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Crab dinner

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April 30, 2014

There are two Rotary clubs in Merritt British Columbia they meet at the Brambles bakery meeting room on Quilchena Avenue. The group are hosting a fund raising dinner on May 1oth, the tickets are 50 dollars. The proceeds are for the Merritt Community Cinema Society that are raising funds for a downtown cinema building and the local food bank .They are also having a silent auction by ” BC Hall of fame auctioneer ” Wild Bill Henke” .

The event is at 6pm at the Merritt Civic center on Mamette avenue city center near the City hall.

Today in history: April 30th 1993

There is an announcement about The World Wide Web  ” the web  protocols will be free” :CERN

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TGIF-Non profit vrs Charity status

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April 4, 2014

A source with the Merritt Community Cinema Society says that there is a similar organization in Nelson organizing at this time to have a community theater society for first run movies and live theater. However the source says that they  have also gained charitable status as well. The local effort remains a non-profit but imply that Charitable status is desirable.

The difference between the two organizations is tax receipts for donations, as a non-profit, the tax advantage is limited to business donations that can use it as an expense for promotion of their business.

The project is aimed at being a stable source of funding for the local arts council and is touted at a price tag of 5 million dollars. The project has raised enough money to acquire land and has not yet gotten a design in place.

http://merrittmovietheatre.com/

Today in history: April 10th 1970

Paul MacCartney leaves the Beatles for personal reasons.

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