To the seasons of life
Census:
Today the crew of stats can are training for the follow up that started on the 20th, the legally required survey was for residence on the 1oth of May and a follow up of households has started today.
Very simple form deals with language and domicile , if you answer yes to the Farming involvement the only other question you will get another form later.
Today in History: May 24,1893
Anti saloon league founded , by Howard H Russel of Oberlin Ohio.
As if on cue the weekend is shaping up for a great outing or recreational experience here. Today the forecast is for 25 degrees and it is pleasantly warm this morning.
Lots of camping trailers are already visible about town and the smile of queen victoria still manages to come through the decades. The same dynamic of full moon cycles involved in Easter may have a lot to do with the may long weekends consistent good weather .
Today in History, May 20, 1873
Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a patent for jeans with copper rivets.
Merritt BC Canada Spring.
Sources say that there about 100 meters actively being used for billing by commercial properties about town.At least a day and a half worth of reading and recording by a city official monthly. For a several years code on new construction required meters to be installed and a source says use will not probably come till 100 percent of use is metered .That would take a bylaw and maybe a referendum for full compliance in for all consumers.
A meter that had a crack beside it was being worked on by city crews on the 18th, just off Voght, at the Best Western Inn. We think meters give an incentive to use water responsibly but come with other challenges like leaks. On balance they are inevitable.
Today in History May 19,1499
Catherine of Aragon is married to Arthur Tudor , she is 13 , him 12.
Car accident at the lights Nicola and Voght one vehicle pointed the wrong way no visible, damage, another with a bender on the drivers side. What could have happened was a person got on the wrong side of the meridian and tried to continue to the intersection causing the second vehicle to strike a pole getting out of the way. I didn’t see the accident only the results. A person that could have been the driver of the wrong way car was showing extreme mental anguish of proportion to the accident . What is true is that 2 police cars responded to aid a very minor accident that could have been reported at the cop shop with in twenty-four hours 3 photographers responded ,perhaps a celebrity driver . Then a calm seemingly uninvolved person came and took the wrong way car and drove away. Must be more to it . Will follow.
Today in History May 18,1897
Dracula a novel by Bram Stoker is published.
Today in history, May 17 1943:
Dam buster raids in by 617 squadron of the RAF.
High water is here in the Nicola Valley this week and sand bags are in the ditches of the swelling Nicola river with flood warnings issued. Rain has added to the run off which is expected by old timers to be pronounced this week.
We think a late spring may be compounded with warm weather close to June and may have serious results. The Nicola river is controlled by a dam at Nicola lake and has been satisfactory in recent years. In the past a home has been lost on the Cold water river by erosion and a strong runoff. However it is very seldom and all necessary bridges are set on deep steel piles.
The bridge on highway 8 Voght street is not on steel pilings however land fall is open on the south side .
Today in history, May 16 1988
US surgeon general declares nicotine as addictive a illicit drugs.
Spring Merritt British Columbia Canada May 2011
Very attractive bus shelters are going up about town today. The contractor Joes Concrete is a local phone number and is placing black aluminium and plex glass bench shelters Garcia Street and Voght.
We hope that an ability to post posters comes with it to keep the number of illegal ones down on power poles.
Won’t be long, we will look for the local contractors expansion to bigger things….. we hope ….
Today in History, May 12, 1191
Richard the 1st of England marries Berengaria Navarre ;crowed Queen consort the same day.
Some concern over why OSBINL was not taken into custody and was killed. Some relieved we were spared a trial.
We think that since they were service men that did the job and they have a mutual interest in the conventions of war that on the balance of probabilities they understood the dynamic of a combatant laying down his weapon and showing empty hands we would think that the people in the compound would be aware of that . However we surmise that radicals perhaps would not be prone to doing that leaving the disposition on the raiders to challenge them. so untill someone comes up with hard testimony to the contrary we think it was legal although a process would have supported the administration of justice and surelyundermined arbitrary action.
Today in History, May 10th ,1837
Bank failures and panic start employment drop…
Hey Merit what do you say?
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