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A FIGHTING CHANCE Kevin Lindquist (left) takes one on the cheek from Matthew Wigglesworth, who dodges a punch coming his way at the Unified Combat League 19 event held in Merritt on Saturday at the rodeo grounds. Lindquist went on to win the match by a knockout. Michael Potestio/Herald

Murdoch resigns from city councilSeat to be vacated Oct. 31

Merritt city councillor Alastair Murdoch is resigning from council effective Oct. 31.

Murdoch has been living in Kamloops part-time since May of 2012 and recently sent an email to the mayor and council informing them of his resignation.

Murdoch told the Herald he believes it’s fair to the vot-ers to have a councillor who lives in Merritt as opposed to one who commutes once a week, as he has for the past three months.

He also said he doesn’t desire to be on council any-more.

“Not desperately, no. It’s fairly frustrating being on council these days,” Murdoch said.

City of Merritt Deputy Clerk and Human Resources Manager Carole Fraser said Murdoch didn’t have to resign, as under the Local Government Act, a council-lor does not need to reside in the community in which he or she is an elected official.

“He didn’t have to resign,” Fraser said. “There’s no legislation that says that because he has moved out of the community he had to resign.”

Fraser said according to the Local Government Act, had Murdoch remained on

council until Jan. 2, 2014, council could have opted to not hold a byelection.

Under the act, a byelec-tion isn’t necessary if the vacancy occurs after Jan. 1 of the election year, the vacancy is not in an office elected on the basis of a neighbourhood constituency and the number of remain-ing councillors is at least one greater than the quorum.

Murdoch said he was aware of that, but didn’t decide to stay on longer because he believes council needs a full set of councillors.

Murdoch told the Herald he was hoping to have a bye-lection in place prior to his leaving.

Fraser said a byelection cannot be held until a coun-cillor submits his or her offi-cial written resignation.

“You cannot wait until you have a replacement before you leave and a byelection cannot be called unless there’s been a resigna-tion received,” Fraser said.

Murdoch said he doesn’t necessarily think Fraser is wrong, but not being able to have a byelection prior to his resignation seems “weird” to him.

“It doesn’t matter when I would’ve resigned, there would’ve been a period of time in which there would’ve been a vacancy on council,” Murdoch said.

“That seems very strange

that that’s the only choice,” Murdoch said.

Fraser said the process for a byelection involves the creation of a bylaw for the byelection, a report to council appointing a Chief Election Officer and a Deputy Chief Election Officer.

“The byelection must be held within 80 days of the appointment of that officer,” Fraser said.

Fraser said the bylaw is also required to be adopted six weeks before the first day of the nomination period for the election.

Fraser said it’s unlikely the byelection will occur this year.

“I don’t know that I can get a byelection organized for November,” she said.

A byelection typically costs the city about $10,000, she said.

Murdoch said in May 2012 he bought his new practice, McIntyre Murdoch, in Kamloops. For the next year, he spent half the week living in Kamloops and the other half in Merritt until Carrie Ware bought his Merritt practice in May 2013.

Murdoch said he began living full-time in Kamloops on May 15 of this year when he bought a home there, and began commuting less and less to Merritt, about once a week.

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The City of Merritt’s new economic develop-ment manager, Jerry Sucharyna, is settling in to his new job.

Sucharyna said he’s excited about the poten-tial he sees in Merritt with the BC Hydro expansion of electricity coming to town.

Given the added electrical power com-ing from BC Hydro and the Merritt Green Energy Project, Sucharyna said he sees a greater predominance for manufacturing in Merritt, especially given Merritt’s central loca-tion to the Okanagan and Lower Mainland.

“We’re centrally located and we can do a lot, and with the new power coming on I see a very strong influx of workers coming in and a positive push into the financial part of the community as well as the spinoffs from that, so growth all around,” Sucharyna said.

Sucharyna said the next six months on the job will be critical as he plans to build relation-ships with businesses, non-profit organiza-tions and the people of Merritt.

“I want to know the community from the position of the busi-ness and economic development manager,” Sucharyna said.

“I want to know what the needs are, what the business is looking for, what non-profit groups’ interests are, how we can work together, build bridges and forge new partner-ships.”

Sucharyna said he’s been visiting Merritt for the past four years and described it as “a vibrant community” with a “positive energy in it.”

Sucharyna, a father of two, comes to Merritt from Lillooet where he was manager of economic develop-ment since 2007.

He told the Herald he wanted to come to Merritt because it has more to offer and more resources in the school

system, in addition to being a larger city than where he came from.

“We’ve got friends and I’ve got some fam-ily here and so it’s going to be our home,” Sucharyna said.

He said he’s lived in B.C. for the past 17 years but originally hails from Ontario.

Sucharyna said he’s been working in eco-nomic development for the past 15 years.

Sucharyna said he has also worked for First Nations groups — including as an economic and business development officer for the Burns Lake

Native Development Corporation — and has worked for both non-profit and for-profit organizations.

For 13 years, he also ran his own construc-tion business.

“I’ve always had a strong pull toward entrepreneurship and toward small business and seeing the benefit that those businesses have in the commu-nity,” Sucharyna said, adding small business people have a vested interest in the commu-nity.

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From the Herald archives: September, 1934

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Cattle theft case before county court

As we go to press, a cattle-stealing case of consider-able importance is before His Honor Judge J.D. Swanson in County Court. Joseph A. Quenville is the defendant, M. L. Grimmett, bar-rister, is prosecuting for the Crown. O.W. Black, barrister, of Kamloops, is counsel for the defence.

Joseph Quenville, rancher, of Mamette Lake, was charged with stealing a year-ling heifer branded VS on the left hip, the property of Bar-ney Ransome, at Mamette Lake.

The beast was slaughtered at the Joseph Quenville ranch on Aug. 13 last. During an investigation by the police, the defendant told Corporal Smith he bought the animal from Tommy Peters in May for $10.

Later, he said the beef got into his cor-ral and got its head twisted in the fence, that he cut its throat, that it belonged to Barney Ransome and that he intended to go down and tell him about it.

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Food bank prepares for overdriveIn the month leading up

to Thanksgiving, support is rolling in for the food bank.

This weekend, the orga-nization will be the benefi-ciary of three food drives: one put on by the Merritt Stock Car Association, one between the Merritt Centen-nials and Murray GM, and local volunteers will round up donations for the B.C. Thanksgiving Food Drive.

Food bank manager Mar-lene Fenton said it’s good to see donations pick up around this time of year as the organization prepares for its busy holiday season that starts mid-October.

“For other groups to take on an initiative like this... we really appreciate it,” Fenton said.

The food drives are all

meant to collect non-per-ishable food items, which the food bank can store and stockpile to give throughout its busy season.

“A food drive is meant to fill the cupboards with stuff that we can hand out long-term. You do need to spread that out,” Fenton said, adding stocked shelves free up money in the food bank’s budget for other things, such as fresh pro-duce. She said the food bank is in need of pasta, pasta sauce, and meal-in-a-can type foods (such as ravioli) right now.

This will be the B.C. Thanksgiving Food Drive’s third year in Merritt and fourth overall in the prov-ince. Started by the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, this non-denominational drive oper-ates in over 50 communities

throughout B.C.Last year in Merritt, 16

volunteers collected about 1,200 pounds of food for the food bank from 700 addresses.

This year, about two dozen volunteers are hoping to hit about 1,000 addresses and increase their donations by 25 per cent, food drive co-ordinator and commit-tee chairperson Rick Yel-lowhorn said.

“We’d love to blow that number out of the water this year, but if not, get as close as we can,” he said. “That’s the great thing

about it — regardless of what you do, you’re still helping.”

The volunteers began hanging bags on doors of Merritt and area homes on Monday and will continue until Thursday before they return on Saturday morning to begin collecting them at 9 a.m.

Garry Rayner, minister at the local Mormon church and co-organizer of the Thanksgiving Food Drive, said the idea is to make the giving process easy for those who have or can get some food to spare.

“They don’t have to leave the house at all,” he said.

Yellowhorn said securing food for locals in need can pay big dividends down the line.

“Ultimately, there are so many children who benefit or potentially could benefit and that’s really where it can have a huge impact,” he said. “It’s pretty tough to learn on an empty stomach. To me, that’s really what it’s about.”

The food bank will also be the main beneficiary of the annual Merritt Motorcy-cle Toy Run, which provides donated items for the food bank’s Christmas hamper program. That program kicks off in early November, as does the Winter Outer-wear Program. Fenton said the food bank is seeking volunteers to help with both programs.

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— FOOD DRIVE CO-ORDINATOR RICK YELLOWHORN

“Up until the end of August, I was probably still in Merritt one or two days a week,” he said, noting he con-tinued living in his townhouse, which he is now renting.

Murdoch said he didn’t resign earlier — when he began living and working in Kamloops on a more permanent basis at the end of May — because he felt comfortable com-muting for council meetings.

It then became a matter of decid-ing when a logical time to resign would be, he said.

Murdoch said he will attend the next four regular council meetings before his resignation takes effect at the end of October.

Murdoch said he chose to move because he wanted to live in a bigger city.

“It’s been a really good experience, but at the end of the day I had to face the fact that I’m really more of a big town guy than a small town guy,” Murdoch said.

Murdoch said he missed cultural things such as theatre, symphony and dance that come with a larger city and that he couldn’t get in Merritt.

“Merritt does its best to do it and I certainly was a big supporter of the community arts council and stuff that they did, but that’s only four times a year,” Murdoch said.

Murdoch said he has no regrets about his time in Merritt.

“I got really involved in the com-munity, which I think would be hard-er to do in a larger community than in a small one,” Murdoch said.

Murdoch said he probably wouldn’t have got to be a city council-lor in a larger city.

Fraser and Murdoch did not have any discussion regarding his resigna-tion.

This is the second Merritt council-lor to resign in the past two years. Coun. Norm Brigden resigned in May of 2012, which led to a byelec-tion five months later when Kurt Christopherson was elected to coun-cil.

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INSPECTING INSULATORS Insulator collectors and curious onlookers alike turned out to Bob Scafe’s annual insulator show and sale over the weekend. Collectors from England and all around North America came to buy, sell and compare their wares. Emily Wessel/Herald

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COMBUSTIBLE CARAVAN

City of Merritt Fire Prevention Officer Sky McKeown investigates what could have caused this van to catch fire on Highway 5A on Friday afternoon. The driver pulled over after notic-ing flames shooting out the rear passenger side, and sought shelter in the nearby Boston Pizza. All occupants of the vehicle made it out safely and nobody was injured in the blaze. Emergency crews had the scene cleared in about an hour.

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Fewer forest fi res in sunny summerB.C. has emerged

from one of its sunnier summers in recent years with a below-average number of forest fires.

As of Sept. 1, the B.C. government’s wild-fire management branch record 1,687 reported wildfires for the season, compared to an aver-age year of nearly 2,000 fires. This year’s fires burned a total of 11,434 hectares, far less than the average damage of more than 130,000 hectares.

Wet weather returned with school to large parts of the province after a sunny summer that saw several dry-weather records set. For the first time since records were kept, Vancouver airport

recorded no rain for the entire month of July.

The number of reported fires so far this year is slightly higher than the total for last year, but the total area burned in 2012 was nearly 10 times greater. The province spent $133 million on firefighting last year, a total that should be much lower when the bills are added up for 2013.

Open burning remains banned for the Southeast Fire Centre region until as late as Sept. 20. Campfire bans were lifted Aug. 26 for the Kamloops and Coastal Fire Cen-tre regions, and earlier in the month for the Northwest, Cariboo and Prince George regions as dry conditions were

relieved.Despite public infor-

mation campaigns and open burning restric-tions, provincial statistics continue to show about 40 per cent of wildfires are human caused, with most of the rest sparked by lightning.

The relatively quiet fire season allowed B.C. to send crews to help battle wildfires in Wash-ington, Montana and Idaho during August.

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Coroners Service identifi es driver killed in crash near Logan Lake

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died following a motor vehicle incident near Logan Lake on Saturday, Aug. 31.

He was Courtney Ryan Philipow, 37, from Campbell River.

Philipow was the driver and sole occupant of a U-Haul moving van that struck the rear of a slow-moving semi-trailer in the northbound slow lane of the Coquihalla Highway about seven kilometres south of the Logan Lake exit at about 3:40 p.m. on Saturday.

Philipow was deceased at the scene.

Const. Tim Lyons of the Merritt RCMP said the cab of Philipow’s vehicle completely folded in on him and the vehicle landed in a ditch.

He said the cab was crushed either on impact with the semi-truck or when his

vehicle went into the ditch, still travelling at a fair rate of speed, Lyons said.

“I don’t think anybody could have survived that,” Lyons said.

Lyons said alcohol is not suspected to be a factor in this crash nor was speed, as neither of the vehicles were travelling over the speed limit.

Lyons said he believes the angle at which the crash occurred caused the cab of the U-Haul to collapse.

RCMP suspect Philipow was distracted at the time he hit the back of the semi-trailer, Lyons said.

He said the RCMP are looking to ascertain there were no mechanical issues with the U-Haul.

The BC Coroners Service and RCMP continue to investigate this death.

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Entrepreneurship potential in city’s youth

Sucharyna said he also puts an emphasis on youth entrepreneurship as well.

“I see the kid that’s pushing a lawnmower could be running the next landscaping business or the kid that’s selling lemonade at the side of the street could be all of a sudden the next web guru who’s selling online, so we [should] never underestimate the power of the youth and the influence that we have on them,” Sucharyna said.

Sucharyna said

he wants to be a part of this city’s growth and would like to see Merritt become better-known.

“I’m very passionate about working hard and making the best of a situation and [I] want to be a part of the team,” Sucharyna said. “The staff and the management of Merritt, the city and the council, are very proactive and I look forward to working with all of them, because they’re all so passionate about their jobs, their community and the growth and the potential of Merritt.”

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No, this isn’t about an economic crisis in England. It’s today’s Weird Journalism story, brought to you by an odd report from a journalist in England.

For one Daily Telegraph reporter in London, that duty meant investigating the phenomenon of the intense glare coming off a 37-storey building in the city’s finan-cial district, known as the Walkie Talkie.

The concave south-facing wall of the building is covered in windows, and acts as, for all intents and purposes, a giant magnifying glass for the rays of sunshine that occasionally find their way through cloudy London skies.

So this reporter takes to the street for his assignment to fry an egg using the heat glaring from the building.

As he reports, he doubted this task’s plausibility on a cloudy September day.

Alas, when the sun did peek through, the ray wasn’t just hot enough to fry the egg.

It started to fry the hairs atop his very head.

The reporter sought shel-ter and shade from the death ray after smelling the singe of hair follicles and realizing they belonged to him.

While the reporter’s hairs were admittedly thinning

(ahem), this beam of light is so intense that it’s causing all sorts of weird problems for people who work in the area.

One fellow reported the heat coming off the build-ing fried his Jaguar, warping panels and bubbling up the surface of the sleek (and pricey) vehicle.

Nearby shop owners who have to contend with the high heat and blinding light are having their car-pets singed, plastic products warped and melted, and are finding their furniture smok-ing.

Imagine how stressful it must be to run a shop in those conditions, having to literally put out fires in your workplace.

But while it’s a shop owner’s (and expensive car owner’s) nightmare, it’s a super-villain’s dream. Imagine, a huge ray that

can channel light into such an intense beam that it can singe unsuspecting citizens like ants under a gigantic magnifying glass.

Authorities have since closed the parking lots that lie in the destructive beam of light’s path and the build-ing’s developers are working on a solution, although they suspect the problem will be temporary and seasonal as the glass cladding has been on the building for months and only in the past few days has been causing problems. The solution is expected to be awnings.

This just seems like a glaring oversight (sorry, I couldn’t resist) in the build-ing’s design.

But it gave at least one reporter an interesting story (albeit by stealing some of his precious hair) and it gave one editor in southern B.C. a pretty good laugh.

HERALD OPINION

Curing a community cash crunch

VICTORIA – Local politicians from across B.C. are in Vancouver Sept. 16 to 20 to take part in the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities convention.

There will be trivia reported as news, such as the cost of hotels. Sug-gestions to license mobil-ity scooters or lower speed limits to 40 km/h, dreamed up in Vancou-ver Island retirement locales, will be rejected by delegates from the rest of the province.

Serious discussion will revolve around a report by a UBCM executive committee to reshape the financial relationship between the province and local governments. If this proposal gets the support it deserves, Premier Christy Clark’s government will be asked to undo a couple of decades of political meddling in that rela-tionship.

One problem for local governments is that they depend on property tax, a stable source of revenue but one that has no relationship to the property owner’s ability to pay. It tends to load costs onto lower-income groups such as seniors and renters.

Economic growth results mainly in increased corporate and personal income tax revenues as well as sales taxes, which aren’t shared with local gov-ernments.

One key proposal is to return to a system of revenue sharing grants introduced by the Social Credit government in the 1980s. They were funded by one point each from personal and corporate income tax and six per cent of sales, fuel and resource tax revenues, thus increasing in years when provincial revenues were strong.

The UBCM proposal is to put a share of pro-vincial revenues into an infrastructure bank, to be distributed by the organization on a more stable basis.

Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard, one of the authors of the report, uses a basketball analogy to describe the current system of federal-pro-vincial grants for road and bridge projects. It’s a “jump ball,” where communities have to apply to a fund when it’s offered and then see who gets it.

Even if a community wins the jump ball, they may find themselves with costs inflated by a hot construction market and an arbitrary dead-line to get the job done.

Then there are new regulations imposed by senior governments. The most dramatic example these days is a 2020 fed-eral deadline for Greater Victoria to construct land-based sewage treat-ment.

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In September of 1983, the first students entered the halls at the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology: 13 students enrolled in a for-estry program.

This year, NVIT expects to serve over 1,400 students and will open its doors to the entire community as they host a 30th Anniversary Open House at what has become the leader in Aboriginal public post-secondary education in the country.

Everyone is invited to explore the main Merritt campus and join the celebrations on Sept. 11 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at 4155 Belshaw Street.

There is much to celebrate. Over the past 30 years, the Nicola Valley Institute of Technol-ogy has grown significantly and now offers over 300 courses and programs ranging from trades training to bachelor of social work.

Students study at the main campus in Mer-ritt, at the satellite campus in Vancouver, online and in over 35 First Nations communities throughout Canada.

Each year, more students successfully com-plete their programs fulfilling the vision of its founders, the five First Nations Bands of the Nicola Valley, who believed that education would strengthen communities, even one stu-dent at a time.

The anniversary celebrations include musi-cal entertainment, lunch, recognition of com-munity partners, and a chance to win an Apple iPad.

Local college celebrates 30 years

SHOW OF SUPPORT Dozens of people gathered at the Courthouse Art Gallery on Friday evening for the opening of Colour and Contour, an art exhibition combining the works of three Nicola Valley artists. The show runs until Oct. 5 and fea-tures paintings, pottery and ceramic sculptures. Emily Wessel/Herald

Resurfacing on Hwy 5AResurfacing work

is now underway on a 23-kilometre stretch of Highway 5A, from the head of Nicola Lake to Stump Lake Ranch east of Merritt.

The nearly $4-million contract was awarded to a Vernon-based asphalt company.

In addition to the resurfacing work, new

delineators will be added to this stretch of highway to improve visibility. This work builds on the more than $9.5 million invested in Highway 5A improvements since 2001 to improve safety for all motorists.

Nearly 1,000 vehicles per day use the corridor, with commercial truck

traffic accounting for approximately 35 per cent of daily traffic. Current traffic volumes are below those of the early 1980s when Highway 5A was the primary route for all traffic between Merritt and Kamloops.

“This resurfacing work will improve safety conditions for locals and visitors,”

Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart said in a press release. “But this is also an important corridor for the movement of goods and services. This road work will ensure a smoother ride for commercial drivers as well.”

The project is expected to be completed in October.

Even with federal and provincial cost sharing, this project is going to land heavily on property tax bills, including those of pension-ers and poor renters who will have it passed on to them.

Leonard points to another arbitrary sys-tem, provincial facilities

that pay grants in lieu of property taxes. Saanich is home to the University of Victoria, a community of 25,000 people that needs water and sewer service, as well as police and fire protection. Saanich gets an annual grant in lieu of property taxes of $120,000 for UVic, enough to cover wages and benefits for one cop and maybe some gas

money.Cariboo Regional District

chair Al Richmond, co-chair of the UBCM committee, is concerned about new water and flood protection legisla-tion the province is prepar-ing to impose. His district and others like it have thousands of kilometres of riverfront, with relatively few property owners.

Interior communities

also want BC Hydro to pay something for power lines, as is now being done with some aboriginal territories.

Local politicians will be expecting a sympathetic ear from the new version of the B.C. Liberal government. Former Quesnel councillor Coralee Oakes is the new community, sport and cul-tural development minister, with direct responsibility for

local government issues.And one of the original

members of this UBCM committee was former Lan-gley City mayor Peter Fass-bender, who is now minister of education.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalNews.comTwitter:@tomfletcherbc E-mail: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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55TH ANNUALNICOLA VALLEY PRO RODEO

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(Outside, clockwise from top) The Langley Drill team; Douglas Lake’s Jorry Holmes in the saddle bronc event; program gals Maya Starrs, Kelsey Starrs and Andee Walker; outlaw Aaron Holt from North Vancouver; bull rider Todd Chokowetz from Major, Sask. on Famous Amos; visitors Stephanie and Jackie Crowe from Vancouver and Amicie Honegger from Lyons, France; rodeo clown Jayson Charters with friends; steer wrestler Travis Reay from Mayerthorpe, Alta.; barrel racer Brenda Mays from Terrebonne, Ore. (Inside, clockwise) Joanne Pole and 19-month-old daughter Laci; Merritt junior cowboy Will Hubbard; tie down roper Darren Dublanko from Thorsby, Alta.; wild cow mugger Jaden Smith from Quilchena.

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The Nicola Valley’s Ty Pozzobon has been ordered to take a break from the rigors of the rodeo world.

The 21-year-old bull riding star has a dam-aged PCL (posterior cruciate ligament) in his right knee and doctors have said he needs to give it a rest.

Pozzobon will lie low for the next six weeks and focus on rehabilita-tion prior to the Built Ford Tough World Finals in Las Vegas from Oct. 23-27.

With four stops left on the BFTS regular schedule, Pozzobon sits

in 22nd place in the standings. The top 35 bull riders qualify for Las Vegas.

In his final out-ing prior to the enforced break, Pozzobon competed at the Winstar World Casino Invitational in Thackerville, Okla. on the Labour Day week-end. He was bucked off in round one, but returned in round two to score 86, good for seventh place overall.

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MERRITT GOLF & COUNTRY CLUBLADIES DAY RESULTS

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2nd Flight 1st Low Gross Gwenn Hetherington 45 1st Low Net Kathyrn Olsen 31 2nd Low Gross Lorna Latremouille 46 2nd Low Net De De Connelly 32

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GYMKHANAthis weekend

The Nicola Valley Riding Club will be holding a gymkhana this Sunday, Sept. 15 at the Collettville rodeo grounds, beginning at 9:30 a.m. It will be open to all ages.

The usual gymkhana events will be offered, including pole bending (right), barrel racing, keyhole, etc., as well as an obstacle/scavenger hunt and even a horse soccer game.

To be eligible to take part in the gymkhana,

participants must have a Horse Council BC membership. A hel-met and heeled riding footwear are recom-mended.

The cost of taking part in the gymkhana is $10 for the entire day’s events and a $5 arena fee.

For more informa-tion on this weekend’s gymkhana and other Nicola Valley Riding Club activities contact Darlene Gellrich at (250)-378-4711.

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HELP WANTEDCopper Valley Mechanical is looking for a

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We offer an excellent wage, bonus, full medical and dental coverage.

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How about a secure and steady job with Home Hardware Merritt! We offer a clean and safe work environment in a motivating and fun atmosphere with a competitive salary and benefi ts program. We are seeking employees for the following positions and qualifi cations: (1) Yard Person/Truck Driver

• Class 3 driver’s license, clean drivers abstract • Full-time shifts, Monday - Saturday • Customer service experience• On-site training provided

Join the team by emailing your resume, cover letter and references to:

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Merritt, B.C.EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Looking for a new career?

Lower Nicola Indian BandShulus Arena Job OpportunityPosition: 2 Arena Attendants

Description: reporting to the arena manager. Arena attendant is responsible for the maintenance of the arena during evening and weekend hours.

Duties include:Driving the zamboni• edging the ice • building maintenance • daily cleanup which includes sweeping, • mopping cleaning bathrooms and showerspainting • Daily reporting on ice plant and pressures•

Requirements:Grade 12 an asset• Must be willing to work with the public• Willing to work alone during evenings and • weekends A valid driver’s license• First aid an asset or willing to obtain rst aid • certi cate

Wage: negotiable Applicaton Deadline: September 13, 2013 Start Date: September 23, 2013

Both position end dates are March 31, 2014

To apply, please bring resume to: Lower Nicola Indian Band of ce

Attn: Arena Manager Joe QuewezanceLower Nicola Band of ce hours 8:30AM – 4:30PM

Lower Nicola Indian Band Accounts Receivable Clerk – Full time

Start Date: Immediately

Primary Role: Reporting to the Finance Manager the Accounting Clerk I – Accounts Receivable is responsible for recording revenue transactions, maintaining all A/R les in a timely, organized, and complete manner, and reconciling the A/R Control Accounts. The Accounting Clerk I – Accounts Receivable works in a team environment and assists in the Finance Department in support of all accounting functions as required.

Quali cations:At least one year of a two-year accounting • certi cate or equivalent.Two years previous accounting experience • preferably with a First Nations organization.Experience with MS Excel, MS Word, nancial • accounting software is required.Good knowledge of general accounting • concepts, and basic typing skills.Ability to communicate respectfully with band • members and business partners.Ability to work independently, meet deadlines, • multi-task, follow direction, and verify own work.Good judgement and problem solving skills.• Willing to learn, and assist in all areas of the • Finance Department as required.Integrity and honesty are essential in this • position of trust.Ability to speak or willingness to learn the • Nlaka’pamux language is a pre-requisite.

Deadline: September 18, 2013 by 4:30 pm

Submit Resume and Cover Letter with three references to:

Lower Nicola Indian BandAttention: Finance Manager

181 Nawishaskin LaneMerritt BC V1K 0A7

Fax: (250) 378-6188 or Email: dbastedo@lnib.net

White Bear Daycare requires an EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR

for our busy Infant/Toddler Program.

Criminal Record Check, First Aid and Medical Clearance Required. Wage Negotiable.

Contact Heather at 250-315-1331or email: whitebeardaycare@shaw.ca

Position Duties:Under the direction of the Program Director, the successful applicant will carry out the Vision and Mission of Journey’s Into Tomorrow Transition House and provides support to women and their children in a non-judgemental and con dential atmosphere.

Duties include the following:To create an atmosphere of safety and trust by • providing con dential and non-judgemental supportTo assist clients recognize their rights and • responsibilitiesTo provide necessary referrals and/or case planning • with other organizations/agenciesIntake procedures including assessing eligibility• Handle crisis calls and to provide emotional support, • information and referrals over the phoneRecord keeping in compliance with the Privacy • Act and Journey’s Into Tomorrow policies, as well as maintain statistical activity reports

Position Quali cations and Requirements:College Certi cate in the Social Services discipline • or two years’ experience In the Social Services SectorCrisis and Suicide Intervention/Prevention• Food safe, Level 1 First Aide• Effective and respectful interpersonal • communication skills and the ability to work cooperatively with colleaguesReliable and self motivated• Maintains professional standards of practice • including ethical boundaries and protecting the con dentiality of the House, families and colleaguesReliable vehicle and valid BC Driver’s License• Complies with the Criminal Records Review Act•

Employment type: On call casualStart date: ImmediatelyWage: Dependent on quali cations and previous experience.

Please fax or email resumes to the attention of Sharon Collins, Program Director, Journey’s Into Tomorrow Transition House Fax # 250-378-6172 Email journeys@live.ca

Only selected applicants will be contacted for interviews

Journey’s Into Tomorrow Transition House

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYCasual Support Worker

EMPLOYMENTOPPORTUNITY

The Upper Nicola Band “Head Start” program is looking for a positive, motivated and enthusiastic individual to be a part of the Head Start team at Douglas Lake.

The successful applicant will possess a current Early Child-hood Educator certi cate with infant/toddlers and special needs certi cation.

• A drivers license is required • A criminal record check is mandatory. • References required

Please forward your resume to the:Upper Nicola Head Start Program

Box 3700 Merritt BC, V1K 1B8 or email it to: headstart@uppernicolaband.com

Attention: Lynne Bomford

CLOSING DATE: SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Upper Nicola BandCARPENTER/TRADESPERSON

Applications are invited for the position of Carpenter/Tradesperson with School District No. 58, (Nicola-Similkameen) in Princeton.

This is a 12-month per year, 7.5 hours per day position. Salary and benefi ts will be in accordance with the C.U.P.E. Local 847 Collective Agreement. The district has a high percentage of First Nations and other multicultural students and so being sensitive to cultural diversities would be an asset.

For information regarding qualifi cations, please refer to the district’s website under Jobs, Support Positions, and Current Job Opportunities (Job Code #517004). Application forms are available at the School Board Offi ce, 1550 Chapman Street, Merritt, BC, Princeton Secondary School, 201 Old Merritt Road, Princeton, BC or on-line at www.sd58.bc.ca, click on Jobs/Support Positions and search under ‘Current Job Opportunities’ and follow the prompts. Applications, including a detailed resume with a minimum of three references, will be accepted until September 17, 2013. Please forward to:

Attn: Secretary TreasurerSchool District No. 58 (Nicola-Similkameen)

P.O. Box 4100, 1550 Chapman St. Merritt, BC V1K 1B8Fax: (250) 378-6263

Only those applicants being interviewed will be contacted.

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 58(NICOLA-SIMILKAMEEN)

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The award winning Merritt Herald is currently looking for an enthusiastic individual to help out in our circulation department.

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communication skills • Be able to work well under pressure.• Some of ce/computer experience is

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Drivers/Courier/Trucking

DRIVERS WANTEDAZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 w/ Airbrake

• Guaranteed 40hr. WorkWeek & Overtime

• Paid Travel & Lodging• Meal Allowance

• 4 Weeks Vacation• Excellent Benefi ts Package

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Required immediately experi-enced Class 1 US drivers only. Must have US experience. We supply assigned trucks, com-pany phones, US Medical, all picks and drops paid. Please fax resume with current clean abstract to 250-546-0600. No phone calls please.

Education/Trade Schools

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Education/Trade Schools

Curriculum AssistantWe are an established private college seeking a F/T Curriculum Assistant in Kamloops. The candidate must have at least 2 years experience in the fi eld and must be familiar with curriculum development concepts and have experience in MS Offi ce. Moodle or another LMS is considered an asset. Deadline for applications is Sept 15.

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Help WantedAn Alberta Oilfi eld Company is hiring dozer and excavator operators. Lodging and meals provided. Drug testing re-quired. Call (780)723-5051 Edson, Alta.

SURESPAN STRUCTURES requires Welder/Fabricator. Requirements: Welder Level “C” or 1st year fabrication minimum. Forklift and crane operators experience. Knowl-edge of how to interpret engi-neering drawings. CWB ticket an asset. Understand & apply basic mathematical skills. Pre-employment drug screen may be required. Mail resume to 3721 Drinkwater Rd., Duncan, BC V9L 6P2, fax: 250-746-8011 or email: shelly@sure-spanstructures.com

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GREAT opportunity to relocate to Beautiful Prince Rupert, Enjoy af-fordable housing and various rec-reational opportunities; skiing, kay-aking, hiking, golf, and the fi ne arts. The Crest Hotel is currently accept-ing resumes for full time servers and bartenders in Charley’s Lounge. If you have a passion for customer service, with experience in a busy lounge environment, we offer a union wages $15.14 for servers $18.30 bartenders, medical and dental coverage and excellent gratuities. Previous serving and bartending experience is required, must have serving it right, and be legally permitted to work in Canada. Knowledge of wines and squirrel experience is an asset. If you are interested in joining our award win-ning customer service team, send resumes to scott@cresthotel.bc.ca or mail your resume to the Crest Hotel 222 1st ave west Prince Ru-pert, BC. V8J 1A8.

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PN INSTRUCTOROur Kamloops campus is re-cruiting for a PN Instructor. The ideal candidate must be a licensed Registered Nurse (RN) with at least 3 to 5 years’ experience in the fi eld. An Adult Instruction Certifi cation will be consid-ered an asset.

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Pets & Livestock

PetsCUTE English Bulldog Puppies $600. Healthy Male & female. 9 weeks, Health, shot papers. 2818990861 Email: pau-whee@gmail.com

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Suites, Upper3 bdrm suite for rent. Close to downtown. N/s, N/d, no pets,ref. req., fenced yard. $750/month. 250-378-9560

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The Nicola Valley Institute of Technology

cordially invites you to our

30th Year Anniversary & 4th Annual Community Celebration

Wednesday, September 11th, 2013

11 am - 2 pm – Community Open HouseEntertainment: The Ken McCoy Band

12 - 2pm – Lunch

Please join us and enter to win an iPad!

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