To the seasons of life
Gas prices have gone down here again, this time to a dollar twenty two.
The decrease came around the new year holiday abatement of traffic and seems to be sticking.
Sometimes the production of heating fuels cause a glut of higher octane gasoline products as a by product. Colder weather in the east may have caused that dynamic to occur.
We hope that alternate fuels are also making a difference.
Today in history: January 7th 1853
The HMS Beagle arrives and the Chonos archipelago
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Today in history: January 3rd 1999
The Mars polar lander lands on Mars.
Country Music Capital of Canada Tree
Photo KDG
Today in history: December 25th 333
The Roman Emperor Constantine makes his youngest son Caesar
English: Thomas Nast’s most famous drawing, “Merry Old Santa Claus”, from the January 1, 1881 edition of Harper’s Weekly. Thomas Nast immortalized Santa Claus’ current look with an initial illustration in an 1863 issue of Harper’s Weekly, as part of a large illustration titled “A Christmas Furlough” in which Nast set aside his regular news and political coverage to do a Santa Claus drawing. The popularity of that image prompted him to create another illustration in 1881. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The streets about Merritt are covered in ice this morning. Rain yesterday and freezing temperatures overnight have joined to make it very slippery . By 10 am sanding was near complete in the city and no powerline problems are clear.
Last evening nearly 200 thousand people in Toronto Canada were still without power, do to ice , and were expecting not to have any through Christmas Day.
Editors note:Ice can fall from roofs and although large icicles arte pretty they can seriously hurt or maim if they fall on you.
Today in history: December 24th 1955
Norad begins its Santa Claus tracking program.
The city has acquired a new vacuum truck it wasat work at the Nicola Valley Aquatic Center on Tuesday.
A source says that for the last two years a contractor from Kelowna has done that service for the city. Before that the city used a local contractor to carry out things like cleaning out storm sewers .
The operator expressed confidence in its abilities and estimated it to be 500.000 dollars in cost
New vac truck gives the city of Merritt the work of cleaning out storm sewers.
picture KDG
Today in history: December 19th 1998
The United States president Bill Clinton is impeached by the US Congress.
Gas Natural (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Natural gas is odorless and colorless so the utility adds chemicals to make it smell like rotten eggs.
Editors note: it is not to be confused with Carbon mon oxide which is poisonous and a by-product of burning fuel. natural gas can cause suffocation by displacing oxygen.
For safety concerns:http://www.fortisbc.com/Safety/Pages/default.aspx
Today in history: December 13th 1979
The Canadian government of Joe Clark is defeated in a confidence vote bringing the 1980 election and Pierre Trudeau back.
There was a city truck with a tank of beet juice in the back spraying some city streets this week. A source at the city said that this is the second year that it has been used and it is better then sand to suspend salt in.
Today in history: December 12th 1963
Kenya gets Independence from the UK.
The week of December 7th this artists pic went on the Merritt Legion
The mural project by Michelle Loughrey that had the downtown of Merritt and its business properties enjoy many country music stars murals has an apparent add on. A small replication of a star is on the Legion on Quilchena avenue. Some years ago the legion cleared its front of a façade in preparation for a full mural however the project ended before acquiring any mural.
Today in history: December 11,1962
Arthur Lucas is executed becoming the last Canadian to be put to death for a crime.
Today is the 60th anniversary of the parents of a principle at the proprietor review. The couple were married in Alberta today in 1953.
Congratulations from the Proprietor Review and hope for many more.
Today in history: December 9th 1956
Trans Canada Airlines flight 810 crashes near Hope BC killing all 62 people aboard.
Its good that it is friday….
The winner of the Merritt Library 1000 dollar draw was a child; Ms Latremouille won the draw and an adult Louise Brown won the 100 dollar prize based on content.
Today in History: December 6th 2008
The Greek riots break out resulting in the police killing of a 15 year old boy.
A report is surfacing that at the public meeting of the Merritt Community Theater Society an appeal to local business to come up with three hundred thousand dollars to complete the option of the Coutlee street property for the proposed theater was presented. There was also information given that a Quilchena street property now being operated as a recycling yard would be needed to fulfill the off street parking requirements.
The option to purchase has a deadline for December 17th
Off street parking needs to be within 1000 feet of a development and is regulated by bylaw.
Today in History: December 5th 1945
Flight 19 is lost in the Bermuda triangle
Hey Merit what do you say?
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