Merry Christmas!
Peace to men of goodwill.
The reconciliation of the world is immediate and ongoing at the same time wherever you are in your life and with your struggles and hopes and dreams may reconciliation. Be your prize.
Tag Archive: Christmas
Not a creature was staring…May peace is your portion this Christmas.
Happy holidays
Joyous Noel
Rocking around the Christmas tree.
Brenda Lee was number 6 on the Billboard 100 on Sunday up from 41 last week with her reintroduced song It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas. The song has been in # 1 spot twice and on the charts for 47 weeks. Click on the photo for a taste.
Merritt girl guides involved in Black Friday parade November 2016
Photo KDG
A Christmas parade on Friday saw participation by 51 groups including the local girl guides.
The troop is having a winter coat drive tomorrow from 5-9 PM and will be going door to door collecting them for distribution.
Coats can also be dropped off until December 9th at the Merritt Advocacy Center 2025 Granite Avenue.
The evening was complete with hot chocolate at the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame with the local member of the legislature.
Happy giving back day…
Editors Note: The time for the door to door is 3-8PM on November 30th
On this Day: November 29 1965
Canada launches a space satellite Alouette 11.
In the window of the CPO , the United Way charity, funds many things including shelters.
File Photo KDG
On November 30th the local girl guide troop will be going door to door canvasing for coats. The drive will be from 5-8PM.
Winter coats are dear to some around Christmas;you may also drop them off at the Advocacy Center 2025 Granite Avenue Merritt.
A 2010 single homeless person camp on a traffic island on a freeway,left for winter… File Photo KDG
Children’s coats are posted as going to the Food Bank, adults to the Extreme Weather Shelter.
The drive is from November 21st to December 9th, 2016. The drop off time is 9AM to 4:30 PM Monday to Friday.
On this Day: November 24th 1932
The FBI opens its scientific crime lab.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Craft swap Merritt Public library 1691 Garcia in Merritt BC CA
Today is the last day to enter the Merritt public libraries Christmas draw. The contest is a draw for a 1000 dollars and a 100 dollar secondary prize based on the quality of the submission. To enter just document a positive experience you had with the library system in 5 lines or more and submit it by email to the contest sponsor the Merritt Friends of the Library at their email address FOLmerritt@shaw.ca.
You must include your name, phone, and library card number in the email. Do not send attachments. contest closes at midnight tonight pst.
The public libray is also putting out contact cards on “Have your say on digital services in BC , they have a website www.gov.bc.ca/digitalservices.
Today in history: November 26th 2003
The Concord makes its last flight.
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Christmas in the post-War United States (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Merritt is a very active place here after November 27th the countdown to Christmas starts then and a parade and midnight madness event starts it off. The local FM station has contests for home town shopping, and merchants try to establish their business success for the next year around the season. The local library is offering a 1000 dollars in a contest that ends on November 26th. The efforts that go into Christmas here are exceptional and sometimes quite heart warming.
The digital money company swag bucks are offering a Christmas preview sale for online shopping that ends on November 26th 20% off and 8 swag bucks ( 8 cents or eight percent) for every dollar spent on-line at Macy’s. The good will of the season is out there and is a significant value even for those involved in Christmas selling.
Q 101 is offering a draw for 1500 dollars in a home town shopping spree, ending December 9th..
The scenery can be very homey with snow-covered hills and a hush of the past looking to a new year.
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Peace on earth good will to mankind; without argument.
For those needing hope the season is quite under girding and lasting.
Today in history: November 13th 1901
The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
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