To the seasons of life
Nest gone
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On this Day: April 22 1977
Fiber optic cable is used for the first time in telephone transmission:
A demonstrator outside the public meeting for the information of waste dumping in the Sunshine valley
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Monday saw the Merritt Civic center with about 200 people listen to speakers talk of the Bio solids being dumped a the 300 acre Dry lake site in the Sunshine Valley area of Merritt. A trucking company has two five-year contracts to dump Class A and B bio solids from two municipality including Abbotsford in the lower mainland. The business has the use of a public access forestry road to the area that they improved from a four-wheel drive access to haulage truck.
An unincorporated association called Friends of the Nicola Valley ( a face book group) were on hand in an information room with information and a petition against the activity. The group says they have a lawyer to see to their interests. The biggest concerns were smell , the effect on property values and future demand for more such land.
The municipalities involved are not part of the local regional district and appear to have come in under the radar with the only regulatory obligation being to given notice to the environment ministry.
On this day: January 27th 1973
The Paris accord ends the American war in South East Asia.
The City of Merritt British Columbia has Canadian Flag at about 3000 Ft above sea level on the west side. Set on the hillside it commands highway number 8 below.
Placed and maintained by a local business the 8 by 16 foot flags last about 600 thousand “severe flaps of the flag by the wind and cost about 1000 dollars to replace”. The business has done this for the community since 1967.
Below at the highway level there is a concrete bin that offers free sand. The owner says its not construction grade or washed but it’s fine for walks and cat boxs etc… People are welcome to take amounts appropriate for those uses.
Today in history:January 15th 1892
James Naismith publishes the rules to basket ball.
The Nicola Valley Aquatic Center is having a new years eve ( after noon swim.) The swim will be on December 31st from 1 -3 PM at he facility on Mamette avenue in Merritt.
There is no charge for the swim and the pool is in walking proximity to 5 EV charging stations some of which take 2 hours to recharge an EV.
Today in history,December 30th 1948
The Tony award winning Kiss me Kate opens at the Cole Porter theater.
The Petro Canada is showing an offering of 1.09 a liter for regular gasoline at the pumping station at the junction of Highway 8 and 5A. There has been a dramatic drop in prices at the pumps in the last few weeks coming from mid $1.30 a liter to todays low. Petro Canada also offers a loyalty card program that gives you another 12 cents a liter making it possible to get regular gasoline at under the dollar a liter range. The CIBC is reporting that Canada has lost 5 billion in revenue in the recent drop in prices. We take that as lost revenue from exports. To balance the net benefit of lower gas prices to the consumer we must assume that a drop in price is a more broadly fare benefit to more people domestically then lost export revenue. Today in History: December 17th 1935 The DC-3 aircraft makes its first flight.
The people that are proposing the twinning of the pipeline through here are having a job opportunity meeting tonight at the Merritt Civic Center.Drop in starts at 5:30 PM the presentation starts a 6:30 PM.
Trans Mountain Pipelines have operated a pipeline to Burnaby from Edmonton Alberta for 60 years without serious incident.
The Merritt Civic Center is on Mamette avenue behind city hall on Voght Street.
Today in History: December 4th 1909
The first Canadian Grey cup game is played.
Merritt Post Office
Voght and Granite
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There was an ocean effect snow fall(our term) here in Merritt last night, as witnessed by a confused seagull circling the Rail yard mall , we can only imagine that the megalomaniac looking down would think that his droppings were not usually that pronounced.
Seagulls come with air flows from the coast and signal wind and weather change. The forecast is now to turn colder after the next two days with over night lows going to well below freezing for Friday and Saturday. Hope the snow lasts.
http://www.weather.com/weather/5day/l/CAXX0830:1:CA
A tradition of Canadian Prime ministers is to go for a walk in the snow when contemplating calling an election.The PM still has that prerogative however elections have been put on a four year cycle with a semi fixed date. ( we don’t think it has anything to do with global warming) Jean Chretien went for a walk in the snow before risking trying for a 3rd term below. The fixed date is in May….
Today in history November 27th 2000
The liberal party of Canada wins a third term with an increase in members over the previous term.
Tom Sullivan (left) and Alan Burger ready for his presentation
Doctor Tom Sullivan presented at the Nicola Naturalists last week on the work he has done with wood debris from logging operations.The University of BC professor and resident of the interior Town of Summerland said that piles of wood waste can be habitat for weasels and small forest animals. The slide show gave images of wood debris used to in strategies to connect habitat to mandatory patch’s of left forest in clear-cut operations. He had brochures available taken from his published works in scientific journals.
Tom noted it is best used to do these piles in remote logged areas as human access lends its self to them being set on fire.
There was a class of natural resource teck students from the First Nations run community college NVIT in the audience and were introduced to the gathering by Nicola Naturalists President Alan Burger. They were said to be possible beneficiaries of the 600 dollar scholarship award just created by the group.
Pious Chong was also recognised by Burger for his award of “The best artist in Singapore” by the President of Singapore.
DR. Sullivan works through the Applied Mammal Research Institute In Summerland as well as UBC : http://www.appliedmammal.com
Today in history: November 25 th 1940
The De Havilland Mosquito Bomber has its first flight.
Drilling equipment for dewatering Photo KDG
A tent for storing drilling cores in mining exploration, in Merritt BC
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Gene Conlin passed from this life on November 13th. Moving from Merritt to Parksvillle about 2 decades ago after the passing of her husband Patrick. She was the contact person here for the PC party and managed many elections in a time when mining entrepreneurship was at a high here in Merritt. Her husband Patrick was a mineral claim holder and a member of that community. The mining community at the time saw 30,000 workers about the size of the civil service in the province, of which Patrick was a member. Having worked in many elections with both, her passing signals the end and possibly the rebirth of a great community in the partnership of government and the mining industry. After going about the world it has returned to the province in the last few years and still has its personality of generating higher wage jobs.
Miners should always stay close to the vote, good-bye Gene and we think fondly of you and yours….
Today in history: November 19th 1959
The Ford Edsel is taken off the production lines do to poor sales.
Have a great weekend!
Today in history: November 14th 1770
James Bruce believes he is at the source of the Nile River:
Osprey at the Nicola river.
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Thanks to all that remembered the occasions of the last two days.
Today in history: November 12th 1987
Born Canadian ice hockey player, Bryan Little
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Kevin Griffiths
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