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There are some higher power poles being installed on Voght street in Merritt this week. The poles have a three tiered vertical stake system for power lines like the one installed north of town to the highland Valley substation. they end at the Merritt substation underground hub in front of the Court House and at the corner near the Rotary park entrance to the south.
There is a mark out for more poles going through the area of Central Park, ( just got a lacrosse court) and a gated community and on through the golf course and over to the Merritt Green Energy wood waste generator.
An apprentice using a plum bob on a pole says that the remaining 61 KV line west of Merritt is still in place and is to remain. There is unconfirmed talk of another Hydro IPP in the future out that direction.
The 61 KV line was removed from Voght street and was the line to the highland valley before the Green energy project.
The poles on are being steel cased 16 feet in the ground with crushed backfill.
The has town green energy project with 14 people working to complete the 40 kilo watt wood waste burner.
The casing are about the style and diameter used on pipelines. A source says there is an advantage of being able to remove a pole with a jet pump truck.
On this day: January 29th 1900
The American baseball league is formed with 8 teams.
The local public library in Merritt is having a night to launch a digitization project done by Murphy Shewchuck and Tom Edwards at the local museum and archives. The pair used a digital camera to photograph and archive the hard copies of a local newspaper the Merritt Herald. The evening begins a 6PM refreshments are provided by the library a sign up sheet is at the front counter, 1691 Garcia street in Merritt.
A sources says that the record goes back to 1906 and that it will be available at the public library as it as at his writing at the Museum. The record predates the incorporation of the city.
The Merritt Herald is an award winning paper at the national level. A source at the Herald said it was done with permission.
Editors note: the event is from 4 PM to 6PM refreshments are available according to Anne Pang the person in charge of the event.
With due deterrence to Leonardo DiCaprio Revennant!
On this day: January 22 1999
Australian Missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by Hindu Radicals while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
TV news Kamloops BC reports on a death in Voght Park, Merritt. File Photo KDG
Congratulations to Rick Arnish on his retirement after 46 years with the Pattison Group finish up as a chair. Good luck in your continued contributions to the community post retirement. (as reported by CFJC on Wednesday)
Channel Seven CFJC has transmitters in 8 communities in the BC interior including Merritt. It is also available as channel 25 on the Bell system.
On this Day: January 21 1915
The service organization Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit Michigan.
Saddle Maker festival era Corner of Nicola And Garcia, Merritt BC File photo: KDG
Al Clarke retired from local radio ran a small business for a time away from the mike. The import from Powel River BC to Merritt had a promotion company called media Management.
Well before social media and smart technologies Al had an office in the corner building at Nicola and Garcia avenue, Across from the Grand hotel in Merritt.
Customers included Sanders and Company and forest concerns. We remember a conversation back when the Hedley Blast, music festival, in Hedley BC was failing under the watch of the organizer (locals and noise). Al had a keen appreciation serving an enthusiasm to see possibilities that could bring a festival to Merritt in what was to become the successful Merritt Mountain Music Festival. ( defunct in2010) :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merritt_Mountain_Music_Festival
Al is retired now and is a fluent social media friend. Kudos to him for his insights and all the years of watching council and broadcast at Radio NL Merritt and Q101 FM Merritt. https://www.facebook.com/al.clarke.3910?fref=ts
Happy retirement Al you sure were an asset and still are! Al was bringing us up to speed on Blue Monday at his writing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedley
Voght Street office of a local mine benefiting from new Hydro infrastructure. File Photo KDG
Robin a worker for Shaw Cable was pulling fiber through a pipe on Voght street here in Merritt Thursday. The laid off hydro worker said he had to change jobs when Hydro laid off a lot of people to accommodate apprentice trained workers.
The cable came from Parker Drive,Telus has lines on the poles above as well as Hydro lines in the top position on the poles.
When asked about site C he thought that that may be the reason for the lay off. He was aware of some of hydro’s activities in alternate energy including replacing some oil burning generators in small communities , working with distilling algae from sewage as well as some windmills.
BC Hydro’s Power Smart program encourages energy conservation among its residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The program also aims to promote energy saving retail products and building construction, and includes a “Sustainable Communities Program”. Its in-house Resource Smart program is used to identify and implement efficiency gains at existing BC Hydro facilities. BC Hydro also practices energy conservation at its generating facilities through the continuous monitoring and efficient use of the water resources used to power its generators.
BC Hydro is committed by the BC government’s Energy Plan to achieve electric power self-sufficiency in the province by 2016, with all new generation plants having zero net greenhouse gas emissions by the same year.[28] In 2013, BC Hydro released an Integrated Resource Plan which includes meeting at least 66 percent of the expected increase in electricity demand through increased energy efficiency.
BC Hydro has also entered into energy purchase contracts with a new category of company created by special legislation, Independent Power Producers (IPPs) to buy electricity generated from intermittent renewable sources, mainly from small capacity run of river hydro and more recently, wind power, wood residue energy, and energy from organic municipal waste. There has been some criticism of this policy on the basis that it will result in Hydro paying significantly higher rates to private producers than it would have if the power were self-generated.
BC has a policy not to develop nuclear power.
: source Wikipedia
BC Hydro operates 31 hydroelectric facilities and three natural gas-fueled thermal power plants. As of 2014, 95 per cent of the province’s electricity was produced by hydroelectric generating stations, which consist mostly of large hydroelectric dams on the Columbia and Peace Rivers. BC Hydro’s various facilities generate between 43,000 and 54,000 gigawatt hours of electricity annually, depending on prevailing water levels. BC Hydro’s capacity is about 11,000 megawatts.
To be continued.
On this Day: January 15th 1892
James Naismith publishes the rules to Basketball.
A visitor to the Nicola Valley ran a program with youth in 2015 Photo KDG
A member of the Nicola Naturalists is sharing a slide presentation at the Merritt Public Library on Thursday the 28th of January from 6-8 PM.
Billed as a travel-loque ” Armchair traveling through Cambodia and Vietnam”. Bob Scafe will share some pictures of flora and fauna from a trip to the near east.
Bob also was keen enough about butterflies to be involved in the Royal BC Museums program earlier this year.
There is a sign up sheet at the public library front desk at 1691 Garcia street in Merritt.
On this day: January 14th 1938
Norway claims part of Antarctica as sovereign territory.
Soap stone carvings by Ed Hendrix of Ponderosa Sports a big supporter of local lake fishing. file Photo KDG
The local fish and game group is sponsoring an Ice fishing derby on the coming weekend at Mammete lake. The time of the completion is from 8Am to 2PM on Sunday the 17th. there is free hot chocolate and coffee and hotdogs will be available. The entry fee is Fifteen Dollars a person and a max of 30 dollars a family.
Various prizes are offered.
FMI: http://www.nvfishandgameclub.ca
Editors note: Ice conditions may vary when recreating be safe carry a rope.
On this Day: January 13th 1942
Henry Ford introduces a plastic car 30 percent lighter then metal. The Soybean Car developed in part with George Washington Carver.
With all deference to the the the Christmas bird count and all the environmental action we hold dear and should always continue, this bird was probably killed by a cat. Tracks around it and its proximity to cats and a feeding station conspire to an exercise in instinct.
It was probably a fat cat as well,as instinct didn’t lead to consumption.
On this day January 8th 1982
Break up of the Ma Bell system leads to 22 subdivisions shed by AT&T
There is a kiosk at a sensitive grasslands area here in Merritt. It is dedicated to a local, Laurie Guichion , a rancher and the former chair of the Nicola Valley Community Round table. Laurie lost his life in a motorcycle accident years ago, however his legacy remains as the grasslands he loved is somewhat guarded by the awareness to the sensitive area. The published information isat the kiosk at the entrance of the Lundbom Lake grasslands area at he top of Hamilton Hill leaving Merritt on the connector east of town.
The Trans Mountain Pipeline company owned by Kinder Morgan is reporting that another such facility is installed through a contribution to a Kamloops social action group.
The project was completed on a sunny day in early October. Constructed off-site, the structure transported to the Lac Du Bois Grasslands in two parts. KBRA volunteers worked to prepare the site by digging two holes to hold the kiosk posts. Once on-site, the kiosk frame was pieced together, placed in the holes and reinforced with concrete footings. After placing a roof on the structure, the map panel was incorporated.
The Kamloops Bike Riders Association has placed it at the head of its Lac Du Bois trail.
It is said to give awareness of the combined value of recreation and grasslands sensitivity and the ability to co exist.
Trans mountain is nearing the end of a process to get permission to twin its 60 year old line to Edmonton that passes north east of Merritt’s airstrip.
Editors note: Trans Mountain has operated here for 60 years without any serious trouble we think that the twinning will bring scrutiny to the aging infrastructure here producing a net security benefit.
Gasoline at the local Petro Canada are under a dollar a liter. 98 cents are a lot better but not as good as prices under 80 cents in some prairie provinces.
Average price in the province at this 112.4 lowest 94.9 trending higher: http://www.gasbuddy.com/
on this Day: December 18th 1932
The Chicago Bears defeat the Portsmouth Spartans in the first NFL championship game.
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