The 100 th anniversary banner was being put up on the Voght Street Bridge. April 1st is the day Merritt was incorporated . It is also the first day of the provincial fiscal management system.

The bridge is a center piece for a board walk that includes portions of the Walk of Stars, Country Music interest. Their 8th annual gala is coming up on the 28th of May including Casey Clarke the CMT host and a lot of Canadian headliners like Patricia Conway and Tara Oram.

Start 6 PM and there is a celebrity.

Golf tournament on the weekend as well.

The gala tickets go for 100 dollars early bird and 120 at the door.Two hundred dollars for a weekend package.They are available from a number of sources including Home Hardware. In Merritt.The weekend package includes a Friday evening at the Capital Sound Stage.

Today in History, April 5 2008:

Charlton Heston, famous for Moses role and the American Rifle Assoc:

” From my cold dead Hands ” Dies