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
Flu shots in the public interest (free) ended at the end of November here. The flu season is November to April . most everyone can benefit from a flu shot. and it may keep you from a unpleasent run of sickness.
Travel centers are available for those that may be going out of the country. Your resistance to flu that originates in other counties could be poor.
There is information on shots here: http://immunizebc.ca/clinics/flu
Today in history: January 6th 1986
Paul McShane Irish football player born.
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Today in history: January 3rd 1999
The Mars polar lander lands on Mars.
Model plane stuck in power line Photo KDG
There was a model plane stuck in the power lines this week behind the local arena. When we showed this picture to the City works Foreman Dan, he said he would call Chris from the hydro the plane was gone before the crews were able to find it and all concerned agreed that to try to recover something like this could be fatal especially with a stick reach we hope that it fell over time and no one attempted to get it down with any method. (including throwing rocks.)
Today in history: January 2nd 2004
Stardust flys past comet wild 2 collects samples that will be returned to earth.
We hope that you have the joy of life although 2014 and your success will be measured by contentment.
Today in history: December 31st 2009
A blue moon and lunar eclipse occurs. (Wikipedia)
Editors note: A blue moon is a second moon in a Julian calendar or Gregorian calendar month. ( 1 January in the Julian calendar is 14 January in the Gregorian)
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.
Black Bear off Voght Thursday October 31 2013
Photo KDG
This fellow was on the hill going up Voght on Halloween morning. An expert Kim Robinson says that it is a mature bear you can tell by the small ears. There is n0 sence if he will be out again for the Christmas holidays but we feel that cellphone use is a useful thing even starting in grade school , because you never know what may come up.
Today in history: December 23, 1947
The transistor is first demonstrated by the people of Bell labs.
English: This is a logo for Teck Cominco. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Teck, Highland Valley Mine operation near Logan Lake in BC has been under going an expansion. The mill building was the center of the upgrade as well as three domes that put some operations inside at the huge mine. A source says that the mill will be commissioned in February 2014.
Iron workers at the project told us that they are in the process of removing the huge amount of scaffolding around the 80 foot tall mill structure.
Today in history: December 20th 1916
Micheal Chartrand , Canadian union leader born. (d 2010)
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.
Hey Merit what do you say?
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