Art

Hiro  Yasuda is a Japanese Canadian in her 7th decade, a stalwart volunteer at the Hospital Axillary thrift shop and the Nicola Valley Heritage Society ,her art as displayed in the garden tour of early summer is in a series of greeting cards at the Baillie House Tourist Information center in Merritt. Hiro worked for IBM and finished her work life at he local hospital here , Is married to another Japanese Canadian ,an engineer also retired. They make their home in Merritt.

Today in History, August 16 1989:

Solar Flare  affected miro chips stops trading on Toronto stock exchange, through a geo magnetic storm.