[SaraHap] SARA Happenings March 2009

Mon Mar 16 14:09:17 MDT 2009

Hi All: 

SARA Happenings is issued to foster communication within the Search and Rescue community in Alberta. It is going to 226 e-mail addresses that are listed as the primary contact of SAR Alberta member groups or which were requested to be added to the mailing list.

Subscription and unsubscription information is at the end of the newsletter. 

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2009 PROVINCIAL CONFERENCE 

April 24 to 26 

Hosted by Parkland SAR 

Conference registration can be accessed directly from the Conference info panel on the SAR Alberta website. http://www.saralberta.org/ The Information Brochure and Event Schedule can also be accessed on the site.

See www.parklandsar.org or www.saralberta.org for info - register at www.ticketweb.ca

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NEW SEASAR EXECUTIVE

At the Annual General Meeting of SEASAR on 22 January 2009, members elected the following Executive:

PRESIDENT: RON GROVER

VICE-PRESIDENT: GARY MARTIN

SECRETARY: DEANNA CULLIHALL

TREASURER: SUE BERNER

DIRECTORS: GEOFF SMITH, RAYMOND PENNER, STEVE BERNER, EARL MORRIS, LYNN MEIER, KEITH BYERS, BILL DEMISH and DWAYNE JOHNSTON

The following courses are being offered by SEASAR:

Basic SAR Skills Course: March 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, 31; April 6, 7, 20, 21, 27, 28

Civil Emergency Response (CER): April 18, 19

Benchmarks Day and Mock Search (evening): May 2, 2009-03-10

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VIDEO PRODUCTION SERVICES

Rene Collins here from DSAR. 

Some groups have hired productions services to create a video for recruitment or promotion purposes. Most people that don't work in my industry are not aware of what they should be paying for certain services or what to expect for the money they've spent. 

For people that are thinking of producing material for their SAR group or region, I would like to: 

a) If they've already hired a production company to produce a video for them, make my services available to the SAR group as an independent consultant if they have questions about video production to help guide them, at no charge. 

OR 

b) If they are thinking of funding a video and are looking for a production company, I would be pleased to provide that service. 

I'm an award winning freelance cameraman with 30+ year in film and television production, worked with most of the major Hollywood studios, American and Canadian television networks and also offer video production services. 

I can be reached at rene at hdtvcamera.com, or my cell at 403 815-9844 

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WILDERNESS FIRST AID CERTIFICATION

Inroads Mountain Sports 

Wilderness First Aid

(St. John Ambulance Certification . Valid Standard First Aid is a pre-requisite)

April 3 - 5, 2009

(starting at 6:00 PM Friday evening on April 3)

Hosted at Blue Lake Centre 

(20 minutes north of Hinton on Hwy 40 North .. in the middle of William Switzer Park)

$298 plus GST covers meals, accommodation, 

books, instruction and certification.

(email, or phone 780.817.1512, to request a registration package)

Jerry Fochler Director of Operations Inroads Mountain Sports

Box 6700 Hinton, AB, Canada T7V 2G2 

780.817.1512 www.inroads.ca 

Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

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SEARCH IS AN EMERGENCY

Ric Henderson forwarded a poster from the Alzheimer Society, which cannot be included here because of the text only format of this newsletter. 

The link to the Safely Home program is

www.safelyhome.ca or www.alzheimer.ca 

More information may be obtained from 

Joan Price Safely Home Coordinator

Alzheimer Society Alberta and Northwest Territories

jprice at alzheimer.ab.ca

(403) 870-3555

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SARA HAPPENINGS SUBMISSIONS 

Our regular publication date for mailings of SARA Happenings is the middle of each month. Please note that the deadline for material is the 14th 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 editor; Chris Hoare at choare at shaw.ca PLEASE DO include contact information for members to gain further information.

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