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Mer Civic Centre forum on Merritt Oct. 8 starts at 7 p.m.

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Wind power has potential in Merritt Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

The president of a renewablee energy engineering company is hoping to have wind power in the Nicola Valley by 2018.

“I’m here to let the community nity know that wind energy can workk and that it’s being looked at in this neighbourhood,” said Martin Ince to a group of about 20 people last month at a chamber of commerce hosted ted meeting last month.

Ince is the president of M.K..

Ince and Associates Ltd. (MKI),, a Vancouver-based wind energy development company that has been operating north of Merritt for aboutt seven years.

With projects located near Mamette Lake, Mount Guichon n and on Mount Mabel, MKI has been en undertaking wind resource assessssments for the three projects on leased Crown land.

The intention is to build windd turbines that produce electricity to sell to BC Hydro, however, the Crown wn corporation says it’s simply not buying much power at the moment.

“Unless it’s through the Standing ding Offer Program (SOP),” said

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BC Hydro SOP manager Dina Matterson.

“We don’t need to buy any more, we’ve got enough right now,” she said.

The program is for clean energy projects that produce a maximum of 15 megawatts of electricity or less.

“That’s about five wind turbines,” Matterson said, noting this is currently the only program BC Hydro has for purchasing power from independent power producers.

The Merritt Green Energy project, by comparison, is a 30-megawatt initiative, which is going to burn wood waste to produce electricity to sell back to BC Hydro. That project, however, was set up in 2011 under a separate call for power.

MKI is looking to build about five wind turbines at each of the three locations, and each would require a SOP contract, Ince said.

Each wind turbine the company constructs would be 100 metres tall and generate about two megawatts of electricity. The turbines have a lifespan of about 25 years.

Ince said each of the three projects has the potential to power up to 5,000 homes.

proposed projects in the Merritt area

15 megawatts per project

5,000 homes powered by each project

The federal election is about two weeks away, and Th Thursday all four candidates vying to be the MP next T Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola will be in for Ce Merritt for two all candidates forums.

Merri On October 8, Conservative incumbent candidate Liberal Karley Scott, Angelique Wood of Dan Albas, A New Democrats and Robert Mellalieu from the the Ne Green Party will be at the Merritt Civic Centre to take your questions. q Jamie Ballam from Q101 Radio and Rob Miller Jam Community Futures Nicola Valley will emcee the from C forum. forum Starting at 7 p.m. all four candidates will be given Sta to make an opening statement. five minutes m About 45 minutes of questions taken from the comAb munity will follow. Attendees can submit their questions writing upon arrival or email them ahead of time to in writ manager@merrittchamber.com. People are encouraged manag arrive at the civic centre as soon as possible to subto arri questions. The debate will run until about 9 p.m. mit qu Earlier that day from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Q101 Radio Ear also host a forum on the air with the four candiwill al dates.

There are a bunch of other all candidates forums Th including one at the Summerland Middle this month m School from 10 a.m. to noon on Oct. 5 and later that Schoo evening at the Summerland Chamber of Commerce evenin from 66:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

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FROM DUST TO RICHES TO RAGS How a once forecasted utopia in the Thompson Valley died

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A post office and luxurious Where friends meet to eat hotel were built in 1910 and in 1912 the first issue of the 2101 Quilchena Ave, Merritt Walhachin Times was published.

250-378-0331 The townsfolk even erected a Find us on Facebook community hall that year. @ Lynda’s Cafe The new, palatial hotel was unheard of in other towns in the area. It housed people waiting for their homes to be built and was a spot for formal dress teas twice a week.

Residents enjoyed dances, fishing, highstakes card games, and newcomers started businesses such as a poultry farm, cafe, packing house and a retail store.

The town’s economy was booming at this point, driven by young British men who would suddenly return home to fight for their mother country at the onset of the First World War (1914-1918).

A lack of readily available manpower hurt the ability to work the orchards and irrigation Opinion ------------------------------------------ 6-7 system during the war years.

Jacobsen writes that the war also hurt fruit Health --------------------------------------------- 20 Sports --------------------------------------------- 21 prices and land sales.

“There would have been no more fresh Classifieds --------------------------------------- 28 blood to purchase and populate the Walhachin farms,” Jacobsen writes. “Of the 3,265 aces acquired from the Dominion government by the Barnes Estates on the north side of the river, only about 750 acres had been developed by 1914.”

The prices for fruit and produce were Sept. 29 MERRITT HERA LD halved following the war, impacting those Headlines PLANNING AHEAD BIOSOLIDS whose livelihood depended on farming PASSES Available at AT UBCM income. news stands The hardships brought on by the First today.

World War stopped Walhachin’s prosperity in its tracks roughly a decade in, and it soon became the ghost town we know today.

Canada Cafe To read more about Walhachin, visit the Merritt library to check out his book Walhachin: Birth of a Legend.

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1914. A view of Walhachin from above the CPR tracks. Submitted photo Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

It’s been called Canada’s Camelot, a second Eden in the desert, but if you ask author and former resident of the community Larry Jacobsen, the ghost town of Walhachin, B.C. was a utopian orchard community that failed to adapt.

Walhachin was one of many turn of the 20th century settlements consisting of readymade farms marketed to the English gentry and other special interest groups.

“Perhaps what sets Walhachin apart is that, unlike other such settlements that have largely adapted by changing their original characters, it has, except for its handful of residents, remained abandoned, with only ghosts from its past stubbornly clinging to life,” Jacobsen wrote in his book Walhachin: Birth of a Legend, published in last year.

Mostly uninhabited today, Walhachin is sit-

uated in the Thompson area about 10 kilometres west of Kamloops Lake between Ashcroft and Savona.

The story of Walhachin began in 1909 when the first apple trees were planted.

This commercial fruit growing community was planned by American civil engineer Charles E. Barnes, who relied on financial backing from the British Columbia Development Association (BCDA).

Walhachin was marketed as an ideal place for the non-land inheriting second and third sons of wealthy English families to venture to.

Most of the orchards did not have a water supply, making irrigation difficult, but a flume was built to carry water down the mountainside to irrigation ditches. By 1910 Walhachin had built a 19 kilometre long flume and ditches on the north side of the Thompson River.

Walhachin got off to a prosperous start. Just five years after it began in 1914 the community had attracted about 300 people.

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• BIOSOLIDS RESOLUTION PASSES AT UBCM A joint TNRD and City of Merritt resolution passed at the Union of BC Municipalities convention in Vancouver last Friday.

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1908. The first buildings spring up at Walhachin. The CPR’s Penny’s station can be seen on the right, and a bunkhouse behind it.

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: BYLAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER Position: The City of Merritt is inviting applications for the position of a permanent full-time Bylaw Enforcement Officer.

For complete details, visit City of Merritt website at www.merritt.ca

Letter from Paula Collett regarding “the island” The following is an excerpt from the City of Merritt regular meeting agenda for September 15, 2015

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Letter to Mayor Menard and council from Paula Collett, granddaughter of former Merritt mayor Allan Collett, regarding the city’s purchase of “the island” Dear Mayor Menard and Council Members: I would like to extend my sincere thank you and gratitude on behalf of my surviving family, regarding the decision made to purchase the Charters Street lots in Merritt, B.C. also, known as the island.

This island is one of the remaining properties that form part of my late Father’s estate, John Allan Collett. My Father purchased this land from my grandfather’s estate in the 90s with hopes of developing this into a park.

Unfortunately, he passed away before he could see this happen. The good news

is this little piece of property has been an untouched gem located in the middle of Merritt.

In 1949 an agreement was made between my grandfather and the City of Merritt. My grandfather gave some of his land to the city to divert the Nicola River, to prevent flooding of Merritt.

In exchange and because this created a piece of my grandfather’s land to become an island, the city would provide a five ton bridge across for access to the property.

Thankfully this never proceeded and as a result this unblemished property is home to hundreds of birds.

During the 30s and 40s, my grandfather, Allan Collett, spent many years working hard to pull Merritt out of receivership.

In November 1951, Merritt returned to a self governing community. My grandfather continued his leadership for the next 23 years as mayor.

When he retired his council members “voted Allan Collett a freeman of the Town

and named him honorary mayor — the first and only time in Merritt’s history the honour has been granted.”

I am attaching an article written by a former reporter of the Merritt Herald published when my grandfather passed away in 1992.

It is my deepest hopes that your Worship Mayor Menard and council members will dedicate this wildlife sanctuary in memory of Allan Collett, who as Mr. Evans-Cockle reported, “Mayor Allan Collett was a definite force in the growth and development of Merritt.”

Kind Regards, Paula Collett

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Position: The City of Merritt is inviting applications for the position of a permanent full time Clerk Typist to be stationed at the Merritt RCMP Detachment to provide clerical duties at the Merritt RCMP Detachment.

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, October 9th 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

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. Tuesday, October 06 by:

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Carole Fraser Human Resources Manager, City of Merritt PO Box 189, 2185 Voght Street Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 Or by email: cfraser@merritt.ca

OPEN HOUSE FORMER CPR LANDS BEING RE-PURPOSED

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROPERTY DISPOSITION (LEASE) Notice is hereby given that the City of Merritt intends to dispose of an interest in land, being the entering into of a lease for the Merritt Cadet Hall, known as 1755 Coldwater Avenue, Parcel B (KF32633), Block 1, District Lot 125, Kamloops Division Yale District, Plan 838, except such undersurface rights as registered in AFB Vol 1, Fol.745, No., with the Merritt Army Cadet Parents’ Association and the Merritt Navy League for a term of (3) three years commencing on October 16, 2015. The consideration to be received by the City for the proposed Lease is the initial sum of $1.00 plus all applicable taxes.

For more information, please contact Larry Plotnikoff, Leisure Services Manager at 250-378-8618 or via e-mail at lplotnikoff@merritt.ca

This notice was given on September 16, 2015 in accordance with Section 94 of the Community Charter.

The City of Merritt is interested in your opinion and ideas for repurposing the lands formerly owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway and are now property of the City.

In the City’s Official Community Plan, adopted by City Council in 2011, the lands are identified as Future Development which is a generic category for land holdings available for a multitude of possibilities, however somewhat focused on low intensity uses such as park or public uses.

Please accept this as an invitation to attend the Open House October 15th 4:00PM to 7:00PM. The development of the lands will be a positive amenity for the area and turn an unsightly former rail grade into something nice.

All of the proposed concepts are on the website.

Go to http://www.merritt.ca/news/quilchena-avenue-stretch If you need any further information regarding the above, please schedule an appointment by calling me at 250-378-8620. I can also be reached via email at soflaherty@merritt.ca.

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You’re Invited! to meet with Mayor Menard on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., in the Mayor’s Office at City Hall (second floor), 2185 Voght Street.

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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Next council meeting: Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015 Council agendas and minutes at www.merritt.ca

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Where to vote on Albas’s lead grows in or before Oct. 19 aggregate local polls David Dyck THE MERRITT HERALD

From Page 1 Prior to the forums in Merritt on Oct. 8, there will be an all candidates forum from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. that day at Const. Neil Bruce Middle School in West Kelowna.

On Oct. 14 there is an all candidates meet and greet at Okanagan College in Kelowna.

Election day is Oct. 19 and voting in Merritt at the civic centre takes place from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Advanced polls will be held there from noon to 8 p.m. from October 9 to 12.

By today registered voters should receive their voter cards in the mail.

Voter cards advise voters of the address of their advanced polling station.

People can cast mail-in ballots by applying for a voting kit online at elections. ca. If you can’t apply online visit an Elections Canada office or mail in an application form, which are also available at Election Canada offices. The deadline to apply to vote by mail is 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday Oct. 13.

On its website, Elections Canada states that to vote in person people need to show one of their drivers license, provincial or territorial ID card or any other government card containing your photo, name and current address. In lieu of that people can show two pieces of ID, one of which must have your current address on it.

If an ID doesn’t have the voter’s current address on it, they must show two pieces of identification and have someone in the same polling division attest to their address. A voter information card is not a piece of ID.

Although he’s maintained a healthy lead over the past few weeks in the polls, Conservative Dan Albas has now taken a lead to 41.9 per cent as of Sept. 29, according to analyst Eric Garnier’s Threehundredeight. com, which compiles aggregate polling data from multiple sources.

These are numbers more reflective of his polls at the beginning of the campaign.

Trailing Albas is NDP challenger Angelique Wood at 25.8 per cent, down from

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The Liberal’s Karley Scott takes third place with 22.8 per cent.

Scott has been on a slow but steady incline, coming up from 18.8 per cent at the start of the campaign.

Green Party candidate Robert Mellalieu trails Scott with 9.2 per cent, consistent with his polling numbers throughout the campaign.

Nation wide, the Conservatives are leading in polls.

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All pets are welcome and cameras are also welcome.

The service commemorates St. Frances of Assisi who is known as the patron saint of animals and the environment.

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HERALD OPINION Inner children take over city hall We’re seeing the effects of our postliterate, feelingsbased education system and media TOM FLETCHER on the fed- B.C. eral election. VIEWS Candidate bozo eruptions are becoming more frequent.

Most recently a Liberal candidate on Vancouver Island admitted she has long believed that hijacked jetliners could not have destroyed the World Trade Centre on 9-11, that it was all “a lie.” That was “my truth,” she said, in the lingo of the feelingsfirst, inner-child crowd.

Now she’s “moved on” to a slightly different fact-free conclusion, that we’ll just never know how those 3,000 people were murdered. And she wants to go to Ottawa and help run this country.

Feelings-based beliefs were on display again at last week’s Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Vancouver, where bozo eruptions by local politicians come in bunches.

This year’s main outbreak was an emotional demand that the B.C. government enact a provincial bill of rights. This magic municipal Magna Carta “recognizes the right of every resident to live in a healthy environment, including the right to clean air, clean water and vibrant ecosystems.”

Alert taxpayers may wonder, how many lawyers would it take to define “vibrant”? More on that in a moment.

Local councils across B.C. and around the country have been pitched this scheme by the David Suzuki Foundation, which calls it the Blue Dot campaign. In short, it’s part of the bigger plan to save the planet by crushing capitalism, currently being pushed by the Pope, the UN and others.

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The Single Parent Employment Initiative

JACKIE TEGART View from the LEGISLATURE An important program for many people in the Merritt area began in September with the launch of the Single Parent Employment Initiative to help them

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achieve long-term, rewarding careers.

The Single Parent Employment Initiative is designed for women and men on income and disability assistance.

More than 16,000 single parents on income and disability assistance now have access to funding that can include up to 12 months of funded training for an in-demand job, or a paid work-experience placement.

Funding also includes child-care costs during training or work place-

ment and for the first year of employment.

Public transit costs to and from school are covered, along with a wide range of WorkBC Employment Services Centre programs such as workshops on resume writing and interview preparation.

In addition, through recent changes to our government’s income assistance program, families on income assistance and disability are eligible for increased earnings exemption (from $200 to $400 per month, or $300 to $500 per month for

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individuals with a child with disabilities) and supplemental health coverage for a year after they leave income assistance for employment.

We want all British Columbians to have the skills they need to be able to care for their families with well-paying, familysupporting jobs.

This investment of $24.5 million over five years helps ensure all British Columbians have an opportunity to benefit from our growing economy and move into the workforce with skills

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and training that fit with today and tomorrow’s job demands.

To learn more about Single Parent Employment Initiative, go to www.sdsi.gov.bc.ca/ programs/spei.html.

Here in Merritt, single parents can visit the WorkBC Employment Services Centre at 2099 Quilchena Ave. A WorkBC case manager will provide an employment assessment to determine eligibility for supports and services needed to secure longterm work.

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YOUR OPINION Unrealistic Riding boundaries shut out Shackan goals set at UBCM Editor:

From Page 6 Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps was one of the most passionate backers. She quoted the plea presented to her council by an 11-year-old recruited by the Blue Dot team.

There are many such children, terrified by indoctrination about the imminent destruction of Earth and all its cuddly creatures that has bombarded them since they learned to speak. They are found in the wealthiest countries in human history, those enjoying health, comfort and opportunity not imagined by anyone 100 years ago.

In the vast, air-conditioned hall of the Vancouver Convention Centre, there were several attempts at adult supervision.

Coquitlam Coun. Terry O’Neill noted that unlike intrinsic rights articulated in Canada’s charter, freedom of assembly and so forth, this is an attempt to invent new rights that are actually demands for “others to do something for you.”

Indeed, if we’re going to have government by 11-year-olds, we might as well throw in a right to free ice cream.

Chilliwack Mayor Sharon Gaetz went off on a rant about how this new “vision” would protect us from things like Volkswagen fiddling its diesel fuel emission results.

The resolution calls for “access to justice when environmental rights are infringed,” which sounds like code for some sort of costly new legal aid program to pursue every individual grievance.

Meanwhile in the real world, class action lawsuits are being prepared to gain compensation for lost resale value of millions of cars. This is what happens in fortunate places like Canada that already have access to justice.

O’Neill read off a long list of existing B.C. legislation that protects water, air, wildlife, food, public health and so on. Helps replied that this bill of rights would “consolidate” all that. One more layer of bureaucracy, that’s the Victoria spirit.

Williams Lake Mayor Walt Cobb pleaded with rural delegates to reject this “David Suzuki propaganda” that is designed to put more roadblocks in the way of the very resource industries that provide our modern comforts.

Alas, the resolution passed in a show of hands that should have been, but wasn’t, put to a counted vote.

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

I am a First Nations Elder and residential school survivor from Shackan Indian Reserve, located along the Nicola River.

I am frustrated with the lack of interest shown by the federal government and Elections Canada with regard to our band, particularly on the issue of riding boundaries.

Elections Canada states that I belong in and am federally represented in the ChilliwackHope riding. Why not the Central OkanaganSimilkameen-Nicola riding, a place where my First Nations relations and ancestors have called home forever?

I believe I am being separated my from my family, relations, land and essential services — all without consultation.

Elections Canada and the Canadian government have redrawn my identity. They have done this by putting up arbitrary walls and invisible fences in the form of voting boundaries for federal representation in my traditional home.

I was stripped of my identity as a child, when the government removed me from the care of my father, mother and sister and placed me into a system of abuse.

I believe my human rights are again being violated in a way that mirrors residential school, as the Canadian government continues to confine and define me as they choose.

The Canadian government makes me a displaced person and a stranger in my own land.

There has never been consultation on election and representational boundaries between the Canadian government and Shackan Indian Band.

If this is not bad enough, I have received faulty information both from Election Canada’s web page and by phone conversation with Elections Canada.

The process to obtain information on voting on Election Canada’s web page is to enter your postal code. My postal code (V1K 1B8) is in Merritt, as is every band member on Shackan Reserve. Most of our services, including band administration and land ownership exist in

Editor: Although I believe that the racetrack may be good for the city, I do not agree with the proposed location.

This type of venue is better suited away from a residential area and more suited for an area like the airport. There are some very nice homes that will be within a few meters from the site and with RV parking right

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behind these houses does not sit well with me.

I know the owner of the lots in front of the proposed track and feel his chance of selling these will be zero if passed.

Being that close to an elementary school is also another potential bombshell waiting to go off. The rodeo and this type of entertainment are two very different things and therefore should not be placed in the

same context.

I wish Mr. Lynn success, but I will be opposing this project and I ask others in the community to do likewise. There are other more suitable locations for this type of facility.

Dale Rogan Merritt

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Merritt. I was told on Elections Canada’s website on Sept. 25, 2015, that postal code V1K 1B8 would vote in Merritt. No other search options.

That is false information.

My husband, James Bergh, and myself began to converse on the phone with Elections Canada in January 2015 about this issue, but received no clarity. Again in February we complained about boundaries and that Shackan Band members do not receive the correct MP information while they are in government because of our postal code.

We then phoned two Conservative MPs: Chuck Stall in Chilliwack and Dan Albas in Westbank.

We told their staff about boundaries and representation. Both MP offices said to have Chief and Council write a letter of complaint and concern.

This was done by the Shackan Band administration. The letters were sent to both MPs and Elections Canada.

When we spoke to Elections Canada in February 2015, after three transfers, we received information from Elections Canada that Shackan Indian Reserve, mentioned in the rules of Okanagan-Nicola stating, “All except Shackan Indian Band.” When asked which ridings country code mentions Shackan Indian Band, Elections Canada could not find Shackan Indian Band mentioned.

On Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. We again phoned Elections Canada to find the location of our polling station. After three transfers, we were told by Elections Canada we “do not know now, however you will be notified on your voter card, which should be arriving in the mail shortly.” We asked about those Shackan Band members who may not be receiving a voters card in the mail.

Elections Canada refused to respond to where Shackan Indian Band’s polling station is going to be located.

The federal government has written off me and my band.

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS

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From Page 1 Under SOP, developers apply for a guaranteed electricity purchase agreement if they meet the eligibility requirements of the program.

The key requirements are that the energy must be clean and renewable, produce a maximum of 15 megawatts, and have all permits in place and First Nations consultation, Matterson said.

The SOP comes with a set price that varies on the region its located in, which Ince said makes wind energy projects difficult to make economical.

“But it’s possible to do it if you get the right turbines,” Ince said. “Turbines are getting more efficient and they can produce more power now.”

Currently, MKI has meteorological towers in the Merritt area in order to measure the amount of wind for the projects.

“We’re seeing more and more interest through the Standing Offer Program from wind producers, and that’s chiefly because the cost of wind technologies are coming down now to the point where it’s more economical,” Matterson said.

MKI has yet to apply to BC Hydro’s SOP, and before it does there are many other steps

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need to be taken.

One is conducting electrical interconnection studies, which essentially look at the impact a project has on the electrical system it connects to.

“A lot of it has to do with outages and contingencies,” Ince said.

Other work that still needs to be completed prior to applying to the program includes environmental assessments, First Nations consultation,

archeological and traditional use studies, meteorological studies, long term energy predictions, and detailed financial modelling and cost financing.

Ince said what makes Merritt an attractive place isn’t that it’s a particularly windy area, but rather the amount of BC Hydro power lines to connect to.

“Interconnection is much more important than good wind,” Ince said.

Multi-sport lacrosse box to have boards replaced Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

The defective boards of the newly built multi-sport lacrosse box at Central Park are being replaced to correct a rippling effect.

The work is being done at no cost to the City of Merritt by the company that supplied the dasher boards, Athletica Sport

Systems.

City of Merritt leisure services manager Larry Plotnikoff said the company noticed the boards were softer than they should be and determined it was best to replace them.

The facility was closed down last Thursday (Sept. 24) and reopened this Monday.

The facility will remain open to the public in the meantime

until Athletica replaces the boards, a process that is estimated to require a four-day shutdown.

Plotnikoff said the company will inform the city later this week when they will replace the boards with new, which will be reinforced more than they are now.

The city has a one-year warranty on the lacrosse box.

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Challengers focus on biosolids — Mariya Johnson — Albas says not a federal issue youth lending a hand

Incumbent Conservative Dan Albas says making the issue federal distracts from the conversation. Herald file photo David Dyck THE MERRITT HERALD

When the Herald asked the candidates what they were hearing from constituents of the Central OkanaganSimilkameen-Nicola riding in Merritt two weeks ago, all of them — with the exception of incumbent Conservative MP Dan Albas — said biosolids.

Albas maintained that making the biosolids issue a federal one distracts from decision-makers in government who have the power to effect change — and those are on the provincial level.

While Albas has so far been leading this race in aggregate polling data, his closest competitor has been NDP candidate Angelique Wood.

She said that, if elected, she would fight to bring the issue to the attention of the federal government within the caucus.

“The first move would be saying we need help in this area, for these reasons,” she told the Herald.

“Particularly in this riding, the important part is that some of the biosolids are coming from another part of the very same riding,” said Wood. “We’re looking at materials being generated in the Okanagan coming over to the Thompson Nicola — so clearly we need some effective problem solving on the ground.”

She said government should be concerned with the lack of information and research done on biosolids — and the problem isn’t just going to disappear.

“Because we produce waste as human beings, the biosolids are not going away,” she said. “We need to monitor the use of the biosolids, we need to research their effect on our waterways and food production sites if we’re going to use them as a compost material.”

Wood continued, “The con-

NDP candidate Angelique Wood says it needs to be brought to federal government’s attention. Submitted photo

cerns that the [anti-biosolids group] Friends of the Nicola Valley have brought up around the medical waste or the issues of very harmful organisms surviving the composting process — I am fully aware of nasty things like prions and the potential damage and harm simply because we do not know of the survival rates and the impacts.”

Wood pointed to the fisheries act as an example of environmental protection lapsing under Harper’s Conservatives. “We need to look at what happened with the gutting of the Fisheries Act in terms of protection for lakes, rivers and streams,” she said. “Obviously Dry Lake being part of your water supply or watershed is of enormous importance.” She said “The fact that environmental regulation in Canada has been gutted wholesale though a number of different omnibus bills means that we cannot protect things from a federal perspective.” She said the NDP as a whole is committed to re-implementing environmental protections.

Albas said he’s seen “no connection” between Conservative environmental policy and the biosolids issue.

Biosolids regulation is the mandate of provincial and local government regulation he said, citing a report found on the Friends of the Nicola Valley website from the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment that outlines jurisdictional boundaries.

In as far as the federal government is concerned with biosolids, Albas said its mandate has only to do with when products that use biosolids being bought or sold in Canada, not having to do with local spreading of biosolids.

“I take the feedback to Ottawa, and if we find that

there’s a way the federal government can be of service, I am certainly willing to do that,” he said. “Any time you have constituents concerned about the quality of their air and the quality of their water, I think we should always be listening and trying to assist and work together.”

But he added that increasing pressure on the federal government decreases it on the province. “The more time people spend at the federal level, trying to find resolution to the biosolids issue, it actually draws away from the actual crux of the conversation, which is: what rules do we have in place provincially, and are we happy with those?” he said.

“Of course, it’s not my job to decide what people’s concerns are, it’s my job to explain and to draw the feedback in,” he added.

“We try to work with provinces and territories on issues and not try to interfere with what’s in their jurisdiction,” he said, adding that he has encouraged the anti-biosolids society Friends of the Nicola Valley to work with Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart.

Wood said she understands there are nuances to the issue of jurisdiction, but that there is a role for the federal government on this issue. “I’m not saying that the federal government would suddenly take over the priorities or the jobs of the Ministry of Environment — clearly the province has that within its mandate,” she said.

“But in every single pace of governance there are blurry lines, jurisdictions do overlap and we do need to — in government as in life — we all have to do more.”

Calls to the Green and Liberal candidates were not retuned before press time.

Mariya Johnson has been a volunteer with the Nicola Valley Health Care Auxiliary for the past two years.

She is one of the Auxiliary’s youth volunteers and is going into grade 12 this coming school year.

Her desire to help people within her community led her to volunteering.

When she found out that the proceeds from the Thrift Shop support health care within the community, she felt it would be a good fit for her.

When she began volunteering at the thrift shop, her first role was organizing the magazines and over time, she learned how to sort and price items.

Sorting through the donations and finding interesting pieces soon became her favourite task.

Mariya is also one of the summer student employees at the thrift shop this year. This is the second summer that she has filled this role.

Mariya enjoys working with the other youth employees and the independence that she has gained within this position.

After she graduates high school she is hoping to continue her education in digital design.

In addition to volunteering, Mariya also enjoys drawing, photography, and doing activities that allow her to use her creativity.

Mariya’s volunteer work also includes being a member

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She encourages other youth to volunteer as well, as she feels that it allows them to learn compassion, maturity, and communication skills.

Mariya is a valued member of Auxiliary and her passion for volunteerism is appreciated by all.

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PROVINCIAL NEWS

Clark spends on rural communities, fire prevention Tom Fletcher BLACK PRESS

Premier Christy Clark peppered her annual address to local politicians with spending announcements Friday, mostly aimed at smaller and rural communities.

Clark emphasized the outsized contribution of small resource communities to the provincial economy, and said the extra help is made possible by the B.C. government’s spending control that has left three straight budget surpluses.

A $75 million “rural dividend” will be available over three years to communities of fewer than 25,000 people that are outside urban areas. The fund is to diversify local economies, but details won’t be released until March 2016.

Clark warned of increasingly severe forest fire seasons due to planetary warming, announcing a $10 mil-

lion top-up to B.C.’s forest fire prevention program to control fuel in interface areas.

The program started in 2004 and has been criticized for focusing on local plans rather than action. The forests ministry says more than 780 square kilometres have been treated so far.

Clark also announced a $90 million extension to the infrastructure fund for small communities, which started last year and is funded 50-50 by the federal and provincial governments.

It’s available to communities under 100,000 people, covering up to two thirds of eligible projects, with applications accepted starting Oct. 30.

Urban communities will likely benefit most from a $5 million addition to the province’s “guns and gangs” strategy, which targets prolific and gang-related offenders and school

programs to warn young people away from gang involvement.

While Clark received a standing ovation before and after her speech to the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Vancouver, discussion before her arrival showed not everyone is pleased with the government’s direction.

An event that began with a small protest outside against the Site C dam project, beginning on the Peace River, ended with a resolution to reverse Victoria’s forced exclusion of the affected land from the agricultural land reserve.

The province imposed four-year election terms on local governments before last year’s municipal elections. At the convention, delegates reversed their long-standing position and called on the province to provide recall legislation for local councils.

Curriculum training cuts into teaching time Tom Fletcher BLACK PRESS

B.C. teachers switching to the education ministry’s new curriculum this year will use 10 hours of classroom time to train on it.

Education Minister Mike Bernier announced the training plan Monday at the B.C. legislature, with teacher, trustee and parent representatives alongside. Bernier said training the first 2,000 teachers to deliver the new curriculum this year will cost $1 million and take the equivalent of two teaching days.

It’s up to local school districts to decide how that time is organized, but it may mean extra non-instructional days or parts of days when students would be sent home early.

The new curriculum is being piloted this year for kindergarten through Grade 9 and will become mandatory across the province starting next fall. Curriculum updates for the higher grades are still in development.

For the next two years, teachers across B.C. will use one of their current professional development days for curriculum training and an

additional five hours, the equivalent of one classroom day, will also be devoted to the new curriculum.

Bernier confirmed that the program is being implemented within existing budgets. The additional $1 million this year is to fund teacher training seminars and travel costs for rural teachers where the training isn’t offered in their home districts.

The training plan was announced with representatives of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation, the B.C. School Trustees’ Association, superintendents, principals and vice principals, parent advisory councils, independent schools, and the First Nations Steering Committee.

BCSTA president Teresa Rezansoff said school boards will decide how to structure the training to “best meet the needs of teachers while minimizing any impact on student learning time.”

Bernier says the new curriculum emphasizes “hands on” learning and more flexibility for individualized studies. Two areas of emphasis are environmental education and an enhanced aboriginal perspective in every subject.

NVIT AWARDS Last Saturday (Sept. 26) was the award ceremony for NVIT students. David Dyck/Herald

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Breast cancer can affect both men and women and is one of the most common forms of cancer.

Thanks to increased awareness and screenings, many cases of breast cancer are diagnosed early and treated successfully. BreastCancer. org says that invasive ductal carcinoma, or IDC, is the most common form of breast cancer, accounting for about 80 percent of all breast cancers. The American Cancer Society says that, although IDC can affect women of any age, it is most common among women age 55 or older. The good news is that this type of cancer is highly curable, provided it has not spread outside of the ducts to other breast tissue.

Survival rates for any breast cancers diagnosed in the early stages are excellent.

Standing strong for all the fighters in our lives.

Celebrities who have had breast cancer Breast cancer remains one of the most common forms of cancer among women, surpassed only by skin cancers. Anyone, even men, can get breast cancer, but gender, age and hereditary factors do put some at greater risk than others.

Many famous women have bravely battled breast cancer. The following are just a few of the famous women who made their battles with breast cancer public.

• Christina Applegate: Applegate underwent a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with early stage breast cancer in 2008. She continues to be a source of inspiration for other breast cancer patients and survivors.

• Sheryl Crow: Even before her own diagnosis in 2006, Crow was raising money and awareness for cancer. Crow had radiation therapy and minimally invasive surgery and has since been cancer-free.

• Cynthia Nixon: Popular television actress Nixon originally kept her cancer diagnosis private. But she shared her story two years after diagnosis and is now a breast cancer awareness advocate.

• Giuliana Rancic: Talk-show host

Rancic had a double mastectomy in 2012.

She shared her story to help other women and provide inspirational hope.

• Judy Blume: The famed young adult author was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012, 17 years after being diagnosed with cervical cancer.

• Olivia Newton-John: The actress and singer discovered breast cancer in 1992 and took a hiatus for surgery and chemotherapy.

She has since been an advocate for breast cancer awareness so other women can see the importance of early detection.

• Dame Maggie Smith: Renowned British Actress Smith was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 while filming her sixth appearance as Professor McGonagall in the “Harry Potter” series. She continued to work on the movie while undergoing chemotherapy and radiation.

• Wanda Sykes: Comedienne Sykes revealed that she had a double mastectomy in 2011 after doctors found evidence of early-stage breast cancer in her left breast.

• Robin Roberts: The “Good Morning America” anchor was diagnosed with earlystage breast cancer in 2007.

Your time and your voice can make a difference.

The first step to finding a cure is awareness and knowledge.

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1948 SAGE PLACE 2563 COUTLEE AVE DL1421 MIDDAY VALLEY RD 1525 COLDWATER AVE $189,000 MLS# 130918 $198,000 MLS# 131126 $210,000 MLS# 131118 $299,000 MLS# 131154

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17-2760 VOGHT ST $157,000 MLS# 130290

7 AMBER CRESC $169,000 MLS# 130248

3340 GRIMMETT ST 4217 FALCON CREST DR MLS# 127788 $ 78,000 MLS# 128105 $255,000

DL3520 MILL CREEK RD $499,000 MLS# 128532

1410 WALNUT AVE $65,000 MLS# 130526

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435 BRENTON AVE 2556 CORKLE ST 2551 PRIEST AVE 432 WILD ROSE DR $ 239,900 MLS# 127534 $409,900 MLS# 124749 $225,000 MLS# 129536 MLS# 127722 $299,999

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Merritt up to $200,000 128070 76-2776 CLAPPERTON AVE 130712 108-1401 NICOLA AVENUE 128369 217-1703 MENZIES STREET 125434 #6-2776 CLAPPERTON AVE 125317 124-1401 NICOLA AVENUE 128000 2375 COUTLEE AVENUE 128359 2637 QUILCHENA AVENUE 128561 1902 COLDWATER AVE 130761 2643 QUILCHENA AVE 127305 1876 COLDWATER AVE 128752 1201 HICKS AVE 130853 2265 SCHINDLER CRESC 127478 1951 GRANITE AVENUE 121146 1650 LINDLEY CRK RD 127900 1875 SAGE STREET 127307 2276 COUTLEE AVENUE 130290 17-2760 VOGHT STREET 121540 305-1701 MENZIES STREET 129401 468 MERRITT-SP.BRG HWY 128396 1326 DOUGLAS STREET 125193 1802 BLAIR STREET 130524 1735 QUILCHENA AVE 130710 13-1749 MENZIES ST 130111 6-1749 MENZIES STREET 130561 2549 CLAPPERTON AVE Merritt $200,000 to $300,000 130361 2487 JACKSON AVE 130646 22-1749 MENZIES STREET 131118 1525 COLDWATER AVENUE 128546 2638 CLAPPERTON AVE 129536 435 BRENTON AVE LN 128458 2364 COUTLEE AVENUE 130825 3008 PONDEROSA AVE 129920 2102 PRIEST AVE 127534 2556 CORKLE STREET 130179 2614 COLDWATER AVE 128323 1751 GRANITE AVENUE 127788 3340 GRIMMETT STREET 130497 2464 JACKSON AVE 129079 2328 ABERDEEN ROAD 125663 1599 COLDWATER AVE 129025 2125 GRANITE AVENUE 128512 2152 CLARKE AVE 131066 2652 PRIEST AVE 130128 419 DODDING AVE 130058 1601 BLAIR STREET

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$34,000 $49,900 $55,000 $69,500 $89,900 $108,900 $109,900 $114,900 $120,000 $135,000 $135,000 $139,000 $148,500 $149,800 $155,000 $157,000 $157,000 $159,000 $167,500 $169,000 $185,000 $189,000 $195,000 $195,000 $198,000

125573 2108 CLEASBY STREET 130001 1475 QUILCHENA AVENUE Merritt $300,000+ 130747 3011 HILTON DRIVE 125531 2950 MCLEAN PLACE 127978 2052 PARKER DR 127816 2930 MCLEAN PLACE 127895 2363 COUTLEE AVENUE 128338 1749 JUNIPER DR NEW PRICE 128756 3051 HILTON AVE 128587 1956 SAGE PLACE 131067 2326 GARCIA ST 129329 1849 PINERIDGE DRIVE 129418 1702 JUNIPER DR Homes on Acreage 128882 2512 KINVIG STREET 127722 432 WILD ROSE DRIVE 130247 16-5300 BOBS LAKE PIT RD 130945 1330 PINE ST 129222 4960 STEFFENS ROAD 128397 1444 LOON LAKE RD CC 129461 2797 MERRITT SP BR HWY 125585 6036 BEECH ROAD 126113 311 MERRITT-SP.BRG HWY NEW PRICE 130458 2184 ARMYTAGE ROAD 128783 128 COLDWATER ROAD 128029 2188 SUNSHINE VALLEY RD E 128821 3793 PETIT CREEK ROAD 118481 5240 DOT RANCH CUTT OFF RD Bare Land 127492 1585 CHESTNUT AVE 127496 1620 CHESTNUT AVE 127497 1630 CHESTNUT AVE 130526 1410 WALNUT AVE 128105 4217 FALCON CREST DR 128104 4207 FALCON CREST DR 130904 1680 CHESTNUT AVE 130261 1914 QUILCHENA AVENUE 127815 2488 SPRINGBANK AVE 121605 2730 EAGLE CRESCENT 125633 1305 FIR AVE 122077 2701 PEREGRINE WAY 126000 3435 D’EASUM ROAD 127607 2299 BURGESS AVE 128081 328 COLDWATER AVE 127723 6357 MONCK PARK ROAD 126788 2556 ABERDEEN ROAD

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Lot 3 120 2980 11615 1926-52 2208 3901 DL3520 2819

MIDDAY VALLEY ROAD GOLDEN QUILL TRAIL PANORAMA DRIVE KAMLOOPS MERRITT HWY NICOLA AVENUE COYLE ROAD PETIT CREEK ROAD SOLD MILL CREEK ROAD ABERDEEN ROAD

$198,000 $240,000 $250,000 $275,000 $325,000 $450,000 $475,000 $499,000 $1,500,000

Commercial 122580 2152 124886 2008 125491 2175 124749 2551 128538 1898 122729 2076 127420 1601 119521 1988 126768 2302 126112 311

NICOLA AVENUE QUILCHENA AVENUE NICOLA AVENUE PRIEST AVE BLAIR STREET COUTLEE AVENUE WILSON ST NICOLA AVENUE CLAPPERTON AVE MERRITT-SP.BRG HWY

$80,000 $80,000 $220,000 $299,999 $395,000 $455,000 $589,900 $590,000 $624,000 $700,000

Logan Lake 125291 347 128340 316-279 130971 205-279 130661 310-400 129209 217-308 129026 67-111 125072 307-400 125939 29 130231 433 128450 21 125603 3 130248 7 127481 38 129838 424 129866 154 129549 250 129838 424 123631 227 131028 155 130190 203 128502 13-15 128310 329 127415 308 130826 232

POPLAR DRIVE ALDER DRIVE ALDER DRIVE OPAL DRIVE CHARTRAND AVE CHARTRAND AVE(Business) OPAL DRIVE TOPAZ CRESC OPAL DRIVE TOPAZ CRESC AGATE DRIVE AMBER CRESCENT BERYL DRIVE OPAL DRIVE PONDEROSA AVE DOGWOOD CRESC OPAL DR BIRCH CRESC ASPEN CRESCENT BASALT PLACE JASPER DRIVE BASALT PLACE BASALT PLACE THRISSEL PLACE

$37,900 $49,900 $54,900 $78,500 $89,000 $89,900 $110,000 $114,900 $124,900 $124,900 $125,000 $169,000 $179,990 $189,500 $199,900 $220,000 $220,000 $224,900 $226,900 $229,000 $229,500 $279,900 $294,900 $320,000

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& Appliances Ltd.

ANNUAL

Merritt, BC

Biggest/Shortest sale of the year

Extra sales staff and factory reps on hand to help with the sale.

two hour sale

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4: NOON - 2 PM We’ll be closed Saturday, Oct. 3 to prepare for the sale

Door crasher 3 piece brown

leather sofa set

2 Sets Only

Sale

$1699

Door crasher front load WASHER & DRYER 4.8 Cu.Ft Washer 7.5 Cu.Ft. Dryer

Drawers Optional

sale

Merritt Centennials Booster Club Fundraiser from 12 - 3 PM, hot dog sale by donation.

PAY NO TAX

$1399/ PAIR

This SALE is so big we had to extend it!

Door crasher 48” SMART LED TV

Noon TO 2 PM Line up early.... Doors will lock at 2 pm Arrive before 2 pm and you can shop til you drop!

4 Only

on final clearance items.

$699

Door crasher

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70%

Sale

AUDRINA

Pillowtop luxury plush, 800 Beautyrest Pocket Coils ONLY 2 LEFT!

sale ONLY 4 LEFT!

sale ONLY 1 LEFT!

sale

Double Unit

$749 Queen Unit

$799 King Unit

$1199

* See store for details

Sunday, OCTOBER 4: NOON - 2 pm MAIN LOCATION: 2025 Coutlee Ave., Merritt • Ph: 250-378-2332 CLEARANCE LOCATION: 2088 Quilchena Ave., Merritt

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electronics 60”

60”/70” LED smart TV 70” 60”

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sale

$1199

mattresses COMFORT I POCKET COIL TIGHT TOP MATTRESS With pocket coil technology for stress free sleep.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4: NOON - 2 PM

2 Only

70”

Single

sale

Double

$1999

Queen

1 Only

120Hz

58”

58”/65” LED smart TV

White premier 100%

$799

65” 58”

sale

leather sofa/love

1 Only

22 Cu. Ft. Fridge Ice & Water Duel Oven Self Clean Range & Built-in Tall Stainless Steel Tub Dishwasher

Save big

$699 sale $1299 sale $1699

on all $1299 50% Off appliances Sale $1899 black recliner sofa set & sale

58”/65” 240 HZ 3D Smart TV 65” 58”

$1399 2 Only

65”

sale

$1799 1 Only

120Hz

55”

55”/60” 3D plasma TV 60” 55”

sale

$1099 1 Only

60”

sale

120Hz

$1399 1 Only

huge selection of blue tooth speakers priced to go

Chair

sofa Love seat

$469 $749

$699

Stove

3 Only

SAVE $300

$499 sale $549 sale $599

sale

Double Unit

plus PAY NO TAX

3 Only

Queen Unit

Cook up the Savings Event Buy 1 or 2 qualifying kitchenaid appliances save 15% Buy 3 or 4 qualifying kitchenaid appliances save 20% Buy 5 or More qualifying kitchenaid appliances save 25%

pay no tax

yoUR CHOICE 5 piece

Single Unit

3 Only

Sold as a set

58”

sale

Fridge

Sold as a set - 1 only

3 piece

Featuring Simmons Independent Pocket Coil technology Drop top pillow top for your comfort. Full 5 year warrant.

Dishwasher

sale

120Hz

60% Off

CITY SHADOW DROP TOP POCKET COIL MATTRESS

stainless steel kitchen

65”

1 Only

$179 sale $249 sale $279

sale

SAVE $300

SAVE $300

KAILEY HYBRID COIL & MEMORY FOAM MATTRESS With Beautyrest Pocketed Coil® technology, Aircool® Memory Foam and innovative TruTemp™ Gel for temperature regulation. This mattress is for those who are serious about the quality of their sleep, and take ultimate to the extreme.

*See in-Store for Details

Queen Unit 2 Only

on

FRONT LOAD, WASHER & DRYER Steam Washer: 5.2 Cu. Ft. Direct Drive, 1200 RPM Dryer: 7.4 Cu. Ft., 9 Dry Programs

Dining Suite with 4 Chairs

Fully Integrated Stainless Steel Tall Tub Dishwasher

Tall Tub Dishwasher • 4 wash cycles/2 options • 50 dBA – Quietest in its class • Exclusive 24/7 overflow leak protection

King Unit 1 Only

SAVE $900

$1299 sale $1799

sale

SAVE $900

LACROIX PILLOW TOP

Specially designed Posturepedic Proback technology provides exceptional back support, and last longer than other brands. Embroidered Cloth handles, zoned pocket coils, added high density foam to resist body impressions.

REGULAR SIZE OR COUNTER HEIGHT SIZE

sale

$399

Queen Unit

Available in Stainless Steel Also On Sale $579

4 Only

King Unit

Drawers Optional

5PC COUNTER HEIGHT DINING SET

8PC BEDROOM SUITE

sale

$1499

plus PAY NO TAX

Includes queen headboard, footboard, rails, mirror, 5 drawer dresser and 2 night stands.

1 Only

sale

$679

OTR Microwave

sale

$529

Refrigerator With More Storage

SAVE $700

$1099 sale $1499

sale

SAVE $700

LUXURY KETTERING 1100 mini pillow coil plus 700 proback coil.

Silk and wool fibre.

100% smart laytex.

Posture Gel memory foam.

Queen Unit 2 Only

sale

All in-stock fireplaces

$899

sale

Yo u

up to

50% off

r Choice

$1799

Top Load Washer Front Load Dryer

$279

sale 30” Easy-Clean Electric Range

50% Off

Tall Tub Dishwasher

ALL TEMPUR-PEDIC MATTRESSES

BLOWOUT PRICES

SAVE $1200 Reg. $2999

8 Piece bedroom suite: Includes headboard, footboard, rails, dresser, mirror, 5 drawer chest and 2 nightstands

8PC Storage bedroom suite: Includes headboard, footboard, rails, dresser, mirror, 5 drawer chest and 2 nightstands Also available in King.

sale

$399

sale

$329

sale

$279

$1299

sale

$379

sale

$529

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2 piece microfibre sofa set sofa

$499

love seat

2 piece sofa set sofa

$799 Yo u

$449

also in-stock as sectional

love seat

$749

r Choice

sofa

$649

2 piece SOFA SET sofa

$799

$599

love seat

MATCHING ACCENT CHAIR AVAILABLE

love seat

2 piece fabric SOFA SET sofa

$699 love seat $649

2 piece fabric sectional

$749

sectional

w/toss cusHions

$1399

r Choice u o Y

medium sized fabric rocker recliner your choice

2 piece sofa set with show wood

$449

large sized fabric rocker recliner your choice

$499

3 piece sectional with ottoman ottoman

$249

sectional

$1399

oak tv stands 42”

$429

50”

$469

8 PIECE COMPLETE BEDROOM SUITE SAVE 1000 Reg. $2899 sale

$1899

60”

$549

7 piece dining table with 6 chairs

50% Off

Reg. $1999 sale

$999

Sunday, october 4: noon - 2 pm MAIN LOCATION: 2025 Coutlee Ave., Merritt • Ph: 250-378-2332 CLEARANCE LOCATION: 2088 Quilchena Ave., Merritt

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Cities debate marijuana dispensary authority

‘Bongy’ promotes a head shop in Esquimalt, before the mascot was banned. In Vancouver, illegal pot stores have employed scantily clad women to attract customers, including young people.

Metro Vancouver

FOND FAREWELL The Logan Lake Seniors Centre was “packed” on Friday, September 25, when the community came together to thank both Cpl. Kat Thain and her family for their time/contribution to the community. The surprise shown on Kat’s face captures, in a nice way, the shock of appreciation.

Eric Ferguson photo/Submitted by Barrie Ogden

Tom Fletcher BLACK PRESS

With medical marijuana dispensaries continuing to open in defiance of federal law, more B.C. communities have joined the call for local authority to regulate what are often little more than retail pot stores.

Lower Mainland communities found majority support at last week's Union of B.C. Municipalities convention to bypass legal wrangling over medical marijuana access, as a court challenge continues against the Conservative government's strict controls on growing and selling it legally.

Maple Ridge Coun. Corisa Bell said other cities are facing the same issues as Vancouver, where about 100 dispensaries have opened in a free-for all with street-level marketing to young people. Vancouver ignored protests from federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose to used authorized sources of medical marijuana, and adopted a licensing system last spring to keep pot shops away from schools, community centres and each other.

Vancouver set a licence fee of $30,000 for dispensaries and $1,000 for non-profit "compassion clubs," with Victoria preparing to follow suit. But other communities don't have the same revolutionary zeal.

Esquimalt Coun. Susan Lowe, whose community banned the pipe-headed mascot "Bongy" from hawking wares of a marijuana paraphernalia store in 2013, said she isn't qualified to regulate medical pot. The Lower Mainland proposal also doesn't prevent a patchwork of different rules in adjoining communities, Lowe said.

Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart said the latest resolution seems intended to stick to municipal authority over location and zoning, but it doesn't say so explicitly, and the UBCM loses credibility when it wanders outside its mandate.

Port Alberni Coun. Jack McLeman said he supports the two-year-old UBCM endorsement of legalizing pot, although his drug of choice for pain is Scotch whisky. He said his council has been approached about medical dispensaries, and invited applications, but no one followed through.

"Just legalize the junk," McLeman said. "Don't tell me it's your aspirin."

Maple Ridge Coun. Craig Speirs drew laughter from delegates when he said there was "some consternation" when his city's first dispensary opened, "but it's proved to have a calming effect on the neighbourhood."

The motion to support municipal control over pot stores passed in a show of hands, with about one third of those attending opposed.

If you got this card, you’re ready to vote!

Federal election day is October 19.

Did your voter information card arrive in the mail? It tells you that you’re registered to vote, and explains when and where you can vote.

If you didn’t receive one, or if it has the wrong name or address, check, update or complete your registration at elections.ca.

Or call 1-800-463-6868 ( TTY 1-800-361-8935).

Elections Canada has all the information you need to be ready to vote.

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Numb hands may be symptomatic of other problems

DR. COLIN GAGE Spinal COLUMN Are you one of those people who regularly wake up at night because your hands and lower arms have gone numb?

You may find that it also happens when you are sitting at a desk or even when driving long distances.

This is commonly caused by compression of the nerves and blood vessels that pass through the shoulder or chest area and down the arm.

The technical term is referred to as “thoracic outlet syndrome.”

The neck portion of the spine — called the cervical spine — has seven vertebrae.

Passing inside of vertebrae is the spinal cord.

Originating from the spinal cord on the left and right, there are eight nerves that exit the spine between each of the vertebrae.

Five of these nerves

combine into a large bundle of nerves, called the brachial plexus. This bundle of nerves passes under the chest muscles, adjacent to the shoulder, and down the arm.

The primary job for most of these nerves is to control the pain or touch sensation and the contraction of the muscles of the arm.

When you sleep with your arm under your pillow or over your head, the bundle of nerves can become mildly stretched.

Whenever this happens, these nerves cannot function well. For

example, if the hand is being touched, a message from the hand is sent through the nerves to the spinal cord and then to the brain.

Your brain then consciously tells you that your hand is being touched.

If the nerves become stretched or compressed, they cannot communicate their message to the brain properly.

This will eventually make your hand and arm feel numb and weak.

This can also happen to those of you that prefer to sleep

curled up into the fetal position. Your arms are likely curled up tight in front of your chest. This position causes compression of the nerves as they pass through the shoulder and into the arm.

The result, numbness in the arm and hand, will occur again for the same reason.

If you spend too much time at the computer or drive for long distances, the muscles in the chest and shoulder can become very tight. This can also compress the nerves as they pass through the shoulder and give the same result of numb-

ness. If these muscles are only mildly tight but not enough to cause numbness, the overall space that the nerves have to pass through is still less.

If you combine this scenario with your arm in the previously mentioned sleeping positions, you are even more vulnerable to experience the numbness.

So how do you deal with this hand and arm numbness?

First of all, avoid sleeping with your arms over your head or curled up in front of you.

To alleviate the

potentially tight muscles in the chest and shoulder, a simple stretch has been shown.

Avoid a slouching posture, as the shoulders will roll forward and further decrease the available space for the nerves to pass through the shoulder and into the arm.

If you are experiencing numbness into the arm or hand, you should also have your neck properly examined by a chiropractor.

Problems in the neck can potentially cause symptoms very similar to thoracic outlet syndrome.

Self-respect is important It is not so important whether the boss or teacher favors us, but rather if we are in favour of ourselves.

GWEN RANDALL-YOUNG Psychology FOR LIVING Does it upset you that the boss seems to favour some employees?

Does it annoy you when a classmate seems to be getting more attention from a teacher?

If it does, chances are that you may have felt as a child that you lived in the shadow of a more favoured sibling.

Or at least it may have seemed that way to you at the time.

If you are always comparing yourself to others, it may have been that parents compared you to a brother or sister, or to other children.

These are some of the long term affects of failing to develop a positive sense about ourselves as children.

Understanding this can help us to do it dif-

ferently with our own children.

This does not mean that we have to bend over backwards to make sure everything is totally fair, or to be careful about commending one child in the presence of another; it means allowing children to express their feelings, and taking the time to reassure them when they feel they’re not measuring up to another’s level of success.

We need to explain that we are all different, with different skills and abilities, and doing well in one area does not make someone a better person, or any more lovable.

In a world with so much competition, it can be a challenge to raise children who love and accept themselves as they are, particularly

if we have not learned to love and accept ourselves.

And of course the best way to teach selfacceptance is to model it. This may be something that you want to work on as a family — encouraging positive attitudes towards self, and catching one another in negative selfjudgments.

Or you may want to work on this with a trusted friend.

Self-concept exists in

the mind, and the mind can be changed.

Make a list of the things you like about yourself, and ask others about the positive qualities that they value in you. If you’re working with a child, start a chart in his or her bedroom, adding to it whenever new qualities or behaviors emerge that you want to reinforce and encourage.

Review these lists regularly, particularly if you are being hard on

yourself.

Pay attention to things you are saying to yourself, your partner or children that may have the effect of weakening the selfconcept, if others say these things to you, stop them calmly, stating that such comments are unacceptable to you, and that you will not listen to them. You can be willing to deal with issues, but unwilling to be verbally abused.

Make this distinction clear.

Ultimately, it is not so important whether the boss or teacher favours us, but rather if we are in favor of ourselves.

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2015-16 Centennials searching for consistency New head coach and GM Martin makes moves to end unacceptable pattern of .500 hockey Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

Going into this week’s trio of games against BCHL opponents, the Merritt Centennials were looking to break out of an early run of inconsistent play that has seen the team fail to record back-to-back victories in seven regular-season outings dating back to early September.

The three-pack of games this week began last night as the Cents hosted their Interior division rivals, the West Kelowna Warriors, in a rare Wednesday-night matchup at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena.

The result of the game was not available by the time this edition of the Merritt Herald went to press.

Merritt and West Kelowna have split their two previous meetings thus far this season, with the Warriors winning 6-4 on home ice to open the 2015-16 BCHL regular season, and the Cents taking the back half of the home-and-home series the following night by a 5-4 score.

Merritt’s remaining

games this week are both on the road, as the Cents pay their first of three visits this season to the South Okanagan Events Centre on Friday to take on the first-place Penticton Vees, and follow that up with a Sunday matinee performance at the South Surrey Arena against the Coast-division Eagles.

Beginning on Wednesday, the Centennials were looking to end a pattern of unsatisfactory .500 hockey that has seen the team repeatedly follow up an inspired win with a disappointing loss.

That was the unfortunate storyline again this past week at the BCHL’s fourth-annual Showcase event in Chilliwack. In front of dozens of college and university scouts from across North America, the Centennials split their two outings — defeating the Eagles 5-3 on September 24, then losing badly the next day, 6-0 to the Nanaimo Clippers.

“We were good for parts of both games, but definitely not good for all of them,” Cents

Cents’ Comings and Goings

KEEPING THINGS IN CHECK Merritt Centennials defenceman Tyrell Buckley (right) puts the stick on Surrey Eagles forward Donovan Ott during action at the BCHL Showcase in Chilliwack last week. The Cents defeated the Eagles 5-3. Photo courtesy of Garrett James

head coach and GM Joe Martin said in summarizing the two outings at the Prospera Centre in Chilliwack. “We gave up some critical goals — early in the first game, and in the second period of the Nanaimo game.

“It’s pretty easy in the Showcase, with all that’s going on, to get sidetracked and distracted,” Martin added.

“Afterwards, we told the

guys that in situations like that, just focus on the work ethic. When you’re the harderworking club, the wins and losses take care of themselves.”

Martin conceded that it’s been a steep learning curve in the early going for this year’s Cents team, which sees only six returnees from last season’s squad.

“It’s taking some

time for our new players to get adjusted to the league. Several have conceded that they didn’t realize things were going to be this fast, this good.

“We’ve got good players, but they’re constantly going to have to get better. The long-term prospects are exciting. It’s just what’s happening in the short term that can be a bit painful.”

Looking ahead to the

Cents’ Grannary on NHL Central Scouting’s September watch list Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

The National Hockey League’s Central Scouting has released its preliminary player rankings for the month of September and nine BCHLers are on the list.

The list includes 18-year-old Merritt Centennials forward Colin Grannary from Delta.

Grannary, in his second season with the Cents, scored 19 goals and added 19 assists for 38 points in 55 regularseason games last year.

This season, the smooth-skating centreman has already picked up nine points (five goals and four assists) in his first seven

New Cents head coach and GM Joe Martin has wasted little time in making some moves to improve his hockey club.

At the end of an exhibition season in which the Cents went 2-2, Martin picked up forward Mich Lipon and defencemen Mark O’Shaughnessy and Tyler Holz while, at the same time, trading second-year D-man Cole Arcuri to the Trail Smoke Eaters for future considerations.

Lipon, 19, comes from Regina. He has played parts of the last three seasons in the WHL with Kamloops, Saskatoon and Everett. Eighteenyear-old O’Shaughnessy, a late cut of the WHL’s Kootenay Ice, played last season with the Kamloops Storm of the KIJHL. Holtz, also 18, suited up for the Osoyoos Coyotes in 2014-15.

Earlier this week, Martin released veteran netminder Anthony Pupplo, 20, and announced the signing of 1997-born goaltender Cole Kehler.

Originally from Altona, Manitoba, Kehler played the last two seasons with the Kamloops Blazers.

You can read more about these recent player developments in next Tuesday’s edition of the Merritt Herald. games this week, Martin said there were several things he’s keying on.

“Our play without the puck is one crucial area. Not just being spectators when the puck isn’t on our stick.

Another area is not giving up odd-man rushes.

That has been a huge problem. And finally, we’re working on short-

BCHL STANDINGS to Sept. 29 INTERIOR DIVISION Team

Liam Finlay, F, Vernon Vipers Austin Cho, D, Vernon Vipers Ty Westgard, F, Surrey Eagles Colin Grannary

regular season games, good for 10th place in league scoring.

A total of 19 players from the Canadian Junior Hockey League are listed.

The Penticton Vees’ Tyson Jost and Dante Fabbro are listed as ‘A’

prospects, indicating a potential first or secondround pick at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. All seven other BCHL players listed, including Grannary, are rated as ‘C’ prospects, indicating a possible fourth-round pick or lower.

Kyle Betts, F, Powell River Kings

Colin Grannary, F, Merritt Centennials Kohen Olischefski, F, Chilliwack Chiefs Dennis Cholowski, D, Chilliwack Chiefs

GP W

L

T OTL PTS

Penticton 6 5 1 0 Salmon Arm 6 4 1 1 West Kelowna 6 4 2 0 Vernon 7 3 3 0 Merritt 7 3 4 0 Trail 6 2 4 0 ISLAND DIVISION

0 0 0 1 0 0

10 9 8 7 6 4

Team

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L

T OTL PTS

Powell River Cowichan Valley Nanaimo Victoria Alberni Valley

7 5 6 5 5

2 1 3 4 4

0 0 0 0 0

5 3 3 1 1

0 1 0 0 0

10 7 6 2 2

MAINLAND DIVISION

Tyson Jost, F, Penticton Vees Dante Fabbro, D, Penticton Vees

ening our shifts down to 30 to 40 seconds.

“Those are all things that should be engrained in players already, but unfortunately with us, they’re not.”

Following Wednesday’s game, the Centennials’ next home date is Sunday, October 11 at 2 p.m. when they entertain the Clippers.

Team

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L

T OTL PTS

Wenatchee Langley Coquitlam Chilliwack Prince George Surrey

5 5 6 6 6 6

0 2 3 2 4 5

0 0 0 1 0 0

5 3 3 2 1 1

0 0 0 1 1 0

10 6 6 6 3 2

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Pickleball set to move indoors in October Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

Merritt’s fastestgrowing outdoor sport this summer is all set to move indoors for the winter months.

The game of pickleball is ready to run from 9 to 11 a.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the former Coquihalla Middle School gymnasium, beginning Friday, October 2.

The cost to play indoors will be $35 for the entire season, or just $3 per session on a drop-in basis.

The fall-winterspring session indoors follows a terrific summer of activity at the Bench tennis courts that saw 20-plus participants each time taking part in morning sessions facilitated by local pickleball enthusuasts Brian and Sylvia Dafoe.

A raquet sport that combines elements of badminton, tennis and table tennis (a.k.a. ping pong), pickleball is played by two, three or four players. It was first invented back in the mid 1960s as a back-

SWINGING SUCCESS Since its introduction to the Nicola Valley at the beginning of the summer, the sport of pickleball has been a huge hit with Merritt-area residents. Large numbers of participants enjoyed regular sessions at the Bench tennis courts from May to September. (Left) Pickleball enthusiast Brian Dafoe demonstrates good form returning a ball. (Above) Sini Darwin and Sylvia Dafoe team up in a game of doubles. The popular sport is set to move indoors in October with regular get-togethers on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Ian Webster/Herald

yard pastime for kids, but has rapidly become popular among adults — especially seniors.

The Dafoes were first introduced to the sport during one of their frequent trips to Mexico.

“All ages can play, but it’s a real ‘hit’ with

the 50-plus age group,” Sylvia said. “It’s easier on the body than tennis, squash or racquetball.

All you need is a good pair of runners, a racquet and a few balls.”

A pickleball court is similar to the one used in badminton in terms of dimensions

and markings, while the net rules and height are comparable to those in tennis. The soft paddles of wood or polymer are much like ping pong racquets, while the ball is analgous to a Wiffle ball used in children’s playground games.

The objective of

Montgomery takes MGCC ladies club championship Merritt Golf & Country Club 2015 Ladies Day Wind Up Results Flight #1 1st Low Gross 1st Low Net 2nd Low Gross 2nd Low Net 3rd Low Gross 3rd Low Net 4th Low Gross 4th Low Net 5th Low Gross 5th Low Net 6th Low Gross 6th Low Net

Deb Montgomery 82 Lynne Price 70 Diana Lorenz 86 Audrey Niehaus 71 Kim Williams 92 Maureen Lorenz 74 Muriel Griffiths 94 Glenda Rodgers 78 Grayce Owerko 106 Shelley Eng 86 Patsy Seward 108 Gwenn Hetherington 92

Flight #2 1st Low Gross 1st Low Net 2nd Low Gross 2nd Low Net 3rd Low Gross 3rd Low Net 4th Low Gross 4th Low Net 5th Low Gross 5th Low Net 6th Low Gross 6th Low Net 7th Low Gross

Lorna Latremouille 91 Elaine Lane 66 Peggy Plotnikoff 97 Shelley Sanders 72 Lois Ward 100 Sharon McIvor 75 Shirley Emmerick 102 Iris Hodson 75 Joan Negrin 110 Sheree Byer 80 Donna Clairmont 111 June Hanik 80 Kathyrn Olsen 114

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Marg Gillespie Gwendy Lamont

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pickleball is much the same as that of its racquet-sport cousins — to successfully get the ball over the net and win points off rallies.

All serving in pickleball is underhand and diagonal across the net.

Games are played to 11, 15 or 21 points depend-

ing upon the event, and games must be won by at least two points.

To further promote the sport and its transition to an indoor setting, the Dafoes have arranged for an introductory clinic on Wednesday, October 7 at the CMS gym.

“There’ll be no charge for the clinic, and all the necessary equipment will be supplied,” Brian said.

For more information on pickleball, the free clinic and the indoor season, contact the Dafoes at 250-3787452.

MINOR HOCKEY REPORT

Merritt rep teams off to a good start Another Merritt minor hockey season is underway with rep teams currently playing exhibition and regularseason games, and house teams conducting practices.

Atom Development

WINNING PERFORMANCE Merritt Golf & Country Club ladies club champion Deb Montgomery with MGCC owner/ head pro Sydney van Rensberg. Photo submitted

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2nd Low Gross 2nd Low Net 3rd Low Gross 3rd Low Net 4th Low Gross 4th Low Net 5th Low Gross 5th Low Net 6th Low Gross 6th Low Net 7th Low Gross 7th Low Net

Esther Blackmon Libby Petrie Carla Bacon Connie Westwick Barb Puga Jean Hill Liz Claman Diane Murdoch Angela Texmo Joan Martin Teressa Nahanee Judy Nastremsky

113 75 113 75 113 78 113 80 118 82 131 92

The Fountain Tire atoms hosted the Kamloops Jr. Blazers on the weekend and came away with an 8-3 win.

Lucas Schmid led the way on the scoreboard for the Jr. Centennials, scoring four times and adding an assist.

Other Merritt goal getters were Brayden McRae Chillihitzia (2), Jalen McRae and Glen Newman. Gracie Graham tallied three assists.

Sharing the win in the Merritt net were Nathan Willey and Nathan van Rensberg.

Peewee Rep The Ramada Inn peewees came away with a win and a tie on the weekend.

Saturday, Breanna Ouellet scored twice as Merritt skated to a 3-3 draw with the visiting Kamloops Jr. Blazers. Chase Cooke had the other goal for the Jr. Cents, while Max Graham (2), Sajjin Lali and Matthew Newman all drew assists. Bryce Garcia played a full 60 minutes in the Merritt net.

Sunday, it was Manjot Panghli between the pipes in his team’s 10-0 shutout over Salmon Arm on the shores of the Shuswap.

Graham had a seven-point game with four goals and three assists.

Ouellet chipped in with a hat trick. Other

goals came from Jayden Storey, Roberrt Sterling and Lali. Additional assists went to Ouellet, Cooke, Newman, Storey and Cortez Charters.

Games This Weekend Friday 7:30 p.m. Midget Female vs Chase Saturday 1:00 p.m. Midget Rep vs Penticton (Shulus) 3:30 p.m. Atom Dev. vs S. Okanagan (Shulus) 6:00 p.m. Peewee rep vs Vernon Sunday 10:15 a.m. Atom Dev. vs Summerland 12:00 a.m. Midget Rep vs S. Okanagan 2:30 p.m. Bantam Female vs Kamloops

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NICOLA VALLEY FALL FAIR SPECIAL SECTION PRIZES 2015 High Indoor Aggregate Name on Best in Show - Classes 117 - 146 SECTION D - CANNING Sewing Rosette - Nicola Valley Fall Aggregate Trophy & a keeper trophy - Nicola Valley Fall Fair Fair - Sharon Prier High Points in Jams & Jellies $25.00 - Susan Thompson Cash - Triple G Logging Best in Show - Classes 159 - 176 - Vanessa Hilton High Outdoor Aggregate Name on Quilting Rosette - Nicola Valley Fall Aggregate Trophy & a keeper trophy Fair - Donna Schmidt - Nicola Valley Fall Fair - Keith Hume High Points in Canning $25.00 Cash Triple G Logging - Susan Thompson High Points Sewing - Classes 117 SECTION A - FLOWERS First Prize for Class 136 - Display of 146 $20.00 Wal Mart Card - Nicola Valley Fall Fair - Sharon Prier High Point Winner $50 Gift Certificate Various Canned Fruits, Veggies & Meat - 5000 Save On More Points High Points - Classes 66 - 105 $25.00 - Nicola Valley Fall Fair Coopers Foods - Roxanne Lorette Gift Certificate - Wal Mart - Sandy - Dede Connolly Curnow & Marg Davis Second Prize for Class 136 - Display Best Overall Flower Arrangement of Various Canned Fruits, Veggies or High Points in Sewing Classes 117$10.00 Cash - Century 21 Moving Meat - 3000 Save On More Points 146 $20.00 Wal Mart Card - Nicola Real Estate - Betty Capp Coopers Foods - Dede Connolly Valley Fall Fair - Sharon Prier Best Overall Potted Plant $15.00 Cash Third Prize for Class 136 - Display of High Points in Quilting Classes 159- Century 21 Moving Real Estate Various Canned Fruits, Veggies or 176 Fat Quarter Bundle - approx - Dede Connolly Meat - 2000 Save On More Points $30.00 - Marianne Reimer - Donna Schmidt Best Artistic Display of a Single Bloom Coopers Foods - Barbra Sayles $5.00 Cash - Century 21 Moving Class 139 - Bernardin Gift Pack High Points in Embroidery - Classes Real Estate - Betty Capp Competition $20.00 Gift Certificate 1 - 8 $15.00 Cash - Nicola Valley Fall Plus Rosette Prize Ribbon - Bernardin Fair - Donna Jordan Special Prize in Memory of Joan - Dede Connolly Koller $25.00 Gift Certificate High Points in Homecraft $25.00 Gift Rivercity Mechanical - Betty Capp Class 140 - Bernardin SNAP / Mason Certificate - Creative Company Jar Creative Craft Award - $20.00 Donna Jordan SECTION B Gift Certificate Plus Prize Rosette FRUIT & VEGGIES Ribbon - Bernardin - Dede Connolly SECTION H - HOBBIES First Prize $50.00 Cash - Black’s Pharmacy - Susan Thompson Second Prize $25.00 Cash - Century 21 Moving Real Estate - Dede Connolly Third Prize $25.00 Gift Certificate Nicola Valley Farmers Market - Susan Thompson High Point Veggies Classes 38 - 127 $50.00 Gift Certificate - Mirror Vintage - Susan Thompson

SECTION C - BAKING Highest Points Baking Section $25.00 Cash - Century 21 Moving Real Estate - Susan Thompson Second Highest Points Baking Section $15.00 Cash - Century 21 Moving Real Estate - Dede Connolly Third Highest Points Baking Section $10.00 Cash - Century 21 Moving Real Estate - Jessie Rabbitt First - White Bread $15.00 Cash H & R Block - Dede Connolly Second - White Bread $10.00 Cash H & R Block - Louise Fox Third - White Bread $5.00 Cash H & R Block - Donna Jordan First - Brown Bread $15.00 Cash H & R Block - Dede Connolly Second - Brown Bread $10.00 Cash H & R Block - Donna Jordan Third - Brown Bread $5.00 Cash H & R Block - Susan Thompson First - Apple Pie $15.00 Cash - H & R Block - Jessie Rabbitt Highest Points in Class 28 - Pumpkin Pie $15.00 Gift Certificate - 3 Bar Farms - Jessie Rabbitt

High Points in Class #30 & 31 Bucket of Honey - $21.50 - Nicola Valley Apiaries - Susan Thompson

Highest Aggregate Winner in Baking & Homecrafts - Trophy - Nicola Valley Women’s Institute - Kelsey Starrs

Div B Grade 4 to Grade 6 Highest Points - $10.00 Cash Century 21 -Andee Walker Second Highest Points - Gift Certificate - Dairy Queen Alexandra Van Rossum Third Highest Points - $10.00 Gift Certificate - Movie Experts - Janelle Gage Highest Points in Fine Arts - $7.50 Cash - Sponsored in Memory of Ignatia Grams - Janelle Gage

Div D Grade 10 to Grade 12 Highest Points - $10.00 Cash Century 21 - Robert Neill Second Highest Points - Gift Certificate - Dairy Queen Genevieve Hilton Third Highest Points - $10.00 Gift Certificate - Movie Experts - Isabel Van Rossum Highest Points in Fine Arts - $7.50 Cash - Sponsored in Memory of Ignatia Grams - Genevieve Hilton Highest Points in Creative Writing - 1 Free Teen Burger & Regular Root Beer - A & W - Genevieve Hilton Highest Points in Photography - $5.00 Cash - Sharon Keyser - Isabel van Rossum

Best Vegifruitable - Best in Show Rosette - Sponosred by Nicola Valley Rogers Baking Contest - First Place Fall Fair - Andee Walker Gift Certificate & Rosette - Rogers Foods - Robert Neill Highest Points in Creative Writing - 1 Free Teen Burger & Regular Root SECTION K Beer - A & W - Andee Walker

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Best in Class 1 - 3 $10.00 Cash - Hub Highest Points for Collection of Seeds Barton Insurance Brokers Ltd. - Susan - $5.00 Gift Certificate - Panago Highest Points - $100.00 Gift Thompson - Andee Walker Certificate - H & R Block - Leanne Cleavely Highest Points in Class #73 - 79 - In Best in Class 12 - 16 $10.00 Cash Highest Points in Photography - $5.00 Memory of Joan Jager - $15.00 Gift Hub Barton Insurance Brokers Ltd. Cash - Sharon Keyser - Julia Smith Best Picture In Show - $25.00 Gift Certificate - Triple G Logging Marcile Moffat Certificate & Trophy - Pharmasave - Susan Thompson Rogers Baking Contest - First Place - - Leanne Cleavely Best in Class 21 - 25 $10.00 Cash Gift Certificate & Rosette - Rogers SECTION D1 - WINE Hub Barton Insurance Brokers Ltd. Foods - Andee Walker Judges Choice Award - $25.00 Sue Durand Cash - In memory of Ann Johnston Highest Points Homemade Wine Rogers Baking Contest - Second - Leanne Cleavely $25.00 Gift Certificate on a Wine Kit - Best in Class 4 - 11 $10.00 Cash Place - Gift Certificate & Rosette The Wine Press - Marianne Reimer NMV Lumber - Susan Thompson - Rogers Foods - Alexandra Van Highest Points - Class 6A to 10D Rossum $15.00 Cash - In memory of Ann Highest Points U-Brew Made Wine A Best in Show - Class 35 - 43 Rosette Johnston - Leanne Cleavely Wine Kit - Coopers Foods Nicola Valley Fall Fair - Kelly Allen Rogers Baking Contest - Third Place - Dede Connolly - Gift Certificate & Rosette - Rogers Highest Points - Class 11A to 15D Best in 2 x 4 Challenge - Class # Foods - Maya Starrs $15.00 Cash - In memory of Ann 88 $50.00 Gift - Home Hardware Johnston - Leanne Cleavely SECTION E Building Centre - Merle Boyes FORAGE & CROPS Peoples Choice - $30.00 Cash - In Div C Judges Choice - Most Unique in memory of Walter Brynjolfson - Susan High Aggregate Forage Sec Grade 7 to Grade 9 Show $20.00 Cash - Hub Barton Thompson $80 Photo Session - Crystal Leier Insurace Brokers Ltd. Photography - Iggy Connolly Highest Points - $10.00 Cash - Danaya Bagnell-Neill SECTION M Century 21 - Natasha Wainwright High Points in Classes 1 - 7 $50 PET SHOW CLASS 9 Judges Choice - Best in Show $20.00 Gift Certificate - Noble Tractor & Second Highest Points - Gift Cash - NMV Lumber - Kelly Allen Equipment Ltd. - Mya Martindale Certificate - Dairy Queen Most Unique - $10.00 Cash - Danaya Bagnell-Neill Sponsored by Nicola Valley Fall Fair SECTION I ELEMENTARY Highest Points in Classes 35 - 39 - Maya Martindale Prize Pack - Westcan Automotive & SECONDARY STUDENTS Third Highest Points - $10.00 Gift Louise Fox Certificate - Movie Experts SECTION U - Daphne McRae Div A POULTRY & PIGEONS Highest Points in Classes 40 - 45 Kindergarten to Grade 3 Highest Points in Fine Arts - $7.50 $25 Gift Certificate - Jamara Joyal Highest Points - $15.00 Cash Massage Therapy - Marcile Moffat Cash - Sponsored in Memory of Highest Points - $10.00 Cash Century 21 - Keith Hume Ignatia Grams - Nishani Wainwright Highest Points in Classes 46 - 51 Prize Century 21 Pack - Westcan Automotive - Susan - Kelsey Cleavely Highest Points in Photography - $5.00 Highest Points Youth - $10.00 Gift Certificate - Tia’s Treasures - Ben Thompson Cash - Sharon Keyser Second Highest Points - Gift Hume - Danaya Bagnell-Neill Highest Points in Classes 52 - 68 Prize Certificate - Dairy Queen - Kelsey Starrs Highest Points Adults - 10 Gift Pack - Mountain Side Gourmet & Rogers Baking Contest - First Place Certificate - 3 Bar Farms - Keith Garlic - Dede Connolly - Gift Certificate & Rosette - Rogers Third Highest Points - $10.00 Gift Hume Foods - Nishani Wainwrght Certificate - Movie Experts SECTION F - FINE ARTS - Iggy Connolly Pat Robertson was the winner of the $50.00 for the brick sales – this prize High Points - First Place Winner Highest Points in Fine Arts - $7.50 was sponsored by the Merritt Herald. $50.00 Cash Card from Wal Mart Cash - Sponsored in Memory of Sponsored by Nicola Valley Fall Fair Ignatia Grams - Kelly Allen & Marianne Reimer - Wren Edwards High Points - Second Place Winner $15.00 Cash - Kat Ventures Bookkeeping - Kelly Allen

Fleishmann’s Yeast Best Bread - First Best in Show $25.00 Cash - Century - #63 White Bread - $20.00 Product 21 - Debie Towers & Jessie Rabbitt Certificate - Fleishmann’s Yeast Susan Thompson SECTION G Robin Hood Family Best Lunchbox Snack Contest - First - # 66 Cookies, Squares or Bars - $10.00 Gift Certificate - Brambles Bakery - Susan Thompson

Div A & B Kindergarten to Grade 6

HOMECRAFTS

Best in Show - Classes 1 - 8 Embroidery Rosette - Nicola Valley Fall Fair - Donna Jordan

Best Vegifruitable - Best in Show Rosette - Sponsored by Nicola Valley Fall Fair - Kelsey Cleavely Highest Points in Photography - $5.00 Cash - Sharon Keyser - Kelsey Cleavely Rogers Baking Contest - First Place Gift Certificate & Rosette - Rogers Foods - Kelsey Starrs

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NICOLA VALLEY FALL FAIR CLASS RESULTS STATIC EXHIBITS 2015 34 Cut flowers - Jar Of Mixed Annuals • 1 Leanne Cleaveley 1 Cut flowers - Hybrid Tea • 2 Betty Capp 1 Bloom With Own Foliage 36 Cut flowers - Community • 1 Susan Thompson Gardens - Jar Of Flowers • 2 Kathy Reimer • 2 Betty Capp 2 Cut flowers - Hybrid Tea 37 Cut flowers - Petunia 1 Bud With Own foliage - Single - 3 Blooms Sep • 1 Dede Connolly Stems • 2 Kathy Reimer • 1 Betty Capp 4 Cut flowers - Rose • 2 Marianne Reimer Floribunda - 1 Stem With • 3 Leanne Cleaveley Own Foliage 41 Cut flowers - Bachelor • 1 Susan Thompson Buttons - 6 Blooms • 2 Kathy Reimer • 1 Dede Connolly • 3 Dede Connolly • 2 Susan Thompson 5 Cut flowers - Rose • 3 Kathy Reimer Miniature - 3 Stems With 45 Cut flowers - Flower Not Own Foliage Mentioned - Medium - 3 • 1 Betty Capp Blooms • 2 Dede Connolly • 1 Betty Capp • 3 Susan Thompson • 2 Kathy Reimer 6 Cut flowers - Dahlia 46 Cut flowers - Flower Group of 3 Not Mentioned - Small - 6 • 1 Merle Boyes Blooms • 1 Joanne Swan • 1 Leanne Cleaveley • 3 Dede Connolly • 2 Susan Thompson 7 Cut flowers - Dahlia 47 Fresh Flower Cactus - One Bloom 1 Arrangement - Annuals &/ Joanne Swan or Perennials • 2 Merle Boyes • 1 Betty Capp • 3 Sharon Boyes • 2 Merle Boyes 8 Cut flowers - Dahlia 49 Theme Arrangement Semi Cactus - One Bloom Give Name • 1 Sharon Boyes • 1 Betty Capp • 2 Merle Boyes 50 Artistic Display of a • 3 Dede Connolly Single Bloom - can use 10 Cut flowers - Dahlia Decorative Over 8 “ - One Ornaments • 1 Betty Capp Bloom • 2 Dede Connolly • 1 Dede Connolly 53 Tea Cup Arrangement • 3 Sharon Boyes • 2 Betty Capp 11 Cut flowers - Dahlia • 3 Leanne Cleaveley Decorative Under 8“ - One 54 Potted Plants - Martha Bloom Washington Geranium • 1 Merle Boyes • 2 Dede Connolly • 2 Dede Connolly 55 Potted Plants - Impatiens • 3 Sharon Boyes • 1 Sandy Curnow 12 Cut flowers - Dahlia 56 Potted Plants - Begonia Collection of 6 - Tuberous • 1 Sharon Boyes • 2 Eleanor Ware • 2 Merle Boyes 57 Potted Plants - Begonia • 3 Dede Connolly - Fibrous 13 Cut flowers - Dahlia • 1 Betty Capp - Pompom - Group of 3 • 2 Sandy Curnow Under 2” 59 Potted Plants • 1 Sharon Boyes Geranium - Single • 2 Merle Boyes • 1 Dede Connolly 14 Cut flowers - Dahlia 60 Potted Plants Ball - Round/Slightly Flat Geranium - Open - Over 2” • 1 Dede Connolly • 1 Merle Boyes 61 Potted Plants - African • 2 Sharon Boyes Violet - Single • 3 Dede Connolly • 1 Dede Connolly 19 Cut flowers - Asters • 2 Sandy Curnow - Separate Blooms - 5 64 Potted Plants - Cactus Blooms • 1 Dede Connolly • 3 Betty Capp 65 Potted Plants - Foliage 22 Cut flowers - Gladiolus Plant - Not Fern Type - 1 Spike • 1 Betty Capp • 1 Merle Boyes 66 Potted Plants - Hanging • 2 Susan Thompson Plant Flowering • 3 Kathy Reimer • 1 Sandy Curnow 25 Cut flowers - Pansies - 5 71 Potted Plants - In A Blooms - Any Colour With Bottle Or Glass Container Foliage • 1 Sandy Curnow • 1 Dede Connolly • 2 Dede Connolly • 2 Susan Thompson 73 Potted Plants - Potted • 3 Kathy Reimer 26 Cut flowers - Sweet Peas Not Mentioned - Medium • 1 Dede Connolly - 6 Cuts - Any Color 74 Potted Plant - Potted Not • 1 Dede Connolly 27 Cut flowers - Marigold - Mentioned - Small • 1 Dede Connolly Large - Over 3” - 3 Blooms 75 Potted Plants - Any • 1 Betty Capp 28 Cut flowers - Marigold - Tropical Plant - Large • 2 Sandy Curnow Medium - 1 1/2” To 3” - 3 76 Potted Plants - Any • 1 Betty Capp Tropical Plant - Medium • 2 Marianne Reimer • 1 Dede Connolly • 3 Leanne Cleaveley • 2 Sandy Curnow 29 Cut flowers - Marigold 77 Potted Plants - Any Small - 1 “ To 1 1/2” - 3 Tropical Plant - Small • 1 Betty Capp • 1 Sandy Curnow • 2 Susan Thompson 30 Cut flowers Snapdragons 78 Special Category - Wild Flower Arrangement - Double - 3 Spikes • 1 Betty Capp • 1 Dede Connolly • 2 Sue Durand

A FLOWERS

79 Potted Plants - Open Small • 1 Sandy Curnow 80 Potted Plants - Open Medium • 1 Dede Connolly • 2 Sandy Curnow 81 Potted Plants - Open Large • 1 Dede Connolly

60 Vegetables Cucumbers-Greenhouse - 2 • 1 Dede Connolly 62 Vegetables - Garlic - 2 Bulbs • 1 Merle Boyes 64 Vegetables-Kohlrabi - 2 • 1 Kathy Reimer 68 Vegetables - Lettuce Romaine - 1 Head • 1 Merle Boyes B FRUITS & 74 Vegetables - Onions VEGETABLES Red, Yellow, White, Brown -3 9 Fruit-Cherries-Ground - 3 • 1 Kathy Reimer • 1 Leanne Cleaveley • 2 Susan Thompson 14 Fruit - Grapes - 2 78 Vegetables-Peas-6 Pods Clusters • 1 Kathy Reimer • 1 Michael Hilton • 2 Susan Thompson 16 Fruit - Plums - 6 80 Vegetables - Peppers • 1 Dede Connolly Green Bell - 2 19 Fruit -Pears -Bartlett - 3 • 2 Dede Connolly • 2 Susan Thompson 83 Vegetables - Peppers • 3 Kathy Reimer Red Hot - 2 21 Fruit - Raspberries - 6 • 1 Joanne Swan • 1 Dede Connolly 86 Vegetables - Peppers 22 Fruit - Strawberries - 6 Open - 2 • 1 Susan Thompson • 1 Leanne Cleaveley • 2 Kathy Reimer 87 Vegetables - Potatoes 26 Herbs - Basil - Fresh - 5 White - 3 • 1 Leanne Cleaveley • 1 Susan Thompson 27 Herbs-Chives - Fresh - 5 • 2 Kathy Reimer • 1 Merle Boyes 88 Vegetables - Potatoes • 2 Dede Connolly - Red - 3 • 3 Sharon Boyes • 1 Susan Thompson 28 Herbs - Dill - Fresh - 5 • 2 Kathy Reimer • 2 Leanne Cleaveley 94 Vegetables - Pumpkin 29 Herbs - Lavender - Fresh Small - 1 -5 • 1 Dede Connolly • 1 Leanne Cleaveley • 2 Susan Thompson 31 Herbs - Mint - Fresh - 5 • 3 Kathy Reimer • 1 Leanne Cleaveley 100 Vegetables - Rhubarb • 2 Dede Connolly - 5 Stalks 32 Herbs - Oregano - Fresh • 1 Dede Connolly -5 • 2 Kathy Reimer • 1 Leanne Cleaveley • 3 Susan Thompson 33 Herbs - Parsley - Fresh 101 Vegetables - Swiss -5 Chard - 2 Stalks • 1 Dede Connolly • 1 Louise Fox • 2 Merle Boyes 102 Vegetables - Squash • 3 Sharon Boyes Acorn - 1 38 Vegetables - Beans • 1 Kathy Reimer Green Bush - 6 pods 103 Vegetables - Squash • 1 Susan Thompson Buttercup - 1 • 2 Kathy Reimer • 1 Merle Boyes 40 Vegetables - Beans 105 Vegetables - Squash Purple Bush - 6 Pods Hubbard - 1 • 2 Dede Connolly • 1 Dede Connolly 42 Vegetables - Beans 107 Vegetables - Squash Pole - 6 pods Spaghetti - 1 • 1 Leanne Cleaveley • 1 Susan Thompson 43 Vegetables - Scarlet 109 Vegetables - Tomatoes Runner - 6 Pods - Green - 4 • 1 Susan Thompson • 1 Marianne Reimer 44 Vegetables - Beets • 2 Kathy Reimer Globe Red - 2” - 3” - 3 • 3 Dede Connolly Beets 110 Vegetables - Tomatoes • 1 Dede Connolly - Red - 4 • 2 Susan Thompson • 1 Susan Thompson • 3 Kathy Reimer • 2 Kathy Reimer 45 Vegetables - Beets • 3 Dede Connolly Long - 2” To 5” - 3 Beets 112 Vegetables - Tomatoes • 2 Marianne Reimer - Red Cherry - 6 50 Vegetables - Carrots • 1 Susan Thompson Short - 4” Or Less - 5 • 2 Dede Connolly • 1 Leanne Cleaveley • 3 Kathy Reimer • 2 Kathy Reimer 114 Vegetables - Tomatoes • 3 Susan Thompson - Open - 4 51 Vegetables - Carrots • 1 Dede Connolly Medium - 4” To 7” - 5 • 2 Susan Thompson • 1 Susan Thompson 115 Vegetables • 2 Kathy Reimer Tomatoes- Hybrid- Open 4 • 3 Louise Fox • 2 Dede Connolly 52 Vegetables - Carrots 116 Vegetables-Turnips -1 Long - 7” Or Longer - 5 • 2 Kathy Reimer • 2 Marianne Reimer • 2 Susan Thompson 56 Vegetables - Corn 117 Vegetables - Zucchini Sweet - 3 Ears 6” or Less - 1 • 1 Susan Thompson • 1 Susan Thompson • 2 Kathy Reimer 120 Vegetables - Zucchini 57 Vegetables 6” - 10” - 1 Cucumbers - Pickling - 2” • 1 Leanne Cleaveley To 3” - 6 • 2 Susan Thompson • 1 Susan Thompson 121 Vegetables - Zucchini 59 Vegetables Mammoth - Over 10” - 1 Cucumbers - Slicing - 6” • 1 Robert Mervyn To 8” - 2 • 2 Marianne Reimer • 1 Michael Hilton • 3 Kathy Reimer • 3 Susan Thompson

78 Canned Wild Fruit Saskatoons • 1 Dede Connolly 80 Juice - Apricot • 1 Susan Thompson 82 Juice - Tomato • 1 Dede Connolly • 2 Susan Thompson 84 Juice - Open • 1 Dede Connolly 85 Fruit Leathers - Dried Fruit Leather, Any Kind • 1 Dede Connolly 87 Pickles & Relish - Dill Pickles • 1 Susan Thompson 88 Pickles & Relish - Pickled D CANNING C BAKING Beets • 1 Susan Thompson 3 Jams & Jellies 1 Bread - White - 1 loaf 92 Pickles & Relish - Pickled Crabapple Jelly • 1 Dede Connolly Garlic • 1 Dede Connolly • 2 Louise Fox • 1 Dede Connolly 6 Jams & Jellies • 3 Donna Jordan 94 Pickles & Relish - Beans Blackberry Jelly 2 Bread - Brown - 1 Loaf Pickled • 1 Dede Connolly • 1 Dede Connolly 7 Jams & Jellies - Blueberry • 1 Susan Thompson • 2 Donna Jordan 95 Pickles & Relish - Sweet Jelly • 3 Susan Thompson Cucumber Pickles • 1 Vanessa Hilton 4 Bread - Health - 1 Loaf • 1 Vanessa Hilton 9 Jams & Jellies - Grape • 2 Susan Thompson 2 Dede Connolly Jelly 5 Bread Maker Bread 97 Pickles & Relish - Open • 1 Susan Thompson White - 1 Loaf Pickles • 2 Vanessa Hilton • 1 Susan Thompson • 1 Roxanne Lorette 12 Jams & Jellies - Mixed • 2 Susan Thompson 103 Pickles & Relish - Salsa Fruit Jelly 6 Bread Maker Bread - Hot • 2 Vanessa Hilton Brown - 1 Loaf • 1 Dede Connolly 13 Jams & Jellies - Plum • 1 Susan Thompson • 2 Roxanne Lorette Jam 7 Artisan Bread - 1 Loaf • 3 Marcile Moffat • 1 Marcile Moffat Open 15 Jams & Jellies - Apricot 104 Pickles & Relish - Salso • 1 Michael Hilton - Fruit Jam 8 Buns - White - 6 • 1 Roxanne Lorette • 1 Dede Connolly • 1 Susan Thompson 106 Pickles & Relish 16 Jams & Jellies • 2 Dede Connolly Antipasto Strawberry Jam • 3 Jessie Rabbitt • 1 Susan Thompson • 1 Susan Thompson 9 Buns - Brown - 6 • 2 Roxanne Lorette • 2 Vanessa Hilton • 1 Susan Thompson 107 Canned Vegetables • 3 Dede Connolly 10 Buns - Cinnamon - 6 Carrotts 18 Jams & Jellies • 1 Jessie Rabbitt • 1 Susan Thompson Blueberry Jam • 2 Susan Thompson 108 Canned Vegetables • 1 Vanessa Hilton 13 Biscuits - Baking Powder 19 Jams & Jellies Beans - Plain - 6 • 1 Susan Thompson Raspberry Jam • 2 Susan Thompson 109 Canned Vegetables • 1 Susan Thompson 14 Biscuits - Baking Powder 21 Jams & Jellies - Peas And Raisins Or Currants - 6 Combination - 2 to 3 Fruit • 1 Susan Thompson • 2 Susan Thompson 110 Canned Vegetables Jams 15 Muffins - Bran Plain - 6 - Corn • 1 Vanessa Hilton • 1 Susan Thompson • 1 Susan Thompson 29 Jams & Jellies - Open 16 Muffins - Fruit - 6 113 Canning Vegetables • 1 Vanessa Hilton • 1 Jessie Rabbitt Tomatoes - Stewed • 2 Dede Connolly 17 Cake-White-1 Layer Iced 30 Jams and Jellies With • 1 Susan Thompson • 3 Jessie Rabbitt • 2 Dede Connolly Honey - Any Tame Fruit 18 Cake - Chocolate - 1 114 Canning Vegetables • 1 Susan Thompson Layer Iced - Tomatoes - Only Salt 59 Canned Fruit - Pears • 3 Jessie Rabbitt Added • 1 Susan Thompson 19 Cake - Spiced - 1 Layer • 1 Dede Connolly • 2 Marcile Moffat Un-Iced • 2 Susan Thompson 60 Canned Fruit - Peaches • 1 Dede Connolly • 3 Roxanne Lorette • 1 Dede Connolly 21 Cake-Chiffon-Un-Iced 115 Canned Vegetables • 2 Marcile Moffat • 1 Dede Connolly Tomatoes with herbs • 3 Roxanne Lorette 22 Cake - Angel Food • 1 Dede Connolly 61 Canned Fruit - Plums Un-Iced • 2 Susan Thompson • 1 Susan Thompson • 1 Dede Connolly • 3 Marcile Moffat 62 Canned Fruit 25 Pie - Apple Covered 118 Canned Vegetables - Apricots • 1 Jessie Rabbitt Open • 1 Susan Thompson 26 Pie - Any Fruit Covered • 2 Dede Connolly • 1 Susan Thompson • 1 Jessie Rabbitt 63 Canned Fruit - Cherries 124 Dehydrated Items 27 Pie - Lemon Meringue • 1 Susan Thompson Fruit • 1 Jessie Rabbitt • 2 Dede Connolly • 1 Susan Thompson 28 Pie - Pumpkin 66 Canned Fruit 125 Dehydrated Items • 2 Jessie Rabbitt Strawberries Vegetables 31 Cookies - Drop - 6 • 1 Susan Thompson • 1 Susan Thompson • 1 Marcile Moffat 68 Canned Fruit - Fruit 130 Soup - Open • 2 Susan Thompson Cocktail • 1 Susan Thompson • 3 Susan Thompson • 1 Susan Thompson 131 Condiments - Herbed 32 Cookies - Open - 6 70 Canned Fruit - Blueberry Vinegar • 1 Dede Connolly • 1 Susan Thompson • 1 Dede Connolly 33 Bars - Iced - 6 71 Canned Fruit 132 Condiments • 1 Susan Thompson Applesauce Flavoured Vinegar • 2 Susan Thompson • 1 Marcile Moffat • 1 Dede Connolly 34 Bars - Un-Iced - 6 • 2 Susan Thompson 133 Condiments - Vinegar • 1 Susan Thompson 72 Canned Fruit - Open Open • 2 Jessie Rabbitt • 1 Roxanne Lorette • 1 Dede Connolly 35 Loaf - Banana - 1 Loaf 74 Canned Wild Fruit • 2 Jessie Rabbitt 134 Condiments Gooseberries • 3 Dede Connolly Homemade Mustard • 1 Susan Thompson 37 Loaf - Date - 1 Loaf • 1 Dede Connolly 76 Canned Wild Fruit • 2 Dede Connolly 135 Condiments - Open Raspberries 38 Zucchini - 1 Loaf • 1 Dede Connolly • 1 Susan Thompson • 1 Dede Connolly

122 Vegetables - Most Unusual Shaped Vegetable -1 • 1 Susan Thompson 124 Vegetables - Open Medium • 1 Joanne Swan 125 Vegetables - Open Large • 1 Susan Thompson • 2 Kathy Reimer 127 Vegetables - Basket of Veggies - 6 or more items • 1 Susan Thompson • 2 Merle Boyes • 3 Dede Connolly

44 Rise Krispies Squares - 6 • 1 Susan Thompson • 2 Dede Connolly 59 Gluten Free - Loaf • 1 Tammy Wills 60 Gluten Free - Open • 1 Tammy Wills 63 Fleishmann’s Yeast Best Bread Contest - White - 1 loaf • 2 Susan Thompson 66 Robin Hood Fam Best Lunchbox Snack - Cookies, Squares or Bars • 2 Susan Thompson

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NICOLA VALLEY FALL FAIR CLASS RESULTS STATIC EXHIBITS 2015 136 Display Canned Fruit & Vegetables 5 to 7 Types • 1 Roxanne Lorette • 2 Dede Connolly • 3 Barbara Sayles 139 Bernardin Gift Pack Competition • 1 Dede Connolly 140 Bernardin Snap lid/ Mason Jar Creative Craft Award • 1 Dede Connolly

165 Quilts - Large Item Quilted Hand By Hand • 1 Barbara Sayles 5 Fine Arts - Acrylic 169 Quilts - Quilted Landscape Theme Seasonal use • 1 Kelly Allen • 1 Louisa Robertson 6 Fine Arts - Acrylic - Figure 170 Quilts - Quilt for Baby • 1 Kelly Allen or a Child • 2 Nadene Collins • 1 Donna Schmidt 7 Fine Arts - Acrylic - Birds 171 Quilts - Lap Quilt or Animals • 1 Louisa Robertson • 1 Marianne Reimer 172 Quilts - Quilt More Than 8 Fine Arts - Acrylic One Person Painting - Flora and Fauna D1 WINE • 1 Donna Schmidt • 1 Marianne Reimer 174 Quilts - Open - Small 2 Homemade Wine - Red 9 Fine Arts - Acrylic Item - Sweet Painting - Open • 1 Donna Schmidt • 1 Donna Jordan • 1 Marianne Reimer • 2 Susan Thompson • 2 Donna Jordan 10 Fine Arts - Water Color 175 Quilts - Open - Medium • 3 Marianne Reimer Landscape 4 Homemade Wine - White • 1 Danaya Bagnall - Neil Item • 1 Donna Schmidt - Sweet 14 Fine Arts - Drawings 183 For Those Over 65 • 1 Marianne Reimer Pencil Knitted Medium to Large 13 U-Brew Made Wine • 1 Debbie Towers Item Red - Dry • 2 Debbie Towers • 2 Molly Lauder • 1 Dede Connolly • 3 Debbie Towers 184 For Those Over 14 U-Brew Made Wine 16 Fine Arts - Drawings 65 - Crochet, Red - Sweet Charcoal or Pastel Any Article • 1 Marianne Reimer • 1 Jessie Rabbitt • 2 Donna Jordan 16 U-Brew Made Wine • 2 Jessie Rabbitt 186 For Those Over 65 White - Dry 18 Fine Arts - Drawings Embroidery Open • 1 Dede Connolly Open • 1 Donna Jordan 25 Sparkling Wine - Rose • 1 Debbie Towers 187 For Those - Dry • 2 Debbie Towers Over 65 • 1 Dede Connolly 27 Fine Arts - Sculpture Wall Hanging 28 Cottage Wines - Red Clay • 1 Donna Schmidt Sweet • 1 Kelly Allen 189 For Those Over 65 • 1 Marianne Reimer 32 Fine Arts - Seniors 65+ Quilts • 2 Donna Jordan Drawing (any media) • 1 Donna Jordan 35 Cottage Wines - White • 1 Kathy Johns 191 For Those Over 65 Made from Garden Fruits, 36 Fine Arts - Seniors 65+ Brazillian Embroidery Herbs, Roots - Open • 1 Donna Jordan • 1 Marianne Reimer • 1 Kathy Johns 192 For Those Over 65 • 2 Kathy Johns Novelty E FORAGE & Schmidt CROPS G HOMECRAFTS •• 12 Donna Donna Jordan 3 Mixed Hay - Any Variety 193 For Those Over 65 7 Machine Embroidery - 1st Cut - 1 Bale - 50 Lbs > Open Table Runner • 2 Mya Martindale • 1 Donna Jordan • 1 Donna Jordan 4 Mixed Hay - Any Variety 12 Cross Stitch - Picture - 2nd Cut - 1 Bale - 50 Lbs > H HOBBIES Counting Pattern/Bring • 1 Mya Martindale Copy 27 Sunflowers - Children 3 Collections - Open • 1 Sandy Curnow Heaviest Head - K to Gr.3 • 1 Susan Thompson 23 Needle Point - Open • 1 Iggy Connolly • 2 Dede Connolly • 1 Molly Lauder 29 Sunflowers - Children • 3 Sue Durand 24 Brazilian Embroidery Tallest - K To Gr.3 15 Woodworking Small Item • 1 Iggy Connolly Decorative - Hobby • 1 Donna Jordan 32 Sunflowers - Children 45 Crochet - Cotton Doily - Artwork - Open Two Heads Immature • 1 Marcile Moffat Any Size or Color • 1 Iggy Connolly • 2 Danaya Bagnall - Neil • 1 Donna Jordan 34 Sunflowers - Children 24 Naturecraft - 80% 50 Crochet - Baby Dress/ Open Natural Material - Open Shawl • 1 Iggy Connolly • 1 Sue Durand • 1 Susan Thompson 35 Sunflowers - Adults 36 Hobbies - Miscellaneous 53 Crochet - Sweater Tallest Paper Tole • 1 Donna Jordan • 1 Louise Fox • 1 Donna Jordan 55 Crochet - Open 41 Dairy & Other - Eggs 37 Hobbies • 1 Susan Thompson 1/2 Dozen Brown Miscellaneous- Pottery • 2 Susan Thompson • 1 Marcile Moffat • 1 Kelly Allen 76 Knitting - Afghan 42 Dairy & Other - Eggs • 2 Donna Jordan • 1 Sandy Curnow 1/2 Dozen Light Brown 38 Hobbies - Miscellaneous 78 Knitting - Slippers • 2 Andee Walker - Handmade Jewelry • 1 Marg Davis 49 Dairy & Other - Home • 1 Genevieve Hilton 105 Knitting - Indian Wool Smoked Fish - Trout 40 Hobbies - Miscellaneous - Open • 2 Susan Thompson - Decoration - Wall or Door • 2 Susan Thompson 52 Dairy & Other - Butter • 1 Marianne Reimer 107 Christmas Crafts Adults - 1/4 # > - salted 42 Hobbies - Miscellaneous Wreath • 1 Dede Connolly - Open • 1 Genevieve Hilton 53 Dairy & Other - Butter • 1 Kelly Allen 113 Christmas Crafts Adults - 1/4 # > - unsalted • 2 Donna Jordan Open • 1 Dede Connolly • 3 Nadene Collins • 1 Donna Jordan 56 Dairy & Other 43 Hobbies - Miscellaneous 114 Homecrafts Recycled Buttermilk - Adults - 65 Years & Over - Open Item - Small • 1 Dede Connolly • 1 Dede Connolly • 1 Sue Durand 62 Dairy & Other - Honey 137 Sewing - Open 52 Hobbes - Yard Any Color • 1 Sharon Prier Ornaments - Open • 1 Kim Walter 159 Quilts - Bed Quilt • 1 Donna Jordan • 2 Diana Grimshire Pieced 53 Hobbies - Painting on • 2 Eleanor Ware • 1 Eleanor Ware 63 Dairy & Other - Honey Wood - Small item • 2 Louisa Robertson Granulated • 1 Susan Thompson • 3 Marcile Moffat • 2 Diana Grimshire 63 Hobbies - Recycled 64 Dairy & Other - Frame of 161 Quilts - Wall Quilt Small Item Pieced Honey - 1 Only • 1 Danaya Bagnall - Neil • 1 Kim Walter • 1 Louisa Robertson 64 Hobbies - Recycled 65 Dairy & Other - Beeswax 163 Quilts - Wall Quilt Medium Item - Three Cakes Combined Techniques • 1 Danaya Bagnall - Neil • 1 Diana Grimshire • 1 Donna Schmidt

F FINE ARTS

83 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 Fine Arts - Sketching • 1 Janelle Gage • 2 Amelie Lorenz • 3 Andee Walker 84 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 - Fine Arts - Computer Generated Picture • 1 Andee Walker • 2 Janelle Gage 85 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 Fine Arts - Open • 1 Janelle Gage • 1 Alexandra Van Rossum • 2 Portia Wainwright • 2 Andee Walker • 3 Marshall Wills 86 Students - Gr 4 - 6 Photography - Photo Story - 6 Picture Max. • 1 Andee Walker • 2 Julia Smith 87 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 Photography - Sunsets • 1 Andee Walker • 2 Alexandra Van IA STUDENTS Rossum KINDERGARTEN • 3 Julia Smith IB STUDENTS – 88 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 TO GRADE 3 GRADES 4 TO 6 Photography - Animals 4 Students - K - G. 3 • 1 Portia Wainwright 69 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 Vegifruitable • 2 Alexandra Van Penmanship • 2 Kelsey Cleaveley Rossum • 1 Andee Walker 5 Students - K - Gr 3 • 3 Andee Walker • 2 Alexandra Van Flower Arrangement 89 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 Rossum • 1 Kelsey Cleaveley Photography - Babies 7 Students - K - Gr 3 - Open • 3 Portia Wainwright • 1 Julia Smith 70 Students - Gr 4 - Gr • 1 Harlan Wainwright • 2 Andee Walker 6 Creative Writing Short 8 Students - K - Gr 3 - Fine 90 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 Essay Arts - Painting - Oils Photography - Scenery • 1 Andee Walker • 1 Wren Edwards • 1 Julia Smith 13 Students - K - Gr 3 - Fine 71 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 • 2 Alexandra Van Arts - Colouring - by Pencil Creative Writing - Poetry Rossum Open Crayon • 3 Andee Walker • 1 Andee Walker • 1 Harlan Wainwright 91 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 14 Students - K - Gr 3 - Fine 72 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 Photography - People Vegifruitable Arts - Sketching • 1 Andee Walker • 1 Andee Walker • 1 Kelsey Cleaveley • 2 Julia Smith • 2 Jorden Petersen 16 Students - K - Gr 3 - Fine • 3 Alexandra Van • 3 Alexandra Van Arts - Open Rossum Rossum • 1 Wren Edwards 92 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 73 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 18 Students - K - Gr 3 -Photography - Computer Flower Arrangement Photography - Sunsets Generated Picture • 1 Jorden Petersen • 1 Kelsey Cleaveley • 1 Julia Smith • 2 Andee Walker 19 Students - K - Gr 3 93 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 • 3 Portia Wainwright Photography - Animals Photography - Open 74 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 • 1 Claire Lorenz • 1 Alexandra Van Rossum Collection of Seeds • 2 Kelsey Cleaveley • 2 Stetson Fox • 1 Andee Walker • 3 Iggy Connolly • 3 Amelie Lorenz 75 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 21 Students - K - Gr 3 94 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 Open Photography - Scenery Homecrafts - Knitting - Any • 1 Andee Walker • 1 Kelsey Cleaveley Item • 2 Brandy Mikita 23 Students - K - Gr 3 • 1 Portia Wainwright • 3 Portia Wainwright Photography - Open • 2 Andee Walker 76 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 • 1 Kelsey Cleaveley 95 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 Fine Arts Painting Oils 27 Students - K - Gr 3 - Homecrafts - Crochet • 1 Janelle Gage Homecrafts - Sewing - Any Any Item 77 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 Finished Items • 1 Alexandra Van Rossum Fine Arts Painting Water • 1 Charlie Ware 97 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 31 Students - K - Gr 3 - Arts Colors 6 - Homecrafts - Sewing • 1 Janelle Gage and Crafts - Beadwork Finished Item 78 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 • 1 Kelsey Starrs Fine Arts - Painting - Pastels • 1 Brandy Mikita • 2 Kelsey Cleaveley • 2 Jorden Petersen • 1 Janelle Gage 35 Students - K - Gr 3 - Arts • 3 Portia Wainwright 79 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 and Crafts - Fly Tying 98 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 Fine Arts Painting Paint • 1 Wren Edwards Homecrafts - Open 36 Students - K to Gr 3 - Arts by Numbers • 2 Andee Walker • 1 Janelle Gage and Crafts - Sculpy Clay 100 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 • 2 Alexandra Van • 1 Wren Edwards Arts & Crafts - Pottery Rossum 37 Students - K to Gr 3 • 1 Portia Wainwright • 3 Andee Walker Arts and Crafts - Rainbow 101 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 80 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 Loom Fine Arts - Painting - Acrylic Arts & Crafts - Beadwork • 1 Kelsey Starrs • 1 Maya Starrs • 1 Janelle Gage 38 Students - K - Gr 3 - Arts • 2 Andee Walker • 2 Christina Gillett and Crafts - Open • 3 Alexandra Van 81 Students Gr 4 Gr 6 • 1 Kelsey Starrs Rossum 38 Students - K - Gr 3 - Arts Fine Arts - Colouring - By 102 Students - Gr 4 - Gr Crayon and Crafts - Open 6 - Arts & Crafts - Soap • 1 Janelle Gage • 2 Wren Edwards Carving • 2 Andee Walker 44 Students - K - Gr 3 • 3 Janelle Gage • 3 Alexandra Van Rossum Miscellaneous - Legos 104 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 82 Students - Gr 4 - Gr - Lego Arts & Crafts - Woodwork 6 - Fine Arts - Colouring • 1 Iggy Connolly • 1 Andee Walker Pencil Crayon • 2 Harlan Wainwright 105 Students - Gr 4 - Gr • 1 Janelle Gage 47 Students - K - Gr 3 6 - Collections - Card • 2 Alexandra Van Miscellaneous - Open Collection Rossum • 1 Iggy Connolly • 3 Maya Starrs • 3 Amelie Lorenz • 2 Harlan Wainwright 65 Hobbies - Recycled Large Item • 1 Danaya Bagnall - Neil 74 Hobbies - Native Arts & Crafts - Baskets • 1 Marcile Moffat 87 Hobbies - Cowboy Boot or Hat - Merritt Western Theme • 1 Sue Durand 88 Hobbies - 2 x 4 Challenge • 1 Merle Boyes • 2 Marshall Wills 89 Hobbies - Whittle Carving, Hand Carving - Small • 1 Jim Rabbitt 90 Hobbies - Whittle Carving, Hand Carving Medium • 1 Jim Rabbitt 92 Hobbies - Whittle Carving, Hand Carving - Open • 1 Jim Rabbitt

50 Students - K - Gr 3 Vegetables - Beans - 6 • 3 Iggy Connolly 51 Students - K - Gr 3 Vegetables - Carrots - 6 • 1 Iggy Connolly 53 Students - K - Gr 3 Vegetables - Pumpkin - 1 • 1 Iggy Connolly 55 Students - K - Gr 3 Vegetables - Open • 2 Iggy Connolly • 3 Harlan Wainwright 57 Students - K - Gr 3 Baking - Brownies - 4 • 1 Kelsey Starrs 60 Students - K - Gr 3 Baking - Cookies - Open, any Variety - 4 • 2 Kelsey Starrs 61 Students - K - Gr 3 Baking - Cupcakes - Any Variety Iced - 4 • 2 Kelsey Starrs 66 Students - K - Gr 3 Baking - Bread - Brown or White - 1 Loaf • 1 Kelsey Starrs

106 Students - Gr 4-6 Collections - Stamps, Coins, Trains, Buttons • 1 Andee Walker 107 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 - Collections - Toys - Dolls, Cars, etc • 1 Christina Gillett • 2 Drayven Fairley 109 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 Arts & Crafts - Sculpy Clay • 1 Janelle Gage 110 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 - Arts & Crafts - Rainbow Loom • 1 Andee Walker • 2 Alexandra Van Rossum • 3 Maya Starrs 111 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 Art and Crafts - Open • 1 Andee Walker • 2 Brandy Mikita • 3 Maya Starrs 113 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 Miscellaneous - Lego • 1 Ethan Simpson • 2 Alexandra Van Rossum • 3 Drayven Fairley 116 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 Miscellaneous - Open • 1 Andee Walker 118 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 Vegetables - Peas - 6 • 1 Brandy Mikita 119 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 Vegetables - Beans - 6 • 1 Brandy Mikita 120 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 Vegetables - Carrots - 6 • 1 Andee Walker • 2 Brandy Mikita 121 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 Vegetables - Corn - 3 • 2 Andee Walker 122 Students -Gr 4 - Gr 6 Vegetables - Pumpkin - 1 • 2 Andee Walker 123 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 Vegetables - Zucchini - 1 • 1 Drayven Fairley • 2 Andee Walker 124 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 Vegetables - Open • 1 Andee Walker • 2 Brandy Mikita • 3 Electra Fairley • 3 Portia Wainwright 126 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 Baking - Brownies - 4 • 1 Alexandra Van Rossum 127 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 - Baking - Cookies Oatmeal - 4 • 1 Andee Walker 128 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 - Baking - Cookies Chocolate Chip - 4 • 1 Andee Walker 129 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 -Baking - Cookies - Open, Any Variety - 4 • 1 Andee Walker • 2 Maya Starrs • 3 Electra Fairley • 3 Portia Wainwright 130 Students - Gr 4 - 6 Baking - Cupcakes - Any Variety - Iced - 4 • 1 Alexandra Van Rossum 130 Students - Gr 4 - 6 Baking - Cupcakes - Any Variety - Iced - 4 • 2 Andee Walker • 3 Maya Starrs 131 Students -Gr 4 - Gr 6 Baking - Cake - Any Type - Decorated • 1 Alexandra Van Rossum • 2 Andee Walker • 3 Christina Gillett 133 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 Baking - Pie - Any Variety • 1 Andee Walker • 2 Maya Starrs

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134 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 - Baking - Buns - Brown or White - 4 • 1 Andee Walker 135 Students - Gr 4 - Gr 6 -Baking - Bread - Brown or White - 1 Loaf • 1 Maya Starrs

IC STUDENTS – GRADES 7 TO 9 141 Students - Gr 7 - Gr 9 Vegifruitable • 1 Danaya Bagnall - Neil • 2 Coralyn Collins 142 Students - Gr 7 - Gr 9 Flower Arrangement • 2 Nishani Wainwright 144 Students - Gr 7 - Gr 9 - Open • 1 Nishani Wainwright 146 Students - Gr 7 - Gr 9 Fine Arts - Painting - Water Colors • 1 Danaya Bagnall - Neil 152 Students - Gr 7 - Gr 9 - Arts & Crafts - Rainbow Loom • 1 Nishani Wainwright 154 Students - Gr 7 - Gr 9 Fine Arts - Sketching • 1 Daphne McRae 156 Students - Gr 7 - Gr 9 Fine Arts - Open • 1 Nishani Wainwright • 2 Ashley Valois • 3 Danaya Bagnall - Neil 158 Students - Gr 7 - Gr 9 Photography - Sunsets • 1 Nishani Wainwright 159 Students - Gr 7 - Gr 9 Photography - Animals • 1 Danaya Bagnall - Neil 161 Students - Gr 7 - Gr 9 Photography - Scenery • 1 Danaya Bagnall - Neil 163 Students - Gr 7 - Gr 9 Photography - Open • 1 Danaya Bagnall - Neil • 2 Nishani Wainwright • 3 Ashley Valois 166 Students - Gr 7 - Gr 9 - Homecrafts - Decorative Work - Any Item • 1 Danaya Bagnall - Neil 167 Students - Gr 7 - Gr 9 Homecrafts - Sewing - Any Finished Item • 1 Nishani Wainwright 168 Students - Gr 7 - Gr 9 Homecrafts - Open • 1 Danaya Bagnall - Neil 176 Students - Gr 7 - Gr 9 Arts & Crafts - Open • 1 Danaya Bagnall - Neil • 2 Coralyn Collins 180 Students - Gr 7 - Gr 9 Collections - Open • 1 Daphne McRae 193 Students - Gr 7 - Gr 9 Vegetables - Open • 1 Nishani Wainwright 200 Students - Gr 7 - Gr 9 Baking - Cake - Any Type - Decorated • 1 Nishani Wainwright 206 Students - Gr 7 - Gr 9 Baking - Open • 1 Nishani Wainwright

ID STUDENTS – GRADES 10 TO 12

221 Students - Gr 10 - 12 Fine Arts - Sketching • 1 Genevieve Hilton 223 Students - Gr 10 - 12 Fine Arts - Open • 1 Genevieve Hilton 225 Students - Gr 10 - 12 Photography - Sunsets • 1 Isabel Van Rossum • 2 Robert Neill 226 Students - Gr 10 - 12 Photography - Animals • 1 Isabel Van Rossum • 2 Robert Neill 228 Students - Gr 10 - 12 Photography - Scenery • 1 Isabel Van Rossum • 2 Robert Neill 229 Students - Gr 10 - 12 Photography - People • 1 Isabel Van Rossum • 2 Caity Walsh 230 Students - Gr 10 - 12 Photography - Open • 1 Caity Walsh • 2 Isabel Van Rossum 230 Students - Gr 10 - 12 Photography - Open • 3 Robert Neill 231 Students - Gr 10 - 12 Homecrafts - Knitting - Any Item • 1 Genevieve Hilton 236 Students - Gr 10 - 12 Arts & Crafts - Ceramics • 1 Robert Neill 242 Students - Gr 10 - 12 -Arts & Crafts - Fly Tying • 1 Robert Neill 243 Students - Gr 10 - Gr 12 - Arts & Crafts - Sculpy Clay • 1 Genevieve Hilton 245 Students - Gr 10 - 12 -Arts & Crafts - Open • 1 Robert Neill 247 Students - Gr 10-12 -Collections-Stamps, Coins, Trains, Buttons • 1 Robert Neill 249 Students - Gr 10 - 12 Collections - Open • 1 Robert Neill 255 Students - Gr 10 - 12 Vegetables - Potatoes - 3 • 1 Robert Neill 256 Students - Gr 10 - 12 Vegetables - Peas - 6 • 2 Robert Neill 257 Students - Gr 10 - 12 -Vegetables - Beans - 6 • 1 Robert Neill 258 Students - Gr 10 - 12 -Vegetables - Carrots - 6 • 2 Robert Neill 260 Students - Gr 10 - 12 Vegetables - Pumpkin - 1 • 1 Robert Neill 261 Students - Gr 10 - 12 Vegetables - Zucchini - 1 • 1 Robert Neill 262 Students - Gr 10 - 12 Vegetables - Open • 1 Robert Neill 263 Students - Gr 10 - 12 Baking - Muffins - Bran - 4 • 1 Robert Neill 266 Students - Gr 10 - 12 - Baking - Cookies Chocolate Chip - 4 • 1 Robert Neill 267 Students - Gr 10 - 12Baking - Cookies - Open - Any Variety - 4 • 1 Robert Neill 268 Students - Gr 10 -12 -Baking - Cupcakes - Any Variety - Iced - 4 • 1 Robert Neill 271 Students - Gr 10 - 12 Baking - Pie - Any Variety • 1 Robert Neill

207 Students - Gr 10 - Gr 12 - Penmanship • 1 Caity Walsh 209 Students - Gr 10 - Gr 12 - Creative Writing - Poetry - Open • 1 Genevieve Hilton • 2 Robert Neill 213 Students - Gr 10 - Gr K PHOTOGRAPHY 12 - Open 1A Photography - Children • 1 Robert Neill - Color 217 Students - Gr 10 - 12 • 1 Leanne Cleaveley - Fine Arts - Painting • 2 Susan Thompson Acrylics • 1 Genevieve Hilton • 3 Susan Thompson

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12D Photography - Closeup - Open • 1 Leanne Cleaveley 13A Photography Buildings - Color • 1 Leanne Cleaveley • 2 Allen Rasmussen • 3 Robert Neill 13D Photography Buildings - Open • 1 Genevieve Hilton • 2 Robert Neill 14A Photography - Spring Strictly Scenery - Color • 1 Taylor Eisnor 14 Photography - Spring Strictly Scenery - Color • 2 Taylor Eisnor • 3 Leanne Cleaveley 14E Photography - Summer - Strictly Scenery - Colour • 1 Leanne Cleaveley • 2 Susan Thompson • 3 Allen Rasmussen • 3 Isabel Van Rossum 14H Photography - Summer - Strictly Scenery - Open • 1 Genevieve Hilton 14I Photography - Winter Strictly Scenery - Colour • 1 Allen Rasmussen • 2 Don Lort • 3 Leanne Cleaveley 14K Photography - Winter - Strictly Scenery - Digitally Enhanced • 1 Diana Lorenz 14M Photography - Strictly Scenery - Fall - Colour • 1 Leanne Cleaveley • 2 Don Lort • 3 Allen Rasmussen 15A Photography - Favorite Holiday - Color • 1 Leanne Cleaveley 16A Photography Underwater - Color • 1 Leanne Cleaveley 17A Photography - Still Life - Color • 1 Leanne Cleaveley • 2 Robert Neill • 3 Allen Rasmussen 17C Photography - Still Life - Still Life - Digitally Enhanced • 1 Diana Lorenz 18A Photography - Most Bizarre/Unusual - Color • 1 Robert Neill • 2 Leanne Cleaveley • 3 Isabel Van Rossum 21B Photography Our Town - Historical Landmarks • 1 Allen Rasmussen • 2 Taylor Eisnor 21C Photography - Our Town - Local Business • 1 Leanne Cleaveley 21F Photography - Our Town - Open • 1 Susan Thompson 22A Photography - Humour - Color • 1 Leanne Cleaveley • 2 Caity Walsh • 3 Susan Thompson 22C Photography - Humor Digitally Enhanced • 1 Leanne Cleaveley 23A Photography Historical - Colour • 1 Leanne Cleaveley • 2 Allen Rasmussen • 3 Robert Neill 23N Photography Historical - B & W/Sepia • 1 Leanne Cleaveley 23C Photography Historical - Digitally Enhanced • 1 Diana Lorenz 24 Photography - BCAAFE Members - Birds in Flight • 1 Leanne Cleaveley

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White • 1 Ben Hume • 2 Keith Hume 7 Standard - Poultry - Cock • 3 Keith Hume - Bearded Belgium 153 Pigeons - Young • 1 Keith Hume Homer White 8 Standard - Poultry - Hen • 1 Ben Hume Bearded Belgium • 2 Keith Hume • 1 Keith Hume • 3 Keith Hume 9 Standard - Poultry - Pen - 154 Pigeons - Cock Bearded Belgium Homer Black • 1 Keith Hume • 1 Ben Hume 104 Bantam - Poultry - Hen • 2 Keith Hume - Silkies A.C. • 3 Keith Hume • 1 Keith Hume 155 Pigeons - Hen - Homer 105 Bantam - Poultry - Pen Black - Silkies A.C. • 1 Keith Hume • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume • 2 Ben Hume • 3 Ben Hume 115 Pigeons - Cock 156 Pigeons - Young Agarani Crack Tumblers Homer Black • 1 Keith Hume • 1 Keith Hume 116 Pigeons - Hen • 2 Ben Hume Agarani Crack Tumblers • 3 Keith Hume • 1 Keith Hume 158 Pigeons-Hen-Homer Duns 117 Pigeons - Young • 1 Keith Hume Agrarani Crack Tumblers • 2 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 159 Pigeons - Young 121 Pigeons - Cock Homer Duns Damascene (Mahomets) • 1 Keith Hume • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 160 Pigeons - Cock 122 Pigeons - Hen Homer Blue Check Damascene (Mahomets) • 1 Ben Hume • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume • 3 Keith Hume 124 Pigeons - Cock 161 Pigeons - Hen - Homer Doniks (Cosivo) Spinning Blue Check Diving • 1 Ben Hume • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 125 Pigeons - Hen - Doniks • 3 Keith Hume (Cosivo) Spinning Diving 162 Pigeons - Young • 1 Keith Hume Homer Blue Check 126 Pigeons - Young • 1 Ben Hume Doniks (Cosivo) Spinning • 2 Keith Hume Diving 163 Pigeons - Cock • 1 Keith Hume Homer Grizzle • 2 Keith Hume • 1 Keith Hume 127 Pigeons - Cock • 2 Keith Hume Egyptian Swifts 164 Pigeons - Hen - Homer • 1 Keith Hume Grizzle • 2 Keith Hume • 1 Ben Hume 128 Pigeons - Hen • 2 Keith Hume Egyptian Swifts • 3 Keith Hume • 1 Keith Hume 165 Pigeons - Young • 2 Keith Hume Homer Grizzle 129 Pigeons - Young • 1 Keith Hume Egyptian Swifts • 2 Ben Hume • 1 Keith Hume • 3 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 166 Pigeons - Cock 130 Pigeons - Cock Homer Mealey Fantails Indian - A.C. • 1 Ben Hume • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume • 3 Keith Hume 133 Pigeons - Cock 167 Pigeons - Hen - Homer Fantails - White Mealey • 1 Keith Hume • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 134 Pigeons - Hen - Fantails 168 Pigeons - Young - White Homer Mealey • 1 Keith Hume • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume • 2 Ben Hume 145 Pigeons - Cock • 3 Keith Hume Homer Blue Bar 169 Pigeons - Cock • 1 Ben Hume Homer Red Check • 2 Keith Hume • 1 Keith Hume • 3 Keith Hume • 2 Ben Hume 146 Pigeons - Hen - Homer • 3 Keith Hume Blue Bar 170 Pigeons - Hen - Homer • 1 Ben Hume Red Check • 2 Keith Hume • 1 Keith Hume • 3 Keith Hume • 2 Ben Hume 147 Pigeons - Young • 3 Keith Hume Homer Blue Bar 171 Pigeons - Young • 1 Ben Hume Homer Red Check • 2 Keith Hume • 1 Ben Hume • 3 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 148 Pigeons - Cock • 3 Keith Hume Homer Yellow 172 Pigeons - Cock • 1 Keith Hume Homer Silver 149 Pigeons - Hen - Homer • 1 Keith Hume Yellow • 2 Keith Hume • 1 Keith Hume 173 Pigeons - Hen - Homer 150 Pigeons - Young Silver Homer Yellow • 1 Keith Hume 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 151 Pigeons - Cock 174 Pigeons - Young Homer White Homer Silver • 1 Ben Hume • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume • 3 Keith Hume 175 Pigeons - Cock 152 Pigeons - Hen - Homer Homer A.O.C.

• 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 176 Pigeons - Hen - Homer A.O.C • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 177 Pigeons - Young Homer A.O.C • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 178 Pigeons - Cock Hungarian Budapest Highfliers • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 179 Pigeons - Hen Hungarian Budapest Highfliers • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 180 Pigeons - Young - Hungarian Budapest Highfliers • 1 Keith Hume • 1 Keith Hume 214 Pigeons - Cock - Owls - Chinese A.C. • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 215 Pigeons - Hen - Owls Chinese A.C. • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 220 Pigeons - Cock Rollers - Any Solid Color • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 221 Pigeons - Hen - Rollers - Any Solid Colour • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 222 Pigeons - Young Rollers - Any Solid Color • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 223 Pigeons - Cock Rollers A.O.C. • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 224 Pigeons - Hen - Rollers A.O.C. • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 225 Pigeons - Young Rollers A.O.C. • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 232 Pigeons - Cock Tumbler Muffed A.C. • 1 Keith Hume 234 Pigeons - Young Tumbler Muffed A.C. • 1 Keith Hume 238 Pigeons - Cock - Show Rollers - Red • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 239 Pigeons - Hen - Show Rollers - Red • 1 Keith Hume 240 Pigeons - Young Show Rollers - Red • 1 Keith Hume 251 Pigeons - Hen - Show Rollers - Orange • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 253 Pigeons - Cock - Show Rollers - Black • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 254 Pigeons - Hen - Show Rollers - Black • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 255 Pigeons - Young Show Rollers - Black • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 256 Pigeons - Cock - WUTA - Greek Diving Pigeons • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 257 Pigeons - Hen - WUTA Greek Diving Pigeons • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume 258 Pigeons - Young WUTA - Greek Diving Pigeons • 1 Keith Hume • 2 Keith Hume

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BAILLIE HOUSE FALL GARAGE SALE Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Everything you might need including the kitchen sink! Phone 250378-0349 for more information.

Groups are holding their Registration night September 28 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Diamondvale elementary in the gym. We are looking for Cub group volunteers and if there any question please call Karen Pare @ 250-378-2706 or Nicole @ 250-981-0012.

MERRITT SENIOR CENTRE October schedule is as follows: Monday: Senior’s Exercise 1:30 p.m., Cribbage 7 p.m. Tuesday: Bingo 1 p.m., Duplicate Bridge 7 p.m. Wednesday: Carpet Bowling 1:30 p.m., Court Whist 7 p.m. Thursday: Floor Curling 1 p.m. Friday: Rummoli 7 p.m. Saturday: Floor Curling 1 p.m., Pot luck Supper Oct. 24, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. for more info phone 250-378-4407.

WE MAKE - YOU BAKE PASTRY Merritt Chapter #14, Order of Eastern Star Annual Fundraiser Oct. 5 to 8. These rounds may be frozen until needed as they are separated by paper. Orders will be received up to Sept. 30. Contact Amber at 250-315-0028 email: gbjorkman@telus.net or Lynne at 250-378-2004 email: lnmarsh@telus.net. Proceeds go to local charities, cancer and a high school bursary.

A BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS A Blessing of the Animals service will be held at St. Michael’s Anglican Church, 1990 Chapman, on Sunday, Oct. 4, at 10 a.m. All pets are welcome and cameras are also welcome. The service commemorates St. Frances of Assisi who is known as the patron saint of animals and the environment. It is customary for churches to hold ceremonies blessing animals on his feast day of Oct. 4.

NICOLA VALLEY FILM SOCIETY PRESENTS: Leviathan - Rated PG at 7:00 p.m. Oct. 19 at the NVIT Lecture Theatre. Parking is free and there is no food or drink allowed in the theatre. For more info phone 250378-5190.

Sat. Oct. 3

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Join Conayt Friendship Society every Thursday for bingo.

Doors open at 4:30 p.m. and bingo starts at 6 p.m.

Everyone welcome to come and play! 2164 Quilchena Ave.

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Sacred Heart Catholic Church Tuesday & Thursday mornings, 8:30 a.m. – noon, 2164 Quilchena Avenue. All Elders welcome – just come out and visit! For information contact Deloris at 250-3785107.

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LIVING WITH LOSS SUPPORT GROUP Living with the Loss Support Group Wednesday 7 p.m.

- 8:45 p.m. #12-2025 Granite Ave, Merritt. Call 250280-4040.

ELKS BINGO Every Wednesday at 1 p.m. Doors open at 11 a.m.

Come in for lunch!

DANCE Love to Dance Academy is now accepting registration for their fall classes. Please call 250-378-9898 for more information.

Trinity United Church $PSOFS PG 2VJMDIFOB $IBQNBO t 4FSWJDF 5JNF 4VOEBZT B N

HELP US REACH OUR GOAL Would you like to see a community theatre in Merritt, then the Nicola Valley Community Theatre Society can use your help!

MERRITT MINOR HOCKEY Register for the 2014/15 season at merrittminorhockey. com. Call 250-378-6827 for more information.

KNITWITS Love to knit or crochet? Come on down to Brambles Bakery Thursday evenings bring your yarn and needles and join in the fun. (1st Thursday of the month)

ALL CANDIDATES FORUM Thursday Oct. 8 at the Civic Centre – it is a free event for the public and all candidates will be there. 7:00 p.m. start and doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Phase 2 has started.

Goal to reach $136,000 for design & architect fees

Sun. Oct. 4

Mon. Oct. 5

Tue. Oct. 6

For more information call Rich Hodson 250-378-6794

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

7 Day Weather Forecast for Merritt, BC - Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015 - Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015 Fri. Oct. 2

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CONAYT ELDERS DROP IN CENTRE THE BEAVERS AND CUBS

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RUMMAGE SALE Trinity United Church will be having a rummage sale on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 16 and 17, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Lots of gently used clothing for the family, small household items and treasures, all at very affordable prices. Great place to find those special things to assemble or complete your Halloween costumes. Trinity is located at 1899 Quilchena Ave.

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HELP WANTED

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Education/Trade Schools INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SCHOOL. NO Simulators. In-the-seat training. Real world tasks.

Weekly start dates. Job board!

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Help Wanted

is seeking a Part Time Cook and break relief (preferred Early Childhood Educator) Submit resumes by Monday, October 12th, 2015 to Shannon at hccs_daycare@hotmail.com or in person at the daycare.

FULL-TIME DELIVERY TRUCK DRIVER City Furniture is seeking highly motivated individual for delivery and other warehouse duties. Heavy lifting required. You will need a valid class 5 drivers license.

Please apply in person with resume to City Furniture, 2025 Coutlee Ave., Merritt. or by email: sonny@cityfurnituremerritt.ca We thank all candidates who apply but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Merritt, BC

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NICOLA VALLEY CHIROPRACTIC

is looking for a motivated employee to join our ofÀce team. Full-time position.

Wage is based on experience and skill level. Please fax resumes to 250-378-8259 or drop them off at 2076A Granite Ave.

4 OUT OF 5 PEOPLE WITH DIABETES DIE OF HEART DISEASE.

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Experienced wood carvers needed, full time. Ph Toll free 24 hours 1-866-528-7108 or 1778-298-3192 8am-5pm. Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

September 22, 2015 1 bdrm Apt. $600 plus hydro (X2) 3 bdrm Apt on Bench. $800 plus hydro (X2) 1 bdrm Suite. $675 plus hydro 2 bdrm Suite. $700 plus hydro.

3 Bedroom Home with Basement. Large Fenced Yard.

Zoned Commercial for a Home Base Business. Work and Live in the same building. Downtown location. Available Oct. 1st. $1,000.00 month plus utilies. Call Randy @ 378 - 1817 House For Rent 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bathrooms, New Paint & New Flooring.

(250)378-6767.(250)378-4392 New Home w View 3 Bdrm, 2 bath Rancher 2 car garage. N/S, N/Pa’s. $1,500 month. Call or text (250) 293 - 6440

2 bdrm Bsmt Suite. $750 including utilities.

3 bdrm Townhouse. $820 plus utilities.

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3 bdrm duplex. Newly Renovated. $975 plus utilities.

3 bdrm duplex. Close to schools. $950 plus utilities.

Transportation

1 bdrm house. Fully furnished. $1100 including utilities 2 bdrm house. $850 plus hydro

Cars - Domestic For Sale : 2004 Pontiac GRPRX. Auto, White, Great Condition. Asking $3,000.00 Call (250) 378 - 2329

3 bdrm house. Large fenced yard. $1100 plus utilities.

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October 1, 2015

Canada Cafe

Eat in- Take out. Special orders upon request

Under New Ownership

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Your MORTGAGE BROKER Use the equity in your home to consolidate debt, top up RRSPs, or tackle renovations 1 Ca ll Ha rry Ho wa rd (250) 49 0-6 73

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ELECTRICAL

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Over 30 years experience

Residential & Commercial

email: rhackel@shaw.ca 2865C Pooley Ave., Merritt

Reg. No. 14246

250-378-5580

LUNCH BUFFET: Mon to Sat: 11:30 am - 2 pm DINNER BUFFET: Wed to Sun.: 4:30 - 8 pm

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