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FRIDAY, AUG. 3, 2012
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Canada’s women’s eight rowing team members celebrate their silver medal finish at Eton Dorney during the 2012 Summer Olympics in Dorney, England on Thursday.
Seven Games, medals in five — and in a class of her own COXSWAIN LESLEY THOMPSON-WILLIE EARNS SILVER ON CANADA’S WOMEN’S EIGHTS TEAM match the gold she took home from Barcelona in 1992, it put her in a class of her own as the only Canadian athlete to win a medal in five different Olympics. “Every crew is special but this one, they worked so hard,” said ThompsonWillie, who serves as coxswain on the team. “We went to win and didn’t do it, but sure are enjoying the silver. No regrets, great race,” she added. The result gave Canada a medal for the third consecutive day at the Games,
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LONDON — Lesley Thompson-Willie has seen it all during an Olympic career that spans three decades. Cold War politics denied her a chance to compete in the 1980 Moscow Olympics, but since then the 52-yearold rower has represented Canada in seven Games, winning medals of every colour along the way. And while the silver medal she won Thursday at the London Games as part of the women’s eight crew doesn’t
and a second rowing silver. The men’s eight finished second in its final on Wednesday. Canada sits 11th in the overall medal standings with seven (two silver, five bronze) but is still waiting for its first gold. That wait could end in the next couple of days when some of Canada’s top medal hopefuls — shot putter Dylan Armstrong and the trampoline team — open their competitions. Other top contenders, like cyclists Tara Whitten and Catharine Pendrel, don’t compete until next week.
A November to wish for BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Snow cones were the deal maker. Trey Cooper contemplated rubbing elbows with BMX superstar Brett Banasiewicz or a trip to Disney World. But in the end it was the promise of making snow cones all day with his younger sister, Portia, nine, that sealed the deal. In November, Cooper, 13, and his family will spend a week at Disney’s Hawaii Aulani Resort courtesy of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Northern Alberta Canada. Cooper was one of four Red Deer and area youth who were granted wishes this year. The Make-A-Wish Foundation grants wishes for children with life-threatening medical conditions. When making his wish, the teenager told his father, “If there’s snow cones, I’m in.” Mother Connie Cooper said her son was at his sickest last November and now the month of November will take on new meaning for the family. “It’s just so cool that it is November when we are going,” said Connie Cooper. “This is a whole new memory for November.”
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Canadian athletes have been stronger out of the gate in London than they were four years ago in Beijing when nobody won a medal of any colour until Day 8. The Canadian eight went into Thursday’s final knowing gold was a tall order against a mighty American crew that hadn’t lost in six years. And they were once again bested by their rivals, with the U.S. winning in six minutes 10.59 seconds.
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Regional youth trend continues in Penhold BY JESSICA JONES ADVOCATE STAFF
portunity to be taken through the wish experience with a child. Trey was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma on Sept. 10, 2011.
The second youngest community in Canada, the Town of Penhold, continues to grow. Penhold, about 16 km south of Red Deer, has just released its most recent census. It shows that the population grew by 101 people in one year, to 2,476 people, up from 2,375 in 2011. Much like the Town of Blackfalds, Red Deer’s neighbour to the north, Penhold’s census shows a growing young community. The largest age group, making up 18.1 per cent of the whole population or 447 people, is between the ages of 25 and 34. There are only 308 people living in the town who are over the age of 55.
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Trey Cooper, 13, his mother Connie and the rest of the Copper family are thrilled he’s cancer free and receiving a Make-A-Wish Foundation trip. The family said they are thankful for the support of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, STARS Air Ambulance and Gord Bamford’s Charity Golf Classic, part of the Adopt-A-Wish program, which gives donors the op-
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LAST CHANCES AT THE OLYMPICS
Jim Chatenay may be retired from farming, but he still helps his friend Ron Duffy with his operation east of Blackfalds. A decade ago, the two men had a far different relationship — cellmates in the Lethbridge Correctional Centre. C3
As we settle in for one last week of watching Olympic action, Canada’s athletes prepare for the final push for a top performance.
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