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By Phillip WoolgarTHE HERALD

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With kids flowing in and out of class for a new school year starting today (Tuesday), the Nicola Valley Speed Watch and the Merritt RCMP are reminding drivers to slow down in school zones.

As the speed watch co-ordi-nator, Chris George is focusing efforts in school zones for all of September, increasing patrol from the regular five times per month.

“We need to get people out of the holiday mode,” he said. “They still haven’t clicked that school is

back in, even though some of the speeders have kids.”

He said cellphones are another major issue, particularly among those who text.

“A school zone is a high-alert area on its own and when you’re in a school zone talking... In my opinion texting is worse because you’re looking at your phone the whole time,” he said, while stand-ing beside a speedometer display along Highway 8 in Lower Nicola.

After about 20 minutes moni-toring speeds, George and his partner John F. Isaac clocked three speeders and noticed six

people without seatbelts.“I was watching that the speed

board had someone at 79 kilome-tres [per hour] coming from town and being still in town when he reached that speed,” George said.

The stats collected go to the local RCMP, to ICBC and to the Lower Nicola Indian Band.

“This section is a problem area,” George said, noting the speed limit changes from 80, to 60, to 50 and then back to 80 kilometres an hour within a dis-tance of about four kilometres along the highway. “A lot of elders use this area as their exercise, with

a lot of them looking for bottles, just to keep themselves busy.”

The police occasionally join the speed watch efforts, which George said the volunteers value because it encourages people to associate the crew with enforce-ment.

“If we can get some tickets handed out, it sets even more of a precedence that the RCMP do sit with these guys and maybe I should be paying attention when I see them in town or on the highway,” he said, adding that the speed limit is 30 kilometres in school zones from 8 a.m. to 8

p.m., starting today.Merritt RCMP Sgt. Norm

Fleming said school zones are maintained until dusk.

“When school starts at the beginning of each school year, there is always that transition period,” he said. “It’s in every-one’s best interest to make sure we remember to slow down and pay attention to those school zones.”

He said drivers need to make the effort to focus on the new speed limits.

“It’s just a matter of recog-nizing that the kids are back in school,” he said.

School speed zones back in effect todayPolice, volunteers remind drivers to slow down as life picks up the pace this week

Nicola Valley Speed Watch volunteers John F. Isaac, left, and Chris George, track drivers’ speeds along Highway 8 in Lower Nicola on Wednesday. Volunteers will increase patrols as kids head back to school this week. Phillip Woolgar/Herald

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Five new recruits at the Merritt Fire Rescue Department are sweat-ing through drills simi-lar to what would be seen at a boot camp.

This intense training is designed to improve the ability of the fire-fighters to respond to blazes and other emer-gencies quickly and efficiently.

Work experience firefighter Matt Bloom is a long way from his home town of Aurora, Ont., but he said the Nicola Valley is as good a place as any to build his skills.

The summer heat has made some of the training activities dif-ficult, but his uniform donning and offing time is improving.

“We’re getting our times down and I think the chief is getting hap-

pier,” he said, while taking a break after a drill. “When we first got here it was a little warm while we were doing the full training and getting on our jackets.”

Each recruit’s time is tracked and compared to spot individual prog-ress and to see whose time is the one to beat — the target time is one minute to don and take off the uniform.

When they aren’t sweating, the recruits are housed in a trailer called a Britco that costs approximately $36,000 per year to operate.

“We make it work,” Bloom said of the tight quarters. “We’re all pretty close, so it’s easy to get along with every-

one and we’re hanging out in the hall most of the time, so it’s pretty much just a sleeping quarter for us.”

The close proximity of the Britco to the fire hall improves response times in the middle of the night.

He said his most interesting call was a truck rollover on the Coquihalla Highway, early in the summer on a scorching day.

“We had to carry a guy up about 150 feet to get him back to the top so paramedics could work on him,” he recalled.

All the recruits are from Ontario, which has 18 firefighter acad-emies. They will train

in Merritt until March, unless they find find employment prior to completing the pro-gram.

In addition to the uniform drills, the recruits will participate in team-building drills, rescue response and interviewing, Fire Chief Dave Tomkinson said.

“We chose these five recruits out of 40 appli-cations,” he noted. “If by any chance any of them are hired during training, we have some on the waiting list who can step in.”

The training program is a vital component of the department’s arsenal. Tomkinson said he esti-mates the work experi-ence program has saved the City of Merritt $1.3 million that would have otherwise been spent on paid employees since the program began four years ago.

The Merritt Fire Rescue program is one of only three such programs throughout the country — all are located in B.C., with the others in Big White and in Sun Peaks.

Many of the calls the recruits will respond to are related to motor vehicle accidents, and much of their time is spent at the hall clean-ing.

Merritt residents can expect to see the recruits around town, not only responding to calls, but also raising money for charities such as the BC Children’s Hospital and local non profits.

Two of last year’s six recruits have found employment, with the others in the hiring process.

The new team arrived at the beginning of July, four days after the last recruits left.


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Fire recruits arrive on scene‘We had to carry a guy up

about 150 feet ... so paramed-ics could work on him.’

—MERRITT FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT RECRUIT

MATT BLOOM

Matt Bloom, foreground, along with four other Merritt Fire Rescue Department recruits, participates in a drill to see how fast they can don and take off their equip-ment last Monday. The team is the newest edition to the MFRD’s work experience crew that is scheduled to live in Merritt until March. Phillip Woolgar /Herald

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GOOD MORNING!

From the Herald archives: Sept. 1, 1982

Welcome to

Rodeo Fair Days

A hearty welcome from us to all visi-tors to Merritt dur-ing our Rodeo Fair Days.

This is when Merritt really comes alive. We invite you to participate in the many exciting activi-ties planned for the long weekend, Sept. 3-6.

The Quilchena Avenue Mall will be open on Friday and Saturday with concessions, a street dance, live music, a dunk tank, craft booths, square dancing and much more.

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• Bridging with senior levels of government for grant funding.• Working toward employment opportunities, youth initiatives and a safer, healthier, cleaner community.• Market Merritt with a realistic look at the future of Merritt• Honest, hard working, experienced.• Team Player• Lets market Merritt with a clearer vision of our priorities.

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• Merritt RCMP are investigat-ing two separate reports of shoplift-ing from a local downtown business. In each case, small edible items were taken and witnesses provided a description of a suspect vehicle, as well as a suspect. Two charges of Theft Under $5000 are being for-warded to Crown Counsel for approv-al. The suspect, a local woman, can-not be identified until formal charges are laid.

• On Aug. 23, Merritt RCMP responded to a citizen’s complaint of an intoxicated male passed out inside a local business. The male, a local 20 year old, was found grossly intoxicated and was very difficult to rouse. The male was arrested and lodged in cells until he sobered up and could take care of himself.

•Aug. 24, at approximately 11 p.m., Merritt RCMP responded to a theft from vehicle complaint in the 2600 block of Quilchena Ave. A local citi-zen reported that they had observed an unknown female inside their vehicle.

When the female was confronted, she ran away taking the complainant’s cellphone (LG Chic Touch Screen). The female also attempted to take the complainant’s laptop but dropped it on the ground.

The female was described as five feet tall, small, blond and wearing a white and black hoody with blue jeans. If anyone has any information about this theft, they are asked to call the Merritt Detachment or Crime Stoppers.

Residents are also reminded to lock their vehicle and remove any valu-

ables.• Aug. 25 at approximately 1:30

a.m., Merritt RCMP responded to a complaint of mischief in the 1500 block of Garcia St. A local citizen was concerned that several youths may be partying in an abandoned residence.

Upon investigation, two local 16 year olds, one 17 year old and one 18 year old were located outside at the rear of the residence. A fifth person was observed inside the house.

Police located a grossly intoxicated local 17-year-old male hiding behind a door in the basement.

Evidence indicated that a party had taken place. The 17 year old was arrested for break and enter and mis-chief. Liquor was seized and destroyed on scene.

The owner of the residence was notified of the situation; they did not

wish to pursue criminal charges and advised that the residence would be further secured in the morning. The youths were turned over to their par-ents or guardians. No guardian could be located for a 17-year-old male; he was lodged in cells, as he was unable to care for himself. His guardian was later located and the 17 year old was released into his care.

• On Aug. 25, Merritt RCMP received a report of damage to the main gate at Monck Provincial Park. The damage was believed to have occurred between 10 p.m. the previous night and 8 a.m. on Aug. 25. It is believed that someone must have wanted to leave before the gate opened at 8 a.m. as an unknown per-son broke the weld on the gate allow-ing them to leave the park.

If anyone has any information,

they are asked to call the Merritt RCMP or Crime Stoppers.

• On Aug. 25, Merritt RCMP received a report of a 21-speed bike stolen in the 1300 block of Voght St. The bike was stolen sometime between 8 a.m. and midnight on Aug. 24. The bike is described as a blue and grey boy’s 21-speed bike with camo tape on handlebars. If anyone has any information, they are asked to call the Merritt RCMP or Crime Stoppers.

• Sometime between Aug. 22 - 26, unknown suspect(s) broke into a locked steel shed compound on Roundhouse Road in Brookmere, B.C. Several items were stolen, which include: four 30 pound propane cyl-inders, two new Colorado pontoon boats still in boxes and a Champion gas-powered water pump (new and still in the box).

Also stolen was a handmade scaled down and fully functional propane-powered locomotive and tender. This train is made to ride on a 7.5-inch gauge track, which is not common. The photos make it difficult to see the true size, but this train is large enough for a grown adult to sit on the locomotive and control it. The entire unit is approximately seven feet long and weighs near 500 lbs. The owner advises that a unit such as this will likely only be sold to and owned by members of a train club — which are few and far between. The value of the parts to build such a train is approximately $15,000. If anyone has any information, they are asked to call the Merritt RCMP or Crime Stoppers at1-800-222-TIPS.

POLICE REPORT

By Jade SwartzbergTHE HERALD

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Merritt city councillors approved a pair of Telus contracts that will see the City of Merritt’s long dis-tance phone charges drop and the Internet charges increase.

Councillors considered the contract issues at a regu-lar council meeting on Aug. 21, and agreed to support Financial Services Manager Pat Sibilleau’s recommenda-

tions to sign two new five-year phone and Internet contracts with Telus.

The new phone con-tract will set the City’s long distance rates at $0.024 a minute, down from $0.55 per minute with the previous contract.

This will decrease annual long distances charges from nearly $15,840 per year to $691 per year, which trans-lates to savings of $15,148 based on current long dis-tance usage (28,800 minutes

per year).By signing the contract

before Sept. 1, Sibilleau anticipated savings of $5,049 for 2012.

As part of a phone/wire-less infrastructure assessment, City staff also reviewed internet service and charges, which were $650 per month at the time.

Per Sibilleau’s recommen-dation, councillors agreed to sign a contract for Managed Business Internet 10M, which will cost $1,561 per

month (a $911 increase).The City currently used

six different High Speed Internet ADSL services at six locations. The new system will allow one connection at City Hall, which will provide service to the other locations.

“Currently, Internet ser-vice fails multiple times in a week, sometimes several times per day, at City Hall [and] a staff member must restart the service,” read Sibilleau’s report, which explained that the Business

Internet has an uptime guar-antee of 99.9 per cent.

“A failure to Service Levels outlined in a contract will result in Service Level credits, which will be issued automatically without a request from the customer,” she said.

By signing the five-year Internet contract, costs will increase by $10,939 per year. Because Internet costs are included with the phone charges, there will be a net reduction in costs to the City.

City saves money on phone, pays more for Internet

RCMP break up house party, respond to theft

Merritt RCMP responded to a theft in Brookmere that occurred between Aug. 22 and 26. Among items stolen was a fully functional propane-powered locomotive. Submitted


NICOLA VALLEY NEWS NICOLA VALLEY QUILTERS GUILD1st MEETING OF THE YEAR to be held on

Thursday, September 65:30 pm at the Civic Centre

Pot Luck Supper - Bring Your Favorite Dish Guest Speaker will do a Trunk Show.

New members welcome!

We meet every second & fourth Thursday of each month at the above location.

For more information call Wanda at 250-378-4172

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CITY OF MERRITT

APPLICATION FOR PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR 2013

DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

As per Section 224 of the Community Charter, Council may exempt certain lands or improvements or both from taxation.

Charitable, philanthropic or other not for pro t corporations may apply for tax exemptions on land or improvements that they own. These include religious organizations, schools, seniors’ homes, hospitals, service clubs and community care facilities.

Applications are available at City Hall from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday.

Please include the following with your application:The aims and purposes of your organization• Financial statements• Any other information pertinent to your • application.

Please submit your applications by 4:30 p.m., September 28, 2012 to:

City of MerrittPO Box 189, 2185 Voght Street

Merritt, BC V1K 1B8Attention: Ben Currie,

Deputy Financial Services Manager

The Merritt Fire Rescue Department is searching for five new volunteers. The paid position requires a minimum commitment of two hours per week and an enthusiasm for emergency rescue.

Fire Chief Dave Tomkinson said people are volunteering less in their communities and the volun-teer firefighting model needs to be maintained to curb the costs associated with hiring more full-time employees.

“We need people, our neighbours and family in our community, to come out and assist their friends and neighbours by volunteering with the fire department,” he said. “If you take a look at the type of people in our community, they are average people with regular jobs.”

Bill Morton is a regional manager for a tire company and has managed to success-fully balance volunteering with his career for 20 years.

“You have to have an understanding with your powers that be,” he said, noting he volunteers with the department for between one and 10 hours per week. “A lot of the volunteers have very good relationships with their bosses and they allow them to attend calls.”

Each volunteer is paid

hourly for the training and response to emergencies.

“This program has a lot to offer,” Tomkinson said. “There is a camaraderie with being a part of an organiza-tion like ours and the excite-ment of doing an important job in the community.”

The volunteers are enrolled into the College of

the Rockies, where they learn the skills needed to perform as firefighters.

Instructors visit Merritt from the Cranbrook, B.C., college.

The training can help people to become full-time firefighters, as the same type of instruction is offered at firefighting academies.

The program is at each volunteer’s own pace. Training is offered on Monday nights, or in the afternoon from Monday to Friday between 1 and 3 p.m.

The minimum training required is two hours per week, but many choose to complete much more.

“It is quite exciting, so we rarely have a problem with

the amount of time people are coming in,” Tomkinson said.

Each volunteer needs to be between 18 and 60 years old with some level of fitness, but no experience is neces-sary.

Nicola Valley residents have until Sept. 15 to submit their applications.

More information is avail-able on on the department’s website at www.merrittfir-erescue.com, and on their Facebook page “Merritt Fire Rescue.”

Applications can be picked up at the fire station at 1799 Nicola Ave, or on the website, prior to being printed and dropped off at the fire hall.


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Bears don’t differ-entiate between gar-bage cans on the curb or those in residents’ yards, City of Merritt Bear Aware students reported in a presenta-tion to council on Aug. 21.

Sarah Simon and Caitlin Grimshire, who spent the summer educating locals about water conservation and the Bear Aware pro-gram, said that during patrols they noticed that many residents waited until the morn-ing to put their garbage on the curb for pickup, but left bins in their

yards overnight.The students said

yards are not protected areas and encouraged residents to wait until the morning to put gar-bage outside to reduce bears attractants.

The goal of the Bear Aware program is to educate people in order to minimize the community impact on the bear population and to discourage the habituation of bears in the community.

In their presen-tation, Simon and Grimshire said bears need to consume over 10,000 calories per day and so it is neces-sary for communities to manage attractants

to prevent bears from seeing homes as sources of food.

To educate the com-munity, they tagged garbage cans left ouside overnight, went door to door to speak with residents, and compiled data about residents’ garbage can mainte-nance.

They found that problematic areas in Merritt included neighbourhoods near Canford Street, Coutlee Avenue and Clapperton Avenue, Fir and Walnut Avenue, and Spruce Street. In some of these areas over 60 homes out of 100 had left garbage cans outside.

By Jade SwartzbergTHE HERALD

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Bear students release fi ndings

Fire squad searches for new members

Merritt Fire Rescue Department volunteer Bill Morton has been with the crew for approximately 20 years. The unit is recruiting additional members who are between the ages of 18 and 60. Phillip Woolgar/Herald

‘There is a cama-raderie with be-ing a part of an

organization like ours...’

—MERRITT FIRE RESCUE

DEPARTMENT FIRE CHIEF

DAVE TOMKINSON

Five on-call paidpositions available


NICOLA VALLEY NEWS

When I grew up in our village, the lookout, which we called Skakelt, was used by young peo-ple, to gather and visit or even court one another. Courtship was a special time for young people. We did not have convert-ibles or fancy cars, but we did have open skies and our horses.

My dad Billy McLeod, he loved his horses; he and his friends would gather at the McRay corrals when their work was done. Then they would do stunts, like standing on their horses’ backs while the horses galloped at a fast pace. They were really good at this, too.

Then one day, my dad fell off his horse when he was doing his stunts. His friends were cheering him on, then they laughed, not at him, but at what happened.

They gave my dad a nickname after this incident, they called him Pow. His friends told him, “Billy, when you fell off your horse, we heard a loud ‘pow’ as you hit the dirt. So, from now on your name will be Pow.”

That name stuck with my dad, even today, people remember him as Pow. My son Bill has inherited his grandfa-ther’s nickname — now he is called, “Young Pow.”

My dad dressed well, too. In his young days, he always wore his Stetson, when he had his picture taken, he wore his black sheep wool chaps, buckskin gloves that were embroidered and his boots.

We used our horses to travel to the Douglas Lake Store, or with bug-gies and a team of hors-es. Sometimes my mom and I would ride horse-back through the back hills by Alfred Charters’

home, across the valleys to reach the Douglas Lake Store. On our way there, my mom told me stories, and taught me about the many herbs and flowers we would see on our ride. I loved this time with her. Our horse would gently walk, and sometimes it would stop and give its head a good shake to ward off the flies. I heard birds singing — blue birds flew by, and robbins waited for that elusive worm. The summer sun warmed our faces, and our bodies.

Then, on our way

home we would stop and visit Jenny, Alfred’s wife. She was the seamstress in our village. Jenny could make a dress to fit you, just from looking at an Eaton’s catalogue. She used that as her pattern. If she were alive today, I believe she would be famous for her work as a seamstress.

My mom would ask Jenny to sew several dresses for me. Jenny would take a piece of string and measure me; she could not read or write, so she marked my size by tying knots on the string. She made

my dresses just perfect.Today, I am amazed at the accuracy of her measurements — she had no paper or pencil, just her old string.

Jenny had an old treadle singer sewing machine in her living room.

Their house was a big house, which overlooked the lake. Her raspberry patch was huge. Jenny would say, “You go and have some raspberries, while your mom and I visit.”

I, of course, loved raspberries, so off I would go, and eat till my

tummy was so full.After the tea and visit,

we would get our horse and ride on home, in time to get supper ready for my dad. He would either be out in the hay fields or somewhere working.

My mom, Lizzette, my grandmother and other elderly women would be invited by the ranch manager Brian Chance, to take part during the slaughter at the barnyards. I remember going there with my mom, and dad sometimes. We would go behind the many

buildings, which housed the cowboys, called bunk houses. Then past the barns and, finally, we would arrive at the slaughter. People would be waiting. I could hear the cattle bellowing, as if in protest. The dust flew as they roamed around in the corral, as if saying, “We don’t want to die — let us live.”

This took place once a month, I think. The hired hands would kill several head of cows, which were used for their work crew at the cow

camps or the kitchen at the ranch.

When the hired hands were done, the women took over.

Older women would be given first place to pick and choose; there was more than enough meat for everyone there.

When my mom had her share, she would motion to my dad to bring our buggy closer so she could load her cache. Then we would travel home, on the old dirt road.

As always, in friendship.

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Anyone with any information on this crime or any others is asked to contact the Merritt RCMP at 378-4262 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

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Sometime between 2012-AUG-22 and 2012-AUG-26 unknown suspect(s) broke into a locked steel shed compound in Brookmere, BC. Several items were stolen which include; 4 x 30 lb propane cylinders, 2 x new Colorado pontoon boats and a Champion gas powered water pump (new and still in box).

Also stolen and what makes this theft unique was a hand made scaled down and fully functional propane powered locomotive and tender. This train is made to ride on 7.5 inch gauge track which is not common. This train is large enough for a grown adult to sit on the locomotive and control it. The entire unit is approximately 7 feet long and weighs nearly 500 lbs.

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Separating oil from manure

I was as surprised as anyone to hear about the plan by Black Press owner, David Black, to begin regulatory work on an oil refinery for Kitimat.

I’ll leave it to oth-ers to comment on the practicality of that plan, and whether it would make the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline proj-ect more acceptable to B.C.’s government and population. Black Press news coverage, columns, letters to the editor and other reader comments are not affected by this project, and there has been a range of views expressed already.

Whatever the merits of the refinery idea, it has advanced the debate over pipelines and the place of oil in our society. And that’s a good thing, because as someone with a basic knowledge of chemistry and some experience in oil refining, I have noticed a lot of igno-rance about the subject.

Today I’d like to address some of the

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main misconceptions, which have been exploited by some opponents. The first one is oil pollution in general and how it gets into the environment.

A global study by the Smithsonian Institution in 1995 calculated the amount of oil making its way into oceans this way: Big tanker spills accounted for 37 mil-lion gallons a year, about five per cent of the total marine oil pollution identified.

By far the largest source was oil runoff from land into drains, from oil changes,

municipal and indus-trial wastes and other sources: 363 million gallons. Bilge cleaning and other routine ship maintenance added 137 million gallons, four times the tanker spill average.

Air pollution from vehicles and industry deposited hydrocar-bon particles equal to another 97 million gallons; natural seeps added 62 million gal-lons; offshore drilling discharges accounted for 15 million gallons.

So that’s the first thing to understand. It’s not tankers and pipelines doing most of

the polluting. It’s you and me.

Then there is the propaganda about greenhouse gas emis-sions from the oilsands crude. Actor Robert Redford is one of the highest-profile pitch-men for the false notion that “tarsands” oil generates three times the greenhouse gases as conventional oil.

The facts are clear. The most widely cited source is a graph pre-pared by Cambridge Energy Research Associates, which shows that 75 per cent of greenhouse gases

from all types of crude occur when the gaso-line, jet fuel and diesel are burned by the end user.

Yes, there are varia-tions in emissions on the remaining quarter. Emissions from mined oil sands crude are slightly higher than steam extraction, which is slightly higher than conventionally drilled and pumped crude. The most greenhouse gas-intensive crude used in North America is California heavy crude, which is conven-tionally drilled.

Burning coal produces far more

greenhouse gases than oil, as University of Victoria climate scien-tist Andrew Weaver has calculated.

Two U.S. environ-mental groups, includ-ing the one fronted by Redford, have lately been promoting a study that suggests oilsands crude is more corrosive to pipelines. False, says the industry, showing analysis of pipes that have carried diluted bitumen for decades.

The Trans-Mountain pipeline has been carrying crude from Alberta to Burnaby and Washington state for

more than 60 years. It has periodically car-ried heavy crude for 40 years, and diluted bitu-men for 25 years.

Some of that crude is refined in Washington and the gasoline and diesel barged up to supply B.C. gas stations. And of course Vancouver Island, Haida Gwaii and all other B.C. islands depend on marine fuel shipments.

And let’s not forget the most common heavy oil used in B.C. It’s called asphalt.

Tom Fletcher is legisla-tive reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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Dear Editor:

Re: Steve Soames’ letter to editor Aug. 23:

I have the greatest of respect for educators and the fantastic job they do teaching students. I naively expected Steve Soames – an educator who likely makes an annual salary of $80,000* per year, plus a good pension plan and generous benefits – to make more informed commentary than the statements he made in ignorance of the facts.

First, an MLA’s annual sal-ary is $103,000 and not “in excess of $130,000” as Mr. Soames claims. The MLA’s re-imburseable travel, food and lodging expenses are similar to what teachers gets when they do Teachers’ Union or School Board business. Like most employees, when called upon to take on additional duties that take an MLA away from home and family (I am pres-

ently in the Deputy-Chair of a Select Standing Committee of the Legislature charged with revamping the MLAs’ Conflict-of-Interest Act) MLAs are paid an extra stipend.

Secondly, in the ongoing public roads issue involving the Douglas Lake Ranch, Mr. Soames’ involvement with my office amounts to a single meeting (March 19, 2010) as a ‘tag-along’ to one of the prom-inent figures in the dispute. Sadly, while others continued to meet and work with my office over the next two-and-a-half years, Mr. Soames’ went missing and only re-surfaced to make uninformed, baseless comments against myself and the NDP.

Thirdly, had Mr. Soames bothered to check with my office in those two-and-a-half years, he would have learned of the ongoing work and efforts of the MLA and staff. This is the same issue both my staff and I worked on for years

in the 1990s and again pres-ently on behalf of Mr. Rick McGowan and other citizens.

My former constituency assistant, Shirley Rhodes, who has recently taken retirement made countless phone calls, wrote letters and emails, and researched public road issues (including working with vari-ous land surveyors) in support of the citizens fighting for their rights. Mr. Soames might think a public war of words between the MLA and the cattle company and/or the provincial government might be in the best interests of the citizenry; however, he is again uninformed.

Fourthly, it may serve Mr. Soames well to check with those in the Merritt area who are members of the BC Wildlife Federation and become educated with the internal split within the BCWF that derailed the efforts of so many dozens of good people fighting for

public access to public roads within B.C. Late in the spring, there was a resolution before the BCWF’s annual conven-tion where members wanted to set up a legal fund from membership dues in order to fight the access issue in the courts, a case many BCWF members believe will go in favour of public access. The BC Liberals, in conjunction with their surrogates (i.e., card-carrying BC Liberals and/or die-hard BC Liberal support-ers) on the BCWF Board of Directors, worked behind the scenes for months in advance and helped to defeat the reso-lution at the convention that would have hiked members’ annual dues by $2 per year and raised thousands of dol-lars to fight the BC Liberal Government in court.

Fifthly, it is no accident that those very same Liberal surrogates in the BCWF, wanting to deflect the heat off Christy Clark’s Liberal

government, are behind the recent spate of misleading let-ters to the editor. Mr. Soames is an educator, and the public expects its educators to be a bit more informed. However, in his misdirected efforts, Mr. Soames has become an unwit-ting and uninformed victim of a co-ordinated BC Liberal letter-writing campaign against the local MLA and the NDP aimed at deflecting from the real issue – that of BC Liberal favouritism against citizens for public access to public roads. Congratulations, and welcome to Political Science 101, Mr. Soames.

I hope Steve Soames is a better informed teacher than he is a political commentator.

Harry S. Lali, MLAFraser-Nicola

*Editor’s Note: Lali based this figure on the average provincial sal-ary of a teacher who has been teach-ing for more than 10 years.

Public war of words not in citizenry’s best interest

TRIBAL CELEBRATION A pair of teepees went up outside the Nicola Tribal Association build-ing on Aug. 15 when the Scw’exmx Community Health Services Society lauched new food and field guides for the First Nations community at a local celebration. Jade Swartzberg/Herald

Dear Editor:

Kids today! Well, let me take a moment and tell you about a kid today who lives here in Merritt. My husband and I have started tak-ing our five-year-old son to the skate-board park where it turns out he loves to ride his bike. The training wheels came off last month and he’s quickly become a little roadster.

On this particular day my son was zipping up and down the ramps while we looked on as proud parents and there were two other boys there (about 12) practicing their skills on their scooters. Before you knew it my son was attempting a big ramp and didn’t have the speed and slid back down, tumbling off his bike and crack-ing his head hard on the pavement. Regardless of his helmet we could see it was going to hurt. We jumped up to go help our son and before us two frantic parents could reach him one of the 12-year-olds was already there

by his side. This young man doesn’t know us

or our son and without a moments hesitation was there offering his help. He also made a point of coming up to us before he left to ask if our son was going to be OK. We thanked him for his concern and assured him Ryland would be fine.

I remember turning to my hus-band after this boy had left and said how proud I would be if our son turns out to have the compassion, empathy and concern that this boy showed us and our son. We had no idea who this young man was, but this is Merritt and it was easy to do a smidge of detective work to find out. Christian McGowan, thank you for your small gesture of kindness that day. It speaks volumes to your character and I am inspired by your kindness. Thank you.

Misty, Randy and Ryland Sheldon

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Close to 50 eager, young equestrian rid-ers between the ages of 10 -20, and from throughout the province, gathered last week at the Dot Ranch, 30 km west of Merritt, for the 4th Annual BC Young Riders Camp.

Host and principal organizer Lynne Larsen, who owns the Dot Ranch along with her husband Jens, states that this year’s registration numbers were the largest in the camp’s history.

“We had to borrow panels from our neigh-bors in order to build enough stalls to accom-modate everybody,” she stated.

Larsen’s passion for working at the grass roots level of her sport is evi-dent in every conversa-tion with her.

“Working with young riders is like playing with putty. They are so ready and willing to be shaped, and trained right.

“That’s the purpose of this camp,” Larsen added. “We want to get riders when they’re young and just beginning, and provide them with the best instruction pos-sible.”

True to her word, Larsen assembled a stellar cast of coaches

for this year’s three-day camp that included les-sons in dressage, cross-country, steeplechase and show jumping.

Headlining the coach-ing team was 35-year-old Hawley Bennett-Awad, a recent member of Canada’s three-day eventing team at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, England.

Bennett-Awad, who was born and raised in Langley, but now calls California home, also competed for Canada at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, the 2010 World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Kentucky and the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Also coaching at the camp was Nick Holmes-Smith from Chase, who competed for Canada at both the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea and the 1992 Games in Barcelona, Spain.

Completing the coaching team was Maeve Drew from Duncan, one of the busi-est and most respected riding instructors on Vancouver Island and in the province.

“It’s all about muscle memory,” said Larsen, who instructed at a few of the sessions when she wasn’t busy organizing things. “Instincts [in rid-

ing] come from habits which come from good practice.”

One of those in atten-dance at the Youg Riders camp was 16-year-old Darian Beaumier from Surrey. He’s only been eventing for two years, but has already competed throughout his home province and even in Montana and California.

“I’m loving it,” Beaumier readily declared when asked how camp was going. He had just finished a steeple-chase session with infor-mative and entertaining Holmes-Smith in a large open meadow located west of the home ranch.

Darian’s mother, Debbie, was equally pleased.

“The facilities and the coaches are amaz-ing. The instruction is so crystal clear, and I’d just love to have a place like this [the Dot Ranch].Everything’s so beauti-ful.”

Over at the show jumping ring, 17-year-old Jenaya Young, from Cobble Hill, and two other riders were being put through their paces by Bennett-Awad. The instructor’s steady stream of feedback was crisp, concise, and uncondition-ally positive.

“For years, I was sort of puttering around - tak-ing lessons, doing 4H,

competing at local fairs,” said Young of her early riding career. “Then, in 2009, our family went on vacation to England and we watched the Barbury Horse Trials [a three-day event]. Both my sister and I said, ‘Mom, this is what we want to do’.”

At yeat another venue - the cross-country field - an ever-enthusiastic Drew was helping a group of four really young rid-ers and their horses get comfortable entering and exiting a water jump.

The Vancouver Island coach consistently re-inforced what she called ‘Maeve’s 5 Rules’ with her young charges: direc-tion, pace, rhthym, bal-ance and timing.

““She cares so much for the riders and works so hard,” stated Lorna Humberstone, whose daughter, Taylor, was one of those under Drew’s tutelage.

Larsen conceded that organizing the three-day Young Riders Camp each year is a major undertaking as just about all the participants and their sizeable entourages stay on site for the dura-tion.

Larsen and a large contingent of her camp-ers were scheduled to compete at the Island 22 Horse Trials outside Chilliwack this past week-end.

B.C. Young Riders invade the Nicola Valley

Hawley Bennett-Awad: hoping to be back in the saddle soonIt’s been almost exactly a

month since Canada’s Hawley Bennett-Awad was thrown violently from her horse Gin & Juice during the cross-country phase of the three-day event competition at the Summer Olympic Games in London, England.

The fall was so serious that Bennett-Awad suffered a con-cussion and a fractured sacral bone in her pelvis, and had to be taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital. Needless to say, Bennett-Awad’s Olympics were over.

“It certainly didn’t go the way that I had planned. I am

a very competitive person, so I was hugely disappointed at the time,” stated Bennett-Awad in an interview this past week at the Dot Ranch, 30 km west of Merritt, where she was instruct-ing at a BC Young Riders Camp.

Making the accident and subsequent injuries all the harder to accept was the fact that Bennett-Awad had achieved her best dressage score ever in international com-petition the day before, and was sitting a solid 31st. overall in the standings going into the final two phases of the compe-tition.

It is a testimony to Bennett-Awad’s courage and loyalty to her sport that she honored the commitment she made many months ago to come and coach at the three-day camp at Lynne and Jens Larsen’s Dot Ranch facility this past week.

“There was no way I was going to miss it,” Bennett-Awad said. “I love doing it. It’s so important in the development of our future Olympians.”

Having grown up in Lang-ley, Bennett-Awad knows how important good instruction was to her own development and later success.

“I was greatly influenced by

Pam Arthur, an instructor in the Lower Mainland. To this day, I still go to her for advice and guidance.”

Bennett-Awad hopes to get the medical clearance this week to begin riding again herself. She’s got no fewer than five horses in training back home in Temecula, California, and competitions planned for as early as October.

Bennett-Awad has every intention of vying for a spot on Canada’s Olympic team for 2016. Understandably, she feels that she has some rather important unfinished business to attend to.

(Above) Allison Lagan, 16, from Victoria takes her five-year-old Hungarian thoroughbred “Tamarack” over a fence during a show jumping session. (Below) Sierra Hincks, 10, from Roberts Creek and “Daisy”, a 14-year-old Arabian-Quarterhorse-Bashire Curly, are introduced to water by coach Maeve Drew from Duncan on Vancouver Island. Ian Webster/Herald

Canada’s Hawley Bennett-Awad on board her 12-year-old American thoroughbred mare Gin & Juice during the dres-sage competition at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, England. Alex Livesey/Getty Images Europe

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ARIES - Balance and harmony will reign supreme this week. If there is

something you have been meaning to change, now is the time to get it done.

TAURUS - Intentions can be lost when communication is not effective,

Taurus. So don’t expect someone to understand simply by your actions alone. Explain yourself along the way.

GEMINI - Sometimes you give off the impres-sion that every-

thing is going well, even when it is not. Hiding your emotions works sometimes, but this week find another strategy.

CANCER - Most of the time you seem slow and steady. But every once in a

while you show some pas-sion that others may not expect from you. These sudden bursts are human.

LEO - You can’t change the path the stars have set in your place even

if you want to. It’s best to simply accept the cards and make the most of them.

VIRGO - Speak up if you are not satis-fied with your rela-tionship. Now is the time to set things

straight and make your voice heard. The other person will be receptive.

LIBRA - You are ready to change careers or travel for a change of pace. This could

be the ideal time to make your move because there isn’t anything pressing going on.

SCORPIO - Your surroundings may try your patience this week. Rise

above any potential confrontations, and you will come out looking and feeling better because of it.

SAGITTARIUS - You may be misun-derstood all day, but that won’t put

a damper on your good mood, Sagittarius. Let oth-ers think what they want to think and simply carry on.

CAPRICORN - Capricorn, a new person in your life will become a close friend for

a long time. This person will have the qualities you need the most right now, and friendship will be easy.

AQUARIUS - You’re feeling like it’s time to take mat-ters into your own

hands, Aquarius. Don’t put off your happiness any longer. It’s too important to push aside.

PISCES - This is the perfect time to address the ques-tions that have been on your

mind, Pisces. If you’ve been fretting over some-thing, work it out.

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➣ Most spiders belong to the orb weaver spider family, Family Aranidae. This is pronounced "A Rainy Day."

➣ The Mongol emperor Genghis Khan's original name was Temujin.

➣ Genghis Khan started out l ife as a goatherd.

➣ The type specimen for the human species is the skull of Edward Drinker Cope, an American paleontologist of the late 1800's. A type specimen is used in paleontology as the best example of that species.

QUILTERS GUILD The N.V. Quilters Guild will be having their first meeting on Thursday, Sept. 6 at 5:30 pm in the Civic Centre. They will be having a potluck supper and a guest presentation. For more infor-mation call Wanda at 250-378-4172

RESCHEDULED FUND-RAISING DINNER AND DANCE“Chili Dog Boogie” featuring entertainment by

‘The HooDoos’ at the Lower Nicola Hall. New date is Saturday, September 8th.

Door prizes, 50/50 draw, cash bar, custom t-shirt art and much more.

Tickets are available at Merritt Veterinary Hospital, Nicola Valley Veterinary Clinic and Purity Feeds. Must be at least 19 years old. For more information 250-315-2495 or 250-315-0167.

WOMEN IN BUSINESS Every second Wednesday, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., “Merritt’s Women in Business”, an informal net-work for entrepreneurial-minded women, meet at the Merritt Desert Inn. Sept. 12, Dalyce Brandt, (Sharp Image Consulting), “Mid-Life Reboot- Women Fully Living their Act III”. RSVP by emailing: [email protected] or call 250-378-5634.

NAVY CADETS Recruiting Nite-Navy Cadets on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 6 - 8 p.m. Coffee and donuts to be served. Please call Michelle Fox for more informa-tion 250-378-1505.

NV THERAPY GARAGE SALE FUNDRAISER Saturday, Sept. 8 at 1520 Bann St. from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.NV THERAPY ‘BARON OF BEEF’ FUNDRAISER Dinner with silent auction and loonie auction at Lower Nicola Community Hall on Saturday, Sept. 29. Doors open at 5 p.m. dinner at 6 p.m. Tickets available through any NFT staff or board member or by calling 378-9222.

TERRY FOX RUN 2012 31st Annual Terry Fox Run will be on Sunday, Sept. 16 at Voght Park at 10 a.m. Pledge sheets on-line. Sponsored by The Rotary Club of Merritt Sunrise.

BC COACHES WEEK Sept. 15-22, 2012. Merritt events include a Coaches Social (potluck, meet and greet, and guest speakers) at the Civic Centre on Thurs., Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. Contact Colleen Mullin at 315-1075 for info. on workshops.

NICOLA VALLEY FILM SOCIETY Monday, Sept. 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the NVIT Lecture Theatre Showing “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen”, rated: PG. Call 378-3974 for more info.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR On Saturday, Sept. 15 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. the 2nd annual Health and Wellness Fair will be held on the Baillie House grounds. It’s a free event featuring health and wellness practitioners and services showcased. Come and see what our community has to offer. If you would like to be part of the fair con-tact Sharyl Johnson 250-378-5385 or Maryann Bowles 250-378-0828.

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Travel

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Employment

Business Opportunities

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Caretakers/Residential Managers

LIVE-IN Manager for Self Storage Warehouse in South Surrey. Couple preferred. Generous salary plus two bdrm apartment. Send re-sumes and cover letter to: [email protected]

Education/Trade Schools

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Employment

Help Wanted

P/T AdministrativeAssistant Req’d.

The successful candidate would be a reliable self-starter who takes pride in their work, and thrives with-in a team environment.

• Accounts Payable• Reception Duties• Database entry

Prior experience is not necessary.

Training provided.

Please send resume to:[email protected]

or apply

in person.

Tuesday thru Saturday

Forestry Hooktender/Spotter Required. Prefer experience but will to train. Must be physi-cally fi t, able to work all weath-er conditions.Fax:250-503-1148

Employment

Help Wanted

F/T Automotive Detailer Req’d

Please send resume to:[email protected]

or applyin person.

• Attention to detail• Customer service oriented• Team player

No Experience Necessary

Employment

Help WantedYaki Joes is looking for

EXPERIENCEDKITCHEN HELP

• Full & part-time positions.

• Must be able to work evenings & weekends.• Food Safe an asset.

Please drop off your resume at Yaki Joes, 2190 Voght Street.

An Alberta Construction Com-pany is hiring Dozer and Exca-vator Operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilfi eld road and lease construction. Lodg-ing and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Con-struction at 780-723-5051.

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Employment

Help WantedFront Offi ce Clerk req’d. Sal: $13.00/hr. 40hrs/wk. 1yr. exp. req’d. Duties; Maintain inven-tory of vacancies, reservations & room assignments. Record sheets, guest accounts, receipts and vouchers. Regis-ter guests and assign rooms. Respond to enquiries and complaints. Issue statements of charges and receive payments. Language: English. Contact Hero from Vinayak Investments (Motel) at Merritt, BC. Apply at knightsinnmerritt @shaw.ca or by fax (1)(250) 378-9277

Required for an Alberta Truck-ing Company. One Class 1 Driver. Must have a minimum of 5 years experience pulling low boys and driving off road. Candidate must be able to pass a drug test and be willing to relocate to Edson, Alberta. Fax resumes to: 780-725-4430

Employment

Help WantedSUTCO Contracting Ltd. has 1opening in our Chip Div. Thisposition is based out of Chilli-wack, with shift starts avail. inMerritt. If you are looking forstable long term employment,with benefi ts, pension plan,great equipment, excellent re-muneration in a safe work en-vironment, then we would liketo hear from you. We require amin. 2 yrs. mountain drivingexperience with Super B. Ph.; 1-888-357-2612 Ext 230 Fax:1-250-357-2009 or check us out online www.sutco.ca

Trades, TechnicalALBERTA BASED Companylooking for qualifi ed & experi-enced: Equipment Operators, Mulcher, Feller Buncher &Processor Operators. Out of town & camp work. Safety tickets & drivers abstract re-quired. Email resume:[email protected] 780-488-3002.

CERTIFIED ELECTRICIANSwanted for growing northerncompany. Competitive wagesand benefi ts. Safety ticketsneeded. Fax 250-775-6227 oremail: [email protected]

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Employment

Trades, TechnicalCERTIFIED MILLWRIGHTS needed for growing northern company. Competitive wages and benefi ts. Safety tickets necessary. Fax resume to 250-775-6227 or email: [email protected]

• DRILLERS • BLASTERS• POWDERMEN

• CONCRETE LABOURERS

VK MASON Local Union Underground Contractor is seeking experienced labor for remote camp job near Kitimat. Looking to hire immediately!

Please contact AshleyHalden at 778-724-2500

or [email protected]

• Heavy Duty Mechanics• Automotive Mechanics

or • Millwrights(engine exp. an asset)

The successful candidate will be operating a service vehicle in Fox Creek, North-ern Alberta. Must be willing to work overtime. Exp. in natural gas compression is an asset. The successful candidate is not required to reside in Fox Creek, shift work negotiable.

We Offer Top Competitive Wages, Benefi t Plan &Performance Bonuses.

E-mail resume to: jobs@ advantage-engine.ca

or fax to: (1)780-622-4409

QUALITY CONTROL Person experienced with Piping and Structural Welding needed for a growing northern company. Competitive wages & benefi ts. Please email resume to: [email protected] 250-775-6227 or apply online: www.torqueindustrial.com

Volunteers

The British Columbia Press Council

is seeking three persons to serve as public directors on its 11-member Board of Di-rectors. Public Directors serve two-year terms and are eligible to serve four terms. A nominal per diem is paid for meetings. Candi-dates should have a record of community involvement and an interest in print and online media issues. Appli-cations together with names of two references and tele-phone numbers should be submitted by Sept. 30, 2012, to:

The B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby, Nanaimo, B.C.,

V9R 2R2. See www.bcpresscouncil.org

for information about the Press Council.

Services

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Services

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Painting & Decorating

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Merchandise for Sale

Misc. for SaleSAWMILLS FROM only $3997. Make money & save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info and DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com /400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

Misc. WantedPrivate Coin Collector BuyingCollections, Silver Coins etc.Available now: 250-863-3082

Real Estate

Apt/Condos for Sale

For Sale By OwnerTired of high taxes? Beautiful 1 acre property 10 min. out-side of Merritt, 2 bedroom mo-bile with well and septic. Prop-erty taxes $350/yr. $189,900. 604-533-9133

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent

NICOLA APARTMENTS

Under new management.

• Bus stop

• 1 bedroom starting @ $500/month

• 2 bedrooms starting @ $600/month

250-378-9880

MOVE IN BONUS!

KENGARDMANOR

Ask about move-in incentives For appointment call

Ph: 250-378-5614

Spacious 1 & 2bedroom apartments.

F/S, heat and hotwater included.

Newly renovated apartments available on Blair St. 1 bd from $650, 2 bd from $700. (604) 732-0426.

Homes for RentHOUSE for Rent - 5 BR, 2 Bath home on the Bench, lg. yard, lg. fam. rm., F/S/W/D, n/s, pets ok, available Oct. 1, $1500 + utilities, call 250-378-9840

Suites, Lower1 & 2 bdrm suites for rent. Avail immed. N/S, N/P, $700/2 bdrm, $550/1 bdrm. 250-378-0973

2 bdrm basement suite. Available Sept. 1. $800/mon. util. included. 250-378-6295

Suites, Upper4 room home w/bsmt suite, carpet & hardwood fl , w/d, all appl., 2 baths, newly renovat-ed. $950, incl utilities, ref req. n/s. 250-280-1268, 250-378-5759

Townhouses3 bdrm, 1 1/2 bath townhouse $920/mon incl. gas. Quiet re-sponsible tenants. 250-682-0844

Transportation

Auto Financing

Transportation

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A single unspayedcat can produce470,000 offspringin just sevenyears. Sadly,most of them end

up abandoned at BC SPCA shelters orcondemned to a grim life on thestreets. Be responsible - don’t litter.

Sex and the Kitty

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2025 Coutlee Avenue, Merritt Phone: 250-378-2332

123 456 789

MAIN LOCATION & CLEARANCE CENTRE HOURS: Monday - Saturday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Closed Sundays

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Merritt Herald, September 04, 2012

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