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IHA takes first step in hospital expansion Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD
The first step in expanding the Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre’s emergency room has officially started. A request for proposals (RFP) for architectural and planning consultation services was released by the Interior Health Authority (IHA). The Ministry of Health via the IHA and the Thompson Regional Hospital District (TRHD) agreed to a 60-40 per cent split of the planning funding for conceptual plans, with the IHA supplying the lion’s share. Approximately $600,000 is being designated for these conceptual plans, the development of which is expected to take a year. Once these plans are in place, the project will be put on
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a Ministry of Health priority list, and capital funding will be needed to move the project forward from there. “We’ll work very hard to make sure it is near the top of the list. We certainly have lobbied hard to get to this stage, so that lobby will continue,” Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart told the Herald. The Interior Health Authority announced last fall that expanding the Merritt hospital’s emergency room is a top priority. TRHD chairman, Peter Milobar said it was a quick and easy decision for the TRHD board of directors to support the funds for these plans, knowing a request for capital funding would come afterwards. “We know as a board that request will be coming forward once we get a scope of the dollars from this plan, and I’m fairly confident that should be moving forward as well when
the day comes for that,” Milobar said. Tegart said the immediate goal is to develop a plan that will assess the physical space and health care service requirements for the emergency room. Patient privacy, infection prevention, control measures and patient access are expected to be considered during the planning process as well. Determining what the expansion will look like is something the experts that are hired to develop the conceptual plans will determine along with the cost of the project, IHA health services administrator for Thompson-Cariboo rural, Berni Easson said. “Perhaps they look at renovation, maybe an add on. We don’t know that yet,” Easson said.
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ER expansion needed for residents and travellers alike, says MLA Tegart From Page 1 “That assessment needs to be done, and then they will recommend what they think should happen and then we’ll know the cost and what we’re up against.” Thursday’s announcement confirmed the approval of funds from the Ministry of Health for conceptual plans. “It’s recognition that the emergency room and the staff at the Merritt hospital and health centre provide an incredible service to the travelling public,” Tegart said. Easson, said an emergency room expansion has been on the minds of the hospital staff for years, and they will be involved in the process of developing the conceptual plans. Located between four busy highways, the Nicola Valley Hospital’s emergency room sees about 10,000 unscheduled visits per year and about 3,000 scheduled ones. “There is no doubt that this is a busy emergency department,” Tegart said, noting the recent bus crash on the Coquihalla Highway that injured more than 30 people. There were 15 people who were brought to the Merritt hospital as a result of the crash, leading to the implementation of a Code Orange, which indicates a fast influx of patients is coming for staff to prepare to care for. Tegart also noted a bus crash last summer near Merritt, which also put the hospital’s resources to the test when 11 people were transported there. “Incidents like these make it clear that we need to begin plan-
ning for an emergency department that can meet the needs of the community, but also help save lives in the event of an emergency,” Tegart said. IHA Chief of Staff
Duncan Ross said some locals regard the Nicola Valley Hospital as a band-aid station, recalling a time when surgeries and baby deliveries were done routinely and are now non-exis-
tent at the hospital. “The loss of those surgical sub-specialties is just an inevitability with centralization and it’s economic reality that that’s happened, but the new reality is
that this hospital’s primary role — besides the community health support — is as an actively triaging emergency room,” Ross said. “That’s far from a band-aid station.” He said this hospital is busier and busier every year and enhancing the emergency room will be very timely. The hospital is an eight-bed facility and was built in the 1960s. “It’ll be an asset to have the floor plan of this place updated to the 21st century to reflect the people that are here now and the new reality of what we need in town,” Ross said.
Nicola Valley Hospital sees about 10,000 unscheduled visits per year and about 3,000 scheduled ones.
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TRYING TIMES FOR LUMBER INDUSTRY Representatives from Tolko were at city council recently, where they painted a picture of what the industry is facing after a lumber market decline of more than 20 per cent since the start of 2015
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(From left) Tom Hoffman, Tolko’s manager of external and stakeholder relations, Merritt sawmill manager Clayton Storey and Tolko woodlands manager Michael Bragg speak before city council on Tuesday (June23) at a committee of the whole meeting. Michael Potestio/Herald Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD
The Tolko sawmill is trying to weather the storm as the upcoming timber supply review and a struggling lumber industry present challenges to their business. But unless the market gets better, the Merritt mill may be facing layoffs. Representatives from the mill met with council at a committee of the whole meeting June 23 to give council an update on their business. Amidst hard times in the industry, Tolko representatives said the company is evaluating all its operations, including the Merritt sawmill. “Currently, the facility here in Merritt is focused on value extraction, cost control measures and site efficiencies to help weather the poor
lumber markets,” Merritt sawmill manager Clayton Storey told council. Tolko has postponed major capital improvement projects for the Merritt facility as a cost saving measure. So far this year the mill has not had to shut down and continues to operate with 206 hourly employees, Storey said. Back in May, the downturn in the lumber industry resulted in the two-week shutdown of the Aspen Planers sawmill in town. That mill reopened back on May 18. Storey told council the North American lumber market price has declined more than 20 per cent since the start of the year. That dip in price triggered duties on lumber exports to the U.S. as per the Softwood Lumber Agreement between the two countries.
“Canadian lumber producers faced a five per cent export duty in May, a 10 per cent export duty in June and we will be facing a 15 per cent export duty in July on all the U.S. lumber shipments,” Storey said. Tolko’s mill in Merritt has about 30 per cent of its business in the U.S., which is down from the 70 per cent eight years ago, Storey said. Storey said building permits in the U.S. are starting to increase, but this positive trend hasn’t affected lumber prices. The Asian market isn’t much better. “Those lumber prices have also declined, especially in China,” Storey said. The Softwood Lumber Agreement will expire on October 12, just a week before Canadians go to the polls for the 42nd federal election.
Storey said the expiration will essentially put the lumber industry back into a state of free trade. “It’s uncertain as to how the industry’s going to react,” Storey said. The timber supply review from the provincial government is expected to be complete soon, and will determine the allowable annual cut (AAC) allocated to forest licenses. Minister of Forests Steve Thomson has told the Herald the AAC is expected to drop. The allowable annual cut for the Merritt timber supply area was set at 2,400,000 cubic metres in 2010 — a decrease from the previously allowed 2,800,000 cubic metres. Tom Hoffman, Tolko’s manager of external and stakeholder relations, said the timber supply review will almost certainly effect
Merritt. “It will have an impact on the current industrial footprint,” he said of the impending drop in AAC. Bracing for the review’s impact, Tolko is examining alternatives. “It’s looking at what other options are out there in terms of non-traditional supplies, looking at what we can shore up in terms of volume, utilizing fibre differently. There’s a lot of different things,” Bragg said. Storey said market diversification is a key to survival for Tolko. Layoffs are a possibility if the AAC drops low enough, he said. “If there’s no change, then our operating footprint stays the same, if there’s a change there could be potential for evaluating the footprint of the facility,” Storey said.
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Clint Carlsen stood in the drizzling rain at 10 a.m. Monday morning, Genuine Miller Draft firmly in hand, clothed in a cowboy hat and camouflage rain poncho, his bare feet stuck in a pair of winter boots with no laces and the tongue hanging out. A shave is in order. He was just one of many people who were waiting for Gate B to open after lining up since last week to get that perfect camping spot on the Merritt Mountain Music Festival’s campgrounds. The Richmond man had been camped up at Gate B on Midday Valley Road since he arrived the previous Tuesday at about 11 a.m. Carlsen and his friend Tommy Uhaul from Vancouver have the dubious honour of being the first to arrive at Gate B this year. Last year they were beat out of first in line by friends.
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Claybanks Sani-Dump station water usage Dump station The following is an excerpt from the City Background: of Merritt regular Council requested council meeting a report on the use of agenda June 23, water at the sani-dump 2015. station by the Claybanks Report on water use from the Claybanks Sani-
RV Park. Currently there are two water connections at the sani-dump sta-
tion. These water connections are for non-potable water use. Typically it is used to flush the black water systems of RV units who are disposing their black water at the sani-dump. There is currently no charge for using the sani-dump station.
There are occasions where individuals are using the water connections to fill large tanks. It appears that it is usually about a 200 gallon tank that is being used. Staff are not aware of how the water taken is being used but the amount taken does not
represent a significant amount when compared to the overall system. A 200 gallon tank is approximately 1 cubic metre. The new water rates we recently approved would charge $0.91 to fill this tank. The two connections at the sani-dump station
are both three-quarter inch connections. This would make them too small to be used by any large tanker truck as it would take a substantial amount of time to fill a 3,000 gallon tank. The city is providing a service to tourists passing through the
community or stopping at the Claybanks RV Park. We currently do not charge for either disposing of blackwater from RV tanks or for using that water. While there are some individuals who are taking water for other purposes, the amounts are not significant.
HELP KEEP MERRITT’S BOULEVARDS AND LANES CLEAN As spring wanes and summer arrives many of us are aware of the unusual amount of precipitation that has fallen on our City. With this rain and warmer weather comes plant growth and it does not require a lot of searching to find out-of-control grass and weeds in empty lots, alleys and boulevards. We all want Merritt and the neighborhoods we call home to look the best that they can be. A frequent question to the City bylaw department is “Who is responsible for maintenance of boulevards and lanes?” The short answer is the adjacent property owner. Just as with winter snow, the adjacent property owner is responsible for shoveling the sidewalk in front of their home, so during the rest of the year the adjacent property owner is responsible for keeping the boulevard and lane abutting their property in a neat and tidy condition. As a property owner you are responsible for the vegetative growth outside your property lines to the curb and if there is an alley you are responsible to the centre of that alley that abuts your property. We may all even want to consider some of our neighbours who for very good reasons may not be as able. With this in mind Merritt’s Nuisance Abatement Bylaw provides for minimum property standards within City limits. This Bylaw allows the City to regulate and in some cases hire outside contractors to complete any work that is not done by the property owners.
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Unless we all do our individual part to maintain our neighbourhoods it could simply not be done. One of the pleasures of living in a smaller community like ours is that the little extra that we contribute can translate to a huge difference that will positively reflect on the City of Merritt as somewhere great to live.
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Truck fire puzzles MFRD Swakum Mountain wildfire extinguished Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD
RCMP are trying to find the owner of a pickup truck that burst into flames the evening of June 29. That day, Merritt Fire Rescue Department (MFRD) and Merritt RCMP responded to a call at about 9:30 p.m. of a Cheverolet pickup truck burning in an alley of the 2500 block of Jackson Avenue. Firefighters were able to extinguish the flames fairly quickly, dousing them and nearby fences, MFRD fire prevention officer Sky McKeown said. The area has homes surrounding it and some quick-thinking residents soaked their fences when the fire broke out, McKeown said. Whoever was driving the vehicle at the time abandoned it in the middle of the alley. McKeown said the fire started in the cab of the vehicle and the engine compartment was left intact. “The area of origin would be the interior of the pickup and quite possibly the dash[board] area,” McKeown said. He said no incendiary devices were found upon initial inspection of the vehicle. “It doesn’t make sense. There’s a lot of things about [the fire] that just don’t make sense,” McKeown said. “If someone’s going to torch the vehicle, it’s not 9:30 p.m. at night in a highly populated back alley. If someone was driving down an alley and their vehicle caught on fire — because of wiring or whatever — they usually stay with the vehicle.” Witnesses to the fire said the vehicle had driven down the alley and a few minutes later it was ablaze, McKeown said. There have been three suspicious fires in Merritt in the month of June. An uninhabited trailer in the Diamond Vale area, an uninhabited barn behind a trailer park in Collettville and four commercial trucks
all caught fire under suspicious circumstances last month. Police don’t know if this particular fire was set purposely or accidentally, Staff Sgt. Sheila White told the Herald. Anyone with any information about this fire is asked to call the Merritt RCMP at 250-378-4262 or Crimestoppers at 1-800222-TIPS.
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A forest fire about 13 kilometres north of Merritt on Swakum Mountain has been extinguished after igniting on Sunday. The 0.3 hectare blaze is suspected to have been caused by lightning and no structures were immediately threatened by the flames, Kamloops Fire Centre fire information officer Kayla Pepper told the Herald. There were three firefighters on site Monday mopping up anything still smol-
dering from the fire, she said. One hectare is about the size of two football fields, or 10,000 square metres. The fire on Swakum Mountain was a third of that. Still active is a suspected humancaused forest fire burning near Venables Valley Road south of Ashcroft west of Highway 1. This fire is 30 hectares in size and sparked on Saturday. Firefighter, air tankers and helicopters responded to bucket water and spray fire retardant. There is no evacuation alert or order
in place for this fire, although some nearby campers were told to move out of the area on the weekend. The flames are next to the highway, but not near any structures, Pepper said. As of Monday there were 22 firefighters battling the blaze. There has been no change in the size of the fire and it is not contained. Pepper said wind and dry conditions increased fire activity on Sunday. There are 67 active wildfires across the province that are more than 10 hectares in size. Nine are located in the Kamloops Fire Centre.
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HERALD OPINION Globe editorial on silly monument hits refreshingly hard and on point It might be a little bit odd to write an editorial about an editorial, but it is so rare that one, especially from David Dyck the Globe and In between Mail, is so THE LINES particularly right. The article I’m referring to was published in the national newspaper on June 23, titled “Mother Canada statue is hubristic, ugly and just plain wrong.” The background to this is that recently the Never Forgotten National Memorial Foundation decided it wants to build a giant 80-foot tall statue, costing about $25 million. It would be built on the coast of Cape Breton, facing Europe, posterior pointed towards the rest of Canada. The problems that the editorial board of the Globe and Mail had with it were numerous and fair, riddled with extensive grotesque adjectives. It makes me think that hope is not lost for the power of the pen in Canada. The first reason given is that it simply does not belong in a national park. Secondly, it is redundant. Meant to stand as a memorial to those fallen — a good and right reason to have memorials — there are plenty of those types of statues around Canada and Europe. Placing one in the middle of one of the most beautiful natural landscapes in Canada just seems silly. The final reason — and my favourite — is that it is an ugly piece of work.
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Outlook cloudy for climate policies TOM FLETCHER B.C. VIEWS Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau came to Vancouver last week to unveil his environmental platform for the Oct. 19 federal election. Trudeau promised an
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powers the Sun and other stars, containing its fury within steel walls and magnetic fields. The old joke about controlled fusion is that every 20 years, scientists tell us it’s just 20 years away. If it ever is developed, such a process could quickly put an end to our hand-wringing about fossil fuels, largely replacing them with endless, emission-free energy. This is the type of technological revolution that Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s offi-
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cials indicated would be needed, after Canada announced a pledge with other G7 leaders to make their economies carbonfree by 2100. That’s right, some time within the next 85 years. Clark visited General Fusion in May to announce her new climate action advisory panel, which has to give her a plan to take to Paris next December. That’s the next big United Nations climate summit, where Trudeau hopes to lead a delegation
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of premiers to stop the flow of “fossil awards” given to Canada by people in polar bear suits. Asked about the fusion reactor she had just toured, Clark laughed off the question, comparing it to the “flux capacitor” used for time travel in the Michael J. Fox movie Back to the Future. Trudeau recently told university students that we need to change our concepts of time and space, and he didn’t seem to be kidding.
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YOUR OPINION Leaders are talking down to voters on climate From Page 6 The point here for voters is that all these leaders, Harper, Trudeau, Clark and many others, are talking down to you. You aren’t sophisticated enough to understand this climate business. The Pope has weighed in, assuring us that carbon trading systems are not going to cut it. This is a rebuke to California, Quebec and the European Union, where effective carbon trading is, like controlled fusion, just around the corner. Pope Francis warned that our “throwaway culture” views nature “solely as a source of profit and gain” and so people won’t voluntarily do the right thing. (The results of the Metro Vancouver transit plebiscite could be interpreted this way, if you ignore the bumbling, waste and political posturing that really did it in.) The Pope concludes that there is “an urgent need” for a “true world political authority” to impose order on the greedy capitalist humans that infest our
beautiful planet. Presumably this would be the run by the UN, so my advice is to start hoarding candles and cat food now. B.C.’s frozen carbon tax has ceased to have much effect, with gasoline consumption back up over 2008 levels amid the usual volatility of prices. Gasoline is going for around $1.30 a litre, despite the prolonged slump in crude oil prices, and people have basically forgotten about this tax on top of all the other gas taxes. Perhaps B.C. can brag in Paris about the Pacific Carbon Trust, which limps along after its near-death experience in 2013. The trust continues to divert tax dollars from B.C. government operations to purported carbon-saving activities, including paying coastal First Nations not to log the portions of forests that they demanded be preserved. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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Does Canada need more war memorials? PREVIOUS QUESTION Should the speed limit on the Coquihalla be reduced?? YES: 57% NO: 43% SUV FIRE A firey accident on Highway 5 led to a closure of the highway in both directions last Friday afternoon. The fire then spread into the forest, chasing away some nearby campers. Provincial forestry crews battled the five hectare fire with six firefighters, air takers and helicopters. Paul Meyer/Submitted photo
Hope for Canadian media after all? From Page 6 There’s no artist associated with it, probably because whoever designed it is rightfully ashamed. “In a hubristic act of arrogant unoriginality, Mother Canada is merely an oversized knock-off of the mournful Canada Bereft statue created for the 1936 Vimy Memorial,” the editorial states. “As if, 80 years later, far from the bloody battlegrounds of the Great War, in a very different Canada, the only artistic adjustment required was
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to scale up, way up.” I don’t like adjectives, as a rule, few newspaper folk do. But in this case, I would say it is not only warranted, it is necessary. I’m not sure that it is directly related, I know there are other scandals associated with this weird, awful project, but since this scathing bit of opinion was published, the project has been losing support. That makes me think that maybe the national Canadian media is doing their job after all. I hope the trend continues.
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CANADA DAY 2015 Merritt showed up for the 2015 Canada Day celebrations at Central Park on Wednesday, July 1. There was something there for all ages. The youngsters got in on some sack races, tube rolling, doughnut eating contests, and face painting. Pancake and bacon breakfast was provided by the Knights of Columbus, and the Nicola Valley Community Band entertained the crowd with live music.
The Merritt Fire Rescue Department and RCMP had booths set up. Member of Parliament Dan Albas and Merritt Mayor Neil Menard were also in attendance, and both delivered speeches and participated in the Flag Raising Ceremony held by the Royal Canadian Legion Honour Guard. The night ended with a display of fireworks. A great way to bring in Canada’s 148th Birthday! photos by Ian Webster
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Cents and the BCHL busy in the off-season Centennials sign three new recruits Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD
The Merritt Centennials hockey club has added three new players to its roster this summer. Early in June, the organization committed to a pair of Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) products — 16-year-old forward Michael Regush from the Delta Hockey Academy in suburban Vancouver and 17-yearold defenceman Tyler Wickman from the Yale Hockey Academy in Abbotsford. Just this past week, it was announced on former Q101 program director Brian Weibe’s hockey blog that the Centennials had signed 19-year-old American defenceman Mike Faulkner. Raised in White Rock, Regush played two seasons with the Delta Academy Wild, first with their Elite 15 team and then with their prep U18 squad. In his first season with the Wild, the sixfoot, 185-pound Regush recorded 24 points (10 goals, 14 assists) in 21 games. This past season, he tallied 33 points (17 goals, 16 assists) in 28 games. Regush also appeared in three games with the BCHL’s Langley Rivermen during the 2014-15 campaign.
Michael Regush “Michael is a great recruit for us,” new Centennials head coach and GM Joe Martin said. “Last year he played very well for Delta in the CSSHL. He is a very big body who skates well and has a lot of great skills at both ends of the rink.” The six-foot twoinch, 185-pound Wickman registered 20 points (3 goals and 17 assists) in 27 games with the Yale Lions last season. He also dressed for six games with the Centennials as an affiliate player. “Fans may remember Tyler. He is another big, young man who remains very calm and displays a lot of maturity in his play,” Martin said. Born and raised in New York, Faulkner played this past season at Brunswick Prep
School in Greenwich, Conn. Faulkner is a sixfoot, 180-pound blueliner who captained the Brunswick Bruins last season. In 32 games, he registered seven goals and added 35 assists for 42 points. The addition of Wickman and Faulkner brings the number of defenceman on the Centennials roster up to six. Expected to return this coming season are 20-year-old, American-born Matt Foley, 19-year-olds Cole Arcuiri and Malik Kaila and 18-year-old Tyrell Buckley. Regush joins a group of returning forwards that includes 20-year-old James Neil, 19-yearolds Zak Bowles, Cole Chorney, Gavin Gould and Sephan Seeger, along with 18-year-
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Mike Faulkner olds Nick Fidanza and Brandon Duhaime, and 17-year-old Colin Grannary. The only goalie cur-
rently committed to the Centennials is soon-tobe 20-year-old Anthony Pupplo.
2015-16 BCHL regular-season schedule unveiled Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD
The British Columbia Hockey League has released its complete regular-season schedule for 2015-16. There will be a total of 493 games on the calendar. Each of the 17 BCHL teams (Wenatchee, Wash. is the new addition) will play 58 regular-season games. Excluding the two that are played at the
Bauer BCHL Showcase (see above), each team will play 28 home games and 28 away games. Again this year, the BCHL is playing a full interlocking schedule, meaning each team will host and visit every other team in the league at least once. The regular season will officially get underway on Friday, Sept. 11 with a six-game slate, highlighted by
the Wenatchee Wild’s first-ever, official BCHL game (against the Prince George Spruce Kings). The schedule will conclude on Saturday, Feb. 27 with four teams in action. Playoffs will commence on March 4. Of the 493 regularseason games, 392 are scheduled for the weekend, with 164 on a Friday, 152 on Saturday and 76 on Sunday. The 101 weeknight
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games are divided up as follows: Monday — 3, Tuesday — 24, Wednesday — 46 and Thursday — 28. The league will take its annual Christmas break from Sunday, Dec. 20 to Tuesday, Dec. 29. The Merritt Centennials play their first regular-season game on Sept. 11 when they visit the West Kelowna Warriors. The following night, the Cents’
home opener sees the Warriors in town for the back half of their home-and-home series. The Centennials close out their regular season on Feb. 27 when they host Wenatchee to conclude a three-game homestand. The Cents’ 28 home games break down as follows: Saturday — 13, Friday — 5, Sunday — 3, Wednesday — 3, Tuesday — 2 and Thursday — 2.
Once again this year, the BCHL will bring all of its member teams together in one place for a showcase event in front of fans and scouts. The dates are September 24 to 27. As with the three previous editions, the 2015 Bauer BCHL Showcase will take place at the Prospera Centre in Chilliwack, and will see each team play two games that will count towards the season’s standings. Unlike in past seasons, however, this year’s showcase will not kick off the regular BCHL schedule. A full two weeks of games will have taken place prior to the teams meeting in Chilliwack. This year’s showcase
has been extended by one additional day so that all 17 games can be played on the main ice surface at Prospera Centre. The first game, between the Powell River Kings and the Coquitlam Express, begins at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24. The pucks drops to start the final contest, between the Langley Rivermen and the West Kelowna Warriors, at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 27. The Merritt Centennials play their first game at the 2015 Bauer BCHL Showcase at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 24 versus the Surrey Eagles. Their second outing is against the Mike Vandekampcoached Nanaimo Clippers at 4 p.m. on Sept. 25.
Cents’ golf tournament August 15 Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD
The 3rd Annual Merritt Centennials Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, Aug. 15 at the Merritt Golf & Country Club. The $75 entry fee includes a full 18 holes of golf, door prizes, a silent auction, awards and a fantastic dinner — with a choice of ribs, steak or chicken and a baked potato and trimmings on the side. Teams of four or
five golfers will be constructed, with staggered tee times commencing at 1 p.m. One hundred per cent of the proceeds from the tournament will go back to the Merritt Centennials hockey club. For more information on the Cents’ golf tournament and/or to register as an individual or as a team, call 250-378-3604 or email marketing@merrittcentennials.com.
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