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March 12, 2012

The Interior Lower Mainland project,a third 500 kilo volt line is gearing up, and today, Janis Brooks and Cheryl Brooks are available at the local college takeing job applicants.

A new 250 kilometer line is going from the Revelstoke Dam site to the lower mainland.

For information on job opportunities call 604-846-1011 ext 215 and leave a message with Kate Fitzer. No man camp is planned.

BC Hydro is looking for a January 2015 in service date for the project.

Today in History: March 12 1947

The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to stop the spread of Communism.

Windstorm topples trees, knocks out power on B.C.’s south coast (theprovince.com)
BC Hydro, power and authority (kevingriffiths.wordpress.com)

Tags: BC Hydro, Flatrion and Graham Joint Venture, Job Opportunities

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Merritt and District Chamber of Commerce

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March 8, 2012

The local Chamber is moving from its site on Voght Street, to a place on Granite Avenue, 2000 block.It is said that it will have a part in the Iron Mountain Music Building that at one time housed the public library. The Granite Street is currently having street repairs and beautification applied to it.

It is level entry and in the traditional business section of town.

Today in History, March 8,1817

The New York Stock Exchange is founded.

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North West Territories

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March 5, 2012

Twenty some years ago they divide the vast expance of land into an eastern arctic as well as a west meaning a legislature was distinct from the one in Yellowknife. There is a lot of land that on the surface looks like it is not of much value, however mineral resources are abundant. And the world is so small now. Last week at a scrap gold and antiques buyers event. A person brought in two tobbaco cans full of high-grade silver ore. with silver around 6 dollars an once I talked to a person who mills precious metals for mines and we estimated that the A bar of silver could be poured from the cans of at least 50 onces About 300 dollars worth of silver. Only requiring a make shift furnace producing 2200 degrees farenheit for and hour.

I was in the territories when the Hunt brothers from Texas tried to corner the market for silver,by owning 10 percent of the world supply. The price rose to about 60 dollars and once. before the supply side economics of Ronald Regan took over in the early 1980s collapsing metal prices back to demand.

The man said that a supervisor said take some for a reminder fo his experience, and he did, this from a mine on the Camsell River on Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories.Lots of dynamics at work here, including publicly traded shares ,but if all the construction workers did the same it would amount to a material loss to share holders. A loss more significant then market corrections when speculation increases stock value. We say if this happens to you be aware and get a recipe or something in writing. giving you permission.

There is a six month limitation period on crimes under $5000.00 in Canada, however there is no limitation on the value of your reputation.

Free minors licences are free to people over 65 and very inexpensive for those under and it gives you the right to prospect and collect samples on unclaimed land. You can pan for gold without one.

Today in history, March 5th 1999

The first premier of the Canadian, new territory of Nunavut is elected.

Arctic Winter Games kick off in Whitehorse (cbc.ca)
Nunavut MLAs call for sustainable energy (cbc.ca)
Farewell “Nunatsiaq”, Inutitut for Beautiful Land – Yellowknife, Canada (travelpod.com)
Canada: A Vast Canadian Wilderness Poised for a Uranium Boom (e360.yale.edu)
Mineral exploration booming in Nunavut (cbc.ca)
Census shows six Nunavut communities shrinking (cbc.ca)
Retired judge to head Alberta queue-jumping health inquiry (cbc.ca)

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Book burning

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March 1, 2012

Its freedom to read week and the library had a book burning. Placing about 50 odd books on a table that someone had asked to be withdrawn or taken out of some system some where. The display had fire wood on it and if a library patron had not taken one of the items to the counter and asked that it be spared it would have been burned this coming Monday, after freedom to read week was past. The last book saved from the fires happened late morning today. The book was redeemed from the fire by a middle aged First Nations patron who happened to be along with a radio (Q101 FM ) official.

The last book saved was a book by Timothy Findley that dealt with an incident when Army officers raped a fellow officer in the First World War.Titled The Wars, someone had asked that it be withdrawn because it promoted homo sexuality. In some contexts it could be difficult to ask that it be saved from a burning. The jacket cover includes flames of fire.

An member of the RCMP, had asked to have a copy of a book recently removed, as reported by a local paper.

The Temptress a book close to and dealing with Women On Top remained on the shelf and was not placed on the table to be saved.

Editors note: The local police are seen as using resentment to extricate information from people; its incredulus that they didn’t know about freedom to read week coming up so soon. We trust that the public library remains a place of intellectual freedom and not constrained by the suspicions of the police.

Today in History , March 1 1912

The first parachute jump from a moving airplane is accomplished by Albert Perry

E-books Can’t Burn by Tim Parks | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books (marycastillo.wordpress.com)
Sunday Surfing Selection: Freedom to Read Week – Feb. 26-Mar. 3, 2012 (schoollibrarybeyondsurvival.wordpress.com)
Burning Books is a Horrible Idea (enchantedbybooks.wordpress.com)
“E-books Can’t Burn” by Tim Parks (armidabooks.wordpress.com)
E-books Can’t Burn (popwuping.com)
Echoes from the Memory Hole–a Book that Set the World on Fire (longstreet.typepad.com)
With E-Book Ban, Apple’s “Closed” Nature Goes Too Far (readwriteweb.com)
On BOOK BURNING (dylans12.wordpress.com)
Fahrenheit 451 (greatestbooksofalltime.wordpress.com)
Official: Books burned in Afghanistan were extremist (usamericanfreedom.com)

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Last rites

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February 29, 2012

The local theater society is putting on a production ,Last Rites. They are planning for Circa May 17th. A cast of eight players are working in the local community college to produce the event. A source says some roles will be doubled up.

The group is under the leadership of Mil Jurusic the new president; a teacher at NVIT. Mil has been involved in the Say so Society; an open mike improv group that frequent a night spot here called Iron Mountain Music. That group is planning a function for St Patrick’s Day.

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The local group had a successful play done on historical figures for the 100 year centennial of the city. They will be building on that.

Today in History, February 29,1972

Hank Aron becomes the first ball player to contract over 200 thousand dollars a year.

Quip : remember a leap year is not the same as a leap second as the second has to do with the speed of the earths rotation. what ever makes the earth move for you….

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Gold Buyers

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February 20, 2012

There is another gold buyer in Merritt this week they are coming regularly looking for silver and gold as well as old jewelry.

Canadian Collectors Road Show.

Treasure hunters and second handlers are a reality of many people’s life in a tough economy.

They are at the Best Western of Voght for four this weekend the buying ends today. They advertised free estimates and coffee.

Kevin and Nate a couple of young fellows were well involved this morning giving verbal appraisals on scrap gold and artifacts. A small disagreement on the plate or silver content of one item in Kevin’s charge drew attention from Nate and seemed resolved amicably. We watched three clients sell small amounts of scrap gold for amounts under 50 dollars ,they were payed by cheque after producing a name address and photo ID to back it up.

One of the buyers was a Thailand national with a long last name: Tungkulbavarodom. ( just want to test my spell checker.)

An assessment on a hard-hat made by McDonald company that had an artistic relieve of the industries wares on it confirmed a 300 to 400 dollar value, when asked if the owner wanted to sell it he said no but he would check with his son the owner for a possible nother day. When a man produced two tobacco tins of high-grade silver ore ” given as a souvenir from a mine site he worked at in the North West Territories , there was much conversation generated, but no offer from the buyers to take the ore. A table displayed some silver antiques and antique toys with a 1939 Iron Cross, and some other war medals.

Coffee was offered as advertised as well as free appraisals without pressure to buy.

Canadian Collectors Roadshow is from Vancouver, Canada and have a web site:

Collectorsroadshow.ca

Today in history,February 20 1901

The Legislature in Hawaii convenes for the first time.

Buyer’s Guide to Antique and Vintage Jewelry-Part 1 (rubylane.com)
Iron Crosses, Bruges – update (nunartist.com)
Gold Jewelry Buyer – Finding the Best Gold Jewelry Buyer to Sell Your Gold (edocr.com)

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Happy Valentines Day

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February 14, 2012

Valentines Day is the day that sweethearts get to make a comment that is romantic instead of pragmatic. So before you ask where your socks are better think of some cooing and cuddle. It better be soul to soul and not sensual. flowers and candy help for appreciation but what really matters is progress. Is your commitment strong and going somewhere, are you passionate about life as a couple are you taking full advantage of the special community that you share with a person. All these things should well up into a word fit for the pair of you and only good for the sweetness of your moment.

If all else fails an expensive dinner out will bridge till next year…..

Today in History: February 14,842

Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear oaths of Strasbourg in French and German.

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Airstrip

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February 13, 2012

There is a small airstrip here in Merritt, Saunders Field. It is on a nice little bench just north-west of town. The local city council was inviting people who would be interested to be on the airport committee to contact the city. The strip is 634 meters at 500722 North,1204450 west. It is a public airfield and yes operated by the city.

About two decades ago a premier visited it in a whirlwind working tour and a 600 thousand dollar grant was given to put night landing lights on it. The money was never used and was returned to the Cabinet. However in the last year there has been a new hanger building built and there is a going concern helicopter company at the field.

The Merritt Flying Club operates a website that updates weather every 5 minutes as well as almanac and moon phase.However the last reading shows 29/1/12 and there is a registration offer from ambient weather.

The airstrip has had scheduled passenger service in its history never lasting long as small planes are not comfortable to use as passengers and there is commercial jet service in both Kamloops and Kelowna, about an hour and a quarter away.

A city committee is usually chaired by a councillor and is a good precursor to running for elected office.

Every now and then the Federal government lands one of its four engine search and rescue aircraft and gets fuel adding to the legitimacy of the strip.

Today in History: February 13,2008

The Australian Prime Minister makes a historic apology to the aboriginal people ; the indigenous Australians and the stolen generations

Editors note: tomorrow February 14, 2012, afternoon 12-1, Dr.Cora Voyageur at the local college will be giving a presention open to the public on trends in aboriginal communities: there is also and evening session.

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Anniversary of National Apology Day (olmcsunbury.wordpress.com)
AirStrip gets clearance in Europe (mysanantonio.com)
An Open Letter to the People of Australia (wonderingpilgrim.com)
AirStrip Receives CE Mark for Mobile Monitoring Solutions (medgadget.com)
Airstrips to be developed in Kasaragod, Wayanad: Minister (thehindu.com)
Drug-laden plane left at Texas airstrip was sold (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
Britain to pay for St Helena airstrip backed by Lord Ashcroft (telegraph.co.uk)
Drug-laden plane left at Texas airstrip was sold (newsok.com)
Airstrip at Periye likely to be completed by end of 2013 (thehindu.com)

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Good will

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February 9, 2012

Alley at night (Photo credit: markhillary)

There is a painting at the Baillie House by the British Columbia Artist of the year in two thousand and eight Norman Kelly is a print 185 of 2000. The work is called River Crossing and features three horses and cowboys crossing a river.

That type of art is popular around here and artists like Arthur Mosely and others have a good constituency when it comes c0wboy to art.

The Kelly print is marked down to 50 dollars from a hundred and its being sold as yard sale donations that come regularly to Baillie House; a registered charity.

Art is in the eye of the beholder and sometimes the estate holder.

There is a cowboy poet at the Public Library here on March 1st.

Today in history,February 9,1964

The Beattles go on the Ed Sullivan show to be seen by a record 73 million people.

The Ed Sullivan Show (newfoundlandtraveller.wordpress.com)

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Today in history

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February 6, 2012

Free Education, a long time ago when the old now were young an education was a great privilege. In Canada in the sixties and seventies, the criteria for the federal police force was 11-11. Five foot eleven and grade eleven. That still put the members at an advantage over the norm of grade 6; not to many years earlier. At this writing I am at a community college and a public institution that has a first nation emphais.Those north american indians were promised that education and medical attention would be free to them centuries ago. Some of them took advantage of it and used it to be involved in the community as a whole. Indians like Len Marchand were effective Members of Parliament. And a single voice of an elected native in the Manitoba Legislature halted the ratification of a consitutional amendment the meech lake accord; several years and a lot of governments ago.

Today in the hallway of the college, at writing are some posters of Fidel Castro and some of his revolutionaries, that had some similar aspirations.

There is lots of different ways of funding an education and the onus is on the person. From criminal injury compensation administered by medical practitioner’s, to retraining when the employment people can’t find a person suitable work for the age and experience of a seeker. Rewards in scholarship for various affinities are available and a student loan system that favors the deserving. The military in particular in the United States has a history of supporting service people to re-education since the end of the Second World War.

The posters in this school come from a site called Trabajadores Sociales and has to do with spanish speaking people in the labour curve.

PS: Happy 60th to our gracious Queen.

Today in history, February 6,1989

The round table talks begin in Poland starting the overthrow of Communism.