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POT GROW-OPS BUSTED PAGE 3 SOCCER TOURNEY RESULTS PAGE 8 GAMBLING REPORT PAGE 4 Nicola Valley’s News Voice Since 1905 MERRITT HERALD merrittherald.com bcclassified.com TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2013 • MERRITT NEWSPAPERS FREE Feel Warm This Winter $ 829 97 Reg. 929.99 Drop by the store to see our large selection of Wood Stoves and Insulated Stove Pipes. From October 16-26, 2013 DO NOT PAY FOR 10 MONTHS or pay 12 equal payments on all purchases made with your Home Card. hardware building centre Locally Owned & Operated 1701 Voght St., Merritt, B.C. www.merritt homehardware.ca Ho m e THE GREAT PUMPKIN Payton Garcia picks out her favourite pumpkin at 3 Bar Farms’ second annual pumpkin patch over the weekend. Visitors got to take a hayride into the pumpkin patch to select their soon-to-be jack-o-lanterns. Michael Potestio/Herald Merritt to have more doctors by mid-2014 The Interior Health Authority is looking to hire three more doc- tors to serve the Mer- ritt community and hopes to do so by the summer of 2014. Interior Health Executive Medical Director for Acute Care Jon Slater told the Herald the addition of three new physi- cians will make access to family doctors easier for residents of the Nicola Valley. “It’s also going to make the quality of life for the existing doctors a lot better,” Slater said, noting additional doctors should decrease the workload for exist- ing doctors and be an incentive for other doctors to stay in Mer- ritt. Merritt currently has six doctors, but one will be departing so once the new hires are complete, Mer- ritt will be up to eight doctors. “After we get the new people estab- lished, we can re-as- sess and see if we need more doctors, but it’s the local medical staff that determines the need for physicians. We support them with a recruiting effort,” Slater said. Slater said he thinks Merritt’s doc- tors have been feeling the strain of a heavy workload for a while, and given the future departure of one of the six, the need to hire was voiced by the local doctors. “We’ve been hav- ing some talks [with the local doctors] for a while, and I’ve offered recruiting sup- port previously, but at this point they said, ‘We need it now,’ and we’re moving for- ward,” Slater said. Slater said a num- ber of Merritt’s doc- tors have said they are open to sharing their practices with incom- ing physicians, but some new hires may choose to open their own offices. “It’ll depend entire- ly on the needs of the people we attract,” Slater said. Slater said he helps oversee the process of hiring the new doctors for Merritt and at the moment there are no applicants, but they are advertising for the positions. Interior Health is seeking doctors who have emergency medi- cine skills as well as good family practice skills for the Merritt area, Slater said. “When we’re recruiting for a com- munity like Merritt, we’re recruiting from a smaller group of people,” Slater said. “The doctors in Merritt can work in a community like Van- couver and do a good job — not necessarily the reverse. Someone from Vancouver may not have the emer- gency skills that we need for the doctors in Merritt because the doctors in Merritt all staff the emergency room and they do that 24-7, 365 [days a year].” By Michael Potestio THE HERALD [email protected] Interior Health recruiting three family, emergency physician positions

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POT GROW-OPS BUSTEDPAGE 3

SOCCER TOURNEY RESULTSPAGE 8

GAMBLING REPORTPAGE 4

Nicola Valley’s News Voice Since 1905

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THE GREAT PUMPKIN Payton Garcia picks out her favourite pumpkin at 3 Bar Farms’ second annual pumpkin patch over the weekend. Visitors got to take a hayride into the pumpkin patch to select their soon-to-be jack-o-lanterns. Michael Potestio/Herald

Merritt to have more doctors by mid-2014

The Interior Health Authority is looking to hire three more doc-tors to serve the Mer-ritt community and hopes to do so by the summer of 2014.

Interior Health Executive Medical Director for Acute Care Jon Slater told the Herald the addition of three new physi-cians will make access to family doctors easier for residents of the Nicola Valley.

“It’s also going to make the quality of life for the existing doctors a lot better,” Slater said, noting additional doctors should decrease the workload for exist-ing doctors and be an incentive for other doctors to stay in Mer-ritt.

Merritt currently has six doctors, but one will be departing so once the new hires are complete, Mer-ritt will be up to eight doctors.

“After we get the

new people estab-lished, we can re-as-sess and see if we need more doctors, but it’s the local medical staff that determines the need for physicians. We support them with a recruiting effort,” Slater said.

Slater said he thinks Merritt’s doc-tors have been feeling the strain of a heavy workload for a while, and given the future departure of one of the six, the need to hire was voiced by the local doctors.

“We’ve been hav-ing some talks [with the local doctors] for a while, and I’ve offered recruiting sup-port previously, but at this point they said, ‘We need it now,’ and we’re moving for-ward,” Slater said.

Slater said a num-ber of Merritt’s doc-tors have said they are open to sharing their practices with incom-ing physicians, but some new hires may choose to open their own offices.

“It’ll depend entire-

ly on the needs of the people we attract,” Slater said.

Slater said he helps oversee the process of hiring the new doctors for Merritt and at the moment there are no applicants, but they are advertising for the positions.

Interior Health is seeking doctors who have emergency medi-cine skills as well as good family practice skills for the Merritt area, Slater said.

“When we’re recruiting for a com-munity like Merritt, we’re recruiting from a smaller group of people,” Slater said.

“The doctors in Merritt can work in a community like Van-couver and do a good job — not necessarily the reverse. Someone from Vancouver may not have the emer-gency skills that we need for the doctors in Merritt because the doctors in Merritt all staff the emergency room and they do that 24-7, 365 [days a year].”

By Michael PotestioTHE HERALD

[email protected]

Interior Health recruiting three family, emergency physician positions

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The public and all interested parties are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting for Community Futures Nicola Valley, to be held

Wednesday, October 23, 2013, commencing at 5:30 pm, in the Community Room (bottom oor of City Hall), at 2185 Voght Street. Merritt, BC.

Immediately following the meeting commencing at 6:00 pm, everyone is invited to attend our “Business After Business” event, and help us welcome our

Guest Speaker: Jerry Sucharyna, Business and Economic Development Manager, City of Merritt.

CF Nicola Valley is also recruiting new Board Members. If you are interested please call Rob Miller at 250-378-3923 or email: [email protected]

“Growing communities one idea at a time.” www.cfdcnv.com 250-378-3923

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Supper will be provided immediately after theSwearing-in and Oath of Of ce Ceremony.

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The daughters of a man killed while working at Craig-mont Mine near Merritt in 2008 are questioning the integrity of the B.C. justice system after the Crown announced it wouldn’t lay criminal charges in the case earlier this month.

John Wilson, 61, drowned when the excavator he was oper-ating overturned into a pond at the site about 10 kilometres west of Merritt.

In a joint statement released on Oct. 16, Wilson’s two daugh-ters say they are more than disappointed with the Crown’s decision.

Their statement calls the investigation into Wilson’s death “incomplete, inadequate and ineffective” and the RCMP investigation “painfully slow.”

“The absence of charges in

his death is evidence of the need for change in all aspects of the justice system, from the initial investigation through to the con-sideration of charges,” the state-ment reads.

Earlier this month, the prov-ince’s Criminal Justice Branch said it wouldn’t be pursuing criminal charges because it was unlikely the mine, its manager or a supervisor would be con-victed.

The excavator Wilson was working in had an escape hatch on the roof of the cab that was covered by a bush guard to pro-tect from falling objects. How-ever, the guard prevented the escape hatch from opening wide enough for him to fit through.

The Crown decision also cites its six months under the Mine Act to lay charges had expired.

Wilson’s daughters are call-ing for changes to the Mine Act, including extending those six

months. “To say that we are disap-

pointed is an understatement,” the daughters’ statement reads.

The women also state they will continue to work with the United Steelworkers and the B.C. Federation of Labour to pursue those changes.

“It is clear from the evidence that the bush guard prevented use of the roof hatch as an alternative means of exiting the excavator’s cab. It is not clear, from the evidence as a whole, whether the loss of this means of egress factually contributed to Mr. Wilson’s death, in whole or in part,” the Crown statement reads.

The Crown stated Craigmont training and safety committee records don’t show the bush guard being raised as an issue.

The United Steelworkers has stated it is considering taking private legal action in the case.

By Emily WesselTHE HERALD

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Although it’s in the first stages of develop-ment, members of a local non-profit minis-try are looking forward to seeing the Stone-house Youth Ranch a brick-and-mortar reality.

The idea behind the ranch is to combine a horse rescue and reha-bilitation centre with an at-risk youth home stead — which youth worker Trish Rodie said are two huge needs in British Columbia.

“It’s having kids and horses help each other

heal,” Rodie said. Rodie, who’s worked

with youth for the past 15 years and with horses for about 20, said the ranch would be staffed full-time to include on-site counselling, therapy, homeschooling, work experience programs, and mentorships as the youth learn life skills on the ranch. The ranch would house eight youth at its maximum capacity between 13 and 19 years old.

“Instead of going to a group home in Kamloops, which is what would happen now because we don’t

have anything like this in Merritt, they would come to the ranch. It’s kind of a wrap-around approach rather than placing them in foster care and giving them bits and pieces of sup-port here and there. That just isn’t work-ing,” she said. “A lot of the kids who are high-risk youth are not successful in foster care. Statistics show many of them are not graduating, they’re not doing well, and they’re ending up on their own at a young age because no foster placement is working out for them.”

Rodie said the horse

rescue piece of the project meets another important need in B.C. with horse rescues around the province overrun with animals who’ve been abused, neglected or are head-ing for slaughter. She said the resident youths would be part of the horse rescue and reha-bilitation process from the beginning.

“Research has shown that animals are so therapeutic, espe-cially horses. Taking care of a horse teaches responsibility, respect, teamwork — they have to work with a 1,200 pound animal. They’re

not going to get very far being lippy. It’s a humbling experience but it’s also very, very rewarding,” she said. “In teaching a horse to trust again, they learn to trust again them-selves. It’s really quite an amazing thing.”

By Emily WesselTHE HERALD

[email protected]

Ranch to help youth, horses

See ‘Charity’ Page 3

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From the Herald archives: October, 1975

Legislation “won’t change anything” for Merritt sawmills

In a surprise move on Tuesday, October 7, the provincial government enacted a 90-day back to work legislation which means that those industries plagued by labour disputes must resume operations to the par at which they were operating before the labour troubles.

The newly enacted law also makes provisions that an industry will not have to work to capacity if market and other conditions do not warrant it. The legislation will enable those I.W.A. members put out of work by the P.P.W.C. dispute to collect unemployment insurance if there are no jobs available to them.

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The Hoodoos played to a packed house at the Adelphi Hotel’s centen-nial celebrations over the weekend. Hotel owner Jai Ollek said about 15 local musicians were on hand to perform for the anniversary festivities on Friday and Saturday.

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Lytton RCMP busted two mari-juana grow-ops in Spences Bridge over the course of a week in early October.

On Oct. 5, police executed a search warrant at a residence in the 3000 block of Riverview Avenue in Spences Bridge.

Polices seized 158 marijuana plants all at various stages of growth along with 15 pounds of processed and packaged mari-juana, 15 pounds of processed, unpackaged marijuana and $1,500 in cash.

Investigating officers anticipate charges of production and posses-sion for the purpose of trafficking to be laid against a 45-year-old man from Spences Bridge.

On-scene supervising officer for the drug search and seizure opera-

tions Cpl. Stephan Drouin said the seizure at the residence was the result of a police investigation.

A week later, RCMP located a marijuana grow-op on Crown land near Goldpan Provincial Park, located about eight kilome-tres south of Spences Bridge. In total, RCMP found and seized 742 marijuana plants.

No charges have been laid in conjunction with the outdoor grow-op.

No one was tending to the grow-op at the time of the seizure and the bust was the result of another police investigation, Cpl. Dan Moskaluk told the Herald.

Drouin said police are interest-ed in finding the person or persons responsible for the grow-op and are investigating some leads.

“Obviously, we’re interested in finding out who the grower is, but we understand that it’s very chal-

lenging here with people grow-ing marijuana on public land,” Drouin said.

Drouin said police had seen activity in the area during the summer months and executed the search and seizure once they were able to locate the site.

“We had seen some activity there over the summer that sug-gested there was potentially some-thing going on and so we started looking into it and came across what we suspected to be a grow-op and that’s what it was,” Drouin said.

Drouin said although the RCMP have come across a num-ber of grow-ops in the Spences Bridge area over the years, having two large back-to-back grow-op seizures is something of an oddity.

“Typically, it’s more spaced out, but it’s just coincidence here. The two aren’t linked,” Drouin said.

By Michael PotestioTHE HERALD

[email protected]

Back-to-back pot busts in Spences Bridge

Although it’s currently in the process of seeking its first funding for the project, Rodie said Chazaq Ministries is looking at two potential sites for the ranch in the Nicola Val-ley and project proponents plan to go ahead with it — it’s just a matter of securing the funding.

The Stonehouse Youth Ranch is one of hundreds of ideas from across Canada vying for a share of $1 million in community grants from the Aviva Community Fund competition. Anyone can vote for an idea in the second of three rounds of online voting, which started yes-terday, at avivacommunityfund.org.

The other local causes in the competition are the Nooaitch Indian Band’s recreation field and the Nicola Valley Forgotten and Feral Feline Society spay and neuter program.

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Charity seeking start up funds from online competition

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B.C. does too little to fight problem gambling and should consider new steps, from making it harder to get alcohol and cash in casinos to remov-ing the most addictive high-risk slot machines.

Those recommen-dations come from Provincial Health Officer Dr. Perry Kendall, who tackled the health impacts of gambling Wednesday with the release of his annual report titled “Lower the Stakes.”

Chief among the findings is that B.C. underspends other prov-inces in prevention and treatment for problem gambling – it invests about half the national average on a per capita basis.

Liquor access is one area of risk the province could tighten, Kendall said, perhaps through reduced hours of alcohol service at casinos or by raising drink prices.

He said gambling

delivers endorphins that stimulate pleasure cen-tres of the brain.

“If you also have alcohol and add that to the mix and you’ve got an ATM there with an unlimited cash amount, you’ve definitely got a scenario where people are going to behave less and less responsibly.”

Banning ATMs or requiring players to set an advance limit on what they might spend is another idea advanced in the report.

It also zeroes in on high-risk electronic gam-ing machines – the slots designed by manufactur-ers to generate the most compulsive behaviour.

Kendall suggested they be replaced with lower risk models and urged the province to post the risk rating on each machine so gam-blers could choose a lower risk option.

Gerald Thomas of the Centre for Addictions Research, a co-author of the report, said the province has high, medium and low

risk ratings for all of the slot machines in B.C. casinos and should dis-close how many it has of each.

Kendall noted gov-ernment is in a conflict of interest because it relies heavily on gam-bling profits but is also responsible for protecting vulnerable citizens.

“This is a public health issue,” he said, adding the time may be right for a “fulsome discussion on the benefits and the risks” of gam-bling in light of rejec-tions of new casinos over the past two years by Surrey and Vancouver.

Any new decisions to expand gambling should come with an assessment of the risk to problem gamblers and be con-tingent on reducing the overall share of revenue extracted from them, the report recommends.

There’s been no detailed study of prob-lem gambling in B.C. in several years but new research is slated for next year.

According to 2007

statistics, 3.7 per cent of B.C. residents are at “moderate risk” and 0.9 per cent are classified as problem gamblers.

Kendall noted the two groups account for 26 per cent of total gam-bling revenue despite making up less than five per cent of the popula-tion.

There are 160,000 gamblers in the two risky groups but only 4,000 calls per year to a prob-lem gambling helpline, suggesting the number of people who could be helped is “much higher.”

Kendall argues the B.C. Lottery Corp. could do more to identify prob-lem gamblers – possibly using data on their gam-bling gathered through a loyalty card program – and then dispatching staff to attempt treat-ment interventions.

The report calls on the province to devote at least 1.5 per cent of gambling revenue to problem gambling initia-tives, tripling the current outlay.

It also urges school

classes to warn chil-dren of the dangers of gambling, focusing on students in Grades 10 to 12.

Provincial gambling revenue per capita climbed 56 per cent over the last decade from $353 per person in 2002 to $552 by 2011.

The $2.1-billion a year industry delivers nearly $900 million in net profits to govern-ment.

B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong said in a statement the province this year increased its Responsible Gambling program bud-get by 30 per cent.

“We take the social costs of gambling seri-ously,” he said, adding the province and BCLC will provide $11 million for responsible gambling this year.

De Jong said the province is committed to continually improving but will review the performance of its current programs before considering any more spending.

PROVINCE

BC Hydro’s contractor for the Interior to Lower Mainland Transmission Project will be burning slash piles on BC Hydro’s right-of-way between Merritt and Boston Bar this fall. This work is planned to start in mid-October, weather dependent, and continue as needed through to the end of December.

The contractor has obtained the necessary permits and will comply with all regulations. A key requirement is that the contractor does not conduct burning unless the venting index is “good”. This ensures proper air movement exists to minimize smoke impacts to people in the vicinity of the burning.

The 247 kilometre, 500 kilovolt transmission line currently under construction, will expand the capacity of the system that brings power to businesses and homes in the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island.

For more information please visit bchydro.com/ilm_transmission or contact BC Hydro at [email protected] or at 604 623 4472, toll-free 1 866 647 3334.

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City of Merritt 2014 Permissive Tax ExemptionsBylaw 2161

Permissive Tax Exemptions Council will consider Bylaw 2161 to provide permissive property tax exemptions at a public meeting on: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at 7:00PM at Merritt City Hall, Council Chambers, 2185 Voght Street

Roll # Owner/Occupier Civic Address Legal Description Estimated 2014

General Municipal Taxes

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The President of the Lethbridge Stake - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 2451 Spring Bank Avenue

Lot B, Plan KAP 79511, D.L. 121 Section 22, Township 91 except Plan KAP 88312, and the buildings and structures thereon $ 3,870.11

138000 BC Seventh Day Adventist 2190 Granite AvenueLot 10, Bloxk 14, Plan 1 D.L. 123 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 249.90

276000 Merritt Baptist Church 2499 Coutlee Avenue

Lot 11, Block 30, Plan 717, D.L. 123, KDY SE 25ft; Lot 10, Block 30 Plan 717, D.L. 123 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 386.34

416005 Roman Catholic Bishop of Kamloops 2302 Jackson AvenueLot A, Plan 34228 D.L. 123, KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon (exclude Residential Class 1) $ 1,313.00

830015 Merrit Sikh Society 2399 Chapman StreetLot A, Plan KAP 65331, D.L. 124, KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 1,134.69

912005 Merrit Crossroads Community Church 2990 Voght StreetLot 1, Plan 33171, D.L. 124, KDYD except Plan M16802 and the buildings and structures thereon $ 1,978.96

963000 Nicola Valley Evangelical Free Church 1950 Maxwell AvenueLot 35, Plan 747, D.L. 124 KDYD except KAP47649 and buildings and structures thereon $ 1,310.30

1094002 Fraser Basin Property Society 1990 Chapman StreetParcel B, Block 16, Plan 1, D.L. 124, KDYD ( of Lots 1&2 see KJ48015) and the buildings and structures thereon $ 434.29

1241000 United Church of Canada 1899 Quilchena AvenueLot 13, Block 28, Plan 448, D.L. 125 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 224.24

6327500 Trustees Merrit Jehovah's Witness 1505 Sunset StreetLot 7, Plan 15455 D.L. 167 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 561.27

151000 Conayt Friendship Society 2164 Quilchena AvenueLot 1, Plan 41762, D.L. 123, KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 6,233.30

2500 Nicola Native Lodge Society "NNLS" 2640 Spring Bank Avenue Lot 3, Plan KAP58641, D.L. 121, KDYD $ 1,848.02

1344000

Nicola Valley Association of Community Living 1775 Coldwater Avenue

Lot A, Plan KAP 77597, D.L. 125 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 807.02

1000000 Nicola Valley Cultural Society 1840 Nicola AvenueLot B, Plan 332, D.L. 125 KDYD except Plan 6875 and the buildings and structures thereon $ 3,845.44

1121000 Nicola Valley Health Care Auxiliary 1803 Voght StreetLot 11, Bloc 17, Plan 1, Part S1/2, D.L. 123, KDYD and buildings and structures thereon $ 1,438.70

1777275

Nicola Valley Health Care Endowment Foundation Voght Street Lots 1 & 2 Plan KAP62405, Section 22, Township 91, KDYD $ 5,556.45

1777280

Nicola Valley Health Care Endowment Foundation 3457 Voght Street Lots 1 & 2 Plan KAP62405, Section 22, Township 91, KDYD $ 5,320.34

1163000 Nicola Valley Senior Housing 1926 Coutlee Avenue

Lots 1-4, Block 24, Plan 1, D.L.125 KDYD Part N of Plan 400 * Lot A, Plan 122, D.L. 125 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 2,736.21

1114500 Royal Canadian Legion #96 1940 Quilchena Avenue 2013-10-212013-10-21 $ 517.37

1092000 CRTRL Land Co. Ltd./Merritt Walk of Stars 2025B Quilchena AvenueLot 17, Block 15, Plan 1 D.L. 125 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 3,845.44

1087000 Merritt Masonic Temple Association2067 Quilchena Ave (class 8 only)

Lot 14, Block 15, PLAN KAP1, D.L. 125 and the buildings and structures thereon $ 312.04

1341010

Nicola Valley Holdings Association (Merritt Elks) 1701 Coldwater Avenue Lot 1, Block 1, Plan 838, D.L. 125 KDYD $ 317.08

1364000

Nicola Valley Holdings Association (Merritt Elks) 1702 Coldwater Avenue

Lot AM1, Block 4, Plan 838, D.L. 125, KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 1,614.23

6355100

Nicola Valley Rodeo Association/Nicola Valley Fall Fair Association 319 Lindley Creek Road

Lot 1, Plan 34260, D.L. 176 KDYD (except Mobile Home) and the buildings and structures thereon $ 9,255.50

807500 Community Futures Nicola Valley Suite B - 2185 Voght StreetLot A, Plan KAP8523, D.L.124 and the buildings and structures thereon $ 1,152.22

807250 Nicola Valley Community Human Suite A - 2185 Voght StreetLot A, Plan KAP8523, D.L.124 and the buildings and structures thereon $ 1,552.03

Merritt Curling Club

Lot 2, Plan 22544, D.L. 124 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 4,544.33

1553070 Merritt Golf & Country Club1450 Juniper Drive Merritt BC V1K 1J6

Lot 2, Plan 29664, D.L. 174, KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 590.27

1554100 Merritt Golf & Country Club1450 Juniper Drive Merritt BC V1K 1J6

Plan M9110, D.L. 174, KDYD except Plan 19948 and 29664 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 161.31

1801190 Merritt Golf & Country Club1450 Juniper Drive Merritt BC V1K 1J6

Lot A, Plan 34206, D.L. 124 KDYD & DL 180 and 181 and the buildings and structures thereon $ 11,029.48

976000 Merritt Golf & Country Club1450 Juniper Drive Merritt BC V1K 1J6

Parcel A, D.L. 124 KDYD except Plan 33125 and the buildings and structures thereon $ 1,715.55

1553050 Merritt Golf & Country Club1450 Juniper Drive Merritt BC V1K 1J6

Lot 1, Plan 8212, D.L. 174, KDYD except M9110, excluding Mobile Home and the buildings and structures thereon $ 658.98

1553070 Merritt Golf & Country Club1450 Juniper Drive Merritt BC V1K 1J6

Lot 2, Plan 29664, D.L. 174, KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 742.95

TOTAL ESTIMATED GENERAL TAXES

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Another mail scam came across my desk earlier this week, and it is a sad reminder that there are people out there who don’t care about other people and just want to make a buck.

This particular scam came with a cheque for nearly $2,000 and a letter explaining that the recipi-ent should take $1,650 of it to pay a “processing fee” as the first step to claim his $50,000 prize from the “World International Con-sumers” sweepstakes.

He is instructed to cash the cheque and send the

MoneyGram, then contact this phoney “claim agents” for “further directives.”

Atop the letter is a very cheesy-looking letterhead that could have been con-structed by anyone with rudimentary knowledge of a basic word processing program that I can only assume the scammers used in an attempt to legitimize the letter. To further that weak attempt, the scam-mers also name-dropped a dozen or so huge corpora-tions as “sponsors” of the program: Telus, Koodo, FIFA, Thomas Cook, Amazon, Wal-Mart, Royal Bank of Canada, HSBC, Sears, Staples, Home Depot, Lowes, Shoppers Drug Mart, Best Buy, the Bay, Barclays, Bank of Montreal, First Alterna-tive, Enterprise, Cisco and Microsoft.

I suppose the hope is that the recipient will look at the letter and uncritically think, “OK, all these big corporations have granted permission for their names

to be used in this letter so it must be real!” and then get so excited they rush to the bank, deposit the cheque, turn around and send most of it back, then call their claim agents for “further directives” and be heartily surprised and disappointed when their calls are never connected or go unre-turned, and years later, they still haven’t received their promised $50,000 prize.

The cherry on top of this scam sundae comes right at the end of the let-ter: “We recommend you keep this letter safe and personal at all times to protect your winning and personal information, and to avoid someone else call-ing your agents to claim your prize.”

It’s basically telling the recipient not to tell anyone about their huge prize, lest some pesky loudmouth point out it has all the mak-ings of a mail scam.

Reading this letter really irked me because it is so unscrupulous and treats

the recipient as a complete moron. That’s not to lay blame on victims of scams — these schemes only exist because people fall for them.

But this letter goes so far as to try to manipulate the reader to believe that their family and friends would try to steal their prize money instead of celebrat-ing their big win.

It’s a simple and not very subtle tactic to get complicity that just really annoyed me.

Unfortunately, it’s dif-ficult to track where these scams originate, and the best thing people can do if they get letters like this is to report them to the Cana-dian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888-654-9426 or throw them away.

A simple Google search of the words “National lot-tery letter” turned up doz-ens of links to news stories and anti-fraud sites explain-ing how the scam works and even photos of letters identical to the one sent to

a Merritt address. These letters are not

crafted by evil computers or terrible corporations, they’re created by people who want to make a buck off someone else. Maybe moral culpability isn’t at play at all for these scam-mers, or maybe they use the rationalization that they didn’t specifically target anyone, just blanketed hun-dreds, maybe thousands of addresses with the letter and waited for something to come back. Maybe it is nothing personal to them, just business.

I doubt their victims would agree.

If you receive a cheque in the mail for work you didn’t do or a congratula-tory letter stating you won a contest you didn’t enter or you’re asked to send money somewhere to claim a bigger prize, listen to your internal B.S. detec-tor. As nice as it might sound, money for nothing is extremely, incredibly unlikely.

HERALD OPINION

A great time to declutter the ‘clients’ from our prisons

There was a time when I was on the phone with a spokeswoman for Corrections Canada.

She was in Ottawa and I was in Abbotsford and the topic of discus-sion was yet another violent incident at the medium-security Matsqui Institution, a bleak hulk of concrete squatting amid farmland a few kilo-metres from my newsroom.

We were discussing the string of incidents and she was explaining what the top brass were doing to bring san-ity back to the prison.

It was then that she mentioned the need for her “clients” to be fully aware of measures that were to be implemented.

“Clients?” I asked.Yes, she replied, clients — those

men behind bars. Her “clients.”“You’re talking about the

inmates?” I asked.Turns out she — or Corrections

Canada at that time — frowned on such a description of the murderers, rapists and robbers in the cells of our prisons.

They were not inmates. They were not cons. They were not prisoners.

They were “clients,” men attached to a word that bled out any descrip-tion that could possibly apply to who they truly were.

They were henceforth referenced in the same manner as would be a visitor to the bank on a financial mat-ter.

One was a “client” looking to secure a fair mortgage for his growing family; the other was a “client” who happened to have mutilated a few people.

Unscrupulous scam crops up in Merritt

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Dear Editor,

There is a big difference between condoning marijua-na use and protecting chil-dren from drugs. Decrimi-nalization as proposed by Sensible BC acknowledges the social reality of mari-juana and frees users from criminal records. That’s a step in the right direction. What’s really needed is a legally regulated market with

age controls. Separating the hard and

soft drug markets is critical. As long as organized crime controls marijuana distribu-tion, consumers will come into contact with sellers of hard drugs like cocaine, meth and heroin. This “gate-way” is a direct result of marijuana prohibition.

Marijuana is less harmful than legal alcohol. It makes no sense to waste tax dollars

on failed marijuana policies that finance organized crime and facilitate the use of hard drugs. Taxing and regulat-ing marijuana may send the wrong message to children, but I like to think the chil-dren are more important than the message.

Robert SharpePolicy Analyst, Common Sense for Drug PolicyWashington, D.C.

Decriminalization a sensible policy on pot

Dear Editor,

Please be aware that an appli-cation for the construction of an asphalt plant next to the Tolko mill is currently before city council.

In my opinion, such a plant is detrimental to our city, our sur-rounding areas and most impor-tantly, to the health of Merritton-ians. I ask the citizens of Merritt to directly contact any city councillor and urge them to refuse such an industry in our town.

The used industrial waste oil needed for the plant is carcino-genic in itself but the fumes and smell from the process is extremely

toxic and nauseating. The air pol-lutants which may be linked to cancer and respiratory illness could

contain emissions of arsenic, ben-zene, formaldehyde and cadmium, to name just a few.

The 70-foot silos will spew their toxic waste directly onto two schools and most of the city core. The wind will then carry the pollutants, cover-ing the entire town.

The operating hours for such a plant are based on “demand time,” meaning that the plant could very well operate well into the night hours, contaminating our already fragile air quality. Homes and other industries near the plant will be directly affected by the noise pol-lution. The increased air pollution and noise pollution will definitely

affect property values. The Diamond Vale and Col-

lettville areas certainly do not need further truck traffic nor do we need to strain our city roads and water supply.

The three permanent jobs such a plant would supply are not worth the high health risk to our citizens or the pollution of our beautiful valley.

This is a dirty industry which our town does not need. Please con-tact any city councillor and express your concerns.

Lloyd CharneyMerritt

Noise pollution, truck traffi c cons of plant

International Plain Language Day arrived on Sunday, Oct. 13.

It was marked in Vancouver by a four-day con-ference beginning Oct. 10.

While the aim of the plain-language movement is to declutter our vocabulary and simply say what needs to be said clearly, I think gov-ernment organizations (and others) who insist on avoiding common-sense descriptors can also benefit from the les-son plan.

As organizers of the con-

ference note, adopting plain language is not dumbing down writing.

It is about simplifying and bringing clarity to a message — and, yes, it can be done while still employing creative adjectives.

Instruction manuals, legal documents and doctors’ instructions are some areas in desperate need of a plain-language makeover.

Here is an example of how an all-too-verbose legal document can be vastly improved, while retaining its legal status:

Before: I give my Agent the

power to exercise or perform any act, power, duty, right, or obliga-tion whatsoever that I have or may hereafter acquire, relating to any person, matter, transaction, or prop-erty, real or personal, tangible or intangible, now owned or hereafter acquired by me, including, without limitation, the following specifi-cally enumerated powers. I grant to my Agent full power and author-ity to do everything necessary in exercising any of the powers herein granted as fully as I might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my Agent shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this

Power of Attorney and the powers herein granted.

After: I give my agent the power to do anything that I have a right or duty to do, now or in the future.

As plain-language advo-cates note, an average bloke should be able to walk into a courthouse and file some papers without requiring an interpreter (read: lawyer) to explain wording on the forms.

The plain-language move-ment has scads of examples of annoying legalese that can easily be clarified for the common man.

Such clean, easy-to-un-derstand language can help so many people assemble a dining room set with minimal profanity.

It can help reduce the misinterpretation of prescrip-tions filled by physicians.

And, of course, it can also aid our Corrections Canada “clients” housed in our “temporary time-out dorms” as they ponder the steps of appealing life sen-tences for happening to have “discharged an assembled weapon, thereby causing the desistance of one’s existence.”

From Page 7

Call a spade a spade: plain language advocates for change

‘‘‘The three permanent jobs such a plant would supply are not worth the high health risk to our citizens or the pollution of our beautiful valley.’

— LETTER WRITER LLOYD CHARNEY

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By Ian WebsterTHE HERALD

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Eighteen-year-old former Merritt Centennials defenceman Dylan Chanter is out of hospital now and on the road to recovery follow-ing a frightening inci-dent in a junior hockey game on Oct. 12 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Chanter, who is cur-rently playing for the Dubuque Fighting Saints in the United States Hockey League, was involved in a second-period fight with Corey Petrash of the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders.

As the fight came to an end, Chanter lost his balance and fell back-wards, losing his helmet. The back of Chanter’s head struck the ice as Petrash fell on top of him.

Chanter was knocked unconscious and went into full-body convulsions in front of a stunned crowd at

the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena.

The native of Armstrong, B.C. was attended to by team trainers and paramedics onsite, and was taken by ambulance and later air ambulance to the University of Iowa Hospitals.

After a bevy of tests, Chanter was officially diagnosed to have suf-fered a severe concus-sion, and was released the next day. He also suffered a dislocated shoulder in the fall.

Chanter was able to tweet on Sunday, Oct. 13: “Happy Thanksgiving to every-

one back home. So thankful for all your sup-port so far.”

Following the ter-rible events on the ice, the game between the Fighting Saints and RoughRiders was sus-pended.

Merritt Centennials head coach and GM Luke Pierce had the fol-lowing to say last week: “We all hope the best for Dylan. I know how hard he has worked to become the player that he is. He’s a very dedi-cated individual. I would hate to see something like this derail his future opportunities. Hopefully, he’s back playing soon.”

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THE BEAUTIFUL GAME

(Above) In senior boys’ play, Chase Cooke and Spencer Vaughan from Diamond Vale pursue Central’s Brock Moffat (with the ball) and his sup-porting cast of (from left) AJ Bara-Canadien, Tristan Spahan and Raynen George-Campbell.(Right) Keara Joe from Nicola Canford and Bench’s Megan Dunsmore contest the ball in senior girls’ action. Ian Webster/Herald

In two outstanding seasons with the Merritt Centennials, Dylan Chanter played a total of 123 BCHL games. The robust defenceman scored 13 goals and added 23 assists during that time for a total of 36 points. Chanter had just returned to action with the USHL’s Dubuque Fighting Saints after breaking his collarbone in the pre-season. Ian Webster/Herald

Wildcats, Bears and Hawks take elementary soccer titles

SD58 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS SOCCER TOURNAMENT

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Former Merritt Centennial okay after seizure at the end of a fi ghtExcerpt from the United States Hockey League’s official statement (issued Oct. 14):

“We at the USHL are grateful to report that Dylan Chanter is now back in Dubuque, resting com-fortably, after being released late Saturday evening from the University of Iowa Hospitals.

“Mr. Chanter’s medical care was rendered professionally and expertly from the moment of the inju-ry by a series of medical providers, who I would like to thank on behalf of the League: by the trainers of both teams and the supervising physician present at the game (per USHL rules); by medical person-nel at UnityPoint Health/St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, where he was transported by ambu-lance; and finally at the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City, where he was airlifted in order to be examined by appropriate specialists. We will continue to monitor Dylan’s progress toward full recovery, together with all necessary medical care. League and USA Hockey policies with respect to head trauma and concussion injuries mandate that the player indicate no residual symptoms for an appropriate peri-od of time before he is allowed to return to action, and we will follow those policies conservatively.

“We want to face squarely the questions that have arisen as to the circumstances that caused the injury — that is, that Mr. Chanter and a Cedar Rapids player were engaged in a short altercation, with the injury occurring when both players fell and Mr. Chanter’s head hit the ice. The injury was the acci-dental and unintended outcome of an infraction that resulted in a fighting major penalty to both play-ers. Still, it raises the question as to whether those penalties should have been, or should in the future be made, even more severe in order to curtail them from occurring.

“The USHL, working with USA Hockey and the National Hockey League, implemented a com-prehensive Player Safety Initiative commencing with the 2012-13 season. That initiative was designed to reduce dangerous play in a number of areas, including but not limited to fighting. The series of new rules and procedures called for, among other matters, active intervention by on-ice officials when dangerous play occurred on the ice; League video review of all “dangerous play” penalties, including altercations; and progressively increasing discipline, including multiple game suspensions, for recidi-vist behavior by players. They included a requirement that players not remove their helmets (or any other equipment) on the ice for any reason — a rule designed to protect the players’ head, neck, and other vulnerable areas. While neither player removed his helmet last night, Mr. Chanter’s had been dislodged during the altercation, thus adding to the seriousness of the injury when he fell to the ice. To that extent, the rule did not protect the player in this instance.

“What occurred Saturday night was a rare and traumatic event for all concerned. It was handled professionally by a series of expert responders, but we are aware that circumstances could have been even more serious, and we will take advantage of our comparatively good fortune to address the issues raised. In the meantime, we all look forward to Mr. Chanter’s recovery.”

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Re: Estate of Ella Caroline Gawne, deceased, formerly of #1 - 1901 Maxwell Drive, Merritt, B.C.

Creditors and others having claims against the estate of Ella Caroline Gawne, deceased, are hereby noti ed under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the Executor at Morelli Chertkow LLP, 300 - 180 Seymour Street, Kamloops, British Columbia, V2C 2E3, on or before October 22, 2013, after which date the Executors will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executor then has notice.

Signed:Yvonne Carol Martin & Lanny Wayne Nevison

Executors of the Estate of Ella Caroline Gawne

Solicitor:MORELLI CHERTKOW LLP

On December 12, 2012, at the 2500 block of Clapperton Avenue, Merritt, B.C., Peace Officer(s) of the Merritt RCMP seized, at the time indicated, the subject property, described as: two Samsung cell phones, on or about 18:44 Hours, an LG cell phone, on or about 16:02 Hours, a Blackberry cell phone, on or about 16:02 Hours, $2,440.82 CAD, on or about 18:44 Hours, $460 CAD, on or about 16:02 Hours, and $190 CAD, on or about 16:02 Hours. The subject property was seized because there was a warrant authorized by the court pursuant to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act of Canada to seize evidence in respect of an offence (or offences) under section 5(2) (Possession for purpose of trafficking) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act of Canada. Notice is hereby given that the subject property, CFO file Number: 2013-1729, is subject to forfeiture under Part 3.1 of the CFA and will

be forfeited to the Government for disposal by the Director of Civil Forfeiture unless a notice of dispute is filed with the Director within the time period set out in this notice. A notice of dispute may be filed by a person who claims to have an interest in all or part of the subject property. The notice of dispute must be filed within 60 days of the date upon which this notice is first published. You may obtain the form of a notice of dispute, which must meet the requirements of Section 14.07 of the CFA, from the Director’s website, accessible online at www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/civilforfeiture. The notice must be in writing, signed in the presence of a lawyer or notary public, and mailed to the Civil Forfeiture Office, PO Box 9234 Station Provincial Government, Victoria, B.C. V8W 9J1

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NOTICE OF ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS OPPORTUNITY REGARDING“Central Park Improvements – Upgrades to the washrooms and construction of a lacrosse box City of Merritt Loan Authorization

Bylaw No. 2150, 2013”

Elector response forms may be obtained at the Merritt City Hall, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt or on the City’s website www.merritt.ca . Completed forms must be dropped off at the City Hall or delivered to the Deputy Corporate Of cer’s Of ce, City of Merritt, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt, B.C., V1K 1B8, by 4:30 pm on Monday, November 25, 2013.

Pursuant to Section 86 of the Community Charter, the City of Merritt is proposing to seek the assent of the electors of the City of Merritt by an alternative approval process. This alternative approval process applies to the entire City of Merritt. The question before the electors is whether they are opposed to Merritt City Council adopting “Central Park Improvements – Upgrades to the washrooms and construction of a lacrosse box City of Merritt Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 2150, 2013” (a bylaw to pay for upgrades to the washrooms and construct a lacrosse box at Central Park), without rst obtaining the assent of the electors by voting.

The proposed bylaw authorizes City Council to borrow for the stated purpose by way of debentures a sum not exceeding Six Hundred and Ninety-Eight Thousand Dollars ($698,000) repayable not later than twenty (20) years from the date of issue of such debentures.

The number of eligible electors in the City of Merritt is estimated to be 5,000. Council may proceed with adoption of Bylaw No. 2150, 2013 unless, by the deadline set out below, at least 10% (500) of the estimated number of electors of the City of Merritt sign an alternative approval process elector response form indicating that Council may not proceed with adoption of the bylaw without rst receiving the assent of the electors by voting.

INSTRUCTIONS:• If you are opposed to the adoption of the bylaw without it rst receiving assent of the electors by voting, you may sign an alternative approval process elector response form.• If you are not opposed to the adoption of the bylaw, you need do nothing.• Alternative approval process elector response forms will be accepted only if they are in the form established by the Council of the City of Merritt. The forms are available at the Merritt City Hall, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt or on the City’s website www.merritt.ca . Alternative approval process elector response forms must be submitted to the Deputy Corporate Of cer, City of Merritt, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt, B.C. V1K 1B8. The deadline for submission of signed forms is on or before 4:30 pm on Monday, November 25, 2013.• Accurate copies of the elector response form may be made and used for signing.• A person may not sign an elector response form more than once.• A person who is not an elector of the City of Merritt must not sign the elector response form.• A person may not withdraw his or her name from an elector response form after 4:30 pm on Monday, November 25, 2013.• The name and residential address of the person signing must be included in this elector response form, and if applicable, also the address of the property in relation to which the person is entitled to register as a non-resident property elector.

To sign an alternative approval process elector response form you MUST meet the following criteria for either a Resident Elector OR a Non-resident (Property) Elector in the City of Merritt:

Resident Electors:• Must be eighteen years of age or older;• Must be a Canadian citizen;• Must have been a resident of British Columbia for at least six monthsimmediately before the day the response form is signed;• Must have been a resident of the City of Merritt for at least 30 days immediately before the day the response form is signed; and• Must not be disquali ed by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or be otherwise disquali ed by law.

Non-Resident Electors:• Must NOT qualify as a Resident Elector of the City of Merritt;• Must be eighteen years of age or older;• Must be a Canadian citizen;• Must have been a resident of British Columbia for at least six monthsimmediately before the day the response form is signed;• Must have been the registered owner of real property in the City of Merritt for at least 30 days immediately before the day the response form is signed;• Must not be disquali ed by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or be otherwise disquali ed by law;• If there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals may register as a non-resident property elector and only with the written consent of the majority of the owners; and

NOTE: A person must not sign any alternative approval process elector response form more than once and may not withdraw his or her name from the alternative approval process elector response form after the deadline for submission of the elector response forms has passed.

The Bylaw and related material is available for public inspection at the Merritt City Hall, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt, B.C., during normal business hours being 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive (except Statutory Holidays) from October 8, 2013. The materials can also be found on the City’s website www.merritt.ca.

The deadline for submitting a signed alternative approval process elector response form, opposing adoption of the bylaw without rst receiving the assent of the electors by voting, for the “Central Park Improvements – Upgrades to the washrooms and construction of a lacrosse box City of Merritt Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 2150, 2013” is on or before 4:30 pm on Monday, November 25, 2013.

This is the third of four publications of this Notice. Dated this 22nd day of October, 2013.

Carole FraserDeputy Corporate Of cer, City of Merritt

NOTICE OF ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS OPPORTUNITY REGARDING“2013 Asphalt Project City of Merritt Loan Authorization

Bylaw No. 2151, 2013”

Elector response forms may be obtained at the Merritt City Hall, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt or on the City’s website www.merritt.ca . Completed forms must be dropped off at the City Hall or delivered to the Deputy Corporate Of cer’s Of ce, City of Merritt, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt, B.C., V1K 1B8, by 4:30 pm on Monday, November 25, 2013.

Pursuant to Section 86 of the Community Charter, the City of Merritt is proposing to seek the assent of the electors of the City of Merritt by an alternative approval process. This alternative approval process applies to the entire City of Merritt. The question before the electors is whether they are opposed to Merritt City Council adopting “2013 Asphalt Project City of Merritt Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 2151, 2013” (a bylaw to pay for certain speci c roads’ rehabilitation and repaving), without rst obtaining the assent of the electors by voting.

The proposed bylaw authorizes City Council to borrow for the stated purpose by way of debentures a sum not exceeding Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000) repayable not later than twenty (20) years from the date of issue of such debentures.

The number of eligible electors in the City of Merritt is estimated to be 5,000. Council may proceed with adoption of Bylaw No. 2151, 2013 unless, by the deadline set out below, at least 10% (500) of the estimated number of electors of the City of Merritt sign an alternative approval process elector response form indicating that Council may not proceed with adoption of the bylaw without rst receiving the assent of the electors by voting.

INSTRUCTIONS:• If you are opposed to the adoption of the bylaw without it rst receiving assent of the electors by voting, you may sign an alternative approval process elector response form.• If you are not opposed to the adoption of the bylaw, you need do nothing.• Alternative approval process elector response forms will be accepted only if they are in the form established by the Council of the City of Merritt. The forms are available at the Merritt City Hall, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt or on the City’s website www.merritt.ca . Alternative approval process elector response forms must be submitted to the Deputy Corporate Of cer, City of Merritt, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt, B.C. V1K 1B8. The deadline for submission of signed forms is on or before 4:30 pm on Monday, November 25, 2013.• Accurate copies of the elector response form may be made and used for signing.• A person may not sign an elector response form more than once.• A person who is not an elector of the City of Merritt must not sign the elector response form.• A person may not withdraw his or her name from an elector response form after 4:30 pm on Monday, November 25, 2013.• The name and residential address of the person signing must be included in this elector response form, and if applicable, also the address of the property in relation to which the person is entitled to register as a non-resident property elector.

To sign an alternative approval process elector response form you MUST meet the following criteria for either a Resident Elector OR a Non-resident (Property) Elector in the City of Merritt:

Resident Electors:• Must be eighteen years of age or older;• Must be a Canadian citizen;• Must have been a resident of British Columbia for at least six months immediately before the day the response form is signed;• Must have been a resident of the City of Merritt for at least 30 days immediately before the day the response form is signed; and• Must not be disquali ed by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or be otherwise disquali ed by law.

Non-Resident Electors:• Must NOT qualify as a Resident Elector of the City of Merritt;• Must be eighteen years of age or older;• Must be a Canadian citizen;• Must have been a resident of British Columbia for at least six months immediately before the day the response form is signed;• Must have been the registered owner of real property in the City of Merritt for at least 30 days immediately before the day the response form is signed;• Must not be disquali ed by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or be otherwise disquali ed by law;• If there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals may register as a non-resident property elector and only with the written consent of the majority of the owners; and

NOTE: A person must not sign any alternative approval process elector response form more than once and may not withdraw his or her name from the alternative approval process elector response form after the deadline for submission of the elector response forms has passed.

The Bylaw and related material is available for public inspection at the Merritt City Hall, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt, B.C., during normal business hours being 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive (except Statutory Holidays) from October 8, 2013. The materials can also be found on the City’s website www.merritt.ca.

The deadline for submitting a signed alternative approval process elector response form, opposing adoption of the bylaw without rst receiving the assent of the electors by voting, for the “2013 Asphalt Project City of Merritt Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 2151, 2013” is on or before 4:30 pm on Monday, November 25, 2013.

This is the third of four publications of this Notice.Dated this 22th day of October, 2013.

Carole FraserDeputy Corporate Of cer, City of Merritt

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NOTICE OF ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS OPPORTUNITY REGARDING“2013 Sidewalk Project City of Merritt Loan Authorization

Bylaw No. 2152, 2013”

Elector response forms may be obtained at the Merritt City Hall, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt or on the City’s website www.merritt.ca . Completed forms must be dropped off at the City Hall or delivered to the Deputy Corporate Of cer’s Of ce, City of Merritt, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt, B.C., V1K 1B8, by 4:30 pm on Monday, November 25, 2013.

Pursuant to Section 86 of the Community Charter, the City of Merritt is proposing to seek the assent of the electors of the City of Merritt by an alternative approval process. This alternative approval process applies to the entire City of Merritt. The question before the electors is whether they are opposed to Merritt City Council adopting “2013 Sidewalk Project City of Merritt Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 2152, 2013” (a bylaw to pay for installation of sidewalks, curb and gutter along Nicola Avenue from Blair to Menzies where sidewalks do not currently exist), without rst obtaining the assent of the electors by voting.

The proposed bylaw authorizes City Council to borrow for the stated purpose by way of debentures a sum not exceeding Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($225,500) repayable not later than twenty (20) years from the date of issue of such debentures.

The number of eligible electors in the City of Merritt is estimated to be 5,000. Council may proceed with adoption of Bylaw No. 2152, 2013 unless, by the deadline set out below, at least 10% (500) of the estimated number of electors of the City of Merritt sign an alternative approval process elector response form indicating that Council may not proceed with adoption of the bylaw without rst receiving the assent of the electors by voting.

INSTRUCTIONS:• If you are opposed to the adoption of the bylaw without it rst receiving assent of the electors by voting, you may sign an alternative approval process elector response form.• If you are not opposed to the adoption of the bylaw, you need do nothing.• Alternative approval process elector response forms will be accepted only if they are in the form established by the Council of the City of Merritt. The forms are available at the Merritt City Hall, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt or on the City’s website www.merritt.ca . Alternative approval process elector response forms must be submitted to the Deputy Corporate Of cer, City of Merritt, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt, B.C. V1K 1B8. The deadline for submission of signed forms is on or before 4:30 pm on Monday, November 25, 2013.• Accurate copies of the elector response form may be made and used for signing.• A person may not sign an elector response form more than once.• A person who is not an elector of the City of Merritt must not sign the elector response form.• A person may not withdraw his or her name from an elector response form after 4:30 pm on Monday, November 25, 2013.• The name and residential address of the person signing must be included in this elector response form, and if applicable, also the address of the property in relation to which the person is entitled to register as a non-resident property elector.

To sign an alternative approval process elector response form you MUST meet the following criteria for either a Resident Elector OR a Non-resident (Property) Elector in the City of Merritt:

Resident Electors:• Must be eighteen years of age or older;• Must be a Canadian citizen;• Must have been a resident of British Columbia for at least six monthsimmediately before the day the response form is signed;• Must have been a resident of the City of Merritt for at least 30 days immediately before the day the response form is signed; and• Must not be disquali ed by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or be otherwise disquali ed by law.

Non - Resident Electors:• Must NOT qualify as a Resident Elector of the City of Merritt;• Must be eighteen years of age or older;• Must be a Canadian citizen;• Must have been a resident of British Columbia for at least six monthsimmediately before the day the response form is signed;• Must have been the registered owner of real property in the City of Merritt for at least 30 days immediately before the day the response form is signed;• Must not be disquali ed by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or be otherwise disquali ed by law;• If there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals may register as a non-resident property elector and only with the written consent of the majority of the owners; and

NOTE: A person must not sign any alternative approval process elector response form more than once and may not withdraw his or her name from the alternative approval process elector response form after the deadline for submission of the elector response forms has passed.

The Bylaw and related material is available for public inspection at the Merritt City Hall, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt, B.C., during normal business hours being 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive (except Statutory Holidays) from October 8, 2013. The materials can also be found on the City’s website www.merritt.ca.

The deadline for submitting a signed alternative approval process elector response form, opposing adoption of the bylaw without rst receiving the assent of the electors by voting, for the “2013 Sidewalk Project City of Merritt Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 2152, 2013” is on or before 4:30 pm on Monday, November 25, 2013.

This is the third of four publications of this Notice. Dated this 22nd day of October, 2013.

Carole FraserDeputy Corporate Of cer, City of Merritt

NOTICE OF ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS OPPORTUNITY REGARDING“2013 Public Works Utility Building City of Merritt Loan Authorization

Bylaw No. 2153, 2013”

Elector response forms may be obtained at the Merritt City Hall, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt or on the City’s website www.merritt.ca . Completed forms must be dropped off at the City Hall or delivered to the Deputy Corporate Of cer’s Of ce, City of Merritt, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt, B.C., V1K 1B8, by 4:30 pm on Monday, November 25, 2013.

Pursuant to Section 86 of the Community Charter, the City of Merritt is proposing to seek the assent of the electors of the City of Merritt by an alternative approval process. This alternative approval process applies to the entire City of Merritt. The question before the electors is whether they are opposed to Merritt City Council adopting “2013 Public Works Utility Building City of Merritt Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 2153, 2013” (a bylaw to pay for the replacement of the old water works storage building), without rst obtaining the assent of the electors by voting.

The proposed bylaw authorizes City Council to borrow for the stated purpose by way of debentures a sum not exceeding Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($300,000) repayable not later than twenty (20) years from the date of issue of such debentures.

The number of eligible electors in the City of Merritt is estimated to be 5,000. Council may proceed with adoption of Bylaw No. 2153, 2013 unless, by the deadline set out below, at least 10% (500) of the estimated number of electors of the City of Merritt sign an alternative approval process elector response form indicating that Council may not proceed with adoption of the bylaw without rst receiving the assent of the electors by voting.

INSTRUCTIONS:• If you are opposed to the adoption of the bylaw without it rst receiving assent of the electors by voting, you may sign an alternative approval process elector response form.• If you are not opposed to the adoption of the bylaw, you need do nothing.• Alternative approval process elector response forms will be accepted only if they are in the form established by the Council of the City of Merritt. The forms are available at the Merritt City Hall, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt or on the City’s website www.merritt.ca . Alternative approval process elector response forms must be submitted to the Deputy Corporate Of cer, City of Merritt, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt, B.C. V1K 1B8. The deadline for submission of signed forms is on or before 4:30 pm on Monday, November 25, 2013.• Accurate copies of the elector response form may be made and used for signing.• A person may not sign an elector response form more than once.• A person who is not an elector of the City of Merritt must not sign the elector response form.• A person may not withdraw his or her name from an elector response form after 4:30 pm on Monday, November 25, 2013.• The name and residential address of the person signing must be included in this elector response form, and if applicable, also the address of the property in relation to which the person is entitled to register as a non-resident property elector.

To sign an alternative approval process elector response form you MUST meet the following criteria for either a Resident Elector OR a Non-resident (Property) Elector in the City of Merritt:

Resident Electors:• Must be eighteen years of age or older;• Must be a Canadian citizen;• Must have been a resident of British Columbia for at least six months immediately before the day the response form is signed;• Must have been a resident of the City of Merritt for at least 30 days immediately before the day the response form is signed; and• Must not be disquali ed by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or be otherwise disquali ed by law.

Non - Resident Electors:• Must NOT qualify as a Resident Elector of the City of Merritt;• Must be eighteen years of age or older;• Must be a Canadian citizen;• Must have been a resident of British Columbia for at least six months immediately before the day the response form is signed;• Must have been the registered owner of real property in the City of Merritt for at least 30 days immediately before the day the response form is signed;• Must not be disquali ed by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or be otherwise disquali ed by law;• If there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals may register as a non-resident property elector and only with the written consent of the majority of the owners; and

NOTE: A person must not sign any alternative approval process elector response form more than once and may not withdraw his or her name from the alternative approval process elector response form after the deadline for submission of the elector response forms has passed.

The Bylaw and related material is available for public inspection at the Merritt City Hall, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt, B.C., during normal business hours being 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive (except Statutory Holidays) from October 8, 2013. The materials can also be found on the City’s website www.merritt.ca.

The deadline for submitting a signed alternative approval process elector response form, opposing adoption of the bylaw without rst receiving the assent of the electors by voting, for the “2013 Public Works Utility Building City of Merritt Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 2153, 2013” is on or before 4:30 pm on Monday, November 25, 2013.

This is the third of four publications of this Notice. Dated this 22nd day of October, 2013.

Carole FraserDeputy Corporate Of cer, City of Merritt

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NAAN WRAPS: Butter Ch., Ch. Tikka, Fish Tikka, Shahl Paneer, Falafel - $4.99

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