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Triathlon

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November 9, 2011

About 40 grade twelve students are about the 1900 block of Nicola avenue at this writing holding a finish ribbon for competitors in a school triathlon. he competitors team up in threes and each take an event including a bike from lower Nicola an unincorporated area about 5 miles south on highway 8, and a run from 1900 Nicola , up through Parker behind the bench and around back by the golf course to 1900 block Nicola a distance of about 6 KMS and finally 20 lanes both ways in our olympic indoor pool. The demeanor of the runners is hard and full of effort, as vocal cheering takes place.

Opinion:this is a good sign for those young people involved and boads well for those that seem to take it serious.Kudos to Merritt Secondary School.

Today in history, November 9th,1998

Capital punishment is abolished for any crime in Britain.

Tags: Britain, Events, Ironman Triathlon, Merritt Secondary School, Multi-Sports, Sport, Triathlon, USA Triathlon

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Book sale

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November 8, 2011

This morning the regional library saw a line up for used books at the opening time of 10 Am. there were about 30 odd people that waited to get at the used book bargains presented . The sale will go on for 2 weeks and one free book per day coupons are in the newspaper and at the counter of the library. a steady stream of people enjoyed picking up used paper backs for 50 cents and hard covers for a dollar.

What is left over after 2 weeks are destined for the recycle bin and the cycle of withdraw will begin again. The library stays fairly current and some bppks are only a year or so old when withdrawn.

Today in history,November 8 ,1889

Montana becomes the 41st state of the american union.

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Protected: The week in pictures 5/11/11

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November 7, 2011

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In a better world

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November 3, 2011

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The international film in a Better World is coming to the local film society this month, November 21. The film won the golden globe award and is touted as humanistic.

Any thing that empowers a better life be it spiritual or material we are for and will bring a review of this academy award winning film.

Today in History, November 3rd 1817

The Bank of Montreal becomes Canada’s first chartered bank.

Sobeys, BMO get into discount banking (moneyville.ca)
Canadas banks racking up U.S. dollar debt (theglobeandmail.com)

Tags: Academy Award, Arts, Bank of Montreal, Canada, Golden Globe Award, Movies, Red carpet, United States

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Flu clinic

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November 2, 2011

There was a free flu clinic today by the public health.”Its not hard to qualify” nurse. They targeted H1N1 again the strain isolated in California for last year and two strains isolated in the area of Australia.

there is another opportunity on November 30th at the hospital by appointment.

Today in history, November 2nd 1889

North and South Dakota become the 39th and 40th US States

Tags: South Dakota, United States, US States

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The week in Pictures Merritt British Columbia

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October 29, 2011

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Shelly Sanders

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October 26, 2011

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Working to be re-elected to the local council here Shelly Sanders is a long time resident of Merritt. Shelly worked with Ron Sanders and others to establish the Walk of Stars project and has had organizational capacity enough to organize her provincial professional associations convention several times; here in Merritt. Her vocation is lab technician at our local hospital and is favored to be reelected in our view.

Opinion:

The 19th November mandate is fast approcing and we like Shelly for council

Today in history, October 26th,1785

Oct 26. first
Spanish jacks to the US, a gift from King Charles III of Spain. Mules
are said to have been bred first in this country by George
Washington from this pair of jacks delivered at Boston, Oct
26, 1785.

Tags: Boston, George Washington, Merritt British Columbia, Navajo Nation, Shelly

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Bears

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October 25, 2011

I took a picture of a pile of bear scat on the sidewalk behind the local A and W off Voght street yesterday Am. the Scat was full of mountain ash berries something not that attractive a meal to bears there are crab apples a block away. A rather large pile, meaning a large bear.

A model bear and long term celebritybear of whistler was shot yesterday because of; as with all bears was too adjusted to humans which can be an eventual tragedy as bears have conditioned actions sometimes called instincts that can be activated by humans and when the way the humans always lose. A bear can travel very fast when they decide to come after something and people have little chance of escaping without some bad results.

Today in History October 25th 1760

George the third the monarch that lost the United States becomes King of England

Whistler’s Jeanie the bear shot dead (ctv.ca)
Can a bear kill an ox (wiki.answers.com)
Bears are becoming bolder in their search for food as seen in this youtube video of a bear burglarizing a Whistler pizza parlour. (elkvalleybearaware.wordpress.com)

Tags: American Black Bear, Facebook, Recreation, wildlife

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The week that was 22/10/11

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October 22, 2011

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Yard sale

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October 18, 2011

The Nicola Valley Heritage Society the people that run the downtown tourist info center ,are having a yard sale.The historic Baillie House, a hundred year old heritage building on the same property as the info booth that has been closed for tours since the end of September and is now hosting a continuous yard sale. Many items are donated in goodwill and re-donated after some use and different this year is a continuous aspect as opposed to a weekend sale.

There are also three antiques store within a couple of blocks in the downtown core, a boon for the ecological foot print crowd.

Today in History, October 18 ,1936

Germany announces a four year economic plan to rebuild the military.

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Smart meters

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October 17, 2011

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The provincial hydro authority is going to be installing smart meters around the province. This will give them the ability to better manage power. As well the customer will also be able to do the same .No word on the thought that there will be two rates, one for off-peak and one for on. There was a proposal for an energy project that took water out of our own Nicola Lake and stored it till peak usage time. The marriage is more than obvious and we will be listening for the re-emergence of that project here in the future.

The local library has a meter for you to borrow to test where you are using your power the smart meter will build on that principle.

Today in History, October 17,2010

Mary Mckillop is canonized to be the first Saint of Australia.