CG e-Newsletter

7.3.2003

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 In this week's newsletter:

·         ·         U.S. Looks to Protect Ports From Terror

·         ·         $7.1B. for Coast Guard awaits vote

·         ·         Coast Guard: Shrimpers died of carbon monoxide poisoning

·         ·         Remains of missing Galaxy crewman from Renton identified

·         ·         Lake Worth couple missing on Alaska nature trip

·         ·         High-tech tracking device helps Coast Guard locate missing Bay area fisherman

·         ·         Lifeguards, park-goers revive girl

·         ·         Coast Guard Auxiliary saves stricken vessel, crew      

·         ·         Tonnes of cocaine seized in Caribbean

·         ·         Coast Guard intercepts $112,000 worth of ganga

·         ·         Boat that caused spill nets fine

·         ·         Coast Guard recommends suspending ferry captain's license

·         ·         Annapolitan in Top Coast Guard Post

·         ·         Coast Guard via the Rose Garden: Re-enlistment paves way for presidential meeting

·         ·         Reserve Officers Association Elects Coast Guard Reserve Admiral as National President

·         ·         Coasties return to Fort Macon from overseas

·         ·         Coast Guard Commissions Cutter Hickory

·         ·         Coast Guard alerting boaters to dangers of carbon monoxide

·         ·         Coast Guard Helps Return Turtles to Wild

·         ·         Sending son to military academy learning experience for mom

·         ·         This Week in Homeland Security

·         ·         Deepwater News-June

·         ·         More CG News

U.S. Looks to Protect Ports From Terror

By LAURENCE ARNOLD
Associated Press Writer

July 1, 2003, 5:18 PM EDT

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-maritime-security,0,7995945.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

$7.1B. for Coast Guard awaits vote

From Press staff reports

WASHINGTON - The House Transportation Committee this week approved a $7.1 billion Coast Guard budget for fiscal year 2004 - $495 million more than the president requested in his budget earlier this year.

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/newjersey/062803CGBUD_J27.html

Coast Guard: Shrimpers died of carbon monoxide poisoning

The Associated Press

A Florida couple who died June 25 aboard their shrimping boat in the Mississippi Sound near Bayou La Batre apparently suffered carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator as they slept.

http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030701/APN/307010783

Remains of missing Galaxy crewman from Renton identified

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DILLINGHAM, Alaska -- Remains of a Renton man who was a crewman on a fishing boat that burned and sank in the Bering Sea last year have been recovered on an Aleutian Island.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/129353_galaxyfire03.html

Lake Worth couple missing on Alaska nature trip

By Nancy L. Othón and Lois Solomon
Staff Writers
Posted July 3 2003

A massive search for a suburban Lake Worth couple has been under way for the past week in southwest Alaska, but so far there has been no sign of the Cessna 180 single-engine air taxi they were riding in or its seasoned pilot.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-pmissing03jul03,0,6854056.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines

High-tech tracking device helps Coast Guard locate missing Bay area fisherman

Sunday, June 29^th

A Bay area fisherman is back on dry land after abandoning his sinking boat Saturday night in the Gulf of Mexico.

http://www.baynews9.com/NewsStory.cfm?storyid=20555

Lifeguards, park-goers revive girl

by LAURA ERNDE

laurae@herald-mail.com

Greenbrier State Park lifeguards, with the help of doctors and nurses who were visiting the park, revived a 3-year-old Baltimore girl after she nearly drowned in the lake Saturday.

http://www.herald-mail.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=57228&format=html

Coast Guard Auxiliary saves stricken vessel, crew    

JUNEAU, Alaska-A Coast Guard Auxiliary rescue boat crew responded and saved a stricken fishing vessel and its crew at 3:40 a.m. Sunday near Point Retreat.

http://www.uscg.mil/d17/allnews/news03/12203.htm

Tonnes of cocaine seized in Caribbean
Wednesday, July 2, 2003 (Tampa):

Seventeen crewmembers arrested after British and American officials seized four tonnes of cocaine from their freighter in the Caribbean were charged with several drug offences on Tuesday.

http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Tonnes+of+cocaine+seized+in+Caribbean&id=39864

Coast Guard intercepts $112,000 worth of ganga

PHILIPSBURG--A local boat "Cool Running" was intercepted and the Coast Guard found 65 kilos of marijuana on board with an estimated street value of almost US $112,000.

http://www.thedailyherald.com/news/daily/g37/ganja37.html

Boat that caused spill nets fine
$16,000: Owners of Windy Bay had already paid for cleanup costs.


By BEN SPIESS
Anchorage Daily News

(Published: July 3, 2003)The owners of a fishing boat that hit a charted rock, sank and spilled more than 35,000 gallons of fuel and oil into Prince William Sound have been fined $16,000 by the state.

http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/3399568p-3430312c.html

Coast Guard recommends suspending ferry captain's license

By CATHY BROWN
Associated Press Writer

JUNEAU--The U.S. Coast Guard is recommending a state ferry captain's license be suspended for a month because he gave a wrong command that steered the ferry Kennicott into a rock earlier this month.

http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,1413,113~7244~1488227,00.html

Annapolitan in Top Coast Guard Post
She'll Lead Mid-Atlantic 5th District

By Anita Huslin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, July 3, 2003; Page AA02

Growing up in a Navy town like Annapolis, it's not unusual for one to develop strong feelings about military life.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60936-2003Jul1.html

Coast Guard via the Rose Garden: Re-enlistment paves way for presidential meeting

2003-07-02
When she signed up for the Coast Guard, all Renton's Amanda Flores hoped for was a chance to work on engines.

http://www.kingcountyjournal.com/sited/story/html/136268

Reserve Officers Association Elects Coast Guard Reserve Admiral as National President

NEW ORLEANS, La., /U.S. Newswire/ -- Rear Admiral G. Robert (Bob) Merrilees, United States Coast Guard Reserve (Retired) was elected National President of the Reserve Officers Association of the United States for 2003-2004 at the organization's National Convention in New Orleans on June 28, 2003.

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=110-06282003

Coasties return to Fort Macon from overseas
By MIKE SHERRILL
DAILY NEWS STAFF

FORT MACON - The ship's loudspeakers piped out the Beach Boys' hit "Sloop John B" as the 110-foot cutter coasted into its slip.

http://www.jdnews.com/Details.cfm?StoryID=13761

Coast Guard Commissions Cutter Hickory
U. S. Coast Guard
July 2, 2003

KODIAK, Alaska -- The Coast Guard will commission the Coast Guard cutter Hickory into active service during a ceremony Thursday pier side at 1 p.m.

http://www.military.com/NewsContent?file=uscg3_070203

Coast Guard alerting boaters to dangers of carbon monoxide

The U.S. Coast Guard is taking time to educate people about boating and carbon monoxide poisoning.

http://www.10nbc.com/news.asp?template=item&story_id=8139

Coast Guard Helps Return Turtles to Wild
U. S. Coast Guard
July 2, 2003

Fort Pierce, Fla. -- Crews from Station Fort Pierce, Fla., will be assisting the National Marine Fisheries Service in the release of more than a hundred Florida sea turtles Thursday morning.

http://www.military.com/NewsContent?file=uscg2_070203

Sending son to military academy learning experience for mom
BY ANN WALKER
Jun 4, 2003

What a difference a year makes.

This time last year, my favorite oldest son had just graduated from high school, and I was just coming to grips with the fact that he was really going to leave home.

http://yumasun.com/artman/publish/articles/story_5689.shtml

This Week in Homeland Security

http://www.homelandsecurity.org/bulletin/current_bulletin.cfm?CFID=733484&CFTOKEN=90077654

Deepwater News-June

http://www.uscg.mil/deepwater/pdf/june03newsletter.pdf

More CG News
http://www.uscg.mil/news/cgnews.shtm

CG e-Newsletter

06.27.2003

 In this week's newsletter:

·         ·         House Approves $29.4 Billion For Homeland Security Dept.

·         ·         Mediterranean deployment kept Dallas busy 

·         ·         Coast Guard seizes 5,500 pounds of cocaine in Caribbean Sea

·         ·         Coast Guard locates capsized vessel with EPIRB

·         ·         Marinette Marine to deliver cutter

·         ·         Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba Memorial Dedication Planned

·         ·         Auxiliary marks 64 years

·         ·         Coast Guard Communication Station Retires Their Sparks

·         ·         Coast Guard probes death of couple aboard fishing boat

·         ·         Coast Guard calls off search for missing West Palm Beach boaters

·         ·         Coast Guard Warns Against Illegal And Deadly "Teak Surfing"

·         ·         Boat safety law signed by governor

·         ·         Police hope Jobbies don't go overboard

·         ·         Coast Guard officer to be honored

·         ·         Coast Guard group gets new leader

·         ·         Captain reflects on Guam experience

·         ·         Police chief ending Coast Guard duty

·         ·         ARCADIS Announces Receipt of Award for Best Available Environmental Technology

·         ·         Coast Guard Cadets Vs. ‘The Crucible'

·         ·         Navy divers blow up another piece of ordnance near Pacific

·         ·         Hiller Aviation Museum Holds 4th Annual "Vertical Challenge" Air Show

·         ·         This Week in Homeland Security

·         ·         Deepwater News-May

·         ·         More CG News

House Approves $29.4 Billion For Homeland Security Dept.
Democrats Call Funding Insufficient; Backers Say It's Balanced

By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, June 25, 2003; Page A21

The House, after a contentious debate, approved legislation providing $29.4 billion for the newly created Homeland Security Department in the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28394-2003Jun24.html

Mediterranean deployment kept Dallas busy
BY TERRY JOYCE
Of The Post and Courier Staff

If ever a Coast Guard cutter dealt with nearly everything short of toe-to-toe combat, it was the Charleston-based Dallas on its recent deployment to the Mediterranean.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/062203/joy_22military2.shtml

Coast Guard seizes 5,500 pounds of cocaine in Caribbean Sea

St. Petersburg - The Coast Guard Cutter Venturous is returning to St. Petersburg Thursday with 5,500 pounds of cocaine and five suspected drug smugglers picked up in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Columbia.

http://www.wtsp.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=3365

Coast Guard locates capsized vessel with EPIRB

posted 06/27/03
The U.S. Coast Guard and the Canadian Coast Guard responded to a mayday call at 7:40 p.m. June 25, 2003 that was sent out by a 406-megahertz EPIRB or Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon.

http://www.sanjuanislander.com/federal/coast_guard/rescues.shtml

Marinette Marine to deliver cutter

Published Thursday, June 26, 2003 10:42:14 AM Central Time

MARINETTE -- The U.S. Coast Guard will officially accept the Coast Guard cutter FIR Friday. The cutter will be placed into a temporary "in-commission special" status.

http://www.eagleherald.com/ship0626.htm

Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba Memorial Dedication Planned
U. S. Coast Guard
June 20, 2003

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. -- A granite memorial plaque containing the names of the 103 crew members of the CGC Escanaba when it was sunk on June 13, 1943 will be dedicated during the Memorial Service at the Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival.

http://www.military.com/NewsContent?file=uscg2_062003&ESRC=coastguard-a.nl

Auxiliary marks 64 years
Auxiliary patrols local waterways, educates boating public, performs free safety checks, and promotes clean waterways

Coast Guard members gathered Monday at Station Chincoteague to celebrate the 64th anniversary of the Auxiliary, the Coast Guard's civilian, non-military component created by an act of Congress in 1939.

http://www.delmarvanow.com/chincoteague/stories/20030626/543248.html

Coast Guard Communication Station Retires Their Sparks.
U. S. Coast Guard
June 20, 2003

POINT REYES, Ca -- On July 1st, Coast Guard Communications Area Master Station Pacific (CAMSPAC), Pt Reyes will retire the historic "Sparks" from the Telecommunications Specialist Enlisted Rating Badge, as the Coast Guard restructures its work force replacing that specialty with two others, the Operations Specialist and the Information Technology Specialist.

http://www.military.com/NewsContent?file=uscg1_062003&ESRC=coastguard-a.nl

Coast Guard probes death of couple aboard fishing boat

MOBILE, Ala. A husband and wife died aboard their fishing boat near Bayou La Batre on Tuesday, apparently from carbon monoxide poisoning.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030624/APN/306241088

Coast Guard calls off search for missing West Palm Beach boaters

Sun-Sentinel.com
Posted June 24 2003, 2:16 PM EDT

The Coast Guard, Navy and Air Force have suspended an extensive four-day search for two West Palm Beach boaters, missing since Wednesday.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-0624coastguard,0,520052.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines

Coast Guard Warns Against Illegal And Deadly "Teak Surfing"

Rochester, NY (06/25/03) - A new federal report warns that carbon monoxide poisoning from boat engine fumes is on the rise.

http://www.wokr13.tv/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=D3263F43-5918-4C54-993D-9E482385A091

Boat safety law signed by governor

JEFFERSON CITY - A bill sponsored by longtime lake area Senator John Russell that will require mandatory boater education for young people on Missouri waterways was signed into law by Governor Bob Holden this week

http://www.lakesunleader.com/display/inn_news/news2.txt

Police hope Jobbies don't go overboard
By CHRIS SEBASTIAN
Times Herald

CLAY TWP. -- The boat ratio isn't exactly in favor of law enforcement or the U.S. Coast Guard

http://www.thetimesherald.com/news/stories/20030627/localnews/552664.html

Coast Guard officer to be honored

Published Thursday, June 26, 2003 10:42:25 AM Central Time

By DONN WILLIAMS

EagleHerald staff writer

MARINETTE -- A U.S. Coast Guard officer stationed here will be honored Friday as the longest serving officer in this branch of military service.

http://www.eagleherald.com/cgof0626.htm

Coast Guard group gets new leader

BY TANIQUELLE THURNER

keysnews.com

KEY WEST -- Phillip J. Heyl arrives in Key West from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., but he's no unseasoned newbie.

http://keysnews.com/298250834745699.bsp.htm

Captain reflects on Guam experience

By Theresa Merto
Pacific Daily News

U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Robert C. Lorigan said time flies when you're having fun.

http://www.guampdn.com/news/stories/20030627/localnews/548790.html

Police chief ending Coast Guard duty
By Marshall Allen

PASADENA -- Pasadena Police Chief Bernard Melekian is scheduled to be released from his service with the U.S. Coast Guard in late September, when he will resume the leadership of a department that has been without him for months, authorities said.

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/Stories/0,1413,206~22097~1473144,00.html

ARCADIS Announces Receipt of Award for Best Available Environmental Technology

(BW)(CO-ARCADIS)(ARCAF)(ARCAD.EU) Business Editors

    DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2003--ARCADIS (NASDAQ: ARCAF)(EURONEXT: ARCAD) announced today that it has been presented with the National Association of Environmental Professionals' (NAEP) award for "Best Available Environmental Technology" for the services performed in conjunction with the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (U.S. EPA) National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRML) at the U.S. Coast Guard's Support Center Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/cb_headline.cgi?&story_file=bw.062603/231775642&directory=/google&header_file=header.htm&footer_file=

Coast Guard Cadets Vs. ‘The Crucible'
A Daunting Seven-hour Drill Tests Leadership, Teamwork Skills

By ROBERT A. HAMILTON
Day Staff Writer
Published on 6/27/2003

New London — The challenge: to get an injured pilot across a 30-foot expanse without touching the ground, swinging among five hanging ropes, with only a minimum of mountain-climbing gear. And do it after four rigorous hours of running, swimming and climbing.

http://www.theday.com/eng/web/newstand/re.aspx?reIDx=EAE7B6D7-4DE5-4F22-A8D7-7D3C4C58A645

Navy divers blow up another piece of ordnance near Pacific

By Amelia Hansen, STAFF WRITER

PILLAR POINT HARBOR -- Divers from the Navy's explosive ordnance disposal detachment returned to ocean waters off Pacifica early Thursday to destroy yet another of the sea's menacing discarded items: a World War II-era depth charge, a 35-gallon drum once used to destroy enemy submarines

http://www.sanmateocountytimes.com/Stories/0,1413,87~11268~1480947,00.html

Hiller Aviation Museum Holds 4th Annual "Vertical Challenge" Air Show

Who ever said you had to have airplanes to have an air show? That myth was put to rest Saturday, June 21, at the "Vertical Challenge" Helicopter Air Show at the Hiller Aviation Museum at the San Carlos Airport, CA.
http://www.rotor.com/get.php?page=/membership/rotorgram16.htm

This Week in Homeland Security

http://www.homelandsecurity.org/bulletin/current_bulletin.cfm?CFID=733484&CFTOKEN=90077654

Deepwater News-May

http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-a/deepwater/pdf/may03newsletter.pdf

More CG News
http://www.uscg.mil/news/cgnews.shtm

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CG e-Newsletter

06.6.2003

 In this week's newsletter:

·         ·         Coast Guard commandant defends administration commitment to port security

·         ·         Investigators put pieces together in ship explosion

·         ·         Coast Guard tape details calls made after oil spill

·         ·         Skipper's error caused ferry to run aground

·         ·         There goes the neighborhood

·         ·         Rescuer drowns trying save young girls

·         ·         Body Of Missing Boater Found

·         ·         17-year-old missing, presumed drowned

·         ·         Six North Florida women spot a raft, call Coast Guard

·         ·         Paddler Rescued After 30 Hours In Bay

·         ·         5 Cuban migrants rescued from raft 13 miles off Fort Lauderdale

·         ·         Port bomb threat determined a hoax

·         ·         Local Coast Guard officials crack down on polluters

·         ·         Coast Guard heads to St. Mary's

·         ·         Towboats pull in more work

·         ·         Women of war get their due

·         ·         Coast Guard honors rescue swimmer, crew 

·         ·         Man becomes first Cuban-American to command Coast Guard cutter

·         ·         Fleet Week Gaining Momentum

·         ·         Coast Guard Auxiliary and Honolulu Sunset Rotary Donate Life Jackets to Philippine Fishermen

·         ·         This Week in Homeland Security

·         ·         Deepwater News-May

·         ·         More CG News

Coast Guard commandant defends administration commitment to port security

By LAURENCE ARNOLD
Associated Press Writer

June 3, 2003, 4:21 PM EDT

WASHINGTON -- The commandant of the Coast Guard parried lawmakers from both parties who accused the Bush administration Tuesday of moving too slowly to secure the nation's ports against terrorism.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-nj--portsecurity0603jun03,0,6783781.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire

Investigators put pieces together in ship explosion
Early Norway report expected today
BY LISA ARTHUR
larthur@herald.com

In a 50-foot-by-90-foot engine room in the bowels of the SS Norway, investigators sift through a jigsaw puzzle of debris to solve the mystery of the boiler explosion that killed seven crew members -- the highest loss of life onboard a cruise ship operating from the United States in the past 10 years, federal officials say.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/6007731.htm

Coast Guard tape details calls made after oil spill

By Associated Press, 6/6/2003

FALMOUTH -- A tape of emergency calls made after April's oil spill in Buzzards Bay describes the moments after the incident as officials tried to gauge the seriousness of what would become the third-worst spill in the bay's history

http://www.globe.com/dailyglobe2/157/metro/Coast_Guard_tape_details_calls_made_after_oil_spill+.shtml

Skipper's error caused ferry to run aground
Kennicott captain on administrative leave
By MASHA HERBST
JUNEAU EMPIRE © 2003

A captain's error caused the state ferry Kennicott's accident earlier this week, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said Thursday.

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/060603/sta_skippers.shtml

There goes the neighborhood
America's treatment of its oceans is under scrutiny as groups propose ways to renew overtaxed waters.

By Peter N. Spotts | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

Barry Costa-Pierce recalls growing up in the 1950s and '60s "on the other side of the tracks" in southeastern Massachusetts, where rivers ran red with textile-mill waste and emptied into an ocean so seemingly boundless it could easily absorb whatever humans dumped into it.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0605/p11s02-sten.html

Rescuer drowns trying save young girls
NEWPORT -- A 21-year-old man died Thursday after jumping into the ocean to save two young girls who were caught in high tide.

http://www.kptv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1310212

Body Of Missing Boater Found

POSTED: 7:14 a.m. PDT June 5, 2003

UPDATED: 4:34 p.m. PDT June 5, 2003

KIRKLAND, Wash. -- The body of a boater missing since he fell overboard near Kirkland was found Thursday.

http://www.kirotv.com/news/2250771/detail.html

17-year-old missing, presumed drowned

By Scott E. Williams
The Daily News

Published June 05, 2003

GALVESTON — A Houston teen was missing and presumed drowned Wednesday, after tides swept him away from his swimming spot near the San Luis Pass on Tuesday night.
http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?wcd=10549

Six North Florida women spot a raft, call Coast Guard

By Joe Julavits
Morris News Service

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Returning to West Palm Beach from the Bahamas Monday, six North Florida women in a 28-foot powerboat came upon five desperate-looking men waving T-shirts in a makeshift raft.

KODIAK (AP) A Coast Guard rescue swimmer who helped save five commercial fishermen from the Bering Sea has been honored with a medal.

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/060303/ala_060303ala008001.shtml

Man becomes first Cuban-American to command Coast Guard cutter
Associated Press

MIAMI - A U.S. Coast Guard officer with 12 years of service became the first Cuban-American to be given command of a cutter.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/6028562.htm

Fleet Week Gaining Momentum

More ships in the Rose Festival Fleet are now in Portland.

http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=58175

Coast Guard Auxiliary and Honolulu Sunset Rotary Donate Life Jackets to Philippine Fishermen
By Maxine Cavanaugh DSO-PA D-14

HONOLULU--Philippine Consul-General Rolando Gregorio was presented with a life jacket by Edson S. Lott, III, USCG Auxiliary Ambassador to the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary (PCGA).

http://teamcoastguard.org/

This Week in Homeland Security

http://www.homelandsecurity.org/bulletin/current_bulletin.cfm?CFID=733484&CFTOKEN=90077654

Deepwater News-May

http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-a/deepwater/pdf/may03newsletter.pdf

More CG News
http://www.uscg.mil/news/cgnews.shtm

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