10 — Friday, November 13, 1998 — North Shore News oy, Katharine Hamer Contributing Writer -THE North Shore Lifeboat Society (NSLS) launched a new rescue vessel Saturday at North Vancouver's Pacific “Marine Training Campus. The lifeboat, slated to rake “ O¥er rescue: service in’ West Vancouver. from the aging Auxiliary One’ boat, has: been “. elwistened the Howe Sound. ‘ ‘The. -cight-year-old_ vessel Was purchased fram the Sooke Manne Rescue society “on Vancouver Island. Total cost to the NSLS, including refurbish- ‘ment of the boat, was $80,000. fter buying: the Haire ~: Sound in the spring of this year, the NSLS. added three and a half fect to. the boat's length, “and “refurbished . its structure, ‘engines, and electrics, ; The aluminum-hulled boat, - which“ also’ boasts a: sheltered -eabin, is now twenty-five and a half feet in length: © ‘ “Based at Fisherman's Cove, «the West Vancouver lifeboat sta-” tion has 16"active crew mem- ‘3 a aan NEWS photo Paul McGrath LINDA Coules broke the traditional bubbly across the bow of the lifeboat Howe Sound Saturday as N.S. Lifeboat Society crewman Hugh Kelsey looked on. bers, and deals with an average of 40 rescue calls a year. They. work. across. the Georgia Strait, from the: West Van coastline up to Squamish and: Sechelt. They also. fre- quently. respond to emergency calls our of Engiish Bay. The Howe Suund is “a sater boat for crew,” said” West Vancouver crew: member Sean Burchett. : “All of us are pretry excited about this boat,” Burchett said. ~ CORRECTION NOTICE Due to an error on the part of Wal-Mari; the - 12-Roll Pack of Purex © Batheoom Tissue for $3.97, on page 37 of our November 15, 1998 flyer, is” ~ not available in the double ~ toll pack as was shown in ». the photo, The regular single 12-rofl pack (as shown at left) is ~- available for $3.97. _ 12Single Roll Pack Pack ~~ EVERY DAY - | WE REGRET ANY INCONVENIENCE "THIS MAY HAVE CAUSED. - “It’s got much beter capabili- ties (than the Anxiliary). It has two engines, a cabin, and is ber- ter in heavy seas, It’s faster, gous further, and keeps us warm and dry!” : This is the second lifeboat launched by the NSLS in the space of a year. The Deep Cave ZT went into service in North Vancouver last November, The NSLS has held three casino. evenings over the last year to raise money. Funding for the Howe Sound also came from a variety, of corporate sponsors, community organiza- tions, and individuals. ~ Project donors whose gen- crosity was recognized on Saturday include BC Tel, the Royal Bank of Canada, Investors’. Group, and the District of North Vancouver. Ironically, the Municipality of West Vancouver has not con- tributed any funds to the NSLS. “Te’s a real sore issue for us,” said Burchett. “We're responsi- ble for operating the fire boat service out to Eagle Island. We've been asking West Vancouver for an operational grant for several years, bur they've never given us one.” Although the. Howe Sound has only’ just been christened, “she was called out to a flare sighting two weeks ago. The call. turned out to be a false alartiiy — probably “a Halloween prank,” said Burchett — but the new boat came in handy all the same. “It’s a darn good thing we had that (boac),” Burchett said. “We ran over a log while we were out there. 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