November 8, 1933-June 10, 2003. Services for retired businessman and rancher, Bernard Glen Alberda, were held June 13, at Wards Chapel Church. He was 71, and a resident of the Standing Rock Community in Atoka County. Born in Grand Rapids, MI; he was the son of John Alberda and Jennie SWEERS Alberda.
Chinese New Year, known in China as the Spring Festival and in Singapore as the Lunar New Year, is a holiday on and around the new moon on the first day of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar. This calendar is based on the changes in the moon and is only sometimes changed to fit the seasons of the year based on how the Earth moves around the sun.
Years of the Dragon Are Unlucky for Dragons! According to Chinese tradition, when the year of your birth sign comes around it is believed to be bad luck. It is called oneâs Ben Ming Nian (æ¬å½å¹´ bÄnmÃ¬ngniÃ¡n /bnn-ming-nyen/ âorigin (of) life yearâ).