Its good that it is friday….
Today in History,June 8th 1987
The Government of New Zealand establishes a nuclear free zone.
Category: Technology
The organizers of the river festival on June 8th are offering a hundred dollars for the best costume at their June 8th event. Today the art for the festival is due. The Baillie House,Merritt BC is receiving 5 x 7 small paintings on the topic of rivers.
Bev Veale an oft principal in the Valley Visual Artists turned in a half-dozen entries this AM promising to make the day a cultural delight.
No you can”t put maschera on your right eye and come as a sockeye.
Today in History,June 6th,1946
The National Basketball League is established with 11 teams
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There is a poster in the window of the Baillie house inviting participation in a moms and stroller walking exercise. Meeting at rotary park 1:00 March through June for an hour of pushing strollers with others.
The ad is not gender neutral, June 1st is also the start of bicycle month in BC’s lower mainland.
Health and the environment should be the concern for the best interest of people. Opinion: we applaud all efforts to these ends and especially when they are inclusive.
Today in History, May 29th,1999
The space shuttle Discovery completes is first docking with the International Space Station.
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A local councilor,Norm Brigdan has resigned his seat and is moving to Vancouver Island to take a new job. The course for filling the seat is that there is not an unreasonable delay. The election is 80 days after the appointment of a returning officer. The talk is for a September election.
Today in History: May 24, 1962
Mercury space project sees an man orbit the earth in a space vehicle.
There are the tell tale signs of impending summer around. A tall young fellow in the signature blue heavily pocketed pants with the forestry tan shirt was in the local Starbucks this morning. A fire fighter. He said he was from the Fraser Valley and wore a ball cap with a helicopter on it and Valley Helicopters written about it. He said he was in wild fire suppression.
There is a a fire camp north of here and training school with in days we will expect to see hopefuls running across Voght Park with heavy equipment to qualify for the fire season. Indications are that people are expecting a more pronounced season this year then last.
A fire hazard sign is at the City Fire Hall leaving Merritt towards Highway 8 West,it is operated by the Ministry of Forests and is strategic for those that may be traveling the Fraser Canyon Route. It is sometimes effected by fires.
Today in History, May 16th 2005
Kuwait allows women suffrage.
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There is interest in the dynamic of Xeriscape landscaping here. with water restrictions and some metering and a sence that more may be coming people are looking for less maintenance of yards. Using rocks and natural plants and ground cover is taking hold.
The naturalists had a recent presenter on natural plants for British Columbia and eastern Washing ton .Something she referred to as the the great basin desert. The natural plants or those from this area take less water then the ones from the coast.And beyond. as well a yard looks good in ground cover whether its plants such as Bear Berry plants or rocks and crush.
On Saturday the 12th there is another workshop one by Gwen Steele, a Director of the Okanagan Xeriscape Org. It is endorsed by the city but cost 35 dollars you can register by calling the City of Merritt at 250-378-1050
The session is 6 hrs 10 am-4 pm.
Today in history, May 7 1915
A passenger liner is sunk by a German submarine to bring the US into WW 1
The regional district recycle facility is being upgraded to have a camera system today. Workers from the city say its because people that dry wall take their scraps there and put them in the bins.
The cameras are being mounted on a pole a city worker says there will be a fine for putting recycle that does not meet the criteria of the Regional District.
Editors note: what is acceptable for recycle is posted with signage at the site, or on brochures and calendars published by the authority.
Today in history: May 1 1989
Disney MGM studios opens at Disney world in Florida.
The junction of the Nicola River and the Coldwater River at Highway 8 has three high water dynamics today, someone planted a shovel in the soil in a stand up position as an apparent gauge for the water level, and a knotted rope is suspended over the flow of the river by a thin appendix of board tied off in a tree. A worker was seen to be putting a pizometer down a river side well on the south slope of the river.Pizometers are used to measure flows of water.
Last year there was a large snow pack and visible snow could be seen into August. Mid May through June is characterized by high water in the local rivers.
There is a Dam at the ouflow of Nicola Lake that regulates the Nicola River.
Today in history April 18,1912
705 survivors of the Titanic land at New York Harbour.
On the 1900 block Quilchena Ave, in Merritt there is a couple of businesses in the same building. Around the back are two hydro meters one an analog one a digital.(more later)
At this time there are complaints about higher bills then before the utility put in digital meters. The Hydro in BC operates as a not for profit business and lower rates are mandated by law. When the production and distribution of power is efficient, there becomes a benifit to consumers. They can not take retained earnings from year to year except for projects. If people have been not fairly metered in the past by old analog meters then eventually a rate decrease will come through fairer and less defeated metering.
We know of a couple of techniques the utility is employing to ensure that complaints are legit. Remember that taking any unmetered power, is theft and subject to criminal prosecution.
Today in history, April,10 1983
Born Haig Sutherland Canadian Actor.
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The local Thompson Nicola District Library, self checker has been being used for a matter of weeks and is expanded into the general collection from the function of signing out holds. When asked a confirmed source said that there are no plans for signing items in on the machine.
We used the equipment and it works well and it frees library staff to spend more time with people that need more help.
Self checkers are used in some grocery stores but not any in the community of Merritt.
Opinion:
Electronics are every where. We wonder when the market will have respite from them in some sort of sanctuary. Or free zone. A connected world is certainly a different world.
Today in History;February 16,2006
The last MASH , Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is taken from duty in the US.
There is a small airstrip here in Merritt, Saunders Field. It is on a nice little bench just north-west of town. The local city council was inviting people who would be interested to be on the airport committee to contact the city. The strip is 634 meters at 500722 North,1204450 west. It is a public airfield and yes operated by the city.
About two decades ago a premier visited it in a whirlwind working tour and a 600 thousand dollar grant was given to put night landing lights on it. The money was never used and was returned to the Cabinet. However in the last year there has been a new hanger building built and there is a going concern helicopter company at the field.
The Merritt Flying Club operates a website that updates weather every 5 minutes as well as almanac and moon phase.However the last reading shows 29/1/12 and there is a registration offer from ambient weather.
The airstrip has had scheduled passenger service in its history never lasting long as small planes are not comfortable to use as passengers and there is commercial jet service in both Kamloops and Kelowna, about an hour and a quarter away.
A city committee is usually chaired by a councillor and is a good precursor to running for elected office.
Every now and then the Federal government lands one of its four engine search and rescue aircraft and gets fuel adding to the legitimacy of the strip.
Today in History: February 13,2008
The Australian Prime Minister makes a historic apology to the aboriginal people ; the indigenous Australians and the stolen generations
Editors note: tomorrow February 14, 2012, afternoon 12-1, Dr.Cora Voyageur at the local college will be giving a presention open to the public on trends in aboriginal communities: there is also and evening session.
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