To the seasons of life
This hawk seems relaxed around electrical fixtures.
Photo KDG
Birds are relatively safe on poles as they do not ground the power however they can sometimes make contact between transformers and lines making a circuit. This could cause an explosion and perhaps kill the bird.
On this Day:July 16 July 16th 1935
The World’s first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma.
The Diacarbon Energy corporation is running its plant here in Merritt and a source says that there are 18 jobs there. On a visit to the plant this week one of the addition bins were on a feed by an active conveyor. The company is to produce White wood pellets and bio coal.
The company expanded the property with two bins after acquiring it from the failed Highland wood pellets. The construction of the original plant involved government money and promised 50 jobs. The plant ran and packaged some wood pellets but ran into problems with moisture content. The pellets were attempted to be marketed for floor-ground cover in barns and other applications involving livestock.
Specialized in research and development of clean tech renewable energy products, Diacarbon has focused its efforts on perfecting its bio coal product, and now aims to produce this on a mass production scale this coming fall.
The plant was previously owned by Highland Pellet Manufacturing Ltd and came equipped with machinery allowing for the production of wood pellets. Diacarbon sees this as a great opportunity to expand its product line to offer a more established renewable energy product and will begin production of its wood pellets product this summer.
Diacarbon has selected state of the art technology from Europe and USA to be installed on its plant site and has taken great care to ensure its equipment is of high quality, efficient and environmentally friendly. Diacarbon is using local contractors and approximately 12 new employees from the Merritt region to complete the development and installation of equipment at its plant site. Once the plant is fully operational it will require a total of 25 employees to operate the facility and will create job opportunities within Merritt.
http://www.diacarbon.com/diacarbons-manufacturing-plant-start-production-coming-fall/ info@diacarbon.com
Merritt has a history of coal production dating back to the end of the 19th century, it was curtailed in after the second world war, in part due to engineering problems.There is no indication of coal mining at this writing. All coal mines were back filled at their portals with old cars and fill decades ago.
On this Day: May 28th 585
A solar eclipse becomes a cardinal date for dating events in history.
New Tesla S
Photo KDG
Another new Tesla S owner charges his car in Merritt. The Kamloops BC resident that just bought this new EV says charging here works for him as he loops through Kelowna and back home. The model also sports a D Designation meaning 2 axles under power or (four wheel drive ). There is also to seats with belts to secure two “Grand Kids” facing backward behind the rear seats. Suitable for kids nearing 4 feet in height it looks like loading a raised trunk a with children with a view of the road behind.
The car was purchased for about 130 thousand dollars and reflected a discount in the Canadian dollar.
The Tesla Corporation had a half billion dollar cash infusion from the US Government, the owner also recovered a 5 thousand dollar incentive from BC hydro, he charged his car with out cost at the 500 amp charger at Voght and Merritt Ave, here.
On this Day: May 21 1937
The Soviet Station North Pole 1 becomes the first research station on polar drift ice.
A pole waits to be installed at the edge of the Extra foods parking lot,Merritt BC to bring co-gen power to the Highland valley.
Photo KDG
On this day: February 4rth 2004
The social media site Facebook is created.
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
A fish dropped by bears when feeding. file photo KDG
A lady reported that bears have been about and one took a piece out of her iron gate. Helen a resident of the north end of Garcia street says that a big black bear is about and a mother with two cubs.
Its been said that when bears are feeding on meat they are more dangerous to people then when eating berries and grubs, regardless care should be taken the regional district has a bear aware program.
Bears On The Prowl Before Hibernation
Thompson-Nicola Regional District
tnrd.ca
For Immediate Release (November 19/12): The Bear Aware program and the Thompson-
Nicola Regional District would like to remind everyone to ensure their community stays free of
bear attractants this month as bears make final preparations for hibernation. Bears aim to gain
two to five pounds per day during this period, so they are on the lookout for any easy meals.
Surveys conducted in the last two weeks revealed that
garbage bins, barbecues, and yard waste are the top three bear
attractants in many neighbourhoods. Compost, bird seed, and
outdoor fridges make up the rest of the items noted in the surveys.
Bears have recently been sighted throughout the TNRD
and reports indicate that garbage left outside was the attractant
in most cases. Help your neighbourhood be Bear Aware this
year and next by following these simple steps:
• Store garbage inside or in a bear-proof container until disposal. Do not put garbage
outside the night before pick-up.
• Do not place bird feeders outside until Dec. 1.
• Keep barbecues clean and free of residual food and grease.
• Feed pets inside and store pet food indoors.
• Mix compost regularly or treat with lime to reduce odour.
• Pick any remaining fruit and share with friends if you have too much to handle.
The Bear Aware program would also like to extend a warm welcome to two new
enthusiastic volunteers in Clearwater.
To view bear sightings in your area, check out the new Bear Aware interactive online map
at http://www.bearaware.bc.ca that locates bears and identifies attractants. For more on bears sightings,
go to http://www.facebook.com/BearAwareBC.
The Bear Aware program is sponsored by the TNRD and the Ministry of Environment.
Please report sightings or conflicts with bears to the Conservation Officer Service’s RAPP hotline
at 1.877.952.7277.
Bears and humans cannot coexist at some point there will be an action taken.
Today in history September 11 1941:
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Dr.Eugene Atleo speaks to staff members and interested public at the NVIT lecture theater, Wednesday November 20th. Re- member
Last evening the School NVIT had a speaker from the lower mainland, of BC. Dr. Eugene Richard Atleo,a chief of the Abbotsford first nations band and the father Shawn Atleo of the Grand chief of the national expression of first nations.
Dr. Atleo is a hereditary chief of the Ahousaht First Nation and was the first to earn a doctorate among First Nations people. Dr. Atleo’s main message is that the cooperative life is sustainable and that dominate life is not. He took ownership of the cooperative life style as being Aboriginal and traditional.
Today in history: November 21st 1953
The Piltdown Man Skull is declared a hoax the the British Natural Museum.
Merritt, British Columbia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Alan Burger the president of the local Nicola naturalist Society is presenting at the Thursday meeting of the Society.
Alan is from South Africa and was a teacher at the University of Victoria in British Columbia he is now a Merritt resident.
Burger regularly works as a lecturer naturalist on Eco tourism ships in both polar caps.
The presentation is on Thursday, November 21 at 7:00 PM in the NVIT lecture theater, no food or drinks there is free parking, and membership or donation requested.
Today in History: November 19th 1863
Abraham Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg Address calling for the preservation of the equality of man under law.
There was a presentation of the Thompson Okanogan Tourist Association at the civic center, this week. About twenty people took the session in including Merritt’s Mayor Susan Roline, Councilor Clara Norguard, Councilor Kurt Christopherson.
The presentation outlines “what might happen here in Merritt in tourism” Merritt Councilor Kurt Christopherson”
Sandy Curnew the manager of the Downtown Tourist Info center was also in attendance.
The presenter outlined a need that tourism needs to have a continuity province to province.
The local Tourist association has their AGM Thursday..
Today in history: November 14th 1770
James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile river.
On the west edge of the BC Hydro construction of their new substation and on the crest of a 40 meter hill is an extension of Spring Bank road going south toward town.Full water and sewer lines are being added. The view is of the River Ranch across the Nicola River with its green fields and meandering willow stands. The area was serviced with storm sewers decades ago.
A forestry forest fire training facility that features a simulator is being completed at the local airstrip about one mile away. The facility is scheduled for substantial completion on July 26th and for minister opening on the 1 st of August.
There are 3 twenty man training rooms, a laundry lots of offices and a large reception area, two helipads and a stones throw to the airstrip. There is also 4 residential lots that belong to the forest service. The facility is autonomous to the Regional Forestry Office on the other side of the airstrip and an open field away.The training center does not have living quarters.
The airstrip has a live in security person and houses the search and rescue command van.
Today in history: July 16,1212
Pope innocent the third calls European Knights to a crusade.
Today we have a sitting premier in the 85 seat government of British Columbia.Christie Clark won a seat in west Kelowna in a by-election,she carried 63 percent of the vote about the same as the Liberal member that steped aside so that the Premier could be available to the opposition in Question Period during the sitting of the legislature.
A by-election is on for the seat vacated, in the Village of Ashcroft by our Fraser Nicola member Jackie Taggart.
Today in history: July 15, 1916
Pacific Aero Products, later to be called Boeing is established.
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