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New fi re base boosts airport land development

The new wildfire management base on Airport Road is a few weeks away from com-pletion, but it’s already paying dividends for Merritt.

“It’s an anchor ten-ant for our Airport

subdivision,” said James Umpherson, economic development manager for the City of Merritt. “Council decided a few years ago to develop the airport and create a subdivi-sion. Ironically, just as we finished building the subdivision last fall, we were entering into

negotiations with the Ministry of Forestry about their new train-ing centre. As such, they ended up leas-ing six of our sites up there. So, essentially, they’ve filled a consid-erable amount of our subdivision right from the get-go. The cost we’ve had to incur to

develop won’t be in vain, because we’ve already got our first tenant, which is great.”

Umpherson said the only current tenant in the subdivision is the Merritt Flying Club but he added that the city is in talks with sev-eral other businesses.

“We’re in discus-

sions with a few poten-tial tenants,” he said. “We’re also trying to market it with our cur-rent property develop-ers up at the airport. We’re working with the Ministry of Forestry to enhance the services they’ll require (for the base) when they move in.”

The wildfire man-agement base is expect-ed to be completed in time for fire season, which begins in May, said Umpherson, who added that the base will bring several eco-nomic benefits to the region.

“It’s important to the city to build up that area,” he said. “We have some retail and commercial up there as it is and if we can densify the area, it just brings more and more business and more and more people to the area. The other side of that is the airport itself, which offers a new industry and new types of businesses that wouldn’t normally be there. What we’re talking about is airport industrial and airport commercial. It’ll bring in new types of skills and trade people we

don’t have here. It diversifies our business sector and our labour force.”

Construction on the building is on schedule, said Kayla Pepper, information officer for the Kamloops Fire Centre.

“Right now, the anticipated date of completion is June 30,” she said. “The project is going on as planned, on schedule, and under the $4.74 million bud-get that was announced by Steve Thomson (minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations) last fall.”

The base will house the Kamloops Fire Centre’s expanded Merritt fire zone office as well as a wildfire training centre.

Work is progressing as scheduled on the new wildfire management base in Merritt. Paul Gelineau/Mireau Contracting

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Community band invited to play at Government House

The Nicola Valley Community Band warms up during a regular weekly practice at Merritt Secondary School. Emily Wessel/Herald

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The Nicola Valley Community Band is warm-ing up for a slew of upcoming performances, including a spe-cial performance at Victoria’s Government House on the invitation of Lieutenant-Governor Judy Guichon.

Guichon, who once played flute in the band, invited the group to help celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s coronation on June 2.

“It’ll be fun. We have a love-ly bandstand on the grounds,”

Guichon said.“It’s a special honour to be

invited to play at Government House,” tuba player Steve Rose said. “It’s a huge special event. There could be upwards of three to four thousand people at this thing.”

The band, which has about 20 members, is hold-ing a fundraising concert at the Culture Club on April 5 to cover its remaining travel costs after receiving $800 from Government House.

Rose said the show will be a departure from the band’s usual marches.

“It’ll be a cabaret-style, relaxing sort of a concert,” Rose said. “It’s going to cost a lot of money for this trip down to Victoria, but Victoria’s prob-ably going to be our highlight of the year.”

The band is also perform-ing on April 26 at the Civic Centre for the Nicola Valley Community Arts Council’s 30th anniversary celebra-tion before hitting the road for Langley on May 31 for a joint concert with the Langley Community Band.

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ises $1 million for Nicola Lake dam

Minister of Environment Stephen Rogers announced in Merritt Friday that the provincial gov-ernment will com-mit $1 million to the construction of a new Nicola Lake Dam.

Rogers made the announce-ment at City Hall accompanied by Minister of Forests and local MLA Tom Waterland. The two cabinet ministers met with acting mayor Al Gilmour and City alder-men and mem-bers of the Nicola Valley Working Committee.

In addition, Waterland said that the City’s bylaw to finance improve-ments to the sew-age system has been approved by Victoria. The total cost for the project authorized by the bylaw is $1,150,000.

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Opening up of Hearts and HandsEven on spring

break, the Hearts and Hands Daycare at Kengard Learning Centre is bustling.

The facility, which used to only accept children of young mothers who were in school at the centre, went public earlier this month, and it’s almost a free-for-all.

“We’re the least expensive daycare around,” Hearts and Hands Early Childhood Educator Michelle Sproson said. “We run only on subsidy. If the average mom comes in, she is going to school or looking for work, and she pays nothing because it’s completely subsidized.”

The daycare gets $550 per month for each child between three and five, and $750 per month for infants up to a year-and-a-half.

“We get funds for everybody who comes

in the door, which helps the program be sustain-able,” Sproson said.

The centre also has a grant to supply the children with lunch and a snack once a week.

Sproson, who did her work practicum at Hearts and Hands during her recent Early Childhood Education course, said the daycare had to go public to adapt to the changing needs of Merritt par-ents.

“We’re running out of teen moms com-ing back to school, so we’ve opened it to the public,” she said. “The problem is that there are daycare spaces, but not necessarily every-body’s trained.”

Sproson said the daycare can accommo-date 20 kids up to five years old, but with only two employees, can only offer spots for 12.

“As we get four more kids, then we can hire another person,” she said.

Jenn Miller said she started bringing her

two young daughters to Hearts and Hands in September for five days a week after a bad experience at another area daycare.

“I was going to school here, so I just came over to check it out,” Miller said. “(Michelle and I) got along really well, and

my kids have really pro-gressed being here, and they’re doing every-thing in their schedules that needs to be done.”

“We follow a pre-school program here, so we do our ABCs and our 123s,” Sproson added.

Hearts and Hands Daycare program start-

ed in 2010 as a partner-ship between Conayt Friendship Society and School District 58. The program was origi-nally open to mothers between 14 and 24 who were going back to school to finish their Grade 12 education or do college or job prepa-ration.


Early Childhood Educator MIchelle Sproson reads a story to children at Hearts and Hands Daycare, which is now open to the public. Emily Wessel/Herald

“There are a num-ber of firefighters based out of Merritt, including two 20 per-son sustained action crews,” said Pepper. “And a third crew that reports to that office. It’ll be really nice to have a larger facility to be able to gather all the wildfire manage-ment personnel in that area. Also, the facility will be used for more operations and strategic planning.”

The training centre will be used to train new recruits coming into the wildfire man-agement branch.

“It’ll also have space for up to 15 additional staff, storage for fire-fighting equipment, and, I believe, three classrooms,” she said. “That’ll be to support all the training that crews need to do every year to maintain their certification.”

Pepper said that Merritt is the ideal location for the training centre due to its central proximity.

“Merritt is the larg-est fire zone we have, not only in our fire centre (Kamloops), but also in the whole province,” she said. “There are over 70 people regularly work-ing out of that facility. Also, Merritt is a fairly dry area. You see quite a bit of wildfire action there. It’s also fairly central, so if we have firefighters coming in from out of province to support B.C. firefight-ers, it’s a great place for them to gather and get briefed before they head out into the field.”

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Wildfi re base on target

“We’ll spend Saturday with them touring around Langley,” Rose said. “They have some things planned for us. We had them here last summer, so it’s our turn to go down there.”

The band will then catch a ferry for Victoria for their afternoon per-formance at Government House.

“It’ll be a long day, but that’s OK,” Rose said.

Later in June, the band will wrap up their season with the annual Friday with Friends show at Quilchena Hotel.

“The hotel just gets jammed out there. It’s a very popular event,” Rose said.

Tickets to the fundraiser concert on April 5 are $10 apiece and avail-able from band members. The show starts at 7 p.m.

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Lytton man stopped in Merritt, found to be breaching probationDriver arrested for probation breach

On March 20 at approximately 1 p.m., Merritt RCMP stopped a vehicle for a Motor Vehicle Act infraction. In the course of this investigation, the pas-senger was found to have an outstanding warrant for breach-ing his probation. The 46-year-old Lytton man was arrested and held in custody to appear in provincial court in Kamloops on March 21.

Cake mix thief thwarted

On March 14 at approximately 2 p.m., Merritt RCMP responded to a com-plaint of a shoplifter from a business in the 1700 block of Garcia Street. The suspect, a local 48-year-old woman, had been apprehended by store

security. The woman had been caught try-ing to steal two boxes of Duncan Hines cake mix. She was banned from the store and escorted from the busi-ness by police.

Drunk driver swerves into wrong lane

On March 14 at approximately 11:30 p.m., Merritt RCMP observed a vehicle turning onto Voght Street from Nicola Avenue without any lights on and driving approximately two feet over the double solid line in the wrong lane. The vehicle was stopped and the driver, a local 44-year-old woman, was found to have been drinking and her ability to oper-ate a motor vehicle was impaired by alco-hol. She provided two roadside breath sam-

ples and failed both. She was served with a 90 day notice of driv-ing prohibition and her vehicle was impounded for 30 days.

Stolen laptopSometime between

8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on March 15, a resi-dence was entered in the 9300 block of Douglas Lake Road and a laptop was stolen. Police are still investigating this incident. If anyone has any informa-tion about this, they are asked to call the Merritt detachment or Crimestoppers.

Drunk driver near-ly causes accident

On March 15 at approximately 11 p.m., Merritt RCMP observed a vehicle unsafely turning onto Nicola Avenue from Douglas Street. The

driver of a truck had to brake hard to avoid hitting the vehicle. The vehicle was stopped and the driver, a local 45-year-old woman, admitted to drinking prior to being stopped by police. Subsequent investigation revealed that the woman’s abil-ity to operate a motor vehicle was impaired by drugs and/or alco-hol. She was served with a 90 day notice of driving prohibi-tion and her vehicle was impounded for 30 days.

Local woman breaches probation by drinking

On March 16 at approximately 2 a.m., Merritt RCMP were conducting a licenced premise bar walk when they observed a local 19-year-old woman in the bar drinking. The officers recognized the

woman from a previ-ous investigation and knew that she was breaching her court-imposed condition not to consume alco-hol. She was arrested and brought back to the local detachment where she was held in custody until she appeared before a jus-tice of the peace. She will appear before a provincial court judge on April 2.

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Vehicle hit in park-ing lot

On March 16, a vehicle had been dam-aged while parked at the Civic Centre in Merritt. The vehicle appeared to have been struck by another vehi-cle and sustained light damage to it’s fender. If anyone has any infor-mation about this, they are asked to call the Merritt detachment or Crimestoppers.

Man breaches pro-bation by being in a bar

On March 17 at approximately 1 p.m., Merritt RCMP were advised of a male who had been causing prob-lems in a local licenced establishment. A 27-year-old man from Lillooet had been eject-ed from the bar and was intoxicated. He was arrested for being drunk in a public place and further computer checks revealed that he was on probation from Dawson Creek, B.C. with conditions not to be in a licenced

establishment. He was remanded in custody and appeared before a provincial court judge on March 17.

Window brokenOn March 17 at

approximately 3:30 a.m., Merritt RCMP responded to a com-plaint from a citizen in the 2300 block of Jackson Street that someone had just broken the citizen’s living room window. The suspect was not located after extensive patrols in the area. If anyone has any infor-mation about this, they are asked to call the Merritt detachment or Crimestoppers.

Vacant building window smashed

Sometime overnight on March 17, a window was smashed in the 2100 block of Nicola Avenue. The commer-cial building is currently vacant and empty. If anyone has any infor-mation about this, they are asked to call the Merritt detachment or Crimestoppers.

Stolen guitar, laptop Sometime overnight

on March 18, a shed had been broken into in the 2500 block of Kinvig Street. A Dell laptop, an Epiphone guitar and an Epson projector from a wall mount were among the items stolen. If anyone has any infor-mation about this, they are asked to call the Merritt detachment or Crimestoppers.

Stolen tiresSometime overnight

on March 18, unknown person(s) stole eight tires from a secure compound at Kal Tire located in the 2600 block of Nicola Avenue. The tires are Firestone Firehawk GT Pursuit tires (P235-55-R17) with a value of $267.19 each. If anyone has any information about this, they are asked to call the Merritt detach-ment or Crimestoppers.

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Library offers ESL conversation course

A new class at the Merritt Library is offering people with an alternate first lan-guage a chance to practice their conversa-tional English skills.

Two Merrittonians are taking on the task of talking with people in various stag-es of learning English in the hopes that conversational skills can make their lives a little bit easier in Merritt.

“I had met a woman here whose moth-er had immigrated and was trying hard to

learn English, but right now there are no courses being offered, so I thought I could do this,” said Sharon Edwards. “I moved here from Vancouver quite a while ago, but after all this time, I thought, I liked doing ESL in Vancouver as a volunteer.”

Once Edwards established the pro-gram with library manager Deborha Merrick, fellow volunteer Katharine Shewchuk got on board to help run the program as well.

“It’s all conversational,” Edwards said. “I have no skills in teaching English, but I’m pretty good at speaking it. We’re

going to try to cover the topics and areas that we think are important, but the most important thing is what the group mem-bers want. We hope that we can make it into a meaningful experience.”

Edwards said topics of conversation will include hobbies and interests, family, what to do in Merritt on the weekends, and, depending on participants’ English levels, the group might talk about the upcoming provincial election which is on May 14.

“Until we’ve actually met with the people, we don’t know their levels,” Edwards said. “There will be many levels, I think. It’s hard to structure it too much. We think we will do a lot of teaching by modeling, by hearing how Katherine and I say something.”

Edwards said this first session will be a pilot project and will determine whether the women take up the program again in the fall.

“The first session will be interesting, and after that we’ll have a better idea of how to continue,” she said. “We’re hoping that this is a non-threatening environ-ment for people to take a chance and say the words out loud. It’s an opportunity to speak and listen. We’re both keen, we’re both excited about it, and it certainly sounds like there’s a need.”

Classes are free and no registration is required. The six-week conversational English program runs Tuesday and Friday mornings at 10 a.m. starting on April 2.

Sharon Edwards practices her conversational skills at the Merritt Library as she gears up for the first conver-sational ESL class on April 2. Emily Wessel/Herald



In last Tuesday’s Herald, editor Craig Lindsay talked up TV as a social and conversational catalyst. While I agree that discussing what’s on the tube can be an easy way to find out what you have in common with other people, I do take issue with the mindless-ness of spending hours staring into the abyss of the glowing box, mouth

slightly ajar. It’s not what a person

likes on TV that makes them a good candidate for friendship. That might open the door, but it’s a pretty flimsy foundation for any type of meaning-ful relationship.

Now, I’m not anti-TV by any stretch and I don’t live in some kind of TV-free utopia. I’ve watched episodes, seasons and even entire series of shows on Netflix since I moved here six months ago.

But I don’t have a TV, and I’m glad about that. It’s liberating to not reach straight for the remote control when I get home from work, crash on the couch and emerge from a TV stupor four hours

later. I don’t spend hours

flipping channels and get-ting caught up in varying degrees of staged drama, idly passing the time while not really getting anything out of it. When I do sit down to watch a show, I know that it’s one I’ll really enjoy — it’s not just watching TV for the sake of watching TV.

It’s not just watch-ing TV to alleviate that persistent fear of missing out when everybody talks about the latest episode of American Idol around the water cooler on Monday.

It’s watching TV to give the brain a (some-times) much-needed break. And while pur-posely shutting your brain off certainly has its place

(namely at the end of a long and draining week), it’s still just filler for your time.

Is mindless TV watch-ing really worth your time, or would that time be bet-ter spent reading a book, going for a walk, hitting the gym, going to dinner parties, or engaged in a whole host of other life experiences — those very experiences wherein TV enthusiasts posit you can recap the latest episode of Breaking Bad with your buddies?

My beef with the so-called social argument for TV is that it really doesn’t add anything to what could otherwise be ordinary social occasions. Remember when people used to have Survivor or

Big Brother pools? Those were good reasons to get together. But the advent of PVRs, Netflix, and (lest we forget) the almighty Internet, those social gath-erings are quickly becom-ing obsolete (except in the case of sporting events, which reliably bring peo-ple together because of their live nature, that can lose its lustre on the PVR).

Now when I go some-where that the TV is on, I find myself drawn back into its addictive clutches. People sit around the small screen and stare into its shallow face like people sitting around a campfire who can’t seem to look at anything else except the licking flames.

And that’s what I don’t miss about watching TV.

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Ottawa takes lead on training

The B.C. election campaign that’s about to get underway will feature lots of talk about skills train-ing. It will be everyone’s top priority, along with a dozen other top priori-ties.

But since elections are no time to deal with serious issues, don’t expect much frank discussion about ways to redirect our increasingly soft, urban society toward useful work. Somebody might be offended.

The B.C. Liberals see lots of skilled, technical jobs on the hori-zon, but they cut their skills training budget and many of their MLAs are also looking at a career change. The B.C. school system, like that of other provinces, still pushes kids to university programs that lead to coffee-serving jobs and the need for another round of training.

This has been going on since the 1970s, and it’s not confined to B.C.

The B.C. NDP apparently expects to coast to victory with the same empty rhetoric about “income inequality” and student debt that they’ve been using for years.

Their only discernible intent is to return control over how many apprentices can be on a job site to industrial unions, which severely restrict it, squeezing out small busi-ness. This team’s ideas are mostly left over from the last industrial revolution.

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Merritt Sunrise Rotary Club donated $500 to assist with the rental of a second piano for the Nicola Valley Community Arts Council upcoming Vancouver Piano Ensemble concert.

The show, 8 hands, 2 pianos, will showcase the community’s Yamaha C7F grand piano, purchased by the Arts Council 20 years ago. The audience can expect to be amazed and delighted by the ensemble’s performance.

“We wanted to help with the costs of bringing in the second piano and felt this would be a good opportunity to support the concert series program,”

said Chris Walder, Sunrise Rotary president. “They have such a great concert series pro-gram and bring diverse profes-sional performing artists to the Nicola Valley. We appreciate all their hard work in organiz-ing events like this.”

This is the fourth and final concert of the year. The Vancouver Piano Ensemble will perform April 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the Civic Centre.

Tickets are available at Black’s Pharmacy, Baillie House Mandolin’s.

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Lali holds open house ahead of election

Fraser-Nicola MLA Harry Lali met with constituents at an

open house Thursday at his office in Merritt.

“It went pretty

good,” he said. “I think we would’ve got more people if it hadn’t been snow-ing. We didn’t keep track, but we probably had 50 or 60 people come through in a few hours. People just had some snacks and chit-chatted and came to say hi.”

Lali said it’s nice to offer an opportunity for constituents to come into his office in Merritt without hav-ing to travel at great expense to Victoria.

Dear Editor:

I was pleased to see someone else beginning to question the rank-ing of our local schools as com-pared to others in the province.

Our kids and families deserve a better school system.

The problem, in my experience, starts with the apparent inability of our school leadership to grasp the idea that there are three key sub-jects that must be mastered before Grade 5: reading, writing, and arithmetic.

To achieve this, we need to give kids a good traditional start in the early years. Teach “by rote” if nec-essary, but do it early.

No calculators, no computers — just good old-fashioned brain power and handwriting.

It is true that socio-economic conditions play a role, but the key factor is good teaching.

Here we have great teachers managed by an administration and school board that appears, in my opinion, to be rudderless.

We need to start a management by objectives program for teachers aimed at giving kids the basics they require to succeed.

Outcomes need to be targeted and measured with regular testing.

Lin (LB) WottonMerritt, B.C.

Poor school ratings refl ection of system

Fortunately, there is a mid-term federal govern-ment that has acted. Last week’s federal budget launches new programs that the next B.C. government will have to go along with.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government didn’t claw back post-secondary funds from B.C. and other inept provinces, as some had feared. What we got from Ottawa was social engineering, Conservative style.

The centrepiece is the

“Canada Job Grant,” a $5,000 grant to employers willing to match it and train an unemployed person. To qualify, the province has to match as well, for a total $15,000 commitment to one worker who will have a job to go to.

Delta-Richmond East MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay was one of the Conservatives out to pro-mote the budget. She said when the Canada Job Grant is fully rolled out, it will fund training for 130,000 people a year. Some will be young people, but there will

also be older workers whose skills need upgrading.

“If they’re willing to look at the jobs that are available and understand that that’s their best shot at making a living and being able to sup-port their own families some day, we want to be sure that the opportunities are there,” Findlay said.

The difference is that it has to be what an employer needs, not what the student might prefer. It’s a public-private partnership, as we have seen with modern pub-lic works.

Findlay acknowledged

that even with a big push on training, Canada will still need to import foreign workers.

In B.C. we are brac-ing for an unprecedented resource boom, much of it in the B.C. Interior and north. That’s one reason for a $241 million increase over five years to the federal Income Assistance Program for aboriginal reserves. The new money is available only if the community leadership commits to a mandatory training component. They didn’t call it Idle No More, but that’s the gist of it.

Of course, no worker or province or band council is required to participate. They have the option to leave the federal money on the table. But the NDP should note that the Canada Job Grant applies to union-run apprenticeship schools as well as those in commu-nity colleges and technical institutes. Saying no isn’t much of a choice.

Whatever grand promises the B.C. Liberals and NDP have written into their yet-to-be-released election plat-forms, they will need to find the money to participate.

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The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) invested in three road improvements last year to help make Merritt and Logan Lake roads safer for everyone, according to a press release from March 20.

The centre line and shoulder rumble strips between Meadow Creek and Clapperton on Highway 5 are one of the three road improvements.

ICBC launched the safer roads program in 1989, and since then, has invested over $110 million in road improvement projects and safety studies across B.C. In 2012, ICBC invest-ed approximately $1.8 million in the Southern Interior and $8 million in proj-ects and safety audits across the province.

“Public safety is

our top priority,” said Mary Polak, minister of Transportation and Infrastructure. “ICBC’s safer roads program works in partnership with our ministry and with communities to ensure safety is a priority in transportation infra-structure in communi-ties across the prov-ince. This valuable program demonstrates our continued com-mitment to help keep everyone safe on our roads.”

All proposed road improvement projects are assessed based on their ability to make roads safer. The most recent evaluation of the program conclud-ed that overall, for every dollar invested, ICBC and its custom-ers see a return of five times the invest-ment. The evaluation found that two years following a project’s

implementation, there is on average, a 20 per cent reduction in severe crashes and a 12 per cent reduction in property damage crashes.

The benefits of road improvements continue well beyond two years.

ICBC also partici-pates in engineering studies and assists communities in the planning of roadways and managing traffic.

“Road improve-ments deliver real value to everyone on our roads, from driv-ers to pedestrians,”

said John Dickinson, ICBC’s director of road safety. “We’ll continue to invest in road safety initiatives that help us reduce claims costs to keep rates as low as pos-sible for our custom-ers.”

As road improve-ments are imple-mented, drivers must adopt new driving behaviours, such as adjusting to traffic pattern changes and understanding the rules of the road. The majority of crashes are preventable and have more to do with

driver error than road engineering. Drivers need to do their part by making smart driving decisions and avoiding crashes.

Over the last 23 years, ICBC’s safer roads program has evolved with com-munity investments and partnerships that have led to award winning projects. The contributions have helped advance the knowledge of the road safety engineering industry in B.C. and across Canada.

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The member of the City of Merritt Fire Rescue Department hurt last week while on the job attending a car accident on the Coquihalla is recover-ing at home, City of Merritt Fire Chief Dave Tomkinson said.

The member, whose name has not been released, was the lone occupant of the rescue truck, which had all its emergency lighting on and was parked off-road at the acci-dent scene about five

kilometres south of Merritt, when a trans-port truck struck its right rear end.

The member was taken to the Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre, then transported to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops for

observation. “There were no

major injuries — cuts and bruises and that type of thing,” Tomkinson said. “It’s fortunate that it wasn’t worse than it was. We hope a speedy recovery to our member.”

In the meantime,

the department has to deal with the damaged truck.

“We are dealing with insurance com-panies, but we suspect that it may be writ-ten off,” Tomkinson said. “It appears that the frame was twisted from such a vicious hit. Right now we’re oper-ating out of the back of our pickup truck, which is a temporary solution, but it can’t carry all of our rescue equipment.”

Tomkinson called the damage to the truck the “minor part” of the incident, add-ing the department is

thankful the member was not badly hurt. He also urged drivers to slow down and move over when they see emergency workers on roads, and to drive to road conditions.

Driving around emergency vehicles

The Ministry of Justice states that driv-ers must slow down and move over when approaching emergency vehicles with their lights flashing. Emergency workers include police officers, fire and ambu-lance personnel, tow truck operators, special

police constables, con-servation officers and park rangers.

If there is another lane going in the same direction, drivers must move into the other lane to pass, if it is safe to do so and a police officer has not directed them to do otherwise, to give emergency workers as much space as possible.

Drivers must slow their speeds to 70 km/h when in an 80 km/h or over zone, and to 40 km/h when in an under-80 km/h zone.

Failing to yeild to an approaching emergency

vehicle with its lights and sirens on can also net drivers fines and penalty points.

— With information from the Ministry of Justice website

Fire Rescue member recovering from accidentBy Emily Wessel

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2012-13 Merritt minor hockey awards

ATOM/PEEWEE FEMALE RECREATIONMost Sportswomanlike Avery SigurdssonMost Improved Taylor Nichols/ Emmagin RichardsonMost Valuable Player Tyra Gage

ATOM RECREATIONMost Sportsmanlike Dawson CampbellMost Improved Wade FountainMost Valuable Player Bryce Garcia/ Janelle Gage

PEEWEE RECREATIONMost Sportsmanlike Austin HawkinsMost Improved Natalie Sterling-MosesMost Valuable Player Colton McCauley

BANTAM RECREATIONMost Sportsmanlike Nkikani Grismer-VoghtMost Improved Nathan JarvisMost Valuable Player Kristopher Chastko

MIDGET RECREATIONMost Sportsmanlike Billy GossooMost Improved Jack Sterling-MosesMost Valuable Player Devan Van Unen

BANTAM/MIDGET FEMALE RECREATIONMost Sportsmanlike Alana SuzukiMost Improved Kendal CunninghamMost Valuable Player Christiana McMaster

ATOM DEVELOPMENTTeam Ambassador Atrayu JohnnyMost Improved Mathew NewmanMost Valuable Player Talon ZakallHeart & Hustle Ethan Thygesen

PEEWEE REPTeam Ambassador Anthony TullianiMost Improved Fred WareMost Valuable Player Mack Stead

BANTAM REPTeam Ambassador Sam SuzukiMost Improved Baley TomkinsonMost Valuable Player Sunil Sahota

MIDGET REPTeam Ambassador Malik MillerMost Improved Aaron MontreuilMost Valuable Player Kristian Stead

OTHER MERRITT MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION AWARD WINNERS

Outstanding Jr. Official Rahul Chhabra MMHA Oustanding Allysia Rodgers/ Achievement Award Tom HarringtonOutstanding Sr. Official Larry MacMillan MMHA President’s Marcel OuelletBest Timekeeper Mackenzie Finch Honour Roll Coach of the Year Tyler Robinson MMHA Scholarships Malik Miller/ Alyssa Coates

Rookie Coach of the Year Dylan Richardson Sukhi Randhawa Memorial Riley Barnes AwardAlec Hunchak Memorial Award Dylan Stirling Leonard & Raymond Grady MusgraveRon Ross Memorial Award Rhonda MacDonald Grebliunas Memorial Award


Art passed away peacefully at Royal Inland Hospital on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Art was born in Assiniboia, SK and moved to BC, after the war eventually making his home in Kamloops, BC in 1997.

He is lovingly remembered by his wife, Beverly, his daughter, Cynthia(Rusty) his daughter, Pat, his son Garth, his step-son Garth (Pat) step sons Jeff and Brad, step-daughter Fain (Tom), step-son Eric(Debbie) foster daughter Charlene 17 grandchildren and 10 great-grand+children and many nieces and nephews. Art was predeceased by his fi rst wife, Val, grandson Buzz, his brother Ross and son-in-law Chuck. He is also cherished by many friends and extended family.

After graduating from high school he attended Normal School in Moose Jaw, SK, and became a teacher. His career was cut short by the war. He was particularly proud of his three years of service in the Canadian Ait Force and saw action overseas in England and France. On his return home he began teaching again and married Val with whom he raised three children. He spent 35 years teaching in various places and pioneered the fi rst bookmobile and teacher’s resource centers.

He married Beverly in 1983. We were blessed with 30 years of welcoming grandchildren and great- grandchildren from both sides of the family. We enjoyed many outdoor activities. Art loved golf. We travelled to many interesting places, loved family get-togethers and reunions with friends and attending plays and symphonies.

Thank you to all friends and family who have supported us so generously with their time, meals, compassion and love in the last few years. We have appreciated it more than we can say. Particularly, we would like to thank Dr. Farrell for his compassion and his professional care for Art. The nurses on 6 North and 5 South went far beyond the call of duty. Thank you to you all.

In Lieu of fl owers and should anyone desire, donations can be made to a charity of your choice.

A Memorial Service will be held on March 30, 2013 at Kamloops Funeral Home at 285 Fortune Drive at 1:30 pm.

Refreshments will be served.

Arrangements entrusted to: Kamloops Funeral Home • 250-554-2577

Condolences may be emailed to the family fromwww.kamloopsfuneralhome.com

Robert Arthur Maize April 3, 1921 - March 19, 2013

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Interior Community Services, Merritt is cur-rently seeking an independent and resource-ful individual to ll the permanent position of part-time Secretary/Accounting Clerk in our of ce in Merritt, BC.

The successful candidate will have a Diploma or Cer-ti cate in Business/Of ce Administration or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. As well, they will have a professional telephone and recep-tion manner, work experience with various software pro-grams, of ce equipment and bookkeeping experience. Hours of work will be mainly Monday to Friday 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm with some ex time required. Rate of pay to start at $14.55/hour.

ICS enriches the lives of individuals and families by provid-ing integrated family support, individual life skills develop-ment, and safe, nurturing home environments designed to assist people to live to their potential in the community. ICS is a non-pro t agency providing close to 50 programs in 32 communities.

Please submit resume by April 1st, 2013 to:

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Merchandise for Sale

Appliances30” Whirlpool Accubake elec-tric stove, stainless steel, self-cleaning oven ,excellent condi-tion $400 250-378-9782

AuctionsLARGE AUCTION of hard-wood fl ooring (fi nished & un-fi nished), pallet racking equip-ment, offi ce furniture. Saturday, April 6, 10 a.m., 9370 - 48 St., Edmonton, Al-berta. Phone 1-888-453-6964.

Merchandise for Sale

Garage SalesPretty soon it will be yard

cleaning time!If you have any old appliances

or scrap iron. I would like to pick them up.

I also buy broken motor radiators, copper, aluminum

and brass.Phone 250-378-2889

Heavy Duty Machinery

A-STEEL SHIPPING DRYSTORAGE CONTAINERS

Used 20’40’45’53 in stock.SPECIAL

44’ x 40’ Container Shopw/steel trusses $13,800!

Sets up in one day!Also Damaged 40’

$1950 Call Toll Free AlsoJD 544 & 644 wheel loaders

JD 892D LC ExcavatorPh. 1-866-528-7108

Free Delivery BC and ABwww.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for Sale***HOME PHONE recon-nect*** Toll Free 1-866-287-1348 Cell Phone Accessories Catalogue Everyone Welcome To Shop Online at: www.homephonereconnect.caSAWMILLS FROM only $3997 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or check us online at: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

Misc. WantedLocal Coin Collector Buying Collections, Accumulations, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins + Coin Guy: 778-281-0030

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent

KENGARDMANOR

Ask about move-in incentives For appointment call

Ph: 250-378-9880

Spacious 1 & 3bedroom apartments.

F/S, heat and hotwater included.

2 bdrm apartment for rent above Brambles Bakery. Appl. included. Free WiFi. $800 + util. Avail. immed. 378-6655

Rooms for Rent2 Furnished rooms for rent $415/$465 includes xtreme in-ternet, cable, laundry, utilities, private entrance,suitable for working person, on bus route. No drinking or drugs. 378-5128Room for rent in large house on golf course. Cable, internet, furnished. $450/mon. 250-378-7154

Transportation

Antiques / ClassicsVernon Sun Valley SwapMeet @ Village Green Hotel 4801 27 St, March 29 & 30. Starts 8am . Call Reg 250-308-4701

Auto Financing

Transportation

Auto Financing

Guaranteed Approvals• Good Credit? • Bad Credit?

• No Credit? • Divorce? • Bankrupt?

IF YOU WORK,YOU DRIVECall Steve Today1.888.378.9255

murraygmmerritt.com

Need a Vehicle?Call the

CREDIT MEDIC

DreamTeam Auto Financing“0” Down, Bankruptcy OK -

Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals1-800-961-7022

www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557

Help Wanted

Transportation

Utility Trailers

www.linkstrailersales.com

Help Wanted

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Last Friday of each MonthFree 7 night release

(with donation)

2125 QuilchenaDowntown Merritt, BC250.378.4303

Hours:Mon. - Thurs.: 11 am - 10 pmFri. & Sat.: 11 am - 11 pmSunday: Noon - 10 pm

RENT FREE (with donation) 7 NIGHT RELEASE HELP JACOB REACH HIS BC CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION $10,000. GOAL!

This is Jacob, he is 7 years old...

Jacob is raising money for BC Children’s Hospital. Jacob’s little brother Daniel, had to be born at BCCH because he needed open heart surgery at 4 days old. Daniel’s mom went to the hospital every week, the month before he was born, so they could take pictures of his heart to make sure he was still safe. The staff at BCCH had always made the family feel welcome and answered all their questions. Since Daniel’s rst birthday in April, Jacob has been collecting recyclables and donations towards BC Children’s

Hospital to help build a new hospital. The small change you can donate on FREEBIE FRIDAYS at MOVIE EXPERTS, Merritt BC will help purchase vital equipment, expand crucial programs and fund world class research and save countless patients’ lives.

10,000. 9,000.

8,500.

8,000.

7,500.

7,000.

6,500.

6,000.

5,500.

5,000.

GOAL!

WE ARE HERE...

Merritt Herald, March 26, 2013

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