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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
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Auxiliary coast guard kept busy
Show gets engines revving
Tardy kayakers prompt searches on back-to-back nights Matthew Peterson THE CHRONICLE
Andrew Young checks out one of the many hot rides at the 2011 Ladysmith Show and Shine on First Avenue Saturday. NIOMI PEARSON/CHRONICLE For more photos, check out page 12.
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The Ladysmith Auxiliary Coast Guard is reminding people to pack properly after two incidents in as many days. The auxiliary members were called into action on Sunday, Aug. 14, during the fireworks for Ladysmith Days. “We enforce the exclusion zones for the fireworks,” said auxiliary member Nick Epp-Evans. The crew was called out after two kayakers did not return to the Yellow Point area after a trip to Pirate’s Cove. ‘They were overdue, so we were tasked to search the coastline along Yellow Point up to Boat Harbour,” said Epp-Evans. Ladysmith’s team was not the only one called out. The police boat searched a channel and a team from Nanaimo were also tasked to search. A Cormorant helicopter was also dispatched to assist with the search. “The two people were found still on the island (near Pirate’s Cove),” said Epp-Evans. “They were put on the police boat and taken away.” After the kayakers were found, the team returned to the fireworks. The next night, Monday, Aug. 15, the auxiliary members were again called at 10 p.m. when two female kayakers had not arrived at their destination. “Their intention was to kayak from Tent Island to Salt Spring.” A report came in they had become stuck on some rocks. See Planning Page 3
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