Category: Sports and Leisure


VIP

This is the VIP stop for the press at one of the entrances of the Merritt Mountain Music festival, it has been announced that they will be selling tickets starting next month for another festival. The event next summer will have to overcome a number of negatives including  8 percent unemployment, as it’s not like Walt Disney in the 30s with a new and hopeful media. Lots of luck and its all up to the consumer and where they trust their hard-earned bucks…….

Today in History October 22 1836

Sam Huston is the first President of the Republic of Texas.

Mallard ducks

The Nicola Valley Naturalists had their first presentation meeting in Merritt last evening, with a presentation by a biologist and photographer guest speaker. The presentation featured wildlife photos of the species of British Columbia . Educational commentary gave insight into the number of species of a range  including bears, bats , birds and others.

Jared Hobbs was the main presenter.   The event hosted by Allan  Burger and the Nicola Valley Naturalists,and  the audience included Dr Glen Carlson, retired biology teacher and PhD in botany L. Jeffries and many interested people.

The next presentation is November 18th , at 7 pm at the local college: NVIT

Today in History, October 20 1984:

The Monterey Aquarium opens in Monterey California.

TEMPORARY OP PERMIT

The fellow that rides this bike uses a temporary  operators permit, he has three bikes and does not insure any but is allowed 1 permit per year per bike in Manitoba. The permit for less that a month costs about 90 dollars and works for him as a Water Bomber Mechanic.

He says insuring them is prohibitive for cost, so he must self insure the rest of the time something allowed only off road and on private property.

Today in History October 12 1968:

Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain.

Octoberfest

coming fest, Merritt BC

This poster is advertising, a coming fest for Germanic ,Canadians and all comers. October 22 looks like the right time for a festival as harvest will be done.

Today in history, October 6 1997:

Fiji becomes a republic.

humourous speech contest

Today in History, September 30 1990

I win humourous speech contest at local TM club ,only contestant , and contest chair must be a conflict their some were. However I did email the area saying I would have the contestant roll call  open on the table till contest start time, no takers!  The club president and the, most senior member had a great time with the ballots . Door prize went to the host.

Interested in public speaking library Tuesdays at 5 , here in Merritt.

Dali Lama unveils the Canadian tribute to Human Rights in Ottawa Canada.

The downtown community police office had covers from 50’s era crime magazines, they all depicted a pretty women as a victim and protected by detective and police work.

The city hosted a  number of events of the 1950 era but no Elvis was seen. BC rivers day was part of the weekend including a rubber duck race on the river , wooded fish painted by grade school students and secured  on the back fence of the lawn bowling green that borders the Nicola River.

Today in History, September 29 522 BC:

Darius the First of Persia, Kills a Magian usurper Gaumata, securing his hold on the Persian Empire

DE-HUMIDIFIER

 This de-humidifier is as one source at the site says is for the electronics in the pool office to take moisture out of the air. the pool upgrade is a stimulus program by the federal and provincial governments.

” every job counts”

Today in History, September 28 1962

Fire destroys 65 tram cars at a station in Brisbane Australia.

travelers and tickets

Cycles two weeks on boat.

BIKES TWO WEEKS BY BOAT


These travelers from europe say that they put their bikes on a ship and flew here the bikes took two weeks. Another couple from Holland said they got a speeding ticket and the police said they will not come to Holland to collect. My advice is to pay it immediately or file a dispute immediately( to get your day in court) and to avoid the possibility of a bench warrant. You can do that at any government agent office in any community in BC; do not pay the police.

Today in History, September 23 1983
Saint Kitts and Nevis join the United Nations

adventure tourism

These tourists from Germany have toured the country’s north ,the Yukon. They were here in Merritt doing laundry and had also been in Alaska.
They continued on to who knows where.
Today in History, September 16 2006, Alaskan Volcano four peaks erupts after 10,000 years

Pancake breakfast

Labour day brought pancake breakfast to the parking lot of a shopping square endorsed by the Merritt Centennials BCJHL hockey club  ( in red jerseys) the event is annual and the longest lasting franchise in the province is a popular participant.

Today in history, September 8 1991

The Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.

hunting trips and tips

Have a great weekend, and remember hunting season is open because of over population concerns, watch out for your safety along roads this weekend your population is not a concern  even though all legit hunters are qualified the nature of the bush changes with rifle shots including deer crossing roads. Be aware. THIS AREA HAS BOW HUNTING FROM SEPT 1 RIFLE FROM SEPT 10 WATCH THE REGS AND AREAS FOR SPECIFICS.

Have many more labor day weekends.

Today in history,Sept 3 1941

Zyklon B poison gas tested on Soviet POWs by Nazis

film review , Miss Pettigrew lives for a day

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Kevin Griffiths, Merritt BC Ca
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Review: Miss Pettigrew lives for a day.
DVD:2008
Amy Adams, David Alexander….
Film review:
The world of social conflict it seems was played out in real-time lives. It is to us of this generation to be enlightened , entertained , tortured , and treated to the moral imperative of every scenario one could imagine in this film. This however is a good film for a conflict arises when a middle age women is elevated from the down and out, and in to  the position of responsibility  of social secretary to a young socialite entertainer. She among other exploits  is entertaining no less than four  betrothed. The bag ladies wit and warmth left over from better times becomes a timely referee to a complicated social setting.
The London England pre WW 2 night club affair is just the thing to get Mis Petttigrew on with her life for a day. Having been hungry ,she is ready for a humourous scene  as a planned make over for her new position involves a facial mud pack complete with cucumbers slices over her eyes , the green vegetables are eaten with glee and the make over continues.
The  position of social secretary is so well done that Miss Petttigrew solves all her benefactors difficulties in one day.,and packs her off to New York by steam ship. This with her  choice  made  among her suitors. This then ends the employment and puts Miss Pettigrew in to the train station, vagrant,  once again and eyeing half eaten fruit on the floor, for sustenance. This is redeemed in a fashion that you will have to see the film to enjoy fully.
The film has had many excellent reviews, from many great publications and is consistent in its presentation of moral imperatives twisted into dry witted comedy. There is no herk or jerk to this film just plain good fun and enjoyable from start to finish.
Irony and upset bringing together a beneficial and fitting end to convoluted situations reminds us that it is the choices we make in life that keep our life going on a keel. Any choice is better than balancing opportunities in such a way as not to be able to fully exploit any of them.
For pure comical entertainment in a dry witty enjoyable format this film rates :
✰✰✰✰ Good
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Review: Subway Breakfast Sandwich 7-11 mornings

Subway restaurant at Voght Street and Mamette Ave in Merritt BC offers a breakfast sandwich that is light nutritious and when combined with a cup ( two sizes small$1.29 and large $1.49of Seattles best Coffee a rather good start to a person who is calorie wise(6 grams of fat) or calorie unrequited. The light breakfast at $2.99 + HST will not weigh heavy on a person who may be needing most of his or hers blood supply to be going to their brain. Three meat choices , sausage , ham or bacon give a variety to a breakfast sandwich then complemented with any number of the nine choices from the vegetable bar buffet style serving style.) 10 Sauces to choose and 4 kinds of cheese. You can add hash browns for $1.89 Got a golf game or you have to do the morning driving this sandwich will fill the hole in your stomach and leave you alert to compete or do!

For a light breakfast that will not weigh you down this meal rates **** GOOD

Merit and Malice copy right KDG Communications

Malice I think the world we leave behind will be better than when we found it.

Yes Merit leaving behind is the right term ,that’s one of my favorite rationales.

 I mean the world is progressing and is not getting worse.

 That’s what I mean as well.

Prediction Prosë:

2011: twenty-three nations sign aggression pact with Canada

2020 last nice Canadian de-programed

2021: Don Cherry  retires.

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