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It was a packed house at the Merritt Civic Centre on Aug. 12 and 13, as the B.C. Ambassador program crowned the province’s three new ambassadors after an intense two days of judging. And after all the questions were answered, votes were tallied and bursaries handed out, Emily Pastor of Cowichan Lake, Madeline Tremblay of Ladysmith, and Sierra Cook of Quesnel were named the B.C. Ambassadors for 2016. Eight women were in the running for the three spots, and were judged across five categories: general knowledge of British Columbia, personal interviews, public speaking, community presentations and promotion of the BC Ambassador program. Before the crowning of the new ambassadors was announced, a number of awards were handed out to the ladies, across nine different categories. Each of the awards came with a bursary of different amounts depending on the award itself. Madeline Tremblay (left, sitting) was the top winner on the night, taking home the big prize in six of the nine categories, while being in the top three for every single award. Tremblay’s winnings on the evening amounted to a total of $4,600. There was no shortage of beauty, brains and talent on stage, with each of the women smiling as the winners of the pageant were announced. The other finalists on stage included: Ali D’onofrio of Castlegar, Cheyenne Krog of Vernon, Ashley Giles from Trail, Kelowna’s Brooke Mapstone, and Shelagh Sarsons of Peachland. The B.C. Ambassador program is open to any man or woman between the ages of 17 and 24 who has previously held an ambassador/ royal title in B.C. The three selected ambassadors spend a year travelling throughout the province, promoting the mandate of education, motivation, and self-esteem.
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The Merritt Compassion Society reopened last week despite being denied a business license by the City of Merritt. Michael Potestio/Herald Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD
The Merritt Compassion Society is back in business ... just not legally. The medical marijuana dispensary reopened in town last week despite being told to cease operations by the City of Merritt, and being refused a business license. “They have decided to operate illegally without a business license,” City of Merritt corporate officer Melisa Miles told the Herald. Back on Aug. 3, the city’s bylaw officer, Elizabeth Bigg, told the operators of the Merritt Compassion Society to close their recently-opened Quilchena Avenue shop after it was discovered they didn’t have a business license. They appeared to comply. The door to the building was locked and the electronic open sign turned off following the visit from the bylaw officer. Miles said she met with the operators of the business last Wednesday, (Aug. 10) and upon informing them the city wouldn’t issue them a business license, they told her they intended to operate regardless. “I advised them that the City of Merritt will not be issuing a business license to any medical marijuana dispensaries, access centres or compassion clubs until the federal government has made a decision around the legalization, regulation and restriction of access to medical marijuana,” Miles said. Back in April, the federal Liberal government announced it would introduce legislation to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes in the spring of 2017. Last Thursday afternoon (Aug. 11) the open sign to the Merritt Compassion Society was back on. The store’s manager was behind the desk, but declined to comment. Miles said the city’s only recourse to the store operating without a business license is to issues fines of $100 per day. Delinquent payment of tickets could lead to the city taking the Merritt Compassion Society to court. “Other than that, this is federally unlawful, so this is up to the RCMP at this point to do what they’re going to
do, because it’s illegal,” Miles said. When the dispensary first opened Merritt police said they would let the city’s bylaw office handle the situation. Miles said the RCMP were made aware that the operators of the dispensary planned to reopen. On Monday (Aug. 15) the open sign to the business was on again. The store’s hours are listed as 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Merritt RCMP Sgt. Norm Flemming told the Herald via email that police are working with the city to develop a response. Both police and the city said the store’s initial opening came as a surprise. Last week, the store’s manager told the Herald the dispensary has all the required licenses from Health Canada to sell medical marijuana to people with the proper documentation. A statement from the RCMP, however, says 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 marijuana or whether or not the vendor has a license to produce marijuana. Health Canada announced that new regulations will be implemented as of Aug. 24 allowing medical marijuana patients to grow a small amount of their own cannabis or have someone grow it for them. The other option is to obtain medical marijuana from one of 34 Health Canada-approved producers, which is the only legal source under the current laws. Eight of these producers are located in B.C. In a statement regarding this change, Health Canada also said that storefronts selling marijuana, commonly known as dispensaries and compassion clubs are not authorized to sell cannabis for medical or any other purposes. “These operations are illegally supplied, and provide products that are unregulated and may be unsafe. Illegal storefront distribution and sale of cannabis in Canada are subject to law enforcement action,” the statement read.
GOING GOLFING? Merritt’s Jason Schroeder was the lucky winner of a set of brand new golf clubs, after his name was drawn in a nation-wide contest hosted by NAPA Auto Parts. Schroeder won after taking his truck into NAPA to have the oil changed — something he does on a frequent basis. Something he doesn’t do frequently — yet — is golf. Schroeder said winning the set of clubs might be motivation he needs to start hitting the links. Cole Wagner/Herald
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Another medical professional is leaving Merritt, but efforts are being made to maintain services while the Interior Health Authority searches for a replacement. Nurse practitioner Julia Walker, who broke ground last year as Merritt’s first such health care provider, has taken a job in the same position in the Okanagan working in conjunction with three bands that are part of the Okanagan Nation Alliance. Walker is leaving Merritt after a little more than a year on the job in order to be closer to her family. She had been commuting from her home in West Kelowna to serve this community. Interior Health Authority (IHA) health services administrator for Thompson-Cariboo rural, Berni Easson, told the Herald that interviews with applicants are already underway for the full-time position. “We hope to fill this position fairly quickly,” Easson said. In the interim Walker and some locum nurse practitioners are still coming to Merritt about twice per week to help fill the gap. She said her patients have been
notified of the situation. Walker said that her other job is only a part-time position, and anticipates that only weather and highway conditions will factor into her ability to cover the position until IHA finds her replacement. “For the foreseeable future, I will be coming [to Merritt] parttime,” she said. Easson said the nurse practitioner job posting has been advertised for a few weeks now. “There are not a lot of applicants,” Easson said. “Nurse practitioner positions aren’t always easy to fill, but we think Merritt is a great opportunity for a nurse practitioner,” Easson said, noting Merritt’s central location in the Julia Walker, Merritt’s first nurse practitioner, is leaving the position to pursue other opportunities in province and modest size of the the Okanagan. Herald file photo community. Easson said she’s confident they “We’re booked up at least a few This past May, Merritt lost two will fill the nurse practitioner posiweeks in advance,” she said noting doctors to retirement, leaving thoution in Merritt, which has existed that she thinks it was good to have sands without a family physician. for about a year. a nurse practitioner in town when Walker’s workload increased “Julia helped to shape that posithose physicians retired. when those doctors retired, but she tion to be the great position it is,” Easson said Merritt needs more said the only reason she’s leaving the doctors. Easson said. position here is to be closer to home. “I thoroughly enjoyed this posi“At this point if there are three She said the amount of patients she physicians interested in coming to tion,” Walker said, adding that the has in Merritt numbers in the 700 community has been very supportMerritt that would be looked at,” range and the loss of those two doc- Easson said, adding that IHA wants ive. tors wasn’t an issue for her. “It’s been a really great place to at least one more doctor serving the “My practice here has been very work,” Walker said. community. busy. It’s full every day,” she said.
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Man arrested in domestic dispute Band votes yes Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD
Police have charged a 25-yearold man with assault causing bodily harm for an altercation that occurred on Aug. 6 at a residence on the Coldwater Reserve, RCMP Sgt. Norm Flemming told the Herald. He said that during the first week of August there were also a couple of instances in which males were breaching no contact orders from court. Between April and June, police have dealt with 50 files relating to domestic disputes, seven more than the 43 compiled during the same time period last year. The Integrated Case Assessment Team (ICAT) worked on six high risk cases between April and June
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of this year. Flemming said that while police would like to see these numbers decrease, realistically he expects they will remain fairly static in the third quarter of 2016. “To say that I’m anticipating a rise, I think that would be a bold statement,” Flemming said. When it comes to cases of domestic disputes in Merritt, statistics contained in RCMP quarterly reports show that the number of files has steadily increased over the past three years. In 2013, police responded to 158 domestic disputes, 195 in 2014 and 218 in 2015. Police, however, have said they believe the reason for this increase is due to more reporting of domestic disputes than ever before.
The Lower Nicola Indian Band is once again in complete control of their own lands, after the band voted overwhelmingly in favour of adopting the land code in a historic, weekslong referendum. The vote ensures the execution of the Individual Agreement between Indigenous Affairs (IA) and the LNIB, which would transfer authority on zoning, and all control over reserve-lands from IA to the LNIB. Additionally, the agreement will ensure any money held in trust by IA from the profit of reserve lands will be transferred to the LNIB. Lower Nicola joins 34 other bands in British Columbia which have also voted in favour of adopting their own land codes. Of 359 total ballots cast in the referendum, 288 were marked yes — well clear of the required 241 yes votes necessary for the referendum to pass.
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MERRITT FLYER GLIDES INTO AIR SHOW Merritt was represented in the Abbotsford Air Show for the first time ever last weekend when Ken Parsons flew into the wild blue yonder with his Smith Sport biplane. For the 25th anniversary show, Parsons performed a double flypass in the plane that took him six years to build. He completed the aircraft two years ago, and has been nowhere but up ever since. The pilot was invited to the event by the Vancouverbased Experimental Aircraft Association, and not only did he fly for the air show, but also in conjunction with Expo Air Fair 86. “ It was a privilege to be the first person from Merritt to be in the Abbotsford Air Show, and to also be able to take part in Air Fair 86,” Parsons said. “ It just goes to show how much Merritt is growing.”
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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS HISTORY LESSON
Railway opened the route to the Interior Frank Bucholtz SPECIAL TO THE HERALD
A group of rail history and outdoors enthusiasts marked an important 100th anniversary, with a commemorative “last spike” ceremony. July 31, 1916 was the day the Coquihalla line of the Kettle Valley Railway opened for traffic. The construction and opening of the railway was the final step in a lengthy political and economic campaign to link the Okanagan, Boundary and Kootenay areas of B.C. with the coast by rail. The campaign also sought to prevent American railroads from reaping most of the profits from the mines, smelters, forests and farms of the southern interior. The ceremony held this past July 31, 2016 took place along the former KVR grade above Highway 5 near the Ladner Creek trestle, one of the few remaining structures from the Coquihalla line that is still
standing. The initial event marking the completion of the railway took place near the trestle in July, 1916. “The Coquihalla line was something special in every respect,” historian, author and former KVR employee Joe Smuin said. “It’s really what gave the KVR its reputation.” “One hundred years ago today, the first regular passenger train went through [the] Coquihalla Pass,” Smuin noted at the ceremony. “We are not sure of the exact date of the last spike ceremony. A special train did go through the pass on July 30 and likely it stopped here and had a ceremony at that time.” KVR historian Barrie Sanford wrote a book that focused on the unparalleled engineering abilities of Andrew McCulloch, who located the line and was responsible for its construction. It was also McCulloch who decided to build the Othello tunnels, also known as the Quintette
tunnels, along the lower portion of the Coquihalla River. He also named all the stations along the Coquihalla line, giving them names from various Shakespearean plays. Among the Shakespearean names were Othello, Lear, Jessica, Portia, Iago, Romeo and Juliet. Those names attracted much attention to the line after it was built. Although the political battles which led to the eventual construction of the KVR between Midway and Hope were front page news for many years, and building the railway was a key issue in several provincial elections in the early 1900s, the opening of the Coquihalla line barely rated a mention in 1916. This was largely because it occurred in the midst of the First World War. The Coquihalla Pass rail line had a short and turbulent history. It was racked by high operating costs due to washouts, snow slides, rock falls and the difficulties of dealing with rapidlychanging weather. It was frequently closed for lengthy periods during the winters, with rail traffic then using an alternative line through
Merritt to Spences Bridge on the CPR mainline. After a series of washouts in November, 1959, the rail line through the Coquihalla was abandoned by the CPR and the tracks were torn up in 1961 and 1962.
The final portion of the railway, between Okanagan Falls and Spences Bridge, was abandoned in 1989.
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When the year came to an end the baby and all went well. arrived. It was a happy day! He was a nice, Time went on and a few moved to other healthy boy. They called him Isaac, for that is locations. Abraham is now 120 years old and what God had said they should call him. Isaac, 20. Now there are two mothers, two babies and One night God said to Abraham, “Take one father in the same house. That sounds like now thy son Isaac, thy only son Isaac, whom trouble ahead. Which one will be the heir and ye love and offer him for an offering at a place father of the people like God had promised? that I will show you.” One day Sarah said to Abraham, “I will not Poor Abraham. What a job to fulÀll. have this boy, Ishmael, in my house.” Abraham had heard God speak and knew, This caused Abraham big trouble for he was without a doubt, that it was God. And, there the father of both. Then God said to him, “listen was the promise that “in Isaac shall thy seed to Sarah and send Ishmael and his mother to be called.” So, there would have to be a away for in Israel shall your seed be.” resurrection, for God keeps his promises. What a sad day for Abraham. But who’s In the morning they got things ready. fault was the problem? Both Abraham and Abraham did not tell Isaac that he was to be Sarah felt that they should help God, as both the sacriÀce. were getting too old for children. That is when They took several donkeys and servants for in the servant girl became the mother of they would be gone several days. They loaded Abraham’s son, Ishmael. supplies, wood for the Àre and supplies then Now they were paying the price for not headed out in the direction God had given. waiting on God to fulÀll His promise. And the How did Abraham feel as they moved woman and child were sent away. along? We can hardly imagine. No doubt Abraham, being the rich man he More next week. But Abraham believed was, gave the mother money before he sent God. them away. Now there was peace in the home
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Onwards and upwards “The times they are a-changin.” Bob Dylan sung those words in 1964, aware that nobody would escape Cole Wagner the tides of COLE’S NOTES change that would come crashing down as the world moved into the new millennium. And there is no industry more aware of the changing times than the newspaper business — even for institutions that have been around for more than a century, like the Merritt Herald. So it is with a touch of sadness, and a lot of excitement, that we announce the new direction of the Merritt Herald. At the end of August, we’ll bid adieu to our smaller Tuesday edition, and focus all our attention on a beefed-up Thursday edition, which will be chock-full of pictures, stories, and the same diligent, intelligent and balanced reporting you’ve come to expect from the Herald. You’ll soon notice small changes in the Thursday edition — by virtue of publishing on a weekly basis, our editorial staff will be able to focus on bringing you more in-depth reporting, including independent investigations and long-form features about the people, places and things that make up the Nicola Valley. And if you can’t get enough of the Herald’s coverage, our staff will be working twice as hard to give you up-to-date local news on our website, www.merrittherald.com. The Herald has been the Nicola Valley’s primary source for news going back to 1905 — and we’ve been fortunate enough to enjoy tons of support from the community in which we report. Mr. Dylan had it right in ‘64 — the times are a-changing, but there’s no reason we can’t change with them.
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Erdogan’s short-term vision hurting Turkey
GWYNNE DYER The international STAGE There was more than a hint of groveling in Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdogan’s recent approach to his new “dear friend”, Russian president Vladimir Putin. First came Erdogan’s carefully worded apology in June for ambushing and shooting down a Russian plane on the Syrian border last November. The Turkish economy was reeling under the ban on trade and tourism that
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Moscow had imposed after that ill-considered outrage, and Erdogan was trying (unsuccessfully, at that point) to get it lifted. Then came the attempted military coup in Turkey on July 15 and 16, when the Turkish president realized that he didn’t have a friend left in the world apart from Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The U.S. government almost certainly wasn’t behind the coup, but it was clear that it wouldn’t have minded terribly if Erdogan had been overthrown. Neither would the European Union or NATO, Turkey’s most important alliance. All the governments of Turkey’s Middle Eastern neighbours — Iran, Iraq and Syria — see Erdogan as an enemy, and so does about half of his own population. (His fiercely
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pro-religious domestic policies have split Turkey right down the middle.) He is involved in an unwinnable war with Turkey’s own Kurdish minority, and the rebels he backed in Syria are losing the war there. This is a man desperately in need of friends. Erdogan has only himself to blame for his isolation. It was his Sunni religious enthusiasm, not Turkish national interest, that led him to back the Syrian revolt aimed at overthrowing Bashar al-Assad, an Alawite (nonSunni) leader. He kept the Turkish-Syrian border open to supply the Syrian rebels, including Islamic State and the local affiliate of al-Qaeda, thereby alienating the Western countries that are Turkey’s main allies. Last July Erdogan
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re-started a war against Turkey’s big Kurdish minority, breaking a twoyear ceasefire, in order to appeal to right-wing Turkish nationalists and win a close election. He has also bombed and shelled the Syrian Kurds along Turkey’s southern border, who are America’s most important allies in the ground war against Islamic State. And he deliberately shot down a Russian bomber because Russia was helping Assad survive. In other words, Erdogan is an impulsive short-term thinker with no grand strategy who has put Turkey and himself in a very difficult position. That’s why he had to fly to St. Petersburg this week to visit his “dear friend” Putin — who, of course, greeted him with open
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arms. Putin is always happy to score points against the West, and Turkey has NATO’s second-biggest army (although half its generals have just been jailed or dishonourably discharged). Restoring trade ties will help Russia too (although Turkey was hurting much more). But Erdogan was the supplicant here — so what will be the price of his “friendship” with Putin? First and foremost, it will be an end to Turkish support for the Syrian rebels. No more missiles smuggled across the border from Turkey to shoot down Russian helicopters, and indeed no more arms, money or recruits crossing the border at all, particularly for the fanatics of
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Turkey not likely to abandon NATO Washington about this new “Turkish-Russian axis,� but none of the likely consequences in the Middle East will damage American strategic interests. Washington hawks still insist that the United States can destroy both the extreme Islamists AND the Assad regime, but the realists in the U.S. military and the Obama administration now accept that Assad’s survival is the lesser evil. And the hawks in Washington need not worry about NATO’s future: Turkey and Russia are not getting married. They are just getting into bed together for a while, until Erdogan feels less threatened. Turkey’s fundamental strategy for the past two centuries, under sultans, elected governments and
From Page 6 Islamic State and the al-Qaeda affiliate (currently trading as Fateh al-Sham) who are doing most of the fighting against Assad’s regime. At a slightly later date, Erdogan will be expected to downgrade his relations with Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the revolt’s main Arab backers, and re-open contacts with the Assad regime. In the long run, Moscow hopes, the result will be a decisive Assad victory in the Syrian civil war. Even a month ago that seemed improbable, but Turkey is the only route by which money and weapons from the Arab Gulf states can reach the rebels. There is inevitably a flutter of concern in ORIES D-DAY MEM3 PAGE
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One bid fit the bill when it came to a request for proposal (RFP) to retrofit the Merritt Fire Department’s rescue one fire truck with a new cabin chassis. The city received just two RFP’s for the retrofit. One was over budget while the other, from Abbotsford based company Safetek Emergency Vehicles Ltd., was within budget and met all specifications, a city council agenda report stated. At its regular meeting Tuesday (Aug. 9), city council voted 6-0 to approve Safetek’s bid of $101,384 to retrofit the fire truck. Coun. Kurt Christopherson was absent from the meeting. Retrofitting the truck is expected to take 45 days to complete after the custom order for a new 2017 Ford F550 chassis is received. In a separate offer, Safetek is giving the city $3,500 for the old Ford F550 chassis. A few years ago, the fire department’s rescue one fire truck was hit by a commercial transport vehicle on the Coquihalla Highway and underwent repairs. Now, after citing multiple issues with the repaired vehicle since the incident, the fire department is having the rescue body combined with a brand new cabin chassis to extend the vehicle’s shelf life by 10 years. Completely replacing the vehicle would have cost upwards of $300,000. The retrofit is a capital project that was included in the city’s 2016 budget and came in under the city’s $106,000 budget.
New garbage truck bought The City of Merritt is spending nearly $300,000 to replace one of its garbage trucks that serves residential areas. A replacement for the truck, which is at the end of its life cycle and has been known to break down, was budgeted for this year as a capital item. At its regular meeting on Tuesday (Aug. 9), city council unanimously approved awarding a request for proposal for a new fully automated side loader co-collection refuse/recycling truck from Rollins Machinery Ltd. for $292,261. Coun. Kurt Christopherson was absent from the meeting. A city council agenda report stated that the city received two bids — both from Rollins Machinery — for the truck. The company’s second bid was more expensive at $346,894 and came with a different chassis, but same body, the report stated. Staff recommended the cheaper option, but both bids came in under the city’s budget of $386,000. The four-year-old garbage truck this new one will replace is also being traded in to the company for $60,000, which helped bring the final cost down to the $292,000 and change. Coun. Dave Baker asked if it would be worthwhile to keep the old truck as a spare in the event it were needed in case the new one needs to be repaired at some point. The city’s director of engineering and public works, Sasha Bird, said they could keep the truck, to which Baker asked that that option be looked into. Bird told the Herald a few days after the council meeting that the city is still trading in the old vehicle. It will take about a year to build the new truck, meaning it won’t begin serving the community until 2017.
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The Merritt Otters Swim Club has a storied history in the Nicola Valley, dating back more than 30 years. During that time, the Otters have sent numerous swimmers of all ages to the B.C. Summer Swimming Association (BCSSA) championships, and even had a few individual gold medallists at those provincials. But never has the club qualified so many swimmers to a provincial championships as this year.
No fewer than 18 youngsters will be representing the Merritt area and their Okanagan region at the 2016 BCSSA championships, slated for the City Centre Aquatic Complex in Coquitlam from Aug. 18 to 21. The Merritt team of 12 girls and six boys are led by first-year Otters coach Gabriel Lee. All told, the Otters swimmers at provincials will compete in 34 individual events and five relays — unprecedented numbers for one of the smallest clubs in its zone. Leading the charge
will be regional goldmedallists Abby Thoms, Evan Hales, Kendra Marklund, Bianca Cavaliere, Koren Lefebvre and Lee, along with three relay champion squads. In total, 35 Merritt Otters swimmers took part in this year’s regional championships, held in Kamloops from Aug. 5 to 7.
Merritt Otters headed to the BCSSA provincial championships are (back row, left to right) Koren Lefebvre, Helen Asselstine, Piage Asselstine, Kendra Marklund, head coach Gabriel Lee, Haley Zabek, Bianca Cavaliere, Laura Lefebvre, Evin Baird, Jensen Cavaliere, (front row) Gabe Baird, Evan Hales, Cruz Slanzi, Isaac Asselstine, Ayla Rednap, Evi Slanzi, Abby Thomas and Shale Maurice). Photo courtesy of Michelle Zabek
MERRITT OTTERS QUALIFIERS TO B.C.S.S.A. PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Okanagan Regional Championships Results Individual Events Preliminaries
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Evan Hales
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2nd. 3rd.
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1:26.25 1:15.80
3rd. 3rd.
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Gabriel Lee
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3rd.
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200m Freestyle
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200m IM 200m Freestyle
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Div. 6 Girls
200m IM 200m Freestyle
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2:28.30 2:10.52
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Thank You Bantam Division Sponsored by RT Fox Transport and Sunrise Rotary Back row: Asst Coach Gray Anscomb, Coach Dave Finch, Carter Jarvis, Bryce Garcia, Jordan Parr, Justin Thein, Troy Holmes, Luke Narcisse, Taylor Shackelly, Asst Coach, Dustin Shackelly. Middle Row: Brodie Sterling, Anthony Michel, Wyatt Reed, Isiah McRae, Clinton Kaboni, Levi Mack Front Row: Spencer Nagata, Jared David, Connor Kaboni, Peyton Fox, Becket Finch, Sajjin Lali, Carson Anscomb Missing: Korben Blachford
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