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Volume 55 Number 12 | March 22, 2010 Anne Flynn Don Barr Mortgage Consultant Mortgage Consultant 250-516-5262 250-744-6984 Why rent when you can buy? Call about our free down payment mortgages. MARPAC NEWS CFB Esquimalt, Victoria, B.C. www.annefl ynn.ca Year of the Canadian Naval Centennial 1910 - 2010 NEWS 3 CF assists in large drug bust SHIP NEWS 5 Sealing Victoria, sub work continues COMMUNITY 11 Local medic carries paralympic torch Shelley Lipke, Lookout It was a picture perfect day for rescue training last Thursday. As the Sea King hovered over Albert Head, AB Terri McManus, in red, was hoisted from the ground by WO Nevil Schultz. In the helicopter Capt Mike Houston operated the winch that hauled the two up. AB McManus was one of several sailors who volunteered to assist the air crew from 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron with training to keep them proficient when called to help in rescue missions. FREE Online Home Search! 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Call Melinda Urquhart 250-363-3422 [email protected] eembracesmbraces PProjectroject HHeroero Shelley Lipke This program will be Staff writer in place until Dec 31, Signing up for 2015, and then it will be Royal Roads University Project Hero is an reviewed for renewal. is showing its support example of how Langille works on for children of Canadian strengthening relations Forces members killed on much we value with DND, the mili- active duty since 2002, the tary and Royal Roads start of Canada’s involve- the heritage and University. ment in Afghanistan, by our ongoing “Royal Roads University offering a scholarship has a long history with to help them obtain an relationships with the military, having been undergraduate degree. the Forces. a military college before The former military col- becoming a university in lege fully supports Project -Shelley Langille 1995. Since then we have Hero, which covers tuition Director of Military and had senior officers and for two years. Students College Relations members of the military “ and DND attend programs Go blue. must be under the age of 26 and be Canadian citi- 40 universities across the such as disaster emer- It’s the right thing to do. zens or permanent resi- country have embraced gency management, con- dents. hosting this program. flict analysis and manage- We’re so committed to the environment that, at times, we’ve loaded our recyclables “Signing up for Project Ontario businessman ment, human security and in oversized containers. But we’ve heard that lifting oversized containers has become Hero is an example of how and Honorary Lieutenant peace building, leadership an occupational health and safety issue for the people who pick them up. much we value the heri- Colonel Kevin Reed and and business degrees that tage and our ongoing rela- General (Ret’d) Rick complement the roles and So now we use only recognized blue boxes and blue bags for our recycling. It’s the tionships with the Forces,” Hillier started this initia- responsibilities of uniform right thing to do for the environment. And for the people who work every day to said Shelley Langille, tive last September and and civilian members.” make it better. Director of Military and brought it to fruition. To find out more about College Relations. “The sign up from uni- Project Hero or RRU pro- www.crd.bc.ca/bluebox Find CRD Blue Box sales locations at The scholarship pro- versities across the coun- grams call Shelley Langille gram has been available try has been outstanding,” at 250-419-7740 ext www.crd.bc.ca since January and about Langille said. 2225. Hurry, homecoming statue bricks sale ends March 31 CNC Captain(N) Cedric Steele. “To date hundreds of paving bricks Construction is underway on Wharf have been inscribed and are ready to Street to install the “Homecoming be placed on the plaza surrounding the Statue” that will honour the Centennial statue. Many bricks remember family, of the Canadian Navy. The bronze statue friends and colleagues; others acknowl- by local sculptor Nathan Scott represents edge individual and corporate donors and the bond between the Greater Victoria supporters.” community and every sailor who served Orders for bricks will be taken by at the naval Dockyard in Esquimalt. telephone or through the website www. Located on Victoria’s Inner Harbour homecomingstatue.com until March 31. on a spectacular site provided by the The bricks celebrate the public’s Provincial Capital Commission, the stat- gratitude for the tens of thousands of ue will be dedicated by His Honour, Canadians who answered both the call Steven Point, Lt.-Gov. of B.C. in a cer- of their country and of the sea through emony at noon on May 4, the Naval the first century of Canada’s naval ser- Centennial Day. vice. The statue represents the special “The local community has embraced moment in the life of sailors when they this project,” says retired Rear Admiral return from the sea to be re-united with Ken Summers, co-chair with Honorary their family. WESTSHORE WESTSHORE U-LOCKU-LOCK MINIMINI STORAGESTORAGE .ca Tickets: $10 for members, Pacifi c Fleet Club Upper Lounge $15 for non members. Available at the PFC from March 26th Kiss a 0800-1500 Mon-Fri. Residential and Commercial storage Award winning, modern facility cod for This is an all ranks show. Individually alarmed lockers Easy monthly rentals Doors open at 7pm Civilian DND members Heated lockers Easy access prizes welcome. selfstorage.ca 1621 Island Highway, 250-478-8767 March 22, 2010 LOOKOUT • 3 Family Dental Care New patients & Emergencies welcome. Check ups and cleanings always available. 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We’ve got many services to offer you while you’re in town MMilitaryilitary iinstrumentalnstrumental iinn ddrugrug bbustust Pharmacy • Groceries • Automotive OPEN 7 1 Hour Photo Processing DAYS A WEEK 8AM - 10PM Shelley Lipke March 5 when a Canadian lawful business. A few are session for the purpose of Passport Photos • and much more... Staff writer Forces contracted sovereign- not,” said Capt(N) Falloon. trafficking. ty patrol flight soaring high Seven additional CF mem- Thirty seven duffel bags of 860 Langford Pkwy Town & Country Shopping Centre The Canadian Forces above Northern Vancouver bers were called into the drugs were recovered. Each 250•391•0224 250•475•3356 played a key role in the Island spotted a 50-foot RJOC at Dockyard’s D100 contained kilogram-sized March 6 drug bust of double mast sailing vessel. to further analyze this ves- packets wrapped in plastic sailboat Huntress in Port “In accordance with nor- sel. It turned out the ship and sealed with gun tape. Hardy. By tipping off the mal procedure they hailed was coming from Panama “All Canadians can be RCMP of suspected illegal the vessel, calling by voice and bound for Port Hardy. proud of the team work and activity, RCMP were able radio asking for the sail- “These factors proved to professionalism of all the to arrest the drug runners boat’s identity, its port of be the triggers that got the agencies involved: the crews 2940NNewe Edw Nixon LLocation! Terraceocation! and seize 1,001 kilograms registration and last port of RCMP involved and led to of the surveillance aircraft, off Westshore Parkway, off Trans Canada of cocaine - worth hun- call,” explained Capt (N) this drug bust,” said Capt(N) the staff in the RJOC and between Spencer Rd & Goldstream Park dreds of millions of dollars Falloon. “The vessel identi- Falloon. our security partners in on the street. fied itself as Huntress, but CF members at the the MSOC,” said Capt(N) This is one of the larg- the other responses were RJOC contacted the RCMP Falloon. est drug busts in British unsatisfactory because they through the interagency Not unlike the incident Columbia history. were inconsistent or unan- Marine Security Operations last October when the “I am very proud of the swered.” Centre, which is co-located illegal migrant vessel Ocean staff of the Regional Joint Something didn’t seem within the same building. Lady was detected and inter- Operations Centre whose right, so the air crew called Once the RCMP took cepted, these are examples sharp instincts were central the suspicious behaviour over the investigation, they of how the Canadian Forces to the success of the RCMP into the Regional Joint asked CF air surveillance to work together with our fed- investigation,” said Capt Operations Centre (RJOC) maintain radar contact and eral security partners.