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New store. Warehouseone

On Granite Avenue a vacant store is now occupied and doing business. Almost over night and it would seem to be had coördinated with the upgrade of sidewalks and beatification of the 2000 block at on Granite and Garcia. A wholesale retail supplier of discount blue jeans is running cash registers and moving stock brought in with plastic cargo tubs .   There are about four employees  at work and a business card available from a supervisor.

Maud Soderholm is the regional manager for the store and was on hand yesterday in the store.

Warehouseone has a number of outlets across Canada and their presence here is sudden and hardly announced to the benefit of the consumer, in Merritt.

The building was the former site of 2 Sands stores one before and one after reorganization several years ago. It was last used to sell motorcycle fashion wear during the Great Canadian Bike Rally last summer. That event lasted  a few days.

Today in history, October 14,1962

The Cuban missile crisis begins.

Winter coming

There was 2 degrees of frost last night resulting in a flurry of activity with compressors and people blowing out underground sprinklers today. The City today was blowing the lines about the pool a considerable amount of underground sprinkling is about this small city as we enjoy a lot of green space.

People with underground systems get a better time block for sprinkling as the thought is they are planned  as well as more available in off peak hours.

Today in history,October 13,

Killex

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A source who is a contractor to control knapweed says that Killex is a mild herbicide  and the 5 star rating given to it by Canadian tire consumers is partly because of it. The source a licensed pesticide contractor through the ministry of environment and says  that people that get high marks on their exam package for the local access center can have a 5 year licence. and that grandfathering is out..

He said that the big concern is herbicide pesticide use coming up for GM crops.

We think that PCP rating numbers should be a concern to consumers and heeded.

 

Today in history, October 11 ,2001

The Polaroid corporation files for bankruptcy.

Holiday

 Happy Thanksgiving from Proprietor Review

The week that was.

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Canadian tire….

Golf course closure

Margarita Golf and Country Club

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The local links in town:

The Merritt Golf and Country Club is scheduled to close for the winter on October 23 rd .The Club House  has been open for Christmas shopping in past years in December and for the Annual meeting.

The club is on City property.

A lot of volunteer labor went into the club and some buildings were acquired from the old Craigmont Mines operation. Some of the mine employees and managers were good steady members of the operation.

Today in history:October 7,1977

The adoption of the fourth Soviet Constitution.

Bridge inspection

A source says that the  authorities at the Provincial highways system are inspecting for serviceability on the existing highway bridges in the region. The number one issue is an old highway 8 bridge that connects Merritt and Spence’s Bridge. There is another safe bridge with in a short distance of  the old number 8 highway bridge. The one in question  is limited to one lane and 5 ton traffic.  However it is a convenience to those in the small declining town and connects its business district to Merritt or canyon traffic via highway 8.

Opinion:

We think that a new bridge is a good option and that it will keep that potential alive as well as give more options coming out of the heavy population area of the coast in the event of  disasters such as fires or earthquakes.

Today in history,October 6,

Today is the 279 day of the year 280 in leap years by the Gregorian Calender.

Zumba

Dance lessons are being  offered by the City Recreation department starting October 17 th- November 15 .They are advertised as being with Lisa, the lessons cost  45 dollars  and are an hour long each 5 – 6 pm.

Today in history, October 5th,1947

The first televised address from the White House comes from Harry S.Truman

Library month

 

The local public library is having a draw for a basket of good things for library month at the Garcia Street facility.

Today in History, October 4rth 1777

Troops are repelled under George Washington by British forces under Sir William Howe at Germantown.

The week in pictures 1/10/11

Local employee at George Hale transfer, bottle bank.

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Human Rights

Today in history,September 30,1990

The Dali  Lama unveils the international tribute to human rights in Canada.

Clean Bin; Opinion

The peg leg production film Clean Bin played last night here in Merritt about 60 people watched and then asked questions of the stars. The Contractor working for the regional district had a box to recycle batteries and cell phones as well. The film was admission by donation. and the question arose why it was poorly attended the producer said that there was a disconnect with the CBC at this showing and said that their preference is two showings per community.

Some powerful imagery was presented in the film including albatross chicks from Midway Island in the pacific apparently dead with plastic waste in their stomachs.

The issue of the Cache Creek land fill came up in the film and on the phone witha regional district offical said that that was not his mandate however lasndfill costs run about 100 dollars a ton. And to presnt alternatives was a concern of the District.

Our view is that the films attempt to show a concern for reuse  and recycle gave a good sence of a relief of the social pressure that sometimes keeps people using and consuming new products and plastic wrapping.

Live smart and make some choices against extra packaging and you will please the producers of this film.

Today in history,September 29,1964

The Argentinian Comic strip Mafalda is run for the first time