For one Merritt boy, a small achievement soon turned into something he would never forget.

Winning the Merritt News' carrier of the month for April this year, 14-year-old Noah Bergmann caught the eye of someone at the gaming empire of the LucasArts Entertainment Company.

On Thursday morning, Bergmann received a package in the mail listing the sender as LucasArts Entertainment, the highly successful company founded in 1982 by writer/director George Lucas, who is probably most known for creating such movie sagas as Star Wars and Indiana Jones. LucasArts is the video game development group of Lucasfilm Limited, Lucas' movie production company.

Bergmann, a Grade 8 student who describes himself as an avid gamer and computer programmer, was ecstatic as he opened the package; his dream is to work for LucasArts as a computer programmer.

Inside the package was an envelope addressed to Bergmann as well as two video games and a couple of business cards. Inside the envelope was a card handwritten by the LucasArts Entertainment president Paul Meegan.

Meegan congratulates Bergmann for being named the Merritt News carrier of the month, wishes him the very best, and says he hopes that Bergmann's dream of becoming a LucasArts programmer will someday come true.

"Give us a call when you graduate," Meegan goes on to say.

"I was expecting to have to contact them," says Bergmann, trembling with excitement. "But they kind of beat me to it."

Bergmann is already learning how to program in Java Script and Objective C.

"It's neat that they would actually like a new programmer," he says.

"It encourages me a lot to know that someone's hoping I get far enough," he adds.

The two video games in the package from Meegan were Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars (for Xbox) and Force Unleashed 2 (for PS3).

"This is kind of the first few steps in becoming a programmer. I'm thinking that I might just give them a call when I graduate."

The Lucasfilm recruiting website states: "We're in the business of telling great stories and making magic. We produce really cool films, video games and television programming. We create amazing visual effects and sound design. We market, distribute and license our products and services around the world. We're constantly striving to push the envelope."

For what it looks for in programmers, it says, "We're looking for the best and the brightest, both in the U.S. and globally. We want people who come to work every day with new ideas. We're an equal opportunity employer—we believe that creating a diverse workplace helps us attract the best talent and foster creativity…."

Bergmann, whose birthday followed the next day, had extra reason to celebrate. His 14th will definitely be a memorable one.