Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 18, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 Winnipeg free september Jeff free press the members of the Sar tech one of five in Are trained to make any kind of rescuers tune up for National meet by Kim Gutter son staff reporter go i 1mli an Orange Clad perched on the Edge of a the Only thing Between him and the sky was a Monkey Tail line hooked to the As the Hercules transport plane passed 60 metres Over a the search and Rescue technician Sar tech leaned Over the Edge to drop a its red Tail unfurling As it was sucked to yesterdays High winds made it difficult to get anywhere near the tar and the message was pulled into some the attempts were just practice for Winnipeg 435 Squadron Sar tech which will use its skills during a National Competition in Gimli next but the real tests come whenever a boat is late As one was yesterday or a plane As happened last a trap per injures himself far from master Rob Beauchamp and Roger Moroni said parachuting Down to help the injured trapper on isolated Windigo Lake last fall was one of the most difficult jumps Treyve it was dark and they had to jump through so they see where they were but the Sar tech one of five in is trained for any kind of they can All scuba ice Are trained mountaineers and can land in Trees if theres no other All that training enables them to get to people on the ground who need medical in yesterdays their 31st this the team located the miss ing which had pulled up on an Island Halfway Between Jack head first from where the three commercial fishermen had and Berens where they were Steve Rundle says the major Ity of Calls Are like requiring rescuers to find a boat or plane which int in he said two Calls this year have involved jump ing Down and assisting and 80 per cent of our work is done in silly Between May two four and the september Long he the Winnipeg based teams cover the largest search area in the from the Alberta Border to and up to the North its for that reason they use the which can easily make the six or seven hour flights that May be yesterdays practice was a tuneup for the National search and Rescue Competition that pits the country teams against one it takes place tuesday and wednesday at the Gimli and is open to the pub it is also the Soth anniversary of Canadian search and Rescue now until september 24 Only Vargas died almost instantly from wounds Man shot eight court told by Leah Law courts reporter Eric Vargas died almost instantly As a result of eight gun shot court heard yes during the second Day of Thambirajah a pathologist at the Boniface Hospi said Vargas wounds had All been caused by the same possibly a he would have died within about a said the Vargas and his Girlfriend que Yenn Raceles were both shot while they sat in a car behind the Chalmers Community Centre in july after the with Vargas fatally Over the gear Raceles sped away from the scene and her finally slam Ming into a Light Standard where she was rescued and taken to Christopher Leo Robert Bruce Dmytruk and Kristopher Michael Sawatzky each face charges of second degree murder and attempted murder in the Crown attorney Sheilla Linburd said the three men ambushed the unsuspecting couple when a planned gang War never jury members saw Pic Tures and a video of the crime scene As Well As pictures of Vargas body and Raceles wounds taken shortly after the bal Chandra said at least three of the eight wounds Vargas received would Nave been one Bullet had lodged itself in the mans another was found in his liver and a third had severed the Aorta which is a main blood vessel in the in eight bullets were removed from Vargas body during the Auto Vargas shot while sitting in car bal Chandra added All of Vargas wounds came from slightly behind his right shoulder As he sat in the Passen Ger seat of the later in the Ross a surgeon and critical care expert at both Boniface Hospital and health sciences described Raceles injuries for the he said she arrived at the Hospital in critical condition suffering from four gunshot wounds to the hip and the wound to the Chest was life he the injury to the thigh was As Well As there was potential for bleeding Raceles spent almost three weeks recovering in eyewitness David Scott Pykulyk is expected to take the stand scratch save up to 50 off Tom sofa 1099 gotta have it the 100 Cotton Moleskin sport jacket the Moleskin jacket is this seasons hottest fashion item part of our designer collection from one of North americas most exciting exclusive to Tiptop in were pleased to introduce you to with this great fashion piece at an unbeatable Price available in Rich Olive or Button Down with wilke800biguez iridescent sport shirts in rust and featuring French front packet detail and a hidden under Gouak were changing our clothes t i it p Many specials on our Square foot showroom floor furnishing 374 Eveline my phone 7858191 or toil free 18006243631 ;