cool car ,warm weather
Open top cars make for an enjoyable lifestyle in this weather.
Today in History, August 17th 1969
Level 5 hurricane Camille hits coast of Mississippi killing hundreds and doing 1.5 billion in damage
Category: -Photography
This luxury car is in the shade its a convertible, at one time convertibles were banned by the authorities as a safety hazard. They lifted the ban and responsible people drive so knowing that the ban was because of crush from overturn. Wearing seat belts may ormay not be an advantage in every accident involving a convertible . However on probabilities they are a safety advantage. The enjoyment reason is obvious. Remember that accidents happen in a moment of time and are irrevocable. The loss can not be undone no matter how many times you watch back to the future.
Today in History, July 29th 1981
The Royal Wedding of Charles and Diana draws a television audience of 700 million.
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Osprey in the Nicola Valley are spending a lot of time feeding chicks , the new wings are also often seen being stretched above the nest horizon and being tried for soon coming flight.(fledglings)
Today in History, July 27 1054
Macbeth defeated at Dunsinane.
This mine car came from Bralorne Mines , an old working was recently broken into by ongoing gold mining,and a number of them were found. A woman that lives here and with a family history in mining and in particular in the Britannia Beach area that hosts the British Columbia Mining Museum, was doing short-term work at the mine and was given one of them for her front yard.
The display invites public attention on Coldwater Avenue in Merritt.
Update the Britannia Beach Mining Museum got a multimillion dollar upgrade recently.
Today in History, July 22 1933
Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly around the world solo.
This is a piece at the court-house gallery showing a pastel by Andrea Rogers, she told me it was 3 months of work and a lot of detail. Her show runs weekends till the end of the month.
Today in History, July 20 1926
Convention of Southern Methodists vote to allow women ministers.
This item is the second such laying in the street, this person has seen. One assumes it is Medical Pot. The first was brought to the attention of the local coroner and she affirmed in her opinion it was. She removed it. There is a health food store that advertises some form of it in a local store . The local police are fond of putting, a most wanted add, under the add that the store runs for MM.
Remember that entrapment defence laws exclude those that have a predispostion for something not legal ; ie a record.
We think they may be falling from those that have motorized wheel chairs, however it does not represent a significant public interest at this time , to us here.
Today in History, July 15 1927
Massacre of July 15th ,89 Protesters killed by Police in Vienna
This is the bucket system feed that brings wood pellets up into a storage silo. Production of wood pellets here has not started as yet however the facility is progressing regularly and under good security on off hours.
Today in History, July 13th 1997:
Leo Howard ,American actor born.
The flag is still there. No it’s not the Cumberland River ,it’s the local concrete proprietor who hoisted this flag above the gravel pit they recently reclaimed with some seeding. The flag however placed , more than two decades ago and assaulted , taken and harassed at nite for a long time. The owner prevailed through a process of years. Greasing the pole, making it higher, numbers of trips, and flags. In recent years,there have been few vandalisms noted and it has become a local fixture. The main man in the story is a man named Henry an person from Scandinavia. Now elderly and retired both him and his wife Clara ( a former city mayor) are noted for both takeing (enterprise) and giving (jobs ,fundraising for skateboard parks, etc) they are less public now and have a comfortable retirement home on the same mountain side that supported the gravel business. Henry is seen to frequent the Middlesbrough Pub for light refreshments and lunchs.The pub occupies the same hillside and a couple of miles down. Now thats building a convient life through hard work and perseverance .We hope they both enjoy their golden years that they deserve. And is not always the result of efforts in the old world; where in part they and we come.
Today in History, July 9th 1947 Elizabeth and Phillip announce their engagement.
This showing of art and lifestyle chronicles an interesting life of a women, that came to Canada from Holland at 19 years of age. She has hosted an optimistic life after coming 6 months after War Bride privileges expired in Canada to join her Husband a WW II veteran she met in Europe. One of her life choices was to not compete in the 1948 Olympics that she had qualified for and to choose a more private lifestyle here in Canada with her future husband Norm.
Her choice’s further included wisdom to over come the past as a child viewing mass reprisal executions in her village by occupation forces. The woman is a great example of overcoming and mitigating the petty things that often escalate to the unattractive and sometimes cruel; in this life sometimes covered by a thin veneer of prosperity.
Her showing at the Court House Gallery here in Merritt BC , Canada kicks off with an evening reception on the ninth of July. The showing will run weekends through July.
Rates : For perspective and understanding of positive projection: ***** excellent.
Today in History:July 6th,1947
The AK -47 Rifle goes into production in the Soviet Union.
- work started
The Canadian Country Music Hall of Honour, has started work inside their building. posted blueprints on the wall show rotunda, vinyl resurfacing, and flat screen TVs going into the building in the 2000 block of Quilchena Avenue in Merritt.
This Anne Murray hand print is one of some not displayed in the walk of stars proper , walking tour about town. It was on display in the building untill recent work began.
Today in history, June 30 1990 :
East and West Germany Merge their Economies.
This picture is purported as the original Coldwater Hotel in Merritt. Burned down in 1907. Built by Wilber McIntyre, replaced two years later.
Today in History, June 29, 2002
Koreans clash, 6 dead , north”s ship sunk.
- New plant
2.5 million dollars of federal money has Merritt a new wood pellet plant, it may use up to 50 people. The place is welcome cleaning up and improving an auto wreaking yard and an auto body repair place.
Wood pellets made from bug killed trees could be stumpage rate friendly as well.
Today in History, June 28, 1894:
Labor day becomes a offical holiday in the US.
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