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Residents placing their garbage out too early for pickup could soon find themselves with a $100 fine.
At its regular meeting on Tuesday, council unan-imously approved giving the first three readings of an amendment to the city’s solid waste collec-tion, disposal and control bylaw.
The amendment will bring in a new rule that garbage bins cannot be placed curbside for pickup before 5 a.m. the day of collection.
Additionally, businesses can receive a $100 fine if the lids on their Dump-sters are not completely closed.
The amendment was proposed by city staff to reduce the chances of human-bear conflicts and bear deaths as a result of these animals feasting on garbage left out the night before collection.
“Municipalities can play a role in reducing bear deaths by making simple changes to existing bylaws,” City of Merritt planning and develop-ment manager Sean O’Flaherty told council.
“Bears are most active at night and when garbage is placed curbside the night before the scheduled pick-up day, it attracts bears away from their normal habitat.”
By restricting when garbage can be placed roadside for pickup, O’Flaherty expects a 10-hour reduction in the amount of time these attractants will be left curbside. He said enforce-ment will be complaint-driven, and the temporary bylaw officer who will work night shifts during the summer will be on the lookout for any violations.
Conservation officer John Paquin said the amendment is one he sup-ports.
“A lot of occurrences we have with bears getting into garbage occur in the middle of the night when there’s less human activity going on,” Paquin said.
He said the majority of the calls the conservation office receives in regards to bears are garbage-related.
This past year, Merritt conservation officers expe-rienced difficulties with some residents who were resistant to heeding their advice to manage attrac-tants such as garbage.
In speaking with his colleagues, Paquin said 2014 was an abnormal year for the high number of calls regarding bears and number of bears that had to be put down by conservation.
Nine bears were eutha-nized by the conservation office last year.
The bylaw amend-ment still needs to come to council for adoption before it goes into effect.
Chief administrative officer Allan Chabot said that he wants to bring a bylaw enforcement policy to council for its endorse-ment.
This policy would pro-vide consistency by outlin-ing the general guidelines to be followed for all bylaw enforcement, such as warnings for first-time offenders.
In a subsequent move at last Tuesday’s meeting, council approved the first three readings of the city’s municipal ticket informa-tion amendment bylaw as well.
This bylaw outlines fees associated with cer-tain bylaws and was also given first three readings in order to add in the new fines associated with the amended waste collection bylaw.
Bylaw amendment aims to save bears
By Michael PotestioTHE HERALD
MIXED MEDIA Jenna Brewer receives her certificate and prize for her mixed media piece at the Dance to the Rhythm of my Heart art show from dance instructor Lizette Nel on Friday at the Courthouse Art Gallery. The show features dance-inspired paintings, drawings, photography, sculptures and even costume design from community members and local dance students. The show will be on display this weekend again, during the gallery’s regular 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. hours on Friday and Saturday. Emily Wessel/Herald
Hoping to reduce attractants with $100 early garbage fi ne
www.merrittherald.com 2 • TUESDAY, March 17, 2015
NICOLA VALLEY NEWS
Long-time Merrit-tonian and community volunteer Millie Mitch-ell passed away sud-denly on the weekend.
In the days before her death, Mitchell, 83, was helping or-ganize the 24-hour picket lines to protest biosolids trucks coming into the Sunshine Val-ley as well as holding a sign at the protest site herself.
On Saturday, Mitchell and her friend Clara Norgaard drove up the Maka-Murray Forest Service Road to check and see if biosol-ids had been dumped in the area, according to RCMP.
At about 5 p.m., Mitchell’s 2012 Ford Focus got stuck in the muddy road, and after apparently being un-successful in digging the vehicle out, the two attempted to walk out of the woods.
They fell numerous times in their attempt, and at one point Mitchell fell into a ditch off the roadway.
She landed in mud-dy water, injured her leg and was unable to get up under her own power.
Norgaard was un-able to pull Mitchell out of the ditch.
Mitchell’s car was found abandoned about 23 kilometres up the forest service road and reported to police at about 6 p.m. by someone who had been in the area.
An RCMP consta-
ble attended the scene, which was muddy from recent rainfall.
“It was a terrible section of road,” Sgt. Norm Flemming said.
The constable found the vehicle at about 8:30 p.m. and patrolled the area to no avail until about 10 p.m.
Police then searched for Mitchell in town.
They visited her home and talked to her neighbours, who said it was unusual that
Mitchell wasn’t there, Flemming told the Herald.
“When we realized that we couldn’t ac-count for Ms. Mitch-ell’s whereabouts, we decided that we needed to have a dog and SAR [search and rescue] called out to help track her down and whom-ever she may be with,” Flemming said.
At about 2:15 a.m. the two women were fi nally discovered by RCMP offi cers who spotted Norgaard standing on an em-
bankment above the roadway.
Flemming said Mitchell was almost completely submerged in water when police found her. She was more or less unrespon-sive.
Offi cers lifted her out of the ditch and placed her and Nor-gaard in the back seat of a police car. They drove them out of the woods and transferred them to an ambulance, which took them to the Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre,
where Mitchell died.Police suspect the
cause of death to be hypothermia, Flem-ming said.
Norgaard did not have any injuries and has since been released from hospital.
Mitchell was known for her activity in the community in many capacities, including as a long-time vendor and advocate for the Nicola Valley Farm-ers’ Market, and as a constituency employee for former MLA Harry Lali for over a decade.
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In this Herald file photo from September 2014, Millie Mitchell accepts the home-based business of the year award at the 2014 Business Excellence Awards for her business, Grandma’s Kitchen.
Prolifi c Merrittonian suddenly passes awayBy Michael Potestio
www.merrittherald.com TUESDAY, March 17, 2015 • 3
NICOLA VALLEY NEWS
Faced with a roadblock on either end of Highway 8, the biosolids processing com-pany BioCentral has agreed to hold off on accepting truckloads of the product for several days.
The announcement came late Friday afternoon that BioCentral voluntarily agreed to stop its trucks into the Sunshine Valley for seven days.
The move comes amid vocal public opposition to the composting facility the
Agassiz-based company has set up in the Sunshine Valley, as well as a 24-hour protest against the practice that has turned at least two trucks loaded with biosolids around.
Protesters are calling for municipalities in the Okanagan and Lower Mainland to deal with their own biosolids rather than truck them to the Nicola Valley to be composted and potentially spread on land near a subdivision’s water source.
In Victoria, Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart contin-
ued to meet with various ministries Friday to try to resolve the Sunshine Valley issue.
Tegart said the groups she’s met with include the premier’s office, deputy pre-mier, and the ministries of environment and sport and cultural development.
“I’ve portrayed to them that this is an issue that these people deal with every day for 24 hours a day in their neighbourhood. It is urgent,” Tegart said from Victoria.
Tegart said she was “frus-trated” trying to sort out
jurisdictions around biosolids applications and regulations.
She said protesters have been clear in what they’re asking and she is carrying their message forward to Victoria.
“What do we do with where we’re at today? There are two prongs: There’s the issues today, and there’s the issue of process going forward,” she said, not-ing there’s also a matter of finding a balance between regulation and preserving the right of those who use biosolids safely to continue to do so.
“Certainly, we’ll pull together a team that looks at some of the gaps that have been identified in this process, and how do we deal with that. But the immedi-ate issue is how do we deal with what’s happening in the Sunshine Valley?” she said.
Tegart is slated to meet with officials from the envi-ronment, cultural develop-ment and agriculture minis-tries and the Thompson-Ni-cola Regional District early this week and is optimistic a resolution for the Sunshine Valley situation will be found soon.
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From the Herald archives: March 1951
Winter tick control
Research on tick control is being carried out at the Dominion Livestock Insect Laboratory, Mission Flats, Kam-loops. Briefly, J.D. Gregson, officer-in-charge, has offered below the following recommendations for the control of the winter tick now mak-ing its appearance.
Of the 20 different kinds of ticks occur-ring in B.C., only two are of importance to ranchers. These are the winter tick and the spring or paralysis tick. While similar in appear-ance, their life cycles are very different. The first is a one-host tick and gets on horses, deer and cat-tle in late autumn. At that time, the larval ticks, about a pin’s head in size, assume clusters at the head of grass where they wait for a passing host.
The three stages, larva, nymph and adult are spent on the same animal, from which the engorged females drop in the spring.
REMEMBERWHEN?
Politicians in B.C.’s legis-lature will be hearing about the Nicola Valley’s biosolids controversy from the official Opposition’s environment critic, local protesters and politicians alike heard Thurs-day.
NDP environment critic Spencer Chandra Herbert, MLA for Vancouver-West End, met with various stake-holder groups in the Nicola Valley Thursday to listen to their concerns and taken them back to the B.C. legis-lature.
Chandra Herbert met with the Nicola Tribal Asso-ciation, Nooaitch Indian Band, Merritt Mayor Neil Menard, Lower Nicola Band and with the anti-biosolids group Friends of the Nicola Valley, among others.
“It’s about consultation,” Chandra Herbert said to a group of protesters gathered near the Lower Nicola fire hall on Highway 8. “We shouldn’t be setting up a gov-ernment system where secre-tive actions happen behind your backs that you learn about after the fact, where you can only react to the issue after the fact. It should be about prior consent, about consulting, about discussion,
about participation.”Residents are concerned
the Ministry of Environ-ment’s policy for approving land application of biosolids — the leftover solid mate-rial from water treatment, which can be composted and spread on land — includes no consultation or notifica-tion process.
Protesters set up along Highway 8 have already turned away trucks loaded with biosolids from entering the composting facility in the Sunshine Valley.
Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs Grand Chief Stewart Phillip and vice-president Chief Bob Chamberlin also met with protesters to for-mally express their union’s political support on Thurs-day.
“It’s very uplifting to see our First Nations people come together with a com-mon cause to protect our environment, to protect our precious water resources, but it’s equally inspiring to see us stand here in complete soli-darity with our dear friends and neighbours, to know and understand we share this land, we share the responsi-bilities of stewardship,” Phil-lip said.
“Clearly, we have to remind government of their duties and responsibilities
to work in partnership with First Nations and all British Columbians to ensure proper decisions are made, to ensure there’s extensive consultation before decisions are taken,” he said.
Shackan Band Chief Percy Joe said without chang-es to the approval process by the Ministry of Environ-ment, biosolids can simply be moved to another location.
Joe also said he is look-
ing into the possibility of a 48-hour roadblock at Shackan.
Miller Estates resident George Christou toured Chandra Herbert to the Dry Lake site, which feeds the water well for his subdivi-sion’s 44 lots.
Chandra Herbert said seeing the lay of the land first-hand has him concerned about the potential for com-posted biosolids to contami-
nate the water table at Dry Lake.
The application for that site is currently on hold until the Ministry of Environment and Interior Health can determine whether there is adverse risk to human health and the environment.
About 70 people attended a public meeting that evening at the Coldwater Hotel ban-quet room where biosolids again took centre stage.
BioCentral holding off on biosolids trucksBy Emily Wessel
NDP environment critic visits Nicola ValleyBy Emily Wessel
Miller Estates resident George Christou (left) toured NDP environment critic Spencer Chandra Herbert and Fraser-Nicola NDP constituency association president Harry Lali around the Dry Lake site, which is where an application for land application of biosolids has been put on hold. Emily Wessel/Herald
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Next council meeting: Tuesday, March 24, 2015Council agendas and minutes at www.merritt.ca
City of Merritt ★ 2185 Voght Street, Box 189Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 ★ Phone: 250-378-4224
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:
Position:The City of Merritt is inviting applications for the position of a part time Bylaw Enforcement Officer.
Current resumes reflecting applicants’ knowledge, skills and abilities relevant to the position and detailing education, qualifications and proof of required licenses/certificates/degrees will be accepted prior to 4:00 p.m. Friday, March 20th by:
Carole Fraser,Human Resources Manager
City of MerrittPO Box 189, 2185 Voght Street
Merritt, BC V1K 1B8Or by email: [email protected]
For complete details, visit City of Merritt website atwww.merritt.ca
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
BYLAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:
Position:The City of Merritt is inviting applications for the position of a permanent full time Clerk Typist to be stationed at the Merritt RCMP Detachment to provide clerical duties at the Merritt RCMP Detachment.
Current resumes reflecting applicants’ knowledge, skills and abilities relevant to the position and detailing education, qualifications and proof of required licenses/certificates/degrees will be accepted prior to 4:00 p.m. Friday, March 27th by:
Carole Fraser,Human Resources Manager
City of MerrittPO Box 189, 2185 Voght Street
Merritt, BC V1K 1B8Or by email: [email protected]
For complete details, visit City of Merritt website atwww.merritt.ca
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
CLERK TYPIST
NOTICE TO RESIDENTS
H&M EXCAVATING LTD. WILL BE DOING UNDERGROUND AND SURFACE ROAD WORKS ON
CLAPPERTON AVESTARTING ON
MONDAY MARCH 2NDFOR A DURATION OF 2-3 WEEKS
THE PURPOSE OF THIS NOTICE IS TO INFORM YOU OF THE TYPICAL NUISANCES INVOLVED WITH A PROJECT OF THIS TYPE -- MAINLY ACCESS TO YOUR PROPERTY. THE CONSTRUCTION ENTAILS INSTALLATION OF SANITARY SEWER MAINS AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROADWAY ALONG CLAPPERTON AVE. THE STREET WILL BE SINGLE LANE TRAFFIC SOME OF THE TIME, AND THERE WILL BE TIMES THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE VEHICULAR ACCESS TO YOUR PROPERTY. WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO NOTIFY YOU IN ADVANCE AND TO KEEP THESE INTERRUPTIONS AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE.
AS WITH ANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF THIS SORT, YOU CAN EXPECT SOME DUST, NOISE AND VIBRATION. RESIDENTS WHO BORDER THE PROJECT SHOULD BE AWARE THAT ANY FRAGILE OR VALUABLE ITEMS THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE DAMAGED DUE TO VIBRATION SHOULD BE TAKEN DOWN OR SECURED FOR THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT. PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR CHILDREN ARE AWARE OF THE DANGERS OF A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND THAT THEY STAY CLEAR OF THE EQUIPMENT.
WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE. HOWEVER, WE ASK THAT YOU BE PATIENT THROUGH THE DURATION OF THIS UPGRADE PROJECT. IF YOU REQUIRE ANY ASSISTANCE OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE PHONE OUR SITE SUPERINTENDANT, GEOFF PRESTON, AT 493-4677 (OFFICE) OR 250-809-2405 (CELL).
NOTICE TO RESIDENTS
H&M EXCAVATING LTD. WILL BE DOING UNDERGROUND AND SURFACE ROAD WORKS ON
COLDWATER AVE. AND MAIN ST. STARTING ON
MONDAY MARCH 2NDFOR A DURATION OF 4 MONTHS
THE PURPOSE OF THIS NOTICE IS TO INFORM YOU OF THE TYPICAL NUISANCES INVOLVED WITH A PROJECT OF THIS TYPE -- MAINLY ACCESS TO YOUR PROPERTY. THE CONSTRUCTION ENTAILS INSTALLATION OF SANITARY SEWER MAINS AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROADWAY ALONG COLDWATER AVE. THE STREET WILL BE SINGLE LANE TRAFFIC SOME OF THE TIME, AND THERE WILL BE TIMES THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE VEHICULAR ACCESS TO YOUR PROPERTY. WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO NOTIFY YOU IN ADVANCE AND TO KEEP THESE INTERRUPTIONS AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE.
AS WITH ANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF THIS SORT, YOU CAN EXPECT SOME DUST, NOISE AND VIBRATION. RESIDENTS WHO BORDER THE PROJECT SHOULD BE AWARE THAT ANY FRAGILE OR VALUABLE ITEMS THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE DAMAGED DUE TO VIBRATION SHOULD BE TAKEN DOWN OR SECURED FOR THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT. PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR CHILDREN ARE AWARE OF THE DANGERS OF A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND THAT THEY STAY CLEAR OF THE EQUIPMENT.
WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE. HOWEVER, WE ASK THAT YOU BE PATIENT THROUGH THE DURATION OF THIS UPGRADE PROJECT. IF YOU REQUIRE ANY ASSISTANCE OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE PHONE OUR SITE SUPERINTENDANT, GEOFF PRESTON, AT 493-4677 (OFFICE) OR 250-809-2405 (CELL).
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This is an introductory running program for all levels of ability. The course will consist of walk/run intervals with the running times slowly
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10km option is also available, prerequisite must be able to run 5km.
ROADS AND SOLID WASTE SUPERVISOR
Applications are invited for the position of a Roads and Solid Waste Supervisor for the Public Works Department in 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, March 20, 2015 and should be addressed to:
Carole FraserHuman Resources ManagerP.O. Box 189, 2185 Voght St.
Merritt, BC V1K 1B8Or by e-mail: [email protected]
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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Drop-In Sessions in 2015 with Mayor Menard will be held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., in the Mayor’s
Office at City Hall (second floor), 2185 Voght Street.
Mayor Menard invites interested citizens to stop by and say hello and discuss issues and opportunities for the City, its residents and businesses.
If you would like to schedule a particular time to meet with the Mayor at a Drop-In session please call reception at City Hall 250-378-4224.
SESSIONSDROP-IN
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The top finalist will win a trip to the National Congress on Culture in Edmonton, May 7 & 8, 2015 and $2,500 towards the production of their Culture Days event, September 25-27, 2015! In addition, up to 10 finalists will be awarded $1,000 towards production of Culture Days events in their community. Deadline: April 13, 2015
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Tuition, daycare aim to end welfare trap
Single parents on social assistance will no longer lose their benefits when they go back to school, and will receive additional money for tuition, transportation and child care to complete their studies under a program announced Wednesday by the B.C. government.
Starting in Septem-ber, the full costs of child care will continue to be paid for a year after the completion of skills training, and
government-paid den-tal and other health benefits will also con-tinue for a year to give people a chance to get back in the workforce.
Social Develop-ment Minister Michelle Stilwell said the pro-gram will cover train-ing programs up to a year in length, calling it “one of the most sig-nificant social program shifts this government has ever introduced.”
Children and Family Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux said her ministry will cover daycare for any of the 16,000 single parents
on income or disability assistance who want to be trained to join the workforce.
“We know that child care costs can be in excess of $1,200 [a month], depending where they are in the province,” Cadieux said. “Sometimes it’s less. We’re just going to make sure that they’re covered.”
Surrey single mother Emi Yumura described her struggle to get back to work after leaving a “dysfunctional” rela-tionship and ending up in a transition house with her two-year-
old son. This kind of bridge support is what parents in her situation to get off welfare and get established in a job, Yumura said.
Jobs Minister Shirley Bond said her ministry has assembled a list of training programs that fit into the one-year window and have good
employment prospects.Bond said the pro-
vincial program may be able to match up with the federal Can-ada Job Grant where participating employ-ers pay for part of the training, to extend assistance beyond one year.
“While certainly
we’re looking at first-year costs and then continuing some of that support, part of my job is to make sure
that we have employers that are prepared to step up, to be engaged with these individuals as well,” Bond said.
By Tom FletcherBLACK PRESStfl [email protected]
Jobs Minister Shirley Bond (left) announces new job training program with Children and Family Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux, Social Development Minister Michelle Stilwell and single parent Emi Yumura. Black Press
www.merrittherald.com 6 • TUESDAY, March 17, 2015
HERALD OPINION
All too often, victims forgotten
As I have stated previ-ously, there is no formal requirement for members of Parliament to submit reports to citi-zens nor are there guide-lines as to what format or frequency reports to local residents should have.
From my perspective, the primary reason why I submit weekly reports is to pass on as much information as possible so that in turn I can hear feedback in the form of comments, concerns and questions from the people of Okanagan-Coquihalla.
Although seldom a week will go by that I don’t hear from citizens, I have noticed that some reports generate far more responses than others.
I am always extremely grateful for the efforts of citizens to pass on com-ments and questions. At times these comments sometimes share deeply personal information that may help to better illustrate a citizens perspective on a certain area of concern.
Citizens should know that all per-sonal information provided to both an MLA and an MP are protected with the strictest of confidentiality and are not subject to freedom of information laws.
Personal information is never shared without the consent of the individual in question; I raise this so that citizens can have confidence to freely contact their elected officials and share information in a secure manner.
In last week’s report I outlined proposed changes to life sentences to ensure that for extremely seri-ous and disturbing crimes (such as a crime involving heinous acts such as pre-mediated abduction, rape and murder), where a life sentence would mean a life sentence without a formal parole process.
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With each passing year, it seems inventors’ attempts at creating a better quality life for the users of their products means reducing our energy exertion as much as possible, and in ways we sometimes didn’t consider possible.
The easier things are,
the better we should be able to do the things that are a little harder with all this free time to put our energy toward those harder things.
Well, sometimes the struggle is just too real. Ask Mark Phillips, the out-doorsy American who just wants to be able to enjoy a boozy adult beverage after a strenuous hike, bike ride, or kayak without lugging around a bottle of wine or a case of beer.
To circumvent carrying around pre-made alcohol, Phillips invented Palcohol — powdered alcohol.
It was approved for sale by the American govern-ment last week, although the powder isn’t being
manufactured large-scale yet. (Producers are hoping it will be available by the summer.)
The powder comes in four flavours: rum, vodka, cosmopolitan and pow-derita (margarita).
The idea is to add six ounces of water to a packet, which is supposed to be equivalent to a typical drink, stir for a minute until the powder dissolves, and voila! A cocktail anywhere, any time, without the nui-sance of having to carry a bottle or can around (in addition to the water it requires).
I’ve got to give Ameri-cans credit for coming up with ways to make their lives a little easier, even if
their problems seem a little silly or their solutions add a whole new set of problems to the mix of life.
After all, this is the country that gave us the Hawaii Chair, an office chair with a rotating seat that’s supposed to mimic a hula-dancing action that will help you get abs and buns of steel just by sitting in it.
The now infamous infomercial for the Hawaii Chair shows a man trying desperately to look like he’s comfortable reading in it, and a woman trying to type on a keyboard while her caboose swivels wildly against her will.
However, a tough work-out of sitting on the Hawaii
Chair sure can make the sitter work up quite a thirst, and all that sitting can deplete your energy stores.
Why not top them up with the help of a little Soda Pop Top, the lollipop that screws onto the top of any regular-sized soda bottle?
It comes in six flavours to commingle with the sug-ary sweetness of your soda pop beverage as it flows through for a sweet, sticky kick.
For the ultimate in post-Hawaii Chair relaxation, add a packet of Palcohol to that soda pop bottle and suckle on that crystalline candy and bask in your very own version of the American Dream.
Inventing new heights for laziness
Emily WesselMerrittMUSINGS
DAN ALBASView from the HILL
See ‘Parole’ Page 7
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The purpose of this letter is to empower seniors and their families with knowl-edge that is crucial to have when standing up for their right to be protected from abuse or neglect in a senior care facility.
It will enable them to demand a better quality of care afforded them by Bill 17, the Residents’ Bill of Rights.
Residential care facili-ties are governed under two different licensing acts: the Hospital Act and the Com-munity Care and Assisted Living Act (CCALA).
Every person in residen-tial care, private or govern-ment-owned, subsidized or not, under the Hospital Act or the CCALA is to be pro-tected under the Residents’ Bill of Rights. Inform the facility management that you are aware of this.
There is a list of 20 “reportable incidents” for those living under the CCALA. Neglect, falling and choking are three of them.
Section 77 of the act requires the facility to report any of these incidents to the resident’s representative, their nurse, and the regional medical health officer imme-diately. An incident report must then be sent to the Community Care Licensing
Office immediately. A con-fidential complaint can be made by a resident or their representative to the Patient Care Quality Office. They have 40 days to report back to you with the results. A confidential complaint can be made to the Community Care Licensing Office by anyone, including employ-ees.
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While the majority of the feedback I received was sup-portive of these proposed changes, some of the opposing criticism was also notewor-thy. One such criticism was the suggestion that parole is largely an infallible process.
As I was reminded this past week, long-time residents of Summerland will know this is not the case. Citizens in Sum-merland will recall that in 1997, a criminal was released on parole only to promptly skip his curfew at a halfway house in Calgary. Located in Summer-land was the ex-spouse of this recently paroled criminal.
Like many victims of domes-tic violence, this ex-spouse feared greatly for her safety and had specifically requested to be notified if her ex-spouse was released from prison on parole. No phone call ever arrived from the National Parole Board upon release nor when the curfew was breached at the halfway house.
Sadly, what did happen was a paroled criminal arrived at a Summerland motel where he located his ex-wife who was with her mother and the couple’s two children. In front of his own two children, in cold blood, he murdered their mother and grandmother in
a truly disturbing act of vio-lence. These murders occurred while parole had been breached and also in spite of a no-contact restraining order.
Further investigation found no evidence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the murder, no evidence of mental health dis-orders and without remorse, regret or responsibility shown by the murderer. It should also be pointed out this murderer (under the rules at the time of the sentencing) is potentially eli-gible for parole in two years.
While these instances may be relatively rare, this is one of several tragedies I have encoun-tered in Okanagan-Coquihalla. While the circumstances may differ, what remains constant is that all too often, the victims are forgotten.
Out of respect for the now-adult children, I have refrained from using names in this partic-ular case. However, we should not overlook that victims have rights and they should never be forgotten nor placed behind the rights of criminals.
I welcome your comments and questions on this or any matter before the House of Commons and can be reached at [email protected] or 1-800-665-8711.
Dan Albas is the member of Parlia-ment for Okanagan-Coquihalla.
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Parole not foolproof protection Protesters needed on 24-hour picket lineDear Editor,
Last week marked the beginnings and implementation of a road blockade on Highway 8 West to protest the trans-port of sewage sludge into the Nicola Valley.
It has been an exciting learning experience for someone who hasn’t been on a protest line for almost 30 years.
It has been gratifying to see the response to the blockade. We have many supporters, and yet many more are needed if we are to effect the changes necessary to halt the spreading of sew-age sludge on lands in the Nicola Valley.
Please join the protest. Even an hour or two of your time on the blockade lines will assist in the effort to have resi-dents of the Nicola Valley heard and respected on this issue.
If we don’t let the government know in no uncertain terms that this practice is completely unacceptable to us, then we could bear the burden of allowing the land to be damaged and eventually destroyed.
It is entirely up to us. If we stand strong in number, we stand a better chance of having our voices heard.
Many of you have expressed con-cerns about this very questionable practice. Now is the time to take up the cause in a participatory manner. Come out onto the front lines of the blockade.
Without you, it is difficult, indeed, to get our message across to government.
We will not be bullied or intimidated by the powers that be.
We need your help.
Bonnie CowanMerritt
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Prevent shipwreck of faith by anchoring
The hymn Nearer My God to Thee made famous as the parting song on board RMS Titanic, was written almost a century prior to the famous ship’s sinking.
Composed by Brit-ish Unitarian Sarah Flower Adams, it has been a favourite for many generations of people of faith who not only aspire for a closer walk with God but are alert to the possibility of making shipwreck of their faith.
It is a bad sign when such aspiration ceases to be our vigilant quest. There is a condition of soul which is not only
attainable, but which is set before us in the Scriptures as the proper condition of a believing heart.
It is that of rest in Christ when we have found him for whom our soul longed and know that in him we have been brought nigh (Ephesians 2:13).
Then we know that we have been perfectly reconciled to our offended God by His precious blood and covered by His spotless righteousness.
This is one aspect – and how great an aspect – those only know who have been brought out of their weary wander-ings to and fro, in vain search of justification by their own righteousness.
But, it is another thing altogether, after having found this peace, to walk with God closely in daily life.
Many of us start our journey on this course – our minds enlightened by that measure of spiri-
tual light – that enabled us to come to Christ as our justifier.
Perhaps we thought that the gratitude we felt at that moment for the great mercies of God we had experienced would be enough to carry us onward always on an even course.
But soon we found out that our “first love” was apt to get chilled and the world we thought we had renounced forever, was constantly asserting its claim to revisit our hearts.
Our communion with Him got broken, and we lost that blessed peace and joy which we felt when we first ‘saw’ the Lord.
Let’s return now to our question: How to walk more closely with God.
In the first place, it will be necessary to define what is meant by “walking with God.”
The expression is found in the Scriptures,
used of Enoch and Noah (Genesis 5:24 and 6:9). It is also used of the tribe of Levi in the days of their first conse-cration to God (Malachi 2:6).
It is evident that what is meant by the expression in all these passages is to lead a life of constant communion with God in which God is made our intimate associate and friend.
None would deny that this is what we are called to be in Christ. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested; for this purpose the Holy Spirit has been sent to us; for this pur-pose the Scriptures have been given.
But the practical dif-ficulties we all feel in the way of such a walk are many and great. Let us
consider some of these.It may be that our
method has been defec-tive. There is but one “way of holiness.” It is that which God has set up from of old.
Its boundaries are clearly marked in His Word so that “the way-faring men, though fools, shall not err therein.”
But it is just here that we fail, that we are not willing to be as fools but like to try our own hands upon this work and construct a way for ourselves, out of our own wisdom instead of taking God’s counsel.
Everything in short, has been provided in Christ, through the fore-knowledge and the love of our heavenly Father for walking closely with Him (2 Peter 1:3).
But God might show us that we have been cherishing some idol in our hearts.
Hymn writer Wil-liam Cowper recognized this as a most common hindrance to the soul’s communion with God when he wrote: “The dearest idol I have know/Whate’er that idol be/Help me to tear it from heart/And Wor-ship only Thee.”
It is evident that this must be done if we are to have God as our friend and counsellor (Amos 3:3). The ques-tion answers itself: If sin is willingly entertained, God’s company must be given up.
He will not dwell in a heart defiled with idola-trous associations where mammon or human praise or sensuality or
some earthly love is usurping the place to which He is entitled.
However long-stand-ing our faith, and how-ever many our past suc-cesses be, we are never safe except so far as we keep humble, asking counsel of Him daily, remembering our weak-ness, never daring to do anything apart from Jesus and His grace.
Narayan Mitra is the pastor of Merritt Baptist [email protected]
The views expressed in this column don’t necessarily reflect those of the Merritt Herald and its staff. The Herald welcomes qualified writers with views on this or other faiths to submit their work to [email protected] to be considered for publication.
NARAYAN MITRAYou Gotta HaveFAITH
Mycologist Dr. Dan Durall will present on mushrooms of the south-ern Interior at the Nicola Naturalist Society meeting Thursday, March 19.
Durall is a mushroom specialist with an interest in forest fungi, their
role in carbon and nutrient cycling, and the effects of forestry on fungi.
He’s an associate professor at UBC Okanagan and will begin his presentation at 7 p.m. at the NVIT lecture theatre. Admission is by do-nation.
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The Merritt Youth Basketball Association wrapped up its inaugural season last week with every registered member receiving a participant medal to go along with the ‘keeper’ jersey and basketball they each got back at the beginning of January. The first season for the MYBA was a huge success with over 60 boys and girls registered. The Grade 4 and 5 players met at Collettville School on Monday nights between 5 and 8 p.m. The Grade 6 and 7 players convened between the same times on Friday eve-nings at Merritt Secondary School. The focus of the youth basketball program was individual skills development and team play. Instruction was provided by local basketball coaches, while referees were MSS junior and senior team players. Photos by Ian Webster/Herald and Wendy McKinney
Grade 4 and 5 hoop stars at Collettville
Grade 6 and 7 slam dunkers at MSS
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TREVOR GRAHAM MEMORIAL AWARDSMost Dedicated Aaron MontreuilTop Defence Grady MusgraveTop Forward Marcelo Bose
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OTHER MERRITT MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION AWARD WINNERSOutstanding Jr. Officials Leif Ellingsen MMHA Outstanding Achievement Marcel Ouellet
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*No limit on amount of entries. Contest excludes employees and their family members of The Merritt Herald and the City of Merritt. Additional entry ballots are available at participating merchants. Contest runs from March 12-April 23, 2015. Draw Date: April 27, 2015. Prize is as awarded No cash value.
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IN PERSON: Entry ballots will be provid-ed at each participating business. Fill out the ballot and drop it into the box provided between March 12 - April 23, 2015 for your chance to win! *Entries may be dropped off at the
Aquatic Centre.
ONLINE: To enter the draw via Facebook, go to the par-ticipating businesses’ page, like and share the post titled Spring into Fitness Fun. Your like+share will be your entry into the draw.
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