June 1 - Search cancelled

                -Missing 14 year old male, distraught,

                -RCMP pre-warning of search, subject walked out at 15:20 hrs. No search initiated.

June 7 - Regular Meeting and Training

-Recent Events and Issues,

-Exercise – Head and knee injury, Mowatt Bay,

-Practice call-out, radio operations, patient management, first aid, packaging and stretcher operations.

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** Current Events **

Flat Tubular Strapping

A roll of the flat tubular strapping is available. Members have the opportunity to purchase a 30 foot length for themselves. This has a wide range of uses, and can be used for stretcher tie-ins. The cost is $12.00 even for the 30 foot length.

PRSAR Website

Work still continues on building our website. Please pass any photos you have of PRSAR members training, and StraitTalk Computing will scan them, then return them.

When we have a working site that will still be 'under construction', we will publish the link.

Rope Team Training on Van Is.

There will be an evaluation session on Vancouver Island on the weekend of Sept 21-22/02. This evaluation session is for trained Rope Team members that are seeking Rope Team Member or Rope Team Leader certification. Rope Team members will be practicing on the regular training night of Sept 17^th, and there will be a special training session with Van couver Island Rope Team Instructors, on Sept 14 or 15/02. PRSAR Rope Team Members able to attend, and PRSAR members interested in joining the rope team, contact Doug Logan at 604-485-4834.

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Links and stuff

(Know of a coming conference send in the info or link)

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Coming Events

Sept 10/02 PRSAR Meeting/Training Night - 7 p.m.

Be Response Ready

(USUALLY FIRST TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH - PRSAR HALL)

Sept 17/02  Rope Team Meeting/Training - 7 p.m.

(USUALLY THIRD TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH  - PRSAR HALL)

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This newsletter will be issued once a month, except for July. The monthly issue will be sent out in the morning of the Friday before our regular meeting night. Therefore, contributions must be sent in by midnight, the Wednesday night before the meeting.

 In order for this to work, everyone needs to be involved, and contribute. Contributions are not limited to PowellRiverSAR members. The more we communicate, the more we learn, the more effective SAR people we become.

Forward your contributions to duglogan@hotmail.com. Or call Doug Logan - 604-485-4834

 The next issue will be October 2002. It will be sent out on August 27/02.

Please send contributions as soon as possible. (deadline – August 25/02)

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Please feel free to forward this letter to any interested persons.

People can subscribe by sending their email address to

duglogan@hotmail.com

To unsubscribe, contact the above email address.

If there is any trouble with this 'rich text' version,

a 'plain text' version can be sent out.

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"Thought for Tomorrow"

Grab your coat, and get your hat
Leave your worry on the doorstep
Just direct your feet
To the sunny side of the street.

Dorothy Fields ("On the Sunny Side of the Street")

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BE RESPONSE READY!

take care,

Doug Logan

Chief Editor

duglogan@hotmail.com

DISCLAIMER:  This newsletter is strictly the opinion of the editors or its staff.

It in no way represents the opinion of PowellRiverSAR or its staff.

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