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Highland Valley investigating power outage
Highland Valley Copper is investigating a power failure that led to the explo-sion of a six-inch water pipe underneath the flotation sec-tion of the mill portion of the mine on Boxing Day.
Superintendent of safety and loss control Trevor Phelps told the Herald the company’s initial findings indicate the pipe burst when the mill abruptly lost power.
On Dec. 26, a short-cir-cuit from an old cable that runs out of a transformer knocked out electrical sys-tems, causing safety relays to essentially shut off the power to the transformer and the entire mill, Phelps said.
“That sudden interrup-tion of power — under-stand that we’re processing upwards of 7,200 tons per hour here — and when you shut off power to a process that’s that involved, a lot of
things can happen. There’s a lot of negative consequences that can happen,” Phelps said.
Subsequently, there were valves that shut down automatically, causing the force of the resulting water hammer to break the pipe, he said.
The mine was without power for about eight hours when the incident occurred.
Phelps said when the pipe burst it damaged a metal storage trailer, but no one
was injured in the incident.“When a six-inch water-
line breaks, people notice,” Phelps said. “As far as the potential for somebody being hurt, what I’m being advised is that there was very little potential because of the location of it,” he said.
“It sprayed a lot of water, but there’s very little potential for anybody to be injured even if it was a regu-lar operating day.”
The initial findings
indicate the location of the power failure came from a tool crib (where tools are stored), which is manned 24-7, Phelps said.
He said a man who was in the tool area noticed some sparks and called for assistance.
The power then shut down, Phelps said.
“And when it shut down quickly like that some valves closed, we suspect,” Phelps said, noting a full investiga-tion still needs to be done.
He also said they are con-ducting a full investigation and have access to the cable that failed. They’ve also re-routed power to another transformer to provide power to the mill.
“We’re going to be look-ing at why this cable failed,” Phelps said.
“Any major disruption, we take a look at it and do a very comprehensive evalua-tion,” Phelps said.
Phelps said this incident is preventable.
By Michael PotestioTHe HerAlD
Nobody hurt when water pipe burst at mine’s mill on Boxing Day
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Auxiliary seeking youth volunteers
The Nicola Valley Health Care Auxiliary is offering new oppor-tunities in the hopes of securing more youth volunteers.
“We’ve been trying for a few years to get youth interested, and we just haven’t had the volunteers who had the energy or the available time to pursue and go after youth,” auxil-iary area representative Jacquie Hall said.
Hall said the auxil-iary’s youth recruitment efforts have more or less concentrated on Gillis House in the past, but they wanted to open up the call for volunteers with different positions so people can find their niche area of interest.
The group is looking for people between ages 14 and 19 to volunteer at the thrift store for three or four hour shifts on Saturdays.
Duties there include helping sort, clean and repair donations for sale. Youth volunteers could also establish a “youth corner” with items geared to people in their age range, Hall said.
In addition to the thrift shop, youth can volunteer at Gillis House by spending time with residents, or at the hospital at its coffee wagon. There is even the opportunity to help with the group’s social media presence, Hall said. Each volun-teer program has its own convener.
Hall said the aux-iliary wanted to make different opportunities available to youth to suit different interests. Each volunteer position requires just a couple of hours per week.
Hall said youth vol-unteers can bring more energy to the auxil-iary’s membership and fundraising initiatives, the biggest of which is the thrift shop. All the funds raised by the local non-profit organi-zation go back into the community.
The bigger picture of the youth volunteer recruitment effort is to instil the value of volunteering in young people, Hall said, not-ing B.C. has a provin-cial network of hospital auxiliaries.
“We’re hoping some of them will go through school and wherever
they settle, they’ll have that interest to help with an auxiliary that’s in whatever town they settle in.”
In the short term, Hall said the volunteer opportunities are a win-win because some high school students can use volunteer hours for school credit. The auxiliary also provides three $1,500 post-secondary scholarships to those entering the health-care field, which Hall noted are “noth-ing to sneeze at these days.”
“It would be nice if the youth volunteered in order to get a leg up to be considered for one of the scholar-ships,” she said. “We always need help at the thrift shop, and it’s a fantastic way of giving back to the commu-nity.”
The auxiliary cel-ebrated its centennial in 2012, but its member-ship is aging, Hall said.
“If we don’t actively encourage youth to join, then eventually, we won’t have any vol-unteers,” Hall said. “It’s just the way of the world that volunteering isn’t a priority like it was years ago.”
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It’s a done deal.The historic Quilchena Cattle Company, which dates back to the 1880s, has been sold to Canada’s largest working cattle ranch.
The Douglas Lake Cattle Company, which has nearly half a million acres of protected and managed land, is now even larger after acquiring its longstanding neighbouring ranch, which oper-ates on 28,000 deeded acres.
No details on a purchase price have been released, but the deal includes the Quilchena Hotel, the RV park, Sagebrush golf course,
a restaurant and general store.Guy Rose, now former owner
of the ranch, told the Herald the Douglas Lake Cattle Company agreed verbally to maintain cur-rent staffing.“They promised to take on the
whole crew, so nobody is unem-ployed as a result,” Rose said.
“They’ll be good managers,” he said.
Rose also said the new owners told him they will maintain cur-rent activities and won’t turn the land into a subdivision.“It will still be a ranch,” Rose
said.“We hope it will be a seamless
changeover.”He said those conditions were
verbally understood and not con-ditions of the sale.The deal was completed at the
beginning of the month, he said.Douglas Lake Ranch gen-
eral manager Joe Gardner did not respond to calls from the Merritt Herald by press time, but has told other media outlets the Quilchena hotel — which dates back to 1908 — the Sagebrush golf course, the general store and the RV park will all maintain their names.Rose told the Herald he and his
wife Hilde decided it was time to sell the ranch and the deal had been in the works for a couple of months.
“We’re getting on in years and
we decided that we didn’t want the responsibility anymore and that we want to do some other things,” Rose said.The 84-year-old Rose said he
decided he wanted to do some travelling.
His grandfather, French-born Joseph Guichon, acquired the Quilchena Ranch in the late 19th century.
Rose took over his mother’s share when he was 26, he said, and his cousin, Girard Guichon, took over his father’s share.“That’s the way it went,” Rose
said. “But that’s a long time ago [and] in the meantime we’ve had a good life, we’ve raised our five kids, and we’ve got to see our
grandkids go on to university and things like that so it’s been a pretty full life.”Rose added that he’s always
been active in the ranching com-munity and said he’s enjoyed 99 per cent of his life.“Not many people can say
that,” he said.“And if I didn’t I would have done something else.”Rose said he and his wife will
not be leaving the Nicola Valley as they will retain their homes and some of the acreage around them.
Rose said in a way, it was a sad day saying goodbye to the Quilchena Ranch, but added it’s time for a new chapter of his life.
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By Ian WebsterTHE HERALD
When 22 men’s rinks converge on Merritt this weekend for the annual Black’s Pharmacy curling bonspiel, there will be a great deal for the partici-pants from near and far to celebrate. It is the 100th anniversary year of the Strickland Cup, honouring men’s competitive curling in the Nicola Valley.
While the sport of curling dates back several centuries and is thought to have been born in Scotland, it did not come to Canada until around 1807, and to British Columbia until 1894 with the establishment of a club in Golden.
The earliest records of curling activity in the Nicola Valley date back to 1906 when Middlesboro coal miners were said to have found or flooded a patch of ice and thrown some rocks (quite literally) up and down the length of it.
The actual creation of a local curling club appears to have taken place in 1911. The Nov. 17 edition of the Merritt Herald reported:
“Curling enthusiasts of Merritt met on Monday evening and organized under the title of the Merritt Curling Club. The annual membership fee was set at $10 and the necessary stones have been ordered. A covered rink will be erected
immediately at the rear of the Nicola Valley Steam Laundry and everything will be shortly in order for a good winter’s sport.”
The first edition of the Merritt Curling Club had a distinguished member-ship that included Martin Burrell (MP for the riding of Yale-Lillooet at the time) and the Alex Lucas (MLA for the Yale district).
At 103 years of age, the Merritt Curling Club is thought to be the third-oldest curling organization in the province.
The actual location of the first curling rink in Merritt remains somewhat of a mystery as there are historical references to the Nicola Valley Steam Laundry being located near the CPR depot at the
corner of Voght Street and Coldwater Avenue, while other early sources point to the combined skating and curling facility that definitely existed for many years in the vicinity of the present-day Civic Centre and A&W.
By 1914, there is every indication that the Merritt Curling Club was in fact operating out of a joint facility located close to the corner of Voght and Merritt Avenue. It would remain in existence there until 1958 when the curl-ing club portion was torn down.
“It was a covered curl-ing rink with two sheets of natural ice, located beside an open-air skating rink,” described long-time Merritt resident Bob Schmidt, 72,
who remembers he and his brother, Brian, enjoying both facilities in their youth. “It was a lathe-type wood building with a roof and sides.”
In 1959, a new curl-ing rink was constructed on Mamette Avenue at its current location beside the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena. It continued to be just two sheets, but for the first time featured artificial ice.
“When you apply a mechanical process to ice-making, you have artificial ice,” explained Schmidt, who has acted as ice maker for the local curling club on several occasions. “It means having a compressor and storage for the brine and controlling of the tempera-ture of the brine.”
Prior to the opening of the new curling club in ’59, Schmidt remembers that for one winter the membership was forced to curl under the bleachers of the skating rink next door.
Over the years, the curl-ing club’s membership has grown significantly. Women curlers were officially made welcome in 1949, and high school curlers began com-peting after school and on Saturdays commencing in 1951.
Competition for the Strickland amongst the men’s membership contin-ued unabated through all these years, thanks largely to the continued existence of area mines that required a large male work force.
In 1972, the Merritt Curling Centre, as it’s now called, was expanded to a four-sheet facility, thanks largely to the efforts of dozens of hard-working volunteers like Schmidt, Les Curnow, Joe Geill and many others.
“In March of that year, right after the last day of curling, we tore down the old building,” said Schmidt. “We had a contractor put in a new foundation and sand base, and build the shell. Volunteers did the rest. By Oct. 15 of the same year, we were curling again.”
Merritt Curling Centre celebrates 100 years of the Strickland Cup
The Strickland Cup was named after A.W. Strick-land, the manager of the Merritt branch of the Bank of Montreal in 1913. He was the donor of the cup, the Merritt Curling Club’s first president, and the skip of the first team to win the cup in 1914.
The Strickland Cup is a season-long competition amongst the men’s teams of the Merritt Curling Centre.
“Each of our men’s rinks plays around 20 games over the course of the year and stand-ings are kept,” says long time MCC member Bob
Schmidt. “Then the rinks play off, with the top team playing the lowest team and so on. The winners keep playing in a single-knockout for-mat until one rink is left and they are the Strickland Cup recipients.
“On awards night, the winners of the Strickland Cup
have to fill the cup with liquor and pass it around to all the people in attendance to each take a sip.”
The Strickland Cup has had many notable winners over the years including city forefathers M.L. Grimmett, W.C. Parker, J.P. Boyd, W.R. Cranna and F. McGoran.
There have been no fewer than four Merritt curlers who have skipped their rinks to five Strickland Cup titles: W. Neilson, R. Baase, A. Reynold-son and G. Angman. The winner of the Strickland Cup the past two seasons has been Randy Neill.
The Merritt Curling Centre has been in existence at its current location on Mamette Avenue beside the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena since 1959. The history of the club goes back over 100 years. Ian Webster/Herald
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Merritt named sportiest community in B.C.
Sports Day in Canada is a week-long annual cel-
ebration of sport held across our country.
The RBC Sports Day in Canada: B.C. Challenge announced on Dec. 19 that the City of Merritt won the title in the “district” category (communities with popula-tions between 5,001 and 10,000).
Along with this distinc-
tion, Merritt received $1,000 worth of sports equipment.
Merritt’s Sports Day in Canada was organized and run by the City of Merritt Leisure Services Department and the Interior branch of PacificSport.
Their efforts were a great success in the city’s first time participating in this event.
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2013 slow for fire dept.
The Merritt Fire Rescue Department (MFRD) attended just 286 calls in 2013, which the fire chief says is uncommonly slow.
Fire chief Dave Tomkinson told the Herald the fire depart-ment usually receives upwards of 350 calls for service in a year.
“It was an exception-ally quiet year,” he said.
He said there’s no real determining factor for the low numbers and 2014 could be a com-pletely different story.
One indication could be the fact MFRD didn’t have the same number of false alarms to com-mercial occupancies as they’ve had in past years, he said.
Tomkinson also said MFRD had more than 30 first responder calls this year.
He said the summer months were slow for the fire department, and the holiday season was qui-eter than the same time-frame in 2012 as well.
“We normally have a few chimney fires, which we didn’t have any [of] in the month of December. We had a few false alarms to some commercial occu-pancies and other than
that it was just strictly motor vehicle incidents,” Tomkinson told the Herald.
In December, the fire department attended just a single structure fire.
The grease fire occurred in the kitchen of a trailer in the 2400 block of Coldwater Avenue on Dec. 29. The lone female occupant of the trailer left some cooking unattended.
There were no reported injuries.
The fire was con-tained to the kitchen of the mobile home, but the occupant has been displaced as a result.
There were no calls regarding dry Christmas trees over the holidays, Tomkinson said.
“Hopefully people took heed of some of our public service announcements and made the right choice, kept their trees watered and then removed them as soon as they became dry,” Tomkinson said. “That was the key to a quiet Christmas for us, so we’re thankful for that.”
Tomkinson said calls to accidents on the highways around Merritt made up the bulk of the fire department’s holiday activity.
The MFRD respond-ed to 26 motor vehicle
accidents last month, Tomkinson said, noting that number is typical for Merritt during the holidays.
He said calls to motor vehicle accidents were spread relatively evenly throughout the three phases of the highway through Merritt.
“It had been quiet earlier in the year, but with weather, road con-ditions and people not driving to the road con-ditions, it always ups our call volume,” Tomkinson said.
He said December, January and February are months with high call volumes for motor vehicle accidents and the
MFRD responds to any calls of entrapment, cars over embankments or if the circumstances of the accident are unknown.
As for the slow year, he said people not reporting fires or mak-ing other calls for service isn’t usually an issue for the fire department.
“We’d like to think that people are being more fire safe — that would be good. We’d like to think that our education programs are working and that our fire inspection programs are working, but we’ll be able to tell that over the long term. This is just an odd year.”
By Michael PotestioTHe HeRAlD
HEATING UP Merritt Community Cinema Society members Rich Hodson (left) and Kurt Christopherson show where the fundraising is at and where it’s headed for Merritt’s first-run, four-bay movie theatre. The fundraising thermometer has reached its first milestone — the purchase of the land at the corner of Coutlee and Garcia. The group recently launched its website, which contains a full business plan, at merrittmovietheatre.com. Emily Wessel/Herald
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It’s a piece of news that shocked newsies in the area.
Glacier Media is pull-ing the plug on Kamloops Daily News, a paper with an 80-year history in the city just up the road from Merritt.
While in the most cyni-
cal way, it’s good for our sister paper and fellow Aberdeen Publishing prod-uct Kamloops This Week, the closure is definitely bad news for people working in our industry.
As much as the two papers were competitors, in a way, they were also comrades in a battle to keep newspapers alive and viable across the country.
It hits home when it happens to a newspaper that you read.
About six months ago, I read an article about the Sun Media chain’s closure of several weekly com-munity newspapers. Many of those papers were ones I’d applied to work at. I had researched them and
read back issues, and felt confident they were good quality papers that I could see myself working at.
It happened to a paper I used to write for in Winnipeg, which changed from a standalone alternative weekly to an insert in the big newspaper there and laid off its whole staff in the process.
The media landscape is changing, and, sadly, newspapers are shrinking. I still don’t think community newspapers will disappear entirely. They are small, but in small communities, they are an indicator of the health of a town.
Newspapers reflect the challenges and successes
of communities and their members, and many of those members are actively interested in the health of their communities — as they should be.
According to social media, news of the closure is sad for many people — the soon-to-be-unemployed staffers among them.
Should those people with plenty of newspaper experience choose to stay in the industry, that means even more competition in an already competitive field, more people for a limited — and shrinking — number of jobs.
It’s a double-edged sword for our sister paper, which will be increasing
to three editions per week from two. I’m sure the staff over at Kamloops This Week is keenly aware that the loss of a long-time competitor may be a symptom of changing markets.
When a newspaper goes under, especially one this close, it’s hard to shake that sense of dread for the industry as a whole.
Glacier Media still has dozens of publications throughout B.C., but it almost makes you wonder what’s next.
It’s already difficult to make a go of working in the newspaper industry, but this news represents that tougher times are ahead.
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Another year of enviro-wars begins
VICTORIA – The new year lurched to life with a round of shouting about the environment, as our post-industrial, post-literate urban society grapples with conflict-ing claims of impending doom.
The release of a group of Green-peace protesters from a Russian prison was welcomed by TV news networks desperate to fill the holiday dead zone. Our intrepid Canadian pair got to describe over and over their bid to hang a strongly worded banner from a Russian offshore oil platform, and their horror when security forces boarded their vessel from helicopters and seized it.
In all the fawning interviews, I kept waiting for two questions to be asked. What did they think Vladimir Putin’s regime would do? And what was the point? How is disrupting one oil platform for an hour going to save the planet?
The Greenpeace “activists” claimed this was the first oil plat-form to operate above the Arctic Circle. So it was a line in the snow, which I’m sure impressed Putin as he ramps up his territorial claim to include the North Pole.
Meanwhile at the South Pole, TV anchors remained carefully sombre as they reported numerous bids to rescue a scientific vessel trapped in thick ice. No quips about the pre-dictive abilities of climate scientists please!
In fact this ill-fated voyage was a re-enactment of Sir Douglas Maw-son’s 1913 expedition, with pro-global warming news outlets BBC and The Guardian aboard to capture the melting wrought by a century of industrial expansion.
Closure of Kamloops paper foreboding
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The rescue efforts (from a Russian ship by Chinese helicopters) also disrupted an Australian icebreaker’s supply trip for one of the real scientific expeditions working in Antarctica.
Skeptics had great fun with the Antarctic debacle, as they did earlier with the resurgence of Arctic ice that trapped climate tourists.
As is normal in the Inter-net age, the climate debate has split into two fanatical factions, each of which
promotes the most extreme examples it can find to prop up its version of truth. They call each other “warmists” and “deniers” among other pithy names.
Greenpeace is now known in B.C. as part of our Team America anti-tar sands brigade. They got off to a good start in 2014 by selectively seizing on reports of a new study of mercury contamination in northern Alberta.
A “bullseye” of this dreaded neurotoxin has been drawn around oilsands
operations by measuring traces in snow. The study by Environment Canada scientists isn’t published yet, but Postmedia News reported on a presenta-tion in November by the researchers.
“The federal scientists stress the mercury loadings around the oilsands are low compared to the contami-nation seen in many parts of North America includ-ing southern Ontario and southern Quebec,” the news report states.
This is like the study
of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) pollu-tion in northern Alberta lakes that was twisted into propaganda and fed to the news media last year. This is another group of neu-rotoxins that are far more concentrated in urban areas than around remote indus-try.
Consumption, rather than production of coal, diesel and other fuels pro-duces the vast majority of these emissions. I look for-ward to the study of their effects around Lost Lagoon
and Burnaby Lake.Of course safe levels of
these materials have been set by Health Canada. You’re more likely to get significant exposure to mer-cury from a broken fluores-cent lamp or the mercury amalgam in your old tooth fillings than you are from feeding ducks at the lake, although you might get a whiff of PAH when you gas up the car or board the bus.
Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc
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Deep divide between “warmists” and “deniers”
Dear Editor,
Come and join us for Chili Sunday on Jan. 12 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Kane Valley! This annual event is open to all. It’s a fun way to get to know some new people, share some food, ski some trails, and celebrate this unique recreational spot in the val-ley.
For over 40 years, people have been cross country skiing in Kane Valley. It started out with some local hardcore nature lovers in the ’70s who skied some of the old logging skid trails in the area. Over the years, it has developed into over 50 kilometres of wilderness trail systems.
The trails are well mapped and marked. Through hundreds of vol-unteer hours, community involvement, Rotary spon-sors, and industry and Min-istry of Forests support, the incredible vision and hard work of community mem-bers has led to this unique ski area.
If you don’t ski but want to come and join us, please do! All are welcome.
The Nicola Nordic Ski Club is a non-profit society. All fees collected go directly to the grooming of the ski trails and maintenance of the equipment. All the rest of the work is done by volunteers. Chili Sunday is a free day for all, so take advantage of us — but for one day only please!
Interested in learning how to ski? A group lesson will begin at 1 p.m. Round up some skis and come give it a try!
Bring enough chili for your group and add it to the communal pot over the fire pit at Parking Lot 3 (approximately four kilo-metres up the Kane Valley Road on the right). Bring your own dishes and the club will supply the buns, cookies and hot drinks, and will have the fire going.
For more information, visit nicolanordic.ca.
Kate AndersonMerritt
Open invitation to ski club’s Chili Sunday
Dear Editor,
It is always sad news to read about some poor soul losing their life on our local roads. What is even sadder is to realize these accidents are always preventable.
The RCMP are always quick to cite these driv-ers as driving too fast for conditions.
I suppose that is a lot easier than demanding more from contractors who put the bottom line over human life.
I don’t care what the politics are, road main-tenance has deteriorated over the terms of both right and left-wing gov-ernments.
We, who work in this area, have no choice but to drive to work no mat-ter what the conditions.
The employers in this area are among the biggest tax payers and payroll providers in the
province, and should have the clout to demand bet-ter, safer roads for their employees to travel to and from work on.
WorkSafeBC would never allow such unsafe conditions at a job site, yet workers are faced every day with the choice of driving in unsafe con-ditions or losing a day’s pay.
The legislated right to refuse unsafe work doesn’t mean much if you die trying to get there.
I have never seen such poor road maintenance in 33 years of travelling from Merritt to Highland
Valley. I have also noticed that
these conditions are a common topic in the cof-fee shops and gathering places around town.
They are not doing any more than the bare minimum, and that puts lives at risk.
The RCMP can always trot out that little chestnut about too fast for condi-tions, but they would have a little more credibility if they too would demand that the contractor does a better job.
Mike Kempf Merritt
‘‘‘I have never seen such poor road maintenance in 33 years of travelling from Merritt to Highland Valley.’
— LETTER WRITER
MIKE KEMPF
Commuters driving to bad conditions
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Schmidt said that the first year in the new building had its moments.
“Initially, we didn’t have an insulated ceiling which caused more than a few problems. I can remember when we had the Overwaitea turkey bonspiel. It was a bright, sunny day outside. The cool air inside would go up to the roof and immediately turn into
condensation that would drip back down onto the ice. There were lumps all over the place. It was quite a mess.”
Participation in curl-ing, both locally and nation-wide, has dimin-ished somewhat in recent years. However, the Merritt Curling Centre continues to soldier on thanks to the hard work and commitment of its small but enthusiastic membership.
“Currently, we have 12 men’s teams that
compete on Mondays, eight ladies’ teams on Tuesdays, nine seniors’ teams on Monday after-noons and nine seniors’ teams on Tuesday after-noons, as well as close to 20 junior curlers on Monday afternoons,” said Schmidt. “Of course, we always wel-come new participants of any age or ability.”
With a little luck, who knows, maybe the Merritt Curling Centre will live to celebrate another 100 years.
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Eric Drane has a new mission in life.
Beginning today, Drane’s neo-alchemy artwork will be on display at the Courthouse Art Gallery and it aims to help people in need.
Drane told the Herald that in giving back to the communi-ty, he hopes to help change the stereotype of disabled veterans.
“When you hear the term disabled vet, I think [in] a lot of people’s minds, they see some old guy in a wheelchair, still wearing his ribbons or whatever, and needing money,” Drane said.
“I wanted to get the image out there for people to see that a veteran is a soldier, a highly trained soldier who just needs a new mission,” Drane said.
“My new mission is to bat-tle ignorance and poverty.”
“It’s a way to re-invent yourself,” he added.
Using computer programs, Drane builds scenes and takes freeze frames to create his art with subjects such as motor bikes, people and guitars.
“I’m really, really excited about being able to get the artwork out there and being able to motivate people to do the same thing, to help others,” Drane said.
Drane has published two books of his own artwork, the proceeds from which will go towards various charities.
The first book will see 25 per cent of the proceeds split between the Canadian Legion and the Disabled American Veterans group.
“Basically, I decided to donate portions of proceeds from that book to help veter-ans and their families on both sides of the border,” Drane said.
Proceeds from his second book will go to the BC Chil-dren’s Hospital and the Uni-versity of Washington Medical Center children’s ward. The
charities will split one-third of the proceeds from that book, Drane said.
Drane was in the American army in the 1970s. He first came to Merritt a few months prior to his April 2012 spinal and cataract surgeries, he said.
“Basically, I was spending my summer months up here in Canada and I went back to the [United] States and had some really miraculous spinal repair surgery,” Drane said, noting he also had his eye lenses replaced with synthetic ones to repair his eyesight.
It’s only since his surgeries that Drane has be able to truly practice his art, he said.
“I just basically started my art as a hobby, but it became an occupational therapy and after the eye surgery I was just given more vivid hues and colours, and it has really exploded for me,” he said.
Drane had his first art show about eight years ago, and things were picking up until his diminishing vision and back
problems effectively ended his art career until his surgeries in 2012.
“I’ve had a taste of what it’s like to be going blind. I’ve had a taste of what it’s like to be unable to walk and feel your body from the waist down,” Drane said.
He said he enjoyed coming back to Merritt after the sur-geries to see the shocked look on the faces of his friends here when they saw how much he had improved.
“I was on a cane and walk-ing like I’m 90, and here I am [now] standing upright. I love the power of the recovery,” he said. “That’s the real message. Who I am is so unimport-ant compared to the fact that there’s hope, and on that hope I get to come back.”
The show Brain Drain, featuring local artist Justine Brown, opens tonight and runs until Jan. 31. An opening reception will be held at the gallery Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m.
Veteran re-invents himself as artistBy Michael Potestio
Merritt Curling Centre soldiers onFrom Page 3
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School District 58 has
exceeded its enrolment
projections for the current
school year.
At the first school board
meeting of the year on Sept.
18, superintendent Bob
Peacock said the district
has 1,142 students at the
elementary level — 43 stu-
dents above its projection of
1,099.At the high school level,
SD58 projected 809 stu-
dents, which it surpassed by
eight students.
Enrolment in distance
education programs, for
students who take courses by
correspondence or outside
of a traditional classroom
setting, sits at 100 students
— well above the projected
65. However, in the alternate
program, the district’s enrol-
ment fell from a projected 82
students this year to 62.
“We tend to pick up more
students from now until the
end of September, mainly
because those students take a
while to get back to school,”
Peacock told the school
board.Peacock told the Herald
Merritt Secondary School
has about 635 of Merritt’s
1,584 students. In Princeton,
the district met its projection
of 437 students, Peacock
said. Peacock said the higher
number of enrolled students
won’t translate into more
money for the school district
because any extra funding
for more students would take
away from the district’s fund-
ing protection.
He added it’s always good
to have more students in the
system.
Learning improvement
fundsThe school board also
heard the process for distrib-
uting the district’s $311,007
in learning improvement
funds, which is annual fund-
ing from the Ministry of
Education.
School principals submit
spending proposals to the
superintendent who drafts a
spending plan, consults with
local unions, and then pres-
ents the plan to the school
board. Peacock said $39,936 is
expected to go to certified
educational assistants (CEAs)
and the remaining $271,071
will be allocated to schools.
Peacock said tentatively
$162,560 will be added for
extra teaching staff, $19,500
will be added to fund teach-
er release time and $73,620
will be used for extra class-
room support such as CEAs
for kindergarten and Grade
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The remaining funds will
be retained for next semes-
ter, Peacock said.
“In the second semester,
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Peacock told the Herald.
By Michael PotestioSchool district enrolment above projections
How to deal with debt
The holidays are over but your mailbox con-tinues to fill up – with holiday bills.
Pile them on top of all your regular pay-ments for your mortgage, car loan and other credit card balances and you begin to wonder how you can stretch your paycheque to cover it all … to say nothing about how you will ever secure your financial future.
You know you need to pay your bills, some-how find money for the investments that are important to achieving your life goals, and come up with enough cash to make your maximum contribution to invest-ments held within a RRSP that will allow you to one day realize your retirement dreams – but how will you do all that?
Consolidate high-interest, high-cost loans
Consolidate medi-cal bills, car payments, education loans, lines of credit and other high-interest debts like credit card payments into one, lower-interest loan. You’ll have a single, more affordable monthly payment than the many monthly payments you were making previously, your cash management will be easier, and you’ll generate new savings that can ramp up your repay-ment plan and get you out of debt faster.
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Consider consolidat-ing your debt through a home equity loan with a much lower interest rate than your credit cards (which typically range from 19 per cent up to 28 per cent for a retail card). When you keep the same amortization period, your overall lower interest rate will create additional cash flow to help you meet other financial goals.
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Logan Lake hockey tourney cancelledThe annual Logan Lake
Pond Hockey Classic is cancelled this year — its first complete cancellation in the history of the event’s eight-year run.
Organizers cite a mild forecast as the reason for cancelling the tournament, which was slated to take place Jan. 17-19.
“Even though the ice crew has been on the lake for over a month, they haven’t been able to clear all of it due to continual surface water. They even lost an inch of ice in the past week,” the Logan Lake Pond Hockey Classic website states.
Organizers are offering full refunds for anyone who’s already
registered in the 30-plus team tournament by cheque or by email. They are also offering the option to carry registration fees over to the next event in 2015.
The tournament draws hundreds of people to Logan Lake, a community of 2,500 people about 50 kilometres north of Merritt.
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BEST IN CLASS AVAILABLE FUEL ECONOMY OF UP TO 4.2L/100KMS**
BASED ON A PURCHASE PRICE OF $17,595LEASE: BI-WEEKLY FOR 60 MONTHS≠ $0 DOWNFINANCE: BI-WEEKLY FOR 84 MONTHS‡ $2,050 DOWN
LEASE OR FINANCE
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BASED ON A PURCHASE PRICE OF $20,295LEASE: BI-WEEKLY FOR 48 MONTHS≠ AT 1.9% WITH $275 DOWNFINANCE: BI-WEEKLY FOR 72 MONTHS‡ AT 1.99% WITH $1,300 DOWN
LEASE OR FINANCE
$129
BASED ON A PURCHASE PRICE OF $33,417 (1WT MODEL)BI-WEEKLY AT 1.5% FOR 36 MONTHS≠ $650 DOWNOFFER INCLUDES $4,000 IN CREDITS¥ AND $1,000 TRUCK OWNER BONUS#
LEASE
$189
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52 MPG HIGHWAY5.4 L/100 KM HWY | 8.2 L/100 KM CITY
50 MPG HIGHWAY5.7 L/100 KM HWY | 7.8 L/100 KM CITY
46 MPG HIGHWAY6.1 L/100 KM HWY | 9.2 L/100 KM CITY
31 MPG HIGHWAY9.0 L/100 KM HWY | 12.6 L/100 KM CITY
ALL NEW 2014 SILVERADO 1500 CREW CAB 4X4
• THE 2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 CREW CAB RECEIVED THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE OVERALL VEHICLE SCORE FOR SAFETY, 5-STARS - FROM NHTSA
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Independently owned and operated
Helping you is what we do.™REAL ESTATE REVIEW
M E R R I T TPhone: 250-378-6181
1988 Quilchena Ave., Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 • Fax: 250-378-6184www.royallepage.ca/merritt
FEATURE LISTINGSWIN$1000
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NEW LISTINGS
$75,000 INCL GST M4046$59,990 M4044
$499,000 L4052
New Double wide • mobile home2 bedrooms, 1 bath-• roomClose to schools and • park
Beautiful rebuilt • Mobile HomePriced to sell• 2 bedrooms 1 • bathroom55+ Mobile Park•
Perfect horse •
property
Backs on to Crown•
6 stall barn•
Creek on property•
Beautifully updated • 2900 sq ft 3 bed • family homeLrg covered deck, • fully fencedAwesome family • home
$297,990 L4008
NEW LISTING NEW LISTING NEW LISTING NEW LISTING
Extra large double lot• 2 city water & sewage hook-• upsPrivate setting, fl at site• Easy access w/ paved roads•
$100,000 M3495
Immaculate 5 bdrm home•
Newer furnace & central air•
Large fenced back yard•
Mill Creek kitchen•
$210,000 L4049
Investors, priced for your budget!• Totally updated side X side duplex• Currently rented with separate • hydro metersUnit A 725 sq ft, Unit B 778 sq ft • approx.
$219,850 M4048
40+ acres riverfront• Incredible new house• Beautiful log guest cottage• Expansive views•
$1,195,000 M4050
Main fl oor has • vaulted ceilingMstr BR w/ Ensuite & • W/I closet10 acres and 2500 • sq.ft barn
$529,000 M4041
HWY 97CNEW LISTING!
$439,000 M4032
Amazing 2800 sq ft • log home3 bed 2 bath quality • builtVaulted ceilings, 2 lofts• Totally fenced 1.14 • acres w/out buildings.
WILD ROSE DR
12 • THURSDAY, January 9, 2014 www.merrittherald.com www.merrittherald.com THURSDAY, January 9, 2014 • 13
Ground level entry and parking• Open design living room & kitchen• All electric heat and hot water•
$69,900 M3955
Don’t rent when you can own!• 1 bed, large rooms & updates• Includes fridge and stove• Well maintained building•
$69,995 M3992
Great investment property• New laminate fl ooring• Newer furnace & H/W tank•
$74,000 M3934
2 bedrooms in strata building• Central location, laminate fl ooring• New roof in 2010•
$76,900 M3486
Quiet culdesac location!• 3 bdrms up, 2 down, 2 bathrooms• Includes appliances, central air• Lots of parking•
$214,000 M4043
Helping you is what we do.™REAL ESTATE REVIEW
M E R R I T TPhone: 250-378-6181
1988 Quilchena Ave., Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 • Fax: 250-378-6184www.royallepage.ca/merritt www.realtor.ca
Claudette EdenosteBroker
250-280-0689
Debra SchindlerPersonal Real Estate Corp.
250-315-3548
Melody SimonSales Rep
250-315-8539
Tom McDonaghBroker
Karen BonneteauSales Rep
John IssacSales Rep
Lynda Etchart Diane ManchesterProperty Management Team
250-378-1996
NEW PRICE
Crystal ChandlerUnlicenced Assistant
250-378-6181
3 bed, 1 ½ bath family home• Downtown location–close to library/• shopping22 X 24 heated/wired detached gar-• age/shop
$224,900 M4035
Nice 3 Bedroom rancher• Close to school & shopping• Separate living & family room• 16x20 detached garage•
$239,000 M3968
Located on nice quiet street• 5 Bed, 3 bath incl. ensuite• Granite countertops, Central air• Tile & laminate fl ooring, 5 Appl.•
$244,900 M3981
Very nice 4 BR, 2 Bth family home• New furnace, roof and gutters• Updated main Bth- Private backyard•
$264,900 M3945
2+ bdrm home on a good sized lot• Open plan for kitchen, DR & LR• Fully fenced yard & lots of parking•
$99,900 M3871
Rev property, Lvgrm, kitch on main• Upper fl r has 3 bdrms & full bath• Vinyl windows, fully fenced front yd•
$103,000 M3823
Nice 2 Bedroom Condo• New laminate fl ooring• Good for revenue or fi rst timer•
$108,000 M3877
Classy Condo!• Fabulously updated w/ lots of extras• 1st fl oor, 2 bedroom unit, new • bathroomCustom cupboards & granite counters•
$127,000 M4034
Nice 2 bed 1 bath on .359 acre• Aerothermal heating & cooling• Updated windows/totally fenced• 24X30 detached shop/garage•
$269,000 M4022
Unique layout that awaits your touch• 2 lots, 2 titles• Detached double garage•
$128,000 M3792
Updated cottage with huge yard• 2 bed 1 bath & 4 appliances• Great income, retirement or 1st time • buyer.
$142,490 M4018
3 Bedroom rancher• Newer fl ooring in kitchen• all bedrooms& living room• Yard is fully fenced•
$149,900 M3973
Nice 3 BR, 2 bath, ½ duplex• Fam Room on Main w/2 BRs, Kitch• L.R.on second level Fenced yard•
$159,000 M3851
Hobby Farm 1.79 acres• 3 bdrm, 2 bath home• 5 stall barn, hay shed, poultry pens• Numerous fruit trees, large veg. • garden.
$269,000 M4017
Close to down town core• Great investment property•
$159,000 M4021
New 2 bed, 2 bath Apartment• Bright open design• Kitchen w/ lrg center island• Laundry room in unit•
$164,000 M4001
5 Bed , 3 Bath home• Currently set up as duplex• Back unit has 2 Bedrooms• Comes with appl. in both suites•
$167,000 M3983
Nice 3 BR, 2 full baths, half duplex•
1 car attached garage & fenced yard•
New roof ’07, Large Master BR.•
$169,000 M3852
Cozy 2 BD Rancher, fenced back yard•
Wood stove, metal shed & Shop•
Front yard has Garlic and Herb bed•
$169,000 M3886
Just across from the arena!• 2000 sq ft half duplex• 5 bdrms, 2 kitchens, 2 bathrooms• Laminate fl oors, fenced yard.•
$179,900 M4028
Beautiful Heritage Charmer• 3 BD,2 Bth, shop & RV parking• U/G sprinklers for amazing gardens• A/C & security system•
$187,950 M4031
New roof, recent H/W & Boiler• 5 BR, 3 Bath main part of home• + 2 BR suite at ground level• Mstr BR, ensuite has jetted tub•
$289,000 M3984
Sunvalley Court-2 BR, 2 Bth T/home•
End unit-includes all appliances•
24 hour notice required•
Immaculate 5 bdrm home• Newer furnace & central air• Large fenced back yard• Mill Creek kitchen•
$194,000 M3741
$210,000 L4049
2 bedroom character home• Located near park• Private oasis in backyard•
$194,500 M4025
Cozy, 1 bed cottage w/loft• 2 acres, fully fenced• Huge deck w/lovely Lk view• Year round recreation•
$230,000 M399
Exclusive recreational property• Wonderful lake views & access• 2 bdrms & loft log cabin• Onsite caretaker, weekly rentals•
$288,000 M4033
Year round residence• 4 bed, 2 bath main home• 2 acres private lot w/ extra’s• Guest cottage w/ tons of parking•
$289,000 M3946
Luxurious • 3 BR Custom Log Home
Laundry on main, Games room/more•
Resort style Atm• osphere- Mile High!
$349,000 M3894
Bea• utiful home with custom kitchen
Attached garage with guest room &•
3 piece bath•
$349,900 M4019
Rive• rfront Acreage
Modular home, 3 BR, 2 Bth•
9.62 prop• erty, fenced pasture
$399,000 M3857
Amazing 2800 sq ft log home• 3 bed 2 bath quality built• Vaulted ceilings, 2 lofts• Totally fenced 1.14 acres w/out • buildings.
$439,000 M4032
Horses welcome – 9.88 acres• Very nice 3 bed 2 bath home• Bright open design with vaulted ceilings• Totally private/fenced & cross fenced•
$485,000 M4016
Amazing Panoramic views• 4 bed, 3 bath- 8 years new• Vaulted ceilings, C/Air, C/vac• 9.91 acres- Totally fenced•
$499,900 M3991
Main fl oor ha• s vaulted ceiling
Mstr BR w/ Ensuite & W/I closet•
10 acres and • 2500 sq.ft barn
$529,000 M4041
Log home/Hobby farm• Creek runs thru property• Farm Equipment included• Approx. 9 acres in hay•
$539,000 M3943
Custom Post & • Beam Home
Stunning views on 21 +/- acres •
Custom built map• le cabinets & more!
$599,000 M3879
160 acres• of privacy
Endless trails, this land is fenced•
10 kms from p• aved highway
$599,000 M3815
160 acres w/o• pportunities
Water license available•
Recreational/ farm p• otential
$599,000 M3922
Awesome waterfront property• 3 BR home, new roof & fl oors• 7 stall barn, 2-16x24 cabins• Water rights on Nicola River•
$640,000 M3967
13+ acres close to Merritt• House is 3 years new• 3 bdrm, 3 bath, family home• Detached garage/shop & 2 wells. •
$775,000 M4036
44 +/- private acres • w/ creek
2530 sq.ft. rancher, 26x36 log barn•
20x40 RV,70x140 arena,36x4• 0 shop
$799,000 M3876
Utopia in the Sunshine Valley!• 38+ acres of Riverfront property• 4 BR, in fl oor heat, 9 ft ceilings• Beautiful views and mature gardens•
$1,350,000 M3990
80 acre horse farm•
2 large ranch houses,44x96 barn•
40x40 wired, Insul, heated shop•
$1,690,000 M3900
160 acre ranch•
4500 Sq.ft. Linwood home•
130x220 riding arena•
$2,100,000 M3944
RANCHES, RURAL AND RECREATIONLOWER
NICOLA
LOWER
NICOLA
NEW
LISTING!
Great Buy! Below assessed Value• 2 single family homes on Lrg lots• Collect rental income from both •
$209,000 M3947
Close to down town core• Great investment property•
$209,000 M4040
New roof, recent H/W & Boiler• 5 BR, 3 Bath main part of home• + 2 BR suite at ground level• Mstr BR, ensuite has jetted tub•
$289,000 M3984
GLIMPSE
LAKE PARADISE
LAKE GLIMPSE LAKE
MILE HIGH
REDUCED!
BROOKMERESUNSHINE
VALLEY WILD ROSE
DR BEECH ROAD
SUNSHINE
VALLEY
ESTATES
UNIQUE
PROPERTY
HWY 97C
CACHE CREEKMERRITT/
SPENCES
BRDG HWY
MILL CREEK
SUNSHINE
VALLEY
HWY 97CRIVERFRONT
PETIT CREEK
PETIT CREEK
RANCH!
$2000
BUYER BONUS
Call For Your FREE
Market Evaluation
250-378-6181
Completely Replumbed• New HW tank• 3 Bed, 2 Bath rancher• Appliances included•
$34,900 M3844
COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES
MOBILE HOMES IN PARKS
$59,990 M4044
Beautiful rebuilt Mobile Home• Priced to sell• 2 bedrooms 1 bathroom• 55+ Mobile Park•
Royal Lepage Merrittfor all your
Real Estate needs.For Buying & Selling
call 250-378-6181
For Renting, and Property & Strata
Managementcall 250-378-1996
1500 sq.ft/• fl oor, wheelchair access Top fl oor, 1 offi ce, mini kitch & Bth• Backyard fenced• , Ramps both sides
Locally managed 11 unit building• Main fl oor has laundry hookups• U/G sprinklers, good tenant base• Corner store half a block away•
$725,000 M4002
$265,000 M4027
Approx 15 acres of dev. prop• Current zoning I3 w/portion in • ALRSubdivision potential•
$499,000 M3873
4 Plex – Investors, lots of parking•
4 Lrg Suites, Close to D/Town•
Double L• ot, Great Location
$388,000 M3863
Perfect family enterprise• Training can be provided• Beautiful storefront and deli.• 2 walk-in coolers, large quick freeze.•
Investors, priced for your budget!• Totally updated side X side duplex• Currently rented with separate hydro• Unit A 725 sq ft, Unit B 778 sq ft approx.•
$150,000 M4030 $219,850 M4048
PROFITABLE
LOCAL BUSINESS
Great Investment Opportunity!• Prime development potential.• Ideal location for your business.• Mixed use commercial.•
$570,000 M4038
LOTS AND ACREAGE
26 Country acreage• Natural grasslands,• Good water table • 2 acre, leveled, ready for a home•
$310,000 M4042
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Car experts agree that when the seasons change—and the temperatures dip—drivers should also be thinking of an important swi-tchover on their vehicles.
Despite motorists all across the country reminding themselves about replacing ice scrapers and snow brushes in their car trunks, there are still a large number of Canadians unsure of the benefits of winter tires for their vehicles.
The experts, however, concur—winter tires are highly recommended. “This time of year serves as an annual checkpoint and reminder for the importance of having proper winter tires on your vehicle,” says Ian MacDonald, Director of Marketing at autoTRADER.ca, Canada’s largest online automotive marketplace.
“Too many fender benders and accidents are preventable for want of proper tires. It’s an investment that pays off in peace of mind knowing your vehicle can perform better despite the conditions,” he says, adding that winter tires are a must-have for a number of scientific reasons:
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There is nothing more beautiful than a highway lined with autumn colours. They take one’s breath away. But, just as soon as they appear, they’ll be gone and the sub-zero temperatures will be the next thing to take one’s breath away. While we can all agree that the prospect of winter is pretty miserable — unless you’re a skier — there’s really nothing worse than hitting a patch of black ice. But according to recent Canadian Tire survey, a majority of drivers in Ontario, the Prairies and British Columbia choose not to install winter tires, mistakenly believing that all-season tires offer adequate safety.
The evidence says otherwise. In winter-condition tests, Transport Canada and the Rubber Association of Canada found that stopping was 30 to 40 per cent longer with all-season compared to winter tires. In cornering, vehicles with all-season tires went off the testing track at speeds of only 40 to 50 km/h, while the vehicles equipped with winter tires had no problem. The results were consistent with front-, rear- and all-wheel vehicles.
The experts from Desjardins Insurance agree that winter tires are designed to save lives. ”What’s interesting is that many people who live in snow-belt regions across the country recognize the need for them,” said Desjardins spokesperson Joe Daly.
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Staying active is a family affair(NC) — In many parts of the country, mid-February marks the celebration of Fam-ily Day. What better time to think about a family-focused approach to health? Ensuring that your whole fam-ily shares a health-first mindset starts with getting active together along with eating whole-some foods. Registered dietitian Helene Charle-bois, who contributes to subway.com, offers three tips for staying active with your loved ones this Family Day.
Get outside Winter is filled with
great activities that can only be enjoyed at this time of year. Spend some time outside
together enjoying the activities the season brings. So many winter activities will get your heart pumping and your body moving: dig up your skates and head to your local ice rink for some skating; go tobogganing or hiking through your favourite park; or even just spend time together outside making a snowman and snow angels.
Try a winter picnic Once you’ve worked
up an appetite, it’s time for lunch. Conclude your outdoor fun with a delicious picnic lunch – yes, in the winter. Keep it simple and pick up a meal from a local restaurant that offers smarter fare. Bring a
Thermos you can fill with your favourite soup – and don’t forget to load your sandwiches with veggies!
Not ready to face the cold?
If you’re planning to spend Family Day inside this year, try some activ-ities at home that will get your bodies moving. How about a game of
Twister or a dance party on your favourite game console? You’ll not only benefit from the physi-cal activity, but you’re sure to share a lot of laughs along the way. To fuel the fun, plan some healthful snacks like sliced fresh fruit dipped in melted dark chocolate or freshly popped, lightly-buttered popcorn.
Remember – good habits start in childhood. Modelling active behavior and good eating habits will set the tone for your whole family for years to come.
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The scoop on risks and causes of back pain
Did you know that eight out of 10 Cana-dians will experience moderate to severe back pain at least once in their lives? In fact, it is one of the more common reasons why someone is absent from work. It is also one of the most common rea-sons why people visit their medical or chiro-practic doctors. Even though back pain can
affect people of any age, it is significantly more common among adults aged between 35 and 55. This week, I will describe some of the main risk fac-tors and causes of back pain. I will also list some of the seri-ous symptoms of low back pain that would require immediate attention because they can be due to a much more serious problem.
Risk factorsUnfortunately, in
our society today, there are many risk factors that can make someone more prone to experiencing back pain.
A mentally or physi-•cally stressful job
Pregnancy (pregnant •women are much more likely to get back pain)A sedentary lifestyle •(not exercising regu-larly)Age (older adults •are more susceptible than young adults or children) Anxiety •Depression •Gender (back pain •is more common among females than males) Obesity •Smoking •Strenuous physical •exercise (especially if not done properly)
CausesThe human back
is composed of a complex structure of
muscles, nerves, liga-ments, tendons, disks and bones. Thus, there are many different things that can cause back pain. The most common ones are:
Strained muscles •Strained ligaments •A muscle spasm •Each vertebra in our •spine is cushioned by disks. If the disk “ruptures,” there will be pressure on or pinching of a nerve, resulting in back pain. In much the same •way as ruptured disks, a “bulging” disk can result in pressure on or pinching of a nerve. “Sciatica” is a com-•mon source of back and leg pain. It is
a sharp and shoot-ing pain that travels through the buttock and down the back of the leg, caused by a bulging or herniat-ed disk that is press-ing on a nerve. Patients with •osteoarthritis com-monly experience painful problems with the joints in the hips and lower back. If the spine curves •in an unusual way, commonly called scoliosis, the per-son is more likely to experience back pain. Shingles, which is a •temporary but very painful viral infec-tion of the nerves, can cause severe back and trunk pain.
Serious symptoms Luckily, back pain
is rarely life threaten-ing and can be treated successfully. However, if you have any of the symptoms listed imme-diately below, see your medical doctor right away.
Weight loss •Elevated body tem-•perature (fever) Redness and swelling •on the back Persistent back pain •that is relentless, and lying down or resting does not help Severe pain down •the legs Severe pain that •reaches below the knees A recent injury, blow •or trauma to your back
Unintentional •urination (even small amounts) Difficulty urinating•Loss of bowel •control Numbness around •the genitals, anus or buttocks
Chiropractors are highly trained to examine and treat most forms of back pain. If you have any of the above symptoms, feel free to contact our office and have an examination done.
If a more serious problem exists, then the chiropractor would make the appropriate referral to the patient’s medical doctor for further investigation.
DR. COLIN GAGESpinal COLUMN
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Cents slow out of the gate to start the new yearBy Ian WebsterTHE HERALD
Rookie Adam Tracey’s fifth and sixth goals of the season and the acquisition of 20-year-old defenceman Jason Bird from the Vernon Vipers wasn’t nearly enough help for the Merritt Centennials on the weekend as they picked up just one point out of a possible six in their return to action after a 10-day Christmas break.
The 18-year-old Tracey scored the Cents’ lone goal at 6:29 of the third period in a hard-fought 1-1 tie with the Penticton Vees on home ice Friday night. He also tallied one of Merritt’s two goals Saturday in a disappointing 4-2 loss to the Salmon Arm Silverbacks at the Shaw Centre. Scotty Patterson had the only other Cents’ marker.
The Centennials finished off their three games in three days
with a 6-2 defeat at the hands of the Vees in a matinee game played at the South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton on Sunday.
Daniel Nachbaur and Shane Poulsen were the only two Centennials able to beat Olivier Mantha in the Pen’s net.
The Cents-Backs contest marked the debut of Bird, a Toronto native who has played 106 BCHL games over the last three seasons with the Vipers, the Coquitlam Express and now the Centennials.
Bird was traded to Merritt on Jan. 3 for the CJHL rights to for-mer Centennial Dylan Chanter, who has been playing for Dubuque in the USHL this season.
The six-foot one-inch, 195-pound Bird played admirably in his new uniform on
Saturday and Sunday, but neither he nor his teammates performed well enough to earn a win against their pair of Interior Division rivals.
The Centennials committed several cardi-nal sins over the course of the weekend. In both their losses, they allowed the opposition to score
in either the first or last minute of a period Against Salmon Arm, it was two goals in the final 60 seconds of the second and third periods respectively. Versus the Vees on Sunday, it was a goal just 13 seconds into the game.
In giving up six goals to the Vees (three of
them in the opening 20 minutes), the Cents completely hung rookie netminder Nathan Alahouf out to dry in the AP’s first-ever BCHL start — also an absolute no-no in the sporting world.
Add to the malaise only five Cents’ goals scored in three games,
a couple of missed breakaways, a blown penalty shot (in overtime no less), and just two powerplay tallies in 11 chances and you have all the ingredients for a less than stellar return to BCHL action following the holiday.
The Cents’ single point from the weekend gives them 42 in total and leaves them in fifth place in the Interior, four points back of Salmon Arm in the battle for the fourth and final playoff spot.
Coming up this weekend are two more road games for the Centennials — against the Clippers in Nanaimo on Friday night and in Victoria Saturday versus the Grizzlies.
Merritt’s next home game is Tuesday, Jan. 14 when they entertain the Vipers.
BCHL STANDINGS to Jan. 9
Team GP W L T OTL PTS
Penticton 39 25 9 2 3 55Vernon 39 21 11 3 4 49West Kelowna 38 22 12 2 2 48Salmon Arm 39 20 13 1 5 46Merritt 39 19 16 3 1 42Trail 41 8 29 2 2 20
INTERIOR DIVISION
Team GP W L T OTL PTS
Langley 42 25 12 1 4 55Prince George 39 22 13 2 2 48Coquitlam 38 18 16 1 3 40Surrey 40 17 22 1 0 35Chilliwack 41 10 27 1 3 24
MAINLAND DIVISION
Team GP W L T OTL PTS
Victoria 40 26 9 3 2 57Powell River 38 25 9 2 2 54Nanaimo 41 20 19 1 1 42Cowichan Valley 41 14 25 1 1 30Alberni Valley 39 11 22 2 4 28
ISLAND DIVISION
PANCAKE Merritt Centennial rookie Malik Kaila lands squarely on top of Penticton netminder Hunter Miska during Friday night’s 1-1 tie between the Cents and the Vees. Ian Webster/Herald
RIDIN’ HIGH Merritt’s Ty Pozzobon rides Alternator to a score of 88.25 and a tie for first place in round one of the BFTS Monster Energy Buck Off at Madison Square Gardens in New York on the weekend. Photo courtesy of Andy Watson/Bullstockmedia
Pozzobon wins at MSGBy Ian Webster
Merritt cowboy Ty Pozzobon got his 2014 professional bull riding season off to a great start with a first place finish in round one of the Built Ford Tough Series Monster Energy Buck Off at Madison Square Gardens in New York on the week-end.
The 22-year-old Pozzobon rode a bull called Alternator to a score of 88.25. He tied Brazilian Fabiano Vieira for top spot in
the opening round.Pozzobon earned
$3,165 for his eight-second’s worth of 2,000 pound trouble.
Third place in round one went to Pozzobon’s good buddy Chase Outlaw, who Merritt rodeo fans will remember was the winner of the first annual Ty Pozzobon Invitational bull riding event in Merritt back in June.
Pozzobon wasn’t quite so lucky in rounds two and three at the Monster Energy event in New York as
he was bucked off both times.
Although he quali-fied for the champion-ship round at the MSG on Sunday, Pozzobon decided to pass on it due to a minor groin pull. The injury is not expected to keep him out of action this week.
Pozzobon’s 13th-place finish overall in New York, combined with good results in Australia before Christmas and a sixth-place finish in Fort Worth, Texas on Dec. 27 have him currently in 11th place in the
Built Ford Tough world standings.
Last year, Pozzobon finished an injury-shortened 2013 BFTS campaign in 30th place overall with winnings of $102,000.
Pozzobon climbs back on board the bulls on Wednesday and Thursday of this week at a PRCA event in Odessa, Texas. He then makes his way to Chicago for the next stop on the Built Ford Tough Series circuit, at the Allstate Arena in the Windy City.
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By Ian WebsterTHE HERALD
Merritt Secondary School basketball teams find themselves in tough against their Kamloops opponents at the best of times. When the other team comes from a AAA school with over 1,000 students to chose from, it’s really no contest for the overmatched Panthers.
Such was the case on Tuesday night of this week, as the MSS junior boys and girls squads hosted the pow-erful NorKam Saints. Merritt’s boys team was beaten 77-33 by the Saints while the girls’ side was blown out 44-7.
The junior boys, who are coached by teacher JP Lancaster and for-mer Panther Braydon Chenier, fell behind early to their much bigger opponents, but made a game of it for stretches of the second half.
“We were shell shocked in the first half,” said Lancaster. “They gave us a full court press look that we hadn’t seen yet this year, and it took us until the second half to adjust. We still wound up too tight and couldn’t seem to finish under the
basket. We could have easily folded right then and there, but the boys came out with a phe-nomenal effort.”
Leading scorer for the MSS boys was Evan Sahota who is just in Grade 8. He brought the audience out of their seats in the final minute of the third quarter with a trio of three-pointers from well beyond the arc.
“That was one of the best displays of shooting I have seen in my short coaching career,” said Lancaster. “His ball han-dling under pressure was huge for us.”
Lancaster was also extremely pleased with the effort shown by Cohen McCormack, Dallas Schmidt, Caleb Hartwig and Silas Potter.
“The Kamloops league is big-time bas-ketball,” said Lancaster. “Although we aren’t there yet, we aren’t that far off either. The mes-sage that we’ve been preaching all year is that this team is a work in progress from now until the players leave MSS. The possibility to put MSS back on the basket-ball map lies within this group’s grasp if they can maintain their commit-
ment to improving day in and day out.”
In the girls’ game between Merritt Secondary and NorKam, it was a stifling Saints’ defence that pre-vented the Panthers from getting anything going on offence. The MSS guards simply couldn’t penetrate either with the dribble or passes down low.
Size matters in bas-ketball, and a trio of tall post players allowed the Saints to dominate the boards at both ends of the court and shoot almost at will.
Both MSS junior teams had little time to lick their wounds as they were back in action on Wednesday in Kamloops. The Panthers were set to square off against the Valleyview Vikings, a school slightly closer in size to Merritt Secondary.
Merritt’s two senior basketball teams were also slated to be in action last night, as they hosted the Westsyde Whundas.
Scores of all four Wednesday night games were not available by press time.
Next home action is Jan. 15 when the seniors entertain Valleyview.
MSS junior hoops teams in tough against NorKam Saints
The Merritt Tracker Sportswear midgets hosted their annual Ice Breaker tournament on the weekend to bring in the New Year.
Due to the last minute cancellation of one of the teams, the local midget reps were forced to play back-to-back games on Friday afternoon that included a change of venues between games.
The Tracker midg-ets opened with an impressive 10-2 victory over 100 Mile House in Merritt. Nolan Prowal had a five-goal per-formance while Lane Antoine notched a hat trick. Tyler Edward and AP Travis Sterling added singles. Tyrel Suzuki picked up the win in net while AP Noah Racine was game MVP.
In the second half of their doubleheader, Merritt was defeated 6-3 out in Shulus by the eventual tourna-ment champions from Abbotsford. Merritt goals came from Edward, Grady Musgrave and Brayden Thormoset. The game MVP went to Tracker goalie Sam Suzuki.
Game three for Merritt on Saturday morning ended in a 3-3 tie with Prince George. Merritt scorers were Edward, Prowal and Marcelo Bose. Game MVP was defenceman Jessie Cunningham.
The PG game was followed by a 7-2 Merritt victory over Chilliwack in the evening. Tracker scor-ers were Edward, Musgrave, Racine, Antoine, Grayson
McMaster, Dakota Wudrich and Bradley Colter. Antoine was also the game MVP.
Merritt finished up the round robin portion
of the tournament in second place. In a tense semi-final battle on Sunday morning, they defeated Prince George 5-3. Merritt scorers
were Prowal (with a hat trick), Bose and Colter.
Merritt battled hard in the final against Abbotsford Sunday afternoon but ended up
losing 9-2. Local scor-ers were Edward and Prowal.
In all four prelimi-nary games, the Merritt midget reps added three or more members of the local Murray GM bantam rep team to their ranks. The call-ups played admirably.
The Merritt side still had a great deal to be proud of in taking the second-place trophy.
Atom Development
The Fountain Tire atoms returned to action on Jan. 5, as they travelled to Osoyoos for a game against the South Okanagan Jr. Coyotes. The Merritt team came home with an 11-2 victory.
Goal scorers for Merritt’s Jr. Centennials were Max Graham (6),
Sajjin Lali, Breanna Ouellet, Chase Cooke, Matthew Newman and Azaria McDonnell.
Bantam Girls
The McDonald’s bantam girls continued their run of winning games on the weekend, defeating Lillooet twice on Saturday by scores of 12-0 and 12-1, and rolling over Kamloops 9-0 on Sunday.
It was a well-rounded weekend with numerous goal-scorers. Emma Ferch picked up all three wins for Merritt in net.
There are no minor hockey games at home this weekend due to adult hockey tournaments at both the Nicola Valley and Shulus arenas.
MINOR HOCKEY REPORT
Tracker Sportswear midget reps Nolan Prowal (11) and Tyler Edward (17) celebrate a Merritt goal as teammate Dakota Wudrich (14) endeavours to extricate himself from the net during Merritt’s 10-2 win over 100 Mile on Friday. Ian Webster/Herald
Midget reps settle for second place in their own tournament
RACK ATTACK (Left) Merritt’s Haley Bennett (23) drives the basketball to the hoop during junior girls’ action on Tuesday night at MSS. (Top) Caleb Hartwig (9) goes airborne in the junior boys’ game between the host Panthers and the visiting Saints. Evan Sahota (with the ball) was Merritt’s leading scor-er. The Grade 8 sharpshooter drained a trio of three-pointers in the final minute of the third quarter against NorKam. Ian Webster/Herald
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BrowniesMondays 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Central School - 250-315-7410Canadian Diabetes AssociationOnce a month, 7 - 9 p.m.Trinity United Church Hall. Call Eva 250-378-2897 or Gerry at 250-378-3716CMHA - Merritt ClubhouseFireside Center - 2026 Granite Ave.Wed/Fri 9 am - 2:30 pmShirley 250-378-5660Central School PacFirst Tuesday 7 p.m. Lunchroom - 250-378-4892Celebrate RecoveryMondays 7 p.m. New Life Fellowship, 1938 Quilchena Ave. 250-378-4534Community ChoirMondays 7 p.m. - Fall to SpringCollettville Elementary - 250-378-9899Court Whist - Fun GameWednesdays 7 p.m.at the Seniors Centre 250-378-2776Drop-In SoccerTuesdays & Thursdays: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.Girls & Boys 16+ welcome 250-378-2530Drop-In VolleyballMondays 7 - 9 p.m. CMS. 250-378-6212.Girl GuidesWednesdays 5:30 -7:00 p.m. Central School - 250-936-8298Ladies’ Curling LeagueWednesdays 6 & 8 p.m.Call 250-378- 8175 or 250-378-4917Living With Loss Support GroupWednesdays 7 to 8:45 p.m. 2025 Granite Ave. 250-280-4040Merritt Curling ClubFor League Information 250-378-4423Merritt Dance Society
Linda Sanford: 250-378-6109Merritt Duplicate Bridge ClubTuesdays 7 p.m. Seniors’ Centre 250-378-5550 Merritt Elks Lodge ClubsSecond & Fourth Wednesday 8 p.m. Elks Hall 250-378-9788Merritt Lawn BowlingSun., Tues., & Thurs. at 7 p.m. 250-378-2950Merritt Lions ClubFirst & Third Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Best Western - Han’s Golden Wok 250-378-9509Merritt Moms PrenatalPost Natal Support group. Monday - Friday - 8:30 a.m. 250-378-2252Merritt Mountain Biking Assoc. Wednesdays 6 p.m. - rideE: [email protected]: #merrittbikingNavy League Cadets of CanadaWednesdays 6 - 9 p.m. Cadet Hall - Ages 9-13 welcome 250-280-6944Merritt Snowmobile ClubSecond Tuesday 7 p.m.Civic Centre 250-315-1082Merritt’s Women in BusinessSecond Wednesday 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Merritt Desert Inn 250-315-5851Nicola Naturalist SocietyThird Thursday - 7:00 p.m.NVIT. www.nicolanaturalists.caN.V. 4-H ClubSecond Tuesday - 6:30 p.m.Central School - 250-378-5028Nicola Valley Better BreathersThird Wednesdays 1 p.m.Trinity United - 250-378-6266 N.V. Community Band Tuesdays 7 p.m - MSS Music Room 250-378-5031 or 250-378-9894NVCAC
Meets the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 7:00 pm at The Art Gallery. 250-378-6515 www.nvartscouncil.comN.V. Dirt Riders AssociationLast Wednesday 7 p.m. Garden Sushi - Scott: 250-378-3502 N.V. Fall Fair Third Monday 7 p.m.2145 Quilchena Ave. 250-378-5925N.V. Fish & Game (except July and Aug.)Third Wednesday 7 p.m.2236 Jackson Ave. 250-378-4572 or 250-378-4904N.V. Heritage Society Last Wednesday - Baillie House250-378-0349N.V. Quilters GuildFirst & Third Thursdays Civic Centre 7 p.m. 250-378-4172N.V. Search & RescueSecond Monday 7 p.m. at the airport - 250-378-6769 N.V. Thrift StoreFirst Tuesday - NVGH basement 250-378-9100N.V. Women’s Institute Second Wednesday - 1:30 p.m. For locations, 250-378-2536One Way Krew Youth GroupTuesdays 7 - 8:30 p.m. Crossroads Community Church - 250-378-2911Pathfi ndersMondays 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Central School - 250-936-8298Patricia Rebekah LodgeSecond & Fourth Mondays at 7 p.m. Lawn Bowling Club Rocky Mnt. Rangers CadetsTuesdays 6 p.m. 250-378-1302 or 250-572-3775Royal Canadian Legion #96Executive Mtg. Second Thursday 6 p.m. - Regular Mtg.
Fourth Thursday 7 p.m. 1940 Quilchena - 250-378-5631Royal PurpleFirst & Third Mondays 1:00 p.m. - Down-stairs @ Elks Hall 250-378-6788Rotary Club of MerrittEvery Thursday - NoonBrambles Bakery Cafe. 250-378-5535Sagebrush Spinners and Weavers GuildTamarack Gardens every other Thursday at 11:00 AM Bev at 250-378-2787. Rotary Club of Merritt - SunriseEvery Tuesday - 7 a.m. Brambles BakerySeniors’ Mixed CurlingMondays & Tuesdays 1 - 3 p.m. 250-378-5539Soup BowlTuesdays 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Anglican Church HallSparks Mondays 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Central School - 250-315-7410Teen CentreMondays & Fridays 3:30 - 7:30 p.m. 250-378-48782 4 UFirst & Third Tuesdays 2 p.m. at the HospiceSociety - Sue 250-378-2717or Bonnie 250-315-0179Valley Scrapbooking250-936-8298Valley Visual Artists General club informationFran McMurchy - 250-378-4230Vintage Car Club - MerrittSecond Wednesday - 7:30 p.m. Ska-Lu-La WorkshopAl - 250-378-7402 Ted - 250-378-4195
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Crossroads Community Church2990 Voght St. • 250-378-2911
Service Time: Sundays 10:30 a.m.
Merritt Baptist Church2499 Coutlee Ave. (Corner of Coutlee and Orme) • 250-378-2464
Service Time/ Sunday School: Sunday 10:30 a.m.
Merritt Lutheran Fellowshipin St. Michael's Church • 250-378-9899
Service Time: 3rd Sunday each month 1:00 p.m.
Nicola Valley Evangelical Free Church1950 Maxwell St. • 250-378-9502Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m.
Sacred Heart Catholic ChurchCorner of Jackson & Blair • 250-378-2919
Mass Time: Sundays 9:00 a.m.
Seventh Day Adventist Church2190 Granite Ave. • 250-378-4061Service Time: Saturdays 11:00 a.m.
St. Michael’s Anglican Church1990 Chapman St. • 250-378-3772Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m.
Trinity United ChurchCorner of Quilchena & Chapman • 250-378-5735
Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED The Navy League is in need of officer’s and volunteers to help out with our growing Cadet Corps. Our children are age 9 to 13 and we meet every Wednesday night from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. If you have past experience or are inter-ested in becoming a par t of our Corps please contact us. Ellen 250-280-6944, Debra 250-280-4086 or email at [email protected]
COURTHOUSE ARTGALLERY The Valley Visual Ar ts (VVA) will be hold-ing a weekly Creative Ar t Session, in the Orange Room at the Ar t Gallery, every Thursday between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Everyone welcome to stop in and see their work.Jan 9-31st Brain Drain by Eric Drain and Justine Brown. This is a contemporary show with ar tist and writer
Eric Drain also featur-ing in-cameo Local student ar tist Justine Brown. Gallery is open Thursday 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., Friday & Saturday noon - 6 p.m. Admission is free.Jan. 10 to Jan. 12Quilters Retreat, Merritt Civic Centre. All about quilting! Register at the Civic Centre or call for more information call 250-315-1050.Jan. 11, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Brain Drain by Eric Drain and Justine Brown. Come out and join us for the reception of Brain Drain. Light refreshments will be provided and an oppor-tunity to meet the ar t-ists and discuss their work.Mad Magic by Raymond Blake. Magic, juggling and other circus skills! See things appear and reappear out of thin air! Watch things float with no explainable cause. Learn some magic and how to juggle with Mad Magic. This unique program is energetic,
enter taining and educa-tional!Expression of Creativity,Instructed by Meriel Barber students will combine ar t, poetry and found objects to create one of a kind books that showcase your unique talents! Create treasures wor th shar-ing. Register at the Civic Centre or call for more info 250-315-1050.Valley Scrapbookers Crop Weekends. Weekend Scrapbooking is back! Spend the weekend working on your projects; learn new ways to create fabulous pages. Register at the Civic Centre FMI call 250-315-1050
NV FILM SOCIETY PRESENTS Monday, Jan 20 7:30 p.m. NVIT Theatre. Home Again is a 2012 Canadian drama film directed by Sudz Sutherland, shot and set in Kingston, Jamaica, about people who have been depor ted
back to Jamaica, despite having lived in Canada for most of their lives.
KNITWITS Love to knit or cro-chet? Or are you a novice interested in learning more about knitting or crocheting in a friendly and wel-coming setting? Come on down to Brambles Bakery Thursday even-ings. Bring your yarn and needles and join in the fun.
NVCAC CONCERT COMMITTEE Will be hosting a Matinee per formance on Feb. 1st - Murray Hatfield and Teresa, Canada’s Master Illusionists and Magician of the year 2012. Tickets are available at Black’s Pharmacy
NEWBARK RESCUE Newbark Rescue & Rehoming Merritt
Branch, are always look-ing for foster families. If you would like to help by fostering a fur-kid, until they find a fur-ever home, please contact Margie at [email protected].
NV REMOTE CONTROL FLYERS We are star ting a new club in town for fly-ing model aircraft. We fly at various locations around town. New mem-bers welcome. For more info, call Jack 250-378-4371.
MERRITT SENIOR CENTRE Weekly schedule is as follows: Monday: Crib & Whist 7 p.m.Tuesday: Bingo 1 p.m., Duplicate Bridge 7 p.m.Wednesday: Carpet Bowling 1:30 p.m., Cour t Whist 7 p.m.Thursday: Floor Curling 1 p.m. (third week - shut-in lucheon) Friday: Rummoli & Games 7 p.m.All seniors welcome.
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Volunteering for Hospice?A provincially recognized certi cate
must be obtained through our training workshop to work with hospice clients.
There are other ways you can be of assistance. Please call us for more information.
Hospice SocietyMerritt & District
Survived by spouse Marie and step-children in France, 1 brother Ignacio and sister Juanita in Spain, 1 brother Juan in Merritt. Manuel emigrated to Canada in 1952 (Monte Lake). Moved to Merritt in 1958 as a founding partner of Nadina Logging with brothers Angelo and Gus and close friend Domingo Mihura.
Lived in Merritt from 1958 to 1988 when he moved back to France. Memorial service will be held at Sacred Heart Church, Merritt at 11:00am on Jan 11th, 2014.
Manuel MaritorenaBorn May 17th, 1923 in Maya, Navarra, Spain
Died Dec 12th, 2013 in Espelette, France
On January 2, 2014, peace- fully at the Nicola Valley Health Center after a short illness. Mary, in her 99th year, is predeceased by her loving husband Paul. Survived by her son Wayne, in Kingston, and daughter Yvonne, in Toronto. Will be fondly remembered by grandchildren and great grandchildren, along with other relatives and friends. Resident of Merritt since 1966, and a member of the Trinity United Church. As expressions of sympathy,
donations may be made to the Trinity United Church, in Mary’s memory. A celebration of her life will be held on January 15th, 2014 at the Trinity United Church at 11 am.
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Interior Savings is the largest credit union based in the interior of B.C. We deliver exceptional financial services and products to over 82,000 members in 14 communities through 21 branches, two Commercial Services Centres and associated companies.
We are seeking solution-focused people to help us deliver our vision – to be the best in the communities we serve. As a valued team member, you will experience a diverse, exciting and rewarding workplace and a great place to build a career.
We are seeking a Branch Manager for an exciting opportunity in the Merritt Branch. As a Branch Manager with Interior Savings you are a key contributor to leading a team. You will lead your team by servicing member needs and delivering relevant products and services. You drive the business to increase the member’s share of wallet and assets under administration. You will focus on activities that align with the strategic objectives of the four pillars of the Balanced Scorecard of Financial, Member, Business Operations and Learning and Growth.
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EducationA university degree in a related field plus the Associate of the Credit Union Institute designation or an equivalent combination of education and experienceBranch Compliance Manager designation or be willing to work towards
Experience/Knowledge7-9 years of leadership/management experience preferably in the financial services sectorKnowledge of: employment laws and other relevant legislation, strategic management practices and accounting principles and practices.Proven sales and service experience in the financial industry
“For more information or to apply for this posting please see our website: www.interiorsavings.com ”
We thank all applicants for their interest and will contact short-listed candidates only.
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1 bdrm Apt. $575 inc heat. Plus hydro.
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Homes for Rent3 bdrm dble wide w/basement, lge yard in Lower Nicola. Avail Feb 5/14. $900/mth Call 250-378-5268
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