Merritt Herald - February 11, 2014

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COOKING UP A STORM Members of the What’s Cookin’ Good Lookin’ class at the Civic Centre whipped up some bread and cinnamon rolls during their final class on Feb. 5 under instruction from local artist Meriel Barber (top right). Over the course of the class, the kids learned how to make rice, chicken and healthy cookies, to name a few. The program is one of dozens of City of Merritt leisure programs.

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Masked men point gun at wrong man A local man was threatened at gunpoint by masked men in Merritt last week.

The man reported to RCMP he was leaving a friend’s house on Voght Street around 8:50 p.m. on Feb. 3 when he noticed a black Lincoln Navigator idling on a nearby street.

The Navigator pulled up alongside his car shortly after he started driving. A man in the rear passenger seat of the Navigator wearing a balaclava covering his face was pointing a shotgun at him.

The men in the Navigator yelled threats and

obscenities at the victim, who put his car in reverse and drove home. The suspect vehicle did not appear to follow him, the man told police.

It appears the suspects mistook the victim for another Merritt resident who is known to police, according

to an RCMP press release.

Merritt RCMP received a call from the man at 9:05 p.m. describing the situation and the vehicle, which matched a description of a vehicle known to police.

By 9:20 p.m., police located the vehicle near Nicola Avenue and Houston

Street and arrested the three men inside without incident.

Twenty-four-year-old Edward Soviak, from Coquitlam; 24-year-old Mark Kraljevic from Surrey and Merritt; and 27-year-old Tyler Grieve of Coquitlam and Merritt face charges of assault with a weapon. They

are scheduled to appear in court in Merritt on March 18.

None of the charges against them have been proven in court.

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS

Seeing red for Heart & Stroke

By Michael Potestio THE HERALD

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Stop in at a business in Merritt this Valentine’s Day and you’ll likely be seeing red.

Once again, Merritt businesses will be participating in the Dress Red event, an initiative that raises funds for the Heart and Stroke Foundation by having participants adorn themselves and their businesses in red.

Employees at participating businesses will usually donate $5 to

enrol in the event and dress themselves and their workplace in all shades of the flagship colour prior to having a panel of judges determine the best dressed.

Lyndsey Wilks, Hub Barton insurance broker and co-organizer of the Dress Red event, told the Herald that on average, the event raises about $2,000 with 15 participating businesses.

Currently, Hub Barton Insurance is seeking a third judge and ideally look for someone

who has been afflicted by a stroke or who benefits from the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Wilks said.

The prize for bestdressed is a large gift basket, but other participants will get swag as well.

Throughout the month, participating businesses will also conduct some additional fundraising initiatives, Wilks said.

Whether the business would like to dress red and donate money is up to them.

Some businesses simply donate money and forego getting dressed up.

However, there are some participants who get right into the spirit of the event.

Wilks said Merritt’s retirement homes typically go all out for Dress Red. “They’re so fun.

They’re hilarious,” Wilks said.

“Nicola Meadows and the Florentine, they just love it, and they get decked right out,” she said, adding

Tele-workshop offers caregivers tax strategies Tax season may bring some good news for local families living with dementia.

Caregivers and people with dementia may qualify for additional tax credits that can save them money.

They can find out how to claim the credits and get other income tax tips through a free tele-workshop offered by the non-profit Alzheimer Society of B.C. Certified financial planner Catherine Laird will lead the two-hour session entitled Understanding Tax Credits, Income Splitting and

Estate Planning for People with Dementia on Thursday at 7 p.m.

Laird, with Investors Group Financial Services Inc., is a member of the Elder Friendly Community Network in Victoria. For more than 20 years, she has worked with seniors and their families to ensure that their financial affairs are set up for their benefit and protection.

During the tele-workshop, she will explain tax benefits available to caregivers and people with dementia, such as the disability tax credit and the reimbursement of

some medical expenses.

She will also show local families how to use income-splitting strategies, and explain some of the key elements of trusts and estate planning.

To connect to the session, visit momentum. adobeconnect.com/ alzheimerbc (enter as a guest) or phone 1-866994-7745, then enter pass code 1122333 when prompted.

Tele-workshops are learning sessions designed for family caregivers, but are also open to health-care providers.

Recognizing that many

caregivers are unable to attend in-person workshops, the sessions can be accessed via telephone or computer to view the live presentation. At the end of the tele-workshop, participants have an opportunity to ask questions and share with others who are in similar situations.

For more information on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, which affect one in 11 Canadians over the age of 65, visit the society’s website at alzheimerbc. org.

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that they make their own decorations and eat healthy food.

People can also pick up a heart and stroke pin in exchange for a financial donation at Hub Barton.

Wilks said she thinks people on a day-to-day basis forget how important heart health is, and this event is a way to remind the public, bring the community together and spark healthy eating and an active lifestyle.

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS

Theo Fleury to speak in Merritt Thurs.

By Michael Potestio THE HERALD

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This Thursday, Merritt will be visited by a former NHL All-Star, Stanley Cup champion and Olympic gold medalist.

Theo Fleury will be in town to present his motivational speech Don’t Quit Before the Miracle at the Civic Centre at 7 p.m.

The Nicola Tribal Association (NTA) and Aboriginal Training and Employment Program (ATEP) are bringing the former NHL star and author to the Nicola Valley.

NTA executive director Rick Yellowhorn told the Herald they decided to bring in Fleury to celebrate the success of the students who take part in the ATEP program and encourage them.

Yellowhorn also said Fleury’s personal story is a powerful and well-known one they wanted to motivate the ATEP students.

“We wanted to provide that inspiration and motiva-

tion for the students in spite of the challenges that they have faced and will face in their lives. They can persevere and it’s important to persevere, mainly for themselves, but they can obviously inspire their family and friends, and close people as well,” Yellowhorn said.

The ATEP program is a collaborative effort between the NTA and Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (NVIT), which focuses on the challenges and barriers that exist outside of the classroom for its students.

“Their biggest challenges in life are probably going to be outside the classroom, not inside the classroom,” Yellowhorn said.

He said the ATEP program supplies its students with supports and encouragement to deal with personal issues.

Students in the ATEP program are enrolled at NVIT. He said Fleury’s story is one many people can iden-

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ATEP students are invited guests and get in free of charge, but about 100 tickets to the event are available to the public, he said.

Fleury’s speech this Thursday will centre around his personal struggle and

redemption, which he wrote about in his book.

In 2009, Fleury co-authored Playing with Fire, which revealed that he had been sexually abused by his former junior hockey coach Graham James. It also covered his struggle with addiction and

ability to overcome his personal demons.

Today, Fleury is one of Canada’s most in-demand motivational speakers.

Tickets are available in advance for $30 and at the door for $40. Doors open for the event at 6 p.m.

POLICE REPORT

Assault, stolen satchel leads police briefs On Feb. 4 at approximately 11:30 a.m., Merritt RCMP responded to a citizen’s complaint of assault and robbery near the Greyhound bus station in the 3900 block of Airport Road in Merritt.

Investigation revealed that the victim had his identification and satchel taken from him. The victim was kicked and punched by two males and suffered minor injuries. One male was described as bald with a hoodie; both males jumped in a grey Mazda 3 with B.C. licence plate 950 TLN and took off. The investigation is continuing.

If anyone has any information about this, they are asked to call the Merritt detachment or Crime Stoppers.

gation determined that her ability to operate a motor vehicle was impaired. Her driving privileges were suspended for 24 hours and her vehicle was impounded for three days.

Impaired driver fails to signal On Feb. 2 at approximately 2:30 a.m., Merritt RCMP observed a vehicle travelling north on Douglas Street that failed to signal right when turning onto Clapperton Avenue. The vehicle was stopped and the driver, a local 50-yearold female, was found to have been drinking. Investi-

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Impaired driver nearly hits curb On Feb. 1 at approximately 1 a.m., Merritt RCMP observed a vehicle travelling on Voght Street and nearly hitting the curb when turning onto Coldwater Avenue. The vehicle was stopped and the driver, a local 52-year-old female, was found to have been drinking. Investigation determined that her ability to operate a motor vehicle was impaired. Her driving privileges were suspended for 90 days and her vehicle

was impounded for 30 days.

Break and enter On Jan. 31 at approximately 1:30 a.m., Merritt RCMP responded to a citizen’s complaint of a break and enter into a residence in the 2400 block of Coldwater Avenue. The homeowner was shaken up and told police that they heard someone enter the residence, then they screamed and the unknown person(s) took off through the back door. The suspect is described as a male with long, greasy hair, holding a bag in his hands. Police Dog Services attended but the suspect was not located. If anyone has any information about this, they are asked to call the Merritt detachment or Crime Stoppers.

Man arrested in Houston Street disturbance On Jan. 30 at approximately 7:30 p.m., Merritt RCMP responded to a citizen’s complaint of a disturbance at a residence in the 1500 block of Houston Street. Investigation by police resulted in the arrest of 22-year-old Mark Dewar for assault and for breaching his conditional sentence order. This order had been in place since April 2013.

Mr. Dewar was remanded in custody and appeared in provincial court in early February. The charges have not been proven in court.

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REMEMBER WHEN? From the Herald archives: February, 1975 Over 5,000 volunteer hours given to hospital in ’74 The annual meeting of the hospital auxiliary was held Feb. 4 with 37 members present.

President Bobbe Dewinetz opened the meeting by welcoming new members Linda Doyle and Wendy Hendricks.

The recapitulation of all Auxiliary accounts showed a balance of $9,646.61. The report was accepted as audited and it was moved a gift be sent to Mr. Al Jack.

Committee heads reported on the success of various services provided by the hospital auxiliary, a total of 5,101 volunteer hours were donated by the members. Membership for 1974 was 74 members.

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BUSINESSES OPERATING IN NEIGHBOURHOODS? ATTENTION those who are interested in participating in the home-based business task force

Ring-necked dove making noise The following is an excerpt from the Jan. 28 regular city council meeting agenda.

Bylaw report for December 2013 Animal control Issues surrounding dogs in our city continue to remain at low levels.

Calls to the bylaw office and complaints on the street continue to be minimal, to say the least.

In the month of December, the city impounded three dogs. Two were returned to their owners and one was adopted out to Angel’s Animal Rescue. In addition, one other dog was taken into protective custody and returned to the owner the same day. Dog-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.

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 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.

Parking Parking in the downtown core remains a high priority for bylaw with only nine infractions in the month of December.

Trucks over the 16,000 kg GVW continue to stray off the truck route but our overall compliance remains high. The problem

with untarped loads has surfaced on Houston Street and bylaw will be following up on the few leads that we have received regarding this problem.

In the month of December, the bylaw office issued a total of nine tickets. Eight were parking infractions in our downtown core

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and one was for a truck off the truck route.

Once again, this office looks at ticketing as a last resort. Education is the primarily tool that will continue to be used in order to achieve compliance.

A series of meetings are being planned to discuss home based businesses operating in neighbourhoods and what impacts; positive or negative that exist.

We are looking for representation from those with existing home-based business, those who have businesses in commercial areas, and those that are simply interested in the matter.

If you are interested in participating in the discussion and wish to attend 4 to 5 1-hour meetings on the task force please contact Sean O’Flaherty at City Hall at 250-378-8620.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED CITY OF MERRITT OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 2162, 2013 ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 2163, 2013 The City of Merritt Council will be holding a Public Hearing pursuant to Section 892 of the Local Government Act, to consider amendments to the City of Merritt Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2116, 2011 and the City of Merritt Zoning Bylaw No. 1894, 2004 for the lands, shown as “subject properties” on the sketch plan below: The City of Merritt Council will consider amending: r 5IF 0GGJDJBM $PNNVOJUZ 1MBO CZ BNFOEJOH UIF &BTU .FSSJUU %JBNPOE 7BMF 6TF %FTJHOBUJPO NBQ r ;POJOH "NFOENFOU CZ BNFOEJOH UIF .FSSJUU -BOE 6TF %FTJHOBUJPO NBQ CZ DIBOHJOH UIF DVSSFOU [POJOH GSPN $ 4FSWJDF $PNNFSDJBM UP 3 -PX %FOTJUZ Residential.

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HERALD OPINION John Kerry’s quixotic Middle East quest

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John Kerry has been U.S. Secretary of State for precisely one year.

During that time, he has already rescued President Barack Obama from his ill-considered promise to bomb Syria if it crossed the “red line” and used poison gas.

Kerry has also opened serious negotiations with Iran on its alleged attempt to build nuclear weapons, while taking on the job of brokering an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord.

Getting Obama off the hook was useful and may yet lead to the U.S. ending its support for the insurgency in Syria, which, at this point, would probably be the least bad outcome.

Opening negotiations with Iran was long overdue and makes the nightmare prospect of an American or a joint U.S.-Israeli air attack on Iran less likely.

But, even King Solomon and Avicenna (Ibn Sina), sitting jointly in judgment on the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, could not broker a peace accord there.

Kerry is indefatigable.

He has been to Israel/Palestine 11 times in the past year and spent as many as 100 hours face-to-face with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas or their close advisers.

Unlike all the previous “brokers,” Kerry has been astoundingly discreet: not a hint of what has been said in private has leaked into the public domain.

And, yet, there is almost no hope of a real peace deal.

If persistence in the face of all the odds was enough, Kerry would be the man who finally made it happen.

(Israeli defence minister Moshe Yaalon recently complained that Kerry’s approach is “obsessive and messianic.”)

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Suspend your disbelief and get lost at sea

Emily Wessel Merritt MUSINGS It’s the sort of story you would expect to see on the big screen (and if you’ve seen the 2000 Tom Hanks adventure-drama Castaway, you have), but this one

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happened in real life.

At least, allegedly. You can decide if you believe it.

A 37-year-old man sets off for a day of shark fishing off the coast of Mexico in December 2012 and washes ashore on the remote Marshall Islands a year later, having travelled 8,800 kilometres unintentionally on open ocean.

The man told officials he’s from El Salvador but has lived and worked in Mexico for 15 years.

He set off with a teenager named Ezekiel, pegged at between 15 and

18, in his 23-foot fibreglass boat.

The boat and its fishermen were blown off course by a storm and left adrift, lost at sea.

The man said he survived on small raw fish that swam near the boat and sea birds.

He said his companion died about a month in.

Officials are investigating the man’s story, their tentativeness somewhat complicated by the unlikelihood of a man arriving on the tiny atoll Ebon in the Pacific Ocean by choice and seemingly out

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of nowhere.

They say he appeared in relatively good health, noting he didn’t look emaciated but actually puffy in some places.

His long hair and beard are consistent with a year’s growth, however.

While there’s room for doubt at this point as to the legitimacy of the man’s story, I’m choosing to suspend my disbelief.

After all, it wouldn’t be the first time someone survived at sea for an extreme period of time.

In October 2005, five fishermen set off from the

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coast of Mexico on their 25-foot fibreglass boat for three days of shark fishing.

They complete their setup to snag some sharks, but when they return the next day to haul in their aquatic bounty, they find their equipment is all gone. They search frantically for their expensive equipment, eventually burning through all their fuel. They are too far out from shore to row back, and the water is getting rough.

Oops.

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YOUR OPINION Stories of survival against all odds From Page 6 The five fishermen have no choice but to succumb their control to the current and the winds, and are swept out to sea.

After about four days adrift, they manage to catch some rainwater, but after a month, two of the five die from starvation.

Over the next eight months, the three survivors live on a diet of 103 sea turtles (one of the men kept a tally etched into the side of the boat), sea birds, and large fish and sharks. They use pieces of their broken engine to build a fishing rod and catch small fish, some of which they eat and some of which they use as bait to catch larger fish, and so on until they’re eating shark.

Finally, in August 2006, nearly a year later, the men are spotted by a Taiwanese fishing trawler near the Marshall Islands.

They had drifted across the Pacific Ocean and ended up about 200 miles from the north coast of Australia.

In January 2009, two men were spotted floating in a five-foot-by-four-foot freezer in shark-infested waters north of Australia in the blue expanse of the Pacific Ocean.

The two ended up adrift at sea in the freezer after their 10-metre wooden Thai

fishing boat splintered and sank, taking the other 18 people on board with it.

The survivors climbed into the freezer, which proved to be their saving grace in more than one way: it caught fresh drinking water for them from the almost daily monsoon rains.

They lived in that ice box for 25 days, bobbing uncontrollably on the open water.

In 2002, 62-year-old Richard Van Pham set sail from Long Beach, Calif. to Catalina Island. The trip was supposed to take three to four hours.

Fast forward over three months, when he is spotted drifting in a battered boat about 400 kilometres southwest of Costa Rica.

A storm had broken his engine, mast and communications equipment before he could reach his intended destination. In the ensuing months, he managed to catch sea birds, fish and collect rainwater. He used salt from evaporated sea water to preserve the meat he caught, and cooked it on a small grill fuelled by wood from his own boat. Van Pham was found in relatively good condition, given the circumstances.

It is simply incredible what people can do given the right combination of skills, knowledge and drive to survive — and let’s not forget a healthy heaping of luck.

But, Kerry has no leverage.

He has to rely on the desire of the two leaders to make the “peace process” work and it just isn’t there — not, at least, on any terms that both would find acceptable.

The list of deal-breakers includes almost every topic under discussion: The borders of a Palestinian state, the future of the Jewish settlements in the occupied territories, whether Jerusalem can be the joint capital of Israel and Palestine, whether Israel can maintain a military presence in the Jordan Valley, the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their ancestral homes and Israel’s demand that the Palestinians recognize it as an explicitly Jewish

state.

The last demand, which was only raised in the past couple of years, seems deliberately designed to be unacceptable to the Palestinians.

Not only are they required to acknowledge the legitimacy of the Israeli state (which they have already done), but also to give their blessing to the ethnic and religious character of that state.

It is not normal in diplomacy for one state to comment upon the internal arrangements of another, let alone give them its public support.

Even the United States, Israel’s closest ally and supporter, does not officially recognize it as a “Jewish state.”

The Israeli demand is an attempt to rub the Palestin-

ians’ noses in their defeat — and why would you set out to do that if you really wanted a deal?

The Palestinian insistence on a “right of return,” however rooted in natural justice, is equally self-defeating in practice.

Everybody knows a peace deal must mean compensation for the refugees of 1948 and their descendants, not a general right of return to what is now Israel, for that really would mean the end of the “Jewish state.”

But, no Palestinian leader has ever dared to say so out loud.

Why, then, has Kerry embarked on his quixotic mission to make the “peace process” work?

It has been effectively dead for at least a dozen years, although it remains unburied because the pre-

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tense that it is still alive allows everybody to avoid hard decisions.

Kerry, though, with his nine-month deadline to achieve a comprehensive “final-status agreement” (which expires in April), is taking it seriously.

His own explanation is lyrical but opaque: “I believe that history is not made by cynics. It is made by realists who are not afraid to dream.”

However, the business about “making history” is, perhaps, sincere.

Kerry has had a long and interesting career as a senator and even took a shot at the presidency, but this is probably his last big job and he wants to make his mark.

As the reality of what he is up against strikes home, Kerry has scaled back his ambitions a good deal.

For some months now, he has been talking about a more modest “framework” deal by April that would establish a set of basic principles for further talks.

Such deals commit nobody to anything and are, therefore, a popular way of pretending to make progress, but he’ll be lucky to get even that.

The French general Pierre Bosquet, watching the suicidal charge of the British Light Brigade in the Crimean War in 1854, said: “It is magnificent, but it is not war. It’s madness.”

Kerry’s foredoomed quest for a final peace settlement between Israel and the Palestinians is magnificent too, in its own peculiar way.

But, it’s not diplomacy.

It’s hubris. gwynnedyer.com

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Discussing services for veterans DAN ALBAS View from the HILL The last week has been a busy one on Parliament Hill with far too many topics to raise in the limited space of this week’s report. For that reason, I would like to focus on the topic I believe is of greatest importance, and that is veteran services and how that relates to the closure of eight Veterans Affairs offices.

Currently in Canada, there are just under 600,000 veterans with roughly 130,000 of those veterans having a file with Veterans Affairs. Historically, there have been 68 Veterans Affairs offices in Canada, including one in Okanagan-Coquihalla that is located in Penticton.

The Penticton office is not one of the eight recently closed. These

Veterans Affairs offices have certainly been beneficial for veterans in the 68 communities they are located in. However, this also leaves many regions of Canada without an office to service as an access point for veteran services. It should also be noted that Veterans Affairs offices do not actually provide services directly to veterans – these offices serve as administrative points of contact so that veterans can ultimately access the services and benefits they do need.

Aside from appearing at a Veterans Affairs office in person, veterans do have other options to obtain services from Veterans Affairs. By far, the most popular option is through the telephone as each year there are slightly over 700,000 calls made by veterans to the department. In-home service is also available to those veterans who may have mobility challenges.

However, in-home visits are not currently tracked, so it is unclear how many veterans use this service. More recently, veteran services have also been offered online,

and although some have questioned the ability of veterans to access services online, about 15,000 veterans have accessed services electronically.

In order to further increase the accessibility options for the many veterans who live in regions of Canada that are not among the 68 with a Veterans Affairs office, our government is expanding Service Canada to also include the ability to access Veterans Affairs benefits and Services. This decision ensures that veteran services can be accessed at roughly 600 more Service Canada locations than was previously possible. In eight communities in Canada, a situation arose where a Service Canada office was in extremely close proximity to a preexisting Veterans Affairs office.

As an example, in five of these communities, Service Canada and Veterans Affairs offices were located in the same building, and in two other circumstances, were within a kilometre of one another.

In these situations

of close proximity, the decision was made to close the Veterans Affairs office and transfer some of the staff to the Service Canada office.

Once these changes take effect, there will be 60 Veterans Affairs offices remaining, combined with 600 Service Canada locations — meaning veterans who desire to access service in person will have over 650 locations across Canada to do so.

Veteran benefits have been increased overall by close to $5 billion in new and additional funding.

This has been invested to expand the eligibility for the permanent impairment allowance, setting monthly minimums for veterans in rehabilitation, and doubling the funds available to a family under the funeral and burial program — in just a few examples of where the increased funding is being spent.

This does not mean that challenges do not remain. We are also fortunate in Canada that the Royal Canadian Legion operates 1,461 branches Canada-wide.

The legion is a valuable

resource in representing the interests of veterans and works closely with all levels of government to help ensure the needs of our veterans are looked after.

The legion also provides support services to veterans that are made possible through donations to the poppy fund.

I believe Canadians are united in sharing the view that it is critically important veterans receive the benefits and services that they need.

If you would like further information on specific veteran programs or services, please do not hesitate to contact me directly. I can be reached via email at dan.albas@ parl.gc.ca or toll-free at 1-800-665-8711.

Dan Albas is the member of Parliament for OkanaganCoquihalla. More MP reports can be found at danalbas.com.

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The pipeline of Junior A hockey players from the Merritt Centennials organization to American universities continues to flow.

It was announced last week that Cents’ forward Scotty Patterson and defenceman Shane Poulsen have both commited to NCAA Division 1 college programs south of the border commencing in September 2014.

Twenty-year-old Patterson, who hails from North Vancouver, has accepted a scholarship to attend Lake Superior State University (LSSU) in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., while Kamloops-born Poulsen, 19, has earned a scholarship to the University of Nebraska-Omaha (UNO).

The commitments by Patterson and Poulsen bring the number of current Centennials headed Stateside to continue their hockey and educational careers to five.

Just last month, 19-year-old netminder Devin Kero accepted a scholarship to Michigan Tech in Houghton, Mich., the same school that 18-year-old defenceman Dane Birks committed to in the fall of 2012. This past October, 18-year-old forward Jeff Wight agreed to attend the University of Connecticut, likely in the fall of 2015.

Patterson, who is finishing his second full season with the Centennials after playing Jr. B hockey in Osoyoos for one year, said that earning a scholarship to a U.S college has long been a dream of his.

“It’s always been a goal since I was playing midget hockey. I’m pretty thankful to have achieved it.”

Poulsen, who was traded to Merritt last summer by the Trail Smoke Eaters for Brendan Lamont, expressed similar senti-

BOUND FOR THE STATES Merritt Centennials Scotty Patterson (27) and Shane Poulsen (4) are both headed to U.S. colleges next season to continue their education and play NCAA Division 1 hockey. North Vancouver’s Patterson, 20, will join the Lake Superior State University Lakers in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., while the 19-year-old Poulsen, from Kamloops, will become a University of Nebraska-Omaha Maverick. Ian Webster/Herald

ments.

“Ever since minor hockey, that’s been what I wanted to do,” he said.

Patterson and Poulsen were first contacted by their respective schools in November of last year.

“I talked to their assistant coach, Tim Christian, at one of our home games. They showed an interest in me,” said Patterson.

“I wrote my ACT (American College Testing) exam in December, and got the marks back in the second week of January. Last Tuesday, after the Trail game, I received an email from them with an offer.

I spoke with them three times between Tuesday and Sunday before I finalized things.

“They gave me such a good offer that I really couldn’t say no,” added Patterson. “I took it now, so that I can concentrate on my hockey. I didn’t want to wait too long.”

Poulsen’s first contact

with UNO was also with an assistant coach, Alex Todd.

“I think that they had seen me at the Showcase (in Chilliwack in September) a little bit, and then had got up a couple of times during the year.”

Poulsen had a difficult decision to make as he also had a significant offer from the University of Vermont.

“I had some good talks with both schools,” said Poulsen. “I just liked the fit at Nebraska. Alex really seemed to know what they wanted and needed in their D-men, and what type of player they were looking for.”

Both players and their respective families did their due diligence before committing.

“I knew absolutely nothing about Lake Superior State and the Lakers’ hockey program prior to them getting in touch with me,” said Patterson. “Since then,

I’ve learned a lot. My dad and I have gone over their website thoroughly and looked at their school programs, their campus, their dorms, the town they’re in…pretty much everything.”

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. (nicknamed The Soo) is located on the shores of the St. Marys River which connects Lake Superior and Lake Huron.

“The population’s only about 15,000, so in some ways it’s a lot like Merritt,” said Patterson.

“Since moving to Merritt, I’ve really come to like small towns quite a bit.

“Hockey is LSSU’s only NCAA Division 1 sport, so everybody knows the players and follows the team closely.”

In contrast, Poulsen will be going to a fullfledged American city of almost half a million.

“From everything that I’ve heard, [Omaha] is a really nice place,” he said.

“They’ve got a new rink coming at the start of the 2015 season.

“Nebraska’s location weighed into my decision a little bit. It’s a lot closer than Vermont, and the direct flights out of Spokane and Seattle make a difference. It’ll be easier to get home, and for my family to come

down and see me. I know my dad doesn’t like missing many of my games.”

Both Patterson and Poulsen consulted friends and acquaintances who are currently on scholarship in the States for advice.

“My brother has a couple of friends who have gone,” said Patterson. “One of them attends RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology in New York State). He says that it’s a blast, an experience that you have to go through if you get the chance.

“I also talked to (ex-Centennial) Brent Fletcher, who is attending the University of Alabama-Huntsville along with former Cents Chad Brears and Regan Soquila. He said that he loves it.”

Poulsen turned to a few close friends from Kamloops for words of wisdom.

“Brendan and Riley Nash (who both played

for the Salmon Arm Silverbacks) went to Cornell. I’ve known them for a long time, and I train with them in the summer. I played minor hockey with Morgan Zulinick, who went to the University of Wisconsin when he was 18. All three said it was a great experience.”

At the moment, both Patterson and Poulsen plan to enrol in business programs at their respective schools.

“I had that in mind wherever and whenever I went to school,” said Patterson. It was my number one choice.”

Poulsen would like to get a business degree out of the way first before possibly studying law further down the road.

Patterson, who was leading the Centennials in goals (25) and total points (45) as of Feb. 7, will join an LSSU team that competes in the WCHA conference along with schools such as

Michigan Tech, AlaskaAnchorage, Bowling Green and Minnesota State.

While the Lakers’ current roster has just one BCHL graduate (Mitch Nardi, Coquitlam Express) listed, Patterson will be joined next season by the captain of this year’s Vernon Vipers, Ryan Renz. The two of them will undoubtedly look forward to playing Tech (Birks, Kero), Alabama-Huntsville (Brears, Fletcher, Soquila) and even Bowling Green, which has just signed former Centennial Jakob Reichert to a scholarship.

The University of Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks also have just one ex-BCHLer on their current roster — goalie Kirk Thompson from the Prince George Spruce Kings — however, in addition to Poulsen, they will be adding Brian Rideout from this year’s Powell River Kings and West Kelowna’s David Pope to their ranks for the coming season.

The Mavs play in the newly-formed NCHC conference along with powerhouses North Dakota and Denver, along with the likes of Minnesota-Duluth and Miami.

While Patterson will age out of his junior hockey career at the end of this season, Poulsen will be foregoing his one more year of junior eligibility.

“I would have loved to come back for another season,” said the six-foot, four-inch Poulsen. “I’ve really liked it [in Merritt].

But you can’t pass up an opportunity when it comes.”

While Patterson and Poulsen are excited about the next stage in their lives, both players remain very focused on the here and now.

“We’re bound and determined to make the playoffs and have a long run,” said Patterson. “I don’t want to end my Merritt experience anytime soon.”

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Sport 4 x 4/Diesel 6 Passenger/Blue Tooth/Pwr Pkg/Box Liner/ Heated Seats/Tow Pkg T20782

Double Cab 4 x 4/4.6L/3” Lift Kit/Alloys/Full Pwr Pkg/Box Liner/Side Step Bars

2006 VW Jetta GLS

2008 Toyota Rav 4 Sport

2006 Toyota Tundra

2011 Toyota 4Runner

2011 Toyota Yaris Sedan

$10,999

$20,990

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2.0L Turbo/6 Speed Manual Air/Leather Seats/Pwr Roof Alloys/Memory Seats

4x4/3.5L/Air/Leather Heated Seats/Pwr Roof/Alloys/Fog Lights/ABS

Limited Double Cab 4x4/4.7L/ Air/Tow Pkg/Pwr Roof/ Leather Seats/6 Disc CD/Pwr Sliding Rear Window T24061A

V6/4WD/7 Passenger/Bluetooth/Pwr Roof/Backup Camera/XM Radio/Leather Seats

ONLY 15,700 Kms/Air/Traction Control/Pwr Pkg Keyless Entry

T24351

T23641

T24171

T22371

X3452

T21211

2012 Toyota Tundra TRD

2012 Toyota Corolla XRS

2011 Toyota Tundra SR5

2004 Toyota Highlander

2009 Toyota Prius

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2.4L/5 Speed/Bluetooth/ Leather heated Seats/Pwr Roof/ABS

Double Cab 4x4/5.7L/Bluetooth/XM Radio/Tow Pkg/Fog Lights/Alloys/Full Pwr Pkg

V6 4WD/3.3L/Low Kms/AirLeather Heated Seats/Cruise/ ABS/CD

T21641

T24081

X3476

Hybrid “Premium” Air/JBL Audio/6 Disc Cd/Backup Camera/Traction Control/ Bluetooth T22931

2009 Toyota Yaris CE

2010 Toyota Tundra SR5

2001 Toyota Tundra SR5

2004 Toyota Sienna LE

2005 Toyota Avalon XLS

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$27,900

$13,500

3 Door HB/Great Fuel Economy!/Air/Pwr Pkg/Keyless Entry/AUX Input

Double Cab 4x4/4.6L/6 Passenger/Only 62,000 Kms/Air/ Box Liner/Tow Pkg/Pwr Pkg

AccessCab 4x4/Hard To Find!/3.4L/6 Pasenger/Air/ Box Liner/Tow Pkg/CD

T23071

T23341

X3513

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