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Merritt’s Canada Post office was listed as a site that will be reviewed by Canada Post for downsizing in 2014. At the local office, Merrittonians can sign a petition to inform official Opposition deputy critic of Canada Post MP Robert Aubin they do not wish to see the Merritt post office downsized. By press time, 328 people have signed that petition. Michael Potestio/Herald
Canada Post will be looking to downsize some of its retail outlets across the country in 2014 and Merritt’s post office could be one of them. Canada Post spokesperson John Caines told the Herald while there are no plans to make changes to the Merritt post office right now, it will be considered for possible downsizing in the new year. “It’s an adjustment to the [business] model as opposed to the actual building that’s there now,” Caines said. In January, Canada Post sent a letter to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) stating it’s considering implementing changes to their retail model. That letter also contained a list of over 60 potential outlets that could be slated for downsizing. Merritt was on that list. The letter states those communities listed are the first batch to be reviewed and the list is subject to change. He said none of those communities listed are currently scheduled for any changes.
“It was just a list,” Caines said. Post offices across Canada will be looked at for potential downsizing, Caines said. Kamloops-area CUPW president Bob Mitchell said the union is concerned about the potential downsizing in the Merritt post office. Mitchell said the Merritt post office is a viable one as it serves a large area through its 3,000 post office boxes. Canada Post is considering a number of reconfigurations to their post offices across Canada. One potential reconfiguration would see a reduction in the number of counter stations and merchandise housed behind the counter instead of on display. Caines said the reason for moving the product off display is lower traffic in certain Canada Post outlets. It’s possible reconfigured outlets may be reduced in size as well, as Canada Post will be installing parcel compartments or lock boxes in some offices, Caines told the Herald. Mitchell said the basic reconfigured model Canada Post is considering implementing at some locations would see one counter with one clerk.
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Pot activist brings decriminalization fight to Merritt By Michael Potestio THE HERALD
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Sensible BC was in Merritt last Friday looking for supporters and possible canvassers to gather signatures for a petition on a potential referendum to decriminalize marijuana possession in B.C. Director of the non-profit organization Dana Larsen and tour co-ordinator Cindy Heemeryck stopped in at the Grand Pub and Grill to
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support for Sensible BC’s initiative. “Basically, we’re promoting this campaign. We want to have a marijuana referendum in British Columbia, similar to the Fight HST campaign in terms of getting signatures,” Larsen said. “And the reason I have to tour the whole province is we need 10 per cent of the registered voters in every single electoral district to sign our initiative within a threemonth period, which starts
Sept. 9.” In total, Sensible BC will need 400,000 people to sign the petition to qualify for a referendum. Larsen said he’s had about 100 Merrittonians express support for the initiative by either pledging to sign the petition or electing to volunteer with Sensible BC. Larsen said he was in Kamloops earlier in the day and had about 12 people come out to show their support.
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Canada Post to evaluate offices in 2014 From Page 1 Currently, two clerks work the counter at the Merritt post office, Mitchell said. In total, there are five retail employees who work at the local post office. Caines said any reconfiguration in staffing will depend on the hours needed by each individual office. No employee would lose his or her job as Canada Post workers have job security, Caines said. He said if an employee is affected by the changes, he or she will be reassigned by local management. On occasion, a position is scrapped if left vacant by an employee who quits or retires, he said. “A lot of people are using us very differently than they have in the past. Our volumes are down, our revenues are down. We have to find a way to be more efficient so we are around in the coming years.” Caines also said the Conference Board of Canada issued a report indicating Canada Post is facing a $1 billion per-year loss by 2020 unless the organization makes some changes. Mitchell said Canada Post has been making profits, accumulating $500 million in profit between 2008 and 2012. However, in 2011, the company recorded a loss for the first time in 16 years. Caines said Canada Post will need to determine whether or not an outlet is sustainable
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in its current form. “Most of them probably will be,” Caines said, “but in some areas where the traffic is down, because people aren’t coming in to use them, then we have to adjust those hours to reflect the business that’s being done there at that office.” Merritt shop steward Lana McKnight has been with Canada Post for 30 years and said this city’s post office is important to residents. “Everyone congregates here, it’s not just a post office,” McKnight said, noting the Voght Street outlet serves many ranchers and people who live in apartments or out of town. She said downsizing would deplete the level of service the post office could provide. Mitchell said the residents he talks to in Merritt see the post office as a function of the community and not just another business. A petition put up by the CUPW in the Merritt post office has collected 328 signatures from Merrittonians who don’t want to see their post office downsized, Mitchell said. The petition is addressed to official Opposition deputy critic of
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Canada Post MP Robert Aubin. Caines said Canada Post is looking for public input on the matter.People can go to canadapost.ca and click on the “future of Canada Post” icon in the top right corner of the webpage. “We want people to let us know what they need in the postal service moving forward so we can find a way to reposition the post office and make it viable as we go down the road,” Caines said. Caines said Canada Post is considering a number of options to curb its financial challenges. He said the Conference Board of Canada has suggested ideas such as eliminating door-to-door delivery; downsizing deliveries from five days a week to three; raising prices or freezing salaries, but nothing will be a perfect solution, Caines said. Caines also said Canada Post has been meeting with business leaders, chambers of commerce members
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The Nicola Valley Aquatic Centre’s pools, hot tubs and sauna are closed for a month while the centre undergoes its annual cleaning and maintenance. The fitness room, which was closed for a few days for cleaning as well, reopened Thursday morning and will be open Mondays through Fridays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. during the pool shutdown. The yearly cleaning includes ongoing maintenance to the pool and includes painting and floor repairs as well, City of Merritt Leisure Services manager Larry Plotnikoff said. “This is the chance we get to do that type of thing — such as replace underwater lights — when the water is dropped,” he said. “The showers and change rooms all have to
be painted annually, and we’re deep-cleaning everywhere.” Plotnikoff said the big project this year during the one-month shutdown is resurfacing the floor in the pool area and change rooms. The floor was resurfaced for the first time in 2004, and in a place with that much moisture, Plotnikoff said it’s important to fix it up while the department has a chance. “You can’t have any cracks in the floor or anything like that because you don’t want anything growing in there in that type of environment,” he said. “[Resurfacing] cleans it up and makes it a solid floor, totally sealed.” While the floor is being resurfaced, the change rooms will be unavailable to those using the gym. “For the next week, the change rooms are also closed because the floor goes into the change
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rooms as well,” Plotnikoff said. “We have to keep it closed for a week, but we do have washroom facilities and the lobby. People can still come in and work out, but don’t expect to have a shower until next
week.” Plotnikoff said the temporary change room closure is necessary but the department’s focus is on keeping the facility open as much as possible during maintenance.
The pool is scheduled to reopen on Sept. 16. Plotnikoff added the department is releasing its fall leisure guide next week and is looking forward to an “excellent fall.”
Campaign seeks support for referendum From Page 1 They would also formally call upon the federal government to repeal marijuana prohibition so that B.C. can begin regulating and controlling the drug the same way it regulates alcohol and tabacco. Larsen said while waiting on the federal government to respond, B.C. can figure out the details on what the rules and regulations for legal marijuana would be. Larsen said he believes penalizing marijuana possession is a waste of police resources, tax dollars, and criminalizes people unnecessarily. He said he started touring last September, talking to people and building momentum for the desired referendum. Along the way, he’s met people in every community he’s visited who are excited about the campaign and want to help out, he said.
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“This is a campaign that will succeed only if a lot of regular British Columbians, who want to see this change happen, put a bit
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ment schedule set out in the City of Merritt’s CWF Agreement with UBCM. CWF payments are made available to eligible local governments by the Government of Canada pursuant to the agreement on the transfer of federal gas tax revenues between UBCM and the governments of Canada and British Columbia.
2014 PERMISSIVE TAX EXEMPTION APPLICATIONS ARE DUE AUGUST 30, 2013 In some instances, Council has chosen to grant property tax exemptions. Under the Community Charter, Section 224, City of Merritt Council may choose to grant property tax exemption to non-proÀt organizations. The application for 2014 Tax Exemption is now available and due on August 30, 2013 at 4:30PM. The organizations approved for exemption by Council will receive an exemption for the 2014 Tax Year and must apply annually to receive exemption. For a copy of the application please go to www.merritt.ca or drop by City Hall.
Funding under the program may be directed to local priorities that fall within one of the eligible project catagories, and are in keeping with the agreement’s intended outcomes of reduced greenhouse gas emissions, cleaner
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BC Hydro’s electricity export arm has agreed to pay Californians $750 million to settle accusations it overcharged during the state’s energy crisis of 2000-01 and avoid the risk of a much higher court-ordered penalty. Energy Minister Bill Bennett said Friday the settlement by Powerex won’t drive up electricity rates in B.C., although part of the payment will be recouped from a five per cent rate rider that already applies to Hydro customers. “This was an extremely difficult decision to come to but a very necessary decision to protect British Columbia taxpayers from an unpredictable result in the U.S. court system,” Bennett said. He maintains BC Hydro did nothing wrong in the years when other power sellers did manipulate energy prices to California
amid rolling blackouts, triggering lawsuits for refunds from dozens of sellers, including Powerex. But he says fighting on could have been much more expensive, because U.S. regulators already partly ruled against the targeted utilities in a blanket judgment. Powerex faced a possible $3.2-billion penalty if it lost, he said, and that would have come after years of fighting in U.S. courts, stacking up $125 million a year in interest and a projected legal bill of $50 million. Bennett said he’s “not happy” but noted the payout works out to 12 cents on the dollar of what Hydro may have paid out. “We could duke this out,” he said, adding it would be a “lifetime’s work” for the lawyers involved and a huge risk to B.C. taxpayers. “It’s actually irresponsible to not settle this with the opportunity we’ve got.” Most of the cost of the
payout consists of wiping out a $475-million debt California owes Powerex, plus interest, or else has already been carved out of Powerex profits. A remaining $100 million that must be found will come via the rate rider and will be overseen by the B.C. Utilities Commission, Bennett said. NDP energy critic John Horgan called it a “complete capitulation” when B.C. had a “strong hand” as a result of a string of U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rulings that had largely absolved Powerex of unfairly exploiting the energy crisis. And he said it’s “absolute lunacy” for Bennett to claim the large payout won’t contribute to higher BC Hydro rates in the coming years and possibly cut into government dividends from Hydro at taxpayers’ expense. “The only place that can come from is ratepayers,” Horgan said. The NDP critic backed
former energy minister Rich Coleman in February when the province was determined to fight on. Horgan said a reasonable settlement would have been to erase the amounts owed by California but not pay the $275 million in additional cash. He also dismissed suggestions from Powerex CEO Teresa Conway that the deal was important to preserve BC Hydro’s business relationship with the California market, which has generated $3.5 billion in revenue over the years. Bennett likened the decision to the choice made in past years by Canadian forest companies to settle the softwood lumber dispute rather than gamble on a U.S. court outcome. Most other power sellers accused of overcharging have settled. The decision by Powerex to follow suit must still be approved by FERC. Most of the refunds will go to customers of California’s biggest utilities.
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HERALD OPINION How support for mine was lost by those with it By Dale Bass
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I’ve been struggling with the Ajax mine situation. On one hand, I have had two sons, failing to find meaningful, wellpaying work in Kamloops in the past decade, return to their home province of Ontario. Both are doing well and have good jobs with a liveable wage. I wish they were able to do that in Kamloops but, at the time, they weren’t. So, I have looked at Ajax as something that might allow other families to see their sons and daughters be able to stay in the city they want to call home and find work that pays them enough to contemplate the reality of a real life. I went to a public forum on the Ajax proposal and left disappointed that it seemed to be an all-too-familiar Kamloops event — preaching to the converted. I didn’t feel much was gained from it, other than the opportunity to pat each other on the back and reassure one another they were fighting the good fight. Still, I saw the mine as a good thing, something that might be a boost to our local economy. As for all those Aberdeen residents whining they didn’t want a mine in their backyard, well, I bought a house in Ontario with a beautiful field abutting it that, within two years, became a subdivision. My parents wisely did not buy a house in my hometown because my dad didn’t believe the realtor when he said not to worry about that hunk of land nearby.
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Emily Wessel Merritt MUSINGS Some of B.C.’s nearly 100-year-old liquor laws are up for review by the provincial government, which is set to launch a website to get public input on the topic next month. But it seems that reforming liquor laws isn’t a hot topic in only B.C. these days, and there are lots of updates from around the country that B.C. might be able to
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consider for itself. Saskatchewan implemented the second wave of alterations to its liquor laws earlier this month. The 77 reforms include one to permit restaurants to sell cases of special-order specialty beer to customers (after they’ve ordered a meal, but still). Manitoba’s liquor laws — some of which dated back to the 1950s — got a complete overhaul in May of this year. Restaurants are no longer required to report their food-to-drink ratios, which helps to reduce lounge lines by diverting people going out for a drink to the restaurant side of an establishment. The new rules also took the number of liquor licences down from 12 to three. Spas and hair
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salons can also allow alcoholic indulgences. The changes in Manitoba also allow for people to bring their own wine to restaurants that offer an uncorking service. Although the uncorking fee will run you close to what a bottle of wine from the restaurant would cost, the point isn’t to save money — it’s to be able to savour your favourite wine with a good meal and to increase options for customers. While B.C.’s laws clearly need some updating, one thing that will never change is the concern people have over the social problems associated with liberating alcohol sales, advertising, and consumption laws. Concern about problematic repercussions is legitimate, as are
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concerns about the very real restrictions these outdated regulations place on consumers and businesses alike. In fact, all of the aforementioned updates to the Prohibition legacy in other Canadian provinces are aimed at increasing options for both consumers and businesses. The government is tasked with yet another unenviable endeavour: striking some kind of delicate balance between social responsibility and offering options. Elsewhere, these options are shrinking. The president of Turkey approved changes to alcohol sales and advertising in June, banning alcohol sales between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. and effectively outlawing most
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advertising campaigns (save internationallymarketed alcoholic beverages at international fairs). Violators of the advertising ban face financial penalties ranging from 5,000 to 200,000 Turkish liras — or about $2,660 to $106,700. Images of alcohol on TV, in movies and in music videos will be censored as well, similar to the way cigarettes are blurred in Turksih media and scenes “glorifying” alcohol consumption are prohibited. And, as with cigarette packaging, alcohol bottles will be smacked with labels that warn of the dangers of alcohol consumption. B.C.’s certainly isn’t the first government to look at liquor law reforms, but it certainly won’t be the last.
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Logan Lake’s Brodie Klassen crooned a tune from Les Miserables as his talent at the B.C. Ambassadors event held last weekend in Merritt. The coronation saw three people selected to represent the youth of B.C. and the candidates share in thousands of dollars in scholarships and bursaries.
Dear Editor, Re: Examining the economics of fishing, Merritt Herald, Aug. 1 As a hunter who comes through Merritt annually, I have never hunted in the Merritt area but I always fuel up, get groceries and usually have lunch on the way up and breakfast on the way back from our family hunting trip. I would venture a guess that we spend a minimum of $500 just passing through Merritt. We usually spend another two or three thousand in Logan Lake or Tunkwa Lake area on our hunt. If your city council doesn’t want us, I will provision for my trip in Vancouver and fuel up in Logan Lake.
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Dear Editor, The Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria has significantly reduced mortality associated with these diseases since its establishement in 1990. But the needs remain: in 2011, 1.4 million people worldwide still died of tuberculosis. Canada’s fair contribution to the Global Fund, as a developed country, would be $750 million over three years. I am sure most Canadians wants Canada to continue contributing its fair share to the Global Fund to save the lives of many of our brothers and sisters around the world. Bruno Marquis Gatineau, Que.
Reporter’s support for mine dwindling From Page 6 It was zoned agricultural. A shopping mall was built there. However, the most recent news to come out about the mine has me rethinking my position. Any time a story combines the words “Ajax mine” and “sonic boom,” it’s worth paying some attention. I’m referring to stories by KTW reporter Andrea Klassen about a city-commissioned report that speculated air blasts could cause sonic booms that would be heard through most of the city.
I’m no longer convinced this mine is a good thing. And, if that’s not enough, the reaction from the Ajax folks to these stories has me pretty sure this entire project, despite the economic boom and jobs it could create, isn’t worth it. Consider this: before most of you had read your Thursday, Aug. 1 KTW paper, Ajax staff were on the phone accusing KTW of a misquote. When pushed, that “misquote” became a “we don’t think you accurately portrayed our position” state-
ment. Pushed a bit further, manager of external affairs Yves Lacasse insisted that a plan he presented to KTW — that he would only reply by email to emailed questions — was his idea of the best way to handle the situation of KTW coverage of Ajax. Now, I’ve been a journalist long enough to know that when someone goes from “you misquoted me” to “you didn’t say what I wanted you to say” to “I won’t talk to you anymore,” you’ve hit a nerve. That reality has fueled my
belief this mine project is not good. So, here’s when I sit right now and, while I’m just one person, I’m a mom who worries about my kids’ economic future. I want to believe this mine is a good thing. But, given the way the local office has handled its public relations — let’s not forget Lacasse’s statement that it really doesn’t matter what our local council says — there is something wrong here. Maybe it’s time KGHM’s head-office staff in Poland
come over and answer questions their local spokespeople don’t want to. And maybe it’s time those same head-office people start to realize Kamloopsians won’t be wowed by some “big names” telling them everything is just hunky-dory. It’s not. The moment the Golder report mentioned sonic booms, it stopped being a matter of we simple folks just not understanding things. We get it. KGHM doesn’t. Dale Bass is a reporter with Kamloops This Week.
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Leadership: an underrated word NARAYAN MITRA You Gotta Have FAITH Leadership crises are on the increase in every sphere of society – education, government, administration, politics, and even in the church. The successive exits of ‘leaders’ leading to their frequent replacements are turning into a fiasco, leading to revolving doors. True leadership, even when it is practiced by the most mature and emotionally stable person, always exacts a toll on the individual. In our world, it seems to be axiomatic that the greater the achievement, the higher the price to be paid. The same is true of leadership. Jesus himself seemed to have had this in mind when he said, “If you really want to find your life, you must lose it” (Luke 9:24). Any worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag on it. The issue hass reduced itself to one basic question: how much are we really willing to pay in hard work, sweat, patience, faith and endurance to obtain it? Brickbats hit leaders from various angles. Casualties result from unguarded sources. Criticism is a great price paid by leaders. If one cannot handle criticism, it means that basically he is emotionally immature. This defect would eventually show up and impede his and the group’s progress toward the common goal. Every leader has to expect some of it. The mature leader is able to handle this and makes the needed personal adjustments and corrections. He is then able to reflect that the criticisms had led him to deeper self-examination. Over the course of my ministry experience, I have seen pastors come
and go abruptly, leaving behind leaderless churches. Loneliness, fatigue, rejection, a sense of competition, abuse of power and other factors have been determinants that led to empty pulpits. The willingness to be alone in the service of others is inspiring but quite challenging. A true leader promotes others – their interests, values, and goals. At the same time, the effective leader must strive to fulfill his own potential and goals without being absorbed into the ‘constituency.’ This could leave him somewhere in between because he has to both identify with and be isolated from people. Someone has said that the world is run by tired men. There is probably real substance in the statement. A wise leader would try to find a balance, a change of pace to reduce stress. We have no doubt heard the cliché, “I’d rather burn out for God than rust out for
the devil.” The spirit of that is noble and pioussounding, and a person’s dedication must come close to the terror of the thought. But if a person “burns out” completely, his influence and contribution end. Proper health care, rest and balance would help a leader maintain his ability to persist. A leader must be prepared to recognize the toll upon him, both emotionally and physically. A Christian leader must also be ready to pay the price of personal rejection. There is always the strong possibility that somewhere, he may be maligned for his faith or Christian perspective on issues. Jesus himself had to walk this path. “He came unto his own, but they received him not” (John 1:11). The leader must be able at times to resist praise. He must have courage and be willing to stand up against the spirit of the age.
He puts praise of God above the praise of men. He knows that “the fear of man lays a snare” (Proverbs 29:25). The verdicts or judgments of men do not change his standard if it is truly God- and peopleoriented. Still another peril of leadership is the effect of competition. There is a price for leaders to pay if they suffer from a “competition anxiety” that takes the form of either fear of failure or the fear of success. On the other hand, power has become accepted as the basic characteristic of leadership in the long history of mankind. In any organization, including a Christian group, when a person is given authority, he is in a legitimate position to exercise control and influence. For some, this is egobuilding and may lead to autocracy. It is a peril and there is a price to pay to keep from falling prey to this insidious
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Friends & Neighbours Family planning brings financial relief DAVID L. BROWN Managing YOUR MONEY Children truly are the gift that keeps on giving — in love, happiness, satisfaction and spending. In Canada, the cost of raising a child to age 18 is $243,6601! Then, off go your youngsters for expensive years in college or university. With a bit of financial family planning, you can take advantage of tax savings and other programs that will reduce your child-raising costs and provide additional financial support when you need it. Take full advantage of tax deductions, credits and benefits. There are certain eligibility conditions that must be met, but look carefully at the following taxreduction and income
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• Canada child tax benefit which is a nontaxable amount paid monthly to eligible families to offset the costs of raising children under 18. You must apply for this benefit. • Universal child benefit of a taxable $100 a month to families for each child under six. You must apply for this benefit unless you already receive the Canada child benefit. • Maternal/paternal Employment Insurance (EI) benefits when on maternity/ parental leave of approximately 55 per cent of average insurable weekly earnings to a yearly maximum of $47,400. You can apply for this benefit before giving birth and actually start receiving it during the eighth week before your due date. If you are adopting, benefits are paid starting from the date the child is placed with you. The benefit spans 52 weeks but can be divided between both
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While Whil Whi le th the Mi Mill Millerite’s llllerit ite’s ’ were ere pre preach preaching, the day set for Jesus to return was getting closer. The people were ready to face the moment. The day came. People were quietly awaiting the beautiful scene of Jesus coming in the clouds to take them home. The day passed. They were left waiting. The prophet John in Revelation 10:1-2 said, “I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of Àre; and he had in his hand a little book which was open. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left on the land” The message failed. The message that was so sweet in their mouth became bitter in their stomach. This was the bitter disappointment. Most of the people were glad it had not happened. They had joined the movement, not because they loved Jesus but because they wanted to be on the right side if it should happen. What about the people who had given all to meet Him? Had God forgotten
them? One man, a farmer, mortgaged his farm to help pay for the expenses of spreading the message. He was a potato farmer. He had not dug his potatoes in the fall. Winter was on and in the spring he said to his wife and sons, “I’m going out to look at my potatoes.” His wife told him, “You are the laughing stock of the community. What will everyone think when you go to dig your rotten potatoes?” He took his potato fork and with his young son, went to check his potatoes anyway. Wherever he tried, the potatoes always came up clean and fresh. Something had happened to the potatoes in the fall. A blight had hit the potatoes that had been harvested the previous fall, and they did not keep. Now the price of the potatoes in the new year had gone way up. The farmer sold his crop, paid off his extra mortgage, and had a nice bit of money left over. God was looking after His people. Those who really believed that God has a plan in all of this, came together in different places to study God’s Word to Ànd out what His Word really said.
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A local Facebook group proved to be full of good friends and soon-to-be-neighbours for a woman who was passing through and hit a bit of bad luck. Mariam Stucki went into Copper Valley Mechanical one day earlier this month looking for bolt cutters. Her van was broken down and parked nearby. The request struck Copper Valley Mechanical employee Misty McKenna as odd, so she and a co-worker were curious to know more. McKenna said Stucki locked up her van by looping a chain through the steering wheel and door and securing it with a padlock. However, the padlock had become jammed, so Stucki went looking for help. “Something about the way this lady locks her van up, you could tell she’s very leery,” McKenna said. “She said she’s been tampered with and broken into.” The women watched as Stucki, a 63-year-old Zimbabwean who’s been in Canada for over two decades, proceeded to spend the hot, muggy day in her undrivable van near the store. Although they tried to quash their curiosity, it got the better of them again. McKenna’s co-worker soon found out why Stucki locked her van down so thoroughly. The van is also Stucki’s home. “She’s got her cat in there, and she’s lived in [a van] for 14 years,” McKenna said. Once they began to learn more about her story, McKenna and her
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co-worker felt compelled to help. The van’s fuel pump had broken and would cost about $600 to fix. Stucki, who is on social assistance, would need somewhere to park it until she had enough money to fix it and get it driving again. The women started by trying to get her van towed to a place where she could stay until she got enough money together. McKenna’s sister used her insurance to get the van towed to a local camping spot, but they were told it couldn’t stay there. They couldn’t think of anywhere else to take the van that would be inexpensive and safe, so McKenna said they took it to her house. However, that would prove to only be a temporary solution. “I have no shade in front of my house at all,” she said. “We figured it was in the evening, so that would do until the next day.” With the heat inside the van her biggest concern, McKenna put the call out on the Facebook group the Merritt Grapevine asking for assistance and ideas to help Stucki out. She said a local couple phoned her right away, saying they’d talked to their mechanic who would diagnose and fix the problem. But until then, the problem of getting the van to the shop remained. That’s when another generous Merrittonian offered to use his insurance to get the van towed to the shop and even watch Stucki’s pet cat while it was getting fixed. Next came the problem of getting $600 together to fix the fuel pump. Word quickly got around the group and members began to contact Stucki directly to donate money for the cause.
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Police in Logan Lake are asking for the public’s assistance in solving a break and enter and theft from a Logan Lake residence last week. The break-in occurred between Aug. 14 and Aug. 19. The culprit or culprits were able to gain access to the secured residence and took time to go through the residence, stealing many items of monetary and sentimental value. Some of the stolen items are unique and easily identifiable, including a threequarter inch opal pendant surrounded by gold chain link and a matching opal ring; a pink coral ring with two small diamonds on each side; an older pearl necklace and two, 18-carat gold bracelets (one Canadian and one Finnish gold). Silver bars, cash, silverware, and euros were also taken. Police say many of
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Generosity of Grapevine members shocks woman From Page 9 “If you get enough people who are willing to put some in, it’s not such a ridiculous amount anymore and it’s not so hard to reach,” McKenna said. The group ended up donating $165 of the total cost, and had made 165 comments on the original Facebook post by the eighth day. McKenna said Stucki was stunned that people who didn’t know her would try to help her. She said on a drive through the valley with Stucki, she learned Stucki had no family in Canada to help her out. “Her only family is in Africa. She has absolutely no friends, no family here whatsoever. It’s just her and her cat,” McKenna said. “Now she’s got friends.” In fact, Stucki has found so much goodwill in Merritt that she is considering moving here, McKenna said, adding that one group member offered her a furnished basement suite to rent. McKenna said her drive to help comes from her own experiences needing help in the past. “My whole life, I have been dealt some pretty rough cards. Honestly, at first I was considering not getting myself involved at all. I thought, ‘My lord, I have enough problems on my plate as it is. How can I help this woman when I’m in a bad situation myself ?’” McKenna is currently supporting her sister, who was shot in the arm in Kamloops earlier this summer, as well as her sister’s boyfriend and child while they recover from the incident. She also supports two children of her own, but all of her commitments didn’t keep her from at least trying to help Stucki. “Going through what we are going through with my sister’s whole ordeal — and her family literally
having nothing and no income whatsoever — knowing that if I wasn’t here for them,
they would be on the streets themselves ... that’s what family and friends are for,” she
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Phone: 250-378-6181
1988 Quilchena Ave., Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 • Fax: 250-378-6184 www.royallepage.ca/merritt
FEATURE HOMES NEW
G! N I T S LI NEW
! ING T S I L
G! ISTIN L NEW
• New 2 bed, 2 bath Apartment • Bright open design • Kitchen w/ lrg center island • Laundry room in unit
• Nicely finished 3 BR home • Upgrades, plumbing & electric • Property is fully fenced • Greenhouse, hay shed & garage
• Nicely finished 3 BR, home • 1.89 acre property, fenced • Garden w/small greenhouse • Garage w/ power, hay barn
• Don’t Rent when you can own! • 1 bed, lrg rooms & updates • Includes fridge and stove • Well maintained building
• New laminate flooring
$164,000
$259,000
$259,900
$69,995
$74,000
M4001
• Deluxe Bare land strata • 2 bed, 2 bath rancher • New roof in 2010 • C/air, C/vac & much more! M3999 M3917 • $282,000
G! ISTIN L NEW
M3917
• Rev property, Lvgrm, kitch on main • Nice 2 Bedroom Condo • Upper flr has 3 bdrms & full bath • New laminate flooring • Vinyl windows, fully fenced • Good for revenue or first timer front yd
• Unique layout that awaits your touch • 2 lots, 2 titles • Detached double garage
• 2 possible 3 BR Rancher
$103,000
$128,000
M3823
$112,000
M3877
M3792
M3992
• Great investment property • Newer furnace & H/W tank M3934
• Quiet location, lots of parking
• Immaculate ½ Duplex • Many upgrades including, • siding, flooring & paint. • Located on quiet cul-de-sac
• Bright, quiet strata retirement home • Wheelchair accessible • 2 large bedrooms, 5 piece Bath
$139.000
$154,000
$155,000
• Upgrades to roof & electrical
M3933
M3954
M3833
E
IV LUS C X E
• 3 Bedroom rancher • Newer flooring in kitchen • all bedrooms& living room • Yard is fully fenced
• Nice 3 BR, 2 bath, ½ duplex • Fam Room on Main w/2 BRs, Kitch • L.R.on second level Fenced yard
• Close to down town core
$156,900
$159,000
M3973
M3851
• Great investment property
• Main house + bachelor house on 1 lot • 22x22 garage on 2nd lot • Main house has 100 amp upgrade
• 3 Bed , 2 Bath home • Currently set up as duplex • Back unit has 2 Bedrooms • Comes with appl. in both suites
• Nice 3 BR, 2 full baths, half duplex • 1 car attached garage & fenced yard • New roof ’07, Large Master BR.
$159,000
$160,000
$167,000
$169,000
M3960
M3744
M3983
M3852
D SOL
• Cozy 2 BD Rancher, fenced • 2 Bed home across from old back yard • Collett ranch- great views • Wood stove, metal shed & Shop • New roof 2007- newer furnace • Front yard has Garlic and Herb bed • Private, totally fenced backyard
• Comfortable 2 BR plus den
$169,000
M3886
• $169,000
M3963
• Immaculate, move-in ready • 2 BR, 2 Bath adult townhome • New paint throughout • Nice backyard patio
• 55 plus buyer at McCallum Gardens
• Lrg Shop, Oversized driveway
• Immaculate 2 BR home • Close to amenities • 1 car detached garage • Lovely backyard landscaping
$173,000
$174,500
$176,000
$180,000
• Backyard with covered patio
M3939
M3997
L3979
• 2BR with Den, w/ centrai air • Wonderful views of Nicola River M3920
D UCE D E R
• Very large 2 bedroom rancher • Many extra rooms, plus ensuite • Wonderful gardens & green space
• Nice 3 Bedroom Rancher • with finished basement • Lrg Bedrooms- open design • Large fenced yard
• Immaculate 2 Bdrm rancher • Cute as a button! • Gardener’s paradise • 1 car detached garage
• Beautiful Heritage Charmer • 3 BD,2 Bth, shop & RV parking • U/G sprinklers • A/C & security system
$181,000
$183,000
$184,500
$187,950
M3950
M3969
M3998
M3958
• Solid 4 BR, 2 storey home • Lrg rec room down, LR upstairs • New furnace,plumbing upgrades
• Detached garage/shop
$180,000
M3986
• Sunvalley Court-2 BR, 2 Bth T/ home • End unit-includes all appliances • 24 hour notice required
$194,000
M3741
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Karen Bonneteau Sales Rep
John Issac Sales Rep
Claudette Edenoste Broker
Debra Schindler Personal Real Estate Corp.
Melody Simon Sales Rep
250-378-7170
250-315-5178
250-378-1586
250-280-0689
250-315-3548
250-315-8539
tmcdonagh@telus.net
kbonneteau@telus.net
Tom McDonagh Broker
1988 Quilchena Ave., Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 • Fax: 250-378-6184
www.realtor.ca
LOTS AND ACREAGE • New residential lots in nice area • Located in quiet cul-de-sac & crescent setting • Fully serviced including curbs & storm drain • All prepaid by the developer
$57,000 • • • •
M3692
Views of the Nicola Valley Walking trails & shopping nearby All services are u/g & at lot line One of Merritt’s preferred neighborhoods
$67,000
M3758
M3908, M3910, M3911
• Beautiful river view lot close to downtown • Nice, quiet neighborhood • The uncompromised view never to change • Bring your building ideas
• Desirable Nicola Wynd development • Nice flat building lot • Bring your plans & build your dream home • Quality builder available to discuss plan
$79,000
$79,000
• • • •
M3707
Good sized lot Ok for double wide City services @ prop line Mountain view in a quiet area
$79,000 • • • •
M3534
$100,000 • • • •
M3495
Nicola Lakeshore Estates Amazing lake view lot in Phase 2 Build your dream home Tons of recreation to choose from!!
$149,900 • • • •
M3749
Amazing waterfront .76 acre lot Located in a desirable area in a quiet cul-de-sac Around 260 ft of River frontage
$175,500 • • • •
M3966
Amazing Lake view lots Phase 1 of Nicola Lakeshore Estates Only 2.5 hours from Lower Mainland Fishing, Hiking, water sports & much More!!
$199,000 • • • •
$99,000
• • • •
M3906
Lovely getaway acreage! Great views of Stump Lake Easy access to the highway Water system & power to lot line
M3827
1.44 acre prime building lot Approx 295 ft river frontage Within walking distance to downtown Gorgeous views of mountains & Ranchlands
$144,900
• 1.6 acres on Kane Valley Road
• All Units Rented
• 3 level, 3 bedroom log home
• Lots of parking space
• Upgrades to H/W tank & more!
• Short walk to city centre
$195,000
$198,000
M3953
M3839
• Spacious main floor w/2 piece Bth • Ensuite in master bedroom • Laundry room upstairs
• Great Buy! Below assessed Value
$199,900
M3936
• Collect rental income from both
• 3 Bed, 2 ½ Bath townhouse • Gas fireplace in living room • Separate dinning & kitch nook • Nice kitchen cabinets
• Cozy, 1 bed cottage w/loft • 2 acres, fully fenced • Huge deck w/lovely Lk view • Year round recreation
• Nice 3 Bedroom rancher • Close to school & shopping • Separate living & family room • 16x20 detached garage
• Quick possession! • 4 bed, 3 bath family home • Fresh paint, some new flooring • Lrg sundeck, landscaped yard
• Bench Location 4 BR, 2 Bath home • HW floors, vinyl windows on main • Potential legal suite, potential 5th BR
$209,000
$199,000
$230,000
$239,000
$219,000
$243,000
• 2 single family homes on Lrg lots
M3947
M3962
E RIC P NEW
M3995
M3968
L3978
M3865
E LAK E S MP GLI
D SOL
• Located on nice quiet street • 5 Bed, 3 bath incl. ensuite • Granite countertops, Central air • Tile & laminate flooring, 5 Appl.
• Locally managed 11 unit building • Main floor has laundry hookups • U/G sprinklers, good tenant base • Corner store half a block away
$254,900
$749,900
M3981
M4002
• 2 bdrm bungalow in popular strata • No kids, no rentals & self managed • New roof, carpet & paint
$269,000
M3834
• Very nice 4 BR, 2 Bth family home • New furnace, roof and gutters • Updated main Bth- Private backyard
$264,900
M3945
• 1500 sq.ft/ floor, wheelchair access • Very nice, 2 bed, 2 bath rancher • Top floor, 1 office, mini kitch & Bth • 32x18 detached shop w/ additions • Backyard fenced, Ramps both • .51 acres w/ fruit trees, water sides feature and much more!
$275,000
M3903
$279,000
M3957
• Updated & bright 4 BR rancher • Partial basement • Bench location-move in ready • Large private yard & storage shed
• Year round residence • 4 bed, 2 bath main home • 2 acres private lot w/ extra’s • Guest cottage w/ tons of parking
• New roof, recent H/W & Boiler • 5 BR, 3 Bath main part of home • + 2 BR suite at ground level • Mstr BR, ensuite has jetted tub
$289,000
$289,000
$299,000
M3951
M3946
M3984
• Backs on to Crown Land
$170,000
M3940
• Seclusion & privacy, off the grid living • 20 acres 9 kms from Merritt toward Lilly Lake • All new fencing & custom made gateway • Creek & 2 water holes, perfect weekend getaway
$199,000
• 247’ lake front w/ winding trail to site • Great views of the valley & water below • Community water in place, power @ lot line • Easy access off hwy & quiet enjoyment
$205,000 • • • •
M3728
24 acres in beautiful Sunshine Valley Treed lot, very private, easy access Many potential building sites Hydro & phone lines to property line
• 26 Country acreage w/natural grasslands & slight hills • Good water table w/2 ponds providing seasonal creek • 2 acre leveled area ready for possible home M3478 $329,000 M3889
$217,000
• 4 BR family home, Bench location • LR w/ Japanese Cherry H/W Floors • Gazebo, Hot Tub, Pool & more!
• New 3 BR Rancher • Master has ensuite + W/I closet • Kitchen has pantry & island • Low E windows, central A/C
• Family home 4 BR, 3 Bath • Plus 2 bedroom suite • Rear deck with BBQ hookup • Family area, cul-de-sac street
• Large 7 BR, 4 ½ bath home
$299,000
$312,000 Inc Gst
$325,000
$329,000
M3893
M3976
M3961
• Potential legal suite • Plus In-law suite on main M3862
• Lrg 4 BR, 3 bath family home + • 2 bedroom suite, own laundry • Skylights, A/C, U/G sprinklers • Oversized double garage
• Immaculate 3 bed plus den • 2 ½ bath townhome • Quality appl.-amazing Kitch • C/Air, Gas F/P, U/G sprinklers
• Well maintained 3 BR, 2 bath rancher • Lrg open kitchen, vaulted ceilings • A/C, gas F/P, RV parking
• New amazing 3 BR, 2 bath
• Beautiful 3 BR w/quality finishing
• Rancher w/ Amazing kitchen
• Kitchen has Travertine and granite
• 9 ft ceiling, large bright design
• LR has hardwood floors
$331,000
$332,000
$334,900
$339,000
$339,000
M3964
M3989
M3859
M3848
M3855
E RIC P NEW
M3832
• • • •
• Beautiful sprawling rancher • Nicola River frontage • Mature shade trees • Located in quiet cul-de-sac
$349,000
• Most amazing views, huge shop • Updated, one level home • Near Mamette Lake L3980
$365,000
M3801
• New amazing 3 BR, 2 bath • 9 ft. ceilings, large bright design. • Full unfinished basement • Quality built & Home warranty.
• Desirable bungalow! • 3 bedrooms, 2 bath • Private backyard w/ pool • Full basement w/ dbl carport
• Prime Bench Location!! • 2 level superior home • 4 BR up, 2 down home • Great views over city
$369,000
$370,000
$379,000
M3847
M3994
• 4 Plex – Investors, lots of parking • 4 Lrg Suites, Close to D/Town • Double Lot, Great Location M3987
$388,000
M3863
• Quality built, 4 bed, 3 bath • Open design- C/air, C/vac • H/E Pacific Energy wood stove • Fully fenced, U/G sprinklers
• Riverfront Acreage • 9.62 property, fenced pasture
• Beautiful 5 BR family home • 4 Bath, ensuite w/ jetted tub • 2 bedroom in-law suite • 2 Covered decks
$382,000
$399,000
$399,888
M3993
• Modular home, 3 BR, 2 Bth
M3857
M3972
M3603
• Great views, 5 acre parcel
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• In-law suite w/ wood stove • Great well 60 us gpm
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$429,000
M3913
• One of Merritt’s finest • residential neighborhoods! • Pro decorated and designed • Gorgeous panoramic views
• 5 BR, 4 bth family home w/pool
• Most incredible view, 3 BR hse
• Amazing kitchen w/ granite
• Shop w/ 1 BR apt & 18’ ceilings
• New roof & remodeled main Bth
$435,000
$439,000
M3996
• Water, gas & sewer to lot line
$43,000
M3931
Start planning for your retirement 40 acres with flowing creek Enjoy the great outdoors Minutes from friendly Logan Lake
$198,500
M3929
• Build your dream home • 1 of Logan Lakes best lots • 30 min drive to Kamloops shopping mall • Invest today in a fast growing community
$44,000
• 10 acres of privacy, great views
• 5 & ½ bath, 5 piece ensuite
• Custom Built 3 BR, 2bath home
• Large 3 bay garage-RV parking.
$449,000
$449,000
$459,900
M3985
M3977
M3837
• Private 10 acres, 2 storey home
• 22x22 garage, 50x50 kennel.
• 4 BR, 3 Bth Fam home, 2 car garage • O.63 acre on Nicola River • Dining Rm w/ private deck
$465,000
$475,000
$489,000
M 3870
M3866
• 3 bedroom, 2 ½ baths • 26x30 wired, heated shop M3937
M3884
• Creek flows through entire acreage • Perfect location near Tunkwa Lake • 112 acres of Farm land
$358,000
M3826
• Immaculate 3 level, 6 BR
• 8+ acres, barn & water license
• 5 km west & south of Merritt • 1000 sq ft. 3 bedroom home • 10 acre parcel, 4-5 acres of hay • On a maintained road
EEK R C HE CAC
LOGAN LAKE LOTS AND ACREAGE • Great Investment & views
M3844
M3930
• Amazing Panoramic views • 4 bed, 3 bath- 8 years new • Vaulted ceilings, C/Air, C/vac • 9.91 acres- Totally fenced
$499,900
M3991
• Main floor has vaulted ceiling
• Log home/Hobby farm • Mstr BR w/ Ensuite & W/I closet • Creek runs thru property • Farm Equipment included • 10 acres and 2500 sq.ft barn • Approx. 9 acres in hay
$519,000
M3883
$539,000
• 2 bedrooms in strata building • Central location, laminate flooring • New roof in 2010 M3943
$76,900
M3486
• 2+ bdrm home on a good sized lot
• Ground level entry and parking
• Open plan for kitchen, DR & LR • Fully fenced yard & lots of parking
• Open design living room& kitchen
$99,900
M3871
• All electric heat and hot water
$69,900
M3955
• Amazing 5 bedroom + den home • Quality built and finished • Home trades will be considered
$545,000
• Bright & Open design with Skylights • Enjoy mature landscaping & Gardening • 2 BD, New Sundeck and Garden shed incl
$79,900
Waterfront lot on Nicola Lake 3 km to Quilchena Hotel Close to Merritt & Kamloops Private access to lake
• Sunny lot on Calcite drive
• Completely Re-plumbed & New HW Tank • 3 bdrm, 2 bath rancher • Appliances included
• Absolutely lovely 2+ acres • Beautiful southern views
M3974
$314,990
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$39,900
M3898
$212,000
• • • •
250-378-1996
M3909
• One of a kind lot in Lower Nicola • Cleared & level in an incredibly quiet location • Water serviced by Lower Nicola Water Works • Approved for septic & HST already paid
Extra large double lot 2 city water & sewage hookups Private setting, flat site Easy access w/ paved roads
250-378-1996
M3914 & M3915
• Desirable Nicola Wynd development • Nice flat building lots • Bring your plans & build your dream home • Quality builder available to discuss plan
$70,000
Diane Manchester Property Management
E RIC P NEW
• Wonderful Views, good sized lot • Easy access to new Retail and Restaurants • Build your own dream home • Neighbouring lot is also available
$60,500
johnissac@telus.net
Lynda Etchart Property Manager
M3941
• 40 Acre farm w/Barn & Creek • 3 BR, w/full bsmt, 2 baths • Fenced into 3 pastures
$565,000
M3861
• Custom Post & Beam Home • Stunning views on 21 +/- acres • Custom built maple cabinets & more!
$599,000
M3879
M3885
Royal LePage® Merritt has a Property and Strata Management Division. Whether you have an investment property you would like to rent or are just looking for a place to hang your hat, our Property Management Team can help fulfill all your property management needs!
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Phone: 250-378-6181
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Karen Bonneteau Sales Rep
John Issac Sales Rep
Claudette Edenoste Broker
Debra Schindler Personal Real Estate Corp.
Melody Simon Sales Rep
250-378-7170
250-315-5178
250-378-1586
250-280-0689
250-315-3548
250-315-8539
tmcdonagh@telus.net
kbonneteau@telus.net
Tom McDonagh Broker
1988 Quilchena Ave., Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 • Fax: 250-378-6184
www.realtor.ca
LOTS AND ACREAGE • New residential lots in nice area • Located in quiet cul-de-sac & crescent setting • Fully serviced including curbs & storm drain • All prepaid by the developer
$57,000 • • • •
M3692
Views of the Nicola Valley Walking trails & shopping nearby All services are u/g & at lot line One of Merritt’s preferred neighborhoods
$67,000
M3758
M3908, M3910, M3911
• Beautiful river view lot close to downtown • Nice, quiet neighborhood • The uncompromised view never to change • Bring your building ideas
• Desirable Nicola Wynd development • Nice flat building lot • Bring your plans & build your dream home • Quality builder available to discuss plan
$79,000
$79,000
• • • •
M3707
Good sized lot Ok for double wide City services @ prop line Mountain view in a quiet area
$79,000 • • • •
M3534
$100,000 • • • •
M3495
Nicola Lakeshore Estates Amazing lake view lot in Phase 2 Build your dream home Tons of recreation to choose from!!
$149,900 • • • •
M3749
Amazing waterfront .76 acre lot Located in a desirable area in a quiet cul-de-sac Around 260 ft of River frontage
$175,500 • • • •
M3966
Amazing Lake view lots Phase 1 of Nicola Lakeshore Estates Only 2.5 hours from Lower Mainland Fishing, Hiking, water sports & much More!!
$199,000 • • • •
$99,000
• • • •
M3906
Lovely getaway acreage! Great views of Stump Lake Easy access to the highway Water system & power to lot line
M3827
1.44 acre prime building lot Approx 295 ft river frontage Within walking distance to downtown Gorgeous views of mountains & Ranchlands
$144,900
• 1.6 acres on Kane Valley Road
• All Units Rented
• 3 level, 3 bedroom log home
• Lots of parking space
• Upgrades to H/W tank & more!
• Short walk to city centre
$195,000
$198,000
M3953
M3839
• Spacious main floor w/2 piece Bth • Ensuite in master bedroom • Laundry room upstairs
• Great Buy! Below assessed Value
$199,900
M3936
• Collect rental income from both
• 3 Bed, 2 ½ Bath townhouse • Gas fireplace in living room • Separate dinning & kitch nook • Nice kitchen cabinets
• Cozy, 1 bed cottage w/loft • 2 acres, fully fenced • Huge deck w/lovely Lk view • Year round recreation
• Nice 3 Bedroom rancher • Close to school & shopping • Separate living & family room • 16x20 detached garage
• Quick possession! • 4 bed, 3 bath family home • Fresh paint, some new flooring • Lrg sundeck, landscaped yard
• Bench Location 4 BR, 2 Bath home • HW floors, vinyl windows on main • Potential legal suite, potential 5th BR
$209,000
$199,000
$230,000
$239,000
$219,000
$243,000
• 2 single family homes on Lrg lots
M3947
M3962
E RIC P NEW
M3995
M3968
L3978
M3865
E LAK E S MP GLI
D SOL
• Located on nice quiet street • 5 Bed, 3 bath incl. ensuite • Granite countertops, Central air • Tile & laminate flooring, 5 Appl.
• Locally managed 11 unit building • Main floor has laundry hookups • U/G sprinklers, good tenant base • Corner store half a block away
$254,900
$749,900
M3981
M4002
• 2 bdrm bungalow in popular strata • No kids, no rentals & self managed • New roof, carpet & paint
$269,000
M3834
• Very nice 4 BR, 2 Bth family home • New furnace, roof and gutters • Updated main Bth- Private backyard
$264,900
M3945
• 1500 sq.ft/ floor, wheelchair access • Very nice, 2 bed, 2 bath rancher • Top floor, 1 office, mini kitch & Bth • 32x18 detached shop w/ additions • Backyard fenced, Ramps both • .51 acres w/ fruit trees, water sides feature and much more!
$275,000
M3903
$279,000
M3957
• Updated & bright 4 BR rancher • Partial basement • Bench location-move in ready • Large private yard & storage shed
• Year round residence • 4 bed, 2 bath main home • 2 acres private lot w/ extra’s • Guest cottage w/ tons of parking
• New roof, recent H/W & Boiler • 5 BR, 3 Bath main part of home • + 2 BR suite at ground level • Mstr BR, ensuite has jetted tub
$289,000
$289,000
$299,000
M3951
M3946
M3984
• Backs on to Crown Land
$170,000
M3940
• Seclusion & privacy, off the grid living • 20 acres 9 kms from Merritt toward Lilly Lake • All new fencing & custom made gateway • Creek & 2 water holes, perfect weekend getaway
$199,000
• 247’ lake front w/ winding trail to site • Great views of the valley & water below • Community water in place, power @ lot line • Easy access off hwy & quiet enjoyment
$205,000 • • • •
M3728
24 acres in beautiful Sunshine Valley Treed lot, very private, easy access Many potential building sites Hydro & phone lines to property line
• 26 Country acreage w/natural grasslands & slight hills • Good water table w/2 ponds providing seasonal creek • 2 acre leveled area ready for possible home M3478 $329,000 M3889
$217,000
• 4 BR family home, Bench location • LR w/ Japanese Cherry H/W Floors • Gazebo, Hot Tub, Pool & more!
• New 3 BR Rancher • Master has ensuite + W/I closet • Kitchen has pantry & island • Low E windows, central A/C
• Family home 4 BR, 3 Bath • Plus 2 bedroom suite • Rear deck with BBQ hookup • Family area, cul-de-sac street
• Large 7 BR, 4 ½ bath home
$299,000
$312,000 Inc Gst
$325,000
$329,000
M3893
M3976
M3961
• Potential legal suite • Plus In-law suite on main M3862
• Lrg 4 BR, 3 bath family home + • 2 bedroom suite, own laundry • Skylights, A/C, U/G sprinklers • Oversized double garage
• Immaculate 3 bed plus den • 2 ½ bath townhome • Quality appl.-amazing Kitch • C/Air, Gas F/P, U/G sprinklers
• Well maintained 3 BR, 2 bath rancher • Lrg open kitchen, vaulted ceilings • A/C, gas F/P, RV parking
• New amazing 3 BR, 2 bath
• Beautiful 3 BR w/quality finishing
• Rancher w/ Amazing kitchen
• Kitchen has Travertine and granite
• 9 ft ceiling, large bright design
• LR has hardwood floors
$331,000
$332,000
$334,900
$339,000
$339,000
M3964
M3989
M3859
M3848
M3855
E RIC P NEW
M3832
• • • •
• Beautiful sprawling rancher • Nicola River frontage • Mature shade trees • Located in quiet cul-de-sac
$349,000
• Most amazing views, huge shop • Updated, one level home • Near Mamette Lake L3980
$365,000
M3801
• New amazing 3 BR, 2 bath • 9 ft. ceilings, large bright design. • Full unfinished basement • Quality built & Home warranty.
• Desirable bungalow! • 3 bedrooms, 2 bath • Private backyard w/ pool • Full basement w/ dbl carport
• Prime Bench Location!! • 2 level superior home • 4 BR up, 2 down home • Great views over city
$369,000
$370,000
$379,000
M3847
M3994
• 4 Plex – Investors, lots of parking • 4 Lrg Suites, Close to D/Town • Double Lot, Great Location M3987
$388,000
M3863
• Quality built, 4 bed, 3 bath • Open design- C/air, C/vac • H/E Pacific Energy wood stove • Fully fenced, U/G sprinklers
• Riverfront Acreage • 9.62 property, fenced pasture
• Beautiful 5 BR family home • 4 Bath, ensuite w/ jetted tub • 2 bedroom in-law suite • 2 Covered decks
$382,000
$399,000
$399,888
M3993
• Modular home, 3 BR, 2 Bth
M3857
M3972
M3603
• Great views, 5 acre parcel
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• In-law suite w/ wood stove • Great well 60 us gpm
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$429,000
M3913
• One of Merritt’s finest • residential neighborhoods! • Pro decorated and designed • Gorgeous panoramic views
• 5 BR, 4 bth family home w/pool
• Most incredible view, 3 BR hse
• Amazing kitchen w/ granite
• Shop w/ 1 BR apt & 18’ ceilings
• New roof & remodeled main Bth
$435,000
$439,000
M3996
• Water, gas & sewer to lot line
$43,000
M3931
Start planning for your retirement 40 acres with flowing creek Enjoy the great outdoors Minutes from friendly Logan Lake
$198,500
M3929
• Build your dream home • 1 of Logan Lakes best lots • 30 min drive to Kamloops shopping mall • Invest today in a fast growing community
$44,000
• 10 acres of privacy, great views
• 5 & ½ bath, 5 piece ensuite
• Custom Built 3 BR, 2bath home
• Large 3 bay garage-RV parking.
$449,000
$449,000
$459,900
M3985
M3977
M3837
• Private 10 acres, 2 storey home
• 22x22 garage, 50x50 kennel.
• 4 BR, 3 Bth Fam home, 2 car garage • O.63 acre on Nicola River • Dining Rm w/ private deck
$465,000
$475,000
$489,000
M 3870
M3866
• 3 bedroom, 2 ½ baths • 26x30 wired, heated shop M3937
M3884
• Creek flows through entire acreage • Perfect location near Tunkwa Lake • 112 acres of Farm land
$358,000
M3826
• Immaculate 3 level, 6 BR
• 8+ acres, barn & water license
• 5 km west & south of Merritt • 1000 sq ft. 3 bedroom home • 10 acre parcel, 4-5 acres of hay • On a maintained road
EEK R C HE CAC
LOGAN LAKE LOTS AND ACREAGE • Great Investment & views
M3844
M3930
• Amazing Panoramic views • 4 bed, 3 bath- 8 years new • Vaulted ceilings, C/Air, C/vac • 9.91 acres- Totally fenced
$499,900
M3991
• Main floor has vaulted ceiling
• Log home/Hobby farm • Mstr BR w/ Ensuite & W/I closet • Creek runs thru property • Farm Equipment included • 10 acres and 2500 sq.ft barn • Approx. 9 acres in hay
$519,000
M3883
$539,000
• 2 bedrooms in strata building • Central location, laminate flooring • New roof in 2010 M3943
$76,900
M3486
• 2+ bdrm home on a good sized lot
• Ground level entry and parking
• Open plan for kitchen, DR & LR • Fully fenced yard & lots of parking
• Open design living room& kitchen
$99,900
M3871
• All electric heat and hot water
$69,900
M3955
• Amazing 5 bedroom + den home • Quality built and finished • Home trades will be considered
$545,000
• Bright & Open design with Skylights • Enjoy mature landscaping & Gardening • 2 BD, New Sundeck and Garden shed incl
$79,900
Waterfront lot on Nicola Lake 3 km to Quilchena Hotel Close to Merritt & Kamloops Private access to lake
• Sunny lot on Calcite drive
• Completely Re-plumbed & New HW Tank • 3 bdrm, 2 bath rancher • Appliances included
• Absolutely lovely 2+ acres • Beautiful southern views
M3974
$314,990
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$39,900
M3898
$212,000
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M3909
• One of a kind lot in Lower Nicola • Cleared & level in an incredibly quiet location • Water serviced by Lower Nicola Water Works • Approved for septic & HST already paid
Extra large double lot 2 city water & sewage hookups Private setting, flat site Easy access w/ paved roads
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M3914 & M3915
• Desirable Nicola Wynd development • Nice flat building lots • Bring your plans & build your dream home • Quality builder available to discuss plan
$70,000
Diane Manchester Property Management
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• Wonderful Views, good sized lot • Easy access to new Retail and Restaurants • Build your own dream home • Neighbouring lot is also available
$60,500
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Lynda Etchart Property Manager
M3941
• 40 Acre farm w/Barn & Creek • 3 BR, w/full bsmt, 2 baths • Fenced into 3 pastures
$565,000
M3861
• Custom Post & Beam Home • Stunning views on 21 +/- acres • Custom built maple cabinets & more!
$599,000
M3879
M3885
Royal LePage® Merritt has a Property and Strata Management Division. Whether you have an investment property you would like to rent or are just looking for a place to hang your hat, our Property Management Team can help fulfill all your property management needs!
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M E R R I T T
• 160 acres of privacy • Endless trails, this land is fenced • 10 kms from paved highway
$599,000
M3815
• 160 acres w/opportunities • Water license available • Recreational/ farm potential
$599,000
M3922
1988 Quilchena Ave., Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 • Fax: 250-378-6184
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• Awesome waterfront property • 3 BR home, new roof & floors • 7 stall barn, 2-16x24 cabins • Water rights on Nicola River
$640.000
M3967
• 44 +/- private acres w/ creek
• Utopia in the Sunshine Valley!
• 2530 sq.ft. rancher, 26x36 log barn
• 38+ acres of Riverfront property
• 20x40 RV,70x140 arena,36x40 shop
$799,000
M3876
• 80 acre horse farm • 2 large ranch houses,44x96 barn • 4 BR, in floor heat, 9 ft ceilings • Beautiful views and mature gardens • 40x40 wired, Insul, heated shop
$1,350,000
M3990
$1,690,000
M3900
COMMERCIAL
• 160 acre ranch • 4500 Sq.ft. Linwood home • 130x220 riding arena
$2,100,000
M3944
• Lrg commercial space in Merritt • 12,000 Sq Ft, has 6 HVAC’s • Lease rate, $6.00 per Sq Ft • Also available for Sale
$725,000
M3949
• One of a kind in downtown • Potential dev opportunities • Bring your building plans $85,000
M3942
• Well know location • Insurance office across the lane • Adjacent to city’s only Drycleaners
$85,900
M3935
• Lrg commercial are approx 6500 sf • Approx 15 acres of dev. prop
• Located in the downtown core • Current zoning I3 w/portion in ALR • Roof HVAC, w/roll down sec • Subdivision potential door
$440,000
M3779
$499,000
M3873
LOGAN LAKE, BC
MERRITT,
D L O S • 1 or 2 BR Condo on first floor • Newer Kitch w/ pull out pantry • You will love the French doors & the newer Bathroom
• Immaculate 2BR, 2Bth, super suite • 2 BR, 2 Bath Manuf. home • Lrg dining area, Elegant • Open floor plan offers casual kitchen living • Strata fee inc, heat, hot water, • Skylights and upgraded applicable. ances
• Starting out, over or renting out • 4 BR, 3 Bath home with inlaw suite • Great 4 BR family home w/ • Renovated 3 BR M.H, new roof • New Lam. floors, C/vac & 3 Baths gas FP • New windows, furnace & • Storage sheds and double car • Wood floors, Custom Brkfst nook electric • Roof 1 year old and Hot tub garage
• Spacious 4 bdrm home • Family neighborhood, awesome deck • Huge Jacuzzi tub & pool table
• There’s no place like home! • 3 Bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
• Enjoy drinks at the wet bar! • Custom built cedar home • 3 BR w/ walk in closet, • Sunny kitchen & hobby room
$94,900
$258,000
M3970
M3806
$115,000
M3808
• Newer, roof, furnace & H/W tank • Private back yard onto greenbelt $259,000 M3959
$137,000
M3904
• Great starter or retirement home • 2 lots for the price of 1 • 4 bdrms, 2 bathrooms
$269,900
M3805
D L O S • Luxurious 3 BR Custom Log Home • Laundry on main, Games room/ more • Resort style Atmosphere- Mile High! $375,000 M3894
$309,900
L3926
M3975
EK CRE E H CAC
• 2 story log home, Mile High Estates • Wood stove, wood flrs throughout
• Gourmet kitch w/ custom cabinets
$409,000
$142,000
M3822
• Live in Luxury!! • 4 Br, 3000+ sq ft home • His and hers walk in closets • Central A/C, Central Vac.
$479,888
M3971
$195,000
M3896
M3890
• Outstanding views, lots of privacy
• 2,630 sq. ft Log home on 2.15 acres • 6 bedrooms, 2 1/2 Bathrooms • 3 BR, 2 Bath Home, Move-in • W/out basement, sundeck and ready! more! $349,000 M3881 $349,900 M3952 • Nearly 20 acres,all new fencing
T ROF C H AS
• Great starter or investment, 5 BR • New kitch, baths, flring throughout • New H/E furnace, a/c, roof, windows
• New windows, siding, roof, h/w tank • New kitchen, floors & electrical • Solarium off dining room
M3818
M3817
$199,900
$199,000
$235,000
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How to camp without pain DR. COLIN GAGE Spinal COLUMN Although you might think camping is a relaxing and sedentary activity, I still have numerous people walk into my office Monday mornings with severe neck or back pain after a weekend of camping. Therefore,
I’d like to make some suggestions to help you prevent this from happening to you. When you camp, it’s impossible to take your favourite ultra supportive mattress with you. This doesn’t mean you have to sleep on the hard ground. Sleep on something that will offer a little cushion and support to your back. A sleeping “foamy” is typically light, portable, and will be the most durable. Even a good air mattress is better than nothing. However, air mattresses are likely to pop if exposed to rough or sharp surfaces. If this happens during the night, you could
head while you sit up straight in a chair, this is the position your neck should be in when you are lying down. Do not sleep on your stomach. When lying on your stomach, you have to turn your head to the side in order to breathe, and keep it there all night. This is not a desirable position for your neck and can result in some serious pain and stiffness in the morning. If you’ve experienced mild back or neck stiffness for the past week or more prior to going camping, you should address this before you go. If there is already mild stiffness in the
find yourself sleeping directly on the ground and with a sore back come morning. Take your favourite pillow with you wherever you go. Using a completely different pillow or a rolled up pair of jeans is just asking for a stiff neck in the morning. If you don’t have your favourite pillow, try to keep your neck in a neutral position when sleeping. If you sleep on your side, your neck should not be bent sideways toward the ground. If you sleep on your back, your neck should not be bent backwards. Basically, if you imagine the position of your neck and
joints of your neck or back and you challenge these joints even more by sleeping on a hard surface or without a pillow, you are even more prone to having problems. Before heading out for a relaxing weekend camping by a lake, see your chiropractor. He or she is specifically trained to do “adjustments” or “manipulation” to restore the proper movement to the joints of the back or neck so you are less vulnerable to waking up sore. To further prevent neck and back problems visit my website (merrittchiro.com) and check out the neck and back stretches and exercises.
Quit smoking with the help of acupuncture
DR. HONG CHUNG Merritt ACUPUNCTURE I see many people suffering from physical and mental pain when they can’t quit smoking easily, even when they obviously know smoking is harmful to them and the people around them. For long-time smokers, quitting becomes even more difficult without help from other people because nicotine addiction physiologically affects your body regardless of your will. In Eastern medicine, we usually use ear
acupuncture to help people quit. To the acupuncturist, the ear is a miniature representation of the body, and every organ in the body is reflected on the ears. We insert needles into the areas of the ear pertaining to the organs affected by smoking such as the throat, bronchi, lungs, liver, endocrine glands and brain. Later, we attach tiny, needle-like tacks or small seeds to those points, using a bandage that can remain on the ear for more than a week, prolonging its period of effectiveness. This makes auricular acupuncture most effective. Acupuncture on the body itself is actually better than ear acupuncture, but the needles have to be removed within the treatment ses-
sion, creating a greater economic burden for people who need to be treated often. The ideal is to use both ear and body acupuncture at the same time. Acupuncture doesn’t directly cause a person to quit smoking. Instead, it helps indirectly by increasing the body’s effectiveness in nicotine detoxification, reducing withdrawal symptoms, and tonifying the overall energy of the body. One of the main reasons many people fail to quit smoking is the unpleasant withdrawal symptoms, which may be experienced physically and/or mentally in the form of headaches, heart palpitations, vomiting, insomnia, indigestion, fatigue, low energy, itchiness, phlegm, weight gain, difficulty concentrating, irrita-
bility, sensitivity and vexation. Weight gain in particular is the result of snacking often because one feels an emptiness in the body and mind. If a person starts smoking again without fully getting through the withdrawal period, these withdrawal symptoms disappear, which may further encourage the failure to quit. While a person is quitting smoking, acupuncture effectively promotes detoxification when needles are inserted on the acupoints pertaining to the lungs, liver, and kidneys, and simultaneously on the special point for detoxification. We also need to promote detoxification during this period by drinking clean water often, exercising, and making ourselves sweat. Through repeti-
tive needle stimulation, acupuncture may make smoking taste worse and/or decrease the desire to smoke, signifying that the brain is starting to recover the body’s memory of before ever starting to smoke. Smoking often starts from a feeling of emptiness or of something lacking. If you are happy enough, you may not need to smoke and it may not be able to hook you any more even if you do smoke. If you can maintain the belief that it is possible for you to quit, exercise regularly along with treatment, and have the courage to change your lifestyle, success will surely be yours. As the cool autumn approaches, let’s do this together. It’s a good time to quit.
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Merritt Centennials’ first Sagebrush Classic golf tournament an unqualified success By Ian Webster THE HERALD
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For a first-time affair, the Merritt Centennials Golf Classic on Saturday couldn’t have been much better. A total of 100 golfers, including a number of former Centennials players, gathered at the magnificent Sagebrush Golf and Sporting Club at Quilchena for the inaugural fundraising event that included 18 holes of friendly four-ball competition, a putting showdown, dinner and both live and silent auctions of donated items and sports memorabilia. “It was a total success,” said new Cents’
marketing director Lawrence Sacharuk, the Classic’s principal organizer along with Don Harvey of the SGSC. “From the very first negotiations that Don and I had, everything went as smooth as silk,” said Sacharuk. “At the end of the day, the tournament was great for them and for us. “[Sagebrush] wanted to create a bit more of community presence in the Nicola Valley, while at the same time help the Cents’ team out. I think that they achieved that in spades,” added Sacharuk. Originally planned to accommodate 60 golfers, the Classic grew in
leaps and bounds as the word got out and interest grew. “It was great,” said Centennials head coach and GM Luke Pierce, who had his team’s returning players on hand helping with the logistics of the event. “Don and his staff did an amazing job. They were all so helpful and accommodating.” A plethora of past Centennials players used the Classic as an opportunity to reconnect with each other and the community they once called home. The alumni included former NHLers Paul Kruse and Bill Muckalt, along with Ben and
Luke Pierce, Danny Morrissey, Glen Blair, Paul Barnes, Colin Gage, Bobby Vermette, Richie Brew, Chris Forsberg, Kirk Coldwell, Mike Todd, Lewis Kinvig and John ‘Butch’ Tent. More recent Cents graduates Reese Willcox and Sean Maktaak were also on hand. Willcox, an NHL draft pick of the Philadelphia Flyers, is currently playing hockey at Cornell University in the States, while Maktaak will suit up for the Thompson Rivers University Wolfpack in Kamloops in September. Sacharuk said the level of support for the
Classic from local businesses and organizations was incredible. “One of the things that truly made the event work was the genius of Jerry Sanders. He came up with the idea of a cocktail party/ tapas concept rather than a more formal, sitdown banquet. It was a huge hit. Everybody got to mingle and circulate.” Sacharuk said the feedback following has been all positive. “I’ve had absolutely zero negative comments. In fact, I’ve received phone calls and emails from all over thanking the Centennials and Sagebrush for putting this first-class event on.”
MERRITT CENTENNIALS SAGEBRUSH GOLF CLASSIC Top Team 4-Ball Scores 59
Shayne Corday Scott Marshall
Reed Pettinger Ryan Lee
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Derek Mobbs Josh Yurkowski
Cole Yurkowski Tom Harrington
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Keith Pearson Jordan Pehr
Justin Surine Kyle Kerr
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Kerry Bloom John Porada
Lewis Kinvig Tim Hansen
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Cory Kane Don Tourand
Ken Tourand Jake Tourand
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Brian Barrett John Tent
Bill Muckalt Cal payne
Longest Drive Reese Willcox KP - Closet to the Pin Ryan Lee Putting Competition The pre- and post-party at the Merritt Centennials Golf Classic took place at the Sagebrush Golf and Sporting Club’s magnificent condo development located adjacent to the award-winning 18-hole course. Ian Webster/Herald
One-time Merritt Centennials coach and current director of hockey operations Brian Barrett (far left) with former Cents players Bill Muckalt, Lewis Kinvig and John ‘Butch’ Tent. Ian Webster/Herald
Thank You! Special Thank You
to Sagebrush Golf & Sporting Club and all their staff for helping host such a successful event.
Doug Jarvos
T The Merritt Centennials would like to thank the following businesses for ttheir contributions in helping to make the Merritt Centennials Golf Classic 2013 held at Sage Brush Golf & Sporting Club a huge success. 2 • Denis at Coyote Collision • Tracker Sportswear • Steve Rose - RP Cebriy Ltd. • Nadina Logging • Jill Rose - Quilchena Hotel • Bridal Falls • Carnivore Catering • Murray GM • Merritt Centennial Booster Club and players • Nicola Motorsports • Coldwater Hotel • Home Hardware - Home Installs • Paul Kruse • Merritt Desert Inn • Ian Webster • Coast Wholesale • Vancouver Canucks Appliance - Kelowna Branch • Corbett Lake Lodge • Merritt Marketing • Aspen Planers • Art by Libby Dybikowski • Second Avenue Signs • JJ Gillis House • Rediscovered Wood Floor Company Ltd • Eldorado Hotel - Kelowna • Super Save Gas - Merritt • Harvest Golf Club - Kelowna • Etelka and the staff at the • Tonics Pub & Grill - Kelowna Merritt & District Chamber of Commerce • All participants (golfers) • City Furniture - Merritt • Dr’s EyeCare We apologize to those we have missed • JS Sports and extend sincere thanks. • Merritt Printing
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Centennials’ training camp hitting its stride By Ian Webster THE HERALD
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Head coach Luke Pierce has gone on record saying that he wants this year’s Merritt Centennials team to be much more offensiveminded and to just plain score more goals. If Tuesday night’s Team White versus Team Red scrimmage is any indication, Pierce and assistant coach Joe Martin are right on track with their recruiting. Training camp rookies netted seven of 14 goals in the full-length, high-tempo contest that saw White defeat Red 8-6. Leading the charge for the Cents ‘wannabes’ was 17-year-old Rhett Willcox, younger brother of former Merritt defenceman Reese Willcox, who was drafted by the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers
and currently attends Cornell University. The junior Willcox showed plently of flash, dash and feistiness in bagging two goals for the losing side. Other rookie scorers were Dylan Bowen, Gavin Gould, Reid Brown, Adam Tracey and local minor hockey product Nolan Prowal. The Centennials’ 11 returning players and two off-season acquisitions looked none too shabby in their own right. Jeff Wight and Scotty Patterson each scored a pair of goals, while Bennett Huber, Sam Johnson and James Neil added one apiece. “There were some real nice goals,” Pierce said after the game. “A lot of our veteran guys came ready to play, but some of the young guys played well, too.” Despite the game being a high-scoring
affair, both returnee Russell Sanderson and newcomer Devin Kero (whose goalie sticks went AWOL and finally showed up just before game time) put in strong performances between the pipes. “He’s quite athletic and mobile,” Pierce said in reference to Kero, who hails from Houghton, Michigan. New blueliners who caught people’s attention were former Trail Smoke Eater Shane Poulsen (acquired in a summertime trade that saw Brendan Lamont go to the Smokies) and Californian Wayland Williams. “[Williams] is a good skater and covers a lot of ice,” Martin said. Up front, it was a pair of number 10s — Willcox and Gould — who raised the most eyebrows, along with Patterson, Wight and Neil. The latter was
picked up from the Powell River Kings in August for future considerations. Tuesday’s opening skirmish (the same two teams played each other last night after the Merritt Herald went to press) showcased very little hitting, although the Cents’ resident ‘grit and sandpaper’ act of forward Payton Schaefer and defenceman John Sanders did manage to get into it once or twice. Expected to arrive at the Cents’ training camp before the end of the week is 19-year-old D’man Jake Clifford. The native of Chicago, Ill., who was driving himself to Merritt, had to layover in Medicine Hat for a few days and have his appendix removed. “Jake wasn’t feeling very well, and stopped at a care centre in the Hat,” Pierce said. “They
referred him to a hospital where they determined that he needed surgery. He wound up staying in Medicine Hat for a few days to rest up, under the care of the Medicine Hat Tigers’ billet coordinator.” Pierce hopes that Clifford will be able to hit the ice in time for the Cents’ two games at the BCHL Showcase, slated for Sept. 6 and 8 in Chilliwack. “Generally, a person is out three to four weeks,” Pierce said, “but it depends on your conditioning and fitness level. Jake is in phenomenal shape, so he might be ready earlier.” Pierce and Martin are expecting to have their training camp number down to around 32 players (from 41) before the team’s first exhibition game against the Salmon Arm Silverbacks on Thursday, and close to
Defenceman Wayland Williams from California has looked impressive in the early going at the Merritt Centennials training camp. The team plays its first exhibition game on Thursday at 7 p.m. against the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. Ian Webster/Herald
23-24 players following Sunday’s second preseason tilt against the Spruce Kings in Prince George. Thursday’s homeice ex-game, as well as
those on Aug. 30 and 31, cost $5. Current season ticket holders get into all exhibition games free. A list of season ticket-holder names will be at the door.
Otters close out successful swim season with strong showing at provincials By Ian Webster THE HERALD
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The Merritt Otters did extremely well at the BCSSA provincial championships on the weekend. The 11-member team, coached by Gia Bogetti and Kristine Lawson, picked up a total of 10 top-eight finishes at the three-day competition held at the Spani Outdoor Pool in Coquitlam. Leading the way for the Otters were veteran swimmers Taylor Carmichael and Bianca Cavaliere. Despite ‘aging up’ this year into new divisions, both competitors performed extremely well in their individual events, and made positive contributions to their Merritt and regional relay teams. Carmichael capped off her summer-swimming career with fourthand sixth-place finishes in her specialties (the 50-metre and 100-metre butterfly events), as well as sixth-place and eighthplace finishes in the 100metre freestyle and 200metre individual medley
races respectively. This fall, Carmichael plans to make the next step up in her aquatic career by swimming year round with the Kamloops Classics Swim Club. Cavaliere had quite a weekend in Coquitlam too, placing in the top eight in three of her four individual events, while setting numerous personal bests and new Otters club records in the process. Cavaliere finished fifth in her 50-metre freestyle race, sixth in the 100metre freestyle event and seventh in the 50-metre butterfly competition. The Otters had three relay teams entered at the provincials. The Division 1 team of Paige Asselstine, Miranda Cavaliere, Ashley Cavaliere and Avery Warren placed seventh in the girls 200metre freestyle relay, and 10th in the girls 200metre medley relay. The Division 6 team of Carmichael, Haley Zabek, Sumeeti Chhabra and Jamie Neill placed 10th in their 200-metre freestyle relay event.
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POOL PARTY (Above) Bianca Cavaliere competes in the 50-metre freestyle event at the BCSSA provincial championships in Coquitlam on the weekend. She finished fifth overall in the final. The 11-year-old Merritt Otters swimmer picked up four top-eight finishes at the championships while setting several club records at the same time.
Winston
St. Bernard. Winston is a young, neutered male. He needs to learn to trust and love. He is not yet available but inquiries are welcomed.
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Shepherd Cross, spayed female. She is loving, gentle, best suited to an acreage setting where she can be a home body. She does not like to be confined, will not wander, would like a canine pal and would do best outdoors.
Donations desperately needed for spay and neuter services. Donations can be to made to The Angel’s Animal Rescue Society at The Interior Savings Credit Union, Account #1193739.
(Top) The Merritt Otters Division 1 girls 200-metre freestyle relay team of (from left) Paige Asselstine, Miranda Cavaliere, Ashley Cavaliere and Avery Warren finished seventh at the provincial meet. (Upper left) The Otters Division 6 girls 200-metre freestyle relay team of (from left) Taylor Carmichael, Haley Zabek, Sumeeti Chhabra and Jamie Neill finished 11th at the BCSSA championships. Photos courtesy of Michelle Zabek
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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE NICOLA VALLEY Have an event we should know about? Tell us by calling 250-378-4241 or emailing production@merrittherald.com MUSIC IN THE PARK Saturdays, 2 - 5 p.m. at the Rotary Park bandshell. Aug. 24. Bring your lawn chairs or blanket, and a snack. Enjoy the best music that Merritt has to offer.
dinner fundraiser at the Hitch N’ Post restaurant on Saturday, Sept. 14. Please call Shirley for more info. at 250-378-6386. All proceeds going toward community hall upgrades.
THE FLORENTINE The Florentine is having a Silver Fox Tea on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Proceeds will go toward the Terry Fox Foundation. Basket raffle and donation at the door. Come out and enjoy some lovely goodies and help support the Terry Fox Foundation. For more info. call: 250-378-5300
COURTHOUSE GALLERY New show running until Aug. 30. Talking to Strangers by Bill Edmonds. This show examines anonymity and the release of personal information on the web through a series of portraits based on images and texts sent to the artist by complete strangers via e-mail after conversations via social media sites. Gallery is open Thursdays 4 - 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Noon to 6 p.m. 1840 Nicola Ave.
LOWER NICOLA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION The Lower Nicola Community Association is holding a steak
ROD & GUN CLUB Archery Shoot every Tuesday from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the Rod & Gun Club. Contact BJ Moore at 250-2800304 for more info. NEWBARK RESCUE Newbark Rescue & Rehoming Merritt Branch, are always are looking for foster families. If you would like to help by fostering a fur-kid, until they find a fur-ever home, please contact Margie at newbark_rescue@ hotmail.com.
Square). If you are an adult living with mental illness and want a safe, friendly environment to make new friends and try out new activities then please leave your first name only and your return number in a message to CMHA 250378-5660. We will be happy to return your call and provide you with information on how you can become a member of the clubhouse.
24U Peer support group for women who suffer from depression, anxiety, or other mood disorders. Meeting Tuesdays at 2 p.m. at the Hospice Society, Rm.12, 2025 Granite Ave. For more info. call Sue 250-378-2717 or Bonnie 250-3150179. All women welcome. SOUP BOWL The Soup Bowl is open Tuesdays from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Anglican Church Hall at 1990 Chapman St.
NV REMOTE CONTROL FLYERS We are starting a new club in town for flying model aircraft. We fly at various locations around town. New members welcome. For more info, call Jack 250-378-4371.
CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION CMHA--Merritt Clubhouse staff are pleased to announce the reopening of the clubhouse at it`s new location, The Fireside Center, 2026 Granite Ave. (next to Spirit
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Merritt Baptist Church 2499 Coutlee Ave. (Corner of Coutlee and Orme) • 250-378-2464 Service Time/ Sunday School: Sunday 10:30 a.m.
Merritt Lutheran Fellowship in St. Michael's Church • 250-378-9899 Service Time: 3rd Sunday each month 1:00 p.m.
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Nicola Valley Evangelical Free Church 1950 Maxwell St. • 250-378-9502 Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m.
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Sacred Heart Catholic Church Corner of Jackson & Blair • 250-378-2919 Mass Time: Sundays 9:00 a.m.
Brownies Thursdays 5:30 - 7 p.m. Central School - 250-3788310 Canadian Diabetes Association Once a month, 7 - 9 p.m. Trinity United Church Hall. Call Eva 250-378-2897 or Gerry at 250-378-3716 CMHA - Merritt Clubhouse Fireside Center 2026 Granite Ave. Wed/Fri 9 am - 2:30 pm Shirley 250-378-5660 Central School Pac First Tuesday 7 p.m. Lunchroom - 250-378-4892 Celebrate Recovery Mondays 7 p.m. New Life Fellowship, 1938 Quilchena Ave. 250-3784534 Community Choir Mondays 7 p.m. Fall to Spring Collettville Elementary 250-378-9899 Court Whist - Fun Game Wednesdays 7 p.m. at the Seniors Centre 250-378-2776
Drop-In Soccer Tuesdays & Thursdays: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Girls & Boys 16+ welcome 250-378-2530 Drop-In Volleyball Mondays 7 - 9 p.m. CMS. 250-378-6212. Guides Mondays 5:30 -7:00 p.m. Central School - 250-9368298 Ladies’ Curling League Wednesdays 6 & 8 p.m. Call 250-378- 8175 or 250-378-4917 Living With Loss Support Group Wednesdays 7 to 8:45 p.m. 2025 Granite Ave. 250-280-4040 Merritt Curling Club For League Information 250-378-4423 Merritt Duplicate Bridge Club Tuesdays 7 p.m. Seniors’ Centre 250-378-5550 Merritt Elks Lodge Clubs Second & Fourth Wednesday 8 p.m. Elks Hall 250-3789788
Merritt Lawn Bowling Sun., Tues., & Thurs. at 7 p.m. 250-378-2950 Merritt Lions Club First & Third Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Best Western - Han’s Golden Wok 250-378-9509 Merritt Moms Prenatal Post Natal Support group. Monday - Friday - 8:30 a.m. 250-378-2252 Merritt Mountain Biking Assoc. Wednesdays 6 p.m. - ride E: merrittbiking@yahoo.ca T: #merrittbiking Navy League Cadets of Canada Wednesdays 6 - 9 p.m. Cadet Hall - Ages 9-13 welcome 250-280-6944 Merritt Snowmobile Club Second Tuesday 7 p.m. Civic Centre 250-315-1082 Merritt’s Women in Business Second Wednesday 5:30 7:30 p.m. Merritt Desert Inn 250-315-5851 Nicola Naturalist Society Third Thursday - 7:00 p.m. NVIT. www.nicolanaturalists.ca
Nicola Valley Better Breathers Third Wednesdays 1 p.m. Trinity United - 250-378-6266 N.V. 4-H Club Second Tuesday - 6:30 p.m. Central School - 250-3785028 N.V. Community Band Tuesdays 7 p.m - MSS Music Room 250-378-5031 or 250-378-9894 N.V. Dirt Riders Association Last Wednesday 7 p.m. Garden Sushi - Scott: 250-3783502 www.nvdra.com N.V. Fall Fair Third Monday 7 p.m. 2145 Quilchena Ave. 250-378-5925 N.V. Fish & Game (except July and Aug.) Third Wednesday 7 p.m. 2236 Jackson Ave. 250-378-4572 or 250-378-4904 N.V. Heritage Society Last Wednesday - Baillie House 250-378-0349 N.V. Quilters Guild First & Third Thursdays Civic Centre 7 p.m. 250-378-4172
N.V. Search & Rescue Second Monday 7 p.m. at the airport - 250-378-6769 N.V. Thrift Store First Tuesday NVGH basement 250-378-9100 N.V. Women’s Institute Second Wednesday 1:30 p.m. For locations, 250-378-2536 One Way Krew Youth Group Tuesdays 7 - 8:30 p.m. Crossroads Community Church - 250-378-2911 Pathfinders Thursdays 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Central School 250-936-8298 Patricia Rebekah Lodge Second & Fourth Mondays at 7 p.m. Lawn Bowling Club Rocky Mnt. Rangers Cadets Tuesdays 6 p.m. 250-3781302 or 250-572-3775 Royal Canadian Legion #96 Executive Mtg. Second Thursday 6 p.m. Regular Mtg. Fourth Thursday 7 p.m. 1940 Quilchena 250-378-5631
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Seventh Day Adventist Church 2190 Granite Ave. • 250-378-4061 Service Time: Saturdays 11:00 a.m.
St. Michael’s Anglican Church 1990 Chapman St. • 250-378-3772 Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m.
Trinity United Church Corner of Quilchena & Chapman • 250-378-5735 Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m. Royal Purple First & Third Mondays 1:30 p.m. - Downstairs @ Elks Hall 250-378-9788 Rotary Club of Merritt Every Thursday - Noon Brambles Bakery Cafe. 250-378-5535 Rotary Club of Merritt Sunrise Every Tuesday - 7 a.m. Brambles Bakery Seniors’ Mixed Curling Mondays & Tuesdays 1 - 3 p.m. 250-378-5539 Sparks Mondays 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Central School - 250-378-8310 Teen Centre Mondays & Fridays 3:30 - 7:30 p.m.
250-378-4878 Toastmasters Club 3929 Tuesdays 5 p.m. at the Merritt Library 250-378-5855 24U Tuesdays 2 p.m. at the Hospice Society - Sue 250-378-2717 or Bonnie 250-315-0179 Valley Visual Artists General club information Fran McMurchy 250-378-4230 Vintage Car Club - Merritt Second Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Ska-Lu-La Workshop Al - 250-378-7402 Ted - 250378-4195
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Lost keys - black Kelowna Nissan key fob. Lost in Bench (gasoline alley area). Please drop off at the Merritt Herald.
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Missing - black cat in the Diamondvale area. Answers to the name Suze, has tattoo, phone 250-378-2122
Employment Drivers/Courier/ Trucking Required immediately experienced Class 1 US drivers only. Must have US experience. We supply assigned trucks, company phones, US Medical, all picks and drops paid. Please fax resume with current clean abstract to 250-546-0600. No phone calls please. SUTCO Contracting Ltd. requires experienced flat-bed highway drivers. Min. 2 yrs exp. hwy/mtn driving, loading and tarping. New equipment, satellite dispatch, e-logs, extended benefits & pension plan. CANADA ONLY runs avail. Min. commitment of 24 days out/10,000 miles per month required. www.sutco.ca fax: 250-357-2009 Enquiries: 1-888-357-2612 Ext: 230
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Help Wanted QUEEN INDIA FOOD 2 GO at 3683 Dewolf Way Merritt B.C is currently looking for a FULL TIME, PERMANENT ETHNIC INDIAN FOOD COOK having specialization in cooking and preparing complete range of Indian style food including curries, veggie dishes and other traditional dishes. Salary $ 12.00/Hour. Applicant must have 3 years of experience. Room and board provided. Apply at queenindiafood@ hotmail.com An Alberta Oilfield Company is hiring dozer and excavator operators. Lodging and meals provided. Drug testing required. Call (780)723-5051 Edson, Alta. Experienced Skidder operator wanted for work in the Merritt area. 250-667-3734
Joan Webster (Meadows) December 23, 1938 - February 18, 2013
Joan passed away quietly surrounded by loving family inside the wonderful care of Orchard Haven in Keremeos.
A Mother’s Love is Forever, Nothing Can Take it from You. For it Lives in Your Heart, And Your Memories, And is Part of All That You Do. Lana, Linda, Wes and Laura On A August 31, 2013 at 11:00 am, the final goodbyes will be held at Lindley Creek Ranch db in Merritt, BC. refreshments to follow.
Douglas Vaughan SHUTER Sept. 09,1934 - July 31, 2013
It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Douglas Vaughan Shuter on Wednesday, July 31, 2013. Doug was the pillar of his people at the Lower Nicola Indian Band. He was a journeyman carpenter who was a master of his trade. The crew that he worked with had many cherished memories at break times. Doug was an avid hunter, Àsherman and loved to iceÀsh in the winter, along with berry and mushroom picking during the summer seasons. His favourite pastimes were going to the bar to play casino, poker, cards, Keno tickets and bingo. He is survived by his partner Jane Caprian; his four surviving children George Shuter, Winona Swakum (Kelly Whitecap), Celena Terrell, and step-son August Caprian (Bonnie). A loving grandfather to Peter Veitch, Don Christopher, Andrea Rain, Zabre Eden; and two step-grandchildren Otter Caprian-Bent and Cherokee Bent. Also left to mourn Doug are his siblings Betty Jurak (George Jurak, deceased), Robin Coutlee, Grant (Tina) Coutlee, Sandra CoutleeSaddleman (Albert Saddleman, deceased), Wendy Coutlee, Cheryl Moore; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins in Zoht and Springs. Doug is predeceased by sons Timothy Duane Shuter, Wade Douglas Arrow Shuter; his mother Mary (nee Shuter) Coutlee; siblings Baby Robert Coutlee, Owen Floyd Coutlee and Margaret Coutlee-Combes. Doug’s ashes will be spread on the Boston Bar trail. Doug will be missed by family and friends from all directions in life from Arizona to Northern BC and was greatly known from all walks in life. The family would like to thank Harold Joe, Amelia Washington, Joanne Lafferty, Arnold Lampeau, Paul and Leonard Joe, Sharon and Dave Antoine and Pastor Dan Whitehead. Also, to Jimmy Toodlican and many others I may have forgotten in our time of sadness. Special thanks to the community for their kindness, care and support for my dad, Doug.
Obituaries
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Hospice Society Helping Children with Funerals and Grieving
We have a number of books and brochures to assist you in helping children understand and express their feelings. Visit our Library Tues. 9 a.m. - Noon
c/o 3451 Voght St., Merritt, B.C. V1K 1C6 Contact: 250-280-4040
Shane
McNeely
December 1, 1963 - August 12, 2013
Shane died suddenly in Maple Ridge at the age of 49. He is survived by his mother Betty McNeely; sisters Debbie (Bill) Walls and Myrna (Ron) Griep; his aunt Myrna (Tom) Bakula; his uncle Russell (Mary) Hackman; nieces Adrianna Griep, Ashley McNeely, Christina McNeely (& her son Justice); nephews Zachary Griep and Glenn McNeely; cousins Dean and Ken Hackman, Rick, Dale, Joan and Gerry Klassen. Funeral arrangements & internment in Vancouver, BC
George Preston
Swayze
December 7, 1964 - August 9, 2013
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of George Swayze, 48. George was predeceased by his mom, Gail Wray and brother, Shayne. He leaves to mourn; his son’s George Jr. and Preston; father George Sr.; brothers Don, Les (Crystal), Robert Wray (Corinne), Jason Wray (Tabitha), and many other family and friends. A celebration of George’s life will be held August 31 at 11:00 am at the legion.
George will be greatly missed and forever loved.
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Thank You! We would like to extend our thanks to Dr. Smit and the nursing staff at the Nicola Valley Hospital who tended to our mother and wife during her recent lengthy illness. Debbie Lucyk, Morris and Blaine Schleibinger, Bill Cameron.
Thank You! We would like to thank the entire staff at Coquihalla-Gillis House for the wonderful care our mother and wife received while in residence there. The atmosphere is welcoming, the staff is friendly and the care is superb. Kudos to you all for creating a warm environment and a sense of community. Debbie Lucyk, Morris and Blaine Schleibinger, Bill Cameron.
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HOUSEKEEPER: Must be able to work flexible hours. Apply in person with resume to 3571 Voght St. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. Merritt, B.C. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Looking for a new career? How about a secure and steady job with Home Hardware Merritt! We offer a clean and safe work environment in a motivating and fun atmosphere with a competitive salary and benefits program. We are seeking employees for the following positions and qualifications: INVENTORY CONTROL 35 hours per week -Tuesday to Saturday • Experience in Inventory Control • Efficient Computer Skill • Customer service • Proficient Math skills • Physically Fit Join the team by emailing your resume, cover letter and references to Peter Moyes at:
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Employment Opportunity VSA Highway Maintenance Ltd. is now accepting applications for Professional Drivers to operate snowplowing equipment with an assortment of attachments for the upcoming 2013 / 2014 winter season. VSA provides highway maintenance services in Merritt, Logan Lake, Lytton and surrounding areas (Service Area 14). A valid BC Driver’s License, Class 1, 3 or 5 with Air is required. Bunkhouse available for Operators at our Coldwater Yard. Resumes including driver’s abstracts may be mailed, faxed or delivered by September 6, 2013. Attention: Jay Shumaker VSA Highway Maintenance 2925 Pooley Avenue, Merritt, BC V1K 1C2 (250) 315-0169 (fax)
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RELIEF POSITIONS School District No. 58 (Nicola-Similkameen) is accepting applications for the following relief positions, which will be kept on file for 6-months: Relief Janitor: Applicants are required to have a minimum Grade 10 education and a valid BC Driver’s License. Job Code #122391. Relief Bus Driver: Successful applicants will be required to have a Class 2 or higher license with air, a minimum Grade 10 education and six months to one year commercial driving experience or equivalent combination of training and experience. Preference will be given to those with bus driving experience. Drivers will also be required to provide a Driver’s Abstract. Job Code #122390.
August 20, 2013 Applications are now being accepted for apartments, suites and houses. Many assorted units coming available.
1 bdrm Apt $575. Incl Heat, laundry on site Bachelor suite. $575 plus gas. 2 bdrm duplex. $700 plus utilities. 2 bdrm duplex. $750 plus utilities. 3 bdrm duplex. $900 plus utilities. 2 bdrm in fourplex. $750 plus hydro.
Relief CEA: Applicants for relief Certified Education Assistants will work with special needs student(s) in various schools in the District. Qualification requirements will vary subject to the needs of the student(s). Job Code #514834.
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All positions are on-call positions. Salary and benefits will be in accordance with the C.U.P.E. Local 847 Collective Agreement. Application forms are available at the School Board Office, 1550 Chapman Street, Merritt, BC, Princeton Secondary School, 201 Old Merritt Road, Princeton, BC, or on-line at www.sd58.bc.ca click on Jobs/Support Positions/Job Postings, and enter the Job Code. Applications, including a detailed resume with a minimum of three references will be accepted until September 6, 2013. Please forward to: Attn: Secretary Treasurer School District No. 58 (Nicola-Similkameen) P.O. Box 4100, 1550 Chapman St. Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 Fax: (250) 378-6263 Only those applicants being interviewed will be contacted.
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Nicola-Canford construction on schedule By Emily Wessel THE HERALD
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Construction is moving ahead at Nicola-Canford Elementary School in Lower Nicola, starting with the demolition of two wings of the school. The construction project will see 10 classrooms replaced with eight modulars to upgrade the deteriorating former building. School District 58 superintendent Bob Peacock said construction crews are into their cleanup phase at the site right now and expect to start pouring foundations as early as next week. “The last week of August is when the contract should be let for the construction portion of it,” he said. “I’m hoping for the end of August that we can get the foundations in before
Two wings of Lower Nicola’s Nicola-Canford Elementary School have been demolished and construction on the new modular classrooms is slated to begin next week. Emily Wessel/Herald
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Grad rates keep climbing at MSS By Michael Potestio THE HERALD
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Another school year is about to begin in Merritt, and as each grade welcomes new faces, School District 58 hopes to continue to see many of the same ones moving on to each new grade level. Superintendent for School District 58 Bob Peacock and vice-superintendent Stephen McNiven sat down with the Herald to share some of their statistics and their focus in the district for the coming school year. The statistics show School District 58’s six-year completion rate continues to rise gradually. That statistic measures the percentage of students who start high school in Grade 8 and go on to complete high school within six years. McNiven said completion rates and rates of transition from one grade to the next have been their focus in the district. He said that focus
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has translated to increasing completion rates. Between 2007-08 and 2011-12, the six-year completion rate percentage has gone from 53 to 65.9 per cent, dropping from 68 per cent in 2010 to 64.2 in 2011 along the way. McNiven said the last three years have given the district some of their best completion rates as they held steady in the mid- to high-60s. “The good news in here is we’ve seen a big increase in the aboriginal student completion rate,”McNiven said. In 2008-09, the aboriginal student completion rate was 37.4 per cent in the district, but since then, it’s made a steady incline to 56 per cent in 2011-12. “We were alarmed in 08-09 at 37 per cent, and rightly so,” McNiven said. “We’ve seen that [percentage] grow every year.” He said the district is also seeing a rise in special needs
‘If you asked a student what makes the biggest difference — and I know it’s a no-brainer — but it’s the person standing at the front of the classroom.’ — SCHOOL DISTRICT 58’S STEPHEN MCNIVEN
students’ completion rates, which improved from 27.3 per cent in 2007-08 to 35.2 per cent in 2011-12, dipping and rising slightly in the between those years. Peacock said SD58’s goal is to have a student completion rate of 70 per cent, which the district has been just shy of, and to continually improve that rate. The provincial average is about 78 per cent, Peacock said. The transition between Grades 9 and 10 sees a high number of dropouts in the district, Peacock said. “The number of kids that we lose in the system going into Grade 9 and Grade 10
[is] higher than we’d like,” Peacock said. Though he doesn’t have exact numbers, McNiven estimates about 30 per cent of SD58 students hit barriers in their studies between Grades 9 and 11 and struggle to finish school. He said students will sometimes leave the school system and return to finish in different programs or take longer than the six-year window to complete high school. He also told the Herald it’s important not to shoulder the blame on the secondary schools as often the students who drop out require help while in elementary school.
Peacock said the district hones in on the six-year completion rates as an area of concern because their statistics show once a student makes it to Grade 12, he or she is likely to graduate. The district’s percentage of graduates grew from 91 per cent in 2007-08 to 97 per cent in 2011-12. The number of honours graduates increased from 24 per cent to 33 per cent in that time as well. McNiven said when it comes to engaging students, it’s important to personalize their education. Examples of that in this district include project-based learning activities, independent directed studies at Merritt Secondary School or the Aboriginal Academy, which focuses on hands-on activities and culture, McNiven said. “Technology is an example in our district, and it’s not the end-all, be-all, but it’s a tool that we’re using to help keep students engaged and help with their learn-
ing,” McNiven said Peacock said many teachers at schools around the district are now using iPads in their classrooms. Peacock said they’re another teaching tool that allows teachers some differentiated form of instruction and keeps kids attentive. At the end of the day, a passionate teacher is the most important when it comes to student engagement, McNiven said. “If you asked a student what makes the biggest difference — and I know it’s a no-brainer — but it’s the person at the front of the classroom. If they’re passionate about what they’re teaching and what they’re doing, then they’re going to take the most reluctant learner and turn him into somebody who’s interested and engaged and wanting to do well,” McNiven said. McNiven said this year he expects to have many conversations on ways to build student engagement.
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2013 - 2014 STUDENT REGISTRATION ELEMENTARY STUDENT REGISTRATION For “NEW” Elementary school students, please register your child at the neighbourhood school in your location from Monday to Friday, August 26 - 30, 2013. Schools will be open from 9:00 – 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Call ahead to conÀrm. KINDERGARTEN: To register, a child must be 5 years of age, on or before December 31, 2013 and a birth certiÀcate, immunization record, and Care Card should be presented. Kindergarten starting dates will be arranged through the school. FRENCH IMMERSION: All students in this program attend Collettville Elementary School (grades K-7), and Merritt Secondary School (grades 8-12). . GRADE 8 - 12 MERRITT SECONDARY SCHOOL 250-378-5131 New Students register at the school from August 19 – August 23, 2013. Counsellors will be available and students are encouraged to call ahead to schedule an appointment. Please Note: On the Àrst day of school (Sept. 3rd) Merritt Secondary School Grade 8 students are at school the full day. SCHOOL OPENING: Tuesday, September 3, 2013 – Adjusted hours: 10:00 a.m. – noon. BUS STUDENTS: Please check the School Bus Schedule and with your school for busing information. Tuesday, September 3, 2013 ONLY: Busses will pick up students one hourr LATER in the morning and return students beginning at noon. Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - Buses begin the regular schedule.
MERRITT SCHOOL BUS SCHEDULE 2013 - 2014 BUS NO. A6580 AM 7:18 7:27 7:28 7:33
DOUGLAS LAKE
PM Home Ranch (2664 Home Ranch Lane) 4:36 4:15 9404 Minnie Lake Rd (Reserve #1) Dennison (9451 Spahomin Cr. Rd) 4:18 McRae Turnaround (9511 Spahomin Cr. Rd) 4:21 4:13 9404 Minnie Lake Rd (Reserve #2) 9310 Douglas Lk. Rd. (across from Alexander Rd.) 4:09 Corral Road 4:04 Quilchena Home Ranch (7201 Douglas Lk. Rd) 3:56 7099 Douglas Lake Road 3:55 Tom (Hillside Road) 3:54 Lindley’s (6977 Douglas Lk. Rd) 3:52 Merritt Secondary 3:26 Merritt Central Elementary 3:21 3009 Ponderosa & Sunny View (p.m. only) 3:36 1060 Hwy 5A (Joeyaska Rd p.m. only) 3:35 Sterling Road (p.m. only) 3:34 Merritt Bench Elementary 3:16 Nicola-Canford Town 3:08 Collettville Elementary 3:00
7:35 7:36 7:40 7:53 7:53 7:54 7:56 8:20 8:15 8:31 8:20 8:40
BUS NO. A8580
SCHOOL CALENDAR 2013 - 2014
Days in Session 191 - Number of Non-Instructional Days 6 August 26 – 27, 2013
Mon. – Tue.
Summer Institute (Summer Professional Development Days)
August 28, 2013
Wednesday
School Based Sessions (Summer Professional Development Days)
September 3, 2013
Tuesday
SCHOOL OPENING. School hours 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon. (Bus schedule to be adjusted for the Àrst day of school.)
October 14, 2013
Monday
Thanksgiving Day.
October 25, 2013
Friday
Non-Instructional Day.
November 8, 2013
Friday
Princeton Secondary First Term Report Cards go home.
November 11, 2013
Monday
Remembrance Day Statutory Holiday.
November 15, 2013
Friday
Merritt Seconday First Term Report Cards go home.
November 22, 2013
Friday
Merritt & Princeton Elementary report cards go home.
November 26-27, 2013
Tue. – Wed.
All Schools – Shortened day for parent/teacher interviews. (Schools closed 1 hour early each day).
December 20, 2013
Friday
Last day of school before Winter Break.
Dec. 24-Jan. 3, 2014 January 6, 2014
Winter Break. Monday
SCHOOLS REOPEN.
Jan. 27-31, 2014
Mon. – Fri.
Provincial Exams Secondary Schools. (Days to vary per secondary school).
February 7, 2014
Friday
Princeton & Merritt Secondary Report Cards go home.
February 10, 2014
Monday
FAMILY DAY.
February 21, 2014
Friday
Non-Instructional Day.
March 4-5, 2014
Tues.-Wed.
Merritt – Shortened day for parent/teacher interviews. (Schools closed 1 hour early each day)
March 7, 2014
Friday
Merritt & Princeton Elementary Report Cards go home
March 11-12, 2013
Tues.-Wed.
Princeton-Shortened day for parent/teacher interviews. (schools closed 1 hour early each day)
March 14, 2014
Friday
Last day of school before Spring Break.
March 17-21, 2014
Mon. – Fri.
SPRING BREAK
March 24-28, 2014
Mon. – Fri.
In-lieu Non-Instructional Days.(schools are closed)
March 31, 2014
Monday
Schools reopen after the break.
April 18, 2014
Friday
Good Friday
April 21, 2014
Monday
Easter Monday
April 25, 2014
Friday
Merritt and Princeton Secondary School Third Term report cards go home.
May 19, 2014
Monday
Victoria Day Provincial Exams Secondary Schools. (Days to vary per secondary school)
June 16-20 & June 23-26, 2014 June 25 - 26, 2014
Year End Report Cards go home.
June 26, 2014
Thursday
Last day of classes.
June 27, 2014
Friday
ADMINISTRATION DAY - SCHOOLS CLOSED
SCHOOL PHONE NUMBERS • Collettville
Elementary ................................ 250-378-2230 • Diamond Vale Elementary ........................ 250-378-2514 • Merritt Bench Elementary .......................... 250-378-2528 • Nicola - Canford Elementary .................... 250-378-2172 • Merritt Central Elementary ......................... 250-378-9931 • Merritt Secondary School ......................... 250-378-5131 The StrongStart Early Learning Centres
• Diamond Vale Elementary School • Merritt Central Elementary School • **Nicola-Canford Elementary School ** for this school year the Nicola-Canford StrongStart Program will be located at Coquihalla Middle School in Merritt as NC school will be undergoing renovations.
StrongStart is a free, school based, drop-in early learning program for children from birth to 5 years old and their parents, grandparents or caregivers. Together they share learning experiences and social interactions with other children and adults in a positive and open-ended play environment. Start up date: September 9, 2013.
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7:24 7:26 7:28
Community Hall (4943 Hwy 8) Shackan Road Chief Anthony Joe Bridge
4:16 4:09
7:32 7:35 7:42 7:44 7:52 7:54 7:55 7:59 8:02 8:07 8:09 8:10 8:18 8:25
FX Ranch Road (4150 Hwy 8) Dot Ranch Rd. West 3178 Highway 8 2795 Highway 8 Sunshine Valley #2 (W) (Spius Hatchery) Willagoose Road 2241 Thompson Hitchin Post Marshall Road Lower Nicola Trailer Park (254 Hwy 8) Firehall (226 Hwy 8) Band OfÀce (181 Hwy 8) Nicola-Canford Town Merritt Secondary School
8:30
Collettville (a.m. only)
(Cottonwood Lane)
4:07 4:02 4:00 3:54 3:50 3:45 3:43 3:42 3:32 3:30 3:29 3:23 3:20 3:00 3:10
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BUS NO. 5580 NICOLA LAKE/QUILCHENA AM PM 7:48 Quilchena Reserve 3:55 7:50 Lake View Store 3:53 7:51 Saddleman Road 3:52 7:52 Lindley’s (by Douglas Lake turnoff) 3:50 7:55 Huber(6697) 3:48 7:57 Quilchena Store (6520) 3:46 8:08 Nicola Ranch 3:36 8:20 Merritt Secondary (front a.m./back p.m.)3:20 8:25 Merritt Central Elementary 3:08 Collettville Elementary 3:00 BUS NO. AM 7:45 7:46 7:48 7:49 7:52 7:54 7:58 8:02 8:10 8:11 8:12 8:13 8:14 8:15 8:20 8:25 8:30
3580
MAMIT LAKE PM Rey Creek Ranch (8815) 4:02 Mamit Lake Trailer Park (9256) 3:57 9311 Mamit Lake Road 3:56 Lund’s Driveway 3:54 9781 Mamit Lake Road 3:53 Beech Road 3:50 10681 Mamit Lake Road 3:48 Joe’s Driveway (4434) 3:44 6 Mile (3830) 3:40 Sam (131E) 3:29 Shuter Road (289 Hwy 8) 3:28 Springs 3:27 McMaster’s 3:26 Billwiller Road 3:25 Lions 3:24 Nicola-Canford Town 3:00 Merritt Central Elementary 3:05 Collettville Elementary 3:10 Merritt Secondary 3:15
BUS NO. 4580 AM 7:45 7:47 7:50 8:00 8:10 8:15 8:20 8:25 8:26 8:27 8:28 8:30 8:31 8:45 8:55
LOWER NICOLA - 2ND RUN
PM NC&CV ONLY Saskatoon & Coyote Pass 3:28 2924 Yap Skim 3:29 Kiesha Anderson 3:30 Mamit Lk Branch Rd & Horn 3:18 Nicola-Canford Town 3:08 MSS 3:48 CV students transfer to Bus #A6580 2nd Run-NC&CV ONLY NC&CV ONLY Turner &Aberdeen 3:31 Earnshaw & Aberdeen 3:32 Whinney 3:33 Corkle & Anderson 3:43 Corkle & Woodward 3:44 Smith & Dodding 3:55 Nicola-Canford Town 3:16 Collettville Elementary 3:08 1st Run-MSS/CV/NC
MSS ONLY 4:23 4:25 4:27 4:13 3:33 MSS ONLY 4:18 4:19 4:20 4:33 4:34 4:35 -
BUS NO. A1158
AM 7:30 7:40 7:42 7:46 7:47 7:51 7:52 7:54 7:58 8:05 8:08 8:13 8:15 8:16 8:17 8:00 8:27 8:30 BUS NO.
COLDWATER/KINGSVALE
PM Peterson Road 4:00 Patchet Road 3:45 Dumont 3:40 Reserve #1 3:35 Opie’s #2 3:32 Spahan 3:30 Victoria Bob 3:28 Barnes 3:26 Stewarts (a.m. only) Cool Quiet 894 3:22 Fox Farm Road 3:20 Sterling Road (a.m. only) 1060 Hwy 5A (a.m. only) Wilcox Road #57 (a.m. only) Ponderosa & Sunny View (a.m. only) MSS 3:13 Merritt Central Elementary 3:08 Collettville Elementary 3:00 A3581 PETIT CREEK
AM 7:46 7:48 7:49 7:50 7:57 7:59 8:01 8:03 8:05 8:08 8:09 8:21 8:26 8:30
PM Band OfÀce (2960 Shackelly Rd) Churchill Shackelly & Petit Creek Post Sunshine Valley #1 East Pierce’s Aberdeen Inn Earnshaw Whinney Corkle & Anderson Corkle & Woodward Nicola-Canford Town Merritt Secondary Collettville Elementary
3:50 3:49 3:48 3:47 3:38 3:37 3:27 3:28 3:29 3:32 3:33 3:00 3:12 -
TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE Families living beyond the regular school bus routes may be eligible for transportation assistance for the 2013/2014 school year and are asked to make application before October 11, 2013 regardless of whether transportation assistance was received in the past. Applications after this date will be approved as of the date the application is received, and will not be retroactive. Please note that parents of kindergarten students who are required to pick their child up or bring them to the school at lunchtime may also qualify. Transportation Assistance forms can be picked up at the School Board OfÀce in Merritt, 1550 Chapman Street. Parents are reminded that road/weather conditions may cause delays/cancellations to the regular bus run(s). In extreme circumstances, notice of delays will be announced over the local radio station and the school will attempt to contact parents by phone, in order that children do not wait extended time periods at a bus stop.
REGISTRATION OF HOME SCHOOL LEARNERS PARENT INFORMATION
The School Act states:
“A parent of a child who is required to enroll in an educational program under section 3 (Division 4 – Home Education) (a) may educate the child at home or elsewhere in accordance with this Division, and (b) must provide that child with an educational program.
Registration
A parent of a child who is required under the above section to provide the child with an educational program must register the child on or before September 30 in each year with (a) a school of the parent’s choice that is operating in British Columbia, (a.1) if the child is an eligible child, a school referred to in paragraph (a) or (c), or a francophone school of the parent’s choice that is operating in the francophone school district in which the parent resides, (a.2) if the child is an immigrant child, a school referred to in paragraph (a) or (c), or a francophone school of the parent’s choice that is operating in the francophone school district in which the parent resides but only if the francophone education authority responsible for that school permits the parent to register that child, or (b) REPEALED 2006-21-8, effective June 30/06 BC Reg 195/06 (c) an independent school operating in British Columbia.” To register or to obtain further information, telephone the school of your choice, or write to the Superintendent of Schools, The Board of Education of School District No. 58 (Nicola-Similkameen), Box 4100, Merritt, B.C., V1K 1B8.
Check our District website at: www.sd58.bc.ca or the Distance Education website at: www.scides.ca
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NVIT working on new programs By Michael Potestio THE HERALD
reporter@merrittherald.com
The Nicola Valley Institute of Technology is gearing up for another school year, but not just any one: this will be NVIT’s 30th. John Chenoweth, NVIT’s dean of community education and applied programs, said he’s excited about all the programs they’ll be running this fall and said the post-secondary school even has some plans in the works for other potential programs. NVIT is exploring the idea of working with Okanagan College to establish a foundational electri-
cal program in January, Chenoweth said. “We would like to see a regular foundation firstyear apprenticeship trade in Merritt every year,” Chenoweth said, noting that program has yet to be officially signed off. Chenoweth said the school is looking to have that program finalized next month and start the first intake of students on Jan. 15. He said NVIT has seats available for its recentlycreated office administration program, which is in its sophomore year. NVIT also has an employment skills program
for people who desire to enter the workforce but lack skills. The program is in its first year this fall and spots are available, Chenoweth said. Students of this program can earn five tickets to put on their resumes to help them get into the service industry. Chenoweth said he encourages people to come visit NVIT and see what the school has to offer. As part of its 30th anniversary, NVIT will be having a big community celebration on Sept. 11 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Chenowith added more celebrations are likely
to come throughout the school year. NVIT seeks funding for new mural project NVIT is also trying to get a new program off the ground that incorporates something from Merritt’s past. A few years ago, Merritt was painted up with murals of country music stars thanks to Michelle Loughery’s Merritt Mural Project, and a new mural could be earmarked for the town in the future. NVIT is partnering with the Michelle Loughery Mural Artwork Foundation
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The Kengard Learning Centre is the location for “Community Learning” and the “Hearts and Hands” educational programs.
IF YOU HAVEN’T COMPLETED SECONDARY SCHOOL WE CAN HELP….. The Kengard Learning Centre offers a great classroom environment for high school aged students and adults. We have all the courses you need to earn a Dogwood Diploma. We also have an Outreach Program if you want to work at home. Our self-paced courses and Áexible scheduling put you in control of your education and we are here to support you all the way. You can begin any time during the year and work at the courses you choose at your own speed. New students can register on site at the Kengard Learning Centre starting Sept. 3, 2013 at 10 am. Location: 2475 Merritt Ave. 250-378-2157
and the Nicola Tribal Association (NTA) to try to create a program that would incorporate a second mural project with high school upgrading courses. The idea is only in the planning stages and organizers are seeking funding. Chenoweth said the program would take in youth-at-risk — both academically and employmentwise — and provide life skills and upgrade courses where students could work towards earning their Grade 12 Dogwood Diplomas while working on a mural. Katie Mitchell, executive director for the Michelle
Loughery Mural Artwork Foundation, told the Herald the program may not run this year if they cannot find funding to get it started. “We’re looking for support any way we can get it,” Mitchell said, noting a mural alone would cost at least $100,000. A funding application with the Aboriginal Community Based Delivery Partnership Program was recently denied, but Chenoweth said he and Loughery are still committed to making the program work. “We’re going to keep exploring ways to make it happen,” Chenoweth said.
School District #58 (Nicola-Similkameen)
Alternative Forms of Education entre Kengard Learning C y Care Hearts and Hands Da In partnership with the Conayt Friendship Society, the Kengard Learning Centre offers “Hearts and Hands Day Care” combined with an academic program for upgrading towards grade 12 graduation, college preparation, and job readiness skills for young parents from 14 – 24, and their children. Students can spend the time with their children as needed throughout the day. You are welcome to come in and visit with us to see if our program will work for you! The program runs from Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Space is available for infants to Àve years old. Please call 250-315-1218 to register your child.
SCIDES (South Central Interior Distance Education School) Quality Education: Direct to You - ALL TUITION FREE
South Central Interior Distance Education School offers BC Ministry approved educational programs for students of all ages, anywhere in the province of B.C. •Elementary K-7
• Structured Open School
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•Full secondary programs leading to graduation or: • Individual courses 10 – 12 • Adult Graduation programs • Special Education • Rosetta Stone Language courses, plus Piano and Guitar courses Your Choice: • Online • Print with supportive online classrooms
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P.O. Box 4700 Station Main, Merritt, BC, V1K 1B8 • Ph: 1-800-663-3536 • Local: 250-378-4245 • Fax: 250-378-1447 Find us at: www.scides.ca ~ Your Choice, Your Pace ~ Any Time, Any Place.
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Fitness, art programs pay off Art lessons, dance classes, minor hockey, recreational basketball leagues — all of these extracurricular activities help children’s development and give them valuable life skills. These programs, while beneficial, also add up and can get quite expensive for parents. But the federal government offers two tax credits to parents who’ve enrolled their children in physical and art activities. Under both the Children’s Fitness Tax Credit and the Children’s Arts Tax Credit, parents can deduct up to $500 per child from their taxable income for fees paid to enrol kids in these programs. According to Canada Revenue Agency, nearly two million families claimed two tax credits for children’s art and fitness program participation in the 2011 tax year. Although the credit doesn’t cover equipment costs, it does help ease the financial burden of
Merritt BOWLING CENTRE
Coquihalla Visit: sites.google.com/site/tkdcoquihalla/
Monday & Thursday 5 to 8 pm at the Cadet Hall ((1755 Coldwater Ave.))
Regular classes start Sept. 5
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Friday, August 16: 4:00 pm reopen the week of Sept. 16: 6:00 am Gym Hours 7:00 am – 7:00 pm Monday thru Friday (during shut down)
$ 139 FUN FRIENDSHIPS FITNESS
joyful.lessons@gmail.com Lessons for all ages
LEAGUE BOWLING starts September 9 Ladies, Mixed & Seniors 2076 Coutlee Avenue 250-378-5252 250-936-8384
250-378-4066
Puppy Kindergarten
2090 Granite Ave.
Dog Obedience
-$55
Mondays: 7:00 – 8:00 pm Sept. 23 – Nov. 25 (no class Oct. 14 & Nov. 11)
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-$55
Mondays: 5:45 – 6:45 pm Sept. 23 – Nov. 25 (no class Oct. 14 & Nov. 11)
20th Anniversary
The Nicola Valley Aquatic Centre will be celebrating their 20th Anniversary on Saturday, Oct. 19: 1:00 - 4:00 pm. Features: Cannon Ball Contest, Music, Cake, Refreshments, Water Safety, Prizes and much more!
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Registration: $25 - (16+ yrs) OCT. 4 - 6 HOURS - Friday: 5:00 pm - 1 am Saturday: 10:00 am - 10 pm Sunday: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
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Here are the features that make a good after school program: • Provided two to three times per week; • Provides a mix of academic, social and recreational activities that stimulate active learning; • Feature interesting and developmentally-appropriate activities that grow more challenging during the course of the program; • Have a low student-to-staff ratio; • Have culturally-sensitive activities and non-judgmental staff; • Have rigorous program evaluation to identify effective and ineffective practices.
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(NC) — What are your kids doing after school? About 15 per cent of Canadian children between the ages of six and 12 are left unsupervised after school, and that can lead to all sorts of trouble. Children who regularly participate in after school programs over the course of several years are more likely to complete their homework, achieve higher grades and experience lower dropout rates. They have more positive attitudes towards school, with a greater interest in pursuing postsecondary education. They also show reduced sexual activity and drug use.
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Registration: $25 - (16+ yrs) SEPT. 13 - 15, OCT. 18 - 20 AND NOV. 15 - 17 HOURS - Friday: 5:00 pm - 1:00 am Saturday: 9:00 am - 1:00 am Sunday: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
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credit. Parents can claim up to $500 per child for enrolment costs that meet the credit’s criteria. Like the fitness tax credit, eligible programs must be appropriate for children, supervised and meet one of Canada Revenue Agency’s criteria: it cultivates creative artistic or cultural skills, focuses on wilderness or nature, develops intellectual skills, includes interpersonal skill development, or involves academic enrichment or tutoring. For a parent who claims the maximum of $500 in eligible registration fees, that’s a reduction at the federal level of up to $75 on taxes owing. The credit can also be combined with the Disability Tax Credit, as long as the child with a disability meets the criteria for that credit. Save those receipts from soccer, tennis and piano lessons to make sure you get the most out of your credit potential next tax season!
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organized activities for parents by helping with participation costs. The fitness credit was introduced in 2006 to encourage increased participation in physical activities that meet certain criteria to benefit young Canadians’ fitness and combat the obesity epidemic in children. To qualify, a fitness program must be ongoing (at least eight weeks long or five days at camp); be supervised; be child-friendly; and focus on physical activity that contributes to cardiorespiratory endurance along with another physical fitness component (muscular strength, endurance, flexibility, or balance). The arts credit is a 15 per cent non-refundable credit to better recognize the cost of cultural, recreational and artistic developmental activities. The programs covered by this tax credit complement those not covered by the fitness
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-$55
Wednesays: 7:00 – 8:00 pm Sept. 25 – Nov. 13
K9 Nose Work Clinic’s
Art 4 Kids
Youngster Sports
Vinyasa Yoga
Fantastic Faces (4-12 yrs)
W d Wednesdays: d 3 3:30 30 – 4 4:30 30 pm - $2 $24 24 O Oc t. 2 – 23 Oct.
Tricky but NOT Sticky Thursdays, Oct. 3 & 10: 4:15 – 5:15 pm (4-12 yrs) - $20
First Kicks
(2-5 yrs) - $24
Thursdays, Oct. 3 - Nov. 14 3:30-4:15 pm No class Oct. 31 (6 wks)
(14+)
Tuesdays: 4:15 - 5:15 pm Sept. 10 - Oct. 29 -$62 Mondays & Wednesdays: 12:15 - 1:00 pm Sept. - Dec. -$5 drop-in
Power Vinyasa Yoga (14+) -$62
Muck ‘n’ Mess
(4-12 yrs) Thursdays, Th d O Oct. t 17 & 24 24: 4 4:15 – 5:15 pm - $20
What’s Cookin’ Good Lookin’ kin’
Hop Skip Jump
(2-5 yrs)- $24
Wednesdays, Oct. 2 - Nov. 6 (6 wks) 6:00-6:45 pm
Yin Yoga
(14+) -$62
Tuesdays: 7:00 - 8:00 pm Sept. 10 - Oct. 29
Thursdays, Nov. 7 – 27: 3:45 – 5:15 pm (6-12 yrs) - $46
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Tuesdays: 5:30 - 6:30 pm Sept. 10 - Oct. 29
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School Sports Co-Ed Volleyball
(Gr. 3-5) $30
Wednesdays: 4:15 – 5:45 pm Sept. 25 – Oct. 30
Kids Hoops
(Gr. 4-7)
sdays & Thursdays ys: s: S s: ept 24 – Dec Tuesdays Thursdays: Sept. Dec. 1 12 4:30 – 6:00 pm (6 or 12 wks) $30; 6 wks OR $50; 12 wks
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Fitness All About Fitness
5:30 – 6:30 pm Tuesdays: Sept. 24 – Nov. 12 Thursdays: Sept. 26 – Nov. 14
Sit Fit
Sunday, Sept. 22 #1 Box Work 9:00 – 11:00 am #2 Elevation & Exteriors 1:00 – 3:00 pm
XploreSports -$45 (16+) -$40
$40
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Monday’s: Sept. 23 – Nov. 4 Wednesdays: Sept. 25 – Nov. 6
Abs Blast
(16+) -$30 Wednesdays: 12:15 – 12:45 pm Sept. 25 – Nov. 13 visit www.merritt.ca for more details
-$55 each
Pro-D Day: October 25 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Swim ‘n’ Slumber **Girls Only** (8-12 yrs) -$30 Friday, October 4: 8:00 pm – 9:00 am
Sunday, Nov. 17 #2 Elevation & Exteriors 9:00 – 11:00 am #3 Vehicles & Intro to Odours 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Boys ONLY Fun Night (8-12 yrs) -$15 Saturday, November 2: 6:00 pm – Midnight visit www.merritt.ca for more details
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Fitness, art programs pay off Art lessons, dance classes, minor hockey, recreational basketball leagues — all of these extracurricular activities help children’s development and give them valuable life skills. These programs, while beneficial, also add up and can get quite expensive for parents. But the federal government offers two tax credits to parents who’ve enrolled their children in physical and art activities. Under both the Children’s Fitness Tax Credit and the Children’s Arts Tax Credit, parents can deduct up to $500 per child from their taxable income for fees paid to enrol kids in these programs. According to Canada Revenue Agency, nearly two million families claimed two tax credits for children’s art and fitness program participation in the 2011 tax year. Although the credit doesn’t cover equipment costs, it does help ease the financial burden of
Merritt BOWLING CENTRE
Coquihalla Visit: sites.google.com/site/tkdcoquihalla/
Monday & Thursday 5 to 8 pm at the Cadet Hall ((1755 Coldwater Ave.))
Regular classes start Sept. 5
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$ 139 FUN FRIENDSHIPS FITNESS
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LEAGUE BOWLING starts September 9 Ladies, Mixed & Seniors 2076 Coutlee Avenue 250-378-5252 250-936-8384
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Puppy Kindergarten
2090 Granite Ave.
Dog Obedience
-$55
Mondays: 7:00 – 8:00 pm Sept. 23 – Nov. 25 (no class Oct. 14 & Nov. 11)
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-$55
Mondays: 5:45 – 6:45 pm Sept. 23 – Nov. 25 (no class Oct. 14 & Nov. 11)
20th Anniversary
The Nicola Valley Aquatic Centre will be celebrating their 20th Anniversary on Saturday, Oct. 19: 1:00 - 4:00 pm. Features: Cannon Ball Contest, Music, Cake, Refreshments, Water Safety, Prizes and much more!
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Here are the features that make a good after school program: • Provided two to three times per week; • Provides a mix of academic, social and recreational activities that stimulate active learning; • Feature interesting and developmentally-appropriate activities that grow more challenging during the course of the program; • Have a low student-to-staff ratio; • Have culturally-sensitive activities and non-judgmental staff; • Have rigorous program evaluation to identify effective and ineffective practices.
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(NC) — What are your kids doing after school? About 15 per cent of Canadian children between the ages of six and 12 are left unsupervised after school, and that can lead to all sorts of trouble. Children who regularly participate in after school programs over the course of several years are more likely to complete their homework, achieve higher grades and experience lower dropout rates. They have more positive attitudes towards school, with a greater interest in pursuing postsecondary education. They also show reduced sexual activity and drug use.
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Registration: $25 - (16+ yrs) SEPT. 13 - 15, OCT. 18 - 20 AND NOV. 15 - 17 HOURS - Friday: 5:00 pm - 1:00 am Saturday: 9:00 am - 1:00 am Sunday: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
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credit. Parents can claim up to $500 per child for enrolment costs that meet the credit’s criteria. Like the fitness tax credit, eligible programs must be appropriate for children, supervised and meet one of Canada Revenue Agency’s criteria: it cultivates creative artistic or cultural skills, focuses on wilderness or nature, develops intellectual skills, includes interpersonal skill development, or involves academic enrichment or tutoring. For a parent who claims the maximum of $500 in eligible registration fees, that’s a reduction at the federal level of up to $75 on taxes owing. The credit can also be combined with the Disability Tax Credit, as long as the child with a disability meets the criteria for that credit. Save those receipts from soccer, tennis and piano lessons to make sure you get the most out of your credit potential next tax season!
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organized activities for parents by helping with participation costs. The fitness credit was introduced in 2006 to encourage increased participation in physical activities that meet certain criteria to benefit young Canadians’ fitness and combat the obesity epidemic in children. To qualify, a fitness program must be ongoing (at least eight weeks long or five days at camp); be supervised; be child-friendly; and focus on physical activity that contributes to cardiorespiratory endurance along with another physical fitness component (muscular strength, endurance, flexibility, or balance). The arts credit is a 15 per cent non-refundable credit to better recognize the cost of cultural, recreational and artistic developmental activities. The programs covered by this tax credit complement those not covered by the fitness
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Rally Obedience A
-$55
Wednesays: 7:00 – 8:00 pm Sept. 25 – Nov. 13
K9 Nose Work Clinic’s
Art 4 Kids
Youngster Sports
Vinyasa Yoga
Fantastic Faces (4-12 yrs)
W d Wednesdays: d 3 3:30 30 – 4 4:30 30 pm - $2 $24 24 O Oc t. 2 – 23 Oct.
Tricky but NOT Sticky Thursdays, Oct. 3 & 10: 4:15 – 5:15 pm (4-12 yrs) - $20
First Kicks
(2-5 yrs) - $24
Thursdays, Oct. 3 - Nov. 14 3:30-4:15 pm No class Oct. 31 (6 wks)
(14+)
Tuesdays: 4:15 - 5:15 pm Sept. 10 - Oct. 29 -$62 Mondays & Wednesdays: 12:15 - 1:00 pm Sept. - Dec. -$5 drop-in
Power Vinyasa Yoga (14+) -$62
Muck ‘n’ Mess
(4-12 yrs) Thursdays, Th d O Oct. t 17 & 24 24: 4 4:15 – 5:15 pm - $20
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Hop Skip Jump
(2-5 yrs)- $24
Wednesdays, Oct. 2 - Nov. 6 (6 wks) 6:00-6:45 pm
Yin Yoga
(14+) -$62
Tuesdays: 7:00 - 8:00 pm Sept. 10 - Oct. 29
Thursdays, Nov. 7 – 27: 3:45 – 5:15 pm (6-12 yrs) - $46
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Tuesdays: 5:30 - 6:30 pm Sept. 10 - Oct. 29
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School Sports Co-Ed Volleyball
(Gr. 3-5) $30
Wednesdays: 4:15 – 5:45 pm Sept. 25 – Oct. 30
Kids Hoops
(Gr. 4-7)
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Fitness All About Fitness
5:30 – 6:30 pm Tuesdays: Sept. 24 – Nov. 12 Thursdays: Sept. 26 – Nov. 14
Sit Fit
Sunday, Sept. 22 #1 Box Work 9:00 – 11:00 am #2 Elevation & Exteriors 1:00 – 3:00 pm
XploreSports -$45 (16+) -$40
$40
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Monday’s: Sept. 23 – Nov. 4 Wednesdays: Sept. 25 – Nov. 6
Abs Blast
(16+) -$30 Wednesdays: 12:15 – 12:45 pm Sept. 25 – Nov. 13 visit www.merritt.ca for more details
-$55 each
Pro-D Day: October 25 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Swim ‘n’ Slumber **Girls Only** (8-12 yrs) -$30 Friday, October 4: 8:00 pm – 9:00 am
Sunday, Nov. 17 #2 Elevation & Exteriors 9:00 – 11:00 am #3 Vehicles & Intro to Odours 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Boys ONLY Fun Night (8-12 yrs) -$15 Saturday, November 2: 6:00 pm – Midnight visit www.merritt.ca for more details
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BACK TO SCHOOL SAFETY
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TO WIN $50! POSSIBLE ANSWERS : Phone number, emergency, friends, street, early, bus, sidewalk, driver, helmet, strangers, 10 steps, stop.
REPLY COUPON NAME: ______________________ ADRESS: ____________________ ______________________________ PHONE NUMBER: _____________ RULES: Complete the school safety sentences found in each ad by matching the missing word with the incomplete sentence. Drop your entry form off at the Merritt Herald, 2090 Granite Ave. before 5 p.m, Sept. 5 Winner will be drawn 9 a.m. Sept. 6, 2013. Employees and family members of Merritt Herald are not eligible for this contest. Must be attending school in 2013/2014 school year to play.
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Always look both ways before crossing the _________.
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Don’t play in the street while waiting for the bus. Stay on the _________.
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Walk to and from school with one or more _________.
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Look to see where the _________ exits are on the school bus.
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When exiting the bus, wait until the bus comes to a complete _________.
Nicola Plumbing & Heating
Black’s Pharmacy Delivery for Seniors & Disabled
When crossing in front of the bus, always stay _________ away from the bus so that the driver can see you.
Coyote Collision
In business since 1967
1750 Hill Street
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BACK TO SCHOOL
Going back to school in style: 2013 trends Send your child to school with eye-catching supplies (NC) – From fashionable neon binders, Batman USB drive characters, trendy tablets and backpacks to hip lunch and locker accessories, this year’s collection of the latest school supplies features an expanded assortment of fun, fashionable and functional must-have items. According to Staples Canada, here are the hottest back-to-school product trends for this year’s shopping season.
Back to Neon From the runway to the classroom, neon is the hottest fashion trend of the season. You’ll find bold pink, blue and lime green hues featured in several key school supplies such as binders, scissors and pencil pouches. Calling all techies Students can now save important files with style thanks to USB drive characters like Einstein, R2-D2, Ugly Dolls and Batman.
The latest in laptops such as the Acer V5 Super Slim Touchscreen or the ASUS X502 Laptop (in a variety of fun colours) will have students ready for the classroom. The Google Nexus 7 is also the perfect tablet for students on the go.
innovative accessories like the Merangue Locker Shelf Kit, which includes a shelf, mirror, pencil cup, dry erase board and marker. Keeping students organized can be both functional and trendy.
Locker essentials
Keep your tech intact and in style with sleek cases for laptops and tablets. Some of the latest backpacks can accommodate 17-inch laptops and have padded shoulder straps for support, making it easier for students
Students’ lockers are their most private spaces (aside from their bedrooms) and are their personalized oases away from home. Help them make their lockers their own with
Tips to stick to your back to school budget
Tote your tech
to carry their treasured tech gear. Music and monsters Students can now listen to music with their favourite Monsters Inc. characters. The iHome Monsters University furry headphones feature James P. Sullivan, and the Mike Wazowski earbuds are perfect for children. Older students will enjoy Monsters NCredible NTune Headphones, which provide the ultimate in sound quality.
Let’s do lunch These cool new takes on lunch allow parents and students to plan for healthy and organized meal preparation all year. The Sachi Lunch Bag will make every student feel sophisticated and fashionable, and the Built NY Lunch Bags can fit every snack inside due to their innovative stretchable wetsuit material. More information on the latest back to school trends is available at staples.ca. www.newscanada.com
N’kwala School Parents, community members and staff working together to achieve the highest quality of education for our students to be lifelong learners.
Getting ready to go back to school? A recent report by EY (Ernst and Young) says Canadians will spend four percent more this year than last. But before you dive into buying new clothes and supplies, check out these back-to-school budget tips from the Better Business Bureau. Make a shopping list Even if you don’t know the exact school supply list, you can get an idea of school clothing needs. Make a list for each child and start by “shopping at home” for items that you may already have left over from last year. For some items, it’s worth spending a more on a high-quality product that will last for years, such as a backpack. Create a budget Do a quick price search online for the items on your list and add them all up. Be sure to clip coupons and make note of discount codes and any cash-back or rebate programs. If your goal is to reduce spending, now is the time to decide how much you want to cut. Stay alert Set up email alerts at your favorite stores. Monitoring pricing early on is key to finding good deals on quality products. These alerts will assure you don’t miss out on the hottest or limited-time opportunities. Don’t discount discounts Many stores offer student and teacher discounts on hot items like laptops and uniforms. Retailers will be trying to make room for fall fashion and the newest models, so there are incredible savings to be had on older items. Crunch all the numbers Know the true cost of what you are purchasing. If you’re moving out for the first time and buying new furniture on credit, make sure you are aware of not only the interest rate being charged, but any additional fees and costs associated with purchasing on credit including late payment charges. If you engage in cross-border shopping, factor in the cost of gas, duty taxes, and any other additional costs associated with getting your goods back home.
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Ease the transition back to school Tips to ensure success in school and at home (NC) — Autumn marks a crucial time for families, especially for kids. It’s back to school and the daily routine of class, extracurricular activities and homework. To ease your child back into the school year, make learning fun outside the classroom. Tech expert Amber Mac, the cohost of television show AppCentral, shares her tips for helping kids gear up for the school year ahead. Read Reading is fundamental to childhood development. To make it interactive, replace the television with reading exercises in your child’s downtime. For example, the LeapReader (by LeapFrog) is a new technology tool that helps children sound out words and read sentences and works with your child’s skill level to improve her or his reading and vocabulary. “Reading at home bolsters children’s imaginations, develops their interests and above all, is the ideal complement to school studies,” Mac said. Challenge with games One of the key ways to make learning fun is to add an entertainment component. Games with an educational foundation are an easy way to ensure your child is learning while having fun. There are a number of kidfriendly tablets available, and one of the favourites is also from LeapFrog, the new, kid-tested LeapPad Ultra. With over 800 downloadable games, apps and videos for this device, your child will be able to tailor content to best suit his or her interests. Make it personal With the return to the classroom come new wardrobe additions and fresh supplies.
Personalizing your child’s school supplies to match her or his personality can be a great way to spark creativity. Whether it’s patches on a backpack or stickers to personalize the agenda, getting the creative juices flowing will give students a sense of accomplishment and allow them to express their unique personalities. Fit fun into the schedule Plan educational and fun activities s on the weekends. For instance, visit a museum one day, play a word association game
the next, or head to a sports game. The key is to switch up the routine and still integrate learning while helping kids stay inspired and have fun. Keeping kids engaged in learning activities outside of the classroom will ensure their minds are fresh and prepped for the school year ahead. Back to school is a special time for parents and children alike, so make the experience fun and keep the excitement and learning going throughout the year. A day trip to a local museum or science centre is an excellent
way for kids to learn new information and skills. Suggestion: use an audio guide if available to help boost kids’ listening skills. A vacation is often a new learning experience for kids, exposing them to new environments or cultures. Mac suggests packing some learning tools in your suitcase or carry-on. An art project will encourage children to express their creativity. Give children free reign so they can showcase their personal styles and focus their attention – a necessary skill when learning any subject matter.
Crosswords, board games and trivia challenges are engaging
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OPTOMETRIST
CHIROPRACTOR For a healthy back
Keeping an eye on your vision
Children should be taught to look after their backs at all times, especially when a new school year is about to begin. School bags are often the culprit where back pain is concerned, but there is another cause: the long hours that students spend sitting at their desks and in front of computers, televisions, and video game consoles!
Having good eyesight in the classroom is essential for learning. That is why an optometrist is one of the specialists who should be consulted before the start of a new school year. This appointment seems even more important when we understand that more than 80 percent of a child’s learning is through the visual acquisition of information.
School-age children are growing almost constantly, so this is the perfect time to teach them some good habits.
Do your children have good eyesight? Do they have any eye problems such as myopia, hypermetropia (farsightedness), or astigmatism? Are they able to see details? Colours? Do they blink their eyes frequently or squint? Are their eye movements coordinated? Do A child’s reading difficulties can be caused by vision problems. they confuse some letters? Optometrists can answer all your questions and, if a problem is detected, suggest the wearing of glasses, orthoptic exercises, or surgery.
What is a good posture when sitting?
Chiropractors play a key role in the prevention and treatment of back problems.
• Sit towards the rear of the seat with your upper back resting against the back of the seat and your neck aligned with your spine. • Keep your legs parallel, bent at a 45-degree angle, with feet flat on the floor. • Ensure that your computer’s keyboard is at the same height as your hands when arms are bent at the elbows at a 45-degree angle. • If you tend to bend forward to read the screen or write on paper, you may have a vision problem.
PREVENTION IS THE KEY
Specialists recommend having children’s eyes examined when they are between six and nine years old. Why is this? Simply because after this age, a child’s neurological system is less malleable and vision defects can become permanent.
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BACKPACKS CAN AFFECT YOUR CHILDREN’S HEALTH
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Package Includes: Frames, Lenses, Scratch Coating
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MERRITT: Ph: 250-378-2020 • 2177 Quilchena Ave. www.doctorseyecaremerritt.com
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250-378-5456 Regular eye exams are fully covered at our ofÀce through MSP till age 19
DENTIST A smile is for life
The clinic is open to all residents of the Nicola Valley & surrounding areas.
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Parents play a key role in the dental health of their children, and the beginning of a new school year is the perfect moment to visit the dentist with them for a check-up and a good cleaning.
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Newest Department of Scw'exmx Community Health Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm 1999 Voght St. (next to the Credit Union)
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Did you know that the fluoride used by dentists after the cleaning is a mineral found in earth, water, as well as in some foods? It is used as an active ingredient in most toothpaste. Not only is it beneficial for oral health, by building the teeth’s resistance to cavities, but it also has an excellent preventive action. Don’t forget that good oral health is largely dependent on a balanced diet. This means that parents should ensure that their children develop healthy eating habits. And it goes without saying that children should brush their teeth and floss at least once every day. After all, prevention always starts at home!
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B12 • THURSDAY, August 22, 2013 Lower Nicola Indian Band
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SCHOOL REGISTRATION 2013-2014
THE LOWER NICOLA BAND SCHOOL INVITES ALL CHILDREN (First Nations/Non First Nations) To Register for Kindergarten to Grade 7 CURRICULUM:
• BC Curriculum • Nle?kepmx • Cultural Studies • Field Trips • Learning Assistance Program • Extra Curricular Activities & Sports being offered
FACILITIES:
• Full-Size Gymnasium • Library • Computer Lab • Baseball/Soccer Field
• Full Time Kindergarten – must be 5yrs by Dec 31, 2013 • Door to door Bus Service provided to all areas of Merritt.
HEAD START SERVICES:
• 3 & 4 year old Program (K4 must be 4 years old by Dec. 31, 2013) • Parent & Tot Drop In • Home Visiting Program • Services to 0 to 6 year olds: Priority will be given to LNIB Band Members for all Head Start programs • Transportation provided for all Head Start programs
Education Comes First
TO REGISTER YOU WILL NEED: Immunization Record, Birth CertiÀcate, Health Care Card Number, Band Name and Number.
FOR MORE INFORMATION Lower Nicola Band School Ph: 250-378-5527 201 Horn Rd., Merritt, BC