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Strong start

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January 31, 2013

One of the local Elementary schools began a strong start program last year. the public School Merritt Central Elementary School, today is circulating posters saying that there is now a fee drop for both the children: birth – 5  years, and their caregivers. The poster also now includes two more of the 4 elementary schools here in Merritt.

The local school board has recently had to close a middle school for the lack of 48 students.

ph: 250-378-9931 for info.

Today in history: January 31 1950

The United States undertakes to develop the Hydrogen Bomb

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All Candidates forum

Filed under: Politics and Politicians by Kevin Griffiths — Leave a comment
October 31, 2011

 The local chamber hosted an all candidates forum last night at the NVIT lecture theater,  the afternoon saw the school trustee hopefulls answer questions and the evening the town council .

The two Mayoralty candidates sat at different ends of the long panel table answering questions posed by the new manager of the Community Futures organization the Government access point to business and self employment services located on the corner of Garcia and Quilchena Avenue.

Questions were addressed to incumbants and challengers as prescribed on a written form collected  by  the Chamber. There was also a limted number of questions posed by a press table.

The forum will be broadcast on the local shaw community channel.

Today in history, October 31,1517

95 theses nailed to the church door at Wittenburg to start the protestant reformation.

1959: Lee Harvey Oswald attemps to renouce his US citzenship at the US Embassy in Moscow.

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