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Local petition pushes back against branding By Emily Wessel THE HERALD

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ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET Nicola Meadows resident Audrey Nelson welcomed Dress Red for Heart and Stroke mascot “Hot Lips Houlihan” (named for the MASH character because of his heart-shaped lips) to the retirement home where he will reside for six months. In a first in the event’s eight-year history in Merritt, there was a tie for the top spot. With scores of 10 across the board for decorations, enthusiasm and dress, Nicola Meadows and the Florentine shared the top honours. Each will get a gift basket from Heart and Stroke and the residence’s name embroidered on Hot Lips’ T-shirt. The monkey will also spend six months at the Florentine. For more photos from the Dress Red event, turn to pages 10 and 11. Emily Wessel/Herald

The backlash against Merritt’s new brand and tagline “Country with attitude” has been swift, vocal and damning. Local people have been circulating a petition opposing the new brand and tagline and have hundreds of signatures after just a few days. Some critics of the branding say the word “attitude” has a negative connotation that they don’t want associated with their town. Lana Schindler signed the petition in front of the post office on Tuesday, citing that connotation as her biggest concern. “A lot of people I’ve talked to agree that it just comes off negatively,” she said. Long-time Merritt resident Marguerite Kempin said she would sign a petition against the branding, and that she doesn’t like the tagline because the word “attitude” is not timeless. “I don’t like it because that’s a slang term that is a popular term at this time, but is it going to be a popular term four years down the road?” she said. “I think it’s much too slang, much too young and not really mature enough for a city.” People who are displeased with the branding are slated to speak before council as a delegation at the beginning of the next regular meeting on Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. It certainly isn’t hard to find someone who’s displeased with the branding — just about everyone has an opinion on the topic, which

is undoubtedly the talk of the town. The branding was adopted by city council at its regular meeting on Feb. 11, and included a condition that implementation of the new brand includes a public open house. Imagery associated with the brand will be unveiled at the open house. That open house is slated for March 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Civic Centre. However, some critics of the branding say the open house should have taken place before it was accepted by council. Merritt Mayor Susan Roline is standing up for the city’s new brand direction in the wake of the backlash. Roline said it was devised over a lengthy process that included about 140 community members in workshops facilitated by the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA), a regional division of the tourism marketing Crown corporation Destination BC. Those workshops took input from stakeholders on the direction the new brand should go in. TOTA presented three taglines to council after distilling the input. The other two choices were “Country branded” and “Kicking back.” Roline said it wasn’t just council’s choice on the tagline, and that a focus group with seven high school students helped narrow down the brand.

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“Attitude� sparking debate From Page 1 “The strong choice was ‘Country with attitude,’ so that’s where we’ll work. This is sort of just the stepping stone into the next phases. This isn’t the end-all and be-all of this branding.� Roline said the focus group featured high school students because the brand is aimed at a younger set. “We wanted to get the young people who are travelling with their families and even the young single people who travel for the experiences, whether it’s mountain biking, skiing, all-terrain vehicles, whatever their interests are,� she said. “We don’t market and we don’t brand for our residents because they know why they live here. They know why they love our community. We’re trying to pull

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‘Merritt has always had an attitude.’ — MERRITT MAYOR SUSAN ROLINE

in those other tourists or those people who might want to look at living here, investing here or doing their business here. That’s what branding’s all about.� Roline said the word “attitude� doesn’t have to have a negative connotation. “Merritt has always had an attitude,� she said. “We want to be winners in all our sports. We want to be ahead of the parade, so to speak. We want to do things differently. That all takes attitude to get there.� Roline acknowledged the criticism of council’s approval of the rebrand before the tagline went

public. “Maybe the first step shouldn’t have come out like it did, but I can’t change that now,� she said. Reviewing the city’s brand was identified by council as a priority in 2009. Roline said there appears to be confusion about how much money the city has put into the process. Between brand development, tourism development and website review, the city is into the rebrand for about $8,000 right now, as TOTA’s mandate includes doing community marketing work so they’re covering off the bulk of the cost, Roline said. The Country Music Capital of Canada mark, which the city owns, did not cost the city anything except some time to fill out paperwork, Roline said.

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Candidates weigh in on issues The six candidates vying for one vacant seat on city council agreed more than they disagreed on a number of issues at an all-candidates forum on Feb. 13 at NVIT. Emily Wessel/Herald

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he said, punctuating each word for emphasis. Baird and Van Koll said they realize industry is important to the future of the city, and they are willing to look at other possible locations that might be appropriate for industrial zoning. Van Koll said a referendum might bring forth alternatives from the community as to where heavy industry goes. Cross and Menard said the tax base created by industry in city limits is a factor that can’t be ignored. “You need the tax dollars to pay for infrastructure and all the wonderful things you want for your community,” Cross said. “If we don’t have industry, we don’t survive.” Menard also said industry is a factor that could keep young people in Merritt. “Not all of our young people are going to be doctors and dentists and lawyers and whatnot,” he said. “A lot are going to be everyday working people who want to be tradesmen or production workers.” The candidates’ answers ran the spectrum when they were asked what issues they feel they can address before the general election in November. Van Koll said crime prevention is one area that council can start with. “Crime is an issue, as it is in many communities. What people are really saying is, ‘We want a safe

place to live.’ That’s something that would need to be addressed. How do we create a safe community that people are going to enjoy living in?” Van Koll said. Baird and Jolly mentioned investing in the city’s aging infrastructure as one of the ways to attract people to live and set up business in Merritt. Cross and Jolly said the city’s zoning is a main issue for Merritt. Prowal said stability at city hall is one of the main hurdles for the city. “It’s really hard when we have a different person in a different job and they’re replaced. It’s nobody’s fault; you just need some stability at city hall,” she said. Menard said the city’s finances and taxes are at the top. The final question of the night was posed by an audience member who asked candidates what they would do to improve local health care. They all agreed it is out of municipal jurisdiction as it’s dictated by the provincial government’s Interior Health Authority, but they are open to ideas for the local council to help lobby or pressure the provincial government. The candidates are vying for one open seat on city council left vacant at the end of October by the departure of Alastair Murdoch. General voting takes place Saturday, Feb. 22 at city hall. About 90 people attended the forum.

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The six candidates in Merritt’s upcoming byelection got their say on a variety of issues at an allcandidates forum on Feb. 13. Merritt’s economy and transparency at city hall were the hot topics of the night. The audience question portion of the evening dominated the event. Most prospective councillors shared the opinion that open communication is one of the most important functions of a city council. It was a theme that resurfaced throughout candidates’ answers to other questions, including what they thought about the new branding direction for the city. Most of the six candidates said in their answers they’d like to know more about the brand development process. Julie Van Koll said she doesn’t know the background behind the tagline “Country with attitude,” but will reserve judgement until she learns more about the strategy behind it at an open house. Linda Baird, a former educator, said she first associated the word “attitude” with school-aged kids. “Do we have to have a brand? Can’t we just call it what it is? What does Merritt really represent?” Baird said. Mike Jolly said he doesn’t like the branding, but he also didn’t know the vision behind it. He said he needs to see the whole picture

before he makes the call. Ginny Prowal said in reading the explanation behind the branding, she understands where it’s going. “It sounded like Merritt, and I was quite impressed with it. What I didn’t like was a little box that said ‘Merritt: Country with attitude.’ We need a logo,” Prowal said. Neil Menard said it makes sense to stay within the country theme, but there is more to Merritt than that, citing the Merritt Centennials. Noreen Cross said the country theme makes sense, but she’s not sure she likes the word ‘attitude.’ “We do have attitude here in Merritt. If we’re going to spend the money doing this, keep an open mind before you jump down and say it’s no good. Give it a chance to resonate a bit,” Cross said. “I’m not necessarily for it either, but hey, it might grow on us.” When asked what they think of heavy industry being located in city limits, the prospective councillors’ answers revolved around similar points. Prowal said the location of industrial zoning can be traced back to a now-defunct mine, but bylaws and buffer zones can improve potential nuisances created by heavy industry. Jolly was staunch on his position. “Repeat after me: no heavy industry in the city limits, period,”

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NOTICE OF ELECTION BY VOTING PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY given to the electors of the City of Merritt that an election by voting is necessary to elect one (1) Councillor and that the persons nominated as candidates and for whom votes will be received are: COUNCILLOR – ONE (1) TO BE ELECTED

Animal control top priority The following is an excerpt from the City of Merritt regular council meeting agenda from Feb. 11. January 2014 bylaw report Animal Control Calls into the bylaw office and complaints on the street continue to be minimal, to say the least. In the month of January, the city impounded four dogs. All four were returned to their owners. In addition, one other dog was taken into protective custody and returned to his/her 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. Dogs off leash in the city have improved exponentially and 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-related problems and complaints are at low levels for the month of January. Our dog licensing program is off to a great start in the month of January with a total of 343 licences sold. Despite the steady progress, there are still far more unlicensed dogs in the city and we must

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11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Community Room Downstairs at City Hall. Come down and meet the Mayor. This is your opportunity to bring forth ideas on how we can make Merritt a better place to live and do business, ask questions about something you don’t understand or if something has transpired that you have not received a proper resolution with.

continue to educate the public as to the value of purchasing a dog licence for the city, and that it is a requirement. Ticketing In the month of January, the bylaw office issued a total of 19 tickets. Eight were parking infractions in our downtown core and 11 were municipal ticket information. All of the MTIs were for more serious infractions of the Animal Control

Bylaw. The larger issue that relates to the MTIs is a residence with five dogs which have been disturbing a neighbourhood off and on for over a year. Just a note, bylaw only recently became aware that the residence housed five dogs and moved quickly to try and mitigate the problems. The city’s Animal Control Bylaw states, “No person shall keep or harbour more than two dogs over the age of six months at any residence.”

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GENERAL VOTING DAY will be open to qualified electors of the City of Merritt on Saturday, February 22, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 am and 8:00 pm at the following location: Lower portion of City Hall – 2185 Voght Street, Merritt, B.C. Advance voting opportunities will be held at City Hall, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt, B.C. on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Carole Fraser Chief Election Officer

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED CITY OF MERRITT OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 2162, 2013 ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 2163, 2013

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

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 $PNNFSDJBM UP 3 -PX %FOTJUZ Residential. If you feel your property interests may be affected by the proposed amendment and you wish to address City Council on any matters pertaining to this bylaw, please attend the Public Hearing at City Hall on: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at 7:00 pm :PVS DPNNFOUT DPODFSOT NBZ BMTP CF QSFTFOUFE JO XSJUJOH JO BEWBODF PG UIF meeting by addressing them to the undersigned, or at the public hearing in person, by petition or by attorney. No letter, report or representation from the public will be received by Council after the conclusion of the Public Hearing. Sean O’Flaherty, RPP 1MBOOJOH %FWFMPQNFOU 4FSWJDFT .BOBHFS Note: This is the second of two consecutive Public Notices. %BUFE UIJT UI EBZ PG 'FCSVBSZ BU .FSSJUU #$

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Merritt’s bylaw officer is trying to figure out who is responsible for the bill incurred by cleanup of a diesel dump behind the Double D Motel. Bob Davis said on Feb. 17, he got the tip that someone dumped the diesel over the weekend. He went with the city’s fire chief and the local conservation officers to measure the spill. The spot was about two metres by six metres, he said, and about 10 metres from the Nicola River. “It’s not a puddle but you could see where it pooled,” Davis said. “It just stinks back there. We don’t know how much is now in the soil.” Davis said the group measured where the water table begins, which is about two and a quarter metres below the soil. “Gone are the days when you dump it on your driveway because it just keeps going. It never leaves,” he said. “It could contaminate anything.” Davis said a man who lives at the motel said he had to clean out the tank for his vehicle after his diesel fuel was contaminated with water. The man told Davis he

collected the fuel in a can and left it behind the motel for a minute to get something, and when he came back, it had tipped over and spilled. Regardless of whether the spill was intentional or accidental, it will be costly to clean up, Davis said, adding he’s not sure how much the bill will be. Davis said he contacted the Ministry of Environment to report the spill. A ministry employee came out to the site and dug up a soil sample to analyze.

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HERALD OPINION Who provoked a school strike? By Tom Fletcher BLACK PRESS tfletcher@blackpress.ca

VICTORIA – I made an error in a column two weeks ago about the latest court ruling in favour of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation. I referred to an “illegal” strike in 2012, and was quickly reminded that this teacher walkout was sanctioned by the Labour Relations Board. After months of withholding report cards and refusing to meet with administrators, the union went to the LRB to seek permission for a full-scale strike. They got their wish, with authorization under essential services rules for a three-day strike in the first week, and one day a week after that until the end of the school year or a settlement was reached. For the record, the last illegal BCTF strike was in 2005, in defiance of a B.C. Supreme Court order that resulted in a $500,000 fine against the union. That was the same year BCTF lawyers won a split B.C. Court of Appeal ruling allowing teachers to bring political propaganda into classrooms. Two out of three judges decided this was appropriate to preserve their freedom of expression. The authorized three-day strike went ahead in March 2012. Regular readers may recall my reports of students being indoctrinated in classrooms and in some cases sent out as union pickets, and of the strongarming of unionized government office staff here in Victoria to make them join a rally on the legislature lawn. This was the strike that, according to the current media and political narrative, the provincial cabinet conspired to bring about.

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little rodents with elephantine ears, bathe their velvety fur in dust. I bet they’d fare well in Merritt, being so dusty and all. And there are more weird things about chinchillas. As pets, they are fairly finicky. Their teeth need to be constantly worn down because they grow continuously. They can’t sweat, so at temperatures over 25 C, their bodies route their blood to their ears. Red chinchilla ears mean they’re overheating. Animals’ adaptations and ingenuities are really quite something. As it turns out, dust bathing is a form of wallowing, which is employed

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by many species. Asian elephants chuck a mixture of mud and dirt on themselves to give them a little bit of protection from the ruthlessly beating down sun. When I visited an elephant sanctuary in northern Thailand, I found their mud hats, sometimes in clumps with long grass sticking out in all directions, pretty hilarious. Turns out they’re adaptive, too. Other animals roll around in snow or water for various purposes. Hippos wallow in water to prevent dehydration. Bison wallow to bond and play. Warthogs do it to camouflage themselves. When it comes to our

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species, wallowing often takes place in a proverbial pool of self-pity. Although I didn’t attend Theo Fleury’s speech in Merritt, I did enjoy the takeaway from that event that Herald reporter Michael Potestio put together. In particular, I like Fleury’s analogy of a “pity party,” being that his “partying” behaviours with substances stemmed from his self-pity about no doubt very challenging circumstances. While a roll in the mud may feel comforting for a while, I tend to agree with Fleury. Wallowing in self-pity won’t get you anywhere except mired further in the mud.

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Club seeks support for access lawsuit To the people of B.C., You have most likely heard of our club’s involvement with trying to get a locked gate removed from the public road to Minnie and Stoney Lakes. All of our requests to the police and to the Conservation Officers and to the Minister of Highways to have that illegal lock removed from that public road have fell on deaf ears. We have failed to get any response from those agencies and have petitioned the Supreme Court to have the lock removed. The Douglas Lake Cattle Company and the attorney general have escalated the petition to a court case, and Douglas Lake Cattle Company has charged our club and the attorney general with trespassing and with theft for fishing in those lakes in subsequent protest fisheries that we

were involved with. The attorney general was named as a co-accused because the matters that are at issue here are matters for the attorney general to defend. There were others besides the club that were involved but were not charged. We were singled out as a club and charged. The attorney general’s office is the one that should take offence to a private business claiming public lakes and public roads are private and the fish in the lakes are private fish like the lakes are their private ponds or fish tanks, and they should be defending these lakes against private takeover of our resources by a foreign billionaire, but they have chosen to take no stand in court against the attempted takeover of public waters and fish habitat. That equals a serious breach of trust that the people transferred to these

people when they were elected, I believe. Who is the real thief here? Minnie and Stoney Lakes are only two of the many public lakes in the province (there are about 20 in this area alone) that are being called private lakes because the provincial government has taken no stand to protect public access to public property and public waters and fish. I say they have taken no stand to protect our lakes from private takeover, but really, they have taken a stand. They are helping the rich take them over by doing nothing to stop it now, and everything to encourage it in the past. The Minister of Agriculture has played a major role in an attempt to give away our lakes. As a result of this action and because the locking of the public from public places is one of the things our club stands in oppo-

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‘If this goes undefended, then access everywhere is in jeopardy of being controlled by the rich.’ — NICOLA VALLEY FISH AND GAME CLUB’S ED HENDRICKS

sition to as per our constitution, we find ourselves in the unique position of having to defend access rights for future generations of Canadians because the attorney general of B.C. won’t and if this goes undefended, then access everywhere is in jeopardy of being controlled by the rich. In this case, the guy in control is not a Canadian (Stanley Kroenke, worth $5 billion) and this will be a precedent-setting case. We need a good lawyer. We have a good lawyer who is willing to take the case. He has a plan and we need money to get him started on the action.

We do not have the required funding to take the action that we need to take and so we find that we are going to have to rely on a combination of donations and loans and fundraising to pay back the loans. We can raise the funds in less than four years so that any loans would be paid back in that timeframe or sooner. Unfortunately, the lawyer needs the money now. The Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club is humbly asking for your support in this important matter in the form of a donation or a short-term loan. We encourage donations of any size that

you feel you can afford and are looking for loans of $500 or more to keep the tracking to something that our secretary can handle and sincerely thank you for your interest in keeping public access to public places on your list of important things to protect for future generations. We expect any loans to be paid back in less than three years. A pointed letter to your favourite politician would also be a good thing to do. If you wish to participate to protect our resources from private control, call one of the numbers below to arrange a donation or loan. Names of contributors will be kept in confidence as requested. Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club Access Committee: Paul 3784904; Rick 378-5661; Ed 378-9553. Ed Hendricks Merritt

More than financial costs incurred by changes From Page 6 This notion is central to the Jan. 27 ruling of Justice Susan Griffin that orders the B.C. government to attempt to reconstruct the world of 2001. Government lawyers filed an application with the B.C. Court of Appeal on Friday to suspend parts of this ruling. Imposing Griffin’s terms would cause “irreparable harm to the public interest of unprecedented magnitude,” they said in arguments backed up by a series

of affidavits from superintendents who have to keep B.C.’s war-weary public schools running. In Surrey, returning to 2002 conditions would add $40 million to the district payroll in year one. That’s one of 60 school districts. The government’s submission includes affidavits from superintendents around the province on its likely impact. Here’s a partial list: Cancellation of specialty programs for vulnerable youth, construction of por-

tables to meet arbitrary class size restrictions, transfer of some students to other schools, closure of daycare and Strong Start preschool programs to free up space reallocated over the years, layoff of non-teaching staff, and cancellation of school participation in the international student program. Premier Christy Clark and Education Minister Peter Fassbender have begun to push back against the conspiracy theory that has taken hold, pointing out that when the BCTF finally

did get permission to strike, the cabinet of the day acted to prevent it. Here’s a recap. In late February 2012, nearly 28,000 teachers (90 per cent) voted to go to the full strike allowed by the LRB. The government tabled legislation to impose a coolingoff period with provision for steep fines on the union for any further strike action, and appointed a mediator. This kept schools open, and eventually yielded a twoyear deal. In April 2012, the union

voted to withdraw all volunteer work by teachers. By this time they had been ordered by the LRB to prepare second-term report cards, in part so students would know if they could apply for post-secondary studies. Once again this mess is before the court of appeal. Perhaps there will be better recognition of the real world this time around. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc

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A new mural will soon grace the downtown core of Merritt, but it will be in pieces. The Loughery Mural Artworks Foundation’s Wayfinder Project, in collaboration with the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (NVIT) and Embrace BC – a provincially-funded organization that provides funding opportunities for projects that promote anti-racism – have teamed up to bring Merritt this latest mural. Loughery Mural Artworks Foundation representative Katie Mitchell told the Herald the creation of the mural has already begun. There are 12 students from an employment skills program at NVIT and about another six people from a youth centre in Vernon working on this mural under the leadership of artist Michelle Loughery. Unlike Loughery’s country music murals, this mural will be an indoor installation and painted on a series of 12 four-foot-by-fourfoot panels, similar to the murals that can be found around Spirit Square. “We wanted to find a way to encourage people to actually go inside the community and look inside the businesses and

buildings,� Mitchell said. The series of paintings will be broken up and placed in businesses around the downtown area of Merritt, Mitchell said. Each panel will be a piece of the larger mural image, she told the Herald. “Looking at one single piece, you’ll get a feeling for the picture, but in order to explore the whole thing you’ll need to walk around town [and] go into a few different businesses to find out what the larger image is,� Mitchell said. Under the leadership of Loughery, the students will work on each panel at the Desert Inn where visitors can stop in and check out their progress, she said. The team will use encaustic painting, which involves heated beeswax and coloured pigments to paint the mural. “You paint with this hot wax, blowtorches and basically big crayons. It’s pretty fun,� Mitchell said. Mitchell said the theme of the mural is cultural and community bridging, incorporating the subject matter of Eastern Europeans who were interned at Canadian camps during the First World War with other discriminated immigrant groups and aboriginal peoples.

The Wayfinder Project aims to bridge the gap between cultures, explore various humanitarian issues amongst them and look at how they relate to each other, she said. “What we want to do is create opportunities for conversation and cultural exploration so that we can all find a way to move forward as a united community rather than everyone holding on so fiercely to their independent cultures,� Mitchell said. She said they want to show that every cultural groups has been through difficulties at some point in its history. “I think the preservation of cultural history is really important, but there’s no need for that competitive injustice feeling. “No one is more wronged than the other, and what we’d like to do is create a really healthy community that can move forward together.� One piece of homework for those involved in painting the mural is to spend time with an elder in their families or community and get a story that relates to the subject matter of the mural. “We’ll be attaching those stories to the images so that when people go and look at the image and see what it is, there will also be a story for

them that will tell them a little bit about the feeling and about how this art came to be,� Mitchell said. The completed mural will be unveiled on March 21, which is the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racism, Mitchell said. Time and place for the unveiling were not released. At the unveiling, organizers plan to provide an opportunity for people to talk about their feelings on the topics of internment, discrimination and racism and discuss how to move forward as a community, she said. Mitchell said she thinks people are not familiar with the history of the First World War in Canada and thinks this group has gone out of its way to treat this as an education opportunity for the students who are involved. “It isn’t something that I remember learning about in school,� Mitchell said. In January, upon conclusion of the employment skills program the recruited painters came from, the Wayfinder Project held a workshop with the students and people who had either experienced discrimination directly or were descendants of people who had been discriminated against.

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VICTORIA – Finance Minister Mike de Jong unveiled B.C.’s second straight surplus budget Tuesday, with few spending and tax changes as the province plans for economic growth driven by natural gas exports. The biggest tax change is that provincial tobacco tax goes up 32 cents a pack April 1, on top of the latest federal increase of 40 cents a pack. B.C.’s share is expected to generate another $50 million, and de Jong said a “significant portion” of that will be used to develop smoking prevention efforts in partnership with the Canadian Cancer Society. Provincial funding for K-12 education continues at 2013 levels, as the government pursues an appeal of a court decision that could add hundreds of millions to school district costs. The budget includes a $300 million contingency fund this year, rising to $400 million next year, to cover anticipated costs in labour and other areas such as forest fires. The budget touts investments in trade skills training, with shop projects at Camosun College, Okanagan College and NorKam Secondary in Kamloops. But the largest capital project is a new campus for Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver, and operating spending on colleges and institutes is projected to fall by $5 million in the coming year. De Jong said the “reengineering” of B.C.’s skills training programs referred to in last week’s throne speech is getting underway, and a new $1,200 education savings grant for children born in 2007 or later is being delivered starting this year. NDP finance critic Mike Farnworth said the government balanced its budget with cuts to skills training, increases to fees and appropriating $480 million added to BC Hydro’s growing debt. The BC Liberals

spent heavily before the 2013 election to promote a jobs plan that has seen people continue to leave the province for work, Farnworth said. The government expects to end the current year with an operating surplus of $175 million, rising to $184 million next year, which de Jong said is mainly a result of spending discipline. B.C. and Saskatchewan are the only provinces to balance budgets this year, and the three western provinces remain the only ones with a triple-A credit rating. B.C.’s personal income tax rates remain the lowest of any province, but the budget announced another four per cent increase in Medical Services Plan premiums for next year. That makes increases totalling more than 30 per cent over the past five years. Taxpayer-supported debt rises to more than $43 billion in the coming fiscal year, climbing to $45.5 billion by 201617. About $11 billion of next year’s burden is operating debt left by a string of deficits in recent years. Total provincial debt, including self-supported debt held by BC Hydro and other agencies, grows from $64.7 billion

this year to $68.9 billion three years from now. B.C. pays $2.5 billion a year to service debt, or four cents out of each revenue dollar. To generate the resource wealth Premier Christy Clark has promised will pay off B.C.’s debt, the budget describes a two-tier income tax on liquefied natural gas exports 1.5 per cent and up to seven per cent. LNG production companies would pay the lower rate to start, with most or all of it repaid by an investment tax credit until their capital costs have been recovered. Rates are to be confirmed with legislation in the fall. No revenues from LNG are expected until 2017, and in the first three years, producers would recover income tax through a credit that continues until their capital investment is paid off. B.C. government vows skills training In a speech from the throne that echoed Premier Christy Clark’s election campaign, the B.C. government promised Tuesday to begin a 10-year skills training plan to drive industrial development. Lt. Governor Judith

Guichon read the speech in the ceremonial beginning of the B.C. legislature session. It touched on the BC Liberal government’s familiar themes, including the need to train and retain citizens to fill one million jobs due to growth and baby boomer retirements in the next decade. “British Columbians can look forward to enhancements to the Industry Training Authority, as well as the re-engineering of our secondary and postsecondary institutions to ensure our students have the skills for the jobs of the future,” Guichon told MLAs gathered for the first time in 2014. Employers and job seekers will be watching for details in the provincial budget, to be presented by Finance Minister Mike de Jong on Feb. 18. Opposition critics have focused on the government’s reductions of skills training and the shortage of spaces and equipment for industrial training. The speech also promises a new 10-year plan for transportation, to build on major road, bridge and transit works that have become contentious in the Lower Mainland as it struggles to keep up with population growth.

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In education, the government renewed Clark’s goal of a personalized education plan for each student and “an agreement to ensure a decade of labour peace in our classrooms.” That goal comes as the government pursues an appeal of the latest court judgment in favour of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation over removal of class size and support staff from their union contract. Speaking to reporters after the speech, Clark emphatically denied the conclusion of a B.C. Supreme Court justice that her government engineered the 2012 teacher strike to build public support for an imposed settlement. NDP leader Adrian Dix called the speech “particularly lacking in vision or substance,” adding that it contains nothing for B.C. residents who “don’t work in the industries of liquefied natural gas or liquor.” In addition to touting the future benefits of LNG exports and pending liquor law reforms, the speech recounts increases in Asian trade, the ongoing “core review” to reduce provincial spending, and new union agreements that tie wage increases to an expanded economy.

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When we were ready to move to the homestead in Northern Saskatchewan, we had to wait until spring, until the grass had gown so that the cows and horses could feed along the roadside. And we were off. It took a good month to complete the 250 mile trek and cross the river.

was planted, which my Dad threshed, the old Bible way. Dad was a very handy man.

When all was ready for winter, Dad got a job with his four horses working on the railroad. The train was to come the following summer. This is what they all had been waiting for. When we stopped on our new Business people, stores, shops, hotels “farm”, there was no clearing, only set up on the site, had come because bush. What do we do first? We of the railroad. needed to clear some land, plow it Dad had to go about 12 miles up and plant a garden. A corral had to where they were working on the to be built where the cows and horses railroad, so he stayed for a week at were to be put in for the night. Then, a time. One week he came home in a cabin for the family. There were the middle of the week. Why? logs handy. A fire had gone through He and Mother sat up well into the some years before and killed all of the trees, which had fallen down. A barn night and talked while I listened. The for the animals for winter would be work had stopped. It was October 1929, the big Wall Street crash and the next. What a lot of work! beginning of the Great Depression. Hay was put up on the river flats, Here we were in the bush, and no about five miles away. It was good hope for a railroad. All of the suppliers hay, but hard to get at until the river fares that the country had had to froze. Then, when a little more land be hauled by wagon or sleigh for 70 was cleared and plowed so the miles. Things looked bleak. garden could be bigger and wheat

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Her name is Lela Woodland, and she is a new teacher who has come to work in the community of Lower Nicola. Never heard of her? That’s because that’s the description of the role local resident Delilah Dick played in the upcoming movie Shana: The Wolf’s Music, a locally-shot Swiss film which will soon be in theatres. Dick, a social worker at the Nooaitch band, said her acting career began by chance. In 2011, director Nino Jacusso visited Merritt Secondary School looking for actors, Dick said. At the time, she was a support worker at the high school and was encouraging students to look into the opportunity. However, when she noticed Jacusso was looking for someone to play a violin teacher, Dick said she decided to take a look herself. “I spoke with Nino and did a bit of an interview, then I didn’t hear anything else after that,” Dick said. But the following summer, there was another call for auditions for the film and Dick once again went to see the director. This time, she got a call back for a script read, and soon enough Dick had her first acting role. She told the Herald she’d never acted before, but wanted to try it because it was a new and unique experience for her. “I believe life’s full of adventures and why not take the opportunity if it’s presented to you?” Dick said. The acting process wasn’t easy but was easier than she expected, Dick said, noting she was able to make her lines flow well and only ever had to do about nine takes at the most.

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Dick said she acted a lot with Sunshine O’Donovan – a fellow local actor who is the lead in the film. She said the two of them got to know each other quite well on set, but it took time as O’Donovan was shy with her at first. Eventually, the two would have fun together on set, she said. “We would joke around and do karate chops, ninja moves, and play tag, things like that,” Dick said. She also said most of the acting in the film involved her simply being herself on camera, with, of course, some direction from Jacusso. The film was shot without any professional actors. However, Dick pointed out there was one character in the movie with experience in film: a 10-year-old wolf named Brit, who has been in movies such as Twilight and Into the Wild. Despite her role as a violin teacher in the film, Dick doesn’t know how to play the instrument, so she had to fake it. “I’ve never picked up a violin before in my life. It was brand-spanking new,” Dick said. “We actually had a violin coach, who is Sunshine O’Donovan’s brother, and he was the one who helped me to learn to hold the bow.” She said she practiced about an hour every night which resulted in her not having to have a stand-in for her hand. “My husband was very supportive, but his poor ears, I’m sure,” Dick said with a laugh. Dick said she’d like to try her hand at more movies or television as she enjoyed the process she experienced with her first film role. “It was just a really awesome experience, and I’m thinking, ‘OK, if this is what making movies is about, heck, I’m there — I’ll do it again,” Dick said.

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Redefining concept of wasting time GWEN RANDALL-YOUNG Psychology FOR LIVING “Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.” — John Lennon I find it interesting that in our fast-paced, multi-tasked world, so often things that are relaxing are considered a waste of time. Days are often evaluated in terms of how much was “done,” usually meaning how much work was accomplished. While this may be appropriate in the workplace, it often

carries over into the home. Many will make lists of all that has to be done, be it inside work or outside work. Usually there is more on the list than is humanly possible to do in one day. Nonetheless, often the focus is more on what did not get done than what was done. Because we know we are evaluating ourselves in relation to that list, anything that interferes or is not on the list is seen as a threat to our success. A mental clock is ticking in the back of our heads keeping us aware of how this interruption is setting us back. This all creates a certain level of tension, or at least a sense of being in a bit of a rush.

It also rules out spontaneity: when we are working the list, there is no going with the flow. Another thing that happens is that “work” is like the “meat and potatoes” while taking time to relax is “dessert.” And we all know the rule: no dessert until you finish your dinner. There is, however, always something more on the list. Consequently, the

novel does not get read, the nap is not taken, no time is spent lying on the grass watching the sky, the dog does not get played with quite enough, and to family members we might just be a blur rushing by, and sometimes a cranky blur. Consider this: the moments we cherish and will always remember are not the ones experienced while following

our list. Most likely they are precisely those spontaneous moments when we just relaxed and were fully present to what and who was around us. These moments are precious and just might indicate that we need to reconsider our concept of wasted time. Gwen Randall-Young is an author and award-winning psychotherapist.

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“Now don’t be sad, ’cause two out of three ain’t bad” Cents win a pair on Island swing to solidify their hold on the fourth and final playoff spot

Merritt’s Dane Birks (7) returned to action from an injury in Friday’s game against the Powell River Kings. Photo courtesy of Alicia Bass/Powell River Peak

Merritt’s Scotty Patterson (on top) getting tangled up with Cowichan’s Taylor Allan on Saturday. Photo courtesy of Andrew Leong/Cowichan News Leader

Diego Cuglietta and the rest of the Centennials faced off with the Alberni Valley Bulldogs on Sunday. Photo courtesy of Scott McKenzie/Alberni Valley Times

Friday, February 14

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Merritt 4 Powell River 1

Merritt 4 Cowichan Valley 3

Alberni Valley 2 Merritt 1

Despite a 12-hour bus and ferry journey that started at 5 a.m. Friday morning in Merritt, the Centennials were the team with more jump at night as they upset the Powell River Kings 4-1 on their home ice. “It was a very gutsy performance, a full team effort,” said Cents head coach and GM Luke Pierce. “We knew that we would have to weather the storm early, but I thought that we countered very well.” After the Kings took an early 1-0 lead, it was Jason Bird’s first two goals as a Centennial — less than two minutes apart — that sparked his team’s effort the rest of the way. “The scoring thing has been weighing on [Jason] a bit since he’s been here,” said Pierce. “For him to get two real quick ones back-to-back was big for us.” Zach Hartley and Gavin Gould also scored for good measure in one of Merritt’s best road outings of the season. Jarrod Schamerhorn was outstanding in the Merritt net, stopping 35 of 36 Kings’ shots. “[Powell River] didn’t get a lot of good looks,” said Pierce, “and when they did get pucks on net, Jarrod was there to make the stop.” The Cents went one-for-seven on the powerplay, and successfully killed off all nine man-advantage opportunities for Powell River.

“If Friday’s performance was gutsy, then Saturday’s was just a very determined effort,” said Cents head coach and GM Luke Pierce. Sebastien Paré’s goal just 33 seconds into the first overtime period was the difference in the Cents’ 4-3 victory over the Cowichan Valley Capitals on Saturday night. “Dane [Birks] got the puck on a turnover,” said Pierce. “He went down the wing and put a low shot on net. Sebastien was there to stuff home the rebound.” After another tough travel day, the Cents again gave up the game’s first goal before settling down and finding their groove. Wayland Williams tied things at 1-1 late in the first, and Diego Cuglietta scored goals in the second and third periods to keep things knotted at 3-3 and set the table for Paré’s heroics in OT. “Wayland had a great weekend,” said Pierce. “He’s really starting to find his comfort level. And Diego and Sebastien came through when we needed them.” Jarrod Schamerhorn was good again in the Merritt net stopping 19 shots. Two of the Caps’ three goals came on a pair of powerplays in the second period.

The Cents came awfully close to the weekend sweep, losing 2-1 to the Alberni Valley Bulldogs on Sunday afternoon. “When you win the first two, you want to win that third one,” said Cents head coach and GM Luke Pierce. “Had Alberni’s game against Powell River not been cancelled on Saturday [due to ferry issues], I think we would have had them. [The Bulldogs] were well-rested and came out hell-bent. They were hitting us at every opportunity, and I think our guys got a bit frustrated and took some undisciplined penalties.” It was 1-1 through 20 minutes with Dane Birks scoring for Merritt. The ’Dogs netted the game winner on a powerplay midway through the second while one-time Centennial netminder Connor Lecouvee shut the door on his former teammates the rest of the way, stopping 35 of 36 shots. Jarrod Schamerhorn was every bit as good in net for Merritt despite playing his third game in three days. “Sunday’s game might have been his best game of the three,” said Pierce. “Schamy stood on his head a few times. Their second and winning goal came on a five-on-three powerplay for them. It was the difference in the game. Our effort was good all night. We just shot ourselves in the foot a bit.”

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BCHL STANDINGS to Feb. 20 INTERIOR DIVISION Team

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When West Kelowna pays its last regularseason visit to the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena on Friday, the Merritt Centennials will be looking to make amends for

the 7-2 drubbing they suffered at the hands of the Warriors in the two teams’ last meeting back on Feb. 11. “We want to play [the Warriors] like we played them back on Feb. 7 (a 2-1 win for Merritt),” said Centennials head

coach and GM Luke Pierce. “We played them hungry and hard.” The Cents will also be looking to further solidify their grip on fourth place in the BCHL’s Interior Division in advance of their Saturday night

tussle with the fifthplace Salmon Arm Silverbacks. With the two teams having six and seven regular-season games left to play respectively, Merritt leads Salmon Arm by five points in the race to the post-season..

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“Our goal is to win both weekend games and make the last week of the regular schedule irrelevant,” said Pierce. Friday night’s game at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena is ‘Western Night’ so wear your cowboy hat!

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MSS Grade 8 basketball teams real road warriors By Ian Webster THE HERALD

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It’s tough enough that all Merritt Secondary School Grade 8 sports teams must play 90 percent of their games away from home because of the Kamloops school district’s byzantine policies regarding travel. The situation gets even worse when wintery weather conditions get added to the mix. Merritt Secondary’s Grade 8 boys team didn’t let a full-blown snowstorm on the Coquihalla deter them as they travelled to Kamloops Tuesday night and upset the St. Ann’s Crusaders 39-37 in a thrilling game that was decided with just 2.3 seconds left in the game. The MSS boys’ achievement was all the more amazing given that coach Gian Cavaliere’s squad consists of just six players. “The boys played their hearts out and were very happy when

they pulled off the victory,” said Cavaliere. Leading scorer for the MSS boys was Sam McNiven with 13 points while Fred Ware added nine. The two-point boys’ win on Tuesday avenged a one-point loss to the same Crusaders team a night earlier in a rare game played on Merritt’s home turf. With just over three seconds left in overtime on Monday, the Crudaders sank their only threepointer of the night to edge the Panthers 49-48. McNiven had a game high 24 points in Monday’s loss, while Ware chipped in with 14 points and Keenan Wudrich contributed eight. Thanks to their upset win over St. Ann’s on Tuesday, Merritt’s Grade 8 boys team was slated to play the Sa-Hali Sabres on Wednesday night in their next playoff game. Results of that game were not available by the time this

paper went to press. The MSS Grade 8 girls weren’t quite so fortunate this week in their games versus St. Ann’s. The Panther ladies fell 25-22 to the Crusaders at home on Monday in one of their best games of the season. “The girls have improved so much,” said head coach Nicole Bouchard. “At the beginning of the year, we had some players with almost no basketball experience. Now they’re playing help-side defence, posting up, rebounding. We just need to sink a few more shots.” Top scorers for the MSS girls side were Sumeeti Chhabra and Jamie Neil with eight points each. The Grade 8 girls squad had a tougher go of things in its rematch with St. Ann’s on Tuesday, losing 43-8. Both Grade 8 teams hit the road yet again on Thursday for exhibition games in Princeton.

(Above) MSS girls’ point guard Emmanuelle Dugas (13) fends off a St. Ann’s checker in Grade 8 basketball action at Merritt Secondary School on Monday. (Right) Sam McNiven (14) of the MSS Grade 8 boys basketball team puts up two of his 24 points against the Crusaders on Monday. Ian Webster/Herald

Local runners hit the pavement By Ian Webster THE HERALD

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A pair of Merritt runners kicked off their racing seasons with impressive performances on the weekend. Marie-Josée Bedard, 40, was a winner of the ‘February Freeze 5K’ in Peachland on Sunday. Bedard, an elementary school principal at L’Ecole de Collettville, recorded a new personal best time of 19:48 for the five-kilometre distance. One week earlier, Bedard competed in Penticton’s second annu-

al indoor triathlon. The event was held at the Penticton Community Centre Pool and adjacent South Okanagan Events Centre. A total of 49 athletes (28 female, 21 male) took part in the indoor ‘tri’ which had participants swim for 15 minutes in the pool, cycle for 30 minutes on a stationery bike and run for 20 minutes around the concourse of the SOEC. Bedard, who just took up swim training this past fall, completed 550 metres in the pool, biked 11.25 kilometres,

and ran 42 quarters (the best of all female competitors) in the time allotted for each phase. Her points total of 42 placed her eighth overall. Also this past Sunday, School District 58 superintendant Bob Peacock, 64, finished 69th in a field of 190 runners at the ‘Starting Block 10K’ in Lavington (outside Vernon). Peacock, who had completed a 29km training run the day before, finished the 10K in 49:13, fourth-best for his age group. Overall winner of

Marie-Josée Bedard competes in an indoor triathlon in Penticton on Feb. 9. Photo courtesy of Cherie Morgan

the Starting Block 10K was former Merritt resident Hans Aaybe in a time of 34:05.

OTTER-LY AWESOME! Kelsey Jager (above) and the rest of her Merritt Otters’ teammates were in the pool at the Aquatic Centre on Saturday for the third of their winter maintenance meets. Despite swimming four to five races each in a span of just two hours, over 90 PBs (personal bests) were recorded by the enthusuastic group of young swimmers. The next PB meet will be on April 25. Registration for summer swimming with the Merritt Otters will begin next month. Photo courtesy of Stef and Michelle Zabek

Peewee girls one step away from Okanagan title By Ian Webster THE HERALD

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The Merritt Joco Transport peewee girls are just one step away from winning their first-ever Okanagan superleague title. They play Kelowna #1 this weekend in a best-ofthree championship series, with game one scheduled for 4:30 p.m. on Friday at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena. Game two goes Saturday in Kelowna, while a third and deciding game (if needed) will be back in Merritt on Sunday at 10 a.m. The Joco girls earned the right to play for the Okanagan championship thanks to a thrilling

2-1 come-from-behind series win over Kelowna #2 in semi-final action last weekend. Merritt’s peewees lost game one to Kelowna #2 on home ice last Friday by a score of 5-2. Tyra Gage scored both Joco goals in the loss. In game two on Saturday in Kelowna, it was Taylia McKeown’s turn to notch both goals as Merritt won 2-1 in overtime. Game three back in Merritt on Sunday went to overtime, too. Gage’s third goal of the series in the first minute of OT won the game 3-2 for Merritt. Other scorers for the victorious side were Hope Smith and Taylor Shackelly.

SHOW TIME! It’s Merritt and Kelowna #1 in the final of the Okanagan peewee girls superleague. Game one goes this Friday at 4:30 p.m. in Merritt. Ian Webster/Herald

Merritt’s bantam girls team is also playing for an Okanagan title this weekend. The

McDonald’s girls are down one game to none in their best-of-three championship series

with Clearwater, after losing 5-1 to their North Thompson opponents last Sunday. Games two and three are both in Merritt this weekend. Times and locations have yet to be announced. A third Merritt superleague team is also in the midst of playoffs. The Merritt midget house #1 squad will play Logan Lake in a best-of-three series beginning Feb. 28 at 8:30 p.m. in Merritt. Game two is slated for 1:45 p.m. on March 1 in Logan Lake and game three (if needed) is scheduled for March 2 at 3:30 p.m. in Merritt. In league play, the local Fountain Tire

atoms defeated Kelowna 9-5 on Saturday. Merritt scorers were Max Graham, Matthew Newman, Breanna Ouellet and Sajjin Lali. The local atoms followed that up with an 11-2 exhibition win over a Kamloops peewee girls team on Sunday. Merritt’s atom development squad plays a pair of exhibition games this weekend. They host West Kelowna on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. in Merritt, and Kelowna on Sunday at 12 noon, also in Merritt. On Saturday, there is a day-long Initiation tournament at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena. Visiting teams are from Kelowna,

North Okanagan and Princeton. Here’s the schedule: 7:30 Merritt White vs. Kelowna 8:45 Merritt vs. North O #1 10:00 Princeton vs. North O #2 11:15 Merritt White vs. North O #1 12:00 Princeton vs. Kelowna (Shulus) 12:30 Merritt Red vs. North O #2 1:45 Kelowna vs. North O #1 3:00 Merritt White vs. North O #2 4:15 Merritt Red vs. Princeton

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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE NICOLA VALLEY Have an event we should know about? Tell us by calling 250-378-4241 or emailing production@merrittherald.com NVCAC CONCERT COMMITTEE

NICOLA FAMILY THERAPY

8th Annual Community Arts Show. ”Things That Make You Smile”. Show begins Feb. 6 and runs through Feb. 28. For more info contact Meriel at 250-3786515 or email artgallerynv@ gmail.com or nicolavalleyartscouncil@gmail.com. Gallery hours are Thursday 4 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Friday 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. and Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. The gallery is located in the Old Courthouse Arts Centre at 1840 Nicola Ave.

Is hosting its 2nd annual Baron of Beef fundraiser Saturday March 1 at the Lower Nicola Community Hall. Doors open at 5 p.m. dinner at 6 p.m. For tickets call 250-378-9222 or stop by Nicola Family Therapy in the front of City Holl building.

PRINCETON ARTS COUNCIL PRESENTS Outerbridge Pure Illusions. Riverside Community Theatre. Sunday Feb. 23 7:30 p.m.

NICOLA VALLEY FILM SOCIETY PRESENTS ”Love Is All You Need” Rated G on Monday, Mar. 10th at 7:30 p.m. at the NVIT Lecture Theatre. Parking is free and there is no food or drink allowed in the theatre. For more information phone 378-3974.

NICOLA VALLEY FISH & GAME CLUB Annual trophy & awards night pot luch supper to be held Saturday Mar. 8 at the Seniors Centre. Big fish and photo entries. Deadline Feb. 22. Entries can be left at Ponderosa or Nicola Valley Outdoors. For info call Paul Komonoski 250-378-4904

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Dance Into My Heart: Sponsored by the Merritt Dance Society & NVCAC. March 7 - 29th. This juried art show will feature a diverse mix of art from young artists to professionals. Gallery is open Thursdays 4p.m. - 8p.m., Friday and Saturday noon - 6p.m.. Join us for the reception and awards ceremony for the juried art show Thursday Mar. 7 4p.m. - 6p.m. Light refreshments will be provided and you will have a chance to meet the artists and find out more about their work. For more info contact Meriel at 250-3786515

MERRITT & DISTRICT HOSPICE SOCIETY TRAINING COURSE Are you interested in becoming a Hospice volunteer? Are you interested in learning what hospice and palliative care are all about? Course offered Mar. 7, 8 and 9. For more info email merritthospice@shaw.ca or call Maureen at 250-315-7562

La Vent du Nord. Friday Mar. 14th at 7:30 p.m. Merritt Civic Centre. Le Vent du Nord (The North Wind) is a Canadian folk music group from Quebec. The band, formed in 2002, performs traditional Quebecois music, as well as original numbers in this style, in French. The group’s membership currently consists of Nicolas Boulerice, Olivier Demers and Rejean Brunet. Their first five recordings have been nominated for multiple awards, the first two have received awards. Tickets available at Black’s Pharmacy, Mandolin’s and Baillie House.

PRINCETON ARTS COUNCIL PRESENTS Wheat In The Barley, Friday Mar. 14 at 7:30 p.m. Riverside Community Theatre. Canadian folk fusion with crack songwriting, brilliant arrangements and stunning instrumental solos unite under the banner of savvy eclecticism. Wheat in the Barley pulls together a lot of great influences into one package: Celtic, Slavic, French Canadian, Yiddish, Cajun and much more! Tickets available at Sunflower Gallery and Thomasina’s.

HEART AND STROKE MONTH Volunteers are needed to assist with canvassing during the month of February. Walk an area to call on people in your neighbourhood to help your health and the Heart

and Stroke Foundation. Volunteers are needed in the Diamond Vale area, Collettville, Lower Nicola, Highway 8, Mamit Lake area, Petit Creek and Spius Creek Roads. To volunteer and for more info call Gloria 250-378-4153

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED The Navy League is in need of officer’s and volunteers to help out with our growing Cadet Corps. Our children are age 9 to 13 and we meet every Wednesday night from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. If you have past experience or are interested in becoming a part of our Corps please contact us. Ellen 250-280-6944, Debra 250-2804086 or email at nlccventure@ gmail.com

KNITWITS Love to knit or crochet? Or are you a novice interested in learning more about knitting or crocheting in a friendly and welcoming setting? Come on down to Brambles Bakery Thursday evenings. Bring your yarn and needles and join in the fun.

COURTHOUSE ART GALLERY The Valley Visual Arts (VVA) will be holding a weekly Creative Art Session, in the Orange Room at the Art Gallery, every Thursday between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Everyone welcome to stop in and see their work.

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NV REMOTE CONTROL FLYER We are starting a new club in town for flying model aircraft. We fly at various locations around town. New members welcome. For more info, call Jack 250378-4371.

TRINITY UNITED CHURCH 1899 Quilchena Ave. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Sundays for children ages 4 to 8 years. Children learn of God’s love through stories, music, crafts and fun. More information: Gail 250378-9706

MERRITT SENIOR CENTRE Weekly schedule is as follows: Monday: Crib & Whist 7 p.m. Tuesday: Bingo 1 p.m., Duplicate Bridge 7 p.m. Wednesday: Carpet Bowling 1:30 p.m., Court Whist 7 p.m. Thursday: Floor Curling 1 p.m. (third week - shut-in lucheon) Friday: Rummoli & Games 7 p.m. All seniors welcome.

Meets the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 7:00 pm at The Art Gallery. 250-378-6515 www. nvartscouncil.com N.V. Dirt Riders Association Last Wednesday 7 p.m. Garden Sushi - Scott: 250-378-3502 N.V. Fall Fair Third Monday 7 p.m. 2145 Quilchena Ave. 250-378-5925 N.V. Fish & Game (except July and Aug.) Third Wednesday 7 p.m. 2236 Jackson Ave. 250-378-4572 or 250-378-4904 N.V. Heritage Society Last Wednesday - Baillie House 250-378-0349 N.V. Quilters Guild First & Third Thursdays Civic Centre 7 p.m. 250-378-4172 N.V. Search & Rescue Second Monday 7 p.m. at the airport - 250-3786769 N.V. Thrift Store First Tuesday NVGH basement 250-378-9100 N.V. Women’s Institute Second Wednesday - 1:30 p.m. For locations, 250-378-2536 One Way Krew Youth Group Tuesdays 7 - 8:30 p.m. Crossroads Community Church 250-378-2911 Pathfinders Mondays 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Central School - 250-936-8298 Patricia Rebekah Lodge Second & Fourth Mondays at 7 p.m. Lawn Bowling Club Rocky Mnt. Rangers Cadets Tuesdays 6 p.m. 250-378-1302 or 250-572-3775 Royal Canadian Legion #96 Executive Mtg. Second Thursday 6 p.m. - Regular

Mtg. Fourth Thursday 7 p.m. 1940 Quilchena - 250-378-5631 Royal Purple First & Third Mondays 1:00 p.m. - Downstairs @ Elks Hall 250-378-6788 Rotary Club of Merritt Every Thursday - Noon Brambles Bakery Cafe. 250-378-5535 Sagebrush Spinners and Weavers Guild Tamarack Gardens every other Thursday at 11:00 AM Bev at 250-378-2787. Rotary Club of Merritt - Sunrise Every Tuesday - 7 a.m. Brambles Bakery Seniors’ Mixed Curling Mondays & Tuesdays 1 - 3 p.m. 250-378-5539 Soup Bowl Tuesdays 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Anglican Church Hall Sparks Mondays 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Central School - 250-315-7410 Teen Centre / Fireside Thursday & Friday 3:30-7:30 p.m. 250-378-5660 24U First & Third Tuesdays 2 p.m. at the Hospice Society - Sue 250-378-2717 or Bonnie 250-315-0179 Valley Scrapbooking 250-936-8298 Valley Visual Artists General club information Fran McMurchy 250-378-4230 Vintage Car Club - Merritt Second Wednesday - 7:30 p.m. Ska-Lu-La Workshop Al - 250-378-7402 Ted - 250-378-4195

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THE CHURCHES OF MERRITT WELCOME YOU Crossroads Community Church 2990 Voght St. • 250-378-2911 Service Time: Sundays 10:30 a.m.

Merritt Baptist Church 2499 Coutlee Ave. (Corner of Coutlee and Orme) • 250-378-2464 Service Time/ Sunday School: Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Merritt Lutheran Fellowship in St. Michael's Church • 250-378-9899 Service Time: 3rd Sunday each month 1:00 p.m.

Nicola Valley Evangelical Free Church 1950 Maxwell St. • 250-378-9502 Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m.

Sacred Heart Catholic Church Corner of Jackson & Blair • 250-378-2919 Mass Time: Sundays 9:00 a.m.

Seventh Day Adventist Church 2190 Granite Ave. • 250-378-4061 Service Time: Saturdays 11:00 a.m.

St. Michael’s Anglican Church 1990 Chapman St. • 250-378-3772 Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m.

Trinity United Church Corner of Quilchena & Chapman • 250-378-5735 Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m.

CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Tuesdays 7 p.m. Seniors’ Centre 250-378-5550 Merritt Elks Lodge Clubs Second & Fourth Wednesday 8 p.m. Elks Hall 250-378-9788 Merritt Lawn Bowling Sun., Tues., & Thurs. at 7 p.m. 250-378-2950 Merritt Lions Club First & Third Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Best Western Han’s Golden Wok 250-378-9509 Merritt Moms Prenatal Post Natal Support group. Monday - Friday - 8:30 a.m. 250-378-2252 Merritt Mountain Biking Assoc.Wednesdays 6 p.m. - ride E: merrittbiking@yahoo.ca T: #merrittbiking Navy League Cadets of Canada Wednesdays 6 - 9 p.m. Cadet Hall - Ages 9-13 welcome 250-280-6944 Merritt Snowmobile Club Second Tuesday 7 p.m. Civic Centre 250-315-1082 Merritt’s Women in Business Second Wednesday 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Merritt Desert Inn 250-315-5851 Nicola Naturalist Society Third Thursday - 7:00 p.m. NVIT. www.nicolanaturalists.ca N.V. 4-H Club Second Tuesday - 6:30 p.m. Central School - 250-378-5028 Nicola Valley Better Breathers Third Wednesdays 1 p.m. Trinity United - 250-378-6266 N.V. Community Band Tuesdays 7 p.m - MSS Music Room 250-378-5031 or 250-378-9894 NVCAC

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Newbark Rescue & Rehoming Merritt Branch, are always looking for foster families. If you would like to help by fostering a fur-kid, until they find a fur-ever home, please contact Margie at newbark_rescue@hotmail.com.

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Brownies Mondays 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Central School - 250-315-7410 Canadian Diabetes Association Once a month, 7 - 9 p.m. Trinity United Church Hall. Call Eva 250-378-2897 or Gerry at 250-378-3716 CMHA - Merritt Clubhouse Fireside Center - 2026 Granite Ave. Wed/Fri 9 am - 2:30 pm Shirley 250-378-5660 Central School Pac First Tuesday 7 p.m. Lunchroom - 250-378-4892 Community Choir Mondays 7 p.m. - Fall to Spring Collettville Elementary - 250-378-9899 Court Whist - Fun Game Wednesdays 7 p.m. at the Seniors Centre 250-378-2776 Drop-In Soccer Tuesdays & Thursdays: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Girls & Boys 16+ welcome 250-378-2530 Drop-In Volleyball Mondays 7 - 9 p.m. CMS. 250-378-6212. Girl Guides Wednesdays 5:30 -7:00 p.m. Central School 250-936-8298 Ladies’ Curling League Wednesdays 6 & 8 p.m. Call 250-378- 8175 or 250-378-4917 Living With Loss Support Group Wednesdays 7 to 8:45 p.m. 2025 Granite Ave. 250-280-4040 Merritt Curling Club For League Information 250-378-4423 Merritt Dance Society Linda Sanford: 250-378-6109 Merritt Duplicate Bridge Club

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HELP US REACH OUR GOAL Would you like to see a movie theatre in Merritt, then the Merritt Community Cinema Soceity can use your help!

Thank you Merritt for helping us purchse the land!

For more information call Rich Hodson 250-378-6794

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Help Wanted A.R.T ENTERPRISES Ltd o/a Subway at A-2190 Vought St, Merritt, BC, V1K-1B8 is hiring five F/T Permanent Kitchen Helpers. $10.29-$11.50/hour. High School graduate. Duties: Wash & Peel vegetables & fruit. Receive, unpack & store supplies. Remove garbage. Drop-off or email resume: worksubwaymerritt@aol.com North Enderby Timber is looking to hire for various positions including Millwright and/or Fabricator, Heavy Duty Mechanic and Electrician. We offer competitive wages along with a comprehensive benefit package. Please fax resume to 250-838-9637. WE have an immediate opening for a dynamic fireplace salesperson for our busy store in Vernon. The successful candidate will have a minimum of 5 years experience in the fireplace industry, in either the retail or building sector, be comfortable in dealing with homeowners and contractors alike,and possess the drive and determination needed to excel in a fast paced environment. We offer an excellent starting salary and commission structure,as well as benefits and RRSP plan. If interested in this position please reply in confidence to Bob.anderson@hbcvernon.ca

Permanent, full time Indian ethnic food cook specializing in preparing and cooking vegetarian curries, soups, sauces, poultry, rice, pulses, grains & desserts. Duties: Schedule and supervise kitchen staff, oversee kitchen operations, maintain inventory records of food, supplies & equipment and train kitchen staff. High school education and 3 years exp. required. $12.00/hourly.

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Marcel Roland Bernier of Merritt, B.C. aged 72 years passed away peacefully at Coquihalla Gillis House on February 11, 2014 after a 4 year battle with cancer. He will be dearly missed by his loving wife of 52 years Ella May Bernier of Merritt B.C., as well as his son Brett (Jen) Bernier of Kamloops B.C , son Darrin (Dale) Bernier of Barhead Alberta , and daughter Camille (TJ) Pinyon of Merritt B.C. His grandchildren Stephanie, Dillon, Noel, Devon, Becky, Joey, Daria and Dean and great grandchildren Kian, Maxwell and Isabella. He will also be greatly missed by his brothers Philip, Dennis ,Norman , Claude , Perry and sisters Alice, Louise , and Doreen as well as many brother and sister in-laws and many nieces and nephews. Marcel was born in Morris, Manitoba to Osias and Germaine Bernier and was raised there with his eleven siblings. He met the love of his life Ella May when he was just 15 years old and she was 13 years old..They moved to B.C. shortly after getting married on August 22, 1962. They lived in Kamloops B.C. before moving to Pritchard , B.C. in 1972 where they lived for 34 years until moving to Chase, B.C in 2006 . They resided in Chase until moving to Merritt, B.C in May 2013. Marcel spent his whole working life as a Journeyman Painter. He enjoyed Àshing, hunting, camping, darts ,bingo and of course the casino. His pride and joy were his grandchildren . He was also an active member of the Royal Canadian Legion. He was predeceased by his dad Osias Bernier and Mom Germaine Bernier, his brother Raymond , his sisters Carol and Florence and his youngest grandchild Serenity Pinyon. The family would like to thank Dr.Ross, the staff at the Nicola Valley Health Center and especially the staff and residents of the Coquihalla Gillis House for the exceptional care and love that they gave dad not only while in palliative care but everyday that he was there visiting mom. His Ànal wishes were to spend his last moments with mom at Gillis house surrounded by his loving family and the caring staff taking care of him. We are extremely touched by how his wishes were fulÀlled and how at peace dad was when he spent his Ànal day there. There will be a Celebration of Life at the Pritchard Community Hall , 1941 Duck Range Road on Saturday February 15th at 1pm. In Lieu of Áowers donations can be made in Marcels name to the Coquihalla Gillis House 1699 Tutill Court, Merritt, B.C. V1K 1B8.

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March 1, 1941 – Feb. 11, 2014 We’ll Always Love You Dad! Each day you strived to live, Your body too weak to be. Your love will live forever, Since your heart has set you free. Now you walk so bravely, You feel the pain no more. Angels have come to guide you, And bring you to Heaven’s door. Memories we’ll hold so dearly, Your smile. warmed our hearts. And through our lives you’ll live, You’ve touched so many parts. Hard Days may be before us, Its all a part of gods Plan. Why uou left us so soon, We may never understand. You’ll be alone no longer, And you’d tell us , “Don’t be sad” Please believe you were no burden, We’ll always love you, Dad. Our lives have changed forever, Since the day you passed away. In heaven you’ll be waiting, To meet us again someday.

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Elsie Graboski

Elsie Graboski passed away peacefully at Gilis/Coquihalla House on Thursday, February 13, 2014 at the age of 84. She was predeceased by her husband Nick in October 1979. Nick and Elsie moved to Merritt from Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba with their children Ron (of Rocky Mtn. House, AB) and Dorothy (of Merritt, BC) in 1956. Both were very active in the community and enjoyed curling and golf. Elsie is survived by her son Ronald, and her daughter Dorothy, her grandchildren Corrie, Steven and Richard and her great grandchildren, Dante, Taylor and Colten who loved her dearly and will miss her deeply. At Elsie’s request there will be no memorial service. The family request that in lieu of Áowers a donation be made to the Cancer Society of Canada. The family would like to thank the doctors and staff of the Kamloops Cancer Clinic, Dr. & Mrs. Smit and the wonderful and caring staff of Gillis/Coquihalla House who’s constant care and attention did not go unnoticed. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Charan Singh Sandur

Sardar Charan Singh Sandur of Merritt, BC passed away peacefully at Gillis House on February 12, 2014 at the age of 88. Charan was born in Jagpalpur, Punjab, India on August 18, 1925 as the eldest child to Ragbir Singh and Tara Kaur. Thanks to the sponsorship by his sister Swarn Kaur Ghog, he left India and immigrated to Canada in 1958. Once here, Charan’s working career involved logging camps and mills around the Interior of BC. For a time he also lived in Toronto, but he always called Merritt home. Aside from friends and family, Charan’s true passion lay in horses. He was renowned for owning some of the top horses in all of Punjab. In Canada, he enjoyed going to the track to watch the horses race and spent many hours poring over sales listings looking for the perfect horse. If he wasn’t looking for horses, Charan would pass his time reading a daily newspaper from cover to cover with a cup of coffee that had a generous serving of honey. However, if you asked him what the latest news was, he’d promptly tell you to read it yourself (with a mischievous twinkle in his eye). Charan graduated from Lyallpur Khalsa College of Jalandhar in 1946 and seldom missed an opportunity to remind you of his degree status, his wealth of knowledge and the Àve languages he could speak. Charan never hesitated to indulge his grandchildren and always had a large bill in his wallet for a quick trip to the corner store. Charan is predeceased by his parents, wife Karam Kaur and sister Harjinder Lalli of India. He is survived by his children: sons Baldev (Balbir) Sandhur of Surrey, BC and Sukhdev (Bakhshish) Sandur of Merritt, BC, daughter Pinder (Joga) Gill of Swindon, UK and son Ravinder (Meena) Sandur of Kamloops, BC. Charan is also survived by nine grandchildren: Jajbir (Belinda) Sandhur, Parveen Sandur, Sikander (Reetu) Sandhur, Harjeet (Cindy) Sandur, Kelly (Rob) Riddell, Sultan Sandur, Anita Gill, Gurtaj Sandur and Gary Gill. He is also survived by three greatgrandchildren, two sisters and one brother. A memorial service was held on February 15, 2014 in Merritt, BC. The family would like to give special thanks to Dr. McLeod and the staff at Gillis House for the care and support Charan received over the past few years. Condolences may be expressed at www.merrittfuneralchapel.com.

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Trades, Technical Civil Engineering Technologist II (re-Advertisement) District of Kitimat, full time permanent, wage range $37.94 - $45.90, over two years. Civil Technologist diploma required. Duties include infrastructure investigations, surveying, design, contract preparation, inspection and material testing on projects related to the municipality’s water, sewer, drainage and transportation systems. Candidates should be proficient in using electronic survey equipment, computer assisted design using AutoCad 3D. and MS Office. Valid BC driver’s license required. Submit resumes by February 27, 2014, 4:40 pm, to Personnel, District of Kitimat, 270 City Centre, Kitimat, BC, V8C 2H7, Fax (250) 632-4995, or email dok@kitimat.ca. Further information can be obtained from our website at www.kitimat.ca

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SNOW REMOVAL

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Naked Grape

Gray Fox

750 ml

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Dry White/Dry Red

Pinot Grigio/Shiraz

Sauv Blanc/Cab Sauv

Chardonnay/Merlot

Corona

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$

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Appleton’s Rum 750 ml

Alberta Premium Rye 375 ml

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Molson’s Limited Edition Olympic Victory Bottle

Alberta Pure Vodka 750 ml

$

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Bud, Bud Light, Kokanee

625 ml

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