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While the likelihood is low, the consequences of a wildfire in Merritt are high according to the city’s new community wildfire protection plan. The plan is an update to the original 2004 document and comes with recommendations for protecting the community. A risk assessment was conducted in the plan, which shows that while the probability of a wildfire in town is low, the consequences of one would be devastating. The probability of a wildfire igniting was found to be predominantly moderate overall, but high to extreme in many areas surrounding Merritt. Suppression capabilities, however, are good throughout most of the area, the plan found. “A large part of Merritt, based on fire behaviour and based on the fuel type, has a high to extreme probability of fire,” said Bruce Blackwell of Blackwell and Associates to city council at a committee of the whole meeting last Tuesday. When it comes to overall fire risk, Merritt was labelled as predominantly high. Throughout the developed area it’s
generally moderate to high, with some isolated points labelled extreme. The city itself is ranked low and the area immediately adjacent to it has a high fire risk. “It’s really the periphery areas and the homes that are out of the [town] core that we’re mostly concerned with,” Blackwell said. “Really the probability of wildfire is associated with some hazardous fuel types — largely those on the Bench [area of town],” he said. He said fires up in this area could bring embers into the town core which could spark multiple fires. The recommendations in the plan come with cost estimates and level of priority. Those earmarked as high priority include upgrades for critical infrastructure to ensure all buildings meet FireSmart standards, partnering with the ThompsonNicola Regional District to discuss purchasing a water tender with a rated pumping capacity to support emergency response in fire protection agreement areas that border Merritt, and design, plan and implement a treatment to protect critical infrastructure on Iron Mountain. The overall fire risk (above) is the product of the probability (left) multiplied by the consequence (middle). B.A.
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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS TRADES TRAINING
NVIT teams up with ITA for training in Prince Rupert
LEFT Fourteen students graduated from the E-CCW pilot program in Prince Rupert and will work for Coastal Industrial Construction on an LNG project. RIGHT Gary McDermott, director of Aboriginal initiatives at ITA speaks to the graduates. Images courtesy ITA
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The Industry Training Authority (ITA) delivered a first-ofits kind pilot program to train Aboriginal people in Prince Rupert — with a little help from NVIT. Over the course of 10 weeks, NVIT brought people and tools to the Gitxaala Nation, near Prince Rupert for the first five weeks of skills training. Following that, the students were brought to Prince Rupert for technical training in a classroom setting. “The whole idea is to take the training to the community rather than having the students go through the challenge of going to a larger urban centre to get their training,” said Gary McDermott, ITA’s director of Aboriginal initiatives. “NVIT does a fairly good job of taking the training to First Nations people. That was the idea behind this program — we wanted to make the training flexible and accessible.” The 14 students graduated from the training course on Feb. 15 with Enhanced Construction Craft Worker (E-CCW) certificates. Coast Industrial Construction (CIC), which has a contract with LNG Canada to do some site work in Kitimat for an LNG project, announced that it has hired all of the graduates.
“All 14 students from the E-CCW pilot program will be hired on to work on the LNG Canada project in Kitimat,” said Finn Conradsen, general manager of CIC. “This is a huge boost for CIC and a great conclusion to all of the planning and hard work that went into this program.” This was one of two pilot programs, the other one currently taking place in Fort St. James. Once that one is complete, the two programs will be evaluated to see how additional training can be delivered. NVIT was the successful bidder among about a dozen applicants for the training contract. “B.C. is projected to be one of the economic leaders in the country in the next two years and First Nations are an important part of keeping our province diverse, strong and growing,” said Shirley Bond, Minister of Jobs, Trouism and Skills Training, and Minister Responsible for Labour, in a press release. “Congratulations to the 14 graduates of the Enhanced Construction Craft Worker pilot program who will now have the skills training and work experience necessary to be employed in the upcoming LNG sector as well as in numerous other careers in B.C.’s construction sector.”
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Budget item: Detailed design plans for sidewalks in Collettville Estimated cost: $60,000 (for the plans) The skinny: These plans would provide council with cost estimates for sidewalk installation in Collettville, which would be funded by a local service area tax on the residents. If the project became a reality, the ditches that line the side of the streets would be replaced with sidewalks and a storm drainage system.
Budget item: Request to erect a sounddampening privacy fence along River Ranch Road Estimated cost: $15,000 - $25,000 The skinny: Commercial trucks have been known to idle along River Ranch Road in areas where they are prohibited to stop under the city’s bylaws. Council generally agreed that something needs to be done about the issue, but ultimately didn’t believe erecting a fence was the best solution.
Budget item: Replacing residential garbage truck with a new one. Estimated cost: $335,000 The skinny: The current garbage truck is earmarked for replacement, having met its five-year lifespan. Public works says the arm that picks up garbage bins continuously breaks down. The city only has one garbage truck that serves residential areas and another that serves commercial businesses, making it crucial to replace them when the time comes.
Budget item: Install safety netting at the Merritt Golf and Country Club Estimated cost: N/A The skinny: Some councillors expressed the opinion that the onus to pay for the netting was the responsibility of the golf course and not the city.
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COQ’ STILL CLOSED FOR BUSINESS Merritt drivers are scratching their heads as the Coquihalla Highway enters its seventh day without traffic. The highway was closed last Thursday after avalanches blocked traffic just south of the snowshed between Hope and Merritt. Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon says this is the longest closure in history for the highway, due to a snow slide five metres deep covering a 50-metre stretch of road. “In the entire life of the Coquihalla these are the worst avalanche conditions we have ever seen,” he said. “We have never had an avalanche cover four lanes of the Coquihalla before.”
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City Calendar February 23 7 pm - Regular Council Meeting Merritt City Hall
February 27 4:30 - Rotary Mini Golf Merritt Civic Centre February 27 7:30 pm - Merritt Centennials vs. Wenatchee Nicola Valley Memorial Arena March 2 9:00 am to 3:00 pm - Career Fair Merritt Civic Centre March 4 6 pm - City Movie Night Merritt Civic Centre March 5 2 pm & 6 pm - City Movie Night Merritt Civic Centre March 5 Annual Wildlife Trophy & Potluck Banquet The Senior Centre March 8 7 pm - Regular Council Meeting Merritt City Hall Recordings of the City of Merritt’s council meetings can also be seen on Shaw cable (Channel 10) on Thursdays and Sundays at 11:00 a.m. Council meetings can also be streamed live online at: http://www. merritt.ca/live-streaming-councilmeetings See past council decisions at: http:// www.merritt.ca/city-council/councilmeeting-decisions
UPCOMING GREEN TOURISM WEBINARS You are invited to attend an upcoming set of 3 webinars hosted by Green Tourism Canada and the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association. The City of Merritt has registered and we invite interested community members to join us in the Community Boardroom (First Floor City Hall) for one or all 3 of the following webinars. These webinars are to assist our region’s tourism businesses to improve their sustainability performance in an effort to not only protect the natural environment that makes us so unique, but also to meet the growing consumer demand for responsible business. Open discussion to follow webinar and no cost to attend. Please RSVP to wgeorge@merritt.ca more info www. greentourismcanada. ca/tota/. February 25th- 10
am-11 am - How to Attract More Guests by Connecting with Their Values March 17th- 10 am-11 am - Getting Started With Green Tourism
When & Where: Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016 Merritt Seniors Centre 1675 Tutill Court 2:00pm-3:30pm
Temporary Road Closure there will be a temporary road closure on Sunday, February 21st and Wednesday, February 24th 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. on Coldwater Avenue from Voght Street to Garcia Street for flagger training
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Please join us for an Open House to learn more Please join us for an Open House to learn more about the about the City’s Age-Friendly Action Plan and City’s new Age-Friendly Action Plannew and how it will have a positive influence on our community. how it will have a positive influence on our community. What is an Age-Friendly Community? All residents, regardless of age or ability, should be included in all aspects of community life and be recognized for the valuable contributions they make. An Age-Friendly Community supports active aging through the development of policies, services and structures that improve opportunities for health, participation and security for all residents.
What is the purpose of the Age-Friendly Action Plan? The Age-Friendly Action Plan is an approach to enhancing age-friendliness in Merritt and help to ensure that the needs of the community continue to be met throughout all stages of life. The goals and objectives that are outlined within the plan will inform the decisions of both City officials and community partners.
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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS CITY BEAT
Council taking aim at a raise; expenses to rise $10K Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD
City council will be increasing its budget for their annual expenditures, and are considering giving themselves a raise. The city budgeted $30,000 for its conferences, seminars and memberships fund utilized by the seven members of council. City of Merritt financial director Sheila Thiessen told council at a Feb. 13 budget meeting that she’s increased that amount to $40,000 to provide some leeway. In 2014, council incurred a total of a little more than $24,000 in expenses, according to the city’s statement of financial information that year.
It will cost about $20,000 alone for council to attend this year’s Union of BC Municipalities, Thiessen told them at the budget meeting. She estimates all the conferences council’s set to attend in 2016 to cost about $34,600. Members of council also receive $300 each for general community involvement. At the budget meeting, council considered doubling their community involvement fund, but ultimately decided to wait another year before considering an increase in that area. According to financial information posted on the city’s website, councillors are given a remuneration of about $12,000 annually and the mayor receives
about $20,000. Thiessen told the Herald that more information regarding a raise for council is coming in the near future and will ultimately require council approving a bylaw amendment. Councillors and the mayor come up short when comparing their remunerations to the communities of Trail and Castlegar, which have population sizes similar to Merritt’s. According to an article in the Castlegar News, that community’s councillors receive $13,065 while councillors in Trail receive $14,005 annually. Trail’s mayor is given $28,000, and the Castlegar mayor receives $26,130 per year.
MSS fire under investigation responded to the fire. Tomkinsoin said firefighters assisted the school board staff in salvaging efforts and cleaning up. McNiven said he was pleased with how students and staff responded to the fire, noting that everyone evacuated
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God has blessed us with another week of the Lord watch before He says, “Enough!” time and health. We need to be thankful for He is already telling us this by what is His goodness. going on in the world. Trends will grow and I want to look at a couple of things that become common practice. Is there a way bring big business. One is the professional around destruction? There is hope. sport industry. Basically, hockey and soccer. When I see people hold their little gadgets How rough they are. Players get millions of in their hands and they communicate dollars. They are expected to be rough and with pictures I wonder what kind of record get points for their rough players. keeping has Heaven got? These players are all tough but every once To everyone, at one time or another, no in a while, some poor fellow gets hit so hard matter what they have done, the Holy Spirit on the head that he gets a concussion and whispers to them of this error and sins. he is sent out of the game for a few weeks. In 1 John 1:9, it says that if we confess our He comes back, but his injury will likely never go away. He will live for years, but could be sins (a true confession with feelings of guilt in a sad state. He has to bring in the money. and are sorry for what we have done) He, Jesus will forgive us our sins. Obama a few weeks ago said the US Is that the end? No. That is just the was the worst country in the world for multiple shootings. What a thing to admit for the US beginning. Jesus will forgive us our sins and was the richest country and now look at all cleanse us from all unrighteousness. What a promise. What a beautiful promise. This the shootings going on. cleansing has to be permanent. That means There are hundreds of thousands guns in we can not go back to that sin or it is not the country. Shops sell them every day so the permanent. So it is with all our problems. factories make more. Everything that goes on More next week. on earth is recorded in Heaven. How long will
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A small fire that sparked in an office at Merritt Secondary School was quickly extinguished by the sprinkler system before the fire department arrived. The fire started just before 10 a.m. in a room that is adjacent to the main office on the ground floor. It was contained to that particular room, Merritt Fire Rescue Department Fire Chief Dave Tomkinson told the Herald. Tomkinson said the fire was deemed suspicious and RCMP are investigating. The fire department cannot release any information pertaining to what burned, or the fire’s area of origin. “There was a fair amount of water damage [to the room],” Tomkinson said. School District 58 superintendent Steve McNiven said the office where the fire sparked is a meeting room in the counselling area of the school. McNiven said he’s not sure how the fire
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Spending priorities Since my last report, we have now passed the first 100 days in office since the new Liberal government was sworn into power. As is customary, this 100 day milestone is marked by close scrutiny of Government actions from a wide variety of media and pundits. One particular analysis that caught my attention was from journalist David Akin who examined the spending habits within the first 100 days of the current Liberal Government compared to the former Conservative Government. By the numbers the former Conservative Government announced $3.9 billion in spending DAN ALBAS commitView from the ments within HILL their first 100 days. In contrast the new Liberal government has announced spending commitments totalling $5.3 billion in its first 100 days in office. What is most interesting is that $4.3 billion of the total $5.3 billion that the Liberals have announced will be spent entirely outside of Canada, leaving just $1 billion to be spent on projects within Canada. By comparison of the $3.9 billion announced by the former Conservative government in the first 100 days virtually all of it was for projects and programs within Canada; only $211 million was spent outside of our borders. Obviously this different direction in spending priorities was part of the promised change that the Liberal government was elected under. We will learn more about the future spending priorities of the Federal government when the Minister of Finance tables his first budget on March 22, 2016.
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GWYNNE DYER The international STAGE “The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent,” said John Maynard Keynes (or maybe it wasn’t him, but no matter). At any rate,
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that was the eternal verity the Saudi Arabians were counting on when they decided to let oil production rip — and the oil price collapse — in late 2014. The Saudi objective was to keep the oil price low enough, long enough, to drive American shale oil producers out of business and preserve the OPEC cartel’s market share. (The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries controls only 30 per cent of world oil production, which is already very low for what was meant to be a price-fixing
cartel.) The end of sanctions against Iran and that country’s push to raise production and regain its old market share put further downward pressure on the oil price. So did the slowdown in China’s economy. High-cost shale-oil producers in the United States are really hurting (U.S. oil production this year will be down by 700,000 barrels a day), but the OPEC producers are hurting too — and it looks like the Saudis just blinked. On Tuesday Saudi
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Arabia, Russia, Venezuela and Qatar announced that they would freeze their oil production at the January level. Most other OPEC members are expected to follow suit, and since Saudi Arabia and Russia (not an OPEC member) are the second- and thirdlargest oil producers in the world, the freeze will affect almost half of the world’s oil production. That will not be enough to rescue the economies of OPEC countries and Russia from their current crisis. (All their economies are actually shrinking, and Saudi
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Arabia has gone from a budget surplus amounting to 13 per cent of GDP in 2012 to a deficit of 21 per cent last year.) Freezing production will not get the oil price back up when the current global production level is at least 2 million barrels a day higher than global demand. In fact, the oil glut is so great that the world is running out of places to store the excess production. U.S. and European oil storage facilities are full, and people are already talking about buying tankers as floating storage.
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Merritt town hall will NEW AT THE LIBRARY be held on Feb. 29 Nonfiction Fiction From Page 6 Also occurring this week in the House of Commons this week will be debate and a vote on the recently announced Liberal mission changes related to the campaign against the terrorist group ISIS. For more information on these changes and the new mission please see my MP report from last week. Before I close this week I would like to thank those citizens who came out to attend my `Hold your MP to account` town hall in West Kelowna recently. The attendance was very encouraging and many good questions were asked by citizens who held me to account on a variety of different subjects. Given the success of this event I will also look to have similar accountability town halls in other communities in Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola over the coming months. Also a reminder for those who cannot make these town halls I am always available for your comments, questions and concerns at: dan.albas@parl.gc.ca or toll-free at 1-800-665-8711. Dan Albas is the Member of Parliament for Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola
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Since the beginning of this year the oil price, as high as $115 a barrel less than two years ago, has dipped down into the $20s several times. Not only will the new production freeze not solve this problem; it won’t really even freeze production. If there’s one thing that OPEC members do well, it is to cheat on their production figures and pump more oil than they admit. As for Russia, it broke the last deal it made with OPEC about freezing production, and it will probably do it again. Ineffective as this deal is, it illustrates the mounting panic in the major oil
producers as the prospect of a long period of very low oil prices opens out ahead of them. Saudi Arabia and Russia are edging towards a direct military confrontation in Syria — the Russian air force backs the Assad regime, and the Saudis are talking about sending ground troops to fight it — but the oil price transcends such issues. So what conclusions may we draw from all this? First, the price of oil will stay down. In the short run it may even go lower: Morgan Stanley analysts say that oil “in the $20s” is possible if China devalues its currency further, and Standard Chartered Bank predicts that prices could hit just $10 a barrel.
The production freeze might allow the oil price to return to the low $40s in the medium term, if Chinese demand does not collapse entirely and if the producers keep their promises. That price would enable most of the fracking operations in the United States to stay in business, but it would still fall far short of balancing the budgets of Russia and Saudi Arabia. They can’t really afford to have a full-scale war over Syria. Second, OPEC members with large populations and national budgets that depend heavily on oil revenues (more than 75 per cent) face the prospect of major civil unrest or even revolution. This includes Nigeria, Algeria, Venezuela
and Angola. Iran and nonOPEC member Mexico face lesser political risks, but they are not negligible. Finally, a prolonged period of low oil and gas prices will hit the whole array of climate-friendly energy and transportation technologies, from wind-farms to electric cars. Energy costs still matter, even if governments can rectify the balance to some extent with carbon pricing and other regulatory measures. But coal, the most polluting of the fossil fuels, still faces early extinction, since its main rival for power generation is ever cheaper gas. A ruthlessly rational OPEC leadership (i.e. a Saudi Arabia run by competent economists and
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strategists) would just end the cash hemorrhage and reduce the political risk by cutting production sharply and getting oil prices back up. But the great gamble to break the U.S. frackers by driving them into bankruptcy was not an ownerless, free-floating policy that somehow took root in OPEC soil. It was a specific strategy that was conceived and promoted by particular powerful individuals, most notably high-ranking Saudi individuals. They would lose a great deal of face if they had to abandon it, so it will be with us for a while yet. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.
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Proposed Closure on Goose Lake Road The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure gives notice pursuant to Section 60(2) of the Transportation Act that a portion of Goose Lake Road #2024, being an approximate total of 6.8 km, is to be closed through the NE1/4 of Section 34, Township 18, Range 18, W6M, KDYD to the SW Ÿ of Section 18, Township 19, Range 17, W6M, KDYD. A plan showing the proposed road closure may be viewed at the Ministry’s Thompson Nicola District Office during the office hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Anyone wanting to provide comments on the proposed road closure should do so in writing no later than April 11, 2016 to the Thompson Nicola District Office. For more information about this closure, please contact the Thompson Nicola District Office by mail at #127-447 Columbia Street, Kamloops, B.C. V2C 2T3 or by email at TNDistrictDevapps@gov.bc.ca.
Last July, a wildfire sparked on Hamilton Hill, and was clearly visible from Merritt. Herald file photo
From Page 1 Moderate priorities include establishing a regional interface committee to co-ordinate wildfire risk reduction efforts and developing an evacuation plan in co-ordination with the RCMP to map out safe zones, marshalling points and aerial evacuation locations. “What we’re trying to do is mitigate and minimize the potential for multiple ignitions that are going to overwhelm your fire department,� Blackwell told council. “That’s really what the strategy’s focused on.� The plan contained 22 recommendations, which the fire department can now assess, prioritize and take before council for consideration. The plan was developed over the past six months by Blackwell and Associates in consultation with the fire department. Blackwell also noted that a house fire in
provincial government grant and will need to receive approval at the Union of BC Municipalities convention in Victoria this September, Fire Chief
town can lead to a wildfire by igniting surrounding grasses and trees. Merritt’s new wildfire protection plan was funded in part from a
Dave Tomkinson told the Herald. He said the plan came in under its $30,000 budget and the government grant was for up to $15,000.
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Bury this book says Crey about jailhouse memoir Don't even think of buying the new book allegedly written by convicted serial killer Robert Pickton. That's the latest from Ernie Crey of Chilliwack, whose sister Dawn Crey's DNA was found at the Pickton pig farm in Port Coquitlam. He is furious that the convicted killer may have penned a jailhouse memoir, called Pickton: In His Own Words. “People have been asking how I feel about this. I am angry, upset and troubled by it,” Crey told The Chilliwack Progress. There is an urgent need for a law in B.C. that would prevent anyone convicted of serious crimes from profiting from them, he said. "They need to move on this quickly,” he said, from a legal point of view, even if Pickton doesn't stand to profit directly from the book sales. "I want to destroy any incentive in future for a monster like him to even attempt to profit in this way." So how did the hand-written manuscript even manage to get spirited into the U.S. without Canadian corrections officials stopping it, he wants to know. Pickton is incarcerated at Kent Institution in Agassiz. Crey is firing off a letter this week to the provincial officials such as the Attorney General or Solicitor General, and the federal counterparts, to request that legislation be drafted to prevent such an occurrence. “B.C. is one of the Canadian provinces that doesn't have a law against profiting
There is an urgent need for a law in B.C. that would prevent anyone convicted of serious crimes from profiting from them, Ernie Crey said. Black Press
from horrific crimes,” said Crey, noting that Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan have the legislation on the books. “You know know what? He had his day in court,” said Crey. “He hired some of the best legal minds to defend him, and he exhausted his appeal. He was found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and will spend the rest of his life rotting in prison.” Crey is asking people he knows to strike back. “Friends, would you kindly drop an email to Amazon.com asking them to ditch the ad
for Pickton's book? Thank you,” Crey wrote on his Facebook page over the weekend. In the 144-page book, published in the U.S., Pickton denies full responsibility for his crimes. “There are two issues with this. One is that he's been convicted of horrendous crimes and yet he is making a plea for public sympathy. In this way he wants to go around the courts, and around the families to plead with the public that he is somehow innocent. “The second is that he is actually hoping the book will make some money. One of the
ways to prevent it is to bury the book.” It's ironic, Crey noted, that every time he publicly comments or reacts to a situation like this, he places himself in the killer's service, in a sense. “But also there is no way around it. This gives me a chance to lean on the government, so the families in the future whose relatives fall victim to a monster, will be protected, and there is no chance to profit from a book or movie based on his crimes. “I'm happy to put myself in the service in that sense.” Although there is “legal closure” in that Pickton was sentenced for life with six counts of second degree murder, but at the same time there is no real closure for the families of his victims. “There is no leaving behind the horrible memories of his cold-blooded murders committed without compassion in a psychopathic killing spree. It has put all of us in our own type of prison.” Although Crey is a former social worker, he admits he is not an expert in clinical psychology. “But I do know that psychopaths like Pickton kill because they take pleasure in the power derived from killing. He delighted in it. Now he's getting another chance to taunt and stir up feelings by troubling the families. “I am hoping we can put an end to it.” —Black Press
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BC WINTER GAMES BOUND! Badminton at the Games Location Okanagan College 583 Duncan Ave. West, Penticton NET PRESENCE Seven young badminton stars, ages 12 to 13, will be representing Merritt and Zone 2 at the BC Winter Games in Penticton beginning this Thursday, Feb. 25. The seven (above, left to right) are Allison Moore, Niah Prowal, Rose Howarth, Breanna Ouellet, Megan Dunsmore, Talon Zakall and Drew Kanigan. All are products of the highly-successful Bench Elementary School badminton program run by teacher Vince Kanigan. The local athletes qualified for the BC Games at a tryout camp held at the end of November, 2015 in Kelowna. The seven Merritt qualifiers comprise the majority of the Zone 2 badminton team, including the entire girls’ squad. Since being named to the Zone 2 team, the Merritt badminton players have attended a zone training camp over the Christmas holidays and practised weekly at the old CMS gymnasium. The BC Winter Games, along with the BC Summer Games are held every two years in different cities and regions around the province. They are a biennial celebration of sport and community. Since their inception in 1978, the BC Games have taken place 38 times, and involved over 350,000 participants and volunteers. This will be the fourth time that the city of Penticton has hosted the Games. They also held the Winter Games in 1990 and the Summer Games in 1978 and 1996. There are projected to be 2,082 athletes, ranging in age from nine to 45 competing in 17 different able-bodied and Special Olympics sports at this year’s BC Winter Games. Ian Webster/Herald
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Recent racquet-sports renaissance includes badminton Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD
All forms of racquet sports are enjoying a resurgence of participation in the Nicola Valley these days. Both tennis and pickleball are seeing large numbers at their indoor sessions throughout the week at the old CMS gymnasium. The same holds true for the sport of badminton. In addition to a healthy program at some of the local elementary schools (see above) and a popular unit being taught at the local high school as part of the PE program, the Merritt Badminton Club has seen a real upswing in its number the last couple of seasons. “The club was quite big years ago. We had 40 to 50 members,” said 73-year-old Ed Morris, a club member since 1972. “Then things really dwindled, and we were
lucky to get four or five people out on a regular basis. Things have really picked up. There’s a huge amount of interest with the youngsters.” A typical Tuesday or Thursday night at Collettville Elementary School sees the gym bursting at the seams with a host of eager, young players and a loyal band of adults. Morris is affectionately referred to as ‘Mr. Badminton’ in the Nicola Valley. A competitive player until the age of 19 while growing up in Vancouver, he has always loved the sport. Despite being a septegenerian, he can still dazzle on the court with his placement of the shuttlecock, his quick reflexes and occasional, timely smashes. SOME HISTORY The exact origins of badminton remain
obscure. Variations on the game have been played for centuries across Eurasia. Part of its popularity is the sport’s simplicity. It can easily be played informally in a backyard or at the beach. All that is required is a couple of racquets, a shuttlecock (‘bird’) and some sort of net. Indoors, the game can be played recreationally or at a very competitive level. It is an Olympic sport, with five events: men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles and mixed doubles. At the higher levels of play, badminton requires excellent fitness. Stamina, agility, strength, speed, precision, and good motor co-ordination are all desirable attributes. For more information on the Merritt Badminton Club, contact Morris at 378-2740.
BYE, BYE BIRDIE The Collettville Elementary School gymnasium is a hub of badminton activity every Tuesday and Thursday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. as participants of all ages enjoy the game. (Above) Local badminton guru Ed Morris, 73, sets up a smash. (Top right) Eight-year-old Owen Sigurdsson goes to his backhand for a return. (Right) Don Parno serves a shuttlecock, more commonly known as a bird. Ian Webster/Herald
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