Category: Public health


Car Crash

A home off Nicola avenue’s, 1800 block in Merritt was struck by a car at about 2:30 am Saturday morning, the septuagenarian  women said that the police were there almost immediately and said the driver had been drinking.The elderly couples grandson was visiting from Alberta and asleep on the couch when the crash happened. No injury’s reported by the owner. And she had confidence in the car insurance as she had a file number from the attending police. Tire marks across the lawn  were littered with lens pieces and she said her concrete step saved here from more damage.

The couple spend many years as an agent for the Vancouver Sun and maintain a great garden at this home.

Today in History, February 17, 1753

Sweden , February 18th becomes March 1 as they convert to the Gregorian calendar.

Bush pilots

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Loss of life can never be totally rationalized.

Clean Fire Hydrants


The city ran and add to hire CUPE workers last week in on of the local weekly’s they were to fix potholes and keep up these things . Most all the fire hydrants were gone through and painted up starting after a local hotel burned down. The fire was reported as arson. In the middle of a labor dispute and some one had opened  a number of these about town diminishing the pressure to fight the fire.

The tag says no not connect without permit;2000 dollar fine, we think it’s not intended for arsonists but the responsible public.

The crime is yet unsolved.

Today in History, February 2 1901

Queen Victoria’s Funeral

CBC FM upgrade

FM radio

Source says a Contractor for the Canadian Broadcast Corporation is upgrading the FM broadcaster here and in a hundred other  communities. An employee says he is happy they got the work.” It  isn’t our regular job”; says a man on site.

The  current receiver is a wire antenna between two poles about 100 feet from this upgrade.

The closest CBC FM presence to here is Kelowna 88.9 Radio one you can listen to FM radio one on your computer, our local private FM station is Q 101.

Found property

A bicycle is said to be waiting to be picked up by the bylaw officer from the downtown policing station. Found property is kept 3 months then disposed of , by crown assets disposal in the past some bikes were given to non profits  for fund-raising. To have an insurance claim a bike needs to be stolen and a file given from the police. Most bikes found are under the 500 dollar deductible limit for insurance some bikes are really expensive. We think that it is a burden on police resources to be chasing these things. So keep your bike out of sight and out of mind.

Remember there is a six month limitation period on petty crimes and you always run a chance of being called as a witness to a prosecution in that period.

In general attention should be paid to terms of coverage of policies still loss prevention helps us all.

River ice

Ice melt on Coldwater River is fast a furious. Open earlier this year then last.

Today in history January 28, 2011

President Regan, lifts oil controls to end the 1979 shortage and creates the 1980 oil market glut.

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http://wp.me/pREfD-91 Merit and Malice

foot prints

Today in History, January 7,1980

Federal loans approved to bail out Chrysler Corporation at 1.5 billion.

Some one in the night gently placed foot prints on this store window. Will watch for further action.

offical Christmas tree

The decorations seem sanctified from harm.

City tree seems to have power over vandals perhaps even among the lowest of peers your name would be Mud!

Today in History, December 20th 1833

Samuel Mudd born, the Doctor that treated US President Lincolns assassins broken leg.

December 20th 2007

Elisabeth II, bests Queen Victoria as the longest living monarch, 81 years 7 months, 29 days

zero population growth

Today in History, Dec 1 1981

Aids virus officially

encouragement or social engineering

recognized.

There are a few young women about here that have these wholesome multiple child carriages with large wheels. Often seen running with one or more riders and a dog on a tow an obvious good example in a zero population growth economy.Can”t argue their value in the macro scene ,micro scene choice remains in part due to discrimination laws. We wish them luck in their aspirations and to any one else that has life goals and ideals that are different and still fall in the realm of:

( social norms) and those that push that envelope with out public endangerment.

Lecture

 

The new lecture theatre at the local college is getting some use.

Today in history, November 30 1993

Brady bill comes into law.

Civil rights responsible police.

Arrest, part of a normal day for the thin blue line,  this recent arrest in downtown Merritt shows an officer taking into custody a suspect, he can on reasonable suspicion detain a person for 24 hours. That person can have a lawyer present for questioning, and ask for a writ to produce him in court with charges against him . Special laws after 911 undermined that civil right with out suspending all civil rights for citizens.

Today in History, November 2 1967

Vietnam: US President Johnson and “The Wise Men” conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war.

November 1

Another motorcycle being operated on a temp permit this one however is displayed

 Posted another film review here:

https://kevingriffiths.wordpress.com/the-secret-is-…cy-mama-burger/

Today in History, November 1 1968
The Motion Picture Association of America‘s film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.

unmarked car

UNMARKED POLICE CAR

This is an unmarked police car they have every thing regular cars have including radar. Some people call this entrapment. That is not correct, entrapment  defence is for those that do not have a disposition to an offence and they cause you to do something you would not normally do . Relevance is another misunderstood dynamic, you only have to raise a reasonable doubt in court the disposition of proof is on the officer and crown.  So anything that does not reflect the ability of the officer in the collection of evidence is not relevent to the offence. A police officer that missed a spot while shaving could be, however they take two witnesses for a conviction one the equipment reliability , photos, perhaps, overtaking traffic,  other persons as witness’s and braking.

Save your self much trouble and money, stay on the posted max we think.

Today in History, October 7 1949

GDR East Germany founded.

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