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5 - Friday, January 17, 1986 - North Shore News

THE DISTRICT of
North Vancouver’s
finest were honored
: Monday night.

‘ RCMP Cst. Jean-Luc
Lemay and district manager
Mei Palmer received awards
: for their service above and
beyond the call of duty in

+) 1985.
, Lemay, dressed in his
i formal red serge uniform,

was awarded a St. John
a Ambulance Society Priory

: ! Meritorious Certificate for
. ; | Saving the life of a child on

‘ + : March 29,

o : While attending a motor

vehicle accident, the RCMP

officer came to the

. assistance of a mother whose
'  three-month-old chiid had

‘. stopped breathing.

Lemay performed the ab-
dominal thrust Heimlich
maneuver and the baby
coughed up and. resumed
breathing.

i ACTED QUICKLY

i In presenting the award on
behalf of the St. John Am-
bulance Society, North Van-
couver RCMP. superintend- y
ent Roy «Byrne said Lemay y !

had acted quickly and ‘cor- A ; ;
rectly to save the child’s life. j / or ere...

ot tee eee nee whee:

Byrne also presented an
RCMP Commissioner’s
Commendation to Mel
Palmer, who fought off a
gunman in front of District
Hall.

' On June 8, 1984, Palmer,
: in his former capacity as
district treasurer, was carry-
ing a bag of tax money from

oP egetenmggs meets

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District, Hall to his car. ‘ i
. | RELEASE MONEY . i"
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a 3 He was approached by a :
: man with a hand-gun and Son,
\ . ordered to hand over the . ; : . , a Rov
; money. Ever want to make a stopover during a trip but couldn’t ii 3aneey y
i But once he had handed because it was just too expensive? [ : *e assoo*
' over the money, he grabbed Weill now you can. ,
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the assailant nsaing struggle Pacific Western introduces our new §20* stopover. Now We A |
t Palmer was punched and you can make one stopover on most discount return fares or ¢ ee
i _ kicked, but managed to fend J = On€ cach way when you pay full economy fare. The West. per
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. fled without the money. business calls, \ a ame - a
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‘Byrne said, “when someone reservations call your travel agent.
, takes the initiative, we are © Subject to government approval & ceansportation tax not included )
‘ ‘not going to sit by and have ‘ :

: ' this go unnoticed.” ; i
My ‘Both’ men were con- __ DR ANTS !
- gratulated by Mayor Marilyn y ;
' Baker/and council after the ~ ; . |
: presentation. ; - . j

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