Dear Editor:

In response to the “Many thanks to NVFGC,” letter printed in the Thursday, Jan. 17 issue of the Merritt Herald.

As requested by several members, to clarify:

Yes, the couple who wrote the letter did help with many club fundraisers, range work and club activities, etc. But, then again, so have many, many other members since the 1960s. I guess some people just have to blow their own horn.

As for “unofficial caretaker of the range,” it should be noted that the man named in the letter received compensation for several years of his work from the income supplement program, in addition to his personal pension. He received the remuneration, as it was signed for by the club for him to qualify each month due to his work with a non-profit group such as ours. I believe it was granted when he worked for 10 hours per month. The statement that “the position was felt not to be needed” is not exactly correct, because when he turned 65 and old-age pension started, the extra funds ended. End of program.

And for the hundreds of dollars in donations made to the club and BCWF over the years, I am sure the club contributed to the BCWF through its affiliation but, as for the personal donations, I am not aware that anyone has done that.

For further clarification, they were asked to resign as directors for reasons I don’t want to divulge, but they chose to quit the club instead.

That being said, I wish them well in their new endeavours.

Paul Kominoski,

President NVFGC

Merritt