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New bursary for early childhood educators By Michael Potestio THE HERALD
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FEAST YOUR EYES ON THIS About 150 people attended the Métis potluck at the cadets hall on Friday evening. In addition to a huge spread of food prepared by members of Merritt’s Métis community, the event included a performance by the Métis jigging troupe, games for children, door prizes and plenty of community spirit. Emily Wessel/Herald
Students enrolling or enrolled in the early childhood education program (ECE) at the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology or any of the other 33 programs like it across B.C. are getting new support from the province. On April 23, Minister of Children and Family Development Stephanie Cadieux was at NVIT to announce the provincial government is investing $513,000 to boost the number of early childhood educators in B.C. The funds will go to the Early Childhood Educators of BC, the province’s professional association, to establish a bursary for ECE program students and applicants. The bursary will allow students to apply for up to $300 per course to a maximum of $1,500 per semester. “We’re committed to increasing the number of qualified early childhood educators throughout the province,” Cadieux said at Wednesday’s announcement, noting that since 2007, the government has provided about $1.5 million to 1,300 students in ECE programs in B.C. through bursaries. The bursary will give preference to aboriginal students, students attend-
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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS DAY OF MOURNING Pictured, from left to right: Roger Luce, Darryl Hankey, Tim Faubert, Harbinder Hara (safety co-chair), Paramjit Sidhu, Mike Ruzic (safety co-chair), Mohinder Basi, Cathy Willson, Kim Clarkston, Roy Shumard, Don Willson, Keith Harkies, David Marple, Roy Connolly, Darryn Wilson and Dave Harmon.
Safety Committee members at Tolko raised the USW union flag to halfmast on Friday in preparation for the nationwide Day of Mourning on April 28. Across Canada, the Day of Mourning is a time when workers, employers and families remember those who have lost their lives or been injured due to work-related incidents.
WorkSafeBC, the B.C. Federation of Labour and Business Council of B.C. host a public ceremony to honour the occasion annually.
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Council throws support behind theatre, rodeo City council voted unanimously to write a letter of support to the Merritt Cinema Society for their theatre project and to congratulate them on their efforts so far. The letter is expected to help the society when applying for grants which will help them to build a $5 million communityowned theatre in Merritt’s downtown core. Society director Eric Weiser told council at its regular council meeting last Tuesday that the society is in the process of applying for grants and is working to secure funds from private sector
Council to sponsor Pozzobon Invitational City council approved sponsoring the Ty Pozzobon Invitational PBR with $1,500 at its regular meeting last Tuesday. That dollar figure will get the city a banner located in the bullriding area, mentions during live events, the City of Merritt’s logo on the arena’s big-screen TV, and six event passes. The sponsorship was approved unanimously and the $1,500 will come out of city initiatives. The six passes will be made available to the public. The PBR will be held on May 31 at the Merritt rodeo grounds.
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A Tribe Called Red to headline Bass Coast By Emily Wessel THE HERALD
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Ottawa-based critically-acclaimed electronic group A Tribe Called Red will be a headlining act at this year’s Bass Coast festival, which hits the old Mountainfest grounds on Aug. 1-4. “They’re quite revered around the world right now,� Bass Coast’s Paul Brooks said of the band, which is comprised of three First Nations DJs and samples from aboriginal drum songs. “We really like the message they bring and their unique style of music,� Brooks said of A Tribe Called Red. The group’s sophomore album, last year’s Nation II Nation, was short-listed for 2013’s Polaris Prize, Canada’s cornerstone award bestowed on an act by consensus of Canadian music journalists that eschews commercial success. The lineup for this year’s festival also includes Juno-nominated Toronto duo Graze, whose chilledout techno makes them a group to watch. Long-time British solo artist dBridge will also take to a stage. “He’s very important in the drum-and-bass genre, and he’s very respected,� Brooks said. For the second year in a row, Portland-based Natasha Kmeto will play Bass Coast after generating plenty of good feedback from last year’s festival. “She’s a versatile singer-songwriter and instrumentalist. She has kind of a sensuous, R&B sound,� Brooks said. Her 2013 album Crisis received critical acclaim from music magazines such as Spin, which was also the focus of Bass Coast’s 2013 remix competition, which saw nearly 200 entries from around the world. Organizers are currently going through the entries to pick a winner for the grand prize, a Korg synthesizer, and to select songs to turn into a compilation. Addison Groove, also known as British dubstep pioneer Headhunter, will bring his Chicago footwork side of electronic productions to the festival, which called the Nicola
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REMEMBER WHEN? From the Herald archives: April 1978 Police overtime costs questioned
COOL CATS Sabrina Weeks and the Swing Cat Bounce brought their brand of boogie-blues to the Culture Club in Merritt on Saturday, where about 30 people enjoyed the swingin’ sounds of the Kamloops band. Emily Wessel/Herald
Funding will have aboriginal focus From Page 1 The five employees of the NVIT daycare are graduates of their program. First-year NVIT ECE student Dayna Charters said she’s excited for her second year in the program and excited about the bursary. “I’m going to apply,� she said. NVIT dean John Chenoweth said financial access to education is a barrier for many people. “By having some funding available to support students to pursue educa-
tion, we all win,� Chenoweth said. Early Childhood Educators of BC executive director Emily Mlieczko said that with this bursary, more people will be able to access education in this area. “While there is always that demand for new childcare spaces, that demand also then requires qualified early childhood educators to care for our youngest learners,� Cadieux said. Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart said she thinks the bursary will benefit those who choose to complete an ECE program at NVIT.
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Animal issues at low levels The following is an excerpt from the City of Merritt regular council meeting agenda from April 22, 2014. March 2014 bylaw report Animal control Calls and complaints into the bylaw office regarding animals of any kind continue to be minimal, to say the least. In the month of March, the city impounded two dogs. Both were released back to their owners. Dog and animal-related issues will continue to be a high priority for the bylaw office and the results that have been achieved in our whole community are encouraging. Pet owners continue to be respectful of others and the number of dogs off-leash in the city
has improved exponentially. It is rare when bylaw finds an owner walking a dog without a leash. The fact remains: in the city, dogs must be leashed and licensed, and the message is getting out. Feral cat problems and complaints are at low levels for the month of March. However, the problems will continue and no section of our city is unaffected. Bylaw will do its best to mitigate the problems as they arise. Our dog licensing program is off to a strong start this year with a total of 402 licences sold. This represents a 30 per cent increase over the same time period in 2013. Despite steady progress, there are still far more unlicensed dogs in the city and we will continue to educate the public as to the value
of purchasing a dog licence for the city and that it is a requirement. Complaints continue to arise concerning a feral bird known as the ring-necked dove. These birds are here as a result of being introduced or released and have now occupied every part of the city and the complaints to bylaw relate to noise issues. This office is not exactly sure how to address this nuisance but it will not get any better and likely will worsen over time. Business licensing To date, there are 502 licensed businesses operating in our city, leaving 86 outstanding businesses from 2013 to either make inactive or collect the 2014 licence fees.
This office will continue to pursue businesses that have not yet paid or attempt to operate in the city without a business licence in contravention of our Business Licence Bylaw. March new business starts were up slightly from February with five new businesses added to our corporate community. News continues to surface regarding new business starts in our community and 2014 is looking very promising. Parking Parking in the downtown core remains a high priority for bylaw. The continued presence from bylaw in the downtown core has had a positive effect with only three ticketed infractions in the month
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The City works crew will be commencing the annual Cemetery clean up from May 5 – 9, 2014. Any offerings or memorabilia that are placed on headstones will be removed and placed at the Pine Ridge Cemetery shed. Memorabilia only will remain at the Cemetery shed for 30 days then the items will be disposed of accordingly.
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of March. Trucks over the 16,000 kg GVW continue to stray off the truck route but our overall compliance remains high.
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Unsightly properties As spring arrives, the unsightly property issues in the city begin to surface once again. March began with a renewed focus on properties that negatively impact city neighbourhoods and it was a busy month. We issued nine properties with orders to comply, four of which were completed by the owners or tenants. As an example, there was 12,500 kg removed from a single city lot, changing the neighbourhood landscape completely.
The City is looking for interested persons to sit on its advisory Directional Signage Committee. The purpose of the committee is to review and recommend to Council progressive steps for initiating consistent directional signage guidelines; review and recommend to Council budget and strategic plan measures to deliver said guidelines; interact with City of Merritt Technical Planning Committee; Review and recommend to Council ways in which directional signage can be used to promote Merritt as a destination for tourists and investors. Committee meetings are generally once a month, in the late afternoon or evening. Interested applicants should fill in a Committee Volunteer application form (available on the City’s website or at City Hall), or send a letter indicating their name, address, telephone and email contacts, and the reason they would like serve on this committee. Carole Fraser Deputy Clerk/Human Resources Manager
SANITARY SEWER FLUSHING The City of Merritt Public Works Department would like to remind residents that it is that time of year again for our annual maintenance program for sewer flushing and camera work. We apologize for any inconvenience and your patience is greatly appreciated. If you have had any problems with your toilet bubbling up in the past it is recommended that you place a towel or saran wrap over your bowl and put the lid down. Also, if you experience any foul smelling odour it is advised to run a little water through the household’s sinks and bathtubs. This is scheduled to begin on April 14 and run until about May 30th approximately.
Pursuant to City of Merritt Cemetery Bylaw No. 2087, 2009 Section L General:
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No above ground memorabilia will be permitted after the grave site has been prepared for turf. Flowers may be placed on graves but may be removed by the “Caretaker” when their condition is deemed by him/her to be detrimental to the beauty of the cemetery. Any non-conforming offerings, wreaths, flowers, fencing, curbs or other devices may be removed by City personnel. The City shall not be responsible for the loss or theft of any offerings.
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1.4 million flu shots a B.C. record By Tom Fletcher BLACK PRESS tfletcher@blackpress.ca
It wasn’t as many as in the global H1N1 pandemic of 2009, but this year’s influenza vaccine program delivered a record 1.4 million seasonal doses to B.C. residents. Resurgence of the H1N1 strain that triggered hospitalizations and deaths among younger patients motivated a late-season surge in demand for flu shots after Christmas, resulting in temporary shortages of vaccine in some areas. Changes in policy also contributed to better protection against seasonal flu, said Provincial Health Officer Dr. Perry Kendall. Health-care workers and visitors were required to get
An increase in serious illness in younger people from this winter’s return of H1N1 influenza prompted many more people to get protection. Black Press
tion rate had drifted as low as 50 per cent, the new policy prompted 80 per cent of healthcare employees to be vaccinated and the remainder used masks, Kendall said last Wednesday. One
the vaccine or wear masks in patient care areas, to protect patients with underlying conditions that make influenza more serious. After the healthcare worker immuniza-
health-care aide in Grand Forks was fired after repeatedly refusing to wear a mask when working around patients. Health Minister Terry Lake said the total was increased by
extending free flu shots to anyone who was considering visiting a relative in a healthcare facility during the winter. Previously, children aged six months to five years, seniors over 65, residents of care and assisted living facilities, those with chronic conditions and health care and emergency workers were eligible for a free vaccine. Lake said the ministry is considering offering the vaccine free to everyone in future years. Kendall said the impact of H1N1 on younger people has been analyzed. “The group over the age of 65 had the highest levels of residual immunity, perhaps from previous infection or previous
Victims shouldn’t be forced to relive a life-altering tragedy DAN ALBAS View from the HILL One of many things I have learned in my time as a member of Parliament is that when it comes to serious acts of senseless violence and the traumatic loss of loved ones, while media attention is often very intense when these acts occur, it is more often than not shortlived. But family and friends left behind from these brutal acts of violence never forget and even decades later are still impacted in ways that forever change their lives. In 1982, a disturbing act of violence took the lives of a loving family of six on a camping trip in Wells Gray Provincial Park. The shock of losing a local family, including two young girls, devastated many in the community of Westbank. Friends, co-
family, David Shearing (who has since changed his name to David Ennis), is due for yet another legislated review that could potentially lead to being paroled. For the family and friends left behind, this means another trip they must finance to
workers and classmates to this day are still reminded of this tragedy as every two years they are forced to relive their loss and this horrific event. Why do I say they are forced? The individual responsible for taking the lives of this
travel a significant distance in order to appear at the review. I believe we should all take a moment to reflect on this situation. September is a time of year when children and families are getting ready for a new school year. It should not be a
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HERALD OPINION Ukraine: stupidity in action By Gwynne Dyer gwynnedyer.com
It’s all too easy to imagine the high-level meeting in Kiev where the Ukrainian government decided on its next move. It probably sounded a bit like this: “Very well, gentlemen, we are agreed on our strategy for dealing with the Russians. First we will figure out exactly what they are trying to force us to do. And then we’ll do it.” Of course, it sounds stupid when you put it like that, but this does appear to be the Ukrainian strategy in a nutshell. Or as Ukrainian Security Service General Vasyl Krutov put it, “They [separatists] must be warned that if they do not lay down their arms, they will be destroyed.” As I write this, the first reports are coming in of Ukrainian troops trying to take back control of occupied government buildings in the east of the country by force. This cannot be done without killing people. And that is exactly what the Russians want. The provisional government of Ukraine does have a serious problem in the east, of course. It is trying to organise a national election in less than six weeks’ time that will produce a government whose legitimacy nobody can question. There may be a referendum on constitutional reform at the same time. It will be harder to do that credibly if government buildings in half a dozen eastern cities are occupied by armed men. On the other hand, if Russia’s President Vladimir Putin really wants to seize control of eastern Ukraine, or even all the parts of Ukraine where there are significant numbers of Russian-speakers, what he needs is a pretext. It’s already clear from Russian official statements what that pretext would be: that the “fascist puppet government” in Kiev is “killing its own citizens” just because they are Russians or Russian-speakers. It is doubtful that all or even most of the heavily armed men in the occupied buildings are actually Ukrainian citizens.
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Emily Wessel Merritt MUSINGS More than 300 cases of the measles have sprung up in B.C. in a six-week-long outbreak that has turned attention and criticism to the antivaccine crusade of some parents in the mid-2000s. Famously, actor and Playboy model Jenny McCarthy became the face of the anti-vaccine movement after she said her son developed autism from vaccines as a child. That causal relation-
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ship has since been widely de-bunked, but there are those people who will continue to stalwartly believe in the anti-vaccine message. Somewhere in the last 20 or 30 years, celebrities went from actors and nude models to parenting experts, doling out pages of advice on the “right” way to rear kids. Some of that advice is harmful, such as McCarthy’s anti-vaccine crusade, but some of it is controversial because it is quite ... unusual. Take actor Alicia Silverstone’s recently released parenting book The Kind Mama, which promises to be your go-to guide for “supercharged fertility, a radiant pregnancy, a sweeter birth, and a healthier, more beautiful beginning.” That’s the subtitle!
The Clueless star advocates against diapers, eschewing them for letting little ones do their business freely in the grass. The pages of her book also call the uterus the “baby house.” Oh, she’s anti-vaccination too, citing “anecdotal evidence” that kids are “never the same” after they’re immunized. Some of her more extreme advice is balanced out with advice to live a healthy lifestyle, which includes eating plenty of plants and getting lots of sleep. But notice that the title of the book, which is selling well on Amazon, contains a loaded judgement word: kind. Within its pages, Silverstone seems to be implying that parents who don’t follow her advice, which includes co-sleeping, are unkind.
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Her parenting style isn’t for everyone, and she is allowed to believe what she believes — but so are other parents. Sharing a bed isn’t for everyone. Actor Gwyneth Paltrow has a similar lifestyle blog called goop. It includes all kinds of health, parenting and, oddly, shopping advice, as well as some interesting euphemisms (“conscious uncoupling” instead of divorce could give “baby house” a run for its money). Celebrities from all the lists, from A to D and beyond, write this kind of stuff because people will always buy into it. Or, at the very least, people will buy it. Celebrities: they’re just like us! They have babies! But they’re also not like us. They have much more money, hired help, bigger houses, faster cars, more
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Botox. I don’t think any of those qualifications make celebrities “better” at parenting than, say, a poor single mother who works two jobs, lives in a tiny apartment and has wrinkles galore. I think it just gives them more access to a platform from which to spew their “expertise.” I don’t have kids, I don’t have parenting experience, and I have no advice for parents, famous or otherwise. But if we’re looking for associations between vaccines and health conditions, there’s a much clearer link between those who aren’t vaccinated and the increased risk of spreading diseases just like measles among young children, seniors, and people with compromised immune systems. Clueless, indeed.
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Occupied buildings hurt gov’t credibility There was no separatist political organization in the east before the revolution that was capable of producing hundreds of volunteers with military training, wearing identical uniforms and carrying identical Russian-made weapons, and using them to seize multiple targets in different cities simultaneously. It looks like Crimea all over again: a lot of the “local militia” there were also really Spetsnaz (Russian special forces). But there is a big difference: the Donbas, the region where Donetsk and the other affected cities are located, does not contain a civilian majority that actually wants to be ruled by Russia. If it did, the pro-Russians could just come out in non-violent crowds, like the protesters did in Kiev, and take control of the region
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‘Common sense could yet prevail. But the Kiev government has been doing the wrong things in the east for so long that a last-minute change of heart seems unlikely.’ — COLUMNIST GWYNNE DYER
peacefully. The Crimean tactics won’t work in the Donbas, because most people there see themselves as Ukrainian even though they speak Russian on a daily basis. So there are no peaceful mass protests demanding “unification” with Russia, and the small groups of armed men who have seized buildings in various cities will only provide a usable pretext for a Russian invasion if some of them are killed by Ukrainian government forces. The truth, mercifully
withheld from the soldiers in the occupied buildings, is that they are there to provide some martyrs – and when they die, Spetsnaz or not, they will be portrayed as local people killed by the government in Kiev. Then the Russian forces will move, to “save” the oppressed Russian-speakers of eastern Ukraine from the fascists in Kiev. So why is the Ukrainian government going to provide Putin with exactly that pretext by attacking the buildings in question? It would be inconvenient,
but quite possible, just to blockade them, leave them in Russian hands and carry on the election around them. Or, if the authorities in Kiev find that too embarrassing, then just cut off the water and wait for the occupiers to come out peacefully. A week or two should be enough. You would think that the government in Kiev, which came to power itself by mainly non-violent means, and finally won when the Yanukovych government discredited itself by the massive use of force, would understand the importance of not killing people. You would, it appears, be wrong to think that. Maybe this conclusion is premature. Maybe, when the “volunteers” occupying the government buildings don’t flee at the first shots – and they won’t; these guys are professionals – the Ukrainian troops will be
ordered to stop. Common sense could yet prevail. But the Kiev government has been doing the wrong things in the east for so long that a last-minute change of heart seems unlikely. And by the way, could somebody please explain to the Central Intelligence Agency why the optics of sending John Brennan, the director of the CIA, to Kiev last Sunday were so bad? And why swatting the critics away by saying that it was just a “routine” visit made matters worse? Governments that are “routinely” visited by the head of the CIA are usually puppet governments. Though to be fair, in this case it’s not so much a puppet government as a very stupid government. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist based in London, England.
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Bill C-587 gives power to judge to increase parole ineligibility From Page 5 The fact that the victims are forced to continually make this journey and relive this horror every few years is, in my view, unthinkable. It seldom makes the news these days but when I hear from the victims, friends and classmates, this is a situation that continues to cause great pain and suffering for all of them. Many live in fear to this day in the event that parole is ever granted. As I shared in the
House of Commons in June of last year, it should not have to be this way. Many citizens I have heard from in Westbank/West Kelowna agree and currently a petition and other advocacy campaigns are underway to help gain support to take action in this situation. I support the citizens of Westbank in these efforts and that is why I am also supporting private memberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bill C-587 from Okanagan-Shuswap MP Colin Mayes. Bill C-587 (formerly
Bill C-478 from Selkirk-Interlake MP James Bezan) Respecting Families of Murdered and Brutalized Persons Act is a very specific bill that is intended to impact only those individuals convicted of very serious criminal acts involving abduction, sexual assault and ultimately murder. Bill C-587 does not propose to alter the period of time a criminal convicted of these combined acts would spend in jail. What Bill C-587 does propose is to offer
a judge the added discretionary ability of increasing the period of parole ineligibility from the current 25-year maximum up to a maximum of 40 years. The intent of this bill is solely to spare families and victims the trauma of having to appear at a parole hearing every two years as is currently the case for those in West Kelowna appearing at the Alberta hearing for David Ennis. This bill, if passed, would have also been of benefit to families who
lost loved ones from other convicted murderers such as Clifford Olson (now deceased), Paul Bernardo, David James Dobson and others. This bill is currently awaiting second reading debate. If you would like further information on this or any bill before the House of Commons, please contact me via email at dan.albas@parl. gc.ca or toll free at 1-800-665-8711. Dan Albas is the member of Parliament for Okanagan-Coquihalla.
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Consistency will be the name of the game for the MSS senior girls’ soccer team going forward. The Panthers squad put their mettle to the test over the weekend at their annual Test of Mettle soccer tournament. Despite two wins and a few close calls — including a narrow loss in a shootout — the Panthers came up short in their 12-team tournament. The action got underway Friday with the Panthers’ shootout loss to Clearwater. Their next game against Lakes District was a nailbiter, but the home team lost 3-2. However, by their third game on Friday against Cedars Christian from Prince George, it was back on the upswing for the Panthers with a win. Saturday morning kicked off with a tense game against Hope, in which a defensive MSS squad lost 2-0. In their final game of the tournament before the championship matches, MSS took down Princeton 1-0, but it wasn’t enough to score them a spot in the final games. Coach Mo Ollek said he was pleased with the effort from his team, but would like to see it more consistent. “At times, they were awesome, at times they were less awesome,” Ollek said. It was the undefeated Ashcroft girls who came out on top in the 12-team tournament, followed by the squads from Hope and Fort St. John. “We didn’t play a single team we couldn’t beat,” Ollek said, “and they knew it, too.” With players ranging from Grade 8 to a single Grade 12, Ollek and fellow coach Guy Dugas said building the girls’ confidence will take them a long way. The team was likely ham-
LONE PANTHER MSS Panther Kylee Torgalson gets the ball back into play in a rare moment of relative solitude during Saturday’s game against Hope in the Test of Mettle tournament over the weekend. Emily Wessel/Herald
THAT’S MORE LIKE IT MSS and Hope went toe-to-toe for most of the game, but the visiting team eventually won out 2-0 over their hosts. Emily Wessel/Herald
REGULAR PLAY MSS Panther Sabrina Samra was outnumbered by her Valleyview opponents at their April 23 game, but put up a fight against the visiting team. Emily Wessel/Herald
pered by having nine of its players away in Costa Rica just before the tournament kicked off, and another player away in Ottawa. “It’s a young team,” Dugas said. “We need to learn from it and move forward, and hopefully we’ll finish the season strong.”
Coaches looking for confidence In regular season play, the coaches said they’re optimistic about MSS’s chances of finishing the season strong and coming in third or fourth in the high school league. In a regular game against Valleyview on April 23, the
girls fought hard but were no match for the bigger, more experienced visiting squad. The formidable Valleyview players had a two-goal lead on the Panthers 15 minutes into the game. By the 40-minute mark, that lead grew to 5-0. The MSS girls spent most
of the game in their own end against big and skilled visitors. Going into another regular season game on Monday against a mature squad from Sa-Hali in Kamloops, the coaches said they would be looking for more confidence from their team. “They need to control the
ball and feel that they’re in control, and until that’s done, it’s going to be kick and run,” Dugas said. “You can’t win a game with kick and run,” Ollek added. The results of Monday’s game were not available by press time.
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June 6, 1931 - April 17, 2014 John Takashi Suzuki, 82, of Merritt, BC passed away on April 17, 2014 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. John is predeceased by his brother Charlie (Gwen), and survived by his wife of 51 years, Katherine, sons Dwayne (Linda) and Kevin (Dewen), three grandchildren Brendan, Kaitlyn, Owen, and his sister Mary (Yuki). He also leaves behind other family members, many friends, and coworkers. John was born in Merritt on June 6, 1931 and moved to Victoria at the age of two, and then to Fanny Bay on the island at the age of six. When the Second World War began, John was relocated back to Merritt due to the internment of the Japanese. John’s long career in the forest industry began with working for Pooley Bros. Logging, Jim Fountain Logging, Higano Sawmill, and Nicola Valley Sawmills. John ended his long working career as Mill Superintendent at Aspen Planers, where he worked in many positions for 43 years. John’s family would like to thank Dr. Smit and the nursing staff at Nicola Valley Health Care, and Dr. Proctor and the nursing staff at the Kamloops Cancer Clinic for their compassionate care and attention. There will be a celebration of John’s life on Sunday, May 4, 2014 at the Merritt Civic Center from 1-4:00 pm. In lieu of Áowers, memorial donations can be made to the Canadian Cancer Society. Arrangements entrusted to the Merritt Funeral Chapel (250) 378-2116, www.merrittfuneralchapel.com.
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