8
Armstrong Lavington Lumby Vernon Want to run your own business? Publish a paper in your area, and become a part of the family. 1.866.859.0609 www.tidbitscanada.com Make a difference in your community today. Fun & Free Over 4 million readers in 250 cities, every week! TIDBITS® MAKES A TELEPHONE CALL by Janet Spencer On July 1, 1881, the world’s first international phone conversation occurred. It was placed between Calais, Maine, U.S., and St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada. The two cities are on opposite sides of the St. Croix River. There was a busy ferry crossing there, necessitating communication. Today, an average of 12.4 billion calls are made every day. Come along with Tidbits as we take a look at telephones! FATHERS OF THE INDUSTRY Alexander Graham Bell applied for a patent on the telephone on February 14, 1876. A few hours later, Elisha Gray went to the patent office and applied for a “caveat” on the telephone, meaning that he was working on the invention and no one was allowed to apply for a patent on a similar invention until the caveat expired. Because each man filed patent paperwork on the same day, lawsuits ensued. • Elisha was a prominent inventor whose company, Western Electric, was a major supplier to Western Union. During his lifetime, Elisha was granted over 70 patents for his inventions, including the precursor to the modern music synthesizer. • Bell’s patent application was the 5th entry that day, while Elisha’s caveat application was 39th. On the basis of its earlier filing time, the U.S. Patent Office awarded Alexander Bell the patent for the telephone. 250-542-5661 | www.coldstreammeadows.com Tired of cooking and cleaning? Let us do it for you! Rent at the Lodge starts from $1395/month, includes meals, housekeeping and more! 9104 Mackie Drive, Coldstream BC 4408 27th Street, Vernon, BC 250-542-6998 www.parnells.ca 4410 27th Street Vernon, BC 778.475.3004 Friendly, Reliable Service! 1-888-888-7072 Call for a FREE Estimate As Low as $ .26 sq/ft + delivery Quality Turf At Wholesale Prices www.westernturffarms.com August 1& 2 2014 TICKETS AVAILABLE AT TICKETSELLER www.ticketseller.ca 250.549.SHOW (7469) Featuring: Calgary Stampede Band of Outriders Firefighter Challenge RCMP Ceremonial Troop Royal Canadian Artillery Band RCMP Pipe Band Kal Tire Place 3445 - 43rd Avenue Vernon BC www.okanagantattoo.ca A Celebration of Traditions i f T Okanagan Military Tattoo @OkanaganTattoo July 4 - 10, 2014 Issue #00180 DETAILS INSIDE & Gift Idea Store Your Framing, Printing

Vernon 180 jul 4 2014 telephone call

Embed Size (px)

DESCRIPTION

 

Citation preview

Page 1: Vernon 180 jul 4 2014 telephone call

Bold Medias Publishing For Advertising Please Call (604) 454 - 1387 www.tidbitsvancouver.com ◆ Armstrong ◆ Lavington ◆ Lumby ◆ Vernon ◆

Want to run your own business?Publish a paper in your area, and become

a part of the family.

1.866.859.0609www.tidbitscanada.com

Make a difference in your community today.

Fun & FreeOver 4 million readers in 250 cities, every week!

TIDBITS® MAKES A

TELEPHONE CALLby Janet Spencer

On July 1, 1881, the world’s first international phone conversation occurred. It was placed between Calais, Maine, U.S., and St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada. The two cities are on opposite sides of the St. Croix River. There was a busy ferry crossing there, necessitating communication. Today, an average of 12.4 billion calls are made every day. Come along with Tidbits as we take a look at telephones!

FATHERS OF THE INDUSTRY• Alexander Graham Bell applied for a patent

on the telephone on February 14, 1876. A few hours later, Elisha Gray went to the patent office and applied for a “caveat” on the telephone, meaning that he was working on the invention and no one was allowed to apply for a patent on a similar invention until the caveat expired. Because each man filed patent paperwork on the same day, lawsuits ensued.

• Elisha was a prominent inventor whose company, Western Electric, was a major supplier to Western Union. During his lifetime, Elisha was granted over 70 patents for his inventions, including the precursor to the modern music synthesizer.

• Bell’s patent application was the 5th entry that day, while Elisha’s caveat application was 39th. On the basis of its earlier filing time, the U.S. Patent Office awarded Alexander Bell the patent for the telephone.

250-542-5661 | www.coldstreammeadows.com

Tired of cooking and cleaning? Let us do it for

you! Rent at the Lodge

starts from $1395/month,

includes meals, housekeeping and

more!

9104 Mackie Drive, Coldstream BC

4408 27th Street, Vernon, BC

250-542-6998www.parnells.ca

4410 27th StreetVernon, BC

778.475.3004

Friendly, Reliable Service!

1-888-888-7072

www.westernturffarms.com

Call for a FREE Estimate

Drought Tolerant Interior Seed BlendsHomeowners • Contractors • Landscapers

• Sand-Based Sports Turf • Drought Tolerant • • Environmentally Friendly Turf • Fresh Turf Delivery •

• Low Maintenance • Direct from the Grower • Professional Installation Available

As Low as $.26 sq/ft + delivery

Quality Turf At Wholesale Prices

www.westernturffarms.com

August 1& 22014

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT TICKETSELLERwww.ticketseller.ca 250.549.SHOW (7469)

Featuring: Calgary Stampede Band of Outriders

Firefighter ChallengeRCMP Ceremonial Troop

Royal Canadian Artillery BandRCMP Pipe Band

Kal Tire Place3445 - 43rd Avenue

Vernon BC

www.okanagantattoo.ca

August 1& 22014

www.okanagantattoo.ca

A Celebration of Traditionsi f Ti f TOkanagan Military Tattoo

@OkanaganTattoo

July 4 - 10, 2014 Issue #00180DETAILS INSIDE

& Gift Idea Store

Your Framing, Printing

Page 2: Vernon 180 jul 4 2014 telephone call

Across1 Tower site6 “That last piece of cake is mine!”10 Hemingway nickname14 Once __ time ...15 Shield border, in heraldry16 Skunk’s defense17 Roulette choices18 Roulette, for one19 Baltic native20 Some boxing wins23 Not bare24 Large expanse25 Cause a stir31 Bath accessory33 TV talk pioneer34 March composer35 Destructive Greek god37 Like May through August, literally40 Bar order41 Use Comet on43 Rejection from the top45 RMN was his vice president46 Sitcom security device that often defeated its own purpose

50 Bread, at times51 Salad cheese52 Where to find the starts of 20-, 25- and 46-Across59 Winter coat60 Michigan city or college61 __ Janeiro62 Part of a plot63 Pleased64 Navel phenomenon65 Tools for Wolfgang Puck66 Italian noble family67 Fancy moldings

Down1 Burger King supply2 For each one3 Recipe instruction4 Supplement nutritionally5 Race ender6 Outcome of successful negotiations7 Camaro __-Z8 A bit down9 Dojo instructor10 Game divided into chukkers11 Arabian Peninsula seaport

12 Tools for Wolfgang Puck13 Gallery showing21 Senegal’s capital22 Swimmers Crocker and Thorpe25 Rudder’s locale26 Coin-tossing attraction27 Gooey lump28 Upholsterer’s choice29 Previously owned30 Cut the skin from31 Like “padre,” e.g.: Abbr.32 BP subsidiary36 Drag to court

38 Like some millionaires39 Expensive42 Pear variety44 Lake on the New York border47 Silo filler48 Hogwarts castings49 Thoughtful52 Cuzco native53 Muffin grain54 Flock females55 Latin I verb56 Single57 “Garfield” canine58 “Cheers” actor Roger59 Maple yield

Page 2 TidbitsVernon.com Cosita Publishing For Advertising Call (250) 832-3361

CROSSWORD

TELEPHONE HISTORY• Over the course of twenty years, the Bell

Company fought over 600 lawsuits and won all of them, effectively becoming a monopoly for the 20-year duration of Bell’s patents. By the turn of the century, Bell Telephone Co. had morphed into A T & T, standing for American Telephone & Telegraph.

• By 1894, Bell’s patents had expired, opening the industry to competition. Within a decade, over 6,000 companies went into business across the country. But subscribers to different telephone companies could not call each other. This situation took 20 years to fix.

• In 1892 a long distance line connecting New York to Chicago was completed, able to handle a single call at a time. The price was $9 for the first five minutes, equal to $226 today.

• The first transcontinental call took place in January 1915 when Bell in New York called Watson in San Francisco. The call took 23 minutes to get through. Intercontinental service began in 1927 between New York and London with callers being charged $75 ($980 in today’s currency) for the first three minutes.

FAMOUS PHONE FIRSTS• The origin of the phrase ‘to put someone on

hold’ was originated by Alexander Graham Bell handing over his telephone to his partner Mr. Watson and saying, “Here, hold this.”

• The soundproof booth was invented by Mr. Watson to stop his landlady from eavesdropping. The first prototype built in 1877 used blankets wrapped around a box.

• The oldest existing phone book dates from 1878. It’s 20 pages long and contains the names of 391 subscribers in New Haven but not their phone numbers. To contact somebody you had to ring the operator and ask the operator to put you through. Christie’s auctioned the book in 2008 for $170,500.

FAMOUS PHONE FIRSTS• The concept of assigning telephone numbers

to individual phone lines was invented by a doctor. When a fever epidemic hit a small town in Massachusetts in 1879, the local doctor realized that relying on their local telephone operators was risky-- what if they all fell sick at once? Their replacements wouldn’t know the names of the townsfolk or how to direct emergency calls. The doctor came up with

a solution: replace names with numbers, allowing the operator to connect without needing to know the exact name.

• Almon Strowger was an undertaker in Kansas City who suspected he was losing business to a rival. The rival’s wife worked as a switchboard operator and he thought she was diverting calls to her husband. One morning in 1886 his suspicions were confirmed as he read in the newspaper that his close friend had passed away and been buried by this rival. This was his incentive to replace human operators with an automatic switchboard. The Strowger Automatic Telephone System became known as the “girl-less, cuss-less, out-of-order-less, wait-less telephone.”

• Phone companies were focusing on urban areas first, so in 1902, a group of Montana farmers decided to build their own phone network. Farmers discovered that if you hooked phone sets to the wires of the barbed wire fences that separated the farms, calls could be made. Thus was born the first distributed “party line.”

• Willy Müller invented the automatic answering machine in 1935. It was a three-foot-tall machine popular with Orthodox Jews who were forbidden to answer the phone on the Sabbath.

• On November 18, 1963, the push-button

Page 3: Vernon 180 jul 4 2014 telephone call

For Advertising Call (250) 832-3361 TidbitsVernon.com Cosita Publishing Page 3

Famous Canadians

MIKE LAZARIDIS• Mike Lazaridis was born to Greek parents in

Istanbul, Turkey, in 1961. The family moved to Canada when he was five years old, settling in Windsor, Ontario. He took to science and electronics at an early age. When he was 12 years old, he won a prize at the Windsor Public Library for reading every science book in the library.

• In 1979, he enrolled at the University of Waterloo studying electrical engineering and computer science. In 1984, Lazaridis responded to a request for proposal from General Motors to develop a digital display system in their cars. GM awarded him the $600,000 contract. He dropped out of university just two months before he was scheduled to graduate. The GM contract, a small government grant, and a loan from Lazaridis’ parents enabled Lazaridis, Mike Barnstijn, and long-time childhood friend Douglas Fregin to launch a company they called Research In Motion (RIM) based in Waterloo, Ontario.

• He started researching wireless applications in 1987, at a time when most people didn’t have computers in their homes. One of the company’s first achievements was the development of barcode technology for

film. RIM plowed the profits from that into wireless data transmission research. One of their first products was a pager which started shipping in August 1998. About the size of a bar of soap, this device competed against Motorola’s two-way paging network.

• In 1999, RIM introduced the BlackBerry 850 pager, which was named because the keyboard’s keys resembled the pips of the blackberry fruit. In 2000 they introduced the first BlackBerry Smartphone. It became the Smartphone of choice for almost a decade, until Apple and other competitors eventually knocked RIM out of the top spot.

• BlackBerry became so addictive that it was dubbed the “CrackBerry,” a term that Webster’s named “New Word of the Year” in 2006.

• Lazaridis, who now holds over 30 patents, says, “Until you use a BlackBerry you just don’t get it. You are connected for both the crisis and the opportunity. You can respond to your boss, but at the same time you have the freedom to walk to the corner store and get a cup of coffee.”

• Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie resigned as the CEOs of the company in 2012, the same year the company reported its first net loss in years. He and Douglas Fregin then co-founded Quantum Valley Investments to

provide financial and intellectual capital for the development of breakthroughs in quantum information science. Lazaridis was once ranked by Forbes as the 17th wealthiest Canadian and 651st in the world, but his net wealth has recently dropped from $4 billion to $210 million

• How often does he check his own BlackBerry? “Only when it makes a noise,” he says.

• Today, the average person makes or receives eight mobile phone calls per day. The average mobile phone user makes 250 phone calls per month or 3,000 phone calls per year.

• The average person spends 39 minutes a day on the phone.

• According to a recent survey, 47 per cent of all water-damaged mobile phones have been dropped in the toilet bowl.

• A ton of mobile phones contains more gold than a ton of ore from a gold mine.

Page 4: Vernon 180 jul 4 2014 telephone call

LastWeeks:

Page 4 TidbitsVernon.com Cosita Publishing For Advertising Call (250) 832-3361

THC Dispensary

TOP QUALITYMedication at an Affordable Price!

• Herb • Extracts• Edibles• Oil• Tinctures

www.blackcrowherbals.com2808A 48th Ave, Vernon • 250-545-4599 (across from The Bay)

SIGN UP IN PERSON OR ONLINE

We honour all

other dispensary cards!

M E D I C A L M A R I J U A N A

Free Local Delivery

Black CrowHerbal

Solutions

Now Open7 Days a Week!

-

[email protected] CuthbertSeniors Real Estate SpecialistCell: 250 550 4203 Bus: 250 549 4161 5603 27th Street, Vernon, BC V1T 8Z5

® -

FAMOUS PHONE FIRSTStelephone was officially introduced by Bell Systems

in the USA. Originally push-button dials had only 10 buttons. The # and * buttons were added in 1968.

BAD SERVICE• In 1970, General Telephone in California was not

a very reliable service. Static, disconnections, and strange ringing with no one calling were common. It was a company people loved to hate. Then the company launched a series of “mea culpa” ads. In one, a wife urges her husband at a party to say something funny. “General Telephone!” he says, and the party gets hysterical while a voice-over announces, “We know some people think our service is laughable, but we’re spending $200 million to improve it. What’s so funny about that?” In the next ad, a mild-mannered man introduces himself, “Hello, I’m from General Telephone.” Off camera, hoots and catcalls ring out. “Now, I know that General Telephone provides less than adequate service.” A tomato clips him on the chin. “But we’re spending $200

million on improving our service.” He ducks an egg. “Cables, switches, personnel— everything.” A pie smacks him in the face. “Thank you for your patience,” he sputters through whipped cream. Public sympathy was turned, but it was short-lived. When it was revealed that the $200 million was to be raised through a 40% rate increase, people took their tomatoes in hand and plastered company trucks.

• After the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster, the owner, Metropolitan Edison, called a public relations firm to help patch things up with the public. A group of publicists sequestered themselves in a hotel room to plan strategy. They hit on the idea of handing out phone numbers of information hot lines, and then leaving the phones off the hook. Unbeknownst to them, a team of two reporters was outside their door for the entire time, posing as an arguing married couple or necking lovers while listening in. A complete account of the meeting soon appeared in the Philadelphia Enquirer and Metropolitan Edison was the laughing stock.

Page 5: Vernon 180 jul 4 2014 telephone call

Sudoku

For Advertising Call (250) 832-3361 TidbitsVernon.com Cosita Publishing Page 5

Custom Sheds, Cabins, Gazebos & Pergolas

For a complete list of products and pricing call 250-253-1188 or

email- [email protected]

“It’s how we put them together that sets

them apart”

Cost Effective Building

Solutions

Delivered to your home or cabin

Any Style, Any Size, Any Colour

Starting from $1500

text your email address to 250-253-1188 to receive a free brochure

• THREE STYLES

• FULLY ASSEMBLED

• LOCALLY MADE

• PICKUP WITHIN

TWO

BUSINESS DAYS

VERNON 250.558.1030 SALMON ARM 250.833.45714310 29th Street 120 Okanagan Avenue

A Division of Westwood Fine Cabinetrycash&carry

10 X 10 kitchen starting from $1800.00

EMAIL HISTORY• In 1972, Ray Tomlinson was working on

developing the precursor to the Internet, a system called ARPANET, which stood for Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. One day he sat two computers next to each other. They were connected to each other only by ARPANET. He sent a message from one to the other, and that was the world’s first email. Tomlinson claims the message was probably something like “Testing 123.”

• It was Tomlinson’s idea to use the @ symbol to separate the name of the user from the name of the computer. The @ sign was originally an accounting symbol used in commercial invoices meaning “at the rate of” as in: six widgets @ $2 per widget = $12. Tomlinson chose the symbol because it is on every keyboard, yet is rarely used. Its official English name is “the commercial at sign.”

• Although in the U.S. it’s usually called simply the “at sign,” other countries have different names for it. In Dutch, it’s apestaart meaning monkey’s tail.

In Swedish, it’s snabel-a meaning “A” with an elephant’s trunk. In Italian, it’s chiocciolina meaning small snail. In Hungary, it’s kukatsz meaning little worm. In Czech, it’s zavinac meaning a rolled pickled herring. In Finland, it’s miumau (the sound a cat makes) because it looks like a sleeping cat. In Russian, it’s sabachka meaning puppy. In German, it’s klammerraffe meaning spider monkey.

• On May 24, 2004, which was the 160th anniversary of the first public Morse telegraph transmission, a unique Morse code for the ‘@’ symbol was introduced: • – – • – • (dot-dash-dash-dot-dash-dot). This was the first official addition to the Morse set of characters since World War I.

• There are about 3.8 billion email accounts worldwide, on a planet with about 7 billion humans.

Page 6: Vernon 180 jul 4 2014 telephone call

Page 6 TidbitsVernon.com Cosita Publishing For Advertising Call (250) 832-3361

Q: Our 1-1/2- year-old Golden Retriever eats every toy we buy. He seems to always want something in his mouth, especially when he gets excited. The only toy he hasn’t torn up is a Kong toy. He eats chew-sticks in minutes. What kind of toys do you recommend? -- K.C., Cyberspace

A: Dr. Melissa Bain, of the University of California School of Veterinary Medicine-Davis, wants to first insure that this chewing up of toys isn’t only happening when you’re not home (to rule out either a dog who doesn’t know what to do when their people aren’t around, separation anxiety, or boredom). Secondly, Bain wants to know if your dog is actually ingesting parts of toys, which is very dangerous. If that’s the case, be super vigilant, and simply don’t leave out any toy you think there’s even a remote chance of the dog chewing up unless an adult is present to supervise. “Also, understand that no toys are truly indestructible,” Bain says. If you’re not already doing so, ask about heavier-duty Kong toys. Also, smaller boutique pet stores often carry a myriad of special toys for “heavy chewers.” Still, Bain is worried about the toy holding up but not your dog’s mouth, as some dogs chew in such a manner that they break teeth. She suggests upping the interaction you have with dog; by tossing toys, and teaching her to drop them once fetched, there’s no time for chewing. If your dog is merely walking around with toys in his mouth when he gets excited, he’s merely being a typical Golden.

Q: I’m ready to euthanize my 16-year-old cat. I don’t know what to do with him. He’s been thoroughly checked by my veterinarian, so I believe there’s no medical issue. He wakes up after his afternoon nap, yowling. But the biggest problem is the overnight yowling. I’m exhausted. Any advice?

A: French surgeon and behavior specialist Dr. Patrick Pageat says to first make sure your veterinarian has ruled out hypertension (high blood pressure), hyperthyroid disease, arthritis, diabetes, or even gastrointestinal issues. “Once those possibilities are eliminated, consider feline cognitive dysfunction syndrome,” he says. This condition is similar to Alzheimer’s disease in people. Other symptoms may include confusion, forgetfulness and/or accidents outside the litter box. The explanation for the yowling may also include hearing loss, and there may be not one explanation but several. Dr. Gary Landsberg, of Thornhill, Ontario, Canada, rattles off several products you could try, including a nutraceutical called Senifline (which containss Resveratrol) and Novifit (which contains S-adenosylmethionine or SAMe). In addition, the changes going on may cause anxiety (in your cat); Feliway, a copy of a calming pheromone,way may ease the problem. Also, ask your veterinarian about a higher protein diet. “It’s variable as to what works best for individual cats,” Landsberg says. He adds that there’s a drug called Anapryl specifically used for a similar syndrome in dogs, which may also be prescribed for cats. Please don’t lose hope. Having said that, when owners wait too long, the syndrome may become very advanced, making it difficult for these products to achieve as much affect as they might with early detection.

Canadian Tid-bits

THE FIRST SPAM• By 1978 there was a printed directory of

everyone who was using the ARPANET system. When a new computer operating system was released that supported ARPANET, someone decided the news should be spread among all 600 ARPANET users. A marketing manager entered the email addresses of all 600 people and sent them what turned out to be the world’s very first spam. Ironically, the marketer wasn’t familiar with the system, so the 600 email addresses filled the recipient box, overflowed the CC box, and flowed into the body of the email.

• Spam was named spam because of a Monty Python comedy sketch in which the waitress in a café explains that the only things on the menu are spam and eggs, spam and bacon, sausage and spam, spam with spam, spam with spam and a side order of spam, or lobster thermidore with a side of spam, while the diner explains that she DOESN’T LIKE SPAM. This is similar to what happens when you open your email in-box to find 72 messages that you don’t want.

• Worldwide, more than 294 billion emails are sent and received daily, averaging around 40 for every person on the planet. Of those, an estimated 90% are spam or viruses.

EMAIL FACTSIf you printed out each non-spam email sent in the world on a single piece of standard paper, in just under 2 hours, you would have enough paper to cover the continental USA. Around 4 days later, you could cover the earth’s entire surface area. One day’s worth of emails would produce a stack of paper 2,159 times taller than Mt. Everest. It would take just over 20 days for the stack to reach the moon.

EASY PASSWORDSIn 2009 when ten thousand Hotmail passwords were exposed online, it turned out that the most popular choice for a password was “123456.”

▶ Which Canadian has won more Academy awards than any other Canadian? Douglas Shearer of Montreal, brother to famous actress Norma Shearer.Douglas won 12 Academy awards during his career as head of MGM’s sound department. He never acted in a single film, but won many nominations for best sound, best special effects, and other scientific and technical awards. He got his start in the film industry when he followed his famous sister to Hollywood, and ended up being a cameraman. When talkies were invented, he got in on the ground floor and worked his way up, inventing along the way.

▶ Norma Shearer played the lead role in the 1938 movie “Marie Antoinette.” Once when she showed up at a party wearing her Marie Antoinette costume, the outfit was so large that it required removing the door so she could enter the room, and four chairs were needed so she could sit at the table.

▶ In 1969, a rumor spread that Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, and the Beatles secretly met in Canada in a small town near Hudson Bay and recorded an album together under the name “The Masked Maruaders.” A prank review of this imaginary album that appeared in Rolling Stone magazine sparked a frenzy when fans tried to find the non-existent album. Then, an unknown group claiming that they were The Masked Maruaders recorded an album with most of the songs that were mentioned in the review. They ended up selling 100,000 copies.

Pet Bits

Page 7: Vernon 180 jul 4 2014 telephone call

14’ Mirrorcraft Boat 2012 with trailer (& spare tire) & loader guides. Bimini Top, Scotty Rod Hold-ers, Hummingbird Fish Finder + 30 horse, elec-tric start Tohatsu Motor. All barely used, like new.

Asking $12,950 Call Ron

(250) 832-2855 (Salmon Arm)

Care Aid Available for personal care, respite, meals, shopping, appointments & light housekeeping.

Call Judy (250) 260-4989

(Vernon)

USUI REIKI CLASSLevel 1 & 2

Sat. Jul 5 & Sun. Jul 610:00 am to 5:00 pm

AtThe Pampered Pixie

Day Spa3410 Okanagan Street

ArmstrongCall Michelle

(250) 546-2571

Kenna-Rae & the Stockbruegger Family

Fund-raiserSat. July 12, noon - 5PM

Featuring:Don Herting,

Elvis Impersonator, Trina & Peter Titus,

Ken Thomas, Catagory, Brooklyn Stockbruegger,

Hula Hoop Show, Cake Walk, story tellers, face painting, baked goods,

jugglersDowntown Activity

CenterSalmon Arm

Admission by Donation

For Advertising Call (250) 832-3361 TidbitsVernon.com Cosita Publishing Page 7

DO ALL HOME REPAIR, 36 years experience,

door installation, door locks, steps & wheelchair

ramps, storage sheds, decks, patios, small

concrete repair, install electrical �xtures - you name it. Free estimates. Think of doing good.

Contact Kurtis. [email protected]

(778) 323-0665

Vernon and District Kennel Club Show Friday, July 4, 2014 to Sunday, July 6, 2014 from 9am at Lavington Centennial Park , School Road, Vernon. It’s a great family event! We will be having conformation, rally and obedience trials. There will be food vendors on site...bring a blanket and enjoy the day meeting the different breeds. Cost: N/A

Okanagan 4-H Stock Show and SaleMonday, July 7, 2014 through Friday, July 11, 2013 from 9am at IPE Fairgrounds, 3010 Wood Avenue, Armstrong. The 34th Annual Okanagan 4-H Stock Show and Sale will be held on July 7th-12th, 2014 at the IPE Fairgrounds, in Armstrong, B.C. Approximately 40 4-H Beef Club members and over 90 4-H Horse club members from throughout Central B.C will be participating in an action filled week. We welcome everyone to stop by the IPE Fairgrounds to watch the show, talk to the kids, and learn what 4-H is all about. We hope to see you there!! For more information please contact Show Chairperson Fiawna Ladd (250) 547-8843

Curbside Live - Downtown Vernon Tuesday, July 8, 2014 from 12pm at Downtown Vernon, 30th Avenue, Vernon. Visit Downtown Vernon for Curbside Live! Enjoy the entertainment from Buskers and Street Performers while you explore Downtown Vernon and take in the excitement it has to offer! Call Hailey at (250) 542-5851 for more information: [email protected] downtownvernon.com

Trixie the Clown Wednesday, July 9, 2014 from 10:30am at Okanagan Regional Library, 2800 30 Ave, Vernon. Music, skits, and storytelling by Trixie the clown. For ages 5-7. Cost: Free registration Ticketing and/or registration: Call Stephanie at (250) 542-7610 6829 for more information: [email protected] vernonlibrarykids.wordpress.com/summer/

VPAG AGM & MEA Donor Appreciation Night Thursday, July 10, 2014 from 6pm to 8pm at 3228 31 Ave, Vernon. Vernon Public Art Gallery. Please come and participate, as we appreciate your input regarding gallery operations. All donated art for the Midsummer’s Eve of the Arts auction will be on display this evening as we will also show our appreciation to all the artists who generously donated a piece of their work this year. Light refreshments will be served, along with coffee & tea. Cost: By Donation For more info: [email protected] www.vernonpublicartgallery.com

Civic Sounds 2014 - Cheaper than a Porsche Thursday, July 10, 2014 from 7pm to 9pm at Downtown Vernon Association, #101, 3334-30th Avenue, Vernon. Come down to Civic Plaza Thursday nights this summer for free live concerts in the open air. Stop by a local restaurant for an early meal or pick up take-out and have a picnic dinner while listening to fantastic local bands each week – and be sure to wear your dancing shoes! Call 250-542-5851 for more information: [email protected] http://downtownvernon.com/

New & Used Fishing equipment. Lures, Gang Trolls, Plugs, Flashers, etc. Call for more info: (250) 832-2855 (S. Arm)

FARM RAISED FREEZER BEEF.

No additives or hormones. Gov. Insp. By the side--$3.50 lb. Cut, wrapped & Frozen.

(250) 307-3430 or (250) 546-6494

(Armstrong)

All Star Eavestroughing• Replace Your Leaking

Gutters Today !• 9 pro�le styles

& 40 + Colors• Downpipes

• Leafguard - Never Clean Your Gutters Again!

• Fascia, So�t, Siding, Vinyl Windows, Doors

www.allstareavestroughing.com

Free EstimatesCall Stan 250-317-4437

Page 8: Vernon 180 jul 4 2014 telephone call

Page 8 TidbitsVernon.com Cosita Publishing For Advertising Call (250) 832-3361

Learn more at Dulux.ca

*O� er applies o� the regular retail price of 3.0L-3.78L Glidden Ultra, Glidden Pro, Flood Solid and Semi- Transparent products. All sheens included.Cannot be combined with any other o�er o r promotion. See store associate for more details. At participating locations only.

Buy One, Get One 50% O� *

On Selected Glidden ®

and Flood ® Products

© 2014, PPG Industries, Inc. All rights reserved. Dulux is a registered trademark of AkzoNobel and is licensed to PPG Architectural Coatings Canada, Inc. for use in Canada only.

4309 27th Street, Vernon (250) 545-3212