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Evidence may prompt return to court Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

Just when it looked like a 30-year saga between the Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club and Douglas Lake Cattle Company was coming to an end, new evidence discovered by two members of the club could see the two sides returning to court.

The Douglas Lake Cattle Company is suing the fish and game club, seeking restitution for damages resulting from fish and game club members trespassing on ranch property.

Through a counter-claim, the club is seeking an order which would declare access roads leading to Minnie and Stoney lakes as public roads. Such an order would also declare that the fish and fishery they access are public as well.

In-court proceedings wrapped up at the end of January, but a ruling was delayed so that Justice Joel Groves could take a tour of the lands in question. On May 23, lawyers for both the fish and game club and the Douglas Lake Cattle Company accompanied the judge on the tour. During the tour there was no formal calling of evidence permitted while Douglas Lake Cattle Company general manager Joe Gardner

A dispute over public access to Minnie and Stoney lakes between Nicola Valley anglers and the Douglas Lake Cattle Company has yet to be resolved in court. Photo courtesy of Google Maps

led the procession of trucks through lands owned by the ranch.

“In the course of the view, the party was taken to the east end of Stoney Lake and shown what Joe Gardner described as the only inlet stream to Stoney Lake — it was just a trickle of water,” said Christopher Harvey, lawyer for the fish and game club. “It raised the question of why the water flowing in the outlet stream was so much greater than the water we’d been shown coming into the lake.”

With both the judge’s and the ranch’s blessing, Rick McGowan and Ed Hendricks returned to Stoney Lake on May 25, accompanied once again

by Gardner.

“They walked around the area east of Stoney Lake and found the two streams that were marked on a lot of the maps of the area, and they were not insignificant streams,” said Harvey, adding that in the club’s view, this new evidence calls into question the validity of what was stated during the original tour of the ranch on May 23.

Evan Cooke, lawyer for the Douglas Lake Cattle Company, used the words “bodies of water,” and “puddles” to describe the waterways, and disputed whether their existence was worth reopening the case.

“Certainly the fishing club has a view about

certain water deposits or ponds that are located south and east of Stoney Lake they think they are relevant,” he said. “I think the ranch would argue that they are well aware that these bodies of water are there — I don’t know how long they’ve been there, but they’ve certainly been there at all relevant times. They are not new information…

It’s not that these are newly discovered bodies of water, we just don’t think they are relevant to the analysis in this case.”

The Douglas Lake Cattle Company rejected an appeal from the fish and game club to agree to allow photos of the waterways to be entered into evidence, forcing the club to file an

appeal to Justice Groves to allow the lawsuit to be reopened, said Harvey.

When that appeal is filed, the Douglas Lake Cattle Company will have a chance to review the information and decide whether the company will submit arguments against including the new evidence.

Both Minnie and Stoney Lake are surrounded by property owned by Douglas Lake Cattle Company, with public access to the lakes restricted by a locked gate installed by the ranch on Stoney Lake Road.

The ranch, through manager Joe Gardner, claims it has created a world-class fishery on Minnie and Stoney lakes through engineering and raising of what were barren waters in the 2000s.

“Douglas Lake was portraying that Stoney Lake was a dry pond, and they created it. But we knew there were two natural watercourses going into it,” said McGowan.

No date has been set for the judge to hear the appeal from the fish and game club, but lawyers from both parties guessed that the date would fall sometime between July and the upcoming fall.

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PROVINCIAL POLITICS

Drama set for the legislature today Tom Fletcher BLACK PRESS

The plan to defeat the BC Liberal’s minority government could enter it’s final stage today with a confidence vote in the B.C. legislature.

As a new session

of the B.C. legislature began Monday, BC Liberal house leader Mike de Jong and Premier Christy Clark said they expect to lose the vote on the BC Liberals’ post-election throne speech, which contained sweeping new

promises taken from opposition election platforms. That vote is now expected at the end of the sitting day on Thursday.

The BC Liberal government presented its own legislation to ban corporate and union donations

Monday, but it was immediately voted down by the BC NDP and Greens.

Another bill, which would have extended official party status to the three BC Green MLAs, was also voted down, sight unseen, by the combined

opposition parties.

NDP leader John Horgan and BC Green leader Andrew Weaver have said Premier Christy Clark’s newly adopted positions on raising income assistance rates, banning bridge tolls and other

recent reversals have strengthened their resolve to defeat the BC Liberals.

“If the opposition were concerned that this is some sort of delay tactic, it is not,” he said. “The confidence vote will take place on Thursday.”

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Put on your best Maple Cole Wagner/Herald Leaf-inspired attire and get ready for a day filled with fun as Merritt prepares to celebrate Wilma Sleik on Clapperton Canada’s 150th birthday.

Avenue. Cole WagnerT/Herald This Saturday, Central Park is the place to be for Canada Day events throughout the day.

It all gets started bright and early with a pancake breakfast hosted by the Knights of Columbus at 7 a.m.

After that the Canada 150+Trail group bike ride departs the park for the Mary Holgate’s place on Granite Coutlee Plateau south of town.

Avenue. Cole Wagner/Herald The ride will run up to the plateau and down via Burn and Windy Canyon and back to Central Park.

At 10 a.m., it’s time to try new things with Tri-It Pickle Ball in the sports box and Poke or Putt in the park.

If sports aren’t your thing, check out the fifth annual Val Cox (daughter of Susan) in Art in the Park, hosted by the Collettville. Cole Wagner/Herald Nicola Valley Community Arts Council at 10 a.m. They will have their tents set up and some creative art activities for everyone to enjoy.

At noon, there will be performances by the Nicola Valley Community Band, Merritt Community & Children’s Choir and SD 58 Children’s Choir followed by Q101 radio’s Games in the Park.

Rounding out the afternoon festivities will be Corey’s Croquet Challenge and the Canadian Coasters Car Tour.

But the fun doesn’t stop there. Starting at 6:00 p.m. there will be local musical acts as Dawn Chypyha takes the stage followed by the Doug James Band.

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Throwing your billions around The good news is it doesn’t matter much which party you vote for in the next B.C. elec- TOM FLETCHER tion, which B.C. may arrive VIEWS sooner than you think.

They all want to spend billions more of your money, so really, the pressure’s off.

After presenting a throne speech with a couple of dozen big spending items lifted from the NDP platform, Premier Christy Clark was as upbeat as ever. She’s keen to have her government hang on long enough to present the public accounts, the audited financial statements for the fiscal year that ended this spring.

Economic growth was “a full point” higher than private sector forecasts used by the finance ministry, Clark disclosed at a news conference in the legislature rose garden.

This revenue windfall is mostly from urban incomes, sales taxes and Bill Vander Zalm’s gift that won’t stop giving, the property transfer tax, now with the foreign buyer luxury tax on top.

Clark assured us the audited books will show there’s a “structural surplus,” the opposite of the dreaded structural deficit. And it’s enough for a $1-billion expansion of subsidized child care, more hip and knee surgeries, and rail transit, not just to Maple Ridge and Langley but Victoria and even Squamish. And no more of those awful road tolls that the B.C. Liberals insisted all through the election campaign were vital to maintaining our AAA credit rating.

During that campaign the B.C. Liberals warned Interior and Island folks that the NDP is going to make them help pay off the Port Mann

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Venezuela: hand grenades from helicopters After almost three months of daily antigovernment demonstrations, what Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro needed most was an excuse GWYNNE DYER to impose martial The international law, or at least to use STAGE major violence and mass arrests to close the protests down.

On Tuesday, Maduro got his excuse. A stolen police helicopter flew over the Supreme Court building in Caracas — and dropped a couple of hand grenades near it.

As “terrorist” incidents go, it was so incompetent and downright silly that you begin to suspect that it wasn’t a “false flag” operation sponsored by the government after all. If Maduro’s people were aiming to give themselves an excuse for a crack-down, surely they would have come up with something more impressive than a guy in a helicopter dropping a couple of hand-grenades at random onto the Supreme Court lawn.

The man behind this attack was Oscar Perez, a police officer who announced in

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a video posted on Instagram that he was launching an armed struggle against tyranny.

“We are a coalition of military employees, policemen and civilians who are looking for balance and are against this criminal government,” Pérez said, and the four armed men standing behind him in the video tried to look fierce. The ski-masks helped a bit, but it was hard not to giggle. They really didn’t look very dangerous.

But you have to work with the material at hand, and President Maduro did his best to inflate the incident into a major terrorist attack. “I have activated the entire armed forces to defend the peace,” he said. “Sooner or later, we are going to capture that helicopter and those who carried out this terror attack.” (And while we’re at it, we’ll round up a lot of other people who support the opposition.)

Maduro can no longer stay in power by democratic means. There is no doubt that he won the presidency by a narrow but genuine majority (1.5 percent) in the 2013 election that followed the death of Hugo Chavez, the hero-founder of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela. But there is also no doubt that the opposition coalition, the Democratic Unity Roundtable, won a landslide victory in the parliamentary election of 2015.

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What made the difference between those two elections was the price of oil. In 2013 it was around $100 per barrel. By 2015 it was in the low $40s, and it is still there today.

Venezuela is not a rich country, although most Venezuelans believe it is. It has a lot of oil, but it produces almost nothing else and imports practically everything it consumes. So it is rich when oil is at $100 — but it is very poor when it is below $50. The country is therefore now broke.

For reasons having nothing to do with alleged plots by the U.S. or the wicked local elites, per capita income in Venezuela has fallen by more than half in the past two years. So people are angry, including many of the poor people who benefitted from Chavez’s generosity with the oil revenues back in the Good Old Days. There is a presidential election due next year, and as things stand now Maduro would probably lose by two-to-one.

The National Assembly has had a twothirds majority of opposition members since the 2015 election, and it has been pressing hard to bring the presidential election forward to this year. Maduro had to stop that, and his first step was to have the Supreme

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Merritt fortunate to have diverse arts scene Editor; To the arts council, performers, organizers, volunteers and music or arts lovers of Merritt, I wanted to thank you for the wonderful response from the community with our art show Poetic Landscapes.

We had an engaging workshop and enjoyed our time with you all immensely.

I was also fortunate to take in Strings Plus, a delightful selection of classical music in early June at the Country Music Hall of Fame. Merritt is fortunate to have such entertainment. Country and blues got everyone moving, and it was especially nice to hear the nuances of voice and instruments in such an intimate setting.

Well done, everyone. I hope this wonderful spark starts a flame for these cultural events.

COUNCIL HAS SECOND THOUGHTS On July 1, 2017, Canada will celebrate its sesquicentennial — or 150th — annivesary. One-hundredand-fifty years worth of history is a lot to remember — so each week in 2017, the Herald will run this special section to remind you of the remarkable accomplishments, important historical figures, and maybe even a few fun facts you might not have known about our country.

On this day in 1989…

Patricia Peters Chilliwack, BC.

Throne speech makes BC NDP look responsible From Page 6 bridge and highway expansion, subsidizing the prosperous southwest while rural B.C. communities struggle for resource jobs.

They’d list the big projects that were built without tolls, a new Kelowna bridge and so on. They didn’t mention the Coquihalla,

but those of us who paid that $10 toll for 20 years haven’t forgotten.

NDP leader John Horgan sounds like the fiscally prudent one these days. A $10 daycare spot for every tot will take a decade to build and staff. Welfare rates can be increased by only $100 a month, such a modest sum that even the B.C. Liberals

now approve.

While Horgan talks about the challenge in his home school district to find 300 more teachers for this fall, Green leader Andrew Weaver continues to boast he’s found $4 billion more for education.

Of course he’s got to collapse the two biggest construction projects in Western Canada

first, assuming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau doesn’t send in soldiers, sorry, peacekeepers, to facilitate construction of his chosen oil pipeline.

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Protesters shot, killed From Page 6 Court, which is packed with Chavez and Maduro appointees, strip the National Assembly of all its powers and take them for itself.

This is what triggered the daily anti-government demonstrations that began in early April. The Supreme Court’s action was clearly unconstitutional, and after three days that also saw protests from members of his own party Maduro ordered the judges to backtrack on their decree. But the protesters, with the bit between their teeth, stayed out in the street. Despite 70 dead in the past three months, they are still there today.

So Maduro, desperate to sideline the National Assembly, then came up with the idea of rewriting the constitution.

There was no referendum to test popular support for this idea, and the people in the “constituent assembly” are being chosen according to rules set by the Maduro government.

The new constitution will presumably prevent any further unfortunate accidents like the opposition parliamentary victory in 2015 — and by a happy coincidence (for Maduro), it also provides an excuse for not holding the scheduled presidential election in 2018. After all, new rules are coming. Why do it under the old rules?

Nobody is fooled by all this

flim-flam, and it is no surprise that Oscar Perez, whether he is a deluded revolutionary or a secret government stooge flying false colours, chose to drop his little hand-grenades on the Supreme Court. It has become a symbol of the illicit manipulation by which Maduro clings to power, and therefore a natural target for those who oppose the government (or pretend to).

In either case, Maduro has his pretext, and will now clamp down harder and try to terrify the opposition into submission.

It is probably going to get much nastier yet in Venezuela.

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

Métis architect Douglas Cardinal during the opening of the new Canadian Museum of Civilization, June 29, 1989. Photo courtesy of Library and Archives Canada

The new Canadian Museum of Civilization opens in Hull, Quebec. The two main buildings were designed by Métis architect Douglas Cardinal.

The museum collection is over 150 years old. It expanded over the years and went through many name changes. The collection also moved numerous times, including this move from the Victoria Memorial Museum building in Ottawa to its current home.

In 2013, the museum was renamed the Canadian Museum of History. The museum corporation is also the steward of the Canadian War Museum and the Canadian Children’s Museum.

Thanks to Library and Archives Canada for the excerpt. Find out more about Canada’s history every day at www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/onthisday/.

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If the thought of Merritt’s aldermen plunging fully clothed into a swimming pool appeals to you, be in Princeton July 13. That’s the scheduled date for the much heralded tug of war against Princeton’s Village Commissioners.

Our stalwart councillors learned Thursday that the contest is to take place across Princeton’s new centennial pool.

Since reading the rundown on their opponents in last week’s Herald, the council has been having what might be termed an “agonising re-appraisal” of their chances.

Alderman Heroux looked sadly across at the bulky frame of Alderman Zuk, who will be away on the day, and said: “We’re going to miss you Steve.”

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Two people hurt in weekend ATV crashes Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

Two people were seriously injured in separate ATV accidents Saturday (June 24) in an area off Midday Valley Road near Merritt.

Both patients were extracted by Nicola Valley Search and Rescue (NVSAR) one after the other that afternoon.

A search and rescue crew was dispatched to a call of a female rider who had lost control of her all terrain vehicle (ATV) and fallen down a steep embankment, NVSAR manager Lynn Broekhuizen told the Herald.

“Paramedics were on site, but they didn’t have the means to get her up,” said Broekhuizen.

The search and rescue rope team responded and assisted getting the woman up the embankment and into the air ambulance that was waiting for her.

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The woman was flown to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops.

While attending this call, NVSAR was dispatched to another accident in the area where a male ATV rider had failed to navigate a steep slope he was travelling on, Broekhuizen told the Herald.

Three SAR members attended that site via ATV,” said Broekhuizen.

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Assault at brake check Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

A semi-truck driver from Salmon Arm is facing charges of assault and dangerous driving for an incident that occurred at the Clapperton brake check north of Merritt on the Coquihalla Highway Sunday (June 25).

“It sounds like the incident had started in Kamloops between a tow truck driver and a semi-truck driver,” said Merritt RCMP Const.

Tracy Dunsmore. “I’m not sure what the original complaint was.”

Dunsmore said the 62-year-old driver of the semi-truck was in the brake check when the tow truck driver drove in to confront him about the earlier incident.

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driver kicked him in the face and assaulted him, and then took off,” said Dunsmore.

She said the semitruck driver also smashed his rig into another semi-truck while exiting the brake check.

That vehicle was parked and no one was in it at the time, Dunsmore told the Herald.

The tow truck driver, who is from Hope, B.C., contacted the Merritt RCMP who located the truck and pulled it over.

The semi-truck driver was arrested on the Coquihalla Highway south of Merritt without incident, said Dunsmore.

She said the incident at the brake check occurred at about 8:30 p.m.

“We got word that this person was in a lot in pain and had some significant lower body injuries. The air ambulance [paramedics] said they would take [the woman] to Kamloops and come straight back,” she said.

“BC Ambulance was not able to access that patient because it would’ve required an ATV ride, which they’re not allowed to do,” she told the Herald.

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transported to Royal Inland Hospital via the helicopter.

There were many ATV riders operating in the Nicola Valley this weekend as the Quad Riders Association of BC hosted its annual poker run in Merritt.

Broekhuizen said she did not know if the injured individuals were part of the group.

She said that when people ride their ATVs, it’s important to make sure you ride to your capabilities and wear a helmet.

RCMP: Tips leading to arrests Keep the information coming.

Thanks to an appeal made to the public through local media (including the Herald), Merritt RCMP’s general investigation section has received new information on drug trafficking operation in Merritt in recent weeks.

The tips have helped pinpoint suspected drug traffickers in town, RCMP Const. Ryan Dell told the Herald.

“Information is exceptionally valuable and new information is always better than old information.”

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Surrey man facing multiple charges after threatening RCMP Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

A 19-year-old man from Surrey is facing charges for assaulting and threatening police officers after getting his rental car stuck in the woods near Merritt.

Anhad Virk contacted police at about 5 a.m. on June 22, when his vehicle became stuck in the bushes off the Shrimpton Creek forest service road near Highway 97C, said RCMP Const. Tracy Dunsmore.

A tow truck was sent to find him, but was unsuccessful and he called police again at about 8 a.m.

Police officers attended the scene, and helped locate the man who had driven the rental car into a clearing, said Dunsmore.

“There were bumpers and lights and pieces of the vehicle [lying around] and he got caught up on several stumps and rocks in there,” said Dunsmore.

During his calls with dispatch, Virk indicated he had been travelling with a woman, but when asked about her whereabouts by police, his story began to change, she said.

“His story was very sporadic,” said Dunsmore.

Virk’s behaviour towards police was quite aggressive, said Dunsmore, adding that officers became suspicious of the man.

“He was very erratic, his conversation was very aggressive and very gangster-like and he was ringing warning bells with the members,” said Dunsmore.

Upon further investigation, the police discovered Virk was in breach Const. Tracy Dunsmore of recognizance for havMerritt RCMP ing a knife on his person.

He was arrested and charged for the breach, but continued to be belligerent and threatened police, Dunsmore said.

“The threats were fairly extreme,” said Dunsmore. “We expect some kind of [negative] conversation but [this] was ongoing and throughout the day, and [he] was threatening one specific officer, involving family and such.”

Virk was then charged for uttering threats, and brought before a justice of the peace.

After spending the night in police custody, he’s facing even more charges.

Dunsmore said police are charging Virk with multiple counts of assaulting a police officer after he spit on several RCMP members and punched one in the head.

“He kept creating disturbances in cells and [officers] had to go in. He was covering the cameras, he was trying to harm himself,” said Dunsmore.

“When they got in there he would react and attack.”

Vick has since been remanded in custody and will appear in court on July 6.

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS ROTARY PARK

Merritt celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day No matter what you call it, Indigenous Peoples Day in the Nicola Valley was once again a great opportunity to celebrate First Nations culture.

In Ottawa on Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that, in the spirit of the United Nations declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, as of next year National Aboriginal Day will be known as National Indigenous Peoples Day. In Merritt, the Conayt Friendship Society hosted a bevy of festivities in Rotary Park, including cultural dancing, a watermelon eating contest, face painting, archery and a variety of games such as the balloon toss and tug-of-war.

Those in attendance could be found around the park with family and friends, grabbing a bite to eat, checking out craft tables and the Sylix and Nlaka’pamux Tipis, and taking in some music by Randy and the Wild Horse Band during the day-long event.

N’kwala School

Parents, community members and staff working together to achieve the highest quality of education for our students to be lifelong learners.

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Beautiful Bench home has 6 large bedrooms and 6 bathrooms! This newer quality home boasts a vaulted entry and formal living room that flows into a gorgeous kitchen featuring a dining area, solid wood cabinets, stainless steel appliance, gas range, and granite on the island. From there we move into the huge family room that has the most lovely river rock fireplace, covered sundeck, and fantastic views of the entire city! There is a full four piece bathroom & a large bedroom on the main floor, and an entrance to the 2 car garage. Upstairs we have 3 large kids bedrooms and a huge master with walk-in closet, makeup area, and luxurious 5 piece ensuite. The fantastic walk out basement has a one bedroom in-law suite with its own entrance, a theatre room, wet bar, extra two piece bathroom, Utility room with geothermal furnace, and storage room.

Covered decks, patios, beautiful landscaping, mature fruit trees, underground sprinklers.

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS

FAREWELL SPEECH Good Evening. On behalf of the School District and the Ministry of Education I would like to welcome you to this year’s graduation ceremony and thank everyone for being here on this very special occasion. I would also like to start with what is most important and that is on passing on our congratulations to the graduates of 2017.

Graduates, you should be very proud of your accomplishment. As adults we sometimes forget that most of you have not only successfully completed your K-12 education, but that you have done this while working part time jobs, playing sports, participating in the arts, volunteering within your community and in some cases supporting elders or other members of your family. It is clear in my mind that with the character and qualities you demonstrate on a regular basis our communities and our future is in good hands.

Going forward I hope you share our confidence and consider the glass more than half full. Be sure to challenge yourself and reach for your full potential in whatever you choose to do.

You are just starting your journey and there will be obstacles, but you have already proven that you are well equipped to both persevere and overcome.

In closing I would like to thank all of the people who supported you in reaching this milestone. Parents, extended family, teachers, principals, the community, all played a role in supporting you and I encourage you to acknowledge them.

Graduates, the District is proud of you, and we wish you all the best for your future.

Thank you and enjoy your graduation.

S

Stephen McNiven Superintendent of Schools School District No. 58 (Nicola-Similkameen)

INTRODUCING THE TH E

GRADS OF

2017 on a Job Well Done!

To the Grads of 2017, Congratulations on your well-deserved success!

From Merritt City Council and Staff

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GRAD 2017

Anderson, Keisha

Antoine, Lennon

Bachnick, Rae-lynn

Barnes, Madeleine

Baynes, Aeleishia

Beech, Nika

Bolen, Adam

Carnegie, Anthony

Casidy, Sheena

Cheema, Harjit

Chenoweth, Noah

Chhabra, Rahul

Christy, Courtney

Collins, Cooper

Collins, Desiree

Collins, Johnny

Coutlee-Dumont, Dee

Cunningham, Kendel

Davey, Joel

Daviss, Taylor

Eisnor, Kerry

Ferch, Emma

Fiddick, Evan

Findley, Ryan

Fox, Shawnee

Fraser, Alex

Geier, Dawson

Grant, Kaylee

Grund, Sarah

Hack, Taryn

CONGRATULATIONS AMBER!

Congratulations LILY The past 18 years have been amazing.

would like to Congratulate all of the Grads of 2017.

Good luck on all of your future endeavours!

Thank you for being a wonderful, caring daughter and big sister.

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Congratulations

May God keep you and bless you in the future.

Love

We are so proud of you!

Soar high and go help save the world!

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To your continued success

May you follow your dreams!

Congratulations Class of 2017!

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2017 VALEDICTORIAN SPEECH Seventeen Good evening family, friends hounoured guests, teachers, other faculty members and last but not least the class of 2017. First of all, and because I might not have a ride home if I don’t I would like to thank my family. I would like to thank my family for pushing me to become the person I am today and the person I will be in the future.

For making me laugh and push through in times where I wanted to give up, a feeling I think most grads can relate to. Most importantly I would like to thank them for the strength that they have.

This strength really got a chance to shine through as life dealt our family the hardest challenge we will have to face. I would also like to thank the teachers for their endless support, their sassy comments and specifically Mr. Cavaliere for teaching us that a dentist appointment isn’t always the best excuse for getting out of class, especially when you use it multiple times in one week. I would like to thank my fellow graduates for the support, laughs and memories we have all given each other in the year 2017.

Seventeen, it seems like just a number, but for all of us here it could contain some meeting. It could even be more to us than just the year we graduated. For some

of us it’s our current age, it could be the number of dollars we make an hour, it could be how many kids we have, it could be the number of countries we travel to or even life in or add a few zeros to it and it could be how much our college tuition costs next year. One thing that the number seventeen has in common for all of us is it will always connect us to high school.

It will connect us to the one thousand five hundred and twenty days we all spent in the hallways together. Where on day one of this journey we were wide eyed and anxious grade eights who walked in packs down the hallways. It led us to day one thousand five hundred and twenty where now we are mature grade twelves who walk through the hallways alone and with our heads high ready to accept the adversity we will experience. Together, we all survived one thousand five hundred and twenty days filled with memories, laughs, tears, last minute studying, success, failure (probably caused by the last minute studying), doing the beep test or squeaking an instrument we haven’t quite mastered yet, For most of us we blinked and these one thousand five hundred and twenty days went by and now we are all here. Most importantly these days provided us with les-

Dream Big The sky’s the limit, we know you’ll go far!

sons, some of which that aren’t all taught by teachers in a class room.

On day one we were taught how to open a lock, to walk on the right side of the hallway or else face the consequences. We were taught how to take cornell notes and make an interactive notebook as there wasn’t a day when we weren’t asked to set up an in and out page. We were taught the route of the mile and for some odd reason some of us learned a shorter route than others. We were taught how to actually play our instruments instead of just squeaking them, something our parents are probably grateful for. We were encouraged to sign up for everything we could, but unfortunately for some of us our fear stopped us.

In the beginning two hundred days we gained and lost friendships, which most of us still have today.

It then progressed and at day three hundred we were taught how to make flash cards and write our first exams, which unfortunately was the only year they were open book.

Day three hundred and four came and we could all finally say we survived grade eight.

The next six to nine hundred days blurred by in the bling of an eye. Slowly but surely we could open our lockers with one try, a skill some of us still don’t have

though, we walked down the hallway with less people surrounding us and the homework assignments turned into a collaborative process.

We learnt to better face adversity and handle the common struggles of high school together as we all could relate. As these days went on the activities we were involved in seemed to diminish. Instead of trying new things and pushing ourselves we slimed our involvement down to what we were comfortable with. At some point our wide eyes became narrow and we remained inside our comfort zones. What also diminished was the number of hands that rose to answer a question in class or the number of questions asked by students that tested a teacher’s patience, in a good way of course. These one thousand five hundred and twenty days seemed to put a dent in our curiosity; they allowed us to settle for being comfortable.

So grad class of 2017, I challenge you to be those grade eights in every aspect of life. I know that the future for us is now and most of us don’t know what it holds.

Some of us could become doctors, lawyers, mechanics, teachers, carpenters, police officers, soldiers or musicians. We all have our own unique path, but what we do have in common is we will all once

again be the new kids. We will be new at job, at college or at university. We will be wide-eyed and anxious. We will be scared to ask questions, but will do it anyways.

We will get involved, we will have new friendships that form and old ones that fade. But when adversity strikes I encourage you to think about the year seventeen. Think about everyone in this building, how they can relate to you and how they can support you.

In the words of Westheimer “There are going to be times in your life when you’re going to have to stick your neck out. There will be challenges and instead of hiding in a shell, you have to go out and meet them. So, as we walk out these doors, say goodbye to our family, friends and the routine we have followed for thirteen years lets challenge ourselves. Let’s be the curious grade eights who weren’t afraid of getting hurt our failure. Let’s meet every obstacle that life faces us with and not hide.

Congratulations to the grads class of 2017, we did it.

Courtney Christy, Valedictorian

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Harris, Jordan

Hartwig, Caleb

Henry, Keisha

Hepper, Morgan

Honeywell, Billy

Hughes, Taylor

Hume, Ben

Joe, Shailyn

Justin, Martin

Keyton, Laupitz

Kinley, Nathan

Kubo, Takarah

Lampi, Lindsy

Landerkin, Dallas

Lang, Carter

Loewan, Caleb

Lorette, Amber

MacDonald, Brendan

MacDonald, Wyatt

Major, Shila

McGowan, Christian

Mike, Garrett

Miller, Liam

Montgomery, DJ

Moorehouse, Shelby

Morel, Autumn

Morrissey, Mishayla

Moses, Morgan

Nicholas, Everett

Palacios, Michaela

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Palmer, Kalea

Peter, Ben

Peterson, Khole

Porterfield, Callie

Potter, Silas

Racine, Noah

Rubner, Mackenzie

Sahota, Sunil

Scholtens, Lily

Shackelly, Cheyanne

Sheena, Casidy

Shuter, Makenna

Simpson, Lizzy

Squakin, Leeza

Steele, Sage

Stephens, Ashton

Sterling, Travis

Talerico, Brett

Thomas, Denny

Tolles, Jordyn

Tom, Ken

Tom, Leann

Tomkinson, Baley

Vanden dool, Tyson

MISSING PHOTOS Anthony, Ryan Bob, Victoria Clarke, Kalvin Dion, Samiah

Walsh, Caitlyn

Willey, Skylar

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GRATULATION ON S• •C

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on achieving your goals.

May you always accomplish what you set out to do.

CONGRATULATIONS

MERRITT SECONDARY SCHOOL

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“Success for ALL Learners ~ Today and Tomorrow” Congratulations to the Class of 2017

TO ALL OF OUR BP FAMILY GRADUATES

The Board of Education of School District No. 58 (Nicola-Similkameen)

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.

Live the life you have imagined.”

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Achievements

June 29 2017

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Jeremy Bain Memorial Legion Jeremy Bain Memorial Merritt Centennials Booster Club (Two) Legion Merritt entennials Booster M CacLean lub (Two) Merritt C Firefighters/Monte Memorial

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Rahul Chhabra

Merritt Seniors Centre (Two) Merritt Firefighters/Monte MacLean Memorial Merritt Seniors Centre (Two) Merritt Sikh Society -­‐ (Two)

1000 500 1000 1000 500 1000 500 500

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Adventure Management Ltd. Adventure Management Ltd. Alberta Fraser (Two) Alberta Fraser (Two) Aboriginal Advisory Council (Two) Cherish Oppenheim emorial Aboriginal Advisory CM ouncil (Two) Cherish Oppenheim Memorial Beta Sigma Phi Beta Phi C.M. Sigma uttie M emorial C.M. Suttie Memorial Catholic Women's League -­‐ Mary Caruk Memorial Catholic W omen's CUPE -­‐ Local #847 League -­‐ Mary Caruk Memorial

500 500 1000 1000 1000 1000 500 1000 500 1000

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1500 750 1500 750 500

Elks Lodge Harris & Co #441 Harris & C o Hospital Employees Union

500

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Hospital SEavings mployees Union Interior Credit Union Interior Savings Credit Union

500 1000 1000

Jamara Joyal Massage Therapy Jamara oyal Massage Therapy Jamie GJillespie Jamie Gillespie Jennifer Bowden Jennifer Bowden Jeremy Bain Memorial Legion Merritt Centennials Booster Club (Two)

500 500 200 200 500 500 500 1500 500

Merritt Firefighters/Monte MacLean Memorial Merritt Seniors Centre (Two)

500 1000 1000

Merritt Sikh Society -­‐ (Two)

500

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Merritt Volleyball Association (1000)

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Mohinder Basi Memorial

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Merritt Sikh Society -­‐ (Two) Merritt Ruby Royals

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Nicola Valley Farmers Market

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Madeleine Barnes

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Royal Bank Scholarship 300 Makenna Shuter Save-­‐On-­‐Foods 500 Mishayla Morrissey "Smitty" the Baker Memorial 500 Shawnee Fox Mr. Brent Bowden Spectra Energy (Three) 500 Mackenzie Rubner Mr. Brent Bowden

Suki Randhawa Memorial Teck Highland Valley Copper Tolko

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Richter, Deborah Robertson, Caelan Spurway, Debbie 1000 Tancsa, Jon Trosky, Hannah Weiler, Peyton Vance 1000 Morgan Hepper

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Keyton Laupitz

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Merritt Ruby Royals Merritt Volleyball Association (1000)

Keyton Laupitz Rahul Chhabra Not this year Keyton Laupitz

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Takarah Kubo Courtney Christy Caleb Hartwig Kendal Cunningham Sara Yasunaga Sunil Sahota Keisha Andersen

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250-378-6166 – TF 1-877-841-2100 www.century21.ca/movingrealestate June 29th, 2017 - July 12th, 2017

FEATURE HOME

SPECTACULAR PANORAMIC VIEWS 1601 PONDEROSA WAY

Quality built home on the Bench on 1.35 acres with inground pool & 3 car detached garage. Custom Mill Creek kitchen with granite counters, S/S appliances, vaulted ceilings, sunken living rm with rock F/P. Master bedrm is on the main with 4 pce ensuite. 2 bedrms down with rec.rm and huge utility room. Partially covered deck, inground pool & U/G archery range. One of a kind! #2875 ON THE BENCH

ED

UC RED

PRIME LOCATION

ED

UC RED

10 ACRES

$699,900

BEAUTIFUL RANCHER

NEW

NEW

Quality built executive 4 bedrm, 3 bath home in great neighbourhood. Home has open design oak kitchen with island, pantry & nook. Downstairs had office den, family rm, gym & more.

This Bench home has panoramic views of parks & mountains. 3 bedrms up, 1 down, 2 baths, and fully fin. Basement. Renovations include windows, roof, handiplank siding, new kitchen floors & more.

#2841 $429,900

#2872 $250,000

#2873 $389,900

9.8 ACRES

COMMERCIAL BUILDING

SPACIOUS HOME

HORSE ACREAGE

#2801 $449,900

D UCE

NEW This gently rolling 10 from Merritt & ready dream home on. A power at the road, acreage.

RED acres is just 15 mins. for you to build your newly drilled well & make this desirable

#2871 $229,000

DOWNTOWN

ON THE BENCH

#2019 $499,900

D

Outstanding 3 bedrm family home in excellent location. This home features teak HW flooring, updated kitchen, central A/C, gas F/P, BI vac, security system, new roof & skylights & more.

#2868 $379,900

COLDWATER HILLS

LE SPRING SA

Located on Veale Road Prices starting at $189,000 + GST

Beautiful 10 +/- acre parcels with gorgeous views of the Coldwater River, just 10 minutes from Merritt. Power at lot line & many lots have preapproved building & septic sites. Some lots have wells. New perimeter fencing. Call for complete details.

#1869

#2874

$399,999

CED

U RED

$349,900

LARGE FAMILY HOME

NEW

Great horse property on 9.88 acres with riding ring. 5 bedrm level entry rancher with walkout basement family home with some updates. Has several outbuildings.

#2876

$699,900

LEASE - TYNER LAKE

NEW

Well maintained rancher with 3 bedrms up, 1 down, 2 baths + ensuite. Recent updates include roof, much of the flooring on the main, bsmt renovation + outside wiring for RV parking.

#2828

Beautiful 2 bedrm rancher with office.

Kitchen has granite countertops, open concept, upgraded cabinets, vinyl plank flooring, gas F/P in living rm. Custom blinds, large double garage.

NEW

3000+ sq.ft. family home, close to all amenities & easy walk to downtown. Spiral staircase, 3 bedrms up, 1 down, plus 2 bedrm suite on main level. Full unfinished bsmt. New flooring on upper level.

SOL

#2810 $289,000

NEW

Great location on corner lot with 7300 sq.ft. building zoned C-4 with site specific zoning to allow prof. offices, doctors, lawyers, etc.

Lots of parking, nice landscaped. For sale or lease.

LARGE RANCHER

This 4 bedrm, 3 bath home has large rooms throughout, all new windows, doors, boiler system, HW tank, new roof in 2008, updated flooring & more. Fully fin.

Basement. Lane access.

Build your dream home on this spectacular acreage overlooking the Nicola River & mountains. Road make into building site which is cleared & ready to build on.

Community water, septic approved.

Follow Us!

Rustic cabin on Tyner Lake on lease government land. Cabin features kitchen, living room, one large bedrm, bath on the main with small loft above. Has a lake side deck and your own dock.

#2877

$ 65,000

Nice 4 bedroom family home in good condition and good area of town. Basement has been updated with new flooring & bathrm. Home has 4 bedrms, 3 baths, new central A/C, large living room, formal dining and nice size kitchen.

1 car garage, garden shed & hot tub under deck. Plenty of parking for toys and RV.

#2869

$329,000

Grandview Heights

RESIDENTIAL VIEW LOTS Prices Starting at $85,000 + GST

Fully serviced residential lots with fantastic views of the Nicola Valley and surrounding mountains.

Close to shopping and college.

Start building your dream home today!

#1726

APPROX. ½ ACRE LOTS Prices Starting at $95,000 + GST Located Off Lindley Creek Road

This premier subdivision offers a rural living experience with expansive views of the Nicola Valley. Minimum lot size of 0.5 acre up to 0.96 acre, offers privacy and room to landscape. The cul de sac design guarantees no thru traffic and crown land surround entire property. Road are paved with city services in place. Call for details.

#102-2840 Voght St., Merritt, B.C. - 250-378-6166 - Toll Free: 1-877-841-2100

#1928

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Don Gossoo Managing Broker

LARGE FAMILY HOME

DOWNTOWN

DESIRABLE AREA

D

$355,000

Nice 4 bedrm family home . Basement has been updated with new flooring & bathrm.

Home has 4 bedrms, 3 baths, new central A/C, large living room, formal dining and nice size kitchen. 1 car garage, hot tub under deck.

#2862

#2868

#2869

$365,000 STRATA HOME

$379,900

$329,000

South facing 2 bedrm top floor corner unit in The Vibe. Tastefully finished throughout, bright modern open design features HW floors & granite countertops. Exceptional value & priced to sell.

#2863 $169,900

EXECUTIVE HOME

DUPLEX

R

315-3076

#2786

#2756

#2864

#2841

$389,000

IN LOWER NICOLA

RV PARKING

$459,000

#2827

#2873

$84,900

$389,900

CUSTOM HOME

INVESTORS

$429,900

EXECUTIVE BENCH HOME

D

Large family home with over 3800 sq.ft. on 3 floors, 6 bedrooms, 4 baths, large open kitchen with nook, formal dining, big rec.room & games room/gym. Nicely landscaped with U/G sprinklers.

R

Immaculate 4 level split, Bench home with stunning views, beautifully landscaped & fenced yard with U/G sprinklers. Quality built home with huge master bedroom with sliders to new deck, 3 baths, fully fin. Bsmt, huge family rm with wet bar, new roof in 2008 & more.

$519,900

Large family home with 4+ bedrms, 3 baths, living rm with F/P, large dining & family room with F/P. Full bsmt has another family rm, 4th bedrm rec.rm, workshop area & cold room.

Covered deck in back.

#2815

$319,900 INVESTORS

PRIVATE YARD

Nice home with 2 bedrms on the main and a 2 bedrm inlaw suite in the basement. Has good size living rm, dining rm & kitchen with laminate flooring. 1 car older garage, nicely landscaped

#2848

$285,000

#2794

$79,900

3000+ sq.ft. family home, close to all amenities & easy walk to downtown. Spiral staircase, 3 bedrms up, 1 down, plus 2 bedrm suite on main level. Full unfinished bsmt. New flooring on upper level.

#2874 $399,999

New two storey townhome with open concept kitchen with quartz countertops, laminate flooring, gas F/P, 3 bedrms up, 3 baths and the basement is finished for rec.room & storage room. GST applies.

#2790

$299,500

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

2 bedroom rancher in a new subdivision on a corner lot. Large open kitchen with Quartz counters and a gas fireplace in the living room. Comes with 2-5-10 Warranty.

Double garage. GST applies.

#2793

$449,900

Prestigious custom finished home inside & out.

Features 7 bedrms, 7 baths, custom Mill Creek cabinetry, HW flooring, gorgeous tile work, legal suite on main + inlaw suite in bsmt. RV parking

New 2 st orey house in newer area. Has open concept style kitchen with Quartz counters in spacious kitchen. 4 bedrms up, 3 baths, master with ensuite & W/I closet. 2-5-10 Warranty. GST applies.

#2859

#2852

#2851 $399,900

FIRST TIME BUYERS

$149,000

$525,000

DOWNTOWN LOCATION

ON 1 ACRE

#2855

$369,900

NICELY RENOVATED

OPPORTUNITY

D

SOL

Quality built home with 4 bedrms, 3 baths, huge oak kitchen with island, pantry & nook, fully fin. Bsmt with office/den with BI storage hutch, large family rm, U/G sprinklers, newer roof & deck.

2 bedrm rancher has had some renos including newer cabinets, counters, S/S appliances in kitchen, bathrm fixtures, paint, some flooring & vinyl windows. Has 20x32 detached shop with guest accommodations.

#2801

#2825

$449,900

$159,900

Stunning home features 4 bedrms, 4 baths, 17 ft ceilings ceiling, deluxe kitchen, private deck off master bedrm with hot tub.

Main floor has 2 bedroom suite. Fenced & landscaped. Triple garage.

Charming home with large rooms throughout, 4 bedrms, 3 baths, newer windows & doors, boiler system & HW tank. New roof in 2008, updated flooring & bathrms. Huge rec.room, games room & wet bar.

Fixer upper in Collettville on a large double lot.

Needs some TLC. Being sold ‘as is where is’.

Call for details.

#2840

#2810

#2861 $175,000

$749,900

$289,000

Great family home with open concept kitchen, Mill Creek cabinets & granite counter on island. 4 bedrms up, 3 baths & dining room opens to spacious covered deck overlooking with landscaped backyard.

#2839

$389,800

BENCH RANCHER

BROOKMERE

APARTMENT

INVESTMENT

APARTMENT

GREAT STARTER

WELL MAINTAINED

Well maintained rancher with a beautiful view.

3 bedrms up, 1 down, 2 baths + ensuite. Recent upgrades include roof, much of the flooring on the main, bsmt reno & outside wiring for RV parking. Covered deck, backyard access.

Very nicely finished rancher with full basement, large open kitchen with Hickory cabinets, island & pantry, bamboo flooring & low E windows. Great family home on the Bench.

Perfect retreat for outdoor enthusiast with year round activities. Close to fishing, crosscountry skiing, quading & more. Beautiful 2 bedrm home with open kitchen/living room, double garage, lots of parking.

Quality built one bedroom apartment in The Vibe, close to shopping & bus. Nice open design, kitchen has granite countertops & Shaker style cabinets. Appliances included.

Full side by side duplex in quiet area of Collettville. 1 bedroom up & 1 down, 1040 sq.ft. on each side up & down. Great revenue property. Currently rented on both side

Newer 2 bedroom apartment on the 3rd floor in The Summitt with open floor plan. Comes with stainless stove, fridge & dishwasher.

Perfect half duplex for young family & close to schools. 2 bedrms up, 3 down with family room. Newer mid furnace & 100 amp service. Fenced backyard with storage shed & new roof.

2 bedroom mobile in Eldorado Mobile Home Park. New plumbing with heat tape, 1 bath, comes with all appliances. Quick possession. Close to golf course. Pad rent $346 per month.

#2828

#2856

#2773

#2860

#2774

#2803

#2674

LOCATION! LOCATION!

D

Well kept 2 bedroom, 1 bath mobile home with open concept kitchen with skylight.

Enjoy the covered deck in the summer and the tidy yard. Nice views from the living room.

Pad rent $373.

SOL

2 bedroom rancher with living quarters at back of house. Long term tenants. Good revenue property. Both units are rent at $825 and $500.

Fenced yard and close to downtown.

CE U D E

D SOL

D

NEW

Beautiful 2 bedrm rancher with office. Kitchen has granite countertops, open concept, upgraded cabinets, vinyl plank flooring, gas F/P in living rm. Custom blinds, large double garage.

NICOLA BLUFFS

SPACIOUS HOME

D

#2816

IN LOWER NICOLA

BEAUTIFUL RANCHER

SOL

This Bench home has panoramic views of parks, mountains & city. Perfect family home with 4 bedrms, 2 baths and renovations of windows, roof, hardiplank siding, new kitchen floors & more.

ED

SOL

UC D E R

3 bedrm rancher with fully basement, pool & RV parking. New updates include a new roof, siding, bathrms, paint, U/G sprinklers, deck & new pool deck. Nicely landscaped with mature foliage.

$359,900

RIVERFRONT LOT

A rare waterfront lot of 0.94 acres, waiting for development with over 50 meters of river frontage, not subdividable. In neighbourhood of high end homes. Could apply for reduction in setback.

#2813

315-3043

Personal Real Estate Corporation

2 bedroom manufactured home with large private deck with hot tub overlooking Nicola River, in Eldorado MH Park. Has detached 30x12 work shed. Pad rent is $389 per month.

DESIRABLE AREA

D

Two storey executive home with 2 bedrm legal suite and unfinished bsmt. Home has open concept living, large windows, 3 bedrms on upper floor, formal living & dining rooms.

$339,900

#2846

CE EDU

D SOL

Great location for this full side by side duplex in a good neighbourhood. Each side has a living area of 2284 sq.ft. with 3 bedrms, 2 baths, kitchen,living rm, dining & an unfinished basement

$234,900

RIVERFRONT

Quality built rancher with many high end features including 9 ft ceilings, gorgeous cherry HW kitchen cabinets, HW floors, living room with gas F/P, 3 bedrms, 3 baths. The bsmt has workshop & possible inlaw suite. Private covered deck, RV parking

PRIME LOCATION

Great retirement community within walking distance to shopping & amenities. Features 2 bedrms, 2 baths, laundry on the main, living room with gas F/P, carport in front.

#2701

Karen Yakimchuk

Moving Real Estate BC Ltd.

OUTSTANDING

APARTMENT

Nicely built newer home with nice open concept design with 2 bedrooms upstairs, master with large 5 pce ensuite with soaker tub & W/I closet. U/G sprinklers, central A/C, fully fenced. Home Warranty.

#2850

Brad Yakimchuk

NEW

Outstanding 3 bedrm family home in excellent location. This home features teak HW flooring, updated kitchen, central A/C, gas F/P, BI vac, security syste, new roof & skylights & more.

D SOL

STUNNING VIEWS

Brenda Thompson 315-8377

NEW

On quiet cul de sac, this 4 bedrm, 3 bath home has family rm off kitchen with sliding doors to sundeck, office & rec.rm on the main plus unfinished bsmt for storage. Double garage & RV parking.

NEWER BUILT HOME

$299,900

Ray Thompson 315-3377

#102 - 2840 Voght St., Merritt, BC

SOL

#2867

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STRATA UNIT

Beautiful rancher in Nicola Bluffs strata development. 1400 sq.ft up & 1400 sq.ft. down. 2 bedrms up, 2 down, huge rec.room in basement. Double garage. Strata fees $249.15.

Don Ward 315-3503

Janis Post 315-3672

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$174,900

Side by side duplex within walking distance to all amenities. 100 amp per side. Some long term tenants in place. Each side has 2 bedrms, 1 bathrm kitchen and living room plus fenced backyard. Each side is 432 sq.ft. Some renos have been done.

#2845

$159,900

ATTENTION INVESTORS

This side by side duplex has 2 bedrms, 1 bathrm kitchen & living room per side, plus a fenced backyard, and 432 sq.ft. each side for a total of 864 sq.ft. Some renos have been done.

#2844

$159,900

$349,900

FAMILY HOME

BUILDING LOT

Great building lot of 7330 sq.ft. in popular subdivision on Fir Avenue. Nice flat lot, close to elementary school, beautiful walking trails along the river and downtown shopping centre. Services at lot line.

#2474

BUYERS:

$365,000

$57,000

4 bedroom home in great area, close to schools & amenities. HW floors, A/C, open concept with big gourmet kitchen. Has had some renos in past few year. Nicely landscaped, RV parking.

#2796 $289,000

#2524 $289,000

$129,900

$219,900

LOCATION, LOCATION

BUILDING LOT

RESIDENTIAL LOT

Spectacular views from the 7470 sq.ft. lot.

Services are at the lot line. Building a house in this development is a great investment. Close to shopping and amenities.

6200 sq.ft. view lot on the Bench, with city services at the curb and underground.

Quality home in this neighbourhood.

Priced to sell.

Great building lot in popular subdivision. Nice flat, corner lot of 6792 sq.ft. with services to lot line. Is close to schools and walking trails along the river.

#2802

#2492

#2819

$89,000

$44,999

$57,000

$159,900

$159,900

RESIDENTIAL LOT

RIVERFRONT LOT

BUILDING LOT

Just under 1 level acre right beside Nicola River. Imagine fishing from your front yard, watching the deer and eagles. Beautiful building lot and very private. Zoned R1

Nice building lot on Lindley Creek Road, in a growing newer subdivision.

The natural slope of the land will allow for a walkout basement with a rancher type look from the front yard.

#2608

$149,000

#2838

$44,900

$59,900

Build your dream home on the 7783 sq.ft. lot with amazing view, close to shopping, restaurants, services and highways. A relatively flat lot that allows many home designs.

#2821

$89,900

BUYERS: Invest in Merritt—Invest in your future!

If you’re looking to get away from the big city lifestyle, Merritt is the community to live in! Check out our website for more details and photos on all of our listings. Then call us – We’ll help you find the property that suits your needs.

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LAKE

IC & I

IC & I

ON 17 ACRES

12.19 ACRES - SUNSHINE

ON STUMP LAKE

MAGNIFICENT LAKE HOME

PRIME LOCATION

SPANER & WEBB

Spacious retreat of 4400 sq.ft. plus a full bsmt and wrap around decks. Features 4 bedrms, 3 baths, gourmet kitchen, vaulted ceilings, 7 pce ensuite & W/I closet. Has 70 fruit trees & 2 hay pastures.

Do you own horses? This home features large country kitchen overlooking the hayfields, sunken living room & 3 baths. Has approx. 7 acres of hayfields, has 2 barns, riding arena, carport and a workshop.

Custom waterfront home on 2.7 acres with 150 ft of water frontage. Stunning two level 4+ bedrms, 4 baths, & a self contained bachelor suite w/laundry. Fantastic panoramic views.

Quality built lakefront home on 1.05 acres with fiberglass dock & inground heated pool. 4 huge bedrms with W/I closets & ensuites. Open gourmet kitchen, massive open living rm with stone faced F/P. High end theater room with projection screen & more.

Great opportunity and in prime location in the heart of downtown. Previously ran as a restaurant with living quarters above, endless retail possibilities. 1200 sq.ft. on each of the 3 floors. Unfinished bsmt for storage, attached garage.

Successful men’s and women’s clothing store in downtown Merritt. Established in 1961, Spaner & Webb has been a mainstay in the downtown core & continues to thrive. Sale includes land, building & business with updated POS system & stock.

ON 1.99 ACRES

PRIVATE ACREAGE

WATERFRONT LOT

BOB’S MINI MART

COMMERCIAL BUILDING

#2842

$925,000

#2866 $825,000

PIECE OF HEAVEN

#2865 $950,000

#2792

$2,818,000

#2824

$229,900

#2826

$375,000

D

CE U D E

R 3 bedrm rancher on 4.8 acres. Home has open concept design, large master suite with 4 pce ensuite, vaulted ceilings & 2 living rooms. Gorgeous outdoor living area with large covered deck. Enjoy the rock garden, fish pond a dog run. Partially cross fenced.

Great country retreat or family home approx.

15 mins from Merritt. Has flat benches and room to build a nice size shop. Features 3 bedrms, 3 baths, renos since 2014 of new kitchen, flooring, paint and new roof in 2015. Fully fin. Bsmt with large rec. room & hobby rm.

#2858

#2837 $439,900

$589,000

Enjoy the great outdoors on this 1 acre lot on Iron Mountain. Has 2 bedroom mobile home, 2 storage sheds or workshop. Shallow well, septic installed and a creek running through the property.

This is a waterfront property of 1.05 acres, in an exclusive development at Nicola Lake of high end quality homes.

Nicola Lake is known for great boating activities, fishing & water skiing

A long time, well established convenience store with living quarters upstairs. Business know for quality and great customer service. Building has had some extensive renos & upgrades over the years.

#2847 $169,000

#2822

$509,900

#2831

$825,000

Great location on a corner lot with approx. 7300 sq.ft. building, zoned C-4 with site specific zoning to allow doctors, lawyers, professional offices. Lots of parking, nicely landscaped.

#2019

$499,900

ON TWO ACRES

APPROX. 11 ACRES

ON 20 ACRES

LAKEFRONT LOT

COMMERCIAL BUILDING

20 ACRES

Wonderful 2 acre property in Lower Nicola with large 24x40 shop plus a 624 sq.ft. outbuilding you could use for home-based business. The 3 bedrm 2 bath rancher with oak kitchen cabinetry, updated main bath & an extensive private back deck & hot tub

Riverfront property in Sunshine valley with bright 2100 sq.ft. rancher with 3 bedrms, 3 baths, open kitchen, family rm, living rm & office. Has 48x36 barn, 48x30 shop and fenced pastures.

Enjoy the country lifestyle on this 20 acres, just 15 mins. from town with a 3 bedrm, 2 bath home with 600 sq.ft. deck.

Has detached garage/shop. Backs onto Crown land hiking & riding trails.

Start planning your dream home on this fantastic 1 acre waterfront lot on Nicola Lake.

All ready has a driveway started down to the more level area near the water. Included 8x20 dock.

In busy location with tenant, and is fully leased. Total of 6600 sq.ft. with 4100 on the main, 1050 sq.ft. in basement and 1520 on top floor that could be used as living quarters.

Two 10 acre parcels in the City limits. One parcel has a two year lease. Zoned M-1.

Other parcel has “future development” zoning. Call for more details

#2573 $850,000

#2555

#2767

$495,000

#2817

$779,000

#2829 $399,000

#2830

$479,000

$2,000,000

ON 4.3 ACRES

9.9 ACRES

LAKEFRONT PROPERTY

INDUSTRIAL BUILDING

COMMERCIAL BUILDING

Perfect location, just 35 mins. from Highland Valley Copper Mine and 25 mins. from Merritt.

Has 4 bedrms, 2.5 baths, 1800 sq.ft. rancher with upgrades. Large barn, great shop with concrete floors & other small outbuildings.

Spectacular acreage overlooking the Nicola River. A road has been made to the building site, cleared & ready to start building. Power & water available at lot line. Part of Miller Estates.

2 bedroom recreational cabin with living room, dining room & kitchen. Enjoy the sandy beaches & breathtaking views. Boating, fishing, swimming and snowmobiling in winter. No water or sewer services.

Immaculate 8500 sq.ft. pre-cast tilt-up building on corner lot of 0.8 acres. Easy access from highway on truck route. Has 6400 sq.ft. of retail space + 1600 sq.ft. of warehouse on ground floor.

Paved parking, loading dock.

#2834

#2626

6500 sq.ft. commercial space. Sale includes building and land. Currently used as bowling alley & all equipment included for turnkey business, if desired. Parking at rear. Amazing value for any entrepreneurs.

6 ACRES Great waterfront property for your recreational getaway or build your home in the country. Mostly flat with many building sites, shallow well, septic approval, hydro with 200 amp and driveway already in.

#2957 $269,000 10.9 ACRES Located in Miller Estates, a subdivision of custom built executive homes, just 10 minutes west of Merritt. Enjoy the views of the valley & surrounding mountains. Land is mostly cleared with some trees.

#2763

$239,900

#2798

9.8 ACRES

$324,900

#2872 $250,000

14.5 ACRES

179 ACRES

Gently rolling acreage just 15 min. from Merritt. Has highway & side road access, a newly drilled well and power at the road, ready for you to build your dream home.

$425,000 AT NICOLA LAKE

12.63 ACRES

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HATS OFF TO THE GRADS This year’s graduating class from Logan Lake Secondary might be small, but the group of 11 students (one missing above) have accomplished a great deal during their time in the community, wrote Logan Lake resident Barrie Ogden. She provided an excerpt of the speech made by co-Valedictorians Jordan Glavine and Shane Wonnacott: “As a unit, we call ourselves, ‘The Kids,’ having grown up and learned together. We will always be that to each other — never anything less. And, there’s virtually nowhere else in the world other than in Logan Lake, we’d have wanted to grow up — not only because of the community, the schools, [our] parents or the relationship we have with our teachers but — most importantly — the relationship we have with our friends! And that is why, with not only pleasure but great pride, we present to you the grad class of 2017!” Photo courtesy of Angela Clements/Lifetouch

LUMBER DISPUTE

Another border tax added Tom Fletcher BLACK PRESS

The B.C. government’s minority turmoil won’t affect the effort to support the province’s forest industry and negotiate a new softwood lumber agreement, Forests Minister John Rustad says.

In his first days since adding responsibility for forests to his aboriginal relations portfolio, Rustad was responding to the U.S. Commerce Department’s announcement Monday that anti-dumping duties are being imposed on top of countervailing duties imposed earlier.

The anti-dumping duty adds almost seven per cent more to the nearly 20 per cent duty imposed on most sources of Canadian lumber exports to the U.S. For companies specifically reviewed by U.S. trade officials, the anti-dumping rate is 7.72 per cent on Canfor, 7.53 per cent on Tolko, 6.76 per cent on West Fraser, 4.59 per cent on Quebec-based Resolute and 6.87 for all

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others.

Rustad was named forests minister last week as long-serving minister Steve Thomson was elected speaker in a job that may last only a week, with a confidence vote in the B.C. Liberal government expected on Thursday.

Rustad said the government is prepared to buy lumber for future government projects while it argues its case with the U.S. at the negotiating table or in the courts, but that won’t happen immediately. Premier Christy Clark proposed the purchase option during the recent election cam-

paign.

Susan Yurkovich, president of the B.C. Lumber Trade Council, said the latest duty continues efforts of the U.S. lumber industry to restrict imports and drive up the price of their products.

“The ongoing allegations levelled by the U.S. industry are without merit,” Yurkovich said.

“This was proven in the last round of litigation and we fully expect it will be again.”

U.S. Lumber Coalition spokesman Zoltan van Heyningen said the anti-dumping decision is preliminary and additional investiga-

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“For years, Canada has unfairly distorted the softwood lumber market with billions of dollars in support of their producers,” van Heyningen said.

Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr recently announced a support package for forest companies facing the fifth round of U.S. duties, including loans and loan guarantees to help companies keep running.

Loans would be at market interest rates and do not constitute a subsidy, he said.

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SUMMER SWIMMING

Otters in the swim of things at home meet Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

The Merritt Otters swim team rose to the occasion on the weekend, achieving almost 100-percent best times at their home meet.

A total of 34 members of the local club took part in the two-day competition that attracted close to 200 swimmers from throughout southwestern B.C. “The Otters did a great job coming through in all their swims,” said head coach Gabriel Lee. “Some races that stood out for me were the 100metre freestyles in all age groups. We had a lot of first-place finishes and grit coming through.

“Everyone swam fast.

I think they brought their ‘A’ game and were ready to compete against anyone,” added Lee. Aggregate gold medalists for Merritt were Evan Hales, Evi Slanzi, Bianca Cavaliere, Aby Thoms and Isaac Asselstine. Silver award winner was Koen Hales, while bronze aggregates went to Paige Asselstine and Laura Lefebvre.

“It’s relieving after a weekend like this to

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The Otters next meet is in Kelowna this weekend.

The Merritt Otters were in fine form on the weekend at their home meet. (Clockwise, from top left) Miranda Cavaliere competes in the division three girls’ 100-metre individual medley on Saturday.

Isaac Asselstine swims his way to an aggregate gold medal in the division three boys category.

Head Otters assistant coach Jensen Cavaliere helps young Gavyn Black along in the under-six boys 25-metre breaststroke event on Sunday. Merritt head coach Gabriel Lee, in his second season with the Otters, watches the competition with one of his new swimmers this year, Andres Tamame. Ian Webster/Herald

JUNIOR HOCKEY

Cents sign three new players for the 2017-18 seasson Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

With less than two months until training camp, the Merritt Centennials hockey club has announced the signing of three new players for the 2017-18 season. They are 17-year-old forward Matthew Kopperud, 18-year-old centre Brendan Schneider and 17-year-old defenseman Jackson Munro. All three attended the Centennials’ spring camp in Merritt in March.

Kopperud might be familiar to Merritt fans as he dressed for two Cents’ games last season as an affiliate player while still attending the Pursuit of Excellence hockey academy in Kelowna.

In 52 combined regular-season

and playoff games with POE’s prep and 18U teams last season, Kopperud scored 28 goals and added 34 assists for 62 points.

A native of Denver, Colorado, the five-foot 10-inch, 170-pound Kopperud played one season with the Evolution in his home state before joining the Pursuit of Excellence program in the fall of 2015.

The five-foot eight-inch, 160pound Schneider hails from Wellesley, Ont. He divided his playing time last season between Albany Academy in upstate New York and the Boston Bulldogs U18 team in the Massachusetts High School League.

In 44 regular-season games with the two teams, Schneider recorded 21 goals and 21 assists for

42 points.

Schneider has already accepted a scholarship to NCAA division one school Mercyhurst, beginning in September of 2019.

Munro is a native of Vancouver, and played Junior B hockey for the Richmond Sockeyes of the Pacific International Junior Hockey League last season. In 50 total games with the Sockeyes, the five-foot 10-inch, 165-pound Munro garnered 31 points (five goals, 26 assists).

The Cents’ three new acquistions join a Merritt team that has 16 eligible returning players from last year’s squad, although several of those potential returnees have accepted scholarships to play college or university hockey beginning in September.

Matthew Kopperud from Denver, Colorado. Photo courtesy of Garrett James Photography

It has also been reported that a few Centennials are entertaining offers to play in the United States

Hockey League (USHL) next season, but no signings have been confirmed.

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Gillis hits hard times at Merritt Speedway Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

Some days, it just doesn’t pay to get out of bed.

It was one of those occasions for Merritt stock car driver Brad Gillis Saturday night at the Merritt Speedway.

Competing in the 10-lap Hobby heat event, Gillis and his Monte Carlo-El Camino hybrid vehicle (nicknamed El Carlo) were crunched not once but twice in a span of a few minutes.

Both sides of the front end were trashed. The second fender bender may well have ended Gillis’s racing season.

“I’ll fix everything, eventually,” said Gillis shortly after being towed off the track. “But, it’s going to be tough, with working 13-hour days, and a new house and stuff.”

After a great rookie season in the hobby division last year, little has gone right for Gillis in his sophomore campaign.

He got whacked on the opening weekend in May and couldn’t finish. The

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Merritt’s Brad Gillis crunches fenders with Clayton Scott from Kamloops in racing action at the Merritt Speedway on Saturday. After a quick stop in the pits for repairs, Gillis returned to the track — only to whack the other side of his car in an altercation with Merritt’s Hud Lindberg. Ian Webster/Herald

same weekend, he had to watch in anguish as his younger brother, Cayle, totalled his ride when he hooked up with another car and rolled.

The racing on Saturday had its bright spots as well. Logan Lake’s Sean Dandy and his front-wheel-drive Nissan Maxima continued to tear up the six-and-eight-cylinder

bomber class, setting a new fastest-lap record for the second time this season, and winning both the heat and featured main events. Dandy’s wife, Amanda, along with Terry Mockford also notched wins for their Logan Lake racing team.

Merritt’s Larry Ruttan picked up a couple of victories in

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Epic1000 departs Merritt Quads invade the Valley

Twenty-one enthusiastic riders from as far away as Fairbanks, Alaska and Richmond, Vermont headed out bright and early on Saturday morning from Rotary Park on the Epic1000 bike race from Merritt to Fernie, B.C. One additional rider started in Fernie, and was riding the course in the opposite direction. Organized by Lennard Pretorius from Kamloops, the multi-day, largely off-road event is a completely self-supported bikepacking ride/race that crosses the southwestern region of the province from the Nicola Valley to the Kootenays. The 1,040-kilometre, 11,000-metre elevation traverse consists mostly of old decommisioned railgrades (including the former Kettle Valley, Columbia Western and Great Northern lines), with a few challenging sections of single-track, some gravel forestry roads and some paved sections. The inaugural Epic1000 was held last year, with 15 starters and seven finishers. Pretorius was the overall winner, completing the arduous journey in four days, two hours and 45 minutes. “For some, it’s a race, but many others are just touring it — for the experience, for the challenge and for the scenery,” said Pretorius prior to the outset of this the 2017 Epic1000. By the time this edition of the Herald hits the newsstands on Thursday, many of this year’s competitors will have completed the race. Their results, and the progress of those still not finished, can be found at http://trackleaders.com/bcepic17. Ian Webster/Herald

The Nicola Valley resonated with the sound of off-road, four-wheeled vehicles last week as members of the Quad Riders Association of B.C. gathered in Merritt for an ATVBC-sponsored poker ride. Participants came from throughout the province, and as far away as Tampa, Florida. The 64-kilometre poker ride officially took place on Saturday, but guided rides began as early as Tuesday. “It’s not a race; it’s not a timed event,” said one of the organizers, Ralph Matthews. “We don’t want anybody hurting themselves.” On Friday evening, the 55-plus rider-and-vehicle combinations held a parade from the Merritt rodeo grounds to the Sweet Shop downtown for ice cream. (Above) Kathyrn Walker and her 11-month-old pup Dodger were two of the parade partcipants. “We try to make this a family event,” said Matthews. “The more kids involved the better.” The parade to the downtown was led by Merritt mayor Neil Menard on his three-wheeled motorbike. Ian Webster/ Herald

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The Merritt Youth Soccer Association wrapped up another very successful season last week with a series of games under bright, sunny skies — at last. (Above) The Timbits’ Blue Wave show off their participation medals. From left to right, Payton Montreuil, Owen Coutu, Reed Woodman, Eberle DeRose, coach Jenny Stirling, Charlee Pierce and Cleo McKenzie. Missing are Cash Kristian and assistant coach Morgan McKenzie. (Below) Grade 4/5 competitors on the field but good friends off the field Victoria King and Liam Cartie. Ian Webster/Herald

The Merritt Bench Warmers U14 mixed softball team tuned up for the provincial championships in Barriere from July 7-9 with a convincing 13-2 victory over Kamloops at Central Park on June 22. The Bench Warmers led off with four runs in the first inning and exploded for another six in the openended fourth to win going away.

Merritt got strong pitching performances from Justin Collins and Missy McDonnell. (Above) Merritt’s Nathan Saulnier beats the throw to home to score a run in the first inning. (Right) Jayden Etchart made several great plays at first base. Ian Webster/Herald

MYSA season comes to an end Ball team preps for provincials

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Canadian Coasters Car Show, Central Park

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Merritt Mixed Slo-Pitch Tournament, Central Park

July 23

Nicola Valley Cruisers Show ‘n’ Shine, Central Park

July 29 Flat Track Motorcycle Racing, Merritt Speedway, 6 p.m.

July 29-30

Wolfpack Slo-Pitch Tournament, Central Park

Aug. 5-6

Albert Kosolofski Memorial Stock Car Races, Merritt Speedway, 6 p.m.

Aug. 19

Stock Car Racing, Merritt Speedway, 6 p.m.

Aug. 26 Flat Track Motorcycle Racing, Merritt Speedway, 6 p.m.

The Nicola Valley Thunder peewee lacrosse team just keeps on winning. The undefeated squad ran its season-record to 15-0 with three impressive victories on the weekend in the Thompson-Okanagan playoffs. They defeated North Okanagan #3 10-2, Shuswap 13-0 and North Okanagan #2 5-0. At the conclusion of the event, the Thunder team was presented with two banners (above). The members of the team are (back row, left to right) coaches Terry McRae, Dustin Shackelly, Peter Schmid, Jody Miller, (middle row) Kolton Wekking, Lucas Schmid, Gregory Miller, Gavin Shackelly, Carter Shackelly, Tyson Jarvis, Ashtyn Rooke, Mack Klassen, Daniel Lindley-Archachan, (front row) Simon Cisco, Rylan Falcone, Ty Jackson, in front Jalen McRae, Keagan McGifford, Ostyn Fox, kneeling Matthew Morrissey and Simon McGifford, Anthony Lockhart, Austyn Streek and James Stamp . Photo contributed

Sept. 9-10

MDTC Club Championships (members only)

Sept. 15-18

Loggers’ Show, Central Park

Sept. 16-17

NWMRA Year-End Mud Races, Musicfest Grounds

Sept. 16-17

Slo-pitch Tournament, Central Park

Sept. 23-24 Dady’s Girls & Mommy’s Boys Slo-Pitch Tournament, Central Park Want to get your event on the Sports Ticker? Send all relevant information to sports@merrittherald.com

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COMMUNITY BAND

Nicola Valley Community Band practices 7 pm Tuesdays at MSS music room. For more information call James 250-378-9894

requiring assistance during the summer to research their Family Trees may contact Al Thompson at 250-2129868. We will open the Family History Centre by appointment only.

MASONS

FARMERS MARKET

PENSION BREAKFAST

Conayt Friendship Society Pension Day Breakfast will be held on every Pension Day from 8:30 to 10:00 am at 2164 Quilchena Ave., Merritt, BC. Everyone is invited.

Elders eat at no charge. For more information call 250378-5107. Volunteer servers and cooks are welcome.

TECHNICAL LITERACY FOR SENIORS

It’s Technical Literacy for Seniors at MSS Wednesday’s from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. in Room #17 at MSS. Call 250378-5131 FMI. Seniors can also block time with Anne at the Merritt Library on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Call 250-378-4737 to book an appointment.

WANT TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN?

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

ELKS BINGO

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

FOOD BANK FRIDAY NIGHT BINGO

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

NEW TIMES

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

Come see a variety of vendors at the Nicola Valley Farmers Market every Saturday from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm beside the Ballie House.

CRAFTING WITH CONAYT

Come down to the Conayt Friendship Soceity Monday to Friday until 5:00 p.m. at 2164 Quilchena Avenue for crafting. If you are an Elders or tweens to twenty then come join us. Come alone or come with your friend, that’s the beauty of crafting - quiet reflection or social outing.

We have the supplies – you just show up. For more information call 250-378-5107

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION

Please come and visit us at the Legion. We’ve extended our hours for the summer. Hours are now Tuesday, Thursday & 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

THE MERRITT CHAPTER OF THE VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF CANADA

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 Pete Ratzlaff at 250378-4199 for more information.

MERRITT PICKLEBALL CLUB

Now playing outdoors at the Sport Box, Central Park, 2975 Voght Street: M/W/F 8:30-11:00 am; T/TH 6:309:00 pm. A designated court with instructor(s) and demo paddles will be available for new players. Those over age 10 welcome (10-15 year olds must be accompanied by an adult). Its an easy sport to play, great fun and exercise. For information call Brian 250-378-7452 or Gary 250-280-0105.

CONAYT BINGO

FALL FAIR YARD SALES

June 24-25, July 8-9, 22-23 Phone Martha for information at 250-378-2303. Donations gratefully accepted.

Please no beds, skis, tv’s, as we cannot sell these items and have to pay to dispose of them. Thank you for your donations.

FAMILY HISTORY

The Family History Centre will be closing after our June 15 shift. We will reopen September 14, 2017. Anyone

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 Av

MESSY CHURCH

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

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THE CHURCHES OF MERRITT WELCOME YOU Crossroads Community Church 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.

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 Times: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Sunday at 10AM and last Wednesday of the month at 7PM

Trinity United Church

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

Highland Valley Copper

Mine Tours

We invite you to come visit one of Canada’s largest mining operation.

Highland Valley Copper formed in 1986 through merging existing mines in the valley. HVC produces copper and molybendum concentrates through a process involving grinding and flotation.

Restorative end land use is an integral part of mining, HVC has a diverse environmental program to guide reclamation planning.

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The pursuit of sustainability guides our approach to business.

Our six focus areas - Community, Our People, Water, Energy and Climate Change, Air and Biodiversity.

To learn more about our sustainability goals and our approach to achieve those goals go to www.teck.com/sustainability.

Free Public Tours

Wednesday’s Only May through August 2017 Mining Operations Tour Dates July 19, August 2, and August 30

Tour Details: Starting at 12:30 pm ending at 3:30 pm

Reclamation and Historical Land Use Tour Dates July 5, August 9, and August 23 Tailings Storage Facility Tour Dates July 12, and August 16

HVC is an industrial setting and appropriate dress code is required.

Due to safety regulations, children under the age of 12 are not permitted.

Space is limited Must prebook tours

250-523-3802 Highland Valley Copper Hwy 97C Logan Lake, BC

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FELLER BUNCHER OPERATOR

Salmon Arm logging company requires a buncher Op for a T.C 870C tilter.

Good wages w/ benefits.

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Class 1 Drivers needed for US Chip hauls. Work is based in Merritt. • Home Daily • Auto Pay • E-logs • Pension Plan • Extended Health Benefits Email resume: careers@sutco.ca or Fax: 1-778-754-4025

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Victor Joseph ROBINSON Vic Robinson passed away peacefully in Merritt on June 16, 2017 at the age of 81.

Lovingly remembered by his wife of 53 years, Rita, and many friends and family in Merritt.

A celebration of Vic’s life will be held on Saturday, July 8th in the Coldwater Hotel Banquet Room from 1-4 pm.

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Jerry: July 4, 2014 & Brenda: July 13, 2014 Mom and Dad, It’s so hard to believe it’s already three years since you left. We are surrounded by memories of you and are constantly reminded of 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 and baby Walker, Christy, *XVWDYR 3DWULFN 6RĂ€D -RVLH

We love you and miss you forever!

Obituaries

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MERRITT & DISTRICT HOSPICE SOCIETY

EDWARD (TED) CRABTREE Ted passed away peacefully in Abbotsford on June 20, at the age of 74.

He is survived by his wife Eleanor, step-son Cameron (Colette), daughter Belva, sister Charlotte, four grandchildren, three nephews and two nieces.

Predeceased by his parents, Edward and Irene Crabtree and two brothers Billy and Ray. Ted grew up in Mamette Lake and graduated from Merritt Secondary School.

Ted was well known in the Snowmobile circuit in the 70’s as the one-legged racer. He was also a director of the B.C. Snow Vehicle Association.

For the past seventeen years he was a construction Consultant in the oil and gas industry in Alberta. ,Q OLHX RI Ă RZHUV GRQDWLRQV PD\ EH PDGH WR WKH B.C. Cancer Foundation.

Remembering Our Loved Ones Help Wanted

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Busy two person mechanic shop in Merritt is looking for an honest, reliable, energetic, and motivated

Say yes and change a child’s life today.

LICENSED MECHANIC

Listening is sacred. Whenever you can do that for someone, you are honouring them.

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Planet Hair & Spa looking for an Experienced Esthetician for full time or part time hours at $14.00/hr Please drop off resume or email: paul097@gmail.com or phone: (250)378-5558 and ask for Kathy

Have Unwanted Firearms?

Have unwanted or inherited firearms in your possession?

Don’t know how to dispose of them safely and legally?

Contact Wanstalls and we will come and pick them up and pay you fair value for them.

Wanstalls has been proudly serving the Lower Mainland firearms community since 1973. We are a government licensed firearms business with fully certified verifiers, armorers and appraisers.

Call today to set up an appointment 604-467-9232 WANSTALLS TACTICAL & SPORTING ARMS

Property Management

Reputable Williams Lake, BC based contracting company is accepting resumes for the following full-time positions:

• Civil Supervisor • Civil Foremen • Pipe Layers • Equipment Operators • Service Technicians • Class 1 Drivers • Surveyors • Labourers • Mechanics • TrafďŹ c Control Personnel Offering competitive wages based on experience.

Email resumes to: toapply2017@gmail.com

Services

Financial Services GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed?

Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

Medical Health CANADA BENEFIT GROUP Attention British Columbia residents: Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability? Get up to $40,000 from the Canadian Government.

Toll-free 1-888-5112250 or www.canadabenefit.ca/free-assessment

Merchandise for Sale

Heavy Duty Machinery A-Steel Shipping Storage Containers. Used 20’40’45’53’ insulated containers. All sizes in stock. Prices starting under $2,000. Modifications possible doors, windows, walls etc., as office or living workshop etc.,Custom Modifications Office / Home� Call for price.

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Misc. for Sale

TRY A CLASSIFIED AD Real Estate Real Estate STAGE COACH INN & Strip Mall - Duchess, Alberta. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, July 20 in Lethbridge. 16 room hotel, separate reception & manager’s residence and 4 Bay Commercial Strip Mall.

Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652; Brokerage: All West Realty Ltd.; rbauction.com/realestate.

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent

NICOLA APARTMENTS

Clean One & Two Bedroom starting at $650/month.

NO PETS 250-315-5097 For rent, large 1 bedrm apartment in Logan Lake. 6 mth lease min. TV, Hydro & hot water included. $630/month.

Ph: 250-523-6933

Help Wanted

1988 Quilchena Ave.

June 28, 2017

2 bdrm bsmt suite. $800 plus utilities 3 bdrm house. $950 plus utilities.

3 bedroom house in Lower Nicola. $1400 plus utilizes 3 bdrm Upper Suite of House. $1200 plus utilities.

4 bdrm Upper Suite of House.

Newly renovated. $1450 plus utilites.

250-378-1996

Call for all of your Residential or Commercial Property Management needs!

MERRITT REAL ESTATE SERVICES Property Manager: Lynda Etchart

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SAWMILLS from only $4,397 MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

STEEL BUILDING SALE ...�MEGA MADNESS SALE!�

20X23 $5,780. 25X25 $6,312.

30X31 $8,175. 33X35 $9,407.

One End Wall Included. Check Out www.pioneersteel.ca for more prices. Pioneer Steel 1855-212-7036

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Lower Nicola Indian Band HELP WANTED Position Title: Homemaker – Temporary Maternity Coverage Department: Human Services Hours: 35 hours per week Start Date: July 17, 2017 Wage: Depends on experience Reports to: Director of Human Services Summary of responsibilities Reporting to Director of Human Services, the Homemaker primary role will be to provide general house keeping and client services to the applicants that have been assessed.

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Conservation of the ecosystem is vital to British Columbia’s biodiversity.

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Hours: Starting at 30hrs/wk in addition to on demand.

Potential to expand hours once new housing complex completed to a maximum of 37.5hrs per week.

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