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Art adoption fees support students By Michael Potestio THE HERALD
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A new piece of artwork will be officially unveiled at the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology tomorrow, but it won’t just hang on the wall. The wood sculpture, titled “Forever,� will collect donations for a new scholarship or bursary at the school. The sculpture is a large circular puzzle made from 100 different pieces of carved wood. To contribute to the scholarship, people can donate $50 to adopt a piece of it. A map numbering each piece and identifying the type of wood it is made of will be posted alongside the sculpture, NVIT instructor Mil Juricic said. Some of the wood pieces come from types of wood that can no longer be harvested and there is even one type of wood that has not been identified.
NVIT instructor Mil Juricic and artist Peregrine O’Gormley admire the newest piece of artwork at the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology. The artwork will be unveiled at its permanent location tomorrow at noon. Michael Potestio/Herald
other for the Burnaby campus. The artwork in Merritt has one puzzle piece missing, which is meant to symbolize 100 of 10,000 species of bird that have gone extinct. Juricic told the Her-
That wood, however, has already been purchased. “My wife bought it,� Juricic said with a laugh. Two of these sculptures were purchased by NVIT: one for the Merritt campus and the
ald that the meaning of the missing piece can have a local perspective to it too. He said the piece that is separated from the rest of the puzzle could be interpreted as the piece of NVIT that is their Burnaby
Reclamation at Craigmont mill site underway By Emily Wessel THE HERALD
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Reclamation work is underway at the Craigmont Mill site about 10 kilometres west of Merritt. Owner Huldra Silver started planting on March 28 at two areas of the mill to mitigate dust issues. The geography of the area meant wind would funnel into the site, pick up dust and loose dirt and carry it out into the Nicola Valley. Huldra Silver CEO Peter Espig said the two areas the company is planting now are responsible for spreading about the majority of the dust. “I had actually been at the mine one time when I had seen the dust. I can say first-hand that I understand it was an issue,� he said. One of the spots is along the southern
Although there was no vegetation in that area, loose dirt and gravel on a steep slope
side of the tailings banks, where the company did some reclamation work last year.
would get caught by the wind.
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campus. The artwork in Burnaby has no missing piece and is titled “Treasure,� Juricic said. Some of the wood pieces have already been adopted, but others remain unclaimed. All proceeds collected from adopting a piece of the puzzle go toward the bursary or scholarship, Juricic said. The two sculptures purchased by NVIT cost $9,000 total. The unveiling of Merritt’s artwork will be at noon at NVIT on April 9. Peregrine O’Gormley, the artist who created the pieces, will be present for the ceremony.
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