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Christmas week

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November 23, 2016

Merritt has a walk of stars walk and a hall of fame. File photo KDG File Photo KDG

Merritt has a walk of stars and a hall of fame.
File photo KDG

The City, Chamber, mainstream press and businesses have cooperated once again to have a Christmas week before and after Black Friday the day that starts the Christmas shopping season. Meaning there is no big observance day per say in the way of an advent to the 25th of December and Christmas celebrations.
The big one is on Friday a evening parade with Santa Claus and midnight madness of the downtown shopping area of Merritt. Coming this Friday there is hot chocolate in the Canadian Country Hall of Fame in the 2000 block of Quilchena avenue during and after the parade as well as other interested offerings of escape and diversion.

Any day this week can find some activity marrying the commercial and the spiritual to the countdown to Christmas 2016.

Schedules are published in the Merritt Herald
Editors note: Stay out of unmanageable debt as January can be hell…

On this Day: November 23rd 2015

Blue Horizon’s space craft New Shepard makes a vertical landing after returning from space.

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TGIF- new library head

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November 18, 2016

Public library Merritt BC File Photo KDG

Meg Gregory is taking Deborha Merricks position as head of the local regional district library here in Merritt, Deborha’s last day is Thursday, December 8th and that afternoon between three and five there is a meet and greet and goodbye combined with coffee and baking.
Deborha is responsible for 10 libraries in the district now and will be working from Merritt.

On this Day November 18th 1963
The first push button telephone is in service.

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Music by George Leach

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November 17, 2016

Dr.Eugene Atleos speaks to staff members and interested public at the , NVIT Speakers series
He is now a Former grand chief.
File Photo KDG

Three time peoples choice aboriginal music maker will be hosted by the NVIT speakers series at noon Friday the 18th of November 2016.
The Local community college hosts and invites topical aboriginal speakers and educators for presentations at the Belshaw avenue campus in Merritt and Vancouver.
NVIT is a public educational, university transfer, and technical school and has a 30 plus year history in Merritt.
12:15 – 1:15 Refreshments provided, Georges range is Classic Rock, R&B and soul.

On this Day: November 17th 1950
The 14th Dalia Lama is proclaimed:

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40 Mega watt plant…

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November 10, 2016

Cladding going on new power plant. Photo KDG l Phot

Cladding going on new power plant.
Photo KDG
The co gen plant is having its cladding up and moving to completion.

The plant is quite a presence on the hillside south east of Merritt, lighting gives a pronounced signature. Once cladding is on and it is started up it should have less light pollution as visibility is a safety concern at this time. source.

On this Day: November 10th 1989

The Germans begin to tear down the Berlin wall.

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Joel Reid

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November 9, 2016

Local museum curator Jackie looks on Joel reis charactkure of his Dad, Photo KDG

Local museum curator Jackie looks on at a Joel Reid work.
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The local Arts Council has its show on at the Old Courthouse Gallery, titled Fresh Paint, Joel Reid and Fresh Paint will be on until November 19th. Gallery times are Thursday through Saturday 12 -6 PM.

On this Day: November 9th 1620

The Pilgrim’s see Cape Cod from the ship Mayflower.

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Take care,geo cache site

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November 8, 2016

Geo cache hidden photo KDG

Geo cache hidden
photo KDG
Geo Cache sites are fun, when getting access to them make, take, care for hazards like wind bringing down limbs or trees. A tree in the open may be sturdier than ones recently exposed to winds. Don’t turn your back on a large tree that has not been maintained.
Tourism organizations may have done more diligence than online remote websites that rely on placing by enthusiasts.

Gold Country’s GeoTourism Program has researched sites of interest throughout the region under a variety of themes & hidden caches for you to find! Learn about each site while unearthing treasures! Use your GPS or letterbox clues to locate each cache, swap some swag, then re-hide the cache. source: https://www.geocaching.com/play/geotours/goldcountry

The site above is called Dumbo 09 and has a visitors log of 250 since 2012 the latest visit was mid October this year.

On this Day: November 8th 2011

A bright asteroid passes close to the earth, the 300 thousand kilometer distance was 0.85 moon distances away making it the on pair with asteroid 2010XC15 in 1976.

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TGIF-Fall back, 1 hour to standard time…

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November 4, 2016

Solitary Geese , enjoying river clear in spots .
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There is a time change coming this weekend. Most cell phones will change automatically but the change is 2 AM on Sunday morning to late for you to plan your sleep.
Nov 6, 2016 – Daylight Saving Time Ends

When local daylight time is about to reach
Sunday, November 6, 2016, 2:00:00 AM clocks are turned backward 1 hour to
Sunday, November 6, 2016, 1:00:00 AM local standard time instead

Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour earlier on Nov 6, 2016 than the day before. There will be more light in the morning. Canada

Also called Fall Back and Winter Time.

In 1999, standard time was inducted into the North America Railway Hall of Fame in the category “National: Technical Innovations.”[citation]

The Dominion of Newfoundland, whose capital St. John’s falls almost exactly midway between the time zones of Atlantic Time Zone and Greenland Time Zone, voted[when?] to create a half-hour time zone known as the Newfoundland Time Zone; it is set at GMT-3:30. source wikipedia

On this Day: November 4th 1922
Ninety four years ago Howard Carter finds Tut’s tomb.

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Crab apple

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November 1, 2016

The leaves have fallen away from this crab apple tree behind the Merritt Desert Inn, leaving red crab apples. Interestingly there was a black bear destroyed in the tree a few years ago . The bear was drawn by the fruit. The bear would make a great picture now is he was in the tree.

Leaves gone fruit remains. Photo KDG

The right hand portion of the picture shows the lawn bowling club house. In a poetic way we might say that Joe and his elderly bowlers are symbolic of the effect ,having the working part of their life behind them they are enjoying the fruit of retirement and a productive life.

On this Day: November 1st 1941

Moonrise, an iconic photo by Ansel Adams is taken.

http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/grant/ansel-adams-moonrise-hernandez-8-31-11.asp

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TGIF-Happy Halloween, have a safe Monday evening….

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October 28, 2016

Trick or Treatment
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The weather for Merritt on Halloween is 8 degrees c feels like 6, winds from the southwest at 15 KM and hour. A mixture of sun and clouds with a 30% chance of precipitation.

Local police have road block on Halloween on Voght street , around the corner. BE Seen
File photo KDG

On this Day: October 28th 1420
Beijing is made the capital of China (Ming), the same year that the Forbidden City is finished.

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Community theater

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October 26, 2016

Live theater
File photo KDG

The Nicola Valley Community Theater Society has a project for a 5 million dollar Community theater. The project is 3.2 million dollars in the construction phase and is expected to take 1 year to complete.

The Society procured a hundred thousand dollars to do drawings with an architect in October. The funding came from a program called Rural Dividend.

It has an annual painting fund-raiser again this fall, novice painters can do a painting under coaching on a canvas with supplied paints for a fee. The event was on the last weekend and was hosted at Brambles Bakery and Espresso ETC in Merritt.

The organization is reporting that the city is now receiving donations for the Societies project.

The society had a call to action meeting last year on Oct 28th. They published its goals.

http://nicolavalleycommunitytheatresociety.com/nicola-valley-community-theatre-society-public-meeting/
On this Day: October 26th 1861
The pony express service ends.

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Clean and smart Nicola Avenue, Merritt

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October 20, 2016

Paving Nicola Ave
Merritt BC
Photo KDG

Paving is about a third done on the Nicola avenue redo in Merritt. Curbing is also well under way as well as new sidewalks to replace the ones taken out to for new water lines for the City.
A crew of quality control from the concrete supplier were testing batch’s on site on the 19th, ” MPH 32 desired strength” a worker said.

On this Day: October 2oth 1781
The patent of toleration is given by the Hapsburgs.