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The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday August 28, 2002 - A3 TOWARF team to compete in international search and rescue competition on Oct. 5 TOWARF (Town of Oakville Water-Air Rescue Force) has qualified to compete in the International Search and Rescue (SAR) Championships in Milwaukee on Oct. 5. On Aug. 10, the TOWARF team of Brad Yarema, Jason Black, Bob DeAthe and Ivan Hansen placed first in the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary Central and Arctic Region SAR Challenge in Burlington. "I personally feel very good about this win and about how all the training has really paid off," said TOWARF commander Peter Garrod. The region spans the Canada/U.S. Border to the Arctic Circle and from the Saskatchewan border to Quebec. There were teams competing from as far away as Nunavut in nine events that were scored for accuracy and time completed. These included First Aid, Navigation, Dead Reckoning, Line Throw, Life Ring Throw, Knot Tying, Fire Pump Operation and Search Patterns. "These awards are testimonial to the achievements and dedica tion that TOWARF officers bring to their work every day," said Ward 2 councillor Fred Oliver, who founded the group in 1954. "I am proud of these accomplish ments and know they will contin ue to strive for excellence in all its endeavours." In July, TOWARF entered two teams in the CCGA District 2 SAR Challenge, where the team placed both first and second. In addition to their training preparations for Milwaukee, Garrod explained that TOWARF has to buy charts for waters in which they'll be competing as well as have all their American documentation in order. TOWARF is responsible for the area from the St. Lawrence Barrie Erskine · Oakville Beaver The TOWARF Team: Bob DeAthe, Ivan Hansen (Oakville Firefighter), Brad Yarema, and Jason Black. Cement plant in Mississauga to the Shell Pier in Burlington, how ever it will respond to any task requested by the Coast Guard within the western area of the lake. The TOWARF unit responds immediately to an emergency while on patrol and within 12 minutes at off-duty times. TOWARF is comprised of 11 crews with eight volunteers aged 18 to 67 who serve on duty every nine days. Each crew person is proficient at fire control, towing procedures, boat maneuvering, radar/Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation, life saving and paramedic first aid. Through its impressive staff of volunteers, TOWARF continues to protect people using the water areas next to the Oakville shoreline, perform search and rescue work and edu cate the public with respect to water safety. This requires extensive train ing, says Garrod, who explained that crews spend a great deal of time in the water and working alongside the fire department, Canadian Coast Guard and the Canadian Power Squadron to keep their many skills sharp. So far this year the crews have responded to 50 SAR and non-SAR calls (one year there were 90 calls) ranging from boats running out of gas to heart attacks and vessels sinking under their owners. TOWARF was founded under tragic circumstances in August 1954 by Oliver, then Chief Constable of Trafalgar Township. It was during the civic week end and a group of sea scouts was conducting canoe maneu vers off Bronte when a storm capsized one of their vessels. Two scouts and a leader drowned. Though volunteers were out on the water for more than two days, their effort was hampered by a haphazard search. Recognizing the need for organization, TOWARF (the "T" originally stood for Trafalgar) was founded. In 1979 TOWARF became a member of the Canadian Marine Rescue Auxiliary. In 1989 TOWARF moved into its new home, a building with a com manding view of Oakville Harbour and the lake. After breaking her board in the Ride Like a Girl skateboard contest, Beth-Anne Perry, of St John's, Newfoundland, shares a laugh with Louis Selmeci, of Ajax. Girls show off skateboarding skills They rode like girls and rev eled in it Saturday at west Oakville's Skate Park. The Shell Park Skate Park was the site of the second annu al Ride Like A Girl event on Saturday. Ride Like A Girl was an all female, skateboarding contest and workshop that was open to girls of all ages and skill levels. "For some people this state ment could be a put down or a derogatory remark, but for oth ers it gives them strength, deter mination and confidence," said organizer Jessie Salzsauler, 21, of Georgetown. "The day long event is not about saying one gender is bet ter than another. Rather it pro motes equality and the idea that no matter what our gender, we love skateboarding," said Salzsauler. The main purpose of the event was to promote skate boarding to girls. It cost $10 to compete and those under 18 years had to have a parent or guardian sign a waiv er. Registration began at noon and the competition got under way at 1 p.m. Providing a musical back drop to the competition was the DJ Jelo who cut his teeth electri fying the raves and nightclubs of Toronto, but now works in the United States, England, Greece and in the United Arab Emirates. For more information about skateboarding for girls visit www.ridelikeagirl.ca. 2002 Model Yeer-End Blowoutlll A rm C a ra v c m E v e ry '0 2 im /m M u st Go! m r P f(rm er No money for teaching salary increases (Continued from page A1) he added that February's "action" could take a variety of forms aside from a strike. Harwood said he was disap pointed the board opted to pass a budget that had no money allocat ed for a collective agreement with the teachers, despite an offer by OSSTF to accelerate negotiations to satisfy the board's budget time lines. "I remain hopeful that the gov ernment reviews the funding for mula, allocates money to the board and we have a successful negotiation, with a deal in place before February," Harwood added. Board chair Ethel Gardiner echoed Harwood's sentiments. "I'm very hopeful the funding formula review will recognize the need to include money for collec tive agreements," she said. She said she isn't surprised by the talk of potential labour unrest, but "the Halton board won't be the only board to experience these dif ficulties if more money isn't poured into public education." Both Gardiner and Harwood hinted that significant salary increases might be required to set tle a new contract, pointing to recent settlements with provincial nurses and teachers offering raises in the neighborhood of five to 10 per cent. Harwood added that the Halton board's decision to give director of education Dusty Papke an 8.5 per cent salary increase has helped set the tone for upcoming negotiations. 3 d r in a C w rn d C a ra v a n u p to 60 m o n th s on't pay for 90 days! 7 y r./i15,000 km warranty standard - o r $ 1 ,0 0 0 /Vecfv. $750 GRAD REBATE ·and 7 f w 'o tm Rebote O P* Church filled with mourners of Russell Bailey (Continued from page A1) family friend recounted how Bailey met his second wife Judith and how they immediate ly fell for each other and were inseparable - a recollection made all the more bitter-sweet by Bailey's tragic and untimely death, said Rev. Valerie Reed. To help assuage the family's o pain. Rev. Reed read several comforting psalms and verses of scripture and those gathered joined together to sing the hymns You Are My All in All and Nearer, My God to Thee. 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