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Kinder Morgan commits $420,000 to Merritt
STANDING TOGETHER
The kindergarten class at the Lower Nicola Band School made its anti-bullying presentation to the rest of the school in the gymnasium for Pink Shirt Day last Wednesday morning.
Students from kindergarten to Grade 7 also heard a presentation on bullying from RCMP Const. Rick Aird, in which the topic of cyberbullying featured heavily.
Each grade then presented its own anti-bullying message. This one from the kindergarten class is a call to stand up against bullying. For more on the Pink Shirt Day anti-bullying awareness and fundraising campaign, see page 8.
Michael Potestio/Herald
A six-figure investment in Merritt is certain as long the Trans Mountain expansion project is too.
Pipeline company Kinder Morgan will invest $420,000 in Merritt’s infrastructure as a result of the city signing off on a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Thursday.
The money comes from Kinder Morgan’s Commu-nity Benefits Program and is intended to invest in com-munities along the pipeline route while offsetting the effects of expansion.
The Community Benefits Program provides funds in three areas — environ-mental stewardship, infra-structure improvements and community programs,
and education and training opportunities.
Most of Merritt’s fund-ing won’t be coming as a cheque because the compa-ny intends to use the major-ity of the $420,000 to pave three kilometres of trails for the city.
“It’s essentially in-kind work that Kinder Morgan will do,” City of Merritt financial services manager Ken Ostraat said.
These trails could be established adjacent to Voght Street as well as at the airport.
“We really want to try and improve our trail system here in Merritt,” Ostraat said.
Another $50,000 from Kinder Morgan will be put toward a scholarship for Merritt students interested in the trades, he said.
“We want to ensure the communities we operate in are recognized for impacts
of project construction,” Kinder Morgan president Ian Anderson said in a press
release. “Providing direct investment to our pipeline communities is part of our
commitment to maximizing benefits of the expansion. With this agreement, we will add to the investment we are making locally to provide improvements to commu-nity infrastructure and help make local education and training programs accessible for the people who live and work in Merritt.”
In Merritt, the pipeline is expected to cross under a portion of the airport’s runway, likely causing some disturbance in airport oper-ations, Ostraat said.
Ostraat said the decision to invest in trails came about because Kinder Morgan will have workers and equipment in town during pipeline construction anyway, which they’re prepared to use for a community project.
By Michael PotestioTHE [email protected]
Merritt Mayor Neil Menard (right) and Kinder Morgan president Ian Anderson signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday in Kamloops that will see the city receive a $420,000 investment, predominantly in the form of in-kind trail work. Andrea Klassen/Kamloops This Week
See ‘Merritt MOU’ Page 5
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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS
KINDERGARTEN 2015STUDENT REGISTRATION
The Board of Education of School District No. 58(Nicola-Similkameen)
REGISTRATION SCHEDULEMonday to Friday: Feb 23 - March 6, 2015
Time: 9 - 11:30 a.m. and 1 - 2:30 p.m.
COLLETTVILLE ELEMENTARY - 250-378-2230DIAMOND VALE ELEMENTARY - 250-378-2514
MERRITT BENCH ELEMENTARY - 250-378-2528MERRITT CENTRAL ELEMENTARY - 250-378-9931NICOLA-CANFORD ELEMENTARY - 250-378-2172
For September, 2015• To register, a child must be 5 years of age on, or before, Dec. 31, 2015• Parents/Guardians should bring the child’s Birth Certifi cate, immunization record, and Care Card when registering.• Parents should register their child at the neighbourhood school in their location.• Parents wishing to enrol their child in the French Immersion Program are required to register at Collettville Elementary School.• Parents interested in a Kindergarten distance education program for their child, can contact the South Central Interior Distance Education School at 250-378-4245.
Full day kindergarten is offered in British Columbia for all kindergarten-aged children. To assist with the planning and organization of the Kindergarten program, it is important that parents register their child in their neighbourhood / catchment school as soon as possible.
Child care assistants provide support to children and their care providers in community centres on
an outreach basis. CTFRC has casual on call positions available for Child Care Assistants in our
Supported Child Development program at our Merritt location.
Qualifications/Requirements:
developmental disabilities
Salary starting at $18.95/hr
Thank you for your interest in this position, only short listed candidates will be contacted.
CASUAL CHILD CARE ASSISTANTS
Please submit resumes to:
Sarah MorrisonAdministrative Assistant
Coldwater Hotel
TEAM REGISTRATION
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Not your typical lemonade stand opening in Merritt next month
If you walk into a downtown business called the Lemonade Stand for a cool drink next month, you might think someone’s play-ing an April Fool’s Day prank on you.
The Lemonade Stand sells a variety of smoking accessories such as bongs, e-cigarettes, pipes, hookahs, vaporiz-ers and more than 1,000 different types of rolling papers.
Thanks to popular demand, Kamloops-based head shop is expanding into Merritt.
Owner Wesley Lesosky said this will be his company’s second permanent location, and will open at 1922 Voght Street on April 1.
For the past three years, some of the Lem-onade Stand’s most loyal customers have been from Merritt.
The store receives a high number of orders placed via phone and the web from this commu-nity, Lesosky said.
Lesosky said he
doesn’t see many people from Merritt visit his store in Kamloops, so opening one locally to serve Merritt customers made sense.
“We do have the sup-port out there. We do have the regulars that order from out there, but I think a lot more foot traffic is what we’re look-ing to pick up,” he said.
The Lemonade Stand’s customer service survey has also shown a high number of respon-dents come from the Merritt area, Lesosky said.
Lesosky has been undergoing the hiring process for the past cou-ple weeks and said four local people will be hired to operate the new store.
“We offer people a unique shopping experi-ence,” he said.
By Michael PotestioTHE [email protected]
This empty downtown store-front will be the home of a new store in Merritt come April 1, when the Lemonade Stand, a Kamloops-based head shop, opens its second location.
Michael Potestio/Herald
Police nab alleged burglar, seek vandalPolice were quick to
track down a thief whose luck ran out on a win-ning scratch-and-win ticket.
Merritt RCMP received two calls for break and enters that occurred overnight on Feb. 26 — one in the Collettville area and another near Voght Park.
Among the items reported stolen from the residences was a $2-win-ning scratch ticket, which had been signed by its owner.
From that, RCMP were able to locate video of a man cashing in the ticket.
Police apprehended the man that same day without incident.
Upon searching the suspect and executing
a search warrant on his residence, police discovered some of the stolen items and charged a 27-year-old Merritt man with two counts of break and enter and pos-session of a controlled substance.
The suspect remains in police custody and is awaiting a bail hearing.
The file is still under investigation.
RCMP Const. Tracy Dunsmore said that some of the stolen items were returned, but bigger ticket items such as an iPod, TV and computers were not recovered.
10 CARS DAMAGED
Merritt RCMP are looking for a man responsible for damag-
ing 10 vehicles along Quilchena Avenue.
The suspect caused about $2,500 in damages through minor vandal-ism such as breaking car mirrors.
RCMP Const. Tracy Dunsmore said a wit-ness saw the man dam-age his daughter’s car and described him as 5-foot-4, and wearing a black leather jacket and blue jeans.
The witness saw the man punching cars as he walked down the road toward Houston Street at about 3 a.m. on Feb. 28, Dunsmore said.
Anyone with any information on this is asked to call Merritt RCMP at 250-378-4262 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
POLICE BRIEFS
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From the Herald archives: March 1951
Provincial bull sale and fat stock show
For the thirty-third successive year, the Provincial Bull Sale and Fat Stock Show and Sale, con-ducted by the B.C. Beef Cattle Grow-ers’ Association, will provide an oppor-tunity for stockmen to show what they can produce in the way of fat stock and acquire the sires needed to go on pro-ducing the best.
The entry of Her-eford bulls is rather smaller this year, but, considering the heavy demand in the past year from across the border, it is better than might have been expected. More Shorthorns have been entered than last year. This breed seems to be making a comeback, with many of the entries of the popu-lar Gallinger breed-ing.
There are four Aberdeen Angus bulls, all from Alber-ta, and this breed also is returning to favour in B.C.
Two Merritt companies were handed penalties by WorkSafeBC last fall.
Former Merritt sawmill Ardew Wood Products and construction firm Sanders & Company incurred the pen-alties in September of 2014.
Ardew Wood Products was slapped with a $58,000 fine for an April 2012 incident that saw a young man’s arm caught in a con-veyor while he was cleaning underneath it.
WorkSafeBC fined the
firm more than a year later after an investigation into the incident, which found Ardew had committed a “repeated and high-risk violation” by not ensur-ing lockout procedures. Lockout procedures isolate a machine’s energy source, rendering it inoperable so employees can conduct maintenance work.
Lockout procedures are required by the Occupa-tional Health and Safety Regulation.
The man was working alone and had to stop the conveyor belt, call 911, and
explain to first responders how to lock out the machine all while his arm was trapped in it.
There was no written procedure for checking on workers assigned to work alone.
Merritt construction company Sanders & Com-pany was also fined nearly $40,000 in September 2014.
The $39,620 fine to Sanders & Company was the result of an August 2013 incident in which a worker was using an excavator to move logs on a steep slope.
A log lifted by the bucket
made contact with high-volt-age power lines overhead.
WorkSafeBC’s investiga-tion found the firm allowed workers to use equipment in areas they could get too close to high-voltage electri-cal lines.
The company didn’t have clearly defined controls or procedures to prevent acci-dental contact with power lines.
WorkSafeBC would not comment on the status of either worker’s injury, citing privacy concerns.
The penalties are two of 59 handed out by the prov-
ince’s Workers’ Compensa-tion Board in August and September of last year.
Other penalties range from a $1,000 fine to Burnaby’s Dhaliwal Fram-ing and Home Management for failing to comply with fall protection requirements to $75,000 in fines to the Interior Health Authority in Vernon for exposing hospital workers to formaldehyde and other toxic substances through an inadequate ven-tilation system.
They are listed in the January/February 2015 edi-tion of WorkSafe magazine.
Merritt companies fi ned by WorkSafeBCBy Emily Wessel
Merritt urged to sign on blue dot lineThe grassroots
movement to lobby the federal govern-ment to mandate clean air, water and safe food in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms has come to Merritt.
The Blue Dot Movement, founded by the David Suzuki Foundation in 2014, is intended to urge various levels of gov-ernment to adopt leg-islation that recognizes Canadians’ right to a healthy environment.
It’s named for the famous NASA photo from 1990 showing Earth as a miniscule pale blue dot in the solar system.
Merrittonian Bob Reid first heard about the movement in November. His children had purchased him a ticket to Vancouver stop of the Blue Dot tour, which featured Neil Young, the Bare-
naked Ladies, slam poet Shane Koyczan and author Margaret Atwood.
“I went to this con-cert and it just kind of changed me,” Reid said.
Reid said he had never considered him-self an environmental-ist, but the concert struck a chord with him.
He said the tour’s message of conserva-tion resonated with him because he wants to ensure his grand-kids have safe drinking water, clean air and healthy food to eat.
In January, Reid began the Facebook group Blue Dot Movement — Merritt/Nicola Valley, and as of press time, it was up to 99 likes.
The movement’s main component is a petition on bluedot.ca, which has some 67,000 signatures from across Canada.
Between Merritt, Douglas Lake, Quilche-na and Lower Nicola,
48 people have signed the online petition by press time.
One of the things the Blue Dot Move-ment is pushing for is a federal law regulating the quality of drinking water.
Reid said it’s impor-tant to have these rights legislated because while they’re taken for grant-ed, they can change in a short period of time.
The movement is about urging govern-ments to look before they leap, he said, and is more pro-active than reactionary when there is a threat to water, food or air quality.
“People just can’t stick their heads in the sand anymore and say it’s not going to hap-pen, because it does,” he said, citing Winni-peg’s recent city-wide
boil water advisory.Thinking back on
his last decade, Reid said he’d been making choices that were more environmentally sus-tainable without real-izing it.
One of those choic-es was downsizing his home and another was investing a more fuel-efficient car.
“We’ve just kind of unconsciously done things to help the envi-ronment,” he said.
A long-time Rotar-ian in the community, Reid already had an interest in community-building and charitable initiatives.
In 2005, he was part of a group of Rotar-ians who participated
in a national immuni-zation day in India.
He said his thinking about the environment started to shift after seeing how the people he and other Rotarians encountered in India lived happily with few, if any, material posses-sions.
“I think there has to be a shift in everybody’s mentality toward being greener,” he said.
Reid said the ideas presented by the Blue Dot Movement were a natural fit for his type of environmentalism.
“What has to hap-pen is it has to be groundswell, regular Canadians like you or I,” he said.
By Emily WesselTHE HERALD
Merrittonian Bob Reid is spearheading the Blue Dot Movement in Merritt. Emily Wessel/Herald
‘‘‘People just can’t stick their heads in the sand anymore and say it’s not going to happen, because it does.’
— MERRITT BLUE DOT MOVEMENT’S BOB REID
Sawmill, construction company given penalties
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Next council meeting: Tuesday, March 10, 2015Council agendas and minutes at www.merritt.ca
City of Merritt ★ 2185 Voght Street, Box 189Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 ★ Phone: 250-378-4224
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.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
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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).
WITH MAYOR MENARD
You’re Invited!
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
City seeking age-friendly inputThe age-friendly advi-
sory committee invites you to take part in an exciting new initiative in Merritt.
In an age-friendly community, older per-sons can live in security, enjoy good health and continue to participate
fully in society. Tell us about how
you experience your community. Are there barriers you face to aging actively? What is working well? This is an impor-tant opportunity to have your voice heard as we begin to create a more
age-friendly community. We will ask about: • Outdoor spaces and
buildings• Transportation• Housing• Respect and social
inclusion• Social participation• Communication
and information• Civic participation
and employment• Community support
and health services.If you are interested
in participating, contact the City of Merritt’s age-friendly team at 250-378-4224.
Underground and surface roadwork on Clapperton Avenue that began yesterday is expected to take two to three weeks to complete.
H&M Excavating Ltd. will be installing sanitary sewer mains and reconstructing the roadway along Clapper-ton, reducing the street to single-lane traffic at times.
Property owners in the area are advised their
vehicular access may be impacted by the work.
The company will notify property owners in advance of disruptions, which will be kept as short as possible.
Residents in the area can expect noise, dust and vibration for the duration of the project.
Parents are reminded to make their children aware of the dangers of construction projects and the importance of keep-
ing clear of the equip-ment.
Anyone with ques-tions or requiring assis-tance can phone H&M
Excavations site super-intendent Geoff Preston at his office at 250-493-4677 or on his cellphone at 250-809-2405.
Clapperton Ave. excavation underway
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With Merritt Mayor Neil Menard’s signature, Kinder Morgan now has 11 MOUs signed along the pipeline route from Strathcona Country, Alta. to Hope.
Thursday’s announce-ment was part of signings with various other Interior communities to the tune of $2.5 million pending the project’s approval.
The TNRD signed off, as did Kamloops, Clear-water and Valemount.
Kamloops received $700,000 while Clear-water received $390,000 and Valemount was given $185,000.
Four electoral areas in the TNRD split $845,000 from Kinder Morgan, with Blue River and Avola receiving the lion’s share of $350,000.
The expansion proj-ect still needs approval from the National Energy Board and the federal government before con-struction can begin in 2016.
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Merritt MOU one of manyFor the second time this
season, Irish acting heavy-weight Brendan Gleeson will make an appearance at NVIT on Monday.
This time, Gleeson stars as Father James Lavelle in Calvary, a 2014 mystery set in Ireland.
Directed by John Michael McDonagh (who also worked with Gleeson on the 2011 comedic cop thriller The Guard), Calvary tells the story of an Irish priest whose life is threat-ened during confession by one of his small-town
parishioners. Lavelle spends the next
week rethinking his impact on life in the coastal town,
visiting with local people and calmly listening to their troubles, seemingly more concerned for their fate
than his own.But not everything is as
it seems in the little village, the benevolent priest quickly learns.
Calvary is the sixth and final film in the Nicola Val-ley Film Society’s 2014-15 season. Gleeson also starred in the second film of the season, the English remake of Québécois original The Grand Seduction, which showed in October.
Tickets are $5 at the door and the movie begins at 7 p.m. on March 9 in the NVIT lecture theatre.
Kelly Reilly and Brendan Gleeson star in Calvary, a 2014 Irish drama about a priest who must face the dark secrets living all around him in his small coastal town.
Final fi lm Calvary shows Monday
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HERALD OPINION
The great dress colour debate
The start of a new session of the B.C. Parlia-ment is always a busy and exciting time in Victoria.
The legislature has again been buzzing with
activity since Feb. 10’s speech from the throne, which outlined the govern-ment’s plan for the coming year and was followed by the release of the provin-cial budget on Feb. 17.
We are proud of the fact that B.C. is the envy of other jurisdictions in Canada — we are the only government in Canada to deliver a budget surplus this year.
For that, we can thank our province’s diversi-fied economy. Unlike our neighbours in Alberta, who are impacted by the drop
in world oil prices, demand for B.C.’s products interna-tionally remains strong.
For example, since 2003 we have seen a 30-fold increase in the value of B.C. softwood lumber exports to China. That makes us less dependent on the U.S. market, which is still our largest customer for lumber.
Of particular interest to people in areas around Merritt is a promise in the budget to expand high-speed Internet to rural areas.
This will give more
people access to things such as online courses to further their education and Telehealth, which puts patients in rural and remote areas in touch with health professionals with-out having to travel great distances.
There is also help for children and families in this budget. As of Sept. 1, low-income single parents will get to keep every dol-lar of their child-support payments. Additional funds have been provided for the B.C. School Fruit and Vegetable Program,
and an additional $250 children’s fitness equip-ment tax credit will help take a bit of pressure off of parents.
We’ve always said our commitment to health care is world class, and now we have confirmation. The Conference Board of Canada ranks B.C. No. 1 in Canada on health performance, and around the world only Switzerland and Sweden ranked higher than our province.
In short, life in British Columbia is good and get-ting better.
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It is, quite possibly, the greatest mystery of our time.
No, not what happened to that Malaysia Air jetliner.
No, not how those sliding stones in Death Valley move themselves across the desert.
Not even how those llamas escaped their enclosure and went on the lam (sorry) for a few hours in Arizona last week.
I’m talking about the dress. The dress
that everyone else is talking about.
The dress that broke the Internet.
It all started on blogging site Tumblr last Thursday when a user posted a picture of a dress that a woman would be wear-ing at a wedding later that day.
The poster said she and her friends could not agree on the colour of the dress.
But it wasn’t the typical pink-or-purple, green-or-blue mixup involving certain colours that can be identified as either.
No, the poster thought the dress was gold and white, while her friends saw it as black and blue.
The Internet came alive with cheesy jokes about beating the idea of the colour of the dress black and blue, and soon enough, it went viral and there were dozens of online explanations.
They ranged from the cynical and simplistic (they are two differ-ent dresses, simple as that) to very unscientific online polls in which more people reported the dress in the photo to appear white and gold.
Emily WesselMerrittMUSINGS
JACKIE TEGARTView from the LEGISLATURE
New session of parliament underway
See ‘Processing’ Page 7
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Then there were more complicated ideas relating to the ability of the brain to perceive colour in rela-tion to the colours around it.
The theory goes like this: the picture originally posted of the dress was super washed out in the background, meaning it was extremely lightened on a yellow-tinged back-ground. The parts of the
dress which appeared white (to some) were actu-ally blue, and the blueish undertone was more evi-dent to some others.
Each person perceives colour in part by a degree of contrast, and there is huge variety in the way people process this con-trast.
The photo of the dress on a hanger before the wedding appears white and gold to about half of the people who look at it.
But there’s no debate about the colour of the dress as it appears on the mother of the bride in pho-tos taken at the wedding later that day. It’s a blue dress with black lace.
Another explanation posits those who see the dress as white and gold are subconsciously seeking the details in the black lacy bits, and so that gets most of their focus and the over-all colour scheme of the picture converts the black
to gold. Without being the primary focus of the photo, the blue parts are then blown way out as to appear white.
Those who uncon-sciously focus more on the smoother, skinny tiers of the dress’ material see it for the true-blue dress it is.
It’s a one-in-a-million shot that gives us a glimpse into how complicated colour processing really is. How we are able to do all of this without being aware
of it is the real mystery.Some people reported
seeing the dress as the dif-ferent colour schemes at different times of day or under different lighting conditions.
No matter how many times I looked at it, I couldn’t see it as anything other than white and gold, which is fine by me.
I thought the dress looked nicer in white and gold than blue and black anyway.
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In the Tuesday, February 24 edition of the Merritt Herald in the story titled Local couple gets lucky on scratch ticket, the office Dr. Drew Soderberg was working out of was incorrectly identified.
Soderberg was said to have been working at the Nicola Valley Medical Centre at 2087 Granite Ave. that day, when, in fact, he works out of the Medical Clinic located at 2025 Granite Ave.
JACKPOT! Esther Gilderdale (left) accepts a cheque for $3,343 from Conayt Friendship Society community program co-ordinator Deloris Charters on Feb. 19. Gilderdale was the lucky winner of the Coyote’s Gold jackpot at the Conayt Friendship Society’s Thursday night bingo that evening. Coyote’s Gold is a progressive bingo game where the prize con-tinues to build until someone wins. Gilderdale, a regular at the friendship centre’s bingo nights, scored the prize by reaching a full blackout on her bingo card in 61 numbers or less. Photo by Jordana McIvor-Grismer
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Lillooet’s Foun-tainview Academy Orchestra will play a free concert in Merritt on Saturday morning.
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Fountainview Academy Orchestra’s music is suitable for all ages.
The Lift Him Up concert starts at 11 a.m. on March 7 at Crossroads Commu-nity Church.
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The concert will be followed by a light lunch.
The event is pre-sented by the local Seventh Day Adven-tist Church.
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Students celebrated Pink Shirt Day at the B.C. legislature lasts Wednesday with poetry, drama and advice for students to avoid bul-lying and exploitation from predators using social media.
The featured guest was Travis Price, who started Pink Shirt Day as a high school student in Nova Scotia in 2007.
“Travis is a hero of the anti-bullying move-ment in this country, and he started something that won’t be stopped any time soon,” said Premier Christy Clark, who took up the cause after reading news reports about Price’s effort.
Price saw two of his fellow Grade 12 students harass a younger student for wearing a pink shirt, so he and his friend bought 75 pink tank tops and handed them out at the school the next day. They promoted the idea on social media and it caught on, with hun-dreds of students wear-ing pink to school.
“It is hard to stand up for people, but it’s all about taking that risk and hoping you can make somebody’s life better,” Price told a group of students and politicians at a noon-hour rally on the legisla-ture steps.
Members of a B.C. student advisory com-
mittee released guide-lines for safe online interaction to protect their privacy and pre-vent misuse or exploita-tion. The guidelines are posted at erasebullying.ca along with general advice for students.
The website also has a way for B.C. students to make an anonymous report that they are being bullied.
Speakers reinforced one piece of advice from the website, urging students to talk to their friends in person when-ever they can, rather than in texting or chat-ting online.
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Bench Elementary kindergarten students performed The More We Get Together at a school assembly for Pink Shirt Day on Feb. 25. The school’s anti-bullying T-shirts, designed by a Grade 1 student, say “Be a buddy not a bully.” Behind the students, posters created by students carried more anti-bullying messages. Emily Wessel/Herald
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Police say they are going to recommend criminal charges against a Kamloops hockey father alleged to have verbally attacked a ref-eree following a junior A game in Penticton.
Penticton RCMP Sgt. Rick Dellebuur said the incident took place at the South Okanagan Events Centre on Fri-day, Feb. 20, following a B.C. Hockey League game between the Mer-ritt Centennials and the Penticton Vees.
In the parking lot, Dellebuur said, the father of one of the Merritt players approached one of the referees as he was walk-ing to his vehicle.
“It was a player on the Merritt team, but the father is from Kam-loops,” Dellebuur said.
“There was some screaming and some threats made. It would have got physical if the son hadn’t held his father back.”
Dellebuur said the 52-year-old suspect also punched the referee’s vehicle as he drove away.
“The investigation is in its early stages,” he said.
“A report to Crown counsel will be submit-ted, recommending charges for uttering threats.”
Luke Pierce, head coach of the Merritt Centennials, wouldn’t say much about the alle-gations.
“It’s got nothing to do with the team,” he said.
“We’re not involved in it in any way, so we’re not going to comment on it.”
Derek Adams, the BCHL’s director of officiating, took a similar position.
“We would rather not comment on it,” he said.
“It’s a police inves-tigation and we don’t want to compromise that.”
Dellebuur said the allegations are not some-thing investigators often deal with, but they come at a time when hockey parents have been mak-ing headlines for all the wrong reasons.
Last month, minor-hockey officials on Vancouver Island asked parents to tone down their aggression, not-ing their actions caused some teenaged referees to quit.
Eight parents were later banned from attending their kids’ games.
Earlier in January, a North Vancouver hockey dad was handed a conditional discharge for threatening a nine-year-old player on his son’s team.
The police investiga-tion into the alleged incident in Penticton is ongoing.
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THEY’RE IN! The Cents qualify for the post-seasonIt’s Merritt and Vernon in round one starting Tuesday at Kal Tire Place
By Ian WebsterTHE HERALD
In the end, they could not be denied.
For the sixth season in a row, the Merritt Centennials have quali-fied for the BCHL play-offs, which begin this Tuesday. The Cents’ first-round opponents will be the second-place Vernon Vipers.
Merritt locked up a place in the post-season and third place overall in the Interior division with a convincing 5-1 win over the Salmon Arm Silverbacks on Friday night at a jam-packed Shaw Centre on the shores of Lake Okanagan. The announced attendance was 2,125.
John Schiavo with two, Colin Grannery, Michael Ederer and Zak Bowles into an empty took care of the Centennials’ scoring, while Jonah Imoo was brilliant once again in the Merritt net, stopping 44 of 45 shots sent his way.
“It’s been a long battle, and a long road, but the guys earned it,”
Cents head coach and GM Luke Pierce said in his post-game interview with Q101 play-by-play broadcaster David Ashbaugh. “[The play-ers] are exhausted in the room. They laid it all on the line. I’m proud of them.”
Pierce said that in the opening period of Friday’s game, both teams seemed nervous and tentative.
“I just told the guys that whichever team fig-ures it out first, and gets control and confidence is going to be the one that takes over.”
Merritt did just that. Despite being outshot 17-13 in the second stanza, the Cents took care of all the scoring en route to building a com-manding 4-1 lead. Two of Merritt’s goals came on the power play.
“Our scoring chances were all grade-A, and capitalizing on those was huge,” Pierce said. “Timely scoring and special teams are what we need going into the playoffs.”
Merritt’s head coach could not say enough about the play of his
team’s captain, Sam Johnson, on Friday.
“He’s the most valu-able guy most nights. He’s just always going to do the right things. He inspires [our] bench and dressing room. I’m really excited for a guy like that — knowing how much he’s wanted it and being a 20-year-old.”
Pierce gave credit to the Silverbacks for their tremendous stretch run.
“They’ve fought real-ly hard this last month to make things interesting. It wasn’t a 5-1 game. It was a hard battle all the way.”
Saturday, Merritt closed out their 58-game regular schedule with a mean-nothing contest against the visiting Trail Smoke Eaters. With a
trio of starters out of the lineup for a well-deserved rest, and three affiliate players dressed as their replacements, the Cents fell 5-2 to the Smokies. Schiavo and Ederer netted Merritt’s goals while backup Anthony Pupplo took the loss in net.
Going into the play-offs, Pierce likes what he has been seeing from his team over the last month.
“If you look at February, I think you’ll see there’s been a pretty consistent effort level from our group.”
The best-of-seven series between the Cents and Vipers gets under-way Tuesday in Vernon. The two franchises have met six times in their his-
tory with the Vipes win-ning every time.
This season, Merritt and Vernon played each other on seven occasions, with the Vipers winning five times and the Cents twice. In their most recent meeting, on Jan. 28 in Merritt, the Vipers edged the Cents 4-3.
“It has the potential to be a great series,” Pierce said. “Our two teams match up well — both pretty honest and respectable hard-working groups.”
Games three and four of the series will be played in Merritt this Friday and Saturday.
Look for a special Cents’ playoff supple-ment in this Thursday edition of the Merritt Herald.
H-E-R-E’S JOHNNY! Merritt Centennial John Schiavo celebrates his goal against Trail on Saturday night. The 20-year-old scored twice on Friday against Salmon Arm in a 5-2 Merritt win that ensured the Cents a place in this year’s playoffs. Photo courtesy of Kerry Bloom
FINAL BCHL STANDINGS
Team GP W L T OTL PTS
x Penticton 5 44 9 3 2 93x Vernon 58 36 18 1 3 76x Merritt 58 32 24 0 2 66x West Kelowna 58 29 21 0 8 66Salmon Arm 58 28 21 3 6 65Trail 58 19 33 0 6 44
INTERIOR DIVISION
Team GP W L T OTL PTS
x Chilliwack 56 35 17 1 3 74x Langley 56 28 22 1 5 62x Prince George 56 26 23 1 6 59x Coquitlam 56 25 26 1 4 55Surrey 56 9 43 1 3 22
x qualified for the playoffs
MAINLAND DIVISION
Team GP W L T OTL PTS
x Nanaimo 58 37 16 0 5 79x Victoria 58 29 18 1 10 69x Powell River 58 27 21 1 9 64x Alberni Valley 58 27 25 2 4 60Cowichan Valley 58 20 33 2 3 45
ISLAND DIVISION
CENTS LINEUP & STATS # PLAYER NAME GP G A PTS PIM
9 John Schiavo 58 30 32 64 4 16 Gavin Gould 58 24 34 58 42 8 Diego Cuglietta 52 17 35 52 3317 Michael Ederer 58 21 28 49 12 4 Shane Poulsen 56 9 32 41 64 11 Colin Grannary 55 19 19 38 1424 Josh Teves 57 5 28 33 3912 Rhett Willcox 56 11 18 29 7314 Zak Bowles 55 11 14 25 4822 Jake Clifford 49 8 17 25 7118 Brandon Duhaime 53 6 19 25 43 6 Griffyn Martin 55 3 20 23 3415 Sam Johnson 58 8 11 19 5321 Nick Fidanza 55 10 7 17 2810 Cole Chorney 27 7 9 16 5419 James Neil 18 8 6 14 1826 Cole Arcuri 41 1 12 13 3528 Stephan Seeger 20 5 6 11 12 2 Matt Foley 38 1 9 10 4227 Devin Oakes 35 1 6 7 37 7 Tyrell Buckley 50 0 6 6 2025 Malik Kaila 31 1 3 4 39
Team Totals 206 371 577 815
Goalie Stats # PLAYER NAME GP W L GAA SV%
31 Jonah Imoo 33 20 13 3.11 .910 1 Anthony Pupplo 29 12 13 3.81 .879
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Game 1 Tues, March 3 @ Vernon Kal Tire Place 7:00 p.m.Game 2 Wed., March 4 @ Vernon Kal Tire Place 7:00 p.m.Game 3 Fri., March 6 @ Merritt N.V.M. Arena 7:30 p.m.Game 4 Sat., March 7 @ Merritt N.V.M. Arena 7:30 p.m.Game 5* Mon. March 9 @ Vernon Kal Tire Place 7:00 p.m.Game 6* Tues., March 10 @ Merritt N.V.M. Arena 7:00 p.m.Game 7* Wed., March 11 @Vernon Kal Tire Place 7:00 p.m. * if needed
VIPERS LINEUP & STATS # PLAYER NAME GP G A PTS PIM
21 Liam Finlay 55 23 41 64 14 7 Liam Coughlin 54 20 40 60 3119 Thomas Aldworth 57 37 19 56 2910 Anthony Latina 55 19 28 47 7512 TJ Dumonceaux 51 27 17 44 47 17 Luke Shiplo 50 5 39 44 3611 Jagger Williamson 48 8 20 28 1422 Luke Voltin 44 10 16 26 2225 Colton McCarthy 35 10 15 25 6223 Riley Brandt 53 14 9 23 7618 Nicholas Rasovic 47 6 14 20 67 2 Brandon Egli 48 3 17 20 34 6 Mitch Meek 56 7 11 18 3827 Johnny Coughlin 55 3 15 18 15 3 Ken Citron 52 2 15 17 75 8 Riley Guenther 47 2 13 15 3215 Mackenzie Bauer 27 5 4 9 26 9 Blaine Caton 48 4 4 8 14 4 Mitchell Oliver 46 1 6 7 1416 Linden Hora 52 1 3 4 25
Team Totals 207 346 553 746
Goalie Stats # PLAYER NAME GP W L GAA SV%
35 J. Schamerhorn 58 24 12 2.71 .907 1 D. Todosychuk 41 12 9 2.58 .911
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