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February 17, 2012
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Today in History: February 17 2003

The London Congestion scheme begins.

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Bus service

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February 16, 2012
We in Merritt British Columbia Canada have a transit service

A beautiful alabaster unguent jar
A beautiful alabaster unguent jar (Photo credit: mharrsch)

 two small buses run one at a time ,at about 4000 kilometers a month they are at 160,000 kilometers and a source says they  will be replaced with new ones at 200 thousand Ks that will be around Christmas time 2013.

The buses are operated by BC Transit and that is the provincial transit system.Only one full time job and some part timers including one that is retired from big town bus driving. The buses hold under 30 people but are equipped for wheel chairs and bicycles . They will also go to Kamloops and Kelowna on medical preference once a week for 5 dollars there and  return. You must book 24 hours ahead to make sure of service.
Opinion: We hope the new buses are as serviceable and maybe slightly bigger.
The service has an office in the back of the Chamber of Commerce building on Voght Street; just before the junction of Highway 8 and Highway 5-A on Nicola Avenue.
The service is subsidised.

Today in History, February 16,1923

The Chamber of Tutankhamun is entered by Howard Carter.

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Self checker

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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.

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Rick Howie

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February 15, 2012
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On Thursday evening there is a presentation by the Nicola Naturalist Society.

Rick Howie is a Photographer and Naturalist and Biologist, he will be giving a talk on restoring nature in the Thompson area.

Opinion: Reclaimation is involved and its being presented in the context of some major mining expansions in the area.

7:00 PM at the NVIT Lecture Theater

Today in history; February,15 1906

The British Labour Party is formed.

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The Week in Pictures,2/11/12

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February 11, 2012

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February 10, 2012
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There was a fire at the local Ramada Inn this week and a person at the scene said that it was electrical and that a contractor was at work at the time of the fire.

The Dominos Pizza is out of commission as well, no idea on a dollar value, and the papers say it is still under investigation.

Today in history,February 10,1863

The fire extinguisher is patented.

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Good will

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February 9, 2012
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There is a painting at the Baillie House by the British Columbia Artist of the year in two thousand and eight Norman Kelly is a print 185 of 2000. The work is called River Crossing and features three horses and cowboys crossing a river.

That type of art is popular around here and artists like Arthur Mosely and others have a good constituency when it comes c0wboy to art.

The Kelly print is marked down to 50 dollars from a hundred and its being sold as yard sale donations that come regularly  to Baillie House; a registered charity.

Art is in the eye of the beholder and sometimes the estate holder.

There is a cowboy poet at the Public Library here on March 1st.

Today in history,February 9,1964

The Beattles go on the Ed Sullivan show to be seen by a record 73 million people.

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Resume

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February 8, 2012

On February 14th there is a résumé writing workshop at NVIT. The next day on the 15th an interview workshop and its all in preparation for the March 7th job fair at NVIT. There is a free lunch if you register by the 10th of February.It is being hosted by Merritt Employment Services that’s the El people and they have had succesful fairs for Canadian tire hires and Wal-Mart when they opened here as well as for Highland Valley Coppers expansion.

NVIT is the local community college,the first sessions are in room uooo1,4155 Belshaw Ave and the job fair will take most of the ground floor we believe as they have in the past.

Today in history,February 8th,1855

The Devils footprints appear in Devon.

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The Whistle Blower

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February 7, 2012
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Suffrage Parade (LOC) (Photo credit: The Library of Congress)

On the twentieth of this month the Nicola Valley Film Society will show the film The Whistle Blower.  About   the UNs involvement in eastern europe during the upheavals of the collapse of the control of the Soviet Union. It deals with crimes and crimes against women in respect to organized white slavery in a dramatic fashion.

Saying that it was inspired by actual events then asks the question how far would you go to save a life?

The film starts at 7:30 and no food or drinks in the lecture hall of the local community college. admission 5 dollars on with a seasonal 2 dollar membership. Th NVFS is a not for profit organization.

Today in history: February 7, 1907

The mud march takes place in support of women’s suffrage.

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The week in pictures 2/4/12

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February 4, 2012

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February 3, 2012
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Today in history February 3.1916

The parliment buildings in Canada burn down.

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toastmasters week/month

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February 2, 2012
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Toastmasters month, the first full week of february was toastmaster week in earlier years. However a big part of it was a proclamation done in the provincial legislature. The current government and party brought in a policy to sit at certain times and it was not sitting in proximity of the week of February. This year it is toastmasters month and an order in council passed it way back in October. Order in council is the cabinet and we prefered the parliament. However we have  a proclamation and we look forward to toastmaster month in British Columbia. District 21 covers all British Columbia for the toastmaster organization and its worldwide mandate of better communication.

Today in history, February 2 ,1901

Queen Victorias Funeral.

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