Shuswap Your Classified Connection / Vol. 26 No. 36 Sept. 4, 2015
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n Amber Marshall, who plays Amy Fleming on the CBC television show Heartland, interacts and smiles at a young fan of the program. Marshall’s recent appearance, along with a number of other cast members, at the Sicamous and District Recreation Centre was part of the Cruise with a Cause. The organization was formed in 2013 by Graham Wardle and Don McLeod. All proceeds from the event went to support the Canadian Mental Health Association.
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Tree stops car’s path down cliff
Adams Lake Forestry Road: High-angle rescue team needed to extricate women. By Tracy Hughes
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A member of Shuswap Search and Rescue says it is a miracle that two women survived after their vehicle went down an embankment on the Adams Lake Forestry Road on Monday night. Sgt. Gary Heebner of the
Chase RCMP says the driver of a black Dodge Journey was headed southbound at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 31, when she lost control and went off the left side of the road. The vehicle came to rest on its roof, 30 feet down a steep embankment after striking a tree. John Schutt, with the vol-
unteer organization, told the Market News they were called out to assist with a high-angle rescue of the two women. “It’s a miracle they were OK. It was a tree that stopped them; if it hadn’t, well, below that was a pretty precipitous fall. It wouldn’t have been a good outcome.”
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In addition to the police from both Chase and Barriere detachments and Shuswap Search and Rescue (SAR), BC Ambulance, the Chase Fire Department, Jimco Towing and Garrick Towing were also called in to help. “We had to set up a pretty complex rope system with
pulleys to deal with the steep slope,” says Schutt. The SAR members were needed to help bring all the rescue personnel down to the vehicle and back up again, as well as transport the women on stretchers up See Women on page 2