SARSCENE 2002

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- No Call For Help Goes Unanswered -

Hosted by NSS and the Nova Scotia Ground Search and Rescue

Association (NSGSARA) and held on September 11-14th in Halifax,

SARSCENE 2002 lived up to its expectations. Highlights this year

include: Foothills SAR successfully defending their 1st place finish

at the national SAR competitions; a memorial recognizing those fallen

emergency service workers of 9/11; award of a National Search and

Rescue Certificate of Achievement to RCMP Cpl Jim Galloway; and the

marking of the retirement of John Chaffey from NSS. More post event

information is available on SARSCENE 2002 at `http://www.nss.gc.ca'

PROVINCIAL TRAINING COORDINATION MEETING

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SAR Alberta's Training Committee is convening a meeting of all the

SAR Team Training Coordinators, or their designates, to discuss the

present grant funding, any possibility of future funding, (and its

related distribution). This meeting will be on Saturday October 26, in

Red Deer at the Provincial Building, (room 207) at 1200hrs. This

building is located at 4920 - 51st Street in Red Deer. Notice of the

meeting has already gone out to member teams, but should you not have

received that notice, please contact the Provincial Training

Coordinator, Fred McFall, at <fmcfall@monarch.net> for more

information.

7th ANNUAL PROVINCIAL SAR CONFERENCE

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- The Wide World of Communication -

The South Eastern Alberta Search and Rescue (SEASAR) Team, SAR

Alberta and The Eagles Nest Ranch have joined forces to host the 2003

SAR Alberta Conference with a TWIST! With the proximity to the USA and

to the Saskatchewan Border we are going INTERNATIONAL in scope.

Located at the South West Corner of the Cypress Hills Interprovincial

Park, this

unique and well hidden outdoor oasis offers the SAR Alberta Conference

attendees a total immersion into the SAR Scene with NO outside

distractions. Cell phones don't work here! Most Pagers don't work

here! Unless someone knows where you are, they won't find you!

Conference dates are March 7, 8, & 9th 2003. Information and

registration form is already up on the SEASAR website, with more

information being posted each month as the event draws nearer. SEASAR

website address: `http://www.memlane.com/nonprofit/seasar'

FUNDAMENTALS COURSE

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Pincher Creek SAR is hosting a Fundamentals course at Beauvais Lake

Provincial Park, on October 26, 27 and November 16, 17th. Course

students are responsible for course costs (there is no external

funding for this course). If you are interest in attending this

course, please contact Pincher Creek SAR Training Coordinator Brett

Wuth at 403 627-2460 or <wuth@acm.org> for more information.

SARA HAPPENINGS SUBMISSIONS

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While this issue is sent out early, our regular publication date

for mailings of SARA Happenings is the middle of each month. Please

note that the deadline for material is the 10th of each month.

Does your group have an event posting for the SARA Happenings

mailing? If so, please send information 1-1/2 months prior to the

dates you wish advertised. It will then give ample time for those

reading it to respond. Please send all material to the Communications

Coordinator, Brad Marshall at <bmarsh@telusplanet.net>.