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The City of Merritt has parted ways with yet another member of its management team. Chief administrative officer Shawn Boven told the Herald that deputy financial services manager Ben Currie is no longer employed by the City of Merritt. The position has been vacant for about a week now. Boven said the city is currently in the process of searching for a financial services manager who will work under the director of finance. “It’s the exact same position that it was before, we’ve just called it financial services manager, which, coincidentally, is the old title of the director,” Boven said. Shawn Boven Since Boven — Chief Administrative Officer the city’s former public works manager — was named CAO last summer, the municipality has parted ways with four members of its management team, including two within last four months. “I’ve got a high standard for people that work here, and I expect a lot, and they just need to perform,” Boven said. He said that he’s been satisfied with all the new hires that have been made to the management staff. “The bar has been raised, and we’re doing everything we can to meet it,” Boven said.
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Empty lot to be turned into housing Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD
More supportive housing is on the way to Merritt, as BC Housing will be partnering with the ASK Wellness Society to build a three-storey, 30-unit building on
Quilchena Avenue. The project is still in the early stages, as BC Housing issued a request for proposal earlier this year, in order to select a designer and award a building contract. The groups are currently in the process of evaluating these applications, said Laura
Matthews, a senior communications specialist with BC Housing. Once the building is constructed, ASK Wellness will provide support services for the tenants. The 30-unit building is to be geared towards those currently at-risk of becoming homeless.
The project at 2270 Quilchena Avenue comes after BC Housing invested $1.35 million in supportive housing, shelter spaces, rent supplements and affordable rental units in Merritt last year. Twelve households are on the housing registry waitlist in Merritt.
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A pair of motorcyclists with a hankering for beef jerky broke into the BC Visitor Centre in the early hours of Friday morning (Aug. 19). Cpl. Derrick Francis told the Herald that video surveillance footage showed two males wearing motorcycle helmets enter the building — which is located at the nexus of Highways 5 and 97C — before they cut the camera footage. Francis said they accessed to the building via a side door that was chained closed with four locks. He said the locks appeared to have been cut. Both individuals were wearing gloves, he said. On the way to the call, at about 3 a.m., the responding police officer saw two men on motorcycles speed
by her headed back towards town. The officer attempted to pull them over for speeding, but they did not stop. Rather than pursue them, she continued to the visitor centre. “And then she got there, looked at the video and realized it was motorcyclists involved, so it was probably them,” Francis told the Herald. Francis said police could not identify the men in the video because they were wearing helmets and had no view of their faces. The duo stole beef jerky and Starbucks drinks from the building, Francis said. He said the manager at the information centre believed the men to be the same two males who attempted to break into the building three days earlier, but were not successful. Anyone with any information on the suspects or the break-in is asked to contact the Merritt RCMP at 250-378-4262 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
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Despite an unusually wet July in the Nicola Valley, dry conditions in the Coast Mountains have resulted in dangerously low flows in the Coldwater River system, prompting the B.C. government to urge people in the area to voluntarily conserve water. A press release from the B.C. government on Aug. 18 noted that while most of the Nicola region is classified as being at level one drought conditions, flows in the Coldwater River system are approaching level four conditions, classified as “extremely dry.” The low flows are threatening chinook salmon — currently spawning in the river system — and pose a threat to all fish populations in the Coldwater, the release went on to state. River system users are also being reminded to ensure any water intake systems on the river are being screened to prevent fish from being pulled into the water systems as the flows in the Coldwater drop.
The river system originates in the Coast Mountains, a region which has experienced a much drier summer than the Nicola Valley. Because the river’s flow is primarily fed by the melting snowpack, an unseasonably hot spring meant that the snowpack which usually lasts until July was gone by May, Patrick Farmer, senior authorization specialist with the Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resources, told the Herald. Despite the low flows, the B.C. government has yet to impose mandatory water restrictions in the area. However, the release did urge surface and groundwater users within Merritt’s municipal boundaries to voluntarily reduce consumption by 30 per cent, in accordance with the province’s guidelines for drought conditions. More restrictions, including partial or complete closures of the Coldwater River for recreational fisheries, may yet be imposed by the B.C. government. The City of Merritt has already taken steps to reduce its consumption levels, as a press release from the
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City detailed on Monday, Aug. 22. As of Aug. 19, the city had shut down all irrigation to parks indefinitely. The press release from the city included several tips for people looking to cut down on their water usage. Limiting, or avoiding outdoor watering all together, especially during the heat of the afternoon or when it is particularly windy will help decrease water waste, while taking
shorter showers and refraining from leaving any taps running in the house will also help reduce consumption. For farmers, focusing on high value crops and livestock, while implementing an irrigation scheduling program using real-time weather data is a surefire way to conserve some H 0. Farmers are also advised to check their water systems for leaks, which decrease efficiency.
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The City of Merritt’s commitment to working towards reducing greenhouse emissions is paying off, as the city collected a $22,892 rebate this year through the province’s Climate Action Revenue Incentive Program (CARIP). The CARIP program is a provincial program which rewards municipalities which have made a commitment to working towards carbon neutrality. Though Merritt has not been recognized as reaching full carbon neutrality, the funds are still awarded through CARIP for the various initiatives and programs run through the city. “That’s a rebate on the carbon tax that we pay, that the city uses. We’re eligible for that because the city signed onto the climate action charter,” explained Sheila Thiessen, director of finance and IT with the City of Merritt. Thiessen explained that many communities who are declared “carbon neutral,” are purchasing carbon offsets to achieve that designation, whereas the City of Merritt chooses to reinvest funds towards upgrading outdated technology and infrastructure. Some of the programs recognized as being green-friendly in the city’s CARIP report for 2015 included using beet-juice as an anti-icing agent on roads, instituting an anti-idling policy for vehicles in the city’s fleet, and the plan to add trees and plants in the meridian on Nicola Avenue. A full list of the city’s green actions are available on merritt.ca by searching for the CARIP report.
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Legal advice sought before action on shop Merritt RCMP are waiting to get legal counsel before taking any action against a medical marijuana dispensary that reopened earlier this month, despite being denied a business license. “Everything seems — on the face of it — not up to par from a business license standard [and] from a lawful dispensary standard, so I think there has to be some research into what it is they’re doing, what they are providing [and] what the purpose of the society itself is,” said RCMP Sgt. Norm Flemming. The Merritt Compassion Society opened its doors along Quilchena Avenue at the beginning of the month, but was quickly told to cease operations by the City of Merritt because it was operating without a business license. The city’s corporate officer Melisa Miles said that she subsequently informed the operators of the store that they wouldn’t be issued a business
license, and in response they chose to reopen regardless. The store’s manager has declined to comment to the Herald. Miles said the city has been issuing the business $100 fines for operating illegally as often as possible depending on the bylaw officer’s schedule. Flemming told the Herald the RCMP and the City of Merritt are working together to develop a response to the medical marijuana storefront’s reopening. “I know that it’s going to be addressed, it’s just a matter of when it’s going to be addressed,” Flemming said. When the dispensary first opened, Merritt RCMP issued a statement to the Herald saying that there is no legal mechanism in Canada which allows medicinal marijuana dispensaries or compassion clubs to sell marijuana to the public, regardless of whether or not the purchasing individual(s) have licenses to possess marijuana or whether or not the vendor has a license to produce marijuana.
The Merritt Compassion Society on Quilchena Avenue has reopened without a business license for more than a week now after being told to cease operations earlier in the month for the same reason. But outside of issuing fines, bylaw enforcement doesn’t have the power to shut the storefront down. Such an action would have to come from the local RCMP, who are waiting on further legal advice before taking any steps. Michael Potestio/Herald
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On the third day, as Abraham and the group end. But, the angel stopped his hand in mid air. moved along, God showed him where he was God said, “Don’t touch the boy. Now I know to go.The group stopped. Abraham took the that I can trust you to do what I say.” wood, knife, and supplies they needed, left the What a moment. They looked up and servants, and then he and Isaac went on. there, close by, was a ram with his curled horn I’m sure Abraham didn’t want the young caught on a tree. It was to be the offering men to see him take Isaac’s life. The way Isaac instead of Isaac. What a relief for both of them. said, “We have the wood and the knife, but Why did God do what He did? How often had where is the offering?”Abraham said, “God will Abraham built an altar and offered an animal? supply Himself an offering.” It was usually done with many people They came to the place. Abraham and looking on. Abraham would tell the on-lookers Isaac built an altar, and put the wood on it. what it all meant. The victim animal represented Then, I imagine, Abraham told his dear son that Jesus, who would, one day, come and die in God had chosen him for the offering. What the sinner’s place. It says all have sinned and would Isaac think? “Dad, I’m not going to give the wages of sin is death.Jesus, the Creator, my life up now.” And walk away. Himself, would come and pay the price for all who would accept, love and obey Him, so that But, with his father, they believed God, that he or she could have eternal life. Isaac, the seed was to be called and they believed that seed would resurrect him. Then, Here God stopped Abraham from taking I think, they put there arms around each other the life of his dear son. Abraham was to lear and Abraham said a prayer like he had never what it would feel like when Jesus would be done before as this was a new experience for offered. The Father could not stop it all to save him. His Son for then man would not be saved. So, the Father had to see His dear Son die. Abraham laid Isaac on the wood, tied his arms and legs, and raised his hand, ready to What an amazing love God has for you and plunge it into his son’s heart to make a quick me.
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Red Green’s fast fixes Comedian Steve Smith, better known as Red Green, is touring B.C. in September, reprising TOM FLETCHER his popular TV series B.C. in which he VIEWS fixes every conceivable problem with duct tape. Green’s “I’m Not Old I’m Ripe” tour hits Chilliwack, Victoria, Nanaimo, Courtenay, Surrey, Vernon, Kelowna and Prince George. His formula for deploying the handyman’s secret weapon has proven so popular that Premier Christy Clark may have been inspired. She’s had quite a flurry of hasty repairs in the last few months. Here’s a recap. The B.C. minimum wage was starting to lag behind other provinces, even after the overhaul it received in 2015, where annual increases are tied to inflation. Like Red’s truck tires, there has been a lack of inflation, and a surge of government spending back east leaving B.C. in the dust. B.C.’s wage rose 20 cents last year and was set to go up by another whole dime this fall. There was that familiar ripping sound in May as Clark and Jobs Minister Shirley Bond announced the September increase will be patched up to 40 cents, with another 40-cent increase next fall. Two wraps should hold it until after the election. Remember the episode where Red taped two old Hyundai Ponies side by side to make a handyman’s Hummer? The school system has seen that kind of work in recent months. The first roll was applied by Education Minister Mike Bernier when he announced in March that the ministry’s “fix-it fund” was going from $35 million to $40 million. Then in mid-May, he announced 80 successful projects. The “fix-it fund”
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GWYNNE DYER The international STAGE Rodrigo Duterte, the new president of the Philippines, gives good copy. Here’s a quote from his final election rally: “Forget the laws on human rights. If I make it to the presidential palace, I will do just what I did as mayor. You drug pushers, hold-up men and do-nothings, you better go out. Because I’d kill you. I’ll dump all of you into Manila Bay, and fatten all the fish there.”
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And here’s another, from last Sunday, after United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the UN’s Office on Drugs and Crime condemned Mr Duterte’s “apparent endorsement of extrajudicial killings.” “I do not want to insult you,” Duterte said. (He only called them “stupid.”) “But maybe we’ll just have to decide to separate from the United Nations. If you are that rude, we might just as well leave. So take us out of your organisation. You have done nothing. Never. Except to criticise.” What upset Ban Ki-moon and the UNDOC is the fact that Duterte is having people murdered. Since he took office three months ago, some 900 “suspected drug-dealers” have been
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shot dead by police and civilian vigilantes acting in his name. None was found guilty by a court, and some, of course, were completely innocent. Duterte is not denying it or apologising. Before he leaves office, he says, he’ll just give himself an amnesty: “Pardon given to Rodrigo Duterte for the crime of multiple murder, signed Rodrigo Duterte.” “The Punisher,” as he was known when he was mayor of Davao, is very serious about his “war on drugs”: he recently said he would kill his own children if they took drugs. But crime is not the Philippines’ biggest problem, and it’s not clear what else he is serious about. He talks vaguely about making the Philippines a federal country, but no
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details of his policies and plans have emerged. In fact, he has spent most of the time since his election down south in his Davao stronghold, not in Manila. But he does have a plan of sorts for what to do after he walks out of the United Nations. He says he may ask China and African countries to walk out too and form a rival organization. He doesn’t know much about China or Africa, so maybe he thinks they would like to get together and defy the parts of the world where governments believe that killing people is wrong. “Duterte Harry” (another nickname) is very popular in the Philippines, but he is not really a threat to global order. The hundred million Filpinos will have to live with him
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for the next six years, but the United Nations is not doomed. In fact, it is doing better than most people give it credit for. One proof of this is the fact that the Secretary General now has the right to criticise a member government merely for killing its own citizens. That’s not what it was designed for. When it was created in 1945, as the catastrophe of the Second World War was ending, its main goal was to prevent any more wars like that. The founders tried to give it the appearance of a broader moral force by signing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, but that was mainly window-dressing. The UN was created by the great powers to
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RE: LETTER TO THE EDITOR — INTERCHANGE DANGEROUS (Aug. 9) Great letter. I agree 100 per cent that the intersection in question does need to be looked at. It’s not just truckers that have an issue, it’s also passenger vehicles as well. I’ve witnessed car accidents there before. — posted by “Scott Broderick” via Facebook on Aug. 10
RE: KEHLER’S WHL RIGHTS TRADED TO PORTLAND WINTERHAWKS (Aug. 9) Boooo!!! Sorry to see him go, best of luck!! — posted by “Ken Carruthers” via Facebook on Aug. 10
RE: MERRITT COMPASSION SOCIETY ASKED TO CEASE OPERATIONS (Aug. 4) First the City of Merritt wants to ban smokers from parks now they want to stop these businesses who are trying to legitimately supply medicine to people who would rather smoke pot than take antidepressants, sleeping pills etc. One by one more rules are made to stifle freedom. Time for a change. — posted by “Glen Rutherford” on Aug. 9
RE: NEW RULES IN EFFECT FOR MINE TAILINGS PONDS (Aug. 2) “Self regulation” does not work! This has been repeatedly demonstrated and a few changes that should have been in place won’t be enforced. The damage is done but that doesn’t seem to matter. The people are trying to send the government a message and as usual they are not listening or should I say they are ignoring them. The Ministry of Environment need to put some actual overseers to inspect and document along with a hefty deposit from Businesses before they begin to cover the expenses left to taxpayers after the fact.. — posted by “Mary Urysz” on Aug. 2
From Page 6 had fattened to $45 million, and Bernier was just getting his sleeves rolled up. Hey school districts, remember the $25 million in “administrative savings” the ministry demanded for the second year in a row? Now that you’ve squeezed that from your budgets, Bernier’s good news at the end of May was that the government’s giving it back to use for “front line services for students.” One of those services could be “maintaining schools despite falling enrolment in certain regions,” Bernier announced May 31, foreshadowing the next layer of repairs. Sure enough, a “rural schools fund” was rolled out on June 15. Clark and Cariboo North MLA Coralee Oakes made the announcement in Quesnel, where Kersley and Parkland elementary schools were going to close. Also eligible for a special fund was Okanagan-Similkameen, where Osoyoos high school students were going to be bused a half hour to Oliver. This is hardly unusual in rural schooling around B.C., but these are swing ridings, you see. Kootenay Lake district declined the opportunity to keep Yahk elementary open, with an anticipated fall enrolment of zero students. This all comes during the annual ritual combat between the ministry and Vancouver school board over keeping half-empty schools open. Bernier had one more roll in his overalls. School bus service, one of those things jettisoned or saddled with hundreds of dollars in fees per student as districts scraped up those “administrative savings,” was selectively saved with another $15 million fund announced last week. There have been a few other country fixes. They’re not going to ban weddings on farms any more, for instance. That old jalopy in the back yard you’ve been trying to soup up and get back on the road? Soon you can get a collector plate for that thing, which is perfect if you can only get it running once or twice a year. To paraphrase Red, if the voters don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy. Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca Twitter: @tomfletcherbc
Duerte posturing with United Nations From Page 6 prevent any government from launching another war of international aggression, not to make governments treat their own citizens better. In fact, each major power was effectively guaranteed the right to do whatever it wanted to its own citizens, so long as it did not attack the neighbours. In this, the new UN was just recognizing reality, for every great power was determined to preserve its own “sovereignty.” Even for smaller powers, the great powers could rarely agree on what kind of intervention was desirable, and who should do it. The UN has done well in its original task: it shares the credit with nuclear weapons for the fact that no great power has fought any other for the past 71 years. It has gradually moved into other areas like peace-keeping and promoting the rule of law in the world, but it never interferes inside the territory of
the great powers. Even in smaller countries it almost never intervenes without the invitation of the local government. So when Duterte called the UN useless because “if you are really true to your mandate, you could have stopped all these wars and killings,” he was talking through his hat. Besides, he would never accept UN intervention in his own country to deal with an alleged crime wave. He’s just talking tough because he hates being criticized. It’s very unlikely that he will carry out his threat. The UN is the keystone in the structure of international law that, among many other things, deters China from settling its territorial dispute with the Philippines by force. Rodrigo Duterte is just a problem for the Philippines, not for the UN or the world. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.
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your city centre. It’s not up in Gasoline Alley,” McMurchy said. George said the city is looking into more directional signage via its wayfinder signage strategy, and wants to hear back from the community as to whether or not this banner is helpful. “That will help us decide if we want to put up more at other ends of town,” George said. The banner will adorn the wooden gateway anytime there isn’t a big event in town to promote, George said. Next week is the annual fall fair and rodeo, meaning the banner will be taken down temporarily.
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B.C. communities struggling to deal with unregulated marijuana sales are looking for help, or a piece of the action as growers and sellers compete for a share of the expanding legal market. Pot problems are high on the agenda for the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in September, as local governments continue to deal with fire hazards and retail outlets selling untested marijuana products in defiance of federal and local laws. Nelson and Duncan councils are calling on the provincial and federal governments to share tax revenue with local governments, when the Justin Trudeau government puts its plan to legalize recreational marijuana sales next year. Nelson also wants a say in the legalization process, as a federal-provincial task force tours the country to
hear from public health, police and substance abuse experts. For now, B.C. is the Wild West of pot production. Communities that try to regulate quasi-medical dispensaries find their tickets and orders ignored as shops proliferate in a legal vacuum. Langley fire officials determined this week A federally licensed medical marijuana facility, allowed to supply registered patients by that a recent house mail. Photo courtesy of Black Press. fire was caused by they are “compassion clubs” without a business licence, an explosion in a supplying people with legally as it considers regulations marijuana “extraction lab” recognized medical uses. adopted in Kimberly and using butane as a solvent. Vernon council voted Vancouver. Sooke has three The process is used to make down a proposal to develop dispensaries, as the issue “honey oil” and “shatter,” its own bylaw regulating moves to smaller communia crystal concentrate that dispensaries, as Victoria ties. is one of the most potent and other communities are In the Okanagan, commarijuana preparations. Oils munities are taking a harder doing. A staff report advised and concentrates are sold in councillors that business line. Penticton has cancelled some dispensaries and used licences have not been issued the business licences of in baked goods. because storefront sales medical marijuana shops, Nelson recently saw remain illegal in Canada. despite their arguments that its eighth pot store open
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Merritt’s “grande arche du bois” marking the entrance to the downtown has been given a facelift that’s already proving successful. Last week, the City of Merritt added a banner across the big wooden structure with the words “Downtown Ahead” to help direct travellers in the Gasoline Alley section of town to the city’s core. Bruce McMurchy, the owner of Gun Fishin’ in downtown Merritt, says he’s already noticed an increase in business thanks to the sign. McMurchy had customers from Zimbabwe, Australia, California, Netherlands, Paraguay, Denmark, Germany and Lower Mainland who all said they saw the sign, he told the Herald in an email on Aug. 17. He said this directional signage is what downtown businesses have been asking for. City of Merritt economic development manager Will George said the idea to erect the banner came about from discussions with business owners. “Most people that come through Merritt see all the gas stations and the fast food [restaurants] and the businesses that are up there on the Bench [area of
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The Merritt Centennials announced last week the signing of 18-year-old forward Ethan Skinner from Kincardine, Ont. for the upcoming BCHL season. Skinner joins the Cents following an outstanding 2015-16 campaign with the Elmira Sugar Kings of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League (GOJHL). In 49 regular season and playoff games with the Sugar Kings, the five-foot eight-inch, 175pound centre racked up 24 goals and added 60 assists for 84 points. He was fourth overall in assists and fifth overall in total points in the GOJHL. Skinner’s season included at least one point in 38 of Elmira’s 49 games, and an 11-game point streak that saw him tally 21 points (five goals, 16 assists). He added three goals and seven assists in 11 playoff games. Skinner was a GOJHL Midwestern Conference Second Team All-Star, participated in the GOJHL Top Prospects Game, and was named his conference’s Offensive Player of the Month for
The Merritt Centennials are hoping for great things from 18-year-old centre Ethan Skinner from Kincardine, Ont. The gifted playmaker racked up 84 points in 49 games with Elmira of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey Leaguer last season. Photo submitted
January 2016. Following the conclusion of his junior season with the Sugar Kings, Skinner was added to the roster of the Trenton Golden Hawks of the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) as an affiliate player. Skinner had two assists in six OJHL playoff games to help the Golden Hawks win the Buckland Trophy as league champions. He netted one goal in two additional games
to help Trenton win the Central Canada Junior A Tournament and a berth in the 2016 RBC Cup in Lloydminster, Sask. Skinner did not play any games at the RBC, as the Golden Hawks went 3-1 to finish first after preliminary play, but were upset by the host Bobcats in one of two semi-final games. “We are happy to add Ethan to our team,” said Merritt head coach and GM Joe Martin.
“He’s had a couple of good years with Elmira. This year was unique for him in being able to join Trenton in the OJHL playoffs and the RBC Cup. We look forward to seeing what he can do with our group.” Skinner, for his part, is excited about the opportunity to come out west and play in the British Columbia Hockey League — arguably North America’s top junior A league.
HOCKEY SCHOOL PARTICIPANTS PLAY ON AND OFF THE ICE Youngsters taking part in last week’s Merritt Hockey School got plenty of on-ice sessions at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena (left) as well as an abundance of off-ice dryland activities like lacrosse at the City of Merritt’s multi-purpose sports box (right), located at Central Park.
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“A couple of players that I played with two seasons ago in Elmira went out to B.C., and now there’s about eight players from my league this past season who are headed that way,” said Skinner. “It’s been my goal for five or six years to get a hockey scholarship. I’ve always had the college route in the back of my mind. Hopefully, being in Merritt will give me a better opportunity to do that.”
Skinner was born and raised on the shores of Lake Huron. His parents both work at the nearby Bruce Nuclear Generating Plant — the largest nuclear power station in the world by total reactor count. He has a 16-year-old brother who is also playing junior hockey. “I come from a family that’s big into sports. It’s kind of a lifestyle,” said Skinner. His love of the frozen game started early. “I played some baseball and soccer growing up, but I knew from a young age that hockey was what I wanted to do,” he said. Skinner played on regional AAA teams during his bantam and midget years, before joining the Sugar Kings in 2014. “I finished my Grade 12 the first year I was in Elmira,” said Skinner, “then took some courses at [Sir Wilfrid] Laurier University in Waterloo during my second season.” Skinner was first contacted by Martin in early May of this year. “I was still away with the Golden Hawks at the time, so I didn’t reply right away,” he said. “We continued to talk on the phone about once a week for a good
month or two before I made the decision. “With everything that Joe brought to the table, and the kind of small-town experience that Merritt offered, I just thought that it would be a good fit,” said Skinner. A right winger in minor hockey, Skinner was moved to centre with the Sugar Kings. He has thrived in the dual role of scorer and playmaker. Centennials’ fans can look forward to seeing this talented young player from Ontario in action this week, along with many other new recruits and returning veterans. Training camp began on Monday of this week and continues through till September 3. The second of two intersquad games goes tonight (Aug. 23) at 7 p.m. Exhibition play commences on Wednesday night, when the Centennials host the Salmon Arm Silverbacks at 7 p.m. Merritt’s two other pre-season home games are on Aug. 27 versus Vernon, and on Sept. 3 against the RBC-champion West Kelowna Warriors. Both of those games are also at 7 p.m.
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