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Merritt bowlers win National Classifieds

By Ian Webster THE HERALD

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Representing British Columbia, five Merritt bowlers teamed up to win the National Classified 5-Pin championships on the weekend at the Capri Lanes in Kelowna.

The five — Cody Hostrawser, Tony Abraria, Jordan Pinto, Harold Aljam and Jerrid Chandler — won 13 of 14 matches against teams from seven other provinces to win the Canadian title by 11 points over second place Manitoba. Third place went to Newfoundland.

It’s the first time in 38 years that a bowling team from Merritt had attended the National Classifieds, and the very first time that a local team had won a Canadian championship.

CHANGING GEARS Participants in the ninth annual Ride2Survive 400-kilometre charity bike ride arrive at the Merritt Visitor Information Centre on Saturday morning for a breakfast pit stop. The crew raised about $330,000 for cancer research. (Inset) About 80 riders come down the hill on Highway 97C from Kelowna.

The group took the Coldwater Road out of town about 45 minutes later on their way to Delta. Emily Wessel/Herald

Look for a full story and photos in the June 27 edition of the Merritt Herald.

Sturgis North cancels 2013 Merritt festival

By Emily Wessel THE HERALD

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The Sturgis North Motorcycle Rally and Music Festival has cancelled its 2013 event in Merritt.

The group had planned to hold its festival from August 22 to 25 at the old Merritt Mountain Music Festival grounds, but is now postponing the event until 2014 due to “time constraints

[regarding] the new location,” according to its website.

In May, when Sturgis North announced it would be coming to Merritt, president Joan Hanson told the Herald that festival organizers hoped Merritt’s proximity to the Coast, the site’s festival-ready infrastructure and lower costs would help the company pay off outstanding debts to its two former sites.

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was held in Salmon Arm and the 2012 event was held in Vernon.

The first year cost about $1.5 million more than organizers expected, which is what prompted the move to Vernon in the first place, Hanson said last month.

“The true reason we left Salmon Arm was because of the cost of infrastructure. It was very expensive,” she said.

“So, we chose a site that had infrastructure, which was the

Motoplex in Vernon. The unfortunate thing about that is most people don’t want to do a festival on pavement.

The motorcycle component was great, but the music side was not. People want to sit on grass, they want to have some atmosphere. We also had an issue with camping and we lost a lot of patrons because they couldn’t camp right beside the site in Vernon.”

Hanson told the Herald the grounds near Merritt had everything the organizers were looking for.

The festival has garnered criticism for leaving debts at its former sites.

The post on Sturgis North’s website says refunds are available by contacting info@sturgisnorth. com.

Hanson could not be reached for comment by press time.

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City of Merritt getting police audit Auditor General for Local Governments to look at city’s management of police contracts

By Michael Potestio THE HERALD

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The City of Merritt has been chosen as one of six B.C. municipalities to undergo a performance audit of its policing agreements and police budget oversights.

The audit is being conducted by the province’s new office of the Auditor General for Local Governments (AGLG), headed by auditor general Basia Ruta.

The AGLG has been in operation for the past five months and published its first service plan in March, said deputy auditor general Mark Tatchell.

In that service plan, the AGLG gave the six types of performance audits it will conduct over the next three years, he said.

“These are performance audits. They’re not financial audits,

so our mandate, our authority, is to conduct performance audits of the operations of local governments with respect to their effectiveness, efficiency and economy,” Tatchell said.

He also said they will not be auditing the police force but rather the performance of how cities manage the policing agreements they have with local police.

Tatchell said the difference between financial and performance audits is that a financial audit examines the reliability of financial statements, while performance audits look at the operations of local governments and provide information and advice in terms of value for money in their operations.

There will not be any comments on strategic policy decisions or objectives of local gov-

ernments, but the auditor will look at whether or not the objectives or policies are being carried out effectively with regard to economy, Tatchell said.

“We want to provide helpful and pragmatic recommendations on where improvements can be made and draw attention to good practices where we identify them,” Tatchell said.

The audit Merritt will be part of is called local government performance in managing policing agreements and police budget oversight.

City of Merritt Chief Administrative Officer Matt Noble said a few members from the AGLG will be meeting with the City of Merritt to discuss the details of the audit on July 4.

“For now, because we don’t have all the information, we’re playing it low key until they

tell us exactly what they want, and then we see them perform, and then get a report back and say ‘Well, was this a worthwhile effort for us or not?’ because we’re as confused as anybody at the present time,” Noble said.

The meeting was supposed to occur earlier this month but was postponed due to scheduling conflicts, Tatchell said.

He said the two still need to discuss what information the AGLG requires from the City of Merritt.

They will not be sharing information publicly regarding the audit until the report is released, which will be no later than March of 2014, Tatchell said.

“We don’t have too much information other than they’re auditing our side of things, not what the RCMP are doing. It’s how we

administer the contracts,” Noble said.

The city is interested in co-operating with auditors to find ways to improve efficiencies, Noble said.

“In the event that we would find any efficiency that could benefit our community, certainly, we’ll be here to offer whatever information they require, but we’re also as interested as anybody to see how it’s going to benefit us,” Noble said.

He also said the issue is that costs for the RCMP are negotiated between the federal and provincial governments.

“And then they turn to the municipalities and say, ‘There you go, that’s your share, pay it.’ We don’t have a lot of control other than level of service,” Noble said.

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CITY OF MERRITT UNDERSTANDING YOUR PROPERTY TAXES: Property taxes are due on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. A penalty of 10% will be applied to outstanding current year taxes as of the end of day on July 2, 2013.

This is last few days to pay your property taxes and it’s going to be a busy one at City Hall. Avoid the line-ups by choosing one of the many easy ways to pay, including online with your bank and by mail.

Please keep in mind that the lunch hour is the busiest time to pay your taxes.

Save time waiting in line and use the City Hall drop box to drop off your home owner grant and postdated cheque.

PAYMENT OPTIONS FOR PROPERTY TAXES FINANCIAL INSTITUTION Most banks and credit unions accept property tax payments.

When paying through your bank, you will need to quote the “folio number”, located on the top left of your statement. Note: No Ànancial agencies can accept your home owner grant application.

BY MAIL Property owners are reminded that payment must be received at Merritt City Hall by July 2, 2013. It is now too late to mail tax payments to ensure they arrive on or before July 2. Cheques should be made payable to the City of Merritt in Canadian funds.

IN PERSON City Hall is open Monday to Friday (excluding holidays) from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Cash, cheque and interact are accepted. Credit cards are not accepted for property tax payments but interact is available.

AFTER HOURS DROP-OFF A drop box is available for non-cash payments. It is conveniently located beside the entrance of City Hall.

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Local army cadets strut their stuff

By Emily Wessel

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The 950 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps (RCACC) walked tall at their 91st annual ceremonial review last Saturday.

Reviewing officer Coun. Mike Goetz told the crowd of about 30 who turned out to watch the review that it is one of the events he looks forward to each year.

“As a civic politician, I get to go down and do a lot of meeting with ministers and the premier and all that stuff, but these are the things I enjoy doing — especially as these fine young men and women find their path,” Goetz said in his reviewing officer’s address. “This is the kind of group the city is proud to be seeing.

It’s a group that’s always been forefront in the city and the mayor and council are very proud of you.”

Goetz was a sea cadet from 1971 to 1976 in Stewart, B.C. “It was great to have the structure and the camaraderie of all my friends, which I’m sure all of you are finding,” Goetz said.

The cadets were joined by a flag party for their march,

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Members of the local army cadet troupe got a rave review from reviewing officer and city councillor Mike Goetz during their parade last Saturday. Emily Wessel/Herald

demonstration and review, as well as the four-piece army cadet band.

Master Warrant Officer Chad Bolen, who has been with the group since 2007, commanded the parade.

Commanding Officer Captain Lynn Henville congratulated the cadets on a job well done and their parents for encouraging them.

“Your children are

amazing,” Henville said. “I thank you for letting us be a part of their lives and for letting us work with them.”

Awards and presentations were also made outside the ceremony at the Merritt Youth and Cadet Hall on Coldwater Avenue.

Top Green, Red and Silver Stars went to Lance Corporal French, Corporal Honeywell and Master

Corporal Trosky, respectively.

Master Cadet went to Sergeant Isaac, while the best attendance award went to Lance Corporal Isaac.

Warrant Officer Dalton Mackenzie took the Most Improved Cadet award. Mackenzie, who joined the group in 2009, was also second in command of the parade. Both he and Bolen have been selected as staff

cadets at the Vernon Army Cadet Summer Training Centre.

Most Outstanding Cadet went to Corporal Holman, and Most Improved Marksman went to Lance Corporal Grant.

Best Junior NonCommissioned Officer went to Corporal Honeywell, and Top Marksman went to Corporal Holman.

The Citizenship Award, which reflects the goodwill of the

recipient, went to Master Corporal Noel.

Lance Corporal French took the best dressed award, and the Commanding Officer’s Choice Award went to Master Corporal Trosky.

The 950 RCACC is affiliated with the Rocky Mountain Rangers Regiment of Kamloops and offers cadets leadership, citizenship and physical fitness training.

Police audit to examine performance, not financials From Page 2 The city can make recommendations to the RCMP as to what the priorities for policing should be, but the RCMP ultimately decides where their focus will be, Noble said.

The other five cities up for the audit are Victoria, Williams Lake, New

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Westminster, Port Alberni and Surrey.

Tatchell said those cities were chosen because the AGLG wanted to look at various locations across the province as well as various cost-sharing arrangements for policing across B.C. Victoria and New Westminster were chosen because they have their own

police forces.

Surrey and Port Alberni were chosen because, as cities with populations over 15,000, they pay 90 per cent of their policing costs and the federal government pays 10 per cent.

Williams Lake and Merritt were chosen because they have populations below 15,000 but over

5,000, which means they pay 70 per cent of their policing costs while the federal government pays 30 per cent.

One concern Noble has regarding the audit is if it will take into account Merritt’s unique policing situation. He said because of the city’s proximity to five First Nations, associ-

ated costs vary from community to community.

“For us, when we’re policing, there’s times we may be policing the equivalent of a community of 12,000,” Noble said, adding there are some details that will need to be ironed out and addressed when the AGLG comes to conduct the audit.

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“The Variety Nite” put on by the Group Committee of Boy Scouts on Wednesday in the I.O.O.F. Hall was a success both from an entertainment and financial viewpoint. There was a large attendance of parents and friends of the scout movement.

Refreshments were served at neatly arranged tables brightened with flowers, scouts, under S.M. Jack Nicholson, all in uniform, waiting on tables. The NisbetCorkle Orchestra played for the dancing, and a bright little programme of comedy items, arranged by H.G. Hooper, was provided during interludes by Misses Yvonne Sowerby and Rosamund Riley, dancers. Proceeds of the entertainment will go to paying off hall rental charges incurred during the scouts’ winter work.

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Lali talks loss in Fraser-Nicola Says pipeline opposition, positive campaign killed chances

By Emily Wessel THE HERALD

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The NDP’s “positive campaign” and turn from neutral to against the Kinder Morgan TransMountain pipeline expansion proposal lost Harry Lali his provincial seat, the ex-MLA said.

“There are a lot of reasons why the NPD lost, but the Number 1 reason, I thought, was the failure to actually go after Christy Clark and the BC Liberals for their failures, their scandals, their boondogs and on their record,” Lali told the Herald. “It created a false sense of complacency in the minds of people,” Lali said. “The subliminal message to voters was that we’ve got this thing in the bag. When I look back at it, the NDP ran a campaign as if we were government, and the Liberals ran a campaign as if they were opposition.”

Lali said the other thing that killed the party and lost his seat was NDP leader Adrian Dix’s decision to oppose the Kinder Morgan expansion proposal for its TransMountain pipeline, which runs through Merritt. Dix

announced the policy in late April.

“It destroyed any chance the NDP had to win. It was a killer for so many NDP candidates, especially in rural B.C., including myself,” Lali said. “This is a blue collar riding. The Kinder Morgan decision was basically a message to the middle-class and blue collar worker that the NDP is against development. We’ve got people who work in mining; loggers; sawmill workers; the forestry industry; people who work on ranches and farms; people who work in transportation; people working in construction jobs; tradespeople.”

Lali said in every campaign, about half a dozen people make those big decisions, but he felt rural MLAs should’ve been consulted on the decision as the pipeline runs through their ridings and employs many people in them.

“It was huge not to consult the people who it’s going to affect the most,” Lali said, adding his position was to wait to see the proposal before deciding if he was for or against it.

Lali attended the final NDP caucus meeting

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before the end of May to recap the election.

After the numbers were in, he said about 1,500 of his regular supporters stayed home because the “positive campaign” convinced them the NDP seat was safe, while another 1,500 voters switched parties.

“I think the Conservative guy picked up a lot,” Lali said. “The Liberal vote virtually stayed the same. The Kinder Morgan was a real killer, and it cost us the election and it cost

me my seat.”

Lali said the loss — his first in five elections — doesn’t mark the end of his political career.

“The plan after the office is shut down is to rebuild the constituency association and take the riding back in four years,” Lali said.

In the meantime, Lali is keeping busy.

“Closing down the office takes a lot of work,” Lali said of the space on Granite Avenue he worked out of as MLA for

the local riding for 17 years. “We’ve got boxes of recycling; and two, three, four dozen boxes going to Kamloops for professional shredding, plus disposal of equipment and returning of electronics to Victoria.”

Lali said he’s also dealing with pay and severences for his staff in the Merritt and Ashcroft offices, as well as his own.

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Bass Coast organizers bring new fest details

By Emily Wessel THE HERALD

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The organizers of the Bass Coast music and arts festival shared emerging details about the festival’s lineup and programming at a meet-and-greet dinner with stakeholders on Thursday.

Andrea Graham and Liz Thomson told about 25 people at the Merritt and District Chamber of Commerce dinner at the Desert Inn they plan to call Merritt home longterm.

Bass Coast is in its fifth year, but this will be its first year at the old Merritt Mountain Music Festival grounds after it outgrew its original site in Squamish, organizers said.

The 19-andover festival features electronic music and art installations that Thomson said are world-class, including the headlining installation: a 30-foot paper mache head that comes from a Guatemalan artist who tours around the world with his installations.

“He travelled all over the world taking pictures of women’s faces, and when he projects the picture onto the face, it looks real. It really looks like a 30-foot-tall woman and it has your face,” Thomson said. “Then it has all these different interactive things. People pedal on bikes and it powers all these different effects that go on with the woman’s face.”

Thomson said the artist sought the festival organizers out to be part of Bass Coast and that it’s gaining a reputation around the world.

“It’s world-class art that’s starting to come to us,” Thomson said. “[Bass Coast] is really renowned internationally now for promoting underground and emerging art. It’s kind of the breaking ground for what’s happening in the creative world. The art that’s coming onto site is totally world-calibre so it’s really cool that it’s coming to Merritt.”

Thomson said the art culture in Squamish

grew from having the festival there, and she expects Merritt to benefit as well.

“People moved to Squamish and bought homes there because of the festival. The impact it has on the community is really, really noticeable,” she said.

There are 33 art installations altogether, and three main stages for electronic music. The stages themselves are art and become backdrops for light projections at night.

Graham said the music side of the festival will feature a downtempo environment that’s new this year.

“In the peak time of the night, you can go to this 40-foot dome with a cover on it, and there’s a projection artist projecting really calming, beautiful serene artwork and images on it, and live electronic ambient music playing there. You can go and lay down and just chill out for a bit and rest your legs until you’re ready to go dance at another stage again.

There’s really something for all types,” Graham said.

The organizers said the combination of interactive art installations and

atmospheric music creates an environment that people can get caught up in, which is one of the reasons they made the festival 19-plus.

“The original site was near a dangerous river,” Graham said. “We put so much effort into the entertainment and the experience and getting immersed in something that we felt it presented a danger for toddlers or children. It is also a big event, and it can be overwhelming. We just feel it’s an adult event and it’s safer that way.”

Beyond art installations and electronic music, the festival also offers yoga, an on-site spa, and workshops on all kinds of topics, including one presented by documentarian Chris Paine (Who Killed the Electric Car?).

“It’s almost like a mini-university. You could almost just come for the workshops on site and be introduced to a million ideas that would send you thinking for a year,” Thomson said.

Although the festival is nearing the one-month countdown, the pair said planning this year has been challenging because of the location change.

“In a way it’s year

one again, and that’s a huge challenge in itself,” Graham said.

The organizers have 4,000 tickets available this year, but are expecting attendance numbers around last year’s 3,000.

“We don’t really know how many people are going to come because sometimes people don’t trust you with a location change,” Thomson said.

Last year, they started to see a draw from Seattle, Portland, California and Montreal.

“It really opened up Squamish to a lot of people who had never been there before, and I think it’ll be even more so for Merritt,” Graham said. “We did see that there was potential for [the festival] to grow, and the site here has more than enough potential.”

Graham added that the festival isn’t necessarily driven by growth, but quality of entertainment.

They work with a team of about 200 volunteers and said they are giving priority to local volunteer applicants.

Although there are no alcohol or bars on site, the pair said substance use is another challenging aspect of

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They hire their own security and have a harm-reduction team, but have had minor drug problems in the past, they said.

“Unfortunately, it’s really hard to secure a site, and when we analysed who exactly ended up in those situations, it was actually people who didn’t even have wristbands.

They were people who had snuck in. Our community isn’t running into those problems,” Thomson said.

“If you look at it proportionately, we did have some incidents, but nothing that was really serious. After speaking with the RCMP in Squamish, the local bar had a higher percentage [of incidents] than what we did,” Graham said.

The $220 four-day pass is the only admission fee. There are no day passes, but for locals who plan to to attend and return home instead of camping, Thomson and Graham said they are willing to waive the $10 re-entry fee to the grounds.

“Just let us know ahead of time at the gates and we will give you a pass,” Graham said.

GRANT FOR LOCAL UP FOR GRABS A portion of each festival pass goes toward an arts grant program that the duo runs. The organizers said they still have a $250 grant available for a Nicola Valley artist.

Graham and Thomson said they’re looking for a local sculpture-based artist.

Applications are available on the festival’s website.

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TOM FLETCHER B.C. VIEWS VICTORIA – There are nine new faces in Premier Christy Clark’s cabinet, seven of them elected to the B.C. legislature for the first time on May 14.

They have been handed some of the hottest problems, and Clark’s marching orders in “mandate letters” for each ministry. And this is the start of a four-year term, when unpopular reforms are attempted.

Take Amrik Virk, the former RCMP inspector from Surrey who’s suddenly in charge of advanced education. His mandate includes: “Review the student loan program to make recommendations for improvement to ensure the loan program is meeting the needs of today’s students.”

Virk must also set targets to “match the skills we need with the skills we are graduating” and require post-secondary schools to “ensure student seats are being filled.”

B.C. can’t afford to keep cranking out university grads with $50,000 in debt and no job prospects in a system that’s subsidized 65 per cent.

Virk will be working closely with Education Minister Peter Fassbender, who must “ensure seamless transitions” from high school to the workforce for post-secondary trades and apprenticeships.

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Tech lingo outpacing language authority

Emily Wessel Merritt MUSINGS Some words from the recent batch of additions to the Oxford English Dictionary made me LOL. Well, not quite, but they did make me wrinkle my nose and squint my eyes in an effort to make sure I was seeing the word or phrase I thought I was seeing.

In some cases, that was a word I had never

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seen before. For example, braggadocious, an informal adjective for arrogant or boastful: “Not to be braggadocious, but I am easily the smartest and best-looking person in the room.”

There is also the subentry for “friend zone,” a noun phrase that describes the place where a person with romantic feelings for another person in a platonic relationship sometimes ends up, only to wallow in self-pity: “She totally put me in the friend zone, man.”

That phrase has its roots on the Internet, as do many of the new entries to the OED. As technology evolves and expands, it follows that a new language would evolve with it.

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The dictionary also added e-reader, the noun for either the hand-held, digital electronic text display gadget or the person who reads it.

Crowdsourcing is another one of those technology words that has its roots on the Internet: it’s the noun for the act of gathering information from a variety of sources, usually anonymously solicited on the Internet for no pay. It’s the online version of a kind of popular opinion poll.

Tweet — in its social media context — has also eked its way into the printed pages of the “world’s most trusted dictionaries” as both the posting made to the Twitter website (noun) and the act of making that post (verb).

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It seems nearly impossible for lexicographers and linguaphiles to keep up with the ever-changing world of technological lingo — especially with the OED’s general rule of waiting to see if a word stands the test of time for about a decade (which it made an exception for with “tweet.”) But for all the valid entries that reflect technological change, there are infinitely more goofy words and phrases that didn’t make the cut — much to the relief of the language purists who decry their beloved is being cheapened and eroded by improper use on the Internet, Facebook, Twitter, in texting — and the list goes on and on to include pretty much any

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technological advance in the last 50 years.

The Internet isn’t “ruining” language, as the slippery-slope argument for a misplaced apostrophe or incorrect use of a homonym goes; it’s adding to it. People might be getting stupider in the language or grammar departments, but I have a distinct hunch that stupid grammar, spelling and word choice mistakes are overrepresented on a public platform that so many people have access to, thanks to the good and glorious Internet.

For those who are worried about the OED’s standards slipping, relax. It’s unlikely that “trolololol” or “FTW” or “Pinteresting” will make it in any time soon.

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MSS class thanks Let the losers stay losers: Christy Clark included rod and gun club Dear Editor,

Dear Editor, The Merritt Secondary School Outdoor Education class would like to express our warmest thanks to the Nicola Valley Rod and Gun Club for organizing and hosting a rifle and skeet shoot at the rifle range for students.

Each and every one of them had a great time learning and firing the various rifles and shotguns they had provided. Many of them had never fired a rifle or shotgun before and were a little apprehensive about the whole adventure, but the club members’ knowledgeable and easy-going manner soon put their unease to rest. Their participation was an important

ingredient in promoting a healthy respect for firearms and their safe use, both on and off the firing range.

Finally, I would like to give special thanks to Paul Komonoski and Jack Madryga. For the past three years, they have been an invaluable asset to the CORE program taught at MSS. This includes providing specialized resources, their expertise, and most importantly, administering the final CORE test that allows students to earn their hunter’s number.

Many future Merritt hunters will remember their kind instruction and help.

In the Vancouver-Point Grey riding, Christy Clark lost her seat in the legislature to David Eby, fairly and squarely.

In the Kelowna West riding, Ben Stewart won his seat fairly and squarely. This is what an election is all about: the votes are counted and someone wins or someone loses. That is fair.

This byelection in Kelowna is not fair. Ben Stewart is stepping down, not because he is

ill, not because he has personal problems, not because he was arrested for drunk driving.

He is stepping down only for political reasons on behalf of the Liberal Party of B.C. Now, because of his politically motivated actions, the taxpayers of B.C. must bear the cost of holding a byelection; a byelection held solely for the purpose of getting Christy elected on behalf of the Liberal Party.

Asking the public to change the fact that Christy lost, at the public’s expense, is

just not fair. The Liberal Party, not the taxpayers, should bear the all the costs of holding this byelection — even the costs of the opponent’s campaign.

Christy is a loser, that is a fact, proven by the voters in Vancouver-Point Grey. Should the Liberal Party not like it, I say too bad.

So just let the losers stay losers, or force the Liberal Party to pay the piper.

Alan MacKinnon Nanaimo, B.C.

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In his spare time, Fassbender is to overhaul the school district bargaining agency and achieve a 10-year peace with the teachers’ union.

Justice Minister Suzanne Anton has worked as a Crown prosecutor, so she’ll have some insight into the system that still grapples with Stanley Cup rioters from two summers ago.

Her orders are to get traffic tickets and other administrative penalties out of the courts, keep working on integrating police fiefdoms and generally treat the constipation that afflicts law enforcement

today.

Oh, and get that new Okanagan prison built, to relieve a system that has inmates living in tents. And examine whether to spin off the Liquor Distribution Branch into a Crown corporation, a possible prelude to selling it.

Transportation Minister Todd Stone’s first test was a grilling by the Vancouver media. Yup, this Kamloops hayseed has been to the Big Smoke a few times, ridden that fancy SkyTrain and taken the odd ferry, too.

Now he has to impose the ferry route reductions that have been worked on by two previous ministers,

and push Metro Vancouver through a referendum on ways to fund its own transit. If more tolls or taxes are going to be implemented, now is the time.

Coralee Oakes has made a political leap from Quesnel city hall to the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development. One of her key tasks is to invent a framework for a “rural dividend” from liquefied natural gas development in northwestern B.C. Oakes has to figure out how to “better provide provincial support” to sport and cultural organizations, but do it with no new

money. All ministers have strict instructions to balance their lean budgets and take part in the latest “core review” to identify government functions that can be sold, delegated or shut down.

New Minister of International Trade, Richmond’s Teresa Wat, has to find a way to continue the growth of lumber and other exports to China, India and elsewhere on the Pacific Rim. On top of that, the always-delicate softwood lumber agreement with the U.S. expires in three years.

The last major eruption on that front was in 2009,

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when B.C. cut stumpage rates for remote coastal areas to give communities much-needed employment.

The Americans were livid, just as they were with our beetle-kill harvesting efforts. And of course, the U.S.-directed environmental movement continues to target Canadian industries.

Third-term MLA John Rustad gets aboriginal relations, with specific instructions to deal with gas and perhaps oil pipelines through his Nechako Lakes constituency.

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Local legion turns 85 But Royal Canadian Legion Branch 96 faces membership decline

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They’ve had a long history in Merritt, but the future might be short for the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 96.

This year marked the Merritt legion’s 85th anniversary.

“The legion here started after the First World War, because we were known as the British Empire Service League at that time, before legions were called legions,” said past president of the Merritt legion Marguerite Kempin.

She said back then, the Merritt legion started with about eight members in 1928.

“And it’s been going continuously ever since, through good times and bad times,” she said.

Kempin said the legion has a membership of less than 200, but had about 600 during the 1960s.

She said legions are going through challenges at the moment.

The Merritt legion is hoping to stay open for a few more years, but, in her personal opinion, it’s going to be a struggle.

Kempin said to attract business they rent their building for various events and have burger nights as well, but their bar has not been very profitable due to the low costs of their drinks.

She said in the 1960s — when the Merritt legion had 600 members — they were the only place in town that sold hard alcohol. They also had music and dancing.

“We were busy. On Friday and Saturday night we had a permanent sign that would go up around 8:15 p.m. saying ‘Sorry, full house.’ We couldn’t take anybody else,” Kempin said.

She also said the legions that are still

doing well are in smaller cities where they are the only place in town to get a drink.

Harder times fell on legions once other establishments began selling hard liquor too, she said.

“And we’ve gone downhill slowly since, and of course our veterans are passing on,” Kempin said.

“The average veteran from the Second World War is well into his 80s, pretty close to his 90s now, so we’re losing them.”

The Merritt legion has 163 members at the moment, not many of whom are veterans.

Kempin said they have seven veterans who served in the Second World War, four who served in Korea and two from the war in Afghanistan.

Between this year and the last, membership has dropped at the Merritt legion.

They had 210 members in 2012.

“Some people didn’t renew because the dues went up a bit; a couple of them passed away; a couple of them moved,” Kempin said, noting they gained a few members, but still lost more than they gained.

She also said every year membership is going down.

However, membership dues continue to go up because each branch must give a portion of the dues it collects to the Provincial Command in Vancouver and Dominion Command in Ottawa, she said.

It costs $50 a year to be a member of the legion. From that, the local chapter will keep about $20, Kempin said.

She said they welcome anyone to join the legion, as people do not require any military affiliations to become members.

The legion even has members who are RCMP officers or cadets.

“We’re always looking for new members, especially younger people,” Kempin said.

She said over the years, the Merritt legion has focused much of the money

it donates to local organizations. They’ve given money to the Coquihalla-Gillis House, the hospital and also at Christmas to veterans living in care homes.

They also contribute to non-local initiatives too.

At the moment,

they’re helping the B.C./Yukon Royal Canadian Legion raise $100,000 to purchase a medical exoskeleton for Trevor Greene, a Canadian soldier who was wounded in the head with an axe while serving in Afghanistan back in 2006.

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Arson suspected in trash can fires Members of Merritt RCMP are investigating two garbage can fires on Granite Avenue in the early hours of Monday morning as arson.

Twelve firefighters attended the scene just after midnight and found a trash bin between Dr. McLeod’s office and the old Saan building

and another at Spirit Square in flames.

No buildings were threatened by the fires.

The can at Spirit Square was a concrete bin that had been vandalized and broken as well, Fire Chief Dave Tomkinson said.

“It’s in the hands of the RCMP and they’ll be investigating,” Tomkinson said.

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The many magnanimous Merrittonians PARTY PROCEEDS FIRED UP FOR CENTRE OPENING (From left) Ask Wellness’ Rebecca Doyle and Staci Wormell, Interior Community Service’s Shelley Bonham, Royal Bank of Canada’s Ray Warren and Ask Wellness’ Bobbi Parkes show off a cheque for $41,000 from the United Way. The money is slated to reimburse for renovation costs of the new teen centre and social organization hub on Granite Avenue adjacent to Spirit Square.

The Fireside Centre officially opened on June 15 with a barbecue and motivational speech and performance by Derek Clark.

Home Hardware’s parking lot party on June 1 raised a total of about $2,400 for muscular dystrophy combined with a boot drive by the Merritt Fire Rescue Department. (From left) Home Hardware’s Tom Hryniuk and April Garcia and City of Merritt Fire Prevention Officer Sky McKeown are pictured.

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(Below) The inside of the formerly vacant building as the newly upgraded Fireside Centre.

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TOOLS OF THE TRADE (Second from left) Merritt Secondary School graduate Levi Potter was the recipient of the Merritt Vintage Car Club and Canadian Tire tool box and tool kit, worth about $2,000. The organizations donate the tools to a graduate who plans to enter the trades. (From left) Past president of the Merritt Vintage Car Club Ted Lund, award recipient Levi Potter, Merritt Canadian Tire owner Dave Kopacz and current president of the Merritt Vintage Car Club Jack Cross are pictured.

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DOG DAYS (From left) Merritt Wal-Mart assistant manager Gerri presents a cheque for $1,080 to Angel’s Animal Rescue Society treasurer Susanna Hobbs to benefit pooches like Hobbs’ Heath (pictured), who she adopted four years ago from the society. Wal-Mart store manager Berin (right) said Angel’s is a cause that his employees rave about. The store matched the $540 the rescue society made at its Doggy Do fundraiser dance on May 25. Hobbs said the society will be set up at Rotary Park during Canada Day celebrations. Emily Wessel/Herald

A GOAL FOR THE LITTLE GUYS The Nicola Valley Minor Lacrosse Association received $1,000 from the Rotary Club of Merritt Sunrise on June 11. The money is earmarked to help pay for new nets for the tyke program. (From left) President of the Nicola Valley Minor Lacrosse Association (NVMLA) Ron Hartwig, Rotary Club of Merritt Sunrise member Pat Lamb, NVMLA coaching co-ordinator Jon Stead and NVMLA vice-president Kelly Bartch are pictured. Michael Potestio/Herald

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The historic Quilchena Hotel is seeking a motivated & experienced full-time evening Successful candidate will maintain high quality, work well with staff and ensure 100% satisfaction.

keen, cook. food guest

Excellent wages for the successful applicant.

Seasonal July to October.

Accommodations available.

Resumes will be accepted by email at hotel@ quilchena.com or by fax 250-378-6091 attention Heide Winder.

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SALES & SERVICE Kal Tire is the largest independently owned tire dealer in Canada. We offer a clean and safe work environment in a motivating and fun atmosphere with a competitive salary and benefits program.

IF YOU POSSESS...

• A desire to excel in customer service • The ability to successfully work in a physically demanding team atmosphere • Willingness to learn THEN KAL TIRE WANTS YOU TO BECOME PART OF OUR TEAM. Interested applicants should submit their resumes to Kal Tire, 2601 Nicola Avenue, Merritt, B.C.

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA NOTICE OF ALTERNATIVE SERVICE TO: Daniel Ross Methot

TAKE NOTICE that proceeding No. 47399 has been commenced against you in this Court by Canex Building Supplies Ltd., as Plaintiff.

BY ORDER of this Court made on June 14, 2013, it has been ordered that service of the Notice of Civil Claim, CertiÀcate of Pending Litigation and Order for Alternative Service made June 14, 2013 on you be effected by this advertisement. If you desire to defend the proceeding you must enter a Response to Civil Claim at the ofÀce of the District Registry, at 455 Columbia Street, Kamloops, British Columbia within 28 days after publication of this Notice, inclusive of such date.

A copy of the Notice of Civil Claim, CertiÀcate of Pending Litigation and Order for Alternative Service made June 14, 2013 may be obtained by your request to the District Registrar making reference to No. 47399 at 455 Columbia Street, Kamloops, British Columbia.

If you do not Àle the “Response to Civil Claim” within 28 days of the date of publication of this advertisement, then you will not be entitled to further notice and thereafter the Plaintiff may proceed against you and the legal claim by the Plaintiff, as set out above, may be given against you in your absence.

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s n o i t a r b Cele

MONDAY, JULY 1, 2013

All activities will be held at Rotary Park 8:00 AM -10:30 AM Pancake Breakfast – Knights of Columbus 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM Angels Animal Rescue Society 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Various Activities – bouncy castle, Jake West Entertainment, face painting by Smart Step, Fire Dept, Search & Rescue, Police, DJ John Alison etc.

10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Art in the Park – Nicola Valley Community Arts Council 12:00 – 1:00 PM Flag Raising - Royal Canadian Legion, Speeches, Babies of 2012, Canada Day cake 10:30 AM – 3:00 PM Q101 Games in the Park 3:00 – 5:00 PM Music in the Park – Themed Live Music, Pamela Global Lite 8:30 – 10:00 PM Movie in the Park – City of Merritt

Entertainer

JAKE WEST

performs a super punchy, highly entertaining mixture of new and old school juggling with a good measure of physical comedy to keep audiences smiling

Fireworks!

10 PM Central Park

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City Hall: 2185 Voght Street T: 250.378.4224 F: 250.378.2600 Email: info@merritt.ca www.merritt.ca

The Mayor, Council and staff would like to wish everyone a Safe & Happy Canada Day.