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The Nicola Nicola Valley Valley Institute Shelter Society The of is ready to open the doors Technology’s campus got a to a newly-designated shelter little brighter this winter week, as the on Nicola Avenue. school unveiled a new rainbow crosswalk.

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Come October, Coun. Linda Brown hopes to move a few seats over during council meetings. The councillor is the first to officially declare she will be running for mayor in the next municipal election, set for this fall. “I can’t continue to sit back and watch the current council do little to move Merritt forward,” she wrote in a press release. Brown told the Herald she’s tired of being at odds with other councillors in decision-making, and is looking for a team of likeminded individuals to work with moving forward. “It’s kind of frustrating when you see an issue that should be going forward, in my mind, and then it doesn’t. When it is a six to one vote I shake my head and I think ‘Wow, how could I be that off ?’ I don’t understand it.” She explained it was a desire to give back to the community that led her to run for council in the first

place. “I don’t feel like I’ve had the opportunity to truly make a difference,” she said. “You need the support of council in order to move your issues forward, so what I’m really looking forward to is having some like-minded individuals that will put their name forward for council and maybe make a difference for Merritt.” With a family tree dating back to 1955 in the Nicola Valley, Brown said her roots in the community are deep and her committment unwavering. “I was raised here, did my career for 40 years outside of Merritt and now I’ve back here for retirement and I look around and I think ‘How much has changed since I was a kid?’ Not much,” she said. “We’ve got so much potential here in this valley and I’d love to be able to be the one to make a difference.” With 12 years of postsecondary education spanning health, political science and accounting under her belt, as well as over 30

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Coun. Linda Brown announced she will run for Mayor on June 28. Herald file photo

years in executive management, Brown believes she has what it takes to tackle big issues in the valley. “I think it does make a difference when I’m at the table. I see things differently, I respond to things differently, I can envision things differently and obstacles aren’t a problem — they are something to

be worked around.” Under the theme of “moving towards change,” Brown has her sights set on tackling flood mitigation, fiscal responsibility, an external core services review and economic development. Respect and co-operation will be at the root of her approach to gover-

nance, she added. “Once the community starts trusting in council it will be easier to have the community on board and working together,” she said. “This is my home and I want to see it thrive.” Merritt’s municipal election is scheduled for Oct. 20, 2018.

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Hope Search and Rescue assisted the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in the search for an aircraft that went missing between Merritt and Hope after it took off from Calgary on June 28. Both occupants were later found dead. Photo courtesy of the Royal Canadian Air Force

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SETTING IT STRAIGHT In the June 28 edition of the Merritt Herald, a caption accompanying the photo on page 3 incorrectly referred to Karen Goetz as the president of the Kengard Learning Centre. Goetz is the principal of the school. The Herald regrets this error.

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Position: The City of Merritt is inviting applications for the position of temporary Full Time Driver (All Trucks) for a maternity leave.

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Current resumes reflecting applicants’ knowledge, skills and abilities relevant to the position; detailing education and qualifications, and proof of required education and licenses will be accepted prior to 4:00 p.m. Friday, July 13, 2018 by:

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July 24, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers at 2185 Voght Street, Merritt, BC The 2017 Annual Report will be available for public inspection at City Hall and on the City’s website at www.merritt.ca on June 29, 2018. The Annual Report includes departmental reports, audited financial statements and permissive tax exemptions.

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A group of Merritt citizens hope to form a committee to bring the Kettle Valley Railway ‘Rails to Trails’ project to life once and for all. At a presentation at the June 26 regular city council meeting, local cyclist and outdoor enthusiast Darch Oborne proposed a committee be formed, with a city representative, to spearhead the process of developing the network of old railroads throughout the region into a world class hiking and biking route. He also requested the city lobby the Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) to take on the trails as a development and maintenance project. “It could be, in my opinion, a wonderful, wonderful tourism opportunity for people from all over the world to come here,” he said. “Let’s involve the whole regional district and see if they can’t pull this whole project together.”

Stressing the potential for tourism development, Oborne said implementing the trail network would be in the interests of many. “It’s not only for bicyclists and hikers and family [recreation], but it’s to draw tourism to the whole Nicola Valley, going right down to Spences Bridge,” he said. “There are four indigenous governments in that area, and they’ll benefit very greatly if we can find the right opportunity for success.” Coun. Mike Goetz reminded Oborne that council chose not to endorse the proposed project back in 2016 because they did not feel local First Nations had been adequately consulted. “We love the idea, and you have to get involved with [local bands] first,” he said. “I think you are right — this would bring people here who don’t normally come here so I’m in full support of it.” In addition to First Nations involvement,

Coun. Diana Norgaard noted other land owners need to be on board as well. “The trail goes right through people’s yards,” she said, adding that further dialogue is paramount. “You don’t have to have official authority to have conversations with people and see where they stand,” she said. “I’m not against it, I’m just a little concerned that the conversations haven’t happened.” Coun. Kurt Christopherson said he would like information regarding who got the project off the ground in the Okanagan. “It’s a long, slow process, but the interest is there,” he said. Councillors, as well as Oborne, stressed the importance of co-operation moving forward. “We’ve got to do it all together: the regional district, the city, and the bands, in particular,” Oborne said. The request to start a local committee was received for information by the City of Merritt.

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Cannabis Day put off to fall Canada Day 2018 was supposed to be Cannabis Day, as we became the first indusTOM FLETCHER trialized country to B.C. officially VIEWS legalize recreational marijuana. Alas, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s bold vision has once again bumped up against reality, and it will be mid-October before provinces pull together the systems required to take over distribution and regulation. All Ottawa had to do was pass a law and slap an excise tax of a dollar a gram on recreational sales. B.C. has to create and regulate a production, warehouse and retail store system, enforce an age limit of 19, a public possession limit of 30 grams, a home growing limit of four plants, and step up its existing efforts to control drugimpaired driving. B.C. has chosen to mirror its alcohol sales system for the new era. The Liquor Distribution Branch will have a wholesale monopoly and open stand-alone “BC Cannabis Stores” staffed by unionized liquor store employees with additional training. But as with liquor retailing, private stores will be allowed to compete, as long as they can get provincial and local approval. The province is about to experience a reality check too. Walking around downtown Victoria, I see a pot store every couple of blocks in some places. Some have city licences, some don’t. Most pretend to be medical dispensaries, selling buds with names like “Bubba God” and “Gorilla Glue” because they’re, you know, medicine. These dispensaries claim their pot comes from federally licensed medical producers, but that’s often fiction too.

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America launches trade war with China The United States could probably extract major concessions from China in a carefully managed confrontation on trading issues, because the Chinese don’t want GWYNNE DYER a trade war with The international their best export STAGE customer. But the U.S. can’t win the trade war that Donald Trump is planning to wage, and it kicks off on Friday. That’s when the first chunk of Trump’s new tariffs on Chinese exports to the United States — a 25 per cent import tax on $50 billion of Chinese goods — actually goes into effect, and Beijing retaliates with similar tariffs on $50 billion of American exports to China. That’s just a drop in the bucket in terms of the size of either economy, but it’s also just the opening salvo in the war. Trump has already said that Chinese retaliation would be ‘unfair,’ and that if China goes ahead he will slap a 10 per cent levy on an additional $200 billion of Chinese goods. (He subsequently reduced that amount to

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$100 billion, but who knows?) And China has already said that it would respond with measures of a “corresponding number and quality” if the U.S. goes ahead with that. This is where the real tit-for-tat escalation starts, and it’s hard to see how it can be stopped.

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‘Trump is trapped by his own pugnacious rhetoric, and China’s President Xi Jingping is trapped in two ways.’

Trump is trapped by his own pugnacious rhetoric, and China’s President Xi Jinping is trapped in two ways. One is that Trump has already imposed big new tariffs on exports to the United States by the European Union and by America’s closest neighbours, Canada and

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Mexico. They have all responded by imposing similar tariffs on American exports of equal value. Xi can hardly do less, even if China’s real interests might be better served by not responding in kind to the new U.S. tariffs. He would not wish to be seen as weaker than Justin Trudeau. On June 21 in Beijing, according to the Wall Street Journal, President Xi Jinping met a group of chief executives of American and European multinationals and assured them that China would definitely strike back at U.S. trade tariffs. “In the West, you have the notion that if somebody hits you on the left cheek, you turn the other cheek,” Xi reportedly said. “In our culture, we push back.” The other factor weighing on Xi’s decisions is that Beijing is starting to see American trade policy as part of a deliberate attempt to stop China’s emergence as a great industrial and technological power and a real peer rival to the United States. After all, there are undoubtedly people in Washington who would like to do exactly that.

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Ken Tourand, president of the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, should be given great praise for offering free tuition this fall for all our Merritt Secondary School grads! What a wonderful opportunity for them to study at such a good school, without travelling and the cost of living away from home. Well done NVIT and Ken!

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From Page 6 Trump himself does not think in geo-strategic terms, but the Chinese may well see his actions on trade as inspired by those who do. If they come to that conclusion, their willingness to go all the way in a trade war may be greater than the financial experts think it is. China’s exports to the United States amount to about 40 per cent of its total exports, whereas only 5 per cent of U.S. exports go to China, so an all-out trade war between the two countries would obviously hurt China more. President Xi, however, is far more able to ignore the resultant job losses and higher prices than Trump is — especially because the Americans who were hurting worst would be his own political ‘base.’ Or, alternatively, China’s heavily indebted economy may turn out to be even more fragile than it looks — in which case a trade war could drive the country into a deep recession (with unpredictable political consequences at home), and drag the whole world economy down with it. That wouldn’t be much fun either. There’s a reason that trade wars went out of fashion after the Second World War, and it wasn’t just

because international trade tends to enhance prosperity overall. Back when trade wars were the normal way of doing business internationally, in the 16th-19th centuries, the European powers spent almost half their time at war. The first great era of free trade, ca. 1870-1914, was also the ‘Long Peace’, when no European great power fought any other for almost half a century. That peace was destroyed by the First World War (so free trade does not prevent all wars), but the trade wars of the 1930s certainly deepened the Great Depression and facilitated the rise of fascism and a second world war. And then came the Second Long Peace, from 1945 to the present, when once again free trade (or at least free-ish trade) reigns and the great powers never fight one another directly. I’m not saying that Trump’s assault on free trade is going to lead us back down the path to great-power war again. Many other factors go into making such a catastrophe possible. But he may be putting one of the key factors back into place. Gwynne Dyer’s new book is ‘Growing Pains: The Future of Democracy (and Work)’.

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From Page 6 B.C. has something that is now called a “craft cannabis” industry that the B.C. government is trying to keep from killing off, while somehow weeding out our world-famous organized crime producers. Kootenay MLAs are worried that legalization is going to collapse a large part of their local economies, as big greenhouse factories take over. The recently formed B.C. Independent Cannabis Association is predicting there will be a huge shortage of legitimate product, starting the day legalization takes effect. And no one expects the drug gangs to go quietly. There is no approved roadside test for pot impairment, although police in B.C. have been given the same 90-day roadside suspension authority they

have for drinking and driving. And there is another problem, with the state of the Liquor Distribution Branch. The government quietly released a report in late June, detailing the struggles of craft beer, cider and spirits producers with the provincial distribution monopoly. The NDP government, like the B.C. Liberals, loves the craft industry like it loves B.C. wineries, but you wouldn’t know it from the way they’re being treated. Craft cider producers describe the outof-date system they deal with. Those who produce cider with only B.C. apples are lumped in with the LDB’s “premixed cocktails and coolers” in the “refreshments” category. “It finds itself categorized with products such as Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Growers and other ‘cooler’-style beverages that are generally made with high

levels of sugar, artificial flavouring and the addition of spirits,” craft producers say in the report. The “refreshments” category comes with a 73 per cent wholesale markup, which is the government’s cut. For a bottle of commercial vodka, by the way, it’s 124 per cent. This tells you why the LDB hasn’t yet comprehended what “craft cider” actually is. It took years of political attention to bring the wholesale markup for craft beer down to 12-14 per cent. What will the LDB’s wholesale markup be for craft cannabis, or for that matter any cannabis? They’re still working on that, but so far they haven’t figured out they’re killing craft cider. Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: tfletcher@blackpress. ca

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FRIENDS & Neighbours Friends & Neighbours Fire chief celebrates milestone

GIVING BACK Lorraine Brown (left) and Elissa Barron (right) of the Nicola Valley Food Bank accept a cheque for $1,200 from Ben Lens, store manager at Save On Foods. The money was raised through the Share it Forward program, which is run over three days in June at all Save On Foods stores across the province to raise money for local food banks. Cole Wagner/Herald

CONSTRUCTION NOTICE

Services to be affected by hospital expansion Dara Hill THE MERRITT HERALD

Locals can expect disruptions at the Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre as construction wraps up this summer. Beginning July 4, the emergency department will be reduced to allow for infrastructure connections between the new emergency room space and the existing hospital, according to a press release issued by the Interior Health Authority (IHA). The size of the existing waiting room, as well as the availability of one stretcher in the emergency room area, will be affected. There may also be temporary disruptions to the north parking lot for outpatients using the laboratory, X-ray or public health service, the release states. During the construction period, IHA representatives said people with less urgent illness or injury may experience longer wait times and ask for the public’s patience. The delays are expected to last for the remainder of the construction, which is on target to be completed by this fall.

The expansion of the Nicola Valley Hospital is expected to be complete by this fall, but residents can expect disruptions in the meantime. Herald file photo

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Merritt Fire Chief David Tomkinson has been awarded the British Columbia Long Service Medal for his 25-year commitment to the community. Mayor Neil Menard presented the award to Tomkinson at the June 26 regular city council meeting. “It is individuals such as yourself who make British Columbia a safer place to live,” Menard said. “So on behalf of council and on behalf of the City of Merritt,

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commitment others have made to the fire department.” While recognized for his considerable contribution to the community’s safety at Tuesday’s meeting, Tomkinson said his work is far from over. “I am proud to receive the British Columbia Long Service Medal which recognizes my 25 years of service, but that does not represent I am near the end,” he said. “I still have a bunch of years left to serve and personally, many goals yet to achieve.”

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS COUNCIL BUSINESS

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The TNRD is stepping away from all unattended depots like the one managed with the City of Merritt. Dara Hill/Herald

fault.” The recycling depot in Merritt is run as a partnership between the TNRD and the city. Boven explained the city doesn’t front much of the costs currently, and without the TNRD’s involvement

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on operations independent of the TNRD. Boven estimated it would cost approximately $120,000 per year to manage the depot, in addition to the salary needed to cover a full-time employee.

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the city would have a considerable increase in responsibility to take on. “We don’t run the facility, we just kind of co-assist with keeping it maintained,” he said. “And they fund 100 per cent of the operation of it as far as the bins that are there and the hauling away and dealing with them.” While council voted in favour of working with the TNRD to dismantle the depot, councillors requested staff look into how much it would cost the city to potentially carry

He added there is currently no market for the city’s recyclables. “Once it is separated into the six or nine streams we could work with the TNRD to see where they are sending it, but there isn’t money to be made in it, that’s for sure,” said Boven. Clean and separated recyclables have always been more valued than mixed recycling due to the lack of sorting and processing costs involved, Jamie Vieira — TNRD’s manager of environmental services — told the Herald. “Regardless of the

market conditions, separated recyclables is the better option from a financial point of view,” he wrote in an email. However, he added it is a common misconception that governments make money from recycling. “There has never been profit from our recycling program,” he wrote. “Processing fees and transportation costs have always far outweighed the commodity value of the recyclables. What has changed in the past year is that the processing fees have

tripled so the costs now are even greater than they were before.” One good piece of news for local residents is that the mixed curbside recycling program the city currently facilitates will essentially remain unchanged, it will simply become Recycle BC’s job to sort the recyclables. As of Sept. 1, residents can either use their curb-side recycling bins or take their recycling to the Lower Nicola Eco-Depot, where source-separate recycling is being introduced.

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The City of Merritt is moving forward with plans to dismantle the recycling depot on Main Street. Despite reservations, council voted in favour of working with the Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) to recommission the recycling depot at the regular city council meeting on June 26. Due to heavy contamination issues, the TNRD’s recycling processor is no longer accepting recyclables from the region. This has forced the TNRD to join the Recycle BC program by Sept. 1, and the City of Merritt is on the wait list to join the program as well. Under the umbrella of Recycle BC, the TNRD is required to transition to a sourceseparated, multi-stream approach to recycling. Another component of the program involves stepping away from all unattended depots, like the one on Main Street. Shawn Boven, the city’s chief administrative officer, said the TNRD, as well as the City of Merritt, do not have much of a choice other than to join Recycle BC and follow their regulations. “North America has done a poor job of recycling over the last decade. We took kind of a lazy approach — we try to recycle as much as we can but it’s very mixed and contaminated,” he said. “It’s not the TNRD’s fault this has happened. China has said they are no longer accepting contaminated recyclables and that’s just it.” “And I can’t say I blame them in lots of ways,” said Coun. Ginny Prowal. “When I go down to our bins at public works I can’t believe the trash that has been thrown there. People are lazy, they can’t be bothered, and a lot of it is our own

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS SHOWING PRIDE

Students’ push for representation pays off Dara Hill THE MERRITT HERALD

With the stroke of a paintbrush, Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (NVIT) shared their pride with the community. The school officially revealed their rainbow crosswalk on June 28, a project inspired by Merritt Secondary School (MSS) students whose proposal to install a rainbow crosswalk near the school was rejected by city council earlier this year. NVIT President and CEO Ken Tourand said he’s proud of the school’s installation and commitment to inclusivity. “The NVIT com-

munity truly is a family,” he said in a press release. “We hope that learners, visitors, community members, our elders’ council, staff and faculty will always feel welcome on our campus — a place where diversity is celebrated.” The crosswalk project was a joint effort between the school, the NVIT Student Society and NVIT’s Stronger Together Project, a campaign aimed at raising awareness of sexualized violence and to promote the importance of consent. Violence is deeply rooted in gender-based and racial-based oppression, said Jen Heard, associate registrar at

NVIT and a member of the Stronger Together Project. “In celebration of both national indigenous history month and pride month, we are proud to partner with NVIT for this installation and look forward to creating and maintaining a culture of inclusivity on campus,” she said. “We acknowledge that being two (or more) spirited was considered an honour within indigenous nations prior to colonization,” read a statement from the NVIT Student Society. “With this rainbow crosswalk, we are promising our future generations that their path to becoming leaders will be free of discrimination.”

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The crosswalk painted at the Merritt campus was inspired by students in the MSS Pride Club and Aboriginal Voice Group. Dara Hill/Herald

THANK YOU FROM THE GRADUATION CLASS OF 2018 AND THE EXECUTIVE The executive of the 2018 graduating class would like to thank the following people and organizations for their support, help, and generous donations. The dry grad, the ceremonies and the dance could have not happened without all of you. Fallon Fosberry Boston Pizza Garden Sushi Extra Foods Save-On-Foods Merritt Centennials & the Booster Club Walk of Stars City of Merritt Merritt Printing Michelle Shaw Kerry Smith Sky McKeown Jen and Brian Whitecross Madeline McIntyre Ponsioen

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Dara Hill THE MERRITT HERALD

Thanks to a few helping hands, one Merritt man’s life has changed for the better. Chris Kurik is a hemiplegic living in a wheelchair, but a short time ago he was no different than anyone else. He worked for VSA, was recently promoted to road foreman, and was about to renovate his mobile home in Merritt. Then, one October day in 2013, everything

to the elevator, to get in changed. the elevator — everyHe recalled an odd feeling coming over him, thing,” he said. “Then as soon as I got through and asked his mother the doors I fell, face-flat. to drive him to the hosThey had to use thethis pital. Please recycle paddles on me, brought “The last thing I me back.” remember was getting What 3x1 he was expein her car. I wasn’t talkriencing, it turns out, ing, she had to tell me was a stroke that would what to do — to walk

leave half of his body paralyzed. After seven months at the Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, and another month at the Nicola newspaper. Valley Hospital and Health Centre, Kurik began to recover.

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Ex-foreman determined to find new path From Page 12 Despite being encouraged to move into a facility such as Nicola Meadows for assistance, Kurik was determined to make things work at home. “Why should I have people looking after me when I can do it myself ?” he said. “I’ve still got one arm, I’ve still got one leg.” A friend of his stepped in and offered to build a makeshift ramp for him to access his front door. It served its purpose for some time, but without consistent railings it was a hazard he eventually succumbed to when he fell off the side of it. Marilyn Tolmie, job developer for WorkBC, was helping Kurik look for employment opportunities when she learned about the safety and

Carpentry students from NVIT put their skills to the test building Chris Kurik a new, safe ramp at his home. Dara Hill/Herald

accessibility issues he was experiencing. “For someone to go to work they need to have a secure home,” she explained. After hearing someone in her office speak of the carpentry program at the Nicola

Valley Institute of Technology (NVIT), she decided to reach out and see if they could lend a hand. NVIT Dean John Chenoweth recognized Kurik’s need was something they could fill, and recruited carpen-

try instructor Clayton Anthony and six students to build him a new, safer ramp. It was win-win situation for Kurik and the students, he explained. “If we’ve got young people learning a new skill and they need a

place to practice it, why not make life better for some local people?” said Chenoweth. The community support doesn’t end there, as a lot of the necessary materials are donated by local businesses for their proj-

ects, Chenoweth noted. “The mill has been very supportive of providing rough-cut lumber,” he explained, Now that the ramp is being taken care of, Kurik is in the process of applying for funding from BC Housing to complete the unfinished renovations in his home. BC Housing should be able to take care of the renovations, Tolmie explained, but she’s eager to help him with the extra things — mounting the TV, fixing his computer, getting him a couch. She noted she’s planning on hosting a fundraiser to make sure he has everything he needs. “We’re not going to stop until he is comfortable,” she said. Kurik has plans of his own to continue enhancing his life, he told the Herald.

“Once they get the ramp and everything done I’m going to school to upgrade, get my Grade 12 English and Grade 12 math and then I’m going to take computer correspondence with TRU for corporate accounting and bookkeeping,” he explained. He’s also advocating for physical accessibility at establishments around town, both on his own and as part of an “elderly friendly” group he’s joined forces with. “We don’t realize what people have to go through or live in. He wants his independent living because that’s all he’s got left,” Tolmie said. “He’s an amazing guy, he just needs some help. So reaching out to the community and NVIT offering help — I just think that’s a wonderful thing.”

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Otters swim away as top club at home meet Relays and strong performances in individual events propelled the Otters to the overall points title. Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

The Merritt Otters swim team used the home pool advantage to great effect over the weekend, coming away with 76 top three finishes en route to the top spot in club standings at their home meet on June 30 and July 1. With teams in attendance from across the Okanagan and the Lower Mainland, the Otters had to be at their best in order to have a chance at competing against the larger clubs in the region. But the team rose to the occasion, and in many cases, set new personal bests as the team racked up points through individual events and relays on Saturday and Sunday. The Nicola Valley Aquatic Centre was packed with swimmers ready to compete in a variety of sprint events, and while the story of the weekend was the Otters’ performance as a unit, individual swimmers also picked up some hardware. Aggregate trophies, awarded to individual swimmers in each division who accumulate the most overall points across all of their events, were handed out at the conclusion of the meet on Sunday. The division four girls category featured two Merritt swimmers going head to head for the top of the podium in nearly every event, as Paige Asselstine and Kendra Marklund finished gold and silver in the final aggregate placings. Asselstine swam to gold in the 200 IM, 50 butterfly, 100 backstroke, 100 freestyle and 200

freestyle events. She picked up second in the 50 freestyle and 100 breaststroke events. Marklund claimed gold in the 50 freestyle by a razor thin margin, and was hot on the heels of Asselstine throughout the rest of the races, picking up silvers in every race where Asselstine finished first, as well as a third place finish in the 50 breaststroke. Bianca Cavaliere also took home the aggregate in the division five girls category, picking up a gold in the 200 IM, 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 50 butterfly (Above) The Merritt Otters team. (Below, left) Abby Thoms, a division three girl, takes her marks ahead of one of her races. (Below right top) Gabe Baird breathes during the and 200 freestyle events. division four boys backstroke. (Bottom right) Aubrey De Visser reaches for the finish during a six and under event. Photos courtesy of Curt Thoms and Bill Stowell/Herald Cavaliere was second in the 100 freestyle and seventh in the 100 backstroke events. Isaac Asselstine finished second overall in the division three boys category, never once falling outside of the top three swimmers in all of his events. Cam Parno put on a similar performance in the division six boys category, en route to his own silver medal finish in the aggregate race. In women’s division eight, the Otters made a sweep of the aggregates with Helen Asselstine picking up gold, coach Lauren Swistak silver and Michelle Dagg bronze. Otter’s head coach Gabe Lee finished on top for the division eight men. Meanwhile, Brayden Black and Evi Slanzi finished third overall in points in the division two boys and girls aggregate points standings respectively. The Otters will next compete in Revelstoke as they build towards regional and provincial championships later this summer.

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Pups paraded at annual Kennel Club dog show Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

The wind wasn’t the only thing howling in Merritt over the Canada Day long weekend, as the Nicola Valley Kennel Club took over Voght Park for its annual dog show. Canines came from all over B.C. and outside the province to take part in the annual judged competition, which featured 175 entries this year. A local breederhandler, Andrea Barnes,

picked up accolades for her puppies, said Julie Leslie, secretary for the Nicola Valley Kennel Club. The two-day competition featured a junior handler category, in which featured handlers from five to 18 years old, Leslie added. And while they weren’t eligible for any of the awards, judges Elaine Whitney and Lee-Anne Bateman were lauded for their performance of O Canada on Sunday morning, said Leslie.

Ryland Sheldon attempts to keep his neck straight while he supports the weight of his massive medal haul at the Jack Brow track and field meet in Kelowna. Photo courtesy of Randy Sheldon

Track star hauls home gold medals Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

Ryland Sheldon struck gold not once, not twice, but five times at the Jack Brow track and field meet in Kelowna over the Canada Day long weekend. The budding track star earned top spot on the podium in the long jump (4.13 metres), 60 metre dash (9.19 seconds), 200 metre dash (31.14 seconds), high jump (1.25 metres) and

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100 metre dash (14.71 seconds). Sheldon also took home silver medals in the 60 metre hurdles (10.99 seconds) and javelin (19.30 metres). “With over 400 athletes in attendance from as far away as Australia it was an exciting weekend with some great competitors,” said Ryland’s father, Randy Sheldon. The 11-year-old currently competes with the Kamloops Track and Field Club.

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Logger Sport Show Sept. 17-19 Central Park Sept. 29

Merritt Country Run

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Mon, Wed, Fri, Central Park, 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Tues, Thurs, Civic Centre, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Music in the Park

Every Thursday night until Sept. 6 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m in Spirit Square.

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NICOLA VALLEY FALL FAIR YARD SALE

July 14 - 15, 28 - 29 August 11 - 12 (last weekend), 319 Lindley Creek Road, Merritt, Saturday 9 - 2 and Sundays 10 - 2. Drop off days are during the yard sales or Monday from 6 - 8. Phone Martha at 250-378-2303 for inquiries. No tvs or large exercise equip. as we have to pay to have someone dispose of these items.

Quilchena Ave. has a drop-in center for Elders every Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Snacks and light lunches are provided. Elders are welcome to assist in preparing menu and lunch. A sign-in sheet is at the front office. Elders can provide suggested menus and lunch to reception at the attention of the Executive Director.

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H.E.L.P. Merritt Red Cross is looking for volunteers for 2 hrs. on Thursdays to loan out health equipment from the Merritt Hospital. You will be working with another volunteer who will help train you. If you can help please call 250-378-5276. Students for summer months are welcome.

Merritt Hospice is calling for volunteers to support Palliative Care Clients and their families and to support those who are grieving. Volunteers are also needed for administrative duties such a fund raising, community events and serve as board members. Contact Jill Sanford at 250-378-4577 for more information.

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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.

Come see a variety of vendors every Saturday from May - October 6 during our new hours from 9:30 - 1:00, beside the Ballie House. New vendors welcome, call 250-571-3470 or 250-378-4624.

NICOLA VALLEY QUILTERS GUILD

Meets on the first and third Thursday at 6:30 pm in the Civic Center, from Sept. to May. Our next quilting weekend is July 13, 14 & 15. Join us by registering at the civic center or just drop by to see what we do! The next regular meeting will be on Sept. 6. Meanwhile, for information call Sharon at 250-315-2340 or find us on Facebook.

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The Nicola Valley Explorers Society’s primary aims are to promote hiking cycling, snow shoeing, cross country skiing and other non-motorized trail use in the Nicola Valley. We also work to assist in the develop.m.ent and maintenance of recreational trails. Membership is open to anyone interested in non-motorized outdoor recreation in the Nicola Valley. For more information please contact

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MERRITT PICKLEBALL CLUB

Playing M/W/F: 8:30-11:30am, Sport Box, Central Park (2975 Voght Street) T/TH: 6:30-8:00pm, Merritt Civic Centre (1950 Mamette Ave) Great fun and exercise, drop-ins welcome. Demo paddles and instruction available. FMI call Brian 250-378-7452 or Gary 250-280-0105

CONAYT BINGO

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.

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2990 Voght St. • 250-378-2911• Service Time: Sundays 10:00 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.

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Merritt Lutheran Fellowship

Terry at 250-378-5190.

Shriners meet every fourth Wednesday of the month. For more information call 250-378-2004

in St. Michael's Anglican Hall • 250-378-9899 Service Time: 3rd Sunday each month 1:00 p.m.

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Nicola Valley Evangelical Free Church

Hours are 2 pm to 6 pm, Tuesday through Friday, and Saturdays from 1 pm to 7 pm. Come join us Saturdays for our meat draw. Guests always welcome and will be signed in by a member.

Anyone wanting to research their Family Trees may contact Al Thompson at 250-212-9868. We will open the Family History Centre by appointment only.

FOOD BANK FRIDAY NIGHT BINGO

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

COURTHOUSE ARTS GALLERY

Join us Thursday-Saturday from 12-6 p.m.. See our current art show or join us for our Friday workshops, different arts and artists, from tea and talk to mosaics, drawing, etc. For what’s new this week at the Gallery and the NVAC check our website nicolavalleyartscouncil.com Or call 250-378-6515 or 250-315-3437.

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First Thursday of month, 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. at Trinity United Church. For parents or guardians and children to share fun activities, crafts, games, songs, celebration and sit-down dinner with your family. For more information or to register 250-378-5735 or email tucc@telus.net

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 times: Sundays at 10am (no service on the 5th Sunday)

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Corner of Quilchena & Chapman • 250-378-5735 Service Time/ Sunday School (K - Gr. 4) - 10 am

The Conayt Friendship Society located at 1964

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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Geraldine Marie King 1940 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2018

With deep sadness we announce the passing of Geraldine King surrounded by her loving family. Geraldine was a Mother, Grandmother, Sister, Aunt and friend. She was pre-deceased by her husband Pat. brothers; Tom, Gerard, sisters; Theresa and Loretta. Leaving to mourn her sons; John (Leslie), Randy (Connie), Sisters; Stella (Tommy), Ann Marie (Al), Ursula (Allan), brother Patrick, numerous nieces and nephews.

Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Garden

God looked around his garden and found an empty place. He then looked down upon the earth and saw your tired face. He put his arms around you and lifted you to rest. Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s garden must be beautiful he always takes the best. He knew that you were suffering. He knew you were in pain. He knew that you would never get well on earth again. He saw the road was getting rough and the hills were hard to climb. So he closed your weary eyelids and whispered â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peace by Thine. It broke our hearts to lose you. But you didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go alone. For part of us went with you the day God called you home. A Celebration of Geraldineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Life will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 7th, 2018 at St. Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Parish, Logan Lake Community Church, Logan Lake, B.C. Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com

Harry Issac â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rogerâ&#x20AC;? Jackson July 23, 1939 - June 18, 2018

The family of Harry Isaac â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rogerâ&#x20AC;? Jackson regrets to announce his passing on June 18, 2018. Roger was born on July 23, 1939, making him just shy of his 79th birthday. He was born in Kamloops, B.C. but lived most of his life here in the Nicola Valley working for the various ranches. The main one being the Pooley Ranch for many years. Roger will be deeply missed by all his family, his extended family and all his friends. Predeceased by parents: Isaac Jackson & Mary Anne Pierrish, wife Shirley Drynock, daughter: Wanda Jackson, stepson Brian Drynock, wife Eileen Tom, stepson Gene McRae, brother Richard Jackson Sr., and brother-In-law Don J Fenton. Survived by his brother: Johnny Jackson - Sisterin-law Delores Jackson, sister Virginia Fenton, grandsons Alex Jackson & Derek Munro, stepchildren; Ursula Drynock, Brenda Shuter, Fredrick Drynock, Gail McLeod - Richard, John McRae Charlene and Richard Tom. Roger had numerous nieces, nephews, grandchildren and great grandchildren. He entered the Gillis House where he spent his last four years. The wake was held at his place of residence. Internment took place in Shulus which was followed by a feast at the Shulus Hall.

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Eva Beda Teresia Johnston ???????, - July 3, 2018

It is with great sadness that our family announces the It is with of great sadness that passing Eva Beda Teresia our familyonannounces Johnston July 3, 2018the at passing the ageof ofEva 97. Beda Teresia Johnston on July 3, 2018 by at Eva is predeceased the of husband 97. her age loving James (Jim)isEarnest Johnston. Eva predeceased by She her is survived by her three children Kenneth (Judy) Johnston, (Arlene) loving husband James (Jim) EarnestJerald Johnston. She Johnston, (Brian) Laroque. HerKenneth grandchildren; is survivedIrene by her three children (Judy) Joanne (Andrew) Stacey, Johnston, Kathy Pothier, Sheralyn Johnston, Jerald (Arlene) Irene (Brian) Johnston, (Brian) Laupitz, Sonya(Andrew) (Bobby) Laroque. Tressa Her grandchildren; Joanne Garcia, (Sarah) Johnston, Keri Stacey, Brian KathyJohnston, Pothier, Carl Sheralyn Johnston, Tressa (Simon Allen) Ketter and Erika Ketter. Her great (Brian) Laupitz, Sonya (Bobby) Garcia, Brian grandchildren; Cody Allen, Bailee (Justin) Tesan, Johnston, Carl (Sarah) Johnston, Keri (Simon Allen) Tristan and Teagan Pothier, Kai Birks, Keyton and Ketter and Erika Ketter. Her great grandchildren; Preston Laupitz, Austin and Colby Garcia. Her Cody Allen, Bailee (Justin) Tesan, Tristan and great great grandchildren Jaxson and Bella Tesan, Teagan Pothier, and Kai Paisley Birks, Keyton Grace Johnston Pothier. and Preston Laupitz, Austin andheld Colby Her great A service will be onGarcia. Friday July 13th, great 2018, grandchildren Jaxson and Bella Tesan, at the Jehovahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Witnesses Kingdom Hall,Grace 1505 Johnston and Paisley Pothier. Sunset Avenue, Merritt, B.C. at 2 pm. A celebration service will be held July 13th, 2018, of life willon beFriday held on Saturday July at the Jehovahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Witnesses Hall, 1505 14th, 2018 at the Elks Hall, 1702Kingdom Coldwater Avenue, Merritt, Avenue, B.C. at 2Merritt, pm. We invite all her family and Sunset B.C. at 2 pm. friends to shareofmemories and stories. A celebration life will be held on Saturday July The family would likeHall, to thank the wonderful staff 14th, 2018 at the Elks 1702 Coldwater Avenue, at Gillis House all their and Merritt, B.C. atfor 2 pm. Wecare invite all support. her family and We would alsomemories like to and give stories. a special thanks friends to share and family appreciation totoall those were staff with The would like thank thewho wonderful Eva throughout her time at Gillis especially, at Gillis House for all their care and support. Linda,Renata and Kathy.

In Memoriam

In loving memory of JERRY & BRENDA LARSON

Jerry: July 4, 2014 & Brenda: July 13, 2014

Mom and Dad, Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so hard to believe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already four years since you left. We all experience memories of shared moments daily and are so thankful for your love, your humour and your wisdom. We all still miss you so very much every day. Cindy, Heidi, Cody, Jessica, Cathy, Dwight, Joel, Heather, Charlie, Walker, Christy, Gustavo, Patrick, Sofia and Josie.

Family and friends would like to make acknowledgments to the following organizations and people who helped us in our time of grief during the passing of our dear brother, father, grandfather, uncle and friend, Roger Jackson. LOWER NICOLA INDIAN BAND AND THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS: Lower Nicola Hearth Centre, Lower Nicola Indian Band Fire Department, Lower Nicola Band Capital Works, the Coquihalla/Gillis House, Merritt Funeral Chapel, Schoenings Funeral Home, the Merritt RCMP, Johnnyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on the Rez, Stu Jackson, Naomi Jackson and Nicomen Indian Band. For the Funeral Service, we would like to acknowledge our MC, Richard Jackson, Marie Nali, Rod Tomma, Nellie Joe, Marlena Anderson and Rose Marie Nali. We appreciate every part that you played in laying our dear relative to rest. To all the people that donated cash and food; thank you so much. Your love and kindness during our time of grief will never be forgotten and we will always be grateful to you. 7R WKH Ă&#x20AC;UHNHHSHUV \RXU MRE ZDV WKH KDUGHVW RI DOO <RX NHSW WKH VDFUHG Ă&#x20AC;UH JRLQJ GD\ DQG night for the full 4 days and we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t thank you enough for all your efforts. We appreciate HYHU\ PLQXWH \RX VSHQW DW WKH Ă&#x20AC;UH To the grave diggers, headstone maker and SDOO EHDUHUV WKDQN \RX VR PXFK IRU D MRE ZHOO done. To our head cook, Patsy Charters and all your KHOSHUV \RX GLG DQ DPD]LQJ MRE ZLWK WKH OLWWOH space you had at the house. For the feast after WKH IXQHUDO \RX GLG D SKHQRPHQDO MRE 7KDQN you so much for all your efforts. To all our friends and relatives that traveled, it was good to see you even though our visits were short and under such sad circumstances. Travel safely home. Please say a little prayer for our relative, Roger -DFNVRQ WKDW KH KDV D VDIH MRXUQH\ WR KLV Ă&#x20AC;QDO resting place.

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By virtue of the Warehousemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lien Act we must sell the stored good to recover costs of unpaid storage. Barb Haldorson Unit #17A Amount owing $207.75 and Janis Cote Unit #48 Amount owing $249.00 These personal and household effects will be sold by either public or private auction on or after July 26, 2018 R. Hack Mini Storage 2865 Pooley Ave., Merritt BC 250-378-5580

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WANTED 75-79 Chrysler Cordova. Running or not. Tel: Stan @ 250-457-9760.

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Help Wanted

Following positions now available at the Best Western Plus Merritt Hotel.

â&#x20AC;˘ HOUSEKEEPING â&#x20AC;˘ BREAKFAST ATTENDANT â&#x20AC;˘ LAUNDRY ATTENDANT Looking for enthusiastic individuals to join the Best Western team. Must be eager to learn, self-motivating and have great time management skills. Strong interpersonal skills are required for guest interaction in all positions. Please Respond with Resume In Person.

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Local Business Directory BUILDING SUPPLIES MERRITT LUMBER SALES 2152 DOU GLAS ST., MERRITT, BC

250-378-5382 • 250-314-4249

Lumber, Plywood, Fencing SPECIALS

SCREWS, NAILS, ROOFING, INSULATION, JOIST HANGERS & much more LARGE LANDSCAPING BEAMS AVA ILABLE

HOURS OF OPERATION:

Mon to Fri.: 8 am - 5 pm & Sat.: 8 am - 4 pm

STOYOMA DENTAL CLINIC Did You Know ?

2088 Quilchena

MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TODAY!

HOURS: Mon-Fri 8AM - 4:30PM

NEW PATIENTS ALWAYS WELCOME!

(beside the Royal Bank PO Box 3090, Merritt, BC

250-378-5877

MORTGAGE BROKER

Your LocaL Mortgage Broker

Use the equity in your home to consolidate debt, top up RRSPs, or tackle renovations

NEW PATIENTS & WALK-INS WELCOME

GENERAL DENTISTS & SPECIALIST ORTHODONTISTS AVAILABLE 250-378-4888 to book your appointment. 2731 Forksdale Avenue, V1K 1R9

www.dentistryatmerritt.ca

R. Dutt-DMD Dr. J. Sarao-DMD, Dr. S. Malhotra-DDS, Dr.

HOURS

Call

Tuesday: 9 am - 6 pm Wednesday - Thursday: 9 am - 5 pm Friday and Saturday: 9 am - 4 pm

Harry Howard 490-6731

(250)

harry@harryhoward.ca

Interior

EXCAVATING

Gary’s Mini Excavating Service • Small Job Specialist • Dump Trailer Service • Fencing & Post Pounder • Bobcat Service • Concrete Driveways & Sidewalks • Fully Insured email: garylsedore@gmail.com

Cell: 250-315-3174 Call Gary Sedore for FREE ESTIMATES: 250-378-4312

PC - 60

250-280-3478

Owner Operator since 1987

CLEANING SERVICES

CERTIFIED IN MODERATE ASBESTOS REMOVAL

NEED HELP? Toll Free: 1-800-665-8711 www.danalbas.com @DanAlbas

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2562B Main Street West Kelowna, BC V4T 2N5

JOE & SONS TE LTD., CONCRin E concrete forming Specializing coatings. finishing, repair &

250-525-1555

JOEANDSONS.CA

CONCRETE

NCRETE we do EVERYTHING CO Sealing

ns • Home Foundatio • Retaining Walls e • Stamped Concret • Pool Decks • Basements • Sidewalks • Patios • Stairs

& • Concrete Cleaning ing tch • Crack Filling & Pa dations • Commercial Foun • Saw Cutting • Jack Hammering • Grinding pairs • Concrete Leak Re ors Flo e rag Ga y ox • Ep

RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL &

• Excavating • Site Prep • Concrete Demolition • Compaction • Drainage • Utility Installation • Retaining Walls • Line Locating • Concrete Cutting

RURAL / RESIDENTIAL

ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE HERE FOR YOU!

s experience • Over 30 year in • Fully sured es • FREE estimat g in un • Tree pr • Removals e • Storm damag uation al ev e ur ct ru • Tree st lable. t planning avai • New & old lo Arborist , Certified Utility Greg Van Osch

Serving all citizens of Merritt and surrounding areas Clinic. We are a Not Dental newest Merritt’s is Stoyoma Dental For Profit Society serving all residents of Merritt and the surrounding areas. If you are covered by Status, Healthy Kids, Disability, Ministry or the Emergency Plan you are fully covered for eligible services & no additional funds will be required of you!

DENTIST

Call

TREE SERVICE

DENTIST

250-378-9410

WATER DAMAGE ASSESSMENT ~ BLOWER RENTAL ~ ~ RESTORATION SERVICE ~

250-216-0930

MECHANIC

RVICE FRANK’S MECHANICAL SE APPROVED OLD OR NEW WE HAVE WARRANTY NE MAINTENANCE SOLUTIONS FOR EVERYO • Tune Ups • Brakes • Exhaust • Suspension • Lube/Oil s & Struts •Radiator Service • Shock e rvic Se g nin itio • Air Cond

250-378-1322

2026 Mamette Avenue

PLUMBING & HEATING

ng i t a e H & g n i b m u Nicola Pl Fully Qualied Tradesmen in..

Plumbing, Heating, Bonded Gas Fitters. Service Work & Furnace Service. Custom Sheet Metal Atlas RV Parts & Repairs

PHONE: 250-378-4943

2064 Coutlee Ave., Merritt, BC

CONTRACTING Your Construction SPECIALISTS

LET OUR EXPERTS HELP YOU

with Trucking, General Excavations, Road Construction & Maintenance, irs, Road Bridge Building – Installation and Repa ns, Etc. llatio Insta y Utilit tion, Grading & Compac WE GUARANTEE EVERYTHING THAT WE DO!

inc.

www.tbmcleaningandrestoration.com

CALL 250-315-5074

TF: 1-877-612-0909

RESTAURANT

TREE SERVICE JIM POTTER

MERRITT TREE SERVICE • Fully insured, certified faller • WSBC covered • Dangerous tree assessment ➤Schedule your FREE Estimate

CALL JIM at 250-378-4212

Solutions for your tree problems!

MORE THAN JUST A COFFEE SHOP

Come in and enjoy all the

HOMEMADE TASTES

you’ve grown to love and enjoy some new recipes as well!

1950 Garcia St.

CATERING AVAILABLE! DELIVERY WITHIN TOWN LIMITS!

Bring in your business card and enter for our monthly draw for a

FREE LUNCH!

JOIN OUR LOYALTY PROGRAM! Get your tenth coffee free!

250-378-9125

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July 5, 2018

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JULY 5TH TH TO JULY 11

LOCAL SUPPLIERS

LARGEST SELECTION OF KAMLOOPS GROWN PRODUCE! Kamloops, BC Grown

Kamloops, BC Grown

Carrots

1.28

/lb

or $4.98/5lb bag Kamloops, BC Grown

1.28

/lb

or $4.98/5lb bag

2.98

/lb

2.98

/lb

or $45/20lb box Abbotsford, BC Grown

Raspberries

4.98

/pint

or $49/10lb flat

1.98

/lb

Zucchini

78¢

/2lb bag

/lb

Kamloops, BC Grown

1.28

Green Kale

/lb

/bunch

Abbotsford, BC Grown

English Peas

Blueberries

2.98

/pint

or $27/10lb flat

3.98

Green Beans

/lb

250-376-8618

3.98

/lb

or $15/5lb bag

FRESHLY PICKED PRODUCE ARRIVES DAILY

740 FORTUNE DRIVE, KAMLOOPS

/bunch

Kamloops, BC Grown

Hot House Roma Tomatoes

Rhubarb

Cherries

2.98

/bunch

BC Grown

Winfield, BC Grown

2.98

White Nugget Potatoes

58¢

/each

Bunched Beets

Kamloops, BC Grown

Green Cabbage

Kamloops, BC Grown

Bunched Carrots

Kamloops, BC Grown

Cauliflower

Kamloops, BC Grown

Beets

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