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Council deliberates community grants
The City of Merritt’s administra-tion and council deliberated on 28 grant applications last Tuesday, tenta-tively approving 20 of them.
Those 20 grants are a mixture of in-kind and financial contributions and add up to just under $34,000.
The largest straight financial grants among them are two $3,000 grants, one for the Merritt and Dis-trict Chamber of Commerce and the other for the Merritt Mountain Bik-ing Association.
The grant to the chamber of commerce means the City of Merritt will be a gold-level sponsor of cham-ber activities, and will get its logo on chamber publications.
The grant for the mountain biking group is for the Tom Lacey Legacy Trail, which the organiza-tion spearheaded. Council said the trail is a good tribute to Lacey, who spent years working to fireproof the community. Council also said the volunteer power the mountain biking group is using to rough the trail in is a cost-savings for council if the city were to take on the project.
Council also approved about $3,100 in in-kind donations to the Merritt Country Christmas commit-tee, which includes dropping barriers for the parade route, rental of the Civic Centre for the weekend, and cleanup.
The value of all 28 applications came in at the $50,000 mark — far less than the $86,000 requested by 25 organizations in 2013.
However, the $34,000 running total is not necessarily the final one. Council is awaiting more information from at least three applicants.
Council deferred a decision on the MSS grad committee’s in-kind
request for rental of the Civic Cen-tre for the graduation dance until council can figure out if the dance is something the city, the school district or a combination of the two should support.
Similarly, a $7,000 request from the Tumbleweed Play School Society was put off until council can deter-mine the school district’s responsibil-ity for the preschool.
The Nicola Valley Community Arts Council’s request for $7,000 for day-to-day operations was deferred until councillors can see how that group parlays a municipal grant into more funding from the provincial government.
In deliberations, councillors also have the option of suggesting alter-nate grant amounts for applicants.
A financial grant for the Mer-ritt Helping Hands Society, which distributes harm reduction supplies in the community, was approved for $1,500 — half of what the group asked for. However, it’s above the $500 recommended by staff as the group’s financial statements also showed funding from Interior Health and Rotary.
“We do have an obligation to be part of this,” Coun. Mike Goetz said at the meeting. “I think going from $3,000 to $500 is a little extreme.”
Five of the requests were defeat-ed, including a $10,000 application from the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame. Council cited a federal grant the organization received last year for a senior employee’s wages in its decision.
The food bank’s request for $4,850 to purchase fresh food for hampers was also denied as that organization’s application showed a healthy bank balance, council said.
By Emily WesselTHE HERALD
IT’S A BANNOCK DAY Judy Chillihitzia, a foster parent to Merritt Secondary School students, prepares bannock for lunch in the school’s home economics room on Thursday as part of activities for the We Stand Together campaign. Turn to page 3 for the full story. Michael Potestio/Herald
See ‘City initiatives’ Page 8
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Candidates for ChiefDaniel (Danny) Manuel
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Candidates for CouncillorBrian Holmes
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Time: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
When: Sunday, March 23, 2014
Where: Logan Lake and outlying areas, including Lac La Jeune,
Meadow Creek Road, Tunkwa Road and Hwy 97C
We will be making electrical system improvements in Logan Lake and outlying areas on March 23, 2014. To ensure the safety of our work crews, it will be necessary to interrupt electrical service for approximately 8 hours.
To prepare for this interruption and protect your equipment from damage, turn off all lights, electric heaters, major appliances and unplug all electronics.
For the first hour after the power comes back on, please only plug in or turn on those electronics and appliances that you really need. This will help ensure the electrical system does not get overloaded.
We are sorry for the inconvenience. We will restore your power as soon as we can. Prepare for outages and stay informed by visiting bchydro.com/outages or bchydro.com/mobile from your handheld device. Please call 1 888 POWERON (1 888 769 3766) for more information.
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A local man and his family will be rec-ognized for their con-tributions to ranch-ing at the Kamloops Cowboy Festival this weekend.
Dr. Jim Steffens will accept the award on his family’s behalf at the festival.
Steffens’ grand-father came to the Merritt area from Germany and began a homestead in 1904 with Steffens’ father and one of his uncles.
“That fall, they built a cabin. Then he went back to Lyt-ton — they lived at a store in Lytton — and that following year he brought the rest of his family in. Left the two boys for the winter. A lot of people are shocked because they were eight and 10 years old,” he said, noting it was a differ-ent era.
The rest of the family came over to B.C. and between 1904 and 1930, the family acquired 4,000 deeded acres to add to their ranch.
“They started out there, and my grand-father died in 1910 so it left a widow with 12 kids to raise. That’s
where it started,” Stef-fens said.
Steffens’ father was one of the children who took on more responsibilities at the ranch.
Steffens opened the first veterinarian practice in Merritt in 1959. He also estab-lished the first vet clinics in Princeton and Logan Lake.
In those days, he spent plenty of time on the road travelling between his practices.
“It was lots of work, lots of mileage,” he said.
Having grown up on a ranch, working with animals made sense.
“I was interested in medicine and it seemed a logical choice,” he said.
In the early 1970s, Steffens bought the ranch outright. Throughout the ’70s and ’80s, he down-sized it and eventually sold his veterinary clinics.
Today, he lives on the remaining acres of the family’s property with his wife.
“Got too old to look after it anymore so I sold out and kept a little corner to put a shack on,” he said.
Steffens said it’s nice for his family
to be acknowledged for their accomplish-ments.
“They did a lot of good things for a lot of people over the years,” he said, noting the Steffens kept the ranch in the family for almost 100 years.
The Steffens fam-ily will be inducted to the Hall of Fame by Lieutenant-Governor Judith Guichon.
The B.C. Cowboy Hall of Fame is locat-ed at the Museum of the Cariboo-Chilcotin in Williams Lake.
The BC Cowboy Heritage Society will induct two others to the Hall of Fame at the Kamloops festival and another three at a Williams Lake cer-emony.
BC Cowboy Heri-tage Society presi-dent Mark McMillan said it’s part of the society’s mandate to promote and preserve cowboy heritage in B.C.
“That’s just a great way of doing it — to remember them and what they’ve done,” McMillan said. “These are the people who made our coun-try, our province what it is.”
While anyone can submit a nomina-tion for an inductee to the Hall of Fame,
McMillan said induct-ees are finalized by a unanimous deci-sion from a panel of judges.
The panel includes a representative of the British Columbia Cat-tlemen’s Association, the BC Rodeo Asso-ciation, the museum and an inductee.
“There are tons of deserving people, but we try to be fairly picky,” McMillan said, quoting one panellist as saying it’s not a hall of average.
The Kamloops Cowboy Festival runs from March 13 to 16, and features cowboy poetry, live music and a trade show.
By Emily WesselTHE HERALD
Local name makes Hall of FameSteffens family recognized for ranching legacy
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GOOD MORNING!
From the Herald archives: March 1978
RCMP fed up with public apathy to crime in Merritt
You only have to spend one Friday night at the Mer-ritt RCMP office to realize that Staff Sgt. Don Walker is not joking when he says crime in this town has got way out of hand.
From 10 p.m. to 3 or 4 in the morn-ing, the five-man force is steadily on the go attending accidents, com-plaints of vandal-ism and picking up impaired drivers. Seventy-five per cent of the time there is alcohol involved.
Friday is, of course, the worst day of the week, but the situation generally is bad enough to win Mer-ritt the distinction of having one of the highest crime rates per 1,000 populations in B.C.
In the last four years, Criminal Code offences have more than doubled.
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B.C. residents will be able to buy B.C. wine from grocery stores by early next year, with some stores connected to liquor stores that offer full selection including hard liquor.
The provincial government released its framework for a major overhaul of liquor policy Thursday. It proposes a small number of new licences for Vintners’ Quality Alli-ance (VQA) wine sales from grocery store shelves, with future expansion to include B.C.-made craft beer under the same licences.
Richmond-Steveston MLA John Yap said all alcohol sales will be rung through at separate cash registers, with staff trained in an expanded “Serving It Right” course to check identification and sobriety.
Customers will be able to stock up on groceries and alcoholic bever-ages in the same shopping cart, whether from in-store B.C. wine or products from a connected liquor store.
Changes to take effect by this summer include licensing B.C. wine and beer sale and tasting at farm-ers’ markets, permitting “happy hour” drink discounts at licensed
businesses and removing the requirement for fenced beer gar-dens at approved outdoor festivals.
Yap said the government is adopting a recommendation from Provincial Health Officer Dr. Perry Kendall and other health officials to tie prices to alcohol content in an effort to reduce over-consumption.
The government plans to main-tain its cap on the number of liquor
stores, with 670 private stores now in operation. Liquor stores are cur-rently restricted to relocating no more than five kilometres from their original location, but that restric-tion is being lifted so a licence can be sold or moved anywhere in the province.
Yap said that would allow either a government or private liquor store to relocate next to a grocery store.
Another major change in the works is to wholesale pricing from the government’s monopoly Liquor Distribution Branch. Currently, private stores pay a 16 per cent discount off the government store retail price.
Yap said the LDB will move to the same wholesale price for all stores, based on the value of each product, and retail prices will be set by a competitive market.
Booze coming to grocery stores in 2015By Tom Fletcher
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Artist’s rendering shows liquor store attached to a grocery store. B.C. government photo
Students, staff at MSS stand togetherFor two weeks this
month, students at Merritt Secondary School (MSS) are standing together.
From March 3 to 14, MSS has activities planned for We Stand Together, a campaign connecting First Nations culture with the school system organized by the international charity Free the Children.
The nationwide cam-paign aims to spark a dialogue about aboriginal culture, rights and history, as well as aboriginal issues, challenges and successes today.
MSS teacher Shannon Dunn told the Herald the school has taken the Free the Children initiative and built on it with their own resources and activities to make the event their own.
Various activities at MSS for We Stand Togeth-er include drum perfor-mances, lahal games, an aboriginal parent apprecia-tion dinner and a four-part presentation of the CBC
documentary on aborigi-nal cultures and Canada’s 500-year-old relationship with First Nations peoples 8th Fire. MSS is also bring-ing in First Nations elders to speak to classes about aboriginal stories and legends, and a wellness co-ordinator will discuss dia-betes and other concerns pertaining to the First Nations population.
Dunn said the goal is to bring about awareness of aboriginal culture to non-aboriginal students.
“If we don’t know, if we don’t have the knowledge of what has happened in the past to our First Nations people, I don’t think you can fully have that empathy, that under-standing,” Dunn said.
MSS First Nations support worker Crystal McMaster said the initia-tive is also a way of show-ing how resilient the ances-tors of her fellow First Nations people were.
“I think that the resil-iency – to me – that’s a big part of the focus that, yes, we suffered a lot and
we’ve come a long way. We’ve been a very resilient culture,” McMaster said. “I think with that, everybody can be resilient no matter what culture they are.”
Tim Manual, aboriginal academy teacher at MSS, is performing smudge cer-emonies every morning for the We Stand Together campaign.
A smudge ceremony involves burning dried sage and/or cedar and juniper, and wafting it over oneself and a particular part of one’s body.
He said people smudge their heads so they have good thoughts, their ears so they may hear good things or their eyes so they may see good things throughout the day.
Manual said the act is meant to cleanse one’s aura.
He said due to the leg-acy of residential schools, many aboriginal students at MSS don’t know about smudging ceremonies.
He said the purpose of the two weeks of activities is twofold: to create under-
standing of First Nations culture amongst non-ab-original students and rein-troduce aboriginal students to their culture.
Grade 10 student Nyssa Justice said the activities at MSS are a good way for younger generations to get in touch with their First Nations roots because their grandparents lost much of those ways through the residential school system.
She said her favourite cultural activity she’s par-ticipated in so far has been the lahal game.
Grade 12 student Amy MacLaren said she watched two parts of 8th Fire.
“I’ve always found top-ics like this kind of inter-esting. Even though I’m not even native, I don’t have any native in me, I’ve always kind of connected with different cultures. It always interests me to learn conditions of what other people have lived in,” MacLaren said.
MacLaren said she thinks it’s important for people to understand other
cultures.“That’s why I like
researching other cultures — because you kind of get into their mindset and kind of understand what they’re going through,” she said.
In addition to the school’s activities, Free the Children provides daily facts, lesson plans, back-ground information and classroom activities to par-ticipating schools.
Teachers who choose to participate are asked to read the facts about First Nations to their classes and discuss them, Dunn said.
Last year was the first year MSS participated in the We Stand Together initiative, and about 70 per cent of the school’s teach-ers attempted to incorpo-rate the material into their classes, she said. Daily facts were also read over the school announcements.
This year is the fourth annual We Stand Together campaign. Since it began, over 1,000 schools and 49,000 student leaders have participated in the initiative.
By Michael PotestioTHE HERALD
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Position SummaryThe position will be required to perform general labour duties and relief work as required.
Current resumes re ecting applicants’ knowledge, skills and abilities relevant to the position and detailing education, quali cations and proof of required licenses/certi cates/degrees will be accepted prior to 4:00 p.m. March 14, 2014 by:
For complete posting listing see www.merritt.ca
Carole Fraser,Human Resources Manager
City of MerrittPO Box 189, 2185 Voght Street
Merritt, BC V1K 1B8Or by email: [email protected]
For complete posting listing see www.merritt.ca
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
POSITION: Seasonal Public Works Labourer
Lifeguard/InstructorThe City of Merritt is inviting applications for the position of Casual Lifeguard/Instructors, at the Nicola Valley Aquatic Centre.
Hours of work may include weekend, evening and daytime shifts. Wage Rate is $18.78 per hour plus 16% in lieu of benefi ts as per the Collective Agreement. For complete job posting details, please visit www.merritt.ca
Cover letters with attached resume’s and copies of qualifi cations should be submitted no later than 4:00 pm Friday, March 14, 2014 to:
Carole Fraser City of Merritt
2185 Voght StreetP.O. Box 189
Merritt, BC, V1K 1B8 [email protected]
CITY OF MERRITTJOB POSTING
Next council meeting: Tuesday, March 11, 2014Council agendas and minutes at www.merritt.ca
City of Merritt ★ 2185 Voght Street, Box 189Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 ★ Phone: 250-378-4224
Alternate approval process for fi re hall loanThe following is an excerpt from the City of Mer-ritt agenda for the regular city council meeting on March 11.
Executive summaryThe city intends to
borrow $1 million as part of the financing of the construction of the new truck bay for the fire hall and the purchase of a new fire pumper truck to replace Engine 1. The borrowing bylaw has been approved by the Inspector of Munici-palities and council may now proceed with the approval of the electors by the alter-nate approval process.
The purpose of this report is to set the dates and details for the alternate approval process to obtain the authority to borrow
$1 million for the con-struction of the new truck bay for the fire hall and the purchase of a new fire pumper truck to replace Engine 1 under Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 2165, 2014.
PolicyIn accordance
with the Community Charter, council may, by loan authoriza-tion bylaw adopted with the approval of the Inspector of Municipalities, incur a liability by borrowing for any purpose of a capital nature.
A loan authoriza-tion bylaw may only be adopted with the approval of the elec-tors which may be obtained either by:
1. Assent of the elec-tors by way of a majority vote in favour
of the bylaw; or
2. Approval of the electors by alternate approval process whereby the elec-tors are provided an opportunity to indicate that council may not proceed with the loan authoriza-tion bylaw unless it is approved by assent of the electors under option 1 above.
Under the alternate approval process, elec-tor approval is deemed to be obtained if less than 10 per cent of the electors submit written response in opposition to the bylaw.
The city’s practice has been to use the alternate approval process as the most cost-effective method of obtaining approval of the electors for loan authorization bylaws.
ProcessThe alternative
approval process is one step in the bor-rowing process to secure debt financing from the Municipal Finance Authority. In accordance with Section 86 of the Community Charter, council must set the date and details for the process. The city must publish in a newspaper the notice of the process once each week for two consecutive weeks as per Section 94 of the Community Charter. The deadline for the process must be at least 30 days after the second publication of the notice.
Council may pro-ceed with adoption of the Loan Authoriza-tion Bylaw No. 2165, 2014 unless, by the deadline date set for
the process, at least 10 per cent (550) of the estimated num-ber of electors of the city signs the elector response form indi-cating that council may not proceed with adoption of the bylaw without first receiving the assent of the elec-tors by voting.
If the city pub-lishes the first notice
on Thursday, March 20, the deadline date for the process will be Monday, April 28.
Financial implica-tions
If approved, the new debenture would be included in the fall 2014 issue through the Municipal Finance Authority.
Staff has estimated
that the annual debt servicing costs for this debenture will be approximately $78,580 with the first payments due in 2015.
Therefore, there will be no impact on the 2014 budget.
The funds received from the issuance of this debenture will go toward capital expen-ditures.
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BUSINESS
Public Safety Notice –
Winter recreationalists and snowmobilers
Winter recreationalists and snowmobilers should be aware that construction of the Interior to Lower Mainland (ILM) Transmission Line continues. On-site activities include clearing of the right-of-way; construction of access roads and tower foundations; and tower assembly and erection.
The ILM right-of-way continues to be a construction zone with restricted access. Restricted access is required for worker and public safety to avoid risks associated with such things as guy lines, partially constructed foundations, construction materials, or other potential hazards that may be hidden or partially hidden by the snow.
Please avoid using the right-of-way for your activities. If you are in the area, use extra care when traveling around the right-of-way.
The ILM project is a new 247 kilometre 500 kilovolt transmission line between Merritt and Coquitlam that will expand the electrical system so that BC Hydro can continue to deliver clean and reliable energy to homes and businesses in the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island.
For more information on the project please visit: bchydro.com/ilm.
If you have any questions, please contact BC Hydro Stakeholder Engagement: 1 866 647 3334 or 604 623 4472 or send an email to [email protected].
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Time: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
When: Sunday, March 30, 2014
Where: Logan Lake and outlying areas, including Lac La Jeune,
Meadow Creek Road, Tunkwa Road and Hwy 97C
We will be making electrical system improvements in Logan Lake and outlying areas on March 30, 2014. To ensure the safety of our work crews, it will be necessary to interrupt electrical service for approximately 8 hours.
To prepare for this interruption and protect your equipment from damage, turn off all lights, electric heaters, major appliances and unplug all electronics.
For the first hour after the power comes back on, please only plug in or turn on those electronics and appliances that you really need. This will help ensure the electrical system does not get overloaded.
We are sorry for the inconvenience. We will restore your power as soon as we can. Prepare for outages and stay informed by visiting bchydro.com/outages or bchydro.com/mobile from your handheld device. Please call 1 888 POWERON (1 888 769 3766) for more information.
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Post-retirement tax planning strategies
Retirement can be viewed as a series of stops and starts. For example, stop schedul-ing your life around work hours and start going with your per-sonal lifestyle flow. Stop stressing about your morning and evening commutes and start driving when you want. Stop worrying about project deadlines and start engaging in personal interest proj-
ects and pastimes on your own timelines.
Tax planning is one thing that definitely should not stop when your employment stops. Post-retirement tax strategies are vital to maintaining the retirement lifestyle you want for all the years of your retirement. Start with these three income-protecting objectives:
Always take full advantage of all the direct tax deductions available to you.
Keep your net income and taxable income low enough to avoid such potential pitfalls as the Old Age Security (OAS) claw-back or losing out on the age credit and pos-sibly the GST/HST
credit.Ensure that your
monthly cash flow is not eroded by increases in the cost of liv-ing and that all your investments will last a lifetime.
In keeping with these three objectives, here are some other important post-retire-ment tax-reduction and income-protection strategies:
Plan Registered Retirement Income Fund (RRIF) with-drawals
Withdrawals from investments held in your RRIF are fully taxable – so manage your taxable income by withdrawing only amounts that are required.
Reduce taxes through tax effi-cient asset alloca-tion
Keep fully-taxable, interest-generating investments inside a tax-deferred Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) or RRIF as long as possible while keeping assets that are more tax-efficient – those that generate capital gains or Canadian dividends – outside your regis-tered plans.
Take full advantage of all available tax credits and deduc-tions
Don’t forget the age credit for those aged 65 and older, the pen-sion income credit and medical expense credit.
Reduce your taxes by splitting Canada or Québec Pension Plan (CPP/QPP) income with your spouse
Use this strategy when your spouse has a lower CPP/QPP entitlement and is in a lower tax bracket.
Contribute to a spousal RRSP
You must convert your RRSP to an RRIF no later than December 31 of the year in which the owner attains age 71.
Talk to your profes-sional advisor about
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A new doll that’s sup-posed to resemble the “average” American woman could arrive on store shelves after a wildly successful kickstarter proj-ect to support her first run of production.
The “average Barbie,” as she’s being touted by
some, was first 3-D print-ed by Pennsylvania artist Nickolay Lamm using the average measurements of 19-year-old American females as reported by the Centre for Disease Control.
This new gal, which Lamm has called (lamely) Lammily, has wrists, knees hands and feet that can move. She’s got a casual wardrobe, not just ball gowns and high heels.
In many ways, by her averageness, she’s the anti-Barbie.
But Lammily’s hook isn’t that she’s the “aver-age” girl — it’s that she is a fun doll who is also of average body proportions.
Lamm has stated in
at least one interview that while the doll is made for young girls, her message of realistic body standards is for parents of young girls.
There is a good chance young girls don’t really care about the body image their dolls project, but really just want a fun doll to play with.
Having 150 careers, houses, cars, motor-homes and all kinds of acces-sories for her adventures earned Barbie that fun reputation.
This is not the first attempt at a more aver-age-looking doll than Barbie, but they are up against a formidably sto-ried, monied history.
But while Barbie’s got the millions for marketing and research, Lammily has plenty of grassroots financial support. Lamm has already surpassed his first production run goal of $95,000, and there are still three weeks left in his kickstarter campaign.
However subtle it is, socializing little girls to believe that Barbie rep-resents some pinnacle of beauty to strive for is damaging. It’s a life-or-death matter in very few cases (think those people who plastic surgery to be “real life” Barbie or Ken dolls), but certainly seeing that representation over and over is not conducive to developing a healthy
attitude toward bodies that look different.
Little girls growing up to be uncomfortable is not OK, and this is a step in the right direction.
While Lammily is not the saviour or the blanket solution, it’s encouraging that she could be a reality soon.
And why not give par-ents more choice in the matter?
She’s one tool parents can use to teach kids about body image and self-esteem. It’s not up to toys to teach those things, or worse, the corporations that make them, but it can’t hurt if parents and manufacturers are on the same side.
Will India swing hard right?
An Indian election is a marathon, not a sprint.
The voting will start in a month’s time, on April 7, but the voting will move around the country on nine phases, ending on May 12.
The votes will then be counted — there are 814-million eligible voters — and the results will be known on May 16.
But, a lot of people think they know the result now — Narendra Modi of the BJP will be prime minis-ter and India will swing hard right.
The BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party-Indian People’s Party) is a socially conservative, Hindu nationalist party that has only had one full term in national office, from 1998 to 2004.
Then, it led a broad coalition that restrained its more extreme sectarian impulses. Today, however, many Indi-an observers claim to detect a “Modi wave” of support that might carry the BJP into power on its own.
That would certainly make for interesting times.
Modi is best known for two things — the remarkable economic growth and relative freedom from corruption of his home state of Gujarat and his alleged complicity in the massacre of more than 1,000 Muslims during religious riots shortly after he became chief minister of Gujarat in 2001.
The prosperity of Gujarat is obvi-ously a political asset for him.
The problem is his alleged reli-gious extremism is also an asset in the view of some of his potential support-ers.
Indeed, that is probably why Modi has never expressed any regret or offered any apologies for the riots, an omission that many see as disqualify-ing him for high political office.
Above average support for “average Barbie”
Emily WesselMerrittMUSINGS
By Gwynne Dyergwynnedyer.com
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Manmohan Singh, India’s prime minister for the last 10 years, said when announcing his retirement in January: “It would be disastrous for the country to have Narendra Modi as the next prime minister. If, by a strong prime minis-ter, they mean you pre-side over the massacre of innocent citizens on the streets...
“I do not believe that is the sort of strength this country needs.”
But, the ruling Con-gress Party is weighed
down by corruption scandals and slowing economic growth and Congress’s candidate for prime minister is none other than Rahul Gandhi, whose father, grandmother and great-grandfather have all held the job in the past.
However, Rahul’s political ideas seem half-formed, his rheto-ric struggles under the burden of words like “empowerment” and he is seriously lacking in novelty value.
Hence the “Modi wave.”
The BJP leads Con-
gress by a wide margin in the opinion polls, so pundits are speculating on how a BJP govern-ment would behave if it were led by Modi and had no need of coalition partners.
There is no prece-dent for that. Before, the BJP government was a complicated coalition led by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a poet and intellectual of mod-erate views, and none of its more extreme nation-alist and Hindu positions got translated into actual policies.
If it were different
this time, India would be moving into unknown waters and the possibili-ties would be as alarm-ing as they would be extreme.
But, that may just be Indian journalists trying to inject a little more tension and excitement into the story. The real-ity is probably rather less exciting.
Getting to 50 per cent of the vote is almost impossible for any politi-cal party in the Indian political system because a good deal of the vote always goes to regional and local parties that are
quite separate from the big, national parties.
It’s especially hard for the BJP because it’s hard to imagine any of the 13 per cent of Indians who are Muslim would vote for the BJP.
There are 39 parties in the current parlia-ment and there may be even more in the next one.
Most of them would be willing to join a coalition government in return for concessions on whatever local or regional issues they or their voters care about, but they will also have
red lines that must not be crossed or they will leave the coalition.
Assuming the out-come of the election does leave the BJP as the biggest party, but with-out an overall majority, those red lines will prob-ably confine Modi to relatively moderate poli-cies on religious issues.
If not, India is in for a wild ride and, at the end of it, the country may no longer be known for its tolerance.
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India’s parliament home to 39 parties
Dear Editor,
Re: Choose adoption over puppy mills, by Judanna Dawn, Feb. 18
Nobody wants to see puppy mills as Ms. Dawn describes them, with dogs living their lives behind walls of horror.
If anybody, including Ms. Dawn, knows of such a place, they should report it to the SPCA or proper authorities. I have every confidence such a situation would be quickly rectified.
I have heard of a place outside of Merritt where dogs are kept in cages or pens barking, howling and fighting constantly. I have to wonder how much human affec-tion these dogs get. Is there grass underneath their paws and a clean environment? Has the SPCA investigated and ruled on any physical and physiological condi-tions of these dogs? How many can be kept in close quarters?
I have seen many backyard breeders who operate small busi-nesses or hobbies where they have
the love of the breed, usually keeping no more than two bitches and often seeking out top males to improve the quality of the breed. These dogs are kept in good con-dition and some even have grass under their paws.
It is mostly adult dogs of unknown origin, cross-bred with huge problems that end up being given away, abandoned and/or abused. I say adopt a mutt of unknown origin at your own peril.
People who purchase purebred, registered dogs definitely know
the breed they want and usually go to great lengths seeking out a reputable breeder that provides a loving and dependable home for 12 to 15 years.
As a breeder of Canadian Ken-nel Club registered collies, I urge people to find a reputable breeder of their choice, take your time picking your puppy, sign a non-breeding agreement and enjoy your new family member.
Chloe GravelleMerritt
Dear Editor,
I read the branding report to council dated Feb. 6, 2014. It was comprehensive, out-lining most of what Merritt stands for, but didn’t empha-size the importance of our location as the hub of the Southern Interior. I thought it was going off the rails at the end as it began using the term “attitude.” It never occurred to me it would become the tagline.
The “branding” was on the agenda for the Feb. 11 council meeting. It appears council did not think it through before the motion passed. Hats off to Coun. Kurt Christopherson for expressing concern regard-ing public reaction and insist-ing on a public meeting. No need to go into the public’s reaction.
Rather than a contest to choose branding, I would
suggest a simple drop box at city hall for suggestions. These could go the branding committee and be narrowed down to four to six for public approval.
As an aside, I went to the TOTA website and they hype the visitor information centre in Peachland as the “Gateway to the Thompson Okanagan” and the first stop after Mer-ritt. I disagree. We are the gateway.
I agree a decision is some-what urgent in order to com-plete signage for the tourist season.
Some suggestions are Explore Merritt: The Gate-way of the Southern Interior; The Hub of the Southern Interior; The Heart (beat) of the Southern Interior; Coun-try spirit.
Ginny ProwalMerritt
Pick puppy from responsible breeder
“Attitude” doesn’t fi t ideasDear Editor,
Insurance: you’ve got to have it. When we moved to the area from a condo in Vancouver this past August, we purchased our home-owner’s package from Inte-rior Savings. Who knew, at the time, that insurance would take the form it did?
As you know, the weather locally has been unusual this winter. For us, 50 kilometres from Merritt (and off the grid), it has been unprecedented. We’ve had so much snow that we can’t drive out — even after plowing. What to do? I’ll call Jennifer Kightley at Interior Savings and see if she has any suggestions.
What? You’re stranded without gas and fresh gro-ceries? Send me the list. Don’t be shy. I’ll be out tomorrow with my mom
and we’ll snowshoe from the end of the road. You can meet us coming from the other direction.
So we did. Piled the supplies in two sleds and one backpack and hiked two kilometres to where our rig was able to get to. Sometimes, yes, sometimes, you receive insurance you
never knew you had. What a welcome to the neighbor-hood!
When you’re in to see Jennifer, tell her we need eggs.
Thank you Jennifer and Lee.
Garry and Valerie Martinick
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The Nicola Valley Pro Rodeo’s application was turned down as the group already receives property tax exemptions worth about $9,000.
Goetz recommended sending a letter to the rodeo group to give it an option between a grant in aid or a tax exemption.
Grants in aid can also be in-kind, meaning the city donates goods or ser-vices in place of cash.
Council supported a $910 in-kind grant to the Merritt Country Run, provided there’s no paint-ed messages on city streets this year.
“Sidewalk chalk? Great. But actual paint? That can’t happen. That’s
graffiti, defacing prop-erty,” Coun. Dave Baker said.
The grants are also classified as either grants in aid (financial and in-kind) or city initiatives, which are events that attract people to Merritt.
The city initiatives category came into effect in 2010 to keep the two categories separate. The
money for city initia-tives grants comes from one per cent of the city’s annual property tax, which is about $66,000 a year.
The 12 grants falling into the city initiatives cat-egory total about $22,000 so far. Council said left-over funds in that catego-ry can be used to support new events as they arise.
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2013-14 Merritt minor hockey awards
PEEWEE FEMALE RECREATIONMost Sportswomanlike Jenna KaneMost Improved Kyra PrevostMost Valuable Player Taylia McKeown
ATOM RECREATIONMost Sportsmanlike Cameron NicholsMost Improved Spencer NagataMost Valuable Player Manjot Panghli
MIDGET RECREATION 1Most Sportsmanlike Levi NelsonMost Improved Tre CarmichaelMost Valuable Player Trevor Hillson
PEEWEE RECREATIONMost Sportsmanlike Troy HolmesMost Improved Wade FountainMost Valuable Player Meisha Naiker
MIDGET RECREATION 2Most Sportsmanlike Rahul ChhabraMost Improved Shadin MclourMost Valuable Player Theodore Talon Tom
BANTAM FEMALE RECREATIONMost Sportsmanlike Courtney Christie/ Jenna SigurdssonMost Improved Natalie Sterling-MosesMost Valuable Player Madeleine Barnes
ATOM DEVELOPMENTMost Sportsmanlike Chase CookeMost Improved Caleb BrackettMost Valuable Player Max GrahamCoaches’ Choice Breanna Ouellet
PEEWEE REPMost Sportsmanlike Makyla CookeMost Improved Justine TigheMost Valuable Player Talon Zakall
BANTAM REPMost Sportsmanlike Anthony TullianiMost Improved Noah RacineMost Valuable Player Eric Lalonde
MIDGET REPMost Sportsmanlike Adam McCormackMost Improved Jessie CunninghamMost Valuable Player Sam Suzuki
OTHER MERRITT MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION AWARD WINNERS
Outstanding Jr. Officials Gillian Moore, MMHA Outstanding Marcel Ouellet Connor Ouellet, Jesse Landerkin, Nick Anscomb, Austin Achievement Award Hawkins, Makyla Cooke
Outstanding Sr. Official Brandon Buliziuk MMHA President’s Janet Moore Honour RollBest Timekeeper Alex Fraser MMHA Scholarships Tyler Edward/Coach of the Year Chuck Suzuki Stephanie Tourand
Rookie Coach of the Year Vicky Taylor Sukhi Randhawa Memorial Tyler Edwards AwardAlec Hunchak Memorial Award Leif Ellingsen Leonard & Raymond Dakota WudrichRon Ross Memorial Award Nonie Miyazaki Grebliunas Memorial Award
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Take notice that Marilyn Cooke and Louis Cooke from Merritt, BC has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Thompson Rivers, for a license for Agricultural purposes covering that part of District Lot 745 & 738, Kamloops Division Yale District shown on Plan A136 located near Merritt.
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Rooms for RentLooking for mature boarders. Furnished rooms, beautiful home. Must be working, prefer contract workers, close to down town core. Not for per-manent residence. Basement for 600 hundred, or upstairs room for 500 hundred. In-cludes utilities, but does not in-clude food. Call Tracey at 250-378-8852
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