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No change in hours coming to post office By Michael Potestio the herald
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SWEET SOUNDS OF FOWL MOUTH MCPHEE Vancouver/Merritt band Fowl Mouth McPhee played to a crowd of about a dozen gathered at Spirit Square Saturday for the sixth instalment of Music in the Square. Merritt’s Tammy Weymouth (left) played the kitchen implements during the folk band’s set on a beautiful sunny afternoon while harmonizing with singer-guitarist Karen Fowlie (centre) and Christie McPhee. Emily Wessel/Herald
Canada Post is not planning to change the Merritt post office’s hours of operation. After announcing its intention to reconfigure the Merritt post office to a postal service centre — which would have reduced the number of counter stations from two to one and moved all product on display in the front of the store to behind the lone counter — the Crown corporation has decided not to go ahead with those changes, Canada Post spokesperson John Caines told the Herald. The new configuration was also expected to equip the local post office with new parcel compartment boxes set up inside the post office. At this time, no changes will be made to Canada Post’s location in Merritt, Caines said. In a letter to the editor that appeared in the Tuesday, July 29 edition of the Merritt Herald, former Canadian Union of Postal Workers president for the Kamloops area Bob Mitchell wrote the one change that would go into effect was a change to the post office’s opening hour from the current 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. However, Caines said the post office will not change
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from its current hours of operation at this time. Caines said Canada Post reviewed the Merritt post office. “We review everything on its merit and we decided that at this time we’re not going to go ahead with it,” Caines said. In a letter sent to Merritt city council back in May, Canada Post officer for delivery operations communications Tom Creech stated the Crown corporation expected to be operational in Merritt under the new configuration “within the next couple of months.” He also stated in the letter that “this new post office configuration will allow us to maintain service to customers while operating more efficiently.” Canada Post spokesperson Anick Losier told the Herald there was “no particular reason” the company decided to forego changes to the local post office. “This was a business decision to not make those changes at this time and that’s pretty much what it is,” Losier said. “It’s not one, single reason that says ‘OK, we’re not going to do this right now,’” Losier said. “It’s not a simple explanation.”
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Divers pull invasive weed at Nicola Lake By Michael Potestio the herald
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The Nicola Lake Steering Committee (NLSC) has begun making waves in its effort to help prevent the spread of Eurasian milfoil — an invasive weed that can be found around the shoreline of Nicola Lake. On July 30, the committee hired three divers to pull the invasive species growing in the waters around the boat launch at Monck Park. The initiative is part of a planning process for implementing a lake-wide Eurasian watermilfoil management program, an NLSC press release stated. A consultant is in the middle of completing a fisheries utilization assessment, which
is required to draft a milfoil management plan, Fraser Basin assistant regional manager Tracy Thomas said. She said that assessment is expected to be done by the end of August. The steering committee is looking to halt the spread of the weed. The Monck Park boat launch was targeted for weed removal because watercraft can act as a form of transportation for the plant. For example, if the weed was tangled in a boat’s propeller and not washed off, fragments of it could be transplanted to another lake. Eurasian milfoil can reproduce asexually, meaning it can spread to other lakes via pieces of the plant splitting off. “Divers were care-
ful to pull each entire milfoil plant and collect any fragments that broke off,” the press release stated regarding the NLSC dive team’s efforts on July 30. Next, the committee plans to use divers to pull the milfoil weeds at the Kamloops Sailing Association located at Nicola Lake, but a date for that initiative remains to be determined. Pulling these weeds won’t make much of a dent in the plant’s population, Thomas told the Herald. However, removing them from these two boat launch sites can help stop the invasive species from finding its way to other waters. “What we are doing is providing some prevention of spread,” Thomas said.
The NLSC also had 100 metres of shoreline erosion control work completed near the Monck Park day use area earlier this year. The Ministry of Fisheries and Oceans designed and engineered a protective barrier on the shoreline consisting of logs and boulders to defer wave action. That shoreline work is also part of the NLSC’s Nicola Lake Action Plan, Thomas said. Thomas said the shoreline at Monck Park had been eroding due to wave and wake action. For the second straight year, the NLSC has brought in summer students to help educate the public about all aspects of Nicola Lake. They have
STRUMMIN’ AWAY Kamloops rhythmic blues singer Maddie Jay played for a crowd of about 20 people who gathered on Saturday, Aug. 2 for the fifth instalment of Music in the Square at Spirit Square. Michael Potestio/Herald
been at various locations around Merritt to speak with people, Thomas told the Herald.
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No reason given for rescinding changes From Page 1 She said Canada Post has a business case file for every post office pertaining to items such as traffic, hours of operation, volumes and revenues. She also said that information isn’t something Canada Post is willing to share publicly. Caines said the decision not to reconfigure the Merritt post office is an internal matter. “We’ve decided not to go ahead with it, so that’s all we’re going to say about it,” Caines said. “We look at our whole network and we continue to, and some changes we propose we follow through on, some changes we don’t. We decided not to follow through on this one right now.” Kamloops area CUPW president Lara Plummer said she isn’t sure why Canada Post has backtracked on its
plans to make changes to the Merritt post office. She said the company didn’t provide the union with a reason for deciding not
to reconfigure. She said the company told her it was doing a review of the Merritt post office and then made the deci-
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Mine spill ‘unlikely’ to harm sockeye By Jeff Nagel
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The Mount Polley mine tailings pond spill is “unlikely” to significantly harm Fraser River sockeye now returning to spawn in fouled Quesnel Lake, according to the Pacific Salmon Commission. The agency managing salmon fisheries said it doesn’t expect the peak of the sockeye migration to reach Quesnel Lake until the first week of September, giving about 20 days for river and lake conditions there to improve. In a news release issued Friday it also noted the “encouraging results” of initial water quality tests released by the province is a cause for optimism. But the commission cautioned there are also juvenile sockeye currently rearing in the lake and it’s too soon to tell whether they will be severely affected. “The spill could impact their survival and food supply,” it said. Concern persists among First Nations and other salmon users over the potential for contamination and long-lasting damage to the fishery as a result of the mine disaster. Between 845,000 and 2.95 million sockeye are forecast to spawn in the Quesnel system this year
Quesnel Lake is part of a sockeye spawning system that connects with the Fraser River. Cariboo Regional District
– about a quarter of the summer run and seven per cent of all Fraser sockeye stocks combined. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has not directly commented on the threat to salmon, saying Environment Canada is the lead federal agency. “Fisheries and Oceans Canada will be closely monitoring the salmon run as it approaches the Quesnel system over the coming days to assess the potential effects of these pollutants and other factors including water temperature on salmon returns,” the department said via an emailed statement. The Fraser continues
to run at lower levels and higher temperatures than average, adding to concern that significant numbers of sockeye could die on their way upstream before spawning. But officials say incoming sockeye look healthy and most are migrating through Johnstone Strait, rather than Juan de Fuca Strait on the west side of Vancouver Island. Commercial fishing has already been open offshore to trollers since Aug. 2 and gillnetters who fish on the lower river between Steveston and Mission will get their first opening on Monday afternoon. There’s no in-season
estimate of the overall run size yet. But major components of the run are tracking close to the mid-range of what had been predicted in advance. That suggests a total sockeye return closer to the median forecast of 23 million, rather than the low end of seven million or a record high return of 72 million. Area E Gillnetters Association spokesman Bob McKamey said it looks to be the best return since the large run of more than 30 million sockeye in 2010. The last two years have been bleak for gillnetters, with only one chum open-
ing each of the past two years and no sockeye fisheries. “They have waited a long time for a sockeye fishery. A lot us are just looking forward to getting a fresh one to the table.” He expects steady openings for the 300 or so commercial gillnetting boats for several weeks. “We’re expecting regular weekday openings from now until September.” Limited recreational fisheries for sockeye opened on the Fraser River last week, which catch limits of four per day, while aboriginal ceremonial and food sockeye fishing started two weeks ago. Unionized commercial fishermen, meanwhile, have denounced the lack of government oversight of the Mount Polley mine. “We have fleets of boats with observers or cameras watching our every move to fish sustainably, and nobody is watching these folks as they destroy our ecosystem,” said Kim Olsen, president of the Unifor local representing fishermen and allied workers. “Where has the BC Ministry of Environment been? Where has Environment Canada been? The oversight is pathetic.” – with files from Phil Melnychuk
Spread of milfoil prevented by cleaning boats From Page 2 These students have also been offering free boat washes both before and after people launch their watercraft onto Nicola Lake at Monck Park. Thomas said the free washes have been well received by the public. She also pointed out that they are not mandatory. “People are generally happy to have their boat hosed off and cleaned off, and in that minute and a half that it takes to do that, they just get that quick message: just do this before you go somewhere else,” Thomas said.
To help prevent spreading aquatic invasive species, boaters are asked to clean off their boats, motors, trailers and equipment; drain water from their boats, bilges, motors and livewells; and to dry their boats completely, the NLSC press release stated. “If they simply clean, drain and dry their boats between lakes when they jump from lake to lake and don’t spread anything, that’s half the battle,” Thomas said. Recreational activities such as boating, swimming and fishing can be hindered by the milfoil, the press release stated.
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REMEMBER WHEN? From the Herald archives: August 1999 Radio NL goes high-tech You can teach an old newsman new tricks. That’s just what Radio NL’s veteran newsman Al Clarke proves every day as he reads the news off the station’s new high-tech computer system. The Burli Newsroom Editing System uses the latest technology in storing audio sound clips in much the same way a computer would store a text document. “It’s a brandnew system,” says Radio NL station manager Elizabeth Laird. “Radio NL is the only station of this size in B.C. with this system.” The system was originally designed for Vancouver station CKNW. In Radio NL’s sister station in Kamloops, the system is used just for news, while in the local station, Clarke has to share the computer with the production staff as well. The system is about as great a leap over magnetic tape as computers are over typewriters.
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CPO reports on prevention blitz The following is an excerpt from the City of Merritt council meeting agenda from August 12, 2014. Community Policing Report The Community Policing Office experienced a very busy July. We started off at Rotary Park for Canada Day where we distributed resources and kid-friendly items to the many visitors to the event. We also hosted the third annual crime prevention blitz on the 16th of the month in Spirit Square. This year, we included some of our local crime prevention partners so that they could also promote their programs, including Speed Watch, Victim Services, ICBC Road Safety, Robin Hood Security, the Bright Red Bookshelf, Search and Rescue, Crime Stoppers, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and the Smart Step Youth Association.
Community policing volunteers scoured the downtown core and distributed crime prevention notices to vehicles that were at risk for crime. Volunteers looked for unlocked windows, keys, coins, bags and electronics, to name a few. Over 40 nonpunitive notices were handed out to gently
remind car owners how to better protect themselves. Additionally, a contest was held where a vehicle was set up in the square and baited with five items. Participants who correctly guessed the items were entered into a draw for one of two steering wheel locks, which were donated by ICBC.
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NOTICE SPRAY PARK RESURFACING The City of Merritt’s Spray Park located at Rotary park, will be unavailable from August 19-22nd in order to complete the spray pad resurfacing project. The resurfacing project will entail base preparation and applying a rubber product over the entire surface. The rubber product is made from 100% recycled BC tire rubber. This will result in a much more resilient, softer and slip-proof surface. This is a 2014 Capital Budget Project. Only the spray park will be inaccessible during this time. The rest of Rotary Park will still be available for the enjoyment of the local community and visitors alike. Please note that the resurfacing project dates may be subject to change as the project is weather dependent. For more information please contact: Larry Plotnikoff Leisure Services Manager 250-378-8618 lplotnikoff@merritt.ca
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How many warnings until action is taken? Any time anybody in any industry proclaims that something cannot happen or likely will not happen, we need to simply recall the tale of the Titanic. The “unsinkable” ship did, of course, sink — and on its maiden voyage. Bryan Kynoch is president of Imperial Metals, owner of the Mount Polley mine in the Cariboo that saw its tailings pond fail, sending untold millions of litres of contaminated water into streams, rivers and lakes. While apologizing for the environmental disaster, Kynoch told reporters: “If you asked me two weeks ago if this could have happened, I would have said it couldn’t.” Well, it did. And the Ministry of Environment said it warned Imperial Metals repeatedly about its tailings-pond levels, with the latest of five warnings coming in May. The questions are many and answers will likely be long in coming, but there are two crucial queries that need to be directed at the company and at the provincial government. If there were five warnings about the tailings pond, why had the company seemingly not done anything to prevent the disastrous spill that occurred last week. After how many warnings does the Ministry of Environment and the Premier Christy Clark’s government stop issuing warnings and take action — such as shutting down an operation completely until it fixes whatever it was that prompted serial warnings? The review process, such as it is, appears to be as messy as the disaster’s aftermath. — Kamloops This Week
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Civic campaign promises to be a good one
Emily Wessel Merritt MUSINGS It’s a question so often asked that it rings hollow and elicits little more than a shrug of the shoulders as a response from yours truly. How do you get people more interested in politics? Or, more specifically, how do you get young people interested in politics? The trope goes that young people don’t vote, they don’t run for office, they don’t care and nothing changes. The implication there
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is that young people are harbouring some ideas that would promote change for the better. It just remains a mystery what those ideas are so long as young people stay disengaged from the process. Sure, young people automatically represent a certain hope for the future as they are the ones who will one day take over from those retiring from elected positions. But if they’re not interested in holding elected office, can you make them interested? With such low voter turnouts in municipal elections — turnout in the February byelection was a dismal 14 per cent, compared to a way higher but still pathetic 34 per cent turnout in the last general election in 2011 — I think it just may be impossible
to change people’s interest level in civic politics. If they have an interest, they have it. If they don’t, you can’t force it. That’s not to say people shouldn’t be interested. On the contrary, elected officials make the very policies by which we, as a society, are expected to live. Talk about being personally invested in the health of the community — these are the policies that affect your very life and business in Merritt. For some reason, that just doesn’t appear to interest many people — enough to get them to vote, anyway. It would be great to see a higher voter turnout in the upcoming general election in November. It would also be nice to see some young candidates throw their hats in the ring. Election packages become available at city hall on
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Aug. 22, so I suppose we will wait and see. In 2006, Thomas Sierzycki was voted to city council of La Ronge, Sask. Three years later, at age 21, he was voted in as mayor — a title he holds today. At the tender age of 19, Eric Duncan was voted onto city council for Winchester, Ont. He upped his political game to beat the two-term incumbent for the North Dundas mayor’s seat by a huge majority, winning over 70 per cent of the vote. B.C.’s youngest mayor is Luke Strimbold of Burns Lake, who was first elected to council in a byelection in 2010 at age 20. He moved for the mayor’s seat the next year and won. Whether or not young candidates put their names in for Merritt’s civic election, I am willing to bet we’re in for a good race
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with interesting platforms. Those of us who followed October’s byelection heard plenty of talk about Merritt’s potential. I have a distinct feeling that rhetoric will reappear around election time. Those big questions are what drives policy forward for the benefit of the city’s residents. The same goes for the school board, to which Merrittonians will elect trustees in November as well. It seems like Merritt is on the brink of thriving as a beautifully situated city that embodies small-town charm with the convenience of small-size city amenities. Hopefully come the end of August, some Merritt residents will champion that cause and put their names on the ballot — or at the very least, get out and vote.
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I am writing to you regarding your, I believe, assistant manager in the Husky station in Merritt. On Sunday, July 24, I left my brother’s home in Vernon to return to my home in Nanaimo. I stopped in Merritt to get gas and a coffee. I drove to the Shell gas station and when I turned to get my charge card, I realized I had forgotten my purse at my brother’s home. I was horrified when I realized I did not have a charge card or money, and less than a quarter of tank of gas, and it was Sunday. I went to three gas stations and was told that there was nothing they could do. I tried to see if I could get over-thephone authorization or an Interac transfer to get enough gas to get to family in Langley. At the last
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gas station I visited, I was told that over-the-phone authorizations were illegal. By now I’m in a state of despair and asked my brother to check into the Greyhound bus schedule to see when the next bus left Vernon to Merritt. It left in 20 minutes but he was camping 20 minutes from his home so that wasn’t going to work. The fellow at Chevron told me the Greyhound bus station was by the Husky gas station so I went directly there to check out other options.
The woman I spoke with told me the next bus left Vernon at 9 p.m. but the bus station closed at 4 p.m. So, my only option at that point was to spend the night in a hotel in Merritt to await the arrival of my purse. But that meant somehow securing a hotel room. I phoned my daughter-in-law in Langley, who used to work for a hotel. She said they would accept a faxed copy of my charge card and offered to fax her charge card information to the hotel.
But then I thought that if the hotel could take a faxed copy of a charge card authorization, then maybe so too could the gas station. When I asked about this, I was referred to Tory and he asked how much money I needed for gas. I told him $50. Without blinking an eye, he said, “I’ll lend you the money.” I asked him how he would do this. He said: “I’ll take it from my account and you can write me a cheque and mail it to me when you get home.” I asked why he would do this for a stranger. He told me I looked like an honest person and I needed help getting gas to get home. I was amazed and touched. I told him I would do an Interac transfer to him as I would be more comfortable knowing
he received his money. He said whatever worked best for me. He pumped $50 worth of gas in my car even before the money had arrived electronically. Because of his trust and kindness, I was able to drive to Langley and spend the night with family. I picked up my purse at Greyhound the next morning and caught the next ferry home. He was my angel that day and I will always remember the kindness of one young man who reached out and helped me when I was the lowest point of my vacation. I now know it’s important to keep some cash hidden in my car in case this might ever (I hope not) happen again. Many thanks to Tory and Husky. Kathy Obad Nanaimo, B.C.
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(Left) Douglas Lake cowboy Curt Martindale was selected Top Hand at the O’Keefe Ranch’s ranch hand rodeo outside Vernon on the August long weekend. Martindale, along with Douglas Lake cowboys Stan Jacobs and Gib Schneider, combined to win the team competition too at the 22nd annual event. Look for complete results and more photos in the Aug. 19 edition of the Merritt Herald. Katie Ottenbreit/Herald (Right) Merritt’s Jodie Peachey, 19, was the fifth-fastest female overall in the Kamloops Marathon’s eight-kilometre run on July 27 at MacArthur Island Park. Her time was 38 minutes and 44 seconds. In 31st place in the same race was Merritt runner Alex Rubner, 20, in 46:46. In the 42.2-kilometre marathon race, the Nicola Valley’s Marie-Josée Bedard finished in third place in the women’s competition in a time of three hours, 30 minutes and 46 seconds. Photo courtesy of Marathon-Photos.com
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Close to 40 young athletes, ranging in age from six to 16, took advantage of a free lacrosse clinic last week. Put on by the local branch of the Aboriginal Sport, Recreation and Physical Activity Partners Council, the two-day clinic attracted youngsters from throughout the Nicola Valley and as far away as Kamloops. Each day’s activities included field lacrosse and box lacrosse sessions along with dryland training. The field activities took place on the playing fields adjacent to the Lower Nicola Indian Band School, while box sessions were held in the Shulus arena nearby. “We’ve had a great response,” clinic organizer Bernard Manuel said. “The kids have had a great time.” Instruction at the clinic was provided by Nicola Valley Minor
Lacrosse Association coaching staff and special guests Justin, Jeremy and Josh Bosher from Kamloops. All three Boshers are heavily involved in the sport of lacrosse. Jeremy, 18, has just finished his second season of Junior A play with the New Westminster Salmonbellies in Vancouver, while his younger brother, 16-year-old Josh, wrapped up his minor lacrosse career in Kamloops this spring and hopes to join his brother at the Coast next season. Jeremy, one of the most highly-recruited field and box lacrosse players in North America, has just signed a letter of intent to go to school at the University of Denver in the fall and play field lacrosse for the Pioneers. “They’re actually the number-one-ranked team going into next season, so it’s going to be a great year, I’m thinking,” Jeremy
Bosher said. “I fly out on Aug. 25.” The future college star has been passionate about lacrosse ever since he was little. “I love every aspect of the game — the physicality, the pace, the skill level. I’ve been lucky enough to play on Team BC three times.” At the University of Denver, Jeremy will play fall ball from September to December — which primarily consists of practice, training and tournaments. The real season runs from January to as late as
June. He estimates that a good six or more players from the Kamloops area are playing lacrosse on scholarship at American universities and colleges. It’s definitely what Kevin Boettger, one of the young attendees at the clinic, has in mind for his future. “I’d love to get a scholarship to Duke or Syracuse,” the 14-yearold said. “Having the Boshers here coaching us shows me that it’s all possible. It just takes hard work and determination.”
STICK POWER (Above) A good number of young lacrosse players from the Nicola Valley and Kamloops took part in a two-day clinic held last week in Shulus. (Below, left) Nine-year-old Bryson Pinyon attempts to elude the check of Corbin Vaughan, 8, who is carrying a field lacrosse long stick. (Below, right) Fourteen-year-old Kevin Boettger from Kamloops uses a parachute to generate greater wind resistance during a dryland training session at the clinic. Ian Webster/Herald
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NEW ARRIVALS (Above) The Merritt Golf and Country Club received a shipment of 10 brand new EZGO golf carts last week from Prairie Coast Equipment of Kamloops — just in time for the Coyote Collision men’s open golf tournament on the weekend. For complete men’s tournament results, read this Thursday’s edition of the Merritt Herald. Ian Webster/Herald A BIG HELP (Right) Guest services manager Candice Archachan (centre) presents a cheque on behalf of Wal-Mart for $250 to the Nicola Valley Thunder bantam lacrosse team that recently finished fourth at the provincial championships in VictoriaEsquimalt. Receiving the cheque are bantam players (from left to right) Fred Ware, Tom Girard, Mack Stead and Travis Simon. Archachan is a former B.C. Summer Games participant in track and field. She continues to stay active and healthy as a goaltender for the Prowlers team in women’s rec hockey. Ian Webster/Herald
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