Bob Foster

Public - Relations Offic cer

- Saanich Peninsula Marine
Rescue Society ‘

The SPMRS rescue boat ~

the Sidney Titan was kept
busy for several. hours
Thursday. evening (Nov
16th), attempting to locate a
vessel in a unknown loca-
tion in need of help.

The Rescue Coordination
Centre dispatched the Sid-
ney Titan and three other
rescue boats to search for
an. unidentified boat  be-
lieved to be somewhere be-
tween Sidney and Victoria.

The coordinated search
began shortly after a com-
‘mercial vessel assist com-
pany had alerted the Coast
Guard concerned that a ves-
sel it. was in contact with.

‘had lost ‘communication »
with them. The cell phone.
call was broken off before.
they knew the boats loca- .

culty.

: ful because: of a language
communication
with the operator. of the dis-

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referendum of your own!

Phil densen
: Penin: stale News Review

Dormer Developme nts
Ltd. requested a zoning
change on property loci ated

eel be changed from. .49
nere lot sizes to .34 acre lot
sizes, According to an analy-
sis prepared for Council by
Joan Schill, District Admin

ef ‘Efforts. to. oe aitiniedle
by VHF radio with the dis-
abled boat were unsuccess-

at’ 1955 Dean Park Road,”
The applicant asked that
zoning on the 2.5 acre par

~Ineluded in Schill's
sis was it quote from the,
Distriet’ 8 Official Commu

abled Wessel,

About three hours after
the search began the vessel
was located using special-
ized electronic _ search
equipment. Sidney Titan
Navigator Aaron Grypma

- stated the search could eas-

ily have lasted several more

hours were it not for the use»

of a radio direction finder
and infrared night. vision
equipment.

The 28-foot pleasure ves-

sel was found shortly after
- 11.p.m.with its occupants in

good condition anchored at
Beaumont Shoals north of
Trial Island. The vessel with

mechanical problems was .

then towed to a safe port.

Coast’... Guard.
flares aboard most pleasure
vessels:

Using: flares is avery effi-
problem - cierit way of making your lo-
cation known in an emer

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Day has been advocating the public's right to referenda
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Zoning application re ejected

ucceeds, the elected govern-
and by his party platform and

istr Mor, the r evoning woul

Hourdots: to five or-six lots,

depending on the propoxed 7

“subdivision layout".
analy:

nity Plan, which. discoute
ages ineres werd densities or
smaller.
brief discussion Council re-
jected the application,

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- the distress and the number

“profit organization that pro--

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"The SPMRS would like to. “7 hea

- tion or the nature of its diffi- f remind boaters that it is a le-
~~ gale requirement to have

es for by. donations of cash and ~
-approved ;

cs Services from the citizens and ‘|
~ businesses: of the Saanich

, (a style)

referred to on 22

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«increase the potential for.

subdivision from thr cee or

lot sizes, After ae

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shorten a search from
hours to minutes.

When your vessel is
disabled or in danger and
you are requesting assis-
tance from the Coast
Guard or any other party,
it is best to communicate
the most important infor-
mation immediately upon
contact. This information is
the location of the vessel, its
description, the nature of

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Society is a registered non- Baked Ham Dinner with Cranberry Chutney Sauce
vides safety initiatives and
rescue services from three so-
ciety-owned vessels located in
Brentwood Bay, Pat Bay and
Sidney.

Rescue personnel. are
trained non-paid volunteers
who are on.call 24 hours a.

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