To the seasons of life
This is a picture of Beverly Mahood here in Merritt a few months ago, giving an invitation to the walk of stars gala. She gained fame by Country Music TV and is a pleasant personality when in Merritt for country music bunch. She is in the Country Music Hall of Honour building that is now under renovation for displays.
Today in History, July 21 1925:
John Scopes fined 100 dollars for teaching evolution .
This is a piece at the court-house gallery showing a pastel by Andrea Rogers, she told me it was 3 months of work and a lot of detail. Her show runs weekends till the end of the month.
Today in History, July 20 1926
Convention of Southern Methodists vote to allow women ministers.
Local jurisdictions , this patrol car bearing Delta Police Markings is from a community in the lower mainland.It was recently seen going through our south central interior city on who knows what duty. We have the Royal Canadian Mounted Police here. About 20 officers contracted to the City from that Federal Police Force. British Columbia contracts the most with the Federal Government Force There is no Provincial police only city ones and that results in 38 percent, there about, of the RCMP’s contracted members being in BC. Of the 20 odd members that are here some of them have federal duties including First Nations Policing . A flow chart issued by them shows four lines of responsibility each under a corporal, an operations Sargent ,and one Staff Sargent as NCO in charge.
Today in History, July 16th 1999
John Kennedy Junior dies in his small plane in the Atlantic Ocean .
This item is the second such laying in the street, this person has seen. One assumes it is Medical Pot. The first was brought to the attention of the local coroner and she affirmed in her opinion it was. She removed it. There is a health food store that advertises some form of it in a local store . The local police are fond of putting, a most wanted add, under the add that the store runs for MM.
Remember that entrapment defence laws exclude those that have a predispostion for something not legal ; ie a record.
We think they may be falling from those that have motorized wheel chairs, however it does not represent a significant public interest at this time , to us here.
Today in History, July 15 1927
Massacre of July 15th ,89 Protesters killed by Police in Vienna
Does your job include crossing a sidewalk with little noise, little shade, and lots of big feet?
This is the bucket system feed that brings wood pellets up into a storage silo. Production of wood pellets here has not started as yet however the facility is progressing regularly and under good security on off hours.
Today in History, July 13th 1997:
Leo Howard ,American actor born.
The weekend invited sun bathing , today brings cold weather, visible snow at about the 5000 foot level.
Today in history, July 12 1884: Milton Berle American Comic born.
The flag is still there. No it’s not the Cumberland River ,it’s the local concrete proprietor who hoisted this flag above the gravel pit they recently reclaimed with some seeding. The flag however placed , more than two decades ago and assaulted , taken and harassed at nite for a long time. The owner prevailed through a process of years. Greasing the pole, making it higher, numbers of trips, and flags. In recent years,there have been few vandalisms noted and it has become a local fixture. The main man in the story is a man named Henry an person from Scandinavia. Now elderly and retired both him and his wife Clara ( a former city mayor) are noted for both takeing (enterprise) and giving (jobs ,fundraising for skateboard parks, etc) they are less public now and have a comfortable retirement home on the same mountain side that supported the gravel business. Henry is seen to frequent the Middlesbrough Pub for light refreshments and lunchs.The pub occupies the same hillside and a couple of miles down. Now thats building a convient life through hard work and perseverance .We hope they both enjoy their golden years that they deserve. And is not always the result of efforts in the old world; where in part they and we come.
Today in History, July 9th 1947 Elizabeth and Phillip announce their engagement.
This is the parking lot at the local Royal Bank , their parking restriction sign says that parking is restricted to customers. Their small sign is displayed on a structure that had a for sale sign on it for the parking lot. Who knows what kind of tensions were up with electronic banking the cost of land for regulated parking obligations and politics. However we are glad to see the parking for the downtown place resolved. the fact that :
Royal didn’t put a nice single metal post for its sign is noted , and we re indeed thankful that their customers don’t take up other business parking space.
Today in History, July 8th 1892
St Johns Newfoundland devastated by Great Fire of that year.
Don’ t read this tailgate while using a cell phone.OR eating a hamburger, kissing your girlfriend or anyother activity that distracts from threats.
Today in History, July 7th 1863
United States starts the military draft. Exemptions cost 300 dollars.
This showing of art and lifestyle chronicles an interesting life of a women, that came to Canada from Holland at 19 years of age. She has hosted an optimistic life after coming 6 months after War Bride privileges expired in Canada to join her Husband a WW II veteran she met in Europe. One of her life choices was to not compete in the 1948 Olympics that she had qualified for and to choose a more private lifestyle here in Canada with her future husband Norm.
Her choice’s further included wisdom to over come the past as a child viewing mass reprisal executions in her village by occupation forces. The woman is a great example of overcoming and mitigating the petty things that often escalate to the unattractive and sometimes cruel; in this life sometimes covered by a thin veneer of prosperity.
Her showing at the Court House Gallery here in Merritt BC , Canada kicks off with an evening reception on the ninth of July. The showing will run weekends through July.
Rates : For perspective and understanding of positive projection: ***** excellent.
Today in History:July 6th,1947
The AK -47 Rifle goes into production in the Soviet Union.
This diploma from 1917 is on display in the Nicola Valley Historical Societies Baillie House, A relative of a current board member it sites Florence Nightingale standards. Completed in a local hospital with practicing MDs supervision.
Today in History, July 5th 2003 :
SARS declared contained by World Health Organization
Hey Merit what do you say?
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