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The issue of biosolids will be front and centre on Monday, Jan. 26 in Merritt.

The Nicola Watershed Com-munity Round Table Society will host a public meeting on the issue set to take place between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. at the Civic Centre because of concerns regarding the use of this waste product in the Nicola Valley as fertilizer.

Biosolids are essentially the end product left over after sewage is treated at a water treatment facil-ity, and the intention to spread this product on land along Woodward Road by the company BioCentral — the sister company to Agassiz-based construction company Tim-bro Contracting — has generated vehement concern and opposition in recent weeks.

Residents of the Sunshine Val-ley Estates housing development in Lower Nicola worry application of biosolids on this property could contaminate their drinking water, as the Woodward Road property is said to sit atop an aquifer these residents derive water from.

There are also two creeks that run through the property.

Members of that community are also part of the “Friends of the Nicola Valley” group on Face-book, which consists of concerned residents who oppose the use of biosolids. Georgia Clement will speak at the meeting on behalf of the group.

Other speakers who will present include Dr. Joan Harkness from Urban Systems, an environmental and engineering consulting firm; Regina Sadilkova, director of devel-opment services for the Thompson-Nicola Regional District; a Ministry

of Environment representative; Interior Health Authority health protection team leader Mike Adams; and John Paul, who is a consultant for BioCentral.

Each speaker will present on a different aspect of the issue, begin-ning with Harkness’ overview of biosolids. Sadilkova will discuss current zoning regulations and the process to change zoning. Adams will talk about the role the Interior

Health Authority plays in manag-ing biosolids and the Drinking Water Protection Act, while Paul will provide details of local projects involving biosolids.

The Ministry of Environment representative is expected to speak on the Organic Matter Recycling Regulation and the regulation requirements for land application and composting sites.

Nicola Watershed Community

Round Table director Jill Sanford said the group conducts these public meetings to deal with local issues.

“What we’re trying to do is to get as many experts together [as possible] to give their aspects of the issue,” Sanford said.

She said the meeting will also have a facilitator.

Each presentation will include a question and answer period.

The Interior Health Authority and Ministry of Environment have both said they requested additional information from BioCentral in regards to the application of biosol-ids on the Woodward Road.

Under the Organic Materials Recycling Regulation, the Ministry of Environment and IHA are the two regulatory bodies that need to be notified of the intent to spread biosolids on a piece of land.

By Michael PotestioTHE [email protected]

IHA, Ministry of Environment to discuss biosolidsPublic meeting slated for Monday at Civic Centre

The spreading of biosolids on grazing land in the Sunshine Valley is the topic of some debate in the Merritt area, and one the Nicola Watershed Community Round Table has organized a public information session on. Michael Potestio/Herald

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS

The City of Merritt is facing a “status quo budget” for 2015 with no plans to borrow funds and a property tax increase expected to be identical to last year’s.

Financial services manager Ken Ostraat said he believes the city can accommodate most of what’s budgeted for strictly through reserve funds and grants.

Although subject to change, this year’s property tax rate is expected to come in at two per cent as it did in 2014.

But 2015 won’t be without some increases in service charges.

Due to an increase in Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) tipping fees back on Jan. 13, gar-bage collection rates will spike about 10 per cent.

The tipping fees increased 33 per cent from $60 to $80 per tonne of regular house-hold garbage.

The increase adds about $100,000 to the cost of trash removal for the city, Ostraat said.

The cost of sewer service will not experi-ence an increase, but there will be a slight increase in water service costs, Ostraat said. He said that will equate to about a two per cent property tax rate increase by the city.

This is to make up for a six per cent rate increase in BC Hydro electrical services effec-tive April 1.

BC Hydro rates went up nine per cent

last year.Capital works proj-

ects for 2015 include more roadwork.

One project the city intends to tackle is repaving the 1400 and 1500 blocks of Coldwater Road after replacing water and sewer lines underneath.

This project is somewhat dependent on the city receiving a grant from the federal and provincial govern-ments.

If the grant money comes in, the city will be able to conduct that roadwork for the entire portion of Coldwater Avenue between Voght and Main streets.

The city plans to spend about $390,000 on a backup power generator for city hall and the Civic Centre.

This will enable city hall to be an emer-gency operations cen-tre, and turns the Civic Centre into a reception hall in the event of a power outage during an emergency, Ostraat said.

The city is also set-ting aside $200,000 to improve the medians along Nicola Avenue, and also plans to replace the ice resur-facer at the Nicola Val-ley Memorial Arena.

There is room in the 2015 budget to accom-modate a raise for unionized employees as the city will soon nego-tiate a new contract with CUPE Local 900.

The last contract between the union and the City of Mer-ritt expired this past December. Ostraat said negotiations on a new contract will start “sometime in the near future.”

“At this point we

don’t know what the actual increase for the CUPE contract will be, and hopefully I’ve got enough set aside in the budget to cover off whatever increase might come out of it,” he said.

Recently, the TNRD’s board of directors announced

a five-year agreement with CUPE Local 900. That deal applies to unionized staff in the TNRD, including administration, plan-ning, building inspec-tion, environmental services and utilities. This new collective agreement will be in effect from 2014 to

2019 and carries a 1.65 per cent wage increase per year for the dura-tion of the agreement.

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PROVIDING SUPPORT

The Merritt Senior Citizens Association made five donations totalling $1,000 on Monday to area organizations.

Pictured are, from left: Pam and Ernie Whittaker of the Merritt Bread Basket; seniors association member Phyllis Riley; Nicola Valley and District Food Bank volunteer Lorraine Brown Aldrich; Nicola Valley Shelter and Support Society hous-ing co-ordinator Kelly Reid; and ASK Wellness outreach worker Stacy Wormell.

Each organization, along with the Ska-Lu-La Workshop (not pictured), received $200.

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SD58 examines gap in student achievementAdministrators with School District 58 are working on closing the gap

between its overall six-year completion rate and that of students who identify as hav-ing aboriginal heritage.Last year, the overall six-year completion rate con-

tinued to climb and reached 73.4 per cent.However, the six-year completion rate for aborigi-

nal students sat at 58.3 per cent — down from 64.7 per cent in the 2012-13 school year.

It’s also slightly below the provincial average of 61.6

per cent for aboriginal stu-dents.Closing the gap in student

achievement is one of the goals for SD58 identified in the Superintendent’s Report on Student Achievement.SD58 superintendent Steve McNiven presented to

the board of trustees on the report at its regular meeting on Jan. 14.

The district’s goal is to see 65 per cent or more of its aboriginal students complete

high school in that six-year timeframe, according to the report.

The report states 48 per cent of the district’s enrol-ment identifies as aboriginal.The gap in comple-

tion rates is mirrored in the gap in transition rates from Grade 9 to 10 and Grade 10 to 11 in SD58.“We’re seeing a substan-

tial drop there for aboriginal students,” McNiven said. “We knew it was there and

of concern. It’s particularly noticeable around the differ-ence between aboriginal and non-aboriginal students.” Targets for the 2014-15

school year are transition rates for aboriginal students moving from Grade 9 to 10 and 10 to 11 at 90 per cent or better, and moving into Grade 12 at 80 per cent or

better.Despite minor dips over the last six years, the

overall completion rate has remained on a positive trajectory since 2008-09, McNiven said.“We do have those up and down spikes in our district because we’re pretty

small,” he said.Helping boost the num-bers this year is the “substan-tial jump” in the completion rate for students with special needs, McNiven said.The completion rate for

students with a learning dis-ability jumped to 53 per cent — up 24 percentage points from the 2008-09 school year.

The completion rate for students with behavioural disabilities also took a big

jump last year to 38 per cent, which is an increase of 17 percentage points from the

2008-09 school year. The district’s new goal for the overall six-year comple-tion rate is 75 per cent, which is below the provincial

average of 84.2 per cent.“The areas we show improving are often the chal-lenge areas for us because we’re not where we want to

be yet,” McNiven said.The report takes a holistic approach to student achieve-ment by reviewing some programs and assessments that can foster greater learn-

ing readiness in the future, and ultimately contribute to completion rates.

Educators at the early years put together an assess-ment for social-emotional learning last year, and that

assessment was used for the first time at the Grade 1 level as well.

Social and emotional fac-tors can influence students’ well-being and their readi-ness to learn, McNiven said.“One of the areas we see

kids in kindergarten struggle with is anger management, identifying their emotions. When we’re more specific around identifying what it is we need to help support,

then we can put that support in.”

By Emily WesselTHE [email protected]

See ‘Gap shows’ Page 5

A 12-person jury in Kamloops found Lyt-

ton support worker Michael Hume guilty of

sexual assault, uttering threats and forcible

confinement on Jan. 16 after four hours of

deliberation.Hume was tried in a week-long trial in

B.C. Supreme Court for an incident that

occurred in August 2013. The victim, whose identity is protected

by a publication ban, testified he woke up in

Hume’s Lytton home after a night of drinking

to find Hume shaving his pubic region.The defence claimed the victim made up

the story to extort $200 from Hume.Hume was arrested in Merritt in August

2013 shortly before the start of the B.C.

Ambassador program, a province-wide leader-

ship competition for youth, for which he was

president at the time.Hume and the organization parted ways

shortly after his arrest.A date for sentencing was not known by

press time.

Jury fi nds Hume guiltyTwo other local teams took part — the Merritt Red Thunder and the Merritt Black Sheep — while out-of-town participants came from Williams Lake, Vernon, Kamloops, Salmon Arm, Penticton, Kelowna and West Kelowna. Complete results and more pho-tos from the three-day tournament will be in the Sports section of this Thursday’s edition of the Merritt Herald.

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STARS ON ICEMembers of the Merritt White Knights hockey team

proudly display their trophies at the end of the 10-team

novice tournament at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena

on the weekend. The Merritt White Knights are (back row, left to right):

coaches Gary Dixon and Dustin Shackelly; (top row)

Andrew Denton, Asia Munro, Wade Rauch, Simon Cisco,

Charlie Michel; (middle row) Matthias Forman, Shane

Charters, Brooke Gustafson, Cayden Bergstrom, Gavin

Shackelly, Korben Stump, James Stamp; (front row) goalie

Lucas Dixon. Missing: Noah Galbraith and Kaitlyn Dixon.

Administrators with School District 58 are work-ing on closing the gap between its overall six-year completion rate and that of students who identify as having aboriginal heritage.

Two students from Diamond Vale Elementary are bringing home the messages they heard about important life skills from professional football players at the inaugural BC Lions Skills for Life Summit.

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Numbers rising at emergency shelterThe number of

people accessing Mer-ritt’s cold weather emer-gency shelter continues its climb this year with well over 100 people spending the night at the Quilchena Avenue facil-ity in December.

While 145 people stayed overnight last month, 231 people in total accessed the shelter.

That’s a huge jump from the 88 people who accessed the shelter and 50 who stayed overnight in December 2013.

Eighty-six people who accessed the shelter in December also accessed other services, including food, social services and clothing.

While two of the people who stayed at the shelter overnight in December found hous-ing, that only represents five per cent of the month’s overnight guests.

The shelter is open to adults seeking overnight accommodation every night from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. from December to the end of February, and on nights when the forecast calls for tem-peratures below zero in November and March.

This past November,

the shelter was open a total of 21 nights.

A hundred and forty people accessed the shel-ter in November 2014 and 81 people stayed overnight.

That’s also a huge increase over November 2013, when 75 people accessed the shelter and 54 stayed overnight.

That increase in access comes despite the shelter being open for 25 nights in November 2013.

The numbers dem-onstrate the need for a more permanent solu-tion when it comes to homelessness in the Nicola Valley, shelter co-ordinator Kelly Reid said.

Several iterations of Merritt’s cold weather shelter have operated by different non-profit groups over the years, sometimes at community churches.

The current shelter at 1937 Quilchena Ave. is run by the Nicola Val-ley Shelter and Support Society, which has had a goal of establishing permanent supportive and transitional housing in the city since forming over five years ago.

Co-ordinators agree the shelter’s popularity is a good thing as it’s help-

ing people in need, but also hope this year is the year they get funding for a permanent facility.

To donate to the shelter, contact Reid at the Community Policing Office at 378-3955.

BOOM IN VOLUNTEERS

While the number of people accessing the extreme cold weather shelter has increased this year, so has the number of volunteers, Reid said.

Twenty-two people turned out to a volunteer training session on Jan. 14, many of them first-timers, she said.

The turnout was so big, the session had to be moved from the Com-munity Policing Office to Brambles Bakery.

Sharyl Johnson is one of those first-time volun-teers.

“I just thought it was a really good thing for the community to have and I knew they needed bodies to make it work,” Johnson said.

She had worked the 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. shift a handful of times prior to the meeting.

Although Johnson is likely relocating in the spring, she said she’s happy to spend some of

her last winter in Mer-ritt volunteering at the shelter.

“The people who access it are very appre-ciative, and it feels good to make sure that’s in place in the community,” she said.

Fellow first-time volunteer Randy Paton said he’s always wanted to volunteer and found time in his schedule as a truck driver to make it work this year.

“I’m volunteering just to help make the com-munity a better place,” Paton said.

He said he usu-ally does the 9 p.m. to midnight shift, and has found it to be a reward-ing experience.

“It’s pretty relaxed,” Paton said. “Most of the guys respect that we’re there volunteering and they respect that we’re there for them.”

He also does minor handyman jobs around the shelter when needed, including installing locks on doors and building some shelving.

When asked if he would volunteer at the shelter again next year, Paton did not hesitate.

“I’ll do this as long as I’m here,” he said.

MJ Berezan also tossed her hat in the ring

for volunteers for the shelter this year, mak-ing it one more hat she wears for community causes.

The counsellor for Nicola Family Therapy has also given her time to supportive housing over the years.

“I have been involved with trying to get some proper housing and shel-ter in the community in the past on committees, and I heard the call for volunteers,” Berezan said by way of her rea-son for volunteering at the shelter this year.

Berezan, who’s also the president of the Rotary Club of Merritt Sunrise, said she could make the time to volun-teer given the shelter is only seasonal.

Berezan said she was impressed with how smoothly the shelter runs from an operational standpoint and in terms of the setup of the space on Quilchena Avenue.

“One of the things I like about Merritt is it is a caring community and there are lots of people who are doing lots of great things,” she said. “It’s great to help out and the more people we have, the less work or commitment it is for everybody overall.”

By Emily WesselTHE HERALD

[email protected]

WHAT DO OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE?

The following table provides a snapshot of what communities of a similar population size to Merritt have for permanent supportive, transition or emergency housing.

CITY POPULATION FACILITY NUMBER OF BEDS/SUITES OPEN SINCE

Quesnel 10,000 Season’s House 10 emergency beds, 8 transitional housing units, 4 support/recovery beds

May 2008

Williams Lake 10,800 Jubilee Place 33 suites 2010

Invermere 4,000 N/A 18 supportive housing suites for low-income families

August 2014

Nelson 10,000 Stepping Stones for Success 17 beds May 1992

Terrace 11,000 Ksan Residence 16 emergency beds, 12 transitional housing units

November 2009


Next council meeting: Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015Council agendas and minutes at www.merritt.ca

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Service Level based on Snow Accumulation:0 – 5 cm: Area 1 only sanded AS PRIORITY5 – 20 cm: City streets are graded and sanded in the following time frame: Area 1 – within eight (8) hours Area 2 – within thirty (30) hoursOver 20 cm: Exceptional Snowfall – will call out such manpower and equipment as

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS #1-15OPERATIONS OF CLAYBANKS RV PARK

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This public meeting has been organized by the

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in recognition of International Women’s Day on

Thursday, March 5, 2015

We are taking nominations for women to be honoured in our Celebrate Women event on March 5. Tell us why you think a special woman in our community should be honoured. Everyone is encouraged to nominate, and to come out and honour these wonderful women. NOMINATION DEADLINE: Feb. 6

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We look forward to continuing to serve the residents of the Nicola Valley.

The board of trust-ees for School District 58 was joined by two new members at its regular meeting on Jan. 14 in Merritt.

The new trustees weren’t voted into their seats, but rather hand-picked by SD58 staff, including superinten-dent Steve McNiven.

Merritt Second-ary students Cohen McCormack and Ali-son McElveen were chosen in November by the district to be this year’s student trustees.

As student trust-ees, McCormack and McElveen will attend the board’s meetings in Merritt.

They’ll bring news from their school for-ward to the board.

McElveen is in Grade 12 this year and plans to pursue a criminal justice degree upon expected gradua-tion in June.

McCormack, who’s in Grade 11, will have a two-year term on the board. Next year, when

he moves to Grade 12, a new Grade 11 student will be selected for his current role.

Their Princeton counterparts from Princeton Secondary School will attend the board meetings that take place there every second month.

SD58 is one of only three school districts in British Columbia that runs a student trustee program.

Special education audit coming

The school district’s 131 special education files will be audited by the Ministry of Educa-tion this school year.

From Feb. 2 to 6, a team of four people will come into the school district to audit various categories of special edu-cation, including physical disability, autism, intellec-tual disability and inten-

sive behavioural issues.“Not only do we want

to be compliant, but we want to learn through this experience and that’s been the message that’s been sent. If there are things that we can improve on, we want to take advantage of that,” McNiven said.

McNiven said audi-tors will look for systems that work in order to share them with other districts.

ArtStarts in Schools contributes $7,200

School District 58 received a $7,200 grant from the provincial non-profit ArtStarts in Schools.

The funding, which is provided to support professional art activi-ties in schools through-out the 2014-15 school year, is supported by the British Columbia Arts Council and Min-istry of Education.

The school district will complete a final report on how it used the grant over the year.

“We try to get two performances at mini-mum at the schools each year, and some-times bump that up to three based on com-munity partnerships,” SD58 superintendent Steve McNiven said.

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Last week I read that a woman in Kamloops is advocating that city adopt a bylaw that puts a limit on the length of time a person can tether a dog in her or his yard.

I thought that was a good idea, seeing as bylaw enforcement is often com-plaint-driven, and tethered dogs can also be the source of nuisance barking.

Then there’s the wom-an’s reasoning for lobbying for such a fine against pet owners. Her argument is that dogs are pack animals and social creatures, so having them tied up in a yard alone all day is not exactly good for a dog’s well-being.

This line of think-ing brought me back to a recent episode of The Nature of Things on CBC.

If you want your pet to be a loner, best to get a cat.

These tiny lion reincar-nates often have a fierce independent streak and an aloof reputation to match.

By nature, cats are solitary hunters, and that’s a trait that hasn’t been bred out of generations of domestic cats.

A lot of cat owners

might let their pets out at night and find them at the door waiting patiently to be invited in at the same time each morning, only to be left with that nagging question: Where does my cat go?

Over 16 months, researchers with the Jour-nal of Wildlife followed 18 pet cats and 24 feral cats’ movements with GPS tracking to find out exactly that.

They found most house cats patrolled a small area of a few lots in the areas they lived in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.

However, the feral cats they placed track-ers on went further and wider than the house cats, entering several different types of landscapes in the process. That also meant

they encountered a greater variety of risks, including traffic and predators.

The researchers also found the pet cats sit or lie down about 80 per cent of the time, whereas the wild ones were inactive about 60 per cent of the time.

All a curious cat owner needs to do to find data for his or her own pet is a strap a little GPS unit to the kitty via a harness, and the ability to download and interpret the map of where the cat goes on a computer.

Cat Tracker is a website designed specifically to map this GPS data.

The site is the brain-child of U.S.-based urban ecology researchers Your Wild Life and North Caro-lina Museum of Natural Sciences, two organizations

that didn’t put their heads together just to satisfy a person’s curiosity.

Researchers also say it could help increase under-standing of cats’ predatory nature and the impact they have on their environ-ments.

For example, the data on where cats go could bolster conservation efforts for native bird populations and other prey animals.

It could also help own-ers understand the risks associated with certain urban and rural environ-ments that a pet may visit.

At its most basic, a pet tracker can also provide a bit of peace of mind for owners who might worry about the dangers facing their free-roaming cats.

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Hippie science is easy, wrongVICTORIA – Did you do a “cleanse” to start the year? A diet or supplements to, you know, “detox” your body?

Please, if you did, I don’t want the details. I’m here to discuss the underlying assumptions of this fad. TV presenter Dr. Oz is a promoter of various schemes, soup diets and the like, but there are many books and consumer products being flogged.

“Supplements, tea, homeopa-thy, coffee enemas, ear candles and foot baths promise you a detoxified body,” writes Ontario pharmacist Scott Gavura, who treats cancer patients with medicine’s most potent drugs.

Frustrated by the pharmacy industry’s willingness to cash in on fake cures for nonexistent condi-tions, Gavura began contributing to ScienceBasedMedicine.org, where you can search “detox” find his take-down of this notion.

He traces the roots of purifica-tion rituals in religious and medical history, such as when patients were bled with leeches.

Actual “detox” is administered in hospital for those with dangerous levels of drugs, alcohol or other poi-sons. Credible physicians abandoned theories of “autointoxication” in the 19th century.

“Today’s version of autointoxi-cation argues that some combina-tion of food additives, salt, meat, fluoride, prescription drugs, smog, vaccine ingredients, GMOs and per-haps last night’s bottle of wine are causing a buildup of ‘toxins’ in the body,” Gavura writes. “And don’t forget gluten. Gluten is the new evil and therefore, is now a toxin.”

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To many people, track-ing a pet with GPS probably sounds silly.

But to those people, I say it’s not just cat people who go a little coo-coo for their pets and the gadgetry designed specifically for people of their ilk.

For fish lovers, the Fish-Bit is a product currently in kickstarter development stage

that monitors the salinity, pH and temperature of your fish tank’s water all from the convenience of your smart-phone.

It’s also got a controller for other aquarium features, including pumps and lighting.

When it’s on the market, the idea is it will show you everything you need to pro-vide a healthy habitat for your fishy friends.

There’s a whole slew of

products designed for dogs and marketed to dog lovers, including iFetch, which has successfully launched in the market after a completed crowd-funding campaign.

This automatic ball launcher will play fetch with your dog when you’re not around so as to provide it with that stimulation.

It’s like a mini tennis ball cannon that shoots the ball out of one end and has a

funnel the dog can drop it in at the other end so the pet can play fetch over and over again.

There’s also the Paw Plunger, which will clean your canine’s feet after a romp through a muddy field so it doesn’t leave paw prints all over your clean floors.

It’s a mug-shaped doo-hickey that you fill with warm water and then plunge your dog’s paws in, one at a

time, and gentle bristles clean the mud, gravel and road salt off your pet’s sensitive paw pads.

The Paw Plunger comes in three different sizes for all the makes and models of man’s best friend.

In our pet-obsessed world, there’s always something new to be learned or manufac-tured to provide the latest and greatest in pet provi-sions.

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Dear Editor,

If you think the maintenance of our highway is great, you don’t need to read this.

If you think it is not acceptable, here is something to think and react about. The public keeps saying the maintenance contract needs to be changed to

make our roads safer. No, the contract is fine, if the Ministry of Highways stands behind the contract

they have had for 20 years.Check the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure’s website at http/

www.th.gov.bchighways/contracts/maintenance//schedule21MaintenanceSpeci-fications.pdf.

It is important to read the legislation in order to better understand the con-tract. Specifically, chapter 9: highway and structure maintenance definitions; chapter 3-340: highway condition reporting; chapter 8-840: highway patrol; chap-ter 3-300: highway snow removal; chapter 3-320: roadside snow and ice control.

Forward complaints about B.C. highways, recording the time and the road in question, to Minister of Transportation Todd Stone at [email protected] or MLA Jackie Tegart at [email protected].

I feel as a taxpayer in B.C., we have a right to have safe winter roads.

Wayne SchindlerMerritt

Gluten-free products now occupy whole sections of gro-cery stores, not far from the pricey “organic” produce that may or may not be tested for synthetic pesticides.

Living in the Lower Main-land 20 years ago, I noticed people lugging big plastic jugs to the grocery store to fill with water. Metro Vancouver is a rainforest, with some of the best tap water in the world, so I wondered what they were try-ing to avoid.

Discreet inquiries yielded similar answers. Aside from the odd superstition about chlorine or fluoride, they had no idea at all. They didn’t know about the Coquitlam reservoir, or ozona-tion, or what they were buying, which was essentially municipal water run through a filter. They had been convinced to pay $2 for water in plastic bottles, and this somehow led to the con-clusion that their tap water is only fit for washing clothes and driveways.

Vaccinations? Don’t get me started. In the past year I have had an argument with a registered nurse at a blood donor clinic, annoyed that the health ministry denied her imagined “right” to infect frail patients with influenza, and with a veteran politician who

only recently overcame a vague taboo against putting vaccines in her body.

It’s no wonder people con-stantly fall for enviro-scares like toxins from the Alberta oil sands that are actually concen-trated in cities where all that fuel is burned, or the threat of genetically modified canola oil, or smart meters. The media are frequently part of the problem, lacking scientific literacy and preferring conflict over com-mon sense.

Take Vancouver (please). The mayor rose to fame with a company that sold overpriced imported tropical fruit juice in single-serving plastic bottles. Calling it “Happy Planet” convinced a new generation of urban rubes that they’re doing something for the environment. Plus, there are “no chemicals” in it, to cite the central myth of hippie science.

At the risk of giving you too much information, I did a cleanse last year. It was for a screening colonoscopy, one of many that have taxed the B.C. health care system since a new test was added to the standard medical checkup.

Try that one if you’re over 50.

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SETTING IT STRAIGHT

In the story titled One-Year Extension for Lawn Bowling from the Thursday, Dec. 25, 2014 edition of the Merritt Herald, city council did not officially approve a lease with the Merritt Lawn Bowling Club and only authorized notice of its intention to enter into a lease with the club. That lease was officially approved at the Jan. 13, 2015 regular council meeting.


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Group advocates for bike lanes through cityA group of local

cycling enthusiasts is hoping to gain some traction with city hall to improve bike and pedestrian traffic in Merritt.

Locals Travis and Lindsay Fehr, who own Breathe Bikes in Mer-ritt, are part of the group known as “Bikes Belong in Merritt” on Facebook.

Their aim is to encourage bicycles and other forms of human-powered transportation in Merritt’s infrastruc-ture planning.

To do so, the group plans to speak with city council about the possi-bility and feasibility of creating bikes lanes in Merritt’s downtown.

The lanes would be for bike and pedestrian use alike, and link with the multi-use trail that goes through Rotary Park and the river trail.

Fehr said she wants to see routes that con-nect Diamond Vale to downtown Merritt, and a connecting path from the river trail to down-town.

“The river trail, where it comes out on Voght Street, we would then just have a bike lane for that first little part of Voght Street,” Fehr said.

She said she envi-sions a bike lane along Coldwater Road and on Merritt Avenue.

The group has a map of the city that

outlines where the proposed bike lanes circling Merritt’s down-town could go, with routes along Granite Avenue, Main Street, Cleasby Street and Coldwater Road.

“What we’re hop-ing for is that we will present our proposed route and our proposed changes to city council ... and that they will then mandate someone in city hall to work with us to finalize routes, to finalize details [and] to do costing, so that it can go in to the next budget,” she said.

Fehr said she’ll be requesting these lanes along the side of the road be about the width of a car and con-sist of a solid painted lane in a bright red or green colour.

The city’s Official Community Plan states it is council policy to promote Merritt “as a healthy place to be as a result of its investment in bike and pedestrian trails, its abundance of self-propelled outdoor recreation options and its compact, walkable city form.”

Bike and pedestrian trails are also a part of the OCP’s 2030 vision for Merritt.

City of Merritt planning and develop-ment manager Sean O’Flaherty said it’s great to see support for alternative transporta-tion methods.

The city doesn’t cur-rently have a transpor-tation master plan in

place. A transportation master plan would help determine where cor-ridors for biking would best be placed in the city, O’Flaherty said.

The city has master plans for areas such as sanitation and water, and a parks master plan is being put together this year.

However, the Offi-cial Community Plan does identify some preliminary multi-use

pathways, O’Flaherty said.

One way to go about establishing these multi-use lanes is to have the city install bike lanes when repair-ing stretches of street they tear up to fix sewer and waterlines, Fehr said.

“When you’re done putting the road back on, put in a sidewalk and a bike lane. Even if it’s just a little stand-

alone two-block bike lane just there for now, it’s a great start because eventually they will all tie together,” she said.

This idea is some-thing the city is already considering.

O’Flaherty said the city is looking into add-ing a bike lane along the sides of Coldwater Road after it is torn up and replaced for water and sewer line mainte-

nance work this spring.“The conversations

that we’re having in the absence of a transpor-tation master plan is to continue an east-west bike lane on Coldwa-ter [Avenue] from one end of the city to the other,” O’Flaherty said.

The city also has plans to create a path from the downtown to River Ranch Road, but that project was stalled when a property

owner along the pro-posed route wouldn’t allow the trail to pass through the edge of their property.

This multi-use path would go up Voght Street, connect to Spring Bank Avenue and branch off to River Ranch Road.

Fehr said she wants to make a presentation to council by the end of the month.

By Michael PotestioTHE [email protected]

The first Merritt Business Walk will take the pulse of the local business community next Thursday.

Volunteers from Community Futures Nicola Valley, the City of Merritt and the Merritt and District Chamber of Com-merce will canvass local businesses with a seven-question survey to hear

from business people on the challenges and successes facing them in the local economy.

The survey is expected to take five minutes or less to com-plete.

Business walks began in the U.S. and have been used to gather business intel-ligence and network for more than a decade.

Business Walk on Jan. 29

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God the Word, the World

The Bible says that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. What is sin anyway? It is the disobedience of the laws of God. The wages of sin is death. That puts us into a rather bad spot.

Jesus, at the beginning of the Bible says, “I will put enmity between thee and the woman.” What does that mean? It meant that Jesus would come and live a sinless life and when anyone sinned and was sorry for what he had done, he could come to Jesus and confess, and Jesus would give him credit for the sinless life he had lived. The sinner would be free of the sin. What a beautiful thing.

So, when someone sinned and confessed in the old testament days, before Jesus died, he just got a promissory note, redeemable when Jesus died.

All through the Bible, before Jesus’ death, there are many times when the prophets told of His coming, and the sinless life He’d offer us.

Jesus, himself, told His disciples several times of His death on the cross, and His resurrection on the third day, but the disciples found it hard to believe. Why

would anyone crucify such a nice man who did so much for people?

As it is now, it was then, the rulers and rich priests were jealous of Jesus’ power, and love of the people, so they had the Roman government crucify Him.

Jesus, as He had said, was cruci ed on a Friday. Which was a special day in this. He died at 3:00. Just as the prophecy had said. Jesus spent the Sabbath, the day of rest that He had created, in the cool tomb, then rose early Sunday morning, just as He had foretold.

Then, just before Jesus went back to Heaven, He told His disciples, and those around them, that He would go and prepare a place for each and every one of us, taking His people to Heaven with Him.

When we look at the Bible, history and prophecy, things have happened just as they had been predicted. Now, before Jesus returned to Heaven, he told of what the world will be when He comes back. Things are working out just like He, and the prophecy, says.

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About 40 people got an edu-cation in Alzheimer’s disease at the Civic Centre on Tuesday — many of them women.

The session, which was led by Alzheimer Society of B.C. support and education co-ordi-nator Tara Hildebrand, began with the statistic that nearly three-quarters of Canadians with Alzheimer’s disease are women.

Hildebrand said the disease affects women doubly because women also make up 70 per cent of caregivers to those liv-ing with the disease.

While there is no cure for Alzheimer’s disease, Hildebrand said creating awareness around the disease as well as coping strategies for caregivers is a way to make a dementia diagnosis less scary.

“The more we know, the bet-ter we do,” she said.

Dementia is the umbrella term for a wide variety of brain diseases, including Alzheimer’s.

Dementia cases fall into two categories: acute, reversible cases and chronic, irreversible cases.

Acute, reversible causes of dementia include tumours, vita-min B-12 deficiency, potassium deficiency, chronic depression and even stress.

Of the chronic, irreversible kinds of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease is the most common diagnosis.

Alzheimer’s disease accounts for 65 per cent of dementia cases, Hildebrand said.

In Alzheimer’s patients, as brain cells degenerate, they become plugged up with sticky beta-amyloid plaque.

This plaque prevents mes-sages from going through clear, unobstructed pathways in the brain, so synapses have to find new ways around the plaque to be understood.

The next thing to be attacked is the hippocampus,

which processes new informa-tion and distributes it to memo-ry stores in the brain.

Without the hippocampus functioning properly, Alzheim-er’s patients can’t take in new information for their short-term memories, but they’re still able to access long-term memories that have already been stored.

It can take anywhere from two to 20 years for the disease to completely manifest.

“The loss of memory with Alzheimer’s disease will be com-plete and total at some point,” Hildebrand said.

Alzheimer Awareness Month aimed at womenBy Emily Wessel

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Alzheimer Society of B.C. support and education co-ordinator Tara Hildebrand explains the basics of Alzheimer’s disease to about 40 people at the Civic Centre on Tuesday.

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In search of a Christian socio-economic ideal

Intense media and political attention is forcing Canada’s ruling party to catapult a bal-anced, albeit a delayed, budget in this election year.

Nationally, the regular monthly unem-ployment or inflation numbers often frighten ordinary bread earners, not just economists or social planners.

Locally, we continue to fight such vigorous issues as the proximity of a mine, such as the pro-posed one near Kam-loops, with its untoward effects on our health and neighbourhoods.

What’s the perceived role of the church in such moral and divisive issues?

Ideally, the church’s impact upon society at large should be twofold.

First, the church must announce her Christian principles and point out where the existing social order is in conflict with these.

Second, it must then pass on to her Christian members, acting in their civic capacities, the task of reshaping the existing order in closer confor-mity to their principles.

This is a point of first-rate importance and is frequently misunder-stood.

If Christianity is true at all, it is a truth of uni-versal application, affect-ing multifarious issues of the society in general.

All things should be done in biblical spirit and in accordance with Christian principles.

Suppose our commu-nities and leaders want a Christian solution to the problem of unemploy-ment.

The Christian faith does not by itself enable

its members to verbalize how a vast number of people within an intri-cate economic system will be affected by a particular economic or political idea.

Those who want to uphold the status quo would perhaps want us to “keep off the turf.” They would term us as out of place in complex situations.

Then, the church ought to humbly reply, “We cannot tell what the remedy is, but we can recognize a society with chronic unemployment as a diseased society.”

If we are not doing all that we can to find the remedy, we are guilty before God. The church is likely to be attacked from both sides if she does her duty.

She will be told that she has become ‘politi-cal,’ when, in fact, she has merely stated her principles and pointed out when these have been breached.

The church, then, is sure to be told by advocates of particular policies that it is futile because she does not support their policies.

If the church is faith-

ful to its commission, she will ignore both sets of complaints and will con-tinue, as far as possible, to influence all citizens and permeate all parties.

Political issues are often concerned with people as they are, not as they ought to be.

Part of the task of the church is to help people to order their lives in order to lead them to be what they ought to be.

People are not utterly bad, but they are neither wholly good. Even our ‘goodness’ is infected with self-centredness.

For this reason, we are exposed to tempta-tion of obtaining as much power we can get.

The church’s belief in original sin should make us realistic and free us from trying to create a utopia.

There is no such thing as a Christian social ideal to which we should try to conform the society we live in, as closely as possible.

After all, no one wants to live in the ‘ideal’ society as depicted by anyone else.

All true Christian thinking begins not with

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All too often though, we forget to take a break, to regenerate our bodies and spirits. This is espe-cially true if you work in the home, where there is always something else to do. Many women tell

me that they just cannot sit down and relax when they know that the laun-dry is not done, or the floor needs vacuuming. Men do not appear to suffer from this affliction, and seem to be able to be able to watch entire hockey games without the slightest pangs of guilt. And they reinforce each other for taking this time to relax, as they replay the game the next morning over coffee.

Both groups, how-ever, are missing out on an essential ingredient of mental health. It is solitude: quiet time to be alone with your thoughts. Quiet time to reflect on your day or on your life. And if we go for long periods of time without experienc-ing this oasis amidst the hustle and bustle of life, we soon lose any sense of being centered. We begin to become stressed and irritable, and often think it is because of the behaviour of others,

rather than the cranki-ness of our own soul in response to being ignored.

Our minds can begin to function like a computer turning out more and more things for us to do, and we can frantically try to keep up. We forget that we can unplug it and take a rest. We wouldn’t think of running our cars without the occasional tune up, or without replenishing the gas or oil. But we, too, run better when we are well maintained.

While solitude in the form of a week in the mountains would be

nice, few of us can do that often. So we must create our own solitude, and fortunately this is easily done.

Select a time when the house is quiet, and you can start with as little as 10 or 15 minutes. Sit or lie in a comfort-able position, and allow your body to relax. Imagine a beautiful scene and escape into it. You may want to play soothing music, or sim-ply enjoy the silence. If you have difficulty relax-ing, or find that your mind wants to keep busy, focus on your breathing, or repeat a positive affir-

mation such as “I am calm and relaxed, and I deserve this rest” or “I am regenerating myself, and will feel happy and relaxed for the rest of the day.”

If you do this regu-larly, you will begin to notice many positive changes, and you will find yourself looking forward to your solitude. Eventually you will carry that sense of calm throughout your day, regardless of what is happening around you.

Gwen Randall-Young is an author and award-winning psychotherapist.

Lift weights to build lean muscle, burn fat

As a health-care professional, I do my best to try to encourage all of my patients to do what they need to do to achieve their optimum overall health. For me, as a chiropractor, this goes beyond getting rid of their back pain, neck pain and headaches.

To accomplish this, I strive to provide quality information and advice to my patients and the general public. Since it is reaching epidemic proportions, I have been researching the best way to burn belly fat and the common theme that I

am finding may surprise you.

A recent Harvard University study demon-strated that the best way to burn belly fat is not through running, swim-ming or cycling.

While cardiovascular exercise is important to ensure whole-body health, it turns out the true ticket to a slimmer waist is daily strength training.

This study analyzed the fitness habits of 10,500 healthy men aged 40 and up. The researchers discovered that the men who lifted weights for at least 20 minutes per day every day accumulated half as much belly fat over 12 years than those who did only cardio.

Although the men in the study who did both kinds of exercise staved off the highest amount of fat gain as they aged, when the effects of one type of workout were

compared directly to the other, it became clear that weight training trumps aerobic exercise in its ability to keep off excess fat.

This goes against what most of my patients believe to be true. Most of them think that achieving their goal of losing 20 to 30 pounds can be achieved by running on their treadmill or going for a walk each day.

These researchers assessed fat gain by mea-suring the men’s waist circumferences, which they say provides a far more accurate picture of health than body weight does.

“As you age, you lose muscle mass whether you like it or not,” said study coauthor Rania Mekary. “With the loss of lean muscle, you therefore gain more fat mass, which we know weighs less than lean muscle.”

For guys, this age-related shift in body composition can be especially troublesome, because they tend to accumulate that flab in and around the gut. Having a lot of that visceral fat, regardless of how much you weigh, increases your risk of heart disease, diabetes and even cancer.

The fat-shredding doesn’t end once you put down the barbells, either.

“Other studies have found that even between sets, during these very short breaks, your mus-cles are pumped up and you continue to burn calories,” Mekary said. “Even 48 hours after you’ve weight trained, you’re still burning more calories than a person who did not lift weights.”

However, transform-ing your muscles into fat-burning machines takes time, Mekary said.

If you’re just starting to strength train, you

can’t expect a svelte phy-sique right away.

This may explain why several past stud-ies, which have been conducted over short timeframes, have con-cluded the opposite of what her team found — that weight training is not any more effective at fighting fat gain than cardiovascular workouts.

“Of course you wouldn’t see much change in body composi-tion after weight training for just a few weeks or even a month,” she says. “The results will only show over the long-term. Just look at men who do a lot of weight training for many years. They usually have V-shaped bodies, with very nar-row waists. This is a very good indication of how weight training works.”

The perfect prescrip-tion for keeping your gut in check and your entire body in the best shape possible: Do both weight

training and cardio. “We are not trying

to discredit the many proven health benefits of aerobic exercise,” Mekary said. “It is very important for lowering risk of diabetes, cardio-vascular disease, and cancer.”

But if you’ve only got 15 or 20 minutes to

spend at the gym? “Don’t feel guilty

if you just do weight training, as the results will show over the long run,” she said.

Reference: Weight training, aerobic physical activities, and long term waist circumference change in men. Obesity (Sil-ver Spring), Dec. 19, 2014.

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While it’s not known what causes Alzheimer’s disease, Hildebrand said research points to a vari-ety of risk factors that people can manage.

Those include a healthy diet, regular exercise and regularly challenging the brain.

That can be as sim-ple as doing a Sudoku number puzzle or per-forming simple tasks, such as brushing your teeth, with the opposite hand.

Hildebrand said using the non-dominant hand forces the brain to use new neural connec-tions to send messages and control parts of the body.

However, the biggest risk factor for the disease is one no person can change: aging.

“The fact that we’re getting older, that puts us at a greater risk for sporadic Alzheimer’s disease,” she said.

The risk for Alzheim-er’s doubles after age 65 and doubles again every five years.

Five to six per cent of Alzheimer’s diag-noses are early-onset, meaning they occur prior to age 65.

She said the youngest person she’s known with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis was 31 — and pregnant.

Genetics are less like-ly to be the direct cause of the disease than con-tain risk factors that can predispose people to it, Hildebrand said.

“The harsh reality is that’s why we don’t have a cure right now — because we don’t have a cause,” she said.

While Hildebrand’s session was intended to help people understand the disease, it had the dual purpose of iterat-ing it’s equally impor-tant for caregivers to have care themselves.

Hildebrand said caregivers who try to explain to patients what’s happening in their brains can become frustrated and burnt out.

So, she said, the advice she gives caregiv-ers is to meet the patient where they’re at.

“Self-awareness is the

biggest thing Alzheim-er’s disease takes early on,” she said. “They have no awareness of

where their disease is today.

“Every single min-ute of every single day,

that person is doing the best they can with what they’ve got.”

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Well, it was almost perfect.

The Merritt Centen-nials came within a couple of goals of mak-ing it a five-star week, as the team won three of the four games it played in the span of just seven days.

The trio of victories, one after the other, were impressive to say the least. Beginning last Wednesday and wrap-ping up on Sunday, the Cents disposed of, in order, the then Coast division-leading Langley Rivermen 5-2, the league and

BCHL STANDINGS to Jan. 20

Team GP W L T OTL PTS

Penticton 44 34 7 2 1 71Vernon 42 28 11 1 2 59Merritt 42 24 16 0 2 50West Kelowna 44 22 17 0 5 49Salmon Arm 42 18 16 3 5 44Trail 42 15 25 0 2 32

INTERIOR DIVISION


Chilliwack 41 25 14 1 1 52Langley 44 23 16 1 4 51Prince George 43 20 19 0 4 44Coquitlam 45 16 24 1 4 37Surrey 43 7 33 0 3 17

MAINLAND DIVISION


Nanaimo 43 29 12 0 2 60Powell River 45 21 16 0 8 50Victoria 43 19 14 1 9 48Alberni Valley 40 19 16 2 3 43Cowichan Valley 45 17 25 2 1 37

ISLAND DIVISION See ‘Cents’ Page 21

Wednesday, January 14MERRITT CENTENNIALS 5 LANGLEY RIVERMEN 2

Rookie sensation Colin Grannery (above) and Gavin Gould scored two goals apiece, Michael Ederer added one, and netminder Jonah Imoo turned aside 27 of 29 shots as Merritt sank the lumbering Coast division-leading Langley Rivermen, thus avenging a 5-1 loss to the same dastardly Lower Mainlanders back on November 5. The Cents’ three new acquisi-tions at the trade deadline (defenceman Griffyn Martin and forwards Zak Bowles and Stephan Seeger) looked solid in their first game on home ice for their new team. Ian Webster/Herald

Friday, January 16MERRITT CENTENNIALS 4 PENTICTON VEES 1

Imoo (above) was sensational in net, stopping all but one of 38 shots, as the Centennials disposed of the Interior division and league-leading Vees for the third time this season. Gould extended his goal-scoring streak to three games, while a pair of D’men, Josh Teves and Shane Poulsen, chipped in with goals from the backend. Bowles added his first as a Centennial. Special teams were a huge factor as Merritt scored on one of its two chances, but denied Penticton on seven of its eight man-advan-tage opportunities. Ian Webster/Herald

Sunday, January 18MERRITT CENTENNIALS 6 NANAIMO CLIPPERS 3

Double-shifting Diego Cuglietta (above) potted the natural hat trick to lead the Cents past an ornery Clippers’ team in a fractious matinee affair that saw 116 minutes in penalties doled out to the two sides. Island division-leading Nanaimo, which is coached by former Centennials bench boss Mike Vandekamp, was playing its third game in as many days, but didn’t go down without a fight, or two, or three. Gould and Grannery scored again, as did super-sniper John Schiavo, while Imoo picked up his fourth win in a row between the pipes. Ian Webster/Herald

Tuesday, January 20TRAIL SMOKE EATERS 5

MERRITT CENTENNIALS 4

Gould (left) scored his fifth goal in four games on the first shot of the night and Rhett Willcox got two, but the Centennials let this one slip away against their division’s last place team — allowing five goals against on just 16 Smokies’ shots. Ian Webster/Herald

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Interior division-leading Penticton Vees 4-1 and finally the Island divi-sion-topping Nanaimo Clippers 6-3.

No one connected with the Centennials organization could remember a Merritt team pulling off quite such a triple crown in the club’s storied history.

The only blemish on a week to remember was a 5-4 Merritt loss to the Trail Smoke Eaters on Tuesday night of this week — an almost-to-be-expected setback given the emotions of the previous few days.

Merritt got two goals apiece from Gavin Gould and super-rookie Colin Grannery, and an insurance marker from Michael Ederer in their three-goal victory over the Rivermen, who have since been passed by the Chilliwack Chiefs in the Coast conference stand-ings.

Between the pipes, Merritt goaltender Jonah Imoo was rock solid in turning aside 27 of 29 Langley shots.

The Wednesday night game was the first chance for Merritt fans to see the team’s three new faces: defenceman Griffyn Martin and for-wards Zak Bowles and Stephan Seeger. Cents head coach and GM Luke Pierce was pleased with their effort and contributions.

“There was a little bit of chaos at the beginning with the new

bodies in the lineup,” Pierce said, “but once we got going, all three were great.

“We’ve also been tweaking our defen-sive zone coverage as well. There were some changes to get used to with everybody.”

Pierce went on to say, “Wednesday was prob-ably the least clean win [of the three], but we were effective when we had to be.”

Friday, against the high-flying Vees, the Centennials were effec-tive all night long as they played arguably their most compete 60 minutes of the season.

Despite surrender-ing the first goal of the game for the seventh time in eight games, the Cents responded with a vengeance – scoring four unanswered times of their own.

Newcomer Bowles in the first, defenceman Josh Teves in the second and both Gould and Shane Poulsen in the final frame found the net behind Penticton starting netminder Hunter Miska.

Meanwhile, the game’s first star, Imoo, was having a sensational night, stopping 37 of 38 Vees’ shots, many of them quality opportuni-ties in close.

“They had some great chances that Jonah was there for,” Pierce said.

The Cents beat the Vees at their own game — namely with speed and puck movement,

and with timely scoring.“Against a good team

like that, you have to be opportunistic,” Pierce said.

One thing Merritt’s head coach wasn’t too pleased with was Friday night’s officiat-ing. Wearing the red stripes were a pair of referees from the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island. They gave Penticton eight power play chances to only two for Merritt.

“I didn’t like a lot of Friday’s calls,” Pierce said. “It’s rare to see the team that wins the game get as many penalties called against them like we did. Yes, we need to play on the edge to be effective, but sometimes refs don’t give you the benefit of the doubt on anything.”

Veteran referee Mike Langin was plenty busy on Sunday afternoon in Merritt’s victory over Nanaimo — handing out 116 minutes in pen-alties, including a pair of fighting majors and four game misconducts.

The Cents got the jump on the travel-wea-ry Clippers early, scor-ing the game’s first four goals, thanks to Schiavo, Grannery and a pair by Diego Cuglietta. Three of the four tallies were on the power play.

To their credit, the visiting Clips, who were playing their third game in as many days, didn’t roll over. Two quick goals early in the third period made things interesting for awhile,

until Cuglietta’s third of the afternoon (a natural hat trick) restored his team’s three-goal lead.

Each side would tally once more, with Gould doing the honours for the Centennials.

Imoo was again efficient, stopping 33 of 36 shots, to record his fourth win in a row.

A fractious final 40 minutes saw numerous nasty stick penalties, Merritt’s Jake Clifford and Nanaimo’s Edwin Kookenson tossed for fighting, and the Clippers receive a rare team penalty at the end of the game for failing to wait the allotted time before leaving the ice surface.

Off the ice, Pierce and Clippers’ coach Mike Vandekamp got into a verbal war of words across the benches in the third period that was every bit as entertaining as the action on the frozen pond. Pierce played for Vandekamp both in Merritt and in Vernon from 2001 to 2004.

“At the time, [Mike] was just trying to get his players going,” Pierce said. “He was yelling at our bench. At first I ignored him, but then I just felt that I had to stick up for my guys. After the game, Mike and I had a good visit.”

Tuesday’s loss to the Smoke Eaters was a dis-appointing conclusion to a memorable week.

Things began well enough as Merritt built a 2-0 lead before the

game was five minutes old on goals by Gould and Schiavo. But the Cents kept letting the Smokies back in the contest, with period scores of 3-2 and 4-3 in favour of Merritt. Rhett Willcox had a pair for the Centennials.

Trail wanted it more than Merritt in the final 20 minutes, scoring the only two goals of the period to skate away with the win.

Merritt netminder Anthony Pupplo, in his first start in almost a month, showed his rust, allowing five goals on just 16 shots. He looked uncomfortable all night — overplaying passes and missing his angles.

That said, Pierce wasn’t prepared to throw his goalie under the bus, so to speak.

“Anthony did not have a good night, but there was a lack of intensity and passion on the part of everybody, especially without the puck,” the coach said. “We also lacked a bit of the killer instinct early when we had a chance to put the game away.”

Pierce said it’s the whole team’s responsi-bility, coaches included, to help Pupplo build his game back up to where it was before Christmas.

“He’s no different from any other player on our team. He’s a vital part of our group.”

The Cents have another huge weekend ahead, as they travel to Penticton to take on the Vees Friday

night, before hosting the Vernon Vipers on Saturday at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena.

Both teams will be looking to avenge recent losses to the Centennials.

SPORTS

Cents look to get back on a roll; Vees and Vipers this weekend

Sloan goes the distance in fourth PGA FedEx Cup start

From Page 20

By Ian WebsterTHE [email protected]

For the second time in four PGA FedEx Cup starts, Merritt profes-sional golfer Roger Sloan got to play on Sunday.

The 27-year-old Sloan made the cut after two rounds en route to finishing 67th at the $5,600,000 Sony Open at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii this past week-end.

Sloan, who now resides in Houston, Texas, shot rounds of

70-67-69-73 for a one-under-par total of 279.

Only a small run of bogeys on the final day of competition prevent-ed Sloan from a possible top-30 finish.

At one point during the third round of play, Sloan was the leading Canadian in the event at six-under-par.

The Merritt

Secondary School graduate and former University of Texas-El Paso star finished the Sony as the second-highest Canadian. Only Brampton’s David Hearn finished ahead of him in 51st position with a score of five-under-par 275.

One stroke behind Sloan at even-par 280

was good friend Nick Taylor from Winnipeg who earlier this season won a FedEx Cup event in Jackson, Miss.

Winner of this year’s Sony Open and the $1 million dollar first prize was Jimmy Walker from Oklahoma City at 23-under 257.

Prior to the Sony Open, Sloan finished in a tie for 56th place at the OHL Classic in Playa del Carmen, Mexico with a score of three-under-par 281.

Sloan currently sits in 195th place in the FedEx Cup standings

with 17 points and $25,139 in earnings.

Sloan’s next sched-uled PGA Tour start is this week at the $5,700,000 Humana Challenge (in partner-ship with the Clinton Foundation) in La Quinta, Calif.

First round action at the Humana Challenge begins on Thursday. Sloan is scheduled to play the PGA West (Nicklaus) course start-ing at 9:20 a.m. PST.

Television cover-age of the Humana Challenge can be seen on the Golf Channel. Photo courtesy of PGA Tour

For the third time this season, the British Columbia Hockey League has recognized a Merritt Centennial as the Player of the Week.

The league announced on Monday that 20-year-old Cents’ netminder Jonah Imoo has been chosen the POW for the week ending January 18.

Imoo, a native of Surrey, B.C., stopped all but six of 103 shots in the Centennials’ three big wins last week against BCHL division-leading teams.

Wednesday, Imoo made 27 stops in his team’s 5-2 win over the Langley Rivermen. Two nights later, he allowed just one goal on 38 shots as the Cents took down the league-leading Penticton Vees 4-1. The former Powell River King and 2012 World Junior A Challenge par-ticipant capped off his outstanding week with a 33-save performance in Merritt’s 6-3 victory over the Nanaimo Clippers.

Merritt defenceman Shane Poulsen was the BCHL’s Player of the Week in early October, and Centennials forward John Schiavo picked up similar honours back in the month of November.

PLAYEROF THEWEEK

#31 Jonah ImooMerritt Centennials


SPORTS

It was all smiles on the weekend as 10 teams of novice hock-ey players (ages seven and eight) took to the ice at the Nicola Valley Memorial and Shulus arenas for a 20-game tournament that ran from Friday through to Sunday.

In addition to three teams from Merritt’s own minor hockey association, there were players on hand from Salmon Arm, West Kelowna, Kamloops, Kelowna, Penticton, Williams Lake and Vernon.

The out-of-town opposition was mighty tough for the three Merritt squads, but they gave it their best and should be very proud of their effort and great sportsman-ship both on and off the ice.

The Merritt Black Sheep managed to pick up a win in the tournament, 7-4 over Vernon. The Merritt White Knights and Red Thunder weren’t quite as lucky, but still put in great perfor-mances and battled right to the final buzzer.

There were a whole ton of goals scored by young Merritt hockey stars over the weekend, and lots of assists from their hardwork-ing teammates.

For the Black Sheep, goal scorers were twins Corbin and Jaxsin Vaughan along with Carson Moulind, while assists went to Moulind, Aydin Sweder, Luke Sowpal, Cooper Harrington, Kelsey Starrs, Griffin Hintz and Gavin Moulind.

The White Knights got goals from Gavin

Shackelly, Lucas Dixon, Wade Rauch and Simon Cisco, and helpers from Cayden Bergstrom and Matthias Forman.

For the Red Thunder, goal getters were Glen Newman, Mason Agar, Gracie Graham and Rae Bassett, while assists were given to Newman, Agar, Graham, Bassett, Isaac Asselstine, Jamie and Jorden Fountain, Owen Bateson and Kaidyn Keough.

A big shout out goes to the hardwork-ing coaches and orga-nizers of the novice tournament, and to the faithful fans who were there cheering all weekend.

In other Merritt minor hockey news reported to the Herald:

Peewee Rep

Led by Spencer Vaughan’s 10-goal effort, the Ramada peewees picked up a pair of road wins on the weekend, down-ing Winfield 10-6 and Salmon Arm 6-2.

Other Merritt scorers over the two days were Breanna Ouellet (2), Sajjin Lali, Anthony Michel, Atrayu Johnny and Matthew Newman.

One or more assists were credited to Vaughan, Lali, Johnny, Newman, Ouellet, Talon Zakall and Garrett MacDonald.

Bryce Garcia and Troy Holmes picked up one win each in net.

Atom Development

Merritt’s Fountain Tire atoms played at

home this weekend, defeating Penticton 14-3 and Salmon Arm 10-4.

Max Graham paced the attack for the Jr. Cents with 17 goals in the two games. Robert Sterling had three, Jalen McRae two, and Preston Lauptiz and Cortez Charters one apiece.

All of the above had one or more assists, as did Lucas Schmid (7), Brayden McRae Chillihitzia (5), Karson Peat and Austyn Streek (2 each), Wyatt Smith, Zach Dixon and Ostyn Fox.

Nathan Willey and Manjot Panghli stood tall in net for the Fountain Tire squad, splitting both wins.

Bantam House

The City Furniture bantam house team defeated Lillooet 4-0 on the weekend to take first place in the league stand-ings. They will now play Logan Lake in the first round of the playoffs.

Against Lillooet, Tyler Mosley had three goals, while Darius Sam scored the other one. Assists went to Roi Joe and Austin Hawkins. Colton Macaulay recorded his second shutout of the season in net.

Novices remind us how much fun minor hockey can beEmily Whitecross Herald file photo

GOOD TIMES

(Above) Merritt representa-tives Dylan Richardson (MMHA vice-president), Kurt Christopherson (City of Merritt councillor) and Chelsea Vaughan (tourna-ment co-organizer) handed out the awards at the end of the very successful novice hockey tournament on the weekend. They are pictured with players from the West Kelowna and Kamloops first and second place teams.(Right, from top) The White Knights’ Charlie Michel lets go a slap shot, the Red Thunders’ Kaidyn Keough takes time out to reflect, the Black Sheep’s Kelsey Starrs lines up for a faceoff. Ian Webster/Herald

CORRECTIONThe Nicola Valley Fish & Game Club

would like to apologize for an error in the trout class weights at our Mamette Lake Fishing Derby on Jan. 11, 2015. Things were brought together, and all

those people who won in the Best Trout category have been paid in full.

Dick Kitsch, NVFGC

Fisherman Ray Rusk from Merritt. Ian Webster/Herald

MINOR HOCKEY REPORT

Local alpine skiers hit the slopes

Merritt alpine ski-ers Emily and Jayna Whitecross began their competitive racing sea-son on the January 11 weekend with a slalom event hosted by Apex Mountain, located between Princeton and Penticton.

Competing as a second-year U14 racer in the 2001 age divi-sion, Emily placed second and third in her two races on Saturday, second and third in two more races on Sunday

and third overall in the combined total on the second day.

Jayna, a first-year U12 skier placed 6th and 8th in her 2004 age division on Saturday, and sixth in all three of her age-group races on Sunday.

The next event for the two girls, who com-pete for the Sun Peaks Racers, will be a series of giant slalom zone races on the February 14 and 15 weekend at Sun Peaks.

ROCK ON!The junior curling program in town is still going strong. Youngsters 10 and up receive expert instruction from Merritt Curling Centre volunteers every Monday afternoon starting at 3:30 p.m. Stop by the curling centre beside the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena for more information. Ian Webster/Herald

MERRITT OLD TIME FIDDLERS Baron of beef and jam

session at the Legion on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015. Baron at 5:30 p.m. and Music at 7:00 p.m. Everyone welcome to come and enjoy good food and good music.

LOwER NIcOLa FLEa MaRkETJan. 25, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Lower Nicola Community Hall. Barter for new, renewed and homemade items. Contact Diane Van Hoof at 378-3481 for more information.

ThE waTOTO chILDREN’S chOIRFrom Uganda will be

performing at Crossroads Community Church Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 7:00 p.m. The concert is free but donations are appreciated.

NIcOLa VaLLEy FILM SOcIETy Presents “LIKE FATHER,

LIKE SON” Rated GENERAL on Monday, Feb. 16 at 7:00p.m. at the NVIT LECTURE THEATRE. Parking is FREE and there is no food or drink allowed in the theatre. For more info phone 378-3974.

cONayT BINgOJoin 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 bingo! 2164 Quilchena Ave.

NIcOLa VaLLEy FISh & gaME cLUBEntry Deadline Feb. 20,

2015. Entry drop off at Gun Fishin or contact Paul 250-378-4904. Awards presented at the Pot Luck & Awards Night, Seniors Centre, Mar. 7, 2015. For more information contact Paul 250-378-4904 or Ed 250-378-2547.

hELP RED cROSSLooking for volunteers to

help 2 hours a week in the morning. If interested please call 250-378-5276

cOURThOUSE aRT gaLLERy The Courthouse Art Gallery, 1840 Nicola, is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday starting Feb. 27, 2015. For more details on all shows, please visit nvartscouncil.com

gaLLERy cOMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDThe Gallery Committee

of the NVCAC is looking for volunteers to join their enthusiastic team. We have repainted the Courthouse Gallery and are now organ-izing exciting art shows for the Courthouse Art Gallery. For information on our activities, check our web-site nvartscouncil.com and email us at [email protected]. Join us at our next meeting at the Gallery, 1840 Nicola on Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 5:00 p.m.

aNNUaL cOFFEE aND DESSERT aFTERNOONThe Nicola Valley Women’s Institute will hold their annual coffee and dessert afternoon on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Association Hall. There will also be a raffle table.

ShELTER LOOkINg FOR VOLUNTEERSThe Nicola Valley Shelter

and Support Society is seek-ing volunteers to fill shifts at the Extreme Weather Response Shelter located at 1937A Quilchena Ave. from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and 9 p.m. to midnight daily. Volunteer application pack-ages are available at the Community Policing Office (250-378-3955) at 2013 Quilchena Ave.

RISINg FROM ThE aShESFire relief fundraisers

for Earth Walker Spiritual Shop. You can either donate money to the bank account set up at CIBC or drop off your bottle dona-tions to the bottle depot.

ThE NIcOLa VaLLEy cOMMUNITy BaND Fall season of practices on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in the music room at MSS. info: James 250-378-9894.

ROyaL caNaDIaN LEgIONTuesday - Darts: 7 p.m.Friday - Frosty Friday - 5

p.m. Saturdays - Meat draw: 2:30 p.m.

ThE cOMMUNITy chOIR New season has started,

come at 7 p.m. Located at Colletteville school. New members are very welcome. For more information con-tact: Ellen 250-378-9899 or Barb 250-389-2678.

LIVINg wITh LOSS SUPPORT gROUPLiving with the Loss

Support Group Wednesday 7 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. #12-2025 Granite Ave, Merritt - Call Marilyn at 250-378-3513.

kNITwITSLove to knit or cro-

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

VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDThe Navy League is in need

of officer’s and volunteers to help out with our grow-ing Cadet Corps. Our chil-dren are age 9 to 13 and we meet every Wednesday night from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. If you have past experi-ence or are interested in becoming a part of our Corps please contact us. Ellen 250-280-6944, Sue 250-378-9880 or email at [email protected]

MERRITT MINOR hOckEyRegister for the 2014/15

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Phone 250-378-4241 with any events that you may be hosting or email: [email protected]

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THE CHURCHES OFMERRITT WELCOME YOU

Crossroads Community Church

Merritt Baptist Church 2499 Coutlee Ave. (Corner of Coutlee and Orme)

Merritt Lutheran Fellowship

Nicola Valley Evangelical Free Church

Sacred Heart Catholic Church

Mass Time: Sundays 9:00 a.m.

Seventh Day Adventist Church

St. Michael’s Anglican Church

Trinity United Church

7 Day Weather Forecast for Merritt, BC - Thursday, March 14 - Wednesday, March 20, 2013

• STAIN GLASS• SUN CATCHERS• NIGHT LIGHTS• PICTURE FRAMES

Available at Creative Company2074 Quilchena Avenue, Merritt, BC

Monday - Saturday Ph: 250-378-0813

Stain Glass by Almerina RizzardoThurs. Mar. 14

Cloudy w/ShowersHigh: 9CLow: 6C

Fri. Mar. 15

Cloudy PeriodsHigh: 10CLow: 4C

Sat. Mar. 16

Variable CloudsHigh: 8CLow: 4C

Sun. Mar. 17

Wet SnowHigh: 6CLow: 2C

Mon. Mar. 18

Variable CloudsHigh: 6CLow: 0C

Tue. Mar. 19

SnowRain ShowersHigh: 7CLow: -1C

Wed. Mar. 20

Light SnowHigh: 7CLow: 0C

7 Day Weather Forecast for Merritt, BC - Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 - Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015

Thurs. Jan. 22

Cloudy w/ Sunny Breaks

High: 1˚CLow: -2˚C

Fri. Jan. 23

Cloudy w/ Showers

High: 3˚CLow: 1˚C

Sat. Jan. 24

Cloudy w/ Showers

High: 6˚CLow: 3˚C

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Cloudy w/ Sunny Breaks

High: 6˚CLow: 1˚C

Mon. Jan. 26

Mix of Sun and Clouds

High: 5˚CLow: 0˚C

Tue. Jan. 27

Mix of Sun and Clouds


Wed. Jan. 28

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help us reach our goal

Would you like to see a movie theatre in Merritt, then the Merritt Community Cinema Soceity can use your help!

If you would like to help donate to this wonderful cause please make cheque payable to Merritt Community Cinema Society and mail it to:

1952 Eastwood Ave., Merritt, BC V1K 1K3

For more information

call Rich Hodson250-378-6794

phase 2has started.

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MERRITT & DISTRICT HOSPICESOCIETY

To everything there is a season, a time to every purpose under heaven – a time to be born and a time to die ... a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-24

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The Fitzhugh is an award-winning community news organization in beautiful Jasper, Alberta – the heart of the Canadian Rockies. We are seeking a passionate, driven, and highly creative individual to fill the role of Production Manager with our team.

Ours is a young, enthusiastic office in a not-so-average mountain town. As soon as the rooftop pool is installed we plan to have regular Friday afternoon diving competitions. The Google compound’s got nothing on us. Working here, you’ll want to keep your trail mix close to your camera, tucked safely beside those tickets to the next local gig.

The Production Manager plans, schedules, strategizes, and oversees all production activities, while playing a fundamental role in the creative direction and graphic design of the newspaper and the advertising within it. You will perform essential functions in layout and design to ensure that the newspaper meets strict print deadlines.

The ideal candidate will have:Strong knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator Excellent organizational, written and verbal communication skillsAbility to execute creative designs, concepts, and layouts based on knowledge of layout principles and aesthetic design conceptsMinimum of 3 years experience designing for print, ideally with publishing experienceKnowledge of 4 colour print production processStrong attention to detailAbility to meet strict weekly deadlinesAbility to multi-task and utilize resources to execute tasks within a deadline oriented environmentConfidence to work independently and in support of business objectivesIllustration, photography and advertising experience a bonus

This is an amazing opportunity to fill out your portfolio and to join a fun and positive work environment.

Please forward your resume to Matt at [email protected].

ICS - Merritt is currently hiring a temporary FT Family Support Worker. This is an outreach role which works closely with individuals and families to support them

in their goals and enhance their parenting skills. Bachelor of Social Work and one year recent related experience supporting families with issues of violence, addictions and mental health is required.Valid CPR-C, Class 5 driver’s license, and own vehicle with safe driving record is required. Email resumes by January 25th 2015 to:[email protected] a full description visit our website. www.interiorcommunityservices.bc.ca

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BAND MANAGERCooks Ferry Indian Band is seeking an energetic and self-motivated Band Manager who will take on a variety of challenges and opportunities and play an integral role in the continued strengthening of the vision for the Cooks Ferry community.Located in Spences Bridge, BC in the beautiful Nicola and Thompson River valleys, the Cooks Ferry Indian Band (CFIB) of the Nlaka’pamux Nation offers a wide range of recreational activities and outdoor adventures. With a proud history rich in culture and tradition, the community is building a promising future through cultural, social and economic development. Involved in the forest industry, mining, tourism and land management, CFIB is looking next to expand their economic development opportunities with capital projects that include housing construction and water system upgrades.Duties:Working closely with Chief and Council and staff, the successful candidate will:

rovide leadership over band programs and services including education, social services, health services, capital projects, housing, recreation, elders care, utilities, public works, and safety;

Bring nancial expertise to the budgeting process and encourage sound policies and practices; stablish and maintain good relationships with other First Nations, governments, industry, and partners and develop

service initiatives for Band members; Foster the vision of the organi ation, coach and mentor staff, and encourage employee training and development; and Support Council goals and priorities.u i ti s:referred uali cations include the following: ou have a degree in commerce, economics, public administration or similar discipline, or e uivalent education

and experience; re an energetic person with demonstrated experience in strategic planning, inter-government relations, program management, project management, budgeting and human resource management; ave progressive leadership abilities and can work effectively in a team environment with Council, community

members and staff; ave superior interpersonal skills; ave competent computer skills; ave strong knowledge of social and economic issues facing First Nations; The ability to adapt to a rural, small community.

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Duties include, but are not limited to: reception, shipping/receiving, data entry, maintaining supplies inventory, providing administrative support to management and other general office duties.

Qualifications for this role include: at least 2 years office administration experience, strong computer skills, a pleasant telephone manner, excellent math skills, excellent verbal and written skills, ability to work independently and multi-task and a strong attention to detail. Some bookkeeping experience would be an asset.

Fax your resume and cover letter to 250-378-5820 or via email in PDF format to [email protected].

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Call 250-573-2278Toll Free 1-866-573-1288

7510 Dallas Drive, Kamloops

www.eaglehomes.ca

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent

NICOLA APARTMENTS

Clean one and two

bedroom. Starting at

$600/month.NO PETS

MOVE IN BONUS 1/2 month free rent

250-378-9880

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent

KENGARDMANOR

Move in bonus - 1/2 month free rent

For appointment call

250-378-9880

Spacious 1 & 3bedroom apartments.

F/S, heat and hotwater included.

Starting at $625/mth

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent

VIBE APARTMENTS

1 & 2 bedroom

apartments References required.

NO PETS, NO SMOKING.250-280-7644

THE KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF CANADA, BC BRANCH

Toll Free 1-800-567-8112 www.kidney.ca


Guaranteed Approvals

IF YOU WORK,YOU DRIVECall Steve Today

1.855.740.4112 murraygmmerritt.com

Need a Vehicle? Call the

Available 24/7 • mycreditmedic.ca

FOR RENT - 2 BEDROOM APARTMENTAvailable Immediately • $750/month includes heat & laundry

$100 OFF 1ST MONTHS RENTfor successful applicants

Newly renovated units“Clapperton Manor” 2775 Clapperton Ave.

Please call 250-315-8340

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent

NICOLA APARTMENTS

Clean one and two

bedroom. Starting at

$600/month.NO PETS

MOVE IN BONUS 1 month free rent

250-378-9880Homes for Rent

2 Bedroom Older Home. Par-tial Basement & Fenced Yard. Next to Voght Park. No Dogs. $650/month. (604)265-0711

4 Bedroom HouseW/D,F/S,N/S. $1,400/mth.

Avail. Feb.(250) 378 - 9660

For Rent: 3bedrm, Newly Renovated house, large yard.

$1,000/mth 604-454-4731

Property Management

MERRITT1988 Quilchena Ave.

January 12, 2015

250-378-1996 Call for all of your Residential

or Commercial PropertyManagement needs!

MERRITT REAL ESTATE SERVICESProperty Manager:

Lynda Etchart

1 bdrm Apt. $600 plus hydro (X2)

1 bdrm Apt. $900 plus hydro.


1 bdrm Executive Suite on Bench. $1000 inc

hydro/heat & satellite.

1 bdrm Suite on the Bench. $650 plus utilities.

2 bdrm basement suite. $750 inc utilities.

2 bdrm duplex renovated. $650 plus utilities.

First 3 months FREE.

3 bdrm duplex. $950 plus utilities.

2 bdrm in 6plex in Lower Nicola. $600 inc utilities

3 bdrm townhouse. Sun Valley Court $1200 plus utilities.

3 bedroom house. $850 plus utilities.

3 bedroom Upper floor of house. $975 plus utilities.

Quaint Cottage in the Country! Bachelor Suite.

$800 including utilities.

Room & BoardRooms to rent and/or room & board. $400/mon. for room.

Room & board negotiable. Seniors or working person pre-ferred. Contact Doug or Donna at 250-378-5688 or [email protected]. No alcohol or

drugs. No Parties

Suites, LowerLarge 2 bedroom ground level suite for rent. Close to shop-ping. Private entrance, drive-

way & Patio. Free storage shed. $825.00 month includes

utilities. Non smokes only.315-4660. Working or retired

person(s) only.

Apt/Condo for Rent

Auto Financing

Rentals

Suites, Upper2 bdrm suite, laminate fl rs, re-cently reno’d, shared laundry

$650 incl. util. Available Feb lst. N/s, N/p, ref. req.

778-228-6378

Legal

Legal Notices

By virtue of the Warehouseman's Lien Act,

we will sell the stored goods of the following to recover

costs of unpaid storage.Colin Cave - Unit #38

Amount owing $215.00

These personal and household effects will be sold by either public or

private auction on or after January 30, 2015.

R. Hack Mini Storage, 2865 Pooley Ave., Merritt

250-378-5580.

Apt/Condo for Rent

Auto Financing

4 OUT OF 5 PEOPLEWITHDIABETESDIE OFHEARTDISEASE.

Better your odds.Visit getserious.ca

Property Management

MERRITT1988 Quilchena Ave.

January 12, 2015

250-378-1996 Call for all of your Residential

or Commercial PropertyManagement needs!

MERRITT REAL ESTATE SERVICESProperty Manager:

Lynda Etchart

1 bdrm Apt. $600 plus hydro (X2)



1 bdrm Executive Suite on Bench. $1000 inc

hydro/heat & satellite.

1 bdrm Suite on the Bench. $650 plus utilities.

2 bdrm basement suite. $750 inc utilities.

2 bdrm duplex renovated. $650 plus utilities.

First 3 months FREE.

3 bdrm duplex. $950 plus utilities.

2 bdrm in 6plex in Lower Nicola. $600 inc utilities

3 bdrm townhouse. Sun Valley Court $1200 plus utilities.

3 bedroom house. $850 plus utilities.

3 bedroom Upper floor of house. $975 plus utilities.

Quaint Cottage in the Country! Bachelor Suite.

$800 including utilities.

4 OUT OF 5 PEOPLEWITHDIABETESDIE OFHEARTDISEASE.

Better your odds.Visit getserious.ca

Your Local

at HACK Electric

Safe, Secure, Easy Access, 8’ to 40’ Shipping Containers

SUITABLE FOR:

2865C Pooley Ave., Merritt, B.C. 378-5580

SELF STORAGE UNITS

Full-time Watchman on site

Starting @ $45./month

with HST

STORAGE

Safe Secure, Easy

DENTIST

Call 250-378-4888 to book your appointment.2731 Forksdale Avenue, V1K 1R9

www.dentistryatmerritt.ca

NEW PATIENTS & WALK-INS WELCOMEATTTTIIIIIIEEEEEENNNNNTTTTTTSSSSSSS &&&&&& WWWWWWAAAAAALLLLLKKKKK IIIIIINNNNNSSSSSS WWWWWFREE CONSULTATIONS

HOURSTuesday - Thursday: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

Friday and Saturday: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

2 FULL TIME DENTISTS & ORTHODONTIST ON SITE

Dr. Sunil Malhotra Dr. Jaspal Sarao

250-378-6622Location: 2865C Pooley Ave (Hack Electric) www.thewinepressmerritt.com

Quality products, friendly service!

FOR THE ULTIMATE WINE EXPERIENCE, VISIT THE WINE PRESS

Member of the RJS Craft Wine Making Academy

WINE MAKINGFFFFOR TFOR T

EXPERIENC Nicola Plumbing & Heating

Fully Quali ed Tradesmen in..Plumbing, Heating, Bonded Gas Fitters.

Service Work & Furnace Service. Custom Sheet Metal

Atlas RV Parts & Repairs

PHONE: 250-378-4943 2064 Coutlee Ave., Merritt, BC

PLUMBING & HEATING

MORTGAGE BROKER

YOUR LOCAL MORTGAGE BROKER

Use the equity in your home to

consolidate debt,

top up RRSPs,

or tackle renovations

Call Harry Howard (250) 490-6731

MOMO

CHIMNEY SWEEPINGCHAMPION CHIMNEY SERVICES

Wett Certified for Insurance compliance.

20 YEARS EXPERIENCECHIMNEY CLEANING $150SALES AND INSTALLATION

OF WOOD AND PELLET STOVES AND INSERTS

250-851-5594 WWW.CHAMPIONCHIMNEYSERVICES.COM

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20 YEARS

[email protected]

Now Serving the Merritt Area778-208-0097

FARRIER

PLUMBING

PRIME ADVERTISING LOCATION! GET YOUR BUSINESS NOTICED!

ASK FOR TERRESA 250-378-4241Be sure to give us a call if you want to reserve your advertisement in this spot.

ADVERTISING

Business Directory

ROOFINGROOFING

CREDIT MEDIC

Available 24/7 • mycreditmedic.ca

GOOD, BAD OR NO CREDIT.

IF YOU WORK, YOU DRIVE.

GUARANTEED AUTO LOAN APPROVALS! TOLL FREE1.888.378.9255

AvailableAUTO SERVICESAUTO SERVICES

RJIM POTTER

MERRITT TREE SERVICE• Fully insured, certi ed faller• WSBC covered• Dangerous tree assessment

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CALL JIM at 250-378-4212CALL JIM at 250-378-4212Solutions for your tree problems!Solutions for your tree problems!

Schedule your FREE Estimate

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OLD OR NEW WE HAVE WARRANTY APPROVED

MAINTENANCE SOLUTIONS FOR EVERYONE

• Tune Ups • Brakes • Exhaust

• Suspension • Lube/Oil

•Radiator Service • Shocks & Struts

• Air Conditioning Service

FRANK’S MECHANICAL SERVICE

2026 Mamette Avenue 250-378-1322

MECHANICMECHANIC

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CFP Certifi ed Financial Planner CPCA Certifi ed Professional Consultant on Aging

It’s never too early to start planning for the future.

CFP Certifi ed Financial Planner CPCA Certifi ed ProfessionalConsultant on Aging

call me at: 250.315.0241

E-mail: [email protected]

Need help to create a plan to enjoy the life you desire today, & tomorrow?

➣Personalized Retirement Plans➣Detailed Risk Analysis➣Insurance & Estate Planning➣Strategic Retirement Analysis & much more

David L. Brown is here for you

FINANCIAL ADVISORFINANCIAL ADVISOR

IVAN’S SIDINGSALES & SERVICE

• Vinyl & Hardie Board Siding

• Aluminum Soffit, Fascia & EAVESTROUGHS

“When others have come and gone, Ivan’s Siding is still

going strong”

SERVING THENICOLA VALLEYFOR 40 YEARS!

CALL: (250) 378-2786

SIDINGSIDING

HACKELECTRICELECTRIC

Reg. No. 14246email: [email protected] Pooley Ave., Merritt 250-378-5580

Residential & Commercial

Over 30 years experience

ELECTRICALELECTRICAL

www.tbmcleaningandrestoration.comTF: 1-877-612-0909

FLOOD SERVICES

250-378-9410

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personalized services and guidance in a wide range of financial and business needs.

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COLD WATER PLUMBING

Ph: 250-378-9933DRAIN CLEANING SPECIALIST

20 YEARS SERVICE EXPERIENCE

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FAX: 1-866-999-1964

EMAIL: [email protected]

HONEST EFFECTIVE LOCAL SECURITY

866 999 4911 250 879 1221

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inc.CALL 250-315-5074

RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL • sidewalks and driveways included • sanding • salting • anti-icing

NEW EQUIPMENT EXPERIENCED OPERATORS - FULLY INSURED • large fleet means quick response times.

AFFORDABLE RATES, while using

customers time efficiently

24 HR. PROFESSIONAL SNOW REMOVAL

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Serving all citizens of Merritt

and surrounding areasvvini g all citizensns of Merritt

and surrounding areas

New pat i ents a lways welcome!

1999 Voght Street

(next to the Credit Union)

PO Box 3090, Merritt, BC

HOURS: Mon-Fri 8AM - 4:30PM

MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TODAY!

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2099 Quilchena Ave., Box 358 Merritt, BC

The Employment Program of British

Columbia is funded by the

Government of Canada and the

Province of British Columbia

MERRITT BC

EMPLOYMENT SERVICESEE

MERRITT LUMBER SALES2152 DOUGLAS ST., MERRITT, BC

HOURS OF OPERATION:Mon to Fri.: 8 am - 5 pm & Sat.: 8 am - 4 pm

SCREWS, NAILS, ROOFING, INSULATION, JOIST HANGERS & much more

LARGE LANDSCAPING BEAMS AVAILABLE

Lumber, Plywood, Fencing SPECIALS

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INTEREST FREE FINANCING AVAILABLE

WALL WALLClearance Sale

123 456 789

MAIN LOCATION& CLEARANCE

CENTRE

Hours:Monday to Friday

9 am - 6:00 pmSaturday: 9:30 am - 5:30 pm

Sundays: Closed

2025 Coutlee Ave., Merritt Phone: 250-378-2332

FURNITURE: LIVING ROOMMicrofibre Recliner $399 $199Ashley Recliner -micro fibre $499 $299Ashley Chair & Ottoman $499 $299Primo power Lift Chair Recliner $899 $599Ashley Chaise Lounger - Bonded Leather 3 Colors - Red/Tan/Brown $549 $3992 pc Leather Sofa & Loveseat $1999 $999True North & Woodworks solid woodCoffee and end tables 20% OffFabric Sofa $699 $369Fabric Loveseat w/toss cushions $599 $2998 pc Living-room Collection Includes: Sofa/Loveseat/Chair, 2 Lamps 3 pc Coffee Table Set $2499 $1499Primo Futton & Frame $399 $299Palliser Leather Recliner Loveseat with Console $1699 $8993 Piece Microfibre Sofa/Love/Chair $1899 $9993 Piece Black Bonded Leather Recliner Sofa/Love/Chair $2299 $1499Assorted Lamps & Bar Stools UP TO 60% Dimplex Electric Corner Fireplace $1199 $699Dynasty Wallmount Electric Fireplace $499 $399Assorted Area Carpets Starting From $99

MATTRESSESCoil Mattresses Twin Mattress $269 $179 Double Mattress $299 $229 Queen Mattress $399 $249 Pillowtop Pocket Coil Twin Mattress & Box-spring $349 $349 Double Mattress & Box-spring $499 $399 Queen Mattress & Box-spring $549 $449 Restwell Eurotop 800 Pocket Coil Double Mattress & Box-spring $999 $549 Queen Mattress & Box-spring $1099 $599 King Mattress & Box-spring $1699 $999

MATTRESSESMismatch Queen Box-spring & Mattress $699 $399Sealy Posturepedick Box-spring & Mattress - King $2799 $1499 & Mattress - Queen $1999 $999Simmons Beauty-Rest King Box-spring & Mattress $2799 $1399Primo Queen Memory Foam Mattress $799 $499Twin Foam Mattress $149 $99Single Extra-Long Adjustable Bed with Memory Foam Mattress $1299 $899

BEDROOMTrue North & Woodworks solid woodBedroom suites 20% OffBunk Bed - Twin/Twin $499 $299Bunk Bed - Twin/Double $699 $449Twin Captain’s Bed with Trundle $699 $4998pc Complete Bedroom Suite Includes: Dresser/Mirror/Chest/Hb-Fb-Rails 2 Nightstands $1999 $999Solid Pine 8pc Bedroom Suite $2999 $1699Espresso 8pc Bedroom Suite $2799 $1399

APPLIANCESMaytag 22 Cu. Ft. French Door Fridge with ice/water Dispenser $1899 $1399Whirlpool 30” Self Clean Convection Range Stainless $1399 $899Amana Built-in Dishwasher $399 $269LG Front Load Washer & Dryer Pair $1699 $1199Amana Heavy Duty Washer $449 $349Amana H/D Super Capacity Dryer $399 $299Samsung Front Load Steam Washer & Steam Dryer Pair $1999 $1499Amana 19 Cu. Ft. Bottom Mount Fridge $849 $699Maytag Self Clean Convection Slide-in Range - Stainless $1999 $999Bosch Builit-in Dishwasher $899 $549Dyson & Electronic Vaccuums ALL ON SALEFreezers STARTING AT $199

DINING ROOMTrue North & Woodworks solid wood Dining room suites 20% OffKitchen Table With 4 Chairs $599 $399 Counter Height Faux Marble Table $699 $449& 4 Stools8pc Counter Height Table & 6 Stools with Lazy-Susan $1196 $599

ELECTRONICSToshiba 32” HD LED TV w/sound bar $499 $299Samsung 32’ HD LED TV $499 $299Samsung 60” Smart 3D Plasma w/2 pair of glasses $1499 $999Sharp 60” Smart Full HD LED TV $1399 $999Sharp 70” Quattron Full HD Smart 3D LED $2799 $2299Sharp 80” Quattron Full HD Smart 3D LED $4499 $3499H/K Soundbar & Sub & 3D Blue Ray $1199 $649H/K 7.2 Channel Receiver $899 $599Samsung 310 watt Soundbar & Sub $499 $299Toshiba 40” Full HD Smart LED $669 $489Sinclair Audio Invisibar Soundbar & Sub $599 $399Toshiba 55” Full HD 3D Smart LED $1899 $979Panasonic 55” Full HD Smart LED $1549 $899Panasonic 60” Full HD Smart LED $1999 $1299Toshiba 58” Smart 3D Full HD LED $2099 $1399Toshiba 65” Smart 3D Full HD LED $2899 $1799JBL 6.1 Speakers $699 $389Samsung 1000watt 3D Home Theatre in a box w/wifi & blue tooth $599 $299Panasonic 240 watt Soundbar & Sub $449 $189Sinclair Audio Bluetooth Bookshelf Speakers $599 $399Panasonic 55” Full HD Smart Plasma TV $2199 $1499Panasonic 50” Full HD LED TV $1099 $649

CLEARANCECLEARANCE

SALE SALE SALECLEARANCE

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