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Candidates spar at chamber of commerce forumFraser Nicola MLA incumbent and NDP candidate Harry Lali (third from left) answers a question from the crowd at the all-candidates forum on April 23 at Merritt’s Culture Club as (from left) Michael Beauclair, Conservative; John Kidder, Green Party; and Jackie Tegart, Liberal, look on. The event was hosted by the Merritt and District Chamber of Commerce.

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The Merritt and District Chamber of Commerce hosted an all-candidates forum on April 24 at the Culture Club for the Fraser Nicola MLA candidates.

About 50 people attended and heard from candidates Michael Beauclair, Conservative; John Kidder, Green Party; incumbent Harry Lali, NDP; and Jackie Tegart, Liberal, make opening and closing statements and answer a variety of questions from the audience.

Topics ranged from the whether candidates supported the proposed pipeline projects to what improvements can be done for rural health care to what can be done about semi-trailer trucks on Highway 5A.

Etelka Gillespie, chamber of commerce office manager, said the

event went well and was a great opportunity for constituents to hear from the candidates.

“It was tough to nail down a date because of trying to get all the candidates together,” she said. “The date we did go with worked because we knew all the candidates were in town for the radio forum. A couple of the candidates, especially the ones travelling from Ashcroft, thought it was a good idea to stay in town to continue campaign-ing in Merritt and finish off with a forum that evening.”

Gillespie said they received lots of great questions from the audience. She also noted that the Culture Club turned out to be an excellent venue.

“It was our first time doing it

there and it worked out great,” she said. “A lot of people who were there had never been to the Culture Club before and were impressed that Merritt has a place like that.”

Beauclair, the Conservative candidate, enjoyed the process and

was glad to take part.“I think it went

pretty well,” he said. “There were some pretty tough ques-tions but I did my best to answer them. If I didn’t know enough, I cut it short. People have concerns in

Fraser-Nicola about health care, education, the environment, pack-aging — that was one that came out of the blue.”

Beuclair said the BC Conservatives have come out in favour of both proposed pipeline projects: Kinder Morgan and

Enbridge.“We know people are con-

cerned about the environment and the economy,” he said. “We are pro-pipeline. We think the advan-tages of the pipeline outweigh the environmental risks. That means that industry will have to pay the piper if something does happen. They’ll be held accountable.”

The question about packag-ing came from long-time Merritt resident Andrea Rogers, who is concerned about excess packag-ing in store items. She told the Herald that she has long been an advocate of the environment and is a strong supporter of the Green Party.

“Back in 1956, they would do mosquito fogging and the trucks would come down the street in front and then go around and do the back street,” she recalled. “I would run out to the front street and stop the truck and tell them,

‘Don’t spray here. I don’t want spray in my yard.’ I would hear them turn at the church and come up the back alley. I stopped them again and said, ‘We don’t want that here. Even then I was an eco-logical activist I guess.”

Rogers agrees with Green candidate Kidder, who advocates removing packaging at the store and leaving it behind. Overall, she was impressed with the candi-dates, although she’s sticking with the Greens.

“I thought the forum was really good,” she said. “They all spoke up well and were all really well prepared. I thought it clarified a lot of what they thought about things.”

Kidder was also impressed with the forum and enjoyed butting heads with the other candidates.

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A spokesperson for the families of the two Langley teens missing at Nicola Lake said friends and family will continue to search for the boy’s bodies after the RCMP search failed to turn up any-thing.

“The RCMP searched all week with their dip sonar. It’s a unit that is placed in the lake and it shines in a 100-foot radius,” said family friend Scott Lebus, who is a police officer for the Delta police.

“They searched until Friday and were unsuccessful. The sonar unit was damaged on Friday, so they left around 1 p.m. They were packing up on Friday regardless.”

Lebus said they heard from a couple from Idaho who search for drowning victims using their own sonar device.

“They’re coming later this week,” he said. “We’re going to be back at the lake continuing the search.”

Lebus said friends of the family have set up a trust fund to help offset the cost of the search and other

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The boys, Austin Kingsborough, 17, and Brendan Wilson, 18, were at Nicola Lake on their own celebrating Brendan’s 18th birthday, staying at Brendan’s family’s cabin.

“This was a pre-planned trip for the boys,” said Lebus. “This cabin had been in the Wilson fam-ily for generations. Brendan had been on that lake since he was a toddler.”

Lebus said that Brendan was very

goal-oriented and even finished high school early and had started his own business.

“This trip was a

celebration of his 18th birthday,” he said. “His best friend Austin came up with him. The boys had been in the lake earlier in the family ski boat. They had put that away and had everything all buttoned up and just went out for one more jaunt after dark on Saturday night in the canoe from the infor-mation we have.”

When the families hadn’t heard from the boys, they called the neighbours who checked and saw the truck still there.

Lebus said the boys were very outgoing and popular in the school as well as the

community.“The boys were

avid in ice hockey and ball hockey,” he said. “There’s quite a movement in the ice hockey and ball hock-ey associations to do what they can to help the family.”

There’s a Facebook page and twitter feeds with the hasthtage #prayfortheboys.

“There’s a lot of people on there sharing stories,” said Lebus.

“They’re very, very close families. They’re very tight. It’s a very said thing but we’re trying to put some closure on this for the family.”

RCMP and Nicola Valley Search and Rescue scoured Nicola Lake last week searching for the missing teens. Ian Webster/Herald

THE REGION

Snowy conditions and collisions on the Coquihalla Highway proved winter’s grip is still strong on the mountainous route.

A vehicle incident closed Highway 5 southbound at the Coquihalla Summit.

Compact snow and slushy and slippery sec-tions covered Highway 5 between Merritt and Kamloops.

B.C. Highways issued a snowfall warn-ing and travel advisory on Sunday, and did not recommend travel unless necessary and to travel with caution.

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The City of Merritt held an open consulta-tion on April 23 at the Civic Centre to discuss their five year financial plan.

Mayor Susan Roline, several councillors and several city staff mem-bers were on hand to discuss the proposed city budget for 2013-17.

“Under the Community Charter, every year we have to come up with a five year financial plan,” said Roline. “We’re set pretty good. We’ve got some good reserves built up in our key funds. We’ve got some small ones we’d like to build up more, but overall we’re sitting pretty healthy.”

Roline said the city infrastructure has been added to and improved upon over a period of time.

“Not everything went in at once, so as we added on to the sections, like the sewer we did in the 1960s, we won’t need to make any major replacements for a number of years,” she said.”

According to the plan, the city will have revenues of about

$14.5 million for 2013. The biggest source of revenue is property taxation, which will net $6.5 million. Second is sale of services, which will bring the city an anticipated $2.2 mil-lion. The total operat-ing expenses for the city is expected to be $14.3 million. The top city expenditures include RCMP at $2.27 million followed by administra-tion at $145 million.

In order to meet expenses, the city is anticipated a tax revenue increase of $119,620 or 2.25 per cent.

“That’s the tax

revenue increase we will need to meet our operating expenses and be able to provide all the services we provide to the community,” said Roline. “Our police contract has gone up. Our union contracts have gone up. Fuel costs have gone up. To meet all those needs we need another $119,620 for 2013.”

At the forum, the city also showed off plans for sev-eral upcoming projects, including adding a lacrosse box and con-cession/washroom at Central Park.

“It’s been about 25

years now that the city has owned that park,” said Roline. “The washrooms there have been an Atco trailer that was put in 23 years ago. That has definitely been outgrown. It’s time to replace that with a permanent, solid structure. That park gets used a lot. It’s one of our busiest parks.”

The city will also be adding a new water treatment building at the public works yard, and adding bigger bays for the fire hall.

Pat Sibilleau, man-ager of financial ser-vices for the City of Merritt, presented the

budget and said the city is in strong shape head-ing into the next cycle.

“We’ve got some good projects in the plans and logical pro-gression on those proj-ects,” she said.

Sibilleau said that the city leans on long-term borrowing to pay for its bigger projects.

“The logic behind that is that we want the people who are going to be using the facil-ity to pay for it. If we billed for it and paid for it out of tax dollars in year one, the people who are going to use it for the next 20 or 30 or 40 years basically get

a free ride and we pay high, up-front costs. If we spread it out it’s more even for all residents, current and future.”

The city has a steady debt load of between $8 and 10 million every year explained Sibilleau. “As we pay off debt, we then bor-row some more,” she said. “As long as we stay consistent in there (we’re OK). The city has a very good abil-ity to borrow. We’re nowhere close to the limit we could borrow.”

Sibilleau said the city isn’t sure yet how the tax revenue increase will break down and who will be paying the lion’s share.

“The assessments on residential have dropped a little, but the assessments on industrial type proper-ties have gone up,” she said. “So when we actually do the distri-bution of which taxes will come from which class of tax property, it could change. Some might see their taxes go up, some might see their taxes go down. We know we need to collect 2.25 per cent more. How that will be distributed, we don’t know at this point.”

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GOOD MORNING!

From the Herald archives: April, 1983

Valley Copper

officially opened

Combining the million gopera-tions of the former Bethlehem Copper Corporation and the Valley orebody in the Highlands Valley, the Valley Mine was officially opened Friday, May 13.

Bethlehem and the Valley orebody are wholly owned by Cominco Ltd.

Cominco officials, Japanese customers, four provincial min-isters, and industry, union and com-munity guests, as well as the media, were on hand for the opening.

The copper mine has been producing since January of this year.

A special area was set aside on the mine site for receiving guests and conducting the offi-cial signing of sales contracts between Valley and Japanese corporate buyers.

Guests were greeted by gen-eral manager A.D. MacPhail and were given a tour.

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“I love these things,” he said. “They’re really fun to do. You get to hear different opinions from all the candidates. The problem I have with all-candidates meet-ings is that the audience tends to already be committed, so it doesn’t reach out really well to the people who are looking for information. It reaches out to those people who already support the individual candidate. I think

that’s a problem — you need a lot more people engaged. That said, there was a lot of good questions from people and lots of good answers.”

Kidder said that the impor-tant issues in this election will be determined by the Liberals and the NDP because, “they’ve got the money, they’ve got the platforms, they’ve got the stuff. They’re tending to define it as ‘we’re the good guys and the other guys are bad.’”

All-candidates forumFrom Page 1 The Merritt Herald

has sent five important questions to all four MLA candidates for the Nicola Valley (Michael Beauclair, Conservative; Jackie Tegart, Liberal; John Kidder, Green Party; and incumbent Harry Lali, NDP).

We will be running the responses in our next two Thursday papers

(May 2 and 9) leading up to the May 14 elec-tion. We will feature two candidates in each edition.

Michael Beauclair and Harry Lali will be featured on May 2, while John Kidder and Jackie Tegart will appear in the May 9 paper.

Be sure to check it out before you go and hit the polls in this very important election which will determine the fate of the province for years to come.

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In previous newspaper incarnations I have writ-ten about some of my favourite sporting names, both teams and indi-vidual.

There are lots of great names in sports from female soccer player Hope Solo, to basketball player Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje (Boomshay-Boomshay), whose name is just fun to say, to Olympic skier Picabo Street.

Team sports are even funnier when you consid-

er some well-paid people came up with names such as the University of California Santa Cruz Banana Slugs and the Tropang Talk N Text Texters of the Phillipine Basketball league. I see the NBA’s New Orleans Hornets are chang-ing their name to the Pelicans next year. That may sound ridiculous but really is it any worse than the Pittsburgh Penguins or Toronto Maple Leafs?

Speaking of the Leafs, the squad is in the play-offs this year for the first time in about a zillion years. Meanwhile, the Vancouver Canucks are in once again and will look to build on last year’s finals loss. It won’t be easy especially if Cory Schneider is hurt for very long. Relying on Roberto “I’m still here” Luongo

is risky at best. Although, he has seemed to have found his niche as an accomplished Twitterer (Tweeter?).

Over in the NBA, once-dominant franchises from Los Angeles and Boston are struggling. The Lakers are done after being swept by San Antonio, while the Celtics managed to stave off elimination at home against New York.

Canadian superstar Steve Nash has not had the desired effect the Lakers hoped for. Nash has been injured for much of the season and is looking every bit of his 39 years. Of course, it’s not all his fault — big man Dwight Howard, who was brought over from Orlando, has been awful as well.

It seems injuries are

turning out to be a huge factor in these play-offs. Oklahoma Thunder star guard Russell Westbrook is out with a knee injury and probably won’t return. That should open it up for Miami, except Dwyane Wade is also struggling with injuries himself.

Kamloops big man Kelly Olynyk has declared for the NBA draft after a superb junior season at Gonzaga. I have my doubts about whether he’ll be a star or not. Olynyk has a soft touch and is athletic for a seven footer, but I don’t know if he can bang with the big boys.

Back to hockey, it looks like my old hockey teams have done very well recently.

The Castlegar Rebels won their league as

did the Selkirk College Saints. Brooks Bandits of the Alberta Junior Hockey League repeated as provincial champions yet again.

So I think that should bode well for the Merritt Centennials’ chances next season. If they do well, I will take all the credit.

Of course, the WHL Kootenay Ice of Cranbrook didn’t per-form too well this year, finishing out of the play-offs for the first time since they moved there.

That’s a pretty good string of 13 straight years of making the play-offs, so I think we can give them a pass.

As for other local sports, it’s great to see the Merritt Secondary School teams do well. It’s also great that they have rugby here as well as high

HERALD OPINIONNDP plan is borrow and spend

Fourth in a series on party platforms By Black Press reporter Tom Fletcher.

VICTORIA – NDP leader Adrian Dix has finally rolled out his “fully costed” election platform.

Major policy announcements had been released previously, but there was plenty more spending added to the total.

The NDP’s health care plan is surprisingly modest – more money for home support, residential senior care, mental health and addiction services and a rural acute care initiative totaling $159 million over three years.

As health critic Mike Farnworth points out, the residential care increase will allow seniors two baths a week instead of one. Full marks to the NDP for this part of the platform.

Increases to Community Living B.C., children and families programs and aboriginal friendship centres are also commendable.

Other NDP proposals don’t inspire as much confidence.

Raise welfare rates $20 a month and index them to inflation. Index the minimum wage to inflation too, at a time when inflation can only rise.

Set up a new child bonus program to send $70 per month for each child with family income under $25,000. Lesser payments would go to families with income up to $66,000.

This ’70s-style family allowance scheme is based on a “child poverty” claim that misrepresents federal statis-tics of relative income distribution. The program is optimistically budgeted at $210 million a year. Dix insists it isn’t a “big new social program,” which makes me wonder what would qualify.

It would be partly funded by can-celling a BC Liberal plan to establish education savings accounts for kids born after 2006. Out with self-reliance, in with the nanny state.

Another $100 million is added to hire more teachers, to address the teachers’ union’s often-repeated but false claim of “a decade of cuts” in education.

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GALE FORCE Winds around Merritt have been fierce the last few days. This tree, near Merritt Secondary School, was torn apart. Ian Webster/Herald

Another $100 mil-lion goes to student grants, much of it further subsidizing the oversupply of English, education, sociol-ogy, women’s studies, journalism and other university grads who eventually discover there is little demand for their degrees. As with welfare, increasing

support for bad choices can only yield more bad choices.

On a related note, the NDP will revive a ministry of women’s equality, “to promote social and economic equality to all govern-ment programs....” As with female candidate quotas, the NDP keeps the flame of ’70s social-ist feminism alive.

The party totals up its new program spend-

ing to $988 million over three years. That’s exactly the amount Dix estimates will be raised by tax hikes on corpo-rate income, bank capi-tal, personal income over $150,000, carbon tax on oil and gas drill-ing, and cancelling the BC Liberals’ RESP and child tax credit plans.

As for deficits, the NDP claims that the BC Liberal budget hides a deficit of $800

million this year and similar deficits in the next two years. The BC Liberals point to an impressive string of “net zero” wage settle-ments with public sec-tor unions, the core of their spending control record.

Would the NDP continue to hold the line on public service wages, as the BC Liberals have done?

Dix’s NDP caucus

and staff is stocked with former govern-ment union officials. Party president Moe Sihota is essentially a direct employee of the same unions. The B.C. Federation of Labour has shaped the NDP’s Labour Code changes, which we won’t see until after the May 14 vote.

And how much money does the “fully costed” NDP plan

set aside to pay wage increases for its govern-ment union brothers and sisters? Zero.

Since this is the party that appears to be cruising to victory in the May 14 election, I’ll look at what’s not in their platform and other issues next week.

Tom Fletcher is legisla-tive reporter and col-umnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

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Arts council thanks community for supportDear Editor

On behalf of the board of directors of the Nicola Valley Community Arts Council and the 30th Anniversary Planning Committee, I would like to say thank you to the community for coming out in such great numbers to

celebrate on Friday, April 26 at the Civic Centre. We could not have imag-ined a better turn out and party! We hope everyone who attended enjoyed the wonderful performances, the stunning artwork, the scrumptious appetizers by Dorothy Molnar and the fabulous cupcakes by

Michelle Shaw. We thank you all for making it a night to remember!

The scrapbooks, now updated to 2012, are avail-able for perusal at the Courthouse Gallery.

Please note that the Black and White Art Show will be moving to the Courthouse Art Gallery

and there will be an open-ing on May 2. The gal-lery is open Thursdays from 4-8 p.m., Friday and Saturday from noon-6 p.m.

While you’re at the art gallery, please consider taking out a membership in the NVCAC to help support the arts council’s programs that so enhance

the lives of the people of the Nicola Valley. After all, as Picasso said, “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.”

Sincerely,

Chelsea WerrunPresident, NVCAC

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The owners of an Abbotsford-based saw-dust hauling company that recently expanded into Merritt are the winners of a national family business award.

Valley Pulp and Sawdust Carriers co-owner Ben Klassen oversees the Merritt branch, and is part of the third generation of Klassens running the

family business. “It’s a little bit of

validation of the work that three generations have done,” Klassen said of the award. “We know we’re all working hard, but it’s always good to see that, from the outside, people concur with your ide-als.”

The company was founded by Klassen’s grandfather, “Grandpa Neil,” in 1963 when he purchased a truck to

haul firewood and saw-dust from sawmills to farms. Today, the com-pany has a fleet of 20 trucks that transport wood products such as sawdust and hog fuel for landscaping, agri-culture, and the paper industry. The com-pany has locations in Abbotsford, Mission, Maple Ridge and recently Merritt.

“We were pretty much the first Klassens to move further than ten minutes away from our main yard [in Abbotsford],” Klassen said of his immedi-ate family — wife Jacqueline and their two young sons. “It’s not a world away, but it is a couple of hours. We’re getting used to the big change that we just put ourselves through.”

Klassen’s brother and company co-own-er Travis Klassen, who works in Abbotsford, said the company is also expanding into the fourth generation. It was the genera-tional transference of ownership and eye for expansion that he put

into a presentation with a cousin for the committee that would choose the winner of the award. Klassen said the presentation addressed how the family plays together as well as works — a dynamic he said can be tricky to balance.

“Each year we do a family retreat,” he said. “This year, we’re going to Osooyos, and there’s 63 of us who are all going to be there. We take a few days off from our work together, catch up, relax, and then get back to it the day after Victoria Day. I’m look-ing forward to that.”

The annual award is presented by the Canadian Association of Family Enterprise (CAFE), and the Klassens received the recognition from the Vancouver chapter. CAFE Managing Director Jane O’Connor said passing the Klassens’ legacy of passing the business along was one of the most impressive factors for the committee in choosing a winner.

“What we found most compelling about the Klassens was — and it was a tough decision — they had a commitment to family and they had a com-mitment to business, and to having both the family and the business work. Neither one took precedence over the other,” she said. “For us, it was the commit-ment to business and to the business family

that gave them that foot across the line.”

While Ben and his family are focusing on adjusting to life in the Nicola Valley, Travis said their business is busy preparing for the opening of their Abbotsford home for at-risk youth.

“One of the most exciting things we’re doing right now is on the charitable side,” he said. “We’re starting

a family foundation called the Neil Klassen Foundation after our grandfather.”

It’s a legacy both Travis and Ben said they are grateful to their grandfather for establishing.

“It was an honour to be recognized and especially to receive the award on behalf of our grandparents and our parents,” Travis said.

6 • TUESDAY, April 30, 2013

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Our branch in Merritt, BC is looking for an exceptional person to take on the exciting role of Branch Manager. Our Branch Managers are responsible for the management of the daily operation of their branch. They are approachable, natural leaders by example, committed to providing exceptional customer service based on their knowledge of our nancial products. Formal training will be provided.

Key Responsibilities:• Providing exceptional customer service.• Managing store business including balancing daily transactions, budgeting, and monitoring revenue and expenses.• Recruiting, supervisor, motivating, and training staff.• Performing daily sales calls to current and past customers.• Local marketing of credit and loan services. • Managing past due accounts by completing daily collections calls and coaching staff in successful calls.• Top notch oral and written communication skills.• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills to ensure reporting is accurate and timely.

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(From left) Ben, Jacqueline, Mack and Jake Klassen recently relocated to Merritt to run the Merritt log hauling division of Ben’s family’s business. Emily Wessel/Herald


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As the weather warms up, people, like bears waking up from hibernation, are eager to get outside. Spring offers many activities we have been anticipating all winter long. For hunters, it means the spring hunting sea-son is in full swing. Anglers are drawn to rivers and lakes that are finally free of ice and the chilly winds of winter have become gentle breezes.

Spring is also a busy time for the Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club. On Sunday, April 26, my wife Heidi and I attended the tail end of the first sporting clay shooting event of the year. About 30 people attended and more are expected in future events to be held later in the year.

On that note,

the sporting clay chairman of the NVF&GC, Brett Gilmore, tells me that shotgun enthusiasts meet every Saturday for friendly competi-tion at the range. For more information, call Brett at 250-378-2857.

B.J. Moore, chair-person of the archery committee, informs me that the club purchased new 3-D archery targets and now offers a regular target range and a 3-D walk-through trail. The spring archery shooting sessions are every Tuesday from 6 to 7 p.m. Archers of all skill levels are wel-come to participate.

While at the range, I noticed that the foundations for the new big-bore shooting house have been laid. I am impressed with the size of it and there is even a ramp to accommodate access for disabled shoot-ers. Wood and other materials for the building have been donated and the con-struction of a new shooting house will soon commence. The finished building will

be impressive, pro-viding ample room and modern equip-ment.

Spring is also a time for me to go out with the camera and capture the beauty of the awakening nature. Outdoor pho-tography is not only a means to provide visual illustration for my magazine articles, but also a source of great joy and relaxation. This has not always been the case. Like most people, I used to take pictures of whatever came along with little

thought of composi-tion and other things that make pictures really memorable, yet I kept wonder-ing how profession-als achieved their stunning pictures. My wife, a profes-sional photographer, provided a lot of the answers to those questions. Since meeting her, the quality of my pic-tures improved and I have even earned prizes in photogra-phy contests.

Heidi is, without a doubt, one of the best photographers

I have met and now provides camera and photography les-sons for beginner to advanced hobby pho-tographers. Her wall full of photography awards is testament to her art and skill. For more informa-tion, check out her advertising in the Thursday editions of the Herald or call 250-525-0396.

As you can see, there’s lots going on in the spring to get the winter rust off your bones. Make sure you take advan-tage of it.

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FORMER MERRITT CENTENNIAL BRANDON BRUCE PLAYING IN WESTERN CANADA CUP

Nineteen-year-old Cranbrook native Brandon Bruce is in Nanaimo this week as a member of the AJHL’s Brooks Bandits. Bruce played parts of two seasons with the Merritt Centennials before being traded to Brooks in November of 2012 for Sam Johnson. In 88 BCHL games, Bruce recorded 21 goals and 20 assists for 41 points along with 104 PIM. As a Bandit, Bruce scored 12 goals and added 13 assists in 48 AJHL games leading up to the WCC. Photo courtesy of the Brooks Bandits

By Ian WebsterTHE [email protected]

As the inaugural Crescent Point Energy Western Canada Cup entered its third day on Monday of this week, the Yorkton Terriers of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League were leading the way in the race to determine the two western repre-sentatives to this year’s Royal Bank Cup in Summerside, P.E.I.

The Terriers were sporting a 2-0 record, thanks to a pair of wins, 4-3 and 3-2, over the host Nanaimo Clippers and the Steinbech Pistons (SJHL) respectively.

Sitting in a tie for second place going into Monday night’s action were the Clippers and

the nationally number-1-ranked Brooks Bandits (AJHL), each with a 1-1 record after two games. The Clips, who are coached by former Merritt Centennials’ bench boss Mike Vandekamp, stunned the Bandits 7-2 on Sunday night in front of an apprecia-tive home crowd at the Frank Crane Arena.

Yet to record a win are the WCC’s remain-ing two entrants — the Pistons and the BCHL-champion Surrey Eagles. The Eagles lost 4-2 to the Bandits in the opening game of the Western Canada Cup on Saturday.

Surrey earned a berth in the WCC by defeating the defending RBC champions, the Penticton Vees, 4-2 in

their best-of-seven Fred Page Cup final. The Eagles were scheduled to play the Pistons on Monday night.

Led by goaltender Michael Santaguida, Surrey posted a 43-13-3 regular-season record, and went 14-3 in the post-season play-downs.

Brooks (53-4-3) fin-ished 29 points ahead of their nearest Alberta opponent in the regular season, then went 12-2-3 in the playoffs.

Host Nanaimo was eliminated on March 20 in the first round of the BCHL playoffs.

WCC round robin games continue until Thursday. Elimination games run Friday and Saturday, and the championship final is on Sunday.

COMRADES IN ARMS (Above) Members of the Van Kleek (located near Ottawa) and Kamloops high school rugby teams show their solidarity following a ‘friendly’ game on April 17 in Kamloops, won by the host side 36-22. (Below) The Kamloops team included five players from the Merritt Secondary School senior boys’ rugby team. (Left to right) Ben Cunningham, Paz Morrison-Rainville, Matt U’Ren, Trevor Reed, Clay Torgalson and assistant coach/former MSS player Max Heppner. The Kamloops team (including the MSS players) will be travelling to Ontario at the end of May as part of the YMCA-sponsored exchange. Photos courtesy of Trish Rainville

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LADY PANTHERS HOST VALLEYVIEW ON WEDNESDAYThe Merritt Secondary School senior girls’ rugby team hosts the Valleyview Vikings at 4 p.m. on Wednesday at the Central School playing fields. Above, Merritt’s Jaycee Chenier takes the ball into contact against Lillooet in a home game played on April 17. Joining Chenier in the play is teammate Selena Henry. Ian Webster/Herald

In January 2012, the Canadian Junior Hockey League announced a new regional playoff format for its four western prov-inces. The British Columbia Hockey League, Alberta Junior Hockey, Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and Manitoba Junior Hockey League would participate in a five-team tourna-ment to determine two teams that would represent the region at the annual RBC

national Junior A championships.

The new format would replace the Doyle Cup (Alberta/B.C.) and Anavet Cup (Saskatchewan/Manitoba) champion-ships that previously determined the west-ern representation at the RBC.

The first-ever Western Canada Cup was awarded to Nanaimo, B.C. for 2013. The host team would be the BCHL’s Nanaimo Clippers. All games would be played at the Frank Crane Arena.

The 2014 Western Canada Cup will be hosted by the Dauphin Kings of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League.


POSITION: Payroll and Accounts Payable Clerk

Department: Finance

Summary:This is a dual-purpose position. Under the supervision of the Finance Manager, the incumbent;• Performs the tasks associated with theaccurate processing of accounts payables.• Performs the tasks associated with maintaining a payroll and bene ts system including accurate recording and processing of all pertinent information related to NTA staff.The incumbent is responsible for prioritizing the work-load for both components of this position in order to ensure timely completion of all tasks.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Perform the day-to-day processing of accounts payable transactions to ensure that NTA’s nances are maintained in an effective, up-to-date and ac-curate manner. 2. Complete payroll functions in order to ensure staff are paid in an accurate and timely manner.3. Other related duties as required/assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

The successful applicant will have extensive knowl-edge of and experience with accounts payable and payroll functions and procedures, as well as an ability to maintain a high level of accuracy in preparing and entering nancial and payroll information.

This position requires the ability to maintain con denti-ality concerning nancial and employee les.

Education requirements include 1st or 2nd level ac-counting as well as education on payroll compliance and fundamentals. Experience with Xyntax Account-ing system is preferable, as is experience.

The successful applicant will report directly to the Fi-nance Manager, and work closely with other mem-bers of the Administration Department.

APPLICATIONS GIVING FULL PERSONAL DETAILS AND WORK EXPERIENCE WITH COVER LETTER MUST BE SUBMITTED TO:

Rick Yellow HornExecutive Director

Nicola Tribal Association PO Box 188, Merritt, B.C. V1K 1B8

NO LATER THAN Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 4:30 pm

JOB POSTING

Accounts Payable/Payroll ClerkMerritt, BC

Emcon Services Inc., a Road and Bridge Maintenance Contractor based in Merritt, B.C. is seeking applications for an Accounts Payable/Payroll Clerk position in our Merritt of ce. This position requires an individual who can handle multiple priorities and deadlines in a busy and complex of ce environment, as well as, possess strong administrative skills, excellent verbal and written skills, be well organized and have solid computer experience and knowledge. Experience with Microsoft Of ce (Excel, Word, Access) would be an asset.Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, Accounts Payable and Payroll, general of ce/clerical duties such as typing, data entry and ling. This position requires above average attention to detail, accuracy and con dentiality.We require the individual to work 5 days per week, Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.As this position requires operation of Company Vehicles, please include a driver’s abstract in your Application along with relevant education and experience.Only short listed candidates will be contacted and hiring is subject to pre-employment drug testing.Please mail, fax or e-mail resumes as follows:

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Summer Student Employment Opportunity

The Nicola Valley Health Care Auxiliary is looking for summer help for the Thrift Shop. Students must be returning to school in September.

3 FULL TIME POSITIONS AVAILABLEHours of Work are Tuesday to Saturday,

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Wages dependent upon experience.

Detailed resumes to be dropped off at the Thrift Shop, 1803 Voght Street.Deadline for receiving resumes is May 10, 2013.

SOCIETY COORDINATOR required for a permanent part time position, consisting of 20 hours/week. Applicant must have a strong, working knowledge of Simply Accounting, be able to work independently, have a general understanding of the Residential Tenancy Act, and be able to deal with people in a compassionate manner.

Please forward resume prior to Noon, May 3, 2013 to the following address:

Coordinator,P.O. Box 2414 , Merritt, BC V1K 1B8

While we thank everyone for their interest in this position, only those chosen for an interview will be contacted. Successful candidate must undergo a Criminal Records Check.

Merritt Home Hardware Building Centre is seeking an outstanding candidate. Candidates will have exceptional communication and interpersonal skills and will be able to work productively in a team environment, as well as be an independent self-starter. 35 hours per week -Tuesday to Saturday

KEY SKILLS & RESPONSIBILITIES • Experience in Inventory Control • Effi cient Computer Skill • Logistic knowledge • Customer service • Profi cient Math skills • Organized • Physically Fit

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We appreciate the interest of all applicants, however, only those individuals selected for an interview will be contacted.

Merritt, B.C.EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

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Help WantedAn Alberta Oilfi eld Construc-tion Company is hiring dozer, excavator, and labourer/rock truck operators. Lodging and meals provided. Drug testing required. Call Contour Con-struction (780)723-5051.

MEAT MANAGER, Jasper Su-per A. Jasper Super A is look-ing for an experienced Retail Meat Manager. As Meat Man-ager you will be responsible for all aspects of the manag-ing the department, including cutting meat. You must have working knowledge of gross margins, expense controls and human resources manage-ment. The successful candi-date must have Grade 12 (or equivalent) and be able to provide a “clear” security clearance. If you have the skills and abilities please for-ward your resume to our Head Offi ce, The Grocery People Ltd. (TGP) in confi dence to: Human Resources, The Gro-cery People Ltd., 14505 Yel-lowhead Trail, Edmonton, AB, T5L 3C4. Fax 780-447-5781, [email protected]

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Misc. for SaleAT LAST! An iron fi lter that works. IronEater! Fully patent-ed Canada/U.S.A. Removes iron, hardness, smell, manga-nese. Since 1957. Visit our 29 innovative inventions online at; www.bigirondrilling.com or Phone 1-800-BIG-IRON.

SAWMILLS FROM only $3997 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT or call 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.STEEL BUILDING - Blowout clearance sale! 20x22 $4,188. 25x26 $4,799. 30x34 $6,860. 32x44 $8,795. 40x50 $12,760. 47x74 $17,888. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. Or visit us online at: www.pioneersteel.caSTEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or visit us online at www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

Misc. WantedTrue Coin Collector Looking to Purchase Collections, Accu- mulations, Olympic Gold and Silver coins, Bills + Not melting down, Serious Collector. Call: Coin Couple 1-778-281-0030

Real Estate

LotsNOVA SCOTIA’S Eastern Shore. Waterfront Lots for Sale Excellent Climate Near the Atlantic Ocean. Three Bedroom House for Sale or Rent Visit us online at: www.sawmilllanding.com or [email protected], call 1-902-522-2343 or 1-902-328-4338.

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentOne bdrm unfurn. apart. near Elks Hall. $530 + Hydro. Mid-dle age to seniors in ground level aparts. 250-378-4976

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Ask about move-in incentives For appointment call

Ph: 250-378-9880

Spacious 1 & 3bedroom apartments.

F/S, heat and hotwater included.

Mobile Homes & Pads

2 bedroom mobile home, available May 1st. Fridge, stove, washer, dryer included. Close to town, school and bus line. Quiet family location. $950 per month utilities includ-ed. 250-378-0887Double wide mobile home, 3 bdrm, wood stove, f/s, w/d, pay your own Hydro & gas, avail May. 250-378-4166

Suites, Lower2 BEDROOM Basement suite available May 1st. $800/month includes utilities and laundry. May require references. Con-tact Sandy or Jas 250-315-4675.

Transportation

Auto Financing

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Cars - Domestic2007 PT Cruiser. Low Km and very clean. Asking $6800. 250-378-4490

Boat AccessoriesWell built steel boat rack box. Size 69” x 69.5”. Full over cab length 145.5” came off 1988 Ford F250. Well worth looking at $400 obo 604-792-9460

Legal

TendersLAND PARCEL sale by ten-der SW 17-28-29W1 RM of Shell River, MB. 80 acres. hay/pasture/bush for farm/rec-reation/acreage. Highest or any Tender not necessarily ac-cepted. Closes May, 17, 2013. Call 204-937-7054 (Roy).

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