To the seasons of life
The people that are proposing the twinning of the pipeline through here are having a job opportunity meeting tonight at the Merritt Civic Center.Drop in starts at 5:30 PM the presentation starts a 6:30 PM.
Trans Mountain Pipelines have operated a pipeline to Burnaby from Edmonton Alberta for 60 years without serious incident.
The Merritt Civic Center is on Mamette avenue behind city hall on Voght Street.
Today in History: December 4th 1909
The first Canadian Grey cup game is played.
Helicopters doing work can be an overhead hazard
File photo KDG
The 130 KV transmission line from Merritt to the Highland Valley is under way. A legal notice from BC Hydro put in the local paper says that helicopters will be stringing rope lines for the line for less then a week and be finished by mid December. Sources say that the line is a two wooded pole “H style” construction.
The project is slated to finish in 2015.
Today in History: December 2nd 1970, December 3rd 1997
Helicopters doing work can be an overhead hazard
File photo KDG
The 130 KV transmission line from Merritt to the Highland Valley is under way. A legal notice from BC Hydro put in the local paper says that helicopters will be stringing rope lines for the line for less then a week and be finished by mid December. Sources say that the line is a two wooded pole “H style” construction.
The project is slated to finish in 2015.
Today in History: December 2nd 1970, December 3rd 1997
The 25th of November saw the Arts council have its annual meeting at the Old Court House Gallery. The Non Profit posted committee reports including financial statements as well as electing 7 directors. They also struck a committee to find a full-time volunteer person to manage the gallery. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Bill Edmonds and Dr.Don Macleod, patron of the arts, sat next to him in the chairing position. Directors for the 2014/15 season are: Bill Edmonds,Christine Dooley, Andrea McVean, Jackie Stibbards,Mill Juricic, Lizette Nels,and Don Mcleod.
There were no responses to a call for nominations from the floor, no voting bar was established and no dissent given by the interested members. The AGM was advertised with notice in the local paper The Merritt Herald.
The financial position notes a deficit in income over expenses for the last year of eleven thousand dollars, 32 thousand on 43 thousand. The balance sheet shows 43,870.10 in equity, 29 thousand of that is a grand piano at the Civic center downtown.
The concert committee report notes a poor result of the concerts and a lack of a person to take charge of it will see no concerts planed for the coming season. It also invites a person to step forward to change that. The arts council has had concerts for 33 years in Merritt, and has little problem with attendance.
Today in history: November 28th 1964
A probe is launched toward Mars in the Mariner Space program.
Merritt Post Office
Voght and Granite
Photo: KDG
There was an ocean effect snow fall(our term) here in Merritt last night, as witnessed by a confused seagull circling the Rail yard mall , we can only imagine that the megalomaniac looking down would think that his droppings were not usually that pronounced.
Seagulls come with air flows from the coast and signal wind and weather change. The forecast is now to turn colder after the next two days with over night lows going to well below freezing for Friday and Saturday. Hope the snow lasts.
http://www.weather.com/weather/5day/l/CAXX0830:1:CA
A tradition of Canadian Prime ministers is to go for a walk in the snow when contemplating calling an election.The PM still has that prerogative however elections have been put on a four year cycle with a semi fixed date. ( we don’t think it has anything to do with global warming) Jean Chretien went for a walk in the snow before risking trying for a 3rd term below. The fixed date is in May….
Today in history November 27th 2000
The liberal party of Canada wins a third term with an increase in members over the previous term.
The weekend saw scrapbookers from Merritt, Princeton and Kelownahave a weekend event at the Local civic center. A member said there were 32 people that came together to exchange items and put together scrapbooks. They used the Civic center facility and the group that hosted it Valley Scrapbookers is listed in listed inthe City published leisure guide under the contact Dancia Vere – 250-036-8298.
Editors note: the small community of Merritt has a good recreation program and enjoys good non-commercail rates for the use of the civic center for these activities. The Merritt leisure guide is published and available at the City, the Pool and the down town tourist info.
Today in history: November 26th 1922
Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter are the first people into the tomb of Tutankhamen in 3000 years.
Tom Sullivan (left) and Alan Burger ready for his presentation
Doctor Tom Sullivan presented at the Nicola Naturalists last week on the work he has done with wood debris from logging operations.The University of BC professor and resident of the interior Town of Summerland said that piles of wood waste can be habitat for weasels and small forest animals. The slide show gave images of wood debris used to in strategies to connect habitat to mandatory patch’s of left forest in clear-cut operations. He had brochures available taken from his published works in scientific journals.
Tom noted it is best used to do these piles in remote logged areas as human access lends its self to them being set on fire.
There was a class of natural resource teck students from the First Nations run community college NVIT in the audience and were introduced to the gathering by Nicola Naturalists President Alan Burger. They were said to be possible beneficiaries of the 600 dollar scholarship award just created by the group.
Pious Chong was also recognised by Burger for his award of “The best artist in Singapore” by the President of Singapore.
DR. Sullivan works through the Applied Mammal Research Institute In Summerland as well as UBC : http://www.appliedmammal.com
Today in history: November 25 th 1940
The De Havilland Mosquito Bomber has its first flight.
A couple of locks and a chain left hanging on a gate to a ranchers property signals responsible invitation
Photo KDG
Today in history: November 21 1953
Piltdown Man Skull determined a hoax
2000 Block Quilchena Ave building to be repaired
Photo KDG
The building owned by the local Masons bunch and damaged in a late June fire next door is being repaired. A source on site says it needs to be made safe with replacement wall material on the east side,before undertaking the appearance of the building.
Today in History: November 20th 1982
The General Union of Ecuadorian workers is established.
Drilling equipment for dewatering Photo KDG
A tent for storing drilling cores in mining exploration, in Merritt BC
Photo KDG
Gene Conlin passed from this life on November 13th. Moving from Merritt to Parksvillle about 2 decades ago after the passing of her husband Patrick. She was the contact person here for the PC party and managed many elections in a time when mining entrepreneurship was at a high here in Merritt. Her husband Patrick was a mineral claim holder and a member of that community. The mining community at the time saw 30,000 workers about the size of the civil service in the province, of which Patrick was a member. Having worked in many elections with both, her passing signals the end and possibly the rebirth of a great community in the partnership of government and the mining industry. After going about the world it has returned to the province in the last few years and still has its personality of generating higher wage jobs.
Miners should always stay close to the vote, good-bye Gene and we think fondly of you and yours….
Today in history: November 19th 1959
The Ford Edsel is taken off the production lines do to poor sales.
Ponderosa soapstone, one of the artiisan products produced in the Merritt store.
file Photo KDG
Ed Hendricks the owner of Ponderosa sports says that tonight there will be an offical of the local RCMP office on CBC saying that cutting locks on gates to ranch land is considered mischief. The broadcast is at 6:PM according to Hendricks. Ed is an advocate of access to lakes as it affects his interests in recreation and fishing access. He and others have published a brochure that shows a number of lakes the public have lost access to. The brochure is at his Merritt Sport shop on Voght Street downtown Merritt.
Editors note:
Locked gates can be an indication of a drive that is private and there is no right of way to anyone other then the land owner and their associates.
The Forestry and lands part of the government maintains many recreational sites on lakes in this area and ensures access to them for public enjoyment. The right to quiet enjoyment is also safe guarded by the government where lawful activities are carried out.
Right of way is a term used to describe “the legal right, established by usage or grant, to pass along a specific route through grounds or property belonging to another”, or “a path or thoroughfare subject to such a right”.[1] A further definition is that it is a type of easement granted or reserved over the land for transportation purposes, this can be for a highway, public footpath, railway, canal, as well as electrical transmission lines, oil and gas pipelines.[2]
As well this phrase describes “the legal right of a pedestrian, vehicle, or ship to proceed with precedence over others in a particular situation or place”,[3] and in hiking etiquette, where when two groups of hikers meet on a steep trail, a custom has developed in some areas whereby the group moving uphill has the right of way.[4]
The right of way may be limited. When one person owns a piece of land which is bordered on all sides by lands owned by others, a court will be obliged to grant that person a right of way.
In some countries, especially in Northern Europe, where the freedom to roam has historically taken the form of general public rights, a right of way may not be restricted to specific paths or trails. A similar right of access also exists on some public land in the United States and in Canada, Australia and New Zealand (where it is called Crown land). source Wikipedia
Merritt’s Chamber of Commerce in the past has had the theme A lake a day as long as you stay. Ed from the sport shop says that there are two roads in contention, the Raspberry and Loon lake roads, both roads received large cattle guards after the construction of the Coquihalla highway, he says they are public roads as they are both maintained by the government.Douglas Lake Cattle Company has locked the gates on them perhaps in anticipation of a decommissioning of public maintained status, Kim Robinson and a grazing rights holder still need access through them, says Hendricks. He also adds that he can see the other view points but would like the process to be more open as well as stay legal, and accountable.
We trust that Staff SGT White and SGT. Fleming will give a good accounting of the authorities duties in these situations on CBC news tonight.
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Today in history: November 18th 2013
NASA launches its Maven probe to Mars.
Have a great weekend!
Today in history: November 14th 1770
James Bruce believes he is at the source of the Nile River:
Hey Merit what do you say?
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