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Partial calendar survey

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December 31, 2015

Happy New Year
KDG

Happy New Year from the Proprietor Review

See you in 2016….

The new year will bring a need for new calendars unless you completely rely on phones or computers here is a brief survey of calendar availability in small town Merritt BC.:
Hub Insurance broker’s were all gone in November same for Royal Le page Reality.
Royal Bank, and CIBC available, picked up one from each on the 29th of January.
The local Shriner s sell a cash calendar as a fund raiser with prizes. The first being $1000.00 on January first, the Coldwater Hotel has one displayed already.
A source says that The Dollar Store has calendar’s for something over a dollar.

On this day December 31st 1960

The Farthing is no longer coin in the UK

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Christmas moon

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December 29, 2015

The next time there is a full moon on Christmas day will be in twenty years :2035.

We took this picture here in Merritt in a clear ,calm and quiet evening.We were more fortunate then some other places.

Marja Sergina dies, as the last fluent speaker of the now nearly extinct language Akkala Sami, of the Kola Peninsula, Russia.

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Hall of Fame

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December 9, 2015

Portraits by a muralist
in Merritt during the Merritt Mountain Music Festival time
Photo: KDG

The Canadian Music hall of fame 2025 Quilchena is open as the local Chamber hosts a tree Festival in the building. Usually only open for long weekends and special events it will be open Tuesday to Friday to the 11th of December. Chamber manager Etelka Gillespie says. The regular exhibits are available including a video panel featuring some stars.

Ron Sanders a principal in the Walk of Stars
File photo KDG

The Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame honours Canadian country music artists, builders or broadcasters, living or deceased. The artifact collection includes extensive biographical information on the inductees. It is located in downtown Merritt, British Columbia at 2025 Quilchena Avenue. The facility is open year round for custom tours, and is open to the public on seasonally adjusted hours. The initiative is governed by a not-for-profit society (the Canadian Country Music Heritage Society). Source Wikipedia

Portraits by a muralist in Merritt during the Merritt Mountain Music Festival Photo: KDG

On this Day: December 9th 1966

Barbados joins the UN.

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Line Dancing

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December 8, 2015

The old court house on Nicola avenue , in Merritt. File Photo Photo KDG

The Old Court House on Nicola Avenue , in Merritt.
File Photo:
KDG

The love to dance studio is offering line dancing on Tuesday nights at 6:30 PM. This small rural communities population is suited to Line Dancing because of its cowboy culture.

Line Dancing has only been offered for Community Rec 12 classes at the local high school as far as we can recall. The desert in had a group of line dancing children at the height of the Merritt Mountain Music Festival. We attended a Hearts and Stroke Society Convention in Kamloops some decades ago and we had instruction and practice in sessions at the convention. We took our new skills out on the town and tried them at a local NC in the evening. Kudos to the business located at the Old Courthouse Gallery, 2000 block Nicola Avenue in Merritt.

A line dance is a choreographed dance with a repeated sequence of steps in which a group of people dance in one or more lines or rows without regard for the gender of the individuals, all facing either each other or in the same direction, and executing the steps at the same time. Unlike in circle dancing, line dancers are not in physical contact with each other. source Wikipedia

On this Day: December 8th 1922

Northern Ireland leaves the Irish Free State.

Tags: heart and stroke, line dancing, Merritt British Columbia, oil

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Stolen car

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November 26, 2015

Culture Day at Baillie House Constable T Dunsmore File photo KDG

CFJC News is reporting that there was a standoff in Merritt this afternoon. According to CFJC in an interview with Merritt’s Constable Tracy Dunsmore two men were taken into custody from the proximity of Funks Road Runner Motel on the east end of Merritt leaving town. A weapon is said to be being searched for. A stolen car is alleged to be at the center of the trouble.
Editors Note: This is a rare occurrence in this town and is not our normal expectation.
On this Day: November 26th 1476
Vlad the Impale r ( Dracula) defeats Basarab Laiota and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the 3rd time.

Today in History November 26th 1789
Thanksgiving made an national observance in the US by the Congress.

Tags: Dracula, Thanksgiving

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Its finished

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November 17, 2015

A sign displayed at a new local pre-owned business in the down town of Merritt. Photo KDG

Our conflict is between us and our conscience, guard it and find peace. Avoid the error of relying on others and supreme direction as well as anything that leads to delusion. The scale is, do unto other as you would have it done to you…

Republic or empire is as current in our personal experience as it always was. Rome and the East never ends,because it is in all of us to be responsible for…

Life does not have a Hollywood ending for most of us but to die hating anything is absolute failure.

On this Day: November 17th 1858

Julian day zero is modified.

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TGIF-38th annual, Pacific Forest Rally

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October 23, 2015

Pacific Forest Rally: file photo KDG

October 23 and 24th ,2015 will see the Pacific Forest Rally, and 21 rally vehicles * brochure 33 according to a source, take to the back roads about Merritt. Dust and spills add to the excitement as the competitors drive ,through Helmer Gates, Coldwater, and Dillard rds., off 5 and 5A/97C.
Our featured event: Friday October 23rd 4:30/5:30 PM car display on Granite Avenue.

http://www.pacificforestrally.com

On this day: October 23rd 1707

The first parliament of Great Britain meets.

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TGIF-Eclipse

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September 25, 2015

Moon rising
File photo: KDG

The total lunar eclipse this weekend coincides with the end of the….. nomination period for the federal election. Elections Canada will publish all registered candidates on Sept 30th.

Update:

In the US, Canada, and Central and South America, this rare Total Lunar Eclipse of a Supermoon will begin on the evening of September 27, 2015. In Europe, South/East Asia, Africa, the Arctic, and in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans it starts after midnight on September 28, 2015.

Also called a Blood Moon this eclipse will last for about 1 hour and 12 minutes.

Is this Total Lunar Eclipse visible in Kamloops? source: http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2015-september-28

On this Day: September 25th 1890

The US, Sequoia National park is established.

Tags: Parks

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Vandals

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September 9, 2015

Carpets being cleaned of glass after an alleged break in
Photo KDG

Vandalism at the Merritt Public library on the weekend caused a delayed opening on Tuesday. The library that is normally open at 10 Pm every Tuesday morning stayed closed for most of the morning to accommodate a clean up of broken glass and removal of remaining glass in the window frame on the north side of the building. The Vandalism also resulted in a theft with the front door of a video player being broken open and electronic games taken. A source says that the electronics were recovered.
A source with a glass company attending the scene said calls to the library are down since they removed landscape rocks from the property. “we must have been here about 8 times in the past.” The library was built in the 1990s taking the area of the out of service train station, and moving from a building in the 2000 block of Granite avenue.
The library just received new carpet a few months ago.

Update: Electronics taken, a play station 3 and an I pad for children’s use are said to be in the hands of the Mounties, the I pad was said to have been found outside the building and the play station in custody is presumed to have left the property. The I pad is talked about having had blood on it.

On this day: September 9th AD
The battle of Teutoburg forest sees Arminius engage the 17th,18th,and19th Roman legion to their complete destruction.

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respect heavy trucks…..

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July 15, 2015

Watch out for steel carriers as steel slides on breaking a t times or in accidents. Photo KDG

Watch out for steel carriers as steel can slide on severe breaking at times or in accidents.
Photo KDG

Respect trucks especially those that are heavily loaded as loads can shift in severe conditions. Drive defensively…..
On this day: July 15th 1959

The steel strike in the US leads to the first serious importation of non domestic steel.

Tags: Steel, Trucks

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A cold one for a dollar

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July 2, 2015

We tried the cold drink for a dollar offered at Mc Ds today, and for the whole summer YOU can have a cold type iced drink for a dollar. We tried a mcafe carmel iced coffe small or large for a dollar and 5 cents roued off Tax. The server said we had an option to have a large for a dollar and 3 quarters plus taxes. But no pressure added. The drink had about one third ice but hit the spot that a cold drink will do on a warm summers day. http://www.mcdonalds.ca/ca/en/promotions.html

Rates: for price and quality four stars.

On this this Day: July 2nd 2002 Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly around the world, solo and nonstop in a balloon.