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Coast Guard crew receives special
distinction award for August 21 rescue
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The Canadian Coast Guard rec-
ognized four of' its own for out-
standing service in extreme. cir-
cumstances Monday, November
21, at the Search and Rescue sta-
tion in Goderich.
The crew of the Cape Discovery
- made up of Jana Lorbetski, Brad
Kearley, Enda O'Kelly and com-
manding officer Jason Johnson -
were given distinction awards from
Coast Guard Assistant Commis-
sioner Wade Spurrell, for their
work in rescuing Mike McCarron
August 21.
The crew responded to a distress
call from the lone boater, who was
sailing from .Kincardine to
Goderich when the August 21 tor-
nado swept through the area.
According to McCarron: "The
weather became very severe
quicidy and my rudder broke, and I
was being driven into shore... I hit
the rocks, spun around and started
to be driven back offshore."
Meanwhile, at the top of the
bluffs, the crew was watching the
storm from their hotel room.
"When the hall hit the hotel, it
was like we were under fire, said
Lorbetski. "I said 'Imagine if we got
a call now..."'
Sure enough, the phone rang.
Johnson said it took less than ten
minutes to get down to the har-
bour, but when they arrived, it
wasn't the same place they had left
just twenty minutes earliez
The harbour was clogged with
debris from the Sifto Salt Mine,
and power lines lay across the
cutter, Cape Discovery. •A call to
the command centre later, an
auxiliary team was sent from
Kincardine.
Meanwhile, Lorbetski and
Kearly had gotten the smaller
Zodiac boat cleared of debris and
inspected and were ready to head
out. With the harbour dogged with
debris, the tugs at McDonald
Marina lent a hand and in 10 min-
utes, the Zodiac was in Port Albert,
where McCarron was stranded.
After exchanging
Everyone made it safe and
sound back to shore, though Lor-
betski said they "took a bit of a
beating to get out there,"
in presenting the distinction
awards, Spurrell said it was the
combination of preparation and
execution that exemplified the
Coast Guard's motto: Safety first,
service ahays.
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The Canadian Coast Guard crew of the Cape Discovery, Goderich, received special commendation from
Assistant Commissioner Wade Spurrell, for their work in rescuing Mike McCarron August 21.Pictured are
Jana Lorbetski, Jason. Johnson, Spurrell and Enda O'Kelly. Absent is Brad Kearley, who performed the
rescue with Lorbetski.
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The increased capacity will handle
much of the rural areas between Clinton,
Bayfield and Goderich as well. The cur-
rent capacity is 40 megawatts. One new
transformer; Curry said, could effectively
triple the transmission ability.
'We're not tripling the outputof the sta-
tion, he said. "It's about liability."
As time goes on and the town expands,
the need for better dlstiibudon will arise.
Hydro One has said this is a good,
preemptive move.
Shovels are expected to hit the dirt
around January to get the foundation
work done for the new transformer: which
uses mineral oil as opposed to toxic PCBs
found In older models.
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