ITS A balmy Sunday i in .
and the ‘boaters are heading

are attempting to.
“out: Of trouble _ or to’ ex-.
By MARK HAMILTON tricate“-them: from- it when
. j trouble strikes. ,
One that can’t is a sailboat “It started out because the

that’s. run aground on Coast. Guard..was_ short of:
Spanish Banks and is taking ~ resources,” . says: Sue :Ken-
a pounding from the surf. nedy,, a North Shore doate:

Another, which has lostits. who i “heavily involved: in
steering, is adrift in Georgia” “the marine auxiliary

Strait with five people | gram, “It’s”. Iso. re
aboard. % ee ae it doesn’t. make
soul

board to abandon Ships

And in. English Bay’ gna” already dedicated boaters on
Burrard Inlet, two or three the water.”

others ‘are drifting without .

ad

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the group’s activities.on the .

I needed to know more.”

“It has snowballed,” says leaves the Coast: Guard:

In the. four years the pro-. water and — where boating The auxiliary provided the | Kennedy of the.relationship. vessels . free. for other
power. gram has-been going - safety is concerned — at opportunity to-learn more “We're becoming more and ees
What - ties “therm all growing:to the point : ‘where it” ; - and ta apply the skills. . _ more relied on.” .
together & the: presence of. > Now: ‘boasts:a: ‘membership: of . It has-also provided an in- . One of the reasons is that
the Canadian Marine Rescue 45 members and 32-vessels in “Everyone is really’ involv. creasingly busy boating time «the auxiliary often has the
Auxiliary, a dedicated-group. the waters adjacent to the ed for their own reasons,” for Kennedy and others like advantage. over the Coast
of: boaters who. -volunteer North Shore alone — ‘t's

sometimes.

Guard ‘and operating ‘under
th government; agency's. .
1; the ‘group. provides .

troops, 'to- back-up supporters .
in the battle to keep boaters -

FOR THE second time in
less than a week, West Van-

couver: RCMP ' are in-
vestigating the theft. of
figurines.

Police + believe that...the
same: person who broke into’
a King George's Way home
last. week and stole’ about 20
Royal Doulton figurines is
responsible for a_ similar
theft on nearby Fairmile.

The theft, reported Sun-
day, took place during the

from front-line

. good taste
speaks for itself

Friday and Saturday

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Kennedy. says. Her own spr-

1 __ing*:from a “1978 incident.
“where she helped save. a cou- “
ple. Of livesi.c.. /
1 ~°“T never: featized: what : a.
* fact, adds | human life was'worth until I

her. She spends, she says, .-Guard. The- boats — as
most. days. ‘.at_.the | Coast Many-as half a dozen from ..

in the North Shore at. any one

also provides ad- «time — are already on the

ive. ‘headquarters water and often nearer to the

worth - : has . definitely been_

“ government. °

Q lunteer group. » area of distress calls. than the

Tesponsibility to ‘the group as" was: hanging. on to the guy Were closely with the Coast Guard.

ale seen boat ekeiaa: - and'trying to-keep him from - Coast Guard; Kennedy and = And, if, a boat. must be
xa ina- “ ers dovetail their ac-

towed to safety..over. any . “tl
-great. distance having. the.
auxiliary.

of

That i comes in-addition to

«

the | Coast .

Miyv tume 18 special.
My friends are special.

previous two weeks while So my rye is special.
the owners of the house. in- | “ *
volyed were on holidays. * ..

A thief or thieves made off '
with $5,900 worth of jewelry or
and figurines, carried away: © Ss ,
in.a suitcase that was: also - .
stolen from the house. Va "

Entry, to ‘the “house was’
gained. by drilling a hole -*
through .a window sash and °
then unlocking the window. |.
The same. method of. ony ”

was used in the earlier theft.

RYE
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