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All candidates forum

April 21, 2011

Five federal candidates spoke to an interested crowd of about 110 people last evening. Conservative , Green , New democratic, Liberal and an independent conservative. had an opening statement, responded to questions and a closing statement. The forum was moderated by a journalist from the local radio station.

Five minute openings and 2 minute questions were the right mix to get a feel for the hopefuls.

If a winner could be chosen I would say subjectively that John Kidder came off as the most confident and demonstrating knowledge and insight, representing the Liberal Party he has a lot of experience and tends toward nationalism in arts and culture.

The conservative incumbent seat, and new candidate Albas also had a confident view point and party line., all the candidates seemed qualified for Parliament and word that means talking place….

A source says that the official ballet include another independent.

The ballet is

John Kidder-Liberal
Dan Albas Conservative
Green,Dan Bouchard
NDP,David Finnis
Conservative independent, Sean Upshaw
Independent, Dietrich Wittel

Note , Kidders sister Margo is supporting him on the hustings Margo played Lois Lane in superman in the film series in the 1970s

Today in History, April 21,1994

First extra solar planets discovered.

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Bus shelters

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April 20, 2011

Transit shelters, the city is putting out tenders for installing bus shelters 4 of them in locations chosen by the Nicola Transportation Society are being planned .Tender date deadline early May. Locations according to a confirmed source are:

Intersection of Merritt Avenue and Garcia Street.
Menzies Street near Subway.
Voght Street Near Subway.
Coldwater avenue near Garcia Street.

Today in History, April 20th, 1303

The University of Rome,La Spanienza is begun by the Pope.

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Week in pictures, 16/04/11

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April 16, 2011

Merritt, British Columbia Canada.

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Tags: RCMP

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Vancouver Aquarium Vehicles

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April 14, 2011

A great attraction to the lower mainland is the Vancouver Aquarium. A noble cause and an expensive one it has the support of the corporate community. A Van stopping here shows a great Public relations value to its BC Hydro sponsor.We are with in a few hours of the facility and it is often used for field trips and an interest point when visiting outside this small community. We also get a great collage of vehicle traffic stopping here on their way to major centers.

Today in History, April 14th 1999

Hailstorm in Australia causes 2.3 billion in insured damage.

Tags: Hyways and Byways

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Power pole replacement

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April 11, 2011

The local power utility yard has been busy replacing power poles in the last few years. When asked, a person on the crew said that sometimes they replace poles completely in a particular area. However most of the replacement comes from the results of drilling and testing poles. The poles have plastic plugs put in them and numbers of them can be seen in some poles.

The telephone company also has lines on some hydro poles lower then the power lines and they must coöperate in maintenance..

About twenty years ago the utility drove galvanised steel beams by some poles and bolted them to the beams.They are not apparently doing that now. And when asked about scheduling the source said he was not aware of any schedule and that it was ad hoc as far as replacement was concerned.

Today in History, April,11,1976

Apple personal computer created.

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Crown corporation

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March 25, 2011

At the local city council meeting on Tuesday the chair and administrators of the community futures had a delegation. They expounded on the 10 year relationship between them and the City.( they do the city’s economic development.)

They announced that Environment Canada is going to have a weather station here so we will be current on the computers . We presume with our postal code. They also spoke on the pending ILM or Lower Mainland Transmission project 500 KV line. Proclaiming it to be coming. Estimates of the upgrade are about 600 million dollars 543 person years of employment.

My memory of working about the Revel stoke Dam area including the Mica and 5 mile dam site endures me to this.

The Nicola substation less then 10 kilometers from here is a direct feed from that dam and the 5 mile dam just got another turbine generator at a cost of about 1and 1/2 billion.The upgrade was scheduled years ago and it is said they had trouble getting contractors. They are calling for peak construction of the line upgrade to be in 2012/14 with 376 of the person years being expended then. The construction activity should help Merritt. However there is no guarantee for local hires as the contractors hire according to their need and efficiency.

There could be real economic impact in our view or it could be bottled and self contained. Announcements are one thing start dates another .The contractor needs to submit bids and be awarded as yet , so be careful with speculative investment.

These two 500 KV lines below connect Revelstoke dams the lower mainland now, and are part of the Interior Lower Mainland under the BC transmission corporation:

5L81 and 5L82 connect Nicola (NIC) Substation in the South Interior to Ingledow (ING) and Meridian (MDN) substations in the LM.

We will try to find another confirmed source to validate the announcement.

There seems to be a bent here in Merritt for non elected officials making announcements and seeking political input, something that democracy trys to avoid.

Today in History, March 25 1958

Canada’s jet fighter the Avro Arrow makes its first flight.

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Career fair

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March 10, 2011

A local jobs fair is being hosted by NVIT here this week on Wednesday at the college campus. Twelve participants including Royal Bank, RCMP, DFO, Corrections Canada and others, mainly government agencies.

Today in History, March 10th 1970

Captain Ernest Medina is charged with war crimes Vietnam war.

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Prospecting

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March 8, 2011

After the discovery of the rich ore body at Craigmont’s claims in the late 1950’s there was much prospecting and exploration in the area around Merritt. Trenching soil sampling , line cutting were all methods to find sign of mineralization. All through 1960s and into 1980s exploration activity thrived here. Many public-ally traded company’s sought capital to go about the risky business of exploration. Some gave good returns others wall papered dens with split stock certificates and NPL share certificates ( No personal Liability). The government gave 3 year taxation holidays for profits from mines going into production.And eventually flow through shares came along to give tax write offs guaranteed to investors in the risky business.

The scars and memories are all here. And the legacy of success as well livelihoods that were more than subsistence was the hallmark of the happy times of production mining.

Today in History, March 8th,1817

The New York stock exchange is founded.

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Fireman Training

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February 21, 2011

Sixteen local firefighters had training at the local college on Sunday.Two instructors from the Justice institute of BC were giving certified training to local firemen the sessions were entitled tactics and strategies. The local fire fighters are volunteers put are paid a stipend for hours they put in which include weekly practical fire practice as well. The chief and training officer are paid professionals.

The training was in its second day when concluded on Sunday.

The Justice Institute of British Columbia is in the lower mainland and trains police, fire fighters and prison guards.

Today in History: February,20 1978

The last order of Victory is awarded to a Soviet.

Today in History, February 21, 1878

First telephone book is produced for New haven Connecticut.

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CBC FM upgrade

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January 28, 2011

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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empty theater lot

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November 23, 2010

This is a empty lot that used to have a theater on it ,I watched films like the longest day a special release that saw it here about the same time as New York. there is talk of a new theater now on the radio highly unlikley I believe.

Today in History November 23 1980

Nearly 5000 people die in an earthquake in southern Italy.

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Regional District

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November 12, 2010

Seems like an overwhelming theme the district had a booth at the business fair last week also emphasizing a bear problem and personal safety in regards to.