You are presumed to be honest and responsible without evidence to the contrary beyond a reasonable doubt… on the balance of probablilties you are justified by 51 % likelyhood.
Mayor Niel Menard and some councilors were mustering at City hall on Monday with high vis vests and pickup sticks. Going on an outing for spring clean up is popular with local politicians.
Merritt British Columbia is in a hub of 7 major highway systems into the South Central Interior of BC. Many roads and ditches make for a trap for debris over winter.
On this Day: March 31st 1994
The finding of a complete skull of a hominid,Australopithecus afarnensis that lived more then 2 billion years ago is reported by a scientific journal.
Merritt Doctor Don McLeod is giving a talk on his view of the space and some quantum physics. Macleod is a patron of the arts a, a published author and a successful Doctor of the Nicola Valley. Originally from Penticton, McLeod lives with his partner at a rural Nicola Lake residence. McLeod has a general practice. Sign up sheet at Merritt Public Library, 1691 Garcia. On this day: March 26th 1931 Swiss air goes into service.
The local public library is finishing off its painting job by painting the doors inside. On the 24th only 3 of the 9 computers were available due to drying paint.
The Library is at 1691 Garcia in Merritt and has 9 public access computers and a couple of overload Wi-Fi laptops.
The lab is reopening at noon on the day of this writing and a sources there will be no more interruptions due to painting.
Guest passes for non members are available at the front counter with out charge.
On this Day: March 25th 1958
Canada flies its Avro Arrow jet fighter.
There is a mighty presence of cleaning here in Merritt, British Columbia, this week as well as crew out replacing winter damage to roads and light standards. Pleasant calm spring weather is about this week a change from windy and colder. Crocus are in bloom in some yards.
There are reports of wood ticks being picked up on people here in the Nicola Valley. People that have dogs may want to check themselves and children for the creature. Wood ticks can be responsible for Rocky Mountain spotted fever. If you find one be careful not to pull on it as it is said to break its head off if its stared to burrow in flesh and the head may keep going. That’s according to home remedies and they include a method of heating a sewing needle on an element to cause it to back out.
Dermacentor andersoni, commonly known as the Rocky Mountain wood tick, is a species of tick.[1]
It can cause tick paralysis.
Diagnostic features: Larva only has 3 pairs of legs. Nymph has 4 pairs. Single pair of spiracular openings (stigmata) close to the coxae (leg bases or segments) of the 4th pair of legs (except in larvae) Terminal capitulum (mouthparts) visible from above in all stages except the egg, of course. A large sclerite called the Scutum present dorsally behind the capitulum. The scutum almost entirely covers the back of the male, but only partly covers the back of the female. Eyes, if present, are on the scutum. Sexual dimorphism in size and colour is frequent. The female is often larger. Posterior margin of opisthosoma usually sub-divided into sclerites callel festoons. Pedipalps rigid along the chelicerae, not leg-like. Single pair of spiracular openings (stigmata)
The bug can also carry the bacteria for Lyme disease and Tularemia. Spring is the time here to watch for them.
Snow at the 2500 ft level of the Coquihalla hyw, Sunday March 15th Photo KDG
Hamilton hill snow on March 15th/15
Shelia’ bluff visited Merritt on Sunday. Usally an eastern Canada phenomenon, Sheli’s bluff is a winter storm or snowfall just before St Patrick Day that makes you think winter is back.
On this day: March 17th 2013
Th largest asteroid to hit the moon since NASA’s scrutiny began in 2005.
The local Nicola Naturalists are having a botanist to speak and present on the 19th of March at the NVIT lecture theater in Merritt. Dan Durall is from the University of the Okanagan.
Ever wondered about local mushrooms – whether they are edible or poisonous, and what roles they play in the local ecosystems? Dr. Durall is a mycologist (fungus specialist) with many years of experience studying fungi in the BC interior. He is especially interested in fungi found in our forests, understanding their role in carbon and nutrient cycling as well as the effect of forest practices on fungal populations and communities.
All Welcome: membership or donation requested. Program starts at 7 PM no food or drink in the lecture theater.
On this Day: March 12th 1961
The first winter assent of the north face of Elger mount.
The 10 thousand items, used and withdrawn, from the TNRD system is in progress , at the Merritt Library, at 1691 Garcia Street Merritt. The proceeds go to children’s programs and it promotes the mandate of literacy by making available.
The sale runs from the 3rd to the 14th and new boxes are opened every day. Pocket books go for a dollar and hard covers for two.
The library has an overhead railway given by the museum and the model railway club. It can be run by request, usually about once a day.
On this day: March 6th 1965
The Premier of Australia, Tom Playford, loses office after 27 years.
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