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A woman was the victim of an attempted carjacking on New Year’s Day in front of the Old Barley Market liquor store.

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A former bartender and hockey coach from Port Moody, Jordan Liang is already making strong connections as a WEP firefighter.

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS SUSPICIOUS FIRE

Shed up in flames on Coldwater Ave Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

Merritt firefighters responded to another fire at the corner of Coldwater Avenue and May Street half an hour after the ball dropped on New Year’s Eve. It was the second suspicious fire at the property to be treated in less than a month.

This time, a shed went up in flames at approximately 12:30 a.m. on Jan. 1, said Merritt Fire Chief Dave Tomkinson. Nineteen firefighters and three engines responded to the blaze, he added.

“We’re working with the fire department,” explained RCMP Const. Tracy Dunsmore.

“There had been some fresh snow the night of, and there were no indications of footprints or anything. But there’s no electricity or anything [connected to the structure] so that makes it suspicious.”

There were fireworks in the area, added Dunsmore, so investigators hadn’t ruled out the possibility fireworks had been shot into the shed, sparking the blaze.

“We are doing neighbourhood inquiries, looking for anyone who may have video surveillance, or have seen somebody,” said Dunsmore. “It doesn’t mean that somebody couldn’t have thrown something — or whathave-you — into the building, we’re just looking for more information.”

Resident Brynn Hilland, who lives on Clapperton Avenue near the property in ques-

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Firefighters responded to a blaze at the corner of Coldwater Avenue and May Street shortly after midnight on New Year’s Eve. Photos courtesy of Brynn Hilland

same property on the corner of Coldwater Avenue and May Street. That fire destroyed the home, and the investigation was turned over the RCMP after it was deemed suspicious.

The property was unoccupied at the time of both fires.

Police still don’t have a suspect in the initial fire, which is being treated as a possible arson explained Dunsmore.

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tion, said she drove past the shed on her way home from a New Year’s function just after midnight and didn’t see anyone in the area.

After she got home, she noticed flames stretching up above her fence, and firefighters were at the scene shortly afterwards.

“I just went out back to let my dogs out and I could see it from my backyard,” said Hilland.

In the early hours of Dec. 10, Merritt firefighters responded to a structural fire at the

VIOLENT CRIME

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Police have two men in custody after a New Year’s Day carjacking in downtown Merritt.

A Merritt woman was sitting in her vehicle outside the Old Barley Market liquor store on Quilchena Avenue waiting for a friend when two men entered her vehicle and attempted to force her into the back seat.

“She wasn’t injured at all in the confrontation,” explained RCMP Const. Tracy Dunsmore, noting that the men appeared to be trying to delay her from calling the police.

The woman managed to escape from the two males who took off in her car and called the police, said Dunsmore.

Merritt RCMP were alerted to the incident at about 6:30 p.m. (Jan. 1) and intercepted the vehicle as it drove past the RCMP station on Voght Street.

“The vehicle went right by the detachment, so [police] were able to follow it up the hill,” said Dunsmore. The suspects made a turn off into McDonalds, and then back onto Irvine Avenue, at which point the

driver lost control of the vehicle.

The suspects “jumped out and went off on foot. The members caught them within moments of them getting out of the vehicle,” explained Dunsmore. “One was very co-operative, one put up a bit of a tussle.”

Police did not have to use their weapons in apprehending the suspects, clarified Dunsmore, and nobody was hurt in the arrest.

A 32-year-old male and 24 year old male, both from the Lower Mainland, were taken into police custody. There was no damage to the vehicle, which was returned to the woman, said Dunsmore.

The 32-year-old faces charges for robbery, flight from police, impaired driving by drugs and seven counts of failing to comply with court orders while the 24-year-old is being charged with robbery, resisting a peace officer and two counts of failing to comply with court orders.

Both men were on court orders to be in attendance at the Vision Quest rehabilitation centre in Logan Lake and left without permission.

The pair remained in police custody waiting to appear in court on Jan. 3.

New rules for payday lending centres, and cheque cashing businesses took effect on Jan. 1, lowering the cap on fees associated with the short-term lending from $23 to $17 per $100 borrowed.

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YOU’RE INVITED! to meet with Mayor Menard on January 25th from 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., in the Mayor’s Office at City Hall (second floor), 2185 Voght Street.

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The City of Merritt has struck a number of committees tasked with providing Council with information and recommendations on a wide variety of issues. Members serving on committees are volunteers from the community, seeking to make a difference.

The City is seeking one (1) member of the community to sit on the Environment Select Committee. The Terms of Reference for the committee include that the committee review and provide input on existing or proposed bylaws, policies and programs of the City that have the potential to have a positive or negative impact on the quality and sustainability of air, water and land.

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Generally the hours will be Monday to Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., but will occasionally require flexibility to accommodate evening shifts or shifts on weekends.

With the changing weather, the City of Merritt would like to remind residential property owners and occupiers that they are responsible for the removal of snow and ice from sidewalks or pathways abutting their property within twenty-four (24) hours of accumulation (except on weekends and holidays).

Business and Industrial owners are required to have snow and ice removed from sidewalks or pathways abutting the property by ten (10) a.m., and as needed, following the accumulation of snow or ice.

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More than half of off-road vehicles in B.C. are now registered under new provincial rules that require an identifying plate or sticker for use on Crown land.

In response to a request, the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations reported more than 106,000 offroad vehicles (ORVs) are now registered with ICBC. Any ORV operating on Crown land requires registration with ICBC and an identifying number plate or sticker.

“This year, we’ve checked about 2,000 hunters in three months,” Kamloops conservation officer Kevin Van Damme said.

“We found compliance on ORVs was extremely high. It was rare to find an ORV that was not registered.”

Van Damme said he was surprised at the high level of registration considering the program just went into effect at the end of 2015. There are an estimated 200,000 ORVs in the

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The program was the culmination of more than a decade of push by rural municipalities, ranching and conservation groups and even some organized riding groups.

In response to that pressure, then-minister responsible and Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Kevin Krueger made an announcement in 2009 promising off-road vehicle legislation

— a promise that would take six more years for the B.C. Liberal government to enact.

Moira Jaatteenmaki, president of the Quad Riders Association of B.C., said her group is pleased with the program and the uptake by riders.

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PREVENT THEFTS FROM YOUR MOTOR VEHICLE Here a few helpful hints to help prevent motor vehilcle break-ins: 1 Don’t leave purses or valuables inside vehicles overnight.

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Local conservation officers issued 40 charges this season for hunters carrying loaded firearms in their vehicles.

Conservation officer Kevin Van Damme said having a loaded firearm in a vehicle while hunting is considered a serious safety issue.

It is particularly dangerous when conservation officers are in the midst of checking hunters, he said. Occasionally, those with a Conservation officers issued a slew of tickets to hunters who didn’t take the time to secure their firearms in their vehicles this season. Herald files bullet in the chamber are hurriedly trying to remove it and inadvertently point their thinking. . . . It’s a concern with the safety aspect.” weapon at the conservation officer.

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VIEWPOINT EDITORIAL

More of the same in 2017?

In a twist on a classic idiom, Canadians are predicting that in 2017, the grass might Cole Wagner actually be COLE’S NOTES greener on their side of the fence.

At least, that’s the conclusion reached by the statisticians at Angus Reid, who released the results of an opinion poll gauging Canadians’ optimism about the upcoming year on Jan. 3.

One of the least surprising findings from the poll — given the relatively dreadful headlines in 2016 — was that Canadians tend to be more positive about what they expect for 2017, than what they experienced this past year.

(I won’t take all the credit, but I did pen an editorial last week that included some reasons for hope in 2017).

But while the findings showed that Canadians still have a sense of optimism, what was interesting is where that optimism is placed.

Though 25 per cent more Canadians expect 2017 to be good on a personal level than the share of Canadians who expect the year to be bad, the positive outlook ends there.

Canadians who responded to the Angus Reid poll had overwhelmingly a negative outlook for what the year would bring for the United States, and the world as a whole.

Fifty-nine per cent of Canadians predicted that the United States would be in for a bad year. You can likely chalk up some of that sentiment to the events of November, when Canadians reacted with general revulsion at the election of Donald J. Trump as president.

The numbers don’t inspire much confidence that Canadians will be wooed by the “Trump-lite” strategies

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The road to reunification in Syria So far the endgame in Syria has played out in an entirely predictable way. All of Aleppo is back in the Syrian government’s hands, that decisive victory for President GWYNNE DYER Bashar al-Assad and The international his Russian backers STAGE has been followed by a ceasefire, and the Russians are now organising a peace conference in Astana, Kazakhstan for later this month.

The one surprise is that Turkey, long the rebels’ most important supporter, will be co-chairing the conference. This means that Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made a deal of some sort with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, for Astana is clearly going to be a Russian show. (The United States has not been invited, and Saudi Arabia probably won’t be asked to attend either.)

So what kind of deal has Erdogan made with Putin? The details may well have been fudged, for Turkey has not yet renounced its long-standing insistence that Assad must step

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down as the Syrian leader. But it’s pretty easy to figure out most of what is going to be on the table in Astana (assuming the ceasefire holds until then).

Assad has won the war, thanks largely to Russian and Iranian intervention, and the Syrian rebels are doomed. There is no point in their fighting on, because ALL their outside supporters are peeling away. Turkey is now co-operating with Russia, in three weeks Donald Trump will be U.S. president and also co-operating with Moscow, and Saudi Arabia is hopelessly over-committed to its futile war in Yemen.

Even little Qatar, once one of the main paymasters of the Syrian rebellion, has now lost interest: it recently signed an $11.5 billion deal for a 19.5 per cent stake in Rosneft, Russia’s largest oil producer. The rebels are completely on their own, and their only options are surrender or dying in the last ditch.

Syria’s rebels are almost all Islamists of one sort or another by now, but the less extreme ones will probably be offered an amnesty at Astana in return for signing a peace deal — which may contain some vague language about an election that MIGHT replace Assad at some point in the indefinite future. That’s

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as much as will be on offer, because Assad does not intend to quit and Moscow will not force him to.

The extreme Islamists — Islamic State, which controls much of eastern Syria and western Iraq, and the former Nusra Front, which controls much of north-western Syria — have not been invited to Astana, nor would they accept an invitation if it was issued.

The ex-Nusra Front (now renamed the Front for the Conquest of the Levant to disguise its membership in al-Qaeda) was refreshingly frank in condemning the ceasefire and the peace talks: “We did not negotiate a ceasefire with anyone. The solution is to topple the regime through military action,” it said. A political solution would be “a waste of blood and revolution.”

But a military victory over Assad is no longer possible, so these groups are destined to lose on the battlefield and revert to mere terrorism. In terms of what a post-civil war Syria will look like, the great unanswered question is: what happens to the Syrian Kurds?

They are only one-tenth of the Syrian population, but they now control almost all the Kurdish-majority areas across northern Syria.

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OPINION YOUR COMMENTS

A selection of comments on Herald stories, culled online

RE: ‘LIKE A SLOW DEATH:’ REFLECTING ON THE LAST DAYS AT TOLKO (DEC. 19) Someone needs to explain to me why I keep seeing Jackie Tegart’s face plastered everywhere with the slogan “Working Hard for Rural Communities” when in fact more than 150 mills have closed under the BC Liberals, and record numbers of raw, unmilled logs are being exported and we get 50 per cent fewer jobs per tree than 15 years ago!

— posted by “Don Vincent” on Dec. 30

RE: LETTER TO THE EDITOR: TOUGH TIMES AHEAD FOR MERRITT (DEC. 19) The Lower Mainland is exploding, House prices are nuts. Many people want to sell and move because although the houses are worth a lot , the money to pay taxes needs to come from somewhere.

Merritt is situated in such a position it could be reaping many benefits and really flower as a result. The problem is no one wants to move to Merritt because the hospital is pretty much shut, the sidewalks got rolled up and put away because of the big box stores moved the town center, which was a great feature. The new “downtown” is extremely unattractive and no attempt has been made to make Merritt an inviting community for people of retirement age.

Instead of fussing over how best to devastate what is left of the forests, Merritt should wake up and realize the tremendous economic opportunities it chooses to pass up by not making it an inviting destination for tourism or a suitable town to retire in.

— posted by “Glen Rutherford” on Dec. 22

RE: MURRAY UNITED CHURCH SET TO HOST CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE AGAIN (DEC. 20) I had the pleasure of visiting Murray United Church last summer while in Merritt and was very enjoyable to hear the organ being played and learn some history.

— posted by “Chris Gadsden” on Dec. 20

Race heating up From Page 6 of Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch.

On Jan. 3, Leitch appeared on Fox News, where she took a shot across the bow at her favourite faceless and vaguely-defined targets: the “elites and the insiders.” But then she turned to a newer target, closer to the hearts of most Canadians: universal health care.

Leitch concurred with host David Asman’s prompt that “It’s fair to say that socialized medicine isn’t the cure,” to long wait times and access to medical care.

It will be interesting to see how that plays in Canada, where the country’s aging population tends to hold their health care services in high-esteem.

It is also important to remember that this same demographic makes up a large portion of the Conservative party membership, coast-to-coast.

The same membership which will be responsible for electing the next Conservative party leader later this year.

Meanwhile, another Trump-esque figure looms on the sidelines of the Conservative party leadership race, in the form of investor-turnedtelevision host Kevin O’Leary.

O’Leary has spent the past few months as perhaps the most talked about candidate for the Conservative party leadership, despite not having officially entered the race.

O’Leary, like Trump, is proving to be a master at stealing headlines from seasoned politicians. He promised to defeat ‘surfer dude’ Justin Trudeau in 2019 by running a nasty, ugly campaign — despite O’Leary not holding office nor the ability to speak both official languages.

Most expect that he’ll continue to bide his time until after the Quebec City all-French leadership debate scheduled for Jan. 17.

As long as O’Leary officially enters the race before Feb. 24, there would be no formal consequence for his skipping of the debate on Jan. 17, and foregoing of any effort to learn Canada’s second official language.

I’m of the firm opinion that there can really only be one Trump.

But for Canadians exhausted from 2016’s brutal, ugly, norm-breaking presidential campaign, there might not be too much reason for optimism ahead.

The Trump-lites are coming — and they aren’t looking for happiness, they want you to be mad.

Syrian Kurds stand to lose Rojava From Page 6 As America’s only ally on the ground in Syria, they have played a major role in driving back Islamic State. They are not Islamists, they are not terrorists, and they have avoided any military confrontation with Turkey despite President Erdogan’s war on his country’s own Kurdish minority.

Yet Erdogan publicly identifies the Syrian Kurds as Turkey’s enemy, and they have not (or at least not yet) been invited to the Astana peace conference. Was Erdogan’s price for switching sides a free hand in destroying Rojava, the proto-state cre-

ated by the Syrian Kurds? Very probably, yes.

Assad would be content for that to happen, provided Turkey handed over the corpse afterwards.

Putin doesn’t care one way or the other, and it’s most unlikely that Trump does either. The Turkish army will have its hands full fighting the Syrian Kurds, but it has the numbers and the firepower to prevail in the end.

So even if the current ceasefire holds, and even if the peace conference at Astana goes exactly according to Moscow’s plan, there is still some fighting to be done in Syria. Assad’s army, with Russian and Iranian support, will have to suppress

both Islamic State and the former Nusra Front, and the Turks will have to subjugate the Syrian Kurds.

This will take time, but with no more weapons and money flowing in from outside (since Turkey has turned off the taps) it will probably happen in the end. Which means that Assad will probably one day rule once again over a united Syria.

That is a deeply discouraging prospect, but it is probably the least bad option that remains.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

From the Herald archives: Jan. 5, 2011

BOMB DISCOVERED ON PROPERTY A bomb was discovered on a Merritt property in the morning on Thursday, Dec. 30, by a resident out for a walk.

The bomb was reported at 10:37 a.m. and by approximately 6 p.m.

RCMP confirmed that the suspicious apparatus was in fact a pipe bomb and had been disarmed.

The area where the bomb was found is behind the complaintant’s house, and is often used by ATV’s, bicycles, and pedestrians.

“The property is very large and backs onto Crown Land,” says Cpl. Katherine Ecklund of the Merritt RCMP detachment.

“The bomb waspositioned near a cattleguard and appeared to have a trip wire still intact.”

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Liang finds family in the fire hall firefighting jobs.

The department started the program in response to recruitment and retention difficulties, and it helps Two years ago Jordan Liang was back at the drawing board of life try- bridge the gap between a volunteer fire service and a career fire departing to make a decision on what his ment. career path would be.

Liang said that attending calls and “I was a little more mature and learning firefighting skills are great I took a look at the things I wanted parts of the program, but feels the in a job and a career, and started most valuable porwith some of the tion is being in the things I valued — fire hall itself. teamwork, family, “Learning how something that’s to operate in the challenging [and] hall, working with something’s that’s different persondifferent every alities, working in a day,” he said. small crew, working “A job that with other agencies encompasses all — that’s the work that is [firefightexperience I think ing],” said Liang, will come in the adding that he most handy a little thinks of everyone further down the at the Merritt Fire road,” he said.

Rescue Department Liang has been (MFRD) as family. on some tough calls “We take care during his time in of each other in the Jordan Liang Work Experience Program firefighter Merritt, but that is hall [and] we take when the reasons care of each other he decided to become a firefighter all the time on calls,” Liang said. start to show.

Prior to moving to Merritt last “It’s after those tough calls where June to take part in MFRD’s work experience program (WEP), the now you really start to see the teamwork [and] the family aspect of it,” he 27-year-old from Port Moody B.C. previously worked as a bartender and said.

Liang said it was after attending coached hockey.

He said his experience as a coach a crash on the Coquihalla Highway that solidified the idea that this was and playing sports as a youth made the line of work for him. him enjoy being part of a team, He said the experience demonwhich is akin to being part of a fire strated the teamwork aspect of the department. job.

Merritt’s WEP program is one of “I think if you were in this job for just three in Canada, all of which are those heroic moments, I don’t know located in B.C. The other two are in if it would be the right job for you Big White and Sun Peaks. because you have to stay even keel — After receiving training at fire not get too high on calls where you academies, these firefighter hopereally help out and not get too low fuls come to Merritt to gain work off of calls where you don’t make too experience for a year at the local fire much of a difference,” said Liang. station while they apply for full-time Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

A quick response from Merritt RCMP may have saved a man’s life, after officers administered two doses of naloxone to a man who was overdosing in a home on Merritt Avenue last week.

At approximately 8:40 p.m. on Dec. 28, RCMP received a call alerting them that an overdose was occurring in a home on Merritt Avenue.

When police arrived, two other people in the house directed RCMP to an unresponsive 40-year-old man, who was in the midst of an overdose on the bathroom floor.

“The two other occupants stated that this man had consumed heroin earlier. So the attending constable administered a dose of naloxone. There was no immediate improvement, so another dose was administered,” said RCMP Sgt. Norm Flemming.

The second dose did the trick, as the man gasped for air and began breathing on his own, Flemming went on to explain.

The man was able to walk to the ambulance — which arrived shortly after the police officer administered naloxone — and was taken to hospital for preventative An single dose of naloxmeasures, said Merritt’s RCMP Sgt. one. Herald file photo.

Rash of crashes over Xmas weekend Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

Usually, the holidays are a reason to relax at home with family — but this year, members of the Merritt RCMP were busy dealing with non-stop collisions during the weekend leading up to Christmas Day. “I had to come in — we needed extra bodies. The actual count of vehicles involved in accidents on [Dec. 23] alone was over 100,” said Merritt RCMP Sgt. Norm Flemming. “It was constant.”

Thankfully nobody was killed but Flemming said First responders were on scene at Larson Hill on Dec. 16, dealing with a pickup truck that that the sheer number of had run off the highway and slid down the embankment. Cole Wagner/Herald collisions was unlike anythe Coquihalla Highway, that is the upper limit in thing he’d seen in Merritt before. ideal conditions — not an obligation to drive that “The conditions on the Coquihalla, on all fast, under all circumstances. the phases, have been pretty treacherous on an “Some folks will get a false sense of conongoing basis,” said Flemming, adding that the fidence.

‘I’m driving a big truck, with fourincreased volume on the highway due to people wheel drive, and it says 120,’” said Flemming. travelling for the holidays made for risky driving “Whereas, common sense and experience will on the mountain passes over the weekend. tell you, yeah it says 120 — and with that type of But while the conditions on the Coquihalla equipment, I can drive 90 no problem.” were far from ideal — a significant amount of In many cases, nobody was doing anysnow fell on Dec. 23, and visibility was poor — thing explicitly illegal at the time of the crash, Flemming wasn’t about to let drivers off the hook explained Flemming — they just failed to account for driving with a lack of due care and attention. for the extra time and space needed to react to “To be honest, the vast majority of incidents things on the road in winter conditions. we ran into were a direct result of our usual He offered up a simple formula to help drivers friends: driving too fast for the road conditions, remember the consequences of a lack of care: relying on equipment, and over-driving your “The faster you go, the smaller the gap you’re capabilities,” said Flemming. going to have, and it almost exclusively results in The RCMP Sgt. pointed out that even though an accident.” the speed limit might be posted at 120 km/h on

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS BC ASSESSMENT

Average home in Merritt sees jump in value Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

The average value of a home in Merritt increased between 2015 and 2016, according to numbers released by the annual BC Assessment on Jan. 3.

The average price of a single family residential property in Merritt was assessed at $241,000 according to the 2017 assessment roll, compared to $261,000 in last year’s assessment.

BC Assessment is a provincial Crown corporation which issues property owners an assessment notice, Property owners should start to receive their 2017 assessments from BC Assessment in the indicating the fair market coming days. Herald file photo value of their property each year.

BC Assessment has also released the data on The valuations in each annual report are tied the e-valueBC website, where users can search to the value of the property as of July 1 the prior the assessment of properties across the province, year — so this year’s assessment roll is based on and access other data such as the valuation of assessments done as of July 1, 2016. neighbouring properties.

The assessments are then used to determine “Property owners can find a lot of informathe share of municipal and provincial property tion on our website including answers to many taxes that owners will pay. assessment-related questions, but those who feel “The major driver of value, and the things that their property assessment does not reflect that inform the assessment roll are sales. So we market value as of July 1, 2016 or see incorrect look to the sales in the various neighbourhoods information on their notice, should contact BC across the city, various different types of houses, Assessment as indicated on their notice as soon as to tell us what the property values should be,” possible in January,” said Held in a press release. explained Graham Held, acting regional assessor See ‘DEADLINE’ Page 13 for the Thompson Okanagan.

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Roof on budget, but delayed

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Replacing the near quarter-century-old roof of the Nicola Valley Aquatic Centre’s has been delayed due to weather and a smaller work crew than expected.

“A little wetter fall than we normally get here,” said Brad Gilbert, the City of Merritt director of recreation and facilities, regarding the weather delays.

Contractor Kelowna Roofing was initially supposed to schedule eight workers on the project, but were only able to muster five, which Gilbert described as “the biggest contribution to the delays.”

The roof replacement needs to be complete by the end of March as per the requirements of the $110,000 federal grant from the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program the city is receiving for the project.

However, more than $220,000 will be spent by the March 31 deadline meaning the city is not at risk of losing any funding, Gilbert stated in a December CAO report to city council.

“The roof membrane work is complete, so in layman’s terms that’s basically the shingling,” Gilbert told the Herald.

The metal parapet and external insulation and finishing system replacement work is likely to begin in the spring, and is all that is left to be completed. He said the project will restart as soon as possible — weather dependent.

Gilbert told the Herald the project is still tracking to be under its $300,000 budget.

“Should have plenty of wiggle room,” Gilbert said.

The winning bid for the project came in about $30,000 below budget.

The project began this past September, and the aquatic centre has been operating as usual while construction has been ongoing on the roof.

POLICE FILES

Suspicious death on Coldwater reserve under investigation Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

Merritt RCMP are investigating a suspicious death that occurred on the Coldwater reserve near Merritt.

The victim is a 47-year-old man from Merritt who was reported deceased by family members at about 8:30 the morning of Jan. 1, according to a press release issued by RCMP Const. Tracy Dunsmore.

The file is currently being investigated by the general investigation section of the Merritt RCMP, District Major Crime and the BC Coroners service.

No further update as to what caused the man’s death, or what charges might be considered in this case were given to the Herald as of press time.

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS WILDLIFE WATCH

Plea for protection of grasslands KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK

A desire to protect Interior grasslands is among hundreds of comments received by the province as it develops its species at risk plan.

Nearly 5,000 visits were made to a website that received input on ways to protect the province’s species at risk.

Comments were made through a sixweek consultation that closed at the end of November.

More than 450 comments were posted on the website, including from local government, First Nations, industry and citizens.

Among them was a plea for the Interior’s grasslands: “In B.C., 30 per cent of species at risk are found in areas of native grasslands, such as the Thompson-Nicola and Okanagan valleys,” the submission stated in part, citing burrowing owls, badgers, spadefoot toads and mariposa lilies.

“The native grasslands of B.C. are

at great risk. These are fragile ecologies and need to be protected.

“They should be no-go zones for industrial development, such as mining.”

B.C.’s Ministry of Environment said about 12 per cent of comments came from the Thompson-Okanagan.

The feedback is intended to be used to update B.C.’s five-year plan for species at risk.

It was last completed in 2014.

All the comments can be viewed online at engage.gov.bc.ca/speciesatrisk.

Drivers held responsible From Page 5 The push to register ORVs — which includes everything from quads to side-by-side vehicles to dirt bikes — came largely from the desire to identify machines operating in prohibited areas or destroying the landscape.

“ATVs were being blamed for a lot of things but no one could identify anything,” Jaatteenmaki said.

“Now you’ve got a plate and your visible. You can be held responsible.”

The province provided statistics showing natural-resource officers issued 41 tickets to Nov. 15 this year, while conservation officers handed out 69 tickets and 186 warnings from April 1 to Nov. 10.

Operation of an ORV in a careless manner can

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Along with registration contained in the new legislation are rules requiring mandatory helmet use and supervision of children.

Van Damme said hunters are still coming around to the new rules, particularly when they are on the trail of prey.

“In the past, regulations didn’t require them to wear a helmet in those situations . . .” he said. “It’s a new thing for hunters.”

Another benefit of registration is the ability of police and conservation officers to track stolen machines.

“For people spending thousands on these vehicles, their protection is higher,” Van Damme said.

“It’s easier for us to find these machines.”

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Deadline for reassassments approaching From Page 9 He added that the deadline for submitting a request for a review of the assessment is Jan. 31.

While many Merritt property owners will likely see the assessment of their property jump in value this year, Held explained that increased assessment doesn’t necessarily mean home owners will have to break the bank come property tax season.

“As long as the property increase is about the same as everyone else’s — like if everybody went up 50 per cent — as long as the city doesn’t increase its budget, you’re going to pay as much as you did last year,” explained Held.

“It’s just a way of divvying up the city’s budget among the various properties.”

For Merritt in particular, Held explained that assessments which fell between -5 per cent and +15 per cent value of the prior year’s assessment were unlikely to see a major jump in their property taxes.

The BC Assessment press release on Jan. 3 also included information on the top 100 valued properties in the Thompson Okanagan region — none of which were located in Merritt. Seventyfive out of the 100 properties on the list were located in Kelowna.

COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY

Nicola Valley Search and Rescue pitches in Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

With the Coquihalla Highway closed on the evening of Dec. 29, members of the Nicola Valley Search and Rescue team were forced to assist their counterparts in Hope, searching for a pair of snowmobilers who had gone missing near the Britton Creek Rest Area.

“We were asked to assist

by Hope search and rescue, because they weren’t able to get in because of the highway closure,” explained RCMP Const. Tracy Dunsmore, adding that the call came in to Merritt at about 9 p.m.

Merritt’s search and rescue team was able to locate the two snowmobilers, who were lost near the Tulameen Forest Service Road.

“They were find, just kind of got turned around.

Nobody was injured or hurt, and search and rescue was back by two in the morning,” said Dunsmore.

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Cents usher in the New Year with a win

Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

In front of a small but festive crowd of just over 300 on New Year’s Eve, the Merritt Centennials got goals from seven different players in a 7-1 victory over the visiting Coquitlam Express.

The win brought to an end the Cents’ six-game winless streak that began back on Dec. 9 in West Kelowna.

Cade Gleekel got the ball rolling for the Centennials with his 10th goal of the season at 5:55 of the first period. Still in the opening 20 minutes, Michael Faulkner and Zach Risteau added to Merritt’s lead with tallies 40 seconds apart.

Keegan Jones netted Coquitlam’s only goal of the afternoon to start the second period, but Tyrell Buckley and Zach Zorn would reply in the middle stanza to extend the Cents’ lead to 5-1 after 40 minutes.

It was all Merritt in the final frame of regulation. Rylan Van Unen picked up his third goal of his rookie season,

and Henry Cleghorn would close out the scoring with his 11th of the 2016-17 campaign.

In total, 14 different Centennials’ players picked up one or more points in the one-sided contest that saw Merritt outshoot Coquitlam 62-20.

In all fairness to the Express, the last-place team in the BCHL came into Sunday’s game with only two 20-year-olds in the line-up, and just five healthy defencemen.

Decimitated by injuries and bad luck, head coach Barry Wolff ’s beleaguered squad has only registered six wins this season.

Neither team managed to score on a total of four powerplays between them. Colten Lancaster picked up the win in the Merritt net, while a game, but overwhelmed, Lawson Fenton took the loss between the pipes for Coquitlam.

The same two teams were scheduled to play on Wednesday night of this week in Coquitlam.

The score of the game

BCHL STANDINGS to Jan. 03 INTERIOR DIVISION Team

GP W L T OTL PTS

Penticton 36 29 6 0 1 59 Vernon 38 20 13 2 3 45 Trail 38 17 17 0 4 38 West Kelowna 36 18 17 0 1 37 Merritt 37 13 15 2 7 35 Salmon Arm 38 15 20 1 2 33 MAINLAND DIVISION Team

GP W L T OTL PTS

Wenatchee 38 28 6 0 4 60 Chilliwack 38 24 9 0 5 53 Prince George 36 18 14 2 2 40 Langley 37 16 14 2 5 39 Surrey 37 14 21 0 2 30 Coquitlam 38 6 29 2 1 15 ISLAND DIVISION Team

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(Above) Merritt Centennials’ fan and club volunteer Debbie Morton had plenty to cheer about on New Year’s Eve, as her team defeated the visiting Coquitlam Express 7-1. (Left)) Cents Zach Risteau (3), Zach Court (16) and Cade Gleekel watch as the puck crosses the goal line for the Cents’ third goal against the Express. Ian Webster/Herald

was not available by the time this paper went to press.

The Centennials should have gone twofor-two on the weekend, and dumped their slump one night earlier.

Unfortunately, they failed to capitalize on a depleted Penticton lineup on Saturday night in a 4-2 loss to the Vees in front of 3,200 fans at the South Okanagan Events Centre.

With five regulars on the sidelines due to injury, the Interior-divisionleading Vees were ripe for the picking, but the Cents managed to shoot themselves in the foot in losing to their arch-rivals for the fourth consecutive time this season.

Special teams proved to be Merritt’s undoing, as they surrendered a pair of powerplay goals to Penticton, and only got one in reply. They also failed to score on a

minute and 27 seconds of five-on-three man advantage in the first period — arguably the turning point in the entire contest.

Goal scorers for Merritt were Cleghorn at 7:21 of the second period, and Van Unen just over eight minutes into the third.

The Cents were true to form in allowing the Vees to pepper their starting netminder, Jake Berger, with 37 shots, while only managing to direct 34 at Robson.

Merritt’s win over the Express on Sunday improved the Cents’ record to 13-15-2-7, good for 35 points and sole possession of fifth place in the Interior division.

The Centennials are two points up on the Salmon Arm Silverbacks with a game in hand, and just two points back of the West

Kelowna Warriors, who are in fourth with 37 points.

The Cents and Warriors play their second home-and-home series of the season this coming weekend, with the teams squaring off at Royal LePage Place on Friday night before reconvening at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena at 7 p.m. on Saturday. The Warriors swept the previous backto-back get-together in early December.

Depending upon how the Cents did in Coquitlam on Wednesday, Merritt and West Kelowna could be tied in points going into their weekend doubleheader, only adding to the significance of two meetings 24 hours apart.

One bit of good news going into the weekend is the expected return to the ice of

Cents’ second-year forward Tyler Ward, who has been out of the line-up for 11 weeks with a broken bone in his wrist that required surgery. The 17-yearold Kamloops product had a banner rookie season last year with 17

goals and 10 assists for 27 points in 52 games.

Before getting injured this season, Ward had registered seven goals and five assists for 12 points in just 16 games.

For more on Ward, and his bright hockey future, turn to page 15.

Merritt Centennials (from left) Stephan Seeger, Zach Metsa and golatender Cole Lancaster celebrate their team’s 7-1 victory over the Coquitlam Express. Ian Webster/Herald

Merritt vs West Kelowna Warriors Centennials Saturday, January 7 - 8 pm KIDS NIGHT!

All kids 12 and under will be admitted into the game for

FREE!

There will be tons of prizes and giveaways for the kids.

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1st intermission Minor Hockey’s initiation group will be doing a scrimmage.

Nicola Valley Agri-Park Society will have a table set up with information and memberships available.

NICOLA VALLEY MEMORIAL ARENA

2075 Mamette Ave., Merritt

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SPORTS JUNIOR HOCKEY

More news from the Cents and around the BCHL Ward chooses the A pair of Cents University of Denver headed to the

Kaila recovering from serious injury

Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

The Merritt Centennials hockey club has announced that 17-year-old Cents forward Tyler Ward has accepted a scholarship to attend the University of Denver and play hockey for the Pioneers, beginning in the 2018-19 season.

“Tyler is an exceptional person, first and foremost,” said Centennials’ head coach and GM Joe Martin in the press release. “He was a highly recruited player by NCAA Division 1 teams, and we’re happy that he has decided his future in the college system.”

A native of Kamloops, Ward played his minor hockey in the Tournament Capital City before joining the Thompson Blazers of the B.C. Major Midget League.

Ward is in his second season with the Merritt

A pair of Merritt Centennials forwards have been selected to play for Team Canada West in the 2017 CJHL Prospects Game on Jan. 25 in Cornwall, Ont. Eighteen-year-old Michael Regush from Surrey and Tyler Ward, 17, from Kamloops are amongst the 20 players selected from the five western junior A hockey leagues to represent Team Canada West.

All told, 10 BCHL players were selected to the Canada West squad, which will be coached

by Rick Swan, the head coach of the Bonnyville Pontiacs of the Alberta Junior Hockey League.

The Prospects Game is one of the premier Junior A hockey events in the country. It provides tremendous exposure for CJHL players to showcase themselves in front of scouts from all over the world — includ-

Former Merritt Centennials’ captain Malik Kaila is continuing to make a good recovery after being seriously injured in a game on Dec. 14 between Kaila’s Alberni Valley Bulldogs and the host Cowichan Valley Capitals.

Kaila was checked into the boards headfirst at the 5:04 mark of the second period by the Caps’ Ayden MacDonald, and fractured two of the vertebrae (C6, C7) in his neck. He had to be taken to a nearby hospital in Duncan by ambulance.

He was later transferred to Victoria for an MRI. The 20-year-old Kaila is currently recuperating at his home in Squamish. He will spend

Tyler Ward

Centennials. In 68 BCHL games thus far, he has scored 24 goals and added 15 assists for 39 points. Ward is set to return to the line-up this weekend after being out of action since Oct. 21 with a broken wrist.

The University of Denver men’s hockey team is tied for second all-time with seven NCAA Division 1titles.

Notable University of Denver player alumni include Glenn Anderson, Paul Stastny, Tyler Bozak and former Centennial Ed Beers, who captained the Pioneers in the 198081 season.

The Merritt Centennials’ Tyler Ward (left) and Michael Regush (right), shown in action against the Cowichan Valley Capitals earlier this season, have both been chosen to play in the 2017 CJHL Prospects Game, scheduled for Jan. 25 in Cornwall, Ont. Ian Webster/Herald

ing the NHL, NCAA, Major Junior, and Canadian universities and colleges.

Each of the players chosen to participate in the CJHL Prospects Game was selected in co-operation with NHL Central Scouting, and are currently among the top 40 CJHL prospects heading into the 2017 NHL draft in Chicago.

This is the third straight season that one or more Merritt Centennials players have been selected to play

MINOR HOCKEY Just two teams sent in game reports the week before the Christmas break.

Nate Willey and Manjot Panghli stood strong in net all weekend.

Peewee Rep

Bantam Rep

The Ramada peewee reps traveled to West Kelowna on the Dec. 17 weekend for the team’s final tournament of 2016.

The Merritt peewees defeated Squamish 18-3 and Okotoks, Alberta 7-1, but lost to Kelowna 4-3 and a tier 2 side from Cranbrook 7-3.

Merritt point-getters at the tournament were Max Graham (11 goals, 10 assists), Lucas Schmid (7g, 3a), Robert Sterling (4g, 6a), Brayden McRae Chillihitzia (4g), Jalen McRae (2g, 2a), Carter Shackelly (2g), Gracie Graham (1g, 3a), Preston Laupitz (6a), Karson Peat (3a), Austyn Streek and Wyatt Smith (one assist each).

The Murray GM bantam reps scored a pair of late thirdperiod goals, but were edged 4-3 by a visiting team from the North Okanagan on Dec. 18.

Merritt’s Casey Baker opened the scoring in the first period.

North O tallied the next four goals in a row, before Sajjin Lali and Divaan Sahota made things interesting in the late stages of the game.

Merritt assists went to Matthew Newman (2), Lali and Braeden King.

This Weekend All minor hockey games will be played at the Shulus arena this weekend.

Divaan Sahota scored one of his team’s goals in the Merritt Murray GM bantam reps’ narrow 4-3 loss to North Okanagan on Dec. 18.

Ian Webster/Herald

Saturday

Sunday

9:30 Bantam rec vs Logan Lake 11:30 Peewee female vs Kamloops 1:15 Midget female vs Chase 3:15 Bantam rep vs Kamloops

11:00 Midget rec vs Lillooet 1:00 Midget rep vs Chase 3:15 Peewee rec vs Lillooet

in the Prospects Game.

Colin Grannary was named Player of the Game for Team Canada West in 2016. Brandon Duhaime represented Merritt at the 2015 game.

Regush recently returned from playing for Team Canada West at the World Junior A Challenge in Bonnyville.

Malik Kaila

approximately 12 weeks in a neck brace, and will undergo rehab after that.

MacDonald received a five-minute major and game misconduct for his hit, and a subsequent four-game suspension handed down by the league.

Kaila played three full seasons for the Merritt Centennials (2013-16), and was one of the most popular players to ever wear a Cents’ uniform.

THE SPORTS TICKER What’s happening in and around the Nicola Valley Jan. 5

Gr. 8 Girls/Boys Basketball vs KCS/Ashcroft, 5/6:30 p.m., Merritt Secondary School

Jan. 6-8

Grand Pub & Grill Men’s Old Timer Rec Hockey Tournament, Nicola Valley Memorial Arena

Jan. 6-8

Black’s Pharmacy Men’s Curling Bonspiel, Merritt Curling Centre

Jan. 7

Merritt Centennials vs West Kelowna Warriors, 8 p.m., Nicola Valley Memorial Arena

Jan. 9

Gr. 8 Girls/Boys Basketball vs St. Ann’s, 5/6:30 p.m., Merritt Secondary School

Jan. 11

Sr. Girls/Boys Basketball vs Westsyde, 5/6:45 p.m., Merritt Secondary School

Jan. 13

Merritt Centennials vs Penticton Vees, 7 p.m., Nicola Valley Memorial Arena

Jan. 13-14 Sr. Girls/Boys Basketball Tournament, Merritt Secondary School Jan. 15

Nicola Valley Fish & Game Club Ice Fishing Derby, 8 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., Mamette Lake

Jan. 15

Nicola Nordic Ski Club Chili Sunday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Kane Valley Ski Trails, Parking Lot 3 Shelter

Want to get your event on the Sports Ticker? Send all relevant information to sports@merrittherald.com

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Nicola Valley Film Society presents Captain Fantastic, rated PG on Monday, Jan. 16 at 7:00 p.m. at the NVIT Lecture Theatre. For more information phone 250-378-3974.

FISHING DERBY

Nicola Valley Fish & Game Club’s Mamette Lake Fishing Derby will be held on Sunday, Jan. 15 from 8:00 a.m. until 2:15 p.m. Many prizes will be awarded. There will be hot dogs available and free hot chocolate and coffee.

For more information you can contact Ed Collins at 250378-2547 or B.J. Moor at 250-280-0304.

FAMILY HISOTRY 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 starting Thursday, Jan. 5 from either 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. or 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

For more information contact Al Thompson at 250-2129868.

WANT TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN?

Weekly schedule is as follows: Monday: senior exercises 10:30 a.m., cribbage and whist 2:30 p.m. Tuesday: bingo 1 p.m., doors open at 10:30 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. Last Friday of the month: pot luck supper 5:30 p.m. for more information phone 250-378-4407.

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

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.

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.

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

THE MERRITT CHAPTER OF THE VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF CANADA

Sale of New and Used storage containers

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!

Invites all persons interested in restoring and enjoying vintage vehicles to join us at our monthly meeting held at the Anglican Church Hall, 1990 Chapman Street, at 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month.

Vintage car ownership is not required. Call Jack Cross 250-378-2662 or Kim Jurriet 250-378-2672 for more information.

Please come and visit us at the Legion. We’ve extended our hours for the summer. Hours are now Tuesday to Friday 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm and Saturdays 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Come join us Saturdays for our meat draw.

Guests welcome.

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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MERRITT SENIOR CURLING

MERRITT PICKLEBALL

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.

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MERRITT SENIOR CENTRE

LIVING WITH LOSS SUPPORT GROUP

CONAYT ELDERS DROP IN CENTRE

Approved mini-storage

THE CHURCHES OF MERRITT WELCOME YOU

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.

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 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.

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Pauline (Line) BUDD

In loving memory of

CHARLIE BAXTER June 11, 1940 - Jan. 9, 2016

Pauline (Line)Budd passed away peacefully to join her husband Lou, on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016.

YOUR SMILE Though your smile is gone forever, And your hand we cannot touch Still we have so many memories Of the one we loved so much.

Your memory is our keepsake with which we will never part God has you in his keeping We have you in our hearts.

It is sad to walk the road alone, Instead of side by side.

But to all there comes a moment When the ways of life divide.

You gave us years of happiness Then came sorrow and tears, But you left us beautiful memories, We will treasure through the years.

Loved and sadly missed by wife Teresa, sons Brian, (Romona), Kevin (Yvette) and grandchildren Jasmine, Jade, Victoria and James

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• 24 hour compassion helpline • Estate fraud protection • 100% service gaurantee • National transferability on preplanned funeral services www.MerrittFuneralChapel.com REGULAR OFFICE HOURS 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

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A FUNERAL PRE PLANNING ADVISOR is available at Merritt Funeral Chapel.

Please call ahead for an appointment, and a Personal Planning Guide will be provided.

Line will be missed by her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

We want to thank Diane her friend, as well as Linda and the staff at the Florentine, and all the staff at the Nicola Valley hospital for their care of mom this past year.

A private celebration of her life will take place at a later date.

MERRITT & DISTRICT HOSPICE SOCIETY The most natural response to a loss is to establish the significance of the event. When a bad thing happens to us, we want someone to know and to acknowledge how bad it is. www.merritthospice.org Email: merritthospice@shaw.ca

P: 250-280-4040

Personals MAKE A Connection. Real People, Flirty Chat Call FREE! 250-220-1300 or 1-800-2101010. www.livelinks.com 18+

TEXMO, Charles Jerald December 27, 2016 In Loving Memory

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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Charles “Jerry� Texmo on Dec. 27, 2016, in Merritt, at the age of 79.

Affectionately known as Poopa, Tex and Chapper, Jerry was pre-deceased by his wife of 44 years, Anna, in 2004. He is survived by his 6 sons; Darrell (Suzanne), Mark, Rick (Jacqueline), Ian, Erik (Angela), Rory (Carol); grandchildren Jennafer, Brian, Gary, Scott, Steven, Sarah, Jodi, Lacey, Rachelle, Jocelynne, Marie, Dannielle, Jean-Paul, Gavin, Marinda, Emily; as well as his sisters Mary Anne and Linia, and many nieces, nephews and other extended family.

Dad had many passions in life, including camping DQG À VKLQJ EDVHEDOO JROI KRFNH\ FXUOLQJ DQG hunting. He was also very proud to have been an DX[LOLDU\ SROLFH RIÀ FHU LQ 3RUW +DUG\ Born and raised in Manitoba, Jerry was employed as a logger on Vancouver Island, an equipment operator in Lac du Bonnet, and worked at AECL in Pinawa before moving his family to Port Hardy in 1977 where he worked at Island Copper Mine until 1994. He and his wife Anna (Mooma) moved to Merritt in 1995 where he opened a successful automotive repair shop with his son Mark. After selling the business, Dad retired and spent his time gardening, puttering, swimming, curling and working on improving his golf game.

After several years of health issues, Jerry passed away peacefully at Gillis House with his sons at his side. Special thanks go out to the staff at Gillis House for their exceptional care of Dad. Despite his worsening health, he always tried to stay upbeat, whether with a smile, a joke or a song to brighten their days.

In lieu of a formal service, a celebration of their lives is planned for both Mooma and Poopa in Port Hardy during the Summer of 2017. If friends desire, donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society in Jerry’s Memory. “We are comforted in the knowledge that Mom DQG 'DG DUH WRJHWKHU DJDLQ DQG KH LV Ă€ QDOO\ DW SHDFH :H FKHULVKHG WKH Ă€ QDO KRXUV WKDW ZH spent with him. Dad, you will be missed.â€?

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Help Wanted

Help Wanted

EXPERIENCED COUNTER SALES PERSON WANTED

Must be personable and have computer skills, bookkeeping expereince. Will be responsible for warehouse duties. We offer excellent wage and bonus, medical and dental coverage.

Copper Valley Mechanical Contractors Ltd. Fax resume to 250-378-5105 or email: coppervalley@uniserve.com Nicola Lake Water Utilities is looking for a highly motivated, competent, energetic, candidate for the following position:

Maintenance Technician NLWU Nicola Lake Water Utilities is looking for a fulltime, permanent Maintenance Technician with electrical and mechanical aptitude to maintain Arsenic plant operations, day to day water testing and weekly water testing submissions to Interior Health and water testing facility in Kamloops.

You will have good interpersonal skills as you will interact with lot owners regarding water and sewer issues. You will be able to work closely with engineers, other staff and stakeholders to trouble shoot/problem solve as required, as well as, all other related duties to the maintenance of the water and sewer plants.

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New hires are subject to pre-employment drug screening.

Applicants are invited to submit resumes, along with current driver’s abstract, accompanied by references to: Emcon Serivces Inc., 105-1121 McFarlane Way, Merritt, BC. V1K 1B9 Phone: 250-378-4176 ext. 105 Fax: 250-378-4106 E-mail: tsmyth@emconservices.ca

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PHARMACY TECHNICIAN TRAINING Online-based 43 wk program incls 8 wk practicum. Regulated Pharmacy Technicians earn $25-$28/hr in hospitals & $20-$27/hr in community pharmacies. Accredited by the Canadian Council for the Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs (CCAPP). www.stenbergcollege.com Toll-Free: 1-866-580-2772

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Merchandise for Sale Firewood/Fuel Fir Firewood split or rounds delivered. Measured cords.

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Help Wanted Casual Employment available to provide support for elderly lady in the Merritt area.

Companionship, light housekeeping and some meal preparation required.

Hourly pay rate offered commensurate with skills and experience.

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Please send resume and references to: Box 100 C/O Merritt Herald P.O. Box 9, Merritt, B.C. V1K 1B8

Clean One Bedroom starting at $550/month.

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