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<P><B><FONT face=Arial>Hi All:</B> </P>
<P>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.</P>
<P>Subscription and unsubscription information is at the end of the newsletter.
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<P>2009 PROVINCIAL CONFERENCE</B> </P>
<P>April 24 to 26 </P>
<P>Hosted by Parkland SAR </P>
<P>Conference registration can be accessed directly from the Conference info
panel on the SAR Alberta website. </FONT><A
href="http://www.saralberta.org/"><U><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff>http://www.saralberta.org/</U></FONT></FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial> The Information Brochure and Event Schedule can also be accessed on
the site.</P>
<P>See </FONT><A href="http://www.parklandsar.org/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
face="Times New Roman">www.parklandsar.org</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial> or </FONT><A href="http://www.saralberta.org/"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT
face="Times New Roman">www.saralberta.org</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial>
for info - register at </FONT><A href="http://www.ticketweb.ca"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT
face="Times New Roman">www.ticketweb.ca</FONT></U></FONT></A></P>
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<P>NEW SEASAR EXECUTIVE</P></B>
<P>At the Annual General Meeting of SEASAR on 22 January 2009, members elected
the following Executive:</P>
<P>PRESIDENT: RON GROVER</P>
<P>VICE-PRESIDENT: GARY MARTIN</P>
<P>SECRETARY: DEANNA CULLIHALL</P>
<P>TREASURER: SUE BERNER</P>
<P>DIRECTORS: GEOFF SMITH, RAYMOND PENNER, STEVE BERNER, EARL MORRIS, LYNN
MEIER, KEITH BYERS, BILL DEMISH and DWAYNE JOHNSTON</P>
<P>The following courses are being offered by SEASAR:</P>
<P>Basic SAR Skills Course: March 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, 31; April 6, 7, 20, 21,
27, 28</P>
<P>Civil Emergency Response (CER): April 18, 19</P>
<P>Benchmarks Day and Mock Search (evening): May 2, 2009-03-10</P>
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<P>VIDEO PRODUCTION SERVICES</P></B>
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<P>Rene Collins here from DSAR. </P>
<P>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. </P>
<P>For people that are thinking of producing material for their SAR group or
region, I would like to: </P>
<P>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. </P>
<P>OR </P>
<P>b) If they are thinking of funding a video and are looking for a production
company, I would be pleased to provide that service. </P>
<P>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. </P>
<P>I can be reached at rene@hdtvcamera.com, or my cell at 403 815-9844 </P>
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<P>WILDERNESS FIRST AID CERTIFICATION</P></B>
<P>Inroads Mountain Sports </P>
<P>Wilderness First Aid</P>
<P>(St. John Ambulance Certification … Valid Standard First Aid is a
pre-requisite)</P>
<P>April 3 - 5, 2009</P>
<P>(starting at 6:00 PM Friday evening on April 3)</P>
<P>Hosted at Blue Lake Centre </P>
<P>(20 minutes north of Hinton on Hwy 40 North .. in the middle of William
Switzer Park)</P>
<P>$298 plus GST covers meals, accommodation, </P>
<P>books, instruction and certification.</P>
<P>(email, or phone 780.817.1512, to request a registration package)</P>
<P>Jerry Fochler Director of Operations Inroads Mountain Sports</P>
<P>Box 6700 Hinton, AB, Canada T7V 2G2 </P>
<P>780.817.1512 </FONT><A href="http://www.inroads.ca/"><U><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>www.inroads.ca</U></FONT></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial> </P>
<P>Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail</P>
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<P>SEARCH IS AN EMERGENCY</P></B>
<P>Ric Henderson forwarded a poster from the Alzheimer Society, which cannot be
included here because of the text only format of this newsletter. </P>
<P>The link to the Safely Home program is</P></FONT>
<P><A href="http://www.safelyhome.ca/"><U><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff>www.safelyhome.ca</U></FONT></FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial> or </FONT><A href="http://www.alzheimer.ca/"><U><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>www.alzheimer.ca</U></FONT></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial> </P>
<P>More information may be obtained from </P>
<P>Joan Price Safely Home Coordinator</P>
<P>Alzheimer Society Alberta and Northwest Territories</P>
<P>jprice@alzheimer.ab.ca</P>
<P>(403) 870-3555</P>
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<P>SARA HAPPENINGS SUBMISSIONS </P></B>
<P>Our regular publication date for mailings of SARA Happenings is the middle of
each month. Please note that the deadline for material is the 14<SUP>th</SUP> of
each month. </P>
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<P>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. </P>
<P>Please send all material to the editor; Chris Hoare at </FONT><A
href=""><U><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>choare@shaw.ca</U></FONT></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial> PLEASE DO
include contact information for members to gain further information.</P>
<P>To subscribe or unsubscribe visit
http://castrov.dyndns.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sara-happenings enter your
e-mail address and click on "Edit Options". Automatic subscribers will need to
click on "EMail My Password to Me". You can subscribe and unsubscribe on the
same page. </P>
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