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The family of Ty Pozzobon made the incredibly difficult decision to donate the famed bull rider’s brain to concussion researchers.

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GATE DEBATE

The civil trial between the Nicola Valley Fish & Game Club and Douglas Lake Cattle Company continued in Kamloops this week.

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INVESTIGATION OPEN RCMP continue to look into the circumstances surrounding the death of a man on the Coldwater reserve on New Year’s Day.

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS FAMILY FUN

A read on Family Literacy Week Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

Word on the street is that next week is Family Literacy Week in British Columbia — and the local library and literacy society have partnered up to ensure the Nicola Valley has a full schedule of events centred on reading as a family. On Jan. 23, the week will kick off with the introduction of a brandnew reading program in Merritt. The Come Read With Me proAlicia Ashcroft, writer and children’s entertainer will keep the gram aims to boost the crowds lively at the Civic Centre on Jan. 27. Photo contributed literacy skills of kids in of the wide range of topics covered Grade 1 by encouraging during prior technical literacy sessions parents to read alongside their chilhosted at the library. dren, explained Kelly Reid, literacy Joining the seven MSS students outreach co-ordinator with Literacy who will be facilitating the session will Merritt & Nicola Valley. be Bob Reid from City Furniture, and At Monday’s event at the Civic the library’s resident computer whiz, Centre, parents will be taught a variAnne Pang. ety of tutoring and reading strategies Though the event is aimed at to employ when they read as a family seniors, people of all ages and techniin order to boost their children’s litcal abilities are invited to come and eracy skills. Kids meanwhile, will be treated to ask their questions to the host of a free book and an evening chock-full facilitators, explained Newton. “You can be any age, and we’ll of activities while their parents learn, help you — for sure.” said Newton, said Reid. unequivocally. Kids and adults will then reconThe technical workshop is set to vene together towards the end of the start at 10 a.m. on Jan. 26, and will evening, with a chance to test out go for two hours. No registration is some of the reading strategies taught required for this event. during the seminar. Finally, the week will be capped “We’re targeting Grade 1s. The off with a big party. Families are concept is, once you get through the invited to come to the Merritt Civic Grade 1s, once they are all trained Centre on Jan. 26, from 3:30 to 6:30 up, by the time they get to Grade 8 p.m. you might actually see some results,” Alicia Ashcroft, a radio personality, said Reid, adding that a main goal freelance writer and children’s enterof the program was simply “getting everyone to read at their grade level.” tainer born and raised in Merritt will be in attendance at the party, as will The event gets started at 5:30 Tim and Leanne Manuel who will p.m., and runs until 7. Those interbe leading an indigenous storytelling ested are encouraged to register by session. phone by calling 250-378-7844 or There will be plenty of family fun through email at literacymerritt@ crammed into the three-hour event, gmail.com. as face painting, a giant ‘KerPlunk’ Later in the week, the Merritt library will play host to a cross-section set, and ‘active’ story-telling are just a few of the activities that Reid menof generations, as students from tioned to the Herald. Merritt Secondary School (MSS) will At 6:30 p.m., Ashcroft will lead a be on hand to assist a variety of other parade from the Civic Centre, to the tech-experts, as they teach a techniNicola Valley Memorial Arena, where cal literacy course aimed at Merritt’s families will be invited to take in the seniors. Cents’ game that evening (kids 12 and As Susan Newton, circulation under will receive a free ticket to the reference assistant at the library game during the event at the Civic explained, being technically literate Centre). requires a person to have familiarity Both Reid and Newton emphawith a wide range of technology these sized the importance of not just prodays, and seniors might need some moting reading — but encouraging advice on swath of different topics. reading as a family. “Navigating the internet, learn“We want families interacting — ing words, learning your phone, your not just the kids dropping by, not tablet, your laptop… Learning how just the parents dropping by — but to download e-books, help with your families working together,” explained Facebook, how to use it a little bit. Newton. Just about anything,” Newton said

Family Literacy Week January 23, 2017 to January 27, 2017

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COME READ WITH ME Monday, January 23, 2017 5:30PM to 7PM Merritt Civic Centre Grade one students and their parents/caregivers FREE Email literacymerritt@gmail.com or Phone 250.378.7844 by Friday, January 20th

Free book, snack and fun with your grade one student. Parents learn ways to support their young reader at home.

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TECHNICAL LITERACY FOR SENIORS Thursday, January 26, 2017 10AM to Noon Merritt Library Senior students and volunteer tutors of all ages FREE To register for this event, ongoing sessions, or to volunteer tutor, email literacymerritt@gmail.com or phone 250.378.7844

Volunteer tutors of all ages support Seniors as they delve deeper into their computers, notebooks, phones, e-readers and more. Ongoing sessions to follow this event.

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FAMILY LITERACY FUNFAIR Friday, January 27, 2017 Funfair 3:30PM to 6:30PM Parade from Civic Centre to Arena 6:30PM Merritt Civic Centre Families FREE (Accepting new or gently used books by donation for the Bright Red Bookshelves)

A FREE literacy themed funfair for families. Games, books, face painting, crafting, PRIZES, storytelling and more. Soup and sandwiches by donation. Children 12 & under should be on the lookout for the Centennials mascot during the funfair to collect their free game ticket. At 6:30PM the mascot & friends will lead a parade to the arena for game night.

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS HEALTH RESEARCH

Pozzobon’s brain donated to science Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

From tragedy comes opportunity. And for Merritt’s favourite son, known throughout his life for his caring nature, one final chance to make a difference in the lives of those he left behind. The Nicola Valley and the rodeo community were shocked and saddened by the sudden passing of 25-year-old Ty Pozzobon on Jan. 9, but the bull riding champion’s family and friends may take some solace in knowing that he may one day contribute to a better understanding of traumatic brain injuries. The Pozzobon family announced via a press release that Ty’s brain will be donated to a team working with leading experts, scientists, medical professionals and medical centres to analyze the correlation between traumatic brain injury, concussions and depression. Pozzobon was found deceased at his home 25 kilometres west of Merritt on Jan. 9. Police

are not considering the death suspicious. “It’s important that people know about the implications of head injuries as a result of concussions,” said Ty’s mother, Leanne Pozzobon. Nucleus Bio, a medical research startup company based out of Vancouver, is facilitating the donation from the Pozzobon family to a concussion research team from the University of Washington. The knowledge obtained through the study of Pozzobon’s brain will be used to pursue “ground breaking initiatives… Ty Pozzobon competes at the 2014 Calgary Stampede. Photo to advance the ability to image, diagcontributed nose and track traumatic brain injury through the cascade of events that may Concussion Legacy Foundation website, CTE lead to chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a progressive degenerative disease of the ‘CTE,’” explained Sandy Price, a representabrain, which can develop as a result of repetitive from Nucleus Bio, stated in a press release tive brain trauma. Symptoms can include on Jan. 13. memory loss, confusion, impaired judgment, “We are grateful to be working with the depression and progressive dementia. Pozzobon family,” said Price. See ‘DONATION’ Page 9 According to information on the

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Coldwater band issues court challenge on pipeline Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

The B.C. government might have recently approved the Trans Mountain expansion — but don’t expect work to get underway in Merritt without a fight. Coldwater Indian Band Chief Lee Spahan was joined by two other First Nations chiefs at a press conference at Simon Fraser University, decrying the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project Tuesday. “The existing Kinder Morgan pipeline was built through our reserve, and above our aquifer, at a time when it was illegal for us to vote or hire a lawyer,” Spahan stated in an email on Jan. 17. “Due to its location the expansion poses even greater risk to our drinking water.” Spahan was joined on stage by Chief Maureen Thomas of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, and Chief Ian Campbell representing the Squamish Nation. All three bands are issuing legal challenges to the Trans Mountain pipeline project. The Coldwater band issued a press release of their own on Jan.

tions included requirements for the 17, announcing that the band project to attain both provincial would be challenging the fedand federal environmental approveral government’s approval of the Trans Mountain expansion project al, as well as a guarantee that the province would be receiving its in federal court. “fair share of fiscal and economic “Water is life,” said Coldwater benefits,” from the pipeline, stated Chief Lee Spahan in the press release. “My band’s situation is just a release from the B.C. government on Jan. 11. like what the Standing “World-leading” Rock Sioux were The existing Kinder Morgan plans to respond to facing — our pripipeline runs through the Coldwater Indian Band’s spills on both land mary source of reserve territory. (Michael and on B.C.’s drinking water Potestio/Herald). coast were two is under threat more of Clark’s and there is no conditions for need for it.” approval. The The B.C. last condigovernment tion — which recently issued required that environmental First Nations be approval for the adequately conpipeline expansulted on project sion project, with — is “being B.C.’s premier addressed by Christy Clark notboth the federal ing that the projgovernment and ect had fulfilled — the company,” or was in the prostated the same cess of satisfying release from the — the province’s B.C. governfive conditions for ment. approval. But what Those condi-

defines “adequate” consultation seems to depend on who one asks. On Dec. 6, at a meeting of the Assembly of First Nations in Gatineau, Que., Spahan hand delivered a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, urging him to step in and force the National Energy Board to consider an alternative route for the pipeline, further away from the band’s aquifer. “We asked the Crown to take our concerns seriously and to avoid unnecessary risks. The Crown has acknowledged that if there is a spill it may be impossible to remediate our water, and that further study is essential,” said Spahan. “The Crown’s decision to put our drinking water at risk merely because Kinder Morgan does not want to consider another viable, but more costly, alternative route through our territory is profoundly troubling.” According to the release from the Coldwater band, Trans Mountain and the Crown responded to the band’s court challenge on Jan. 16. The band has five days to respond to Trans Mountain — after that, the federal court of appeal will decide whether the band’s court challenge can proceed.

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BUDGET Merritt City Council started the 2017 Budget deliberations at 6:00 p.m. on January 16. During the meeting they dicussed the budget overview and there was a presentation from BC Assessment. Final tax rate will be set by Council in May. The City of Merritt’s annual budget aims for a balance between setting a reasonable tax rate and delivering services expected by residents and businesses. FUTURE BUDGET DATES: Jan 26 meeting is at 6 pm and the subject will be Grant-In-Aid Review Feb 7 meeting is at 6 pm and the subject will be Budget Discussion Feb 21 meeting is at 6 pm and the subject will be the Budget / Open House / Public Input Feb 25 (Saturday) meeting is at 8 a.m. and the subject will be Budget Discussions Mar 7 meeting is at 6 pm and the subject will be Budget Discussion / Final Input.

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS COURT BATTLE

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 58 (NICOLA-SIMILKAMEEN)

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Regular Meetings of the Board of Education will be held as follows: January 18, 2017 February 8, 2017 March 8, 2017 April 12, 2017 May 10, 2017 June 7, 2017

Douglas Lake Cattle Company says gates which prevent public access to Minney and Stoney lakes have been in place since the 1980s. Tim Petruk KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK

Most of the property surrounding disputed lakes on Douglas Lake Cattle Company land has been the property of the company for more than 100 years and a gate providing access to the area has been locked since the 1980s, a judge has been told. An ongoing civil trial in B.C. Supreme Court in Kamloops pits one of the largest ranches in North America, Douglas Lake Cattle Company, against the Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club — a group claiming the provincial government should be doing more to ensure access for anglers to Minnie and Stoney lakes. The club is seeking an order allowing public access to the roads leading to the lakes. It contends the gate was not locked until well into the 1990s — after

the company attempted to charge for fishing its lakes. Taking the witness stand on Tuesday, Douglas Lake general manager Joe Gardner said the decision to lock the gate on Stoney Lake Road was made in the early 1980s after company realignment left buildings at Minnie Lake vacant. “When there’s a crew there, they’re out and about doing things,” he said. “When there’s nobody there, there’s nobody within a 30-minute drive to look after things — and we did get vandalism.” Gardner said the company also experienced theft, albeit at a small scale. “Mainly it was fuel,” he said. “We did have saddles stolen from a barn and that kind of thing.” Gardner, who has been general manager of the company since 1979, said the decision

to lock the gate permanently was his alone. Douglas Lake Cattle Company was established in 1886. Gardner said the company owns 250,000 acres of deeded land, in addition to 15,000 acres of leased Crown land. It also has about 1,000 acres in private leases and approximately 1.2-million acres licensed for grazing. “Our footprint in British Columbia is about 1.5-million acres,” he said, estimating the number of lakes on the company’s deeded property at about 200. Of those, Gardner said, about 40 have sufficient stocks for fishing. Gardner said about 20 of those lakes are accessible to the public because of where they are situated. Gardner said his goal when he joined the company was to turn Minnie Lake into a destination fishing lake. “I wanted to try to make it into a world-

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class fishery,” he said. “There was a potential for that. So, we were shooting for a catchand-release, no winter kill, no summer kill fishery. Fast-forward, that’s where we are now.” Evan Cooke, a lawyer representing the cattle company, cited in court a “separate trial in the media” pitting the interests of a wealthy American owner attempting to restrict access to lakes on his property against local anglers. The company is owned by Stan Kroenke, who also owns a number of professional sports teams: Colorado Avalanche (National Hockey League), Los Angeles Rams (National Football League), Colorado Mammoth (National Lacrosse League), Denver Nuggets (National Basketball Association), Colorado Rapids (Major League Soccer) and Arsenal

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Offers are invited for the purchase of used surplus goods from School District No. 58 (Nicola-Similkameen). Items can be viewed and bid upon electronically beginning January 23, 2017, at www.auction.sd58.bc.ca. All bids will be in accordance with School District #58 (Nicola-Similkameen) regulations as indicated on the bid site and are subject to G.S.T. being charged. The surplus goods sale closes February 3, 2017. Surplus goods items are purchased on an ‘AS IS WHERE IS’ basis and will be available for pick up in Merritt between 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. beginning on February 9, 2017. For further information, please contact (250) 315-1100.

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VIEWPOINT EDITORIAL

Trudeau in hot water

The two major stories out of Ottawa this week revolve around Prime DAN ALBAS Minister Trudeau’s View from the newly HILL revealed vacation details followed by news of a small cabinet shuffle. I believe most Canadians support and understand that the Prime Minister would enjoy an exotic vacation to a warmer climate not unlike many Canadians often do so why is this current vacation a controversy? In Canadian public office we have very strict rules that limit and restrict financial benefits that a Minister of the Crown can accept and directly benefit from. These restrictions also include gifts that cannot be legally accepted from any registered lobbyist. Obviously gifts have a momentary value and must be disclosed and this includes the value of accepting a stay at an exotic Bahamas private island as has been now revealed was the vacation destination of Prime Minister Trudeau. The private island where the Trudeau family vacationed happens to be owned by the Aga Khan who in turn is the head of an organization that is registered to lobby the Trudeau government. This same organization headed by the Aga Khan also received $55 million in Canadian public funding from the most recent Liberal budget and as a result, the conflict commissioner is investigating this matter further. I am not for a moment suggesting any wrongdoing on the part of the Prime Minister but rather clarifying why this subject continues to be actively raised in Ottawa and more so as the Prime Minister’s office initially refused to provide details of the vacation in question.

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Everybody take a deep breath When Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812, he took more than half a million troops with him, and he still lost. When Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, he used four GWYNNE DYER million troops, but The international he lost too. And now STAGE the United States has deployed just one thousand American into Poland. So did the Russians giggle and snort at this pathetic display of American “resolve?” Of course not. They pretended to be horrified by it. “We perceive it as a threat,” said Dmitry Peskov, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman. “These actions threaten our interests, our security, especially as it concerns a third party building up its military presence near our borders. (The United States) is not even a European state.” The Russians have not suddenly caught a severe case of timidity. They know perfectly well this handful of American troops poses no danger to them. But building up the

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American “threat” helps to mobilise popular support for Putin — and he will be even more popular when Donald Trump enters the White House and makes a “deal” with Putin that ends this alleged threat. Pantomime threats like this are a standard part of international politics, and should not be seen as a cause for panic. It is also quite normal for great powers to bury an inconvenient dispute and move on, as Trump will probably do with Putin after he takes office. As long as Trump does not formally recognise Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea, international law will survive. Indeed, it would survive, perhaps limping a little, even if he did. As Trump’s inauguration looms, there is great panic among American commentators and strategic analysts (and quite a lot of people elsewhere) about the grave danger that the ignorant and impulsive Trump will pose to world peace, but this ignores two important facts. One is that the other world leaders he is dealing with will still be grown-ups. The other is that the real U.S. government — the tens of thousands of senior civil servants and military officers who actually make the machine work — are people with a lot of

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real-life experience, and they instinctively resist extreme policies and grand visions. Even Trump’s most radical ideas, like threatening to end America’s 45-year-old “One China” policy — and implicitly, therefore, to recognise the independence of Taiwan — will only destabilise the international order if OTHER national leaders are panicked by his demands. In most cases, they will not be. (Indeed, many of them are already taking up meditation or practicing deep breathing in preparation for having to deal with him.) None of this guarantees that Trump will not blunder into a big international crisis or a major war during his term, but the chances of his doing so are relatively low — maybe as low as one-in-ten. You wouldn’t freely choose to live with this level of risk, but people did live with it for decades during the Cold War, and they survived it. As for the ‘Manchurian Candidate’ nonsense: while Trump may have had significant Russian help of one sort or another during his election campaign, he is almost certainly not an ‘agent of influence’ for Moscow. The intelligence report by a British ex-spy that

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OPINION LETTERS

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I am writing this letter to all of you to clear up any concerns or any false preconceived ideas that you may have about myself or the BC Green Party. You can find our total party platform online. We — both the BC Greens and the Green Party of Canada — are the only political parties in Canada to post our total party platforms publicly, 24/7/365. Though the two parties are not directly related, we both share the same six basic principles of Greens worldwide: social justice, participatory democracy, ecological wisdom, respect for diversity, non-violence and sustainability. Because of our strong centre position on the political stage, our approach to party politics is totally different than all other political parties. In fact our approach is so different that we don’t even use Roberts Rules of Order. We’ve created our own system called, Greens Rules of Order. The basic difference between the two systems is, in Greens Rules, it’s government by consensus. No motion is passed until there is 100 per cent consensus from the floor. This means that all delegates are heard, give and take is the norm, which produces a healthy style of bargaining. At first it may sound cumbersome, but the best policy always comes out in the end. This system eliminates bullying and stacking, and actually gives incentive for delegates to work in a conciliatory fashion. It’s against our constitution to bicker in the House, as done by the other mainstream parties in today’s legislative procedure, as you may have witnessed. Because we believe in consensus government, we also believe it’s important that every voice is heard and treated with respect. Our manner outside the House is also the same. We work with parties of all political stripes for the people, not for the party. So as you can see, this election and Green Party politics is all about you, and not about me. Quite frankly, I wouldn’t have it any other way. If you would like to get together with me, and chat more about the upcoming election, or just life in general, give me a shout. You can reach me at: (604) 7951524, or email me at: artgreen33@gmail.com. Thank you. Art Green, Candidate for Fraser-Nicola Green Party of BC

Justin Trudeau ventures cross-country this week, selling his government’s benefits of “Canada is back” with efforts on climate, aboriginal rights, and the middle class. Surely an embarrassment will be the elephant in our closet, Canada’s abysmal record on foreign aid. Once a leader and indeed a world champion for aid, Canada is now a spendthrift cousin, envious of our European brothers with whom we would trade freely. Canada can only truly be back when we contribute our fair share to the poorest of the world. Until then, we mumble empty promises in the shadow of others. Randy Rudolph Calgary, Alta.

SETTING IT STRAIGHT In story titled “council approves permits” included in the Jan. 19 version of the Merritt Herald, the address of the ASK Wellness supportive housing complex in development for downtown Merritt was incorrectly identified as 2770 Quilchena Avenue. The correct address is 2270 Quilchena Avenue.

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In times of panic, remember lessons from Quebec From Page 6 is causing such a fuss is actually TOO detailed: senior Russian officials do not give that much away to each other, let alone to Western spies or the Russians who work for them. Even if the lurid accounts of Trump’s alleged sexual games with prostitutes in a Moscow hotel were backed by Russian-held film of the event, Moscow could never blackmail Trump with a threat to make it public. He would know that it was a bluff, because Putin’s rational strategy must be to put and keep Trump in power, not to discredit him. The real cost of the leaked allegations for Trump is domestic, it is high, and he has already

paid it. He can indignantly deny the story until his thumbs are sore, and he may actually be telling the truth, but mud sticks. People think of him as the sort of man of whom it MIGHT be true, and so the ‘lentil and chickpea’ jokes will not stop. He has suffered grave and lasting reputational damage even among his own supporters. Many people will be very frightened about the future when Trump swears the oath of office on Friday. They are certainly right to be concerned, and the economic damage may be very bad, but the risk of war, even with China, is probably lower than they fear. Back in 1976, when the Quebec separatists won an election for the first time, English-Canadians

were terrified, and the anglophone minority in Quebec itself saw it as the apocalypse. It was only six years, after all, since there had been dramatic terrorist attacks in Quebec by a different brand of separatists. But cartoonist Aislin (Terry Mosher) in the Montreal Gazette had the right idea. It just showed a close-up of the separatist leader, René Lévesque, smoking his usual cigarette and telling the entire country: “OK, everybody take a Valium.” It was better advice than even he knew: Quebec never left and the heavens never fell. We need Aislin again. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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Police continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding a suspicious death that occurred at the Coldwater reserve on New Year’s Day. A 47-year-old man from Merritt was found deceased at his residence by family members at about 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 1. “We’re still trying to piece together the exact sequence of events that led to the passing of this individual,” said RCMP Sgt. Norm Flemming. Flemming said the man’s death was the result of a rib injury that punctured his lung. The man had been in a fight a few hours earlier at a New Year’s Eve party, but the

injury didn’t occur as a result, Flemming said. “The individual was in a scuffle where he got hit and knocked down at [a] residence on the Coldwater reserve but that’s been ruled out as a cause of the injury that led to his demise,” said Flemming. He said police are trying to determine what happened to the man throughout the day and pinpoint what may have been the cause of the injury. “We’ve had to go back several hours throughout the day trying to account for his whereabouts,” said Flemming. Flemming described the fight as a minor one between friends. He said that after the party the man returned home where he was later found deceased in his

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Naloxone saves another Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

Another Merritt resident has been revived thanks to naloxone. A man in his late 20s overdosed on Chapman Street near Nicola Avenue on the afternoon of Jan. 16 and had to be revived by paramedics using the the overdose-reversing medication. “They used the naloxone and brought the person around and [he was] then taken to hospital and was perfectly OK,” said RCMP Sgt. Norm Flemming. Police aren’t sure what drug caused the overdose. “The individuals was less than forthcoming and

irritated,” Flemming told the Herald. Both police and BC Ambulance Service responded to the call at about 3:00 p.m. yesterday. Flemming said this incident was the third time in about a month that naloxone has been used to reverse the effects of a drug overdose. Police were forced to administer naloxone to reverse the effects of a drug for the first time on Dec. 19, responding to the Prince Motel where a 21-year-old female overdosed on morphine. Then on the evening of Dec. 28 officers administered two doses of naloxone to a 40-year-old man who was overdosing on the bathroom floor of a home on Merritt Avenue.

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Cash for more teachers Merritt’s new bookworm “We’ve taken a look at those numbers and want to do some consulting around that,” he said. At the elementary school level, McNiven said they will examine class sizes across the district and see if School District 58 is receiving nearly a quartermore teachers are needed, but new classes will not be million dollars to put towards hiring new teachers created. this year as its slice of the $50 million the provincial “That would mean disrupting student placement, government is allocating to immediately hire teachers but you could see extra support for and improve student supports. teaching go into those classrooms if SD 58 superintendent Steve they’re identified as needing it,” said McNiven said the $241,800 they McNiven. are receiving will enable hiring the “We have a primary school in equivalent of seven full-time teachers Princeton that has some larger class in the district, but depending on how sizes, so it’s possible to put [another] the money is allocated there could be teacher in those situations to help more than seven people hired. team teach [the class],” McNiven said. “Sometimes a school might only New hires for elementary schools need a part-time teacher, so instead could be in place at the same time of hiring seven teachers, you might as new secondary school teachers be hiring more part-time teachers, so depending on how long the conwe could see more than seven new sultation and hiring process takes, people,” said McNiven. McNiven added. He said teachers and administra“We’d like to get people hired as tors will now consult with each other quickly as possible across the district,” to determine how best to spend Steve McNiven McNiven said. that money, with the two secondary SD 58 Superintendent McNiven said the $241,800 is to schools of SD 58 being the priority. be used for hiring enrolling and non“We believe from the analysis enrolling teachers in the school district. we’ve done that there’s going to be a need at Merritt “Enrolling teachers are your typical classroom Secondary School, and because we have a second teachers that have a group of students assigned to semester coming up at both Merritt and Princeton them on a regular basis. Non-enrolling teachers we want to address any high school needs first,” said would include student support service teachers, which McNiven. are special education teachers, learning assistant “We’re going to do some work around what subject areas need support for second semester,” he said. teachers, counsellors, librarians,” said McNiven. The move to allocate $50 million to immediately McNiven said the end of the month is their tarhire teachers is the first step the government has get for bringing in new hires, as the first semester is officially made after losing a protracted dispute with ending and the second semester is set to begin by the B.C. Teachers’ Federation. The Supreme Court February. of Canada ruled in favour of the union on its right “It’s real fast turnaround,” he said. “Certainly, to bargain class size limits and composition during for high school, we will be a lot better off if we can contract talks. address any new hiring and creating classes prior to That ruling, issued in November, restored contract the start of the new semester. It’s always hard to take language from 2002 that was removed from the colstudents out [of a class] once they’ve got started,” lective agreement by then-education minister Christy McNiven said. Clark. McNiven said that science classes, english and applied skills trade classes are a few that may require — With Files from Kamloops This Week hiring more teachers. Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

Donation could shed light on CTE From Page 3 Currently, CTE can only be diagnosed after death by brain tissue analysis. Pozzobon was a gifted bull rider who suffered his fair share of injuries throughout his career, including multiple concussions. In Louisville, Ky. in 2013, Ty was knocked out by a bull called Carolina Kicker. A year later, in Saskatoon, a bull called Boot Strap Bill smashed Pozzobon’s helmet to pieces after bucking the rider off at the buzzer, then kicked Pozzobon’s unprotected head again as he lay prone with the bull bucking around him. Because Pozzobon was such a successful rider, many of his injuries came while the cameras were rolling at high profile rodeo events — which means researchers can compare footage of potential concussions with the data gleaned from the tissue samples, explained Michael Savage, a representative for Nucleus Bio. Though research into CTE is still in its “infancy,” as Savage described, donations such as Pozzobons’ go a long way for researchers aiming to learn more about the degenerative disease. “This is very unique — this is the first professional bull rider’s brain that the research team is going to receive. That, along with family data, the medical workups that have been done, and the visual data from the videos will be very beneficial to help them isolate where and what part of Ty’s brain were damaged and where to focus the efforts.” said Savage. “It is sad, and it is tragic… And the mechanism to make this [donation] happen is not very well known. This is the first time I’ve been thrust into a position to do this.” The funeral service for Ty will be held at the Merritt Civic Centre on Jan. 14, at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Rider Relief Fund, a non-profit foundation that provides financial assistance to people injured through bull riding.

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She may have big shoes to fill, but Merritt’s new head librarian is confident that she’s equipped with the right tools for the job. Those tools include the right education, having earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Victoria and a masters’ degree in library and information services from Western University in Ontario. Meg Gregory is Merritt’s new librarian. Photo contributed. But even more important than her years in Ontario, Gregory jumped education? into the role at the Merritt library Meg Gregory says she loves to with both feet when she arrived in read, and she loves to help people — December, two qualities essential for someone In addition to her responsibilites just stepping into a new position as a at the library, Gregory is a board librarian in a new town. member with Literacy Merritt and Gregory was raised in Lillooet, the Nicola Valley, and will be kept B.C., and chose to stay in the provbusy next week as the organization ince after graduating high school, puts on a variety of events to mark as she moved to Vicotria in order to Family Literacy Week. pursue a bachelor of fine arts. “Promoting literacy is a key After completing her undergrad aspect of librarianship, so I knew I in 2008, she took a job working had to be a part of Literacy Merritt with retail art supplies — eventually as soon as I heard about it,” said becoming a manager. Gregory. “The technical literacy Though the work sheparded for seniors is a great tie-in to what her around B.C., with stints in the Merritt library already offers Victoria, Vancouver and Kamloops, through our comptuer lab and Gregory’s compassion, work ethic appointments with Anne [Pang].v and love for reading eventually led to I’m thrilled the library can be part her being recruited into the library of this program and we want to and information services program at make sure everyone knows the techWestern University. nical literacy for seniors launch event “I finished my coursework in [will be held on] Jan. 26 is just the August. I was living in Toronto when beginning.” I got the job here,” said Gregory. More online at merrittherald.com, Happy to be heading back to the western edge of Canada, after two search ‘GREGORY’

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Ambition, hard work and love for Merritt horses so we had a gay drive.” When people He often attended the fireman’s balls, who know Merritt ranch dances, the bachelor balls and other from days gone social events. George was fond of horseback by hear the name riding and competed in many local races. Armstrong, many Eventually George amassed enough of them will money to start up his own business. He think of the old opened G.B. Armstrong’s General Store Department Store SUSAN GEARING-EDGE in Lower Nicola and sold everything from on Quilchena hardware to groceries. Business was good. Avenue where the A looking glass And soon his bachelor days were over. At Country Music TO THE PAST the age of 34, he married 20-year-old Dora Hall of Fame now Grace Wolff and settled down to enjoy famistands. ly life. Two daughters soon arrived, first May But there is a man behind the name as and then Vera, but misfortune struck when well — George Brown Armstrong, who owned and ran the department store, among Dora Grace died in 1905 from pregnancy complications. other things. While mourning the loss of his young George was born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1867. When he turned 17 he came to the wife, George soon found himself in a prickly situation. His store Nicola Valley with his sister Aggie to work required him to as a postmaster in her work long hours husband’s grocery store in but he was now Nicola. the single father The tiny settlement of two young was a far cry from the city children. A lights of Hamilton but nurse from the George was young and Valley, Sophie adapted quickly to his new Steffens soon surroundings, working came to his aid, hard for his brother-in-law caring for his Albert Elgin Howse. daughters while It is said that George he was at work. had a great deal of ambiLike many tion and a stellar work other entrepreethic. He was a classy neurs at Nicola, gentleman who attracted when George many lady friends. heard that the He caught the eye of George Brown Armstrong new railway renowned schoolteacher Nicola Valley Museum and Archives was making Annie McQueen who Merritt an wrote in a letter, “Last Wednesday George Armstrong, Mr. Howse’s attractive building site, he sold his store and built one on Nicola brother-in-law came to ask me to go to Avenue. It was bigger and betQuilchena with old Mr. and Mrs. Howse. ter in every way. The two-storey He had a double seated buggy with two

building measured 26 by 80 feet, with large glass windows in the front and a room big enough for a family dwelling on the second floor. Armstrong’s Department Store sold dry goods, groceries, clothing, hardware, candy and tobacco. It was also stocked with a large selection of miner’s boots to cater to employees of the various coal mines sprouting up in the valley. Hailing back to his younger years, G.B. (as he had come to be known) opened a post office in the store making him Merritt’s first postmaster. He was becoming quite a popular figure around town. An article printed in the Merritt Herald on December 23, 1910 said it best. “To write the history of the town of

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS RIDE ON What started as a way for Merritt minor hockey teams to honour the memory of Ty Pozzobon, who passed away at his home Monday (Jan. 9), is quickly gaining a lot of traction. Rhonda MacDonald and her husband Wayne have known the Pozzobon family for years, and both are involved in Merritt minor hockey — Rhonda manages the midget rep team and Wayne coaches the bantams. “Wayne said minor hockey should do something for Ty because he played minor hockey,” said Rhonda. Pozzobon was a starting goaltender during his midget rep hockey days. She suggested they create some helmet stickers for their two teams. The image on the sticker consists of a man riding a bull with Ty’s nickname “Pozzy” at the bottom. MacDonald made the first batch of stickers at home on her computer for the teams and posted about it on Facebook, which led to a lot of interest in the stickers from other people. At the suggestion of a friend, MacDonald is also collecting donations from the stickers and sending the money to the Rider Relief Fund — the organization which the Pozzobon family has requested donations be sent to in lieu of flowers. Rider Relief provides financial assistance to athletes — bull riders and bullfighters — injured in the competitive sport of bull riding. “The [Merritt] Centennials got a hold of me this morning — they’re wearing them on their helmets [in their home game on Jan. 13],” said MacDonald, adding that she’s also filled a request for 20 stickers from the Merritt RCMP. “And they’re not only wearing them, they’re all collecting money and giving it to Rider Relief,” she said.

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In two days, MacDonald had already printed 600 stickers. MacDonald said it’s times like this when the town comes together. “It’s pretty heart warming what our little town does in the face of tragedy. We’re all feeling helpless right now, and [this is] a little something that everybody can do,” she said. Michael Potestio/Herald

G.B.Armstrong — pioneer merchant turned mayor From Page 10 nace, a vault and a metal-lined tobacco room. Two years later he met Olla Standish, a matron heading up the nursing staff at the NVGH. The tall and regal woman was an excellent horseback rider and G.B. fell in love with her at first sight. They soon married and were blessed with a son George Standish and a daughter Kathleen. Although G.B. was a very busy man, his interests quite often involved the well-being of Merritt. When prohibition came into effect, the owner of the Adelphi Hotel, Andrew Hoggan, felt his establishment would suffer a loss without liquor sales. G.B. was confident that the hotel would still draw a crowd and didn’t want to see the Merittt landmark fail, so he purchased it from Hoggan. He successfully ran it as a “temperance hotel” until 1921 when he sold it to Major C.S. Goldman. In 1929, G.B. became the Mayor of Merritt, with many plans and goals for the city but that same year he suddenly passed away. His obituary read: “Mayor G.B. Armstrong, a pioneer merchant, died Nov. 11, 1929 in a fire which destroyed part of his home on Granite Avenue. The City ground to a halt as citizens attended the funeral amid unparalleled manifestations of regret. There were one hundred and five cars at the funeral.” For more information on the history of Merritt and the Nicola Valley, call or come and visit the Nicola Valley Museum and Archives, 1675 Tutill Court, (250)-378-4145. You can also visit our website at www.nicolavalleymuseum.org.

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INITIATION WHITE Back Row (L to R): Jonathon Holmes (Head Coach), Dave Lambe (Helper) Middle Row (L to R): Logan Holmes, Hunter Pickering, Alex Lambe, Keagan Morrison, Braxtun Dickie, Maeson Prins, Zachary McCulloch, Tayton Payne Front Row (L to R): Aleck Henry, Blake Bidney, Gabe Colter, Teagan Pinyon, Dylaan Sekhon, Colten Forgaard, Belle Garcia, Payton Garcia, Teyarra Hall

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MINOR HOCKEY BANTAM REC Back Row (L to R): Shawn Paterson (Ass’t Coach), Gabrielle Davis, Taylor Nicholls, Kylie Johnny, Spencer Nagata, Ray Lang (Ass’t Coach) Middle Row (L to R): Wayne Kaboni (Coach), Hayden Ellis, Jorja Thormoset, Stuart AbrahamBrown, Brodie Sterling, Sebastian Myram, Clinton Kaboni, Hope Smith, Reese Paterson, Dustin Shackelly (Ass’t Coach) Front Row (L to R): Troy Holmes, Connor Kaboni, Luke Narcisse, Wade Fountain, Korben Blatchford, Kyra Prevost, Taylor Shackelly, Tryton Bose, Carson Lang

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MIDGET REC Back Row (L to R): Stephen Hawkins (Trainer), Shailyn John, Levi Shuter, Ashton Krushelnitzky, Phillip McRae, Isaiah McRae, Denny Isaac, Travis Mosley (Manager) Front Row (L to R): Brock Moffat, Kay-lee Stirling, Ethan SheenaPatrick, Colton Macaulay, Gracynn Bose, Dylan Stirling, Austin Hawkins

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One of the 2016 bursary recipients, Connor Shannon of Vernon, in his UBCO dorm. Photo courtesy of Interior Savings Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

Attending a post-secondary institution is often billed as an investment in the future, for today’s graduating high school seniors. To encourage today’s senior students to look ahead to tomorrow, Interior Savings is offering the graduating class of 2017 an investment opportunity of their own — open an account at the credit union and then apply to earn a $1,000 bursary to a post-secondary institution. The program is called the million dollar bursary fund, and over $500,000 still remains unclaimed for this year’s intake. In 2016, 836 students from across B.C. qualified for the bursary, including five students from Merritt. Over the past three years the credit union has run the promotion, every student who applied and met the eligibility criteria was received a $1,000 bursary. “We’ve never had it fully subscribed. We see it increasing every year — but we really want to pay the whole amount out each year,” said Corinne Johnson, manager of community engagement with Interior Savings. The qualify, students must become members of the Interior Savings credit union as of Feb. 1 and keep that account active by processing at least two transactions per month. Only students between the ages of 17 to 24 are eligible to receive the bursary, and they must be attending a post-secondary institution full-time between Sept. 2017, and Aug. 2018. The only cost to students looking to qualify for the bursary? A one-time fee of five dollars to open an account with the credit union. “It’s not an onerous requirement. There is a five dollar membership share, but the account is free for that age group,” said Johnson. Merritt students have benefited from this program for a number of years, as six seniors received the award in 2014, and 11 in 2015.

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Cents solve Vees and Vipers; lose to ’Dogs in OT

Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

The Merritt Centennials kept themselves in the BCHL’s Interior division picture on the weekend, taking five of a possible six points from three games played in just three days. Friday night, at home, the Cents finally got the better of division-leading Penticton, with a well-deserved 3-2 victory over the Vees in front of a disappointing crowd of only 250 paying customers. Merritt got two goals from Zach Risteau and one off the stick of Zach Court in the team’s first win in six tries against Penticton this season, while netminder Jake Berger was brilliant in the Centennials’ net, stopping 34 of 36 shots, including 18 in the third period. Friday’s game wasn’t really as close as the final score would seem to indicate, as Merritt built a solid 3-0 lead, chased Vees’ starting netminder Mathew Robson from the game after 40 minutes, and didn’t allow

Penticton to get on the scoreboard until the last five minutes of regulation time, when the Vees pulled out all the stops to make things interesting. Both of Risteau’s tallies came on the powerplay, while the Vees failed to score on their three man-advantage opportunities. Merritt forward Tyler Ward, recently returned to the line-up after a 10-week layoff, assisted on all three of his team’s goals. Saturday, in Vernon, the Centennials were up against a red-hot Vipers’ squad that was undefeated in its last 10 outings. In a real goaltenders’ duel, Berger was masterful again in leading Merritt to a 2-1 overtime victory over the Snakes. The two teams scored just a minute apart late in the second period to break a 0-0 deadlock. Niko Karamanis was the Vernon marksman, while Cade Gleekel replied for Merritt. The first five minutes

The Merritt Centennials’ Tyler Ward (18), Stephan Seeger (12) and Cade Gleekel (6) celebrate one of teammate Zach Risteau’s two goals on Friday night in the Cents’ 3-2 win over the visiting Penticton Vees at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena. It was Merritt’s first victory against Interior-division-leading Penticton in five meetings between the two teams this season. Ian Webster/Herald

of overtime settled nothing, and the two teams moved on to three-onthree play. With 3:11 left, Risteau sprung Ward on a breakaway, and the gifted sniper from Kamloops made no mistake, burying the puck for the suddendeath winner. Berger made 43 saves for the Merritt win; Vernon’s Ty Taylor was almost as good, stopping

all but two of 38 shots directed his way. Finally, on Sunday, the Centennials wrapped up their weekend with a matinee tilt versus the visiting Alberni Valley Bulldogs. In a bit of an ugly affair, the Cents recovered from a miserable start to battle back and force the game to overtime, where they ended up losing 5-4. It was Merritt’s league-

leading eighth OT-loss this season. With the whole team playing poorly, the Centennials fell behind 1-0 just three minutes into the game, and trailed 3-1 after 20 minutes. Michael Regush scored the lone Merritt goal in the first period on a breakaway. Following a goaltending change, Merritt managed to regain its

composure, and battled back to tie things twice in regulation, at 3-3 and 4-4, on goals by Ward, Court and Stephan Seeger. For the second time in less than 24 hours, the Centennials headed to overtime. Seeger almost buried the winner four minutes into the first OT period, but Brody Claeys robbed him in the Bulldogs’ net. The puck went back

the other way, and Jake Witkowski ended the game, and completed the hat trick with a beautiful shot high stick side on Berger. Claeys finished with 32 saves, while starter Cole Lancaster and Berger combined for 24 stops. Merritt went zero-for-five on the powerplay — a stat that, combined with the slow start, likely cost the Centennials the game. On a positive note, Ward finished the weekend with five points in three games, topped only by Risteau’s seven –— including his teamleading 21st and 22nd goals. “Obviously, it was nice to get the [five] points,” said Cents head coach and GM Joe Martin, “but it was even nicer to see the guys play well, and show some chemistry. Even the comeback in the Alberni game was good to see — the willingness of the guys to play hard and battle back from some adversity.”

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BCHL STANDINGS to Jan. 17 INTERIOR DIVISION Team

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IN MEMORY OF TY POZZOBON Merritt Centennials’ players and team personnel lined up on the blueline prior to Friday night’s game against the Penticton Vees, and along with the Vees and the hockey fans in attendance held a minute of silence to honour the late Ty Pozzobon, who passed away on Monday. Cents’ players are wearing a commemorative ‘Pozzy’ sticker on their helmets (right) for the remainder of the season. Ian Webster/Herald

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Merritt vs Salmon Arm Silverbacks Centennials Saturday, January 21 - 7 pm Join Kal Tire to help celebrate Saturday nights game.

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Have a chance to win a $500 gift certificate to Kal Tire along with other giveaways. During 1st intermission the Nicola Valley Figure Skating Club will be throwing Kal Tire touques to our fans and will entertain us with some of their skill sets.

NICOLA VALLEY MEMORIAL ARENA

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SPORTS MSS SPORTS

Seaton Sonics sweep MSS basketball tournament Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

They came; they conquered. The W.L. Seaton Secondary School Sonics from Vernon went a combined 6-1 in their games on Friday and Saturday to take both the boys’ and girls’ titles at the Merritt Secondary School senior invitational basketball tournament. A total of seven teams took part in the event. On the boys’ side of the schedule, the host Panthers gave the Sonics a good run for their money — finishing with the same 3-1 record, but losing out on point differential in the games played against each other. In their first match-up on Friday afternoon, the Panthers got 21 points each from Sam McNiven and Evan Sahota in a 66-58 comeback win over the Sonics, who led 10-8 after one quarter and 22-16 at the half. Sebastian Drexel chipped in with nine points for the victorious MSS squad. After both Seaton and Merritt posted a pair of easy wins over the third boys’ team in the tournament, the Boundary Secondary Roadrunners from Midway, it came down to the final game of the tournament on Saturday evening to decide a winner. The Sonics came out guns a-blazin’ in the opening quarter (34-18) and never looked back. The Panthers closed to within 11 at the halfway mark, but Seaton surged again the late stages to win going away, 85-68. Sahota was Merritt’s high scorer in the final game with 22 points, followed by McNiven with 15, Drexel with nine and Mack Stead with seven. Scores in the MSS boys’ games against Boundary Secondary were 51-23 and 70-44 in favour of the home side. Drexel was red-hot in the two contests, draining a total of 39 points, including 27 from three-

point range. McNiven had a combined 27 points, while Sahota and Stead put up 17 points apiece playing in only one of the two contests. Honorable mentions go out to post players Caleb Hartwig, Oliver Hardy and Tom Girard for their strong play down low at both ends of the floor. “It was a great weekend for us in terms of development,” said MSS boys’ head coach Ryan Ferguson. “It all started with a school-wide pep rally that really helped to bring some energy into our gym.” Ferguson noted the breakout performances of Stead (17 points, three assists, four rebounds, three steals), and Hardy (15 rebounds). “Sam had a big weekend for us, too, averaging 15 points, 10 rebounds and four assists over four games,” said the coach. “Our improved play put us in a position to go for a weekend sweep and keep the [winner’s] trophy at home,” said Ferguson. “Unfortunately, our lack of eperience playing senior ball led to some undisciplined play in a very competitive game on Saturday night. “This was always going to be a growth year for us. At this point in the season, we’re very close to where we want to be. The future of senior boys’ basketball in Merritt continues to show promise.” On the girls’ side of the draw, the Sonics went a perfect 3-0 to take the title in Merritt, while the Panthers finished at 1-2 to place third out of four teams. Both MSS losses were close ones. In the tournament opener on Friday, Merritt couldn’t quite hang onto a two-point half-time lead, falling to the Sonics 52-49. Point guard Mesha Naiker, a call-up from the junior ranks, led all scorers with 27 points, followed by Casidy Sheena with nine and Ashton Stephans with six. Three Merritt players hit double figures in the Panthers’ second

outing — a 72-21 drubbing of Boundary Secondary on Saturday morning. Naiker once again paced the MSS attack with 17 points, followed by Amber Lorette with 14 and Takarah Kubo with 10. Keisha Henry and Emmanuelle Dugas contributed six points apiece. The best game of the tournament was the girls’ last one, between district rivals Merritt and Princeton, which needed overtime in order to decide a winner. The Panthers and Rebels were tied at 19-19 after one quarter, but the host side outscored the visitors 23-11 in the second period to lead 42-30 at the half. The difference was still 11 in Merritt’s favour going into the final quarter, but the Rebels weren’t about to roll over and concede anything. They outscored the Panthers 15-4 down the stretch to knot the game at 64-64 at the end of regulation. Both teams managed to fill the basket during the five minutes of circus time, but it was Princeton who prevailed, 73-69. Naiker had a tournament-high 36 points (including four three-pointers). Kubo chipped in with eight, and Lorette with seven. “The girls had a fantastic weekend of basketball. They played exciting ball, and came away from each game learning and progressing,” said MSS head coach Matt Kuroyama. “Both losses came essentially one-possession games. “Keisha, Amber, Takarah and Emmanuelle all had tremendous weekends; the other girls played their hearts out, too. “Despite missing four key contributors, we kept pace in our final game, and had a chance to win it. “Our game MVPs were Henry, Lorette and Kerrigan Selman.” Both coaches issued a special thank-you to all the volunteers who helped make the tournament happen, and the many fans who came out to watch the weekend games.

(Above) Merritt Secondary’s Evan Sahota takes the ball into the paint on a drive to the basket against W.L. Seaton on Saturday. The two boys’ teams split their pair of tournament games — MSS winning 66-58 on Friday, and the Sonics taking Saturday’s rematch 85-68. (Below) Three-sport athlete Keisha Henry (11) pulls up for a jump shot in her team’s 72-21 victory over the Boundary Secondary Roadrunners from Midway on Saturday. Ian Webster/Herald

Cents and Silverbacks this Saturday night From Page 19 Asked if Ward’s return was the difference maker on the weekend, Martin said, “It does seem like this season, we’ve always been a player or two short when it comes to offensive success. When you add someone with his kind of skill set, it does seem like things just fall into place.” Martin noted that 19-year-old Court has really found his game,

and “was outstanding on the weekend. It’s what we’ve been waiting for.” Martin also lauded the play of Berger between the pipes. “He was great. He’s done his job, which is stopping pucks. One of his assets is his skating. I would say he’s the best goalie skater we’ve had during my time [in Merritt]. All that said, we’re still going to need both [our goalies] to play well if we’re going to be suc-

cessful in the long run.” Martin didn’t have an easy explanation for his team’s slow start against Alberni Valley on Sunday. “I don’t want to guess and say that perhaps the players were taking their oppponents too lightly. I don’t think that was the case. We just seemed to make a couple of mistakes early in our own zone, and they came back to bite us. All of a sudden, we were down a couple of goals and won-

dering what happened. “We had a couple of really good offensive chances shortly after, where we really parted the sea on those guys, but we didn’t end up scoring. Friday’s and Sunday’s game were the first opportunities for Cents’ fans to see the team’s newest acquistion, Ethan King. The 17-year-old, six-foot, six-inch blueliner logged limited minutes as he got himself used to the tighter quarters

of BCHL rinks, and the play of his Merritt teammates. “Ethan’s the type of defenceman that you want to see just go out and play a simple game. He did well,” said Martin. The Centennials were due to play in Vernon again on Wednesday night. The outcome of that game was not known by press time. The first Cents-Vipers set-to on Saturday saw a rare bout of fisticuffs,

as Merritt’s Sterphan Seeger and Vernon’s Connor Clouston dropped the mitts. It was a battle of former major-junior players, as Seeger spent last season in the Ontario Hockey League with the Flint Firebirds, while Clouston has spent time with Kamloops, Medicine Hat and Moose jaw of the Western Hockey League. The Cent’s next home game is on Saturday, Jan. 21,

when they entertain the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. The opening puck drop is at 7 p.m. In other news, the Centennials announced this week the rehiring of Dan Sallows as the club’s head scout. He filled the same position during the 2014-15 BCHL season. Sallows played an important role in recruiting current Cents players Michael Regush, Tyler Ward, Tyrell Buckley and team captain Brett Jewell.

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SPORTS MINOR HOCKEY

KIBIHT championship features Merritt connection Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

When the Thompson Jr. Blazers won the 48th edition of the storied Kamloops International Bantam Ice Hockey Tournament (KIBIHT) during the Christmas break, they did it with more than a little bit of help from Merritt. Playing for the Thompson team were 14-year-old Talon Zakall and 13-year-old Chase Cooke, a pair of defencemen who call the Nicola Valley home, attend Merritt Secondary School, and have played all their minor hockey up until this year with the local Merritt association. Also suiting up for the Jr. Blazers at KIBIHT was 14-year-old forward Spencer Vaughan, who was born and raised in Merritt, but moved to Kamloops last year. Zakall and Cooke became eligible to play for the Thompson team when it was designated a ’zone’ tier 1 squad for the 2016-17 season. Players from surrounding associations that didn’t have a tier 1 team could try out for the Jr. Blazers. This is a new initiative by BC Hockey, and applies province-wide to the bantam and midget levels only. Players must have the permission of their home associations before trying out for a zone team. The two Merritt boys attended tryouts in Kamloops in September and early October, along with approximately 50 other players including Vaughan. After four practices, there were some cuts, followed by a mini-tournament with other zone teams. Zakall, Cooke and Vaughan all made the final tier 1 squad. “It was a tough transition, especially since I had just played bantam house (in Merritt) the season before,” said Zakall. “Fortunately, I had also played two years of high-level spring hockey with the Okanagan Lakers, so that really helped.” “It’s been a huge

adjustment,” added Cooke, who played peewee rep last year in Merritt. “Not only the body contact, but the speed. And the players are so much bigger. You really have to keep your head up.” Zakall and Cooke are the only two players on the Thompson team from outside Kamloops. It has required a huge commitment by the two Merrittonians and their supporting cast of family members. “We have three practices during the week — on Monday and Tuesday nights, and on Thursday mornings at 5:45 a.m.,” said Zakall. For the early practices, Chase and I go up to Kamloops on Wednesday nights and stay at his auntie’s.” Zakall’s and Cooke’s parents do the lion’s share of the driving, but grandparents have been succonded on more than a few occasions. It’s usually Cooke’s grandma who makes the afternoon run on Wednesdays and stays over. “Thursday mornings, she’s parked outside the rink, engine running, Tim Hortons breakfastto-go orders ready for the boys,” said Chase’s mom, Keri, with a laugh. “She’s beepin’ her horn and saying, ‘Let’s go.’” According to Zakall, the boys have yet to be late for school back in Merritt on a Thursday, but it’s been close. “We’re all so fortunate to have so much family support,” said Keri. “It just wouldn’t be possible otherwise.” Chase’s mom said the other players on the Thompson team and their families have been tremendous, too. “We get countless offers from team members and their parents,” said Keri. “There isn’t a week goes by that somebody isn’t asking if we need any accommodation or rides. Everyone’s been really receptive and supportive of the boys from out-of-town. It’s been a blessing.” Not only the practice schedule is hectic. Most every weekend

is filled with league games or tournaments. The furthest team in their division is Prince George, and they’ve also traveled to Calgary and the Lower Mainland for three-day tourneys. “I think we’ve had one weekend off since the season started, and that was only because the games got rescheduled,” said Cooke. All-around athletes, both Zakall and Cooke have had to make some tough decisions when it comes to sports. Zakall played volleyball last year in Grade 8, but not this fall. He’s also had little time for badminton; last winter, he competed in the B.C. Winter Games in Penticton. Cooke has had to put both fall soccer and winter basketball at MSS on the back burner. “I’m still hoping that I can do high school rugby and track and field in the spring, and play youth soccer. I knew that there would be some sacrifices if I wanted to try the highest level of [minor] hockey,” said Cooke. With Zakall, Cooke and Vaughan making important contributions, the Thompson Jr. Blazers are enjoying a very successful season so far. They’re in first place in the OkanaganMainline league (OMAHA), and have first and second-place finishes in two of their five tournaments to date. The highlight of the season so far, however, was the win at KIBIHT, only the third by a Kamloops-based team in the event’s history. The Jr. Blazers opened the tournament with an 8-2 and 5-3 wins over a team from Italy and Saanich respectively. Then they lost their only game of the round robin, 4-2 to Sherwood Park, Alta. Seeded sixth going into the playoffs, the Thompson team upset third-ranked Grande Prairie, Alta. 5-2 in the quarterfinals, and then knocked off their league rivals from Vernon, 3-2, in one of two semis. The champion-

The 2017 Kamloops International Bantam Ice Hockey Tournament champions — the Thompson Jr. Blazers. Players with a Merritt connection are circled. They include Tallon Zakall (back row, fourth from the left), Chase Cooke (second row from the back, furthest to the left) and Spencer Vaughan (second row from the front, centre, with hand on the trophy). Photo courtesy of KIBIHT

ship game saw the Jr. Blazers in a rematch with Sherwood Park for the gold medal. It was a beauty. The Jr. Blazers roared out to a 4-1 first-period lead, and upped it to 5-1 after 40 minutes. That’s when the team from Alberta mounted its comeback, scoring four unanswered goals in the third period to deadlock the game at 5-5 and send it to extra innings. The first 10-minute

of OT settled nothing; however, at the 8:45mark of the second overtime period, Thompson’s Logan Stankoven went in on a breakaway and buried the sudden-death winner for a 6-5 victory. It was Stankoven’s third goal and fifth point of the game, and earned him tournament MVP honours. Zakall, Cooke and Vaughan have all been important contributors to the success of the

Thompson tier 1 bantam team, according to head coach Kyle Allan. Between them, the lads have over 50 points in goals and assists. “Tallon is a skilled defenceman — a good skater who makes smart decisions,” said Allan. “Positionally, he understands the game. He’s also played two games with the Thompson Blazers of the BC Major Midget League. “Chase is one of

seven first-year players on the team. He competes hard all the time, and is very tough to play against. “Spencer is a skilled player who can play a complete game. He uses his size and skill well, and contributes on both sides of the puck. All three players are looking forward to March, when the team will be hosting the provincial tier 1 bantam championships.

The Nicola Nordic Ski Club (NNSC) held its annual Chili Sunday on Jan. 15 at the Kane Valley Ski Trails, located 20 km southwest of Merritt. A healthy number of cross-country skiers and snowshoers, such as Peter Schaerer from North Vancouver (above, far right), took advantage of the idyllic weather and snow conditions to participate in the social event which — true to its name — featured a communal chili pot (inset) and many other treats and delicacies. Winner of the membership draw and a beautiful landscape painting by local artist Jean Kiegerl was long-time outdoor enthusiast and noted author/photographer Murphy Shewchuk. The Kane Valley location offers over 50 kilometres of groomed ski trails, maintained by the NNSC, as well as approximately 25 kilometres of marked snowshoe trails, looked after by members of the Nicola Valley Explorers Club. Both organizations are working diligently to upgrade signage, improve trails, and educate their respective user groups on proper stewardship of the area. Skiers and snowshoers are asked to please use only those trails designated for each activity. For more information on both organizations, go to www.nicolanordicskiclub or search Nicola Valley Explorers. Ian Webster/Herald

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SPORTS OUTDOOR SPORTS

Conditions perfect for annual fishing derby

Clear, blue skies and plenty of smiles highlighted this year’s Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club ice fishing derby, held at Mamette Lake on Sunday (Jan. 15). In total, 197 tickets were sold to the annual event, where anglers patiently waited by their lines watching for the ever so subtle dip in the rod to indicate they had a bite. Taking home first prize for the biggest trout at 2.1 pounds was Art Nott of West Kelowna. Second place went to Tom Barrow of West Kelowna for his fish weighing 1.15 pounds, and third went to Ritchie Adam of Lytton who hooked a 1.14 pound trout. Colleen Hume from Yale won the hidden weight category with a 1.04-pound catch, and Merritt’s Josh Robinson nailed the biggest coarse fish, which came in at four pounds. The day proved fruitful for many, who could be found with two or three fish by their side out on the lake. Michael Potestio/Herald

MINOR HOCKEY Peewee Rep The Ramada peewee reps won both their league games on the weekend. Saturday, the peewee Jr. Cents defeated Salmon Arm 5-1 on home ice. Nathan Willey was strong in net behind a solid defensive core. Merritt scorers were Max Graham with a hat trick and one assist, Lucas Schmid with a goal and two assists, and Braeden McRae Chillihitzia. Other assists qwent to Wyatt Smith and Karson Peat. On Sunday, it was Manjot Panghli’s turn to star between the pipes in a 4-0 Merritt victory over visiting Kamloops. Graham led the way with two goals and two assists, followed by Robert Sterling (one goal, one assist), Carter Shackelly (one goal),

THE SPORTS TICKER

BRAVO, REESE! Second-year Merritt minor hockey official Reese Paterson, 15, went above and beyond the call of duty on the weekend. Saturday saw Paterson race out to Shulus arena to take over midgame for an injured official who had fallen and broken his wrist during a peewee rec contest. She then quickly traveled back to Merritt, where she filled in on an emergency basis for the same fallen official in back-to-back peewee rep and bantam rep games. If that wasn’t enough, Paterson had just enough time to change equipment before she was back on the ice again for her own bantam rec game against 100 Mile. Reese’s total time on the ice Saturday — almost eight hours! Ian Webster/Herald

Schmid and Peat (one assist each).

Bantam Rec The City Furniture midget rec team battled to a 3-3 draw with 100 Mile on Saturday. Merritt goal scorers were Korben Blachford, Luke Narcisse and Brodie Sterling. Picking

up assists were Sterling, Clinton Kaboni and Tryton Bose. “Goaltender Troy Holmes made many huge saves to keep his team in the lead until the end,” said team spokesperson Judith Myram. “It was a full team effort throughout the 60 minutes.”

What’s happening in and around the Nicola Valley Jan. 20-22

Queens on Ice Ladies’ Rec Hockey Tourney, Shulus Arena & Merritt Men’s Rec Hockey Tourney, Nicola Valley Memorial Arena

Jan. 20-21

Ladies’ Bonspiel, Merritt Curling Centre

Jan. 21

Merritt Centennials vs Salmon Arm Silverbacks, 7 p.m., Nicola Valley Memorial Arena

Jan. 24

Jr. Girls/Boys Basketball vs Sa-Hali, 5:00/6:30 p.m., Merritt Secondary School

Jan. 25

Merritt Centennials vs Trail Smoke Eaters, 7 p.m., Nicola Valley Memorial Arena

Feb. 10-11

Open Mixed Bonspiel, Merritt Curling Centre, teams still being accepted, contact Don Willson, (250) 378-6934

Feb. 10-12

Moccasin Hockey Tournament, Nicola Valley Memorial Arena

Apr. 7-9

Mixed Volleyfest, teams still being accepted, contact www.merrittvolleyballassociation.com

Apr. 28-30

Ladies Volleyfest, teams still being accepted, contact www.merrittvolleyballassociation.com

Midget Rec The NVIT midget rec squad got two goals from Ashton Krushelnitzky, and one from Brock Moffat, in a 3-2 victory over Ashcroft on Saturday. Gracynn Bose picked up the lone assist, while Colten Macaulay recorded the win in net.

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CONTAIN-IT

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Tracy Wimbush (Nicola Tribal Association) will speak on “Salmon and salmon habitat in the Nicola Valley”. Thursday, Jan. 19 at 7:00 pm, NVIT Lecture Theatre. Tracy Wimbush works with many organizations to maintain and recover salmon populations in our local waters. She is a dynamic and knowledgeable speaker. All welcome.

FAMILY HISTORY CENTRE

My Family: Stories that bring us together is an engaging way to capture and preserve your family story. We’ll help you record family information, including photos, names, dates, and precious family stories. Drop by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 2451 Spring Bank Ave. any Thursday from either 2:00 to 4:00 pm or 6:30 to 8:30 pm. For more information contact Al Thompson at 250-212-9868.

WANT TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN?

Volunteer and help build skills and confidence in young readers. Literacy Merritt and Nicola Valley Society is seeking French and English speaking volunteers for the One to One children’s literacy program in local elementary schools. Volunteer 1.5 hrs/wk for 12 wks. 2016-17 sessions run Oct. to Feb. and Feb. to May. Attend a 2-3 hr training session and school orientation early Oct. Contact Kelly Reid, Literacy Outreach Coordinator at literacymerritt@gmail.com or call 250-378-7844.

ALPHA

Alpha – My Greatest Adventure – Watch Bear Gryll’s story. Hosted by Crossroads Community Church from Jan. 15 April 2. Alpha is a series of interactive session exploring the basics of the Christian faith. Each session looks at a different question and is designed to create conversation. There’s no pressure, no follow up and no charge; it’s an informal, open and honest space to explore and discuss life’s questions together.Dinner is served at 6:00 p.m. at Crossroads Community Church, 2990 Voght St. For more information call 250-378-2911. Shriners meet every fourth Wednesday of the month. For morei information call 250-378-2004

MASONS

Masons meet every fourth Monday of the month. For morei information call 250-315-1497 or 250-315-1414

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p.m. or W 6:30-8:30 p.m. Demo paddles are available for use. An easy sport to play, and great fun and exercise. For more information call Brian 250-378-7452; or Gary 250-280-0105.

CONAYT ELDERS DROP IN CENTRE

Tuesday and Thursday mornings, 8:30 a.m. to noon, 2164 Quilchena Avenue. All Elders welcome — just come out and visit! For information call 250-378-5107.

NEW TIMES

The Red Cross will be open Tuesday, Thursday and Fridays from 10 a.m. to noon. Please go to the hospital if you need medical equipment.

MERRITT SENIOR CENTRE

Weekly schedule is as follows: Monday: senior exercises 10:30 a.m., cribbage and whist 1:30 p.m. Tuesday: bingo 1 p.m., doors open at 11:00 a.m. duplicate bridge 7 p.m. Wednesday: carpet bowling 1:30 p.m., court whist 7 p.m. Thursday: floor curling 1 p.m., floor curling (physically challenged) 10 a.m. second and fourth Thursday. Friday: rummoli and games 7 p.m. Saturday: floor curling 1:30 p.m. Last Friday of the month: pot luck supper 5:30 p.m.

ELKS BINGO

Every Wednesday at 1 p.m. Doors open at 11 a.m. Come in for lunch!

MESSY CHURCH

First Thursday of month, 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Trinity United Church. For parents or guardians and children to share fun activities, crafts, games, songs, celebration and sitdown dinner with your family. For more information or to register 250-378-5735 or email tucc@telus.net

MERRITT SENIOR CURLING

Mondays and Tuesday’s at 1:00 p.m.. New members welcome. For more information call 250-378-7638.

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 10:00 a.m.

Merritt Lutheran Fellowship

in St. Michael's Anglican Hall • 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. • 250-378-2339 Bible Study: 9:30 • 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/ Sunday School (K - Gr. 4) - 10 am

HELP US REACH OUR GOAL

Would you like to see a community performing arts theatre in Merritt? The Nicola Valley Community Theatre Society can use your help!

The Living with Loss drop-in support group will be meeting the first and third Wednesday of every month from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at 2025 Granite Avenue, Room 12. 250-280-4040.

FOOD BANK FRIDAY NIGHT BINGO

Early bird games start at 5 p.m. at the Elks Hall.

CONAYT BINGO

MERRITT PICKLEBALL

Anyone interested in playing Pickleball, or just trying it out, please come to the old CMS School (2975 Clapperton) on MWF 9:00-11:00 a.m. or M 7:00-9:00

Join Conayt Friendship Society every Thursday for bingo. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. and bingo starts at 6 p.m. Everyone welcome to come and play! 2164 Quilchena Ave.

Do you want to list your event? Let us know! Call 250-378-4241 or email publisher@merrittherald.com Deadlines for submissions is noon on Friday prior to publication

If you would like to donate to the Performing Arts Theatre, please donate through the City of Merritt and receive an income tax receipt.

For more information call Rich Hodson 250-378-6794

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TRUEMAN Sylvia Daphne Trueman (née Knight, Dennes), aged 91 years of Moose Jaw, SK, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 12th, 2017. Daphne was born and raised in Vancouver, BC and moved to the interior of British Columbia with her young family. Her retirement years were spent in Kelowna, BC. She enjoyed dancing, and gathering with friends. Daphne will be lovingly remembered by her son, Victor (Ellen) Knight of New Zealand; daughters, Linda (Patrick) Murdock of Chilliwack, BC and Norma (David) Willows of Moose Jaw, SK; her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren; and her niece, Theresa Hall. A Memorial Tea will be held on Thursday, January 19th, 2017 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. at West Park Crossing, 1801 Meier Drive, Moose Jaw, SK. As an expression of sympathy, donations in Daphne’s name may be made to The Moose Jaw Humane Society, Box 1658 Station Main, Moose Jaw, SK S6H 7K7 or the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Saskatchewan, 1738 Quebec Ave, Unit 26, Saskatoon, SK S7K 1V9. Arrangements are entrusted to Moose Jaw Funeral Home, 268 Mulberry Lane. Michelle Surtees Funeral Director 306-693-4550 www.moosejawfuneralhome.com

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With heavy hearts, the family wishes to announce that Hank Keppler, died at Misericordia Hospital, Sunday, at the age of 85. Hank was predeceased by his parents, Henry and Winnie, brother Joe, sisters Rosalind and Shirley, and is survived by sister Tykie. He was also predeceased by son-inlaw Mike Pearce, father of Brian, Adrienne and Andrew. Hank will be lovingly remembered by his wife Fern and four children, Shannon, Kurt (Arlene), Paul (Susan) and Kerry (John). Shannon’s children Sean (Samantha) and their 4, Sarah (Oliver) and their 4; Kurt’s children Joshua (Kash), Jared; Paul’s children Randy (Virginia) and their 3, Richard (Kirstin) and their 2, David (Alison) and their child, Stephen (Jaclyn); and Kerry’s children Adrienne (Dennis) and their 3, Andrew (Keely) and their 2, Brian (Irene) and their 2. 8 grandsons, 2 granddaughters and 19 great grandchildren, what a legacy! Also left to mourn are many nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, and extended family in Canada, Germany and England. Hank was born in Peace River and educated there. He married the love of his life, Fern Elliott, in 1951, and moved to Prince George the following year with their baby daughter and Fern’s 2 younger brothers in tow. Hank worked in the meat industry, and as a salesman for Burns Meats & Company, although for the majority of his working life he owned and operated a retail grocery store in Prince George and then LQ 0HUULWW +DQN DQG )HUQ EXLOW WKHLU À UVW KRPH paying for it board by board all the while raising four children, whom they taught by example, to be honest, respectful, loyal to family and friends, generous, and hard working. Hank was devoted to his family. In his earlier years he enjoyed hunting and river boating with his sons and friends. One memorable 1989 family trip included camping and river boating to a creek north of Peace River town, Keppler Creek, named after Hank’s father. On the creek-side site was a trapper’s shack with a ledger of names and dates of people using the premises. Many of Hank’s family were honoured to sign the book saying this was our father’s, grandfather’s, and great grandfather’s heritage as a trapper in the 1920s and beyond. Hank’s eldest sibling was born creek side, without doctor or midwife, his father assisting. They were snowed in all winter so harsh conditions meant survival of WKH À WWHVW After 46 years in Prince George, and in their retirement years, Hank and Fern moved to Merritt where two sons were living at the time, built a home, and took up golf and curling enjoying the senior’s life, making many friends. Their daily routine included 2 games of crib with morning coffee, scrabble in the afternoon, and playing EULGJH ZKHQHYHU WKH\ FRXOG À QG EULGJH SDUWQHUV Hank took delight learning about his family history and made a few European trips with Fern including an Easter 1976 visit (with Shannon & Sean, too) to meet family and stay in the “East” German ancestral family home. Health issues necessitated a move to Edmonton in May of 2012 to live near family. Hank will be dearly missed by his wife, of almost 66 years, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren including family and friends. He fought a courageous battle the last 4 years with never a complaint. He was a true gentleman.

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WALL WALL Clearance Sale

28 • THURSDAY,

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January 19, 2017

• Floor models • Year end inventory models • Scratch & Dent Inventory

WE MUST MAKE ROOM FOR NEW ARRIVALS !

Up to 70% Off Storewide SALE

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MATTRESSES Coil Mattresses $199 Twin Mattress $399 Double Mattress $499 $249 Queen Mattress $599 $299 Pillowtop Coil Mattress $249 Twin Mattress $499 Double Mattress $599 $299 Queen Mattress $699 $349 $199 Primo Memory Foam 39” Mattress $399 Queen $699 $399 Mismatched Sets PRICED TO CLEAR Sealy, Simmons, Tempur Pedic + Restwell 2016 display models All clearance priced to move

SALE

BEDROOM

Mazin 8 pc complete Bedroom Suite $1999 $999 Nite Stands STARTING AT $99 Dressers STARTING AT $299 Twin/Double Bunk Beds $599 $399 Ashley 8 pc Queen Storage $3499 $2499 Bedroom Suite $499 Upholstered Beds $699

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CLEARANC

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ELECTRONICS

SALE

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CLEARANC

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2025 Coutlee Avenue, Merritt Phone: 250-378-2332

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