Not a creature was staring…May peace is your portion this Christmas.
Happy holidays
Joyous Noel
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Different conditions are in different provinces. “Global News”
Merritt has a lot of local talent sometime featured in programs
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Have a great long weekend,festival goers and those that jam with friends…
On this day: July 29th 1957
The International Atomic Energy Commission is established.
The retail price of gas has remained stable here with 7 of the 8 outlets offering it at $1.23.9 cents a liter. All but is also the truck stop who offers at $128.9 reporting 20 hours ago instead of the others at 4 hrs. ago. The Husky station also has a compressed hydrogen( LNG Liquefied Natural Gas) outlet in the large lot behind the gasoline service.
Merritt is a small community in the South Central part of BC , and is in the center of the Coquihalla highway system connecting the cities of Kamloops, Kelowna and Princeton with the lower mainland and Vancouver.
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On this day: June 19th 1961
Kuwait becomes independent form the UK.
The legal holidays and observed days have been getting more and more spread out over time in Canada.
Christmas, Labour day and July 1st remain as national legal holidays but others have become more pronouncedly different from place to place.
Here are the remaining days for 2014:
- Mothers day , not a stat or paid holiday May 19th Monday.
- Victoria day , national except NB,NS,NL May 19th , Monday
- Fathers day June 15th, not a stat holiday , June 15th Sunday
- St Jeans Baptiste Day, only in QC, June 24th , Tuesday
- Aboriginal Day , not a stat holiday, June 21,Saturday.
- Canada Day, national, July 1st, Tuesday
- Civic holiday, BC, SK, ON, MB, NU, August 4rth, Monday
- Labour Day, National, September 1, Monday.
- Thanksgiving, national except NB, ON, QC, NS ,October 13th, Monday
- Halloween, not a stat holiday, October 31, Friday
- Remembrance day, national except for NB, ON, QC, NS November 11, Tuesday
- Christmas Day, national December 25th, Thursday
- Boxing Day, ON, an option in other provinces December 26th,Friday
Today in history April 23rd 1983
Aaron Hill an American Actor is born
Happy Valentines Day
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Today in History: February 14th 1992,2005
Christian Eriksen an English footballer is born. U tube is launched by some college students.
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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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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The weekend saw a lot of wind here probably gale force. At least one large tree was ripped up and half of it on the ground. Cold weather and snow was right behind it. Last night snow fell again and is still on the ground of this 600 meter above sea level community.
Some lighting and thunder claps proceeded a power outage over most the city of circa 8000 here. Causing intersections to be under person direction instead of street lights.
Calm and clearing at mid morning.
Editors note: powerful weather can put in play a series of events that can bring people into danger. Think ahead.
Today in History: April 30th 1492
Spain gives Christopher Columbus a charter to explore for a new world.
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The crescent moon on the bottom of the orb was beautiful to see last night and a source in the first nations community says that is a Hobiyee. She said that the more pronounced the spoon effect of the crescent the better an omen for a good year is.
The word Hobiyee according to the source is a first nation word from a northern area about Kitwanga. Thats the Prince Rupert area of north western British Columbia.
An interpretation of the moon is that it will be agood year, which may be in conflict with the Chinese lunar new year that begins the year of the snake as some see that as not a good year. However some good celebrations are planned by the Niska nation: Say’tKilim-Goot ( one heart, one path, one nation) at Gitwinksihlkw BC, at the TS’oohl memorial center February 22 and 23,2013.
The Niska nation is the first nation group that got a treaty from the Canadian government that includes some self-government and taxation authority some years ago and is being monitored for results.
Dim huxw ga’am niin We will se you again.
Haagwill huwilsim ( take care)
Today in history: February,13 , 1633
Gallio arrives in Rome for his trial in the inquisition.
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