You are presumed to be honest and responsible without evidence to the contrary beyond a reasonable doubt… on the balance of probablilties you are justified by 51 % likelyhood.
Nissan Leaf, gets DC quick charge in Merritt
File Photo KDG
We talked to two Nissan Leaf owners on the long weekend that used the quick charger at the downtown tourist info center on Voght street. Henny a brick layer from the lower mainland and on his way to Kelowna was driving a new Leaf and showed us the compact bakery under the front hood. He was saying that he needed a full charge to have confidence to carry on to Kelowna. The car was equipped with a solar panel on the roof as well and it only managed another lead acid battery that ran the lights and other then motor electronics.
When he returned the next day full of excitement we picked up on his confidence in the new experience.
The other driver a man in his 30s and a boy going camping at a local lake returned to recharge as well.
The comments were that the 500 volt quick charger was a green lot numbered one and it was surprising to see one that you needed to pay for.
Henning wondered if it was possible to use both the quick charger and the 90 amp 220 Volt charger at the same time as there are two charging ports supporting each one.
There are a least 13 more EV chargers coming to the Kootenay region of BC through 2018. BC Hydro is installing them and they are the quick version. The 13 planned additions follow the US Border to near the Alberta border going east from Greenwood then go north along the Alberta border to Rogers pass. To side ways roads go to Sparwood and Field being the closest to exiting BC for Alberta.
The 13 are promised by the end of 2018.
Billed as Canada’s first regional and community-driven strategy to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles, Accelerate Kootenays kicked off the big push with the opening of a DC fast charge station in Cranbrook. Gone will be the days when longer electric vehicle trips in the region were marathon “making the most of it” affairs that might involve going on a local hike while your car “trickle-charged” for hours at a local campground. Source BC Hydro
Best Western under construction in Merritt includes EV stations File Photo: KDG
On this Day: May 3rd 1973
The Sears tower in Chicago becomes the worlds tallest at nearly 1500 feet.
Urban living: this marmot takes advantage of a concrete pad for shelter. Photo KDG
Its good to be right, then you can go by your own name Ground Hog…
The April meeting of the local Naturalists is on April 20th at 7PM a graduate student of UBC will be presenting on the flora of the Arctic, in particular berries.
Sarah Desrosiers is a local graduate student pursuing her degree at the University of British Columbia. She has worked with Inuit elders, youth and land users in the Canadian Arctic for six years. She is collaborating with communities to help document, preserve and promote traditional knowledge of plants for foods, materials and medicine. Sarah will discuss her involvement with a community-supported berry-monitoring program in Kugluktuk, Nunavut. She will also talk about the importance of building capacity for youth to engage with the local environment as a way for healing and well-being. This will be a very interesting ethnobotanical talk.
The meeting is at the NVIT Lecture theater top of the hill on Belshaw avenue in Merritt, membership or donation requested. No food or beverages in the Lecture theater.
On this Day: March 30th 1905
Born Mikio Oda, Japanese track and field competitor.
Conventional wisdom here at 700 Meters above sea level in Merritt is plant outside on the long weekend near the end of May, or all the snow is gone from Iron Mountain. Some are itching and raking already! Some get a start by having sheltered areas and using manure to heat he ground there is a myriad of skills and knowledge out there.
A community garden is available near the hospital grounds here in Merritt 25 dollars for the first year a partial refund is given after harvest and clean up. The Society is having its AGM and seed swap on April 19th. Nicola Valley Community Gardens: Hosted by Joleen Morrison, Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/events/2011940762366742/
On this Day: March 29th 1849
The British annex Punjab.
Sharon McIvor, lawyer first nations women advocate, professor at NVIT file photo KDG
Sharon McIvor is a local Nicola Valley First Nations person and is a lawyer. Sharon distinguished herself by winning supreme court decisions on the repatriation of status lost to FN women.
Sharon is a principal educator and pioneer at NVIT the first nations post secondary school in Merritt and Vancouver.
Merritt Civic center, site of indoor golf this weekend: File photo KDG
The local Rotary club is having its 19th annual indoor golf fun day this coming weekend. The group raises funds for community projects and has been involved in the local skate board park, a full park and a water park. The organization takes on polio intervention internationally.
The event is at the Merritt civic , 4-11:30 PM Saturday February 25th.
On this Day: February 21 1925
Anglican church interior, Merritt BC File Photo KDG
The local Anglican community has a church and alter as well as some missions on local reserves in the BC interior. The alter solemnizes marriages and does services. the Church also have a kitchen in a hall that gives a free hot meal once a week to anyone with no questions asked. Because of dwindling numbers they sometimes share services with the United Church of Canada, kitty corner from them on Chapman Street in Merritt.
A matter of some confusion for Anglicans elsewhere in the world is that while the Anglican Church of Canada is a province of the Anglican Communion, the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada is merely one of four such ecclesiastical provinces of the Anglican Church of Canada. This confusion is furthered by the fact that Canada has ten civil provinces along with three territories
The local Public Library is having a fifteen minutes of fame day on January 27th 2017. Read anything for 15 minutes and tell the library about it and you will be famous for your fifteen minutes here.
The library is at 1691 Garcia street in Merritt and you can report your read at the desk or by calling at 250-378-4737.
Library self checker File photo KDG
Read and report anything anywhere and anything to qualify. There is an entry in a draw for a prize included in your report.
A prize package for a library program. File Photo KDG
This post was constructed from published material and conversations at the local library. Literacy is a concern at all times, usage and interest is a public interest.
On this Day: January 11th 1908
The Grand Canyon is made a public monument.
The Nicola Naturalists are starting their winter program that includes an eagle count.The group is a member of the BC Naturalists and information is shared, it is also a registered non profit and has a track record.
Sunday 15th January – Nicola Valley Swan/Eagle count with Wayne Weber
Meeting place & time: Merritt Civic Centre at 08:30 to car-pool.
Each year there is a mid-winter count of swans and eagles in the Southern Interior of B.C., with participants from many areas. A few members of the Nicola Naturalists have participated in past years.
Because of increasing interest by birders, in 2017 and future years, Wayne is organizing a special outing with all NNS members welcome to join in.
Duration: About 8:30 AM to 4 PM. (The count should take all or most of the day). Please bring a lunch and a hot drink! Leader: Wayne Weber
Area covered: Nicola River from Merritt to Nicola Lake; entire shoreline of Nicola Lake; Nicola River from Nicola Lake to Spahomin (Douglas Lake); Nicola River up to Douglas Lake P.O. (NOTE: The Nicola River from Merritt west to Spences Bridge will be covered by a separate group, and will not be part of the main field trip.)
The Society will also start its winter presentation program on Thursday January 19th at 7 pm and are hosting the Nicola Tribal association in a presentation on salmon.
Thursday January 19th 2017, 7 PM at NVIT Lecture Theatre: Tracy Wimbush (Nicola Tribal Association) – Salmon and salmon habitat in the Nicola Valley
The Nicola River system is the breeding site of important stocks of salmon, some of which are seriously depleted and threatened. Salmon are an important focus for local First Nations in the Nicola Valley. Tracy Wimbush is the program manager for the Nicola Tribal Association. She also works closely with the Nicola Lake Steering Committee, BC First Nations Fisheries Council, Esk’kn’am Management Committee, and is the Mandated Representative for two bands on the Fraser Salmon Management Council. She has been actively working to conserve and rebuild the local Early Chinook Stock that return to the Nicola System. Her talk will be about the Chinook and the work around them.
The local tribal council had a Salmon Count on the Cold water river, in Merritt that ended before Christmas. The study involved a ” unique trap, first in North America” according to the operator. The study was for Coho according to the operator and the the postings by the tribal council. The presentation on the 19th is on Chinook and the Fraser as well as the Nicola River system.
There is free parking at NVIT no food or beverages in the lecture theater. Admission is open to the public a membership or donation is requested.
Quiz: What left this track?
On this Day: January 4rth 1998
An ice storm in eastern Canada gives severe damage.
Photo: A nativity at the walk of stars exhibit in Merritt for the Black Friday Parade in November. Traditions are a sort of homey activity and we wish you happy holidays over this season. And others!
On this Day: December 16th 1689
Convention Parliament gives body of rights.
700 rivers/ creeks on the Trans Mountain, expansion, consultation was made to address them. KDG
These creatures were crossing the Nicola River off Garcia street this week the day before the Trans Mountain announcement. People feel that the health of the creatures are a Bell Weather or Canary in a coal Mine for the state of the environment.
The area is next to a 5 acre piece of property that was just re zoned back the Agricultural from Single Family Dwelling. Human attitudes toward development are also bell weathers and the fact that a family (Gary Ware’s) wish to have a hobby farm as it was in the past speaks well of them. Especially when properties are under pressure for profitable development in the urban centers of the province.
There is a film tonight in Merritt at the local college about frogs and the reading of damage to the environment by the health of their populations.
The film is called Toad People and is sponsored by the local Nicola Naturalists, http://www.nicolanaturlists.ca . It begins at 7PM at NVIT, Belshaw RD, top of the hill. ” Save BC species: contact outreach@wildernesscommitee.org. Suggested donation 10 dollars.
Everyone’s point of view has weight including industrys.
A demonstrator outside the public meeting for the information of waste dumping in the Sunshine Valley File Photo KDG
On this Day: December 1st 1919
Lady Astor becomes the first women MP in the UK.
Kevin Griffiths
percypaschal
The Proprietor Review 