Category: Sports and Leisure


New Sign

Today there is a new sign at the bike park to the west of the RCMP station on Voght street here in Merritt BC ,CA. The sign calls the park ” Rotary Bike Park” and there is a partnering organization with it on the sign: Merritt Mountain Bike association is in black and white with a descriptive logo.City crews are at work cutting grass and neatning the small park with its bike jumps and challenge circuit.

Rotary International is a organization that was started by an American, Paul Harris. They rotated meeting places from house to house. There are two clubs in Merritt.

Today in history: June 17.1885

The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbour.

Today in History: June 15,2008

The Lehman brothers file for bankruptcy triggering the 2008 financial crisis.

TGIF

Merit of Merritt

Its good that it is friday….

Car show the local classic car bunch are having a show Sunday June 28th at central park, ( next to  the ball parks and police station on Voght Street. There is a strong club here for the size of the community including the local building inspector who was involved in the Mission raceway project years ago.

Today in History: June 14,1967

The Peoples Republic of China tests its first Hydrogen Bomb.

The week in pictures 5/18/13

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Today in History: May 18, 1995

Shawn Nelson 35, goes on a tank rampage in San Diego.

Today in history: May 11, 1997

A computer, Deep Blue defeats a champion chess player Garry Kasparov!

Volley Fest Banquet

April 27th sees a volley fest banquet at the local civic center downtown on Mamette avenue. Last year volley ball players  tournament here and the awards banquet saw a great display of costumes and team dynamics fun-filled in a fun and energizing form.

The ladies tournament is April 26 and 27th in Merritt and an expected high demand is capping involvement. the local association has a website that includes a photo gallery here:

http://merrittvolleyballassociation.com/

The banquet begins at 6:00 pm Saturday.

Today in history: April 25th 1960

A submarine the USS Trident circumnavigates the globe while submerged.

TGIF – rafting

Merit of Merritt

Its good that it is friday….

Next meeting of the Nicola naturalists Thursday, May 23   7 pm at the Merritt Civic Center , Downtown. The meeting is a joint meeting with the Nicola Valley Explorers. “The Majestic  Thompson River”  with Bernie Fandrich. (Kumsheen Raft Adventures )

Today in history: April 19th 1927

Mae west is given 10 days in jail for your part in the play SEX.

Off Voght Street in Merritt and  next to the Merritt Desert Inn is an electric car recharging station. I talked to a man recharging his car and he said his car a Tesia model S has a 500 kilometer range. He had come from Vancouver and took on 130 kilometers worth of free power from the charging station.

The man said that he spends 6 dollars a month on power for his 100 thousand dollar luxury electic car. There three models below it  with less range and according to him it takes more than over night to fully charge his car with the 110 service at home.

The car drove off with no noise and a happy driver on his way to Kamloops.

The charging station is  in the  same parking lot that the farmers market occupy starting May 18th.

A report in the Merritt Herald here said that  more stations are coming.

An update:
Another Tesia driver charging up here on 4/15/13 said his range is more like 300 KMs because of going up hill and he agreed that the return trip should have better results as that would be downhill . Merritt is 2000 feet above sea level that the coast drivers come from.

Today in History:  April 9, 1867

Alaska is purchased from the Russians by a vote of one.