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Building concept planned for the corner of Garcia Street and Coutlee Avenue Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

Last Thursday, the Nicola Valley Theatre Society was shown the concept art and building schematic for the 550seat cinema and performing arts centre they hope to build on the corner of Garcia Street and Coutlee Avenue. Architect Chris Allen with Landform Design Build Ltd. presented the plans and said the 14,000 square-foot building is designed to incorporate local materials and style. The plans show the parametres of a four-bay theatre with three 100-seat theatres on one side of the building and a larger 250-seat theatre across the hall. By comparison, the lecture theatre at the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology sits 144. All four theatres are designed to contain movie screens and

stages, and the designs show 1,200 square feet of storage space behind the stage of the largest theatre. The plans also outline the basic layout of the building’s concession, parking spaces, multipurpose room, green room and its washrooms. The primary structure will be concrete and steel, while the exterior of the building is proposed to incorporate wood slats between steal verticals. This is modeled after the cladding of the town’s historic Coldwater Hotel. Allen said architecture at its best is an expression of a town’s culture. “This culture has a history in ranching, the forest industry, so that creates a certain material palate that’s appropriate to Merritt, and so we’re trying to draw on that,” Allen said. “If we do that, then we’re

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able to use local contractors, local sawmills, local concrete plants — local producers to build the building — which truly makes it a public enterprise, and it spreads the money that’s being raised for the theatre back out into the community.” The amount of time Allen estimates it will take to construct this theatre is one year and the building will fill about twothirds of the property. It’s lifespan is estimated at 50 to 100 years depending on maintenance, Allen said. The facility is designed to act as both a movie theatre and a performing arts centre. It will run as a non-profit, with funds from movie tickets helping to support the performing arts function of the facility, said society spokesperson Kurt Christopherson. He told the Herald the movie

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theatre operations, however, will be run like any other business, with regular employees paid to maintain and operate the facility. The three smaller theatres will show Hollywood movies, Christopherson said. “Without first-run movies, we can’t compete with Kamloops,” he said. The design plans now in place, the next step for the society is to raise money and find in-kind support for the construction of the building, which will cost an estimated $3.2 million. The cost of the architectural design plans alone is about $136,000. Christopherson said these designs are a huge step forward as the community can now see what this theatre will look like if they can get it off the ground.

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Merritt stands to get a little more country as the Sagebrush Agri Park Society wants to establish a horse racing track and an equine learning centre in the Nicola Valley. Society president Malcolm Lynn was at city council’s regular meeting Tuesday (Sept. 15) asking to use the property along Lindley Creek Road, across the street from the rodeo grounds, to build a $10 million horse racing facility. Lynn says the society plans to fund this initiative from provincial and federal grants. The reason he wants to build this track here is because Merritt is horse country. “The federal government says, according to [Statistics Canada], that there’s 90,000 horses within a 100 mile radius of Merritt,” he told council. The land Lynn intends to use for the track consists of both City of Merritt and Thompson-Nicola Regional District land as well as some private land.

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AT INSULATOR RANCH David Dyck THE MERRITT HERALD

Bob Scafe has a thing for insulators. “People are like crows — they just have an appeal to people,” Scafe told the Herald, as he carefully handled a bright green one last weekend (Sept. 12). He was in the middle of hosting his annual — sometimes twice annual — insulator trade show on his ranch just outside of Merritt off of Coldwater Road. “The beauty of this hobby is that there’s something in it for everyone, and everyone likes it for different reasons,” he said. What does he mean? History, aesthetics, science, industry and the art of collecting are all potential components to an obsession with the now outdated pieces of equipment. For those who haven’t visited Scafe at Insulator Ranch, a history lesson. Insulators were originally invented in the 1840s as a way to prevent electricity from being lost by travelling down telegraph poles and dissipating in the ground. As the telephone became a more popular means of communication, it was adapted for use on those poles as well. Some are made of glass, others glazed clay. They are all generally in the shape of a bell, with some modifications. Hundreds of them are set up on Scafe’s lawn, in rows and rows of display racks. Scafe’s collection specializes in foreign insulators, and particularly those made in Britain

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and used around the world, exported from the U.K. to its colonies. In the golden age of railroads, Britain was number one in railroad building and operating. Telegraph lines were put in so signal operators could communicate, and with them, transformers. Scafe pointed to a sampling of beige-coloured insulators from Uruguay. “Uruguay invited Great Britain to come and build a railway, so the British builders went back to England and ordered British-made insulators for use on the Uruguayan railway.” He and his wife Bev have been having collectors over to

his Merritt property since 2005, and before that at their Fort Langley house. In the past, some attendees have come from as far away as France and California. He said the numbers were low at this year’s event. “This year was our smallest show that we’ve ever had,” he said. “I think we had something like 40. Last year we had 90, including 20 first-timers to Merritt. This year it’s primarily our regulars.” Despite the low turnout, Scafe said he wasn’t too worried. “It’s funny, I kind of anticipated this with such a large show last year. These things ebb and flow, they’ll be back next year,” he said optimistically.

Theatre society Horse racing track and equine looking for input learning centre possible From Page 1 “It’s going to take a community to build this theatre, it’s not going to be a little group saying ‘Here’s a present for you.’ If we want this project, people have to get involved,” Christopherson said. The theatre society is asking for residents and local groups to contact them with any input regarding the design for the theatre. “There will be some time for some tweaking of it, but not unlimited time,” Christopherson said, adding the theatre society has earmarked Oct. 28 as the date for a public meeting and membership drive.

From Page 1 The facility would incorporate various types of horse racing from quarter horse to chariot and chuck wagon racing. He also wants to partner with a local business to establish an off-track betting teletheatre in an existing business. The teletheatre could be relocated to the track’s grand stand if that facility comes to fruition, Lynn said. He told council the ideal horse track would be three-

quarter mile, and the time frame the society has for constructing this facility is two years. “I think that if we can do this, and we can get all the money that you’re talking about from the province and the feds, I’m sure that our council will be more than happy to work with you,” Merritt Mayor Neil Menard told Lynn. Lynn also said he’s been in talks with the TNRD and NVIT regarding turning the

old Upper Nicola Band school into an equine learning centre to teach youth how to care for and train horses. At the moment he’s hoping to speak with School District 58 about leasing the property. This learning centre could consist of a blacksmith school, veterinary school and even an equine swimming pool, he said. Lynn said renovating and expanding the school would cost between $500,000 and $1 million, and would be funded through government grants.

Make hay while the sun shines, the saying goes. And this year, ranchers in the Merritt area did just that. After several years of drought conditions, resulting in many area ranchers having to buy hay or feed, conditions this summer couldn’t have been better for hay production, says Nicola Stock Breeders’ Association president Mark Pooley. And, by all accounts, it’s been a bumper crop. Which not only means a saving for ranchers, but also extra money in the pockets of local merchants. The hay crop, says Pooley, has been “fantastic,” which creates a double benefit for ranchers. On the one hand they will not have to purchase hay as they have the past few years, and on the other hand cattle should be able to stay back on the range somewhat longer this year since there has been such a bountiful crop of grass, and the calves will likely come home quite a bit heavier. During the past three summers the combination a small snow pack, combined with dry spring and summer weather, has meant hay production has been low.

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Report on animal control bylaw The following is an excerpt from the City of Merritt regular meeting agenda for September 15, 2015

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Report from planning and development services manager Sean O’Flaherty on the animal control bylaw, fees and charges bylaw, and municipal ticket information bylaw — background There have been 25 impounded dogs so far in 2015. Bylaw enforcement duties with respect to dogs at large have indicated that the animal control fees are not representative of the costs. Furthermore, license fees for dogs have been stagnant for 10 years and a modest increase is proposed. The other proposed change here is to create a category for aggressive dogs. Aggressive dogs are a reality in every community. Our bylaws have not been effective in dealing with aggressive dogs in the past, so the intention is that we can now start to track and license these dogs appropriately. Our dangerous dog bylaw regulation states that a dog that “seriously injures or kills” is dangerous, but a dog that injures somebody or has the propensity to be aggressive by charging, baring teeth and so forth has no appropriate category. Currently, we are unable to deem a dog dangerous for charging and scaring people even though our bylaw states this; it would not hold up in

court. When it comes to court, if an owner should challenge us for designating their dog dangerous because it charged or gave superficial injuries we would not be able to prove the dog is dangerous. A dog charges for many reasons — chasing tires, chasing other dogs (excited), chasing for fear, lunging out of fear, dogs nip — these

behaviors do not make a dog dangerous. Many people perceive barking as aggression or jumping when excited but that is not always the case. A dangerous dog is always dangerous and injuries will always result in stitches or death. (See the full report at www.merritt.ca)

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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.

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After sitting in storage for a year, the turbine known as the wind onion will get assistance from the city to see it displayed prominently in Merritt’s downtown. City council voted to approve committing up to $5,000 to the Nicola Valley Museum and Archives to assist in placing the wind onion on a foundation at Lions Memorial Park after a delegation asked council to do so at their regular meeting on Tuesday (Sept.15). Erecting the 20-foot-tall structure will make it Merritt’s first art sculpture, and serve as a tribute to its creator, Heinz Lange — a longtime Merritt resident who was as a high school teacher

and inventor. The museum will provide three quotes to the city, and the city will pay to have the wind onion installed at the park. Delegation spokesperson, Murphy Shewchuck said the museum plans to pass on the maintenance responsibilities for the structure to the city. The wind onion turbine was donated to the museum by Lange’s family, and sat in storage for the past year because the museum didn’t want to invest in the project before they had a spot designated for the wind onion. They now have that spot. Shewchuk, said the cost estimate they have for sandblasting, painting and moving the wind onion is about $2,700.

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HERALD OPINION Do balanced budgets really matter?

The federal election campaign has produced a jumble of conflicting claims about TOM FLETCHER whether or B.C. not Canada VIEWS has a balanced budget or a deficit, how it was determined, and whether it even matters. The definitive word on this came out last week, with the release of the Government of Canada Annual Financial Report, signed off by Auditor General Michael Ferguson. “The government posted a budgetary surplus of $1.9 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, compared to a budgetary deficit of $5.2 billion in 2013-14,” the report says. “Revenues increased by $10.7 billion, or 3.9 per cent, from 2013-14, reflecting increases across all major revenue streams. Program expenses increased by $5.2 billion, reflecting increases in major transfers to persons and other levels of government, offset in part by a decrease in direct program expenses.” The Conservative government’s pre-election budget calculated that last year was in deficit, and this year would be the first in the black since 2008. Ottawa pundits say this “surprise surplus” was engineered with intentionally pessimistic budget estimates, so Prime Minister Stephen Harper would get a boost right about now. Liberal leader Justin Trudeau claimed last year’s surplus was partly generated by cuts to Veterans’ Affairs and Aboriginal Affairs. Wrong and wrong. Veterans’ Affairs spending was up 13 per cent, and Aboriginal Affairs spending rose nearly 30 per cent.

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We want our EI money back Editor: Over the past two decades the Liberals, then the Conservatives raided the employment insurance premium fund by — get this — over $50 billion. That’s right, billion. Workers and employers have paid into this with the expectation that they

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were buying insurance in case they became unemployed. But these governments funneled that into general revenue. In 2014 the Harper government continued the process by bilking EI of $1.6 billion while they reduced claim payouts. When insurance premiums go to general

revenue that becomes a tax. So much for the “no tax” governments. This $1.6 billion figure is basically the budget surplus the Conservatives are now boasting about in this election campaign. The only major party that constantly opposes this is the NDP. They firmly advocate that any

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EI surpluses should be directed to –— guess what — reducing unemployment. Why shouldn’t all EI surpluses be directed to Canadian students learning useful trades and developing other critical skills? I call that an investment in our future; other leading countries invest in their youth. The Conservatives

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call it a bad idea for their continuous re-election platform. What do you think? On October 19 vote for change. Vote to invest EI premiums where they should have been for the last two decades. Vote for the NDP. Steve Burke West Kelowna

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Trudeau has also insisted Canada is in recession now, which helps his suddenly adopted position that a Liberal government would run deficits for the next three years to build infrastructure. Harper ran the biggest deficits in Canadian history after the 2009 crash, bailing out auto makers and building lots of “shovel ready” infrastructure, as did the U.S. and other countries. The question raised by Trudeau’s plan is whether it’s a good idea to keep doing that without a financial crisis. France, for example, has run operating deficits every year since the early 1970s, although the current Socialist government vows to balance the books by 2017. France’s operating debt is now equal to 91 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product. Canada’s net debt-to-GDP ratio is currently around 30 per cent, down from frightening levels in the 1990s before the Chrétien government finally balanced the budget. (Fun fact: then-finance minister Paul Martin not only cut transfers to provinces, unlike the current government, he inflicted the largest-ever cuts to the CBC. Harper’s CBC cuts were part of governmentwide reductions, again due to that 2009 crisis.) NDP leader Thomas Mulcair has promised to balance the budget every year of his mandate, should he form Canada’s first-ever socialist government. He will spend the rest of the campaign trying to reconcile this promise with the grandiose spending plans he has piled up. Meanwhile in B.C., Finance Minister Mike de Jong may have benefited from Harper’s lowball budget. In his first quarter update last week, de Jong reported that his February budget forecast is on track, with a $277 million surplus. This is despite a $300 million bill for forest firefighting, thanks to personal and corporate income tax revenue expected to be $374 million higher than budgeted. B.C. bases its tax revenue figures on federal estimates, and the ones they got early this year were clearly low. Understated or not, this is a nice problem to have. De Jong says that at the current pace, B.C. will pay off its accumulated operating debt by 2020. The last time the province was free of operating debt was 1982. The big debt peak came during the NDP 1990s, with another spike from 2009 to 2013 under the B.C. Liberals. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@ blackpress.ca

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An open letter of apology to Prime Minister Harper I am writing you and offering my sincere public and personal apology to you as a person. In a recent letter to The National Post, I made the mistake of roundly (and, I thought, soundly) criticizing you as a leader; and the dramatic changes in federal policy introduced by the federal Conservatives over the past ten years. The rebuttal was swift and brutal. Despite the fact I have never belonged to a political party in my life, I have been branded as a socialist. In today’s Google universe, I could be forced to carry the crushing burden of this distasteful label for the rest of my life. Thus, I wrote to apologize to you and your family, in hopes that your supporters would better understand me, instead of resorting to profanity or accusing me of cheating on my taxes on national television. (We don’t know each other personally and I doubt you

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Federal leaders spar on economy Mulcair accused Harper of putting “all of his eggs in one basket,� but Prime Minister says economy is performing well overall Tom Fletcher BLACK PRESS

The three contenders for the prime minister’s office clashed in their second debate Thursday evening in Calgary, where slumping oil prices and industry layoffs framed a discussion on the economy. NDP leader Tom Mulcair accused Conservative Stephen Harper of having a “rip and ship approachâ€? to natural resource development, adding that Harper “put all of his eggs in one basket, and then dropped the basket.â€? Harper said it is “simply falseâ€? that the oil industry’s woes represent the entire economy, and overall it continues to perform well and produce more tax revenue despite a 40 per cent reduction in small business taxes and other tax cuts. Liberal leader Justin Trudeau said his plan also includes reduction in small business taxes, and he emphasized he is the only leader willing to raise personal income taxes on the wealthiest one per cent of income earners, to finance a cut for the middle class. Moderated by David Walmsley, editor of The Globe and Mail, the debate drew out differences between the three established party leaders on several topics. Greenhouse gases: • Mulcair favours a cap-and-trade system, but he avoided questions about what his system would cost the economy or consumers. The NDP will “enforce overarching sustainable development legislation,â€? he said. • Trudeau defended his position that each province should address emissions in its own way. He said Mulcair wants to impose a national bureaucracy, including on B.C., which Trudeau called a world leader in use of carbon tax. • Harper said carbon taxes are about revenues

to government, not the environment. He said under his 10-year administration, Canada has seen a decline in emissions while the economy grew, adding that his government invests $1 billion a year in alternative energy. Infrastructure: • Trudeau defended his plan to run three deficits of up to $10 billion to finance roads and other infrastructure, with interest rates at a low ebb and Canada’s debt relative to the size of the economy declining.

• Mulcair called Trudeau’s plan “reckless and uncosted,â€? while the NDP calls for steady investment over 20 years. • Harper said over 10 years, his government has spent 15 times what the previous Liberal government spent on infrastructure. That includes record deficits for public works projects in the wake of the 2009 economic crisis. Taxation: • Harper said the other parties promise tax relief for small businesses, but their plans to

increase Canada Pension Plan and Employment Insurance premiums amount to a payroll tax 10 times as big as their small business tax cuts. • Mulcair said he will raise income tax from 15 to 17 per cent for large corporations, but he believes individuals are paying their fair share now. Mulcair reminded viewers that Trudeau has supported Conservative budgets, and his first vote in Parliament was to support Harper’s tax “giveawayâ€? to big business.

• Trudeau emphasized that his is the only plan that increases taxes for bank executives and other wealthy individuals as well as on banks, while reducing income tax on the middle class. Green Party MP Elizabeth May wasn’t invited to the Globe debate, but chipped in with videos on her Twitter account. In one, May noted that there was no discussion of “investor state agreementsâ€? such as one with China that have intruded on Canada’s sovereignty.

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It’s that time of the year again, when communities across Canada remember the efforts of the now iconic Terry Fox and his attempted run from coast to coast. About 100 Merrittonians gathered in Voght Park last Sunday, Sept. 20, strapping on shoes to do just that. MJ Berezan, with the Rotary Club of Merritt Sunrise, has been helping organize the run here for several years. “It started with Terry’s run 35 years ago, trying to run across Canada,” she told the Herald. “He wasn’t able to complete it, but he asked that everyone finish the dream, and for 35 years Canadians have been trying to do that.” All the funds raised go towards the Terry Fox Foundation in Vancouver for research related to cancer. Berezan said she had the opportunity to visit the facility several years ago. “It’s amazing what they’re doing and how much they are accomplishing with the money raised, and thank goodness Canadians haven’t forgotten and they’re continuing to fight the fight that Terry started.” While past years have typically seen about $1,500 raised, she said this year’s event brought in $1,800. She added that the money raised and the number of people who volunteered and participated on Sunday showed the event was growing. Berezan encouraged businesses and local organizations to get involved in future runs. Her vision is to make the run an all-day event, with family activities. “I would like to see it to grow bigger and develop partnerships within the city,” And they’re off! Adults, children, and even pets participated she said. in last Sunday’s event. David Dyck/Herald

RACER IN TRAINING Dustin Dodding, age 4, dressed in his own driving gear at the stock car races over the weekend. Look for the race results in this Thursday’s Herald. David Dyck/Herald

TENNIS TIME There was plenty of tennis action over the weekend in Merritt with a few tournaments hosted by the Merritt Tennis Club. On Saturday three teams faced off in a mixed doubles round robin with the top two teams playing head-to-head in a championship game. Amar Khangura and Diane Quinn won in the finals 1-6, 6-2, 6-4, over Harbans Sandhu and Neelam Sahota. On Sunday the tennis club played a men’s doubles and women’s doubles tournaments. On the men’s side there were three teams with the duo of Amar Khangura and Bhavinder Vansi coming out on top after a round robin. The two defeated Harbans Sandhu and Balwant Bains 6-4, 7-6 in the finals. On the women’s side, there were just two teams, so with one game to play Barb Scapinello and Deanna Sheloff lost to Diane Quinn and Neelam Sahota 2-6, 6-4, 2-6. The Merritt Tennis Club plays all year round until the snow falls and is always interested in adding new members and competition. Michael Potestio/Herald

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