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Local families and seniors are getting $15 worth of locally-grown food products from the weekly Nico-la Valley Farmers Market on the provincial government, thanks to an expansion in the provincial program that includes the local market for the first time this year.
The Nicola Valley and District Food Bank is administering the coupon program with help from the Conayt Friendship Society, which runs Merritt Moms and Families programming.
Together, the organizations hand-picked families with young children and five seniors to receive 16 weeks of coupons.
The coupons can be used like cash at participating farm markets to buy locally grown fruit, veg-etables, meat, eggs, dairy products, nuts and herbs.
The catch is that participants in the program also take a monthly nutrition and food preparation course, which is being offered locally by food bank board members Dorothy Molnar and Helen Croft.
Food bank manager Marlene Fenton said they’re also teaming up with the chamber of commerce’s Legacy Merritt program on home canning on the afternoons of Aug. 21 and 22, starting at 1 p.m. at the Civic Centre.
That program is free to partici-pate in, and connecting with other organizations helps maximize the food skills resources offered in Mer-ritt, Fenton said.
“It has three different groups in the community working together. I think it just builds good relation-ships,” she said.
Fenton described the coupon program as a win-win because it supports local people’s basic needs as well as the area’s farmers and food producers.
She said the educational compo-nent of the program is as important as the nutrition it ends up providing.
“We’re looking at teaching peo-ple what locally produced vegetables there are and what sort of things you can do with those,” she said. “When you go to the farmers mar-ket, you’ll see there’ll be currants available or kohlrabi, or something like that, and people might not have tried that — especially if money’s sort of tight, then you don’t buy something you’re not sure you’re going to like. If you’re given these coupons, it makes you a little more brave or adventurous because it doesn’t come out of what your ini-tial food budget was going to be.”
She said some of the kids involved in the coupon program have come back and reported on what they tried and liked.
The coupons represent an injec-tion of $6,000 into the local farmers market, Fenton said.
The increase is part of a $750,000 expansion to the prov-ince’s farm market coupon pro-gram, which includes markets in Clearwater, Salmon Arm and Lyt-ton for the first time this year as well.
By Emily WesselTHE HERALD
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BRAVING ICY WATERS Local BC Ambulance Service paramedics (from left) Kevin Bates, Laura Murray and Sheena Osborne brace themselves for a cascade of icy water during their ice bucket challenge on Aug. 18. The ice bucket challenge is a campaign to raise awareness for ALS, a neurodegenerative disease that kills nerve cells and paralyzes muscles. The paramedics were one of three agencies nominated by the Merritt Fire Rescue Department. Nominees have 24 hours after they’re nominated on social media to complete the challenge or raise at least $100 for ALS research. The local paramed-ics nominated staff at their dispatch centre in Kamloops, Merritt’s Kal-Tire and the Nicola Valley Hospital for the challenge. They also plan to collect donations from the station’s staff to contribute to ALS research. An estimated 2,500 to 3,000 Canadians live with ALS. Emily Wessel/Herald
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ELEMENTARY STUDENT REGISTRATION For “NEW” Elementary school students, please register your child at the neighbourhood school in your location from Monday to Friday, August 25 to August 29, 2014. Schools will be open from 9:00 – 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Call ahead to confirm.
Collettville Elementary School ...250-378-2230 Diamond Vale Elementary .........250-378-2514Merritt Bench Elementary ...........250-378-2528 Nicola-Canford Elementary .......250-378-2172Merritt Central Elementary .........250-378-9931
KINDERGARTEN:To register, a child must be 5 years old, on or before December 31, 2014 and a birth certificate, immunization record, and Care Card should be presented. Kindergarten starting dates will be arranged through the school.
FRENCH IMMERSION:All students in this program attend Collettville Elementary School (grades K-7), and Merritt Secondary School (grades 8-12).
GRADE 8 - 12 MERRITT SECONDARY SCHOOL 250-378-5131New students register at the school from August 25 – 29, 2014. Counsellors will be available and students are encouraged to call ahead to schedule an appointment.
SOUTH CENTRAL INTERIOR DISTANCE EDUCATION (SCIDES)250-378-4245 or 1-800-663-3536SCIDES is the distance education school operated by our district that offers BC Ministry approved educational programs for students of all ages, anywhere in the province of B.C. (Kindergarten through Grade 12 and adult learners, tuition free). Registration is ongoing. For an appointment call: 250-378-4245 or 1-800-663-3536.
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The Learning Centre offers courses up to grade 12, a hot lunch program, parenting classes, job preparation and much more! New students can regis-ter at Kengard Learning Centre 250-378-4245 or register on site September 2, 2014 at the Kengard Learning Centre, 2475 Merritt Ave.
SCHOOL OPENING (SUBJECT TO CURRENT LABOUR DISPUTE)Tuesday, September 2, 2014 – Adjusted hours: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon.
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Local man ID’d as victim in mountain race accident
The B.C. Coro-ners Service has iden-tified a Merritt man as the victim of a rodeo incident in the Chilcotin region.
Jason Lyle Cout-lee, 44, was riding in the mountain race at
the Redstone Rodeo near Alexis Creek, about 150 kilometres west of Williams Lake, on Aug. 17 when he fell from his horse.
He was taken to a clinic in Alexis Creek,
where a helicopter was to transport him to Kelowna General Hospital. He died in transit.
The B.C. Coro-ners Service is investi-gating.
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• Mine dam inspections ordered across B.C.
Cheyanne Friess couldn’t believe her ears when her name was called as one of
three who were crowned B.C. Ambassadors this past Saturday in Merritt.“I am in complete shock.
I’m still in shock. I think I’ll be on Cloud 9 for a little while,” Friess said.The 18-year-old from Trial froze up about halfway
through one of her two speeches and was unable to complete it during Friday night’s portion of the judged
competition.“I rehearsed that thing over and over, but I looked out on the crowd and I said the last word to this one sen-tence … and it was gone,” Friess said.
Despite the error, Friess persevered through the rest of the competition on Friday and Saturday.“I kind of cried in the back a little bit, and then I
gathered my confidence and I thought, you know what, everyone makes mistakes and I still have time to redeem myself,” she said.Friess told the Herald there’s always a chance at a
comeback. “I hope that I can instill
in other people’s minds that just because you mess up doesn’t mean it’s over. There’s three periods in a hockey game. You can still
win it,” she said.Joining Friess as repre-sentatives of the province’s youth this year are Navjot Takhar of Kelowna and Juli-
ana Martine of Oliver.“It’s overwhelming. It’s an honour,” Takhar told the Herald after being crowned.
“It’s pretty amazing. It’s an unreal experience to be having,” Martine said with a laugh.
Six candidates competed in three events at the Civic Centre on Friday and Sat-urday in the 15th annual ambassadors program. Each
made two speeches — a per-sonal speech and one about the communities they hail
from — and answered an impromptu question from a randomly selected candidate.Candidates are judged based on their knowledge of B.C., personal interviews
with judges, public speaking and community presenta-tions.
For the next year, the B.C. Ambassadors will tour the province and involve them-
selves in various functions and charities in their com-munities, B.C. Ambassador program co-ordinator Teresa Dares told the Herald.This year’s event also saw
about $15,000 handed out in scholarships and bursaries.Takhar said she’s looking
forward to helping encour-age youth in her community to volunteer more. Mar-
tine will be continuing her education at Simon Fraser University in the fall and said she’s excited to promote the program in the Lower Main-land. Friess said she’s excited to travel to the Coast and around the Rocky Moun-tains and promote those areas. Along with the smiles and
tears of joy from this year’s
winners was emotion for last year’s trio, who passed on their coveted crowns on Saturday.
Former ambassadors Casey Helgason (Kamloops), Camelia Vokey (Penticton) and Lauren Sherwood (Osoyoos) were ushered to
the main stage with plenty of tears as their reigns officially came to an end.
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Trail’s Cheyanne Friess receives her crown from 2013 B.C. Ambassador Lauren Sherwood as fellow 2014 ambassador Juliana Martine (left) and outgoing ambassador Casey Helgason look on.
Friess was crowned the third and final B.C. Ambassador for 2014 at the crowning ceremony on Saturday at the Civic Centre.
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B.C. Ambassadors crowned in Merritt
By Michael PotestioTHE [email protected]
Cheyanne Friess couldn’t believe her ears when her name was called as one of three who were crowned B.C. Ambassadors this past Saturday in Merritt.
Independent engineering inspections have been ordered for Mount Polley Mine near Williams Lake and nearly 100 other mine tailings ponds with permits across the province, with reports to be complete by the end of January.
• B.C. Ambassadors crowned in Merritt
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Cleanup at former wrecking yard far exceeds city’s expectations
The cleanup operation on a Collettville prop-erty expected to yield 60 tonnes of debris has far exceeded what the city had anticipated.
In total, more than 500 tonnes of debris were removed from a property on Walnut Avenue, which had formerly been used as an auto wrecking facility.
City bylaw officer Bob Davis initially estimated the weight of the debris that would be removed to be about 60 tonnes — which would have exceed-ed the tonnage the City of Merritt removed from all properties it cleaned up last year combined.
“It got down to the point where, I guess, even some of the piles that we were looking at were 60 tonnes,” Davis said.
With the overrun of debris came an overrun of costs.
Del Black of Vicky’s A Little Off The Top Landscaping — the lead contractor for the cleanup operation — said had the operation accumulated the estimated 60 tonnes, the $10,000 estimate would have been accurate.
Instead, the tonnage was more than eight times the expectation.
Black said there were 20 tonnes of steel, 890 kilograms of yard waste and 700 litres of mixed liquids such as oil, diesel and paint removed from the property. There was also plenty of demolition waste and wood.
There were also 1,028 tires — 256 of which were on rims — removed from the property. About 40 tanks of propane, of which still had some pro-
pane left in them, were removed as well, Black said.
Black said the single heaviest piece of debris removed from the prop-erty was a 22,000-pound slab of concrete.
In all, crews made 51 trips to the dump in the cleaning effort.
Black also said they had someone from Kam-loops come to the prop-erty to separate tires with rims, which saved about $10,000.
The property borders the Coldwater River and a wall of concrete blocks and a few crushed cars embedded in the river-bank along the property were left behind in the cleanup operation.
Davis said he consulted the Department of Fish-eries and Oceans about removing those cars.
“Their take on it was it would be a greater issue to remove them than it would be to leave them there,” he said.
“By disturbing what we see, we may be uncover-ing far greater issues than having those there,” Davis said.
The property is in receivership, meaning the city has custodial respon-sibility over it since the death of its owner last year.
The City of Merritt is expected to be able to redeem the cost of the cleanup operation.
If the cost of the cleanup isn’t paid up front by the property’s estate, it will be added to the property’s taxes for 2015 at the end of the year, City of Merritt planning and development services manager Sean O’Flaherty said.
The property is now
zoned for residential use. O’Flaherty said it’s
possible that there are pockets of soil on the property that would need to be removed given the types of fluids found dur-
ing the cleanup.Prospective purchas-
ers of the property would need to have the soil test-ed for contamination if development were to take place on it, O’Flaherty
confirmed to the Herald.Contaminated soil
would then need to be remediated, but the cost of these initiatives would be covered by the pur-chaser and not the city.
By Michael PotestioTHE [email protected]
The cars embedded in the banks of the Coldwater River were not removed as part of the cleanup.
Over 1,000 tires were removed from the property, which was formerly used as an auto-wrecking site.
After 51 trips to the dump, the cleanup of a Walnut Avenue property is complete. Michael Potestio/Herald
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Next council meeting: Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014Council agendas and minutes at www.merritt.ca
City of Merritt ★ 2185 Voght Street, Box 189Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 ★ Phone: 250-378-4224
CANDIDATE INFORMATION
The Local General Election is set for Saturday, November 15, 2014 to elect one (1) Mayor and six (6) Councillors to City Council and three (3) School Trustees to the Board of School District No. 58.
The official list of candidates will be announced October 20, 2014.
INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL?Nomination packages including information and nomination forms will be available at City Hall starting on Friday, August 22, 2014.
To qualify to be nominated, a person must be:Age eighteen (18) years or older on November 15, 2014;• A Canadian citizen;• A resident of British Columbia for the past six months; and• Not disqualified from voting in an election in B.C., being nominated, • elected or holding office
You do not have to live within the municipal boundaries of the City of Merritt.
You must be nominated in writing by two (2) qualified electors of the City of Merritt in order to run for Mayor or Councillor or School Trustee.
Nomination forms must be filed in person during the Nomination Pe-riod which runs from 9:00 am on Tuesday, September 30 to 4:00 pm on Friday, October 10, 2014.
Those who may be interested in running for Merritt City Council can receive in-formation about Municipal government, the role of Council, time commitment of a Council Member and what to expect if elected.
Contact UsCarole Fraser, Chief Election Officer 250-378-8614 [email protected]
JOB POSTING: IT Coordinator
Applications are invited for the position of IT Coordinator for the City of Merritt.
For complete details, visit City of Merritt website at www.merritt.ca
Detailed resumes attached with a cover letter will be accepted until 4:00 p.m., Friday, August 29, 2014 and should be addressed to:
Carole Fraser,Human Resources Manager
City of MerrittPO Box 189, 2185 Voght Street
Merritt, BC V1K 1B8Or by email: [email protected]
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Water Conservation WILL BE IN EFFECT
MAY 1 - SEPTEMBER 30
WATERING IS ONLY PERMITTED during the following times:
THERE IS NO SPRINKLING ALLOWED ON SUNDAYViolations will result in a $50 fine.
Basic Sprinklers
Automatic Sprinklers
6 am - 8 am & 7 pm - 10 pm EVEN ADDRESS: Monday, Wednesday & Friday ODD ADDRESS: Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday
Midnight am to 4 amEVEN ADDRESS: Monday, Wednesday & Friday ODD ADDRESS: Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday
Hand watering of plants using a hand held hose with a working spring-loaded shut-off nozzle or a hand held container is permitted anytime.
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can make Merritt a better place to live and do business, ask questions about something you don’t understand or if
something has transpired that you have not received a proper resolution with.
Mayor’s DROP IN SESSION
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 2711:00 am - 2:00 pmCommunity Room
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INVITATION TO TENDER
4X4 UTILITY WORK MACHINETender Reference No. ENG-2014-03The City of Merritt Public Works Department is accepting Tenders for the supply of one new 4x4 Utility Work Machine. The Utility Work Machine must be a full time 4x4 vehicle with front loader and a rear three point hitch system including a PTO as described in the specifications section.
Tender Closing Time: 2:00 pm local time
Tender Closing Date: 2014-09-04 at:
Address:CITY OF MERRITT2185 VOGHT STREETMERRITT, BC V1K 1B8
CONTACT PERSON:Shawn Boven, AScTPublic Works ManagerEmail: [email protected]: (250) 378-8626Fax: (250) 378-2600
Please note that the City’s Website address is www.merritt.ca
INVITATION TO TENDER
UTILITY SERVICE TRUCK
Tender Reference No. ENG-2014-04
The City of Merritt Public Works Department is accepting Tenders for the supply of one new Service Utility Truck for our Utilities Division. The truck must have an aluminum deck, tool cabinets, and a small crane as described in the specifications section.
Tender Closing Time: 2:00 pm local time
Tender Closing Date: 2014-09-04 at:
Address:CITY OF MERRITT2185 VOGHT STREETMERRITT, BC V1K 1B8
CONTACT PERSON:Shawn Boven, AScTPublic Works ManagerEmail: [email protected]: (250) 378-8626Fax: (250) 378-2600
Please note that the City’s Website address is www.merritt.ca
Smart Step painting city cleanThe following is
an excerpt from the City of Merritt regu-lar council meeting agenda from Aug. 12, 2014.
Community policing office July report
Smart Step Youth Association
Smart Step will continue its three long-standing summer projects: Paint Our City Clean, City Clean Up, and the sports camp. It will also introduce a new program to help
bring the youth back in the community together with games at local parks and is modelled after Participaction’s “Bring Black Play.” This will also serve as a means of introducing the younger age groups to the Smart Step pro-gram. Training oppor-tunities such as first aid and coaching courses will also be offered to the senior members of Smart Step so that the summer experience is enhanced for the youth.
Smart Step hosted “Bring Back Play” on
July 17, 24 and 31 at local playgrounds. The premise of the program is to bring kids back to the parks and to play
traditional playground games like hopscotch and four-square that have been lost over the years.
Road, waterline work underwayThe city’s annual
capital works program is underway.
The project con-sists of replacing older water and sewer mains underneath the road and repaving the road surface once they are replaced.
Choosing which
projects to undertake is more of an art than a science. We look to our master infrastructure plans for guidance and it is often what we can’t see (underground) that is driving the project, and not just the con-dition of the asphalt pavement.
This year we are working on Main Street, the first block of Coldwater Avenue, Douglas Street, Lang-staff Place and a por-tion of Clapperton Avenue.
The prime contrac-tor for the work is H&M Excavating Ltd.
based out of Pentic-ton. If you have any concerns with respect to dust control or traf-fic control please feel free to contact them at (250) 493-4677 and a message can be relayed to personnel in the field.
The City of Mer-
ritt thanks you for your patience while this work is completed.
Visit merritt.ca for a map of the work areas.
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Dance is back in Merritt.
Classes for a variety of age groups and skill levels will start up again on Sept. 2 at the Love to Dance Academy.
The local dance school is back on track for the coming fall after a bureaucratic debacle sent Royal Academy of Dance teacher Lizette Nel back to her native South Africa in April.
The issue in renew-ing her Canadian work permit in the spring arose after the federal government decided Nel worked for a lower wage than was fair.
While back in South Africa, Nel continued to work on her train-ing and the situation with immigration, and was issued a new work permit.
She arrived back in Merritt on Aug. 17.
Funmobile rolling through town
Participaction is bringing play back to Merritt in its Funmo-bile, which will stop at the Nicola Valley Farm-ers Market on Saturday
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and then make the trip over to Rotary Park between 3 and 4 p.m.
The non-profit organization is working with the B.C. Ministry of Health on its Bring Back Play campaign.
The campaign includes the Funmobile tour, which will see a van full of games, activities and giveaways visit events, schools, parks and festivals with the dual goals of encouraging kids to get out and play
and educating parents and caregivers on the importance of playing.
The Canadian Physical Activity Guide-lines recommend kids between five and 17 get at least an hour of moderate to vigor-
ous activity each day. Only five per cent of Canadian youth in that age range meet that requirement, according to the latest Canadian Health Measures Sur-vey by Statistics Cana-da released in 2011.
Dance classes back on Sept. 2
A BOOK A DAY
The Merritt library is home to 35 new books for its medical section with the latest health and wellness information thanks to a $700 donation from the Nicola Valley Health Care Endowment Foundation.
The books cover a range of topics, including recipes for people with high cholesterol, dealing with a mental illness or depression diagnosis, and the basics of Alzheimer’s disease.
The endowment foundation is perhaps best known for fundraising to help the local hospital purchase equip-ment, but the non-profit group contributes to community health in other ways — such as providing information to the public at large through these books, foundation director Libby Petrie (left) said.
Librarian Deborha Merrick (right) said the partnership is a win-win for both groups plus the public, which, of course, can access the books at no cost.
Emily Wessel/Herald
Teacher Lizette Nel returns to Merritt
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That increase is over and above the $4 million the program took to run in 2012 and 2013.
“It’s money that comes from outside of our community and comes to help the fami-lies, but it also helps the farmers,” Fenton said. “That’s $6,000 that might not other-wise have been spent at our local farmers market.”
A total of 49 mar-kets around the prov-ince take part, teamed with local social service agencies that offer the courses.
Health Minister Terry Lake announced the increase on Aug. 9 at the Kamloops farm-ers market.
Lake said the pro-gram helps people make a transition to a healthier diet that lessens their risk for chronic diseases, while increasing the custom-er base for local farm-ers who sell directly to the public.
The nutrition cou-pon program began as a pilot in 2007, funded by the social services ministry. Its goal for this year is to support 10,000 people.
Fenton said organiz-ers will take feedback from participants to see how the first year in
the program went. The program runs
from July through October to coincide
with harvest season from local farms. —With files from Black Press’ Tom Fletcher
From Page 1
People browse Nicola Valley vegetables at the local farmers market in this file photo from 2010. Herald file photo
Coupons bring additional $6,000
The Merritt Return-It Depot is a step closer to relo-cating to a permanent loca-tion in the city’s downtown core.
At last Tuesday’s regular council meeting, council voted unanimously in favour of accepting a land use amend-ment application to allow the recycling depot to move to unit 106 at 1700 Garcia St. in the Railyard Mall.
The potential land use amendment will now go to a public hearing.
Merritt’s zoning bylaw cur-rently only allows recycling depots to operate on property zoned as service commercial.
City of Merritt planning and development services manager Sean O’Flaherty told council Merritt’s Official Community Plan encourages uses that attract people to the city centre.
The recycling depot is expected to continue to collect items such as electronics if it moves to this new location.
At the beginning of the council meeting, Merritt resident Ginny Prowal raised concerns regarding parking and traffic at the recycling depot’s proposed new loca-tion.
“There’s traffic in and out of that mall as you’re trying to cross the road. There’s usu-ally five or six vehicles at the depot now, and what about
when they start doing bottle drives for hockey and all the rest of it? There’s usually sev-eral trucks and they back up and start unloading,” Prowal said.
Councillors Dave Baker and Kurt Christopherson favoured giving the applicants a temporary use permit at that location, which is good for one year.
O’Flaherty said council would have to defeat the pro-posed rezoning bylaw before suggesting a temporary use permit to the applicant. He also mentioned the likely unwillingness of the applicant to invest in something that is only guaranteed to last a year.
O’Flaherty said the tempo-rary use permit the recycling
depot has for its current loca-tion is expiring in May. He said the permit is only allowed to be renewed once — which it was, this past May.
In the event the relocation is denied after a public hear-ing, awarding a temporary use permit at the new location could take up to six weeks, O’Flaherty said.
As per the Local Govern-ment Act, residents within 30 metres of the property in question will be notified of the proposed change prior to the public hearing. The date of the hearing will be advertised at least twice in this newspaper once a date is set.
Councillors Clara Nor-gaard and Mike Goetz were not at the meeting.
New location for recycling depot headed to public hearing
By Michael PotestioTHE HERALD
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The intersection of nature and human inven-tion is a strange place.
At it, we find bizarre-sounding contraptions members of our bipedal species have created to overcome challenges for nature that we’ve also cre-ated.
One such invention is the salmon cannon.
Sadly, it is not quite as exciting as it sounds.
However, it is proving to
be a fairly useful invention. The salmon cannon is,
in fact, a long, flexible rub-bery tube that salmon swim through to get up and over hydroelectric dams. These dams can block their migra-tion paths from the sea to freshwater rivers where they spawn.
First they swim into a gate, and shortly after — unbeknownst to them — vacuum pressure shoots them along inside the misted tube at a rate some-where between 24 and 35 kilometres per hour. Think of it as a kind of super-fast fish waterslide, or, if you prefer, like the pneumonic tube technology used to shoot mail around big fancy office buildings.
At the end of the ride, the salmon are shot back out into the water to con-tinue swimming on their merry way.
There is a more tra-ditional way of helping salmon along their migra-tion paths and around obstacles. The fish ladder is really a series of pools that rise incrementally. Salmon, which are excellent hop-pers, jump from pool to pool and eventually make their way over the obstacle.
However, some obstacles are simply too large for fish ladders to be feasible solu-tions.
After lots of tests with frozen fish, the salmon cannon is being piloted with real, live fish at one such large obstacle: the Roza Dam in Washington’s Yakima River.
The salmon cannon comes to us via Whooshh Innovations, the aptly-named Bellevue-based engineering firm behind the technology that can pick and pack fruit without
bruising it. Sometimes when tech-
nological innovations meet nature, they’re not serving a functional purpose per se, but have more of an esthetic value.
While 3-D printing can be incredibly useful, especially when it comes to prosthestics, dentistry and surgery, it is also the medium of choice for a new wave of artists.
Japanese artist Aki Ino-mata has crafted tiny shel-ters for hermit crabs from clear plastic topped with miniature replicas of iconic landmarks, including the New York City skyline, a Thai Buddhist temple and Dutch windmills.
I don’t know how practi-cal these fancy shells are for the crabs in their everyday hermit lives, but they are really cool to look at.
And why shouldn’t a
hermit crab look fabulous if it chooses the clear plastic shell over the mainstream seashell all the other guys have? Bo-ring.
In the vast academic dis-ciplines focusing on human-ity’s impact on the natural world, there are practical solutions and graceful solu-tions — but they are all based on research. Moun-tains and mountains of research.
One such study in those ranges of literature perhaps teaches us more about ourselves by comparing us to our closest evolutionary cousins: bonobos.
Researchers from the University of Pisa in Italy were interested in the con-tagiousness of yawning, and whether “catching” a yawn from someone else is some-thing we’ve evolved to do.
HERALD OPINION
What we know about the mine spill
Today I’ll attempt to cut through the speculation and fear-mongering that have swirled around the Mount Polley mine dam breach and tell you what’s really known.
As Black Press and its local pub-lication the Williams Lake Tribune reported before and after the incident, the mine reopened in 2005 after a four-year shutdown and was expand-ing its operation, including the tailings pond. Rising metal prices helped put 380 unionized employees plus man-agement back to work. Most are now working on rebuilding the tailings dam and cleaning up the spill site.
Imperial Metals applied earlier this summer for an increase in water discharge, and was waiting for B.C. government approval at the time of the Aug. 4 dam breach. This was to be the second amendment to a water release permit issued when the mine started up in 1997. It has had a sur-plus of water due to rain and snow accumulation since it opened (under an NDP government, for those who want to turn everything into a political corruption story).
The reason water release has been allowed is that in the absence of acid-producing rock, metal contamination of water is minimized. Imperial Met-als’ routine tests with rainbow trout in undiluted tailings pond water have now been confirmed by environment ministry results, and water and fish from all but the immediate spill area have been cleared for human con-sumption.
For an example of acid mine drainage, look up the Britannia Mine Museum, now a reclaimed national historic site with a water treatment plant built to function for hundreds of years.
At the corner of invention and nature
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Before that, acid-produced toxic metal pollution drained from the abandoned mine into Howe Sound for decades.
Early tests at Mount Polley indicate that this sort of long-term water remediation may not be required. The initial pulse of suspended sediment didn’t last long enough to affect fish in most of Quesnel Lake, much less the Fraser River system. Sediment tests show elevated iron and
copper, with “leachability” results to come. Containment and removal will have to be undertaken.
On May 24 of this year, Mount Polley received the first high water warning in its history. This was not a “breach,” contrary to some reports. The latest water per-mit application and work to raise the dam took place after that.
It’s not difficult to deduce from aerial photos what was happening as mine manage-
ment found ways to extend operation, including an underground phase. The pond was filling up with pulverized rock, reducing its capacity to hold water. Most of the accumulation is still there for all to see, as is the cross-section of the dam so abruptly exposed in the wee hours of Aug. 4.
It may be months before inspectors and geotechnical engineers can determine the cause of the breach, which occurred with the water level
2.5 metres below the top of the dam, well within permit specifications. Either the design of the earthworks was not adequate, or it was not adequately followed.
TV crews have packed up and left, after sucking out the initial drama and retelling every sensational claim they could find. Tourism opera-tors are pleading with people not to turn their backs on the region after that influx of visitors.
Professional environmen-
talists are now exploiting Mount Polley as part of their campaign to de-industrialize B.C. A key propaganda tool is a single picture of a salmon with skin removed from part of its dorsal region.
No such fish has been pro-duced, and a single rainbow trout collected the day of the spill is the only confirmed aquatic casualty.
Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc
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Fear of pollution from Mount Polley exploited
When we return from our trips in the wilderness, we should make sure that we leave no trace of our visits behind. Yet it seems as the years pass I see more and more people leaving refuse in the bush. Sometimes it is just a few beverage cans but more and more often I am find-ing discarded tarps, tents, bags of household garbage, motor oil can-isters, broken buckets, rolls of wire, plastic bags, ropes…the list of human civilization’s waste could go on for the rest of this column.
Not only is it a crimi-nal offence in the eyes of the law to pollute nature with garbage, it is also a deadly haz-ard to wildlife. Many years ago when I lived in Illinois, I was a vol-
unteer for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and in this position I assisted in more wildlife rescues than I care to remem-ber. Most times the rescues involved freeing the animal from some human-caused predica-ment. Most vividly in my memory are two cases:
The first involved a deer that got its head stuck in a bucket. Nobody knew for how long the deer was in this pitiful state but judging by its haggard condi-tion and the cuts and bruises on its legs, it is very likely that the deer was staggering around blindly for several days, unable to eat or rest until it was reported. We had to tranquilize the deer, obviously, in order to cut the bucket away.
In the other case, we spent over an hour free-ing a whitetail deer buck that had somehow man-aged to tangle himself into a carelessly discard-ed rope. His front feet, head, neck and antlers were bound so tightly to the point that he was close to strangling himself. He too required
tranquilization in order for us to remove the rope that had cut deeply into his flesh. There is no telling how many animals we could not get to in similar situa-tions and because of that died a long and agonizing death.
Most wildlife are very curious animals that like to investigate and are often attracted by human garbage, especially if they smell something edible like a chocolate wrapper or a plastic bag that was
used to take food into the camp.
Items like these are often found carelessly thrown in the bush. Deer, moose, bears and other animals are attracted to plastic bags and wrappers and will eat them. Plastic is indi-gestible and will cause a blockage in the animals’ intestines, which in turn causes great agony and eventually kills the ani-mal slowly over a period of days.
Over the years I found that the worst
days of nature pollu-tion occur during long weekend holidays when everybody heads out in the wilderness to camp, hike, bike and fish.
It puzzles my mind that outdoor visitors don’t mind carting all their supplies into the camp but are too lazy to bring the garbage back out again. If you can bring it with you then you can take it out again too.
Nature is the home of wild animals and it is our responsibility to
make sure that their home remains free of civilization’s refuse.
This coming long weekend holiday, and of course at every other time too, be a conser-vationist and take your garbage, tents, tarps, glass bottles, drink cans and everything else you brought into the wilder-ness home and discard it in the proper manner. Enjoy your outdoor activities to your heart’s content, but when you go, leave no trace behind of your visit so that others too can enjoy unspoiled nature and wildlife does not have to suffer because of irresponsible actions.
If you witness envi-ronment pollution in progress, make notes of the people involved, write down the licence plate number or take a picture of it on your cellphone, and call the Report All Poachers and Polluters line at 1-877-952-RAPP (7277) or #7277 from your cellphone.
Let’s all get a handle on trash dumping in our great outdoors.
OTHMAR VOHRINGERThe OUTDOORSMAN
Leave no trace of your visit in nature
Trash dumping is unfortunately an all too common sight in our great outdoors. Trash dumping is harming the environment and wildlife. Be a conservationist by cleaning up and respecting nature and wildlife. Submitted by Othmar Vohringer
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Kids with special needs in the Nicola Valley are getting out to enjoy some summertime activities with the Children and Youth with Special Needs group.
The group meets Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for its sum-mer Splash Days program, which includes activities such as bocce ball, visiting area parks, making their own lunches, and playing board games.
The focus of the drop-in pro-gram is social and emotional devel-opment.
It’s part of a Ministry of Chil-dren and Family Development program delivered through Interior Community Services (ICS), and is open free of charge to children aged five to 18 with a diagnosis of a spe-cial need.
“We just look at it so we can understand the needs of your child,” ICS program co-ordinator Chelsea Morrey said, adding organizers may include tailoring that week’s activity to a child’s physical ability or special diet requirements.
ICS behavioural consultant Shan-non Ritchie and social worker David Bukkos run the program and decide what the group will do that week depending on the makeup of the group they’re expecting.
On Aug. 19, the kids spent the day hanging out at the Coquihalla Middle School.
“The kids love it because they can explore the school,” Ritchie said.
Throughout the day, they’d play in the gym, play board games and have pizza lunch.
“One of our members is a great artist, so she’s been doing some art as well,” Ritchie said.
Next Tuesday, the group will head to Kamloops to see a matinee.
She said there are usually between six and eight participants in the group.
Although they vary in age, the participants’ easygoing personalities allow them to all get along, Ritchie said..
“The age group doesn’t seem to matter. They all get along, and there’s enough diversity in what we’re doing that we’re not forcing everyone to do the same thing,” she said.
Ritchie said each week’s meeting starts with a check-in where partici-pants share something fun they did over the weekend and fill the group in on how they’re feeling.
That part of the routine speaks to the social component of the pro-gram.
She said being open, accepting and non-judgemental is the most important part of the group’s weekly meetings.
“If it can help with social skills, great. If it can help with friendships, great. One of our young ladies is going into high school next year and is quite nervous. She met a girl who’s already in high school in the group and she’s so excited now to have a friend in high school,” Ritchie said.
The program wraps up on Sept. 9 but any family with a child with special needs is still able to sign up for the last few sessions, Morrey said.
Once school starts up in the fall, ICS will go back to running its Valley Kids group, which meets Wednesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
The group members’ parents also meet for a support group once a month beginning in the fall.
Anyone interested in participating in the remaining days of the pro-gram or to find out more informa-tion about the Valley Kids group can contact Interior Community Services at 378-9676.
Free program makes a splashBy Emily Wessel
They analyzed 1,375 yawn events from 33 adult humans in various social situa-tions (at work, during meals, et cetera) and watched how many times and how quickly a person responded to another’s yawn.
They compared that data with 2,123 yawn events from 16 adult bonobos in Dutch and German zoos.
What they found is the primates did “catch” other bonobos’ yawns, but the big dif-ference between the human reaction and the bonobo reaction was the presence of an empathic relationship.
The groups responded comparably
when the “yawner” was not a friend or relative, but humans reacted more quickly and more often when it was a friend or relative who yawned.
The researchers concluded their find-ings could be linked to others about imitative, unconscious responses in social situations, such as mimicking facial expressions, and the evolutionary role that might have played in our ability to survive and thrive.
I am not fully con-vinced of the useful-ness of this particular study, but when it comes to human inven-tions intervening in the natural world, the salmon cannon holds water.
From Page 8
Wild research the mother of invention
BOWLARAMA B.C. Ambassador Navjot Takhar of Kelowna tried her hand at lawn bowling in Merritt on Aug. 14 along with the six other candidates in the pro-gram and the three outgoing members of the 2013 B.C. Ambassador team. Takhar would go on to be crowned a member of the 2014 B.C. Ambassador team at the 15th annual event in Merritt on Aug. 16. Michael Potestio/Herald
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“I think when you’re young, you think you’re going to go on and not be back, but I had the opportunity to go to school at the Coast and work and live there, and then had the offer to come back to Merritt and was pleased to do so,” McNiven told the Herald.
Born in Kamloops and raised in Merritt, McNiven showed you can always go home again.
After leaving Merritt in 1988 to obtain his education degree from UBC, McNiven began teaching in Richmond.
He also spent time as a teacher teaching on call in the Lower Mainland before he found his way back to the Nicola Valley.
McNiven returned in 1994 and taught Grade 7 at Nicola-Canford Elementary.
When he came back, teachers who taught him became his col-leagues.
“I’ve had good rela-tionships with those teachers,” McNiven said.
In 1999, McNiven also took on work as the school district’s technol-ogy co-ordinator — right around the Y2K scare.
“I was glad to sur-vive it,” he said of Y2K with a laugh.
“Boy, that was all the talk — that everything was going to come crashing down and the whole world was going to stop. I think I can remember going to
sleep the night before and thinking, ‘I hope everything’s OK tomor-row’ and I woke up and it was,” McNiven said.
McNiven took on his first principalship at John Allison Elementary in Princeton in 2001.
He said he went into
the administrative side of the job because he wanted to be able to work with both students and adults.
McNiven returned to Nicola-Canford Elementary once more to serve as its princi-pal after his time in
Princeton. He then served as principal of the Coquihalla Middle School for five years before becoming assis-tant superintendent in 2009.
Now he’s taking his job to the next level as he moves up to super-
intendent, taking over for Bob Peacock, who retired at the end of July.
McNiven said his aspirations for the dis-trict fit within the goal areas outlined SD58’s newly completed five-year strategic plan.
The strategic plan outlines goals in learn-ing, well-being, and community and organi-zational excellence, he said.
McNiven said he thinks SD58 learning assistance programs need to be reviewed.
He also said special education and aborigi-nal education continue to be areas of focus for the school district.
McNiven said he enjoys change and the challenge of doing new things when it comes to what’s driven him in his career moves.
With the 2014-15 school year expected to begin Sept. 2, McNiven
said SD58 is proceeding as if classes will begin on time.
“We’re planning just as we normally would to have schools up and running, knowing that we’re going to have to be flexible and adapt to whatever might take place,” McNiven said.
Currently, there is no negotiated settlement on a new contract for teachers — who remain on strike — and the provincial government has not issued any back to work legislation.
McNiven said he’s eager to have some normalcy return to the district once the labour unrest is settled so the district can begin to work on action items from the strategic plan.
As of press time, SD58 is without a replacement for the assistant superintendent position, but interviews are being conducted tomorrow.
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Merritt-raised Steve McNiven has taken up his new position as superintendent for School District 58. Michael Potestio/Herald
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Kengard Learning Centre: the little school that couldSchool District 58 is home to a
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One of the programs within KLC is the Community Learn-ing Centre (CLC). CLC runs an alternative education school that local school-aged students can attend. There is also a continu-ing education school, which is a program for local adult learners who need to upgrade courses for a new job, for post secondary school, or to obtain their Adult Dogwood Diploma. CLC is also home to the Hearts and Hands program, which provides educa-tion for moms under 25. This programs provides free day care for students’ children.
The impressive lineup is topped up by the South Central
Interior Distance Education School (SCIDES), which pro-vides education for school-aged and adult students all over the province, especially in Merritt. SCIDES is a distributed learning school (an online or e-school), in which students can work from home and have a teacher, marker and an advisor who offer support, a learning plan designed to meet the B.C. curriculum and a B.C. Dogwood Diploma upon gradu-ation — making this innovative approach a real alternative to
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Communicate often with • your child’s teacher and/or adviser. Phone, email or chat to address any con-cerns or just to check in.Request to see your child’s • grade book. This will not only contain all marks, but also comments and feedback about your child’s progress.Establish a routine and • set aside 45 to 60 minutes every day to discuss the day’s work. Routines are important for students and parents!Keep distractions at a •
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School fashion showcases the bold and the backpack
(NC) — Bold colours are in the forefront of the back-to-school sphere, according to leading supplies retailer Staples. With products fashion-ing what students like to wear, it’s no surprise that retailers are connecting the dots so that backpacks and supplies com-plement student wardrobes.
“It’s not just solid colours either,” says Elena Delli Pizzi, category manager for Staples Canada. “Prints like paint spatter, camouflage, floral and plaid are just a few of the pat-terns we’ll be seeing on kids this year.”
Back-to-school styles have also taken a traditional approach.
“There’s a movement towards old-school canvas backpacks and pencil cases,” continues Delli Pizzi. “The upcoming school year is a blend of textures and patterns that harmonize with student personalities. The moment they walk through our store doors, students and their parents will
see a wide variety of options that will not only suit their needs but their styles, too.”
According to LaSalle Col-lege Fashion and Design School’s Vancouver-based blog, student style is being shaped by personality.
“It is really amazing to see that young boys and girls are currently making a conscious effort to ‘fit’ the world of fash-ion with their own unique and fresh style. Teen style is unique and quite distinctive.”
The LaSalle blog contin-ues: “The most amazing thing about teenagers today is that they are not nervous to experi-ment with different colours and different styles.... The main principle for them is to high-light their personality among their friends and classmates.”
Something as utilitarian as a backpack, for example, can make a statement.
Diana Mancuso, an elemen-tary school teacher and blogger for Toronto Teacher Mom, tells us that when students have excit-ing school accessories, they appreciate their work more.
“School supplies are state-ment pieces,” she points out. “When students are able to showcase their products to classmates, it drives con-versation and also encour-ages them to be more orga-nized while making school work more enjoyable.”
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SIGN ME UPBack to School and Back to Sports: Children with Asthma Need to Get Into the Game Tips to get the most out of child’s break time
(NC) It’s back to school for Ontario students and that means back to team and individual sports as well as playground games and just running around. For children with asthma, however, the return to school can mean a return to sitting on the sidelines while their friends partici-pate in sports and games.
This concerns asthma experts and other health
professionals, who say there is no reason for children with well-managed asthma to avoid the kinds of physi-cal activity being enjoyed by their friends.
“In fact, when asthma interferes with the child’s ability to be active, that is a strong signal that their asth-ma is not under control,” said Carole Madeley, direc-tor of respiratory health
programs with the Ontario Lung Association.
Asthma management is front of mind for health-care providers at this time of year as they prepare for the “September Spike” – a sharp increase in the number of people, mainly children, arriving at hospi-tal emergency departments with asthma symptoms around the 38th week of
the year.
Researchers attribute the “spike” to a combination of factors. Many children do not follow their asthma management routine – some even stop using their medicines – during the summer holidays. Return-ing to school, they are exposed to cold viruses and, with their asthma poorly managed, they are more
likely to suffer a flare-up when they get a cold.
Here’s some advice from the Ontario Lung Associa-tion to help you and your child avoid a trip to the hospital in September:
• Take precautions to avoid an infection: wash hands regularly; sneeze and cough into a tissue, then throw it away and wash
your hands (if there is no tissue, use a sleeve); and keep hands away from the face when in public.
• If your child doesn’t already have a written “asthma action plan”, ask your health-care provider for one so that you’ll both know what to do if asthma symptoms start. Make sure you and your child know how to use the action plan
and follow it all year. Asth-ma doesn’t take a summer holiday.
• Any symptoms such as coughing, wheezing, chest tightness or shortness of breath can mean asthma is not under control. The asthma action plan will help you to get it back under control.
• When playing sports
or exercising, your child should warm up first and start slowly. If your child needs to use a reliever inhaler before exercising, it should be taken 10 to 15 minutes before the activity. If symptoms occur while playing, your child should stop, use a reliever inhaler and not start again until the symptoms are gone.
To help your child to
stay active with asthma, order the free Asthma Active activity book by call-ing The Lung Association Lung Health Information Line at 1-888-344-LUNG (5864).
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(NC) As your child tran-sitions back into the school year, it is important to fac-tor in break and relaxation times form their hectic school schedule. Breaks and maximizing playtime not only helps with productivity levels and focus, but also with children’s physical and mental well-being. Here are three quick tips to ensure your child makes the most of break times:
• Get Active. One way to switch up activities is by discovering Leapfrog’s new LeapBand. As an activ-ity tracker made for kids, the LeapBand accurately measures a child’s activity and is an easy and fun way to improve their activity progress.
• Enjoy time with friends and family. Leisurely activities such as going for
a walk, organizing a picnic, or a family game night are all great activities that can help children regain focus.
Making the most of break and relaxation times ensures that children are maximizing their productiv-ity levels both inside and outside the classroom.
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SIGN ME UPBack to School and Back to Sports: Children with Asthma Need to Get Into the Game Tips to get the most out of child’s break time
(NC) It’s back to school for Ontario students and that means back to team and individual sports as well as playground games and just running around. For children with asthma, however, the return to school can mean a return to sitting on the sidelines while their friends partici-pate in sports and games.
This concerns asthma experts and other health
professionals, who say there is no reason for children with well-managed asthma to avoid the kinds of physi-cal activity being enjoyed by their friends.
“In fact, when asthma interferes with the child’s ability to be active, that is a strong signal that their asth-ma is not under control,” said Carole Madeley, direc-tor of respiratory health
programs with the Ontario Lung Association.
Asthma management is front of mind for health-care providers at this time of year as they prepare for the “September Spike” – a sharp increase in the number of people, mainly children, arriving at hospi-tal emergency departments with asthma symptoms around the 38th week of
the year.
Researchers attribute the “spike” to a combination of factors. Many children do not follow their asthma management routine – some even stop using their medicines – during the summer holidays. Return-ing to school, they are exposed to cold viruses and, with their asthma poorly managed, they are more
likely to suffer a flare-up when they get a cold.
Here’s some advice from the Ontario Lung Associa-tion to help you and your child avoid a trip to the hospital in September:
• Take precautions to avoid an infection: wash hands regularly; sneeze and cough into a tissue, then throw it away and wash
your hands (if there is no tissue, use a sleeve); and keep hands away from the face when in public.
• If your child doesn’t already have a written “asthma action plan”, ask your health-care provider for one so that you’ll both know what to do if asthma symptoms start. Make sure you and your child know how to use the action plan
and follow it all year. Asth-ma doesn’t take a summer holiday.
• Any symptoms such as coughing, wheezing, chest tightness or shortness of breath can mean asthma is not under control. The asthma action plan will help you to get it back under control.
• When playing sports
or exercising, your child should warm up first and start slowly. If your child needs to use a reliever inhaler before exercising, it should be taken 10 to 15 minutes before the activity. If symptoms occur while playing, your child should stop, use a reliever inhaler and not start again until the symptoms are gone.
To help your child to
stay active with asthma, order the free Asthma Active activity book by call-ing The Lung Association Lung Health Information Line at 1-888-344-LUNG (5864).
www.newscanada.com
(NC) As your child tran-sitions back into the school year, it is important to fac-tor in break and relaxation times form their hectic school schedule. Breaks and maximizing playtime not only helps with productivity levels and focus, but also with children’s physical and mental well-being. Here are three quick tips to ensure your child makes the most of break times:
• Get Active. One way to switch up activities is by discovering Leapfrog’s new LeapBand. As an activ-ity tracker made for kids, the LeapBand accurately measures a child’s activity and is an easy and fun way to improve their activity progress.
• Enjoy time with friends and family. Leisurely activities such as going for
a walk, organizing a picnic, or a family game night are all great activities that can help children regain focus.
Making the most of break and relaxation times ensures that children are maximizing their productiv-ity levels both inside and outside the classroom.
www.newscanada.com
Visit: sites.google.com/site/tkdcoquihalla/
CoquihallaC ih ll
FUN, FITNESS, SELF-DEFENSE
Please call (250) 378-2186
Monday & Thursdayevenings at the Cadet Hall
(1755 Coldwater Ave.)
Please call (250)
( )Regular classes start Sept. 4
Contact Paul at 250-378-3975 or [email protected]
KIDS CURLING 9+ yearsStarting October 20th
Monday's after school (3:30pm-5:00pm)
Adult Curling starting mid-October
BEGINNERS WELCOME, NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!
day's after school (3:30pm 5:00pm)
KIDS CURLING 9+ yearsStarting October 20th
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2076 Coutlee Avenue 250-378-5252 250-936-8384
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LEAGUE BOWLINGstarts September 8
Ladies, Mixed & Seniors
Merritt offers all 5 Guiding Branches:
SPARKS – AGES 5-6BROWNIES – AGES 7-8GUIDES – AGES 9-12
PATHFINDERS – AGES 12-14RANGERS – AGES 15-17 Meetings will be held once a week at the Central School Gym.
For more information and registration please go to www.girlguides.ca or contact 250-936-8298.
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for approximately 1 monthGym reopens 25th 2014
Monday - Friday 7am-7pm
The Nicola Valley Aquatic Centre will be celebrating our Halloween Spooktacular.Sunday, Oct. 26, 1:30pm - 3:30pm. Regular Admission. Trick or treaters dress to scare. Heaps of fun waiting for you. Come jump in and join the fun.
visit www.merritt.cafor more details
(14+ yrs)M/W/F Sept. - Dec.
12:15pm - 1pm $5 Drop-in
(14+ yrs)Starts: Mondays, Sept. 8 - 29
$30
(14+ yrs)Starts: Mondays, Sept. 8 - 29
$30
(14+ yrs)Starts: Wednesday, Sept. 10 - Oct. 1
$30
(14+ yrs)Saturday, Oct. 4
9am - 12pm or 1pm - 4pm$50/session
visit www.merritt.cafor more details
Tuesdays, Sept. 9 - Oct. 287pm - 8pm, $55
Tuesdays, Sept. 16 - Nov. 48pm - 9pm, $52.50
Tuesdays, Sept. 16 - Jan. 208pm - 9pm, $52.50
3:00pm - 5:30pm Each DayStarts Wednesday, Sept. 3 to last day of school 2015
Weekly registrations $95 or 6 week daily registrationCall for more information
Fees include transportation from school & healthy snacks
Mondays - Active Play Tuesday - Creative Arts Wednesdays - Sport ABC’s Thursday - GymnasticsFridays - Play Time @ Pool
Mondays - Sport ABC’s Tuesday - Creative Arts Wednesdays - Gymnastics Thursday - Special Interest Fridays - Play Time @ Pool
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Mondays - ActiveTuesday - Creativ
Mondays - Sport ABC’s Tuesday - Creative Arts
visit www.merritt.cafor more details
Tuesdays, Oct 7 - 283:30 - 5:30pm . $45Tuesddddays, OcOcOOct 7 7 - 2828283:30 - 55:30pm . $45
(4-12 yrs)
(6-12 yrs)(6(6(( 112 2 yryy s)Tuesdays, Sept. 9 – 303:30 – 5:00 pm . $46
(16+ yrs)((((16 yryrs)Tuesdays. Oct. 7 - 286pm - 8pm . $46
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(15+ yrs)3 Days: Wednesday, Sept. 24, Thursday, Sept. 25, & Friday Sept. 263:30pm-9pm, $120
Saturday, Sept. 27th9am-6pm, $75
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2014 - 2015 STUDENT REGISTRATION
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 58 (NICOLA-SIMILKAMEEN)Success for ALL Learners ~ Today and Tomorrow
MERRITT SCHOOL BUS SCHEDULE 2014 - 2015BUS NO. 2581 DOUGLAS LAKE
• Collettville Elementary ................................ 250-378-2230• Diamond Vale Elementary ........................ 250-378-2514 • Merritt Bench Elementary .......................... 250-378-2528 • Nicola - Canford Elementary .................... 250-378-2172 • Merritt Central Elementary ......................... 250-378-9931 • Merritt Secondary School ......................... 250-378-5131
SCHOOL PHONE NUMBERS
Check our District website at: www.sd58.bc.ca
or the Distance Education website at: www.scides.ca
AM PM- Rey Creek Ranch (8815) 4:027:45 Mamette Lake Trailer Park (9256) 3:577:46 9311 Mamit Lake Road 3:567:47 Lund’s Driveway 3:547:50 Beech Road 3:507:53 10681 Mamette Lake Road 3:487:58 Joe’s Driveway (4434) 3:448:09 Sam (131E) 3:298:10 Bent (224E Hwy 8) 3:288:11 Shuter Road (289 Hwy 8) 3:268:12 Lions 3:248:20 Nicola-Canford Town 3:158:25 Merritt Central Elementary 3:00- Collettville Elementary 3:058:30 Merritt Secondary 3:10
BUS NO. A3580 MAMIT LAKE
BUS NO. 4580 LOWER NICOLA
AM PMROUTE A 7:25 Barton’s -7:34 Shuter’s 3:227:35 Spring’s 3:237:37 McMaster’s 3:247:38 Lower Nicola Indian Band Office 3:277:39 Lower Nicola Fire Hall 3:297:40 Nicola-Canford Elementary -ROUTE B 7:47 Saskatoon & Coyote Pass 3:407:49 2924 Yap Skim 3:457:50 Keisa Anderson 3:517:54 Nicola-Canford Elementary -8:02 Anderson St. & Aberdeen 3:39- Turner & Aberdeen 3:358:04 Whinney St. & Aberdeen 3:378:15 Merritt Secondary (in back) 3:178:31 Merritt Bench Elementary -8:20 Coquihalla Middle School 3:108:40 Collettville Elementary 3:03
AM PM7:18 Home Ranch (2664 Home Ranch Lane) 4:367:27 9404 Minnie Lake Rd (Reserve #1) 4:157:28 Dennison (9451 Spahomin Cr. Rd) 4:187:33 McRae Turnaround (9511 Spahomin Cr. Rd) 4:217:35 9404 Minnie Lake Rd (Reserve #2) 4:137:36 9310 Douglas Lk. Rd. (across from Alexander Rd.) 4:097:40 Corral Road 4:047:53 Quilchena Home Ranch (7201 Douglas Lk. Rd) 3:567:53 7099 Douglas Lake Road 3:557:54 Tom (Hillside Road) 3:547:55 Lindley’s (6977 Douglas Lk. Rd) 3:528:20 Merritt Secondary 3:208:25 Merritt Central Elementary 3:15- 3009 Ponderosa & Sunny View p.m. only 3:26- 1060 Hwy 5A (Joeyaska Road) p.m. only 3:31- Sterling Road p.m. only 3:308:38 Merritt Bench Elementary -8:30 Nicola-Canford Town 3:088:47 Collettville Elementary 3:00
BUS NO. A8580 14 MILE/NOOAITCH
AM PM7:24 Community Hall (4943 Hwy 8) 4:167:26 Shackan Road 4:097:28 Chief Anthony Joe Bridge (Cottonwood Lane) 4:077:32 FX Ranch Road (4150 Hwy 8) 4:027:35 Dot Ranch Rd. West 4:007:42 3178 Highway 8 3:547:44 2795 Highway 8 (Quonway/Saphire) 3:507:52 Sunshine Valley #2 (W) (Spius Hatchery) 3:457:54 Willagoose Road 3:437:55 2241 Thompson 3:427:59 Hitchin Post 3:328:02 Marshall Road 3:308:07 Lower Nicola Trailer Park (254 Hwy 8) 3:298:09 Firehall (226 Hwy 8) 3:238:10 Band Office (181 Hwy 8) 3:208:15 Merritt Secondary School*wait for CV students - transfer from Bus A3580 3:158:22 Diamond Vale
(am-street/pm-parking lot) 2:508:25 Nicola-Canford Town 3:058:30 Collettville – a.m. only -
BUS NO. 5580 NICOLA LAKE/QUILCHENA
AM PM7:48 Quilchena Reserve 3:557:50 Lake View Store 3:537:51 Saddleman Road 3:527:52 Lindley’s (by Douglas Lake turnoff) 3:507:55 Huber(6697) 3:487:57 Quilchena Store (6520) 3:468:08 Nicola Ranch 3:368:25 Merritt Secondary (front a.m./back p.m.) 3:20- Merritt Bench Elementary 3:108:25 Merritt Central Elementary 3:05- Collettville Elementary 3:00
AM PM 7:46 Band Office (2960 Shackelly Rd) 3:507:48 Churchill 3:497:49 Shackelly & Petit Creek 3:487:50 Post 3:477:57 Sunshine Valley #1 East 3:387:59 Pierce’s 3:378:01 Aberdeen Inn 3:278:03 Whinney 3:298:04 Corkle & Anderson 3:328:07 Corkle & Woodward 3:338:21 Nicola-Canford Town 3:008:26 Merritt Secondary 3:128:30 Collettville Elementary -
BUS NO. A3581 PETIT CREEK
TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCEFamilies living beyond the regular school bus routes may be eligible for transportation assistance for the 2012/2013 school year and are asked to make application before October 10, 2014 regardless of whether transportation assistance was received in the past. Applications after this date will be approved as of the date the application is received, and will not be retroactive. Please note that parents of kindergarten students who are required to pick their child up or bring them to the school at lunchtime may also qualify. Transportation Assistance forms can be picked up at the School Board Office in Merritt, 1550 Chapman Street.
Parents are reminded that road/weather conditions may cause delays/cancellations to the regular bus run(s). In extreme circumstances, notice of delays will be announced over the local radio station and the school will attempt to contact parents by phone, in order that children do not wait extended time periods at a bus stop.
REGISTRATION OF HOME SCHOOL LEARNERS
PARENT INFORMATION
The School Act states: “A parent of a child who is required to enroll in an educational program under section 3 (Division 4 – Home Education)(a) may educate the child at home or elsewhere in accordance with this Division, and(b) must provide that child with an educational program.
Registration A parent of a child who is required under the above section to provide the child with an educational program must register the child on or before September 30 in each year with(a) a school of the parent’s choice that is operating in British Columbia,(a.1) if the child is an eligible child, a school referred to in paragraph (a) or (c), or a francophone school of the parent’s choice that is operating in the francophone school district in which the parent resides,(a.2) if the child is an immigrant child, a school referred to in paragraph (a) or (c), or a francophone school of the parent’s choice that is operating in the francophone school district in which the parent resides but only if the francophone education authority responsible for that school permits the parent to register that child, or (b) REPEALED 2006-21-8, effective June 30/06 BC Reg 195/06(c) an independent school operating in British Columbia.”
To register or to obtain further information, telephone the school of your choice, or write to the Superintendent of Schools, The Board of Education of School District No. 58 (Nicola-Similkameen), Box 4100, Merritt, B.C., V1K 1B8.
• Diamond Vale Elementary School • Merritt Central Elementary School • Nicola-Canford Elementary SchoolStrongStart is a free, school based, drop-in early learning program for children from birth to 5 years old and their parents, grandparents or caregivers. Together they share learning experiences and social interactions with other children and adults in a positive and open-ended play environment. Start up date: September 8, 2014.
The StrongStart Early Learning Centres
SCHOOL CALENDAR 2014 - 2015Days in Session 192 - Number of Non-Instructional Days 7
September 2, 2014 TuesdaySCHOOL OPENING School hours 10:00 am to 12 noon. (Bus schedule to be adjusted for the first day of school.)
October 13, 2014 Monday Thanksgiving Day
October 24, 2014 Friday Non-Instructional Day
November 11, 2014 Tuesday Remembrance Day
December 19, 2014 Friday Last day of classes before the Winter Break
December 22, 2014 – January 2, 2015 Winter Break
January 5, 2015 Monday SCHOOLS REOPEN
February 9, 2015 Monday Family Day
February 20, 2015 Friday Non-Instructional Day
March 16 - 27, 2015 Spring Break
April 3, 2015 Friday Good Friday
April 6, 2015 Monday Easter Monday
May 18, 2015 Monday Victoria Day
Provincial Exams Secondary Schools. (Days to vary per secondary school.)
June, 25, 2015 Thursday Last Day of Classes
June 26, 2015 Friday Administrative Day
ELEMENTARY STUDENT REGISTRATION For “NEW” Elementary school students, please register your child at the neighbourhood school in your location from Monday to Friday, August 25 - 29, 2014. Schools will be open from 9:00 – 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Call ahead to confirm.
KINDERGARTEN:To register, a child must be 5 years of age, on or before December 31, 2014 and a birth certificate, immunization record, and Care Card should be presented. Kindergarten starting dates will be arranged through the school.
FRENCH IMMERSION:All students in this program attend Collettville Elementary School (grades K-7), and Merritt Secondary School (grades 8-12).
GRADE 8 - 12 MERRITT SECONDARY SCHOOL 250-378-5131New students register at the school from August 25 – 29. Counsellors will be available and students are encouraged to check with the school for more information. Please Note: On the first day of school (Sept. 2nd ) Merritt Secondary School Grade 8 students start school at 9 a.m. until noon.
KENGARD LEARNING CENTRE – 2475 Merritt Ave.If you haven’t completed secondary school the KENGARD LEARNING CENTRE can help – Telephone 250-378-4245
SCIDES – 250-378-4245 or 1-800-663-3536South Central Interior Distance Education School offers BC Ministry approved educational programs for students of all ages, anywhere in the province of B.C.
SCHOOL OPENING:Tuesday, September 2, 2014 – Adjusted hours: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon. Please note: the following information is subject to the current labour dispute
BUS STUDENTS:Please check the School Bus Schedule and with your school for bussing information.Tuesday, September 2, 2014 ONLY: Busses will pick up students one hour LATER in the morning and return students beginning at noon.
KINDERGARTEN:To register, a child must be 5 years of age, on or before December 31, 2014 and a birth certificate, immunization record, and Care Card should be presented. Kindergarten startingdates will be arranged through the school.
SCIDES – 250-378-4245 or 1-800-663-3536South Central Interior Distance Education School offers BC Ministry approvededucational programs for students of all ages, anywhere in the province of B.C.
BUS NO. A1158 COLDWATER/KINGSVALE
AM PM7:32 South End Peterson Road 3:507:40 Patchet Road 3:457:46 Reserve #1 3:357:47 Opie’s #2 3:327:51 Spahan 3:307:52 Victoria Bobs 3:287:54 Barnes 3:26- Veal Road (p.m. only) 3:248:08 Fox Farm Road 3:228:10 Cool Quiet 894 3:208:13 Sterling Road (a.m. only) -8:15 1060 Hwy 5A (a.m. only) -8:16 Wilcox Road #57 (a.m. only) -8:17 Ponderosa & Sunny View (a.m. only) -8:20 Diamond Vale Elementary 3:168:00 MSS 3:138:27 Merritt Central Elementary 3:068:30 Collettville Elementary 3:00
Please note that the following information is subject to the current labor dispute. We encourage you to have alternative plans for child care if instruction is not taking place. We apologize for any disruption and it is our hope that a resolution is found in a timely manner.
BUS STUDENTS:Please check the School Bus Schedule and with your school for bussing information.Tuesday, September 2, 2014 ONLY: Busses will pick up students one hour LATER in the morningand return students beginning at noon.
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SCIDES (South Central Interior Distance Education School) Quality Education: Direct to You - ALL TUITION FREE
South Central Interior Distance Education School offers BC Ministry approved educational programs for students of all ages, anywhere in the province of B.C.
•Elementary K-7 • Structured Open School • Portfolio YOUR CHOICE
•Full secondary programs leading to graduation or: • Individual courses 10 – 12 • Adult Graduation programs • Special Education • Graduated Adult Upgrading • Rosetta Stone Language courses, plus Piano and Guitar courses
Your Choice: • Online • Print with supportive online classrooms Enroll anytime of the year ... ALL TUITION-FREE
P.O. Box 4700 Station Main, Merritt, BC, V1K 1B8 • Ph: 1-800-663-3536 • Local: 250-378-4245 • Fax: 250-378-1447
Find us at: www.scides.ca ~ Your Choice, Your Pace ~ Any Time, Any Place.
The Kengard Learning Centre offers a great classroom environment for high school aged students and adults. We have all the courses you need to earn a Dogwood Diploma. We also have an Outreach Program if you want to work at home.
Our self-paced courses and flexible scheduling put you in control of your education and we are here to support you all the way. You can begin any time during the year and work at the courses you choose at your own speed.
New students can register on site at the Kengard Learning Centre starting Sept. 2, 2014 at 10 am. Location: 2475 Merritt Ave. 250-378-2157
IF YOU HAVEN’T COMPLETED SECONDARY SCHOOL WE CAN HELP…..
You can now get face to face tutoring for your distance education courses at the
Kengard Learning Centre.
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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 58 (NICOLA-SIMILKAMEEN)Success for ALL Learners ~ Today and Tomorrow
Teachers share wishes for their classroomsWhat’s in your back-
pack?(NC) — Whether it’s the
first day of kindergarten or a last year of high school, parents and students know what they need in their backpacks for September. For many teachers, the symbolic backpack requires more than a pencil and paper.
Across Canada, teachers working with limited bud-gets have wish lists of what they would add to their classroom supplies.
Wish: A stationary bike
A Vancouver classroom serves vulnerable students,
helping them increase their social, emotional, and aca-demic development. Teach-er Ms. Harper, believes that improving individual fitness can be a route to developing self-confidence, resiliency, and desire to stay in school.
She says her 10 students would benefit from hav-ing an exercise bike in the classroom for two reasons. Used spontaneously in short bursts, it would increase attention, focus and pro-ductivity in the class. Over time, it would increase fit-ness levels, particularly valu-able to students reluctant to join gym class.
A bike is not in the school budget.
Wish: Lego
Mrs. Shipton, an ele-mentary teacher in Toron-to, wants to add a girl’s Lego club to her school to nurture design and innovation among young students. She expects the club to also promote friendship, an appreciation of differences and a cel-ebration of unique talents.
To run a Lego club, she needs Lego.
Wish: Butterfly larvae
Mrs. Sekhon in Sur-rey, B.C. teaches in the primary grades. She knew that butterfly larvae would
be a great addition to her class.
“We have a diverse group of students who love playing outdoors and exploring nature. We have
many English language learner students who have joined us recently and this is a great hands-on way to learn about nature, life cycles and basic needs of
local animals without a language barrier.”
Each teacher has post-ed her wish on MyCla-ssNeeds.ca, a registered Canadian charity that helps connect deserving kindergarten to Grade 12 classroom projects in pub-licly-funded schools with interested donors through a crowdfunding website.
Supporters have rallied behind the Surrey project and Mrs. Sekhon’s stu-dents will watch the trans-formation from larvae to butterflies this year.
You can help as well at go to MyClassNeeds.ca.
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N’kwala School
Parents, community members and staff working together to achieve the highest quality of education for our students to be lifelong learners.
STAFF MISSION
STATEMENT
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Check out the benefits at N’Kwala: Small teacher student ratio maximizes learning Student focused learning and teaching Syilx language and culture Healthy snacks and hot lunch provided Certified Category 2 Independent School – Provincial standards K4 – Grade 12, including the Adult Graduation Diploma Open to all students
Serving communities:
Merritt Quilchena
Douglas Lake Lower Nicola (TBC)
9410 N’Kwala Road Douglas Lake, B.C.
Phone: 250-350-3370 or 350-3342 (summer)
Email: [email protected]
(NC) — As the sum-mer months come to an end, it can be hard to get your children back into a solid rou-tine and into the swing of a new school year. While there are many things for parents to consider when gearing their children back up for a new school year, tech expert, co-host of television show AppCen-tral and parent Amber Mac shares her top tips for getting kids back-to-school ready.
• Read with them
Reading is a key way to keep a child’s mind sharp while not in school. Finding fun and interactive ways to incorporate read-ing into their daily routine doesn’t have to be hard. Reach for child-friendly products such as Leapfrog’s new LeapPad 3, which has access to over 1,000 e-books and is Leap-frog’s fastest, highest-performance tablet.
• Start them back on a consistent sleep schedule to ensure they’re well rested
Starting a consistent bedtime routine two
weeks prior to the start of school and transi-tioning them into a normal morning school routine will help ensure you reach your goal of having a schedule set prior to the start of the school year.
• Start conversa-tions with your children and create a positive attitude about heading back to the classroom
Focus on highlight-ing the positive aspects about going back to school such as making new friends, meeting a new teacher and the increase of learning in different areas of interest. Entering a new school year with a positive attitude will help both children and parents feel better about leaving the sum-mer behind.
Preparing ahead of time will ensure that your children have the smoothest transition when heading back to school. To learn more about how Leapfrog products can help with the transition back to school, visit Leapfrog.ca or Facebook.com/LeapFrogCanada.
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Tips to get your child ready for school
Check out the • library. The Mer-ritt library is a great place to meet other children. You could even ask your library to host an event for children schooled at home.
While offering flex-ible education programs to school-aged children is a big part of SCIDES, it’s equally important for the program to make sure adults have the opportunity to graduate and upgrade. Having a B.C. Dogwood Diploma
is often a requirement to be considered for employment at all and upgrading skills with math, English and sci-ence courses will help clear the path for a post-secondary education or promotions, salary increases and better ben-efit packages.
Having a school such as Kengard Learning Centre in Merritt is a great opportunity for school-aged and adult learners alike. Find out more about them by calling 1.800.663.3536 or visiting scides.ca.
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Thanks to a $250,000 grant from the Ministry of Advanced Education, NVIT students will be learning a little more about what it takes to be a student.
The post-secondary insti-tution received the quarter million in funding through an Aboriginal Service Plan (ASP).
NVIT president Ken Tou-rand said this funding will be used to support elders, as well as the school’s Success Centre and a new, required class — Strategies for Success 101.
This new course will essen-tially be replacing orientation day at NVIT, Tourand said, but
the class goes deeper than that.“It teaches you how to
study, how to use the library, how to use the different col-lege resources that we have at NVIT,” Tourand said. “What we’re hoping it will do is increase the chances and likelihood of students succeed-ing through their courses and graduating.”
He said NVIT elders will be involved in the class as well.
Tourand said this class is expected to be a major help to students, especially those who are new to college.
It will be a first year course
that most students will be tak-ing this year.
“This is kind of the catch-up year that everybody’s going through it,” Tourand said.
He said fourth year students with a high enough grade point average will be exempt from taking this course.
This year, NVIT’s Success Centre — a student support resource — will have a new dimension to it that will help students determine their career paths and find job placements, Tourand said.
He said the hope is to use some of the funding for a posi-
tion that will help students find work.
He said this aspect of the Success Centre will help stu-dents with resume writing and preparing for job interviews as well.
Tourand said NVIT received about $200,000 last year from the ASP.
ASPs are part of the Min-istry of Advanced Education’s Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education Training Policy and Framework and Action Plan, which was launched in 2012, a press release from the provin-cial government stated.
New NVIT class on success strategies
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Having good eyesight in the classroom is essential for learning. That is why an optometrist is one of the specialists who should be consulted before the start of a new school year. This appointment seems even more important when we understand that more than 80 percent of a child’s learning is through the visual acquisition of information.
Do your children have good eyesight? Do they have any eye problems such as myopia, hypermetropia (farsightedness), or astigmatism? Are they able to see details? Colours? Do they blink their eyes frequently or squint? Are their eye mo vements coordinated? Do they confuse some letters? Optometrists can answer all your questions and, if a problem is detected, suggest the wearing of glasses, orthoptic exercises, or surgery.
Specialists recommend having children’s eyes examined when they are between six and nine years old. Why is this? Simply because after this age, a child’s neurological system is less malleable and vision defects can become permanent.
Keeping an eye on your vision
A smile is for life
DENTIST
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A child’s reading difficulties can be caused by vision problems.
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Parents play a key role in the dental health of their children, and the beginning of a new school year is the perfect moment to visit the dentist with them for a check-up and a good cleaning.
Did you know that the fluoride used by dentists after the cleaning is a mineral found in earth, water, as well as in some foods? It is used as an active ingredi-ent in most toothpaste. Not only is it beneficial for oral health, by building the teeth’s resistance to cavities, but it also has an excellent preventive action.
Don’t forget that good oral health is largely dependent on a balanced diet. This means that parents should ensure that their children develop healthy eating hab-its. And it goes without saying that children should brush their teeth and floss at least once every day. After all, prevention always starts at home!
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Does my child require a gluten free diet?(NC) Most kids adore pasta,
bread and birthday cake – all made with wheat. But wheat contains gluten, a type of protein that has made headlines, and is the subject of questions from concerned parents. Is it okay for your kids to eat gluten? Let’s look at the evidence-based science to find out.
Who requires a gluten-free diet?
Celebrity endorsements and best-selling diet books focus on the glamour of going gluten free, but this popular diet is not meant for everyone.
Gluten-free foods are solely meant for people with celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder that affects about one percent of Canadians. It’s also medically necessary for people with a wheat allergy or gluten intolerance. Otherwise, there is no reason for children to follow a gluten free diet.
Gluten is simply a protein found in wheat, rye and barley -- staple foods that children enjoy. These foods add much-needed fibre, B vitamins, magnesium, iron and zinc to the diet – which are essential for normal growth and development.
I hear wheat has changed – is it harmful?
In a recent study, Canadian researchers grew wheat from seeds dating back to 1876. When comparing the genetic profile of the harvested wheat, they learned that there has not been a measurable change in the amount of protein and the composition of wheat since 1876. This negates all ideas to the contrary, which were simply based on speculations, but not on science.
Excluding gluten from a child’s diet for no medical reason has drawbacks
Gluten-free products are often made with less fibre and more sugar, salt, fat and refined starches than their gluten-containing counterparts, plus they cost an average of 162 per cent more. Grain Products are a staple food group in Canada’s Food Guide, and provide fuel for your child’s brain. If you are concerned your child has celiac disease, get them tested BEFORE you exclude gluten from their diet.
Learn more about gluten-free diets and the goodness of grains at www.goodineverygrain.ca and www.healthygrainsinstitute.ca.
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Lower Nicola Band School Ph: 250-378-5527 201 Horn Rd., Merritt, BC
SCHOOL REGISTRATION 2014-2015Lower NicolaIndian Band
FOR MORE INFORMATION
TO REGISTER YOU WILL NEED: Immunization Record, Birth Certificate, Health Care Card Number, Band Name and Number.
THE LOWER NICOLA BAND SCHOOLINVITES ALL CHILDREN
(First Nations/Non First Nations)To Register for Kindergarten to Grade 7
• Full Time Kindergarten – must be 5yrs by Dec 31, 2014• Door to door Bus Service provided to all areas of Merritt.
HEAD START SERVICES:• 3 & 4 year old Program (K4 must be 4 years old by Dec. 31, 2014)• Parent & Tot Drop In • Home Visiting Program • Services to 0 to 6 year olds: Priority will be given to LNIB Band Members for all Head Start programs • Transportation provided for all Head Start programs
CURRICULUM:• BC Curriculum• Nle?kepmx• Cultural Studies• Field Trips• Learning Assistance Program • Extra Curricular Activities & Sports being offered
FACILITIES:• Full-Size Gymnasium• Library• Computer Lab • Baseball/Soccer Field
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Pain may not be due to arthritis alone
Rarely does a day go by that I don’t hear someone say their back or neck is sore because they have arthritis. Yes, arthritis (most com-monly in the form of osteoarthritis) can be a very painful and debili-tating problem. How-ever, it is not necessarily the primary reason why a person experiences low back or neck pain. In fact, a recent study
of 500 people (250 of whom had low back pain while the other 250 did not) found that there was no significant difference in the severity of osteoarthritis present between the two groups of people. What does this mean? It means that 250 of those 500 people had arthritis but did not have any low back pain.
As I explain to patients in my office, just because you have mild to moderate osteoarthritis does not mean that the symp-toms you are experienc-ing are from that alone. However, if you do have some arthritis in your spine, you may be slightly more prone to having an acute back or
neck problem arise and it may take longer to conservatively treat the recent exacerbation.
For most people who enter my office with acute neck or back pain, most of their symptoms have only been present for a relatively short period of time. Even if they had some osteoar-thritis in the affected area, it did not suddenly progress and cause the new bout of symptoms. Osteoarthritis generally comes on gradually at a slow rate, not sud-denly within a week or so. If your symptoms came on quite quickly, something else is likely contributing to your problem.
In regards to neck or back pain, a common
problem that many people have is actually what chiropractors call a subluxation. This can be more likely to occur when osteoarthritis is present and is really just a combination of four problems: stiff and tight joints, irritated or pinched nerves, muscle spasm or tension, and inflammation or swell-ing around the joint and nerve.
A subluxation can occur quickly, as in a heavy lift or a traumatic accident. As well, it can gradually occur over a long period of time with poor posture or a general inactivity.
In regards to a subluxation gradually occurring, your joints and muscles may just
have some mild stiffness that does not even cause you any real discomfort. However, this mild stiff-ness would make you more prone to injuring the area.
For example, one day you decide to dig up the entire garden while your back does not have its full mobil-ity. By the next day, you can hardly get out of bed because the joints in your spine are seized up and inflamed.
The inflammation is now irritating the nerves that exit the spine, which causes severe pain and muscle spasms. Again, the important thing to understand is that this scenario can occur whether you have mild
to moderate osteoarthri-tis or not.
Once osteoarthritis is present, there is no form of treatment that will reverse these degen-erative changes.
However, you can treat and prevent the subluxations from occurring and the osteoarthritis from start-ing or progressing by restoring and maintain-
ing the proper mobility in the joints.
The more often and better your joints are able to move, the healthier they will remain and the better they will heal when they are injured.
Receiving chiroprac-tic adjustments in con-junction with regular exercise accomplishes this.
DR. COLIN GAGESpinal COLUMN
Relax for your health
A quiet mind cureth all. — Robert Burton
(1577-1640) I have recently been
reading a lot about the importance of relax-ation to good health. However, in our busy world, relaxation is hardly a priority. It more likely is some-thing that is thought about in terms of vacation time or per-haps for a few hours on the weekend.
A relaxed state, however, is the oppo-site of stress. Stress is the “fight or flight” state which has found its way into our daily lives in the absence of any real threat to our lives.
This stress causes overactivity of the sympathetic nervous
system and exhaus-tion of the adrenal glands. Researchers have found that many diseases are caused or aggravated by stress.
Conversely, induc-ing a relaxation response can resolve or neutralize the negative effects of stress on the body and heal disease. If stress is a constant in our lives, then time for relaxation should be a constant as well.
Generally it is true that we are more health-conscious than ever. This health-consciousness results in nutritional awareness and an understanding of the importance of regular exercise. So an individual may eat well, take vitamins and go to the gym three times a week.
Relaxation is some-thing that is seen as separate from these health practices.
It is vitally impor-tant that we make a shift here so that we can incorporate relax-ation into our daily routine.
The nice thing is, it
need only take a few minutes.
If we took a few minutes each hour just to turn off the mind, take a few deep breaths, and con-sciously relax all the muscles of the body, the health benefits would be enormous.
Think of it the same was as you do drinking those eight glasses of water per day. The water hydrates the system; the deep breathing and relaxation detoxi-fies and heals. Pretty simple.
Now take a nice, deep breath....
Gwen Randall-Young is an author and award-winning psychotherapist.
GWEN RANDALL-YOUNGPsychologyFOR LIVING
In addition to wear-ing good quality sun-glasses — or goggles if you do hazardous work — try to pay attention to the daily needs of your eyes. These three daily tips will make a differ-ence:
• Blink frequently when using computer screens to alleviate strain.
• Work out regularly. Cardiovascular activity is also good for the eyes.
• Eat a balanced diet of
protein, especially fish, plus plenty of fruit and colourful vegetables.
For more eye care tips everyone should know, check out www.weloveyoureyes.ca, where the Opticians Council of Canada — with support from the Foundation Fighting Blindness — is running an interactive program with inviting prizes.
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Pamper your peepers
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Second annual Cents’ golf classic another successBy Ian WebsterTHE [email protected]
Conditions were perfect at the Sagebrush Golf and Sporting Club out at Nicola Lake on Saturday for the sec-ond annual Merritt Centennials Golf Classic.
A total of 72 golfers took part in the friendly four-ball event that saw all net proceeds go towards the running of the Centennials’ Junior A hockey club — the longest continually-running franchise in the British Columbia Hockey League.
Participants in the 18-hole Classic included a large num-ber of Centennials’ alumni, including Bobby Vermette, Derry Menard, Chris Forsberg, Rich Brew, Colin Gage, Dave Dunnigan, Cuyler Dickie, Carter Shinkaruk, Jordan Pehr, current Cents head coach Luke Pierce and former NHLers Bill Muckalt and Paul Kruse.
Also taking part and lending a help-ing hand were current Centennials Malik Kaila,
Shane Poulsen and Rhett Willcox.
The Cents’ Classic received strong support from the local business community with the likes of Dennis Couture, Wayne Fulcher, Tom Lutz, Peter Moyes, Gary Dixon, Brian Snee and Ron and Jerry Sanders all taking part.
“It was a great event, and everybody had a good time,” Centennials marketing director Dustin Scafe said. “Once again, Don Harvey and the rest of
the staff at Sagebrush did a fantastic job as hosts.”
In addition to the golfing, the day included a delicious dinner prepared by the Centennials’ Booster Club, a slient auction and a putting tourna-ment.
PICTURE PERFECT
The weather couldn’t have been better on Saturday for the second annual Merritt Centennials Golf Classic at the Sagebrush Golf and Sporting Club. (Above) Participants enjoyed dinner and refreshments as the sun set over Nicola Lake. (Right) The winning team consisted of (left to right) former Centennial Carter Shinkaruk and friends Darren Whitehouse, Rebecca Darnell and Ryan Bakken. Shinkaruk currently plays scholarship hockey at Elmira College in upstate New York. Ian Webster/Herald
MERRITT CENTENNIALS4-BALL GOLF CLASSIC
‘THE BIGGEST LIARS’
1. Rebecca Darnell Darren Whitehouse 57 Carter Shinkaruk Ryan Bakken
2. Mike Todd Fiona Chambers 58 Jim Strang Dennis Chambers
3. Dennis Couture Matt Keough 59 Charlie Westwick Brian Nelson-Smith
4. Derry Menard Roy Jeffrey 60 Luke Pierce Bill Muckalt Brian Barrett
Cole Yurkowski Josh Yurkowski 60 Tom Harrington Dustin Paquette
BCSSA PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPSKamloops, B.C. — August 15-17
Merritt Otters Results Prelim Final
Div. 1 Ashley Cavaliere 50m Fly 13. 50.54 16. 52.75 100m Free 17. 1:36.19 Miranda Cavaliere 50m Free 16. 42.67 16. 44.09 50m Back 20. 50.74 50m Breast 22. 1:03.37
Div. 3 Bianca Cavaliere 50m Free 15. 33.29 12. 32.83 100m Free 14. 1:14.30 15. 1:13.62 100m IM 17. 1:28.58
Div. 7 Dierdre Holmwood 50m Free 19. 34.58
Div. 8 Koren Lefebvre 50m Free 18. 46.10
Relays
Div. 5 Girls 200m Free (Bianca Cavaliere, Jamie Neill, 12. 2:15.32 Lauren Lefebvre, Jensen Cavaliere)
Girls 200m Medley (Jensen Cavaliere, Jamie Neill, 11. 2:35.16 Sumeeti Chhabra, Haley Zabek)
Boys 200m Free (Rahul Chhabra, Liam Warren, 13. 2:42.35 Evin Baird, Matthias Redknap)
Boys 200m Medley (Rahul Chhabra, Liam Warren, 12. 3:15.01 Evin Baird, Matthias Redknap)
HOT SHOTS Merritt tennis club members Harbans Sandhu (left) and Bob Bansi finished second overall in the ‘B’ division of the men’s double event at the Sunshine Open tournament in Kamloops on the August long weekend. They went a perfect 4-0 in round robin play before losing in the final to a Kamloops team. Other Merritt doubles teams at the Sunshine Open were Peter Dosanjh and Amar Khanguira as well as Mo Ghag and Sahil Bansi. Ian Webster/Herald
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SPORTS
Novelty calf dressing event sure to be a hitNewest addition to Nicola Valley Pro Rodeo features local businesses and organizations
BUSINESSMEN’S CALF DRESSINGCONTESTANTS
Arnica ContractingAsk Wellness
City FurnitureCity of Merritt Firefighters
Coldwater HotelHome Hardware
Merritt Chamber of CommerceMerritt Herald
Nicola Valley Credit UnionPlanet Fitness
RCMP
You’ll want to be in your seats early for the 56th Annual Nicola Valley Pro Rodeo, slated for August 30 and 31 at the rodeo grounds in Collettville.
Action on both days will begin with a brand new event that will be sure to delight and entertain — the busi-nessmen’s calf dressing contest.
Teams of three, rep-resenting various busi-nesses and organizations in and around Merritt, will compete to see who can lasso a rambunc-tious steer the fastest and dress it up with a fancy pair of underwear!
You can bet that the task isn’t going to be easy, and the outcome hilarious.
The winning team each day will get to donate $500 to a local charity of their choice.
Merrittonians have been flocking to be part of the action with 11 teams signed up already and only a couple of
spots left for those still interested.
And there’s still more to this event!
On Friday, August 29, representatives of all the participating teams in the business-men’s calf dressing will gather at the Grand Pub & Grill downtown for a meet-and-greet start-ing at 7 p.m., followed by a Calcutta auction beginning at 8 p.m. Live entertainment by Lee Dinwoodie will follow.
Auctioneer Gord Collier will lead the Calcutta, with each calf dressing team up for sale to the highest bidder.
All the monies from the Calcutta will go into two separate pots — one for Saturday’s perfor-mance and one for Sunday’s.
The purchaser of the winning team each day will receive 75 per cent of the pot from the Calcutta auction, with the other 25 per cent going to the Nicola Valley Pro Rodeo for
future initiatives.You can bet the bid-
ding is going to be lively, so come on down — buy yourself a team and have a Grand old time!
WHO’S WEARING THE PANTS NOW? Rodeo fans will delight in the newest event at this year’s Nicola Valley Pro Rodeo — the businessmen’s calf dressing. Teams of three will have the daunting task of trying to fit a pair of under-wear onto a rambunctious calf. Good luck! Photos courtesy of Wendy Coomber/Ashcroft-Cache Creek Journal
There’s great stuff for the kids, too
Get downrodeo clown
Jayson Charters
There’ll be so much to do for the youngsters at this year’s pro rodeo.
When they’re not watching the action in the ring, they can have fun on the grounds — riding a mechanical bull and surfboard, getting their face painted, or playing in a bouncy
castle.Sunday is offi-
cially ‘Family Day’ and there’ll be special intermission events, including co-ed mut-ton bustin’ and peewee barrel racing, along with a giant all-comers shoe scramble for the 10-and-unders where
everyone gets a prize.The kid in everyone
will delight to the antics of Merritt’s own ‘Get Down Rodeo Clown’ Jayson Charters.
For the grown-ups in the audience, there’ll be a beer garden both days.
Saturday night, the
beer garden will feature live music by four-time BCCMA-nominated band Whiskey Jane, who have performed at the Calgary Stampede and 2010 Olympics and opened for the likes of Terri Clark, The Higgins and One More Girl.
NICOLA VALLEYPRO RODEO
PERFORMANCE TIMES
August 30 5:00 p.m.August 31 1:00 p.m.
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT
THE GATE
Adults $15
Students & Seniors $12
Children10 and under
Free
MUSIC IN SPIRIT SQUAREFriday and Saturday 11:30
a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Bring your lunch and listen to the music. August 22 & 22 Doug James Band (rock - 60’s, 70’s and 80’s).
COMMUNITY GARDENSCheck out the Community
Garden and experience a relaxing outdoor yoga adven-ture among the plants. Every Thursday 5:15 - 5:45 pm. A new instructor every week. The gardens are located behind the hospital.
NICOLA VALLEY FARMERS MARKETNicola Valley Farmers
Market 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. ever y Saturday rain or shine, in the parking lot beside the Baillie House. Come down and enjoy fresh home grown veggies, flowers, baking, arts and crafts made and grown here in our Nicola Valley. A great place to socialize
and enjoy the day. Vendors call Market Manager: Lang Mackenzie 250-939-8605 or Sue 250-378-2031
RISING FROM THE ASHESF ire relief fundraisers
for Earth Walker Spiritual Shop. You can either donate money to the bank account set up at CIBC or drop off your bottle donations to the bottle depot.
SPENCES BRIDGE FARMER MARKET
Spences Bridge Farmers and Flea Market - Sundays 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Spences Bridge Community Hall on Hwy #8, May to October.
MERRITT DANCE SOCIETYOngoing pre-registration.
For more information con-tact Selena at 250-378-7266
MERRITT MINOR HOCKEYRegister for the 2014/15
season at merrittminorhock-ey.com. Call 250-378-6827 for more information
VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDThe Navy League is in need
of officer’s and volunteers to help out with our growing Cadet Corps. Our children are age 9
to 13 and we meet every Wednesday night from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. If you have past experience or are inter-ested in becoming a part of our Corps please contact us. Ellen 250-280-6944, Debra 250-280-4086 or email at [email protected]
KNITWITSLove to knit or crochet? Or
are you a novice interest-ed in learning more about knitting or crocheting in a friendly and welcoming set-ting? Come on down to Brambles Bakery Thursday evenings. Bring your yarn and needles and join in the fun.
COURTHOUSE ARTGALLERYThe Valley Visual Arts (VVA)
will be holding a weekly cre-ative art session, in the art-ists room at the Art Gallery, every Thursday between 4
p.m. and 8 p.m. Everyone welcome to stop in and see their work.
MARVELLOUS MUTTSMar vel lous Mutts &
Rehoming Merritt Branch, are always looking for fos-ter families. If you would like to help by fostering a fur-kid, until they find a fur-ever home, please contact Margie at [email protected].
NV REMOTE CONTROL FLYERWe are starting a new club
in town for flying model aircraft. We fly at various locations around town. New members welcome. For more info, call Jack 250-378-4371.
MERRITT SENIOR CENTREWeekly schedule is as fol-
lows: Monday: Crib & Whist 7 p.m. Tuesday: Bingo 1 p.m., Duplicate Bridge 7 p.m. Wednesday: Carpet Bowling 1:30 p.m., Court Whist 7 p.m. Thursday: Floor Curling 1 p.m. (third week
- shut-in lucheon) Friday: Rummoli & Games 7 p.m.All seniors welcome.
TRINITY UNITED CHURCH1899 Quilchena Ave.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Sundays - for children ages 4 to 8 years. Children learn of God’s love through stor-ies, music, crafts and fun. More information: Gail 250-378-9706
SENIOR-IN-TRAININGPositions now available
fo r Senior - In-Tra in ing . Applicants must be 40 years or older. Qualifications include a willingness to have fun and enjoy the company of others. Contact Seniors Association at 250-378-3763 for more information.
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONTuesday - Darts: 7:00
p.m.Friday - Frosty Friday -
5:00 p.m.Saturdays - Meat draw:
2:30 p.m.
YOGA IN THE GARDENCheck out the Community
Garden and experience a relaxing outdoor yoga adven-
ture among the plants. Every Thursday 5:15-5:45 PM. A new instructor every week! The gardens are located behind the hospital.
Phone 250-378-4241 with any events that you may be hosting or email: classifi [email protected]
Archery PracticeTuesday 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the Gun RangeContact BJ Moore for more info250-280-0304BrowniesMondays 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Central School - 250-315-7410CMHA - Merritt ClubhouseFireside Center - 2026 Granite Ave.Wed/Fri 9 am - 2:30 pmShirley 250-378-5660Central School PacFirst Tuesday 7 p.m. Lunchroom - 250-378-4892Community ChoirMondays 7 p.m. - Fall to SpringCollettville Elementary - 250-378-9899Court Whist - Fun GameWednesdays 7 p.m.at the Seniors Centre 250-378-2776Crossroads Youth Min. Tuesdays 7 - 9 p.m. Crossroads Community Church - 250-378-2911Drop-In SoccerTuesdays & Thursdays: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.Girls & Boys 16+ welcome 250-378-2530Drop-In VolleyballMondays 7 - 9 p.m. CMS. 250-378-6212.Girl GuidesWednesdays 5:30 -7:00 p.m. Central School - 250-936-8298Ladies’ Curling LeagueWednesdays 6 & 8 p.m.Call 250-378- 8175 or 250-378-4917Living With Loss Support GroupNo meeting in June, July, & August. Sup-port still available. Call Marilyn at 250-
378-3513Merritt Curling ClubFor League Information 250-378-4423Merritt Duplicate Bridge ClubTuesdays 7 p.m. Seniors’ Centre 250-378-5550 Merritt Elks Lodge ClubsSecond & Fourth Wednesday 8 p.m. Elks Hall 250-378-9788Merritt Lawn BowlingSun., Tues., & Thurs. at 7 p.m.2050 Merritt Ave. 250-378-2095Merritt Moms PrenatalPost Natal Support group. Monday - Friday - 8:30 a.m. 250-378-2252Merritt Mountain Biking Assoc. Wednesdays 6 p.m. - rideE: [email protected]: #merrittbikingNavy League Cadets of CanadaWednesdays 6 - 9 p.m. Cadet Hall - Ages 9-13 welcome 250-280-6944Merritt Snowmobile ClubSecond Tuesday 7 p.m.Civic Centre 250-315-1082Merritt’s Women in BusinessSecond Wednesday 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Merritt Desert Inn 250-315-5851Nicola Naturalist SocietyThird Thursday - 7:00 p.m.NVIT. www.nicolanaturalists.caN.V. 4-H ClubSecond Tuesday - 6:30 p.m.Central School - 250-378-5028Nicola Valley Better BreathersThird Wednesdays 1 p.m.Trinity United - 250-378-6266
N.V. Community Band Tuesdays 7 p.m - MSS Music Room 250-378-5031 or 250-378-9894NVCACMeets the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 7:00 pm at The Art Gallery. 250-378-6515 www.nvartscouncil.comN.V. Dirt Riders AssociationLast Wednesday 7 p.m. Garden Sushi - Scott: 250-378-3502 N.V. Fall Fair Third Monday 7 p.m.2145 Quilchena Ave. 250-378-5925N.V. Fish & Game (except July and Aug.)Third Wednesday 7 p.m.2236 Jackson Ave. 250-378-4572 or 250-378-4904N.V. Heritage Society Last Wednesday - Baillie House250-378-0349N.V. Quilters GuildFirst & Third Thursdays Civic Centre 7 p.m. 250-378-4172N.V. Search & RescueSecond Monday 7 p.m. at the airport - 250-378-6769 N.V. Thrift StoreFirst Tuesday - NVGH basement 250-378-9100N.V. Women’s Institute Second Wednesday - 1:30 p.m. For locations, 250-378-2536Pathfi ndersMondays 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Central School - 250-936-8298Patricia Rebekah LodgeSecond & Fourth Mondays at 7 p.m. Lawn Bowling Club Rocky Mnt. Rangers CadetsTuesdays 6 p.m. 250-378-1302 or 250-572-3775
Royal Canadian Legion #96Executive Mtg. Second Thursday 6 p.m. - Regular Mtg. Fourth Thursday 7 p.m. 1940 Quilchena - 250-378-5631Royal PurpleFirst & Third Mondays 1:00 p.m. - Down-stairs @ Elks Hall 250-378-6788Rotary Club of MerrittEvery Thursday - NoonBrambles Bakery Cafe. 250-378-5535Sagebrush Spinners and Weavers GuildTamarack Gardens every other Thursday at 11:00 AM Bev at 250-378-2787. Rotary Club of Merritt - SunriseEvery Tuesday - 7 a.m. Brambles BakerySeniors’ Mixed CurlingMondays & Tuesdays 1 - 3 p.m. 250-378-6779Soup BowlTuesdays 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Anglican Church HallSparks Mondays 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Central School - 250-315-7410Teen Centre / FiresideThursday & Friday 3:30-7:30 p.m. 250-378-5660Valley Scrapbooking250-936-8298Valley Visual Artists General club informationFran McMurchy - 250-378-4230Vintage Car Club - MerrittSecond Wednesday - 7:30 p.m.Anglican Church HallAl 378-7402 Jack 378-2662 Ska-Lu-La WorkshopAl - 250-378-7402 Ted - 250-378-4195
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE NICOLA VALLEY
Have an event we should know about? Tell us by calling 250-378-4241 or emailing [email protected]
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On-site rentals
Secured
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THE CHURCHES OFMERRITT WELCOME YOU
Crossroads Community Church
Merritt Baptist Church 2499 Coutlee Ave. (Corner of Coutlee and Orme)
Merritt Lutheran Fellowship
Nicola Valley Evangelical Free Church
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Mass Time: Sundays 9:00 a.m.
Seventh Day Adventist Church
St. Michael’s Anglican Church
Trinity United Church
• STAIN GLASS• SUN CATCHERS• NIGHT LIGHTS• PICTURE FRAMES
Available at Creative Company2074 Quilchena Avenue, Merritt, BC
Monday - Saturday Ph: 250-378-0813
Stain Glass by Almerina Rizzardo
7 Day Weather Forecast for Merritt, BC - Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014 - Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014
Thurs. Aug. 21
Chance of showersHigh: 23˚CLow: 12˚C
Fri. Aug. 22
Cloudy w/showersHigh: 21˚CLow: 12˚C
Sat. Aug. 23
Mainly Sunny
High: 23˚CLow: 11˚C
Sun. Aug. 24
Mainly Sunny
High: 24˚CLow: 12˚C
Mon. Aug. 25
Mainly Sunny
High: 24˚CLow: 11˚C
Tue. Aug. 26
Sunny
High: 25˚CLow: 11˚C
Wed. Aug. 27
SunnyHigh: 26˚CLow: 12˚C
HELP US REACH OUR GOAL
Would you like to see a movie theatre in Merritt, then the Merritt Community Cinema Soceity can use your help!
If you would like to help donate to this wonderful cause please make cheque payable to Merritt Community Cinema Society and mail it to:
1952 Eastwood Ave., Merritt, BC V1K 1K3
For more information
call Rich Hodson250-378-6794
Phase 2has started.
Goal to reach $144,000 for
design & architect fees
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MERRITT & DISTRICT HOSPICESOCIETY
Grief can make us feel like we are going crazy and that we’ll never feel well or at peace again.
P: 250-280-4040
Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec Dec 11th 1926.
Looking to put a smile on someone’s face “Lou” was always willing to hand you a candy and would make sure he had several varieties just so that you would get just the right kind you liked. If that wasn’t enough, you just needed to look up to his bright blue eyes and see that contagious smile.
That’s the part we his loving family: his wife (Lynn) for 64 years, their sons and their wife’s and grandchildren and great grandchildren will miss the most! That permanent contagious smile and good humor that really de ned who LOU was.
On Aug 12th 2014 the Lord smiled back at Lou for all the volunteering he did and the smiles he shared and brought him home.
We would like to say a special thank you to: Dr Bester, the staff at the Florentine and Gillis house for the loving care given Lou.
So in lieu of owers, hand out a candy to a stranger/friend and share a warm smile in memory of Lou.
Born
“The Candy man” went home to be with the Lord!
real, Quebec Dec926.
n and raised in
y
A.K.A.: Grenville Lewis (LOU) Budd
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A FUNERAL PRE PLANNING ADVISOR will be available at the Merritt Funeral Chapel on the second and fourth Friday of the month, between the
hours of 10am – 3pm (or by appointment). A Personal Planning Guide will be provided.
James Punch passed away peacefully at Gillis House in Merritt, BC on Tuesday, August 12th, 2014 at the age of 91 years. He is survived by his beloved wife, Eileen; his children Kenneth Punch (Cynde), Joan Skuggedal (Glenn), Susan Peachey, David Punch, Marian Punch (Joshua); his grandchildren James (Cori-Lynn), Jeffrey, and Aaron Skuggedal, Samantha and Connor Punch, Kayla and Jodie Peachey; his great-
granddaughter, Anna; and his older brother, Mike Punch in Barry, Ontario. James is predeceased by his parents, Alex and Mary, and his brothers, John and Dan. He was a true gentleman and will be sadly missed and fondly remembered by all his family and many friends from Nova Scotia to BC.
James grew up in Antigonish, NS. He joined the army in 1942 and fought in Italy and Holland during WWII. After the war he eventually settled in Kitimat, BC where he worked at Alcan and met his wife, Eileen. In 1970 they moved to Prince George and James worked as a millwright at the Canfor Pulpmill until 1988. James, or “Sweet Jimmy” to many who knew him, was a hard-working man, a devoted husband, father and grandfather, a helpful neighbour, and a generous soul to many different organizations. He was an active member of the Legion and volunteered every year during the poppy campaign. He was a faithful member of St. Mary’s Parish and volunteered many hours at the St. Vincent de Paul Society in Prince George. An avid sports fan and outdoors-man, James was a goal judge for the local hockey teams and spent many summers shing at his favourite spot at Nulki Lake. The last six years were challenging for Jim after he broke his hip. He moved to Merritt to be closer to family and spent the last 18 months of his life at the Gillis House Care Home. A heartfelt thank you to all the staff who cared for him.
A Memorial Service will be held at 1:00 pm on Saturday, August 23, 2014 at the Merritt Lawn Bowling Club at 2050 Merritt Avenue. In lieu of owers, donations can be made to your local St Vincent de Paul Society or Salvation Army.
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James PunchJune 9, 1923 – August 12, 2014
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THE PARENTS OF
ELYSE NORGAARD &
TIMOTHY KITURI
ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THEIR ENGAGEMENTWedding to take place
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Obituaries
to Dr. McLeod, Dr. Edmonds, Dr. Ross and their staff, the staff of NVGH, Home support nurses, care aides and all
those who have supported our family through this journey. Your attendance at the celebration of Claude’s life, cards,
owers, prayers and many tokens of kindness and support are so appreciated.
Our fellowship teams at Crossroads Community Church and our beloved Pastors Jim and Kris Potter are amazing.
We are blessed! Claude Boone’s Family.
Thank you
Scw’exmx Child & Family Services Society
Part-time Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental Health Clinician
One Year Term Position
Scw’exmx Child and Family Services Society (SCFSS) is seeking a highly motivated and dynamic individual to join our team as an Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental Health (ACYMH) Clinician. As an integral member of a multi-disciplinary team, the Clinician will provide culturally appropriate services and information which enhance the relationships and wellness of children and families who are experiencing significant challenges, in the Merritt area.
The position is under the direct supervision of the Executive Director. Evening and weekend work as required.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Connects and collaborates with appropriate referral sourcesConduct intakesConduct mental health assessments and develop assessment reportsConduct provisional DSM diagnosis Develop and execute treatment plansMaintain appropriate Clinical and administrative records
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Awareness of First Nations culture and issues affecting First Nations families and communitiesDevelop and maintain working knowledge and relationships with natural partners and supports in the communitiesDemonstrated expertise and knowledge in Clinical Mental Health assessment, diagnosis and treatment Ability to conduct suicide assessments and assist with crisis interventionsComfortable with conducting both Psycho-educational and treatment focused group sessions to various agesExcellent interpersonal and communication skills
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Awareness of First Nations culture and issues affecting First Nations families and communitiesDevelop and maintain working knowledge and relationships with natural partners and supports in the communitiesDemonstrated expertise and knowledge in Clinical Mental Health assessment, diagnosis and treatment Ability to conduct suicide assessments and assist with crisis interventionsComfortable with conducting both Psycho-educational and treatment focused group sessions to various agesExcellent interpersonal and communication skills
Start Date: ASAP As Needed
Pay: Rate will be negotiated based on experience
Deadline for submitting applications: August 29, 2014 @ 12:00 pm
For Full job description contact SCFSS
Apply by submitting your cover letter and resumein a sealed envelope
Attn: Yvonne Hare, Executive DirectorScw’exmx Child & Family Services Society
85 Highway 8, Merritt, BC V1K 0A7Tel: (250)378-2771 Fax: (250)378-2799 Email:[email protected]
Scw’exmx Child & Family Services Society thanks all those who apply, however, only qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview.
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HELP WANTEDTHE MEDICAL CLINIC requires an energetic, motivated individual to ll a permanent full time
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Duties include front desk reception, lling, medical transcriptions, other general o ce duties and
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Applicants must have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to work as a team player.
The Upper Nicola Band Head Start program is looking for a positive, motivated and enthusiastic individual to be a part of the Head Start team at Douglas Lake.
The successful applicant will possess a current Early Childhood Educator certificate with infant/toddlers and special needs certification.
A drivers license is requiredA criminal record check is mandatoryReferences are required
Please forward you resume to the:
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Box 3700 Merritt BC, V1K 1B8
or email it to:
Attention: Lynne Bomford
Closing Date: August 22, 2014
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Position Duties:Under the direction of the Program Director, the successful applicant will carry out the Vision and Mission of Journey’s Into Tomorrow Transition House and provides support to women and their children in a non-judgemental and con dential atmosphere.
Duties include the following:To create an atmosphere of safety and trust by • providing con dential and non-judgemental supportTo assist clients recognize their rights and • responsibilitiesTo provide necessary referrals and/or case planning • with other organizations/agenciesIntake procedures including assessing eligibility• Handle crisis calls and to provide emotional support, • information and referrals over the phoneRecord keeping in compliance with the Privacy • Act and Journey’s Into Tomorrow policies, as well as maintain statistical activity reports
Position Quali cations and Requirements:College Certi cate in the Social Services discipline • or two years’ experience In the Social Services SectorCrisis and Suicide Intervention/Prevention• Food safe, Level 1 First Aide• Effective and respectful interpersonal • communication skills and the ability to work cooperatively with colleaguesReliable and self motivated• Maintains professional standards of practice • including ethical boundaries and protecting the con dentiality of the House, families and colleaguesReliable vehicle and valid BC Driver’s License• Complies with the Criminal Records Review Act•
Employment type: On call casualStart date: ImmediatelyWage: Dependent on quali cations and previous experience.
Please fax or email resumes to the attention of Sharon Collins, Program Director, Journey’s Into Tomorrow Transition House Fax # 250-378-6172 Email [email protected]
Only selected applicants will be contacted for interviews
Journey’s Into Tomorrow Transition House
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Coldwater Indian Band Box 4600
Merritt, BC V1K 1B8Ph: 250-378-6174 • Fx: 250-378-5351
JOB POSTING FORFINANCE COORDINATOR
Please mail, fax or email your resume with references and cover letter that outlines why you are interested in this position and state your salary expectations:
c/o COLDWATER INDIAN BAND – H.R. COMMITTEEBOX 4600MERRITT, BCV1K 1B8Fax: 250-378-5351Email: [email protected]
Deadline for cover letters and resume’s: August 22, 2014 4:00 pm
Only quali ed individuals being considered will be contacted for an interview. No phone calls please.
The Coldwater Indian Band has an up and coming exciting and challenging opportunity for a full time Finance Coordinator position. This individual reports to the Coldwater Indian Band Administrator. The Finance Coordinator is responsible for assisting in the overall management and reporting of the nancial affairs of the Coldwater Indian Band, managing the day-to-day accounting affairs, and assisting in the development and administration of accounting policies and procedures.
Speci c Duties and ResponsibilitiesFollows Band Policies, standards and procedures • and as directed by Band AdministratorMaintains Con dentiality on all matters to the • affairs of the Coldwater Indian BandHuman Resource Management• Financial Management• Financial Accounting System• Audit• Reporting• General Administration•
Education/Quali cationsPrefer Post Secondary Degree in relevant • eld such as Business Administration, Financial
Administration, or equivalent combination of education and experience working for a First Nations organization or working towards an accounting designationOr six to eight (6-8)years related experience with • two (2) years at a management or supervisory levelExperience in all related areas of Accounting • (A/P, A/R, payroll, nancial management, budgeting, nancial reporting)Prefer experience with First Nations Organizations• Extensive working knowledge of fund accounting• Drivers License and own transportation• Bondable•
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NICOLA VALLEY CHIROPRACTIC is looking for a motivated employee to
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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 58(NICOLA-SIMILKAMEEN)
School District No. 58 (Nicola-Similkameen) is accepting applications for the following relief positions. Applications will be kept on file for 6-months and will be reviewed should a relief position become available:
Relief Custodian: Applicants are required to have a minimum Grade 10 education and a valid BC Driver’s License. (Job Code #122391)
Relief Bus Driver: Successful applicants will be required to have a Class 2 or higher license with air, a minimum Grade 10 education and six months to one year commercial driving experience or equivalent combination of training and experience. Preference will be given to those with bus driving experience. Drivers will also be required to provide a Driver’s Abstract. (Job Code #122390)
Relief EA: Applicants for relief Education Assistants will work with special needs student(s) in various schools in the District. Qualification requirements will vary subject to the needs of the student(s). (Job Code #514834)
Relief Secretary: A minimum typing speed of 55 w.p.m. is required. (Job Code #133681)
Relief Noon Hour Supervisors: 1 hour per school day. Previous experience dealing with students would be an asset. (Job Code #133684)
All positions are on-call positions. Salary and benefits will be in accordance with the C.U.P.E. Local 847 Collective Agreement.
Application forms are available at the School Board Office, 1550 Chapman Street, Merritt, BC, Princeton Secondary School, 201 Old Merritt Road, Princeton, BC, or on-line at www.sd58.bc.ca click on Jobs/Support Positions-Job Postings/Support Staff. Applications, including a detailed resume with a minimum of three references will be accepted until September 5, 2014. 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
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