The Proprietor Review

The owner of the junk yard that’s being developed into a wood pellet plant once said he was a million aire but it was in his piles of wreaks. His son now runs the business and I wonder if he has an appreciation for all aluminium classic parts like this Land rover ,romantically tied to the plains of Serengeti and other frontiers.

Today in history, March 22, 1967:

 Ali knocks out Zora Folley in the seventh round to defend his boxing title.

 The grad of 2007 seemed more flush then 2008 as the coins in the entrance of the local highschool show.

Today in History: march 18th 1946:

Four US Cardinals appointed.

Chips from wood waste go to Kamloops from here for the consumption….  The  three levels of government here announced this week that a wood pellet plant was receiving government help this will affect  the chip or hogfuel market.

Happy  ST Patrick’s day.

Today in history: March 17 th 1935:

500,000 people watch  Hitler review a parade in Germany.

Nazi Reich arrests 700 pastors.

More stimulus spending showing up , this time the local pool.

Today in History: 37 CE Caligula becomes Roman ruler after the death of his great Uncle Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar

Not often that you see a horse lying down around here, they sleep standing up. I will watch for a foal.

Today in history March 15th 1953:

Yeshiva Medical School becomes Albert Einstein Medical School.

The games for the disabled start  today a good dump of fresh snow here makes us to think about their plight and the struggles they have around weather and others. We wish them well.

Today in History March 12 1951:

300 thousand strike in Barcelona protesting high cost of living.

This was an  H and R Block tax business for a long time now graduated to the main street downtown core. As it should be…

Today in history , March 11th 1302:

According to Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet’s wedding day.

This mink has a Woodward’s label and in an era some 30 years ago was a fashion label in BC and Alberta the Woodward family had department stores ,Douglas Lake Ranch and of recent interest the Woodward’s building renovated for the 2010 Olympics with mixed society and tenancy.

Today in History: March 10th 1958:

Report says US has 2-3rds of worlds TVS (47 million)

Also Mexican couple confirmed first octoplets.

This Seventh Day Adventist Church, was before a Sikh Temple, before that a Pentecostal Church. I went to daily vacation bile school as a child there. My neighbours the Logan’s as a child were members when they had street meetings out of it. The Logan’s lived into their 9th decade and were born with in hours of each other and died within hours of each other. Phil Galardi’s wife was instrumental in establishing it. Galardi was in the BC cabinet with the nickname Flying Phil, as the highways minister he used a Lear jet ,as well as attracted speeding tickets to his rushed task of opening the province up for his boss Premier WAC Bennet.

Unfortunately in the time of the Shikhs it suffered a bombing,and street strife including swords.The notorious Craigmont kettle bombing of a young East Indian Bride  by a members of that community.

Peaceful now it may be because of the long trail of the Air India bombing still in the news or maybe good management by multicultural mandarins.

Today in History March 9th 1934:

Yuri Gargarin Soviet Cosmonaut born.

Life after the Olympics begins for us in Canada.Hope we all have good things to focus on in a bettering world.Thanks for making our Olympics successful.

Today in history:March 8 1962:

Soviets expand cultural exchange Benny Goodman for Bolshoi Ballet.

There was a guy living on this piece of land between the hyways, just outside Merritt, and was telling people he was mental , seen in the bank and doing banking without a physical address some think he was an act to mislead. His actions were often animated past normal, as if he had an agenda. this is what remains of his camp his green tarpolan and a broken end table.

Today in History: March 4th 1861:

Abraham Lincoln becomes 16th US president.