News You Can Trust
-Tuesday, 02 March, 2010:
The thermometer that appeared magically after my van was last serviced said it got up to +4˚C today (about 40˚F?)
The sun was bright and it looks like we might actually get a springtime this year. (Should we be surprised? No- but it helps?)
—————Jim
-28 February, 2010, Arnprior, Ontario, Canada.
The above photo doesn’t quite capture the feeling, but there is just the faintest trace of Spring in the air this morning.
—————Jim
-Sunday, 28 February, 2010:
Change:
Full Service:
All Self Service Stations except Petro Canada are at 96.7. Petro Canada is at 96.9.
Remember: Planets manufacture oil through a process we do not understand, but this process does not rely on decaying dinosaurs or other organic matter. Spectral analysis of distant planets and moons reveal that they contain oil.
There are more oil reserves Now than there was 20 years ago and consumption of oil and oil products has doubled in that time.
—————Jim
Friday, 26 February, 2010:
I believe we got about 15-20 cm of heavy wet snow yesterday, the bulk of it falling in the evening.
It wasn’t pretty, it still isn’t.
I might have gotten a more spectacular photo earlier, when the heavy trucks were doing their thing.
It’s about +2˚C at 11:00 am, and is a lot more sloppy and wet than anything else.
—————Jim
-Thursday, 25 February, 2010:
update:
2:oo pm:
(remember: There is no oil shortage. Planets produce oil all the time. it is not a limited resource dependent on rotting dinosaur carcasses. Jupiter’s moons have oil (scientists can tell with spectral analysis.) (sp?)
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As of Midnight:
Full Service:
Self Service:
(Prices have adjusted themselves into line with other stations since yesterday.)
—————Jim
– 11:33 am, Thursday, February 25, 2010.
The temperature dropped 3 degrees from 0˚C to -3˚C between 8:30 and 9:00 am. The weather network has changed their forecast a couple times. They’re still forecasting a high of +1˚C with rain mixing with the snow. But their Storm Centre is calling for 5-10 cm of snow in Ottawa and 15-25 cm of snow in Pembroke, and we’re about halfway between the two.
Time might tell?
—————Jim
Arnprior, January 23, 2010.
This year’s Optimist Club Talent Contest was held in the Nick Smith Centre.
MyFM’s Pete DeWolf was the Master of Ceremonies.
This year’s winners included: (Art) Logo Winner : Vanessa Farmer. Dance: Allysa Perreault and Jazmyn Nicholas. Singing: Augusta Campoli (Who sang “Think of Me” from the Phantom of the Opera.) Overall: Vicki Brittle. There were also prizes given to the youngest girl and the two youngest boys (there was a tie in the youngest boys category.)
In a surprising turn of events, the winning singer gave the monetary portion of her winnings back to Optimist Club President (and prize presenter) Chris Toner, saying she hoped that would help the Optimist Club continue to do their good work.
—————Jim
-Arnprior, Friday, December 18, 2009. And I thought the cold temperature was the story of the day.
Apparently, there was an armed robbery in town. Crime scene tape all around the bank, an unmarked truck that may have been a major crime scene investigation unit or something.
One OPP officer asked me through the door what I was doing with the camera. He seemed happy when I was concerned that no one was hurt.
An older woman walking South on John Street north saw somebody with a video camera, getting background shots for the local cable company (TVCOGECO) and asked him what was going on, I heard him whisper, “Apparently, there’s been an armed robbery.” “In Arnprior?” she gasped.
A younger woman’s face turned sour as she parked her car and crossed the street and wanted to go into the bank. The OPP Officer came out to where the tape ended and was speaking to her (I couldn’t hear anything) as I bundled my freezing fingers into my pockets with my camera and headed for the relative warmth of my vehicle.
—–T. Talxalot, frozen reporter at large. —–
-Arnprior, Friday, December 18, 2009.
Brrrrrrrr! (but it was pretty.)
-24˚C / -11˚F this morning in Arnprior. ((-31˚C / -24˚F wind chill))
So I pretty much froze my fingers off shooting a couple snap shots around town.
I tried to get some video with a flip cam too. I still have to plug that in.
Diamond dust is the frozen particles of moisture in the air when it gets this cold. The diamond dust didn’t show up in this photo, probably just too small and not quite the right angle to catch the sunlight magically lighting up the pixilated diamond dust.
—– T.Talxalot, reporter at large. —–
-Arnprior, Ontario, Canada, December 16, 2009
The Arnprior & District Museum is looking for new executive board members.
The Museum Board is mandated to have 9 members. There are more than one openings.
This is a volunteer position. Duties include attending meetings (One meeting per month from September to June) and to set policy and advise the Curator.
Curator Janet Carlile has suggested that a new board member be recruited who has skills in marketing, public relations and fund raising for acquisitions; not necessarily to run the gift shop so much as to advise the other board members and volunteers on how to get the word out that the museum is here, has services to offer, meeting rooms available to the public, and items for sale.
—–T.Talxalot, Reporter at Large—–