To the seasons of life
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
No it’s not the cookie monster gone of his program its:
The Christmas bird count is coming and the ducks are about. The Nicola Naturalist Society does a bird count every year, with teams of counters out and tallying information that is used globally. The count is on Sunday, December 15th and it covers the Nicola Valley and Douglas lake as well bordering on the Mini Lake Bird sanctuary http://www.nicolanaturalists.ca/2013/10/18/merritt-christmas-bird-count-sunday-15th-december-2013/
Today in History: December 4th 1991
Journalist Terry A Anderson is released from Beirut after 7 years a hostage, becoming the longest held hostage in Lebanon.
With 13 days to the start of winter the Nicola Valley has turned very cold starting with a 6 cm snowfall the temperature then dropped to -11 -15 with wind chill.
The temperature is supposed to be cold for the next week at least and lows may be -20 c.
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/14-day-weather-trend/canada/british-columbia/merritt
Today in History: December 3rd 1818
Illinois becomes a State.
Coat of arms of City of Merritt (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The people of Merritt are having their kick off parade for the Christmas season to-night. all the merchants will be open for the parade with specials and advertised incentives in the local weekly newspaper.
The small community of Merritt puts a lot of effort into the evening and it shows a lot of coöperation and commitment as it generally very succesful.
The construction company Sanders and Company provided a 30 foot pine tree for the center of Spirit square and it was decorated and ready last evening . Overnight vandals tore the lights off and attempted to remove the tree from spirit square. At 8:AM this morning to city workers were well on with the task of repairing the damage. The tree was up and lights were being restored. The pair was confident about it being ready for the after dark parade and open house of the downtown core of Merritt.
Today in history: November 29th 1919
Joe Welder ,Canadian American bodybuilder born.
A worker for a contractor installs aluminium soffit material to the local curling club in Merritt BC
The local curling rink and club house is receiving a bit of a facelift. Soffit and face covering is changeling slightly the style of the 3/4 century old building.
Today in history: November 28th 1814
The times of London is first printed by powered presses making newspapers available to masses.
Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Petro Canada at the junction of highway 5 , 97c and eight is showing a drop in price by a cent to $1.26 a liter.
Editors note:There is a summer driving season that puts pressure on fuel prices. Winter road conditions may put serious downward pressure on demand and use of highways.
Today in history: November 22 1987
A pirate dressed as Max Headroom hijacks two Chicago television stations.
The temperature is dropping to about -11 c today with serious snow on the ground here in Merritt at our 600 odd meter home. It feels homey and there is less traffic.
When we quipped to Everett Spahan that he was dressed like he had just come out of the Mongolian Step he affirmed the metaphor and posed for this picture.
Everett Spahan in the empty lot that borders Coopers in Merritt BC. First cold day of winter.
Up date: at 7:30 this morning the temperature was -18 with the windchill.
Today in history: November 20th 1917
The Ukraine is declared a republic.
A patrol car used by the RCMP
Photo KDG
Dean Morrison has been unaccounted for since October 22. Dean in his forties , a father of 3 was involved in the campaign leading to the defeat of incumbent MLA Harry Lali in the last provincial election as a campaign worker. Was a former editor of the local newspaper and recently employed at the Stump Lake Ranch. A source says that the RCMP have finished the investigation without leads to where or what state he is in.
His family has a history of going missing and his mother is reported by the Kamloops daily news as feeling that he is still alive.
Today in history: November 15th 1889
Brazil becomes a republic.
There was a presentation of the Thompson Okanogan Tourist Association at the civic center, this week. About twenty people took the session in including Merritt’s Mayor Susan Roline, Councilor Clara Norguard, Councilor Kurt Christopherson.
The presentation outlines “what might happen here in Merritt in tourism” Merritt Councilor Kurt Christopherson”
Sandy Curnew the manager of the Downtown Tourist Info center was also in attendance.
The presenter outlined a need that tourism needs to have a continuity province to province.
The local Tourist association has their AGM Thursday..
Today in history: November 14th 1770
James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile river.
Time changes in 2013:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=188&year=2013
Have a great weekend.
Halloween came and went last evening we had a
bout 20 people in the center of town and we noticed lots of cars taking kids to homes of people they knew and trusted.
Fire works seemed briefer then other years . KDG
Today in history: November 1 1956
A coal mine disaster in Spring Hills Nova Scotia kills 39 miners, 88 are rescued.
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