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Today in history, April 6 1869
Celluloid is patented.
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There is a program sponsored by the local arts council featuring card art. small hand-held cards with drawings and paintings inks a pencils etc being facilitated at the Court House Gallery, here in Merritt.
Billed as Artist Trading cards one session has been accomplished and the next is April 9, on wet media. another on the 16th features collage.
An exhibition of the work will be from April 21 to May 5th, interested people can attend on a drop in basis for the two remaining sessions before the show.
Today in history, April 5 1949
Fireside theater goes on the air.
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The province daily paper had a picture of a bandaged lower mainland bus driver on its front page this morning. The caption said that the person that sucker punched him will not get jail time. The calls for this are regular and persistent and are mostly on a tone for vengeance.
A talk with a driver named Doug with Merritt BC Canada’s service gave the impression that he was not concerned . When asked if he lets drunks on he said yes if they seem alright. The bus service here does not run late at night and is small town
Editors note: emotional intelligence by people dealing with the public is a premium thing to have.To rely on deterrents such as jail seems to escalate things when people are challenged. However one should not underestimate the life changing effects of physical assault.
Today in history, April 4 1984
The United States president calls for a world wide ban on chemical weapons.
Garbage can up date :
The city is up to a smooth start with the new garbage system. Some trailer parks opted out of the individual service and got commercial dumpsters as well.
There are about 2000 bigger cans waiting in the city yard for the curbside recycle program starting in a year. A source says the regional district is not ready for it as yet. the same source says there will not be an individual charge for the recycle cans when deployed.
Today in history, April 3 1895
Oscar Wilde starts a libel action that eventually sees him go to prison.
Editors note: Oscar Wilde died at 46 destitute.
There is activity on the old Craigmont Mines site, a mill is being built to process silver ore from the Huldra Silver operation in on Treasure Mountain in the Coquihalla pass area between Hope and Merritt.
The mine was a denied a permit to mill at its mining operation .A source says because of downhill drainage into the water shed.Another sources says that there is 38 feet of snow in the Treasure Mountain area.
The mill according to a contractor is being built in the proximity of the old Craigmont Mill but not on the same foundation. The mine maintained a person responsible to sell off infrastructure when it closed in the early 1980’s. They held out for good prices and there was never a give away of equipment. The Jaw Crusher was sold for multiple 100 rds of thousands of dollars to the Lornex Mine that is now Highland Valley Copper.
John Paul a retired BC Hydro lineman says he is having a piece of equipment put to some work by the mining company. John has a reputation as a spur climbing going concern even in retirement.John purchased a BC Tel service truck with a power augar a can place a pole. He also has a mechanical stump remover and works for who we wants to.
Today in history, April 2 1917
Woodrow Wilson asks for a declaration of war against Germany.
have a great weekend
Tomarrow there is another session with Dr.Wanda Wuttonee,2:30 – 4pm at the lecture theater NVIT, Merritt Campus. Free admission .The Dr. deals with community development as part of her talks.Today in history, March 30th,
Florida territory is created .
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A film presented by a young couple last evening at the lecture theater, NVIT , Merritt Campus ,admission a 4 dollar donation.
Marie Josee (MJ) Arsenault did a preamble to a film that had excellent photography and direction. Beautiful coral reefs and ocean flora and fauna gave a pleasant context to present a pressing issue to the Eco-Odyssey Foundation.
The view of the film maker, a Rob Stewart, was that sharks a great and no threat to people.
The film is far from propaganda as there are diverging views presented however you still get the sence of public relations and a bias. The bias is based in the concern for the de-fining of sharks and may be legitimate. The big plus is the awareness of the environment and the volume of the world population in people who demand protein and social capital from the ecosystem and the limits on hunter gather systems ability to provide.
The film has some gore as the removal of fins and landing of hooked sharks is presented.
Paul Watson and his international effort to interfere with non complies in international waters was a surprise in the film. His confrontational style is uncomfortable, maybe by design.
Paul Watson a Canadian was one of Time Magazines heroes of of the environment of the 20th century. He also championed Timber wolf’s in British Columbia.
The presenters have a web site: www.eco-odyssey.com
Editors Note:
Our view is that predators like sharks are part of the eco-system and keep us safe from disease by consuming the weak and sick in the ocean similar to all top predators. The film presents a view and statistics that humans are safe from them and there are only 5 deaths a year and most from bleeding. we think that that is not accurate and that another dynamic exists in open ocean especially when debris and rough water is prevalent. Sharks in large numbers eat anything, in that context. Historically in at least one instance the crew of the USS Indianapolis torpedoed by a Japanese submarine on its return from delivering the Atomic bomb to the Enola Gay experienced huge losses to sharks over a time in the water.
Here is an eyewitness account by a survivor from the Indianapolis,Woody James:
The day wore on and the sharks were around, hundreds of them. You’d hear guys scream, especially late in the afternoon. Seemed like the sharks were the worst late in the afternoon than they were during the day. Then they fed at night too. Everything would be quiet and then you’d hear somebody scream and you knew a shark had got him. USS Indianapolis org website.This may be an abnormal and may add to the hysteria over sharks. However a lot of the fatalities and shark attacks come from places that also rely on tourism and there may be a problem for reporting.It does seem that time in the water is a factor for feeding.The website Missing at Sea reports 64 people with unknown status missing from cruIse ships now and dating from 1995 to 2009. There are 440 species of sharks and the Tiger Shark is said to eat anything. Shark killings or harvesting estimates are 100 million a year. There are many myths and misconceptions about sharks. However they like other predators are keen to blood scent and can be attracted to chumming and made more aggressive. In the macro sence they seem as less of a threat then lightning however people should educate themselves in how to avoid being in trouble around them and what the specific risks are. We can safely assume that the low amount of documented deaths is not the whole story. The film Sharkwater was released in 2007; eco-odyssey has Merritt mailing address at this time. There are at least 4 Shark sanctuaries in the world at this time including The Bahamas. Want to do something for sharks. Eco-odyssey PO Box 2019 Merritt,BC Canada V1K-1B8
Today in history, March 29th,1882
The Knights of Columbus are established.
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I came in second in the international speech contest at the local toastmaster club here. I will speak at the area by arrangement though. Thursday be thinking of me!
Today in history, March 28th,1990
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There was a homicide and organized crime lecture on the 26th at the local community college. The lecture was done by a Chief Inspector of the Vancouver major crime section. Brad Desmarais presented, there were some murders with in reach of Merritt as a Surrey man of East Indian desent was ffound dumped on the way to Kelowna in recent years. The local coffe clutch thaought that it sould be credited to Kelowna an its experience.
The lecture was 3 hrs and there is little free feed back about this unattractive dynamic.
A Dr Wanda Wuttvas will be presenting on March 30th 11.45 -1:00 PM. ,in part she will be speaking to ending poverty in aboriginal communities.
Today in history, March 27th,1794
Denmark and Sweden sign a neutrality pact.
Wednesday the film shark water is being shown at the NVIT lecture theater in Merritt. Speakers for the film at the last Naturalist Society meeting say that it is from an ecology point of view and it has conservation as an objective.There was also a mild warning of some slight gore. The film starts at 7:00.
The tickets are on sale at Brambles Bakery and they let on as if it is an altruistic endeavor as the 4 dollars a ticket goes to help sharks conservation.
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