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ICBC sues VSA due to potholes The lawsuit is for $38,000 in damages

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A RACE TO THE FINISH Bob Scafe moves his peg up two notches during a game of Crib at the Merritt Public Library last Tuesday. The drop-in games are hosted on Tuesdays from 1 to 3 p.m. Scafe said the group is looking for new members who are encouraged to casually drop in for free. Phillip Woolgar/Herald

ICBC is suing VSA Highway Maintenance for $38,000 in damages to 19 vehicles allegedly marred by large potholes on the Coquihalla Highway in February 2011.

The suit, filed Feb. 4, claims the road maintenance company knew about the potholes near the old toll booths but failed to warn drivers.

VSA has five offices, including an operations office in Merritt.

The company maintains large portions of the Coquihalla Highway, the Okanagan Connector, and a network of rural roads.

“It’s not unusual for us to seek to recover monies we’ve paid out to vehicle owners for damage wherever we can, and in this case we’re looking to recover approximately $38,000,” ICBC Senior Media Relations Advisor Adam Grossman said.

None of the allegations have been proven in court.

Police look for help in Coquihalla deaths

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Police in Logan Lake are still looking for information on what might have caused a crash that killed three people on the Coquihalla Highway in September.

A red Ford Explorer was travelling northbound when the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle around 8 p.m. The SUV then plummeted down a

SUV were taken to hospital with serious injuries, but have since been released and continue to recover.

Several witnesses were administering first aid to the people in the car when RCMP arrived, according to an RCMP press release earlier this month.

“We had a collision scene that was very traumatic for all to contend with and we are thankful for

30-metre embankment about five kilometres south of the Logan Lake turnoff. It rolled several times and came to a stop atop roadside fencing. Alcohol is ruled out as a factor in the crash.

Sada Mudaliar, 49, his mother-in-law, Zaruna Begum, 60, and his brother-in-law, Shahir Khan, 41, all from New Westminster, were pronounced dead at the scene. The two other occupants of the

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First Merritt dog expo set for Sunday

By Emily Wessel THE HERALD

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It’ll be a dog lover’s dream at the Merritt Civic Centre on Sunday when it will host the first Merritt Dog Expo.

Fetch Dog Grooming and Boutique owner Valerie McDonald said she began putting the event together because she saw a need to connect people with the services available to their dogs in town.

“I had a lady in yesterday who didn’t know there was an obedience class in town,” she said.

“I have people all the time who don’t know about agility or that the kennel club does fun things throughout the year, instead of just a dog show every year. A lot of people don’t have any idea that there’s somebody who gives dog massages in town.

We wanted to make people aware that these services are available locally, so you don’t have to go to Kamloops for obedience lessons or whatever you’re looking for.”

McDonald said a small event was originally planned to take place at her store, but as more and more groups got involved, the event quickly outgrew the space.

Each of the seven presenters will have half an hour to demonstrate their services or present on a topic. The presentations include Dr. Lis Ladyman on dog dental health, Lisa Babcock on dog massage, and Ki-Essentials’ Sandi Labermeyer on pet aromatherapy.

McDonald said the event is more about the fun things pet owners can do with their pooch-

es than a trade show, although there will be door prizes, samples, and draws.

“It’s more along the lines of the services, the clubs and the activities that are out there,” she said.

Attendees can drop in for specific presentations if they don’t want to stay for the duration of the expo, which runs from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, as presenters will be on hand all day to answer questions.

“Unfortunately, we can’t open it up to everybody bringing their dogs or it would be a zoo,” McDonald said. “We’re just hoping people come out and have fun and realize the fun things that you can do with your dog that benefit you both.”

Admission to the expo is free.

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Forestry towns and First Nations integral to B.C.’s growth: report

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The Rural BC Project says the provincial government needs to invest in rural B.C. for the sake of the province’s economic and social future.

The report, titled The Pathway to Prosperity in British Columbia Runs Through its Rural Places and spearheaded by the Southern Interior, Omineca, and CaribooChilcotin Beetle Action Coalitions, was released as the final discussion paper on rural economic development on Jan. 18.

The paper asserts that places where forestry is the main

industry have gone from being the fastestgrowing to the slowestgrowing in the province over the last 50 years, to the detriment of B.C.’s economic stability.

It defines rural areas as the 95 per cent of the province’s land where 15 per cent of the population lives — essentially, everywhere outside of Metro Vancouver, Central Fraser Valley, the Capital Region, and Greater Kelowna.

Among the report’s recommendations is that the provincial government appoints a cabinet minister for rural issues. In the meantime, it suggests the premier’s office

‘First Nations will increasingly have influence over the economic future of their territories.’

—THE RURAL BC PROJECT oversees its 10-year strategy for investment in rural communities and First Nations.

“First Nations youth are less likely to leave their communities and with resolution of land claims, First Nations will increasingly have influence over the economic future of their territories, adjacent lands, and communities,” the report states.

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It also recommends involving post-secondary institutions in the development of economic strategies and for their ability to provide critical research.

The report also posits that the government should provide investment in rural economic initiatives up front rather than program grants, which it says foster a competitive environment for limited money.

It also suggests the

government needs to take a more active role in the long-term direction of industrial resource development rather than providing standards and requirements for the industry to meet.

The Environmental Assessment Act, the Heartlands Economic Strategy, and 2009’s “wood-first” policy in the construction of public buildings are only partially successful attempts to provide economic guidance in rural B.C., the report adds.

The paper says urban and rural communities are mutually dependent, and urban people should invest in rural sustainability,

as rural lifestyles can offset urban ones. It references a Japanese policy for urban people to send money to rural areas for watersheds.

“Rural B.C. is extremely important to this government and I look forward to future discussions with the Beetle Action Coalitions on ways to bolster rural economic development in B.C.,” Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Development Donna Barnett said in a press release.

The Beetle Action Coalitions are expected to meet this month with the provincial government to discuss the paper’s recommendations.

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A Vancouver bomb disposal squad came up to Merritt yesterday to dismantle a curious apparatus in a suitcase that was rigged to explode upon opening, burning and possibly killing anyone standing in close proximity.

John Schuring of Merritt found the suitcase bomb early Monday morning at the back of his property on Nicola Avenue.

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Heart and stroke month hits home Emily Wessel

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Her fear that she was having a stroke was confirmed on her bartending shift at the Kelowna Yacht Club the following day.

Things started going wrong when Couture, a veteran server, forgot two of her orders, and when her left hand started acting up again, she knew it was time to go to the hospital. “It sure let me down when I grabbed that tray with four cups of coffee, and down she went,� the spitfire said. “I remember bringing this one guy a soup and sandwich, and I think I had more soup on the sandwich than in the bowl.�

After numerous tests, doctors discovered Couture’s arteries were clogged with plaque. They estimated she would need to spend about six months recovering control of her left hand before going back to work at

the Yacht Club. True to form, the stubborn Couture was back to work long before then. “I would practise carrying this tray on my patio, full of water, to get the strength going in my hand so that I could carry a tray when I had to. I was back to work in three months, nevermind that six,� she said.

Couture added that her belief in God also helped her stay positive. She prayed to be around for her granddaughter’s wedding and her own fiftieth wedding anniversary, which she celebrated in October with over 100 friends and family members.

It’s cases like Couture’s that benefit from the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s research. February is Heart Month, and canvassers for the foundation will be making

the rounds in Merritt.

In the Sunshine Valley, it’s a cause that’s close to canvasser Kathy Anderson’s heart.

Just over a year ago, Anderson was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, better known as heart disease, which deteriorates the heart’s ability to pump blood and can lead to heart failure. Anderson said she was sick for about four months after moving back to B.C. from Oklahoma, and she chalked her symptoms up to a change in climate. However, Anderson said she knew something else was going on when she got particularly short of breath while looking after her granddaughter. “For me, this all started out with being short of breath,�

Anderson said. “I couldn’t even get up the stairs. I had to stop part way up to catch

When Mary Jane Couture sets her mind to something, there’s no stopping her.

So when she resolved to regain control of her left hand after a stroke in 2009 left it curled in a tight fist, she got to work.

Couture still hasn’t regained complete control, but between acupuncture, physiotherapy, and patience — a virtue Couture is learning — she is hopeful she will knit once again. “I think what really kept me going is that I’m stubborn to start off with. Don’t tell me I can’t do it, because I will go out of my way to prove you wrong,� she said.

The stroke hit Couture after a typical visit with a close friend, but Couture said she knew something wasn’t right when she could feel a tingling in her fingers. “By the time I got to the stop sign from her place, I could feel something was happening,� she said. “I got home, I went in, I made myself half a sandwich and I didn’t even take one bite. I said to my husband, ‘I’m having a stroke.’�

It was a familiar feeling for Couture, who’d had a stroke over a decade prior.

After a long day of working two jobs, Couture noticed she was having trouble holding a glass with her left hand. She figured it was a natural reaction to the long hours she worked, but deep down, she said she knew something wasn’t right. “I took a couple Aspirins, went to bed, slept, and I got up the next morning and went to work. I felt pretty good,� she said. “I had worked for 12 years as a care aide, so I kind of knew what some of the symptoms were, but I was in denial. I was only 54 years old. Mary Jane Couture says she is slowly but surely regaining control of her left hand after two strokes I was too young.� rendered it difficult to grasp objects. Emily Wessel/Herald

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After a slew of outpatient tests, Anderson got the diagnosis, and said she’s lucky to be responding to her medications well. She said doctors don’t think she is a candidate for a heart transplant or an internal defibrillator anymore, which she attributes largely to the treatment she’s received in the province. “I think I’ve actually impressed the doctors because I’ve gotten so much better so quickly,� she said. “I feel like I’ve had such awesome care for the last year from everybody from my family physician to specialists to hospitals, that I feel like canvassing is one little thing I can do.�

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Schoenborn requests transfer to Manitoba

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The B.C. Review Board supported Allan Schoenborn’s request to be transferred to a psychiatric hospital in Manitoba following his annual hearing on Friday.

Schoenborn requested the transfer from the Port Coquitlam hospital, where he’s currently in custody, to the Selkirk Mental Health Centre to be closer to his family. He did not request any changes to the terms of his custody.

Schoenborn was found not criminally responsible for the 2008 murders of his three children, 10-yearold Kaitlynne, eight-year-old Max and five-year-old Cordon in Merritt.

Both the Manitoba and B.C. Attorneys General would have to approve the transfer for it to take place.

The hearing comes on the heels of a federal push to change the review process for those found not criminally responsible, from annual hearings to hearings once every three years.

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HERALD OPINION B.C. gas boom is real, all right

TOM FLETCHER B.C. VIEWS VICTORIA – Whether Christy Clark’s government survives the May election or not, the natural gas “Prosperity Fund” idea floated in last week’s throne speech is useful.

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A sign there is life on Parliament Hill PHILLIP WOOLGAR Merritt HERALD The recent video of Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaking about the devastation of the murders of three children from Merritt, showed a side of

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Canada’s leader that I had never seen.

On Feb. 8, Harper announced new crime legislation that puts stricter restrictions on violent offenders who are determined not criminally responsible for their actions.

When making the announcement in Burnaby, he referred to the difficulties parents of murdered children must be going through. Before his speech, he met with Darcie Clarke, the mother of the slain

children. That meeting appears to have had a profound effect on the Prime Minister who, up to that point, didn’t appear to show any sign of emotion, ever.

“Meeting Darcie, and knowing other people are in a similar circumstance, can’t help but touch you in a way that is extremely profound.

Given the love we all have for our children, one cannot begin to imagine the pain and suffering that this kind

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of event brings about, that lasts for a very long time.”

To an extent, I think politicians need to be stoic when they are being viewed by the public, but some leaders, such as exprime minister Pierre Trudeau, have been able to show emotion while still coming across strong. I believe that emotion is what made Canada’s former prime minister so popular — perhaps the most popular Canadian prime

minister. According to Maclean’s magazine, which consulted 117 authorities on Canadian politics, Trudeau ranks No. 5 in the best Canadian prime minister category — behind Wilfrid Laurier, John A. Macdonald, William Lyon Mackenzie King and Lester B. Pearson. Harper is No. 11, which comes as a surprise, but he was very likely held in such high esteem due to his government’s handling of the global

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recession. And if Harper keeps up his attack on injustices in the criminal prosecution system and shows that he is not, in fact, intravenously attached to a continual supply of beta blockers, he will gain a few more points. God knows he needs them — after he prorogued parliament on two separate occasions to avoid coalition governments, and after announcing the expenditure of about $16 billion on 65 fighter jets.

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Now that Harper has shown signs of life, maybe the floodgates will open, and he will place back some of the funding his government has taken away from social programs in his “social finance” initiative to privatize and outsource components of the social safety net. A sympathetic prime minister could realize that 65 fighter jets carrying blazing guns isn’t as important as the human side of being a worthy leader.

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YOUR OPINION Hundreds of billions projected in 30 years From Page 6 B.C. is poised to join Alberta in the upper rank of energy producing jurisdictions, with an expanding network of natural gas collection, refining and processing into liquid (LNG) for export. Clark’s pre-election throne speech proposed a resource fund similar to Alberta’s Heritage Fund that would be reserved for debt reduction and major projects, rather than spent on programs, which tends to happen under the political pressure of fouryear election cycles.

Opposition politicians and media commentators have dismissed this as a pre-election stunt. They note that the LNG industry in B.C. doesn’t exist yet, and may never produce the hundreds of billions of dollars projected over the next 30 years.

I returned for a visit to B.C.’s northeast earlier this month, and I can tell you the gas boom is real. My parents homesteaded east of Dawson Creek near the Alberta border in 1962, and I recall when our farm was drilled for gas by Gulf Canada 40 years ago.

Many more gas wells have been drilled since then, and country roads have been widened and numbered for industrial traffic. Hydraulic fracturing, already in use when our farm was drilled, has been combined with directional drilling to open up huge new supplies.

A farming community called Montney is the latest hot play, yielding not only shale gas but petroleum liquids, which are valuable for diluting heavy oil among other things.

B.C. has never seen this kind of international investment interest before. Initial projects have been joined by global players such as British Gas, and Mitsubishi, a key player in Japan’s replacement of its devastated nuclear power program.

Spectra Energy, which operates one of North America’s biggest gas processing plants at Fort Nelson and has another one under construction nearby, has begun work on a third plant near Dawson Creek. Spectra and British Gas have also proposed the latest of several pipelines, to move all this gas to an LNG terminal at Prince Rupert. The Kitimat-Prince Rupert region now has at least five proposed terminals, with investors including Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil and state players from China and Korea.

All this is happening as shale gas is developed across the United States as well. As with oil, Canada is a captive of the U.S. market, and the flood of new gas supply has the North American price at rock bottom.

At least B.C. hopes it’s the bottom. Gas royalties passed forest income to the B.C. treasury many years ago, and now as the forest industry struggles to recover, the province faces tumbling revenues from gas.

Why would B.C.’s shale gas be seen as a priority for new global investment in LNG? For one thing, we’re a stable democratic country with a mature industry and competent regulation.

Secondly, the shipping advantage of the Kitimat and Prince Rupert ports to the Pacific Rim has finally been recognized internationally, as coal, forest products, grain and container traffic has climbed in recent years.

B.C. has another advantage that appears to be increasingly important.

The shale gas deposits are deep, under a kilometre or more of solid rock, and most are in remote, sparsely inhabited locations.

That adds cost to the pipeline system, but it has a benefit. At the beginning of the year I predicted that the international protest movement that dishonestly targets Alberta oil would soon turn to demonizing natural gas.

That pseudo-scientific attack has begun, right here in B.C. I’ll have more on that in a subsequent column.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca

Defining a Sikh Dear Editor: What is a Sikh?

Is their mind-state a danger to civilized nations?

So, what is a Sikh (correctly pronounced as you would say the word “sick,” which means “to learn” in its native language) or an individual who has endeavoured to undertake the path of Sikhie?

Well, he accepts the universe, cause and effect, and all known and unknown as the “will” of The Great Architect. When awake, she attempts to keep the idea of The Eternal Commander and Chief within the time and space of consciousness. With the five weapons of virtue (compassion, truth, contentment, love and humility) he attempts to battle the five thieves (lust, anger, attachment, selfish ego and greed). And through meditation, logical contemplation, song, prayer or loving repetition of “The Naam,” she attempts to seek The Formless One (to develop a personal relationship),

and the universal principles such as the law of karma and heaven.

That all said, with reason and knowledge he attempts to enslave passion and prejudice.

Employing the tools of honesty, she attempts to make a living. In humility, he attempts to aid the unseen and the weak (in body, mind and soul).

With understanding she attempts to treat all as a brother, sister, father or mother regardless of religion, colour, class, nation, age or creed. Detached from Maya (detached from the material world and the material senses as best as can be done) he attempts to be. And without compromising, she values and attempts to seek the company of the holy, the truth, knowledge, justice, equality, freedom and love for the family, the community and all of humanity.

To further build on the template given above, the Sikh state of mind is selfless, curious, critical, creative, artistic, active, logical, moral and intelligent. The Sikh state of mind harbours beliefs that encourage physical

prowess. And against all odds, the Sikh state of mind strives to become “Miri-Piri:” a spiritual and earthly influence.

Of the mentioned attributes, the two most important dimensions of a Sikh would have to be the battle to enslave the mind’s five thieves so as to allow the better half of the mind’s duality to dominate thoughts and actions, and the struggle to detach from Maya.

The battle to chain the five thieves and detachment from Maya are most important because they’re the agents and the influences that readily block the mind from appreciating the remaining attributes of a Sikh.

In addition, they deny the ultimate goal of the secular, liberation, to be dead (liberated in consciousness) but yet alive; to be united with The Primal Energy and still have mortal life. An idea termed “Jivan Mukti.”

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Cops ‘nude themselves’ in ‘so-called’ standoff Re: “Man charged for nude standoff,” printed in the Feb. 7 issue of the Merritt Herald.

Dear Editor: I was appalled to read the above rendition of this so-called “standoff.” Good journalism should begin with getting the whole story, not just a one-sided account as this was. Speaking of “nudity,” I believe these

men were nude themselves, as they were not wearing their badges.

Why would you do that?

Personally, I can say with great clarity that if three men arrived in my bedroom, unannounced, uninvited and un-uniformed, before I had a chance to get up and put on a housecoat, regardless of the time of day or night, I’m afraid such men would be going home with their britches full of buckshot.

There is a right and wrong way of doing almost anything. This was definitely wrong. I would like to know what bank ordered this seizure to be carried out in this way. I would hate to have to go to Kamloops to do my banking, but if it’s my bank, that is what I’ll have to do and I would invite others to follow my suit.

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PST return looms for B.C. business Tom Fletcher BLACK PRESS tfletcher@blackpress.ca

VICTORIA – Undoing the harmonized sales tax and establishing a modernized version of the 60-year-old provincial sales tax is the biggest task facing Premier Christy Clark’s government in the brief legislative sitting that precedes the May 14 provincial election.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong introduced the transition legislation Wednesday.

It includes provisions for transactions that straddle the transition date such as new home purchases.

The bill to replace the HST runs nearly 200 pages, and it will add accounting costs for business as well as taking away business input tax credits that match those available under the federal Goods and Services Tax. The government has given itself a deadline of April 1 to make the switch for the 2013-14 fiscal year.

The administrative burden of the switch starts with businesses reprogramming cash registers and other

systems to go back to collecting two separate sales taxes.

One of the few modern touches to the new PST is the ability of more than 100,000 businesses to register online at gov.bc.ca/ etaxbc/register, and view online instructions to help make the transition.

About 30,000 B.C. businesses have launched since 2010, and operators may have no experience with the old sales tax system.

Provincial sales taxes on restaurant meals, haircuts and other services will be removed as of April 1, but one companion tax is being kept in place.

Private sales of vehicles, boats and aircraft are exempt from GST, but the province levied a 12 per cent provincial tax on the transactions to equalize treatment of used vehicle sales between dealerships and individuals.

The government vowed to reinstate the old PST at seven per cent after the HST was rejected in a province-wide initiative petition.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong introduced legislation to transition the province from HST to two separate sales taxes for the 2013-14 fiscal year on Wednesday. Black Press

The HST was imposed in 2010, extending the provincial sales tax to a range of services, including gym memberships, travel originating in B.C., taxi fares, veterinarian services, vitamins, postage, and personal protective equipment such as helmets and

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As of Market Close on February 15, 2013

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THIS WEEK’S MARKETS .... The S&P/TSX Composite was down 0.9% last week to close at $12,686.63. In the U.S., the S&P rose to close at $1,519.79. Oil was up 0.1% to close at $95.86/bb, while natural gas futures declined -5.5% to close at $3.19/MMBtu. Gold bullion finished the week at $1,608.10, down 3.%. The Canadian dollar weakened against the US dollar, closing at $.99/USD. The 2 year Canadian benchmark bond rose to 1.13% and th 10 year bond rose to 2.02%.

South of the border 2 year US treasury yields rose ot .27%.

Canadian Common A SLICE OF THE ACTION People lined up around Brambles Bakery and Cafe for its all-you-can-eat chicken wings, pizza and salad night on Jan. 31.

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Local athletes enjoy success on the big stage Aabye wins Starting Block Winter Carnival 10K Finch dives to gold and silver at Provincials

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Distance runner Hans Aabye of Merritt got his 2013 Interior road racing season off to a good start with a win at the Starting Block 10K run in Lavington, just east of Vernon, on Sunday, Feb. 10.

Aabye, 35, finished the 10K race in 34:17, 26 seconds better than second-place finisher Nathan Champness from nearby Coldstream. A total of 208 runners took part in this year’s event.

Aabye’s winning time was a one minute and 18 second improvement on his secondplace time of 35:05 in 2012.

“I was really happy with how I ran,” Aabye said.

“After breaking two toes at the end of October in preparation for the Seattle Marathon, I’ve only been back training for about four weeks.”

The Starting Block 10K was the first of 11 Interior races in this year’s Canadian

Thirteen-year-old Parker Finch of Merritt won gold and silver medals at the B.C. Winter Provincial Diving Championships, held Feb. 2-3 at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre.

Representing the Riptech Diving Club from Kamloops, Finch won gold in the Tier II Group C three-metre competition with a final score of 147.40 points. He also placed second in the Tier II Group C one-metre event with 170.10 points, and was selected the Riptech team’s Top Male Diver.

Mike Gowdy, a coach at the Riptech Club, stated that Finch is an extremely teachable young diver who is making great progress in the sport. “[Parker] is known for his ‘rip’ entries (clean, with little turbulence). He also has great team spirit — he is the first to cheer on his friends.”

Finch’s current dive list

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Tire Road Racing Series that includes events throughout the Okanagan. The next race on the schedule is the Lakeside 5K on Sunday, March 10, in Penticton.

Aabye said he will be competing in more series races this season, but his real

focus is on the marathon.

“I’m planning to run Wenatchee at the end of April and then either Vancouver or Calgary. My goal is to go sub 2:35.”

Aabye’s marathon best is 2:37, set four years ago in Edmonton.

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from the one- and threemetre boards includes front, back and inward dives.

“Parker is currently working off the five-metre board as well,” Gowdy said, “and practising a front one-anda-half dive. He’s working up to a front double soon, as

well as an inward one-anda-half. Our goal is to have him competing off the fivemetre board by the Summer Provincials in Victoria.

Finch has been diving with the Riptech Club for two years. Practices areWednesdays and Thursdays.

Pozzobon sitting fourth in Built Ford Tough Series Weir drafted by Western Lacrosse League

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Merritt bull rider Ty Pozzobon has moved up to 4th place in the Built Ford Tough Series standings thanks to a pair of top-three finishes in the most recent BFTS tour stops.

On the weekend, at the Kawasaki Invitational in St. Louis, Mo., Pozzobon finished 1st in round one and 5th in round two to place 2nd overall and pick up earnings of $18,520.

The Nicola Valley cowboy’s winning 89-point ride in round one was on board a bull named Prince Albert.

Pozzobon scored 86.25 on Firestorm in round two.

One week earlier, at the Liftmaster Invitational in California, the 21-year-old Pozzobon, who is in his third year on the world’s top bull riding circuit, rode three of his four bulls at the Honda Centre in Anaheim to finish 3rd and earn an $8,400 payday.

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Nicola Valley lacrosse player Hugh Weir, 21, was a fourth-round pick of the Langley Thunder in the Western Lacrosse League’s 2013 draft, held Monday, Feb. 4, in Vancouver.

Weir, who has played the last two box lacrosse seasons for the Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs of the B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League, was the 28th player chosen overall in the WLA draft.

While Weir, who is currently in his fourth and final season at Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y., on a field lacrosse scholarship, was unable to comment on his draft selection due to NCAA restrictions, but Langley Thunder governor and director of operations Rob Buchan said, “We feel that Hugh has a tremendous upside, and that he isn’t anywhere near his full potential yet. He’s got a good chance of making our team, and we’d like to give him that

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Anaheim, Pozzobon rode Bird in a Glass to a score of 81.75. He followed that up with an 82-point ride on LL Cool J in round two on Saturday, and an 83.75-point ride on Ropin Dreams in round three later the same day.

Pozzobon just missed out on a perfect weekend in California, as he was tossed off a bull called Buckey in the championship round

Saturday night.

The Merritt cowboy has ridden nine of his last 14 bulls to move up substantially in the BFTS rankings. His season earnings after seven tour stops is $51,698.

The next Built Ford Tough event is this weekend, in Kansas City, Mo. Live television coverage can be viewed on Feb. 24 at 11 a.m.

(CBS) and at 5 p.m. (CBS Sports Network).

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opportunity.”

Buchan went on to add, “We watch the Junior A league very closely. Hugh has improved every year and every game. We felt that he was one of [Coquitlam’s] steadiest defenders, both in the regular season and in the playoffs.

“We actually thought that Hugh would go a lot higher [in the draft], so we were very happy to get him in the

fourth round.”

Weir will have the chance to join a Thunder team that has finished second in the country [the Mann Cup] the last two seasons.

“We’re definitely looking to make the next step,” Buchan said of the Thunder’s goal for the 2013 season. “We drafted mainly defenders. We felt that Hugh would be able to come in and push for a spot.”

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