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TGIF Free power

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June 29, 2012

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A source at the city says that the car charger installed in the Voght street parking lot will be free for a time. The city economic development officer  James A.Umpherson, says that they are negotiating with the province and the company to see how that will shake down .

The site is GPS enabled and will eventually be available to smart card use. There is a sign saying the area is video scrutinized. No camera as yet visible. an although the charging cable is attached no one has been seen using it. Something that you would think would have accompanied the start up.

Today in History, June 29, 1926

Sir Arthur Meighen returns to the office of Prime Minister of Canada.

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Country run

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June 12, 2012

There are signs about town with a success banner draped over them. the signs once bore registration info  for the Merritt Country Run that was held on Sunday. Three hundred 25 runners participated in the event that ranged from  around the park to 5 K, 10 k, and a half marathon of 21 K.

Although the event stressed participation the first in , a fellow 7 feet tall and named Hans  said that he qualified  over 20 times for the Boston Marathon. This was in response to the question ” Did you know that you placed ahead of a Boston Marathon qualifier ” ;John Peachey 4rth in in the half Marathon said he qualified in Victoria for the Boston but never made the trip to the east coast.

The last three in were all women pushing baby carriages. We didn”t ask how far they had entered to run.

Today in history June 12,1939

The Baseball hall of fame opens in Coopers Town USA

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Curb to curb

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April 12, 2012

The water and sewer upgrade on 1st avenue is now being paved over. Curb to curb asphalt is being rolled out today and that is an improvement over the street when it was tore up last year.

The City of Merritt has the Civic Center a facility that has a main auditorium that can accommodate about 500 people. As well there are ancillary meeting rooms are available at varying rates the best rates are reserved for non profits tha ideal with youth issues. The highest rate is for commercial activity. It is a popular venue for an annual home show. The show takes up the facility and is well attended by business here and from other communities. The local arts counsel makes good use of it and has at least 4 quality programs a year. For the benefit of all but in particular an amenity for those that have chosen Merritt for retirement .

The Civic Center is also now enjoying curb to curb pavement on the vacating street to the west of  the building.

Today in history, April 12. 1955

The polio vaccine developed by Dr.Salk is declared safe and effective.

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TGIF

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March 16, 2012
Emperor Caligula, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.

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Today in History March 16 ,637
Merit of Merritt

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Caligula becomes Emperor of Rome.

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Labour Trouble

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February 28, 2012

Yesterday there were about 29 ,teachers mustering in the parking lot of the Coldwater Hotel. The teachers had placards saying money for this and that but none for education.

A source tells me that they are applying to strike, as essential service the same source says they can strike for 2 weeks at a time then go back to work in the interim. A report says that the province is reading legislation to order them back to work.

There is a possible school closure for want of 25 students here that would mean teacher job loss.

Opinion: They are getting their views known, but it seems silly and political. The province apparently has a zero net increase policy that means to get   a raise somethings got to go.

Today in history, February 28, 1993

The  ATF agency serves a warrant   to arrest David Koresh, at Waco Texas resulting in four agents deaths and the start of a 51 day stand off.

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TGIF

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February 10, 2012
Domino's Pizza in Panaji‎, Goa, India

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There was a fire at the local Ramada Inn this week and a person at the scene said that it was electrical and that a contractor was at work at the time of the fire.

The Dominos Pizza is out of commission as well, no idea on a dollar value, and the papers say it is still under investigation.

Today in history,February 10,1863

The fire extinguisher is patented.

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February 3, 2012
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Today in history February 3.1916

The parliment buildings in Canada burn down.

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Leap year

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February 1, 2012
Deutsch: Trauerzug Elisabeth I English: Banner...

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This month is a leap year 29 days in it. There are 5 Tuesdays in it as was last month. The julian calendar that we use is politicized and Julius Caesar has his 31 day month as did his nephew Augustus: July and August . there is a full moon every 28 days and some calendars in antiquity had 13 -28 day months.

My niece has her 8th birthday on the 29th makin her 32 in dog years.  And according to Woody Allen ( he got his)every one gets their 15 minutes of fame including Caesar and those born on the 29th of February.

Today in history, February 1,1327

Teenager Edward the third is crowned but rule comes from Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer

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TGIF

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January 27, 2012
Holocaust Memorial Berlin

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Today in history, January,27 1996

Germany first observes International Holocaust Day

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Fraud

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January 24, 2012
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Opinion: 

This is a recent thing in jurisprudence but has been about in human activity for a long time. Deceit in war and peace is the sometimes essence of engagement amongst rivals and those that can’t compete at a legitimate level.

Along with bad faith the world has often been at odds with each other over misstatement of fact and the actions that come out of it.

People need to be trusting to be human and its a miserable thing to have to live in distrust.

Find someone you love today and hug and give a trusting smile .

Today in history, January 24, 2003

The United States starts operations in the Department of Homeland Security.

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Vancouver 125

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January 20, 2012
Antarctica at its finest

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There is a good book out at the Country bugs book store it sells for just under 50 dollars and it chronicles the time of Vancouver in a pictorial commentary. The City of Vancouver is century and a quarter old and is a dynamic beautiful city in a surreal setting of harbour and snow-capped ski mountains.

The book is by Chuck Davis and is called the Chuck Davis history of Metroplolitain Vancouver

Today in History, January 20, 2007

The trek of over one thousand miles arrives at the Pole of inaccessibility  in Antarctica, first time since 1958 and first time without mechanized devices.

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Bird count

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January 5, 2012
Merritt, British Columbia

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No not a character from Sesame Street but on the weekend the local Naturalists were out counting birds. A couple of reports say that there was a successful count of  many hundreds of mallard ducks by counters in the area of the Chutter ranch east of Merritt a couple of miles. My self, I counted 97 mallards in town from the Nicola Street bridge to the old CPR train bridge a distance of about 1/2 mile . At the bridge were a pair of golden eye ducks  at a healthy distance from the last mallard.

Jerry Sanford a member of the naturalist society and a retired geologist said he speculates that a motel owner may be feeding them at the Nicola bridge. The January 2 date should not be confused as it is the “Christmas Bird Count”

There is a coördinated bird count about the province on that day.

Today in history, January 5th 1972

The United States begins the space shuttle program.

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