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former long-time Merritt residents Ron & Renowned Canadian Fiddle Cham-
Joan Sherwood. pion Scott Woods and his All-Star band
And, the NV Health Care Auxiliary are back in town tomorrow — their 2-
has posted their fundraising total of hour Branson-style live show features ! !
2001 $130,187, closing in on the $150,000 they lots of Canadian Old Time Fiddle music, ANNUAL GENERAL
' MEETING
' ' '
Merritt’s Auto Glass Traditional Country songs, Western ' '
INC. pledged to raise! WEDNESDAY, JUNE '20, 2018
Specialists ' '
Fire season upon us
Swing tunes, Country Gospel favorites,
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fancy instrumentals, harmonies, vocals, ANGLICAN CHURCH HALL ' ' ' ' '
•Commercial •Residential Chattaway Lake fire step dancing, family humour, inspira-
Potluck supper 5:30pm • Meeting 6:30 'pm '
tional stories, and some of Scott’s famous '
•Automotive •Industrial
A fire Sunday along the Chattaway
trick fiddling – front and back somer- Keynote speaker: Judy Guichon '
Lake Forest Service Road, about 27km ! ! ! !
2663 Granite Ave. (next to Fountain Tire) northwest of Merritt grew to 8 hectares in saults and walking on a barrel - all while FOR MORE INFORMATION
378-4531 size. Through the afternoon, it was on playing his fiddle. ! !
PLEASE CALL AL AT 250-378-5370 ! !'
“the aggressive end of a rank three fire”. Tomorrow, Tues., May 29 at 7pm at the
A column of smoke was visible from the Merritt Civic Centre, with concert pro- MERRITT PICKLEBALL CLUB
! ! ! ! ! ! !
Coquihalla Highway & nearby commu- ceeds going to support Canadian chari- '
Playing M/W/F: 8:30-11:30am,' ' Central
Sport Box, ' ' ' '
Park
nities. Ground crews and aircraft re- ties. Tickets $25, $10 for children 6-12 & (2975 Voght Street) T/TH: 6:30-8:00pm, Merritt Civic! !
sponded: 4 air tankers, 6 people & 1 under 5 is free. Tickets available at Merritt Centre (1950 Mamette Ave) Great fun and exercise,
Printing, or by calling toll free1-855-726-
helicopter on scene, and heavy equip-
8896. FMI scottwoods.ca ! avail-
drop-ins welcome. Demo paddles and instruction !
ment deployed. able. FMI call Brian 250-378-7452 or Gary 250-280-0105.
Allie Lake wildfire
The Allie Lake wildfire, 55km north-
Give it a try! ' ' ' '
west of Kamloops, grew to 2,700 hectares,
The Merritt Senior Citizens’ Assoc. will
be hosting some events — for you to give space for your ad
and is burning out of control. Crews have it a try: Lawn bowling at the Bowling
been working around the clock since Tel 378-5717 • fax 378-4700
Green behind the Desert Inn on Tues. May
Wednesday, when it was reported, and markeT@uniserve.com
19, 6pm. Horseshoes at the Seniors Ctre be-
air support has assisted with suppression side the museum on Wed. June 6, 10am-
since the same afternoon. 12pm. Slowpitch Scrimmage on Sat. June
On Saturday, TNRD issued evacuation 16, 11am-1pm at the ball diamond closest
orders for 14 homes in Electoral Areas to the RCMP station.
“E” (Bonaparte Plateau) and“J” (Copper
Desert Country); and an evacuation alert
for 51 others.
Community
“Reduce your fire risk”
As well, an area restriction for Crown Join your local Merritt FireSmart Co-
land in the vicinity of the Allie Lake wild- ordinator at the Merritt Library for this
fire came into effect to protect public free workshop, Tuesday May 29, 5:30-
safety and ensure the safety of firefight- 7:30pm. Lean how FireSmart principles
ing personnel who continue with fire can help you reduce the risk of fire loss.
suppression activities. It will remain in
place until noon on Oct. 31, or when the Race for the Kids
order is rescinded. Hosted by Royal Bank to benefit the
Sunday, 130 personnel (including a BC Children’s Hospital, this new-to-Mer-
ritt event takes place Sat., June 3, at Voght
night shift), 11 helicopters and 10 pieces of
heavy equipment were assigned to the fire.Park. Registration 8am, run starts 9am.
And you can run with a Canadian
Historic
Olympian! Register online www.bcchf.ca/ merrittrace or at the park on the morning
of the event.
Free Dump Day TNRD has rescheduled Free Dump Day at the Lower Nicola Eco-
Baillie House
Depot for June 16 & 17. Residents may bring in one free load per household to their
local Eco-Depot or Transfer Station.
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