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TGIF- Merritt Laundry

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August 30, 2013

English: Flag of the city of Melbourne, in Australia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Chinese laundry on Voght street is being gutted after siting dormant for decades the Chinese laundry that was once next to the New York Kitchen, Chinese restaurant, and operated by the Chin family was sold and is being renovated into apartments. the cinder block walls are solid according to sources on site . The roof and insides including to electric meters and a number of panels have been wreaked ant are gone to the dump.The Chin family once owned a large piece of land in that area of Voght street. Randy Chin operated Beaver insulation in the old Canadian Pacific warehouse next to the Merritt Library that now occupies the land which held the train station untill the 1980’s.A chin family member at the site today ( now an employee of BC Hydro said the family is all out of Merritt except Randy, but the original business’s are disposed and the family is in Vancouver. Except him in Kamloops.The Toy family dry goods from 1927 has been renovated and remains near to the chinese operations. The store is planned for antique sales.Today in history: August 30th 1835

The City of Melbourne is established.

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Premium for regular price

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August 21, 2013

The Petro Canada was offering premium gasoline at regular price this week as they were out of the regular grade of gas.

Premium gas was going for one dollar and forty five cents a liter. The Petro Can is at the corner of Voght and Belshaw avenue.

Today the price is back to normal and regular gas is available.

The 6 cent spread in price is said to be worth it in lots of applications and according to a motorcycle enthusiast especially in the performance of motorcycles. The cost additional cost on a fill up would be something over a dollar.

Today in history: August 21 1961

Please MIster Postman is released and becomes the first Number One Hit.

Petro-Canada warns about bogus survey (vancouversun.com)
best return on gas purchases. (financialdiffraction.com)
Extra Ways to Save at Premium Outlets in Florida (coupons.answers.com)
How to Save Money at the Allen Premium Outlet Mall (coupons.answers.com)

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136.8

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August 13, 2013

The Shell Station on the top of the hill on Voght Street is selling gas at 1/10th of a cent less than the competitors about. The Petro Canada across the street remains at 136.9 and the worker there says that it does not seem to make a difference.
The side of the sign at the shell station that faces the pumps says 136.9.

Today in History: August 13 1913

Otto Witte, an acrobat is said to have been crowned King of Albania.

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TGIF

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August 9, 2013

Today in history: August 9th 1930

Betty Boop makes her cartoon début in Dizzy Dishes.

Its good that it is friday….

Helicopter training is going on at an IBEW safety meeting this morning at the Coldwater Hotel. A source says its a five hour course facilitated by a teacher.

The power point shows multiple types of large helicopters including sky crane.

A source says that the transmission towers in the new 500 KV line are heavier then earlier ones used.

An source working for the construction of the new hydro substation here in Merritt says that a 230 KV line is also going to Mamette lake to another substation in the highland valley. They were marking out targets for underground cables to cross the road on Voght street next to the old Days Inn site that was demolished and recycled last year.

Mamette lake is about 20 minutes from Merritt on highway 97 C to Logan Lake BC.

Tags: Animation, Art, Betty Boop, Boop-Oop-a-Doop, Business, Cartoon, Dizzy Dishes, Fleischer Studio, IBEW, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Merritt, Merritt British Columbia, tgif, Who Framed Roger Rabbit

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TGIF the price of coffee

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July 26, 2013

Its good that it is friday….

The Merritt Desert Inn was charging $2.09 for a cup of coffee during the short lived HST regime in BC. There was a backlash as restaurants were on a level playing field with the value added tax. The tax is gone and the PST took its place and is not charged on restaurant meals. This morning a coffee cost $2:15 with 10 cents in for the federal value added tax the GST,

Today in history: July 26, 2005

Mumbai India gets 40 inchs of rain in 24 hours stopping the city for 2 days.

Employee who called police on coffee company owner has past of his own, records show (news-journalonline.com)

Tags: Asia, Business, Coffee, Government, Grant Road, India, Konkan, Lokhandwala Complex, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Recreation, Restaurant, tgif

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The week in pictures 7/20/13

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July 20, 2013

RCMP at Merritt restaurant, a member of the musical ride. enjoy the designation of Royal File photo KDG

The sign board at the local fire station, it went to extreme but now reads low at this publishing. KDG file photo.

Dew early morning this week

Commercail shot here

classy cars about

Today in history: July 20th 1976

The Viking one lander is successful on Mars

Tags: Astronomy, Mars, NASA, Planets, Solar System, Space, Viking, Viking program

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Porche commercial

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July 17, 2013

There was a concession van set up buy the old Merritt news building. The men that were working it said they were making a commercial for the German car manufacturer Porche.

Direction signs for the set were seen going south from town toward the Coquihalla highway in the direction of Hope.

Today in history: July 17,1938

Wrong way Corrigan takes of for Ireland.

Tags: Douglas Corrigan, History, Ireland, July, Religion, Second Spanish Republic, Spanish Civil War, United States

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Development

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July 16, 2013

On the west edge of the BC Hydro construction of their new substation and on the crest of a 40 meter hill is an extension of Spring Bank road going south toward town.Full water and sewer lines are being added. The view is of the River Ranch across the Nicola River with its green fields and meandering willow stands. The area was serviced with storm sewers decades ago.

A forestry forest fire training facility that features a simulator is being completed at the local airstrip about one mile away. The facility is scheduled for substantial completion on July 26th and for minister opening on the 1 st of August.

There are 3 twenty man training rooms, a laundry lots of offices and a large reception area, two helipads and a stones throw to the airstrip. There is also 4 residential lots that belong to the forest service. The facility is autonomous to the Regional Forestry Office on the other side of the airstrip and an open field away.The training center does not have living quarters.

The airstrip has a live in security person and houses the search and rescue command van.

Today in history: July 16,1212

Pope innocent the third calls European Knights to a crusade.