Nicola Valley’s News Voice Since 1905 MERRITT HERALD merrittherald.com bcclassified.com THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2014 • MERRITT NEWSPAPERS FENDING OFF INVADERS PAGE 3 PANTHERS REIGN SUPREME PAGE 21 PREMIUM PIPER PAGE 9 Locally Owned & Operated 1701 Voght St., Merritt, B.C. www.merritt homehardware.ca Ho m e hardware building centre Give the gift of Kuraidori this Christmas. Exclusive to Home Hardware. FIND US FI FIND ND U US S S S ON FACEBOOK FREE 250-378-9000 #102 - 2102 Nicola Ave. Please call and book today! ✃ GET $5 00 OFF WHEN YOU PRESENT THIS COUPON Eyebrows, waxing & threading $8 50 Full face waxing & threading $21 00 Deluxe Manicure & Pedicure $45 00 Gift Certificates Available! *expires Dec. 31, 2014 BEAUTY SALON GET $ 5 00 OFF Gift Certificates GET $ 5 00 OFF Gift Certificat Available! BEAUTY SALON B EA EA U TY Y SA ALO SA L O N N Police arrested and charged a 64-year-old man with aggravated assault after a stabbing on the Douglas Lake reserve Friday night. At about 10 p.m., Merritt RCMP received a call from a person who said a 50-year-old man had been stabbed mul- tiple times and had come to their home bleeding. The male victim was flown to Kamloops’ Royal Inland Hospital with five non-life-threatening wounds — three to the lower back, one to his left leg and one to his forearm. Police received other calls from residents who said the suspect was another resident of the reserve whom RCMP then located and arrested without incident at his residence. Merritt RCMP Const. Tracy Dunsmore said alcohol was involved and the victim and suspect knew each other. She said police are not sure what sparked the incident, and there were no witnesses to the stabbing. A bloody knife was recovered from the victim’s home and police seized clothing covered in blood from the resi- dence after obtaining a search warrant. The suspect is awaiting a court appearance and the file is still under investigation. WOMAN SCARES OFF BURGLARS A Collettville woman scared off two men she found rifling through her belongings in her home in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police responded to the call of a break and enter in progress in the Collettville area at about 4 a.m. Merritt RCMP Const. Tracy Dunsmore said the woman awoke and saw some lights coming from her living room. “She thought she’d left the light on or something, and it was actually flashlights and there were two guys in the foyer of her house,” Dunsmore said. Dunsmore said the woman confronted the two men who subsequently fled on foot, but escaped with the wom- an’s purse and phone. Dunsmore said there was no forced entry and the woman had forgot to lock her front door that night. Police dog services attended but were unable to find a solid track for the suspects. The file is still under investigation. Information on these or any other crimes can be reported to Merritt RCMP at 250-378-4262 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. Man arrested in stabbing By Michael Potestio THE HERALD [email protected]LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL Hundreds of people gathered at the Civic Centre to celebrate the season, and the event featured dozens of door prizes (including four pairs of snowshoes), pictures with Santa, and local merchants with their wares for sale. Nine-year-old Dezaiah Sheena sang and drummed in the hand drumming contest at the Conayt Friendship Society community Christmas dinner on Monday. Emily Wessel/Herald
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Police arrested and charged a 64-year-old man with aggravated assault after a stabbing on the Douglas Lake reserve Friday night.
At about 10 p.m., Merritt RCMP received a call from a person who said a 50-year-old man had been stabbed mul-tiple times and had come to their home bleeding.
The male victim was flown to Kamloops’ Royal Inland Hospital with five non-life-threatening wounds — three to the lower back, one to his left leg and one to his forearm.
Police received other calls from residents who said the suspect was another resident of the reserve whom RCMP then located and arrested without incident at his residence.
Merritt RCMP Const. Tracy Dunsmore said alcohol was involved and the victim and suspect knew each other.
She said police are not sure what sparked the incident, and there were no witnesses to the stabbing.
A bloody knife was recovered from the victim’s home and police seized clothing covered in blood from the resi-dence after obtaining a search warrant.
The suspect is awaiting a court appearance and the file is still under investigation.
WOMAN SCARES OFF BURGLARS
A Collettville woman scared off two men she found rifling through her belongings in her home in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Police responded to the call of a break and enter in progress in the Collettville area at about 4 a.m.
Merritt RCMP Const. Tracy Dunsmore said the woman awoke and saw some lights coming from her living room.
“She thought she’d left the light on or something, and it was actually flashlights and there were two guys in the foyer of her house,” Dunsmore said.
Dunsmore said the woman confronted the two men who subsequently fled on foot, but escaped with the wom-an’s purse and phone.
Dunsmore said there was no forced entry and the woman had forgot to lock her front door that night.
Police dog services attended but were unable to find a solid track for the suspects.
The file is still under investigation. Information on these or any other crimes can be
reported to Merritt RCMP at 250-378-4262 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
Hundreds of people gathered at the Civic Centre to celebrate the season, and the event featured dozens of door prizes (including four pairs of snowshoes), pictures with Santa, and local merchants with their wares for sale.
Nine-year-old Dezaiah Sheena sang and drummed in the hand drumming contest at the Conayt Friendship Society community Christmas dinner on Monday. Emily Wessel/Herald
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The Kamloops Mountie who was shot during a traffic stop earlier this month con-tinues to recover and has been moved out of the intensive care unit at Royal Inland Hos-pital.
Cpl. Jean-Rene Michaud, 40, was shot in the early morning hours of Dec. 3 after he stopped a car in Batch-elor Heights.
A day-long manhunt resulted in the arrest of 36-year-old Kenneth Michael Knutson, who faces numerous charges, including attempted murder.
“Cpl. Michaud continues his recovery in the hospital and our prayers are that he may be able to spend Christ-
mas with his family,” Cpl. Cheryl Bush said.
Also charged in connection with the aftermath of the shooting is 28-year-old Marquee Klim, who is facing one count of wilfully resisting or obstructing a peace officer.
Klim will be released as soon as she can come up with $500.
Knutson is a con-victed killer with a lengthy criminal histo-ry, including a previous conviction for assaulting a police officer.
He has also been linked by justice officials to two Lower Mainland criminal organiza-tions and the notorious Bacon brothers.
Knutson is slated to appear in Kamloops provincial court for a bail hearing on Thurs-day, Dec. 18.
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• Children’s rep calls for changes to foster careB.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth has issued yet another stinging rebuke to the province for allowing substandard conditions in 31 cases where youths in care ended up critically harmed or dead.
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Kinder Morgan talks job opportunitiesLocals are being given
an opportunity to toss their hard hats into the ring with Kinder Morgan.Members of the oil company were in Merritt on Dec. 4 to discuss job opportunities that may be
available if its proposed TransMountain pipe-line expansion project is approved.Those interested in the
potential for work can go online to register their names at www.transmoun-
tain.com/jobs.Kinder Morgan’s job registry will go live early in the new year.The company is look-ing to maximize the num-ber of job opportunities available to locals along the path of the Trans-Mountain project pipeline.Lexa Hobenshield, manager of external rela-
tions for Kinder Morgan, said the company is cur-rently taking names of people who are interested
in opportunities to work with the project, and peo-ple can list their skills sets on the job registry. “When we hire general
contractors at a point in the future, we can say to our general contractors,
‘Here are the skill sets available in the local com-munities along the line,’” Hobenshield said.On the website, the Merritt area is listed as B.C. Interior.“When we gather your
information on the regis-try, that’s the information that we’re passing over to the contractors, so that’s one key way that we can connect you with potential
employment,” Kinder Morgan communications lead Kate Stebbings told those gathered at the Civic Centre.People who register will
be informed of job oppor-tunities available in their area that they can apply for, Hobenshield told the Herald.
She said they are pub-licizing the types of jobs they’ll be looking to fill early on in the process of getting the pipeline project approved to allow those interested time to obtain any needed training to be
eligible for those jobs.WorkBC will be anoth-er avenue to finding work with the pipeline.There were about 30 people at the Civic Centre
Doug Dowd of the Doug James Band (front) joins guitarist John Henry Ramsey of the Coquihalla Coyotes on stage at the Culture Club on Friday night.
Their bands were two on a bill of local musicians
that volunteered their talents to raise money for
the Merritt Christmas Elves, a group of charitable
Merrittonians who are supplying gifts and gift cards
to 10 local families in need this holiday season.
About 100 people attended the concert, which raised a total of $1,036 for the Elves. Emily Wessel/Herald
Locals are being given an opportunity to toss their hard hats into the ring with Kinder Morgan.
The Nicola Valley Transit Society is running its sixth annual Christmas lights tour this week-end, from Dec. 18 to 21.
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HAWAIIAN HOLIDAYS The students of Nicola-Canford Elementary entertained a full house last Thursday with their Christmas Around the World concert. In this act, the students showcase Christmas in Hawaii using faux torches, ukulele players and hula dancers. Michael Potestio/Herald
New regulations could help fend off invasive aquatic species
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is growing new teeth in an effort to better combat aquatic invasive species.
Okanagan-Coquihalla MP Dan Albas and Kelowna-Lake Country MP Ron Cannan were at the Kelowna Yacht Club on Dec. 4 to highlight proposed federal regula-tions to prevent the intro-duction and spread of aquatic invasive species.
These regulations will set in place new regula-tory tools to help prevent the spread of invasive species, such as Asian carp and zebra and quag-ga mussels, by creating importation bans at the Canadian border, as well as other provisions related to eradication and con-
trol of invaders already introduced to Canadian waters.
Aquatic invasive spe-cies can change the ecol-ogy of a lake, harming the environment and the economy, Albas said.
Albas told the Herald these regulations will give Canadian border guards the authority to force compliance on boat inspections for people who cross the border into Canada.
He said people with boats will be asked where they have been and if they have inspected their boat for invasive species. If the border guards feel there is further cause for concern, the person will be mandated to pull over for an inspection or to even clean the water craft.
Albas said guards cur-
rently have no authority to force compliance and they rely on voluntary compliance from boaters.
These proposed regu-lations will ensure that the transport, import, possession and release of specific aquatic invasive species are prohibited, he said.
The new regulations will also provide consis-tency and a co-ordinated approach between prov-inces and territories.
Eurasian watermilfoil is an invasive species that has established itself in Nicola Lake. The Nicola Lake Steering Committee is taking steps to control and stop its spread.
Fraser Basin assistant regional manager and NLSC member Tracy Thomas said giving bor-der guards the power to inspect boats at the
Canada-U.S. border is a positive step forward.
Albas said the regula-tions allow for a provin-cial minister to be named as an authority figure under the ministerial con-trol section of the regula-tions.
He said doing this allows provinces or ter-ritories that don’t have their own set of rules to operate under the Fisher-ies Act.
He said the regula-tions are meant to work in tandem or in lieu of regulatory regimes at the provincial level.
If left unchecked, species such as zebra mussels, Asian carp and quagga mussels create a serious imbalance in Canadian waters by com-peting for the same food and resources as native species, Albas said.
“Our government rec-ognizes the need for rapid response capabilities to effectively manage this threat,” he said.
The regulations are currently in a 30-day public comment period and can be viewed online through the Canada Gazette at gazette.gc.ca.
“Our proposed new regulations under the Fisheries Act will bolster our ability to fight the entry and establishment of aquatic invasive spe-cies and give stewards of our fish and fish habitat more ammunition in this fight,” Albas said.
The public comment period closes in early January.
Albas said he will be recommending that Fish-eries Minister Gail Shea put the regulations in force as soon as possible.
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Next council meeting: Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015Council agendas and minutes at www.merritt.ca
City of Merritt ★ 2185 Voght Street, Box 189Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 ★ Phone: 250-378-4224
SUMMARY OF
CITY OF MERRITT SNOW
REMOVAL POLICY
This procedure outlines the responsibility of the City, residents, businesses and contractors as it pertains to snow removal in Merritt.
NOTE: For purpose of this procedure “Area 1” is designated by heavy black line and “Area 2” is all remaining streets..
Service Level based on Snow Accumulation:0 – 5 cm: Area 1 only sanded AS PRIORITY5 – 20 cm: City streets are graded and sanded in the following time frame: Area 1 – within eight (8) hours Area 2 – within thirty (30) hoursOver 20 cm: Exceptional Snowfall – will call out such manpower and equipment as
may be available and required to maintain city streets in as passable conditions as possible.
Priorities:No.1 Emergency access routes to essential services such as hospital, police,
fire, ambulance, City services. Dangerous roadways including hills and intersections.
No.2 Schools;No.3 Downtown Business Core;No.4 Highway Commercial properties;No.5 Residential properties
Disposal:Residents, businesses and contractors are not permitted to blow or plow snow from private property onto right-of-ways, streets, lanes or walkways.Residents and businesses in areas with City sidewalks adjacent to roads shall be permitted to place snow from the walk on the road.
Sidewalk Clearing:Every owner or occupier of residential zoned property shall remove snow or ice from sidewalks or pathways abutting the said property within twenty-four (24) hours of accumulation except for weekends and holidays.
Every owner or occupier of real property shall immediately remove snow, ice or rubbish from the roof or other part of a structure adjacent to a highway or pathway or sidewalk where such snow or ice or rubbish presents a hazard to vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
Every owner or occupier of commercial or industrial zoned property shall remove snow or ice from sidewalk or pathways abutting the said property by ten (10) a.m. of any day and, as needed, following the accumulation of snow or ice.
Complete copies of this procedure can be obtained at City Hall during regular business hours.
Trucks and the Truck Route
Trucks having a gross vehicle weight of 16,000 kg are not permitted on City streets except on the designated “Truck Route”. There are few exceptions; one of them is when the delivery destination is not on the truck route, in which case trucks must take the closest and most direct route there and back onto the truck route. They also have to be making a valid delivery with a way bill. Trucks exceeding 16,000 kg are permitted on Voght Street between Nicola Avenue and River Ranch Road provided the truck or truck trailer combination consists of three or less axles.
Here are some examples when driving your logging truck or B train off the truck route is not permitted: you cannot drive to and from your home without a valid truck parking permit; you cannot do your banking or get parts from the auto supply shop; you cannot short cut the truck route.
Trucks are limited to traveling on the Truck Route for two principle reasons – safety and wear and tear on City infrastructure. Most of our truck drivers in this community are respectful of the rules. The bylaw fine for being unlawfully off the truck route is $150 per incident! For further information the City of Merritt Traffic Bylaw #1930 is on the website www.merritt.ca
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WITH MAYOR MENARD
You’re Invited!
Drop-In Sessions in 2015 with Mayor Menard will be held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., in the Mayor’s
Office at City Hall (second floor), 2185 Voght Street.
Mayor Menard invites interested citizens to stop by and say hello and discuss issues and opportunities for the City, its residents and businesses. If you would like to schedule a particular time to meet with
the Mayor at a Drop-In session please call reception at City Hall 250-378-4224.
Merry Christmas and all the best of the Holiday Season
SESSIONSDROP-IN
JOB POSTING: Building/Plumbing Inspector
Applications are invited for the position of Part Time Building/Plumbing Inspector for the Planning & Development Services Department in the City of Merritt.
For complete details, visit City of Merritt website at www.merritt.ca
Detailed resumes attached with a cover letter will be accepted until 4:30 p.m., Monday, January 5, 2015 and should be addressed to:
Carole Fraser, Human Resources ManagerCity of Merritt
PO Box 189, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt, BC V1K 1B8Or by email: [email protected]
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
HOLIDAY HOURS The City of Merritt
office will be closedfor the
Christmas Holidays on Wednesday, December
24th, 2014 at 4:30 pmand re-open on Monday,
January 5th, 2015 at 8:30 am.
Please use the letter
drop on the right hand side of the building to
drop off City correspondence and payments which will be processed on
Monday, January 5th, 2015.
Payments can be made online with the following banks CIBC, Royal Bank,
Credit Union or Scotiabank.
Please check our
website @ www.merritt.ca for
additional information.
“Wishing you a safe & wonderful holiday season!”
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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS
Doctors across the province and the B.C. government have signed off on a new five-year agreement.
Included in the agreement is $143 mil-lion that will, in part, be dedicated to recruit-ing new physicians and addressing retention challenges in rural and remote areas.
The Ministry of Health’s Recruitment Investment Fund offers
doctors up to $20,000 for working in rural areas depending on the degree of isolation of the community.
As of April 1, 2014, Merritt is considered a B community — which means $10,000 if the doctor stays for more than a year.
To be eligible for the program, physicians must be recruited from outside the community.
The agreement is
valid until March 31, 2019.
Doctors of BC con-
sists of approximately 10,000 specialists and family physicians.
If bringing in bags of
household garbage you will
be charged $1/bag up to 4
bags. More than 4 bags or 50
kilograms will be calculated at
$80/tonne
Wood waste, asphalt shingles and concrete/asphalt are $100/tonne with a $5 minimum for loads under 50 kg.
Loads of DLC that are not separated out will be charged $160/tonne with a minimum charge of $8 for loads under 50 kg
SMALL TRANSFER STATIONS (NO WEIGH SCALE)
Household garbage rates
will stay the same at $1/
bag or $10/pick-up truck.
DLC rates will increase from $20/pick-up truck to $30/pick-up truck.
See complete volume based tipping fee schedule at tnrd.ca.
PLEASE SORT RECYCLABLE/DIVERTIBLE
MATERIALS TO REDUCE YOUR TIPPING FEE.
ECO-DEPOTS (WITH WEIGH SCALE)
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Jamara Joyal Massage Therapy will donate $5 of every massage treatment given in the month of December.
Funds raised will be donated to The Merritt Food Bank.
EXTENDED CHRISTMAS HOURS: DEC. 22 - JAN. 3 Closed: Christmas, Boxing Day & New Years Day
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We would like to thank volunteers, donors, and community partners for
your generous support in 2014. We wish everyone a happy holiday season!
Churches of Merritt *CORRECTION*
Christmas Celebrations 2014
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 2190 Granite Ave on
Saturday, Dec. 20th at 11:00 A.M.
Potluck style meal provided for those who attend.Please disregard previous announcement that
listed the service at 7:00 P.M.
Doctors, province sign new agreement
FROSTING
Frost and a light dusting of snow coated Merritt on Tuesday morning, including these trees lining Quilchena Avenue between Garcia and Voght Streets. The forecast calls for mild temperatures around the freezing mark for the next week.
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Reputations are a funny thing. They precede many of us, and it’s not only humans who have to con-tend with unfair assump-tions.
For example, pigeons don’t exactly have a spotless reputation.
People may dismiss them as messy, noisy nui-
sances; as stupid, feral pests; as the rats of the sky.
However, there are many perks to pigeons, and some which humans have been employing for years.
Take the impeccable navigational abilities of car-rier pigeons, which people discovered could help them carry messages over long distances no less than 3,000 years ago.
In some well-preserved parts of the world where carrier pigeons were popu-lar, there are even still stalls carved out in walls of build-ings for them to perch. It’s like a bank of community mailboxes carved into the side of a cave in Cappado-cia, Turkey, for example.
Pigeon post was used even during the 20th centu-
ry during both world wars, as these unsuspecting avia-tors could carry messages unassailed.
In the early days, hom-ing pigeons could only deliver messages one way: to home. That meant they had to be transported manually to the place they were expected to carry the message from.
However, humans com-bined their cleverness with pigeons’ mental malleabil-ity to train the birds to fly round trips by placing food at one location and their home at another.
One study even found pigeons can reliably do round trips up to 160 kilo-metres twice a day.
We’ve also turned hon-ing pigeons’ homing skills
into a type of sport.Pigeon racing has been
documented around the world, and is still enjoyed by bird keepers to this day.
Besides all that involve-ment in human history, pigeons themselves are quite interesting.
You know sometimes when you’re driving and a pigeon is just feasting on something on the road and you think it’s inevitable you’re going to smush it, then at the very last second the pigeon makes a mad flap and it always manages to get away?
They’re so good at this game it should be called playing pigeon, not playing chicken.
Anyway, there’s a reason you never see roadkilled
pigeons, and it has to do with their incredible per-ception.
First of all, their bulg-ing eyes give them a field of vision of 320 degrees — making their blind spots just behind the back of their heads. Humans can thank our front-facing eyes for about a 180-degree field of vision.
Not only can they visu-ally take in more of their environment, they also process visual information at roughly three times the speed that humans do.
A pigeon watching a typical movie filmed in 24 frames per second would perceive it like we would a slideshow.
Horgan on LNG, climate and farmland
Following are highlights from Tom Fletcher’s year-end interview with NDP leader John Horgan.
TF: The B.C. Liberal govern-ment has given every indication they’re going to proceed with the Site C dam on the Peace River. What do you think?
JH: I’ve always maintained that it’s a good project, but it’s a question of when to add another $8-9-10-12 billion onto the backs of ratepayers.
First of all, go to the B.C. Utili-ties Commission and find out if this is the power you need and if this is the time to build it. The govern-ment refuses to do that, and I think that’s just an Achilles heel in this process.
TF: You voted for the liquefied natural gas income tax to provide certainty, and then you immediately said you would work to increase the LNG tax in 2017, before any major project could be started. How is that certainty?
JH: I thought it was important that the investment community in this sector knew there was bipar-tisan support for LNG in British Columbia. But we went from a seven per cent [tax] to a 3.5 per cent because of a softening market.
If there is a decline in return to the province because of a softening market, then surely over a 25-year period – not just between now and 2017, but if the market conditions change and prices go up – I think British Columbians would want their government to make sure they were getting a fair share of that benefit.
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TF: Why did you vote against the LNG environmen-tal legislation?
JH: They said prior to the election that LNG would be the greenest in the world. And then when they tabled legislation they left out 70 per cent of the emissions from upstream activity.
TF: Gordon Campbell’s great goal for greenhouse gases, 33 per cent reduction by 2020, can that be reached
assuming a substantial LNG development?
JH: I find it difficult to believe that they’re going to achieve those results. [Envi-ronment Minister] Mary Polak has a different point of view, and our job as opposi-tion is to hold them account-able to the numbers that they passed into law, and we’re going to do that.
One of the three sectors, housing, energy and transpor-tation, where emission profiles can be managed downward
is transportation. And the government has wasted 18 months talking about a refer-endum on [Metro Vancouver transit.]
TF: What’s your top prior-ity for 2015?
JH: I think the public is going to increasingly find affordability issues to be the challenge. We didn’t spend as much time as I had hoped to on hydro rate increases, ICBC. When the government balanced the budget, they did it by selling assets, and
by increasing costs at their Crown corporations and then pulling that revenue in for budget purposes.
We’re going to have to use new technologies and means of communication to better explain to people what the government’s doing to them.
TF: What should happen with the agricultural land reserve?
JH: I don’t think there was a groundswell of opposition to the ALR, quite the opposite in fact, and the commission has,
in my opinion, infinite flex-ibility to meet the demands of development in northern areas as well as urban centres.
I’m going to make sure that [agriculture critic] Lana Popham, who as you know is fearless on this issue, is let loose on [Agriculture Minis-ter] Norm Letnick, and we’re going to dog this issue up to the next election.
Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press newspapers. @tomfletcherbc
From Page 6
This cinephile birdie would need at least 75 frames per second to per-ceive the illusion of move-ment on a screen.
Pigeons notice minute movements, which also adds the advantage of being able to predict an object’s next move with impressive accuracy.
That’s why they wait until the last second — as we see it, anyway — before they move. To the pigeon, there are a handful of sec-onds to spare.
Given their exceptional perception, pigeons have adapted incredibly well to human-filled urban envi-ronments.
But it’s not just labora-tory or pet pigeons that are smarter than we think.
Even wild, untrained pigeons can recognize human faces, as two Uni-versity of Paris researchers discovered at a Paris park.
The researchers went to the park dressed in differ-ent coloured lab coats. One researcher threw pigeons some food and then stood back and ignored them, while the second threw out the food and then chased them away.
In the second session, the researchers went out again, but this time, both allowed the pigeons to eat the food undisturbed.
However, the pigeons avoided the researcher who had been hostile the first time around.
They repeated the experiment a few more times with other variations, including swapping the lab coats.
Still, the pigeons stayed away from the person who was originally hostile.
Given the researchers were of a similar build and skin colour, they figured the pigeons must have relied on other variables such as facial features to indicate who’s a friend and who’s a foe.
Certainly, pigeons aren’t the first bird to be suspect-ed of having facial recogni-tion abilities. It’s been doc-umented amongst crows as well. Big deal, right?
Well, consider another harshly-judged sky scaven-gers: the seagull.
About 10 years ago, I went to the beach in lovely Tenby, Wales with two of my friends. Eating our chips out of newspaper cones (as the Welsh do), we were pestered by a few
seagulls hanging around. One of my friends and
I shooed them away with our hands. The birds didn’t seem too bothered, and we weren’t too bothered by their insistent begging.
The other friend, who is not exactly wild about animals in the first place, decided she would make the seagulls rue the day they ever eyed her pota-toes.
She picked up a bad-minton racket that was inexplicably packed with us for our day trip and chased them away, flailing exuber-antly for the whole seaside town to see.
It wasn’t exactly kind, but we didn’t think at the time it particularly terror-ized the birds either. We finished our chips in peace.
But then, on our way back to the car, something happened that changed us that day, profoundly and irrevocably.
One of the gulls came soaring overhead and peed right on the top of the antagonistic friend’s head.
It was the seagull’s revenge.
We might not remember all the birds we shoo away and call pests, but they remember us.
From Page 6
Opposition leader reviews 2014 issues
Seagull’s revenge deeply disturbing
Dear Editor,
Re: Plea for return of stolen wood splitter, Merritt Herald, Dec. 11
A big thank you to the community!We are overwhelmed. We have had several calls
offering to split our wood and the use of wood splitters. Thank you all so very, very much. We now have a wood splitter to use and the job is all done for now. We had the help of a young man.
We all wish you many Christmas blessings as we have been blessed.
Thank you.
When we came into our alley last Thursday (Dec. 11) around 5 p.m., we discovered a bike in the middle of the alley. I called the police and they informed me that they do not deal with stolen bikes anymore, and to call city hall.
I thought I would see if I can find the owner through the paper. You may claim your bike at 250-378-3910 by describing the make and colour. Also, if you have the key to unlock the lock, that would help.
Merry Christmas.
Joan BissonMerritt
Paying it forward: bike found in alley
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Christmas cash: yes or no?
Giving your kids or grandkids the gift of cash at Christmas is a good thing, isn’t it? Well, yes and no. Yes, financial gifts are always appreci-ated. But no, because cash is the gift that doesn’t keep on giving – once it’s gone, it’s gone. Here are some more cre-ative ways to give money as a gift – ways that will keep on giving.
Buy a stock, bond or units of a mutual fund through an account in the recipient’s name. The recipient will not have the legal capacity to cash the account in until they reach the age of majority.
In most cases, so long as the recipient remains a minor, the parents’ authorization will be required to establish the account and to accept further contributions.
Contribute to invest-ments that are held within a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP).
However, it’s gener-ally not recommended that grandparents estab-lish a separate RESP for their grandchildren – for example, if the child decides not to pursue a post-secondary education and the plan income is withdrawn as an accumulated income payment (AIP), grand-parents over age 71 will not be able to contribute the AIP to their RRSP.
Instead, give the money to the parents so they can contribute to the child’s already-in-place investments held in the RESP.
Create a formal trust. If the amount of the gift is significant, a formal trust can ensure
that adequate controls are in place and that the funds will be used in the intended manner.
Keep in mind that when giving financial gifts to minors, the grandparents will not have the authority to manage the child’s finan-cial affairs, and parents typically will not either.
Once the gift is purchased, the money will have to stay within the account until the child reaches the age of majority in their prov-ince of residence.
If the parents want the account cashed out in advance, they may have to obtain a court order of guardianship of the property of the child
or go through some other court process, depending on their prov-ince of residence and the amount they would like cashed in.
Consider also that cashing in equities to raise funds for the gift may trigger unrealized capital gains or losses and there can be tax implications. Also, if the cash gift is invested in income-producing investments, the income will need to be reported by the contributing par-ents or grandparents on their tax returns until the child turns 18.
A financial gift to your kids or grandkids can be the gift that keeps on giving – when it’s properly structured. Your professional advisor can ensure that happens in the best possible way.
This column, written and published by Investors Group Financial Services Inc. (in Québec – a Financial Ser-vices Firm), and Investors Group Securities Inc. (in Québec, a firm in Financial Planning) presents general information only and is not a solicitation to buy or sell any investments. Contact your own advisor for specific advice about your circum-stances. For more information on this topic please contact your Investors Group Con-sultant.
Contact David Brown at 250-315-0241 or at [email protected] to book your appointment.
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Happy memories of Douglas Lake Ranch
Wednesday was the day to go to the store. It was also the day the ranch did their slaughtering. Mr. Brian Chance, who ran the ranch, told our people to take as much of the tripe as they wanted. The elders loved the beef tripe.
Beef tripe was a delicacy, especially if you knew how to cook it. Mom used to wash the tripe until it was so clean. Then she used to roll it in flour, and then deep fry it.
The other pieces she used to boil in a huge pot.
The store where my dad used to purchase
our food I remember well.
It had dark wooden floors that creaked. On the wooden counter was a big roll of brown paper, which the store clerk used to wrap food. Behind the coun-ter, there used to be rows of canned goods on the shelves.
On the other side, there was a glass enclosed case which had pretty coloured ribbons, threads and sewing needles, and on the shelves there were rolls of cotton fabrics. Mom used to buy sev-eral yards of fabric for Jenny Charters to sew my dresses. Jenny was an awesome seamstress.
I used to love going to the post office where Mr. Chamberlaine was the postmaster. He was elderly, and his eye glasses used to slide down his nose as he peered over the coun-ter to talk to me.
He used to say, well missy, what can I do for you? I would ask him for mail for my dad. Mind you, I was just a little girl, so I had to stand on my toes to see
over the counter. At times, my dad
had business with Mr. Chance in his office, which was next to the post office. I used to go in there with my dad and listen to them talk business.
Mr. Brian Chance’s office had a desk, two chairs for people to sit on when talking to him, and it also had a phone — the kind that you had to wind up with a handle, then speak to a telephone operator; the real old-fashioned kind of phone.
I have fond memo-ries of Douglas Lake Ranch. Mrs. Chance used to hire young women from our reserve to work for her. There used to be Sophie Alec, Patsy Bos-ton and Lena Sheena, before she became Mrs. Lena McCauley. I used to drop in and visit with them. I used to like their cabins, which they lived in while working for Mr. and Mrs. Chance.
The cabins had indoor plumbing, like showers and hot and
cold running water. The women did
simple chores like house cleaning, laun-dry, ironing and sew-ing.
They also enjoyed movies every Sunday night, which were held in the big garage.
I would work for Mrs. Helen Ferguson later on in my life as her companion.
I did live with Helen and Mike Ferguson at their home at Douglas Lake Ranch, but that is another story for later.
I have been so blessed by people that I have met. They taught me, by their example, as did my Mom and Dad.
God used people to teach me, and to remember the good ways in life.
Psalm 32; verse 8, “I, the Lord, will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you.”
As always in friendship,Jeanette McMaster Elder, Upper Nicola Band
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Practice makes perfect, and Ross Lamont ought to know.
The 64-year-old local man has been playing the bagpipes for most of his life, and the instrument has captivated him ever since he was a child.
When he was five and not yet in school, Lamont’s mother would take him to watch his younger sis-ter’s highland dancing lessons.
“Every month the highland dancing teacher brought in a live piper to pipe for the highland danc-ers, and I just loved it. I just wanted to do it,” Lamont said.
Growing up in Vancouver, Lamont wanted to start playing bagpipes at age five, but had to wait until he was seven to start playing because his fingers were too small.
“I couldn’t reach the notes on the chanter,” he said.
Last month, Lamont received the 2014 B.C. Pipers’ Association Grand Aggregate Piper Award for the adult class.
Lamont received the award after multiple first place finishes in bagpipe competitions. He said he competed against 17 other pipers during this past season and accu-mulated the most points.
But Lamont wasn’t always a seasoned veteran of this wind instrument. With a laugh, Lamont described his first time playing the bagpipe as “horrible.”
“It sounded like a cat being strangled,” he said with a chuckle.
The bagpipe’s two or more reed pipes are activated by wind pressure put on the bag by the player’s arm. The bag is inflated through the mouthpiece and songs are played on the chanter.
“[It is] a very hard instrument
to learn because you got to co-ordinate your blowing and your playing and your squeezing, all to make the music come out evenly,” Lamont said.
He said he practised on a prac-tice chanter for almost two years before he even tried to blow into his first set of bagpipes.
Having played the pipes for 56 years, Lamont desired to play the wind instrument not only because he loved the sound, but because of his heritage.
“My grandfather and grand-mother were always singing Scottish songs,” he said.
“I’ve been around it my whole life.”
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Prices Starting at $85,000 + GSTFully serviced residential lots with fantastic views of the Nicola Valley and surrounding mountains. Close to shopping and college.
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EXCLUSIVE LOTS
#2353 $75,000
Private acreage subject to access restrictions as well as riparian setbacks. Total of 3.11 acres combined. Zoned R1. Call for details.
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Older 2 bedroom home in nice neighbourhood, close to the downtown. An extra large 13,780 sq.ft. lot with subdivision potential. Lane access, huge backyard with single garage.
#2212 $148,500
FIRST TIME BUYERS
Nice 2 bedroom rancher close to downtown and seniors center with newer furnace and HW tank. Concrete foundation, and fenced private yard with shop. Quick Possession.
#2285 $168,500
GARDNER’S PARADISE
Nice 2 bedrm home with newer kitchen & bathroom, furnace upgraded, skylights. The private backyard has concrete patio, workshop & storage shed, and fantastic gardens.
#2283 $299,900
IMMACULATE RANCHER
4 bedrm, 2 bath home on the Bench, meticulously maintained with many upgradessuch as windows, doors, furnace, HW tank in 2011 and central A/C. Private backyard, lots ofextra parking.
#1967 $74,500
SPACIOUS MOBILE
2 bedrm mobile in one of the nicest parks. 1 bedrm on each end with an open concept kitchen eating area & living rm in the center. The addition has a large enclosed porch & family rm.
#2350 $269,900
INVESTORS
Large 6 bedroom home in good area, close to school. 3 bedrooms up, 3 down, 2.5 baths, 2 fireplaces, huge sundeck, fenced backyard, skylights and double garage.
#2336 $239,900
IN LOWER NICOLA
2 bedrm panabode home on 0.32 acre lot with RV parking. Features kitchen with nook, large living rm with fireplace, full unfin. Bsmt with laundry, rec.rm & storage. Deck in back. Roof only 3 yrs old.
#2234 $229,000
IN LOWER NICOLA
Country home on 0.35 acres with creek and 24x28 detached shop with power. 2 bedrms up, 1 down, open concept, large living room, fully fin. bsmt with new carpets, paint & HW tank.
#2320 $324,000
BRAND NEW HOME
New 2 bedroom home in new subdivision with single garage. Home has open floor plan on main, country kitchen and incl. appliance package. Bedrms upstairs with 2 full baths. Hot water on demand.
#2291 $224,900
NEED A SHOP?
3 bedroom home on quiet street close to school & park. Home has updated windows, furnace, laminate flooring, U/R sprinklers & central A/C. Shop in back is 22x30 with 220 wiring.
#2214 $299,900
EXCELLENT LOCATION
Home has 2 full floors plus bsmt, 2 car garage and legal 2 bedrm daylight rental suite on main with rear entrance. Bright kitchen with island, living rm with gas F/P. Nice covered deck in back.
#2050 $329,900
GREAT NEIGHBOURHOOD
Spacious home with 3 bedrms up, 3 down,
1740 sq.ft. per floor, 3 baths, central A/C, large
porch, and huge, fenced backyard with garden
area, double garage & RV parking.
#2351 $159,900
CLOSE TO AMENITIES
Great home for first time buyers or retirees. Has fenced yard and single car garage. Basement has second living quarters for inlaws. Close to shopping & arena.
#2345 $159,900
NICE HALF DUPLEX
Well maintained home in good family area & close to school. Bright living room, spacious kitchen, huge family room, 3 bedrooms up, 2 baths, newer vinyl windows & fenced backyard with patio.
#2098 $99,900
OPPORTUNITY
Good corner lot on a quiet street with plenty of room to build a shop. This 2 bedroom home is awaiting your ideas. Home needs some TLC, but is priced accordingly.
#1982 $169,900
INVESTORS
Side by side duplex with 100 amp service, 2 bedrms 1 bath, kitchen & living room per side. Total of 864 sq.ft. or 432 sq.ft. per side. Fenced backyard. Easy walk to shopping.
#2324 $217,500
CLOSE TO SHOPPING
Large 2 bedrm rancher with 2 baths and living room with fireplace. Yard is nicely landscaped with mature shrubs & fruit trees. Unfinished storage in part of crawl space for HW tank & furnace.
#2346 $324,900
LARGE SHOP
This spacious rancher has 3 bedrms, 2 pce ensuite, galley kitchen with nook, large family rm with gas F/P, large living rm, office & storage room. Large detached shop with 2 bays. Lots of RV parking.
#2348 $99,900
GOOD STARTER HOME
Located in quiet location, across from elementary school. This 3 bedroom home ison a concrete foundation, electrical is up to code, has had some updates. Nice flat lot, hascarport and 11x12 storage shed.
#2333 $307,000
CORNER LOT
3 bedroom 4 level split home on large, fenced corner lot in Lower Nicola. Home has 3 baths, large living rm with F/P, big family rm, bright kitchen and a unfin. Bsmt for storage. Large sundeck, lots of parking.
#2319 $299,900
NEW HOME
In new subdivision, this 2 bedroom home features an open floor plan, country kitchen, master with W/I closet, 4 pce ensuite & 13x10 deck. Single garage. Includes appliance package.
#2235 $479,000
FANTASTIC VIEWS
Beautiful 4 bedrm home with 3 baths, spacious gourmet kitchen, formal dining & living room with balcony, and the fully fin. Walkout bsmt has large games room with wet bar, Lots of parking.
#2289 $319,900
INVESTORS
Good revenue property. Side by side duplex of 1600 sq.ft., 5 bedrms and 2 baths per side. New furnace, 100 amp upgrade and separate backyard. Total income is $1868. Tenants pay utilities.
#2227 $209,900
IMMACULATE RANCHER
Spacious home with 2 bedrooms and a den or 3rd bedrm, generous living & dining room plus office. Both bedrms have ensuites. Large covered deck, 20x16 detached shop.
#2344 $99,500
WHY RENT?
You could own this 3 bedrm strata townhouse in Merritt, close to shopping & amenities. Fenced yard, newer windows. Now’s the time to get your own place with low interest rates.
#2311 $195,000
UNFINISHED
Unfinished house on 2 city lots, close to river and amenities. This house is in the rough framing stage and a renovation will need a new building permit before completion. As is where is.
#2312 $139,000
NEWER APARTMENT
Urban living in one of the finest strata developments. Nice one bedrm apartment with granite counters, shaker style kitchen cabinets & incl. appliances. Clean and ready to move into.
#2292 $339,000
BROOKMERE
Great recreational area all year round. Lovely
2 bedroom home with attached double garage
with guest room & 3 pce bath. Maple kitchen
cabinets, S/S appl, island sink. RV parking.
#2343 $529,000
INVESTORS
7 strata titled townhomes, all within walking distance from downtown. Close to all amenities. Being sold below assessed value at only $88,167 per unit. All are currently rented. Call for full details.
#2352 $54,900
MOVE IN READY
Clean 3 bedroom mobile home with covered deck, covered parking stall & garden shed overlooking Nicola River & golf course. New HW tank & new motor & blower in furnace in 2010. Includes appliances. Don’t miss this one!
#2355 $147,000
NICE FAMILY HOME
Nice home with single garage, fenced backyard with patio and close to school. 3 bedrms up with main bath, powder rm on main, bright living room, plus 2 bedrms down in partly finished bsmt. New windows upstairs, nw HW tank & washer.
#2341 $174,900
HUGE YARD
3 bedroom rancher in a park-like setting with detached single garage on huge 13,520 sq.ft. lot. Home has newer vinyl siding & windows. HW tank & furnace new in 2009. Close to shopping.
#2309 $319,000
DESIRABLE LOCATION
Large family home with 3 bedrms up plus a 2 bedrm inlaw suite at ground level. New paint & flooring on main, oak kitchen, HW radiant heat& 3 baths. Fenced backyard with garden area.
#2183 $445,000
LARGE FAMILY HOME
Spacious 5 bedroom home with huge master bedrm with jet tub in ensuite, open kitchen & family room, Cherry stained cabinets in kitchen, 2 huge sundeck in private backyard plus covered sitting area.
#2151 $224,900
ADULT ORIENTED STRATA
One of the nicest gated communities in Merritt with views of the Nicola River. Has 3 bedrms, 2 baths, open design living, gas F/P, galley kitchen with nook, laundry on main, hobby & rec.rm down.
#2186 $214,900
LOWER NICOLA
2 bedrm home on its own 0.23 acre lot. Home is very neat with new siding, shingled roof, skirting with insulation & 14x28 garage. Has an enclosed deck & porch. Yard is fully fenced with workshop, RV parking & garden area.
#2226 $339,900
QUIET LOCATION
Clean & bright 3 bedrm rancher with full bsmt, vaulted ceilings, large open kitchen with new countertops, family rm with gas F/P, 2 car garage, RV parking with sani-dump and a private backyard.
#2163 $649,000
ATTENTION INVESTORS
4 separately titled side by side duplexes, a total of 8 units rentable. Some long term tenants. Each side has 2 bedrms, 1 bath, kitchen & living room, Fenced backyards. Newer roof, 100 amp service.
#2334 $57,000
WALK TO SHOPPING
2 bedroom mobile in Eldorado Mobile Home Park. New plumbing with heat tape, 1 bath, comes with all appliances. Quick possession. Close to golf course. Pad rent $346 per month.
#2295 $239,000
LARGE LOT
Immaculate 3 bedrm home on 0.27 acre lot, nicely landscaped in Lower Nicola. Has has open concept kitchen with eating bar, skylight & lots of cupboards. Living room with gas F/P. Fenced backyard.
#2318 $339,000
MOVE IN READY
New 3 bedrm home with great country kitchen, open plan, powder room on main, 2 full bath up, master with W/I closet & deck. Hot water on demand. Double garage. Incl. appliance package.
#2299 $229,000
RURAL SETTING
Enjoy the private setting in Lower Nicola on 0.33 acre lot with several fruit trees and is close to school. This home is perect for a starter home or retired couple. Great views off the deck.
#2278 $299,000
EXCELLENT CONDITION
1800 sq.ft. rancher only 6 yrs old. 3 bedrms plus a bonus room above garage. Open design kitchen with all appliances, HW floors, crown moldings, 9 ft ceilings, 4 pce ensuite and a fenced backyard.
#2192 $59,000
NICE STRATA UNIT
Why rent when you can own? 2 bedroom strata unit with balcony and storage. Large living and dining room. Great for retirees or first time buyers. Strata fees are $212.70 per month.
#2340 $155,000
APARTMENT
Newer 2 bedroom apartment in “The Summit” comes with stainless steel appliances, 1.5 baths and laundry room. No more shoveling snow! Great place to live, close to transit.
#2349 $249,900
LOCATION, LOCATION
Clean, spacious home with 3 bedrms up, 2 down, newer floors & kitchen cabinets. In desirable area close to shopping & amenities. Newer vinyl windows, detached garage, fenced backyard.
#2239 $179,900
CLOSE TO SHOPPING
Immaculate 2 bedrm rancher with updates, living room with woodstove, new carpeting &paint, updated bathrm fixtures & paint. The nice backyard has lane access, 12x24 shop & shed.
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GREAT HORSE PROPERTY
#2321 $525,000
9.88 acres with riding ring & only 5 mins. From Mamit Lake. This 5 bedrm level entry rancher with walkout bsmt has had some updates. Open concept with vaulted ceilings, 3 baths, large kitchen & big sundeck.
1 ACRE WITH SHOP
#2323 $355,000
4 bedrm rancher has had some renos of flooring, kitchen. Large 40x70 detached workshop, currently leased, all on 1 acre, zoned R1 & C2, perfect for home based business. Great opportunity.
BEAUTIFUL LOG HOME
#2335 $395,000
4.64 acre in the country with a beautiful 4 bedroom, 3 bath log home with open design living room with F/P, upgrades of new roof, new flooring, new Mill Creek kitchen cabinets & furnace heat pump. Numerous outbuildings.
22 ACRES
#2342 $599,900
Approx. 22 acres mins. From downtown Merritt. Nicely renovated 4 bedrm, 3 bath home with new flooring, bathrms & paint. Has horse barn, 100x44 metal Quonset and new drilled well.
9.88 ACRES
#2189 $449,000
Bring your horses! Set up with 3 horse shelters, 2 round pens, 2 hay barns & tack shed. The 4 bedrm home has a new country kitchen, open design, vaulted ceilings, HW floors, gas F/P.
WATERFROnT HOME
#2207 $998,000
Magnificent 5 bedrm home on Nicola Lake with unique open designed family area with large bedrms & family room with an extra summer kitchen. 3 floors, 2 large covered decks. Has detached triple garage & an underground boat house bunker.
AT STUMP LAKE
#2277 $274,900
This amazing premium building acreage of 2.75 acres is waterfront with fantastic views. Located in subdivision of quality homes with underground services. Perfect place to build your lakeside cottage.
APPROX. 264 ACRES
#2246 $1,250,000
Gorgeous acreage with approx. 1 mile of Guichon Creek flowing throught the property. A great variet of land with possibilities of subdivision. Not in ALR. Old farm house used for seasonal cabin + shop.
On WALLOPER LAKE
#2225 $129,000
Great lakefront cabin of 450 sq.ft., recreational retreat on Walloper lake. Crown lease. Easy access off Coquihalla Hwy. Call for more details.
26 ACRES
#2322 $310,000
Spectacular horse property of 26 acres just 15 mins. From Merritt. All natural grasslandwith 2 ponds and a seasonal creek. Great place use as rec. property or build your dream home.
InvESTORS
#2171 $850,000
Approx. 12,000 sq.ft. building with office space with one long term tenant. Great for professional offices, retail, lawyers, doctors, government agency, etc. Has approval for residential units upstairs.
1.74 AC In THE CITY
#2190 $374,900
1.74 acres with city services and fenced, that could be rezoned to suite your needs. Property has 1 bedrm home plus a 900 sq.ft. bldg all in a park-like setting with large water feature.
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PRIvATE 30 ACRES
#2310 $549,000
30 acre fenced horse property with beautiful pastures & fantastic views . Very private setting with 3 bedrm house (2 on main, huge master bedrm in loft). Cozy airight woodstove in living rm.
133 PRIvATE ACRES
#1663 $495,000
Incredible property with unlimited rec. activities – snowmobiling, fishing, hunting, ATVing, hking. Almost surrounds Allie Lake with 2 main cabins plus 3 guest cabins. Great opportunity to own it outright or buy with family or friends.
In KAnE vALLEY
#2156 $449,000
Easy access off the Coquihalla Hwy and close to cross-country ski trails, snowmobiling, hunting & fishing and backs onto crown land. Beautiful log home on 10 acres with large wrap around covered deck. Includes a guest cabin, new barn with loft & chicken pen.
On 1 ACRE
#2306 $345,000
Great family home on 1 acres just minutes from town. 3 bedrms up, 1 down, updated kitchen, parquet flooring, rec.room down with bar. 2 car detached garage, attached single garage & sep. storage.
nICOLA LAKE ACREAGE
#2025 $359,000
Live the dream on Nicola Lake on this 1.855 acre lot in Quilchena on the Lake development. Spectacular homes in exclusive neighbourhood, close to golf course, fish & outdoor activities.
COMMERCIAL BLDG
#2337 $825,000
Busy location with tenant and is fully leased. Total of approx. 6600 sq.ft. 4100 sq.ft. on main, 1050 in bsmt, 1450 on top floor that could be used as living quarters. Lots of parking.
DEvELOPMEnT LAnD
#2173 $1,700,000
294 acres of development land with 2 titles and incredible views. Property has an allowed legal density of 62 units maximum. Located above Nicola Lakeshore Estates at Nicola Lake.
spius creek estates
Country living at its best! These 9 properties are located approx. 15 mins. from Merritt in the beautiful Sunshine Valley. A Phase 1 has been completed and a water report is available. 4 lots are waterfront, all have stunning views of the valley. Area offers swimming, biking, canoeing, horseback riding,motorcycling & more. GST is applicable #2216
From 9.8 to 17 Acres
Prices starting at $199,000
LARGE CITY LOT
#2272 $99,000
Residential building lot of 0.62 acres, zoned R2. Lots has potential to be made into 4 city lots or Buyer may apply for possible zoning change to higher density multi-family residential.
OPPORTUnITY
#2305 $179,000
Immaculate 2000 sq.ft. commercial building in downtown core. New roof in 2013, renovated interior including new paint throughout. Parking in back with lane access. Great for investor or entrepreneur.
20 ACRES
#2301 $2,000,000
Two 10 acre lots has just come into the city.
One of the site is entering into a 2 yr lease.
Other lot will be zoned with Sale Agreement.
OPPORTUnITY
#2137 $325,000
Good commercial building in downtown core. Approx. 5000 sq.ft. of commercial space on the main with 1100 sq.ft. up with a 3 bedrm suite, currently rented. Zoned C-2. Run your business and live upstairs.
RIvERFROnT
#2354 $99,000
0.91 acres fronting the Nicola River in the city limits. Within walking distance to downtown. City services not yet to lot line but with vicinity and be arranged for hook up.
12.63 ACRES
#2047 $209,000
Private acreage, treed with great access to Spius creek. Several good building sites, has a drilled well and hydro to lot line. Located in Sunshine Valley off Cleasby Road.
COMMERCIAL BUILDInG
#2019 $595,000
Great location on a corner lot on main street coming into Merritt. This 7300 sq.ft. building is zoned C-4 with a site specific zoning for prof. offices, doctors, lawyers etc. Lots of parking.
InDUSTRIAL BUILDInG
#1913 $890,000
Immaculate 8000 sq.ft. precast tilt-up building on corner lot with excellent exposure. Easy access to truck route. Adjoining warehouse has bay door, loading deck office & mezzanine space.
3 InDUSTRIAL LOTS
#2237 EACH $59,900
Nice flat light industrial bare land lots. Water and sewer are close to the lot lines. Great business opportunity. Each lot is 95 x 198 and zoned M1. In area growing industrial business.
13 ACRES RIvERFROnT
#2208 $299,000
A great property in well developed subdivision of acreage lots. This unique property has a large amount of river frontage. Hydro at lot line, septic must be installed. Most of land is flat and useable.
WATERFROnT ACREAGE
#2155 $170,000
Great 6 acre property to build your home or use as recreational. Mostly flat with many buildings sites, has shallow well, septic approval, hydro to property & driveway is in. Close to crown land.
2 ACRES
#2154 $120,000
Build your home in the country. Has a drilled well of 15 GPM, power at lot line, septic approval, and driveway are in. Nice view, crown land nearby. Just 20 mins. from Merritt.
WATERFROnT LOTS
#2175 EACH $900,000
3 parcels of Recreation Commercial waterfront zoned C4 for multi-family resort, Pub, restaurant, marina & more. Great opportunity to start your own resort & marina.
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OPPORTUnITY
#2347 $114,900
Approx. 1.14 acres overlooking the river with possible subdivision potential. “As is where is” basis. Buyers are responsible for all old buildings and house is not habitable.
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The team at Royal Lepage sends out their warmest thoughts and best wishes for a
wonderful holiday season.
May this Christmas seasonfill your home with joy and laughter.
Merry Christmas anda prosperous, healthy New Year!
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The B.C. govern-ment has given the go-ahead for BC Hydro to start construction on a third dam on the Peace River, with a delay of six months to try to work out settlements with area aboriginal communi-ties and landowners whose properties will be flooded or cut off.
Energy Minister Bill Bennett said Tuesday a review of construction costs upheld the $7.9 billion estimate for the Site C dam that was devel-oped in 2010, but the overall price tag has risen.
Delaying the proj-ect six months from its original start date adds inflation and interest costs, and calculating the effect of the provincial sales tax replacing the HST brings the total to $8.34 billion.
The province is establishing a “project reserve” of $440 mil-lion to bring the total estimated cost to $8.77 billion. The project reserve is in case of unforeseen events such as a rise interest rates during the eight-year construction period.
BC Hydro CEO Jessica McDonald said the six-month delay provides time to work out compensa-tion agreements with Treaty 8 First Nations who have declined settlement offers. The federal-provincial environmental review panel gave the go-ahead for the project in May, but noted its unavoidable impacts on aboriginal hunting, fishing and trapping rights that are assured by the 1899 treaty.
A group of Peace Valley landowners has already started legal action against the project, having refused offers from BC Hydro to buy their land. Aboriginal groups in Alberta, downstream of the project, have also started court action against it.
NDP leader John Horgan called the
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We have looked at what Heaven will be like. It will be better than anything we can picture because we compare it to the things we know here. The things we see with our own eyes.
Last week we looked at how Jesus went about telling people and showing His love for them. He draws people to Him by what He does for them. His love never uses force like some other things that we hear about that are going on in the world today.
Jesus has also told us of His coming, but before this can happen, He wants everyone to know of what He has done for us, and what He has prepared for us in the future.
In the book of Revelation, Jesus tells His church to go into all the world and to not only tell of His love, but to also show people that He cares about everyone. Jesus wants everyone to have a chance to accept Him, have an opportunity to love Him, be ready for His coming and have a home in Heaven.
What a job this is for Jesus says, “Go into all the world to every nation, kindred, tongue and people.”
Just think of all the different languages, dialects, and cultures for the various places that people live in. There are people in all kinds of places, in every part of the world. What a job it is to reach them all to share the Word.
When Jesus had told his disciples of the big job He said, “I am with you to the end.” Jesus wants all to know who He is: the Creator, the big Provider. He wants us to know His love for us. He then asks us to choose Him and follow Him, not by force, but because of love.
One thing Jesus wants all to know is that the belief by some of an ever burning re as a place for the unsaved, was only preached, originally, as a scare tactic by the church. God is not that type of father who would do that to His children.
The church is going all through the world, using all kinds of methods to sow Jesus’ love and teaching us to keep His commandments because Jesus loves us. When all have heard of Jesus, when all have been given the opportunity to choose, when the job is done, Jesus will come and take His people home.
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The Christmas sea-son can certainly be a mixed blessing. There are many who simply love everything about the season and delight in all the preparations and activity. Others, however, may not experience it the same way.
For those who have lost loved ones, Christ-mas can be a time
of deep sadness and nostalgia. They can feel there is nothing to celebrate, because without the loved one, Christmas and life will never be the same.
Others have just become fed up with the commercialization, the stress and work involved. What is sup-posed to be a holiday time leaves them more stressed and exhausted than if there had been no holiday at all.
For those who are not ‘into it’, it is important to still attempt to make it a good time for them-selves. That can mean taking some quiet time, doing self nurturing, and only spending time
with those whose com-pany you truly enjoy.
Avoid getting depressed about the fact that you are not experiencing the time the way others are. Also, do not assume everyone is having a wonderful, happy, family Christmas but you. The truth is, it is a hard time for many
people, but in our cul-ture, we are all very good at putting on a happy face.
Remember, it is just a couple of days. When they are over, the days will already be starting to get longer! Gwen Randall-Young is an author and award-winning psychotherapist.
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Appendicitis can strike kings and mortals
Today, surgery for appendicitis takes a back seat to bypass sur-gery and knee and hip replacement, but every day in North America, at least one person dies due to an attack of appendicitis.
A report in the Canadian Medical Association Journal tells the story of an unusual case of appendicitis in a 15-year-old Philippine boy who immigrated to Canada at age 11. For four months he suffered every week from abdom-inal pain. Eventually, due to increased dis-comfort, he was seen in emergency. Physical examination and blood studies suggested acute appendicitis, and ultra-sound revealed the organ was swollen.
Laparoscopic surgery
was performed, the rup-tured appendix removed and the abscess drained. The boy was placed on antibiotics and had an uneventful recovery. But doctors were shocked when the pathologist reported that tubercu-losis of the appendix had triggered the attack. This is a rare diagnosis as only about 70 cases have been reported.
The boy was tested, found to have pulmo-nary tuberculosis, and required several months of treatment to cure his disease. Further inves-tigation revealed his grandmother had been treated for the same condition. His disease had not been detected when he immigrated to Canada as chest X-rays are done only on those over 11 years of age. This case had a happy ending, but years ago it would have been a dif-ferent story.
We’ve come a long way since Claudius Amyand removed the first appendix at St. George’s Hospital in London, England, in 1736. For the next 150 years, confusion reigned
over how best to treat this disease.
The great French surgeon Dupuytren ridi-culed the suggestion that the appendix could be the cause of infection. Later, Henry Sands, a New York surgeon, simply stitched up the hole in one appendix. It’s hard to believe but another surgeon simply straightened out the kinks. If these patients survived, it was the Almighty who saved them.
But consider the plight of doctors in 1902. They were treat-ing Prince Edward who was to be crowned King of England in two days’ time. He had developed abdominal pain and his elderly court physicians had diagnosed inflam-mation of the bowels. In spite of their traditional treatment, their famous patient was getting worse.
In desperation, they asked Frederick Treves, a young surgeon, to see Prince Edward. Treves diagnosed a ruptured appendix and advised immediate surgery. This caused great consterna-
tion. Many believed it was a grave error to have asked Treves to consult on the prince’s illness. But with misgiv-ings, the coronation was postponed. Treves pre-pared for surgery while skeptics prepared for the future king’s death.
Treves faced a formidable problem. Prince Edward had waited a long time to become king. It was public knowledge that in the interim he had not denied himself any pleasure of the flesh. Now, his mother, Queen Victoria, was finally dead, and he was middle aged, obese and flatulent. He was there-fore a terrible operative risk.
Treves made a wise decision. He decided during the surgery not to remove the appendix and simply drained the abscess. He must have uttered a long, silent prayer as the courts of Europe held their breath.
Edward rallied and was later crowned king. Treves was knighted and the king’s appendix operation became fash-
ionable.This year, about
300,000 appendecto-mies will be done in North America, but every year, patients die because of a ruptured appendix.
Today, if abdominal pain strikes, don’t wait hours to seek medical help. There’s a tendency to write off pain as a mild intestinal upset or take the attitude all will be better in the morn-ing. Precious hours are lost if the pain is due to an acute appendicitis or another serious abdomi-nal problem.
Remember, never use a laxative in an endea-vour to ease stomach pain. If the pain is due to acute appendici-tis, this may cause an inflamed appendix to
rupture.Don’t take food
or drink. If surgery is needed, this increases the chance that food could enter the lungs if vomiting occurs during the operation. And don’t
take painkillers to mask the pain.
Dr. Ken Walker is an Ontario-based general prac-titioner who trained at the University of Toronto and Harvard Medical School.
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It was a busy week of high school basket-ball with all but one of Merritt Secondary School’s five hoops teams seeing action in the last seven days.
Things kicked off last Wednesday with the MSS senior girls hosting Sa-Hali in both teams’ season opener.
The Panthers kept it close for three quarters before the traditionally-strong Sabres pulled away for a 51-39 vic-tory. Individual scoring statistics were not made available.
Coach Brent Bow-den’s senior girls’ squad bounced back from their weeknight loss in fine fashion, however. The team travelled to Osoyoos on the week-end and went a perfect 3-0 to win the annual Rattler Invitiational.
The Panthers opened the tournament with a 70-18 blowout vic-tory over Grand Forks Secondary. Savannah
Stewart had a game-high 18 points, while Gabby Zabek chipped in with an even dozen.
Brimming with con-fidence, the Panthers defeated the host Rattlers 49-37 in their second outing. Montana Leverre paced the Merritt attack with 17 points, while Jaycee Chenier added 12 more.
In the championship game, played Saturday afternoon, the Panthers showcased a balanced attack in downing Castlegar’s Stanley Humphries Secondary 40-29 to take the tour-nament title. Leverre had nine points, Chloe Burnham eight and Zabek seven.
The three Merritt game MVPs in Osoyoos were Zabek, Chenier and Burnham.
Closer to home, the Merritt Secondary junior girls hosted a five-team tournament of their own on the weekend. In addition to two squads from MSS, Valleyview Secondary from Kamloops had two
teams in attendance. Rounding out the field were the Princeton Rebels.
In a full round robin format, all teams played each other once. When the final free throw had been made, three of the
five teams were tied with 3-1 records: Merritt’s A team, Valleyview’s A team and Princeton.
Merritt A victories were against Merritt B 57-26, Valleyview A 35-26 and Valleyview B 39-17. The team’s only
loss was to Princeton, 44-28, in the opening game of the two-day tournament.
Merritt’s B squad played with lots of energy and enthusiasm, but unfortunately failed to pick up a win.
Leading scorers for the MSS A team were Grade 8 call-up Mesha Naiker (44 points), Casidy Sheena (22), Takarah Kubo (20) and Amber Lorette (19).
Top scorers for the Merritt B squad were Kalea Palmer (18 points), Keisha Henry and Jensen Cavaliere (10 each).
“We were thrilled with the tenacity of our girls, and the sportsmanship they displayed,” junior girls’ coach Tamara Slanzi said. “They played their hearts out.”
Slanzi went on to add that MSS tour-nament MVPs were Lorette and Cavaliere.
“Both girls were clutch players for us, and played smart ball all weekend,” the coach said.
Exciting high school basketball action resumed on Monday of this week with both MSS Grade 8 teams taking to the floor for their first games against the visiting St. Ann’s
Crusaders.In the early girls’
game, Naiker picked up right where she left off on the weekend, drain-ing an incredible 27 points to lead her team to a 56-42 win over their Kamloops rivals. Haley Zabek and Logan Moorhead had 10 and six points respectively.
In the later boys’ contest, Mack Stead had a team high nine points, but it wasn’t quite enough as the Crusaders downed the Panthers 36-21. Nick Anscomb had six points for MSS, while Pabil Adhikari added another four.
While MSS junior and senior hoops teams don’t see their next game action until after Christmas and New Year’s, both Grade 8 squads are on the road to Princeton for a one-day tournament this Thursday.
The next home game for an MSS team is on January 7 when the senior girls entertain the Westsyde Whundas. Tip-off is at 5 p.m.
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The Merritt Cen-tennials are beginning to earn a bit of a reputa-tion as lions on the road but pussycats in their own den.
In their last five games away from the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena, the Cents have
carved out a 3-1-0-1 record. For the season so far, they’re a very respectable 8-8-0-2 in other teams’ barns.
It’s been a different story on home ice lately. Going into Wednesday night’s game against the visiting Penticton Vees, the Centennials were a miserable 1-4-0-0 in their last five outings in
front of Merritt fans — a far cry from the 8-2-0-0 record they amassed in their first 10 games this season at the Nicola Valley Arena.
Centennials assistant coach Joe Martin is well aware of his team’s less than flattering record of late in its own rink, but unsure of why it’s hap-pening.
“I don’t know the reason. I can’t put my finger on it,” he said on Tuesday of this week. “In those five games, including the one most recently played, we’ve been the better team for the majority of each game, but it hasn’t been reflected on the score-board.”
The latest setback on
home ice that Martin was referring to was a disappointing 6-3 defeat on Saturday at the hands of the Salmon Arm Silverbacks — the team currently chasing Merritt for the fourth-and-final playoff spot in the BCHL’s Interior division.
Senior Panthers take Osoyoos hoops titleMerritt Secondary girls go undefeated on the road to highlight a great week of MSS basketball action
CHAMPIONS! The Merritt Secondary School senior girls basketball team was the overall win-ner at the Rattler Invitational tournament in Osoyoos on the weekend. The team won all three of its games, outscoring the opposition by a total of 159 to 84. (Above) Team members are the tournament were (left to right, back row): Victoria Bob, Chloe Burnham, Montana Leverre, Jaycee Chenier (with trophy), Madison Rauch, Savannah Stewart and coach Brent Bowden. In front are Gabby Zabek and Haley Bennett. Photo submitted
Cents looking to rekindle the fl ame on home ice
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SPORTS
The Merritt McDonald’s midget girls team won the Penticton Fire and Ice tournament on the weekend. They defeated Kelowna 1-0 in a nailbiter of a championship game on Sunday. Emmagin Richardson scored the game’s only goal while netminder Emma Ferch recorded the shutout.
Merritt’s win over Kelowna avenged an earlier 3-2 loss to the same team during preliminary play. The McDonald’s lasses also picked up round robin victories over Penticton, 5-4, and Kamloops, 6-0 en route to their title.
Leading tourna-ment point getter for the McDonald’s squad was Madeleine Barnes with six goals and an assist, followed by Skylar Willey with three goals and one assist. Other marksmen were Richardson (2G, 1A), Natalie Sterling-Moses (2G) and Renée Stockwell (1G, 1A).
On December 8, the McDonald’s team trav-
elled to Vernon, where they tied the Jr. Vipers 3-3.
Keisha Henry scored twice for the Merritt team. Lizzy Simpson had the other goal. Assists went to Willey and Barnes.
Peewee Rep
The Ramada pee-wees were edged 4-2 by league-leading South Okanagan in a game played Sunday at the Shulus arena.
Atrayu Johnny and
Talon Zakall had the Merritt goals. Zakall, Max Graham and Chase Cooke picked up assists.
Atom Development
The Fountain Tire atoms recorded a 6-5 victory over previously-undefeated West Kelowna on the week-end. Cortez Charters scored the game winner with just nine seconds
remaining on the clock.Other Merritt scor-
ers were Max Graham (3), Lucas Schmid and Robert Sterling. Assists went to Graham, Sterling, Charters and Jalen McRae.
Bantam Rep
The Murray GM bantams picked up their first win of the season on Saturday, defeating Kelowna
5-2. Tyler Mosley (2), Marco Camastro, Armoni McRae and Anthony Tulliani all scored goals, while Mosley, Tulliani, Darius Sam and Kaelan Lester added assists. Mack Stead picked up the win in net.
Sunday, the Murray boys fell 9-2 to a strong Winfield squad. Merritt’s goals came from Lester and Mosley.
Atom House
The LNB atoms hosted an eight-team tourney on the week-end, with visiting teams from Chilliwack, Williams Lake, Clearwater, Langley and Ashcroft.
The Merritt team went 1-3 at home to finish sixth over-all. The win came against Williams Lake by a score of 5-3, while the losses were to Chilliwack, 6-3,
Langley, 9-8, and to Ashcroft, 7-4.
Point getters for the LNB team were Graycin Nicholls (7G, 3A), Cameron Nicholls (5G), Dayton Gregg (4G), Jayden Etchart (1G), Mathias Redknap (1G), Colton Ferris (1G), Semiah Oppenheim (1A), Kolton Wekking (1A), Connor Ashley (1A), Spencer Nagata (1A), and Thomas McIvor (1A).
Chilliwack defeated Clearwater to win the tournament.
McDonald’s midget girls win Penticton Fire and Ice tourney
LEADING LADIES! The McDonald’s midget girls won the Fire and Ice tournament in Penticton on the weekend. Pictured above are: (left to right, back row) head coach Paul Barnes, Natalie Sterling-Moses, Trinity Shackelly, Lizzy Simpson, Courtney Christy, asst. coach Shane Stockwell, Emmagin Richardson, Chlöe Stockwell, (front row) Kierra Willey, Skylar Wiley, Madeleine Barnes, Jenna Sigurdsson, Renée Stockwell, Jenna Kane, (kneeling) Emma Ferch and asst. coach Dylan Richardson. Photo submitted
MINOR HOCKEY REPORT
HANDING OUT THE HARDWARE Merritt Mayor Neil Menard was on hand to help distrib-ute the awards and thank the teams for coming to the atom house hockey tournament in town on the weekend. Pictured above (from left to right) are members of the victorious Chilliwack Steelheads team, Mayor Menard, Merritt atom head coach Sean Paterson, members of the host Merritt Jr. Centennials atom house team, and members of the silver-medal winning Clearwater team. Photo courtesy of Jason Shea/Chilliwack Steelheads
When the Cents went up 3-1 against the ’Backs early in the third period on a goal by Nick Fidanza, it looked like the homeside was firmly in control. No such luck. The Apes erupted for five unanswered goals of their own (the last one into an empty net) and won the contest going away.
Particularly galling was the fact that the five tallies came on just seven Salmon Arm shots in the entire final 20 minutes.
Martin was reluctant to hang his team’s loss on his starting goalie, but indicated that Jonah Imoo has to be better.
“Jonah is 20. He’s a veteran. There isn’t much he hasn’t done or seen in this league. What we need from him is consistency — plain and simple,” the coach said.
Martin didn’t absolve the rest of his team from blame following the loss to the Silverbacks.
“I think that there
are times in our rink when we’ve been too passive. We’ve allowed other teams to dictate play. I definitely feel that we can be more aggres-sive.”
Saturday’s game was a good case in point. The opening minutes of the first period belonged to Salmon Arm, and the ’Backs were rewarded on the scoreboard early as Carson Bolduc regis-tered his first of three on the night at 5:48 of the period.
That goal seemed to wake up the Cents. They thoroughly out-played the visitors for the next 35 minutes, outshot their opponents 29-17 through two peri-ods, and took the lead on a pair of goals by John Schiavo and Diego Cuglietta.
Instead of going for the jugular following Fidanza’s goal early in the third, the Cents (and Imoo in particular) seemed to let their col-lective guard down and allow the Silverbacks to breathe new life. Goals
less than three minutes apart got them back on even terms, and two more snipes shortly thereafter put them ahead by a pair. The empty netter only added insult to injury.
The loss on home ice Saturday took the shine off a gutsy 3-2 double-
overtime Merritt win in Prince George the night before.
PG’s Jeremiah Leudtke and Merritt’s Colin Grannary traded goals in an evenly-played first period. Neither team was able to find the back of the net in the second.
Gavin Gould put Merritt ahead at 5:57 of the third period, and that’s the way it remained until Leudtke — easily the best player on the ice — buried his second of the night with just 15 seconds remain-ing in regulation play to force extra innings.
To their credit, the Cents appeared to want a victory more, and it was defenceman Jake Clifford who played the OT hero, scoring the game winner at 2:08 of the second overtime period.
Anthony Pupplo picked up the win between the pipes for Merritt, stopping 40 of 42 shots, while Alex Brooks-Potts took the loss in the PG net.
“I felt that we were in full control of the game in Prince George,” Martin said, “even though it took us until overtime to win. We took a number of unfor-tunate penalties, but I told our players to keep playing the same way. They were great.”
Martin said his team was full of confidence going into Wednesday’s match-up with the divi-sion and league-leading Vees.
“Despite our recent home record, in my opinion we’ve played some great hockey in the last two weeks. I
want to continue that trend. We’re going to be mindful of a few of the tendencies that Penticton has, but overall, we’re just concentrating on ourselves.”
Imoo was scheduled to start in net against the Vees, a sign that Martin has complete faith in his veteran puck stopper.
The Cents’ final game before the Christmas break is this Friday when they host the surging Vernon Vipers, who are 8-2-0-0 in their last 10 games.
Cents and Snakes on Friday close out pre-Christmas scheduleFrom Page 21
SUPER SNIPER The Merritt Centennials’ John Schiavo (in action above against Salmon Arm on Saturday) has been a leader both on and off the ice this season. The 20-year-old from New York tops the team in points with 17 goals and 20 assists. His 37 points have moved him up to 10th place overall in the BCHL’s individual scoring race. Ian Webster/Herald
FLIGHT CENTRE Seven-year-old Arianna Hostrawser was one of many young pilots who took part in the Cooper’s Foods airplane toss contest for turkeys at Saturday’s Centennials’ game. Ian Webster/Herald
a Special chriStmaS concert Delphine Kinvig is pre-
senting a Special Christmas Concert in the Merritt Baptist Church Saturday, Dec. 20 at 7:00 p.m. Doors open at 6:30. Bring your family and friends. Donations to the church are optional.
FiShing derbyThe Nicola Valley Fish &
Game Club would like to invite you to their annual Mamette Lake Ice Fishing Derby. It will be held on Sunday Jan. 11 from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. There will be 50/50 for goods, prizes and increased cash prize for biggest fish. Free cof-fee and hot chocolate and hot dogs will be available by donatioin. Purchase your ticket at Ponderosa, Gun-Fishin or at the fish-ing derby. If you would like further information you can contact Ed Collins 250-378-2547 or Paul Komonoski at 250-378-4904.
nicola Valley Film SocietyPresenting “TRACKS”
Rated PG on Monday, Jan. 19 at 7:00 p.m. at the NVIT LECTURE THEATRE. For more info phone 378-3974.
Shelter looking For VolunteerSThe Nicola Valley Shelter
and Support Society is seeking volunteers to fill shifts at the Extreme Weather Response Shelter located at 1937A Quilchena Ave. from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and 9 p.m. to midnight daily. Volunteer application packages are available at the Community Policing Office (250-378-3955) located at 2013 Quilchena Avenue. conayt bingoEvery Thursday even-
ing, doors open at 4:30 p.m. first game starts at 6 p.m. Bingo is at 2164 Quilchena Avenue. No Bingo on Thursday December 25, 2014 and Thursday, January 1, 2015. Bingo will resume as nor-mal on Thursday, January 8, 2014.
the nicola Valley community band Fall season of practices on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in the music room at MSS. info: James 250-378-9894.
the community choir New season has started,
come at 7 p.m. Located at Colletteville school. New members are very welcome. For more information con-tact: Ellen 250-378-9899 or Barb 250-389-2678.
liVing With loSS Support groupLiving with the Loss
Support Group Wednesday 7 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. #12-2025 Granite Ave, Merritt - Call Marilyn at 250-378-3513.
riSing From the aSheSFire relief fundraisers
for Earth Walker Spiritual Shop. You can either donate money to the bank account set up at CIBC or drop off your bottle dona-tions to the bottle depot.
VolunteerS neededThe Navy League is in need
of officer’s and volunteers to help out with our grow-ing Cadet Corps. Our chil-dren 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 interested in becom-ing a part of our Corps please contact us. Ellen 250-280-6944, Debra 250-280-4086 or email at [email protected]
chet? Come on down to Brambles Bakery Thursday evenings bring your yarn and needles and join in the fun.(1st Thursday of the month)
merritt minor hockeyRegister for the 2014/15
season at merrittmin-orhockey.com. Call 250-378-6827 for more infor-mation.
help red croSSLooking for volunteers to
help 2 hours a week in the morning. If interested please call 250-378-5276
royal canadian legionTuesday - Darts: 7 p.m.Friday - Frosty Friday - 5
p.m. Saturdays - Meat draw: 2:30 p.m.
marVellouS muttSMarvellous Mutts &
Rehoming Merritt Branch, are always looking for fos-ter 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 FlyerWe are starting a new
club in town for flying model aircraft. We fly at various locations around town. New members wel-come. For more info, call Jack 250-378-4371.
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help us reach our goal
Would you like to see a movie theatre in Merritt, then the Merritt Community Cinema Soceity can use your help!
If you would like to help donate to this wonderful cause please make cheque payable to Merritt Community Cinema Society and mail it to:
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ERIC LOVETTDecember 1, 2014
In Loving Memory
Eric Lovett of Lower Nicola passed away on December 1st, 2014 at the age of 54.
He is survived by his loving wife Laura and step children Trevor Carlson of Lower Nicola, BC and Shane Carlson of Kamloops, BC. Mother, Nancy, Brother Hank (Allison), Meredith (Bill) and numerous, nieces, nephews, in-laws and friends.
Eric is predeceased by his father, Harry in 2009, in Victoria BC.
A celebration of Eric’s Life will be held at a later date.
Special Thanks to Dr. Don McLeod.
ERIC LOVEVV TTDecember 1, 2014
In Loving Memory
Eric Lovett of Lower Nicolapassed away on December 1st, 2014 at the age of 54.
He is survived by his loving wife Laura and step childrenTrevor Carlson of Lower Nicola, BC and Shane Carlsonof Kamloops, BC. Mother,Nancy, Brother Hank (Allison),Meredith (Bill) and numerous,nieces, nephews, in-laws and friends.
Eric is predeceased by his father, Harry in 2009, in VictoriaBC.
A celebration of Eric’s Life will be held at a later date.
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A FUNERAL PRE PLANNING ADVISOR will be available at the Merritt Funeral Chapel on the second and fourth Friday of the month, between the
hours of 10am – 3pm (or by appointment). A Personal Planning Guide will be provided.
It is with tremendous sadness that we announce the loss of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and great-great grandfather.
Ray was a loving husband to Evelyn and father to Debbie (Bill), Larry (Kathy) Lyle(Linda), Denise(Rod), Michelle (Greg) and Gary. Ray was predeceased by step-daughter Denise. Ray loved his family immensely and though many lived so far away he never hesitated to pick up the phone.
Ray will be fondly remembered in his grandchildren memories as always smiling and laughing and he had many ; Chis, Collin , Willie, Jesse, Scott, Greg, Tammy, Tyson, Michael, Jeffrey, Matt, Chelsea, Owen, Jenna and Brittany. He was so proud of them all. He always felt that this family was his greatest accomplishment. Papa always gave his love and smiles freely and was always so proud to hear about the arrival of more great grandkids and great-great grandkids.
Home to Ray was Kindersley, Saskatchewan where much of his family still resides. He will be forever missed by his siblings Arlene, Linda, Trudy and Jerry and a multitude of nieces and nephews who were always happy to see Uncle Ray.
Ray will be returning to Saskatchewan in the spring for his last “road trip” and be laid to rest with his Mom and Dad.
God gently took you Papa just a little at a time because he knew how hard it would be for us to let you go. We nd comfort in knowing your in heaven.
“Paint it Red, Dad”Thank you to Dr. Smit and Dr. Ross and a big thank you to
the “Gals” at Gillis House for all their care and compassion. You went above and beyond as always.
He thought the world of you all. We always knew he was in good hands and that was a great comfort to us all.
with tremeendousthat we
ce the loss of
Raymond Earl Missere
May 25, 1934 - December 10, 2014
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 58(NICOLA-SIMILKAMEEN)
MECHANICAL TRADESMANApplications are invited for the position of Mechanical Tradesman with School District No. 58, (Nicola-Similkameen) in Merritt.
This is a 12-month per year, 7.5 hours per day position. Salary and benefits will be in accordance with the C.U.P.E. Local 847 Collective Agreement.
For a complete listing of the job description and qualifications please visit the district’s website at www.sd58.bc.ca click on Jobs/Support Positions and search under ‘Current Job Opportunities’ and follow the prompts (Job Code 796147). Applications, including a detailed resume with a minimum of three references, will be accepted until December 19, 2014.
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We are with shattered hearts announcing the passing of Robert (Bob) Hutton on the 25th of November.
He is survived by his children; Cherish, Bobbie, Kalen, Joshua, Felicia and their mothers An-gelle and Tonya. Also left to mourn his passing is his mother Marilyn (Bud), his father Bill, his dad John (Monica), his sister Gena and niece Dekara, his twin brother and best friend Jim and his kids; Verdann, Dayton, James Dymond and Dryden. Kate and Leigh-Lyn.Services was held on Saturday, Dec. 13 at 1 pm at the Evangelist Church located on the corner of Voght and Maxwell
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