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CARNAVAL PANCAKES Collettville Elementary School Grade 2 student Ella Kroeker enjoys a pancake lunch along with other students at the school last Tuesday. The event is part of a full week of games and recreation at the school during Carnaval celebrations. The French immersion school was celebrating the week in honour of the Quebec Winter Carnival (Carnaval de Quebec), which runs in Quebec City during the first week of February. Phillip Woolgar/Herald
A West Kelowna woman was struck and killed as she was helping injured passengers in a Coquihalla Highway crash on Sunday.
The deceased woman was the lone passenger in a lumber truck that was involved in the three-vehicle col-lision at 6:35 p.m. about 35 kilometres north of Hope.
After the initial three-car pileup, the 54-year-old woman attempted to rescue the two elderly occupants of a 2008 Toyota involved in the crash. A Chevrolet then drove onto the scene and rammed the Toyota she was behind. Her 59-year-old husband watched the crash, Fraser Valley Traffic Services reported.
Two 40-year-old Kamloops men also involved in the crash were assisting her in the rescue. They managed to jump out of the way of the oncoming Chevrolet.
The 62-year-old driver of the Chevrolet, a man
from West Kelowna, reported the inci-dent to the Hope RCMP and is co-op-erating, police said. He initially stopped briefly down the road from the acci-dent, but didn’t return to the scene.
The two occu-pants of a 2008 Toyota were both injured. A report about their condi-tion hasn’t been released but their injuries aren’t life-threatening.
The vehicles involved in the pileup were moving southbound near the Zopkis brake check.
Preliminary investigation showed that it was snow-ing at the time, and weather and driver error may have been factors. Alcohol and speed don’t appear to be factors, RCMP said.
The deceased woman’s name is not being released until her family is notified.
Any witnesses are asked to call Fraser Valley Traffic Services Const. Laszlo Bali at 604-702-4039.
By Phillip WoolgarTHE HERALD
Woman killed while rescuing crash victims
Fraser-Nicola NDP MLA Harry Lali is fac-ing a slew of criticism from the BC Liberals who say he broke the rules with lambasting attack ads and a criti-cal press release.
A conversation with Speaker of the House Bill Barisoff prompted Lali to say he “made a mistake” and he prom-
ised provincial coffers won’t pay the bill for the ads.
“I’ve got a couple of new staff and so obvi-ously I’ll be looking
over and scrutinizing everything that comes out in terms of press releases and ads,” he told the Herald.
Last week, Lali sent to B.C. media organizations a release criticizing his opponent — newly announced Liberal candidate for Fraser-Nicola Jackie Tegart — and her party for what he labelled as a closed nomination process
for riding candidacy, among other criticisms.
In his ads, Lali slammed the Christy Clark B.C. govern-ment for creating a jobs plan that “will kill B.C. jobs.” Other ads stated “Why are Christy Clark Liberals refusing to reappoint BC’s Auditor General, the independent watch-dog?”
By Phillip WoolgarTHE HERALD
Lali criticized for ad tacticsThe Fraser-Nicola MLA says the Liberals are being ‘hypocritical’
See ‘Lali’ Page 5
‘The BC Liberals are
on the defen-sive and they are also very desperate.’
—FRASER-NICOLA NDP MLA
HARRY LALI
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Merritt.ca launched with a new look, feel and functionality on Monday.
“We think we’ve hit it with this,” Economic Development Manager James Umpherson told a crowd of about 20 who gathered at Merritt City Hall.
Umpherson said the website combines many of the features that will help market Merritt and provide ease of informa-tion gathering for resi-dents, but people need to be patient as the many features roll out.
One resident asked about using the Country Music Capital brand-ing theme that the City of Merritt has adopted. Elements of that brand-ing are already included on the website.
Another resident, who had a slew of ques-tions, asked for a profile for each business to be included in the website, but that detailed infor-mation will be included later.
“We will be adding to these links as much
as we can, and we hope we get good feedback from the community,” Umpherson said. “We see this as a work in
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• SD 58 sets out suicide protocolA Nicola-Similkameen School District 58 suicide protocol aims to help students identified as at risk in the weeks following a crisis.It’s something SD 58 already does, but the formal protocol adds an element of commit-ment to stay connected with the other orga-nizations that encounter high-risk youths.
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“It’s always good to come home,” Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon said at an appearance at Coquihalla Gillis House last Tuesday. And it was a coming home in more
ways than one for the Nicola Valley-area rancher.“I was on the board for the hospital
foundation when we built Gillis House, actually,” Guichon said. “I’ve had a long connection with the health care in Merritt.” Guichon spent just under an hour
at the seniors’ home where she spoke to and greeted residents, had tea and cake, and toured the facility. During her address, Guichon talked about her first three months as lieutenant governor.
“One of my goals is to travel to every part of this province and meet with people, particularly folks who work in the resource industries — agri-culture and logging and mining,” she said. “I want to share that with city folks and remind them how impor-tant it is for rural communities to be healthy, strong communities.” She also presented Gillis House
residents with a book of pictures of Government House gardens.
“We’re very fortunate in British Columbia to have this heritage,” she said. “It sits on 36 acres [15 hectares] and we have 400 volunteers who help look after the gardens — I wish I had those kind of volunteers to come to ranch and help look after the gardens.”
Guichon was then introduced to each of about 30 residents in atten-dance and reminisced with some. Residents appeared glad to have the opportunity to meet with the Queen’s representative. Guichon said she is looking forward to the new opportuni-ties she gets in her job.“New things come up all the time,”
she said. “I’m looking forward to meeting the Queen in February and before I go, I will be in the legislature for the reading of the speech from the throne, so there’s lots of firsts still. It’s very exciting.” It was the ninth of 11 stops for
the lieutenant governor, in the sec-ond round of a two-and-a-half day tour through Gold Country, Merritt and Kamloops. While in Merritt, Guichon also toured the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology and visited the local Royal Canadian Legion. On Wednesday morning, she addressed the students at Merritt Central Elementary School at a school assem-bly.
By Emily WesselTHE [email protected]
Lt.-Gov. shakes hands throughout the region
Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon (left) shook hands with people at the Coquihalla Gillis House last Tuesday. Merritt Mayor Susan
Roline (right) accompanied her as she made her rounds through the facility. Emily Wessel/HeraldFamily’s supply of ice fi shing gear stolen It was a disap-pointing start to what looked like a promising weekend of ice fishing for Jason Arnold and his family. Arnold awoke on Friday morning to discover thieves had
taken all of the fam-ily’s ice fishing equip-ment from the drive-way of their Diamond Vale home. “It’s a total pain for us now,” Arnold said, estimating that the equipment added up to about $1,500. “The tent was the most expensive thing
at 400 bucks, and the sleigh was two [hun-dred], and then there was all the gear.”All that remained
of the ice fishing gear was a couple of tent straps that had ripped off, some bait, a roll of toilet paper and
the bungee cords that held the gear together. It was the bungee cords strewn on the driveway that tipped Arnold off to the theft. “The bungee cords that we had strapped over for the tent to stay on were off, and everything was gone,”
he said. “That’s how I noticed, because I wouldn’t even have looked over, but I saw the cords. That’s all that was left.”Arnold said he nor-mally kept the gear inside the garage, but left it out Thursday night because he was
storing a truck he was working on in the garage that night. He covered the pile with a drop sheet and left it on the driveway between the garage and his truck, which he had parked close on the driveway.
By Emily WesselTHE [email protected]‘That’s how I noticed, because I wouldn’t even have looked over, but I saw the cords.’—THEFT VICTIMJASON ARNOLD
The equipment is estimated at about $1,500, and some has sentimental value
See ‘Theft’ Page 3
“It’s always good to come home,” Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon said at an appear-ance at Coquihalla Gillis House last Tuesday.
It was a disappointing start to what looked like a promising weekend of ice fishing for Jason Arnold and his family.
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A Merritt man has been sentenced to 18 days in jail and a one-year probation following a bizarre outburst last Wednesday that saw him strip down and refuse to co-operate with authori-ties as they tried to repossess his house.
Lance Thatcher, 49, was charged with obstruction of a peace officer for the naked standoff, during which
Thatcher espoused his “Freeman on the land” beliefs. Freemen on the land believe that statute law is contractual, and therefore void if people refuse to be governed by it.
The saga continued in a Kamloops provincial courtroom on Friday, where Thatcher refused to acknowledge his name to judge Hermann Rohrmoser. Thatcher has been charged in the past for refusing to give his name to police, and has a
record of other obstruc-tion-related charges.
Thatcher’s ex-wife, Christine Sellinger, said he began following the Freeman on the land movement toward the end of 2007, which she said was a major factor in the demise of their marriage. Sellinger, who’s not on the title to the house, moved out in 2008 and put a lien against it during divorce proceedings in 2010.
“When I left, I was under the impres-
sion that we had paid the mortgage off and were mortgage-free,” Sellinger said. “He was supposed to, through our divorce, put it up for sale and divide it down the middle, shake hands and say, ‘See you later.’ Meanwhile, when I put the lien against the house, the lawyer found out he took a personal line of credit against the house.”
Sellinger said she was surprised to learn that the house was in foreclo-
sure in November 2011. Since she had a lien against the house, there-fore legal interest in the matter, she received the same papers Thatcher was served with on the matter.
“It’s been a 14-month thing,” Sellinger said. “I haven’t been back there for three or four years at all. There has been no communication at all.”
Thatcher’s sentence also includes the order not to return to the house in question.
By Emily WesselTHE HERALD
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Call for resolutions for 2013 SILGA Convention
The SILGA Annual General Meeting and Convention is sched-uled to be held in Salmon Arm from May 1 to 3. The SILGA Constitution requires that resolutions to be considered at the annual meeting are to be received by the secretary-treasurer no later than 60 days prior to this meeting. Friday, March 1, will be the deadline for receipt of resolutions.
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Bylaw Report on Dogs
Stats for December regarding dog com-plaints and dog inci-dents continue in a downward direction. This month is the sixth month in a row that we have shown a reduction in dog-related incidents in our city. Comparing the stats for the same time period in 2011 there is better than a 61 per cent reduc-tion in incidents and complaints. The credit for this turnaround lies almost completely on the efforts of pet owners in our city to be more respectful and considerate of others and their property.
In addition, our dog park continues to attract more and more owners and their pets to an area that is designed to allow your pet some freedom to run and socialize with other dogs. Positive public comments con-tinue to be received by the office confirming that we are all mak-ing a difference that is being reflected in the monthly statistics.
December saw this office impound three dogs. All three dogs
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We took one other dog into protective custody arising from public complaints and that dog was released back to the owner the same day.
The issues of dogs and dogs at large remain a high priority for the Bylaw Office despite the fact that we are continuing to make progress through education and public awareness.
Compliance in our downtown core regard-ing leashed dogs con-tinues to grow and our downtown businesses and patrons are all very appreciative.
Business LicensesDecember new busi-
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This demonstrates the continued focus of building business in all areas of the com-munity, including a rejuvenation of our downtown business district.
ParkingA parking issue has
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The problem arises from a lack of park-ing spaces provided by Gillis House and very likely a lack of suitable signage.
Bylaw and the Leisure Services Manager are aware of the problem and are taking steps towards solving the problem. The Interior Health Authority will be asked to come to the table to discuss possible long-term solutions.
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Chilliwack MLA John Les asked Barisoff for an investigation into the press release and the ads, which he criticized for being a violation of using party dollars to attack other MLAs.
In a letter Les wrote last Thursday to Barisoff, he said: “I firmly believe that Mr. Lali abused his rights as a member of this legislature.”
Les is on record as later saying, “I don’t know what about this
Harry doesn’t get. He’s been in the legislature for 17 years. He’s got to know that you can’t use your constituency office for partisan activ-ity.”
Lali responded dur-ing a phone interview, saying Les and the party are being hypo-critical.
“Here he is on the one side complaining about so-called partisan ads, which they are not, and attack ads, which they are not, and, meanwhile, they are running American-style, negative partisan
attack ads, and their friends are doing the same thing,” he said.
While Lali said his office made a mistake, he added that the Liberals aren’t answer-ing the tough ques-tions.
“The BC Liberals are on the defensive and they are also very desperate.”
Lali went on to say the Liberals spent tens of millions of dollars on their own attack ads, which were prompted through sur-rogates.
“There is a recent
surrogate attack ad that has come out against [B.C. NDP leader Adrian Dix],” Lali said. “It is very personal and it is very negative.”
Lali said he will not use the $119,000 expense account for the constituency office to pay for partisan advertising, which have appeared over the last several weeks as May’s provincial election approaches.
The rule states the funds “are not to be used for political pur-poses,” but Lali claims they are not partisan.
With the Canadian penny out of circula-tion since Monday, organizers at Angel’s Animal Rescue Society decided it would be an ideal time to launch a fundraiser.
Pennies for Paws is set for this Tuesday (Sunshine Valley), Wednesday (Lower Nicola) and Thursday (Diamond Vale the Bench and Colletville). Each neighbourhood will be canvassed by a team of volunteers.
Donations, which will be collected in the evenings, will go toward continuing the society’s rescue efforts and for providing vet-erinarian care.
“We are always full [of dogs] and that is really a sad story,” Judanna Dawn-Caros, president of the soci-ety, said. “All of our dogs are adopted out, but every time we adopt out a dog it makes room for the
other one that needs you.”
Since Angel’s start-ed rescuing dogs in August, 2008, 1,329 of the pooches have received a home.
About 80 per cent of the dogs were res-cued from the area that makes up the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, Dawn-Caros said.
“If people know of neglect or abuse, then we will go do the res-cue,” she explained. “If they decide the dog needs better care and they would like to have it come to Angel’s Animal Rescue, then they sur-render it to us at that time.”
The dogs are then treated by a vet-erinarian, and “they receive physical, mental and emotional rehabilitation that they need before they go into their new homes.
“When people come and adopt a dog, they are receiv-ing a balanced dog so they don’t get a dog
with a lot of issues,” Dawn-Caros said.
All the dogs are kept at Angel’s, which is about a five-minute drive west of Lower Nicola.
Angel’s is also planning an open house for this spring, but details haven’t yet
been released.“This will give
people an opportunity to see how the dogs are provided for here at Angel’s,” she said.
People are wel-come to help collect donations by calling Angel’s at 250-378-5223.
Those who don’t receive a visit from the volunteers can drop off donations at Purity Feed, Nicola Valley Veterinarian Clinic, the Merritt Veterinarian Hospital, or the Hitch ‘N’ Post Restaurant (Lower Nicola).
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Angel’s Animal Rescue Society is looking to increase funds by canvassing for money in the Pennies for Paws drive set for next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. File photo
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Area ski resorts have played a turnkey role in designating this Monday as B.C.’s first Family Day. Our province’s version comes one week before the Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario
Family Days. Initially, the B.C. gov-
ernment proposed the day to fall in line with other jurisdictions, but ski resorts throughout the province lobbied to move the day a week ahead. By doing so, they are spreading the wealth. Several resorts said they are normally fully booked on the third weekend of February, due to the traffic arriving in the province from parts of Canada where the holiday is celebrated that weekend. Additional traffic comes to the resorts from the United States, which celebrated
President’s Day on the same day.
Ski resorts throughout the province are trying to make skiing a part of their long-weekend plans by offering discounts on accommodation. And at least 20 resorts in B.C. are offering half off the price of their regular lift pass on Monday.
Big White near Kelowna is also offering a third night and third day of skiing for free when the first two days of accommodation and lift passes are purchased. Silver Star Mountain Resort, also in the Okanagan, is offering
15 per cent off accommo-dation and lift tickets when lodging for three nights and skiing two days. Sun Peaks Resort near Kamloops offers two days of skiing for free with three nights of accommodation. Whistler Blackcomb is offering three nights accommodation and two days of lift tickets for $110 per night.
The resort deals could really bring the fam-ily together this Monday. And according to Healthy Families BC, being active with the family helps in bonding. Skiing can even be found closer to home, at the
Kane Valley cross-country skill trails that are just 15 minutes outside Merritt on the Okanagan Connector.
But if skiing isn’t your thing, or if the weather doesn’t continue its current warm trend, the Nicola Valley Aquatic Centre is hosting its Family Fun Day on Monday, which is set to include various water activi-ties and water balloons, all led by a “fun” leader. Whatever you decide, this Monday marks an ideal time to get the family together and enjoy one of the many winter activities offered in the region.
HERALD OPINION
Have we seen victory in Mali?
As usual, a well-trained Western army has gone through a fierce-look-ing, but virtually untrained, force of African rebels like a hot knife through butter.
Two weeks ago, the northern half of Mali was under the control of Islamist militants, whose forces were starting to advance into southern Mali. So, France decided on very short notice to send troops and com-bat aircraft to its former colony in West Africa.
Today, every town in the north of Mali is under French control and sur-viving rebels have fled into the desert.
The easy part of the intervention is over.
It’s not surprising that the French military intervention was an instant success. The Islamist rebels, like most African paramilitaries (and quite a few African armies, too), did not even know the basic combat drills every infantryman in a Western army has practised until they are second nature.
But, now come three tasks that are considerably more difficult.
The first is to deploy an African Union-backed military force, made up of units from armies elsewhere in West Africa, to take over from the French. You can’t just hand the recap-tured towns back to Mali’s own army, which is so incompetent and rotted by politics that it would promptly lose them back to the militants.
This force, dubbed the International Support Mission to Mali, has the unanimous blessing of the United Nations Security Council.
International donors met in Ethiopia and pledged $455.53 million to pay for this force.
Mali’s many neighbours — it has open desert borders with seven other West African countries — have already identified the units they are going to send.
But, it’s going to be weeks or months before those African units actually arrive because many of them aren’t very well trained either.
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French and British troops are being sent to train some of them before they even set foot in Mali.
In the meantime, the north of Mali will really be entirely under French military rule.
This means there will be none of the looting, rape and murder that tends to follow the Malian army’s arrival in town, but the French troops are very foreign indeed.
They are not even Muslims, in a country that is nine-tenths Muslim. They were welcomed as liberators when they rolled into the northern towns in the last few days, but if they stay for too long, they will become first unpopular, then hated. That’s just the way things work.
Once African troops replace the French, the next task is to rebuild the democratic government of Mali, which was destroyed last March by a military coup.
The interim president, Dioncounda Traore, says he wants to hold elections in July but, behind the scenes, the greedy young officers who made the coup still hold real power.
They will have to be sent back to their barracks before elections take place — and that will not be easy.
The third task is to win the very different kind of war that now starts in Mali.
Retaking occupied towns was easy. Now that the militants have scat-tered across the vast deserts of northern Mali, they will launch a differ-ent kind of war — a war of the shadows, conducted by raids, bomb attacks and assassinations.
Countries can survive for decades with that kind of low-intensity war happening in the background, but the only way to shrink it to a manageable level is to make a political deal.
This is not impossible in Mali because the Islamist fanatics actually hijacked the revolution from their former allies, the Tuareg separatists.
Most of the people in the north are Tuaregs, desert-dwelling people of Berber stock and nomadic heritage who are ethnically, culturally and linguistically distinct from the black African majority in southern Mali.
Many of them support the separatist movement that wanted to create an independent Tuareg state in northern Mali, but few actually share the extreme religious views of Islamist militants.
The two groups made an alliance to drive the Malian army out of the north, but the Islamists then turned on their allies and seized abso-lute power for themselves.
Their harsh rule was resented by most people, however, and so it should be possible to isolate the Islamists if the Malian government is willing to make a deal that gets the Tuareg separatists on its side.
They won’t get independence, but they would probably settle for a large degree of autonomy for the north.
It will be hard to get a new Malian government that is elected almost entirely by the votes of southerners (90 per cent of the popula-tion lives in the south) to make that concession, but the alternative is a long, draining guerilla war in the north.
Was the French military intervention in Mali necessary? Yes, in the view of the United Nations, the African Union, and most Malians.
Was it a success?That remains to be seen.
Gwynne Dyer is a syndicated columnist and military historian. His columns are published in 45 countries
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Re: “Bobcat goes on a killing spree, 23 chickens dead,” in the Jan. 29 issue of the Merritt Herald.
Dear Editor:
I just finished reading the article “Bobcat goes on a killing spree, 23 chick-ens dead.” Really, it’s not enough that those of us who live out of town have every pet that people don’t want any more dumped on our doorsteps, now
we are getting problem wildlife “relocated” to our area as well. Are you seri-ous? What do people think that bobcat will do again? He found easy pickings once, it is simple to find them again. Ask my son, who found one of his half-grown kittens with its head partially ripped off, about the damage a bobcat can do. Three days later, the same bobcat returned to do the same thing to my mom’s cat that she has had
for 10 years. And it is obvi-ously not starving, as it just left the bodies of our pets laying where they were killed. Now that the bobcat is showing up in the mid-dle of the day and ignor-ing all human activity, is it a good idea to trap him and relocate him to some-one else’s backyard? I’m guessing that no one else would want him either.
Rhonda MacDonaldNicola Valley
Re: “New season for ‘School Wars,’” (Jan. 30 issue of the Merritt Herald). “The problems facing teachers in this province are caused by a lack of funding for public education and not because of a ‘dysfunctional relation-ship’ between the BCTF and the Ministry of Education.”
Dear Editor:
The real story lies in the classroom. Ask any classroom teacher in the province and they will say the same thing: It is getting more difficult to be an effective teacher when professional support services and resources are cut and accountability demands (increased workloads, larger classes with more special
needs students and record keeping) spiral upward. Coping with these demands is leading to more stress in an already stressful environment and burning out more and more teachers.
Over the last 16 years, and in particular the last 12 years under the cur-rent BC Liberals, a sum of approximately $3 billion was removed from public educa-tion budgets in B.C. Such a drastic slashing of education funding means B.C. has fewer teachers to meet the increasing demands of larger classes.
According to Stats Canada B.C. would need to hire 6,800 new teachers just to bring us to the national average for class size. Citizens
in B.C. should find that sta-tistic alone alarming, but it’s worse than that. Fewer high school grads are considering a teaching career because it is not an attractive choice com-pared to other professions both in working conditions or pay. In short, we are headed for a teacher deficit sooner or later, unless conditions for teachers change soon.
That is the real story with-out the court challenges, the politics and the personalities. If you see a teacher on the street, thank them for the job they are doing for your kids. A little appreciation will go a long way in these times.
Loch Eddy President of the Nicola Valley Teachers’ Union
Setting it Straight
In the Tuesday, Jan. 31, issue of the Merritt Herald, in the story “Council debates $86,000 in charity requests,” the amount of money that Nicola Family Therapy received in liquor sales from the Mz. Judged event was incor-rectly reported at the meeting and included in the article. The money is not yet tallied.
In the Tuesday, Jan. 31, issue of the Merritt Herald, in the story “Council debates $86,000 in char-ity requests,” the quote “It’s in bad shape and this needs to be done,” was attributed to the wrong coun-cillor.
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Tuesday was a spe-cial day for Logan Lake when B.C.’s Lieutenant Governor, Judith Guichon, came to the community on behalf of MP Dan Albas to present long-time resident Al Kemp with a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal.
Working in the Mayor’s office in Kamloops, I had the privilege and pleasure to make occasional phone calls to the District of Logan Lake where the phone was answered by Lorna Chalmers. It was always a joy to hear her smiley, welcom-ing voice before being transferred to speak with Mayor Al Kemp, who was both kind and helpful — something I, as a newbie, really valued and appreciated. But it wasn’t until 2006 when I moved to Logan Lake that I got to meet both Lorna and Al and, unfortunately, Lorna left this world before I had the opportunity to get to know her better. And while I didn’t always agree with Al’s politics, I appreciated his concern for and about Logan Lake. Later, when Trish Rumble and I facilitated the Chronic Disease Self-Management
Program in the com-munity, Al’s wife, Pat, in her role as the Editor in Chief of the Logan Lake Weekly, always graciously provided space to announce pro-gram dates, times and locations.
Logan Lake has so many residents who quietly and often, without any recogni-tion or appreciation, work behind the scenes to make the commu-nity a better place. As a Diamond Jubilee Medal
recipient, Al contrib-uted not only to Logan Lake, but to both the region and the province: as a President of the Steelworkers Union 7619 while working as a machinist at HVC, a district councillor for nine years, as Mayor of Logan Lake for 12 years, a TNRD director for 12 years, and Chair for two of those years and as an executive member of the UBCM for two years.
Another interesting
discovery was learning that Al, in the early days of the community, oper-ated an arcade in a por-table that he purchased and located behind the Rec Centre. Wonders never cease, eh?
An encouraging mix of family, friends and political colleagues, past and present, joined the Lieutenant Governor to witness the presentation of the medal in recog-nition of Al Kemp’s outstanding community service Well done, Al.
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Guichon hands out jubilee medal
Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon travelled to Logan Lake on Tuesday, Jan. 29, to present the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal to Al Kemp, former Mayor of Logan Lake, local businessman and community supporter. Photo submitted by Al Smith
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IN THE HISTORY OF GOD’S WORD there were always problems with idolatry and people worshiping idols instead of the true God. The idols that people made allowed them to do what they wanted instead of obeying God’s word, which was best for them.
God called a man named Abraham. Abraham was the last one who was true to the God who created all things. God said to Abraham, “I want you to move away from where you are, away from your friends, and away from your family to a place that I will show you.” God promised Abraham that He would make of him, and his seed, a great nation.
God wanted Abraham to leave so his family and friend would not be a bad in uence on him and his household. Abraham went. He had such a faith in God that he didn’t even ask, “Where will ye take me?”
It is easy for me or you to move.
We can call a moving van and go. Abraham was very rich in this world. He had many cattle, sheep, donkeys, camels and a large household of servants that he was responsible for. He had riches of silver and gold too.
Men of that time were sort of small nations of their own. Abraham had a standing army of 318 men that had grown up in his large household. He had trained them, and they were there to defend his people and property in case of trouble.
His whole household, as Abraham called them, was several thousand people in all. They each had their own household things to move. All this stuff would be a big haul, but Abraham trusted God. So, Abraham made preparations to move.
Just think of all the wagons loaded with things: servants, sheep, cattle and all. God had called, Abraham would obey, for he believed that God had a special place and blessings for him.
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Woman arrested hours after last releaseStolen plant
Sometime overnight on Jan. 17, unknown person(s) stole a 6.5-foot brass outdoor clock and thermometer and an artificial five-foot outdoor plant. The total value of the items is approximately $150. The items were stolen from the 2600 block of Quilchena Avenue. If anyone has any infor-mation about this, they are asked to call the Merritt detachment or Crime Stoppers.
Driving while prohibited
On Jan. 17 at approximately 2 p.m., Merritt RCMP conduct-ed a traffic stop with a vehicle in the area of Chapman Street and Coutlee Avenue. The driver, a 38-year-old local man, was found to be driving while pro-hibited. He was issued a violation ticket for no driver’s licence and is scheduled to appear before a provincial court judge in March.
Drunk driver downtown
On Jan. 18 at approximately 12:30 a.m., Merritt RCMP responded to a citizen’s complaint of a pos-sible impaired driver in the downtown core. A description of the vehi-cle was provided and police located the vehi-cle on Merritt Avenue. The driver was identi-fied as a 55-year-old woman from Chilliwack. Investigation deter-mined that her ability to operate a motor vehicle was impaired by alco-hol. She was issued a 90-day driving prohibi-tion and her vehicle was impounded. Due to her level of intoxication, she was held in custody until she sobered up.
Belligerent man gets three charges
On Jan. 18 at approximately 8:30 p.m., Merritt RCMP were dispatched to an assault in progress in the 1300 block of Garcia Street. While investigating this report, police were confronted
by a male who was very drunk and very belligerent. Police rec-ognized the man as local 24-year-old Aaron England. Police comput-er checks confirmed that the man was breaching his probation order. As he was being arrested, he began fighting with the police officer. He was arrested and held in custody to appear before a justice of the peace where he was remanded in custody to appear before a provincial court judge on the follow-ing charges: breach of probation, assaulting a police officer and resist-ing arrest.
Probation breach On Jan. 19 at
approximately 1 a.m., Merritt RCMP received a citizen’s complaint that a local 32-year-old woman, identified as Larrina Pashniak, was breaching her previous court-imposed condi-tions. Police located and arrested her. She was brought to the Merritt detachment where she was held in custody to appear before a justice of the peace. She was remanded into custody until Jan. 21, when she again appeared before a justice and was sub-sequently released from
custody at 11:30 a.m., with a court date set for Jan. 22.
Conditions breached 4.5 hours later
At approximately 4 p.m. on Jan. 21, Merritt RCMP responded to a citizen’s complaint that Larrina Pashniak was breaching the court-imposed conditions that were placed on her 4.5 hours prior. Police locat-ed and arrested her, and were successful in revok-ing bail and in remand-ing Pashniak in custody until she appears before a provincial court judge on Jan. 24.
Car, toolbox broken into
Sometime overnight on Jan. 22, unknown person(s) broke in to the Nicola Valley Radiator Compound at 2775 Marian Ave. A vehicle in the compound had been accessed by smashing out the rear window. As well, a tool-box in another vehicle on the property had also been accessed. If any-one has any informa-tion about this, they are asked to call the Merritt detachment or Crime Stoppers.
Trailers damagedOn Jan. 22, Merritt
RCMP responded to a complaint of mischief that occurred in the parking lot of 1901 Maxwell Ave. Four travel trailers had been damaged sometime in the previous week. All door locks from the four trailers parked beside each other had been damaged. The investigation is continu-ing. If anyone has any information about this, they are asked to call the Merritt detachment or Crime Stoppers.
Knife-wielding woman
On Jan. 20 at approximately 2:30 a.m., Merritt RCMP observed several people pushing each other in the 1800 block of Voght Street. Police separated the females and were advised that one of the women, a 46-year-old local, had a knife. Further investigation resulted in the arrest of the woman. She is fac-ing charges of assault with a weapon and uttering threats. She will appear in provincial court in March.
Lawn ornaments stolen
Sometime overnight on Jan. 21, two lawn ornaments were stolen
form the 1600 block of Armstrong Sreet. The ornaments are described as a 2.5 to three-foot taupe resin water fountain and a 2.5 to three-foot statue of a boy pouring liquid. The approximate value of the items is $100. If anyone has any infor-mation about this, they are asked to call the Merritt detachment or Crime Stoppers.
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Like everyone else in Merritt, I followed the almost weekly reports in this newspaper about the sightings of bob-cats, cougars and other wildlife in our city. I am also aware that some national media outlets reported on it with their typical sen-sationalized headlines, like “Dangerous wild-life invades Merritt” or “Invasion of dangerous predators has people in Merritt on high alert.”
However, I almost fell of my chair when a friend of mine in Germany emailed me, inquiring, “Are you
all right?” My friend related to me that a German newspaper carried a similar story about Merritt being invaded by a large number of dangerous wildlife.
After I was done laughing, I emailed my friend back, putting his mind at rest by letting him know that we are not in any danger here. I reminded him that I had worked half of my life with tigers, lions, leopards and elephants, and that it would take a lot more than the mere suspected sighting of a cougar to make me worried.
Indeed, given my professional experience with cats of all sizes I think the hype we have been exposed to in the media is grossly exag-gerated and may have caused unnecessary fear in our community.
Let me explain. It is highly unlikely that
the reported sight-ing of two cougars in Merritt actually were cougars. The puma concolor is an animal with an extremely soli-tary habit. This is true of all cat species with the exception of the African lion. However, the cougar has taken solitary living to such an extreme that a human could live an entire life in a cougar area without ever see-ing one (alive).
Pumas avoid contact with all other animals unless they hunt them for food and certainly avoid humans and their dwellings whenever possible.
Cougar attacks on humans are extremely rare and, to my knowl-edge, none occurred near human dwellings. In addition, many cou-gar sightings have been reported over the years in towns all across North America and
most have been proven to be false alarms of mistaken identity.
Bobcats are another animal whose capacity to endanger humans is far overestimated. Like the puma, bobcats are generally solitary animals, but they don’t mind some proximity to humans. However, a human, even a small child, is far too big for them to take on as prey. There are no reports of bobcats attacking humans.
Domestic feral cats are another story. Bobcats don’t like com-petition, and like any other wild cat, they will chase other felines smaller than themselves in their territory away, or kill them. Come to think of it, I haven’t seen many feral cats in our back alley this winter. Maybe having a few bobcats around town is not so bad after all.
Bobcats, cougars and feral cats, oh my
OTHMAR VOHRINGERThe OUTDOORSMAN
Clean water and its availability for future generations is not often a top concern for Canadians. We’re more concerned about saving on our hydro bills than taking short-er showers.
But according to the United Nations, two-thirds of the earth’s population will lack adequate water supplies in 2025.
It’s a fact that should make us sit up and take notice, espe-cially since we literally cannot live without water.
Per capita, Canadians are the sec-ond-biggest water con-sumers on the planet, behind Americans. We use approximately 335 litres per day, while 1.1 billion people world-wide must survive on a mere five litres.
This year, March 22 is World Water Day, and a good time to start making simple lifestyle changes to conserve the planet’s water supply, like these:
• Take a shower instead of a bath, and keep your showers
short.• Turn the faucet
off while you brush your teeth, shave, or wash your face.
• Rinse dishes, veg-etables and fruits in a filled basin, rather than under running water.
• Replace an older toilet with a modern low-flush one.
• Install water-saver aerators on your fau-cets and water-saver
heads on your shower.• Go to a carwash
that recycles its water.• Encourage water
conservation at the office.
• Resist buying bottled water. Instead, drink from the tap or bring a stainless steel water bottle to work that you can refill.
• Since water is a global resource, help underprivileged com-munities conserve
their water too. Build a rainwater harvest-ing tank through an international develop-ment organization like Christian Children’s Fund of Canada. These tanks harvest, protect, and retain rainwater for daily use in places where drink-ing water is contami-nated with bacteria and disease.
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Local rancher excels in national mentorship
Emily WesselTHE HERALD
Erika Strande is one of 16 young beef producers selected nationwide to participate in the Canadian Cattlemen’s Young Leaders mentorship program. Emily Wessel/Herald
See ‘Teaching’ Page 11
know this, because we’re all producing cattle for beef con-sumption, but there’s so much to learn.”
The CYL program matches people between ages 18 and 35 from varying backgrounds in the beef industry with mentors based on their career goals. For Strande, getting paired with Rock Creek cattle rancher and farmer Erika Fossen was a perfect match. Strande requested Fossen as her mentor because of Fossen’s ability to make a living off the land and for her family values — things that resonate with Strande.
“I had read articles in the B.C. Cattlemen’s Association magazine about the Fossens,” Strande says. “I was really excited to learn from them and see how they do things. They’re a young couple with interesting and progressive ways of farm-ing.”
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A sound financial plan usu-ally includes developing and maintaining a portfolio of investments that you will, at some point, tap into on a regu-lar basis to cover living expenses or for some other ongoing need. That is most likely to occur after you retire but, depending on your unique financial needs, it could come earlier — so here are five fundamentals for getting the most from your investments.
1. Be realisticBe realistic about whether
your investments will deliver an adequate level of income.
In retirement, your income will usually consist of amounts you’ll receive from the Canada Pension Plan, Old Age Security (CPP/OAS), private pen-sion plan(s) and perhaps work income, plus draws from your investments. If you think your retirement expenses will be such that the income produced from your investments will be inad-equate, you should revisit your portfolio and savings strategies now.
2. Think long-termVerify that your income will
last as long as you need it. The level of income you draw from your investments should not completely deplete your sav-ings while you still need them. The investments you choose will depend on your investment style and income needs.
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with inflation, your income needs will also change. A port-folio that consists solely of fixed income investments, such as GICs, is unlikely to produce
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stability and how to achieve it. Be mindful of the impact that constant withdrawals can have on your investments. If you need a high level of income stability, look at investments that deliver regular distributions — fixed income, real property, dividend-paying securities — or products that provide a guaran-teed monthly income, such as annuities.
5. Assess taxationConsider the tax impact on
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interest is generally higher than income from dividends or capi-tal gains. The amount of your taxable retirement income may also trigger clawbacks of your OAS benefits. Look at invest-ment structures that can provide more tax-advantaged income for non-registered accounts.
Planning to ensure you retirement income needs will be met can be complex. Your pro-fessional advisor can supply the expertise and vision you need to meet those needs.
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Strande says the Fossens’ success in direct marketing is one of the reasons she was so enthusiastic about their pairing. The Fossens sell their beef and ham-burger to a restaurant at Big White Ski Resort, and expanding her own operation is something to which Strande is looking forward.
“Before CYL, I did have my own little busi-ness where I sell natural beef within the Merritt area, but I wanted to expand that and learn from the Fossens what they do.”
The CYL program supplements its one-on-one mentorship by giving each protege a $2,000 budget to travel to industry confer-ences and events of the participant’s choice. Throughout the eight-month program, Strande has been to numer-ous conferences and events, including a stop in Ottawa for the Beef Value Chain Roundtable in October.
“Different key stake-holders were there, like Cargill, XL, and other
big players,” Strande says,” and it was exactly when the E. Coli out-break was going on. That was probably the coolest thing I’ve done, meeting-wise, within the program, because it was really interesting and so insightful.”
Her latest trip took her to the National Western Stock Show in Denver, which she was selected to attend out of the group of CYL participants. The Denver trip included an International Livestock Congress conference, a tour of Colorado State University and their research farm, a tour of a registered Black Angus ranch, and a round table discussion with American young beef produc-ers. Strande says she was nervous about the round table because of the perception of rivalry between Canadian and U.S. producers.
“It ended up being so good, because they were all young producers and really open-minded, kind of like our group of Canadians,” Strande says. “We talked about obstacles we’re facing as Canada and as U.S. To
actually talk to them was probably in the top three things I got to do with CYL.”
The CYL program also offers participants the chance to compete for international mentor-ships, and Strande says she’s hoping for a chance
to visit Australia. But for Strande, the
CYL mentorship isn’t just about learning: it’s also about teaching oth-ers what ranchers and farmers really do. She says she’s hoping to start a blog about daily farm life with Fossen,
and wants to share the stories of ranchers and ranching families, something she attributes to her background in education, which was her major at the University of Alberta.
“I think we have a really cool story to tell.”
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Teaching as important as learning from CYL: Strande
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How far would some-one go to help his friend in dire need or a crisis in life? The Gospel of Mark relates an incident in which four friends engaged in a challenging act that rehabilitated a buddy of theirs from a life of uselessness to one of all-round productiv-ity.
While Jesus was speaking in a crowded home one day, a listener jumped to his feet and interrupted him in the middle of his sermon.
He must have said, “Hey, what’s going on up there?” He pointed an angry finger at a wooden stick poking through the ceiling of the crowded home.
Other leaders rose angrily to watch the drama taking place in front of their eyes. The sticks of the roof were breaking and an ever-widening hole appeared in the ceiling, spraying chips of clay and dust over the people below as they moved for cover.
Within minutes, the onlookers watched four pairs of hands reach through the opening, removing roof tiles. Soon those hands low-ered into the room a stretcher bearing a man who lay motionless.
The man was hurting in more ways than one. He was suffering from severe paralysis result-ing from damage to the brain or spinal cord.
He was incapable of doing anything for him-self and utterly depen-dent upon the help of the friends.
But his need for wholeness went beyond his physical problem. The story reveals that he was also hurting spiritu-ally and was a sinner in need of forgiveness.
A closer look at the four men who brought their friend to Jesus reveals that they were just ordinary men who
had a friend in need of help from Jesus. How can these men help us in the work of bringing
our friends to Jesus?First, these friends
had high-visibility faith. They really believed that
Jesus would do some-thing for their invalid friend. And Jesus began ministering to the sick
man when he saw his friends’ faith.
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Beautiful river view lot close to downtown• Nice, quiet neighborhood• The uncompromised view never to change•
24 acres in beautiful Sunshine Valley• Treed lot, very private, easy access• Many potential building sites• Hydro & phone lines to property line•
$89,000 M3707• $217,000 M3603•
One of a kind lot in Lower Nicola• Cleared & level in an incredibly quiet location• Water serviced by Lower Nicola Water Works• Approved for septic & HST already paid •
Seclusion & privacy, off the grid living• 20 acres 9 kms from Merritt toward Lilly Lake• All new fencing & custom made gateway• Creek & 2 water holes, perfect weekend getaway•
$99,000 M3827 • $220,000 M3832•
Extra large double lot• 2 city water & sewage hookups• Private setting, fl at site• Easy access w/ paved roads•
Waterfront lot on Nicola Lake• 3km to Quilchena Hotel• Close to Merritt & Kamloops• Private access to lake •
$100,000 M3495 • $349,000 M3478
Great views of the Nicola River & Merritt Golf course• 2 bdrm, 1.5 bath manufactured home• 2 b/I china cabinets, lge bay window•
$69,000 L3824•
Great starter home or retirement• 2 bdrm double wide w/ sun deck and ensuite• Coldwater River is close by•
$58,000 M3787•
Stop paying rent!• 3 bdrm, 2 bath rancher• Appliances included•
$49,900 M3844•
Well kept 3 bedroom manufactured home• 18x20 interlocking driveway• 6 appliances, newer paint & fl ooring•
$44,000 M3607•
Bright & open describe this 2 bdrm, 1 bath home• Laminate fl ring, skylight, lge bdrms• Open kitchen, dinrm & lvgrm•
$35,000 M3755•
Nice park w/ river across the road• 3 bdrm home w/ good sized fenced yard• New tub surround & lino in bathroom•
$30,000 M3796
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Fabulous views• 4 bdrm home w/in-law basement suite• Large fenced back yard• Two car garage, central vac and more•
$210,000 M3802•
Well maintained, secure bldging• Updated condo, central location• Strata incl heat h/w, cable, caretaker & yd maint.• Small pets allowed•
$125,000 M3808•
Spacious 4 bdrm home• Family neighborhood, awesome deck• Huge Jacuzzi tub & pool table• All appliances & window coverings•
$258,000 M3806•
Guichon Creek fl ows thru property• Lots of grass for grazing• Farm setting• Easy access + Water Rights•
$249,000 M3810•
Nothing to do but move in!• 2x6 construction and walk-out bsmt• Backing on to Greenbelt• New roof, 40 Gal HW Tank•
$285,000 M3846•
Great starter or retirement home• 2 lots for the price of 1• 4 bdrms, 2 bathrooms• Beautiful views•
$269,900 M3805•
Striving for perfection?Home of distinction• 5 bdrms, 3.5 baths, Master on main w/ enste• Custom quality construction, 3036 sq.ft.• On 1.9 acres Heated oversized garage•
$525,000 M3820•
Hi-end haven recreational property• 2 story log home at Mile High Estates• Wood stove, wood fl rs throughout• Gourmet kitch w/ custom cabinets•
$445,000 M3822•
Great starter or investment• 5 bdrms on lge corner lot• New kitch, bathrms, fl ring throughout• New H/E furnace, a/c, roof, windows…•
$219,500 M3818
Completely redone & gorgeous• New windows, siding, roof, h/w tank• New kitchen, fl oors & electrical• Solarium off DR, the list goes on….•
$249,500 M3817•
Covered parking• Galley kitch w/ appliances & skylite• Patio doors from 2nd BR or den• Nicola River in the back•
$165,000 M3365•
Bright, quiet & comfortable strata retirement home• This home is wheelchair accessible - large rooms• Gated community, walking distance to downtown• 2 large BR’s, 5 piece bath w/separate walk-in shower.•
$169,000 M3833•
Nice 3 BR, 2 full baths, half duplex• 1 car attached garage & fenced yard• New roof ’07, Large Master BR.• Open fl oor plan,Option to purchase entire duplex•
$169,000 M3852•
Well maintained 2 bedroom rancher• In central location, Nice and spacious LR,• bright sunny kitchen,Beautifully landscaped Yard • Plenty ofRV parking•
$169,900 M3853•
SxS duplex w/ reno’s• Lam fl ring, paint, vinyl windows• Front driveway + lots of parking• Shared garage & shed•
$182,000 M3813•
Superior d/t location• Close to shops & groceries• Twin seal windows, full size garage• Mill Creek cabinets, security system•
$187,000 M3821•
Beautifully landscaped & good sized deck• Upgrade vinyl windows & siding• New roof, 200 amp service, alarm system• Interior has new fi nish throughout •
$197,500 M3868
All Units Rented• 2 Year Old Roof• Lots of parking space• Short walk to city centre•
$198,000 M3839•
Sunvalley Court-2 BR, 2 bath townhouse• End unit-includes all appliances• PRICED TO SELL!!• 24 hour notice required•
$199,900 M3741•
Quality 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath townhouse• Heat pump, a/c, high effi ciency appliances• Gas fi replace & many extras• Low maintenance property•
$217,000 M3869 •
Enjoy this 1.92 Acres in Lower Nicola w/ 2 BR mobile• Mobile has lovely addition with spacious LR, laundry &• Large Mstr BR with walk-in closet.• Back deck leads out to fi re pit area•
$219,000 M3856•
Bench location• 4 bedroom, 2 bath family home• Close to schools & parks• Priced to sell!!•
$235,000 M3689•
2 level home in Lower Nicola• Lge fenced yd w/ fruit trees• 36x12 covered deck + nice patio area• 2 bdrms up/1 down, master w/ensuite•
$260,000 M3811•
2 bdrm bungalow in popular strata• No kids, no rentals & self managed• New roof, carpet & paint• Quick possession•
$269,000 M3834
Bench Location 4 BR, 2 Bath home• HW fl oors and vinyl windows on main• Potential legal suite, potential 5th BR• All appliances included•
$279,000 M3865
Unique & tasteful 4 bdrm, 2 bath family home• H/water on demand & central a/c• Hardwood fl rs & bright open design• Beautifully l/scaped yd w/ private patio•
$285,000 M3794•
Executive 2 BR, 2 bath, Rancher close to golf course• Central Air, JennAir stovetop, Jacuzzi tub in main• Oak HW fl oors, bright open kitchen with lg island• Bonus room above the garage.•
$299,000 M3849•
Well maintained 1 owner home• 7 bdrms & 4 baths + 2 bdrm legal suite• New fl ring, H/W tank & boiler • M.BR w/ W/I closet, full enste w/ Jacuzzi•
$299,900 M3819
Large 7 bR, 4 ½ bath home• Potential legal suite• Plus In-law suite on main• Mill Creek Cabinets•
$329,000 M3862
Beautiful Home features Granite counter tops• HW and ceramic fl ooring, 10 ft ceilings• Crown moldings, Central Air, U/G sprinklers• Covered deck and double garage•
$339,000 M3854
New amazing 3 bedroom, 2 bath rancher• Quality built, Home warranty applies• Amazing kitchen • 9 ft ceilingsand large bright design •
$339,000 M3848
Well maintained 3 BR, 2 bath home• On a quiet cul-de-sac and close to amenities•
Open fl oor plan, Vaulted ceilings• Kitchen has cabinets galore& access to deck•
$339,900 M3859
Wonderful family home on quiet cul-de-sac• 4 bdrms, 2 baths + enste + 2 bdrm legal suite• New roof, h/w tank 2 yrs old• Large 2 car garage, fenced bkyd w/ deck•
$349,000 M3727•
Beautiful 3 BR home w/high-end quality fi nishing• Kitchen has Travertine tile, granite counters,• and Mill Creek cabinets. LR with H/W fl oors• Gas F/P, Ensuite w/Jacuzzi tub. Huge rec room•
$349,000 M3855•
Level entry 6 bedroom, 3 bath home• Beautiful detail throughout, many updates to fl ooring,• moldings, paint and wainscoting, new toilets.• New roof in 2012, Potential for legal suite.•
$359,000 M3860 •
New amazing 3 bedroom, 2 bath rancher • With full unfi nished bsmt.• 9 ft. ceilings, large bright design.• Quality built & Home warranty.•
$369,000 M3847•
Most amazing views• Huge shop• Updated, one level home• Near Mamette Lake•
$398,000 M3801•
4 Plex – Investors• 4 Large Suites, Close to downtown• Double Lot, Great Location• Lots of parking•
$408,800 M3863•
Executive 5 bdrm, 4 bath family home• Amazing chef’s kitchen w/ granite countertops• Remodeled bsmt & main bathrooms• Inground pool & private backyard•
$439,000 M3826
Riverfront Acreage with beautiful 2 year old • Modular home has open fl oor plan, vaulted ceilings• 3 BRs, 2 Baths, Has Engineered Pad created• for a shop, 9.62 riverfront property w/fenced pasture•
$449,000 M3857•
Location-Got it! Spacious Living- Got it!• Immaculate 3 level – 6 bedrooms, • 5and ½ bath home, 5 piece ensuite• Large 3 bay garage-RV parking.•
$459,900 M3837 •
Custom Built 3 BR, 2Bath Home• Captivating views of Sunshine Valley• Nestled in pines, privacy is yours.• Detached 22x22 garage. All appliances incl.•
$485,000 M 3870•
Gorgeous 4 bedroom, 3 bath family home• O.63 acre parcel bordering Nicola River• Dining Room with access to private deck• 2 car garage and So Much More!•
Excellent downtown location• Chain linked fencing all around perimeter• Includes forklift, bobcat• Will consider a lease w/ option to buy•
$495,000 M3866 •
$395,000 M3829•
Gorgeous 4 BR log home with f/bsmt on 4 acres• Spacious rooms,vaulted ceilings,several outbuildings• Beautiful landscaping, Large barn w/5 box stalls• 3 Grazing pastures•
Large open commercial space (approx 6500 sf)• Curb parking and parking lot across the street• Located in the d/t core. Sold as bldg & land• Roof HVAC, hot water & roll down security door•
$499,000 M3850•
$440,000 M3779•
Beautiful 3700 sqft custom log home w/large kitchen• Overlooking valley. 4 BRs, vaulted ceilings• Basement has media room and spacious rec room• On 5 Acres3 Bay Garage. Gorgeous landscaping•
$535,000 M3858•
40 Acre Hobby Farm w/6 stall Barn & Creek• 3 BR home w/full bsmt, 2 baths& sunny kichen• LR w/woodstove. Fenced into 3 pastures &• 2 small paddocks, w/ round pen & exercise arena.•
$599,000 M3861 •
Enjoy views of the Coldwater River.• Includes 60x30 insulated and heated shop• 44x90 clear span barn perfect for your horses.• 15 A. w/comfortable1100 SF Modular Home •
$599,000 M3842•
160 acres of seclusion & privacy• Endless trails surrounded by Crown land• This land is fenced• 10 kms from the paved highway•
$599,000 M3815•
1 1/2 commercial lots in downtown core• Zoned C2, 3000 sq ft lot fronts on Voght St• 6000 sq ft lot fronts on Coutlee Ave• Offers an array of commercial possibilities•
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New residential lots in a nice part of Merritt• Located in quiet cul-de-sac & crescent setting• Fully serviced including curbs & storm drain• All prepaid by the developer•
Nicola Lakeshore Estates• Amazing lake view lot in Phase 2• Build your dream home• Tons of recreation to choose from!! •
$57,000 M3692• $149,900 M3749•
Views of the Nicola Valley • Walking trails & shopping nearby• All services are u/g & at lot line• One of Merritt’s preferred neighborhoods•
0.76 acre riverfront building lot• The location is second to none• 260+ feet of river frontage• Quiet cul-de-sac, bring your building ideas!! •
$67,000 M3758• $199,000 M3780•
Good sized lot• Ok for double wide• City services @ prop line• Mountain view in a quiet area•
247’ lake front w/ winding trail to site• Great views of the valley & water below• Community water in place, power @ lot line• Easy access off hwy & quiet enjoyment•
$79,000 M3534• $205,000 M3728•
Beautiful river view lot close to downtown• Nice, quiet neighborhood• The uncompromised view never to change•
24 acres in beautiful Sunshine Valley• Treed lot, very private, easy access• Many potential building sites• Hydro & phone lines to property line•
$89,000 M3707• $217,000 M3603•
One of a kind lot in Lower Nicola• Cleared & level in an incredibly quiet location• Water serviced by Lower Nicola Water Works• Approved for septic & HST already paid •
Seclusion & privacy, off the grid living• 20 acres 9 kms from Merritt toward Lilly Lake• All new fencing & custom made gateway• Creek & 2 water holes, perfect weekend getaway•
$99,000 M3827 • $220,000 M3832•
Extra large double lot• 2 city water & sewage hookups• Private setting, fl at site• Easy access w/ paved roads•
Waterfront lot on Nicola Lake• 3km to Quilchena Hotel• Close to Merritt & Kamloops• Private access to lake •
$100,000 M3495 • $349,000 M3478
Great views of the Nicola River & Merritt Golf course• 2 bdrm, 1.5 bath manufactured home• 2 b/I china cabinets, lge bay window•
$69,000 L3824•
Great starter home or retirement• 2 bdrm double wide w/ sun deck and ensuite• Coldwater River is close by•
$58,000 M3787•
Stop paying rent!• 3 bdrm, 2 bath rancher• Appliances included•
$49,900 M3844•
Well kept 3 bedroom manufactured home• 18x20 interlocking driveway• 6 appliances, newer paint & fl ooring•
$44,000 M3607•
Bright & open describe this 2 bdrm, 1 bath home• Laminate fl ring, skylight, lge bdrms• Open kitchen, dinrm & lvgrm•
$35,000 M3755•
Nice park w/ river across the road• 3 bdrm home w/ good sized fenced yard• New tub surround & lino in bathroom•
$30,000 M3796
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Their faith didn’t have any halo and they didn’t have a large “F” written over their fore-heads. It was much more down-to-earth than that.
Jesus looked at the hole in the ceiling, the chunks of clay and dust covering the floor, four sweat-stained faces star-ing down at Him, and a man in need of whole-ness at His feet.
Now, that’s faith. Jesus associated faith with doing something, not just sitting still and mouthing sweet-sound-ing promises.
We find the same idea in James 2:14-26 summed up as “faith without action is dead.”
Secondly, we learn from these four men that their love for the sick friend cost them some-thing. It cost them per-sonal time and, perhaps, money to repair the damage to the roof.
They also ran a high risk of being ridiculed for their action. Busting the ceiling in the middle of a high-level religious discourse is not generally acceptable behaviour.
In spite of the costs involved, the men viewed their friend with compassion and said, “It’s worth it to get him to Jesus.”
Finally, notice that Jesus rewarded their faith and love by min-istering to him. To the astonishment of the self-righteous scribes, Jesus pronounced the invalid’s sins forgiven.
Then, Jesus under-scored His words of for-giveness by restoring the man’s physical health. Faith and love, which paid the price, resulted in wholeness for a man with four faithful friends.
All of us have at least one friend who needs Jesus. Maybe our friend is not paralyzed or living a life of gross sin, but even people in best of health, living “moral” lives need wholeness which only Jesus can give.
As we think about our desire to bring our friends or family mem-bers to Jesus, let’s ask ourselves two questions: Do we really believe that Jesus can make our
friends whole?Am I willing to pay
the cost to bring my friend to Jesus?
Wouldn’t it be great if Jesus could see our active faith and minister to our friends as He did
for the four?Let us stand ready to
bust a hole in any roof to make it happen.
The views expressed in this column don’t neces-sarily reflect those of the Merritt Herald and its
staff. The Herald welcomes
qualified writers with views on this or other faiths
to submit their work to [email protected], to be considered for publication.
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Share together■ Bringing together your extended family can create a highly memorable and valuable life event. They say “it takes a village to raise a child” and many would agree especially in today’s world of working parents and latch-key kids. The support, experience and interest of your extended family can have a significant impact on your immediate family. Regardless of your definition of ‘extended’ family, bringing together those with whom you share history with can have lasting benefits not just for you and your children but for those you invite to share your day.It is common in today’s world to have older chil-dren in nuclear families reach their teens before meet-ing extended family members. Geographical isolation is common for middle-class families who move based on occupational opportunities while family branches retain their independence.Family Day is the ideal occasion to hold family reunions to re-establish and integrate a stronger family connection. This allows your children to connect with extended family members and to share a better sense of their heritage and belonging. Don’t forget to include senior members of your family. Family reunions and relation-ships inspire seniors to stay active and pursue their well-being. Studies have found seniors feel revitalized when they spend time with families. Your children will benefit from hearing their oral history and that’s an inspiring experience that won’t always be available to them. Another way to celebrate Family Day is to gather your extended family and friends around something you care about. It might be a shore clean-up, a family walk or a garage sale. You might volunteer at a foodbank. Food is often central to gatherings and with everyone contributing to a family meal afterwards, it becomes a great way to share B.C.’s first Family Day.
Create together■ One of my favourite memories was creating an enormous piñata in prepa-ration for a multi-family holiday. We blew up a huge bouncy ball and covered it with papier mache. Our children and those of our friends were young so after my young sons painted the ball white, I drew a score of cartoon characters, shapes and funny animals all around it. Filled with age-ap-propriate, small toys, puzzles and treats, the big white ball became a major activity for every-one in our three-family group. Every age took turns colouring in the shapes through-out the day, knowing when it was completed the ball would be strung up. The anticipation and excite-ment was heightened because the reward came with activity and was not immediate. Creating something as a family can mark an important time in your family history. It captures the age and ability of your children, your interests and a point in time. By working together on a project your family can develop new skills, collabo-rate on something truly memorable and enjoy what each family member brings to the endeavor. Think about all the things a family
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tools in the hands of today’s families. You can plan, write, film and edit a movie with your everyday computer and smartphone technol-ogy and software. Even more fun is sharing your family creation with friends around the world.You might even suggest a film festival by inviting families to create their own film and have a “popcorn premiere” to show them all.
Searching online will uncover an astounding number of crafts and projects you could tackle as a family. It can be as simple as building and flying a kite. Or you may look for something you can recycle or re-purpose into a creative new item – whether a work of art or function. It’s bound to make your family members proud environment stewards as well as treasuring your time and project as a family.
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“I don’t need my eyes checked; my vision is fine!”
“My children never com-plain about their vision, so I didn’t think an eye exam was necessary.”
Comments like these have inspired me to write about eye health issues, and especially those with no visual symptoms.
My son, Cameron, had amblyopia (“lazy eye”) when he was a child, and,
like many parents, I had no idea.
At the age of 3, he was in my exam room waiting while I finished some paper-work. While playing with the projector eye chart, he declared, — “Mom, I can’t see any letters when I cover this eye.”
Soon I discovered that the right eye was signifi-cantly more farsighted than the left. This blurriness had impaired the development of the right eye, leading to refractive amblyopia, or “lazy eye.”
If not corrected by the time the optic nerve finishes developing (around seven to eight years of age), an amblyopic eye will be “lazy” for the rest of the person’s life. The eye will not have clear vision, even with prop-er glasses.
When caught early, amly-opia can often be corrected
by glasses alone. If the dif-ference between the eyes is too great or if it is close to the end of the develop-mental period, the stronger eye may need to be patched for a couple of hours a day. This strengthens the optic nerve by causing the weaker eye to work on its own.
If one eye physically turns in or out, it results in strabismic amblyopia and is often quite obvious. Refractive amblyopia is, unfortunately, difficult to detect and if I, being spe-cially trained, am unaware of my own child’s refractive amblyopia until performing a complete eye exam, who
would be able to pick it up on their own?
On a happy note, Cameron no longer has a lazy eye and, in fact, does not even need his glasses all the time anymore.
Eye examinations for children are fully covered under MSP. I recommend the first exam by six months and routinely after that as they go through school. Eighty-per-cent of learn-ing comes through seeing. A child often thinks that the way they see the world is normal, so regular eye examinations are impor-tant — even if there are no complaints.
Eye exams not just for kids with complaints
DR. CARRIE-LYNN SNEETheVIEWPOINT
It’s estimated that 75 per cent of Americans deal with neck pain at some point in their lives. Neck pain accounts for millions of trips to the doctor every year. The pain can be acute and severe enough to interfere with our everyday lives, but modern medicine offers little help.
Painkilling drugs
are associated with dangerous side effects, addiction and over-dose. And it turns out they are also much less effective than harmless, natural treatments. A study on Naturalnews.com shows that simple remedies like chiro-practic treatments and home exercises relieve sub-acute neck pain better than pharma-ceutical drugs — and without all the nega-tive side effects.
A study published on Jan. 3, 2012, in The Annals of Internal Medicine demonstrates the power of alterna-tive therapies for neck pain. Participants in the study were divided into three groups: one
group made regular visits to the chiro-practor, one group received traditional drug therapy, and the third group was instructed on how to perform therapeutic exercises at home to combat their neck pain.
At the end of 12 weeks, it was clear that participants who engaged in non-drug therapy fared bet-ter than those who received painkillers. In the chiropractic group, 57 per cent of individ-uals reported at least a 75 per cent reduction in pain. In the home exercise group, 48 per cent reported similar pain relief. However, only 33 per cent of
the painkiller group saw such results.
The long-term benefits of at-home exercises are equally impressive. Even one year later, patients in the chiropractic and home exercise groups were still experienc-ing benefits. About 53 per cent in each of these groups still saw at least a 75 per cent reduction in pain. In the painkiller group, only 38 per cent reported this kind of pain relief.
Besides being less effective, the painkiller group was also increasing their medication over time, which can lead to more serious side effects.
“The people in the medication group kept on using a higher amount of medica-tion more frequently throughout the fol-lowup period, up to a year later,” said study author and Northwestern Health Sciences University in Minnesota research professor Dr. Gert Bronfort. “If you’re taking medication over a long time, then we’re running into more systemic side effects like gastrointes-tinal problems.”
Pharmaceutical drugs are not only dangerous, but ineffec-tive compared to safer, natural alternatives for dealing with neck pain.
Home exercises better than painkillers
‘I recommend the fi rst exam by six months and routinely
after that as [children] go through school.’
DR. COLIN GAGESpinal COLUMN
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The high-flying Merritt Centennials — impressive winners of three road games in three days on Vancouver Island just a short while ago — came back down to earth with a thud this week.
Saturday, in the back half of a home-and-home series with the Nanaimo Clippers, the Centennials looked flat and disorganized in losing 5-3 to the second-best team in the BCHL’s Island Division.
Six days earlier, the Cents defeated the Clips convincingly, 5-2, on the last stop of their three-game Island swing.
The Centennials didn’t look a whole lot better on Tuesday night this week as they managed only a 2-2 tie with the visiting Vernon Vipers, the last-place team in the Interior Division, and 17 points
behind the Cents in the standings.
The pair of unchar-acteristically sub-par per-formances at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena garnered the Cents just one point out of a pos-sible four — leaving them 10 points behind the division-leading Penticton Vees (with two games in hand) and just four points ahead of the third place West Kelowna Warriors who have played the same number of games.
Things started out well enough against the Clippers on Saturday, as first-period goals by Derek Huisman and Kevin Lohan staked the Centennials to an early 2-0 lead. The wheels sort of fell off from there, however, as the Clips were allowed to score the next three goals, and five of the remaining six, to hand Merritt just its sixth loss on home ice this season.
Scott Patterson tallied
the Cents’ only other goal in defeat, while Tyler Steel took the loss in net. Merritt outshot Nanaimo 39-32.
Against the Vipers on Tuesday, Merritt was the first to score again as Sam Johnson picked up his fourth goal (since joining the club at the end of November) on the powerplay at 17:10
of the opening period. Despite being down
a goal, it was the Vipers who carried the play through much of the first 20 minutes, outshooting the Cents 10-9.
Vernons’ domination continued in the second period, and the visitors were rewarded with two goals, less than five min-utes apart, by newcomer
Mason Blacklock and Brendan Persley.
Merritt managed to draw even on the scoreboard at 13:49 of the second when a Dane Birks point shot rebounded off Vernon netminder Austin Smith, struck the Cents’ Regan Soquila in front and deflected back behind the surprised Vipers
goaltender.Neither team was
able to score in the third period, though Merritt’s Payton Schaefer had a golden opportunity as he was sent in alone on Smith with seconds left on the clock. His well-labelled shot just caught the left shoulder of Smith and sailed over the crossbar.
The Cents dominated the pair of five-minute overtime periods, out-shooting the Vipers 7-2, but could not beat Smith who was named the games first star. The two sides had to settle for the tie and one point each.
The final shot count was 37-34 in Merritt’s favour. The Cents went 1-for-5 on the powerplay while the Snakes failed to score on the same num-ber of man-advantage opportunities.
In addition to Smith as the first star of the game, Vernon’s Blacklock picked up sec-ond-star honours. The third star went to Merritt blueliner Charlie Donlin who played a strong game in his own end and also made several effec-tive rushes with the puck.
The Cents’ first-period powerplay goal was just their third in 42 opportunities dating back to Dec. 22.
Merritt’s powerplay ranking has fallen from first place in September to fifth place overall out of sixteen teams.
BCHL STANDINGS to Feb. 05
Team GP W L T OTL PTS
Penticton 45 31 11 0 3 65
Merritt 43 25 13 2 3 55
West Kelowna 43 20 12 3 8 51
Salmon Arm 46 21 19 2 4 48
Trail 48 21 25 0 2 44
Vernon 45 15 22 1 7 38
INTERIOR DIVISION
Team GP W L T OTL PTS
Surrey 45 28 12 2 3 61
Chilliwack 45 27 16 1 1 56
Prince George 45 21 16 1 7 50
Langley 43 18 19 1 5 42
Coquitlam 47 18 28 1 0 37
MAINLAND DIVISION
Team GP W L T OTL PTS
Victoria 46 31 9 0 6 68
Nanaimo 44 25 17 0 2 52
Alberni Valley 44 22 16 1 5 50
Powell River 49 18 22 2 7 45
Cowichan Valley 42 10 28 1 3 24
ISLAND DIVISION
Cents come down to earth at home
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS The Merritt Centennials’ Regan Soquila (above) came close on this scoring attempt early in the second period of Tuesday night’s game against the visiting Vernon Vipers. The Cents’ leading scorer would garner a goal later in the same stanza as the two teams battled to a 2-2 tie. Vernon netminder Austin Smith earned first-star honours for his 35-save performance that included stopping a breakaway by Merritt’s Payton Schaefer with seconds left in regulation time. Neither side was able to score in two five-minute periods of overtime. Ian Webster/Herald
Next up: Vees and RivermenThe Merritt Centennials hit the highway this weekend for a pair of road
games. On Friday, they cross over the Connector to take on the Penticton Vees at the South Okanagan Events Centre. Saturday, it’s a run down the Coquihalla for their second and final meeting with former Centennial Jakob Reichert and the Langley Rivermen.
Friday’s encounter with the Vees will be the fifth of seven between the teams this season. The record currently stands at 2-2-0-0. The most recent meeting, on Jan. 4 in Merritt, resulted in a 4-2 win for the Centennials.
Since that loss, the Vees have been on fire, winning eight of nine games, including an 11-0 shellacking of the Coquitlam Express in their most recent outing.
The Rivermen find themselves in a different situation, as they are in fourth place in the five-team Mainland Division of the BCHL and battling with the Express for the final playoff spot.
In their one-and-only previous matchup this season, in Merritt on Sept. 28, the Cents edged the Rivermen 2-1.
CENTS’ LOHAN A WOLVERINE?Get all the sensational details in the Tuesday,
February 5 edition of the Merritt Herald.
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Midgets move on to second round of playoffsMINOR HOCKEY REPORT
By Ian WebsterTHE HERALD
The Merritt Tracker Sportswear midget reps have qualified for the second round of the Okanagan-Mainline playoffs, thanks to a two-game sweep of their best-of-three series against Summerland on the weekend.
The Jr. Cents got a pair of two-goal performances from Talon Tom in their 8-4 and 5-1 triumphs on Saturday and Sunday respectively.
Other weekend scorers for the Tracker team were Riley Barnes (2), Malik Miller, Grady Musgrave, Kody Milanese, Trevor Lindley and Nolan Prowal.
Kristian Stead was solid in picking up both victories in net.
The next play-off opponent for the Merritt midget squad is first-place Kelowna. The second round series begins on Sunday in the Okanagan.
Peewee and bantam reps bow out
Both the Merritt Ramada peewees and the Murray GM bantams went down to defeat in their first-round playoff matchups on the weekend.
It took a third and deciding game on Tuesday night in Kamloops to determine the peewee outcome.
Unfortunately, the local peewee team sim-ply ran out of gas in game three, losing to the Jr. Blazers 5-0.
The Ramada team forced a third game in the best-of-three series
with a thrilling 3-2 win on home ice Sunday. Anthony Tulliani scored the winner with only 18 seconds remaining in regulation time to give Merritt the win. Keenan Wudrich and Kaelen Lester also scored for the Jr. Cents.
Saturday, Merritt lost the opening game of the series, 4-1, in Kamloops. Liam Kelly was the lone Ramada marksman.
Merritt’s Murray GM bantams fell two games straight in their best-of-three playoff series against Kamloops. Game scores and scor-ing details were not made available.
Senior girls lose out to Kamloops
Merritt’s senior girls team was simply no match for a much older and more experienced
Kamloops squad as they lost their best-of-three playoff series in two games on the weekend by scores of 9-0 and 8-0.
Despite the losses, the first-year senior girls team can be very proud of its many accomplish-ments this season.
Here is the schedule of Merritt minor hockey games this weekend, all at the Shulus Arena:
Saturday
11:45-1:15 Atom Dev. vs. Kelowna1:30-3:15 Bantam House vs. Ashcroft3:30 - 5:00 Peewee House vs. Logan Lake
Sunday
1:30 - 3:00 Jr. Girls vs. Chase3:15-4:45 Atom House vs Clearwater
FOUNTAIN TIRE ATOMS WIN PEEWEE HOUSE TOURNAMENT ON HOME ICE
The Merritt Fountain Tire atom development squad made the most of being a last-minute replacement for a team that cancelled by winning the MMHA peewee house tournament on the weekend. The local atom squad went a perfect 5-0 in round-robin and playoff action to take the title. They defeated the Abbotsford Reapers 9-1 in the championship game on Sunday. Other wins were against a pair of Kamloops teams (5-3 and 4-1), the Abbotsford Superhawks (9-3) and the Reapers (6-4). The Interior Savings peewee house squad was the official host team, and also took part in the six-team tournament. The game results and final placing for the Interior Savings side were not made available.Photo submitted
MSS Grade 8 boys defeat St. Ann’s Crusaders An amazing 35-point performance by young Evan Sahota (left) led the Merritt Secondary School Grade 8 boys basketball team to a 52-49 come-from-behind Panthers’ victory over the visiting St. Ann’s Crusaders on January 23. Sahota, a Grade 7 stu-dent at Central Elementary School, who is “playing up” this year, drained 25 points in the second half of the fiercely-contested game to lead all scorers. Ryan Anthony, a recent addition to coach Jason McAllister’s Grade 8 squad, chipped in with nine points while Dawson Geier added four. In the Grade 8 girls showdown with the Crusaders, Cassidy Rodie’s five-point performance wasn’t enough as the Panthers fell to a much taller Kamloops squad, 50-11. The girls’ next home game is on Feb. 18 versus the Clearwater Raiders. Both Grade 8 Panther teams were in action Wednesday night against South Kamloops Secondary School. Also on the hardcourt Wednesday were the MSS senior boys and girls teams. They were up against the Valley Vikings. Playoff action for the senior teams begins next week. Ian Webster/Herald
44th Moccasin tournament this weekendA total of 11 teams will be taking part in the 44th Annual Moccasin Hockey
Tournament scheduled for this weekend at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena. There will be seven teams in the competitive division: the local Quilchena Braves and Upper Nicola Mustangs, along with teams from Chase, Ashcroft, Chilliwack, Invermere and Morley, Alta. The four teams in the masters catego-ry will be the Braves, Williams Lake, Okanagan and Chase. Games will begin at 5 p.m. on Friday and run through till 2 p.m. on Sunday.
SCHEDULE
FridayGame#
1. 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Masters Williams Lake vs. Okanagan 2. 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Competitive Chase vs. Upper Nicola 3. 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Competitive Ashcroft vs. Chilliwack 4. 9:00 - 10:00 p.m. Masters Quilchena vs. Chase
SaturdayGame#
5. 6:00 - 7:00 a.m. Masters Williams Lake vs. Chase 6. 7:00 - 8:30 a.m. Competitive Invermere vs. Morley 7. 8:30 - 10:00 a.m. Competitive Quilchena vs. Winner of #1 8. 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Competitive Winner of #2 vs. Winner of #3 9. 11:30 - 12:30 a.m. Masters Quilchena vs. Okanagan 10. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Competitive Loser of #2 vs. Loser of #3 11. 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Competitive Loser of #1 vs. Loser of #8 12. 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Competitive Loser of #4 vs. Winner of #6 13. 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Masters Williams Lake vs. Quilchena 14. 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Competitive Winner of #4 vs. Winner of #5
SundayGame#
15. 6:00 - 7:00 a.m. Masters Chase vs. Okanagan 16. 7:00 - 8:30 a.m. Competitive Winner of #12 vs. Winner of #11 17. 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Masters 3rd. Place vs. 4th. Place 18. 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Competitive Loser of #14 vs. Winner of #16 19. 11:00 - 12:00 a.m. Masters !st. Place vs. 2nd. Place 20. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Competitive Winner of #14 vs. Winner of #18
MERRITT BOWLING CENTRE TOP 10 AVERAGES
(to Sunday, Febuary 3)
MEN WOMEN HIGH SCORES
Bill Campbell 249 Helen Szabo 208 Men’s SingleJerrid Chandler 242 Crystal Chandler 194 Bill Campbell 354Mark Pattison 231 Deb Tancsa 194 Jerrid Chandler 304Bill McNeil 229 Doreen Nikkel 190 Mark pattison 300Gerry Thomas 225 Diane Walker 188Jordan Pinto 217 Lori Walker 183 Men’s TripleHarold Aljam 212 Cindy Marshall 175 Bill Campbell 921Tom Walker 199 Sheree Byer 174 Jerrid Chandler 825Derek Cornies 199 Sharon McIvor 165James Isaac Sr. 186 Marilyn Wright 165Dean Tom 186
Yvonne Miller was the January winner of a Las Vegas trip for two for two days and three nights just for coming to public bowling. There will be
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Phone 250-378-4241 with any events that you may be hosting or email: [email protected]
Brownies Thursdays - 5:30 - 7 p.m. Central School - 250-378-8310Canadian Diabetes Association Once a month, 7 - 9 p.m. Trinity United Church Hall. Call Eva at 250-378-2897 or Gerry at 250-378-3716Canadian Mental Health Association - Merritt Clubhouse Wednesdays & Fridays: 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. 1721 Coldwater Ave. (Teen Centre) across from MSS. 250-378-4878Central School Pac First Tuesday - 7 p.m. Lunchroom 250-378-4892Celebrate Recovery Meetings every Monday, 7:00 p.m. at New Life Fellowship, 1938 Quilchena Ave. 250-378-4534Community Choir Mondays - 7 p.m. - Fall to Spring Collettville Elementary - 250-378-9899Court Whist - Fun Game Wednesdays - 7 p.m. at the Seniors Centre 250-378-2776Drop-In Soccer Tuesdays & Thursdays: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Girls & Boys 16+ welcome 250-378-2530Drop-In Volleyball
Mondays - 7 - 9 p.m. CMS. 250-378-6212.Guides Mondays - 5:30 -7:30 p.m. Central School - 250-378-2281Ladies’ Curling League Wednesdays, 6 - and 8 p.m. Call 250-378- 8175 or 250-378-4917Living With Loss Support Group Wednesdays - 7 to 8:45 p.m. 2025 Granite Ave - 250-280-4040Merritt Curling Club For League Information 250-378-4423Merritt Duplicate Bridge Club Tuesdays 7 p.m. Seniors’ Centre 250-378-5550 or 250-378-4577Merritt Elks Lodge Clubs Second & Fourth Wednesday - 8 p.m. Elks Hall 250-378-9788Merritt Lawn Bowling Sun., Tues., & Thurs. at 7 p.m. 250-378-2950Merritt Lions Club First & Third Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Best Western - Han’s Golden Wok 250-378-9509Merritt Moms Prenatal- Post Natal Support group. Open Monday - Friday - 8:30 a.m.
250-378-2252Merritt Navy League Cadet Corp Wednesdays 6 - 9 p.m. Cadet Hall Ages 9-13 welcome 250-378-2620Merritt Snowmobile Club Second Tuesday of the month 7 p.m. - Civic Centre 250-315-1082Merritt’s Women in Business Second Wednesday 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Merritt Desert Inn 250-315-5851Nicola Naturalist Society Every Third Thursday - 7:00 p.m. NVIT. www.nicolanaturalists.caNicola Valley Better Breathers 3rd Wednesdays, 1:00 pm at Trinity United Call 250-378-6266 N.V. 4-H Club Every Second Tuesday - 6:30 p.m. Central School - 250-378-5028N.V. Community Band Tuesdays - 7 p.m - MSS Music Room 250-378-5031 or 250-378-9894N.V. Dirt Riders Association Last Wednesday of the month 7 p.m. at Garden Sushi Scott: 250-378-3502 www.nvdra.comN.V. Explorers Second Wednesday - NVIT # 1 - 7 p.m. 250-378-4476 or 250-378-4413N.V. Horseshoe Club Meetings
Wednesdays - 6 p.m. Smith Pioneer Park 250-378-5007 or 250-378-6980N.V. Heritage Society Last Wednesday - Baillie House 250-378-0349N.V. Fall Fair Third Monday - 2145 Quilchena Ave. 7 p.m. 250-378-5925N.V. Fish & Game (except July and Aug.) Third Wednesday - 7 p.m. Phelan House - 2236 Jackson Ave. 250-378-4572 or 250-378-4904N.V. Quilters Guild First & Third Thursdays Civic Centre 7 p.m. 250-378-4172N.V. Search & Rescue Second Monday - 7 p.m. At the airport 250-378-6769 N.V. Women’s Institute Second Wednesday - 1:30 p.m. In member’s homes 250-378-2536One Way Krew Youth Group Tuesdays - 7 - 8:30 p.m. Crossroads Community Church - 250-378-2911Pathfi nders Thursdays - 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Central School - 250-936-8298Rocky Mountain Rangers Cadet Corp Tuesdays - 6 p.m. 250-378-1302 or 250-572-3775
Royal Purple First and Third Mondays each month 1:30 p.m. - Downstairs @ Elks Hall 250-378-9788Rotary Club of Merritt Every Thursday - Noon Brambles Bakery Cafe. 250-378-5535Rotary Club of Merritt - Sunrise Every Tuesday - 7 a.m. Brambles BakerySeniors’ Mixed Curling Mondays & Tuesdays - 1 - 3 p.m. 250-378-5539Sparks Mondays - 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Central School - 250-378-8310Teen Centre Friday Nights - 4 to 9 p.m. 250-315-0248Toastmasters Club 3929 Tuesdays - 5 p.m. at the Merritt Library 250-378-5855Valley Visual Artists General club information contact: Fran McMurchy at 250-378-4230 Vintage Car Club - Merritt Chapter Second Wednesday - 7:30 p.m. Ska-Lu-La Workshop Al (250-378-7402) Ted (250-378-4195)
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THE CHURCHES OFMERRITT WELCOME YOU
Crossroads Community Church2990 Voght St. • 250-378-2911
Service Time: Sundays 10:30 a.m.
Merritt Baptist Church2499 Coutlee Ave. (Corner of Coutlee and Orme) • 250-378-2464
Service Time/ Sunday School: Sunday 10:30 a.m.
Merritt Lutheran Fellowshipin St. Michael's Church • 250-378-9899
Service Time: 3rd Sunday each month 1:00 p.m.
Nicola Valley Evangelical Free Church1950 Maxwell St. • 250-378-9502Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m.
Sacred Heart Catholic ChurchCorner of Jackson & Blair • 250-378-2919
Mass Time: Sundays 9:00 a.m.
Seventh Day Adventist Church2190 Granite Ave. • 250-378-4061Service Time: Saturdays 11:00 a.m.
St. Michael’s Anglican Church1990 Chapman St. • 250-378-3772Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m.
Trinity United ChurchCorner of Quilchena & Chapman • 250-378-5735
Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m.
MERRITT LIVE THEATRE
SOCIETY
AGM Thursday, Feb. 7 at 6 p.m. at the Culture Club, 2058 Granite Ave. Meeting and pot-luck supper is open to the public. For more info; [email protected] or visit website: merrit-tlive.com
PANCAKE SUPPER
The Trinity United Church located at 1899 Quilchena Ave. will be have host-ing Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper on Tuesday, Feb. 12, from 5 - 7 p.m. Enjoy pancakes, ham, and dessert.
COURTHOUSE GALLERY
7th Annual Community Arts Show, on now until Feb. 28. An amazing variety of emerging and established art-ists from the Nicola
Valley. Join us as we celebrate the com-munity talent and vote on your favour-ite piece. Gallery is open Thursdays, 4 - 8 p.m., Fri.-Sat., Noon to 6 p.m.
NV ARTS COUNCIL
Wednesdays, Feb. 13 - 27, 3:30 - 5 p.m. Water Colour Pencils and 6 - 8 p.m., Acrylic Abstract Explorations. Call the Civic Centre for more info. 250-315-1050.
NV FISH & GAME CLUB
Potluck Dinner and Trophy Awards Night, Saturday, Feb. 23, 5:30 p.m.at the Senior’s Centre (museum) Refreshments will be available. Free cof-fee and kid’s drink provided. Raffles & Silent Auction to follow. Get tickets at Ponderosa Sports or Nicola Valley Outdoors or at the
door. Contact Paul Komonoski at 250-378-4904 or Ed Collins 250-378-2547 for more informa-tion. Please bring a potluck dish.
XPLORE SPORTS
School year camps for 2013 upcoming dates: Feb. 15, March 18-22. Ages 7-12, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Contact the Civic Centre at 250-315-1050 to register. For more information, contact Josée Warren at 250-315-1075 or [email protected]
HEART & STROKE
FOUNDATION
Let’s help make death wait. Heart dis-ease and stroke take one life every seven minutes but you can give Canadians more time. Volunteer to canvass your neighborhood this Feb. and help raise
vital funds for heart disease and stroke research. We need your help. Call 250-378-4153 .for more information.”
NICOLA VALLEY RIDING
CLUB
The Nicola Valley Riding Club is accepting new mem-bers and volunteers. We are a new club, here in Merritt, for all ages and disci-plines, horse owner or not. Trail rides, camping trips, poker rides, play days, drill team and clinics are a few of the events we will be holding this year.
For more infor-mation call Tracy at 250-378-0339
SOUP BOWL
The Soup Bowl is open Tuesdays from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Anglican Church Hall at 1990 Chapman St.
KNITWITS
First Thursday of every month join other knitting/cro-cheting enthusiasts as they bring out the yarn and needles to create handmade items. Any skill level welcome. Brambles Bakery at 6 p.m.
NV FILM SOCIETY
Monday, Feb. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the NVIT Theatre. “The Lady” Rated:14A
ARCHERY CLUB
If you would like to see an archery club in Merritt, then we need your sup-port. Drop by Nicola Valley Outdoors and talk to Fred.
JUNIOR CHOIR
For children aged six to 14 years who like to sing! Variety of music will be sung.
For more infor-mation call Linda at 250-378-4528 or Sharon at 250-315-1305.
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Symptoms of GriefOverwhelming sadness.
Inability to sleep, lack of appetite.
Lack of desire to do anything, forgetfulness.
Irritability, inability to concentrate.
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2113 Granite Avenue, Merritt, BC
Born Jan. 6, 1951 in Princeton General Hospital, Allen passed away Jan. 23,
2013 in Yuma Regional Hospital as a winter visitor.
Husband of Freida Mary Aune, and father of Andrew (Veronica), Daniel (Geri) and Shannon Galon (Perry).
Grandfather to many and great-grandfather to one.
He loved his family, friends, faith and shing, not necessarily in that order.
He is now pain-free and with his Lord and Saviour.
Memorial to be held at Crossroads Community Church,
Saturday, Feb. 9 at 11:00 am
Allen Arlen Aune
January 6, 1951-January 23, 2013
Thank You!Brandon, Amber, Warren Flick and Brian Ward, would like to thank the community for their
support and generosity after the passing of our sister and mother
Karen Flick.
She will be dearly missed.
A service will be held on March 31, 2013.
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As publisher of the Free Press, you will help develop strategy for the newspaper as it continues to serve this diverse marketplace.
Aberdeen Publishing is one of Western Canada’s largest independent newspaper companies with properties in British Columbia and Alberta.
If you have the ability to innovate, are customer driven, success oriented, and want to live in one of the most beautiful places in northern B.C., then we want to hear from you. We offer a generous compensation and benefi ts package as well as the opportunity for career advancement.
Please submit your resume by February 15, 2013, to the attention of:
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Lower Nicola Indian BandLNIB/NRT LAYOUT AND
DEVELOPMENT TECHNICIAN
POSITION: Layout and Development Technician
DESCRIPTION: Reporting to the Natural Resource Manager and assisting the Operations Manager
Cutblock and Road Layout• GPSing• Supervision of Harvesting and Road • Building ContractorsSilviculture experience an asset• Boundary Marking• Data Input as required• Ability to train Junior Technicians in Layout • TechniquesAssist in PFR Work• Other related duties as assigned by the • Natural Resource Manager
REQUIREMENTS:Graduate of a Natural Resource Program • or Job Experience EquivalentMinimum 10 years of Layout and • Development ExperienceApplicants must be registered or eligible • for Registration with the Association of BC Forest Professionals as a Registered Forest Technologist or Registered Professional ForesterMust be physically t and able to work • outdoorsBe able to work alone if necessary and • make independent decisionsFirst Aid Training would be an asset• S100 or equivalent would be an asset• Valid Class 5 BC Driver’s License with a • Clean Driver’s AbstractAboriginal Ancestry would be an asset•
Salary: To be NegotiatedDeadline: February 15, 2013
Applicants are required to submit a resume with cover letter and 3 references to:
Attention: Natural Resource ManagerLower Nicola Indian Band
181 Nawishaskin Lane, Merritt, BC V1K 0A7Fax: 250-378-6188
E-mail: [email protected]
INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICIANGraymont’s Pavilion Plant is accepting applications for an Industrial Electrician. Candidate must possess current B.C. Red Seal certification. Preference will be given to well-rounded individuals willing to also perform other nonelectrical maintenance work as part of the maintenance team. A background in lime or cement industry along with computer and or PLC skills is preferred as well as a proven track record of developing and maintaining a safe work culture. Additional skills required:
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environment.
Qualified applicants please submit your resume to: [email protected] or Graymont Pavilion Plant
Attn: Dan BuisP.O. Box 187
Cache Creek, BC V0K 1H0
Lifeguard/InstructorThe City of Merritt is inviting applications for the position of Casual Lifeguard/Instructors, at the Nicola Valley Aquatic Centre.
This casual, on-call position involves providing swim instructing, lifeguarding services and working with the general public in a dynamic, fun, action-orientated atmosphere. For complete posting details, please check City of Merritt website at www.merritt.ca
Cover letters with attached resume’s and cop-ies of quali cations to be submitted no later than 4:30 pm Friday, February 22, 2013 to:
Carole Fraser, Human ResourcesCity of Merritt
2185 Voght StreetP.O. Box 189 Merritt, BC, V1K 1B8
Rey Creek Ranch is looking for a
SEASONAL FULL-TIME FARM LABOURERto start work on April 15, 2013.
The farm labourer will be responsible for
weeding and irrigation of orchard & hay fi eld.Wage: $10.25/hour.
If you are interested fax 250-378-5099
WANTED - CDA’S & HYGIENISTSFull and Part-time
Excellent remuneration & bene ts package
Of ce opening May 1, 2013
Please submit your resume in con dence to:
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or email: [email protected]
RELIEF SECRETARIAL EMPLOYEES
School District No. 58 is accepting applications for relief secretarial employees for Merritt schools. A minimum typing speed of 55 w.p.m. is required.
This is an on-call position. Salary and benefi ts will be in accordance with the C.U.P.E. Local 847 Collective Agreement.
The district has a high percentage of First Nations and other multicultural students and so being sensitive to cultural diversities would be an asset.
Application forms are available at the School Board Offi ce, 1550 Chapman Street, or you can apply on-line at www.sd58.bc.ca, click on Jobs, Support Positions, Job Postings, listed under Job Code # 133681. Applications, including a detailed resume with a minimum of three references, will be accepted until February 22, 2013. Please forward to:
Attn: Secretary TreasurerSchool District No. 58 (Nicola-Similkameen)
P.O. Box 4100, 1550 Chapman St. Merritt, BC V1K 1B8Fax: (250) 378-6263
Only those applicants being interviewed will be contacted.
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AVAILABLE immediately for busy Volvo/Mack dealership located in Salmon Arm, BC. Journeyman or equivalent ex-perienced parts counter appli-cant. Full time with competitive wages and benefi ts. Vol-vo/Mack an asset but will con-sider other OEM experience as equivalent. Forward re-sumes to [email protected]. Suitable applicants will be con-tacted for an interview.
BANNISTER AUTO GROUPIf you are Energetic, Motivated and have the desire to join a “Customer First Family”, we are inviting you to come grow with us. We are one of West-ern Canada’s fastest growing automotive companies and always looking for great peo-ple to join our team. We’re accepting resumes for all departments and all positions: Management, Sales, Service (technicians), Parts, Body Shop and Accounting. Interested in joining our team? Email Darryl Payeur at [email protected] . Bannister GM Vernon, Bannis-ter GM Edson, Bannister Honda Vernon, Browns GM Dawson Creek, Champion GM Trail, Huber Bannister Chevro-let Penticton, Salmon Arm GM Salmon Arm and growing.
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Home Care/SupportLIVE-IN Caregiver required for a senior male in Peachland, BC. $10.25/hr and $325 for room and board. own private furnished room, internet, tv, telephone. The ideal candidate will have secondary school or equivalent, 1 year experience and speak English. Must live-in. 40 hours per week. Pls. [email protected]
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NOTICE OF BOUNDARY CHANGELOWER NICOLA WATERWORKS DISTRICT
Notice is hereby given that effective Sept. 3, 2012 the boundary of the Lower Nicola
Waterworks District is amended by including Lot 3, DL 131, Plan KAP 48615 KDYD.
Letters Patend and a map showing the new boundaries may be viewed at the of ces of
the Lower Nicola Waterworks District by calling 250-378-6304
for additional information.
This synopsis is published in accordance with section 15(b) of the local Government Act.
LOWER NICOLA WATERWORKSIMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
P.O. Box 1762Merritt, BC V1K 1B8
Phone: 250-378-6304 Fax: 250-378-5136
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS
RE: THE ESTATE OF WALTER LAWRENCE ZILKOWSKI, DECEASED
CREDITORS and others having claims against the
estate of Walter Lawrence Zilkowski, deceased,
late of Lower Nicola, B.C., are hereby notifi ed under
section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their
claims should be sent to the Administratrix at 15245
16th Avenue, Surrey, B.C., V4A 1R6, on or before
March 1, 2013 after which date, the Administratrix
will distribute the estate among the parties entitled
to it, having regard to the claims of which the
Administratrix then has notice.
Garrity Reese, Administratrix
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Suites, Upper3 bdrm suite for rent. Close to downtown. N/s, N/d, no pets,ref. req., fenced yard. $750/month. 250-378-9560
Private 2 bdrm lake front suite on Nicola Lake. $900/mon. in-cludes util. satellite TV & inter-net. No-pets, no smoking Avail Mar. 1/13. 250-378-5519
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Phone #: ________________________
Dine In - Take Out
Weekly Entry Ballot Feb. 7 - Feb. 13, 2013
Jewelry • Tarot Cards • Oils • Crystals, Etc.
250-280-22232075 Quilchena Ave, Merritt, BC
Name: __________________________
Address: ________________________
Phone #: ________________________Weekly Entry Ballot Feb. 7 - Feb. 13, 2013
EarthwalkerSpiritual Shop
Weekly Entry Ballot Feb. 7 - Feb. 13, 2013
24 Hours or Less with H&R Block’s Cash Back Service
250-378-4695 2145 Quilchena Ave, Merritt, BC
Name: __________________________
Address: ________________________
Phone #: ________________________
Weekly Entry Ballot Feb. 7 - Feb. 13, 2013
250-280-23592326 Clapperton Ave., Merritt, BC
Name: __________________________
Address: ________________________
Phone #: ________________________
Bottle, Milk, Non-
Refundable Glass, Batteries,
Ink Toners & Cartridges, Fluorescent Lighting, Electronics
& Small Appliances
Weekly Entry Ballot Feb. 7 - Feb. 13, 2013
250-378-26842741 Forksdale Ave., Merritt, BC
Name: __________________________
Address: ________________________
Phone #: ________________________
www.thesource.ca
Weekly Entry Ballot Feb. 7 - Feb. 13, 2013
250-378-58172051-E Voght St., Merritt, BC
Name: __________________________
Address: ________________________
Phone #: ________________________
We sell the best, for less.
WIN A FREE VACATIONNO PURCHASE NECESSARYNO PURCHASE NECESSARY
ENTER WEEKLY AT EACH LOCATION TO IMPROVE YOUR ODDS OF WINNING.Must enter by dates noted on each ballot to be eligible. See participating businesses for full contest rules.