FROM PAGE A17 Before the night has ended, two other incidents have been reported — a planned search for a ‘‘body’’ that had fallen from the B.C. Ferry to Langdale and an improvised transfer of a man on a stret- cher from a Coast Cutter to one of the volunteers’ boats. (The latter came about because the boat involved — the Hooker — finished its section of the original search quicker than had been anticipated.) ' While that all went on, the Highland Dancer continued its slow progress along the shore. As night fell less than a half-hour into the search, it became increasingly difficult to see anything in the shadows of the convoluted coastline. Searchlights brought into play light smal! sections of the coast but, after straining into the light and the almost uniform grayness of rocks and bleached timber, the wat- chers vision soon blurred. Finally, just before 9 p.m. and the point where the exer- cise controllers determined that they’d have to send another boat in after the kids, we thought we had it. On the east side of the long indentation we'd been They finally ave up on us following, the spothght pick- ed up the dark gleam of an outboard engine attached to the rear of a gray, inflatable dinghy. The inflatable was tied up to a wharf, tucked in behind a larger boat moored at a place called Blue Bell Bay. As Peterson manoeuvred his boat alongside the float a man, grinning broadly, strode toward us. ‘*l believe you’ve got two kids that belong to that dinghy,’’ Paterson over the engine noise. “*Yep,’’ came the reply. ‘“They’re up in the house.”’ The elation at making the find, however, was quickly dampened. The two kids were the man’s own and the dinghy was theirs. No, they called weren't involved in = any search exercise. Paterson radioed in his report. Exercise control gave up on us — and the miles we sull had to cover — and NEWS staf? photo JUDY PATERSON scans the shore of Gambier Island. Sear- ching for the gray inflatable raft against the gray background was a mind-numbing task. WORK A DAY FOR UNITED WAY Your Day's Pay Goes A Long, Long Way! PORTABLE ELECTRONIC TYPEWRITER FEATURES © Stationary carnage taterchangeable “Cassctte’ type datsy wheel ¢ Automatic lift-off Correctia with 16 character memory © Mutti-pitch cewtrot (10.12. 15) Pica, Elite or Rikrea. ¢ Bultt-m handle and lid cover *569 TRADE-INS WELCOME SCHOOL SPECIALS Correct-0-Bafl XLI Electrenic 9300 $ 399°° *4gge Salea-Service Supplies JOHN BROWNLEE BUSINESS EQUIPMENT 108 East 14th St 988-7322 best off Lansdale HOURS Mon-Sat 9 5 pm Inquiries Welcome he ¥ o 2. WEST VANCOUVER warehouse full of savings ° * Every kind of furnishing for your home : 4 = | ive » x) A19 - Sunday, October 2, 1983 - North Shore News — | Qn Qh y NEWS staft photo JANN HELSSEN, 12, and brother Erik, nine, egiax and warm up after their ‘‘rescue’”’ by Canadian Marine Rescue Auxiliary volunteers Thursday night. ordered in the second_boat that quickly found the Fover- due’’ boaters. ‘“We took too long with her search,’’ said Judy Pater- son, as we stepped off the boat at Smugglers Cove for the wrap-up discussion on the search and what the boaters had learned. . -*“Maybe,’’ answered Har- trick, ‘‘but the area we covered was well searched. We didn’t miss anything in there.”” Which, it turns out, became part of the exercise too — demonstrating both the ability of the individual boats and crews and the abili- ty of a volunteer group such as the CMRCA to call in the number of volunteers it can to complete an exercise — or deal with the real thing — in a hurry. is holding a Public Forum for prospective School Trustee candidates Come out and hear their views on education October 5, St. Agnes Church 530 East 12th Street, North Van, 7:30 p.m. Citizen’s Association for Responsible Education For Your Convenience ... ... WE ARE : CONSOLIDATING OUR 2 STORES INTO 1, AT OUR Loe . LOCATION! tremendous selection made from oak, maple, pine & cherry - dining rooms, bedrooms, living rooms, rugs, lamps & accessories. 9 28 2423 Marine, W.V. X_N sy 922-7317 ~~ pr ae