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New family doctor expected next July

By Michael Potestio the herald

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Merritt is expected to have another new doctor come July.

Temporary Interior Health Authority director of acute care Mike Purdon told the Herald this new doctor will be graduating from a program this coming spring and is expected to take a permanent job in Merritt.

However, for the time being, the announcement remains unofficial.

Bernie Easson, community integration health services administrator for the IHA, said there is a process that needs to occur first and documents that need to be signed before a new doctor is guaranteed to be coming to Merritt.

She said IHA hopes to have more doctors in Merritt by next summer, and are currently in the process of recruitment.

Purdon said recruiting doctors to rural communities is a challenge, noting there are 339 job openings in B.C. for family physicians and 79 across the IHA alone.

“It’s a very competitive marketplace, and despite our best efforts, these things take time,” Purdon said.

Ultimately, it is up to the doctor to decide where she or he wants to set up a practice.

Although he couldn’t release too many details about this particular doctor, Purdon said he or she is a family physician.

There are seven permanent doctors who serve Merritt at the moment — doctors Urbanus es

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Bester, Donald McLeod, Duncan Ross, Paul Simon, Andries Smit, Drew Soderberg and Errol Van Der Merwe.

Last December, IHA board of directors chair Norman Embree and CEO Dr. Robert Halpenny visited Merritt as part of their annual meetings throughout the Interior.

Although the IHA had planned to recruit three more doctors to serve Merritt, at the time of that meeting they hadn’t had any applicants.

Since then, the IHA has recruited Dr. Soderberg.

This new doctor, expected to start working here in the summer of 2015, would make two new recruits and bring the total number of doctors in Merritt to eight.

Purdon said the IHA would like to have about eight doctors serving Merritt.

Purdon also said the IHA has had help from physicians in Kelowna to fill in for local doctors intermittently since this past summer.

Purdon has even made the trip to Merritt to support the community.

“The doctors in Merritt work phenomenally hard. There’s a great core group, and to make sure that they can get away for a little time off is really important to us,” Purdon said.

He said at least one of these Kelowna doctors has been able to visit Logan Lake to serve that community from time to time.

March will mark one year that Logan Lake has gone without a permanent doctor.

BONANZA! Madi Hewton got her Christmas shopping done at school this year. The Nicola-Canford student picked out items from her school’s annual Christmas Bonanza, an event where students shop among donated items they’d like to give as gifts to their loved ones this holiday season. For more, see page 8.

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS BOWLARAMA Members of the local Special Olympics chapter took pledges at a night of bowling at Nicolanes and raised $1,563 for the organization’s Merritt chapter. Special Olympics member Will Georgie (not pictured) raised more than $400 alone in the effort.

Pictured in the back row, from left: Merritt Special Olympics bowling coach Patrick McKinney, Nicolanes owner Ewan Turner, program co-ordinator Brenda Curnow, and athlete Wyatt Collins. In the front row, from left are athletes Renee Fox, Bella Portelance and Audrey Lange.

Special Olympics bowling will begin Jan. 9 at 3:30 p.m. at Nicolanes and continue every Friday. Special Olympics also has a Club Fit held on Tuesdays at Central School starting at 3:30 p.m. The local chapter is looking for volunteers and athletes, and those interested can contact Curnow at 250-378-4916.

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One-year extension for lawn bowling The Merritt Lawn Bowling Club’s lease of the property its clubhouse resides on was renewed for one more year at its rate of $1 a year at the Dec. 16 city council meeting.

City staff recommended the short-term lease agreement over a longer one given the uncertainty surrounding the club’s longterm viability.

The lawn bowling club has just eight members, down from the 20 members they had a few years ago.

Since the facility’s construction in 2009, the club has leased the property.

Under the last agreement, the lawn bowling club was allowed to rent the facility to help augment their expenses, and were receiving about $1,000 a year from rentals.

The facility is maintained by both the club and the City of Merritt, with the club looking after maintenance, janitorial services and bookings, while the city tends to the lawn bowling green.

The city incurs a cost of about $20,000 for its part in maintaining the lawn bowling club facility, a report to city council stated.

Leisure services manger Larry Plotnikoff told council the one-year term gives the club some time to make improvements,

and gives the city some time to assess the situation, work with the club and look into alternatives if need be.

He said a longterm lease wasn’t in the city’s best interest at the moment, nor would refusing a renewal of a lease.

New fire truck sourced With construction of a new truck bay at the Merritt Fire Rescue Department ongoing, the City of Merritt is now in the midst of acquiring a new fire pumper truck.

Council awarded the request for proposal to fire truck manufacturer Hub Fire Engines and Apparatus Ltd. for $582,250 plus tax.

The new fire truck is expected to be delivered in under a year’s time.

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Inspections of secondary suites to be mandatory after changes The rules surrounding secondary suites in Merritt are changing.

At its regular meeting on Dec. 16, Merritt city council voted to approve revisions to the policy and procedure for secondary suites.

City of Merritt planning and development manager Sean O’Flaherty said the policy and procedure is eight years old and the changes are minor updates. “This is primarily a housekeeping measure to update some of the language and provide clarity to the benefit of the reader,� he told council.

In the past, a property owner with a secondary suite would be sent a letter requesting an inspection, but it wasn’t mandatory, and often requests were ignored.

This new approach will enable the city to inspect a dwelling for safety issues and ensure services are being billed appropriately.

There are safety concerns surrounding secondary suites that have not had a building inspection.

There are also increased demands on city utility services such as water, sewer and garbage services, a report to council stated.

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS SEASON’S GIVINGS The following is just a small sample of the donations the Nicola Valley and District Food Bank received over the holiday season.

Clockwise from top right: The Nicola Valley Cruisers donated $500 to the food bank.

Pictured, from back left, are food bank manager Marlene Fenton and club members Jack Cross, Ray Robinson, Lionel Nunn, Linda Nunn and Norma Mervyn.

Pharmasave donated more than 700 pounds of food and assorted items which Pharmasave, its staff and customers chipped in over the course of 10 days.

From left: Pharmasave employees Cindy Clayton, Tina Graham, Barb McGowan, food bank driver Nick Tolerton,

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The United Steelworkers Local 1-417, represented by safety director Harbiner Hara (left) and vice-president Shawn Harris (right), donated $200 to the food bank.

Murray GM is donating $15 for every successful penalty kill the Centennials have at home this year. So far, they have raised $795, which was donated to the food bank. From left: Fenton, Murray GM general manager Richard Antonenko, Merritt Centennials goaltenders Anthony Pupplo and Jonah Imoo, and Centennials marketing manager Meagan King and assistant coach Joe Martin.

Twins Corbin (left) and Jaxsin Vaughan, eight, together with their brother Spencer (not pictured), 12, donated two bikes to food bank manager Marlene Fenton for the food bank’s Christmas hamper program.

Food bank manager Marlene Fenton accepts a donation of gift cards from Bev Stanich of the local Patricia Rebekah Lodge chapter. The gift cards were used in the food bank’s Christmas hampers.

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Not pictured: Canadian Tire made a donation worth over $2,000 that included decorations and retail items for the food bank’s various programs.

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The students of Diamond Vale Elementary collected approximately 70 kilograms of cereal for the food bank over the course of two weeks. Pictured are leadership students as well as Grade 4/5 teacher Becky Puterbough (second from left). Fenton told the students the cereal will “go a long way” to help families give their children a good start in the morning with the most important meal of

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From the Herald archives: December 1995 Searching for proper nutrition Christmas goodies bring out the best dieting habits in all of us.

Almost every event we go to at this time of year has them available so healthy eating habits are easily abandoned.

But dietician Lorrie Dorion wants residents to remember not to completely ignore their nutrition plans or at least start making them for the new year.

Throughout the year, she offers supermarket tours that involve learning the ABCs of nutrition.

Explaining how to properly read food labels is largely what the tours are all about.

Learning how to read labels means shoppers will also learn how to make sense of nutritional claims, eat less fat and what is a healthy body weight.

The Shop Smart Tours that Overwaitea offers here in Merritt involves a group of eight or 10 residents who are escorted by Dorion around the store and encouraged to ask questions.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Job Posting: Building/Plumbing Inspector

Notice of Proposed Property Disposition (Lease) Notice is hereby given that the City of Merritt intends to dispose of an interest in land, being the entering into of a lease for the Merritt Lawn Bowling Complex (Remainder of Lot B, Plan 26552 KDY), specifically the fenced in portion that contains the lawn bowling green and clubhouse within N’Kwala Park, with the Merritt Lawn Bowling Club for a term of (1) one year commencing on January 14, 2015. The consideration to be received by the City for the proposed Lease is the initial sum of $1.00.

For more information, please contact Larry Plotnikoff, Leisure Services Manager at 250-378-8618 or via e-mail at lplotnikoff@merritt.ca This notice was given on December 23, 2014 in accordance with Section 94 of the Community Charter.

Energy Efficiency Requirements for Part 9 Buildings

B.C BUILDING CODE UPDATE Effective December 19, 2014 Sections 9.36 B.C.B.C.

Energy Efficiency Requirements for Part 9 Buildings Beginning December 19, 2014 applications for building permits must comply with the new requirements for energy efficiency in housing, small commercial and industrial buildings. There are significant changes which will affect many trades relating to standard building practices. Please ensure you review all documentation and are familiar with new requirements as described in the referenced documents below.

Illustrated guides can be downloaded from the Homeowners Protection Office website: www.hpo.bc.ca Section 9.36 ‘Energy Efficiency’ can be downloaded from the B.C. Codes website: www.bccodes.ca For more information, please visit the Canadian Builders Association website at www.chba.ca

Drop-In Sessions in 2015 with Mayor Menard will be held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., in the Mayor’s Office at City Hall (second floor), 2185 Voght Street.

Applications are invited for the position of Part Time Building/Plumbing Inspector for the Planning & Development Services Department in the City of Merritt.

For complete details, visit City of Merritt website at www.merritt.ca

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DROP-IN SESSIONS

Detailed resumes attached with a cover letter will be accepted until 4:30 p.m., Monday, January 5, 2015 and should be addressed to:

WITH MAYOR MENARD

Mayor Menard invites interested citizens to stop by and say hello and discuss issues and opportunities for the City, its residents and businesses. If you would like to schedule a particular time to meet with the Mayor at a Drop-In session please call reception at City Hall 250-378-4224.

Merry Christmas and all the best of the Holiday Season

COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR 2015 Schedule of 2015 Regular Meetings of Council for the City of Merritt to be held in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt, B.C. commencing at 7:00 p.m.

Please use the letter drop on the right hand side of the building to drop off City correspondence and payments which will be processed on Monday, January 5th, 2015.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

SUMMARY OF CITY OF MERRITT SNOW REMOVAL POLICY

Tuesday Jan. 13, 2015 Tuesday Jan. 27, 2015

Tuesday, July 14, 2015 Tuesday, July 28, 2015

This procedure outlines the responsibility of the City, residents, businesses and contractors as it pertains to snow removal in Merritt.

Tuesday Feb. 10, 2015 Tuesday Feb. 24, 2015

Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015 Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015

NOTE: For purpose of this procedure “Area 1” is designated by heavy black line and “Area 2” is all remaining streets..

Tuesday, March 10, 2015 Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015 Tuesday, March 24, 2015 Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015 Tuesday, April 14, 2015 Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015 Tuesday, April 28, 2015 Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015

Service Level based on Snow Accumulation: 0 – 5 cm: Area 1 only sanded AS PRIORITY 5 – 20 cm: City streets are graded and sanded in the following time frame: Area 1 – within eight (8) hours Area 2 – within thirty (30) hours Over 20 cm: Exceptional Snowfall – will call out such manpower and equipment as may be available and required to maintain city streets in as passable conditions as possible.

Priorities: No.1 Emergency access routes to essential services such as hospital, police, fire, ambulance, City services. Dangerous roadways including hills and intersections.

No.2 Schools; No.3 Downtown Business Core; No.4 Highway Commercial properties; No.5 Residential properties

Tuesday, May 12, 2015 Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015 Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015

Tuesday, June 09, 2015 Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Holiday hours The City of Merritt office will be closed for the Christmas Holidays on Wednesday, December 24th, 2014 at 4:30 pm and re-open on Monday, January 5th, 2015 at 8:30 am.

Carole Fraser, Human Resources Manager City of Merritt PO Box 189, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 Or by email: cfraser@merritt.ca

Trucks and the Truck Route Trucks having a gross vehicle weight of 16,000 kg are not permitted on City streets except on the designated “Truck Route”. There are few exceptions; one of them is when the delivery destination is not on the truck route, in which case trucks must take the closest and most direct route there and back onto the truck route. They also have to be making a valid delivery with a way bill. Trucks exceeding 16,000 kg are permitted on Voght Street between Nicola Avenue and River Ranch Road provided the truck or truck trailer combination consists of three or less axles.

Here are some examples when driving your logging truck or B train off the truck route is not permitted: you cannot drive to and from your home without a valid truck parking permit; you cannot do your banking or get parts from the auto supply shop; you cannot short cut the truck route.

Trucks are limited to traveling on the Truck Route for two principle reasons – safety and wear and tear on City infrastructure. Most of our truck drivers in this community are respectful of the rules. The bylaw fine for being unlawfully off the truck route is $150 per incident! For further information the City of Merritt Traffic Bylaw #1930 is on the website www.merritt.ca

Disposal: Residents, businesses and contractors are not permitted to blow or plow snow from private property onto right-of-ways, streets, lanes or walkways.

Residents and businesses in areas with City sidewalks adjacent to roads shall be permitted to place snow from the walk on the road.

Sidewalk Clearing: Every owner or occupier of residential zoned property shall remove snow or ice from sidewalks or pathways abutting the said property within twenty-four (24) hours of accumulation except for weekends and holidays.

Every owner or occupier of real property shall immediately remove snow, ice or rubbish from the roof or other part of a structure adjacent to a highway or pathway or sidewalk where such snow or ice or rubbish presents a hazard to vehicular or pedestrian traffic.

Every owner or occupier of commercial or industrial zoned property shall remove snow or ice from sidewalk or pathways abutting the said property by ten (10) a.m. of any day and, as needed, following the accumulation of snow or ice.

Complete copies of this procedure can be obtained at City Hall during regular business hours.

Payments can be made online with the following banks CIBC, Royal Bank, Credit Union or Scotiabank.

Please check our website @ www.merritt.ca for additional information.

“Wishing you a safe & wonderful holiday season!”

Next council meeting: Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015 Council agendas and minutes at www.merritt.ca

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REMEMBRANCE REWARDS The local branch of the Royal Canadian Legion presented cash awards to Merritt Secondary School students who participated in the annual Remembrance Day poster and writing contest.

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Pictured, from left, are Royal Canadian Legion member Jan Oswald, MSS students Erika Boggs, Devon GetzlafLatour, Cameron Johnson, Hunter Krause, Alexander Eves, Trinity Shackelly, Darian Krajci, Haley Zabek, Olivia Boven and Royal Canadian Legion member Marguerite Kempin.

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LED lights lead briefs City council approved a bright idea to enhance the lighting being installed at the new lacrosse box at Central Park.

The city’s staff recommended purchasing LED lighting for the new, multi-surface lacrosse box at an additional cost of $21,757 — funding for which will come from carbon tax rebates. This funding, which the city receives annually, is approximately $22,000.

These lights are said to be brighter and cost less to operate.

Contractor ICE Developments suggested the city opt for LED lights over the metal halide lights that were specified in the construction document.

The cost of the halide lights was deducted from the total cost for the LED lighting.

Financial services manager Ken Ostraat said the LED lights are more expensive to install than the halides, but have a longer shelf life.

The lights will be installed on taller poles than originally planned, allowing for a more direct focus of light on the lacrosse box surface.

The cost of the poles is included in the price to install the LED lights.

Six lights will be installed in total.

A City of Merritt report to council stated

the LED lights should wind up paying for themselves in the long run, given savings from their reduced electrical consumption compared to halide lights. The specific timeframe for payback would depend on the hours of usage.

They will be cut lights, meaning their light beams will focus on the surface of the lacrosse box. They will also be on timers.

At the council meeting on Dec. 16, Coun.

Ginny Prowal asked if solar powered lights had been considered, to which leisure services manager Larry Plotnikoff said there was no other alternative to LED lights that were strong enough for the project.

Plotnikoff said there have been some cost overruns with the project in regard to excavation and rebar costs.

Ostraat told the Herald the project has still remained close to the company’s original bid.

The lacrosse box is expected to open at the end of January, about a month later than originally planned.

Remaining work on the box includes connection of a water line as well as electricity, and cleaning of the lacrosse box surface.

A walkway on the outside of the box also needs to be installed, as well as basketball hoops and lighting.

Land swap inching forward Merritt’s new city council unanimously approved the adoption of a bylaw to close an undeveloped road in an effort to exchange that land with Superstar Properties for property that will allow for a future satellite fire station.

The property is located in the north end of Merritt near the airport.

However, there are no plans to build a satellite fire station in the immediate future.

Now that the Highway Closure and Removal of Dedication Bylaw 2180 has been adopted, the City of Merritt will apply to have the provincial government’s right of resumption on the closed road eliminated.

Public works utility truck on the way City council approved awarding the tender of a new utility service truck for water works to IRL International Truck Centres Ltd. for $104,253 plus tax — the lower of two options.

The truck purchase came in approximately $5,000 under budget.

The purchase was a capital expense that is budgeted for and approved in the city’s five-year financial plan.

The truck is expected to be delivered in 2015.

Tourism agreement approved, Gold Country rep deferred City council approved a one-year agreement with the Nicola Valley Heritage Society (NVHS) to operate the Baillie House Visitor Information Booth.

A one-year agreement was chosen instead of a two-year agreement due to the uncertainty surrounding the operation of the provincial visitor centre with Destination BC located near Coquihalla Highway Exit 286.

The Destination BC visitor centre will continue offering services for the next year, but beyond that there is no guarantee.

Under the agreement with NVHS, the society will maintain the Baillie property at 2202 Voght St. as the Visitor Information Booth, provide staff and volunteers to operate it and pay all additional costs associated with having the booth on the site.

The City of Merritt will pay about $36,000 under the agreement, which goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2015.

City council was also asked to choose a councillor to sit on the board of directors with Gold Country, but deferred that decision to another meeting.

Notice of Holiday Hours of Operation The Thompson-Nicola Regional District office located in Kamloops and the TNRD building inspection office in Merritt will be closed from 1:00 p.m. on December 24, 2014 through to January 1, 2014 inclusive, re-opening on January 2, 2015.

The TNRD would also like to advise of the following holiday closures: All TNRD Libraries will be closed on December 25th, 26th and January 1st. Please visit www.tnrdlib.ca to see the hours of operation for your local library branch and the Bookmobile.

The Lower Nicola Eco-Depot and the Aspen Grove, Brookmere and Upper Nicola solid waste facilities will be closed on December 25th & 26th and on January 1st. Please visit the TNRD website at www.tnrd.ca for regular hours of operation for these facilities.

Best wishes for a happy holiday season.

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HERALD OPINION editorial

Climate talks end 2014 in disarray

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VICTORIA – In case you missed the outcome of the latest United Nations climate change conference in Lima, Peru, it was another costly, embarrassing failure.

This one is likely to be remembered mostly for a staggeringly stupid stunt by Greenpeace employees, who were threatened with prosecution for defacing the Nazca Lines, a world heritage site in the Peruvian desert.

These vast 1,500-year-old petroglyphs, visible from space, are among the great mysteries of archaeology. “Time for a change!” blared huge yellow letters dragged across the sacred site by paid protesters trampling the delicate terrain.

I’ll say it’s time for a change, starting with scratching Greenpeace off your Christmas card list.

Earlier there was the spectacle of Canada’s national media, reflexively denouncing Ottawa’s supposed inaction on greenhouse gases after U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled a surprise climate agreement with China in advance of Peru.

“Over to you, Mr. Prime Minister,” chirped CBC anchor Wendy Mesley, joining other TV networks in falsely portraying the U.S. deal as a breakthrough.

This non-binding gesture soon produced many cartoons, one of which shows Obama stripped to his underwear in a poker game with Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is surrounded by a pile of chips and an American flag.

The U.S.-China announcement served as a preview of Peru, where developing countries would again refuse any substantive restrictions on their fuel use.

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Kidpreneurs put imaginations to good use

Emily Wessel Merritt MUSINGS If you’ve ever tuned into the CBC show Dragons’ Den, you’ve likely seen young entrepreneurs pitching their business ideas to a panel of intimidating investors who are ready to breathe fire in their direction.

Undaunted by the intimidating panellists, the

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kids who make the final cut of the TV show often talk the dragons into giving them good advice, mentorships, donations, and in some cases, even partnerships.

Their pitches are probably not hurt by the fact there are few things cuter than a little brainiac.

From Halifax, Nova Scotia, a group of kids pitched their business called Hope Blooms to the dragons about a year ago and left the set of the show with $40,000 in cash to help with their business.

Hope Blooms makes healthy salad dressing using organic ingredients grown in a community garden in the heart of Halifax.

It’s run by a mix of volunteers and inner-city youth.

Proceeds from their sales go toward a scholarship fund, healthy eating programs for the community and into growing more fresh herbs.

Among their dressings are an orange rosemary Dijon, maple sage balsamic, and peppered cranberry chive.

The Dragons’ Den cash for Hope Blooms went into a greenhouse to help the group produce its dressing ingredients year-round.

All the way over here on the left coast, there are plenty more handy kidpreneurs.

One such ambitious

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teen is 15-year-old Ann Makosinski from Victoria, who invented the Hollow Flashlight.

The flashlight is powered by the heat of the human hand.

The idea behind her thermoelectric flashlight is that it is powered by energy that’s always around us, but that we never really use.

She was inspired to make the flashlight after chatting with a friend in the Philippines who told her about struggling to complete her homework when the power at her house went out.

The flashlights only need a temperature difference of about five degrees C between the hand hold-

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ing them and the outside air.

Better yet, the technology can be applied in other areas as well: Makosinski imagines being able to charge a cellphone by holding it or power on classroom lights by simply having students sit in their seats.

The Hollow Flashlight grabbed headlines when it won Makosinski top honours in her age category at the Google Science Fair: a global online competition for young innovators.

Though the Hollow Flashlight isn’t on the market yet, the idea that kids can innovate certainly is.

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Dear Editor,

The Boston Girl You Know Who Killed Me Moriarty Woman with a Gun The Auschwitz Escape The Rosie Effect

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Re: Concern over biosolids spreading, Merritt Herald, Dec. 11 The biosolids being trucked to Merritt to be composted at Sunshine Valley and then spread above Miller Estates are a threat to not only Sunshine Valley and Miller Estates, but will affect the whole valley, including the city of Merritt.

Each day that goes by, more truckloads of waste from cities much larger than Merritt are arriving. Why should we have to deal with it here? Why should these toxins be allowed to leach into the soil of the Nicola Valley, get into our water, and stink up our air?

Even the extra truck traffic is an infringement on the peaceful country atmosphere the Merritt area is known for.

Let’s not let them mess with our merits.

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Evidence of climate change mounting From Page 6 China graciously agreed to continue ramping up its world-leading greenhouse gas emissions until 2030, while lameduck Obama pretended he could commit the U.S. to further reductions.

Between them, the U.S. and China account for about half of global human-caused carbon emissions. Due mostly to the surge from China and India, Canada’s share has fallen from two per cent to 1.5, which should help put all those “tar sands” protests into perspective.

Days later, Environment Canada released its latest national emission statistics, an event ignored by most media.

“Between 2005 and 2012, total Canadian GHG emissions decreased by 5.1 per cent, while the economy grew by 10.6 per cent over the same period,” the report states.

B.C. Environment Minister Mary Polak

joined the throngs who jetted to Lima. There she met officials from California and other U.S. states to re-announce their modest efforts to put a price on carbon emissions. TV anchors and other wide-eyed innocents might have been left with the mistaken impression that the huge U.S. petroleum industry is cutting back, when in fact it has grown enormously thanks to shale oil and gas production.

And California continues to produce, by its own state government measure, the most carbonintensive heavy crude in North America.

Overshadowing all of this is the drop in the world price of oil, mainly the result of Saudi Arabia flooding the market in an effort to push competitors out of business. In the latest sign of the U.S. public’s lack of interest in reducing emissions, sales of larger DvehiE C U cles immediately spiked ED

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up as gasoline prices fell.

I’m still receiving criticism for a recent column in which I declared myself an “agnostic” on human-caused global warming. Agnostic means searcher, and my search has continued for real signs of climate change and its potential causes.

Our glaciers are receding, no question, but the current trend started around the 1850s, when a sport utility vehicle had one horsepower in leather harness and B.C. was about to be declared a British colony.

But amid the noise, there is serious evidence being put forward that our province is undergoing a climate shift with major consequences. And there are calls for action.

I’ll discuss that next week.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

Twitter: @tomfletcherbc

A wonderful one-woman show Dear Editor, On Saturday, Dec. 20 at 7 p.m., Delphine Kinvig singlehandedly put on a Christmas program at the Baptist church.

There were fewer than 30 people there, but what a blessing we had! God has truly bestowed on her special gifts of music, voice and a good sharing heart!

For those who did not hear this, you missed a truly great program. For us who were there, we are eternally blessed.

Thank you, Delphine.

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From Page 6 And it’s an idea that one five-year-old Huxley Briggs in the Yukon identified with.

Huxley pitched his wooden blocks to a local toy store owner (who’s also a Grade 1 teacher) and scored an order for 10 sets of the blocks.

They’re made from scrap wood in his dad’s workshop and come packaged in a bag labelled Huxley’s Block Company in Huxley’s own handwriting.

The proceeds from the sale of Huxley’s blocks went to the

his choice charity: the Yukon chapter of Big Brothers and Big Sisters.

It only took one day for all 10 sets of the blocks to sell out, and Huxley is reportedly in negotiations with his dad and grandfather to increase production.

Back here in Merritt, it takes one look at the list of local students who participate in the annual science fair to see that there is no shortage of creativity and ability among youth here in the Nicola Valley.

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Christmas Bonanza hits Nicola-Canford

Above, left: Plenty of Nicola-Canford Elementary School students did their Christmas shopping at the school’s Christmas Bonanza last week. The event allows kids to select gifts to give their loved ones during the holidays.

Above, right: Parent volunteers wrap the students’ gifts so they’re ready to go beneath the Christmas tree.

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Madi Hewton’s father will be opening a picture frame on Christmas morning, and it’s a gift that should allow him to save some time in the morning when he gets ready for work.

“I bought my dad this [picture frame] because he goes to bed early, and then in the morning he can look at us instead of coming in and peeking at us,” Madi said.

The Grade 5 Nicola-Canford student was able to purchase gifts for her parents, brother and sister thanks to the school’s time-honoured holi-

day tradition known as the Christmas Bonanza.

The PAC-organized event involved students taking turns last Thursday to shop for donated gifts on display in the school’s gymnasium.

Items from picture frames to books to games to all sorts of housewares were laid out for shoppers to peruse, and available for a mere 25 cents each.

Once they made their selections, the children took their items to the wrapping station where a lineup of volunteers were on hand to wrap them up, leaving the gifts ready to place under

the Christmas tree.

“Not many people have lots of money, so it’s a nice way for [the students] to be able to give a gift at Christmas time when they would probably never be able to go and buy their own gift at a retail store,” PAC president Selena Voigt said.

Volunteer gift wrapper and parent Sheree Ewalt said she noticed looks of thoughtfulness set on the children’s faces at the Christmas Bonanza last Thursday.

“It’s nice to see their enthusiasm about it,” she said.

“It would definitely change a parent’s point of view, that’s

for sure. We rush and we bake, and we’re zombies by the time Christmas comes around — and we all work — and the kids just go about it in such an easygoing way.”

Grade 5 student Jersi Emmerick bought a candle, trinket and some bowls at the bonanza — gifts she intends to give to her parents and grandparents.

She said she enjoys shopping at the bonanza because she can buy gifts for her parents without them seeing what she’s getting them.

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SD58 looks at solar power

By Michael Potestio the herald

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School District 58 is looking into the use of solar power at its schools.

At its Dec. 10 meeting in Princeton, the new board of trustees for SD58 heard a presentation from a member of the public regarding the benefits of solar energy and solar energy panels.

SD58 board chair Gordon Comeau said the presentation involved the idea of placing a solar panel on one of its schools to monitor how much solar energy is being brought in, in an effort to measure the feasibility

and viability of that renewable energy source.

The school in this case would be Princeton Secondary School, SD58 superintendant Steve McNiven told the Herald.

The school district hasn’t decided whether to install a solar panel at PSS yet, but McNiven said he’s called on their the solar energy idea further and provide some information to district staff.

McNiven said they need to examine what the costs are from a short-term, mid-term and long-term perspective and weigh those against the benefits of solar energy.

McNiven said there are

grants to consider as funding options, and there’s also an educational component to placing a solar panel on one of its schools.

“I’m open minded, but I’m just cautiously looking into it right now,” McNiven said.

One question the school district is trying to answer is whether placing a solar panel on PSS would simply be used to educate students on renewable energy or if it’s a feasible way to power its schools, McNiven told the Herald.

SD58 secretary-teasurer Kevin Black said there is no timeframe for the operations manager to deliver a report on the idea of using solar energy.

said the tradition is all about kids getting to put a gift under the tree they brought home on their own.

Voigt said even kids who didn’t have

a quarter got to leave with gifts as the event is about children being able to give a gift at Christmas.

Voigt said while the event is not intended

as a fundraiser, whatever money collected from the Christmas Bonanza goes toward Nicola-Canford’s breakfast program.

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FAITH

Influencing a utopian culture every Christmas

Faith can fill void left by unfulfilled rampant consumerism

NARAYAN MITRA You Gotta Have FAITH Well, it’s almost over! Following a month of relentless hype and allure, the businesses would now tally their profits and/ or losses of the season.

In our marketdriven society, glossy Christmas flyers and catalogues make inroads into homes even by October each year.

Lured by the blitz, parents fantasize while kids pester for the latest and newest merchandise.

Nervous about their fourth-quarter returns, retail stores play seasonal music, trying to entice us to empty our wallets and seduce us to worship at the altar of consumerism.

But if we care to trace our Christian roots, we would discover that the church fathers had different ideas about how to celebrate the first coming of Christ.

The first church official to propose special activities for the pre-Advent period was Perpetus, the Bishop of Tours.

To help the flock prepare for the holidays, in AD 490 he advocated fasting every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from Nov. 11 to Christmas Eve. This practice, which mirrored Lent, spread

slowly throughout the Christian church.

In the Orthodox Church, Advent still includes fasting, lasting from Nov. 15 to Dec. 24 in most places.

Armenian Orthodox Church members fast for three of the seven weeks between Nov. 15 (St. Philips Day) and Jan. 6 (Epiphany).

Regrettably, in this ever-changing world of technology, the capitalist god of market economy generates fanciful expectations, which when unmet, create a vacuum in our lives.

In human history, vacuums have been filled, whether for good or bad. In our times, the reign of terror unleashed over the world by suicide bombers raises the question: Why do young lives intent to kill innocent

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people and often be killed in the process?

The cadre of bombers and shooters comprises not just the unemployed and the illiterate, but privileged educated young persons. They are risking their lives for a future utopia.

Sadly, they think the vacuum in their lives can be filled by death and destruction.

The utopian revolutions of the failed gods of Communism and Nazism and the new gods of free-market economy and terrorism are bound to fail as well.

History is proof that the gods of this world fail over and over again. Once the euphoria of success is over, the vacuum in human lives begin to haunt them all over again.

Humanity declared its independence from God long ago and has chased the whirlwind of ideologies which are doomed to failure.

Jesus’ pre-incarnation times were also brimming with Greek and Roman ideologies.

But the simple message of the angels was “Peace on earth.”

God’s answer to the problems of the world was a baby – indeed, an invaluable treasure in an earthen vessel!

The self-giving love of God was manifested in a person, not in an ideology. The wise men were led by a star to a rustic manger and they were not disappointed.

They worshipped the King of kings and the Lord of lords.

Even today, the really wise can recognize the presence of God.

They value human life, especially of the poor and the marginalized.

We are living amid remarkable worldwide renewal and growth of the church. What has contributed to this renewal?

Is it the information revolution? Information is power and, indeed, information of the gospel of Jesus is the foundation for this onward movement of the church.

But this is information with a difference.

It is not just limited to words; rather, the incarnation of the Word (of God).

The Word became flesh and lived among us (John 1:14).

The story of Jesus in the Gospels makes a society that yearns to overcome awful loneliness, isolation and con-

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flicts endure by making life meaningful.

The Gospel faith not only enables a person to live but also die in peace.

The good news of Jesus-come-in-flesh on the first Christmas day has the power to make human potential productive under everchanging and challenging conditions.

The world which has suffered under failed and deadly ideologies needs to hear this good news in order to have an encounter with the living Lord.

This – and this alone – is a safeguard for fullness of life, dignity, love, and freedom of humanity.

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NDP blasts lottery corp spending

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A financial review of B.C. Lottery Corp. put a sunny face on an organization that continues to waste money and have significant gaps in control of illegal activities, NDP gambling critic David Eby says.

Among the findings of the review were that BCLC costs have been rising faster than revenues from casinos and lotteries, four departing executives received 18 months’ severance pay regardless of their length of service, and a test of retailers found that 40 per cent of them sold lottery tickets to minors.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong released the report Wednesday in Kamloops, with BCLC board chair Bud Smith describing an overhaul of the corporation’s human resources department after a staff buyout pro-

gram that was designed to save $6.6 million, but ended up costing $25 million.

The corporation offered early retirement and severance packages to employees aged 50 and older, expecting to eliminate 68 positions.

The offer was accepted by 142 employees, and de Jong admitted that BCLC will have to hire more staff to fill some of the unexpected vacancies.

The program was “not a particularly shining example” of management, he said.

Eby also noted that since BCLC stopped paying for a dedicated RCMP group to investigate money laundering, suspicious cash transactions in B.C. casinos have doubled, “and to my knowledge there has not been a single charge at a B.C. casino related to money laundering.”

De Jong said the increase in reports to

Ottawa of large cash transactions are in part due to a better system for detecting them.

“There are some big rollers out there who travel from Macao to Vegas to Vancouver, who are used to transacting their gaming in cash,” de Jong said.

Eby also highlighted an “employee recognition” program that paid out $217,000 last year in cash, gift cards and merchandise, and a catered corporate box at the Rogers Centre in Vancouver.

“This is money that is taken from hospitals, schools and public programs to pay for BCLC executives to go to Canucks games,” he said.

The audit also showed that BCLC’s venture into online poker and gambling, PlayNow.com, is bringing in only three per cent of the corporation’s revenues after five years of operation.

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Charges in Mountie shooting upgraded Monday night following some complications in his recovery.

Knutson, 36, was arrested after a 12-hour manhunt. Police also seized the vehicle associated with the shooting.

Knutson’s next court appearance is slated for Jan. 15.

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Coenzyme Q10 needed by cells DR. KEN WALKER The doctor GAME Heart failure is the fastest growing cause of heart disease in North America. What’s ironic is that the medication prescribed to prevent heart problems may in fact be causing weakened hearts and sapping energy from our 100 trillion cells.

Today, with an aging population, old hearts, like old cars, can only travel so many miles before they wear out.

But before this happens, a car without gas comes to a sudden halt.

Similarly, if the heart lacks coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), the gas that delivers energy to the heart’s muscle, it eventually develops congestive heart failure.

For years, doctors and the public have been

told that cholesterol-lowering drugs (CLDs) are the be-all-and-end-all to prevent heart attack. But one vital point has not hit the headlines. CLDs work by inhibiting an enzyme that produces cholesterol. But this enzyme is also needed for the manufacture of coenzyme Q10. Studies show that CLDs can rob the heart’s muscle of up to 40 per cent of CoQ10.

This is another classic example of an unintended consequence when man starts playing God with human physiology. Remember, it’s taken evolution eons and eons to decide on how much cholesterol and CoQ10 our body needs.

The moral? Small wonder that tinkering with nature means complications occur.

Early in life, our bodies produce large amounts of coenzyme Q10 and reach a peak level in our 20s. But as we age, the level of coenzyme Q10 decreases in the heart, pancreas, kidneys and adrenal glands.

Dr. Karl Folker, one of the early pioneers of coenzyme Q10, says that a 25 per cent deficiency in CoQ10 is enough to cause illness, and a decrease of 75 per cent sufficient to cause death.

Since the heart is the work-dog of our body, beating 100,000 times daily and 2.52 billion times by age 70 without a holiday, there’s more CoQ10 in our heart than any other organ.

But it’s not only the heart’s muscle that needs CoQ10.

The other 100 trillion cells also require continuous energy to carry out a myriad of metabolic tasks to keep us well. These cells also need a reliable source of CoQ10. So how many North Americans are feeling tired, have muscle cramps, muscle weakness and have emotional problems because of a lack of CoQ10?

Twenty-five per cent of the cholesterol in our bodies is concentrated in the brain and it’s protected from some medication by the blood brain barrier. But cho-

lesterol-lowering drugs pass through this protective wall often with dire consequences. The best example is what happened to Dr. Duane Graveline, a U.S. astronaut, who had no recollection of his wife and children after being on a CLD for several weeks.

His amnesia cleared only after stopping the CLD. Two plus two normally makes four so it’s reasonable to assume that Dr. Graveline’s amnesia was caused by a physiological double whammy. First, the CLD decreased the amount of CoQ10 and also depleted his brain of energy.

Second, the cholesterollowering drug also had an adverse physiological effect on the brain’s cholesterol.

Today, there is a continuing desire for doctors to prescribe higher doses of CLDs in an effort to lower blood cholesterol more and more. But the greater the dosage of CLDs, the greater the loss of coenzyme Q10 to the heart’s muscle. And never forget the other 100 trillion cells that

require more energy as we age.

Clinical studies show that CoQ10 supplements can increase the strength of the heart’s muscle in patients suffering from congestive heart failure. But prevention is always better than cure. This means that patients on CLDs and those who have had a heart attack should ask their doctors about the use of coenzyme Q10 supplements.

Research also shows that as we age, the body’s ability to extract CoQ10 from food decreases. It’s not surprising as all our organs work less efficiently with the passage of time.

This is why a supplement of coenzyme Q10 may be helpful to those who are feeling tired all the time. The usual dose of CoQ10 is 100 milligrams a day and is available at health food stores.

Dr. Ken Walker is an Ontario-based general practitioner who trained at the University of Toronto and Harvard Medical School.

Fatigue, stress can cause cycle

GWEN RANDALL-YOUNG Psychology FOR LIVING Scientists now tell us that fatigue can create as much impairment as alcohol. Fatigue seems to be a side effect of busy lifestyles. In earlier times, people rose with the sun and slept when it got dark. Sure, they had candles and lanterns, but there was just not that much to do after dark.

Biologically, we are not that different

from our ancestors, but our environment has changed drastically.

With television and computers, we can find entertainment 24 hours of the day. All of this stimulation distracts us from our biological instincts.

Students have extracurricular activities and homework to keep them stimulated right up until bedtime. Many adults, and children I suppose, have television sets in the bedroom turned on until it’s time to turn out the lights. The mind is activated right up until sleep time.

This is quite different from the days when the time after supper was spent quietly reading or doing a craft.

The family was together, slowing down, perhaps reflecting on the day. This time allowed the mind to slow down and the body to relax, all in preparation for a restful sleep.

What happens in the hours before bedtime does affect the quality of sleep. A busy, stressed mind will not allow for the deep

restoring sleep our bodies require. Fatigue can result from insufficient sleep or from poor quality sleep. Fatigue then affects the quality of our waking lives in ways that may create further stress, and so the cycle continues.

We would not go to school or work in an inebriated state, yet fatigue makes us just as

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Wisdom, then, would dictate that we place greater importance on the amount and quality of sleep we are getting. A good night’s sleep makes almost everything go better.

Warm up with almondinspired hot chocolate (NC) — Nothing comforts us on a cold day like a cup of hot chocolate. From a skating trip with the family or getting cozy in front of the fire, hot chocolate warms from the inside out.

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5th Annual Merritt Centennials

Christmas Report Card The mindless and totally subjective holiday revelations of Merritt Centennials hockey writer and photographer Ian Webster

CENTS SCORING to Dec 31 # Player Name GP

G

A

PTS PIM

9 John Schiavo 16 Gavin Gould 8 Diego Cuglietta 17 Michael Ederer 4 Shane Poulsen 11 Colin Grannary 24 Josh Teves 12 Rhett Willcox 18 Brandon Duhaime 22 Jake Clifford 19 James Neil 21 Nick Fidanza 15 Sam Johnson 2 Matt Foley 10 Cole Chorney 27 Devin Oakes 28 Braden Fuller 25 Malik Kaila 26 Cole Arcuri 7 Tyrell Buckley

18 13 12 11 6 10 2 5 4 7 8 8 5 1 4 1 2 1 1 0

21 22 19 20 21 13 21 13 13 8 6 4 7 7 3 5 3 2 2 1

39 35 31 31 27 23 23 18 17 15 14 12 12 8 7 6 5 3 3 1

34 34 29 34 33 31 33 34 32 28 18 32 34 34 11 34 13 21 18 30

TEAM TOTALS

2 24 20 6 30 4 24 44 20 34 18 16 40 36 16 30 18 22 27 10

Goaltending C+ There were high expectations between the pipes this year with the tandem of third-year BCHL-veteran Jonah Imoo coming over from Powell River and highly-regarded 19-year-old rookie Anthony Pupplo arriving from the state of New York.

Both goalies started the season like a house on fire, and at one point were ranked one and two in the league. Those numbers have tumbled to 13th and 21st, as Imoo battles back from injury and Pupplo searches for consistency. The jury is still out.

Defence

C+

The surprise return of 20-year-old Shane Poulsen was a huge blessing, as the Cents had only two other veteran blueliners slated to be back this year (Jake Clifford, Malik Kaila). All three have logged major minutes as they break in a rookie group that has had its ups and downs.

Injuries to Kaila and November -acquisition Cole Arcuri have strained the Cents’ backend severely, and the forwards haven’t always been the best of help in their own end. The team is allowing far too many goals against.

Offence

B+

The Cents’ coaching staff made good on their promise to finally find more scoring prowess, recruiting highly-touted John Schiavo and Michael Ederer from back East, and discovering Colin Grannary in their own backyard. Veterans Gavin Gould and Diego Cuglietta have picked up right where they left off last year, while Poulsen, Clifford and rookie Josh Teves have all chipped in from the backend.

The team’s goals-per-game average is up almost half-a-point from last year, (3.03 to 3.50).

119 211 330 441

CENTS GOALIE STATS to Dec 31 # Player Name GP W L

GAA

SV%

31 Jonah Imoo 15 9 6 3.04 90.90 1 Anthony Pupplo 21 10 9 3.65 88.60

UPCOMING GAMES Wed., Dec. 31 vs Coquitlam Fri., Jan. 2 vs Trail Sat., Jan. 3 @ West Kelowna BCHL STANDINGS Team

to Dec. 25

INTERIOR DIVISION GP W L T OTL PTS

Penticton Vernon West Kelowna Merritt Salmon Arm Trail

36 35 35 34 34 33

28 22 18 19 13 12

5 10 12 13 13 19

2 1 0 0 3 0

1 2 5 2 5 2

Special Teams B Merritt’s powerplay and penalty kill were both off-the-charts in September, before injuries and improved opposition special teams brought the Centennials back down to earth in a hurry.

The Cents’ PP rediscovered its touch on the team’s trip to the Island, and has been rolling along at a 36% clip (9-for25) ever since. The PK status is a bit more ‘iffy’, as the Cents have surrendered at least one man-advantage goal to their opponents in every game this month. Merritt is currently ranked 6th and 7th in the two departments.

Coaching

B+

Four years together and counting, bench boss Luke Pierce and assistant Joe Martin are becoming the ‘greybeards’ of the BCHL’s coaching ranks.

All joking aside, this good-copbad-cop duo continues to excel in so many areas — both on and off the ice — in one of the smallest markets in the league. They’re not afraid to make the tough decisions when it comes to recruiting, making cuts, carrying out trades, assigning roles, etc.

All that’s left for this twosome to prove is — Can they win it all?

Intangibles

B

For the second season in a row, the Cents have been decimated by injuries in the early going — first to Imoo and rookie Braden Fuller, then to the sincedeparted Adam Tracey, followed by veteran Kaila and newly-acquired Arcuri.

Despite the shortened bench, the healthy bodies have soldiered on — logging extra minutes and fullfilling unexpected roles.

The knock? At times, the Cents have been fragile with the lead, and seemingly reluctant to exert their will. Consistency remains the key to success.

59 47 41 40 34 26

ISLAND DIVISION Team

GP W L

T OTL PTS

Nanaimo Victoria Powell River Alberni Valley Cowichan Valley

36 32 34 31 36

0 1 0 1 1

24 15 15 15 11

11 10 12 12 23

1 6 7 3 1

Merritt Centennials

49 37 37 34 24

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MAINLAND DIVISION Team

GP W L

T OTL PTS

Chilliwack Langley Prince George Coquitlam Surrey

33 37 36 35 33

1 1 0 1 0

22 19 18 13 5

9 13 14 17 25

1 4 4 4 3

46 43 40 31 13

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MSS Grade 8 basketball teams attend Princeton’s Santa Slam

By Ian Webster THE HERALD

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The Merritt Secondary School Grade 8 boys and girls basketball teams travelled to Princeton on December 18 for the Princeton Rebels’ annual Santa Slam tournament.

The MSS girls team, coached by former Panther stars Nicole Mackay-Smith and Christina Pehr, went undefeated at the one-day tournament, downing the host Rebels 52-42 in their opening game, then edging the Kettle Valley Middle School Express from Penticton 39-38 in a thrilling afternoon showdown of undefeated teams.

Top scorer for the Lady Panthers was outstanding guard Mesha Naiker, who drained 34 points over the course

of the two games. Other notable point getter were Logan Moorhead (19), Trinity Shackelly (11), Brooke Sproson (6) along with Makyla Cooke and Haley Zabek (5 each).

Moorhead and Harvir Natt received Player of the Game honours for their outstanding work on defence against the other team’s top players.

Moorhead also tallied the game-winning basket against the Express with just 20 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter.

“Both players showed good hustle, and left it all out on the court,” Mackay-Smith said.

“It has been an exciting start to our season,” the coach added, “winning our first league game and then coming out on top in the Santa Slam. We are really looking forward to the

New Year.”

The MSS Grade 8 boys also performed well in Princeton despite losses to the Rebels and the Express by scores of 45-35 and 36-20 respectively. The 15-member team is coached by Grade 12 students Stefan Chiu, Levi Loewen and Jaycee Chenier.

The leading scorer for the Panther boys was Max Stead with 12 points, followed by Brody Pattison and Nicholas Anscomb with 10 and seven points respectively.

“The team did very well,” Chiu said. “They all worked really hard and never quit.”

Both Merritt Secondary Grade 8 teams return to court action on January 5th when they travel to Brock Middle School in Kamloops.

MAKING THEIR POINTS Merritt Secondary hoopsters Mack Stead (left) and Mesha Naiker were their respective teams’ leading scorers at the Santa Slam tournament in Princeton on December 18. The Lady Panthers went undefeated at the oneday event, beating the host Rebels and the Kettle Valley Express from Penticton. The MSS boys weren’t quite so fortunate on the scoreboard, but played extremely well. Ian Webster/Herald

Cents record two big wins in the lead-up to the Christmas break

By Ian Webster THE HERALD

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The Merritt Centennials gave themselves, their coaches and their fans two huge presents under the tree this past week with a pair of impressive wins on home ice prior to the Christmas break.

On December 17, rookie Colin Grannary’s two-goal performance paced the Cents to a 5-1 victory over the visiting Penticton Vees in one of the team’s most consistent efforts this season.

Cole Chorney, Jake Clifford and Sam Johnson also tallied for the Centennials, who never let the Vees’ vaunted offence get wound up.

The first star of the game, Merritt netminder Jonah Imoo, looked his old self again, stopping 33 of 34 shots sent his way.

Meanwhile, the Cents handed Penticton goaltender Brendan Barry his first loss in 10 starts this season.

The Centennials won the special team’s game-

YEAH, BABY! The Merritt Centennials’ always-effusive Nick Fidanza celebrates his goal on Friday night against the visiting Vernon Vipers. Ian Webster/Herald

within-a-game, going two-for-six with the man advantage while limiting the Vees to just one goal on four chances.

The Wednesday night defeat was just leagueleading Penticton’s fifth regulation loss this season.

Two nights later, the Centennials pulled off possibly even a bigger coup, downing the Vernon Vipers 6-3 at home to close out Merritt’s pre-Christmas schedule.

The Vipers have been rolling along in recent weeks, finding ways to win on an almost nightly basis.

The line of Grannary, Michael Ederer and Brandon Duhaime were a force all night against the Snakes, racking up a total of 11 points between them.

The über-talented Ederer finally caught some breaks, scoring twice and assisting on two other goals.

Both Grannary and

Duhaime found the back of the net once, as did Nick Fidanza and team-scoring leader John Schiavo.

Imoo picked up his second win in three successive starts, turning aside 27 of 30 pucks sent his way.

At the other end of the ice, former Centennial netminder Jarrod Schammerhorn was solid, despite allowing five goals on 34 shots.

The final Merritt goal was an empty-netter.

As impressive as the overall win was the Centennials’ resiliency, as they bounced back from a horrid second period in which Vernon scored three times in a row to erase an early 3-0 Merritt lead.

The Cents put the pedal to the metal in the final 20 minutes, however, to send everyone home happy for the holidays.

The Cents’ next game is at home on December 31 (New Year’s Eve) at 5 p.m. versus the Coquitlam Express.

Cents’ $50,000 cash raffle a success Despite not quite generating the amount of profit hoped for, the Merritt Centennials’ inaugural $50,000 cash raffle prize contest is still being declared an unqualified success by team representatives.

“Our intent was to raise $40,000 to $45,000 dollars for the club,” Centennials director of hockey operations Brian Barrett said. “We certainly didn’t make anywhere near that, but we still figure it was a very worthwhile thing.

It’s going to help keep junior hockey here in the community. We’re

very grateful for the support that the people of Merritt showed.”

Barrett said that the exact amount of money the hockey team made from this year’s cash raffle is still being calculated, but he estimated it is going to be between $15,000 and $17,000 when all is said and done.

“We probably got to the break even point with about a month to go, so we were pretty confident that everything would work out well,” Barrett said.

The four-month raffle ran from September to December,

with the grand prize draw taking place at the Cents’ December 13 home game against Salmon Arm. Five additional early bird draws for $1,000 each time were held in advance of the grand prize draw.

Barrett said the cash raffle could never have taken place without the help of the Cents Booster Club and their gaming licence.

Consideration is being given to having next year’s cash raffle span Christmas so that tickets can be sold as gifts and stocking stuffers.

$50,000 GRAND PRIZE WINNERS Randy and Vicki Martin

$1,000 EARLY BIRD WINNERS

Bill Pierce Jim Rosevear Mike Etchart Allan Chabot Emcon Office Staff AND THE WINNER IS The Merritt Centennials’ new marketing director Meagan King (far left) and Cents Booster Club member Liz Brackenreed prepare to announce the $50,000 grand prize winners of the Cents’ cash raffle contest on December 13. Ian Webster/Herald

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Fishing derby

Conayt Bingo

The Nicola Valley Fish & Game Club would like to invite you to their annual Mamette Lake Ice Fishing Derby. It will be held on Sunday Jan. 11 from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. There will be 50/50 for goods, prizes and increased cash prize for biggest fish. Free coffee and hot chocolate and hot dogs will be available by donatioin. Purchase your ticket at Ponderosa, Gun-Fishin or at the fishing derby. If you would like further information you can contact Ed Collins 250-378-2547 or Paul Komonoski at 250-3784904.

Every Thursday evening, doors open at 4:30 p.m. first game starts at 6 p.m. Bingo is at 2164 Quilchena Avenue.

No Bingo on Thursday December 25, 2014 and Thursday, January 1, 2015.

Bingo will resume as normal on Thursday, January 8, 2014.

Nicola Valley Film Society Presenting “TRACKS�

Rated PG on Monday, Jan. 19 at 7:00 p.m. at the NVIT LECTURE THEATRE. For more info phone 3783974.

Shelter looking for volunteers The Nicola Valley Shelter and Support Society is seeking volunteers to fill shifts at the Extreme Weather Response Shelter located at 1937A Quilchena Ave. from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and 9 p.m. to midnight daily. Volunteer application packages are available at the Community Policing Office (250-3783955) located at 2013 Quilchena Avenue.

The Nicola Valley Community Band Fall season of practices on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in the music room at MSS. info: James 250-378-9894.

The Community Choir New season has started, come at 7 p.m. Located at Colletteville school. New members are very welcome.

For more information contact: Ellen 250-378-9899 or Barb 250-389-2678.

LIVING WITH LOSS SUPPORT GROUP Living with the Loss Support Group Wednesday 7 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. #122025 Granite Ave, Merritt - Call Marilyn at 250-3783513.

RISING FROM THE ASHES Fire relief fundraisers for Earth Walker Spiritual Shop. You can either donate money to the bank account set up at CIBC or drop off your bottle donations to the bottle depot.

volunteers needed

HELP RED CROSS

The Navy League is in need of officer’s and volunteers to help out with our growing Cadet Corps. Our children are age 9 to 13 and we meet every Wednesday night from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

If you have past experience or are interested in becoming a part of our Corps please contact us.

Ellen 250-280-6944, Sue 250-378-9880 or email at nlccventure@gmail.com

Merritt senior centre Weekly schedule is as follows: Monday: Crib & Whist 7 p.m. Tuesday: Bingo 1 p.m., Duplicate Bridge 7 p.m. Wednesday: Carpet Bowling 1:30 p.m., Court Whist 7 p.m.

Thursday: Floor Curling 1 p.m. (third week - shut-in lucheon) Friday: Rummoli & Games 7 p.m. All seniors welcome.

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help us reach our goal Would you like to see a movie theatre in Merritt, then the Merritt Community Cinema Soceity can use your help!

Phase 2 has started.

Goal to reach $144,000 for design & architect fees

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Merritt Baptist Church

Tuesday - Darts: 7 p.m.

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If you would like to help donate to this wonderful cause please make cheque payable to Merritt Community Cinema Society and mail it to: 1952 Eastwood Ave., Merritt, BC V1K 1K3

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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.

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Alice Gibson (Berkeley, nee Buck) On December 15 15, 5, 2014 Mrs. Alice Gibson passed away peacefully at Gillis House at the age of 92 years.

She is survived by her loving husband, Gerald Gibson, of Merritt, BC, two sons, Ken Berkeley of Radium Hot Springs, BC and Glenn Berkeley of Abbotsford.

She is also survived by three grandchildren.

She is predeceased by her parents, Anna and James Buck, her ďƒžrst husband, Ken Berkeley, her daughter, Jill McGinnis, her sisters Marguerite and Beulah and her brother Jim. A service to commemorate Alice’s life will be held at St. Michael’s Anglican Church on Saturday, December 27, 2014 at 2 o’clock pm with the Reverend Craig Fairley, Deacon, ofďƒžciating.

Alice Jane Buck was born on May 14, 1926 at home on the SX Ranch near Merritt where her parents raised sheep for a living.

During her youth Alice especially enjoyed horseback riding in the hills on the ranch. While growing up in the Nicola Valley, she met and ultimately married Ken Berkeley. They raised their family in Collettville. After being widowed in 1971, Alice moved to Agassiz, BC where she worked for a hotel in the kitchen and as a janitor after the bar closed each night. A lot of years went by before she met Gerald, a long-time resident of Agassiz.

They married in 1997. After Gerry retired they moved to Merritt.

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SUMMIT APARTMENTS Brand new 2 bedroom apartments

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Newly renovated units “Clapperton Manor” 2775 Clapperton Ave. Please call 250-315-8340

3 bdrm trailer in Lower Nicola. $1100 plus utilities.

2 bedroom house. $750 plus utilities.

3 bedroom house. $850 plus utilities.

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In the Matter of Part 3.1 (Administrative Forfeiture) of the Civil Forfeiture Act [SBC 2005, C. 29] the CFA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT:

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NICOLA APARTMENTS Clean one and two bedroom.

Starting at $600/month.

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4 OUT OF 5 PEOPLE WITH DIABETES DIE OF HEART DISEASE.

Community Newspapers We’re at the heart of things™

On July 31, 2014, at Voght Street and Priest Avenue, Merritt, B.C., Peace Officer(s) of the Merritt RCMP seized, at the time indicated, the subject property, described as: $530 CAD, an LG cell phone, a T-Mobile BlackBerry cell phone with PGP encryption, and a BlackBerry Curve cell phone, all on or about 14:03 Hours.

The subject property was seized because there was evidence that the subject property had been used in the commission, and/or intended for use in the furtherance, of offences under sections 88 (Possession of a weapon) and 348(1)(a) (Break and enter with intent) of the Criminal Code of Canada.

Notice is hereby given that the subject property, CFO file Number: 2014-2515, is subject to forfeiture under Part 3.1 of the CFA and will

be forfeited to the Government for disposal by the Director of Civil Forfeiture unless a notice of dispute is filed with the Director within the time period set out in this notice.

A notice of dispute may be filed by a person who claims to have an interest in all or part of the subject property. The notice of dispute must be filed within 60 days of the date upon which this notice is first published.

You may obtain the form of a notice of dispute, which must meet the requirements of Section 14.07 of the CFA, from the Director’s website, www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/ civilforfeiture. The notice must be in writing, signed in the presence of a lawyer or notary public, and mailed to the Civil Forfeiture Office, PO Box 9234 STN PROV GOVT, Victoria B.C. V8W 9J1.

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Quality products, friendly service!

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(next to the Credit Union) PO Box 3090, Merritt, BC

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Phone: 250-378-2332

Season’s Greetings

DEAR SANTA Published By The Merritt Herald

The count down to Christmas is on, but here at the Merritt Herald we managed to catch Jolly old St. Nick for a quick interview. We compiled a list of questions from your letters to Santa and here’s what he had to say: How does Santa understand all the different languages of the world?

Some call it magic, others just think Santa is very, very smart.

Is there any food Santa doesn’t eat?

Santa won’t eat venison (reindeer) burgers.

How did the reindeer get their names?

Santa named them, with help from the elves.

Where does Santa get his red suit?

Mrs. Claus made it for him.

How does Santa get all the toys into the sleigh at one time?

Actually, his red toy sack is magical in that it is bottomless and continues to stay full until Santa has made all his deliveries to all the children around the world.

Does bad weather make it hard for Santa to drive his sleigh?

Santa uses his North Pole Frosty-Weather-Reader-Meter, so he is always prepared.

Does Santa have any hobbies?

His most favorite hobby is playing games of any sort plus he likes trying out all the new toys.

How does Santa visit the whole world in one night?

The time zones help, but so do the reindeer and Santa’s special magic.

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SEASON’S GREETINGS

Wishing you Happy Holidays

2865D Pooley Ave., Merritt 250-378-5580

HACK ELECTRIC 2865D Pooley Ave., Merritt 250-378-5580

Merry Christmas A World of Good Wishes.

One of the real joys this holiday season is the opportunity to say thank you and wish you the very best for the new year Office Hours: Monday

- Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

1999 Voght St. (next to the Credit Union) Call Today to Book Your Appointment. Ph:

250-378-5877

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SEASON’S GREETINGS

May your Holidays d be filled with joy

May your home be filled with all the joys of the season

and good cheer And the New Year bring you peace and happiness

St wix Resources Joint Vent re 250-350-3342 • www.uppernicola.com

(250) 378-2277 www.stuwix.com

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SEASON’S GREETINGS

Please Don’t Drink & Drive!

Have a Safe and Happy Holiday Season!

Management & Staff Mario’s Towing Group

2676 Nicola Avenue Toll Free: 1-888-292-1581

250-378-9241

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SEASON’S GREETINGS

Dear Santa, I am 4 years old, I attend the K4 class at the Lower Nicola Band School Head start program. I help my Mom and Grandma every day, also my teachers and my friends. For Christmas I would like anything that is Ninja Turtles or Lego.

From, Austin Emery Cisco

Merry

Christmas

Serving Merritt for over 20 years

Merritt’s Auto Glass Specialists

At this special time, it is our great pleasure to offer our best wishes for a joyful holiday season!

Black’s Pharmacy

Friendly Professional Service From People Who Care

CONTRACTING ing h s i W

Experienced professionals on hand INC.

250-315-5074

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2663 Granite Avenue, Merritt BC

250-378-4531

2037 Quilchena Ave.

250-378-2155

Season’s Greetings All the members of our team would like to offer you their warmest wish for this holiday season.

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TR TRI-PEAKS T AUT A UTO REPAIR REPAIR AUTO Phone: 250-378-2272

*Licenced Inspection Facility

Nicola Valley Radiator 2775 Marian Avenue, Merritt, B.C.

Big or small we fix them all!

250-378-1366

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Season’s Greetings

Moving Real Estate BC Ltd.

May songs of joy Àll your home with warmth and your heart with happiness this holiday season!

250-378-6166 #102 - 2840 Voght St., Merritt, BC email: info@movingrealestate.ca

Enjoy this holiday season with your family and friends. from the staff at the

MERRITT HERALD

Season’s Greetings from everyone at

Highland Valley Copper It is the season for rekindling the fire of hospitality in your home and igniting the flame of charity in your heart.

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Why Stress when you can bring b it to the Best

During the Holiday Season more than ever, our thoughts turn gratefully to those who have made our progress possible.

And in this spirit we say, simply but sincerely Thank You and Best Wishes for the Holiday Season and a Happy New Year

Merry Christmas

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Frank’s Mechanical

would like to wish

Everyone a Happy Holiday

FRANK’S MECHANICAL SERVICE 2026 Mamette Avenue

378-1322

Wishing all of you the very best of the season and a prosperous New Year!

May Creator bless you & yours with a Merry y Christmas mas

Call David Brown at 250.315.0241 or email him at David.Brown@investorsgroup.com

Lower Nico Nicola Indian Band 1 Naw 181 Nawishaskin Lane

Thank you for all your support!

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas.

We are again offering FREE winter sand for your sidewalks and driveways.

Look for the

“FREE SAND SIGN”

in Norgaard’s yard on the Spences Bridge Hwy.

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Seasons Greetings Joe, Christine and Corrine would like to thank all their customers for their patronage throughout the year.

From all the staff at garden sushi we would like to wish you a very

Happy Holiday

HOURS OF OPERATION:

Merritt Drycleaning & Coin Laundry 1926 Quilchena Ave.

250-378-2676

and thank you for your support throughout the year!

Mon. - Sat.: 11 am to 9 pm Sundays: 4 pm to 9 pm Closed: Christmas Day & New Years Day

2701 Nicola Ave., Merritt

250-378-5504

B8 • THURSDAY, December 25, 2014 Ron of Kennedy’s Appliances pliances a s would like to wish everyone yonee a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year.

THANK YOtroUnagee

for your continued pa throughout the year!

KENNEDY’S K EN N E D DY S APPLIA APPLIANCES P ANCES

1926 Voght St.

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The Nicola Valley Health Care Auxiliary would like to THANK the VOLUNTEERS and the COMMUNITY for their support throughout the Year.

Season’s Greetings to All!

Have a very Merry Holiday Season and Joyous New Year!

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250-378-9600

Dr. Todd Smith and staff would

like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year.

Cascade Dental Care Located in the Railyard Mall

378-4000

#110 - 1700 Garcia

Merry Christmas IIn warm appreciation i ti off our association during the past year, we extend our very best wishes for a happy holiday season

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Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful holiday and a very happy new year.

Stain Glass Almerina Rizzardo

Available at Creative Company 2074 Quilchena Ave. Merritt, BC

Ph: 250-378-0813

Best Wishes for a Happy and Healthy Holiday Season!

250-378-4695 2145 Quilchena Ave., Merritt, B.C.

Seasons s g n i t e e Gr On behalf of all our staff, we wish you a very happy and safe holiday season and look forward to serving you again this year.

Airport Rd., Merritt Ph: 250-378-7122 www.adproperty.ca Fax: 250-378-4143

E-mail: adpro@telus.net

250-378-6261

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MERRITT LUMBER SALES We would like to thank our customers for supporting our Family Business.

Have a safe and Happy Holiday Season.

Stop by and check out our stocking stuffers for the handy person on your list.

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Thank You for your continued enthusiasm and for keeping me inspired!

The Mushroom Lady Carolyn Thompson

HOURS OF OPERATION:

Hand Shaped Clay Ornaments

Mon to Fri.: 8 am - 5 pm & Sat.: 8 am - 4 pm

Hand Dyed Silks

Family owned, family serviced Steve, Jim, Ashly

2152 2 DOUGLAS DOUGLAS ST., ST MERRITT, MERRIT BC

250-378-6848 2074 Quilchena Ave, Merritt, BC, V1K 1B8

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We so greatly appreciate having good friends and customers like you!

Nicola Plumbing & Heating

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Wishing you Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays

Save Some Stress

QUALITY INN All rooms renovated in the Fall 2013

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VISIT QUALITY INN, MERRITT TOLL FREE: 1-800-663-2830

Tel: (250) 378-4253 • Fax: (250) 378-6869

PHONE: 250-378-4943

E-mail: nicolainn@telus.net

2064 Coutlee Ave., Merritt, BC

4025 WALTERS STREET, MERRITT

Merry Christmas

Holiday Season is h T Merry Christmas &

Happy New Year Fred, Lorna, Barb, Monique & families wish you a very safe & prosperous new year.

Thomson’s Truck Parts & Sales Ltd. 250-378-8266 2172 Douglas Street

Spend time with family, friends and loved ones.

Appreciate the good fortune we all have in our community.

Aspen Planners Ltd.

GIFT WRAPPING We will wrap your gifts at prices you can afford Call for details.

1295 Midday Valley Rd., Merritt, BC For more information: 250-378-9011

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Thank You! The Country Christmas Committee made up of: Kurt Christopherson, Mae Ketter, Carolyn Thompson, Jack Polmans, Mavis Polmans, Darrell Brooks, Sharon Edwards, Linda Baird, Herman Nel, Carrie Ware, Etelka Gillespie, and Sandy Curnow wishes to thank the following for their help and support for making Country Christmas a success. We apologize for any names that we have forgotten from our list.

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