts, part of a lax accounting system that included inaccurate bank records and inadequate management of the legislature gift shop and dining room. The operating budget of the legislature and constituencies runs to more than $60 million a year. Now-retired speaker Bill Barisoff asked the auditor to give a pass to the $119,000 annual allowance for each of the 85 constituency offices.
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do over the next weeks, months, and years will play a crucial role in determining the kind of adult lives they lead. But to the grads, “exciting time” is probably a dramatically cliche understatement for the occasion. Sure, excitement is one of the things that runs through a grad who’s looking ahead to her or his future, but there are a host of other complications that are entangled with that excitement. There’s the pressure to make something of yourself. This pressure isn’t necessarily only applied by external sources, such as parents and teachers. A large part of feeling like you must change to
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YOUR OPINION IN THE SWING OF THINGS Canadian Open Fiddle Champion Scott Woods and his band played their first ever concert at the Merritt Civic Centre on Saturday to a crowd of about 100 people. The band, consisting of Woods’ mother Carolyn on drums, his nephew Ben Norris on fiddle and guitar, Wes Dymond on drums and Emily Yarascavitch on fiddle and mandolin, played music from the ’20s, ’30s and ’40s. Some of the songs they played included “Black Mountain Rag” and “Orange Blossom Special.” There was plenty of showmanship as Woods saved his trick fiddling for the end of the show.
Mud racing returns Dear Editor, The North West Mud Racing Association is proud to present the Second Annual Merritt Mud Drags! We are coming back after receiving such wonderful support from the local 0community last year. The 2013 Merritt Mud Drags will be held June 29 and 30 at the old festival grounds. We hope you will bring the kids out and watch our racers put on an exciting show during our first race of the 2013 season.
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He played his fiddle between his legs, behind his back while on his back and even while doing a forward roll. Woods mentioned most of the music during their two-hour show comes from their new CD, Swingin’ Fiddles.
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No honour in system for politicians’ expenses From Page 6 Transfer amounts and payroll expenses were verified, but constituency expenses were not, likely because these records weren’t kept either. I’m not suggesting that there has been any misuse of public funds. The point is we don’t know, and the notion of an “honour system” for politicians’ expenses has become unacceptable. A similar toxic tale has been unfolding in the Senate in Ottawa. It has its own secretive committee called the Board of Internal
Economy, which was forced into the open after trying to sweep Senator Mike Duffy’s housing claims under the red rug of the Senate chamber. Duffy has lived in Ottawa for decades, first as a TV host and then senator, but he decided the rules were loose enough that he could claim his summer place in Prince Edward Island as his principal residence. An audit has also found he was claiming living expenses in Ottawa while campaigning for the Conservatives back east. It turns out the key ingredient in an honour system is
honour. This mess goes back more than a century in B.C. and Canada, and has its roots in the British Parliament, where MPs and Lords had a system of claiming all sorts of expenses, including construction of a “duck house” and maintenance of the moat around an Honourable Member’s castle. Many years ago, British MPs convinced themselves that they were underpaid, and rather than create a public fuss by giving themselves a big raise, they would be able to top it up by claiming up to 250 pounds
at a time without receipts. Cheers! You can imagine how well that worked out. As one observer put it, the system was not only open to abuse, it was actually designed for it. Here in B.C., the next step is obvious. If you go to the website of Alberta Premier Alison Redford, you can easily find the link to her detailed expense reports, itemized for travel, meals, hotel rooms and so forth. Alberta cabinet ministers provide the same disclosure. B.C. cabinet ministers’ travel expenses are now reported, but only as an
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Local accepts national medal Shops, artists team up for first Art Walk By Emily Wessel THE HERALD
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For longtime Merritt resident Marguerite Kempin, volunteering just comes naturally. “You just have to [volunteer],” she said. “It takes everybody to make the city a little bit better. We have a really great community, but it takes everybody to make it great. It doesn’t work for itself.” Kempin was presented with a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal to honour her volunteering career. Kempin has been volunteering since she was 14, when she got her start as a Brownie leader. Over the years, she took on numerous roles in various volunteer capacities with Meals on Wheels, Citizen’s Patrol, and as a lifelong member of the local legion. The mother and former foster mother is also a past president of the Merritt Royal Canadian Legion Branch 96 and Deputy Zone Commander of the Nicola-Thompson Zone for the organization, which she suspects led to her nomination for the award. “I believe I was nominated by the legion command because he’s the one who sees the work I do more than most,” she said. Kempin said volunteering with the legion goes a step further than what she does for that organization. “We give out money from our gaming grants to a lot of organizations in the community, and we give money from the Poppy Fund to Coquihalla-Gillis
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Merrittonian Marguerite Kempin, left, recieves her Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal from Dave Sinclair, Past President of B.C./Yukon Command at the B.C./Yukon Command Convention in Whistler. Submitted
House,” she said. “We’re pretty active in the community.” Still, she said it was a big honour to be recognized for her work in the community with the national medal. “I was very surprised to get the letter in the mail,” she said. “It makes you feel good that somebody notices what you do. I know there are people in the community who should’ve gotten one too, but nobody notices what they do.” Kempin received the medal at the provincial legion convention in Whistler late last month. In addition to her
volunteering, Kempin also served the community as a school trustee for 23 years and as the city’s bylaw officer for 19 years. She has lived in Merritt for over 60 years and said she is proud of her work in the community. “I’m a busybody in the community,” she said with a laugh. Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medals commemorate the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s ascension to the throne. Sixty-thousand medals were awarded to people across Canada for their achievements starting in 2012.
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NOMINATION MEETING NOTICE Notice is hereby given to the Voters of the Siska Indian Band that a Nomination Meeting will be held: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 at the Nicola Tribal Association commencing at 7pm. Nominations will be accepted for the following position: “Councillor at Large” a member who resides off-the Siska reserve and within the Nlha’kapmx Territory.
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Other artists come from Spences Bridge, Kamloops and Logan Lake. She also said about 30 businesses have signed up as well. Arts council member and chamber of commerce board member Ula Chauvet, made a presentation to the crowd. Chauvet discussed the concept of an Art Walk, which is to bring artwork to the people. The idea is a piece of art will have more exposure in a business such as a coffee shop rather than in an art gallery.
“We have lots of talent in all our communities across Canada and these small communities end up getting to showcase their local talent because, again, a lot of people don’t go into the local galleries,” Chauvet said in her presentation. Jen Heard, an intern with the Nicola Valley Museum and Archives, said the museum is looking to be paired with an artist that has an historical element to his or her work. “When people come in, it’s something we can relate to the history of the Nicola Valley, and it will also just to get more people
into the museum and remind Merritt residents we’re still here and that we have lots to offer as well,” said Heard. Renee Henry, owner of Earthwalker Spiritual shop in Merritt, said after the orientation she thinks the Art Walk will be beneficial for both parties. “I used to live in Kamloops and my girlfriend owned a shop and [an Art Walk] was really beneficial to both the artist and the shop. It gets flow into the shop that wouldn’t necessarily be there and it gets the artist noticed,” Henry said.
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For former Merritt resident and Merritt Secondary School (MSS) rugby star Kylee Street, the land of Oz — Australia — is anything but a former penal colony and continent located in the middle of nowhere. Instead, like so many visitors and young Canadians in particular, the 27-year-old is finding the home of kangaroos and koala bears to be a country of unbridled enterprise and endless excitement. “I’m loving it down here,” Street said from her home in Perth, on the west coast of Australia. “There’s so much opportunity, especially with anything to do with athletics.” How the MSS graduate (2005) and captain of the Panthers senior girls’ rugby team wound up halfway around the world is a story in itself. “After high school graduation, I moved to Kelowna for several years,” Street said. “I initially went there to do a paramedics course, then started managing an aquatic centre — teaching swimming lessons, lifeguarding courses and first aid. “At the same time, I also started getting into kickboxing, martial arts, body building and a little bit of Crossfit.” Rugby was not in
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the picture during this period of Street’s life, as she had sustained several concussions during her high school career and was advised to take a break from contact sports. This past October, while visiting Big White ski area outside Kelowna, Street met an Aussie who was planning to open a water park on the ocean front in Perth. “He wanted me to run it for him,” Street said. “Australia had always been a dream place of mine to go to, so I said yes.” Street made the move to the Land Down Under before Christmas and has never looked back. “The water park is located right on the beach next to the ocean. Essentially, I get to play all day in the sun and on the sand,” Street said with a laugh. When the water park closed for the season (Australia’s winter is from May to August), Street took a job nannying in one of Perth’s poshest neighbourhoods. “It’s pretty much the Beverley Hills of Perth,” she said. “I live with a family and take care of two children — a little boy who’s eight and a little girl who’s four. I make sure they get to school, I pick them up after school and I teach them swimming lessons.” are typically short, 20 minutes or less, and intense — demanding all-out physical exertion. They combine movements such as sprinting, rowing, jumping and climbing rope, flipping tires, weightlifting, and carrying heavy objects. The above elements are mixed in numerous combinations to form prescribed ‘Workouts of the Day” or “WODS.” Hourlong classes typically
STRONG WOMAN Former Merrittonian and MSS graduate Kylee Street (above) has made a home for herself in Perth, Australia. Street packs some big weight during a Crossfit competition. (Right) A one-arm press is no problem for the one-time rugby star. Photos submitted
The real perk, Street said, is that the nannying job leaves her with a lot of extra time to do all the training she’s currently into. “When I first came to Perth, I found a Crossfit gym that also had Strongman and Strongwoman training. Since I was super strong, they kind of talked me into doing that.” Everything was going well for the tall and muscular Street until she injured herself earlier this year. “I was doing the farmer’s carry with 80 kilos (176 pounds) in each hand and I tore all the muscles in my
shoulder, and tore the cartilage off my collar bone. That put me out for a little bit.” Asked if the fairly serious injuries left her questioning her athletic future, Street said not for a minute. “I get lots of injuries all the time. In rugby, I had torn ankle ligaments, three broken noses and five concussions. I just kind of suck it up and keep going. “Once I healed, I went back to Crossfit and completed an online open competition. I placed 340th out of 2,276 women in Australia, and 4,240 out of 27,824 women
worldwide. That was the top 15 per cent in both cases, so I was pretty pleased. I love everything about Crossfit — except the running, that is. My favourite part is the heavy lifting. “I’ve also been competing in some Olympic lifting competitions. My best clean and jerk is up to 70 kilos (154 pounds) and my best snatch is 50 kilos (110 pounds). I’ve qualified for the state championships in two weeks’ time. With more practice, I’m hoping to qualify for the Australian nationals.” As if her intense strength training at the gym wasn’t enough,
Street has also made a foray into the Legends Football League (formerly the Lingerie Football League) which is in its first year in Australia. Not to be confused with Aussie rules football or soccer, the LFL is an all-women’s league that plays a modified form of American gridiron football. “I’ve been training steadily with the Perth team, the Western Australia Angels, mostly on the defensive line. There’s a camp coming up. We’re actually going to be playing a men’s football team, the Perth Broncos. I’ll be going up against guys 200-250 pounds. Thank goodness the exhibition game is flag football so they
won’t be tackling us.” While there’s still player cuts to be made, Street is pretty confident she’ll make the team. “I’m one of the stronger girls, and with my background in rugby, in MMA and in Crossfit, I’m not too concerned about being cut.” If, in fact, Street makes the Angels, she can look forward to some real star treatment. “They pay for all our flights, our accommodations, our uniforms, and so on. Lots of perks. I think they’re even going to make a video game of us,” she said. “Australia is sports crazy,” Street said. “I just love being here and don’t plan to leave anytime soon.”
knee pads, performance wear, and ice hockeystyle helmets with clear plastic visors. The standard offensive formation features one quarterback, two running backs, a centre and three wide
receivers. All scoring is done via touchdowns and point-after converts. There are currently LFL teams in the United States (12), Canada (six) and Australia (four). Six teams are tentatively scheduled to premiere in Europe in 2014. Since its inception, the LFL has met with considerable criticism. Critics say that the sport degrades female athletes through “pernicious objectification.”
The LFL include a warm-up, a skill development segment, the high-intensity WOD, and a period of stretching. Crossfit is used as
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The Legends Football League (originally called the Lingerie Football League) was founded in 2003. It held its inaugural season in 2009, and was officially rebranded with its current name in 2013. The LFL is 7-on-7 women’s American gridiron-style tackle football. Players wear shoulder, elbow and
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Heavy Duty Machinery A-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS Used 20’40’45’53 in stock. SPECIAL 44’ x 40’ Container Shop w/steel trusses $13,800! Sets up in one day! 40’ Containers under $2500! Call Toll Free Also JD 544 & 644 wheel loaders JD 892D LC Excavator Ph. 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com
RETIRE IN Beautiful Southern BC, Brand New Park. Affordable Housing. COPPER RIDGE. Manufactured Home Park, New Home Sales. Keremeos, BC. Spec home on site to view. Please call 250-4627055. www.copperridge.ca
Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent
KENGARD MANOR Spacious 1 & 3 bedroom apartments.
F/S, heat and hot water included. Ask about move-in incentives For appointment call
Ph: 250-378-9880 Suites, Upper
Private 2 bdrm lake front suite on Nicola Lake. $950/mon. includes util. satellite TV & internet. No-pets, no smoking Avail July 1/13. 250-378-5519
DreamTeam Auto Financing “0� Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals
1-800-961-7022
www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557
Cars - Domestic
Large bright quiet 3 bdrm townhome w/2 x yards. Walk to town. Rent 900. incl. hot water heat, water Avail now. camilne@mac.com
For Sale 1978 Cadillac Coup deVille red interior white exterior vinyl top 2 dr sedan 29000 original miles 425 motor all original A1 shape $4900 obo phone 250-378-3648 cell 250525-1212
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1994 Jeep Cherokee 4X4 4 dr white good shape 6 cyl motor new tires 228000 km $2500 obo call 250-378-3648 cell 250-525-1212
Utility Trailers 20’ Wardhaul hi-boy trailer, c/w ramps asking $4500 250-3785042
Misc. for Sale AT LAST! An iron ďŹ lter that works. IronEater! Fully patented Canada/U.S.A. Removes iron, hardness, smell, manganese. Since 1957. Visit our 29 innovative inventions; 1-800-
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STEEL BUILDING - DIY Summer sale! - Bonus Days extra 5% off. 20X22 $3,998. 25X24 $4,620. 30X34 $6,656. 32X42 $8,488. 40X54 $13,385. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca STEEL BUILDINGS, Metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x 40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60 x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca
Misc. Wanted True Coin Collector Looking to Purchase Collections, Accumulations, Olympic Gold and Silver coins, Bills + Not melting down, Serious Collector. Call: Coin Couple 1-778-281-0030
Real Estate Acreage for Sale Property for sale 10 acres close to town on Coldwater Rd. 250-378-2927
Tenders
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Maintenance of Unsightly Properties The City of Merritt is seeking proposals from a service provider for the maintenance of “unsightlyâ€? private properties. The proposal package can be obtained by request to: Sean O’Flaherty, RPP Planning and Development Services Manager City of Merritt Email: soĂ aherty@merritt.ca Tel: 250-378-8620 A copy of each proposal must be received by 3:00 p.m. local time on June 14th, 2013
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