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Today in history,December 23,1947
The transistor is demonstrated in Bell labs for the first time.
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A truck was parked at the Desert inn in Merritt this AM and its side window was smashed out. The hotel owner reported that there had been a rock come down from off the bank and go through the passengers widow. The truck minus its side widow is there as a testimony to its story. and we can confirm that in the past when freezing a thawing occurs on roads with high mountain or hilly dispositions rocks do fall ,and they have caused at least one fatality as a decapitation. Our advice is to be defensive especially when both lanes are full and there is little wiggle room. In some instances ducking beneath the dash ( passenger especially) may be the thing that will help. To do this effectively you need to can the sidehill for tracks and moving stones.
Today in History, December 22,1965
A 70 Kilometer speed limit is applied to all rural roads in the UK ,before there was none.
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There is an unconfirmed report that a horse is chewing on a power pole in the Highland Valley. A worker has yet to investigate the allegation. And an observer asked how old is the horse ,as it may be a midlife crisis and he thinks he missed out by not being a beaver.
Today in history, December 21,1962
Rondane National Park becomes Norways first national park
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Helmut Banka
Helmut came from Germany and as a boy traded 5 eggs for a pair of shoes to come across the barrier that was to be the Berlin wall. He had a second hand business in Merritt for a time and had made a livelihood as a stone mason building fire places it Whistler BC. He had said that he had worked for a former PM Mr Trudeau and The Sinclair’s at that alpine resort town in BC.
He liked to by crystal wine glasses because of a memory of Russian troops using them and throwing them it fireplaces after a toast.
Helmut passed from this life earlier this year and is survived by A wife in West bank and a son and Daughter.
E N:Helmet cheated death in Europe and enjoyed a life in Canada.
Today in History, December 20th,1955
Cardiff is made the capital of Wales.
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Liquor Licence:
The Coldwater hotel pub had its licence suspended for four days because of a minor being found in the premises back in September. A source says that the hotel took the sanction and not fight. The hotel will be reopening in four days from the Saturday night closing.
A source says that server’s in the hotels use take an online serving certificate course to serve alcohol to the public.
Today in History, December 19,1843
Charles Dickens Story: A Christmas Carol goes on sale.
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Merit and happiness to you and yours....
Today in History, December 16th 2003
The Can- Spam act becomes law.
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Yesterday crews were at the local General Motors dealer ,Murray GM and they were changing the sign for the lot. No more does it sport Pontiac. Now there are three manufactures offered ,Chevrolet , Buick and GMC.
The free world owes a lot to the freedom of invention that saw people like Buick and ford and others the liberty to develop products and present them on the free market. General Motors corporation in later years consolidated lots of the original inventors in to a huge corporation and of recent interest is the fact that Medical insurance came along with employment. Three million in the retail part alone of that work had quality hospital insurance with there employment. Mobility and freeing of the individuals for time and efficiency came with it and it was a benefit to people in the macro sence. Because technology gave people a better share of a better life. We Cant imagine some one rejecting an ability to have products moved and barriers to travel lessened. But some did and even to extreme as in some religious communities.
We hope that new and better electronics have as much as an effect on quality of life as did the motor vehicle and that those that oppose have an ability to enjoy what they wish to keep without causing progressive people to be seen as threats.
Pontiac ,according to a salesperson is still producing cars but not under the GM umbrella for sales at least here in Merritt. the last dealer franchises for Pontiac’s were to expire October 31 2010.
Today in History, December 15,1892
Born: J Paul Getty American Millionaire
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Editors note: many first nations people have told me that naming products like Pontiac and Winnebago their name sakes, is not desirable. As a point of interest neither do they like the term discovered as in Christopher C.
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The Nicola Valley Institute of Technology is in Merritt BC Canada and has a Campus in Burnaby BC as well . Its roots are in Merritt with a Grand Chief Gordon Antoine who had a vision to educate his people in a way that would keep their culture.
The school is for the First Nation in Canada and has a policy of admiting others as well.
There is an element of North American Indian Culture in all the courses and it promotes the Thompson and Okanagan language. A confirmed source says that he took a 2 year college university transfer credit in biology, a 4.5 course from a PHD instructor and for a cultural investment of a day also had instruction from some native elders in traditional plant usage including making a pine needle baskets and string from Indian Hemp.
The perseverance of the founders came after the school had been located in store fronts at a distress rental time of the resource community of Merritt . Showing them self serious they eventually got a multi million dollar building that is able to expand to about twice its size .Small in the stature of many universities and colleges; the effort is unique to the way that natives can pursue education. The institution can give credit’s up to an associate degree. It often has agreements to grant Bachelor of Social Work Workers from chartered universities and colleges such as TRU. Many graduates find work in their own aboriginal communities after completing their degrees. It is also culturally enriching to take Native studies and English courses that include another culture then your own. However the bulk of their student s come from the First Nations Community.
A source estimates that there are about 1200 students between the two campus’ and that most of them are Aboriginal. The source also says that the new crime bill is a step backward for the aboriginal community that although having a about four percent of the national population they have a huge, out of proportion population in jails in Canada.
NVIT has a number of trades and technical courses offered from time to time. As well as law enforcement pre seletion courses. The school encourages student democracy and civil harmony.
Accomidateing the local issues of first nations peoples in Canada.
http://www.nvit.ca/programsandcourses.htm?RD=1
Today in History December 14th,1994
Construction begins on the Three gorges dam in China.
Today in History, December 14, 1903
The Wright brothers make first attempt to fly the Kitty Hawk.
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Lots of no trespass signs about and some on old hydro meters. Dell from Coopers says they were by and changed his. Some people say they don”t want them because of health issues. Other say they wanted a choice for no wireless connection. The fact is they are being installed and adds in the papers are asking for clear access.
The hydro has worked since it was nationalized in BC as a monopoly and as socialism goes it was considered draconian. However the lower rates we are supposed to get from the monopoly are supportive of the vision of Canada being a mixed economy. As a Non profit crown corporation it is not allowed to have retained earnings and must lower rates for efficiencies it gets. Still you have to watch that the government does not raid it for revenues like raising water licence fees, to accommodate good water levels for the utility.
The off-peak time dynamic will be the next issue us consumers will be watching as we still want it to be an under girding of our economy and not go to profits.
BC Hydro has the rights to all water in the province for generation purposes and a lot of power. When good snow packs occur the next year should see rate reductions, as they have in the past.
The lines and poles are public property and that always raises an issue when they talk about co generation ; recently the utility has replaced a lot of poles and is working to have a third 500 KV line to the lower mainland from the interior.
Today in history December 13 ,2003
Saddam Hussein is captured in Iraq. ( The Ace of Spades)
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Tonight at 7:30 there is a recital by an award winning group at the civic center .As of this morning the placard is sporting a sold out sign. According to the Civic center manager that would mean 400 plus ticket holders for a $25.00 addmission concert. That is in our view good for a town of less then 8000 people. The Merritt Civic Center is a comfortable and neat clean facility and has very reasonable rates for non profits and youth activities.
The Nylons a foursome are gold and are on a concert tour. the photo that they have on their billing here in Merritt can be viewed on you tube at the link below.
They are said to do a good rendition of A Lion Sleeps Tonight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7urtw9WaILY&feature=related
There have been twelve members of the acapella group and only one Claude Morrison is an orginal member, from the groups origins in Toronto in 1978.
Today in History, December 12,1982
Women’s peace protest at Greenham Common- 30,000 women make human chain 14.5 KMs long
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