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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2015 • MERRITT NEWSPAPERS Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD
Managing its own airport is proving successful for the City of Merritt despite severing ties with the Merritt Flying Club, which historically managed the airport free of charge. Since taking over operations late last year, the city has started selling fuel, bringing in a source of revenue to the municipality from the airport for the first time. Last March, the city installed an automated point-of-sale (POS) fueling system at the airport, which cost approximately $110,000. A report on airport operations prepared by chief administrative officer Shawn Boven indicates that, after about a year of using this system, the city is making a profit from the fuel sales. To date, the city has sold 49,329 litres of fuel, worth about $70,000, for approximately $88,000.
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David Dyck THE MERRITT HERALD
A blow has been struck to the Nicola Valley Health Care Auxiliary’s (NVHCA) annual Christmas jewelry sale, as they say $430 was stolen from the cash box. “One of our ladies was sitting beside the table with the cash box, and she got distracted with another customer who had two small children, and when she turned back she said the $430 was gone,” said Betty Doberstein, president of the NVHCA. The sale typically brings in $1,400 for the non-profit society and charitable
organization. That money would have gone to filling hospital needs such as beds, or x-ray, cardio and physiotherapy equipment. The theft was “extremely disheartening,” said Doberstein in a press release. “The organization works very hard to give back to the community and to maximize the amount that is raised in support of health care.” If anyone has any information regarding the theft, they’re encouraged to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-2228477. Donations can be dropped off at the Health Care Auxiliary Thrift Shop.
Merritt’s own VSA Highway Maintenance Ltd. has won the deputy minister’s Contractor of the Year Award for highway maintenance. The award was given to the local company for their focus on building relationships within the communities they serve, and for their work in communication with the public and stakeholders. “The award highlights the innovative, proactive, and service-oriented approach of VSA in the Nicola Service Area,” said Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Todd Stone in a news release.
VSA was praised by the government for their beet juice production plant and liquid application program. “VSA used these new blends, increased the quantities applied, and purchaseed additional new equipment in their proactive approach to anti-icing last winter to deal with the challenges of repeated freeze/thaw cycles, freezing rain and black ice issues,” said the province in
the release. Their communication and leadership skills were highlighted as a critical aspect of road care on the Snowshed Hill section of the Coquihalla, which the government credited for minimal highway closures, expedited highway openings and efficient queue management in comparison to previous years. “VSA Highway Maintenance crews work hard every day of the year to ensure our roads, highways and bridges are as safe as possible for all travellers,” said Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart in the release.
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No charges laid in grow-op raid
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Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD
Unexpected arrests and the circumstantial nature of the case means Merritt Mounties are unable to charge 14 people who were en route to a marijuana grow-op with harvesting tools two months ago. On the night of Friday, Oct. 9 Merritt RCMP seized and destroyed approximately 14,000 ready to be harvested plants located in several plots some 60 kilometres west of town near the Skuhun Creek forest service road. No one was around when police found and harvested the plants, and two officers were left near the site at the end of the day as security as it was getting dark. These officers unexpectedly stopped six men in a pickup truck hauling harvesting tools and Rubbermaid bins towards the site that night. They were arrested, but more vehicles began showing up. “In total five vehicles showed up there, one with an attached trailer and a quad,” said RCMP Sgt. Norm Flemming at the time. Cpl. Derrick Francis, who was involved in this case, said police arrested the 14 who where en route to the site on the probable grounds they would haul away the plants, which the RCMP officers were still dealing with. It took police three days to eradicate the plants. Some were also kept as evidence. Francis said that when it comes to charging people for marijuana cultivation, they need to be caught in the act. “You essentially have to catch them tending to the grow-op, or picking, harvesting or doing something in the growop itself,” Francis said. The arrested were taken into custody about one kilometre away from the grow-op itself, Francis said.
“We never caught anybody in the growop,” Francis said. Police were set up tactically on a road a short distance away from the site to protect the officers who were harvesting and the evidence from people associated to the plants or opportunistic drug users who may happen upon the site. “Because of the nature of that grow-op and the size of it and the money involved, we felt there was a need to protect the members,” he said. The massive amount of marijuana was estimated to be worth $11 million. Francis said that, generally speaking, a large outdoor grow-op is considered to likely be tied to organized crime, although such a fact is unknown in this case.
NVTS WILL BE HOLDING THE 7TH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS LIGHT TOUR FROM DECEMBER 18TH TO DECEMBER 20TH, 2015. THE BUS WILL LEAVE FROM THE TRANSIT OFFICE AT 6:00 P.M. SHARP AND WILL TOUR UNTIL 7:30 P.M. THE BUS WILL FOLLOW A DESIGNATED ROUTE AROUND MERRITT LOOKING AT THE LIGHTS.
The Bus Ride: You must reserve one of the twenty seats for each night. The cost of the tour this year is $ 5.00 which will be donated to the food bank. Persons interested in taking the tour must register and pick up a ticket by noon of the day you wish to book. Seats are non-refundable and if the seat isn’t paid and picked up by noon the seat will be given to someone on the reserve list. Contact Community Futures or the Transit Office BEFORE the day you wish to take the tour.
MEET AT THE COMMUNITY FUTURES\TRANSIT OFFICE (CITY HALL PARKING LOT). THE BUS WILL LOAD AT APPROXIMATELY 5:45 P.M. AND THE TOUR WILL LEAVE AT 6:00 P.M. AND RUN FOR ABOUT 1 ½ HOURS. CONTACT JAN OSWALD, MANAGER AT 250 378-4080 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
One of several plots of marijuana plants that were found in the forest about 60 kilometres west of Merritt in October and destroyed by police. RCMP photo
While no one is being put behind bars for this grow-op, the RCMP still received valuable information from the bust. “Police agencies are always collecting data on how criminals do their business, and out of those arrests and the
fact they were going in, and were totally prepared to pick all night was good information for us for future investigations,” Francis said. He said police were not expecting to see people show up to the grow-op to harvest the plants at night.
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“There’s good money in the fuel business,” says CAO In total the city purchased $116,000 worth of fuel this year, including paying the Merritt Flying Club an at-cost rate of $74,000 for the fuel left over in the tanks below the fueling station, which were nearly full. “The long and short of it is there’s good money in the fuel business,” Boven said. The city also brought in about $2,000 in revenue from collecting tie down fees at the airport this year. Boven said he’d like to see this new revenue be invested back into the airport. In fact, for the 2016 budget, staff will be recommending to council that the airport’s terminal building have its kitchen and washrooms upgraded and new flooring be installed,
Boven’s report stated. No estimated costs for such upgrades are known at this time. In taking on the management duties, the City of Merritt has incurred a few extra costs, the only major one being the cost of purchasing fuel. The other new expenses are minor, including $1,200 for a phone line required for the POS system, credit card merchant fees of $1,700 and $120 per
month for janitorial services not previously paid for by the city. But while the city is spending more at the airport than in the past, the revenue generated from fuel sales has them incurring about the same cost to run the airport than when the flying club managed it for them. The report shows city expenditures at the airport were about $35,000 more than its revenue for 2015,
however, the cost to run the airport was approximately $48,000 in 2014 and about $35,000 the year before that — years the city didn’t have a revenue source. “We’ve always owned the airport, so
there are always expenses associated with that,” Boven said. The reason for the spike in 2014 was due to $20,000 in legal fees, which were incurred primarily due to a lawsuit the Merritt Flying
Club has against the city alleging that a 2014 report presented to city council was false and defamatory, and led to the flying club being denied a renewal of its hangar land premise lease.
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REMEMBER WHEN? From the Herald archives: November, 1993
LOCAL MILLS SUED AFTER HANDSHAKE DEALS Two local mills may have to pay the price for arriving at separate agreements with their employees before a collective settlement was reached in the recent four and a half month forestry dispute. Balco Industries Ltd. and Aspen Planers are among companies in the southern Interior that are being sued by their bargaining unit, the Interior Forest Labour Relations Association.
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When things in Jerusalem got so bad Here we see a little of the importance that they couldn’t get any word, Jesus, that God puts on being able to keep His who had gone to Heaven, took control. commandments, the Sabbath being one of them. God moved the powerful Roman The Jew that was a historian, wrote the army over to give His people the ability to account. It was on a Tuesday morning, worship as He had commanded. in the fall of the year that the Romans, for apparent reason, left. Jesus, who always Now everyone was happy the Christians has the last word and Ànal say, told them to were out and safe. The Jews could go get out. They had no choice but to go. again and do their temple service (which now had no meaning), but they did not The arrogant Jewish army thought that believe that. they had beaten the Romans and went after them. The gates were opened. You The worship of the 70 weeks was not can imagine the people Áeeing in search over yet for Daniel said that after Christ’s of food. They probably hoped that the death that the prince would come and Romans left some behind. Tuesday was destroy the city and the temple. a busy day watched very closely by the Titus was the prince who returned the Jews. following year with his army. The Jews By Wednesday things had settled down again locked down the city, closing the a bit. The Christians left and they didn’t gates. They just waited for another miracle come back. They went to a little city about to save their way of life and worship. 20 miles away. However, this was not what God had said. The temple was no longer to be the object It was in the fall when gardens were of worship. ready. There was plenty of food available. And, there was time to get things ready for Herman’s next two articles will be worship on the Sabbath. printed in the Thursday Dec. 24 & 31 issues, returning to the Tuesday edition on Jan 5.
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Holiday Season is just around the corner and here is our schedule for December 24th, 2015 through to Jan 4th, 2016. Our office will be open for regular hours, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., December 24th, 2015. We will be closed from Friday, December 25, 2015 through to December 31st, 2015 and will re-open at 8:30am on January 4th, 2016. If you wish to make any payments, our drop box will be accessible (located to the right of the City Hall entrance). Payments will be processed on January 4th, 2016. Wishing you and safe and happy Holiday Season.
What other equipment do I need? The use of helmets is strongly recommended – especially for children.
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The Central Park Outdoor Ice Rink is anticipated to begin its first season of free public skating on December 19. Skaters can expect to be on the ice by 11 a.m. on opening day, with the rink then open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily until approximately February 1st, weather permitting. Free Use for Everyone - (Closed December 25th) – Watch for special event days! FAQs Is the Ice Rink Facility supervised? The Ice Rink Facility is not supervised. It is a “Use at Your Own Risk” facility. Parental supervision is encouraged. Can I book the ice for a private event? The facility is always open to the public for general use – anyone can use it anytime during regular hours. There are no private bookings being taken. Can I play Hockey? Hockey sticks, nets and hockey/tennis balls are allowed only in the designated hockey play-
You’re Invited! to meet with Mayor Menard on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., in the Mayor’s Office at City Hall (second floor), 2185 Voght Street. Interested citizens are welcome to stop by, say hello and discuss issues and opportunities for the City, its residents and businesses.
If you would like to schedule a particular time to meet with the Mayor at a Drop-In session please call reception at City Hall 250-378-4224.
ing area. Hockey pucks are not allowed anywhere on the ice surface. What do I need on my feet? Ice users must have proper skates. Shoes or boots are not allowed on the ice surface.
Can I bring other equipment from home onto the ice? No other equipment is allowed as it does create a risk hazard for other skaters. Can I bring food/ drinks onto the ice surface? Food and drinks are allowed outside the ice
rink – not on the ice surface. What if the weather is poor? The facility may be closed without notice due to poor weather or ice conditions which may be caused by higher or lower temperatures than normal or heavy snow or rain. The facility may also be closed due to regular ice maintenance from time to time. Who do I call if I have a question or concern with the ice conditions? Please call Merritt Leisure Services Department at: 250-3151050 or 250-378-6662. City staff will be performing ice maintenance during the morning or as needed.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Position: The City of Merritt is inviting applications for the positions of casual Recreation Program Instructor I for the Leisure Services Department.
SUMMARY OF CITY OF MERRITT SNOW REMOVAL POLICY This procedure outlines the responsibility of the City, residents, businesses and contractors as it pertains to snow removal in Merritt. NOTE: For purpose of this procedure “Area 1” is designated by heavy black line and “Area 2” is all remaining streets.. Service Level based on Snow Accumulation: 0 – 5 cm: Area 1 only sanded AS PRIORITY 5 – 20 cm: City streets are graded and sanded in the following time frame: Area 1 – within eight (8) hours Area 2 – within thirty (30) hours Over 20 cm: Exceptional Snowfall – will call out such manpower and equipment as may be available and required to maintain city streets in as passable conditions as possible. Priorities: No.1 Emergency access routes to essential services such as hospital, police, fire, ambulance, City services. Dangerous roadways including hills and intersections. No.2 Schools; No.3 Downtown Business Core; No.4 Highway Commercial properties; No.5 Residential properties Disposal: Residents, businesses and contractors are not permitted to blow or plow snow from private property onto right-of-ways, streets, lanes or walkways. Residents and businesses in areas with City sidewalks adjacent to roads shall be permitted to place snow from the walk on the road. Sidewalk Clearing: Every owner or occupier of residential zoned property shall remove snow or ice from sidewalks or pathways abutting the said property within twenty-four (24) hours of accumulation except for weekends and holidays. Every owner or occupier of real property shall immediately remove snow, ice or rubbish from the roof or other part of a structure adjacent to a highway or pathway or sidewalk where such snow or ice or rubbish presents a hazard to vehicular or pedestrian traffic. Every owner or occupier of commercial or industrial zoned property shall remove snow or ice from sidewalk or pathways abutting the said property by ten (10) a.m. of any day and, as needed, following the accumulation of snow or ice. Complete copies of this procedure can be obtained at City Hall during regular business hours.
Please see the website at www.merritt.ca for complete employment opportunity posting. Current resumes reflecting applicants’ knowledge, skills and abilities relevant to the position and detailing education, qualifications and proof of required licenses/certificates will be accepted prior to 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 23, 2015 by: Carole Fraser Human Resources Manager, City of Merritt PO Box 189, 2185 Voght Street Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 Or by email: cfraser@merritt.ca We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Next council meeting: Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016 Council agendas and minutes at www.merritt.ca
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COP21: Cheering and fearing The climate deal that almost 200 countries agreed to in Paris on Saturday was far better than GWYNNE DYER most insid- The international STAGE ers dared to hope even one month ago. The biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, China and the United States, are finally on board. There is real money on the table to help poor countries cut their emissions and cope with warming. They have even adopted a target of holding the warming to only +1.5 degrees C, instead of the limit of +2 degrees that was the goal when the conference opened. So the thousands of delegates who spent two weeks dickering over the details of the deal in a drafty exhibition hall north of Paris felt fully justified in cheering and congratulating one another on a job well done. Given all that, it’s a pity that the deal won’t actually stop the warming. The plus-two limit was always too high. It began as a scientific estimate of when natural feedbacks, triggered by the warming that human beings had caused, take over and started driving the temperature much, much higher. It was actually quite a fuzzy number: at somewhere between +1.75 C and +2.25 C, the feedbacks will kick in and it will be Game Over. So +2.0 C, for political purposes, became the limit. Beyond that, governments told us, we would have “dangerous warming.” Nonsense. We are having dangerous warming now — bigger storms, worse floods, longer droughts — and we are only at +1.0 C.
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people, like securing capital funding for local school improvements. Others affect an entire region, like the biosolids issue in Merritt. As most residents of Merritt are aware, biosolids have been placed on local farmland for more than 20 years. Farmers and ranchers report that the result has been greater productivity of their lands, but some local residents are concerned about the environmental impact, particularly on ground water. The latter concern is why I’ve been working hard with local residents, First Nations, local governments and the province to
help bring sound science to the issue. As a result, in October five Nicola Valley First Nations bands and the provincial government signed the Collaborative Engagement Protocol whereby we agreed to a constructive, governmentto-government process to address concerns related to potential impacts of biosolids on human health, wildlife and the environment, as well as First Nations Aboriginal rights and title. The protocol will allow for participation and First Nation oversight in the scientific review of biosolids in the Nicola Valley through a Principals Table. The Principals Table, which includes myself, the
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and preparations for soil, water and air sampling. As the process unfolds I will continue to provide updates to the community on the progress of the Principles Table and the Technical Working Group so that everyone concerned about this issue has up-todate information based on the facts. It is my sincere hope that this process will lead to a definitive, sciencebased understanding of the health and environmental impacts of biosolids so that we can resolve community concerns on this important issue. Jackie Tegart is the MLA for Fraser-Nicola
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YOUR OPINION Not out of the woods yet, but LETTERS to the editor heading in the right direction Thief should be ashamed From Page 8 At plus-two or thereabouts, what we get is catastrophe: runaway warming that can no longer be halted just by stopping human emissions of carbon dioxide. Nature will take over, and we will be trapped on a one-way escalator that is taking us up to +3, +4, +5, even +6 degrees. Hundreds of millions or even billions of people would die as large parts of the planet ceased to be habitable by human beings. If you don’t want to risk unleashing that, then you don’t want to go anywhere near +2, so the official adoption by the world’s governments of +1.5 degrees as the never-exceed limit is a major step forward. But note that they have only pledged “to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5C,” not to succeed. The hard-and-fast promise is still not to go past +2 – and there is not even any guarantee that that will be achieved. In order to avoid a debacle like the one at the last climate summit in Copenhagen six years ago, nobody even tried to put enforceable limits on national carbon dioxide emissions this time. Each country was just invited to submit the emission cuts that it is willing to make. The sum of all those promised cuts (if the promises are kept) is what we will get by way of global emission cuts in the next five years. United Nations experts did the math, and concluded that these emission cuts fall far short of what is needed. If this is all that is done, then we are headed for at least +2.7 degrees C — or rather, for a lot more, because of the feedbacks. None of the negotiations at the Paris conference changed those numbers, or even tried to. So are we doomed to runaway warming? Not necessarily. Most of the negotiators know that the cuts which are politically impossible now may become quite possible in five or ten years if the cost of renewable energy goes on
dropping, if techniques like carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) become economically viable — and if people are sufficiently frightened by a climate that is getting wilder and less predictable by the year. So there is a review process built into the treaty. Every five years, starting in 2018, there will be a “stock-taking” exercise in which everybody’s progress in cutting their emissions will be reviewed, and everybody will be encouraged to increase their commitments and speed up their cuts. Whether they will actually do that depends on political, economic and technological factors that cannot yet be calculated, but fear is a great incentive, and there is no government on the planet that is not frightened by the prospect of major climate change. In fact, most of them would have gone a lot further in Paris if they were not nervous about getting too far ahead of public opinion at home. Public opinion will eventually change, because there is going to be a very large amount of damage and suffering in the world as we move past +1.0 and head up towards +1.5. Will it change fast enough to allow governments to act decisively and in time? Nobody knows. Will new green technologies simply sweep the field, making fossil fuels uneconomic and government intervention unnecessary? Nobody knows that either, although many people pin their hopes on it. We are not out of the woods yet, but we are probably heading in the right direction — and it would be right at this point to put in a good word for that much maligned organisation, the United Nations. It is the only arena in which global negotiations like this can be conducted, and its skills, traditions and people were indispensable in leading them to a more or less successful conclusion. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.
Editor: To the Grinch that stole $430 from the Christmas jewelry sale table at the Nicola Valley Health Care Auxiliary Thrift Shop, on the afternoon of Tuesday, Dec. 8. You stole from our health care community and the volunteers that dedi-
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Jim Murray, Lower Nicola
Climate science far from consistent Editor: “Canada’s back!” trumpeted our newlyelected PM. “Back to what?” I wondered. Then I realized: back to Canada being the United Nations Blindly Obedient Yes-men’s Society (UNBOYS), that’s what. Perhaps he’s consulting NASA’s wild, constantly changing stories on the environment? Let’s take a quick look at NASA’s track record, shall we? Years ago, they screamed “The ozone’s disappearing!” But years later, the famous private news broadcaster Paul Harvey announced, “Guess what, folks?
Remember NASA saying we’re rapidly losing our protective ozone layer? Well, they’ve turned 180 degrees and are now saying: “Oops, we were wrong, the ozone’s as healthy as its ever been.” More recently, NASA published that 2014 was the warmest year ever on record, stating they were “at least 38 per cent certain” of that. One has to ask, what exactly does that mean? Considering that world climatology uses a plus or minus three per cent margin of error in establishing mean average planetary temperatures, our single degree rise in mean average temperatures can mean
absolutely nothing. At the same time, Arctic ice has been growing for years and as well, polar bear populations are rebuilding to what they’ll only admit to as “unknown” numbers. It would all be laughable if such nonsense wasn’t always followed by ever more onerous “carbon” taxes and laws, all based on fudged figures and misinformation. What’s really annoying and mind-boggling is that despite their flipflopping reversals, NASA somehow manages to retain their auspicious “scientific” credentials. Holger Goerlitz Merritt
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Special Olympics continuing to grow its local programs Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD
Since its founding in the fall of 2013, the Merritt branch of Special Olympics Canada has enjoyed tremendous growth and success. The local organization currently involves 15 athletes and a whole host of hardworking volunteers. “We have so many people and groups wanting to lend a helping hand,” Merritt Special Olympics local co-ordinator Byron Robbie said. “The community has been amazing.” In its first year of existence, the Merritt branch of Special Olympics implemented a Club Fit program that continues to run every Tuesday at Central
Elementary School throughout the school year. Its leader is Central Elementary teacher and Special Olympics volunteer Erica Martindale. Last year, the Merritt group added regular bowling on Fridays at the Merritt Bowling Centre. The Special Olympics athletes are coached by volunteer Patrick McKinney. A highlight of the 2014 bowling season was a trip to Kamloops in the spring for a tournament. In November of this year, the Special Olympics group included weekly swimming on its growing list of activities, with athletes convening at the Nicola Valley Aquatic Centre for instruction and coaching by former Merritt Otters
swimmer Tyrel Narciso. “Our goal is to have our athletes travel and take part in swim meets in other communities,” Robbie said. In January, Special Olympics regional co-ordinator Reanne Holden from Kelowna will be coming to Merritt to carry out some functional assessment with Merritt’s athletes – measuring such things as their strength, flexibility and stamina, Robbie added. Anyone wishing to learn more about the Special Olympics movement and activities taking place in Merritt can call overall program co-ordinator Brenda Curnow at 250-3784916 or email curnow@ telus.net.
BOWLING FOR DOLLARS In November, the Merritt Bowling Centre held a special fundraising event in support of the Merritt branch of Special Olympics Canada. Over 20 bowlers of all ages took part, and a total of $1,023.80 was collected to help with Special Olympics out-of-town travel and accommodation costs. (Above) Merritt Bowling Centre owner Ewan Turner presents a cheque to local SO program co-ordinator Brenda Curnow. Also in the picture are (front row, left to right) Tashanna Isaac, Travis Simpson, Audrey Lange,Will Gregoire, (middle row) Byron Robbie, Michelle Fox, Satinder Dulai, Renee Fox, (back row) Patrick McKinney, Brynn Aitch, Tammy de Wit. Photo submitted
2015 World Junior A Challenge underway Nine BCHL players on 22-man Team Canada West roster Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD
The 10th edition of the World Junior A Challenge is now underway in Whitby and Cobourg, Ontario. The annual event, which is hosted by Hockey Canada, showcases many of the world’s top junioraged hockey players, including some of those competing in the British Columbia Hockey League. Six teams are taking part in the 2015 WJAC, which runs from Dec. 12 to 19. They are Team Canada East and Team Canada West, as well as Switzerland, Russia, the Czech Republic and the United States. Team Canada West is comprised of 22 players drawn from the BCHL and the Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Superior International junior hockey leagues. The nine BCHL members of Team Canada West include Penticton Vees Dante Fabbro and Tyson
Jost, both of whom are expected to be NHL first-round draft picks in the spring of 2016. The Merritt Centennials’ Colin Grannary was one of 60 players selected to attend the initial Team Canada West tryout camp, but he did not make the final cut. “We had quite a task to go from 60 players invited to selection camp to this final 22-man roster,” Team Canada West head coach Tim Fragle said in a press release issued by Hockey Canada. “I’m happy with what we saw in camp, and I’m confident we have a strong team heading into this year’s World Junior A Challenge. We’ll be ready to compete.” Fragle, who hails from Sherwood Park of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, has head coach Barry Wolff of the Coquitlam Express as one of his three assistant coaches. Last year, former Centennials head coach Luke Pierce was an
assistant with the 2014 Team Canada West squad that finished sixth. Since the inception of the World Junior A Challenge in 2006, four Merritt Centennials players have taken part in the prestigious event. They are Casey Pierro-Zabotel (2006, 2007), Reece Willcox (2011), and Jeff Wight and Dane Birks (both in 2013). Seven of the nine gold-medal games at the WJAC have featured at least one Canadian team. Team Canada West won gold in 2006, 2007, and 2011, along with silver medals in 2008, 2009 and 2012, and bronze in 2013. The United States enters this year’s WJAC as the three-time defending champions, having won last year in Kindersley, Sask. and the previous two years in Digby/Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. In first round action at the 2015 World Junior A Challenge on Sunday, Team Canada
West defeated the Czech Republic 7-3 and Team Canada East beat Switzerland 8-3. On Monday night, the U.S. and the Czech Republic squared off, while Team Canada East took on Russia. The scores of those two games were not available by press time.
Team Canada West sees its next action on Tuesday versus the United States. Quarterfinal play takes place on Wednesday and semi-final action on Thursday. The bronze-medal game is set for Friday in Whitby and the goldmedal match-up for
Cobourg on Saturday. Many current NHL stars took part in one or more World Junior A Challenges prior to being drafted and turning professional. They include 2006 World Junior MVP Kyle
Turris, along with Zac Dalpe, Joe Colbourne, Cam Talbot, Nail Yakupov, Riley Nash, Justin Schultz, Mike Reilly, Vladimir Tarasenko, Nikita Filatov and Mikhail Grigorenko.
FIDANZA FEAST On a recent trip to Vernon for a game against the Vipers, the Merritt Centennials players and coaching staff stopped off at the home of Cent Nick Fidanza for a delicious pasta pre-game meal prepared by Nick’s nona Gemma Fidanza and aunt Teresa Ramunno. Photo submitted
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Furniture USED 5 STAR HOTEL FURNITURE - BY THE PIECE..One of Vancouvers 5 Star Hotels is renovating their rooms making available a great selection of high end furnishings. By 1 piece or buy multiples: Queen Headboard & Frame $50 / King Headboard & Frame $60 / Upholstered Arm Chair(multiple colors) $49 / Desk $99 / Dresser $79 / Bedside Table $69 / Pedestal Table $69/ Ottoman $29 / Benches $29 / Brass Lamp $19 / Vanity Mirror $39 / Framed Picture $9 . Call 604-371-1190, email Buyit@activeauctionmart.com or www.activeauctionmart.com
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Phyllis Breckner
April 12, 1916 – December 5, 2015 Our dear mother was born, Filitidas Bachmeier, nearly one hundred years ago in Romania. She came to Saskatchewan with her family in 1929. From 1936 until 2005 she lived in Richmond and the last 10 years she lived in Merritt. Mom is survived by her youngest sister Ann (Ron) Slett, seven children–Marie (Don) Fielding, Donna (Max) Myers, Raymond (Wendy) Breckner, Lawrence (Heather) Breckner, David (Fusako) Breckner, Dorothy (Paul) Molnar, Theresa (Peter) Morgan, Ă€fteen grandchildren and twenty-one great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husbands, Steve Szvoboda in 1945 and Tony Breckner in 1992. The family would like to thank Dr. Andries Smit, Fr. Kenneth Anoruo, the staff at Nicola Meadows and Gillis House and Home Support workers, all of whom made Mom’s life better in the last years. A special “thank youâ€? to Joan & Andy Bisson who were constant in their help and friendship. Mom has had many “honorary family membersâ€? over the years and we thank all of them for their support. Prayers and the funeral Mass will be at Sacred Heart Church, 2302 Jackson Ave., Merritt. Prayers Friday, December 18 at 7 p.m. and the funeral Saturday, December 19 at 11:00 a.m. - Father Kenneth Anoruo celebrant. In lieu of Ă owers please make a donation to a charity of your choice. Funeral Arrangements - Merritt Funeral Chapel
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________________________________________________________________ Temporary Part Time Child Care Assistant The Children’s Therapy & Family Resource Centre has a temporary part time position available for our Supported Child Development for our Merritt location.
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Qualifications/Requirements: x Early Childhood Education or equivalent x Experience working with children with developmental disabilities x First Aid Certificate x Criminal record check required upon hiring x Valid driver’s license and own vehicle x Must be available Monday to Friday x Salary Starting at $19.14/hr
Please submit resumes to: Sarah Morrison Administrative Assistant Children's Therapy & Family Resource Centre 801 McGill Road. Kamloops, BC V2C 6R1 E: smorrison@kamloopschildrenstherapy.org F: (250) 371-4120
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42,000KMS STK#151220A
42,900
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2013 DODGE GR CARAVAN SXT - STOW N-GO SEATS - PRICED TO MOVE! 74,000KMS
45,000KMS STK#151210A
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LEATHER, SUNROOF, FULL LOAD, LOW KMs 38,000KMS STK#151379B
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2015 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED RUBICON - UPGRADED HOOD, BUMPERS & ROCK RAILS
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2014 DODGE DART SXT - RARE FIND - 8.4” U-CONNECT DIALOG SCREEN
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9,8865KMS ST#161020A
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44,900
13,900
2011 MAZDA 3 GT
STK#U7466
SALE PRICE
2015 RAM 2500 “POWER WAGON”
- HEATED SEATS - FOG LIGHTS
Dealing with the Johnston Auto Group has it’s benefits. We are the largest Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Dealer in the B.C. Interior. We beat the competition with the lowest overhead and the strongest buying power.
SALE PRICE
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2011 DODGE AVENGER SXT
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2015 DODGE JOURNEY R/T RALLYE AWD W/ DVD
2014 RAM SPORT CREW CAB 4X4, FULLY LOADED
$144/WK
64,000KMS STK#151172A
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ST#151000A
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