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Weather for Oakville, ON Fri Sat Sun Mon 15° 9° 23° 12° 20° 14° 23° 16° Former NHL goalie on The Crazy Game Page 8 www.insidehalton.com dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Friday, May 15, 2015 | 60 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group TOWARF at the helm in case of emergency by Nathan Howes Special to the Beaver John Bridge, left, and Justine Olmstead are both with the award-winning Crew 3 of the Town of Oakville Water Air Rescue Force (TOWARF), which is a Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary Unit that provides marine search-and-rescue in Lake Ontario. | photo by Nathan Howes ­ special to the Beaver Oakville residents can set sail with reassurance knowing their lives are in good hands when they're on the water this boating season. The Town of Oakville Water Air Rescue Force (TOWARF), founded in 1954 by the late Fred Oliver -- a former chief of Oakville police and Ward 2 Town/ Regional councillor -- is a Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary Unit that provides marine search-and-rescue service with the primary goal of saving lives in western Lake Ontario. On duty 32 hours a week and on call 24/7 to the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre (JRCC) and Halton police, during boating season (April-October), TOWARF is volunteer-based and has a trained crew of more than 75. Members of the local auxiliary unit recently took the Oakville Beaver out on Lake Ontario to demonstrate a PIW (person-in-water) exercise and chat about its services, safety tips for boaters and the 2014 Crew of the Year award it won. Crew 3 received the accolade at TOWARF's annual general meeting last month. see All on p.20 Complimentary Consultation Laser Vision Correction Only BladeLESS 905 845 EYES (3937) Suite 200 - 353 Iroquois Shore Road. Oakville, ON WWW.SEEBYIV.COM