Category: Arts and Culture

The Sapphires

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October 16, 2013

English: “PG” rating of Motion Picture Association of America film rating system (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Monday, October 21, 2013 the Nicola Valley naturalist Society presents The Sapphires Australia 2012 ,rated PG the non profit offers the film to members for 5 :00 dollars and a two dollar membership.Sapphires are one of 6 films that the group arranges for in a season that runs from September through March.

Films start at 7:30 PM at the NVIT lecture theater, free parking and no food or drinks in the theater.

Today in history: October 16th 1998

The Chilean dictator Pinochet is arrested on a warrant from Spain to face murder charges

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Wildlife photography

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October 15, 2013

The Nicola Naturalists are having a photography presentation on thursday October 17th. The evening begins at 7:PM at the nvit lecture theater on Belshaw avenue at the top of the hill.

Dr. Ian Routly ” photographing nature in BC” a family doctor and longtime resident of Lillooet . He is claimed to be an an amazing birder”

Today in history: October 15th 1878

The Edison Electric Company begins production.

U.S. Debut of “Wild Wonders of Europe” Conservation Photography Exhibition Opens at National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole (prweb.com)
A variety of Photography’s (arihantdigishop.wordpress.com)
Photography Tips and Tricks | “Imagic Photo” Teaches People How to… (prweb.com)

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October 14th, Canada

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October 14, 2013

Happy Thanksgiving

from the Proprietor review

Today in history: October 14th 222

Pope Callixtus I is killed by a mob in Rome after he had stabilized Saturday fasts to 3 times a year with no food wine or oil..

Thanksgiving weekend family fun in Metro Vancouver (blogs.vancouversun.com)
HARRISON RUESS – Happy Thanksgiving, eh! (sunnewsnetwork.ca)
Happy Thanksgiving (Hey, Wait a Minute, It’s Only October!) (plananevent.org)
Tickle Me Turkey – It’s Thanksgiving (touchofhumor.wordpress.com)

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Craft swap

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October 12, 2013

Craft swap Merritt Public library 1691 Garcia in Merritt BC CA

The tables are set out at the local library for the craft swap. Bring in un used crafts in good condition and then see them taken up by new owners.

Today in history: October 12th 1968

Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain.

Craft swap (kevingriffiths.wordpress.com)
The Unique Cultures of Equatorial Guinea (uniqueculturearoundtheworld.wordpress.com)
Host a Clothes Swap Party (rent.com)
November Food Swap is Coming! (haltonfoodswap.wordpress.com)

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Torsos More so

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October 9, 2013

The showing for October runs from the 11th 4:00 PM to October 26th 6 :00 PM.

The October show, running from October 11 through the 26th, features local multi media artist, Cindilla Trent. Cindilla is a well known local artist who works in many mediums. For October, she has gone into her knowledge of working clay to produce some awe inspiring Clay Torsos. Still maintaining the fun she shares in all her previous works, Cindilla has put her spin on the human torso. …

The small community of Merritt British Columbia has a pronounced art community including the Arts Council, Valley Visual Artists and an artisan cooperative.

Today in history: October 9th 2006

It is alleged that North Korea had its first nuclear test !

Torso / Torsion: Aisthesis Ii (drjohnsears.com)

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FahCheong The Art Book

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October 2, 2013

There is another new author here in Merritt Pius Cheong a world renowned sculpture , Nicola Valley resident and Singapore premier sculptor has published a book on his sculptures.

The book launches at the Merritt public library on October the 8th at the Merritt public library. registration is required. There will be new sculptures on display.

Update: The event was succesful as below:

We had a positive experience at the Merritt Public Library hosted by library head Deborha Merrick. The evening event brought about a realization that there is another new author here in Merritt. The author is Pius Cheong a world renowned sculpture, a Nicola Valley resident and Singapore premier sculptor. Pius has published a book on his sculptures: The Art Book was available for viewing and purchase for 80 dollars.

The book launched at the Merritt public library on October the 8th. Registration was required, and there were new sculptures on display.

An interview or conversation with the artist by Doug Strand, a local artist, culturally and artistically enriched the listeners

Today in history: October 2, 1950

The Peanuts Cartoon is published by George Shultz

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E85

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September 24, 2013

Middleton Petroluem Services tech reading shell station for the availability of e 85 fuel.

Middleton petroleum Services tech reading shell station for the availability of e 85 fuel.

The local shell station at the top of the hill on Voght street is purging the fuel tanks getting ready for an ethanol upgrade. The technician doing the purge says that ethanol is a cleaner so if they don’t purge the tank of bottom debris then the ethanol will do it and their filters will plug up.

E 85 fuel is up to 85 percent denatured ethanol fuel and 15 percent gasoline. it is often used by flex-fuel vehicles and is popular in corn-growing states in the US midwest.

Other alternatives to gasoline include diesel fuel making sure you have summer grade of winter (stove oil) grade fuel at the right times can be a problem and the cash out lay is greater for a diesel equipped ca;r but users say the economy is good over time.

There is a marked loss in gas mileage depending on the amount of ethanol in the gas, E85 may have less than half ethanol at times for a listing of ethanol free stations go to: http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=BC

Bio fuels are a good thing however the estimate that at 20 percent use of bio fuels would start to cut into the food supply still seem to ring true. Choices and odd man out are still attractive and are often tied to price and what the person will pay for their preferences.

Update: Today October 1st saw fuel being delivered to the local shell, no e 85. A source says that there is 10 percent ethanol in the regular brand and none in the premium brand. There is a 9 cent price spread between them.

The 10 percent ethanol is said to be the same across the province for Shell stations.

Today in history: September 24 th 1948

The Honda Motor Company is founded.

E85 motor fuel is increasingly price-competitive with gasoline in parts of the Midwest (prometheus.org)
The Pope Runs on Biofuels. Why Can’t You? (fool.com)
E15 now available in North Dakota (greencarcongress.com)
The Pope Runs on Biofuels. Why Can’t You? (dailyfinance.com)
American Lung Association: E10, E15 Ethanol Blend is Better than Gasoline (gas2.org)
EPA to approve E15 for cars built in 2001 and later (reviews.cnet.com)
A sugar rush that could fuel the economy (thehindu.com)
Annawan gas station discounts E-85 in honor of local ethanol plant (wqad.com)
EIA: E85 increasingly price-competitive with gasoline on energy content basis in parts of the Midwest; mileage per dollar (greencarcongress.com)
Controversy brews over increased ethanol fuels for older cars (reviews.cnet.com)

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$1.33 for gas 2013/14 Arts Council Concert Series

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September 19, 2013

The Petro Can on Voght and Nicola was the first signage we noticed that showed that the gas price was down to $1.33 a litre. that is now on par for the price in Kamloops 50 minutes away on the Coquihalla Highway. an interview with a worker at another PC on the top of the hill revealed that her 2 weeks of service sees her still at 10.25 per hour about minimum wage. There are all kinds of subsidies in the world,

Friday September 20th : Shari Librich and Ted Littlemore

Thursday November 14th Cris Dorkson

Saturday February 1st Murray Hartfield and Teresa

Friday March 14th La Vent du Nord

Starts are at varying times.

The arts council is a non-profit organization without paid help.They strive to bring relevant culture and art to citizens. The musical concerts are held in the Merritt civic center.A facility that has subsidised rates for culture and non profits. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nicola-Valley-Arts-Council/126919947365156

Today in history: September 19th 2010

The oil leak from the well of the Deep Water Horizon is sealed.

Rockford Area Arts Council 2014 Community Arts Access Grants and Grantseekers Workshop (wifr.com)
Cultural Council looks to change minds about the city’s level of arts funding (jacksonville.com)
Queens Council on Arts looks to SPARC artists’ interest (queensoncue.wordpress.com)

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New buses

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September 18, 2013

New Buses

There are two new buses at the City hall parking lot where they park the BC transit buses that service the city. The old buses are on a replacement schedule that a source says is 200 thousand kilometers.

The buses are owned by BC Transit a subsidised provincial transit system that rationalised transit to the cost of the gas taxes that go to highway and road maintenance.

An unconfirmed source at the city said that they don’t know when they will be in service as the operation is a non-profit headed by a volunteer,and arms length from the city.

The buses still have temporary operation permits and need outfitting for disabled as they are used in transporting to medical appointments in Kamloops and Kelowna.

As of this morning a confirmed source says that they will be in service next week and that the buses were 2 years over due for changing. The disabled equipment is on them now. ” we are supposed to operate them for 5 years and they have been in service for 7.”

There are 5 paid employees of the volunteer board that run the two bus system Serving Merritt and Lower Nicola.

Today in history: September 18th 1809

The Royal Opera House is opened in London.

BC Transit: Another step closer to privatization (wbng.com)
B.C. Transit adds buses, service hours in Victoria (timescolonist.com)
BC Transit rolls out more service hours (vicnews.com)
Adelaide’s Solar Buses Could Be the World’s Greenest Public Transports (gizmodo.co.uk)
Dozens of passengers killed, injured on double-decker buses (globalnews.ca)
States to get 10,000 Buses under JnNURM (hexagreen.com)

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Merritt Centennials

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September 17, 2013

British Columbia Hockey League (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The BCJHL junior ice hockey team have started the season. A member of the team says that there are 22 players and no cuts to the roster pending. The team consists of mostly BC natives and a couple of Americans, this according to a team member.

The Centennials are the oldest franchise in BC and go back to the 1970s when a local clothier and others took an interest in bringing the team to Merritt.

They have a site at: http://www.merrittcentennials.com/leagues/front_pageCents.cfm?clientID=3359&leagueID=8957

Today in history: September 17th 2011

The occupy wall street movement begins in New York.