Category: Enterprize


Home show

The weekend after next is the annual Merritt home show. Business’s come from other communities as well as here and a good showing of products , artisan works and public interest booths is annually arranged. Future service contracts, direct sales and further information are all available at the weekend show . In downtown Merritt the show is  well scheduled past the Christmas season for savy consumers to get the jump on the latest and best and have a rep to highlight the products.

Today in History,February 24th,303

Rome publishes an edict  that begins persecutions of Christians.

Car Crash

A home off Nicola avenue’s, 1800 block in Merritt was struck by a car at about 2:30 am Saturday morning, the septuagenarian  women said that the police were there almost immediately and said the driver had been drinking.The elderly couples grandson was visiting from Alberta and asleep on the couch when the crash happened. No injury’s reported by the owner. And she had confidence in the car insurance as she had a file number from the attending police. Tire marks across the lawn  were littered with lens pieces and she said her concrete step saved here from more damage.

The couple spend many years as an agent for the Vancouver Sun and maintain a great garden at this home.

Today in History, February 17, 1753

Sweden , February 18th becomes March 1 as they convert to the Gregorian calendar.

Red Cross

There was a red cross presence here several years ago when a conservative government was elected on a privatization campaign. It is not a big presence now,I know a volunteer that arranges crutches  for people was the last I heard of them.  I am not sure they still do that. Crutches can be rented from drug stores and purchased out right. The organization is known as a NGO Non Government Organization in the United States and as a relief organization. Something that the government does most of here. An American  Red Cross Ambulance showed up in a used car lot recently we think reflecting a better purchasing position of the Canadian dollar across the line.

A source says that Wall Mart sells crutches and the lowest price is the law.

Today in History, February 16, 2005:

The Kyoto protocol come in to effect after being ratified by the Russian legislature.

Chamber awards

The business community(106 people) came out for their annual awards gala Saturday the 12 th. Merritt at one time talked of 500 plus Business licenses over time by the local govt B DC, that would be  about one for every bakers dozen of men, women, and children.

The winners are:

Harry Sanders Memorial Award: Posts Meat Market

Community Booster: Dr. Don McLeod

Tourism: Baillie House Tourist Information Center.

Employee of the year: Penny Blain, BC Visitors Center.

Non-Profit business of the year: Nicola Valley Health Care Auxiliary.

Home Based Business Excellence: Second Avenue Signs:

Business of the year: Best Value Glass.

Today in History, February 14, 1998

The first of 24 satellites for GPS are put in place.

Bush pilots

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Loss of life can never be totally rationalized.

Soapstone

The guy that does this soapstone here says that some soap stone has asbestos and could be dangerous in dry form. So if you take up check it out.

Today in History, February 10, 1996

Super computer beats Chess Champion G Kasperov for the first time

CBC FM upgrade

FM radio

Source says a Contractor for the Canadian Broadcast Corporation is upgrading the FM broadcaster here and in a hundred other  communities. An employee says he is happy they got the work.” It  isn’t our regular job”; says a man on site.

The  current receiver is a wire antenna between two poles about 100 feet from this upgrade.

The closest CBC FM presence to here is Kelowna 88.9 Radio one you can listen to FM radio one on your computer, our local private FM station is Q 101.

Found property

A bicycle is said to be waiting to be picked up by the bylaw officer from the downtown policing station. Found property is kept 3 months then disposed of , by crown assets disposal in the past some bikes were given to non profits  for fund-raising. To have an insurance claim a bike needs to be stolen and a file given from the police. Most bikes found are under the 500 dollar deductible limit for insurance some bikes are really expensive. We think that it is a burden on police resources to be chasing these things. So keep your bike out of sight and out of mind.

Remember there is a six month limitation period on petty crimes and you always run a chance of being called as a witness to a prosecution in that period.

In general attention should be paid to terms of coverage of policies still loss prevention helps us all.

River ice

Ice melt on Coldwater River is fast a furious. Open earlier this year then last.

Today in history January 28, 2011

President Regan, lifts oil controls to end the 1979 shortage and creates the 1980 oil market glut.

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Mine town

This home is on the bench in here. The Bench was a new development when the mine opened in the early 60’s. My Dads Uncle built the second home as a contractor and others after. The bench had a color divide until this home was purchased by an Asian. Now owned by another Asian who has two subway franchises here, it’s a different world now. We think that it was not on purpose but reflected the economic divide and a the minority status of Asians immigrating here that worked agriculture and sawmilling, the richness of the mine brought people with more expectations than those from overseas.

Today in History, January 20, 1920

American Civil Liberties Union founded.

Copper

This rock is laden with copper, there was a billion pounds of concentrate that came out of here from Craigmont mines in the 20 odd years it operated here.

Today in History, January 18,1919

Bently Motors founded.

TBM

TBM Cleaning Service, in the 1980’s when the new Conservative government came to power the post office went from a government agency to a crown corporation.Matt Thompson the local Postmaster was offered a 30 thousand dollar buy out of his job along with thousands of others. He took advantage and started a business including blinds and a sowing supply shop.This business was a part as well. It is licensed, has insurance ,and bonded a real selling point for those that need security of their files and premises at night.

There are some people from time to time advertise house cleaning without the bonding and insurance and you still get what you pay for.

The business has good equipment and clean trucks in good condition.

Today in History, January 21,1999

United States Coast Guard seizes 9,500 pounds of  Cocaine from a ship.

Improvement

Days are still short and giving interest in the do it your self-improvement in the warmth of your own home. This is the only building supply store here. Lots in Kamloops 45 minutes away.

Communities in Europe are closer than the 100 odd kilometers that town-site were laid out by the Royal Engineers, here two centuries back. The lower mainland has many townships that have grown together over time some from unincorporated areas. Here  at one time forward-looking engineers laid out many town site before being called home by the

British Home office. in the 18 hundreds.

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Today in History, January 13 1915

Earthquake in Italy kills 30,000

tree fort

If the trees are not big enough build a high rise tree fort, I wonder if the kids that built the Sears

Tower started this way.

Today in History, January 11, 1949

The first recorded snowfall in Los Angeles