The day after a fire on Quilchena avenue sees a fire watch.
File Photo KDG

The City is hosting another Fire Smart seminar  on the 16th at the Merritt Library. Don the Wildfire expert and retired firefighter will once again present the seminar which includes video, pictures and a seminar manual out line. ” If your Home won’t ignite it will not burn”.
The session is free they take registrations at the library desk and it runs from 4:30 to 8 PM.
On this Day: August 9th 1999

The Russian cabinet is fired in whole for the fourth time by the elected  president Boris Yeltsin.