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Five women were sprayed with bear mace in a home invasion that resulted in the arrest of a lone female on Monday night.

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As drug overdose deaths are on the rise around B.C., local RCMP officers are on the watch for the presence of fentanyl in Merritt.

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The Rockin’ River Music Festival rolled through town on the long weekend, and big crowds came out to enjoy the country tunes.

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of the road, and were displaying a business license from a company out of the STAFF MISSION Brazen advertising caught Lower Mainland. the eye of police officers this A search of the stand and STATEMENT weekend. execution of a warrant to Two men from the Lower search the hotel room the Check out the benefits at N’Kwala: Mainland are facing charges two were staying at led to w Small teacher student ratio maximizes learning TO ENSURE w Student focused learning and teaching after police seized several the seizure of approximately Check out the benefits at N’Kwala: STAFF THAT EACH w Syilx language and culture kilograms of marijuana and 2,000 rolled marijuana ciga Small teacher student ratio maximizes learning MISSION w Healthy snacks and hot lunch provided STUDENT BE mushrooms at a roadside rettes, 1.1 kilograms of dried w Certified Category 2 Independent School – Provincial standards, FNSA Certified STATEMENT  Student focused learning and teaching stand set up on Neilsen mushrooms, 4.5 kilograms AT OR ABOVE w K4 – Grade 12, including the Adult Graduation Diploma  Syilx language and culture Road just outside the Merritt of dried bagged marijuana w Open to all students out the benefits at N’Kwala: 9410 N’Kwala Road GRADE LEVEL Check STAFF Rockin’ River festival site.

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THAT EACH  Syilx language and culture FNSA Certified ABOVE Serving communities: 9410 N’Kwala Road on the side of a road that The two men are being STUDENT  K4 – Grade 12,provided including the Adult Graduation Diploma  Healthy snacks and hot lunch GRADE Merritt Douglas Lake, B.C. appeared to be advertising charged with possession TO ENSUREBE AT OR  Open to all students Quilchena  Certified Category – Provincial standards the sale of marijuana, said A sign outside the stand advertised marijuana for for the purpose of traf- THAT EACH ABOVE LEVEL2 Independent School 9410 N’Kwala Road 9410 N’Kwala Rd., Douglas Lake, B.C. (summer) Douglas Lake Phone: 250-350-3370 or 350-3342 Const. Tracy Dunsmore in a sale. Photo courtesy of the Merritt RCMP ficking, and were released Serving communities:  K4 – Grade 12, including the Adult Graduation Diploma Douglas Lake, B.C. (summer) GRADE Phone: 250-350-3370 ornkwala@uppernicolaband.com 350-3342 STUDENT Lower Nicola (TBC) Email: Merritt press release. on a promise to appear in  Open to all studentsQuilchena Email:250-350-3370 nkwala@uppernicola.com or BE AT OR LEVEL Phone: or 350-3342 (summer) The officers stopped to speak with two men court Oct. 31 in Merritt. principal@uppernicola.com Douglas Lake ABOVE who had a makeshift stand set up along the side The file is still under investigation.

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Element still building Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

It wasn’t just the Rockin’ River festival that put together a roaring weekend of music in the Merritt area over the long weekend.

Approximately 55 kilometres south of town, at 750 Pike Mountain Road, was the inaugural Element Festival, which saw about 300 guests over the course of three days – well below the organizers’ projection of about 600.

“It is what it is,” said one of the festival’s founders, Keith Duggan. “It’s year one; you got to plant some seeds.”

Duggan said most of the 300 festival goers were from the Lower Mainland.

The Element music festival featured a variety of music such as reggae, folk and funk music — essentially everything that isn’t hip hop, heavy metal, electronica and country music.

Duggan said he thinks the Merritt Rockin’ River Music Fest probably had an effect on his festival’s attendance, but because Element isn’t a country music festival, over time it should see more attendees from neighbouring communities who aren’t country music fans.

Duggan said he expects attendance for next year to triple, and the plans are to grow Element

over time, developing the site into a permanent venue for 5,000 attendees.

“We’ve got a fiveyear plan [and a] couple million bucks to really build this thing over time,” Duggan said.

Three individuals organized the event on the 157-acre property, which they own, with the hope of developing it into a premier outdoor venue and campground.

Duggan, who said he’s worked in the events industry for 25 years, said year one was a learning experience. “[The] first year is The Element music festival attracted about 300 peoalways about learning ple to the inaugural edition. Photo courtesy of Element. property. how the site operates,” A general store, shower faciliDuggan said. “How the ingress ties and developed camping sites and egress of people and cars are also in the works for the works [the] sound — we were future. learning things every 20 minDuggan estimates they’re utes.” $10,000 in the red after year one “We learned a ton this year of the festival. about what works and what “Our plan is that by the end doesn’t,” Duggan said. of year five, we’re in the black Year one involved installing a as a venue and a festival,” said lot of infrastructure to the propDuggan. erty, and only temporary stages He said the festival will be were erected, but the long-term held on the August long weekend plan is to build three amphiagain next year. theatres of various sizes on the

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS COVER STORY

Compassion club to be shut down Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

The City of Merritt says a recently opened marijuana compassion club storefront in Merritt doesn’t have a business license and was told to cease operations on Wednesday.

Corporate officer Melisa Miles confirmed bylaw officer visited the storefront Wednesday, and the business was closed thereafter.

“There was no license issued,” Miles said, adding that no one from the business came forward with a request for a license.

The Merritt Compassion Society had

been open for about a week at its Quilchena Avenue location, confirmed the store manager, who did not wish to have his name published.

He maintained the dispensary has all the required licenses from Health Canada to sell medical marijuana to people with the proper documentation.

He told the Herald they would not be making further comment to the media at this time.

Miles said that a business needs to apply for a business license and get approvals from various city departments before being allowed

VIOLENT CRIME

Home invader arrested Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

The search for a woman who has been charged in a home invasion that involved bear spray also turned up multiple guns and drugs.

RCMP Const. Tracy Dunsmore told the Herald police were called to a Blair Street apartment at about 10:30 p.m.

Monday night (Aug. 1) where five females appeared to have been sprayed with bear spray.

“The door to the residence appeared to have been forced open,” Dunsmore said.

The women gave a description of the female suspect, who was tracked to a nearby hotel with the help of a police dog.

Dunsmore said police arrested a 30-year-old woman named Patricia Hanson-Johnson, who is known to police. She has been charged with of assault with a weapon and break and enter with intent.

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In the hotel room with her, police found three men with ties to the B.C. gang the Independent Soldiers along with drugs and guns.

“After the female was arrested in the hotel room, a search of the room also located a 9 millimetre hand gun, two loaded .22 calibre handguns, two sawed off shotguns with ammunition for all of the guns and there was also a quantity of cocaine, heroin and meth that were [taken] from the room,” Dunsmore said.

She said a bottle of bear spray was also found in the hotel room.

Dunsmore confirmed that one of the three men is a member of the B.C. gang and the others are affiliated with it.

The woman will be in court on Aug. 16 in Merritt and is on conditions not be in Merritt other than for court, or have contact with the five women she allegedly sprayed.

She said police are not laying charges against the three men also found in the room.

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The recent opening of the store also came as a surprise to local police.

RCMP Const. Tracy Dunsmore said that at the moment police are leaving this matter in the hands of the city’s bylaw office.

A statement from police on Tuesday stated there is no legal mechanism in Canada which allows medicinal marijuana dispensaries or compassion clubs to sell marijuana to the public, regardless of whether or not the purchasing individual(s) have licenses to possess

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COURT REPORT

Thief charged Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

A Williams Lake man will face the music for his thievery after committing a crime spree in Lower Nicola back on Jan. 13.

On July 28 in Kamloops Supreme Court, Niko Haines was found guilty of break and enter, mischief and theft charges.

Crown prosecutor Catriona Elliott told the Herald that Haines broke into a Ford F-150 parked at the Shulus Arena at about 6:15 p.m. that evening and stole cheques before finding his way to Lower Nicola where he broke into a home. There he stole two long guns, some keys and even frozen food.

“Then he stole the truck that one set of keys fit into and then he went driving on the Coquilhalla [Highway],” said Elliott.

She said a witness observed the Ford F-350 Haines had stolen driving erratically and called the police.

Haines, who is in his early 20s, was taken into custody without incident at about 9 p.m. by Logan Lake police after driving off the road and crashing into a ditch about 13 kilometres south of Kamloops.

Elliott said Haines claimed he fell asleep at the wheel.

She said Haines will be back in court in about two months to fix a date for sentencing.

Elliot said that Haines pleaded guilty to stealing the F-350 and was found guilty of breaking into the house, and stealing the items from it along with the cheques from the F-150. He was found guilty of mischief for breaking into that truck.

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The City of Merritt Conklin has Avenue $50,000 near the purchased 2152 , Nicola River with it. but hasn’t yet decided for what it will “We really do sions about haven’t got it yet,” said into specific Menard discusMerritt .

Mayor Neil The fund being taken to purchase out of last the propert ing to informa year’s surplus,y are tion from ing that accorda special was council City of released publicly meetMerritt Thiessen director . nected to told the Herald of finance Sheila this Street the three nearby lots property is conwhich is city purchased along Charter s partially last River. submerged year, one of under the The lots Nicola comprise of 2801 and 2802 River, thata three-acre island Charters St. when the was created back in the Nicola flooding Nicola River was in the 1940s in town, reroute Charter s Street putting the third d to reduce lot — 2807 Last year, — under water. council wildlife was conside sanctuary ring for these Thiesse properties. a possible Avenue n described buying property as a “logical the Conklin Menard erty goes said the recently add-on.” “hand-i purchas Street propert n-hand ed prop” with He said ies the city boughtthe Charters last year. property the owner of the to sell. approached council Conklin Avenue with a proposa The city l is now conside with the land. ring what “We’re it will do or a walkinggoing to have a look at city,” Menardpark, but I think a sanctua ry it’s a plus said. for the

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• Crime down compared to 2015 Stats provided by the RCMP for the first two quarters of 2016 showed a drop in most types of crime around Merritt compared to last year.

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You’re InvIted! to meet with Mayor Menard on August 17 from 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., in the Mayor’s Office at City Hall (second floor), 2185 Voght Street.

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Interested citizens are welcome to stop by, say hello and discuss issues and opportunities for the City, its residents and businesses.

If you would like to schedule a particular time to meet with the Mayor at a Drop-In session please call reception at City Hall 250-378-4224.

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CALL FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS ENVIRONMENT SELECT COMMITTEE & CITY SOCIAL PLANNING SELECT COMMITTEE The City of Merritt is seeking a maximum of three (3) members of the public to sit on the City’s Environment Select Committee. The Environment Select Committee develops and recommends policies to Council regarding the status and management of the air, water and land within the jurisdiction of the City of Merritt. This committee reviews all matters referred to it by Council that fall within the Committee’s scope and provides input on existing or proposed bylaws, policies and programs of the City that have the potential to have a positive or negative impact the quality and sustainability of air, water and land. The Environment Select Committee provides a perspective on services, events and capital projects related but not limited to climate change, green technology and energy efficiency.

The City of Merritt is seeking four (4) members of the public to sit on the City Social Planning Select Committee. The City Social Planning Committee advises and makes recommendations to Council on policies, priorities, new initiatives and direction to maintain and improve the social well-being of residents. This committee provides advice to the Council on the development of action plans to deal with a variety of social issues affecting the Nicola Valley community, such as youth engagement, homelessness, access to social assistance programs.

It also provides a cross disability perspective on inclusion and accessibility affecting all persons with disabilities and ensures that the committee process engages the broad community, including seniors, aboriginals, ethnic groups and others.

Individuals interested in applying, please ensure

that your Letter of Interest clearly states which committee wish to sit on. To apply please forward your intention by letter prior to August 15, 2016 by 3:00 p.m. to: City of Merritt, Melisa Miles Director of Corporate Services PO Box 189 Merritt, B.C. V1K 1B8 Or email to mmiles@merritt.ca

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PROGRAM INSTRUCTOR III AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM INSTRUCTOR

The City of Merritt is inviting applications for the term position of Program Instructor III – After School Program Instructor For complete details, visit City of Merritt website at: www.merritt.ca Current resumes reflecting applicants’ knowledge, skills and abilities relevant to the position and detailing education, qualifications and proof of required licenses/certificates/ degrees will be accepted prior to 4:00 p.m. Friday, August 19, 2016 by: Carole Fraser Human Resources Manager, City of Merritt PO Box 189, 2185 Voght Street Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 Or by email: cfraser@merritt.ca We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Sanitary Sewer FluShing The City of Merritt Public Works Department would like to remind residents that it is that time of year again for our annual maintenance program for sewer flushing and camera work.

We apologize for any inconvenience and your patience is greatly appreciated. If you have had any problems with your toilet bubbling up in the past it is recommended that you place a towel or saran wrap over your bowl and put the lid down. Also, if you experience any foul smelling odour it is advised to run a little water through the household’s sinks and bathtubs.

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Scheduled to begin on aug 8 and run until Sept 16 approximately.

Sector 3 Council meetings can be streamed live online at: http://www.merritt.ca/live-streaming-council-meetings or seen on Shaw Cable (Channel 10) on Thursdays and Sundays at 11 a.m.

View past council decisions go to: http://www.merritt.ca/city-council/council-meeting-decisions

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NICOLA VALLEY HISTORY

Old cowboys embodied pioneer spirit “I’ll dream the river is guiding you home As long as the coyotes remember your song You’ll never be alone.”

-All the Old Cowboys, by Joy Gray Mazzola The North American beef cattle industry arrived in British Columbia in the spring of 1858, when the first commercial SUSAN GEARING-EDGE herd of cattle was trailed from A looking glass Oregon for sale TO THE PAST to hungry miners who were seeking gold in the Fraser River.

Following that, thousands of head of cattle were brought in to the colony and the drovers (a nickname for people who drive cattle to market) and other newcomers were quick to realize their futures might lie in the lush green grass of the central interior.

Many who came for gold, stayed to raise cattle.

Some of the finest cattle ranching country in the Pacific Northwest can be seen by driving on the highway between Kamloops and Merritt. There are many good spreads to be found there, some of which are still in the hands of the original owners.

And as long as there have been cattle ranchers, there have been cowboys. Many tales have come out of the mystique of early cowboy life. In the pioneer days a Western cowboy was painted as a footloose, hardworking, (but harder-playing), earthy-talking, colourful, skillful man with a horse and a saddle, a gun and a lariat.

Cowboys didn’t have trucks or trailers back then. They would ride on horseback behind the herd, pushing the cattle and steers. The days were long and the rides sometimes longer on a spread more than one thousand square miles.

(Above) Cowboys relax during some downtime in between cattle runs. (Right) Cowboys setting up a branding chute. Photos courtesy of the Nicola Valley Museum and Archives

When ranch staff had to bring the cattle back for calving in the early spring, branding in the late spring, or do round-ups for inspection, sale and shipment, there would be six or seven men riding, and each man would have two or three horses each.

Depending on the size of the ranch, the cowboys would have to round up anywhere from one to two hundred head of cattle.

They would travel with a chuck wagon and the cook would have to get up at about 1 a.m. to get breakfast ready. After breakfast, the men would ride out at around 2 a.m.

The cowboys and the chuck wagon would have to get an early start to avoid the heat and the heel flies (an adult cattle grub).

A cattle drive at the Douglas Lake Ranch. Photo courtesy of the Nicola Valley Museum and Archives

The chuck wagon was usually an ordinary farm wagon that was fitted at the back with a large box containing shelves and a lid at its rear that, when lowered, made a good table.

During the meal breaks, the cooks would serve the men food like beef, potatoes, bread, or bacon and eggs. The meals were hearty and the men never went hungry.

Working on a roundup was no place for inexperienced cowboys or men that didn’t like hard work, sweat or dust. It was a tough job and took a special kind of individual.

It was a long, hard ride there and back and if some of the cattle strayed from the herd or got lost, the cowboy would have to hunt them down, lasso them and get them back to the herd as quickly as possible. Many cowboys were so knowledgeable that they knew the complete family history of every cow and horse on the ranch.

Back then, the Nicola Valley cowboy was a complicated character. It has been said that they combined they Mexican vaquero’s (native cowboys in the Southern United States) skills, equipment and clothes, a frontiersman’s grit and resourcefulness, the First Nations’ people’s respect for nature, and the British gentry’s sense of law, order and manners.

There were also times when the cowboys rode alone amidst the ranchlands. They had to fix broken fences, check the condition of the cattle, hunt potential predators like coyotes and cougars and sometimes rescue cows that were stuck in muddy bogs or marshes.

They would venture out into such large territories that often they would have to spend the night out in the pastures.

Sometimes the cowboy would get a kindly offer from a friendly neighbour of a hot meal and a warm bed to spend the night. Other times, he would have to tie up his horse, eat some beef jerky, lay out his bedroll beside a haymow and have the moon and the stars to lull him to sleep. That was all well and good if the weather was nice. If not he would have to make do.

Wages back then were a dollar a day with room and board. When cowboys got a day off, they would ride into Merritt for recreation. It was a chance for them to blow off some steam, have some fun and have a hot bath instead of a dip in the lake to wash up.

They also practiced and competed in local rodeos, sometimes winning and sometimes limping back to the ranch with a few bumps and bruises.

But there were always stories to tell. The life of a cowboy back then wasn’t an easy one, but you’d be hard pressed to find any pioneer cowboy quoted as saying he didn’t love his job.

For more information on the history of Merritt and the Nicola Valley, call or come and visit the Nicola Valley Museum and Archives, 1675 Tutill Court, (250)-378-4145. You can also visit our website at www.nicolavalleymuseum.org.

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VIEWPOINT EDITORIAL

Windfall from real estate tax

The lights came back on in the B.C. legislature last week to reveal the government’s TOM FLETCHER sudden B.C. decision to VIEWS impose a 15 per cent tax on foreign property purchases in Metro Vancouver.

This came after months of government refusal to intervene in a heated urban market in ways that might devalue properties for people whose homes represent a large chunk of their life savings.

It remains to be seen whether this large wrench applied to the problem will cool the market, or trigger declining property values as similar efforts have done in other major cities. The extent of the ripple effect on B.C. communities outside Metro Vancouver is also something that will be closely watched.

Premier Christy Clark and Finance Minister Mike de Jong announced the tax with a week’s notice, leaving realtors and developers scrambling to close deals before thousands more dollars in property transfer tax was imposed on foreign buyers.

This dramatic intervention was based on less than five weeks of information on the nationality of buyers.

Early results showed foreign buyers represented five per cent of Metro Vancouver real estate sales. Another two weeks of data showed a spike to nearly 10 per cent, and suddenly the big wrench came out.

Housing Minister Rich Coleman acknowledged that the surprise tax left the real estate industry “taken aback and a bit grumpy.” They worried foreign buyers might back out of deals after sellers have bought another

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Russia and USA find common ground GWYNNE DYER The international STAGE Great states hate to admit error, so when they have to change course they generally try to disguise the fact. That’s why you may not have heard much about the way the United States has changed course in Syria in the past three months.

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ting any U.S. ground troops to Syria. You may also recall how the U.S. government regularly and vehemently condemned Russia’s military intervention in Syria last year.

Well, that’s all over now.

Two weeks ago (July 16), U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met in Moscow and agreed to take “concrete steps” together in Syria. These included co-ordinating air strikes against both Islamic State and the Nusra Front, the two Islamist offspring of al-Qaeda that dominate the rebel forces in Syria.

Russia is the Assad regime’s main ally in the Syrian civil war.

By agreeing to these co-ordinated “concrete steps” against Assad’s main domestic enemies, Washington is effectively conceding that it now wants him to survive. Assad, it has finally recognised, is the lesser evil compared to a take-over of all of Syria by the Islamist fanatics.

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It has taken five years to get here. The United States bombs Islamic State forces every day, but when Islamic State troops advanced to seize Palmyra last year, no American bombs fell on the vehicles that took the Islamic State fighters across the desert to the historic city. That would have been “helping Assad” – and so the U.S. let Palmyra be captured and trashed by the fanatics. (Assad’s troops took Palmyra back last March – with Russian air support.)

The Obama administration fell into this now obviously hopeless strategy back in the days of the “Arab Spring” in 2010-11.

Like most people, Obama was convinced that the Assad regime would fall quickly, and that the government that replaced him would be better both for American interests and for the Syrian people. It was, after all, a brutal and corrupt regime. It still is.

As the opposition fell increas-

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ingly into the hands of Islamist extremists in 2012-13, the prospect of a peaceful, democratic successor regime vanished. But rather than biting the bullet and switching its support to Assad, the lesser evil, Washington embarked on a forlorn attempt to build a “third force” that would defeat both Assad and the Islamists. It spent billions on the project, but never produced a credible fighting force that could accomplish that miracle.

Governments do not easily admit error, so right down to late last year Washington clung to the illusion that somehow or other it could avoid having to choose between Assad and the Islamists. Now it has accepted that necessity, and the deal with Lavrov clearly signals that the United States now wants Assad to survive.

The U.S. still won’t say that, of course, but bombing both

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Editor; RE: ASK Wellness Society heads downtown (July 24) Since when is it a priority of BC Housing and ASK Wellness to use tax money to help street people first and foremost before seniors on low incomes in the Trade Winds apartments?

A government that allows a management company and pays them with tax money to help street people while they ignore low income seniors should be voted out of office.

Taxpayers foot the bill for drug addicts to get a free ride through life, and are provided with free naloxone so they can continue to use drugs should they overdose. That isn’t helping addicts, it’s promoting more drug use at tax payers’ expense. This situation is warped!

BC Housing and ASK Wellness are both contributing to the attraction and growth of drug addicts and drug dealers in this community while putting the general public at risk. ASK Wellness is also increasing the number of drug addicts in the community by bringing clients into the city from other communities. Why don’t our city officials pressure this useless society to leave the city?

The ASK Wellness Society also manages an apartment complex in Kamloops that has become one of the biggest slum residences within the city.

Is this what the City of Merritt wants also?

ASK Wellness and BC Housing get no toot from my horn to make their management or society look good. Waste of tax money period! Blatant disregard for low income seniors living in the Trade Winds, lack of enforcement of “No smoking and drug use” in the building, continually driving low income seniors out on purpose. Yep. One way for ASK Wellness to increase their housing inventory for street people.

Trade Winds does not have “a smoke and drug-free environment.” I had to move out on March 31, 2016 because of an unhealthy and unsafe environment while smokers and drug addicts continue with their habits.

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home. They also fear that the tax might pop the real estate bubble, causing a rapid reversal of the long sellers’ market that has taken on a life and a psychology of its own.

One thing is certain. The province’s windfall from the property transfer tax can only grow even further as foreign buyers pay up.

The size of this windfall was shown in the government’s audited public accounts for the 2015-16 fiscal year, which de Jong released just days before announcing the new real estate tax.

The property transfer tax has been a cash cow for the province since Bill Vander Zalm introduced it in the 1980s, and by 2015-16 it had reached about $1.5 billion. For comparison purposes, that’s almost twice as much as total provincial revenue from the forest industry.

The current B.C. budget had forecast that property transfer tax revenues would decline this year and next year. The public accounts showed that for 2015-16, the government took in $468 million more than expected, meaning real estate accounted for most of the provincial surplus.

How much more is raked in by the new transfer tax on foreign buyers remains to be seen, but it will be substantial. And Coleman allows that he has been developing “a really cool plan” to use that money to improve the housing situation for lower-income people.

A couple of weeks ago I described the clamour of urban protesters demanding that governments build thousands of units of social housing.

Coleman has long rejected the idea of social housing projects that create clusters of poverty, and he assured me last week that isn’t going to change.

B.C. has 20,000 low-income households getting a rent subsidy today, and Coleman suggested that will be increasing. He’ll be announcing new measures in September to stimulate construction of new rental housing.

It remains to be seen how that will work as well. But it gives the B.C. government lots more money to spend in an election year.

This is the latest of a string of Clark’s election-year fixes. I’ll look at some others in a future column.

Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca Twitter: @tomfletcherbc

Nusra Front wrapped in non-Islamists From Page 6 Islamic State and the Nusra Front means that it will effectively be bombing the great majority of the Syrian rebels. There are still some non-Islamist rebels fighting Assad in the “Free Syrian Army,” but most elements of the FSA have been coerced into joining the Nusra Front in an unequal alliance called the “Army of Islam.”

The Nusra Front created this alliance specifically to ward off American bombs by wrapping non-Islamist groups around itself. It worked for a while, although Russia was never fooled and has bombed them all without discrimination since it intervened militarily last September. Now the U.S. has signed up to bomb them, too.

The Nusra Front’s leader, Abu Mohamed al-Julani, responded last week by breaking his organisation’s formal ties with al-Qaeda and changing its name, but that will not stop the bombs. The Nusra Front does not indulge

in the spectacular acts of cruelty that are Islamic State’s trademark, but they both come out of al-Qaeda and in terms of ideology and goals they are practically identical. Washington is not fooled.

The Obama administration has at least learned from its mistakes, and this de facto U.S.-Russian alliance may actually have the power to weaken the Islamist forces drastically and impose a real ceasefire on everybody else.

Syria will not be reunited under Assad or anybody else, but at least most of the killing would stop.

Unfortunately, if this approach does not deliver results in the next five months it is likely to be abandoned. Hillary Clinton seems committed to going back to the old, discredited “third force” strategy if she wins the presidency in November, which would mean years more of killing. And if Trump wins....

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Does god ever change his mind? Giving grandma NARAYAN MITRA You Gotta Have FAITH

could not bear the thought of God’s mercy being extended to the nasty pagans.

He tried to run away from the situation, but couldn’t escape God’s hand.

He landed in a big fish’s belly for three days and nights.

This story is not about fish, sharks, or whales, or whatever the large aquatic creature that might have swallowed Jonah.

Its purpose is to teach us about God. When we ask whether God changes His mind or not, we have to consider what exactly we are asking.

Are we wondering that He might unexpectedly reject those whom He had chosen earlier for salvation?

If God acts like that, our secure salvation would be in jeopardy.

How would we feel if we have to share our privilege in Christ with others, especially those we dislike?

Jonah’s story is a humorous way of showing what a mess we get into when we turn our back on God. It also shows how useless it is to try to flee from God. Jonah went to Nineveh, but what did he end up doing there?

He delivered the world’s worst sermon (five words in Hebrew language and eight in English): “Forty days more and Nineveh shall be overthrown.”

No brilliant biblical exegesis!

Just eight loaded words.

It certainly makes it clear that Jonah wasn’t chosen for this mis-

sion because he was eloquent.

We can almost see him rolling his eyes as he stands in the middle of the city and spews out those words.

As soon as he finished, he threw his backpack on, turned from the Ninevites, and went off to find a comfortable seat to watch the imminent display of fire and brimstone to rain upon Nineveh.

For us today, those eight words would probably be too light, but the effect on the Ninevites was enormous.

“The people of Nineveh believed God. They proclaimed a fast and everyone, great and small, put on sackcloth.”

Most preachers today are delighted if one or two respond to their sermons at the altar call.

In Jonah’s case, the entire city turned to God. Does God change His mind today? Yes, He can, provided we change first.

God changed His heart only after the Ninevites changed theirs. He responded with compassion to those who repented.

This means that there must be at least one way to influence God so that He lifts His judgmental hand over us.

It is to stop sinning and start repenting.

This should be good news to us all, even today.

But where did Jonah end up?

The world’s worst preacher had just become the world’s most successful preacher.

Several years ago, I was counselling a couple whose marriage was falling apart.

At one stage, I turned to the husband who had been unfaithful to his spouse. I asked him: “Do you remember the promise you made to your wife on your wedding day?”

“Of course I do,” he admitted, clearly bothered that I had asked him the question.

I continued: “I’m wondering what those promises mean to you now.”

He shrugged his shoulders and said, “I guess I have changed.”

Just as a bride and groom stake their lives on a set of promises made at the altar, we can also place our lives in the hands of a God who promises to care for us forever.

How risky a gamble is this?

What if God changes His mind?

Let’s apply this question to Prophet Jonah in the Old Testament. It is one of the shorter books packed with lessons in faith.

Jonah 3:10 says: “When God saw what the Ninevites did, how See ‘CHANGE’ Page 10 they turned from their evil ways, God changed “Breaking the Chain of Abuse” His mind about the calamity that He said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.”

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Businesses and/or individuals operating in contravention of the Controlled Drug and Substance Act and Health Canada regulations may be subject to investigation and criminal charges in accordance with Canadian laws, the statement read.

The legal mechanism for the vendor to produce and provide marijuana and for those individuals to obtain it is

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In a statement emailed to the Herald, Health Canada chief of media relations Eric Morrissette explained that licensed producers (LPs) are authorized by Health Canada, under the Marijunana for Medical Purposes Regulation (MMPR), to legally sell marijuana to Canadians who have proper authorization from their health care practitioner.

Neither the MMPR nor any other Health Canada regulations authorize licensed producers to provide marijuana for medical purposes through a storefront such as

compassion clubs or dispensaries, according to Health Canada.

Health Canada lists all licensed producers of marijuana for medical purposes on its website and regularly conducts inspections of them. An up-to-date list of authorized LPs on Health Canada’s webpage shows just eight LPs licensed to sell dried marijuana in B.C., and six in the province licensed to sell fresh marijuana and cannabis oil.

Dispensaries and other sellers of marijuana who are not licensed under the current law are illegal, stated Morrissette.

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Almost a year after B.C. farm weddings were banned due to a crackdown on agricultural land use rules, the B.C. government has clarified what commercial activities are allowed on farmland.

Farmers can host up to 10 commercial weddings, concerts or non-agricultural events per year without a permit from the Agricultural Land Commission.

Farmers can take payment to host a wedding or other event as long as no more than 150 guests attend and a list of conditions are met, according to regulations that took effect Tuesday.

To qualify, event hosts must provide all parking on the farm rather than along roads, with no permanent parking lots or structures, and the event must end in less than 24 hours. For more than 10 events a year or exceeding 150 guests, properties with farm tax status must apply to the ALC for a permit.

The new regulation also clarifies ALC policies to allow, with no permit, farm tours and demonstrations, hayrides, corn mazes, pumpkin patch tours, harvest and Christmas fairs and special occasion events to The B.C. government has eased restrictions on ‘agri-tourism’ events such as weddings and festivals on properties with farm tax status. Black Press file photo promote farm products.

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The B.C. government is protesting a subsidy system for Alberta craft beer that would give a big advantage to Alberta small breweries against out-of-province competitors.

Alberta’s monopoly liquor wholesaler is raising its markup on breweries producing under 20 million litres a year from 10 cents to $1.25.

“By raising the beer markup for small craft brewers by over one thousand per cent and only making grant funding available to brewers in Alberta to offset this fee increase, they are clearly discriminating against craft beer products from British Columbia and limiting market access for B.C. craft brewers,” said John Yap, the province’s point man on liquor reform policy.

Yap said when the B.C. government cut its markup for craft brewers by about 25 per cent this spring, Alberta craft brewers were included.

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B.C. craft beer has tripled sales in the past five years, with 118 producers this year.

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He should have been elated.

But there’s no dancing or praising God emanating from Jonah.

He was neither pleased with God or himself.

The repentance of the Ninevites “was very displeasing to Jonah and he became angry.”

This preacher had an attitude problem.

The only person who enjoyed God’s great salvation at the beginning of the story is cursing God at the end.

There is a lesson for us from the life of Jonah. We need to study the book of Jonah in today’s context.

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Ask yourself, ‘Are you willing to change?’

Tensions and terror are mounting between the ‘good’ guys — who, by the way, are always “us” — and the bad guys, who are “they.”

We have a vested interest in making sure our enemies remain enemies.

History has taught us that having a common enemy energizes a society. Hatred unites people and makes them feel righteous.

Such an attitude complicates our lifestyles, as well as our witness for God and Jesus Christ.

Perhaps the title of this article asks a wrong question. We shouldn’t be asking if God ever changes His mind.

Instead, we should ask ourselves whether we are willing to change.

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Mill workers catch thief Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

TAKING IT TO THE BANK The Nicola Valley & District Food Bank stopped by Bob’s Mini Mart on Clapperton Avenue on July 28, where the organization was presented with a donation on behalf of the local grocer. The staff and customers of Bob’s Mini Mart, a longtime family business in Merritt, pulled together $300 to donate to the food bank. (From left): Rosemary McNeil, Carollynn Baynes and Lorraine Brown with the food bank, and Selena Randhawa and Rashpal Ahuja representing the staff at Bob’s Mini Mart. Cole Wagner/Herald

The watchful eyes of employees at Aspen Planers mill led to the arrest of a 19-year-old local male.

Workers spotted the man on Quilchena Avenue breaking into cars at about 1 a.m. last Thursday (July 28).

RCMP Const. Tracy Dunsmore said the workers had their security team call the police and they kept an eye on the man until police arrived and arrested him without incident.

“You don’t often catch them,” Dunsmore said of the suspect.

She said the local male is being charged with attempted theft and trespassing at night.

The mill workers saw the 19-year-old break into about five vehicles, Dunsmore said.

She said none of the vehicles had anything missing from them.

Dunsmore said there was no damage to the cars. The workers observed him pulling handles to see if doors were unlocked, Dunsmore said.

She said the man will be in court on Aug. 30.

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Fatal overdoses rare but usage still a concern Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

While RCMP haven’t seen any fatal drug overdoses in Merritt since early May, they are starting to notice a rise in the use of crystal meth in the city.

This year local police have come across three fatal drug overdoses.

In May, a 40-year-old man was found dead after taking morphine, and back in March, two people died of drug overdoses linked to the potent opioid fentanyl.

Staff Sgt. Sheila White said she thinks the amount of media coverage of late in regards to fentanyl and drug overdoses has made people more selective about who they buy from and what they take.

“We’ve been very lucky; we haven’t had any fentanyl-related drug overdoses since March of this year,” White said.

However, police couldn’t say for sure if fentanyl usage is dying off in Merritt.

“I wouldn’t want to say that it’s dying off just because it can appear and reappear anywhere,” White said, adding that there have been some large seizures of fentanyl by other police departments over the last six months that has helped reduce the potential for fentanyl to reach Merritt.

While crack cocaine continues to be the drug of choice for users in Merritt, crystal meth use is seeing a rise, a second quarter RCMP report for 2016 stated.

White couldn’t say exactly why this is occurring, but says sometimes usage is cyclical, depending on whatever is available.

“Crystal meth is, from what I understand, cheap to make [and] fairly easy to make, so the access to that cheap, easy-to-make drug makes it attractive to potential buyers, and, of course, it’s also very addictive,” White said.

Overdose deaths on the rise Earlier this year, an unprecedented provincial health emergency was declared under the Public Health Act to deal with the increasing number of illicit drug-related deaths and overdoses.

That action is allowing medical-health officers throughout the province to collect more robust, real-time information on overdoses in order to identify immediately where risks are arising and take proactive action to warn and protect people who use drugs.

A BC Coroners report on illicit drug overdose deaths stated that there were 371 drug overdose deaths between January and June of this year, which is a 74 per cent increase over the 213 that occurred during the same time period last year.

Only halfway through the year, 2016’s numbers are closing in on 2015’s total of 494 illicit drug overdose deaths in B.C. Men comprise the vast majority of these fatal overdoses.

In total, 301 of this year’s 371 drug overdose deaths were males, and in 2015, 394 of the 494 deaths were men.

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(Above) The BC Centre for Disease Control recently recommended that health authorities expand the availability of naloxone kits in response to the growing number of overdose deaths in the province. Cole Wagner/Herald (Left) Fentanyl hasn’t been as prominent in Merritt as other communities, but local RCMP warn the drug could reappear quickly in the area. Photo courtesy of RCMP

the majority of these fatal drug overdoses.

People between the ages of 20 and 39 made up 202 of those 371 illicit drug overdose deaths in the first six months of 2016.

Last year 240 of the 494 illicit drug overdose deaths occurred were people between age 20 and 39.

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These three cities are the top three where illicit drug overdose deaths occurred in B.C. between 2007 and 2016, according to the BC Coroners report.

The number of illicit drug overdose deaths in Merritt over the years continues to be small.

The report states that there was one illicit drug overdose death in Merritt in 2007, one in 2008, two in 2009, none in 2010 and 2011, two in 2012, one in 2013 and 2014 and none in 2015.

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Views from the Rockin’ River festival Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

The campers have left the grounds, the country singers have all gone home, and festival organizer Kenny Hess is pleased as punch after the Rockin’ River Music Festival managed to turn a profit in it’s second year of operation in Merritt.

Increased attendance was a big part of the festival’s success this year, as Hess said almost 30,000 people attended the festival over the August long weekend.

“Yes, it’s a good uptick. We’re very happy. And I know that everyone that was here, basically had the same opinion being that it was well run. It was organized, the weather co-operated, the bands were phenomenal, good food and good fun,” he explained.

Country music superstar Sam Hunt headlined the festival, performing on Saturday night.

And while one of Hunt’s biggest hits is about a house party, those in attendance at the festival had other ideas about where the party was taking place, as Hunt’s performance drew the biggest crowd of the weekend.

Shortly before Hunt took to the stage, Hess announced that next year’s festival would be headlined by Toby Keith, a veritable country music legend.

“We hope to get a little return on our investment next year.

You know, we obviously have announced a terrific artist [Toby Keith], who is probably in the top five in the world for coun-

try music — so we’re pretty happy about that,” said Hess. “We didn’t lose money this year. We’re in the black — barely! It was a pretty dull pencil by the time we got it into the black, but we did.”

While the festival enjoyed modest success this year, Hess said a big reason for the festival’s growth is that it is being embraced by locals in Merritt.

“I really think that this year was lightyears better than last year, only because there is a lot more faith in it. People are starting to trust that we’re gonna put on a good show,” adding that many local businesses chipped into making the festival a success.

Sonny Sekhon, general manager at City Furniture in Merritt, was one of the business leaders who stepped up to help put on the event. City Furniture donated enough furniture to furnish six dressing rooms at the festival.

“I mean it’s another part of being a part of the community. It’s more community involvement, we encourage having things like the music festival coming into town,” Sekhon explained.

“It’s a great thing for Merritt, and we’ll help in any which way we possibly can.

We can’t really be selling furniture to tourists and everyone else coming through town, but this is one way for us to be a part of the event and make it easy for Kenny Hess.”

One business which did see the benefits of the increased traffic through town was the local Save-On Foods.

According to assistant manager Shawn Ashdown, the grocery store had one of it’s best weekends business-wise, thanks in

part to hungry festival goers.

“For sure, it was definitely up from last year.

It was a good week for us. I went out Saturday and Sunday, and it definitely seemed like the crowds were out — definitely bigger than they were the previous year. It’s building again, and it’s pretty well run event.”

The prospect of a big headlining act for next year’s festival has the president of Tourism Nicola Valley excited as well. Anoop Sekhon, who also manages the Ramada Inn, explained that a typically-busy August long weekend in Merritt is boosted by the presence of a high profile music festival.

“We have seen people’s reactions at the hotels. People have said ‘Let’s bring [the festival] back.’ You know, they’re all looking forward to it, and hopefully it grows.

People are thinking about Merritt again, and that’s a huge part of tourism, getting back on the map again,” Sekhon said.

“With next year’s announcement, I think it’s going to be pretty substantial.

I think it’ll be a much bigger event next year with such a big headliner,” he added.

Meanwhile, local police were pleased with how well behaved most of the festival attendees were throughout the weekend.

There were about 17 calls for service to the grounds of the Rockin’ River’ Music Fest site, said Const. Tracy Dunsmore.

A police roadblock set up outside the festival grounds resulted in police issuing just two 90 day driving bans and one three-day driving ban, Dunsmore said.

The number of calls this year are also in line with what police reported dealing with at the site last year. Sgt. Norm Flemming told the Herald after the inaugural festival that police had about 15 calls for service at the grounds last year.

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Sore elbows arise from all kinds of activity DR. COLIN GAGE Spinal COLUMN No matter what your occupation or preferred sport, your forearm can be easily injured. I am not talking about traumatic injuries. I am referring to “repetitive strain injuries”, where repetitive light or heavy activities irritate or strain the muscles and tendons of your forearm where they attach to your

elbow.

More commonly, the muscles and tendons at the outside of your forearm (wrist extensors) can become inflamed. This occurs when your wrist is repetitively or continually extended backwards, such as using a computer mouse improperly or the upstroke of painting with a paintbrush. These muscles all attach to the bony bump at the outside of the elbow.

This is often referred to as “tennis elbow”. Less commonly, the muscles and tendons at the inside of the forearm (wrist flexors) can become inflamed. This occurs when you are pulling on objects firmly or repetitively, such as pulling on wrenches or the down

stroke of painting with a paintbrush. These muscles all attach to the bony bump at the inside of the elbow.

This is often referred to as “golfers elbow”.

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Again, do not pull too hard or too quickly, particularly if you have arthritis in your wrists.

Stretching the muscles that attach to the INSIDE of the elbow is also easy to do. When these muscles contract or shorten, they flex the wrist (the palm of your hand moves toward the front surface of your forearm). Therefore, you must move the wrist in the opposite direction (extending or bending the wrist backward) to stretch them.

To do this, simply hold your right arm out straight in front of you with your

palm facing downward.

Then extend your wrist backwards. With your left hand, grasp your right hand and fingers and slowly bend the right wrist backwards until you feel a stretch in the forearm.

Do not pull too hard or too quickly, particularly if you have arthritis in your wrists.

If either of these muscle groups becomes irritated or inflamed, they will be sore and very tight. In my office, I use a technique called “muscle stripping”.

Using mild pressure to massage the muscle in the same direction as the individual muscle fibers travel, I remove the spasm or knots. To help remove the inflammation and fur-

Defensiveness blocks communication GWEN RANDALL-YOUNG Psychology FOR LIVING One of the primary blocks to communication is defensiveness. Sometimes we want to tell another how we feel, but they are just not open to hearing.

One of the principles we hear about, often, is that we should not blame others. Some people use this as a defense, refusing to listen to anything they think sounds like blaming.

The problem then is that issues never get resolved. If she tells him she thinks he’s not spending enough time with the kids, what is the point of him getting mad and telling her she’s blaming him? A blaming statement would be if she said that the low report card marks were because he was not spending time with them. Even if she stated this as a worry, concern or possibility, such a statement deserves some con-

ther assist in decreasing the muscle spasm, I use mild electrical current (called interferential current or IFC).

To help decrease the pressure or forces that these muscles must endure when you do your work or activities, a specifically designed strap or band can be worn on the forearm, two to three inches down from the elbow.

This supportive device and others that perform a similar function can be purchased at most drug stores.

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Stock car racing a real family affair Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

The Merritt Speedway hosted two days of thrilling stock car racing on the B.C. Day long weekend. In some ways it was like one big, extended family picnic.

There were so many familial connections amongst the drivers, it’s almost hard to know where to begin.

Take veteran hobby car racer Grant Powers for example. His son-in-law, Hud, was also competing, as was his grandson, Damian Lindberg.

There was the father-son combination of Larry and Alex Ruttan, the father-daughter team of Tom and Amy Parsons, and the Gillis brothers, Brad and Cale.

Relative newcomers are the Dandys from Logan Lake — husband Sean and wife Amanda.

Both were winners on the weekend — Amanda for the first time in her rookie season.

Then there’s the Smith brothers from Kamloops — Dennis and Dan — along with their sister, Kim Whitteker. Dennis had a whale of a weekend, racing in two different cars in two different classes and winning twice. His victory in the 30-lap hobby main on Saturday was his first ever.

The bomber four-cylinder division was a packed one with over 15 cars entered. In addition to the Dandy’s three first-place finishes, wins went to Jason Schapansky, Terry Mockford, Darrell Kerr and the always tough-to-beat Tim Fowler.

Bill ‘The Silver Fox’ Fader was a four-time winner in the bomber

six-and-eight cylinder class. It was his nephew, Brock, who waved the checkered flag for each of his uncle’s victories. Other wins went to Cale Gillis and Alex Ruttan.

Penticton’s Warren Hubick won four of six street-class races; Lloyd Hill took the other two.

Both Parsons were winners in the highly-competitive, pedalto-the-metal hobby class, with Amy taking the checkered flag four times. Her Monte Carlo on a NASCAR chassis was lightning quick on Sunday. Other victors were Lower Nicola’s Rob Rose (his first since coming out of retirement), Tom Parsons, Dennis Smith, Grant Powers, Jake Mills and Damian Lindberg.

The next stock car racing action takes place on the weekend of August 20 and 21. The Sunday will be a rainout make-up day from earlier in the season.

In the meantime, racing afficianados are encouraged to come out to the speedway this Saturday (August 6) for some more exciting motorcycle track racing. Time trials begin at 5 p.m.; racing starts at 6 p.m.

(Above) Sean and Amanda Dandy from Logan Lake were both winners in the bomber four-cylinder class. (Top right) Saturday’s performance began with a 32-car memorial lap in honor of the late Albert Kosolofski from Merritt, a long-time stock car enthusiast. (Right) Amy Parsons raced her Monte Carlo to four weekend wins in the hobby class. Ian Webster/Herald

MERRITT STOCK CAR ASSOCIATION RACE RESULTS

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SPORTS JUNIOR HOCKEY

Cents sign power forward from Buckeye State Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

The Merritt Centennials made a significant move to fill the void created by the unexpected departure of high-scoring forwards Colin Grannary and Nick Jermain (to college careers) as the team gets ready for the start of the 2016-17 BCHL season a little more than one month from now.

The Cents announced last week that they have signed six-foot, two-inch, 195pound Tyler Pietrowski from Curtice, Ohio.

The 20-year-old played last season for the Philadelphia Little Flyers in the Eastern Hockey League. In 48 regular season and playoffs games with the Flyers, he scored 30 goals and added 27 assists for 57 points, fifth-best in the EHL. “Tyler was looking to play in the BCHL,” said Centennials assistant coach Matt Samson. “He sent a scouting package to us that was very specific and very thorough. He definitely put some time into it. He’d done his homework. It was very impressive.

“We contacted Tyler and told him that we were interested, but he would have to come out to our Abbotsford camp,” continued Samson. “We also told him that as a 20-yearold, a rookie and as an import, he would have to basically be the best player on the ice in every game.”

Pietrowski didn’t dis-

appoint. He scored a hat trick in his first outing and netted nine goals in four games — the most at the camp. “[Tyler] rose to the challenge,” said Samson.

“He did everything we asked him to do. I think he fills a need for us as a right winger with some skill and finish. I see him as a guy with very good offensive instincts.

Playing with a creative centre, I think that he’ll find room and score goals.”

For his part, Pietrowski was thrilled by the camp experience, and is excited to be coming to the British Columbia Hockey League.

“I really trained hard for the camp,” he said.

“I knew that there would be a lot of pressure on me. I had to be in tiptop shape and ready to go.

“I’ve followed NCAA Division 1 hockey in America for a long time.

I know that a lot of successful college players have come out of the BCHL. I’m excited to come to Canada.”

One of Pietrowski’s close friends, Matt Stief, has played the last two seasons for the Prince George Spruce Kings.

He’ll be lacing up the skates for Canisius College in Buffalo starting in September.

As much as Pietrowski enjoyed the Abbotsford camp, he also enjoyed the scenery.

“B.C. is the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen,” he said. “I’ve never been anywhere like it, with all the moun-

Twenty-year-old Tyler Pietrowski is the latest signing by the Merritt Centennials in the build-up to the 2016-17 BCHL season. The six-foot- two-inch, 195-pound Pietrowski hails from Curtice, Ohio. He spent last season playing for the Philadelphia Little Flyers of the Eastern Hockey League. In 48 games, he had 30 goals and 27 assists. Photo submitted

tains. I think Vancouver is my favorite city I’ve ever been to, and I’ve been to a lot.”

Despite growing up in the Buckeye State and the heartland of American football, hockey has always been Pietrowski’s game of choice.

“There’s a former NHL player from my town, Bryan Smolinski, that my parents went to school with. I grew up going to many of his games.”

Smolinski played with seven different NHL teams over a 17-year professional career. In 1,079 games, he scored

297 goals, and tallied 406 assists for 703 points.

“I started playing roller hockey at age four, and later switched to ice hockey,” Pietrowski said.

“A few of my friends in the neighborhood got into it, and it just kind of grew from there. I started getting more and more of a passion for it.

“I live about 20 minutes from Bowling Green [University] and 45 minutes from Ann Arbor, home of the Michigan Wolverines.

We went to a lot of their games. I actually became a huge Michigan fan. It gave me a lot of motiva-

tion when I was younger.

I knew that someday playing at the college level was what I wanted to do.”

Pietrowski played a lot of his minor hockey in the Detroit area, a commute of 60 to 90 minutes each way. His first year of midget was spent just as far away in Cleveland. In his final year of high school, he moved to Boston to play for the South Shore Kings in the United States Premier Hockey League.

Pietrowski’s last two seasons have been with the Little Flyers. In 2014-15, he actually

played with three different teams within the organization.

“I had a very good coach who pushed me,” Pietrowski said. “He had a plan for me to play as many games as possible.”

Pietrowski feels he has several attributes that will help the Centennials this coming season.

“I try to take advantage of my size,” he said.

“I have good skating ability and puck handling skills. I see the play develop really well, and can put the puck in the net. I have a high compete level when I play.”

It’s not surprising that Pietrowski’s favorite players in the NHL are Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks, and the Dallas Stars’ Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn.

Tyler isn’t the only hockey player in the Pietrowski family. His 14-year-old sister, Reaghan, is a rising star who plays for the famed Detroit Honeybake team.

“She got into hockey because of me,” said her big brother. “She’s really good. She just made national camp as one of the top forwards in the Ohio region.”

Neither Pietrowski played high school hockey, which is extremely popular in the States.

“In Minnesota and Michigan, the high school game is big, but in Ohio, if you want to eventually play college hockey, you have to play AAA [club hockey].

That’s your only chance really,” said Tyler.

The fact that three BCHL players (Tyson Jost, Dante Fabbro, Dennis Cholowski) were chosen in the first round of the NHL entry draft this year was duly noted

by Pietrowski.

“That only gave me more motivation to play in the BCHL. It really opened my eyes to the opportunity that I’m getting this coming year.”

Pietrowski is working hard to be ready for the start of Cents training camp in a little less than three weeks.

“I’m skating three to four times a week with a solid group of players,” he said. “All are either going, or are committed to going to college.

There’s also a couple of pro players. One of my friends (Cameron Clarke) that I skate with just got drafted by the Boston Bruins in the fifth round.”

Pietrowski made the trip out to Abbotsford with his dad, Mike, who runs a material-handling business. Later this month, it’ll be his mom, Kersten, a former nurse, who’ll fly to Seattle with her son. They’ll meet up there with Tyler’s grandfather who’s going to trailer his grandson’s car across the continent.

The three will then drive up to Merritt in time for the start of training camp on August 22.

“My grandpa is going to be one of the biggest Merritt fans this year,” Pietrowski said with a laugh. “When I played for Philadelphia, he only missed one weekend, and that’s about 10 hours away.”

Lots of BCHL alumni at National Hockey League summer development camps Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

There are no shortage of past British Columbia Hockey League players at National Hockey League development camps this summer.

The BCHL reports that over 50 league alumni are in attendance at one or more of the NHL’s 30 camps being held in locations across North America.

Most of the former

BCHLers are either currently attending NCAA colleges and universities in the United States, have just graduated, or are slated to begin in September of this year.

The list of NHL development camp attendees includes five players who previously played for the Merritt Centennials.

They are Dane Birks (defenceman, Michigan Tech, Pittsburgh

Dane Birks

Penguins), Brandon Duhaime (forward, Providence, Minnesota Wild), Connor Lacouvee (goalie, Boston University, Chicago Blackhawks),

Brandon Duhaime

Jonah Imoo (goalie, Los Angeles Kings) and Reece Willcox (defenceman, Cornell, Philadelphia Flyers).

The list includes three players who just

Connor Lacouvee

finished their final season in the BCHL, are headed to NCAA Division 1 colleges or universities, and were chosen in the first round of the

Jonah Imoo

NHL draft this spring.

They are Penticton Vees forward Tyson Jost (North Dakota, Colorado Avalanche), Vees defenceman Dante Fabbro

Reece Willcox

(Boston University, Nashville Predators) and Chilliwack Chiefs defenceman Dennis Cholowski (St. Cloud State, Detroit Red Wings).

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Summer Dance Camp and Stage Crafts Camp to be held Aug. 15 to Aug. 19 at the Love To Dance Studio in the Olde Courthouse. Come and learn new dance steps and dance moves and/or learn to make costume pieces and stage decor. You must register before Aug. 5 to ensure a spot. For more information call 250-378-9898 or dance@telus.net

Summer group mentoring program

Big Brothers, Big Sisters is hosting summer group mentoring programs. One lass will be for boys aged 9 - 12. It will be held from July 5 - Aug. 11.

Go Girls! Summer Group Mentoring Program July 21 Aug 11 Tues & Thurs 10:30-12:30 Girls 8-12 years old Both groups will be held at Interior Community Services.

For more information please contact Terry Baker, Program Coordinator at (250) 280-9959

Free Sports Camp

Put on by the Smart Step Youth. Agust 22-26 9:00 am 12:00 pm at Merritt Secondary School Field. Ages 6-12.

Snacks provided. Registration forms can be picked up and dropped off at the Community Policing Office, Nicola Valley Aquatic Centre and the Civic Center. For more info contact Courtney by calling the CPO at 250-378-3955.

Merritt Pickleball

Anyone interested in playing Pickleball, or just trying it out, please come to the Central Park Sports Box on Monday, Wednesday or Friday from 8:30 a.m. until noon or Tuesday/Thursday from 6:30 p.m. until dusk to give it a try. Demo paddles are available for use. An easy sport to play and great fun and exercise. For more information call Brian at 250-378-7452.

Nicola Valley Explorers

The Nicola Valley Explorers Society’s primary aims are to promote hiking cycling, snow shoeing, cross country skiing and other non-motorized trail use in the Nicola Valley. We also work to assist in the development and maintenance of recreational trails. Membership is open to anyone interested in non-motorized outdoor recreation in the Nicola Valley. For more information please contact Terry at 250-378-5190.

LIVING WITH LOSS SUPPORT GROUP

The Living with Loss drop-in support group will be meeting the first and third Wednesday of every month from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at 2025 Granite Avenue, Room 12. 250280-4040.

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

Conayt Elders Drop In Centre

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

Weekly schedule is as follows: Monday: senior exercises 1:30 p.m., cribbage and whist 2:30 p.m. Tuesday: bingo 1 p.m., doors open at 10:30 a.m. duplicate bridge 7 p.m. Wednesday: carpet bowling 1:30 p.m., court whist 7 p.m. Thursday: floor curling 1 p.m., floor curling (physically challenged) 10 a.m. second and fourth Thursday.

Friday: rummoli and games 7 p.m. Last Saturday of the month: pot luck supper 5:30 p.m. for more information phone 250-378-4407.

Are you interested in cars, cruising and joining in activities related to cars? Nicola Valley Cruisers car club would welcome you as a member. Meetings are monthly on the first Wednesday of the month at the Ramada at 7:00 p.m. For mor info call Russ or Charlotte at 250-378-2290.

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2990 Voght St. • 250-378-2911 Service Time: Sundays 10:30 a.m.

Merritt Baptist Church

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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.

Corner of Jackson & Blair • 250-378-2919 Mass Time: Sundays 9:00 a.m.

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2190 Granite Ave. • 250-378-2339 Bible Study: 9:30 • Service Time: Saturdays 11:00 a.m.

St. Michael’s Anglican Church 1990 Chapman St. • 250-378-3772 Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m.

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Corner of Quilchena & Chapman • 250-378-5735 Service Time/ Sunday School (age 4 - 8 yrs) - 10 am

help us reach our goal

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

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

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

If you would like to help donate to this wonderful cause please make cheque payable to Nicola Valley Community Theatre Society and mail it to: 1952 Eastwood Ave., Merritt, BC V1K 1K3

For more information call Rich Hodson 250-378-6794

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Lower Nicola Summer Nights Flea Market. Vendors, concession, playground, a and entertainment. July 28, Aug.11, 25, Sept, 8 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Smith Pioneer Park. Interested vendor or entertainer contact on Facebook or call 250-571-3470.

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Join the N.V. Farmers Market every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. In parking lot beside Baillie House from May 21 to Oct 8. Locally grown and handmade items. For more information phone Jean Arnason, market manager 250-378-6256

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At Historic Murray Church, Sunday July 31 at 10:30 AM. Murray Church was built in 1876. Church is located next to the gift shop on Nicola Ranch, Hwy 5a.

Everyone welcome to join the congregation of Trinity United Church at the service. More info: 250-3785735.”

Join the Fall Fair for their yard sales on July 23, 24 and August 7, 13, 14, 15 and 16. Yard sales will be held at the Fall Fair building on Lindley Creek Rd. If you would like to donate items please contact Kathy at 250-3784695, please leave a message if no one answers.

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MERRITT HERALD Lower Nicola Indian Band CAPITAL/PUBLIC WORKS CLERK Job Summary: Responsible for support in the operation of the Capital/Public Works department. Candidate must be willing to learn Public and Capital works process and application process to INAC and other funding agencies. Candidate must be willing to perform hands on maintenance and repairs to LNIB assets through a mentoring program.

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For more info please contact 604-226-6476 or 604-852-9898 or visit http://www.lakefront crystalsands.com/

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Your DENTIST Stoyoma Dental CliniC Did You Know ?

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

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A Locally Owned and Operated Company ROLLER SHADES (Sunscreens, Light filtering, Perforated) FAUXWOOD, REAL WOOD HONEYCOMB CELLULAR SHADES , VENETIANS & VERTICALS Made in BC for over 27 years Quality window blinds

Toll Free: 1-800-665-8711 www.danalbas.com Westbank Location: Hwy 97 Plaza #10-2483 Main Street Westbank, B.C. V4T 2E8

CLEANING SERVICES Dirty Buckets is moving to Merritt!

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