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ANGLING BAN TAKES EFFECT AS DROUGHT HITS LEVEL FOUR

The provincial government is suspending angling on the Nicola River, Coldwater River and Spius Creek due to dry conditions and warming water temperatures, the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations stated in a press release.

The fishing restrictions come after the announce-ment of a level four drought rating for the Nicola Region. “At level four, conditions are extremely

dry,” stated the release. “Further declines in stream, lake and aquifer levels could lead to water shortages and affect people, industry such as agriculture, wild-life, and fish stocks.”

The ministry is urging all users in the region to conserve water.

The fishing suspension on the three rivers takes effect July 22 to Sept. 30, 2015. It does not affect lake fishing.

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COLDSTREAM FIREWildfi re burning near Ashcroft prompts evac alert / Page 5

XPLORESPORTZ TOUREnergetic kids check out the Merritt fi re hall / 7

Exit 286 could have new legsWith the Lower Nicola Band considering

getting on board, it’s possible that one

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WELL TAKEN (Left to right) Okanagan-Coquihalla MP Dan Albas, Logan Lake Coun. June Waddell, Coun. Claire Newman, Coun. Garry Youd, Mayor Robin Smith, Coun. Charlie Weir, Nicola-Fraser MLA Jackie Tegart, and Coun. Al Smith.There’s going to be something for Logan Lakers to drink to, as provincial and federal funding is being put towards replacing the community’s water well.A new well will be drilled and water piped into the system. The cost of the project is split in thirds, with the federal gov-ernment, province and District of Logan Lake each putting $225,000 towards the new well.“Replacement of aging infrastructure is a challenge for all com-munities everywhere,” said Smith in a press release. “This will do a great service for our community and we are so pleased to see this very important project move forward.”Test drilling is slated to start this fall, with the project finishing by the summer of 2016.Submitted photo

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ATTACK ON HAMILTON HILL WILDFIRE

A wildfire that broke out Friday afternoon just southeast of Merritt near Highway 97C is now 100 per cent contained.An initial attack crew was on site

Monday patrolling the fire, which is now in a mop-up stage.“It was a grass fire, so that makes

it easier for mop-up. There’s not a

lot of deep burn, so [firefighters will] just be focusing on areas where it did get into the trees and some of those deeper fuel areas,” fire information officer Kelsey Winter said.The fire quickly grew from about

six hectares in size that afternoon to 45 hectares at its peak.

Story by Michael Potestio

Photos by David Dyck and Michael Potestio

See ‘Hamilton’ Page 2

A wildfire that broke out Friday afternoon just southeast of Merritt near Highway 97C is now 100 per cent contained. Story and photos from the blaze.

A string of vehicle break-ins and a suspicious car fire kept RCMP and the Merritt Fire Rescue Department busy in the early hours of Saturday.

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The Lower Nicola Band doesn’t see any obstacles to join-ing the Four Trails Development Corporation, which would help move a long-awaited First Nations commercial develop-ment project forward.

“There [aren’t] any hang-ups, it’s just a matter of figuring out how we’re going to work togeth-er,” Lower Nicola Band Chief Aaron Sam said.

Often referred to as the Gateway 286 project for the land that would be developed at the junction of highways 5 and 97C, where the visitor centre is locat-ed, this initiative has remained largely in a state of limbo, its economic potential untapped.

Victor York, former chief of the Lower Nicola Band said he

believes this development has the potential to be twice as big as the Gasoline Alley section of town.

The 200 acres of land in question is owned by the provin-cial government, which would be more prone to leasing than sell-ing the land.

An application on Crown land would need to be assessed by multiple agencies on the via-bility of a proposed land devel-opment, and a decision on sell-ing or leasing the land couldn’t be made until these assessments and studies are conducted, the Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations said in a written response.

Four Trails is a conglomerate that consists of the Coldwater, Nooaitch, Shackan and Upper Nicola Bands.

The province requires that

the group include Lower Nicola, which has in the past been hesitant to join. That might be changing now.

“The other bands are inter-ested in moving forward [and] I’m open to having discussions about it,” Sam said.

Sam, however, did point out the importance of first consult-ing with Lower Nicola band members.

There are a number of pos-sible scenarios in which profits could be shared by the corpora-tion’s shareholders, but Four Trails board member Lennard Joe said before determining how that will work, the bands need to figure out how to acquire the land.

“Everything else can come after that,” Joe said.

Whether or not they will lease the property is a decision

the chiefs will have to make, he said.

“We’re finally at the stage where we can work together,” said Upper Nicola Band Chief Harvey McLeod.

He said it was hard for all five bands to come to the table in the past because they’re deal-ing with land issues such as who has authority and how the bands would work together on the property.

McLeod also said each band thinks differently on issues of nationhood and working with governments.

“A lot of the times we’re not on the same page, and it takes us some time to come on to the same page. We’re there now, and we’re taking steps together,” he said.

Michael PotestioTHE MERRITT HERALD

See ‘Four Trails’ Page 8

After years sitting stagnant, the Gateway 286 project may be moving forward. The fi ve area chiefs are coming together to try and fi gure out how they can transform 200 acres of land into one of the largest commercial developments in the Nicola Valley.


Next council meeting: Tuesday, July 28, 2015Council agendas and minutes at www.merritt.ca

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2014 ANNUAL REPORTCity Council will be considering its 2014 Annual Report at its next meeting on July 28, 2015. A copy of the 2014 Annual Report is available on the City’s website www.merritt.ca where it can be viewed. Any questions regarding the Annual Report may be directed to the City’s Financial Services Manager at (250) 378-8612.

As spring wanes and summer arrives many of us are aware of the unusual amount of precipitation that has fallen on our City. With this rain and warmer weather comes plant growth and it does not require a lot of searching to find out-of-control grass and weeds in empty lots, alleys and boulevards. We all want Merritt and the neighborhoods we call home to look the best that they can be. A frequent question to the City bylaw department is “Who is responsible for maintenance of boulevards and lanes?” The short answer is the adjacent property owner. Just as with winter snow, the adjacent property owner is responsible for shoveling the sidewalk in front of their home, so during the rest of the year the adjacent property owner is responsible for keeping the boulevard and lane abutting their property in a neat and tidy condition.

As a property owner you are responsible for the vegetative growth outside your property lines to the curb and if there is an alley you are responsible to the centre of that alley that abuts your property. We may all even want to consider some of our neighbours who for very good reasons may not be as able.

With this in mind Merritt’s Nuisance Abatement Bylaw provides for minimum property standards within City limits. This Bylaw allows the City to regulate and in some cases hire outside contractors to complete any work that is not done by the property owners.

Unless we all do our individual part to maintain our neighbourhoods it could simply not be done. One of the pleasures of living in a smaller community like ours is that the little extra that we contribute can translate to a huge difference that will positively reflect on the City of Merritt as somewhere great to live.

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God the Word, the World

We have been talking about the end of the world and Jesus coming back to take His faithful children to Heaven with Him. Jesus said that we should look at the signs of Earth to know when the end is near.

When Jesus talked to the disciples about the end, one of the things He advises us to take heed that no man deceive you for many will come saying that he has a message from Christ. Many will be deceived. How can we be sure that we are not being deceived?

The prophet said, “To the law and the prophets if they speak not according to them, there is no truth in them.” What does that mean? If they (those who claim to be of Christ) do not agree with the word of God, the Bible, it is deception.

A few weeks ago on the news they were talking about the problems in the middle east. One asked why is it so hard to ght agains the ISIS. Another said that those ghters have been brain washed to think that if they die ghting for the cause of ISIS then they will go directly to Heaven.

What a deception. What could the leaders say to back up their claim? Nothing. That is why Jesus said what He said back then, because of these types of things.

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An evacuation alert remains in place for 24 homes and outbuildings after a lightning-caused wildfire grew to more than 250 hectares in one day.

Burning north of Highway 97C between Ashcroft and Logan Lake, the Coldstream Creek fire was discov-ered early Monday afternoon according

to the BC Wildfire Service.

By Tuesday — burn-ing in open timber and grass — the aggressive fire had grown vigor-ously in a northeast direction, driven by strong winds and dry conditions.

As of Wednesday afternoon, fire suppres-sion efforts have the blaze 20 per cent con-tained.

Firefighters extin-guished part of the fire,

securing the area closest to Highway 97C and properties located near the evacuation alert area, fire information officer Kelsey Winter said.

She also said heavy duty equipment has been used to dig trench-es around the perimeter of the fire to eliminate fuel sources that would allow the fire to spread.

Firefighters are also still working on digging fire guard, Winter said.

On site battling the blaze are 45 firefight-ers, three helicopters and 16 pieces of heavy equipment.

Air tankers will take action on the fire as required.

Sprinklers have been setup atop 36 structures near the blaze.

Residents of the properties on North Road, Landon Road as well as 4515 and 4525 Highway 97C in the Thompson-Nicola

Regional District need to be prepared to leave at a moment’s notice under the evacuation alert.

More than 50 new wildfires have sparked in the Kamloops Fire Centre since a lightning storm rolled through the region on Sunday night, Winter said.

Lightning starts wildfi re near AshcroftMichael PotestioTHE MERRITT HERALD

The Coldstream Creek wildfire has been burning since Monday. BC Wildfire Service


Dear Mary Polak, Minister of the Environment:

I would like to react to state-

ments you made on a Merritt radio station last week.

I think it is time to pull back the curtain — on these lands cov-ered in waste, and on the way this has been allowed to happen.

Over the past few decades, governments (local, provincial and federal) have allowed the waste management industry to dictate its agenda and help create legislation (within the departments of agri-culture, health and environment) which promotes the cheapest

method of toxin dispersal. What is in the waste industry’s

best interest is not what is best for the Canadian people.

Industry’s easy solution is not the people’s preferred option.

The government has for too long now allowed industry to dic-tate its priorities over those of the citizens it is meant to serve.

Without hesitation, you swal-lowed completely the industry’s rebranding of its toxic by-product, sewer sludge, as “beneficial bio-solids.”

We ask: beneficial to whom? It is surely beneficial to the sludge industry as it allows them to eas-

ily get rid of thousands of tons of pollutant.

It is certainly beneficial to the government as it is the cheapest solution (though dangerous) to the waste build-up in our cities.

It also benefits the trucking business with large contracts for hauling these toxic piles out to rural areas.

Unfortunately, it is decidedly not beneficial to the environment in which it is spread, nor to the people who must live within it.

Mary, the waste industry sys-tem does a fabulous job at remov-ing toxins, pathogens and heavy metal from raw sewage in order to

return the water to mother earth. But remember: that mixture

that was removed is the very same material that is being reintroduced to these lands in the form of “biosolids” — a warm and cuddly term for a sinister mix of pollut-ants, concentrated and collected by the treatment process.

We took them out for a reason — let’s not pretend that by some strange alchemical process they become “beneficial” all of a sud-den.

The language has been modi-fied by the industry, not this chem-ical goulash.

HERALD OPINION

Nestlé protest doesn’t hold water

Have you noticed the latest degradation of standards on TV news? In addition to sensational depictions of crime, accidents and celebrities, the lineup now incorporates any nonsense that is momentarily “viral” on the Internet.

So it was with an online petition singling out Swiss food corporation Nestlé, which operates a water bot-tling plant near Hope. It’s the larg-est in B.C., one of many that bottle the province’s water and sell it back to a gullible public.

This petition is courtesy of SumOfUs, one of those self-ap-pointed environmental watchdogs that seem to pop up like mushrooms overnight. “Fighting for people over profits,” they claim, pitching for donations.

The story has what U.S. come-dian Stephen Colbert calls “truthi-ness.” That’s when something is false, but it “feels” true.

“Nestlé is about to suck B.C. dry – for $2.25 per million litres to be exact,” says the SumOfUs headline.

Using her keen sense of what’s superficially popular, Premier Christy Clark instantly called for a review of these low rates for selling the people’s water.

It then fell to Environment Minister Mary Polak to explain what’s really going on.

“People keep saying there’s a deal with Nestlé,” Polak told report-ers.

Who benefi ts from spreading biosolids?

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“There isn’t. They pay the same as any other industrial user, in fact the highest industrial rate, and it goes for anything from hydraulic fractur-ing to bottled water, those involved in mining for example, any of those heavy industrial uses.”

And why is that rate so low? It’s because the province takes great pains not to “sell” water, which would make it a commodity under trade agreements, like oil or minerals. That would sur-render provincial control, and allow the U.S. to press for equal access to Canadian water.

“You’re buying the right to use the water,” Polak said. “I know it sounds crazy to the public, but we call it a rental – a water rental. There’s a reason we use that language, because we are very careful to avoid any suggestion that by paying this amount, you therefore own that water.

“That reserves for us the right at any time, for a compelling public need, to say stop. It doesn’t matter if you have a licence.”

As for the brazenly false claim that Nestlé is sucking B.C. dry, I’m indebted to a real envi-ronmental professional named Blair King for explaining this. (His blog, achemistinlangley.blogspot.ca, offers useful technical explanations of issues in the news, many of which contradict so-called environmentalists.)

King notes that the bottling plant uses less than one per cent of the flow through Kawkawa Lake:

“If Nestlé stopped operating (and put its 75 employees out of work and stopped paying municipal taxes) would there be more water for the rest of us?” he writes.

“Absolutely not. Kawkawa Lake drains its excess water into the Fraser River, which drains into the Strait of Georgia. Neither the Fraser River at Hope nor the Strait of Georgia is par-ticularly short of water, even in the driest of years.”

Clark made one useful contribution, when asked about this urgent non-issue by those seek-ing to further sensationalize the current drought and forest fires.

She correctly noted that most B.C. residents have access to the best tap water in the world, and have no need for bottled water.

Nestlé, Perrier, Coke, Pepsi and other compa-nies have done a fantastic job of convincing peo-ple that their drinking water has to be delivered in bottles from some mythical pure source.

Here’s a tip, Nestlé critics: Fill a jug with water and stick it in the fridge. Fight the corpo-rations.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: [email protected]

Water protest is a farceFrom Page 6

Of the thousands of chemi-cals contained in the resultant sludge, only a handful are test-ed for, and only some removed.

The rest is left to be thinly spread over the farms and forests with the woefully reck-less belief that risks will be low — though how they can know this when they test for so little is certainly a question begging an answer.

Many recent credible sci-entific papers have questioned this practice of spreading waste on land, and are issuing dire warnings about the many emerging chemicals and poi-sons in this so-called “treated” effluent.

Mary, we are what we eat. This “toilet to table” prac-

tice is a folly masterminded by the waste industry and sanc-tioned by governments more interested in cheap, expedient solutions to serious issues, than in safeguarding the environ-

ment or the health of its citi-zens.

There is a reason why food manufacturers like Whole Foods, Campbells and DelMonte will not use crops grown with sewer sludge — they believe the risk of toxic contamination is too high.

Why then is the waste industry involved in creating legislation that impacts the safety of our food production?

Why are you allowing the waste industry’s facile “solu-tion” to become an environ-mental burden?

We have allowed the indus-try to write the rules, alter the language, and manipulate this crucial debate for too long.

It has been a dirty secret, and one that we are deter-mined to shed light on before it is too late.

Mary, please look at the cleaner, safer waste manage-ment methods employed by other countries that have looked at the science and see

that the risk for toxic build-up is just too high.

There are solutions, like properly filtered incinera-tion, that actually return ener-gy back to the grid.

Our farmlands and forests need to be cared for — they give us life.

Is it wise to be loading these life-giving lands with the most sinister pollutants of our indus-trialized cities?

We are putting a terrible burden on mother nature, and on future generations. I would hope that we, the present care-takers of this land, would leave this earth in a better condition than when we arrived, rather than bestow upon the future what will become, under the sludge-industry’s negligent direction — a true wasteland.

Sincerely,Don VincentMember of The Friends of the Nicola Valley SocietyMerritt BC

Waste industry should not be part of legislative processFrom

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Last week, Alberta suffered one of the largest oil spills in Canadian history, almost exactly five years after the tragic Enbridge spill in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

The Alberta spill released the equivalent of 31,000 barrels, more than the 27,000 barrels of oil spilled at Kalamazoo.

Despite assurances by indus-try about state of the art spill detection technologies, Nexen’s “fail-safe” spill detection failed, for reasons still unknown.

B.C. communities along the route of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline have valid reason for concern.

There is no “fail-safe” way to prevent oil spills, and further-more, effective clean-up is impos-

sible.The Kalamazoo spill closed

more than 40 km of river and destroyed over 60 km of wet-lands. Despite $1.21 billion spent on remediation, oil still remains in the riverbed.

About 45 homes were evacu-ated from Marshall, near the Kalamazoo spill, with residents suffering headaches, nausea, and vomiting due to off-gassing of carcinogenic benzene.

Not only are pipelines a direct health hazard, they threaten local economies.

A study by Conversations for Responsible Economic Development (CRED) showed homes directly impacted by oil spills face a 10 to 40 per cent decline in value, while area prop-erties fell 5 to 8 per cent.

And what do our communi-

ties really have to gain? In B.C., oil and gas accounts for only three per cent of the economy — that’s 25,000 jobs as opposed to 127,000 in tourism, 14,000 in real estate and thousands more in fishing and aquaculture (according to CRED). Are we prepared to trade these jobs for only 50 permanent pipeline jobs?

It’s time we learn from the experiences of communities that have suffered from oil spills. Kinder Morgan is gambling with our health, livelihoods and environment. It happened in Kalamazoo. It happened in Northern Alberta. It can happen here.

Larissa StendieSierra Club BCVictoria, BC

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Timber Supply ReviewMerritt Timber Supply Area (TSA)

Discussion PaperMembers of the public are invited to review and provide comments on a new discussion paper as part of the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations’ Timber Supply Review of the Merritt Timber Supply Area (TSA).

The Timber Supply Review provides the province’s chief forester with information required to determine the allowable annual cut (AAC)—the maximum volume of timber to be harvested from the TSA—for the next 10 years.

The discussion paper includes background information, a summary of key issues to be addressed in the timber supply review and a summary of harvest forecasts from the timber supply analysis. The chief forester will consider the timber supply analysis, public and First Nations input, and other information required under the Forest Act when a new AAC is determined.

Copies of the Merritt TSA Timber Supply Analysis

Discussion Paper are available online at: http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hts/tsa/tsa18/index.htm or at the Cascades Natural Resource District at 3840 Airport Road, Merritt, B.C.

Comments are encouraged and may be sent to: Cascades Natural Resource District at 3840 Airport Road, Merritt, B.C. V1K 1M5 (telephone: 250 378 8400, fax: 250 378 8481, email: [email protected])

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Two major bus crashes in less than a year along the Coquihalla Highway near Merritt has prompted a response from the provincial gov-ernment.

The Ministry of Transportation announced it’s con-ducting a safety review of the motor coach industry in the province last week, about 14 days after announcing a safety review of the company responsible for the latest of those two crashes.

“B.C. has a strong framework that gov-erns the motor coach industry, and I want to make sure that British Columbians and tour-ists can continue to have confidence in bus travel,” Transportation Minister Todd Stone said in a press release.

“We are going to take a look at our sys-tem, our regulations and at other jurisdic-tions to see if there are areas where we can improve to make sure bus travel on our highways is as safe as possible.”

The review is expected to get under-way sometime this sum-mer and the results are expected in 2016.

It will examine safety statistics for the industry and compare them with other juris-dictions across North America.

Analysis the gov-ernment’s current regulations will include company and driver licensing, and driver training.

Stone has also said the review will look at measures such as man-datory rest periods for drivers.

The review covers motor coaches, which are large buses that carry passengers above a luggage compart-

ment. The review is not examining school buses or transit systems.

Transport Canada’s position is that school buses are safe with closely spaced, high-back seats that reduce passenger impact in collisions.

Doug Switzer, CEO of national industry group Motor Coach Canada, said most safe-ty regulations are set by the federal government, and consistent from province to province.

He has also said the Canadian industry sup-ports the introduction of seatbelts.

“That’s probably the biggest thing we can do to reduce the impact of collisions when they do occur,” Switzer told CBC Radio.

Last month 38 peo-ple were injured when a Universal Coach Lines tour bus rear-ended a tow truck on the Coquihalla Highway’s Brodie Bridge.

Last August, 43 peo-ple were taken to hospi-tal when a Western Bus Lines tour bus travel-

ling southbound on the highway hit a median, flipped on its side, skid-ded and rolled into a ditch before landing upright.

Stone has said that despite these incidents, commercial vehicle crashes in B.C. have declined by 24 per cent over the last 10 years.

A survey of motor coach operators by the B.C. Trucking Association dating back to 2013 found that most B.C. companies support mandatory seatbelts, and many have already introduced them.

Next year in the U.S., government regulations take effect requiring new motor coaches to have three-point lap and shoulder seat belts on passenger seats.

However, this regu-lation does not extend to transit and school buses, and does not require retrofitting of existing buses.

With files from Tom Fletcher, Black Press

Ministry of Transportation to review motor coach industryMichael PotestioTHE MERRITT HERALD

Sam agreed that the chiefs all seem to be working well together, noting their unity in the fight to ban bio-solids in the Nicola Valley as an example.

“I think all the chiefs are hopeful that working together with that issue will translate into other areas,” Sam said.

Former mayor Susan Roline said the Gateway 286 project has the potential to benefit many — First Nations, the tourism industry as well as the City of Merritt in the form of taxes and util-ity fees, since the land is within city limits.

“The benefit of that project is pretty substantial,” Roline said.

She said the goal

of Gateway 286 has always been economic stimulation for the bands as well as job creation, with the city only peripherally involved.

The potential eco-nomic development Gateway 286 presents is not lost on Sam.

“I think all the communities includ-ing Lower Nicola want to promote economic development and we want to provide ben-efits to our community members,” he said.

The possibility of developments such as a gas bar, hotels resi-dential development and even a casino have been associated with the Gateway 286 proj-ect in the past.

Roline said one hurdle she found with the project was that when meeting with the province, various ministries had interests associated with the land that seemed to be deal-breakers.

“It was a lot of going back and forth,”

Roline said.She said the recent

assignment of a proj-ect manager for the Gateway initiative helped make those hurdles navigable.

At the moment, the bands are looking into how to work together to potentially acquire the land and what the next step would be after acquisition.

Sam said the bands intend to meet and discuss the Gateway 286 project further in the weeks to come.

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First he got his face beaten with a cast-iron frying pan, and now a Merritt crook has been sentenced to spend more than two years behind bars.

Lorne Kenneth Dunn plead-ed guilty to break-and-enter and assault in B.C. Supreme Court on Tuesday.

The guilty pleas came about an hour after the 28-year-old’s trial got underway. The only witness to testify was the vic-tim, John Spahan.

Court heard Spahan was watching TV in his Clapperton Avenue home in Merritt at about 1:30 a.m. on March 28 when he heard a knock at the door.

“Lorne Dunn Jr. came to the door and he was asking for money,” Spahan said, explain-ing that he knew Dunn previ-ously.

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Spahan said Dunn then grabbed him by the neck and began forcing him around the basement suite. The fight even-tually spilled into the kitchen.

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Dunn then fled the scene. He was arrested at a nearby convenience store after some-one called police reporting a man with serious injuries to his face.

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Hope Hyslop sentenced Dunn to six months in jail for the assault and two years less a day for break-and-enter.

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Man who broke into Merritt home last March was beaten with kitchen ware before fl eeing the scene. Now he’s been sentenced to more than two years in prison.

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It’s the subject of articles, news stories, and potentially a documentary. Nearly half a cen-tury ago it travelled through continents, forded rivers and crossed jungles, carrying two young men who would go on to achieve great things in their respective fields.

Now, the old Land Rover named Grizzly Torque has been rediscovered and brought back to life.

But one thing that isn’t as well known about Grizzly Torque’s ressurrection is that a big part of it is thanks to craftsmen and workers in the Nicola Valley.

To understand the significance of the vehi-cle, we have to rewind to 1956.

Two young men, Robert Bateman and Bristol Foster, had the custom Land Rover made in England, before taking it 60,000 kilo-metres around the world. They visited India, Africa, Southeast Asia and Australia, recording their adventures for the Toronto Telegram. Fourteen months later, they shipped the truck back to Canada, and after Bateman sold it in Toronto it was lost to history. Robert Bateman would go on to become a prolific wildlife paint-er, while Bristol Foster would have a profound impact in the field of biology.

Their former vehicle did not enjoy a similar prominence, and its finding was almost by acci-dent. Stuart Longair, an antique Land Rover enthusiast in B.C., had come into possession of it years ago, but had no idea what the history was behind it. It sat on his friend and fellow restoration enthusiast Allan Simpson’s ranch 80 kilometres northwest of Merritt. Then, late last year, Longair saw a picture of young Bateman and Foster, and thought that the Grizzly Torque looked remarkably similar to the pile of scrap

and rust sitting at Simpson’s ranch. Between Longair’s realization of what he

had up to now has been a flurry of activity, spearheaded by Simpson’s experience and expertise. But he had plenty of help from around the valley as well. The frame and alu-minum repair was done by Rob Boley, and the body and paint was done by Paul Thomson, both of whom work for Barry Jackson of Jackson’s Welding Ltd. in Merritt.

Cory Hepper is a metal worker in Lower Nicola, who did some of the steel fabrication on the vehicle. Visible examples of his work are the turn signal lights on each of the front fend-ers, as well as the visor that sits over the wind-shield. Much of that work had to be done by closely examining old photographs of the truck in its original condition.

Those men put in hundreds and hundreds of hours on the vehicle, working hard to get in done in a matter of weeks. But there were smaller, specialized jobs that needed to be done as well.

Andy Knight, a saddle maker in Lower Nicola was contracted to remake the straps that held the folding bunks in the back of the truck to the ceiling. He was able to refurbish the original buckles to attach to new leather.

The flooring of the vehicle was put in by Kerry Bloom, owner of The Rediscovered Wooden Floor Company in Lower Nicola — though this floor wasn’t wood, it was Marmoleum. Also known as “battleship linoleum,” the surfac-ing material is renowned for being tough and durable.

The brake and clutch linkage was done by Merritt Machine.

Merritt Radiator cleaned and repaired the radiator.

Rick Brown out in Spences Bridge did one of the finishing touches — the “Grizzly Torque” lettering above the windshield.

Their work is already starting to pay off. CBC is considering a documentary on the proj-ect, and a cross-Canada tour is being planned, with an eventual recreation of some of the original journey a possibility in the future.

Grizzly Torque has also been winning awards, even though it isn’t completed yet. It showed at the All-British Field Meet at the VanDusen Botanical Gardens in Victoria this past May.

Merrittonians will be able to view the restored Land Rover this Sunday, July 26, at Central Park, where it will be part of the Nicola Valley Cruisers Show ‘n’ Shine.

REMAKING a piece of history in the Nicola Valley

Al Cameron’s Barry Jackson

Restorer Alan Simpson in the top hatch, and owner Stuart Longair in at the door.

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VICTORIA – The B.C. government has passed legislation setting tax rates in a 25-year project development deal for what the government hopes is the first of a series of liquefied natural gas export facilities.

Premier Christy Clark invited Prince Rupert Mayor Lee Brain and Port Edward Mayor Dave MacDonald to the legislature for a brief celebration Tuesday, as debate wound down on a rare summer session of the B.C. legislature.

Brain, a rookie mayor at age 29 and fourth generation Prince Rupert resident, said the prospect of economic recovery is welcome for the struggling community of 14,500 people.

“When I was in high school we lost three major industries all at the same time in our town,” Brain said. “We lost our forest indus-try, our fishing industry and our mill. I lost a lot of friends, we lost half our population and ever since it’s been a struggle for our community to get back on track.”

Clark said the project development agree-ment with Petronas-led Pacific Northwest LNG for the Port of Prince Rupert is com-plete from the government’s standpoint. She ruled out any further exemptions to the pro-vincial sales tax that applies to investments

in plant and pipelines that could reach $36 billion.

“We aren’t considering changing the way the PST is treated for this or any other proj-ects,” Clark said, responding to comments by David Keane, president of the B.C. LNG Alliance.

Keane questioned the suggestion that LNG investors are getting a discount for investing in B.C.

“This is the only regime where we have to pay a special LNG tax,” Keane told reporters in Victoria last week. “It’s the only jurisdiction where we have to pay a carbon tax, and we also have to buy carbon offsets to get down to our greenhouse gas target that was legislated last year.

“And in addition to that, we’re also going to be paying PST, GST, payroll taxes, municipal taxes, and corporate income taxes at both the federal and provincial levels.”

Pacific Northwest still needs an environ-mental permit from the federal government, and approval from the Lax Kw’alaams Band, whose territory includes the Lelu Island site chosen for the LNG shipping terminal.

Opposition MLAs opposed the agree-ment, citing a lack of job guarantees and protection for the investors from discrimina-tory tax and regulation changes for 25 years.

Province gives green light to Petronas LNGTom FletcherBLACK PRESS

Prince Rupert Mayor Lee Brain speaks at B.C. legislature Tuesday. B.C. Government photo


VICTORIA – B.C.’s new Ombudsperson has been given extra authority to investigate the case of eight minis-try of health researchers whose work on drug effectiveness was termi-nated three years ago.

The B.C. govern-ment passed amend-ments Tuesday to allow Ombudsperson Jay Chalke to review the case that has had the government on the defensive since the abrupt dismissal of university researchers in 2012.

The researchers were assessing drugs for eligibility under the province’s Pharmacare program. The health ministry initially said a confidential database of B.C. patients who had taken various drugs had been misused, and some of the researchers appeared to have con-flicts of interest.

One fired contrac-tor committed suicide, another is suing the government for wrong-ful dismissal and the remainder have been paid confidential settle-ments and reinstated. The government has since apologized for the way the contractors were treated, but rea-sons for the firings and why they were reversed have not been made clear.

Chalke, a former public trustee appointed Ombudsperson this spring, said he would take the case if confi-dentiality agreements didn’t prevent him from reviewing documents and getting answers from those involved.

Attorney General Suzanne Anton pre-sented changes to the Ombudsperson Act to exempt the office from

confidentiality agree-ments for this case, and the changes passed the legislature with unani-

mous consent in under an hour Tuesday.

After an independent labour lawyer’s review

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Health Minister

Terry Lake referred the issue to the Ombudsperson, and NDP critics agreed to

the move after changes were made to give Chalke the authority he needs.

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If you are lifting objects on a regular basis, light or heavy, it is very important that you do it properly.

There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t see a patient in my office that has injured himself or herself while lifting repetitively or improp-erly.

Improper lifting tech-niques can quickly lead to an acute injury in the back, leg, shoulder, or arms.

This week’s article will hopefully help you to learn how to lift the right way and avoid an injury.

Here are some tips on how to lift properly and safely.

1. Plan ahead before lifting.

Knowing what you’re doing and where you’re going will prevent you from making awkward movements while hold-ing something heavy.

Clear a path, and if lifting something with another person, make sure both of you agree

on the plan.Lift close to your

body.You will be able to

lift safer and heavier if the object is held close to your body rather than at the end of your reach.

Make sure you have a firm hold on the object you are lifting, and keep it balanced close to your body.

2. Feet should be shoulder-width apart.

A solid base of sup-port is important while lifting.

Holding your feet too close together will be unstable, too far apart will hinder movement. Keep the feet about shoulder width apart and take short steps.

3. Bend your knees and keep your back straight.

Practice the lifting motion before you lift the object, and think about your motion before you lift.

Focus on keeping your spine straight (the lower spine must remain in a concave position) Raise and lower to the ground by bending your knees.

4. Contract your core muscles.

Tightening your core or abdominal muscles will hold your back in a good lifting position and will help prevent exces-sive force on the spine.

5. Lift with your legs.Your legs are much

stronger than your back. It is in your best inter-est to make your legs do the work. Lower to the ground by bending your knees, not your back. Keeping your eyes focused upwards helps to keep your back straight.

6. If you’re straining, get help.

If an object is too heavy, or awkward in shape, wait for someone to come and help you lift it.

7. When lifting, don’t twist or bend at the same time.

Face the direction you are going to be walking, and then lift the object.

If you need to turn while carrying the

object, stop, turn your entire body using small steps, and then continue walking.

8. Keep your eyes up.

Looking slightly upwards while lifting will help you maintain the concave position of the lower back.

Techniques on how to lift properly

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It is extremely chal-lenging for friends and family members to watch a loved one caught in the trap of obsessive behaviours that surround eating disorders.

There may be an obsession with exercise, weight or with the calo-rie count or fat content of foods.

There may be guilt about food eaten, or the victim may set up a com-petition within herself to eat less than the day before.

When people become concerned and comment about how little is being eaten, or how much weight is being lost, this is interpreted as success.

The young woman feels that her attempts to control diet and weight are working, because

others are noticing. All the while, though,

she most often will deny that there is an eating disorder, claiming that she’s just not hungry.

After a while, those wanting to help become angry and frustrated, because they know there is a problem, but they are being blocked from talking about it.

Parents will some-times begin to monitor what is eaten, or try to force their daughter to eat.

This increases her anxiety and guilt about eating. She now must redouble her efforts to lose weight and to com-pensate for whatever she was forced to eat.

This might begin the cycle of bulimia, where she will eat, but throw up immediately afterwards.

Or she might double her exercise time in order to burn more calories.

As she goes deeper into the disorder, and continues to lose weight, loved ones begin to panic.

They strengthen their efforts to intervene, and

the more they do, the more the girl resists.

There are no pat answers as to how to handle this situation. If the child is young, paren-tal control may be the answer to stopping the problem before it gets worse. A visit to the doc-tor to validate the seri-ousness of the situation may be all it takes.

If the girl is older, the most one can do is to tell her directly that you are concerned about an eat-ing disorder.

You may ask that she go with you to the doctor or a psychologist to dis-cuss your concern.

However, she may resist all help, because the bottom line is that getting well means eat-ing properly and gain-

ing a few pounds. That thought terrifies her.

Until she is ready to acknowledge the prob-lem, everyone who cares feels totally helpless.

You can tell her that you are there to support her, and whenever she is ready to deal with the problem you will help in any way that you can.

If the problem gets out of control, she will end up with the doctor anyway, or even in hos-pital.

Continue to let her know she is loved. Tell her that it is hard to watch her like this, and that you do not want to make it worse.

Ask what you can do to help. If she does not want your help, you must honour that.

If it starts to drive you crazy, you must get help and support for yourself.

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

GWEN RANDALL-YOUNGPsychologyFOR LIVING

How to assist young girls with eating disorders


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XploreSportZ visits the

Merritt fi re hall for some

fi tness trainingTOUGH STUFF XploreSportZ campers found out recently that you have to be very athletic to be a firefighter. They visited the Merritt fire hall and were put through the same fitness test that firefighting candidates experience. (Photos from top right) Work Experience Program firefighter Eric Pichler demonstrates all the gear that a firefighter must wear. Tristen Antonenka packs some hose on his shoulders. Merritt Fire Rescue chief training officer Carl Johnston lends a helping hand to Brooke Gustafson and Hannah Glueck as they work to drag a simulated victim of a fire to safety. WEP firefighter Chris Harris assists a troop of ladder-raisers that includes Owen Bateson, Riley dalla Vecchia, Madison Fleury and Emily Van Roosbroeck. Pichler shows the campers how to single-handedly remove a victim from a fire scene. Jocey King tries her hand at using a sledge hammer. Harris supervises as young Bateson hoists a fire hose overhead. A whole truck load of eager firefighters. Ian Webster/Herald


SPORTS

Otters make a splash in Salmon Arm

IN THE MEDALS Four Merritt Otters swimmers won aggregate awards at the Salmon Arm meet on the weekend. From the left, Bianca Cavaliere (gold, Div. 3), Koren lefebvre (gold, Div. 8), Helen Asselstine (silver, Div. 8) and Paige Asselstine (silver, Div. 2). Photo submitted

The Merritt Otters continued their buildup towards the regional championships in just over two weeks time with some terrific results in Salmon Arm this past weekend.

Twenty-six Otters participants set a total of 52 personal best times over the course of the two-day competi-tion en route to 68 top-eight finishes and four aggregate awards.

Leading the way in the PB department were Div. 2 swimmers Kendra Marklund and Paige Asselstine with five and four new per-sonal best times respec-tively.

Two of Marklund’s PBs were by a stunning 15 seconds each, in the 50m butterfly and 100m freestyle events.

Also recording dou-ble-digit improvements in their times were a pair of up-and-coming Div. 1 swimmers: Sarah Parno in the100m individual medley and Kailyn Fleury in the 100m freestyle.

Asselstine’s fine performances on the weekend (two silver, a bronze and six top-eight finishes in total) caught her coach completely by surprise.

“She came out of nowhere and challenged in every final,” Leroy Slanzi said. “She was often in the outside lane

and wound up neck and neck with the top swim-mers in lanes three and four.”

For her efforts, Asselstine earned the second-place silver aggregate medal in her age division.

Paige’s mom, Helen, a first-year competitive swimmer, also won a silver aggregate medal after placing well in all of her Div. 8 races.

The gold-medal aggregate winner for Div. 8 was another Merritt swimmer, Koren Lefebvre. She had five top-eight finish-es, including a bronze medal in the 50m but-terfly.

The Otters had another gold-medal

aggregate winner in Bianca Cavaliere. The Div. 3 swimmer picked up a silver and three bronze medals on her way to the all-around title.

“I was pretty amazed at our results from the Salmon Arm meet,” coach Slanzi said, “as our training goal last week and this coming week (Challenge Week) is to absolutely exhaust the swimmers to see if they can maintain their technique even when they feel like rocks in the water.”

The Otters are in Penticton this weekend for their final meet before the Regionals in Kamloops on August 8 and 9.

Ian WebsterTHE MERRITT HERALD

Merritt Golf and Country ClubLadies Day Results - July 21

1st Flight

1st Low Gross Diana Lorenz 36 1st Low Net Kim Williams 33 2nd Low Gross Lynne Price 43 2nd Low Net Bev Scott 34

2nd Flight

1st Low Gross Elaine Lane 46 1st Low Net Lorna Latremouille 33 2nd Low Gross Shelley Sanders 47 2nd Low Net Chris Nygaard 35

3rd Flight

1st Low Gross Carla Bacon 47 1st Low Net Connie Westwick 30 2nd Low Gross Jane Wowchuk 49 2nd Low Net Libby Petrie 31

Merritt dragsters run hot at Eagle Motorplex

FAST TRACKFAST TRACK Merritt’s Glenn Parkinson and his 1972 Chevy Vega were runners-up in Merritt’s Glenn Parkinson and his 1972 Chevy Vega were runners-up in the Pro division at the Eagle Motorplex on the weekend.the Pro division at the Eagle Motorplex on the weekend. Ian Webster/Herald file photoIan Webster/Herald file photo

EAGLE MOTORPLEX 2015 POINTS STANDINGSMerritt Racers in Top-10

Super Pro 1. Al Mackay-Smith 435 pts. 4. Rae Caswell 221

Pro 2. Glenn Parkinson 379 pts. 9. Jen Eaton 195 Sportsman 2. Al Stefiuk 348 pts.

Snow-Bike 1. Matt Mackay-Smith 542 pts. 4. Brad Gillis 172 5. Tyler Tingle 129 6. Dale Rose 116 7. Carrie Ware 107 10. Ryan Ware 64

Merritt drag racers enjoyed a great weekend at the Eagle Motoplex.

In the Super Pro class, number-one qualifier Al Mackay-Smith drove his 1980 Camero to the runner-up position, just behind Bradee Low from Agassiz.

Mackay-Smith holds a 64-point lead over Low in the season-long stand-ings.

In the Pro division, Upper Nicola’s Glenn Parkinson and his ‘72 Vega also finished as the runner-up on the week-end, after being edged out by Quesnel’s Andy

Closkey in the final.Parkinson holds onto

the second spot in the standings after seven races, 31 points back of the leader, Riley Nairn.

The Sportsman category saw Quesnel’s Stephen Closkey emerge the winner, while Lower Nicola’s Al Stefiuk fin-ished as the weekend’s top qualifier in the class.

Finally, in the snow-bike division, Merritt’s Matt Mackay-Smith con-tinued his domination of the class with a first-place finish on board his 2007 Kawasaki bike.

Mackay-Smith is the runaway leader in the points standings.

Ian WebsterTHE MERRITT HERALD

BIG TOSS Merritt’s Team Howard was back in action at the B.C. Junior Development Track and Field Championships in Kamloops on the weekend. (Above) Nine-year-old Alex Howard heaved the shot put 5.60 metres for a second-place finish at the provincials. He also finished third in the 600-metre run (2:18.72),fourth in the long jump (2.87 metres), fifth in the 100 metres (17.11) and sixth in the 60 metres (10.32). Alex’s 13-year-old sister, Rose, had a top-10 fin-ish in her age group with a ninth place in the 300 metres (47.59). Eleven-year-old Hannah Howard’s best finish was 13th in the 600 metres (2:22.58). Ian Webster/Herald

Rockin the RiveR volunteeRsWoudl you like to volun-

teer for the beer garden if

so contact Julie for infor-

mation on volunteering at

250-280-8888.

summeR giRls gRoupBig Brothers Big Sisters

and Merritt Youth & Family

Resources Society are

offering a free fun, active

and informative summer

girls group for ages 9-11.

The group will meet on

Tuesdays and Thursdays

between 3:00 and 4:30

p.m. from July 21st to

August 13th. To register for

Go Girls! contact Brittney

Parks, 250-280-2327 or

Lenora Fletcher, 250-378-

4878.

living With loss suppoRt gRoupLiving with the Loss Support

Group Wednesday 7 p.m.

- 8:45 p.m. #12-2025

Granite Ave, Merritt. Call

250-280-4040.

21st AnnuAl nicolA vAlley cRuiseRs shoW n shine Sunday, July 26 at Central

Park, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Donations to food bank

accepted. Bring your family

and enjoy a look back in

time. Vintage cars to mod-

ern.

loWeR nicolA FleA mARket At smith pioneeR pARk! Love a good bargain?

Want to earn a little cash?

Come enjoy a fun day at

the park with the people,

the food, the large var-

iety of fabulous vendors,

the entertainment and

the fun! Summer dates:

July 12 & 26, August 9 &

23, September 13 & 20,

October 4. Hours: 9 a.m.

to 2 p.m. Message Lower

Nicola Flea Market or call

Diane at 250-378-3481.

Accepting RegistRAtion

1st Merritt Beavers, Cubs

and Scouts now accepting

early registration for fall

2015. For more information,

please contact Karen Pare at

250-378-2706

conAyt BingoJoin Conayt Friendship

Society every Thursday for

bingo. Doors open at 4:30

p.m. and bingo starts at

6 p.m. Everyone welcome

to come and play! 2164

Quilchena Ave.

conAyt eldeRs dRop in centReTuesday & Thursday mor-

nings, 8:30 a.m. – noon,

2164 Quilchena Avenue.

All Elders welcome – just

come out and visit! For

information contact Deloris

at 250-378-5107.

dRop oFF times oF donAtions to FAiR Building If you have items to

donate, drop off dates at

the fair building as below

or any afternoon on yard

sale dates. Please do not

leave items at the gate.

This year we will respect-

fully decline donations of

mattresses, VCR’s, TV’s,

expired car seats, and

exercise equipment. Any

yard sale days donations

welcome until Aug. 1.

Saturdays 3 - 5 p.m. May

9 & 30. June 13 & 27. July

4 & 25. Wednesdays 3 - 5

p.m. May 13 & 27. June

10 & 24. July 8. Contact

Martha 250-378-2303 for

yard sale information.

FAll FAiR yARd sAlesSaturdays 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Sundays 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

dates 2015: May 23, 24.

June 27, 28. July 11, 12.

Aug 1, 2. Aug 15, 16.

1st AnnuAl golF FoR guAtemAlASaturday, July 18 from 2

p.m. to 8 p.m. at Merritt

Golf and Country Club.

Featuring golf, dinner and

silent auction. Benefiting

the Nicola Valley Evangelical

Free Church missions trip

to Guatemala. Contact

Terrell Balan at balan@

smartstepyouth.org or call

250-525-0141 for more

inforamtion.

nicolA vAlley cRuiseRs cAR cluB Are you interested in cars,

cruising and joining in activ-

ities related to cars? Nicola

Valley Cruisers Car Club

would welcome you as a

member. Meetings are

monthly on the 1st

Wednesday of the month at

the Ramada at 7:00 p.m.

For more information call

Russ or Charlotte at 250-

378-2290.

elks BingoEvery Wednesday at 1 p.m.

Doors open at 12 p.m.

knitWitsLove to knit or crochet?

Come on down to Brambles

Bakery Thursday evenings

bring your yarn and needles

and join in the fun. (1st

Thursday of the month)

Rockin’ RiveR music FestivAlThursday, July 30, 2015

to Sunday, August 2. At

Merritt Music Festival Site.

For more information visit:

rockinriverfest.com

looking FoR volunteeRsWe are looking for con-

venors and helpers for the Fall Fair. If you are interest-ed please call Kathy 250-378-5925 or Marianne 250-378-9929 or any convenor in the fair cata-logue. We are looking for helpers of all ages. Many jobs available please call

for schedule of events and

work days.

Phone 250-378-4241 with any events that you may

be hosting or email: [email protected]

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Service Time: Sundays 10:30 a.m.

Merritt Baptist Church 2499 Coutlee Ave. (Corner of Coutlee and Orme) • 250-378-2464

Service Time/ Sunday School: Sunday 10:00 a.m.

Merritt Lutheran Fellowship in St. Michael's Church • 250-378-9899

Service Time: 3rd Sunday each month 1:00 p.m.

Nicola Valley Evangelical Free Church 1950 Maxwell St. • 250-378-9502 Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m.

Sacred Heart Catholic Church Corner of Jackson & Blair • 250-378-2919

Mass Time: Sundays 9:00 a.m.

Seventh Day Adventist Church 2190 Granite Ave. • 250-378-4061 Service Time: Saturdays 11:00 a.m.

St. Michael’s Anglican Church 1990 Chapman St. • 250-378-3772 Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m.

Trinity United Church Corner of Quilchena & Chapman • 250-378-5735

Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m.

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

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

Available at Creative Company2074 Quilchena Avenue, Merritt, BC

Monday - Saturday Ph: 250-378-0813

Stain Glass by Almerina RizzardoThurs. Mar. 14

Cloudy w/ShowersHigh: 9CLow: 6C

Fri. Mar. 15

Cloudy PeriodsHigh: 10CLow: 4C

Sat. Mar. 16

Variable CloudsHigh: 8CLow: 4C

Sun. Mar. 17

Wet SnowHigh: 6CLow: 2C

Mon. Mar. 18

Variable CloudsHigh: 6CLow: 0C

Tue. Mar. 19

SnowRain ShowersHigh: 7CLow: -1C

Wed. Mar. 20

Light SnowHigh: 7CLow: 0C

7 Day Weather Forecast for Merritt, BC - Thursday, July 16, 2015 - Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Thurs. July 16

A few showers

High: 22˚CLow: 11˚C

Fri. July 17

Chance of a shower


Sat. July 18

Sunny


Sun. July 19

Sunny


Mon. July 20

Chance of a shower


Tue. July 21

Mix of sun and clouds


Wed. July 22

Chance of a shower



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HOURS ARE BEING INCREASEDEffectiveJuly6,2015thefacilitywillbeopen8am-4pm7daysaweek,year-round.

LOWER NICOLA ECO-DEPOT

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8km west of Merritt on Hwy 8


John William Barrett, a familiar face in the community, died suddenly July 10th. He was 85. He died as he lived – on the move and still making plans.

John was born in Trail, BC, the second of seven children to Flo and James who immigrated from England. He worked hard his entire life and passed his work ethic on to his children and grandchildren. With very little formal education, John could x anything—especially if it had a motor. If he didn’t know how to do something, he gured it out.

John was happiest in the ‘bush’. His hunting partners describe him as the best bushman with an uncanny sense for the right choices in outdoor situations. John was still actively hunting and shing.

Throughout his life John worked many jobs including forestry, long haul truck driver, underground miner, logging, smelter re ning. In 1972, John moved to Merritt with his family and worked at Highland Valley Copper Mine as a heavy equipment operator until his retirement. Once retired John & Hilda loaded up their RV and travelled around North America enjoying the life of Canadian Snowbirds. After the travelling, John couldn’t be idle so he learned to be helpful in the house, grew a productive vegetable garden, volunteered for the Health Care Auxiliary, and helped anyone with anything when asked. He could be seen walking, cycling, and out with his metal detector – keeping busy.

Memories of John will be treasured by Hilda, his wife of 64 years, daughters Lorelie (Chris) Kristofferson, Joan Wheeler (Stew McLean), grandsons, Kenn, Carl, John brother Dave (Rita) Barrett, sister-in-law Eva Barrett of Fruitvale BC, along with numerous other family members and long-time friends.

At his request, a simple gathering will be held to celebrate his life. Those who wish to celebrate John with his family are invited to join us at 2343 Reid Place at 1:00 pm on Saturday, July 25th.

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The Velt Family would like to invite all who knew and loved Oma to join us in a celebration of her life.

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Celebration of Life

The Velt Family would like to invite all whoand loved Oma to join us in a celebration of h

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Betty Raven formerly of Merritt, B.C. passed away on June 26th at the age of 80 in Grimshaw, Alberta with her daughters at her side. She is survived by her daughter Karen Raven, daughter Sonja Raven, son in law Wade Whibley, granddaughter Tove Whibley and ex-husband Arne Raven. She is pre-deceased by her parents, Jens and Mary Hansen and sister Inge Hansen.

Betty was born in Sikonge, Tanzania in 1934 and was raised there until the age of 12 when she returned to Denmark with her parents on the rst ship returning to Copenhagen after World War II. Betty was a kindergarten teacher and talented artist. She married Arne Raven and moved to Canada in 1960 where she embraced life in Canada as a teacher and then as a rancher’s wife and beloved mother. She and Arne moved to Lytton, B.C. in 1964 where their daughters were born and raised and where they spent many rewarding years and built many close friendships. In the early 80’s she moved with Arne to the Wolf Ranch near Pritchard, B.C. Betty also lived and had many wonderful years in Logan Lake and Merritt, B.C. following her move from Pritchard.

Betty moved to Grimshaw, Alberta from Merritt in 2014 to be closer to her daughters and beloved granddaughter Tove. Her loyalty, humour, kindness and love along with her erce spirit, will be greatly missed.

A Celebration of Life will be held for Betty at the Parish Hall in Lytton, B.C. Sunday, August 16th from 1-4:30pm. Please join family and friends in sharing memories of Betty.

With special thanks to the nurses and staff at Peace River Hospital and Stonebrook Accredited Supportive Living Services in Grimshaw for their kindness and care of our Mum Betty. We would also like to recognize the wonderful staff at Gillis House in Merritt who cared for Mum prior to her move to Grimshaw.

Betty Raven

With great sadness the family of Kay Suttie announces her sudden passing in Kamloops on Wednesday July 15.

Born in Brocklehurst to John and Mary Desmond, Kay and her younger brothers Humphrey and Tom grew up on the family farm on Tranquille Road. She attended St Ann’s Academy, graduating in their Commercial Program in 1942, and worked in several offices including BC Tel, where she made many lasting friends. Always musical, she achieved an Associates in piano through the London Conservatory of Music and played organ for many church functions over the years.

In 1952 she married Charles Suttie in Kamloops. The family moved to Merritt in 1957, but Kay’s ties with family and friends in Kamloops always prevailed. The family enjoyed annual camping holidays throughout western Canada and the northern US states. Retiring to Sorrento in 1982, Charlie and Kay travelled extensively in Europe, the US and Canada. Kay continued to travel with friends & family after her husband’s death.

She was active in the church choir and WI in Sorrento and was well-known amongst family and friends for her baking and for her love of a game of cards. She encouraged her children and grandchildren to explore music, memories they cherish. Kay will always be remembered for her pleasant and polite ways.

Predeceased by Charlie in 1990 and her youngest son Dick in 2011, she is survived by John & Judy Suttie of Kelowna and daughter Anne; Mary & Gord Lester of Kamloops and children Mairi, Christine and Colin; Kathleen & Tom Hilborn of Nanaimo and daughters Andrea and Meghan; Heather Suttie of Knutsford and sons Jason and Warren Land.

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 1:00 p.m. August 6, 2015 at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Kamloops, followed by interment at Hillside Cemetery and a reception. Memorial donations in Kay’s name may be made to the Kamloops Hospice Association.

Kathleen (Kay) Suttie nee Desmond25 January 1924 to 15 July 2015

O’HANLEY, Kathleen MarieAugust 26, 1961 to July 13, 2015

Kathleen died peacefully at the Irene Thomas Hospice in Delta, BC. She

is survived by husband Dave Coutu; his daughters Stefanie and Tessa; her

parents Bernice and Elmer O’Hanley of Merritt, BC; siblings Brendan

(Michelle), Claire (Rick) Sabiston, James (Annette), Eileen, Maureen (Rick

Doucette), Alanna, Sheila, and Dan (Bekah); and nephews/nieces Ryan,

Liam, Cailin, Miranda, Darin, Adam, Noah and Lily.

Kathleen will be remembered as mentor and friend to many throughout

her 30-year career as an educator and advocate for inclusion in the

Catholic and public schools in Vancouver, Burnaby and Langley.

Her family thanks the caring staff of the Royal Columbian Hospital

neurosurgery unit, Peace Arch Hospital emergency, BC Cancer Agency –

Fraser Valley Centre, Bayshore Home Care, and the Irene Thomas Hospice.

Funeral was held Friday, July 17 in White Rock, BC with burial at the

Gardens of Gethsemani, 15800 32nd Avenue in Surrey, BC. Charitable

donations are welcomed in Kathleen’s name for the Langley Association

for Community Living (www.langleyacl.com).

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The selected candidate will be responsible for identifying family’s problems, assisting family’s to figure out a solution and develop a holistic approach to achieve a positive outcome. To support activities offered by the Conayt Friendship Society’s Family Preservation program. S/he provides leadership, advocacy, direct services, and facilitates activities to promote and optimize the healthy development of families living in the Merritt area.

Reporting to the Programs Manager the Family Preservation Coordinator ensures the program remains, efficient, effective and accountable to the Society, its funding partners and stakeholders.

Qualifications and Requirements:

Degree in Social Work is mandatory; please provide copy of grades and degree with resume;Familiar with Ministry of Children & Families Development Case Management practices;Proficient computer skills in MS office, Internet, and email;Counselling, facilitation, teaching and group leadership skills;Successful applicant must pass a Criminal Record Check for working with children & vulnerable adultsSuccessful applicant must have a valid BC Driver’s License with drivers abstractAs per Section 16 of the Federal Charter of Human Rights Act, preference will be given to applicants of Aboriginal Ancestry

Closing Date: Friday July 31st, 2015 at 05:00pm

Please submit a cover letter and resume to:

Attention: Executive Director

Conayt Friendship Society

2164 Quilchena Ave.

PO Box 1989 Merritt, BC V1K 1B8

Phone: (250) 378-5107

Fax: (250) 378-6676

E-mail: [email protected]

*All resumes will be carefully reviewed, however, only those applicants invited to an interview will be contacted.

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FAMILY PRESERVATION COORDINATOR

(30hrs per week)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NOTICE

Huldra Properties Inc. (“the Company”), with an of ce at 610-837 West Hast-ings Street, Vancouver, BC, V6C 3N6, is submitting an application for a permit under the provisions of the Environmental Management Act to the Director of the Ministry of the Environment under Pre-Authorization Number 107955, Track-ing Number 340672.

The source of soil discharge is from soils that are classi ed as industrial and commercial level soils per schedules 4 and 5 of the BC Contaminated Sites Regulation (CSR) and certain soils remediated to residential quality, from mul-tiple sites. The Company does not accept soils that are classi ed as hazardous waste per the BC Hazardous Waste Regulation.

The at dry homogeneous deposits of tailings within the existing storage fa-

cilities are comprised of reprocessed tailings deposition: silty sand to silty silt, deposited from previous copper and magnetite operations from 1962 to 2012. Part of the reclamation under Mine Permit M-68 encompasses remediation of the tailings facilities.

The wholly-owned brown eld I-3 Industrial zoned properties upon which the discharge will occur are:

1. District Lot 4233, Kamloops Division, Yale Land District, PID-005-729-211, 28.4 ha.2. District Lot 1612, Kamloops Division, Yale Land District, PID-001-762-613, 30.72 ha.3. Both lots are located on Aberdeen Road, Lower Nicola, BC, approximately 15 kilometers from Merritt, BC.

The maximum rate of deposited soils is expected to be approximately 300,000 tonnes per year. The operating period of this facility will be 10 hours per day, Monday to Friday (closed on all statutory holidays). It is expected that depositing soils on the site will signi cantly help mitigate the regional dust issue originating from the two lots, which have a ne granular composition from having previously processed copper and magnetite.

Any person who may be adversely affected by the proposed discharge and wishes to provide relevant information may, within 30 days after the last date of posting, publishing, service or display, send written comments to the applicant contact, Warwick Bay, Suite 610-837 West Hastings Street, Vancou-ver, BC, V6C 3N6, with a copy to the Director, Southern Region, 1259 Dalhou-sie Drive, Kamloops, BC, V2C 5Z5.

The identity of any respondent and the contents of anything submitted in relation to this application will become part of the public record.

Pre-Authorization No.: 107955

Tracking No.: 340672

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R.I.P. Lazarus

Lazarus Faelan Errol Kelly Stillborn on May 23rd, 2015

An angel in the book of lifeWrote down your baby’s birthAnd whisperedAs he closed the book Too beautiful for this earth LOVE

A Heartfelt Thank Youto Dr. Duncan Ross & Dave Quinn for caring for Joe (Dad) & his family in time of our need & for being a good friend.Carol, Ashley “Judd” from Interior Health for being there for Dad’s needs and support.Joe was blessed when he started receiving home care. The girls that looked after him came into our home and we felt like they were family in no time. We miss them all. God Bless you all

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 58 (NICOLA-SIMILKAMEEN)

School District No. 58 (Nicola-Similkameen) is accepting applications for the following relief positions to be kept on le for 6-months and will be reviewed should a relief position

become available:

Relief Custodian: Applicants are required to have a minimum Grade 10 education and a valid BC Driver’s License. (Job Code #122391)

Relief Bus Driver: Successful applicants will be required to have a Class 2 or higher license with air, a minimum Grade 10 education and six months to one year commercial driving experience or equivalent combination of training and experience. Preference will be given to those with bus driving experience. Drivers will also be required to provide a Driver’s Abstract. (Job Code #122390)

Relief EA: Applicants for relief Education Assistants will work with special needs student(s) in various schools in the District. Quali cation requirements will vary subject to the needs of the student(s). (Job Code #514834)

Relief Secretary: A minimum typing speed of 55 w.p.m. is required. (Job Code #133681)

Relief Noon Hour Supervisors: 1 hour per school day. Previous experience dealing with students would be an asset. (Job Code #133684)

All positions are on-call positions. Salary and bene ts will be in accordance with the C.U.P.E. Local 847 Collective Agreement.

Applicants may submit a resume or apply on-line at www.sd58.bc.ca click on Employment/Support Staff/job code. Applications, including a detailed resume with a minimum of three references will be accepted until August 14, 2015.

Please forward to:Attn: Secretary Treasurer

School 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.

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