TUESDAY, June 25, 2013 • 9
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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS
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. Emily Wessel/Herald
(Below) The inside of the formerly vacant building as the newly upgraded Fireside Centre. Emily Wessel/Herald
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. Michael Potestio/Herald
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