A beaver sits on his supper, not in character with our national symbol.
On this Day: April 6th 1968
The Liberals win the election with PET as leader.
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April brought snow on the weekend.
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The weekend saw snow come with April. The Snow is gone now and hydro crews working in Central park on Monday said that the water has broken through the ground where they had been waiting for frost to go out so they could landscape ground around the burial cable they installed in the fall.
The tulips are pushing up ,some are 6 inchs tall never seems to change for Easter as it is coordinated by the last full moon of March.
Tulips
On this Day: April 5th 2010
Twenty nine coal miners die in an explosion in West Virginia.
Missed out on April 1st
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April 1st is come and gone. If you missed out on the West Jet name change or a local talent here is a file photo of me to stick with you so as not to get caught next year.
West Jets April fools go back to 2008 here is a sample of one from 2013: Harmless!
https://blog.westjet.com/a-comprehensive-history-of-westjet-april-fools-jokes-2/
Does anyone know if the NHL Olympic thing is legit…
On this Day: April 4rth 1800
The First Symphony premiers under the leadership of Beethoven, in Vienna.
A conference at the Country Music Hall of Fame building on April 6-7 will feature Baskets of the Nicola Valley, with keynote speaker Dr. Marie Anderson. The show at the Hall of Fame is at 2025 Quichena Ave in Merritt.
Registration required @ 250- 378-2771
PSA: cultural concern for those interested. PR
On this Day: March 31st 1949
The Dominion of Newfoundland becomes Canada’s 10th Province.
Urban living: this marmot takes advantage of a concrete pad for shelter.
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Its good to be right, then you can go by your own name Ground Hog…
The April meeting of the local Naturalists is on April 20th at 7PM a graduate student of UBC will be presenting on the flora of the Arctic, in particular berries.
Sarah Desrosiers is a local graduate student pursuing her degree at the University of British Columbia. She has worked with Inuit elders, youth and land users in the Canadian Arctic for six years. She is collaborating with communities to help document, preserve and promote traditional knowledge of plants for foods, materials and medicine. Sarah will discuss her involvement with a community-supported berry-monitoring program in Kugluktuk, Nunavut. She will also talk about the importance of building capacity for youth to engage with the local environment as a way for healing and well-being. This will be a very interesting ethnobotanical talk.
The meeting is at the NVIT Lecture theater top of the hill on Belshaw avenue in Merritt, membership or donation requested. No food or beverages in the Lecture theater.
On this Day: March 30th 1905
Born Mikio Oda, Japanese track and field competitor.
A way to start plants in doors
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Conventional wisdom here at 700 Meters above sea level in Merritt is plant outside on the long weekend near the end of May, or all the snow is gone from Iron Mountain. Some are itching and raking already! Some get a start by having sheltered areas and using manure to heat he ground there is a myriad of skills and knowledge out there.
A community garden is available near the hospital grounds here in Merritt 25 dollars for the first year a partial refund is given after harvest and clean up. The Society is having its AGM and seed swap on April 19th. Nicola Valley Community Gardens: Hosted by Joleen Morrison, Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2011940762366742/
On this Day: March 29th 1849
The British annex Punjab.
Symbols are a funny thing, sometimes used to reinforce power there gets to be a hand behind them. Sometimes random events bring symbols together and there is a feeling that they need interpretation so that our conscious minds ( if only that )can attempt action.
On Saturday last I noticed a new beaver swimming in the Nicola River here in Merritt it was headed downstream to the foot bridge area behind the Merritt Desert Inn. There it had a 4 inch in circumference root peeled back about six feet and protruding over the flow of water. There it was laying about a foot above the river on the stripped white wood, seemingly relaxed.
It looked so relaxed in its perch you would think it was a nesting bird.
The thought struck me that the fact that his plate was secure made him feel more secure and happy. An affinity began to develop and a distant memory of a time I was fishing through the Ice with a preschool youngster who was much taken by the small fish we were pulling through the ice with corn as bait. He abandoned his desire to see fish pulled through the ice when ne appeared with the yellow corn kernel outside its mouth. ” Ah he was just hungry” and that was it for our fish gathering that day.
Food security is a common need, according to councillors its one of the three that need to be filled before social abilities are fully useful. The hundred KG gold Canadian coin taken from the museum in Germany on the weekend was an interesting symbol with the queen on the front I wonder if it was a Nickel Coin with our national symbol the beaver on it, and what that symbol means to those over there?
Canadian Beaver
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Peace and security to you and yours.
On this Day: March 28th 1920
Pay attention
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The law enforcers are viewing the month of March as distracted driving month. Fines are big and patience little. Its not just cell phones its anything from emotional upset to…
The point is pay the required amount of attention to driving…
On this Day: March 24th 1837
Canadian men of African extraction given the right to vote…
A happy job Stewart talks to us at the start of the 3rd 500 KV line near Merritt. File Photo KDG
PPP: The Hydro crews were about this week as a power outage saw power out briefly due to a switch problem.
When approaching hydro crews working with their mobile repair trucks they will have pylons marking out the vehicles and activities however they are not comfortable with people coming to close without full personal protective gear as they have. This is sometimes hard to avoid as they are working on poles near to lanes and walks.
Be aware stay safe live laugh love…
On this Day: March 23rd 1909
Teddy Roosevelt begins his post presidency with a sponsored safari in Africa.
Today is World Water Day, and its been that way since 1933. Fresh water accounts for a few percent of the water on earth but is crucial to our existence, aqueducts, dams, ditching, wells, reservoirs, plumbing, pools. ponds, (had to throw in an alliteration), troughs, tubs, tanks it goes on like a modern calculus equation. The point is when we pew in our water or worse we better have a way of dealing with it before it comes back to haunt us.
Water is life and life is water your life and mine…
And where would we be without ice?
On this Day: March 22 1894
Ice hockey’s Stanley Cup is first played for.
The Cold water river, Merritt BC mid July/15
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Nicola River. Merritt BC…
Rain…
The local public library has a Tuesday morning art painting drop in at their 1691 Garcia Street location here in Merritt. Set in the Multi-purpose room local artists can paint and collude on painting with some local success’s including Nancy Ellingson, and Fran McMurchy.
10 Am to 3PM Tuesdays, registration required.
On this Day: March 21st 2006
Twitter is founded…
Jean Kiegerl, book at Public library
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Andrea Rogers quilt hangs in the city hall foyer File Photo KDG
Andrea Rogers a long time resident from Merritt came here from post war Holland in 1948 and lived in the historic down town core with her husband a liberator of the Dutch and a veteran.
Andrea went to Kamloops for assisted living and to be near her sister a few years ago, she taught piano and was an enthusiastic artist gardener and community supporter.
On this Day: March 17th 1992
A referendum to end Apart ide in South Africa carries by nearly 70 percent of the vote.
( 2.8 million cast votes for 85 percent of registered voters)
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