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Christine Sinclair carries the Canadian flag into the Closing Ceremonies of Olympic Games in London on Sunday.

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The Spice Girls perform during the Closing Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, in London.

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Shake the Lake draws thousands

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Shake the Lake solidified once again music and action sports are a good mix.

Thousands flocked to Shake the Lake for the tunes, the thrilling action and the family fun activities.

Organizers say the three-day festival in Sylvan Lake’s recreational hub (48th Street and 48th Avenue) was a smashing success. As of Sunday afternoon, the attendance tally was on track to beat last year’s record of 9,035 festival-goers.

Festival co-ordinator Sean McIntyre said the annual festival featuring bands, skateboarding and BMX-ing started in 2008 because there was a need for a festival for everyone.

There is no charge for admission.

“We have seen festivals in the past that were a little more exclusive nature and with beer gardens,” said McIntyre.

“They will charge a lot of money and not everyone can enjoy them. We wanted to put on something that everybody can enjoy.”

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A small but appreciative audience listens to the Edmonton based band Yes Nice as they perform at the Shake at the Lake Festival in Sylvan Lake on Sunday afternoon.

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Fireworks light up the Olympics Stadium during the Closing Ceremony at the 2012 Olympic Games in London on Sunday.

‘Pop’ go the 2012 Olympic Games BRITAIN CLOSES A ‘HAPPY AND GLORIOUS’ OLYMPICS But the night was about splash more than speech-

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LONDON — With a little British pomp and a lot of British pop, London brought the curtain down on a glorious Olympic Games on Sunday in a spectacular, technicolour pageant of landmarks, lightshows and lots of fun.

The closing ceremony offered a sensory blast including rock ’n’ roll rickshaws, dustbin percussionists, an exploding yellow car and a marching band in red tunics and bearskin hats.

The Spice Girls staged a show-stopping reunion, and Monty Python’s Eric Idle sauntered through Always Look on the Bright Side of Life — accompanied by Roman centurions, Scottish bagpipers and a human cannonball.

It all made for a psychedelic mashup that had 80,000 fans at Olympic Stadium stomping, cheering and singing along. Organizers estimated 300 million or more were watching around the world.

What a way to end a games far more successful than many Londoners expected. Security woes were overcome, and traffic nightmares never materialized. The weather held up, more or less, and British athletes overachieved.

It all came with a price tag of US$14 billion — three times the original estimate. But nobody wanted to spoil the fun with such mundane concerns, at least not on this night.

“We lit the flame, and we lit up the world,” said London organizing committee chief Sebastian Coe. “When our time came, Britain, we did it right.”

International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge declared the Olympics over with praise for the athletes.

“Through your commitment to fair play, your respect for opponents, and your grace in defeat as well as in victory, you have earned the right to be called Olympians,” he said, adding: “These were happy and glorious games.”

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Festive and fast-moving, the ceremony opened with pop bands Madness, Pet Shop Boys and One Direction, a shout-out to Winston Churchill and a tribute to the Union Jack — the floor of Olympic Stadium floor arranged to resemble the British flag.

Monochrome recreations of London landmarks were covered in newsprint, from Big Ben’s clock tower and Tower Bridge to the London Eye ferris wheel and the chubby highrise known as the Gherkin.

Street percussion group Stomp built the noise into a frenzy, and dancers brandished brooms, in a nod to the spontaneous popular movement to clean up London after riots shook neighbourhoods not far from Olympic Stadium just a year ago.

Liam Gallagher performed Wonderwall, a 1990s hit by his former band, Oasis, Muse rocked the house with the hard-edged Olympic anthem Survival, and Queen guitarist Brian May was joined by singer Jessie J for a crowd-pleasing We Will Rock You. The headline performers were each paid a pound, a little more than $1.50.

The night ended with the extinguishing of the multi-petaled Olympic cauldron and a supercharged rendition of My Generation and other classics by The Who that had the crowd dancing in the aisles. Confetti rained down, and fireworks lit up the sky.

Prince William’s wife, Kate, and Prince Harry took seats next to Rogge. They sang along to God Save the Queen. There was no sign of the queen herself.

Following Olympic tradition, the 10,800 athletes of the London Games marched in as one rather than with their nations, symbolizing the harmony and friendship inspired by the games.

As the crowd cheered their heroes and flashbulbs rippled through the stadium, the Olympians cheered back, some carrying national flags, others snapping photographs with smartphones and cameras.

They held hands, embraced and carried each other on their shoulders, finally forming a human mosh pit on the field.

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Soccer star Christine Sinclair, known for her serious, focused demeanour on the pitch, was absolutely beaming as she brought the Canadian flag into Olympic Stadium with the nation’s other flag-bearers.

The rest of the Canadian contingent followed soon after, dressed in denim jackets and khakis. Canada’s outfits received mixed reviews on Twitter, with some planning to purchase their own jackets and others decrying the getup as stereotypical.

“Amazing. Great to walk in all together with many nations and athletes,” said Canadian chef de mission Mark Tewksbury during the ceremony.

“The pageantry of the flags coming into the stadium really made it sink in for me. We are being bombarded with great British pop.”

The ceremony had something for everyone, from tween girls to 1960s hippies. The face of John Lennon appeared on the stadium floor, assembled by 101 fragments of sculpture, and just as quickly gave way to George Michael, Fatboy Slim and Annie Lennox.

Eight minutes were turned over to Brazil, host of the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, which delivered an explosion of samba, sequins and Latin cool. Following tradition, the mayor of London handed the Olympic flag off to his Rio counterpart.

Britons, who had fretted for weeks that the games would become a fiasco, were buoyed by their biggest medal haul since 1908 — 29 golds and 65 medals in all.

The United States edged China in both the gold medal and total medal standings, eclipsing its best performance at an Olympics on foreign soil after the Dream Team narrowly held off Spain in basketball for the country’s 46th gold.

While the games may have lacked some of the grandeur of the Beijing Olympics in 2008, there were more than a few unforgettable moments.

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt became an Olympic legend by repeating as champion in both the 100-metre and 200-metre sprints. Michael Phelps ended his long career as the most decorated Olympian in history.

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MOCK TRAINING EXCERCISE

Crews respond to jet ‘crash’ PART OF MANDATORY DRILL

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF A Boeing 737 crashed just south of the Red Deer Airport late Sunday afternoon.

The plane had reportedly lost radio and visual contact with NAV Canada’s control tower as it made its final approach into the airport runway.

Fifty-one passengers were believed to be on board with a crew of six.

In the mock training exercise, Red Deer Emergency Services crews, the Red Deer Airport staff and other agencies responded as if the simulated activity was legitimate.

The exercises and drills are mandatory for Transport Canada Airport certification and occurs every three years to ensure the agencies and the airport is prepared should disaster strike.

The previous exercise in 2009 involved a hostage situation and relied heavily on police negotiation.

This exercise dealt more with the fire and rescue crews dealing with mass casualties.

Forty Penhold air cadets played the part of the injured from the plane crash.

Ric Henderson, Red Deer County director of emergency management, said the exercises are extremely important because they allow them to test processes that

don’t often get tested in a large-scale drill.

“Firefighters put out fires,” said Henderson.

“Our technical rescue people can do the rest of the stuff.

But it’s a matter of everybody working together and communicating with the RCMP and the airport and Nav Canada in this scenario.”

More than 100 people including firefighters, members of technical rescue team, emergency management and country patrol peace officers tested their skills.

Henderson said the day also allowed the different groups to meet face to face.

“You don’t want to meet people at the scene of something,” said Henderson.

“It’s better to have that relationship beforehand.”

RJ Steenstra, Red Deer Airport chief executive officer, said the exercise helps identify gaps in the response plan.

After the three-hour exercise, they debriefed what worked and what did not work.

Throughout the year, the groups also have “table talk” where the various agencies meet to discuss plans and procedures.

The last extensive coordinated emergency response in Central Alberta was during the 2000 Pine Lake Tornado. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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SHAKE: Growing and free Fast forward to the fifth annual show where 30 bands were featured including Half Chance Heroes, the Classic Crime and Rococode over the three days.

And 240 athletes competed in skateboarding and BMX-ing competitions.

A family fun zone featuring bouncy castles, face painting, mini-golf and other fun activities was hopping with the young and old.

McIntyre credits the growing success of the community festival to the 150 or so volunteers who help each year.

There is no charge and community members donate their time and skills to put on the festival.

Bands must sign a contract agreeing not to preach or

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A Red Deer Search and Rescue technician and a member of the County of Red Deer Fire Department determine that the pilot of a jetliner that ‘crashed’ during a mock disaster is diseased. The mock disaster was held at the Red Deer Airport, bringing together several agencies to hone their disaster management skills.

Royal Canadian Air Cadets training at the airport this summer stood in for the casualties during the scenario.

Below, A Red Deer Search and Rescue technician tends to the ‘injured.’ See related video at reddeeradvocate. com

to swear.

Next year, the organizers hope to move the festival to the downtown core.

“We are looking now to get out of the residential area,” he said.

“These residents have been putting up with our noise for five years. They’ve been really gracious and we’re ready now to get out of their hair and go somewhere else.”

Tom Smith and his wife, Tina, of Red Deer took in two days of concerts during the festival. Smith said it’s really great to have this type of festival that everyone in the family can enjoy.

“We are liking the bands today,” said Smith.

“Our grandchildren like the games. It’s great that this is provided at no cost to families and individuals.”

The festival kicked off on Friday afternoon and wrapped up on Sunday afternoon. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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say the graffiti referenced several ethnic groups, including Caucasians, and also contained obscenities.

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Just contempt for voters?

It was a little-noticed hiring in one of Canada’s political machines — but it’s also a disturbing message that dirty tricks are the sorts of things that might just have become an accepted part of Canadian politics.

Back in February, Adam Carroll was a staffer with the federal Liberals when he started an online campaign to reveal personal family details about Public Safety Minister Vic Toews.

Carroll, under the pseudonym @ Vikileaks30, was caught after tweets about Toews and his divorce were tracked to a House of Commons computer by parliamentary IT staff.

The Liberal staffer was caught redhanded, and it was up to the party leader to fall on a political sword on his behalf.

Carroll resigned from his job and Liberal Leader Bob Rae told the House of Commons he regretted the

staffer’s behaviour.

“I want to offer to the minister my personal apology to him for the conduct of a member of my staff,” Rae said following his House comments, saying he feels matters of private behaviour shouldn’t be fodder for political attacks.

“We did not meet that standard with respect to the establishment of that site by a member of the Liberal research bureau.”

That was all well and good — but it is somewhat undercut by the fact that Carroll spent only about five months outside the Liberal fold before being welcomed back in.

Bad behaviour — even unacceptable behaviour — means a slap on the

wrist before a simple return to business as usual.

To be fair, the Liberals are not alone in counting on Canadians’ short memories: Tory staffers caught in misconduct have also resigned, only to reappear in taxpayer-funded jobs as soon as the political opinion dust settles.

Two notable examples, Kasra Nejatian quit Jason Kenney’s office after using parliamentary letterhead for fundraising purposes, and Ryan Sparrow was turfed from Tory campaign operations for improperly dissing the father of a Canadian veteran.

Both ex-employees resurfaced quickly with the Tories, past indiscretions seemingly forgotten.

You can look at it two ways: you can be charitable and argue that parties that take back miscreants are simply rehabilitating otherwise valuable em-

ployees who made one stupid mistake.

Or else you can take a harder line and say that those same political parties care more about their own insiders than they do about maintaining and fostering ethical behaviour, and that, deep down, their actions speak more to contempt for voters and the length of those voters’ recall.

Unfortunately, the second view is probably the more accurate one.

It’s not acceptable when the Tories do it and it’s not acceptable when the Liberals do it.

Indefensible behaviour, in hockey terms, has become merely a two-minute penalty.

We should expect a game misconduct.

Or a permanent suspension from the game.

An editorial from the St. John’s Telegram.

might have some gas in it.

Oil, gas, and coal are valuable and finite resources. All represent energy from the sun that has been stored through photosynthesis and concentrated over millions of years. We waste a lot of it, especially when we burn it in private automobiles that use only about 15 per cent of the energy to move the car. Because a car typically weighs 10 to 20 times more than the passengers it carries, we’re only getting about one per cent efficiency from the fuel.

Instead of wasting 99 per cent of this complex and useful non-renewable chemical mix, we could use more of it to make everything from bicycle tires and computer keyboards to heart valves and artificial limbs. And surely we can even find more efficient and less polluting ways to use it for fuel.

A rational energy strategy — one that benefits Canadians more than multinational corporations and the repressive regime in China — would recognize the value of our limited resources not just for fuel and products but as a way to generate steady

revenue to help us shift to renewable energy.

What would such a strategy look like? It’s already too late to stop global warming, but we can contribute to making it less severe. That means shifting away from fossil fuels as quickly as possible. Canada would have to reduce its emissions by 80 per cent from 1990 levels by 2050 to do its part to avoid dangerous warming over 2°C. Instead of doubling oilsands production, we need to reduce the energy we get from fossil fuels by more than 70 per cent.

The target is possible if we transform our energy system over the next 40 years, according to the Trottier Energy Futures Project, a joint effort between the David Suzuki Foundation and the Canadian Academy of Engineering. Renewable energy use would have to double. Energy production from non-hydro renewables such as wind, solar, and biomass would have to increase 150 times from today’s levels.

We would also have to make our country 50 per cent more energy efficient.

This could be accomplished by building only net-zero buildings by 2050 and retrofitting existing buildings to the highest efficiency standards.

It would take vision and commitment, including unlocking financing to enable energy efficient retrofits and renewable energy development, training workers to retrofit homes and install local renewable generation, building a flexible electricity grid, and converting refineries to biofuel production from biomass byproducts.

Although the 2007 plan Premier Redford and her fellow leaders hope to build on mentions renewable energy and climate change, it doesn’t offer the bold vision needed to realize the many benefits — and the necessity — of reducing our reliance on fossil fuels. We need a broad and comprehensive strategy. Had Clark embraced and articulated such a vision, she would have been seen as a real leader.

Scientist, author and broadcaster David Suzuki wrote this column with Ian Hanington. Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org.

OTHERVIEW

Fuelling the future requires bold vision WHY A NATIONAL ENERGY STRATEGY MAKES SENSE B.C.’s Christy Clark was right to walk away from a national energy strategy promoted by Alberta’s Alison Redford at a provincial premiers’ meeting in Halifax in late July. She just did it for the wrong reasons.

Clark said she won’t sign on unless B.C. is guaranteed a bigger share of benefits from the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline project. But all DAVID the money in SUZUKI China, Alberta, and Enbridge’s bank accounts won’t be enough to undo the damage from a major leak near one of the thousand waterways the dual pipeline would cross, or from a supertanker spill along the B.C. coast.

B.C.’s premier should have renounced the proposal because it’s focused more on oilsands, pipelines, and markets than on getting Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions under control by shifting from fossil fuel dependency to a more efficient system based on conservation and renewable energy.

Canadians want and need an energy strategy. We need it to combat the ever-increasing damage from global warming, to make better use of our resources, to ensure energy security for all Canadians, to respect the rights of aboriginal people, and to create longterm jobs and economic prosperity.

That calls for a better plan than quickly digging up all our bitumen and coal and selling it to China and fracking the hell out of every piece of ground that

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Innisfail youth out of control It is with utmost disgust and disappointment that I write this letter to you after learning about the damage at the community gardens in Innisfail. The garden my family planted was one of the gardens affected. What is wrong with today’s youth that they have absolutely no respect for other people’s property? Has teaching your children values and respect become so archaic that parents are not bothering to pass these important aspects on to their kids?

Now thanks to the notorious Young Offenders Act, we are not privy to the names of these “precious destructors” but one still asks the question as to how these kids should be punished — if for no other reason but to deter any others from getting ideas to follow the same path.

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ited damage! Several different ideas have been floating around our house, such as making them roam the ditches to pick bottles for the rest of the summer and have the monies donated to a charity of choice by those affected by their actions. Or better yet, maybe they should have to weed and water the entire garden spot every weekend until harvest time. Maybe then they would have some appreciation as to the amount of hard work that goes into growing a garden.

But alas, as usual in this town, nothing will probably happen to them and it will be swept under the carpet. Life will go on.

The actions of these youth have brought to mind a few questions.

1. Where are the parents? If my child was involved in such an act, besides being thoroughly embarrassed, I would be at the head of the line apologizing to those affected and working with them to agree on a suitable punishment.

2. It brings me back to the civic election where the possibility of imposing a curfew was suggested.

Counsellors stated that they did not want to impose a curfew but instead wanted to start programs for

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youth, to encourage them to become part of the community instead of destroying it. Well — where are these so called programs? If they have been incorporated, THEY ARE NOT WORKING! This is the worst town I have ever lived in for youth crime.

For the first time in our lives we have had to fence our property and install security cameras to deter theft and destruction!

People of Innisfail, if you are having the same troubles then it is time to make our voice heard.

Maybe it is time for a curfew to be implemented for everyone under 18 years of age, unless of course someone can come up with a legit reason as to why children 13 to 16 years old should be roaming the streets at 1 a.m. or later?

I also believe it’s time for parents to start being responsible for the actions of their children.

If you don’t want to take the necessary steps to teach your children values, not to mention know where they are at night, then it is time you start being monetarily responsible for their actions.

Leanne Fisher Innisfail

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Carrie Drake, naturalist interpreter at the Museum of Natural History, carries Gus, the resident gopher tortoise, as he celebrates his 90th birthday at the museum in Halifax on Sunday.

N.S. tortoise celebrates 90th birthday HALIFAX — Gus the tortoise celebrated his 90th birthday Sunday with almost 1,000 people at the Museum of Nature in Halifax.

Museum staff believe Gus, who is barely bigger than a kitten, is the oldest gopher turtle in the world.

They estimate he hatched sometime between 1920 and 1925.

His guests were treated to birthday cake and lemonade, but Gus himself dined on organic blueberries and strawberries.

The fruit was a “special treat” for the almost-century-old tortoise.

Jeff Gray, the museum’s curator of marketing and communications, said Gus usually sticks to a balanced diet of lettuce, berries and bananas.

Gus spent a large part of his birthday in his habitat at the museum, but he came out for a round of birthday wishes.

Children sang happy birthday and drew hearts and well wishes on his birthday card, but the real celebration came when Gus went for an afternoon walk.

It Gus’s opportunity to interact with his guests, something Gray said the tortoise loves to do.

“He really does love people... he’s a little slow in the morning getting up but once he gets going by mid-afternoon he seems to really interact well with visitors,” Gray said.

Gus didn’t seem too motivated to walk around, preferring instead to sit and watch his birthday festivities.

But he was treated to lots of inquisitive pats from his younger guests.

Post-Olympic hunger event in London

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — If the race to end hunger was an Olympic event, it would be a marathon, not a sprint.

British Prime Minister David Cameron is hoping global leaders will take up the torch, and work to improve nutrition among the world’s poorest children by the next Summer Games in 2016.

Cameron and Brazil’s vice president, Michel Temer, will host a Global Hunger Event today in London, in the hopes of finding new ways to tackle malnutrition. A delegation from the Canadian International Development Agency, CIDA, is attending the event.

Almost one in three of the world’s poorest chil-

dren cannot reach their full potential due to malnutrition. And nearly three million children die every year from a lack of proper food.

Organizers of the Global Hunger Event, held on the final day of the 2012 London Olympics, hope to inspire a generation of young people to take up the cause of fighting hunger, just as the Olympics inspires young athletes to excel in sports.

But world leaders attending the event must do more than talk, says aid agency World Vision.

And Canada can lead the way, says the agency’s Elly Vandenberg.

“Canada is a global leader for child and maternal health and nutrition,” says Vandenberg, World Vision Canada’s senior director of policy and advocacy.

Critic of orphaned bear cub policy waits as cubs evade capture

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LAC DU BONNET, Man. — Conservation officers in Manitoba are playing a waiting game at the side of a busy highway with two orphaned black bear cubs that were last seen peeking out from the bushes hoping to find their dead mother.

Traps were set near Highway 313 northwest of Winnipeg near the community of Lac du Bonnet on Saturday night after a motorist spotted the cubs beside the body of their mother earlier in the day. By Sunday afternoon the traps were still empty.

But also waiting on the highway is a woman who launched an online petition against the conservation department’s controversial decision earlier this year to release another orphaned cub, called Makoon, into the bush to fend for itself.

Judy Stearns said she’s been sitting on the highway about 130 metres away from the traps, partly because she’s worried the cubs might wander onto the busy thoroughfare, but also because she believes the orphans will be transferred and released once they’re trapped.

And she says that’s not safe.

“They’ll be calling and crying for their mother and that will attract a predator,” says Stearns, speaking by cellphone from Lac du Bonnet on Sunday.

Manitoba Conservation issued a news release Saturday night stating that efforts to remove the bears to a more appropriate area would continue.

“Generally speaking, cubs born in the spring have by now progressed to a stage of development where they are capable of foraging for food,” the release explained.

It also asked people to stay out of the area as crowds could scare the cubs and further endanger them.

Cathie Mieyette, who was returning to Winnipeg from her cottage at Lac du

Bonnet on Saturday and was the first to stop at the scene, said the mother bear appeared to have been hit by a car and was lying belly-up on the shoulder of the road. She immediately pulled over and said one of the cubs was on top of the dead mother, screaming, and the other was beside it, nuzzling the lifeless body.

“We have cocker spaniels and they were the size of our cocker spaniels.

They’re weren’t big at all. They were maybe about 28 pounds. I’m told by people looking at the pictures that the cubs are six months old,” said Mieyette.

“I guess because she was dead and they couldn’t move her they were in panic mode.”

Mieyette said the cubs began running back and forth on the busy highway. She and some other motorists who pulled over then tried to keep the cubs away from their mother and corralled them in a nearby marsh for their own safety.

The province said the bears were healthy and large for their age and had plenty of food sources in the area to help them survive. Animal advocates said the cubs shouldn’t have been released until next year, when they’d be older. The Winnipeg Humane Society called the move a “death sentence” for the cubs.

Mieyette said the RCMP were called to the scene on Saturday and that someone else eventually notified wildlife officers. The mother’s body was removed and the little cubs peeked out from the woods, she said, but they couldn’t be captured. Bear traps were set and the officers left for the night.

Mieyette said no one has seen the cubs since Saturday afternoon.

“It looked at a boy and a girl because one was really tiny. And the little boy, it was like he was staying watch over his mum because he was peeking through the bushes.”

She said she has already started calling the one she believes to be the female “Mica” and the male “Coal.”

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The health gap between low-income Canadians and those with higher salaries is growing larger, a Canadian Medical Association report suggests.

A survey conducted for the association by Ipsos Reid found that 68 per cent of people with salaries of $60,000 or more reported that their health is excellent or very good, compared with only 39 per cent of people who earn less than $30,000 reporting the same.

That’s a gap of 29 percentage points, but the CMA is sounding the alarm about how much greater that disparity has become since a 2009 survey, when the difference was 17.

“Things are getting worse, not better,” CMA president Dr. John Haggie said from Yellowknife, where the association is holding its annual meeting.

The pattern is seen across several health indicators.

People in the higher income bracket reported fewer overweight children, smoking less, eating more vegetables, sleeping more and exercising more.

The key to reversing the troubling trend lies in all areas of social policy, Haggie suggested.

“I think there’s an opportunity here to say, ‘Well, these are issues that are impacting Canadians’ health. They aren’t specifically necessarily pure health care delivery issues,”’ he said.

“Perhaps (we could) adopt as a country a point of view of using a health impact analysis or health impact assessment for any social policy proposal and say,

‘Well, is this going to make things better?”’

In 2009 there was no difference between how many higher- and lowerincome Canadians reported using health services in the past month.

But this year 59 per cent of lower-income respondents said they had last accessed health care less than a month ago — 16 percentage points more than people in the higher-income bracket.

Despite the marked disparity between the self-reported health of people in the different socioeconomic groups, the survey respondents didn’t see those factors as being very important determinants of health.

When asked to rate what factors have the most impact on a person’s health, the top three responses were tobacco use, access to health care and diet and nutrition.

Employment status, education level and income level are far down the list, with just about a quarter of the people surveyed ranking those factors as having a “great impact.”

Haggie said he hopes the results of the survey will spur governments to incorporate health into all facets of planning.

“You need to look at social policy with that lens when you’re writing it rather than find out afterwards about unintended consequences,” he said.

“Social policy in general nearly always has some kind of impact on health and at the moment those impacts have been left to chance.”

Ipsos polled 1,200 Canadians between July 25 and 30 and in a telephone survey with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 percentage points.

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Deadly earthquakes hit Iran OVER 250 KILLED

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TEHRAN, Iran — Residents of the zone in northwestern Iran hit by powerful twin earthquakes described moments of terror and panic with birds crowing loudly in warning seconds before the ground shook.

As the death toll rose Sunday to more than 250 with entire villages levelled, rescuers called off searches for survivors and turned their attention to caring for the 16,000 people left homeless.

At least 20 villages were totally destroyed in the quakes on Saturday that were followed by some 36 aftershocks, state television reported.

Ahmad Reza Shajiei, a senior government official in charge of rescue operations, said more than 5,000 tents have been set up to shelter the thousands of displaced who spent the night outdoors.

“The moment the earthquake hit, it was like a snake biting from underground. It was the worst experience of my life,” said resident Morteza Javid, 47, from Ahar.

“The walls were shaking and moving from side to side. It took about a minute before I could run out of the house,” he said.

“Seconds before the earthquake, crows were making a lot of noise, but I didn’t understand why. It was only after the quake that I learned the crows were warning us.” Javid said he drove more than a dozen injured people to hospitals during the night.

State television said at least 250 died. The semiofficial Mehr news agency quoted a local official who put the toll at 277. State TV said 44,000 food packages and thousands of blankets have been distributed in the stricken area.

In Washington, the White House press secretary sent a message of sympathy for the victims.

“Our thoughts are with the families of those who were lost, and we wish the wounded a speedy recovery,” it said.“ We stand ready to offer assistance in this difficult time.”

The U.S. and Iran are locked in a bitter fight over Tehran’s disputed nuclear program, which the West suspect is aimed at producing weapons. Iran denies the allegation.

The UN also issued a message of

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A female victim of Saturday’s earthquake makes her way on the ruins of buildings in a village near the city of Varzaqan in northwestern Iran, Sunday. Twin earthquakes in Iran have killed at least 250 people and injured over 2,000, Iranian state television said on Sunday. sympathy and offered aid.

The U.S. Geological Survey reported that Saturday’s first quake was magnitude 6.4 and struck 60 kilometres (35 miles) northeast of the city of Tabriz at a depth of 9.9 kilometres (6.2 miles).

State TV quoted local Crisis Committee chief Khalil Saei as saying the epicentre was a region between the towns of Ahar and Haris, about 600 kilometres (350 miles) northwest of the capital Tehran.

The second quake was a magnitude 6.3 and struck 11 minutes later, the USGS reported.

Its epicentre was 50 kilometres (30 miles) northeast of Tabriz at a depth of 9.8 kilometres (6.1 miles).

The quakes hit the towns of Ahar,

Haris and Varzaqan in East Azerbaijan province, state television reported.

In addition to 20 villages destroyed, more than 130 others sustained heavy damage, state TV said.

The aftershocks were felt in a wide region near the Caspian Sea, causing panic among the people.

Iran is located on seismic fault lines and is prone to earthquakes. It experiences at least one earthquake every day on average, although most are so small they go unnoticed. In 2003, some 26,000 people were killed by a magnitude 6.6 quake that flattened the historic southeastern city of Bam. Television showed images of people being evacuated on stretchers, while others were treated for broken limbs

and concussions.

Dozens of families were sleeping on blankets laid out on the ground in parks. Some were crying, and others shivered from the cold in the mountainous region hit by the quake, near the border with Azerbaijan.

More than 1,100 rescuers worked through the night to pull out those trapped under rubble and to reach some of the more remote villages affected. Some 15 dogs were brought in to search for survivors.

By afternoon, state television reported that search operations had ceased.

The government’s attention shifted to providing shelter to the homeless and removing debris from the buildings destroyed.

Egypt’s president moves to seize back powers from military CAIRO, Egypt — Egypt’s Islamist president ordered the retirement of the defence minister and chief of staff on Sunday and made the boldest move so far to seize back powers that the military stripped from his office right before he took over.

Mohammed Morsi has been locked in a power struggle with the military since he took office on June 30. But after militants killed 16 Egyptian soldiers a week ago at a border post with Israel in Sinai, he has sought more aggressively to assert his authority over the top generals.

He fired the nation’s intelligence chief a few days ago and made two highly publicized visits to Sinai in the company of top commanders.

He also chaired several meetings with the military brass and made a point of calling himself the supreme commander of the armed forces in televised speeches.

It was not immediately clear whether Morsi’s surprise decisions had the military’s blessing. But the appointment of outgoing Defence Minister Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi and Chief of Staff Gen. Sami Annan as presidential advisers and awarding them some of the nation’s highest honours suggested they may have agreed, perhaps grudgingly, in advance.

Egypt’s official Middle East News Agency, quoting an unnamed military official in a brief report, said late Sunday that Morsi’s moves were “deliberated and co-ordinated” in advance.

It said there were no “negative reactions” from within the military.

A few hours after the decisions were announced, Morsi called on Egyptians to rally behind him in the face of the nation’s many challenges.

“Today’s decisions are not directed at certain persons or meant to embarrass certain institutions. ... I only had in mind the interest of this nation and its people,” he said in a televised speech.

“I want (the armed forces) to dedicate themselves to a mission that is holy to all of us and that is the defence of the nation.”

After nightfall, thousands of jubilant Morsi supporters celebrated in Tahrir Square, birthplace of the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak 18 months ago. Another crowd of supporters formed outside the presidential palace in Cairo’s suburb of Heliopolis.

Adding to the sweeping changes in the military leadership, Morsi also ordered the retirement of the commanders of the navy, air defence and air force, but named two of them to senior positions.

He appointed a senior judge, Mahmoud Mekki, as vice-president. Mekki is a pro-reform judge who publicly spoke against election fraud during Mubarak’s 29-year rule.

If Morsi’s decisions go unchallenged, it could mean the end of six decades of de facto military rule since army officers seized power in a coup in 1952.

But removing Tantawi and Annan does not necessarily mean that the military, Egypt’s most powerful institution, has been defeated or that it would give up decades of perks and prestige without a fight.

Egypt’s first civilian president acted at a moment when the military was humiliated over a major security failure in Sinai, the deadliest internal attack on soldiers in modern history.

Several days before the killings, Israel warned that an attack was imminent. The intelligence chief was sacked after it emerged in Egyptian media that he knew of the Israeli warning but did not act.

Sinai has been plunged into lawlessness and the

rest of the country has seen a sharp deterioration in security while the military ruled.

Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood, a fundamentalist Islamist group, won both parliamentary and presidential elections in the first free and fair votes in Egypt’s modern history. The group had been repressed under Mubarak, who ran a secular state.

The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), which ruled Egypt for 17 months after Mubarak was forced out, stripped the presidency of many of its key powers before it handed the office to Morsi.

Tantawi was the head (SCAF) and Annan was No. 2 on the ruling council.

The two men appointed to replace them were also members of the SCAF — something that could indicate either the military’s agreement to the shuffle or splits at the highest level of the armed forces. Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi replaced Tantawi and Lt. Gen. Sidki Sayed Ahmed replaced Annan. They were sworn in shortly after the announcement.

Days before the inauguration, the ruling generals decreed constitutional amendments that gave them the power to legislate after the military dissolved

parliament, as well as control over the national budget. It also gave them control over the process of drafting a new constitution.

With Sunday’s moves, Morsi restored to his office the powers taken from him, seizing back sole control of the constitution drafting process and the right to issue laws.

He decided that if the 100-member panel currently drafting the document did not finish its work for whatever reason, he will appoint a new one within 15 days and give it three weeks to finish its work. The draft will then be put to a vote in a national referendum within 30 days. Parliamentary elections will follow if the draft is adopted.

“There was a duality of power,” said Saad Emara, a senior Muslim Brotherhood member. “This had to be settled in favour of one authority. The boat with two captains sinks.”

Omar Ashour, a visiting Scholar at the Brookings Doha Center who has interviewed SCAF members over the past year, said Morsi’s decisions were negotiated with several of the generals who sat on the military council.

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Canada finishes with 18 CANADA FALLS BELOW GOAL OF TOP 12 IN MEDAL STANDINGS, EQUALS OUTPUT OF BEIJING TARYN BAUMGARDT

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PLAYING FOR HER COUNTRY Innisfail’s Taryn Baumgardt has broken the international barrier. Hockey Canada announced Sunday that Baumgardt is one of 22 players named to Canadian national women’s under-18 hockey team for a three-game series against the United States U18 squad Thursday to Sunday at Blaine, Minn. The team was selected following a nine-day camp which concluded Saturday in Calgary.

Hockey Canada scouts, along with the national U18 team coaching staff, will continue to evaluate the players with their club teams this season in preparation for selecting the Canadian contingent that will compete at the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship in Vierumäki, Finland, next January.

Baumgardt, a defenceman, played with the female major midget Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs the past two seasons and is expected to suit up for a third season this fall.

LONDON — In the end, Canada fell just short of its goal at the London Olympics.

With no medals on Sunday’s last day of competition, Canada slipped to 13th on the medal table with 18 — one gold, five silver and 12 bronze.

The Canadian Olympic Committee had targeted a top-12 finish in overall standings but Ukraine won a pair of medals Sunday to finish with 20 and knock Canada out of a tie for 12th.

Canada’s 18 medals equals its output from the 2008 Beijing Olympics, though Canadian athletes brought home more gold and silver four years ago.

Early on, it looked like Canada was on pace to reach its goal.

Divers Jennifer Abel and Emilie Heymans won bronze on the second day of competition, and Canada had 10 medals at the halfway point. There were no medals for Canada until Day 8 in Beijing.

But while Canada enjoyed some surprise medal performances from weightlifter Christine Girard, judoka Antoine Valois-Fortier and high jumper Derek Drouin, favourites like shot putter Dylan Armstrong, mountain biker Catharine Pendrel and boxer Mary Spencer failed to deliver.

“We were 14th in Beijing and we really want to improve in each Games,” COC president Marcel Aubut said. “Two ranks is a lot. Many specialists compare that to the effort to finish first in winter for us. That gives you an idea how demanding it is.”

While 18 medals is an acceptable showing, Canada failed to win at least three gold since finishing with none as host of the

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Livan Lopez Azcuy of Cuba competes with Haislan Veranes Garcia of Canada (in blue) during their 66-kg freestyle wrestling match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday.

1976 Montreal Games and boycotting the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

Rosie MacLennan’s trampoline gold midway through the Games was the only time Canadians topped the podium in London.

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Wednesday

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● Minor soccer tier 2 provincials: U18 boys/ girls at Edgar Park; U12 boys/girls at Morrisroe.

Saturday

● Minor soccer tier 2 provincials: U18 boys/ girls at Edgar Park; U12 boys/girls at Morrisroe.

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● Senior men’s baseball: North Star Sports at Lacombe, 6:30 p.m.; Gary Moe Volkswagen at The Hideout Rays, 6:30 p.m., Great Chief Park 1.

“We’re not a team that’s like ’Gee I’m going to go for third because I don’t want first.’ Everybody wants to win,” Canadian chef de mission Mark Tewksbury said.

“It’s not like a shame if you get a silver and I think that’s re-

ally important.

“I ran into one of the rowers today and he said ’I really learned how to love a silver and see how precious that is.’

If it’s all or nothing, sometimes that’s a pretty brutal way to go through life.”

Canada was not without it’s poignant moments, even in defeat. Christine Sinclair’s hat trick in the women’s soccer team’s brave 4-3 semifinal loss to the favoured U.S. captured the country’s imagination. The Canadians went on to win a historic bronze with a 1-0 win over France.

And while Canada’s 4x100 relay team was disqualified for a lane violation after appearing to win bronze on the penultimate day of these Olympics, the fact they put up a time bettered only by the Jamaicans and Americans is surely a positive sign for the nations formerly moribund track team.

“For the past two weeks, my family and I have watched and cheered — along with the rest of the country — for our outstanding Canadian athletes competing in the London Olympic Games,” Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a statement.

“I can speak for all Canadians in saying that our athletes represented our country with grace and humility.”

Regardless of their success in their events, Canadian athletes seemed uniformly impressed with London as a host city.

“It’s been perfect,” said Sinclair, who was named Canada’s flag-bearer for the closing ceremony.

“No issues, the people are so friendly, everything has been so organized. It’s been tremendous.”

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Right down to his red shirt, Rory McIlroy looked every bit the part of golf’s next star in another command performance at the PGA Championship.

McIlroy validated his record-setting U.S. Open win last year by blowing away the field Sunday at Kiawah Island. One last birdie from 25 feet on the 18th hole gave him a 6-under 66 for an eight-shot victory, breaking the PGA Championship record for margin of victory that Jack Nicklaus set in 1980.

The 23-year-old from Northern Ireland returned to No. 1 in the world, and he became the youngest player since Seve Ballesteros to win two majors. Tiger Woods was about four months older than McIlroy when he won his second major.

Just like the U.S. Open, this one was never seriously in doubt.

McIlroy seized control with back-to-back birdies Sunday morning to complete the storm-delayed third round with a 67 and build a three-shot lead. No one got closer than two shots the rest of the way, and McIlroy closed out a remarkable week by playing bogey-free over the final 23 holes of a demanding Ocean Course.

David Lynn, a 38-year-old from England who was playing in America for the first time, won the B-flight. He closed with a 68 and was the runner-up.

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Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland reacts to his victory after a birdie putt on the 18th green during the final round of the PGA Championship golf tournament on the Ocean Course of the Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island, S.C., Sunday.

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Team Alberta 5 Merchants 4 INNISFAIL — Team Alberta did everything right and in the end it earned them gold at the Western Canadian Junior AAA Baseball Championships.

The Alberta squad, which was made up of 18 and 19 year-old players out of the Alberta Midget Baseball League, needed an extra inning before edging the host Innisfail Merchants 5-4 in the final Sunday afternoon.

Team Alberta posted a 5-0 record in the roundrobin to go into the final as the host team.

“To go 6-0 during a weekend is pretty good for any team,” said Alberta’s Rob Boik, who was co-manager with Mike Johnson.

“We had a great group of kids and we got off to a good start and got on a roll. It also helped that the guys were in mid season form. They were coming off the provincials and were ready to play. We didn’t have much opportunity to practice, but we didn’t really need it.”

The Merchants finished with a 3-2 record and a tie with the St. Boniface Legionaires for second place. But a 2-0 win b over the Legionaires gave the Merchants the edge.

The Merchants also got a break when the Legionaires downed the Carillon Sultans 3-1 Sunday morning. It eliminated the Sultans, 2-3, who held the edge on the Merchants.

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Dream team takes Olympic gold

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — A rocking night of performances by Annie Lennox, Eric Idle, George Michael and others inside the Olympic Stadium on Sunday marked a triumphant end to the London Games, where the United States topped the medals chart and host country Britain surpassed expectations.

The last American gold of the Olympics did not come easily, as a U.S. basketball team that included Lebron James and Kobe Bryant at one point were behind Spain on the final afternoon of Olympic sport.

The U.S. basketball gold was the Americans’ last of 46, for a total of 104. That put them well ahead of no. 2 China, which won 87 medals, including 38 golds.

Britain won 29 golds, third-most of any nation, and 65 medals overall — good for fourth in that category behind Russia, a winner of 82 medals, 24 of them gold.

The games ended with a huge party in the main stadium that began with a shout-out to Winston Churchill and a celebration of the Union Jack. It including rock ’n’ roll rickshaws, dustbin percussionists, an exploding yellow car and a marching band in red tunics.

The show, put together by artistic director Kim Gavin, also featured a parade of the 10,800 athletes, who marched in as one, rather than with their nations, symbolizing the harmony and friendship inspired by the games. The crowd cheered and the Olympians gave it right back, waving flags and arms.

On the basketball court, The U.S. was ahead just 97-91 when James dunked and then hit a three-pointer to allow the Americans to pull away for a 107-100 win in a replay of the 2008 final at the Beijing Games.

Bryant scored 17 points.

In the final minute, U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski, in his final international game, took out his top stars who came to London determined to keep American basketball on top. When the final horn sounded, Krzyzewski locked James in a tight embrace as Bruce Springsteen’s Born In The USA rocked the arena.

“We knew it wasn’t going to be easy. We didn’t want it easy,” James said. “A lot of teams have won gold easy. We didn’t want it that way. We’re a competitive team and we love when it gets tight. That’s when our will and determination kind of shows.”

In the bronze final, Alexei Shved scored 25 points — 13 in the fourth quarter — and Russia won its first Olympic medal in basketball, 81-77 over Argentina.

Earlier, in the first of 15 gold medals presented on the final day of the games, it was the marathoners who got to see London at its best. Under sunny skies for the fifth day in a row, the runners left from The Mall near Buckingham Palace and took a route along the River Thames past the Tower of London and circled close to Big Ben. At the end of their 42-kilometre tourist jaunt, it was Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda who crossed the finish line first in a time of two hours eight minutes one second. Abel Kirui of Kenya was second, 26 seconds behind, while another Kenyan, Wilson Kipsang took the bronze.

“People didn’t expect Uganda. They thought Ke-

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The United States’ Kobe Bryant jumps to score during the men’s gold medal basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Sunday. nya, Ethiopia,” Kiprotich said. “Being unknown, now I’m known.”

The Kenyan team was running in memory of their countryman Sammy Wanjiru, who four years ago in Beijing captured the country’s first Olympic marathon gold. But he died last year after a fall from a second-floor balcony during a domestic dispute.

“That is very challenging for us,” Kenyan runner Emmanual Mutai had said ahead of the race and the difficulty of trying to win for Wanjiru.

At Hadleigh east of London, world champion Jaroslav Kulhavy of Czech Republic won a two-man sprint to claim the men’s mountain bike gold medal.

Kulhavy made the most of a final steep ascent on the technical circuit in the English countryside to move ahead of Nino Schurter of Switzerland and then sprinted to the line.

Schurter claimed the silver medal and Italian Marco Aurelio Fontana of Italy took bronze.

In men’s boxing finals, flyweight Robeisy Ramirez won Cuba’s second boxing gold medal of the games, capping a stellar run through the tournament with

a 17-14 victory over Mongolia’s Tugstsogt Nyambayar. Vasyl Lomachenko of Ukraine won his second consecutive gold, completing his domination of the London lightweights with a 19-9 victory over South Korea’s Han Soon-chul.

Serik Sapiyev of Kazakhstan won gold in the welterweight division, overcoming Britain’s Freddie Evans 17-9, while Egor Mekhontsev of Russia won the light heavyweight title on a countback tiebreaker over Kazakhstan’s Adilbek. The fighters finished level at 15 points apiece, and the tiebreaker — which evaluates larger parts of the judges’ total scores — also was level. The five judges then voted for their choice, and Mekhontsev claimed Russia’s only boxing gold in London.

British boxer Anthony Joshua won the super heavyweight gold in similar fashion, rallying from a third-round deficit to beat defending champion Roberto Cammarelle of Italy in another tiebreaker.

It was Britain’s 29th gold medal of the games, leaving the hosts third behind the leading U.S. total of 46 and China’s 38.

Boyd released by Argos, Eskimos snap him up

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Leading the CFL in rushing wasn’t enough to save Cory Boyd’s job with the Toronto Argonauts.

The Argos made the shocking announcement Sunday that they had released the third-year tailback. Sophomore Chad Kackert, who has spent most of the season on the practice roster as Boyd’s backup, replaces him in the starting lineup.

A few hours later, Boyd came to terms with the Edmonton Eskimos.

That’s curious, considering Eskimos tailback Hugh Charles is fifth overall in CFL rushing with 400 yards.

What made the Argos’ decision so stunning was the six-foot-one, 209-pound Boyd had run for a leaguehigh 447 yards this season and averaged a solid 5.5-yards per carry. He was on pace to end the year with over 1,300 yards.

But after rushing for 168 yards and a TD in a 36-27 loss to Hamilton on July 14, the 27-year-old Boyd had run for 130 yards combined over his last three contests, including just 23 yards on eight carries in Toronto’s 18-9 home loss to B.C. on Aug. 6.

“Numbers are going to mislead you from time to time,” Argos first-year head coach Scott Milanovich said.

“Cory certainly did a lot of good things this year and you can argue the fact he is leading the league in rushing but there’s more to playing tailback than the numbers.

“You can read between the lines.

The bottom line is we felt like we needed to get more production there and whether than happens or not remains to be seen but we’re moving ahead.

Chad is going to have a great opportunity to do that and we’ll see what he can do with his opportunity.”

With Boyd firmly entrenched in the starting lineup, the five-foot-nine, 198-pound Kackert had just two carries for minus-3 yards in 2012. But he did rush for 349 yards (6.1-yard average) and four TDs while adding four catches for 58 yards and a touchdown in spot duty last year. But he also had three fumbles.

Milanovich said the Argos are planning to sign another running back.

The Argos (3-3) are tied with Hamilton and Montreal atop the East Division standings and return to action Saturday in Calgary. While Toronto is showing signs of marked improvement — the club missed the CFL playoffs last year with a 6-12 record — Milanovich, who won two Grey Cups as Montreal’s offensive co-ordinator before joining the Double Blue, has much loftier goals than a .500 record.

“Three-and-three, while some people are pleased with that we’re not and we understand we have to get better to go where we want to get in November,” Milanovich said. “Sometimes you have to something that maybe is a bit unpopular but I think the fans in the city will recognize in the long run we’re doing what’s best for the Argos.

“Chad is a dynamic player. That’s not to say Cory wasn’t but sometimes you just have to do things like this to

take a step forward.”

Boyd had established himself as one of the CFL’s top runners, finishing second overall in rushing the last two seasons. But Toronto’s offensive emphasis this season had gone more towards the passing game under Milanovich — himself a former NFL and CFL quarterback — and veteran passer Ricky Ray, acquired in a huge off-season deal with the Eskimos.

While Boyd was a definite asset in the rushing game he didn’t exactly flourish as a receiver with 23 catches for just 70 yards. And staying in to pass block and provide protection for Ray wasn’t necessarily Boyd’s forte.

However after six weeks, Toronto’s offence isn’t exactly striking fear in the hearts of rival defensive co-ordinators.

The Argos are ranked fourth overall in passing, fifth in total yards and sixth in rushing despite leading the CFL in time of possession.

All of which, Milanovich said, could mean further changes in Argosland.

“There are a number of issues offensively that need to be addressed and this was just one of them,” Milanovich said. “We need to get tougher offensively, we need to get more physical and that may be the No. 1 thing we need to address as a unit.

“Today was Cory and Chad. We’ll see how it goes down the line for everybody else.”

Still, the decision to let Boyd was indeed a stunner and one that caught Boyd by surprise.

“Man, my Life just took a huge 360 turn....Bless up to God,” Boyd tweeted

afterwards.

Boyd wasn’t alone.

“Wow speechless,” tweeted Calgary Stampeders offensive tackle Edwin Harrison.

“Really???” former Saskatchewan receiver Matt Dominguez said on his Twitter account.

Tweeted Hamilton tailback Avon Cobourne, who was released by the Ticats in the off-season before rejoining the CFL club in June: “Nobody safe.. now Toronto just cut the leagues leading rusher... Guess the RB position means nothing anymore..”

But the recently retired Rob Murphy, a former Argos offensive lineman and teammate of Boyd’s, wasn’t nearly as conciliatory.

“My thoughts on Cory Boyd? He was a fraud who fooled the media for 2yrs Good player when healthy but not a good teammate Media just ate it up,” Murphy tweeted.

Milt Stegall, a former all-star slotback now a football commentator with TSN, felt there were non-football reasons for Boyd’s release.

“Cory Boyd was not let go for reasons pertaining to football,” Stegall tweeted. “There is something else to this story. He’s leading the league in rushing.”

Barrin Simpson, a former CFL linebacker with Saskatchewan and Winnipeg, said Boyd would be a solid fit with the Blue Bombers (1-5), who are currently last in the East Division.

“A little shocked at the releasing of Corey Boyd smh,” he tweeted. “But I do understand fitting into a system.

Djokovic wins second consecutive Rogers Cup

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Novak Djokovic of Serbia kisses the trophy after winning the 2012 Rogers Cup in Toronto on Sunday.

TORONTO — A week removed from a crushing loss at the London Games, Novak Djokovic found some redemption at the Rogers Cup. The top-seed Serbian won his second straight title at the men’s tournament and third overall with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Richard Gasquet of France on Sunday night. It’s his first trophy since winning in Miami four months ago and comes on the heels of a tough bronze medal loss at the Olympics to Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina.

“The losses I had in the Olympic Games gave me even more desire to come here and perform my best and try to win a title,” said Djokovic. “I am very happy to be in this position. I truly did not expect to win this tournament after the emotional losses in Olympic games. I really took it hard and tried to bounce back and recover. And I’ve done great, I have to say.”

The victory came under clear skies at Rexall Centre after a week of frustrating rain disruptions. Djokovic, among other players, was forced to play twice on Friday and had his semifinal against countryman Janko Tipsarevic delayed twice and pushed into late Saturday night.

“The rain delay and interruptions weren’t making my life easy that’s for sure,” said Djokovic.

His patience was tested, and he went as far as to suggest Rogers Cup organizers consider some kind of cover for the stadium court. However, in the likely scenario they don’t listen, it won’t deter Djokovic from returning to defend his title.

“Yeah sure I will be coming back definitely,” he

said. “That was just a suggestion from a player’s perspective considering the last couple of days.”

Despite the win, he will remain ranked second in the world behind Roger Federer, who pulled out the tournament because of a scheduling crunch with the Olympics.

Gasquet, the 14th seed at the tournament, was making his first Masters 1000 finals appearance since losing to Federer here in 2006. He’s now lost to Djokovic in seven of their last eight meetings.

“It was a long time since I play a final at this kind of tournament,” said Gasquet. “It’s tough when you have Djokovic in front of you and are not playing your best tennis.

“It’s very difficult. He played much better than me for sure.”

The 26-year-old Gasquet had little margin for error against Djokovic and mental mistakes cost him.

Gasquet had two unforced errors in the next game as Djokovic finished off the set with a blistering ace that surely impressed Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who was sitting just behind him in the first row.

American brothers Bob and Mike Bryan, fresh off their Olympic gold medal, won the doubles title with a 6-1, 4-6 (12-10) victory over Spanish eighth-seeds Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez. It’s the fourth Rogers Cup title for the No. 2-ranked pair, and it came without having to face local favourite Daniel Nestor and Belarusian partner Max Mirnyi.

Nestor and Mirnyi, ranked No. 1 in the world, crashed out in the quarter-finals with a loss to Granollers and Lopez. Despite the loss, Nestor and Mirnyi became the first team to qualify for the yearend ATP championship in London.

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Monday, Aug. 13, 2012

Baseball

Olympics AdGonzalez, Boston, 80; Encarnacion, Toronto, 79; ADunn, Chicago, 76; Pujols, Los Angeles, 76; Teixeira, New York, 76.

HITS — Jeter, New York, 153; MiCabrera, Detroit, 147; Cano, New York, 141; AdGonzalez, Boston, 138; AdJones, Baltimore, 136; AGordon, Kansas City, 135; Rios, Chicago, 135.

DOUBLES — AGordon, Kansas City, 38; AdGonzalez, Boston, 36; Brantley, Cleveland, 34; Choo, Cleveland, 34; Cano, New York, 32; Kinsler, Texas, 32; Pujols, Los Angeles, 31; Span, Minnesota, 31.

TRIPLES — AJackson, Detroit, 8; JWeeks, Oakland, 8; Andrus, Texas, 6; Rios, Chicago, 6; 8 tied at 5.

HOME RUNS — Hamilton, Texas, 32; ADunn, Chicago, 31; Encarnacion, Toronto, 30; Granderson, New York, 30; MiCabrera, Detroit, 29; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 29; Willingham, Minnesota, 29.

STOLEN BASES — Trout, Los Angeles, 36; RDavis, Toronto, 33; Revere, Minnesota, 28; Crisp, Oakland, 25; Kipnis, Cleveland, 23; JDyson, Kansas City, 22; BUpton, Tampa Bay, 22.

PITCHING — Weaver, Los Angeles, 15-2; Price, Tampa Bay, 15-4; Sale, Chicago, 14-3; MHarrison, Texas, 13-6; Vargas, Seattle, 13-8; Sabathia, New York, 12-3; Verlander, Detroit, 12-7; Darvish, Texas, 12-8.

STRIKEOUTS — Verlander, Detroit, 174; Scherzer, Detroit, 168; FHernandez, Seattle, 162; Darvish, Texas, 162; Shields, Tampa Bay, 153; Price, Tampa Bay, 151; Sabathia, New York, 140.

SAVES — Rodney, Tampa Bay, 36; JiJohnson, Baltimore, 34; CPerez, Cleveland, 31; RSoriano, New York, 28; Broxton, Kansas City, 23; Aceves, Boston, 23; Nathan, Texas, 23.

American League East Division W L Pct GB 67 47 .588 — 62 52 .544 5 62 53 .539 5 1/2 57 59 .491 11 54 60 .474 13

New York Tampa Bay Baltimore Boston Toronto

Chicago Detroit Cleveland Kansas City Minnesota

Central Division W L 62 51 61 54 53 62 49 65 49 65

Pct GB .549 — .530 2 .461 10 .430 13 1/2 .430 13 1/2

Texas Oakland Los Angeles Seattle

West Division W L 67 46 61 53 60 55 53 63

Pct GB .593 — .535 6 1/2 .522 8 .457 15 1/2

Saturday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 5, Toronto 2 Cleveland 5, Boston 2 Kansas City 7, Baltimore 3 Oakland 9, Chicago White Sox 7 Tampa Bay 4, Minnesota 2 Texas 2, Detroit 1 Seattle 7, L.A. Angels 4 Today’s Games Texas (Dempster 1-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 2-3), 5:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Peavy 9-8) at Toronto (Villanueva 6-2), 5:07 p.m.

Detroit (A.Sanchez 1-2) at Minnesota (Deduno 3-0), 6:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Masterson 8-10) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 9-8), 8:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Cobb 6-8) at Seattle (Beavan 7-6), 8:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Boston at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m.

Texas at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Toronto, 5:07 p.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m.

Oakland at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m.

Cleveland at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS Following Sunday’s Games G AB Trout LAA 92 373 MiCabrera Det 115 454 Jeter NYY 112 481 Rios CWS 110 425 Mauer Min 105 389 Konerko CWS 101 377 Ortiz Bos 89 320 Cano NYY 114 448 AJackson Det 93 366 Revere Min 79 331

R 88 75 66 69 64 49 65 73 73 43

H 127 147 153 135 123 119 101 141 115 104

Avg. .340 .324 .318 .318 .316 .316 .316 .315 .314 .314

Washington Atlanta New York Philadelphia Miami

National League East Division W L 71 44 66 48 55 60 52 62 52 63

Pct GB .617 — .579 4 1/2 .478 16 .456 18 1/2 .452 19

Cincinnati Pittsburgh St. Louis Milwaukee Chicago Houston

Central Division W L 69 46 64 50 62 53 52 61 44 69 38 78

Pct GB .600 — .561 4 1/2 .539 7 .460 16 .389 24 .328 31 1/2

West Division W L 63 52 62 53 58 57 51 65 41 71

Pct GB .548 — .539 1 .504 5 .440 12 1/2 .366 20 1/2

San Francisco Los Angeles Arizona San Diego Colorado

Saturday’s Games Cincinnati 4, Chicago Cubs 2 San Francisco 9, Colorado 3 Houston 6, Milwaukee 5, 10 innings San Diego 5, Pittsburgh 0 St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 1 Atlanta 9, N.Y. Mets 3 Miami 7, L.A. Dodgers 3 Washington 6, Arizona 5

RUNS — Trout, Los Angeles, 88; Kinsler, Texas, 82; Granderson, New York, 79; MiCabrera, Detroit, 75; Cano, New York, 73; AJackson, Detroit, 73; AdJones, Baltimore, 72.

RBIs — Hamilton, Texas, 99; MiCabrera, Detroit, 98; Fielder, Detroit, 84; Willingham, Minnesota, 84;

Monday’s Games L.A. Dodgers (Harang 7-7) at Pittsburgh (Karstens

4-2), 5:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Hamels 12-6) at Miami (Eovaldi 3-7), 5:10 p.m.

San Diego (Stults 2-2) at Atlanta (Minor 6-8), 5:10 p.m.

Houston (Galarraga 0-2) at Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 7-10), 6:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Fiers 6-4) at Colorado (Francis 3-4), 6:40 p.m.

Washington (G.Gonzalez 14-6) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 10-5), 8:15 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games L.A. Dodgers at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Cincinnati, 5:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Miami, 5:10 p.m.

San Diego at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m.

Houston at Chicago Cubs, 6:05 p.m.

Arizona at St. Louis, 6:15 p.m.

Milwaukee at Colorado, 6:40 p.m.

Washington at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING—McCutchen, Pittsburgh, .362; MeCabrera, San Francisco, .348; Votto, Cincinnati, .342; Posey, San Francisco, .332; DWright, New York, .325; Holliday, St. Louis, .315; CGonzalez, Colorado, .315; YMolina, St. Louis, .315.

RUNS—MeCabrera, San Francisco, 83; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 79; Bourn, Atlanta, 78; JUpton, Arizona, 76; Holliday, St. Louis, 74; Braun, Milwaukee, 73; CGonzalez, Colorado, 73.

RBI—Beltran, St. Louis, 83; Holliday, St. Louis, 79; Braun, Milwaukee, 77; Kubel, Arizona, 77; Posey, San Francisco, 76; FFreeman, Atlanta, 75; LaRoche, Washington, 75; DWright, New York, 75.

HITS—MeCabrera, San Francisco, 157; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 150; Bourn, Atlanta, 139; Holliday, St. Louis, 135; DWright, New York, 134; Reyes, Miami, 130; CGonzalez, Colorado, 129; Prado, Atlanta, 129.

DOUBLES—ArRamirez, Milwaukee, 37; Votto, Cincinnati, 36; DWright, New York, 35; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 34; DanMurphy, New York, 33; Alonso, San Diego, 31; Cuddyer, Colorado, 30; Prado, Atlanta, 30.

TRIPLES—Fowler, Colorado, 11; MeCabrera, San Francisco, 10; Bourn, Atlanta, 8; SCastro, Chicago, 8; Reyes, Miami, 8; Colvin, Colorado, 7; DeJesus, Chicago, 7; Pagan, San Francisco, 7.

HOME RUNS—Braun, Milwaukee, 29; Beltran, St. Louis, 28; Kubel, Arizona, 25; LaRoche, Washington, 23; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 23; Bruce, Cincinnati, 22; Hart, Milwaukee, 22; Holliday, St. Louis, 22.

STOLEN BASES—Bonifacio, Miami, 30; Bourn, Atlanta, 30; DGordon, Los Angeles, 30; Pierre, Philadelphia, 28; Reyes, Miami, 28; Stubbs, Cincinnati, 27; Victorino, Los Angeles, 27.

PITCHING—Dickey, New York, 15-3; Cueto, Cincinnati, 15-6; AJBurnett, Pittsburgh, 14-4; GGonzalez, Washington, 14-6; Strasburg, Washington, 13-5; Lynn, St. Louis, 13-5; 6 tied at 12.

STRIKEOUTS—Dickey, New York, 166; Strasburg, Washington, 166; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 157; GGonzalez, Washington, 154; Hamels, Philadelphia, 153; MCain, San Francisco, 148; Gallardo, Milwaukee, 145.

SAVES—Hanrahan, Pittsburgh, 33; Kimbrel, Atlanta, 31; Chapman, Cincinnati, 28; Motte, St. Louis, 26; Papelbon, Philadelphia, 25; SCasilla, San Francisco, 24; Clippard, Washington, 24.

Football Hamilton Toronto Montreal Winnipeg

GP 6 6 6 6

GP B.C. 6 Edmonton 6 Calgary 6 Saskatchewan6

CFL East Division W L T PF 3 3 0 182 3 3 0 138 3 3 0 164 1 5 0 127 West Division W L T PF 4 2 0 158 4 2 0 139 3 3 0 186 3 3 0 175

Brink, Wpg Charles, Edm Koch, Edm Lavoie, Mtl Mitchell, Cal Owens, Tor x-Fantuz, Ham Bratton, Mtl Burnett, Edm Foster, BC Getzlaf, Sask Gore, BC Grant, Ham Iannuzzi, BC Inman, Tor O.Jones, Ham London, Mtl Lulay, BC Richardson, Mtl Stephenson, Ham Taylor, Cal

PA Pt 198 6 151 6 188 6 199 2 PA Pt 119 8 99 8 174 6 141 6

Week Seven Byes: B.C., Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg Friday’s result Edmonton 28 Saskatchewan 20 Thursday’s result Calgary 31 Hamilton 20

3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

18 18 18 18 18 18 14 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

National Football League Preseason

Week Eight Thursday, Aug. 16 Hamilton at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 17 Montreal at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 18 Toronto at Calgary, 5 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 19 Saskatchewan at B.C., 5 p.m.

AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 1 0 01.000 7 Buffalo 0 1 0 .000 6 Miami 0 1 0 .000 7 N.Y. Jets 0 1 0 .000 6

CFL scoring leaders TORONTO — Unofficial CFL scoring leaders following Friday’s game (x — scored two-point convert): TD C FG S Pts Whyte, Mtl 0 16 14 4 62 McCallum, BC 0 16 14 2 60 Shaw, Edm 0 13 14 1 56 Paredes, Cal 0 18 12 0 54 Milo, Sask 0 16 11 4 53 Palardy, Wpg 0 9 13 0 48 Congi, Ham 0 21 8 1 46 x-Lewis, Cal 7 2 0 0 44 Walker, Ham 7 0 0 0 42 Sheets, Sask 6 0 0 0 36 Prefontaine, Tor 0 5 10 1 36 C.Williams, Ham 5 0 0 0 30 Waters, Tor 0 5 7 1 27 x-Matthews, Wpg 4 2 0 0 26 Boyd, Tor 4 0 0 0 24 Cornish, Cal 4 0 0 0 24 Dressler, Sask 4 0 0 0 24 Harris, BC 4 0 0 0 24 Whitaker, Mtl 4 0 0 0 24

PA 6 7 20 17

Houston Jacksonville Indianapolis Tennessee

W 1 1 1 0

South L T Pct 0 01.000 0 01.000 0 01.000 1 0 .000

PF 26 32 38 17

PA 13 31 3 27

Baltimore Cincinnati Cleveland Pittsburgh

W 1 1 1 0

North L T Pct 0 01.000 0 01.000 0 01.000 1 0 .000

PF 31 17 19 23

PA 17 6 17 24

Denver Kansas City San Diego Oakland

W 1 1 1 0

West L 0 0 0 0

PF 31 27 21 0

PA 3 17 13 0

T Pct 01.000 01.000 01.000 0 .000

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

Philadelphia Washington Dallas N.Y. Giants

W 1 1 0 0

L 0 0 0 1

T Pct 01.000 01.000 0 .000 0 .000

PF 24 7 0 31

PA 23 6 0 32

Tampa Bay New Orleans Atlanta Carolina

W 1 1 0 0

South L T Pct 0 01.000 1 0 .500 1 0 .000 1 0 .000

PF 20 23 17 13

PA 7 17 31 26

Chicago Detroit Green Bay Minnesota

W 0 0 0 0

North L T 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0

Pct .000 .000 .000 .000

PF 3 17 13 6

PA 31 19 21 17

San Francisco Seattle St. Louis Arizona

W 1 1 0 0

West L 0 0 1 2

T Pct 01.000 01.000 0 .000 0 .000

PF 17 27 3 27

PA 6 17 38 44

Sunday’s Result Indianapolis 38 St. Louis 3 Saturday’s Results Houston 26 Carolina 13 Seattle 27 Tennessee 17 Monday’s Game Dallas at Oakland, 6 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 16 Cleveland at Green Bay, 6 p.m.

Cincinnati at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 17 Tennessee at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Jacksonville at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Baltimore, 6 p.m.

Miami at Carolina, 6 p.m.

Oakland at Arizona, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 18 N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, 5 p.m.

San Francisco at Houston, 6 p.m.

Kansas City at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Washington at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Dallas at San Diego, 7 p.m.

DIVING Men’s 10-metre platform — Riley McCormick, Victoria, finished 11th in the final with a score of 493.35 points.

TAEKWONDO Men’s 80-plus kilograms — Francois Coulombe-Fortier, Quebec City, failed to advance following a 11-6 loss in the quarter-finals to Daba Modibo Keita of Mali.

WRESTLING (FREESTYLE) Men’s 120-kilogram class — Arjan Bhullar, Richmond, B.C., was eliminated after losing his round-of-16 match to Komeil Ghasemi of Iran, by points (1-0, 1-0).

What Canada Did on the weekend at the 2012 London Olympics SUNDAY ATHLETICS Men’s marathon — Dylan Wykes of Kingston, Ont., completed the 42-kilometre circuit in two hours 15 minutes 26 seconds to place 20th; Eric Gillis, Antigonish, N.S., was 22nd (2:16:00); and Reid Coolsaet, Hamilton, 27th (2:16:29).

CYCLING (MOUNTAIN) Men’s cross country — Geoff Kabush, Courteney, B.C., traversed the course in 1:30:43 to rank eighth — 71 seconds behind the bronze medallist; Max Plaxton, Victoria, did not finish.

MODERN PENTATHLON Women — Melanie McCann of Mount Carmel, Ont., placed 11th overall in the event with 5,180 points; Donna Vakalis, Toronto, was 29th (4,828).

WRESTLING (FREESTYLE) Men’s 66-kilogram class — Haislan Garcia, Coquitlam, B.C., won his round-of-16 bout by points over Zalimkhan Yusupov of Tajikistan (2-0, 0-2, 2-0); was defeated in the quarter-finals by Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu, Japan (0-1, 1-0, 5-0); then eliminated with a loss in the repechage to Livan Lopez Azcuy of Cuba (1-0, 0-1, 1-0).

Men’s 96-kilogram class — Khetag Pliev, Toronto, won his opening match over Javier Cortina Lacerra of Cuba (0-2, 2-2, 1-0); lost to Jacob Varner, U.S., in the quarter-finals (1-0, 1-0); and fell short in the repechage round to Kurban Kurbanov of Uzbekistan (1-0, 4-1).

CLOSING CEREMONIES Christine Sinclair of Burnaby, B.C., who scored six goals — including all three in a 4-3 semifinal loss to the United States — in leading the women’s soccer team to a bronze medal was chosen to carry the Canadian flag.

OVERALL The 2012 team finished with eighteen (one gold, five silver, 12 bronze) to match the third-most medals won by Canada in a summer games (Barcelona, 1992, and Beijing, 2008). Rosannagh MacLennan of King City, Ont., earned the gold medal in women’s trampoline.

2012 Summer Olympic Medals Table At London Sunday, Aug. 12 Final 302 total medal events Nation G S B Tot United States 46 29 29 104 China 38 27 22 87 Britain 29 17 19 65 Russia 24 25 33 82 South Korea 13 8 7 28 Germany 11 19 14 44 France 11 11 12 34 Italy 8 9 11 28 Hungary 8 4 5 17 Australia 7 16 12 35 Japan 7 14 17 38 Kazakhstan 7 1 5 13 Netherlands 6 6 8 20 Ukraine 6 5 9 20 Cuba 5 3 6 14 New Zealand 5 3 5 13 Iran 4 5 3 12 Jamaica 4 4 4 12 Czech Republic 4 3 3 10 North Korea 4 0 2 6 Spain 3 10 4 17 Brazil 3 5 9 17 Belarus 3 5 5 13 South Africa 3 2 1 6 Ethiopia 3 1 3 7 Croatia 3 1 2 6 Romania 2 5 2 9 Kenya 2 4 5 11 Denmark 2 4 3 9 Azerbaijan 2 2 6 10 Poland 2 2 6 10 Turkey 2 2 1 5 Switzerland 2 2 0 4 Lithuania 2 1 2 5 Norway 2 1 1 4 Canada 1 5 12 18 Sweden 1 4 3 8 Colombia 1 3 4 8 Georgia 1 3 3 7 Mexico 1 3 3 7 Ireland 1 1 3 5 Argentina 1 1 2 4 Serbia 1 1 2 4 Slovenia 1 1 2 4 Tunisia 1 1 1 3 Dominican Republic1 1 0 2 Trinidad & Tobago 1 0 3 4 Uzbekistan 1 0 3 4 Latvia 1 0 1 2 Algeria 1 0 0 1 Bahamas 1 0 0 1 Grenada 1 0 0 1 Uganda 1 0 0 1 Venezuela 1 0 0 1 India 0 2 4 6 Mongolia 0 2 3 5 Thailand 0 2 1 3 Egypt 0 2 0 2 Slovakia 0 1 3 4

SATURDAY ATHLETICS Men’s 4x100 relay — Canada (Gavin Smellie, Brampton, Ont.; Oluseyi Smith, Ottawa; Jared Connaughton, New Haven, P.E.I.; and Justyn Warner, Markham, Ont.) initially won the bronze medal in 38.07 seconds but was disqualified moments later when Connaughton was called for stepping on the lane marker.

Men’s 5,000 — Cameron Levins, Black Creek, B.C., finished in 14th place (13 minutes 51.87 seconds).

Women’s 20-kilometre race walk — Rachel Seaman, Peterborough, Ont., placed 52nd in the event (1:37:36).

CANOE/KAYAK Kayak Men’s singles 200 — Mark de Jonge of Dartmouth, N.S., won the bronze medal with a time of 36.657 in a race where the top six competitors finished within 0.584 seconds of each other.

Men’s doubles 200 — Ryan Cochrane, Windsor, N.S., and Emilie Fournel, Lachine, Que., were seventh in the final (35.396).

Canoe Men’s singles 200 — Jason McCoombs of Dartmouth, N.S., placed fifth in the B-final (44.973; 13th overall).

CYCLING (MOUNTAIN BIKE) Women’s cross country — Catharine Pendrel, Kamloops, B.C., was ninth in one hour 34 minutes 28 seconds; Emily Batty, Brooklin, Ont., was 24th (1:40:37).

Golf David Toms, $25,750 Gary Woodland, $25,750 J.J. Henry, $25,750 Jim Furyk, $25,750 Aaron Baddeley, $25,750 Scott Piercy, $18,625 Retief Goosen, $18,625 Thomas Bjorn, $18,625 Dustin Johnson, $18,625 Ernie Els, $18,625 Paul Lawrie, $18,625 Sang Moon Bae, $16,810 Brendon de Jonge, $16,810 Darren Clarke, $16,810 K.J. Choi, $16,810 Francesco Molinari, $16,810 Ryo Ishikawa, $16,100 Charl Schwartzel, $16,100 K.T. Kim, $15,900 George McNeill, $15,650 Chez Reavie, $15,650 Ken Duke, $15,650 G. Fernan.-Castano,$15,650 Marcus Fraser, $15,350 Alex Noren, $15,350 John Huh, $15,150 Toru Taniguchi, $15,150 Zach Johnson, $15,000 Matt Every, $14,900 Cameron Tringale, $14,800

PGA Championship Sunday At Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Ocean Course) Kiawah Island, S.C. Purse: $8 million Yardage: 7,676; Par: 72 Final Rory McIlroy, $1,445,000 67-75-67-66 — 275 David Lynn, $865,000 73-74-68-68 — 283 Justin Rose, $384,500 69-79-70-66 — 284 Keegan Bradley, $384,500 68-77-71-68 — 284 Ian Poulter, $384,500 70-71-74-69 — 284 Carl Pettersson, $384,500 66-74-72-72 — 284 Blake Adams, $226,000 71-72-75-67 — 285 Jam. Donaldson, $226,000 69-73-73-70 — 285 Peter Hanson, $226,000 69-75-70-71 — 285 Steve Stricker, $226,000 74-73-67-71 — 285 Ben Curtis, $143,286 69-76-73-67 — 286 Bubba Watson, $143,286 73-75-70-68 — 286 Tim Clark, $143,286 71-73-73-69 — 286 Geoff Ogilvy, $143,286 68-78-70-70 — 286 Gr. McDowell, $143,286 68-76-71-71 — 286 Tiger Woods, $143,286 69-71-74-72 — 286 Adam Scott, $143,286 68-75-70-73 — 286 John Daly, $99,667 68-77-73-69 — 287 Pad. Harrington, $99,667 70-76-69-72 — 287 Bo Van Pelt, $99,667 73-73-67-74 — 287 Seung-yul Noh, $72,667 74-75-74-65 — 288 Robert Garrigus, $72,667 74-73-74-67 — 288 Joost Luiten, $72,667 68-76-75-69 — 288 Louis Oosthuizen, $72,667 70-79-70-69 — 288 Pat Perez, $72,667 69-76-71-72 — 288 Jimmy Walker, $72,667 73-75-67-73 — 288 Thorbjorn Olesen, $51,900 75-74-71-69 — 289 Jason Dufner, $51,900 74-76-68-71 — 289 Miguel A. Jimenez, $51,900 69-77-72-71 — 289 Marc Leishman, $51,900 74-72-71-72 — 289 Trevor Immelman, $51,900 71-72-70-76 — 289 Luke Donald, $42,625 74-76-74-66 — 290 John Senden, $42,625 73-74-72-71 — 290 Greg Chalmers, $42,625 70-76-72-72 — 290 Bill Haas, $42,625 75-73-69-73 — 290 Y.E. Yang, $34,750 73-74-74-70 — 291 Rich Beem, $34,750 72-76-72-71 — 291 Fredrik Jacobson, $34,750 71-75-73-72 — 291 Phil Mickelson, $34,750 73-71-73-74 — 291 Marcel Siem, $34,750 72-73-71-75 — 291 Vijay Singh, $34,750 71-69-74-77 — 291 Martin Laird, $25,750 71-74-79-68 — 292

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LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Scores SYLVANIA, Ohio. — Scores Sunday from the final round of the $US1.3-million Jamie Farr Toledo Classic, at the 6,428-yard, Par-71 course at Highland Meadows Golf Club So Yeon Ryu, $195,000 67-68-67-62 — 264 Angela Stanford, $119,765 66-70-69-66 — 271 Chella Choi, $77,045 66-67-70-69 — 272 Inbee Park, $77,045 69-65-69-69 — 272 Jennie Lee, $49,178 69-70-67-67 — 273 I.K. Kim, $49,178 69-67-66-71 — 273 Mika Miyazato, $34,753 66-68-69-71 — 274 Jiyai Shin, $34,753 69-67-66-72 — 274 Beatriz Recari, $27,868 70-66-70-69 — 275 Hee Kyung Seo, $27,868 68-66-68-73 — 275 Stacy Lewis, $22,310 68-69-73-66 — 276 Karine Icher, $22,310 66-69-71-70 — 276 Jacqui Concolino, $22,310 68-68-69-71 — 276

Alberta Downs Outlaw Imasurvivor (Hoerdt)2.60 Exactor: (2-5) paid $16.30 Superfecta: (2-5-4-3) paid $20.75 Triactor:(2-5-4) paid $36.60 Eleventh Pace. $3,900, time 1:57.4 Sealedwithapromise (Chappell)8.90 3.80 4.20 Clintons Keepsake (Gray) 4.00 4.00 Wrangler Diva (Grundy) 11.90 Exactor: (1-6) paid $37.40 Pentafactor: (1-6-3-5-7) paid $0.00 Superfecta: (1-6-3) paid $65.75 Triactor: (1-6-3) paid $52.70 Twelfth Pace. $5,500, time 1:55.4 Clintons Formula (Grundy)11.10 5.40 2.80 Keystone Vanyla (Tainsh) 6.50 3.30 Too Ideal (Hennessy) 9.60 Exactor: (5-9) paid $205.00 Pentafactor: (5-9-7-6-2) paid $0.00 Superfecta: (5-9) paid $20.30 Triactor: (5-9) paid $81.00 Win Three:(2-1-5) paid $113.20 Mutuels: $19,744 Saturday First Pace. $4,500, time 1:57 Cool One (Monkman) 8.10 6.70 4.70 G I Joan (Marino) 5.40 2.40 Tequila Boom Boom (Grundy)2.30 Exactor: (3-2) paid $25.60 Superfecta: (3-2-4-6) paid $34.40 Triactor: (3-2-4) paid $105.20 Second Pace. $5,400, time 1:57.4 Ashlynn Grace (Chappell) 9.60 5.70 3.70 Cloud Nine (Marino) 5.20 3.30 Prairie Illusion (Clark) 6.80 Daily Double: (3-3) paid $44.70 Exactor: (3-5) paid $36.90 Superfecta: (3-5) paid $22.00 Triactor: (3-5) paid $57.90 Third Pace. $3,200, time 1:57.2 Down Home Stylish (Hoerdt)3.90 2.90 2.80 Justabitfaster (Hudon) 3.40 3.10 Barona Kijiji (Hennessy) 4.60 Exactor: (10-3) paid $10.60 Superfecta: (10-3-4-6) paid $29.15 Triactor: (10-3-4) paid $54.30 Fourth Pace. $4,900, time 1:57 Minettas Gidget (Chappell)7.00 3.90 4.30 As Hot As Promised (Gagne)4.20 4.00

Bashful Beauty (Hoerdt) 5.60 Exactor: (1-5) paid $34.20 Superfecta: (1-5-3) paid $102.80 Triactor: (1-5-3) paid $176.60 Fifth Pace. $2,800, time 1:54.4 Super Sunrise (Marino) 13.90 9.10 4.50 Best Out West (Grundy) 4.20 3.30 K B Hercules (Gray) 3.30 Exactor: (4-1) paid $70.00 Pentafactor: (4-1-3-7-5) paid $0.00 Superfecta: (4-1-3-7) paid $175.20 Triactor: (4-1-3) paid $178.05 Sixth Pace. $3,600, time 1:56.4 Complete Ensemble (Marino)20.30 9.10 4.90 Minettas Badboy (Remillard) 8.10 4.90 Farm Team (Chappell) 4.30 Exactor: (2-1) paid $59.40 Pentafactor:(2-1-3-5-7) paid $0.00 Superfecta: (2-1-3-5) paid $98.40 Triactor: (2-1-3) paid $101.60 Seventh Pace. $27,100, time 2:00.3 Outlawlookslikrain (Kolthammer) 10.10 3.20 2.30 Shadow Time (Marino) 2.90 2.60 Wish I Was (Clark) 3.50 Exactor:(7-4) paid $11.70 Superfecta: (7-4-3-1) paid $91.05 Triactor: (7-4-3) paid $55.30 Win Four: (1-4-2-7) paid $117.50 Eighth Pace. $27,100, time 2:01.1 Crackers Hot Shot (Starkewski)17.70 5.30 7.10 Outlawcherishafool (Kolthammer) 3.40 3.40 Blazing By (Chappell) 3.00 Exactor: (4-1) paid $24.80 Superfecta: (4-1-5-3) paid $137.45 Triactor: (4-1-5) paid $199.00 Ninth Pace. $7,500, time 1:54.2 Kg Explorer (Marino) 11.80 8.40 3.80 Bachelor Pad (Hudon) 20.60 4.60 Greek Ruler (Chappell) 2.80 Exactor: (5-7) paid $83.00 Pentafactor: (5-7-4-2-8) paid $0.00 Superfecta: (5-7-4) paid $26.35 Triactor: (5-7-4) paid $143.50 TenthPace. $3,400, time 1:57.2 My Promise To You (Gray)10.70 4.70

2.50 Blasty Cam (Thomas) 3.40 2.50 Barona Kadilac (Tainsh) 2.70 Exactor: (3-1) paid $24.60 Superfecta: (3-1-5-2) paid $150.90 Triactor: (3-1-5) paid $56.40 Eleventh Pace. $2,800, time 1:56.4 Jafeica Again (Hoerdt) 21.60 8.00 7.10 Nevermissabeat (Grundy) 4.70 5.00 Boiling Over (Goulet) 5.60 Exactor: (1-3) paid $107.60 Pentafactor:(1-3-8-4-9) paid $0.00 Superfecta: (1-3-8) paid $134.40 Triactor: (1) paid $198.20 Win Three: (5-3-1) paid $112.45 Mutuels: $14,174 Friday First Pace. $3,000, time 1:59.2 Julie Caesar (Hennessy) 13.80 6.40 2.20 Halo Margieann (Tainsh) 0.00 2.20 D And Gs Lady (Gray) 2.20 Exactor: (4-1) paid $42.00 Superfecta: (4-1-5-3) paid $29.60 Triactor: (4-1-5) paid $30.20 Second Pace. $3,200, time 1:58.2 Whiskey Bernie (Thomas)10.10 3.40 2.10 Blue Star Quest (Grundy) 3.40 3.10 One Tuff Cowboy (Chappell)2.10 Daily Double: (4-4) paid $22.50 Exactor: (4-3) paid $40.50 Superfecta: (4-3-1-2) paid $19.45 Triactor: (4-3-1) paid $47.50 Third Pace. $3,300, time 1:55.3 Allbouttaj (Marino) 4.30 2.70 2.70 Senga San Tome (Grundy) 5.80 5.10 Art By Dylan (Remillard) 3.90 Exactor: (1-2) paid $26.70 Superfecta: (1-2-3-5) paid $48.40 Triactor: (1-2-3) paid $63.45 Fourth Pace. $3,000, time 2:01.1 Call Of Duty (Schedlosky) 22.10 10.20 5.50 Mavericks Pride (Chappell) 3.40 2.60 Eldorado Gold (Starkewski) 3.30 Exactor: (2-8) paid $91.60 Superfecta: (2-8-6) paid $72.55 Triactor:(2-8) paid $44.70 Fifth Pace. $2,300, time 1:57.4 Promise Me Pez (Marino) 9.30 3.80

2.40 Caracas (Monkman) 4.60 Seen N Noted (Grundy) 2.70 Exactor: (4-5) paid $33.10 Superfecta: (4-5-1) paid $72.30 Triactor: (4-5-1) paid $85.00 Sixth Pace. $2,800, time 1:55.2 Mood Light (Chappell) 9.60 5.00 Touch Of Magic (Tainsh) 6.50 Rossridge Divine (Gray) 2.10 Exactor: (4-2) paid $28.00 Superfecta: (4-2-6-1) paid $61.45 Triactor: (4-2) paid $69.20 Seventh Pace. $4,900, time 1:54.1 Total Rhythm (Grundy) 26.20 3.90 Caress Of Steel (Tainsh) 5.30 Mr Brightside (Hudon) 3.60 Exactor: (4-7) paid $11.05 Superfecta: (4-7-1-5) paid $33.90

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Lady Titans advance to league final

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Titans 64 White Rams 0 Red Deer Titans coach Ray Rogers insisted his team did not approach Saturday’s Southern Alberta Women’s Rugby League First Division semifinal with the intention of burying the Calgary White Rams.

“We approached it like any game we play — never underestimate the opposition,” said Rogers after this club advanced to the league final this weekend in Calgary by annihilating the White Rams 64-0 at Titans Park.

The Titans weren’t out to run up the score, but they weren’t taking any chances, either. The Red Deer squad played with a killer instinct while getting two tries from each of Aly Bowd, Jovita Byzitter, Brittany Charles and Dacy Livingstone.

“I just think today, and from talking to the team about it after the game . . . I think everybody gelled today as a unit instead of playing like individuals,” said Rogers. “We just supported the ball so well. The girls worked their socks off today.”

Dallas Hicks, Chelsey Clifford, Dayle Clampitt and Bryn Holman each scored a try, while Bowd booted two converts.

The Titans will take on the Calgary Blue Rams in the league final on Saturday. The Titans beat the Blue Rams 21-20 in the 2011 final and went on to capture a second consecutive — and fourth in the team’s history — provincial championship the following week.

While the Titans should be favoured on Saturday after finishing league play undefeated, they will be in tough due to the absence of seven starters who will be attending weddings.

“But we do have some depth and I’m quite confident that the people who are going to step into those positions will do the job,” said Rogers. “I have confidence in the girls who will step in.”

In men’s play Saturday at Titans Park, the Calgary Saracens downed the Titans 16-9 in second division action and the Saracens also prevailed in the third division match.

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Red Deer Titans Daycee Livingstone, left, and Bryn Holman work together to take down a Calgary Rams player during women’s playoff rugby action at the Titan’s Field in Red Deer on Saturday. The Titans dominated during the match beating the Rams 64-0.

Davis helps Blue Jays salvage win over Yankees

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Blue Jays 10 Yankees 7 TORONTO — Rajai Davis had a big day with the bat, equalling his career high with five runs batted in Sunday.

But it was a play he made with his glove that had the Rogers Centre buzzing.

The Toronto Blue Jays’ left-fielder leaped above the wall to catch what could have been a two-run homer by Casey McGehee in the seventh inning to help blunt a New York Yankees’ comeback and hold on to a 10-7 win.

The Blue Jays needed everything they got from Davis to hold on for a victory over the Yankees, not only to salvage a win from the three-game series with the American League East leaders but to end a fivegame losing string.

“That was amazing,” Davis said. “It’s something you think about, you dream about doing something that at the highest level, especially here at the major-

league level. Just to do it here was amazing.

“It was just nice to help us win and keep the ball in the park.”

Toronto manager John Farrell was also impressed with Davis’ athletic play in the field.

“Rajai had a big day, I don’t know how many people make the catch he did,” said Farrell. “It was just an outstanding timing play. In the end we had enough to hang on. As deep and as explosive as that lineup is they came at us in the sixth and seventh innings. A much needed win. A good one.”

Edwin Encarnacion also had three hits, including a two-run homer, for the Blue Jays.

Davis and Encarnacion helped left-hander J.A. Happ (1-1) pick up his first win in his second start since he was acquired by the Jays in a deal with Houston on July 20. His four previous outings before last Tuesday’s losing start at Tampa Bay had all been in relief.

“We had some great individual performances,” Happ said. “Rajai had a great game today. It was

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Rajai Davis swings at a ball from New York Yankees pitcher Cody Eppley during the eighth inning of MLB action in Toronto on Sunday.

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MEDALS: Raved Athletes raved about the location of the Olympic Village, which was close to a large shopping mall, Olympic Park and several of the venues. Language, cultural differences and unfamiliar food were much less challenging compared to some of the hurdles in Beijing and at the Athens Games in 2004.

“My eyes were wide open the whole time,” silvermedallist kayaker Adam van Koeverden said. “I was just taking it all in. I’m very cognizant of the fact there are fewer great races ahead of me than there are behind me. I’m just looking forward to every single one. I want to soak them all in.

PGA: Into a tree Woods, who shared the 36-hole lead for the second time this year in a major, was never a serious factor.

He tossed away his chances Saturday before the storm blew in and never could get closer than four shots. He closed with a 72.

If there was a signature shot for McIlroy at Kiawah Island, it might have been on Saturday when his tee shot lodged into a tree on the third hole. He only found it with help from the TV crew, took his penalty shot and fired a wedge into 6 feet to save par.

He was on his way, and he never let up.

McIlroy also won the U.S. Open by eight shots, the kind of dominance that Woods has displayed over so many years.

By winning the PGA Championship, he is halfway home to the career Grand Slam.

“It was a great round of golf. I’m speechless,” said McIlroy after hoisting the Wanamaker Trophy, the heaviest of the four majors. “It’s just been incredible. I had a good feeling about it at the start. I never imagined to do this.”

Winning the final major the year ends what had been a tumultuous season for McIlroy. Despite winning the Honda Classic in early March, he went into a tail spin by missing four cuts over five tourna-

ments, as questions swirled that his romance with tennis star Caroline Wozniacki was hurting his game.

Instead, McIlroy put a big hurt on the strongest field of the year.

“He’s very good. We all know the talent he has,” Woods said. “He went through a little spell this year, and I think that was good for him. We all go through those spells in our careers. He’s got all the talent in the world to do what he’s doing. And this is the way that Rory can play. When he gets it going, it’s pretty impressive to watch.”

McIlroy finished on 13-under 275.

Ian Poulter put up the stiffest challenge, though not for long. Poulter, who started the final round six shots behind, made six birdies through seven holes to get within two shots. He made three straight bogeys on the back nine and had to settle for a 69. He tied for third at 4-under 284, along with Justin Rose (66) and defending champion Keegan Bradley (68).

In the final qualifying event for the U.S. Ryder Cup team, nothing changed.

Phil Mickelson was holding down the eighth and final spot, and he stayed there when neither Bo Van Pelt nor Steve Stricker could make a move on the back nine. Davis Love III will announce four captains’ picks in three weeks.

BALL: Big for us “That was big for us, I gave (St. Boniface manager) a hat for that,” said Merchants head coach Jay Steeves with a laugh.

Logan Wedgewood, who plays for the Edmonton Cardinals, played the role of hero for Team Alberta, driving in the winning run with two away in the bottom of the eighth inning. James Felderhof had a one-out single and Dean Olson singled with two away setting the stage for Wedgewood. Both Felderhof and Olson were safe on opposite field bloop singles.

“They get a couple Texas Leaguers, you can’t defend those,” said Steeves. “But the bounces went their way.”

Wedgewood was a pain in the Merchants’ side all game. He drove in a run with a two-out infield single in the fourth to make the score 4-3, then plated the tying run in the sixth when he was safe on a two-out

nice to be pitching with that happening.”

Happ allowed four runs in 5 2/3 innings on six hits that included home runs by Derek Jeter and Robinson Cano.

Casey Janssen pitched the ninth for his 15th save.

The Blue Jays scored seven runs and had nine hits, including Encarnacion’s homer, against New York right-hander Phil Hughes (11-10), in four innings.

“He just really missed location with his fastball, just too many of them in the middle of the plate today and they hit them hard,” said Yankees manager Joe Girardi.

“That was the biggest thing, just a lot of fastballs over the middle of the plate,” Hughes said. “I was trying to get the ball down and away and a lot of pitches were running back.”

“We’ve been in a tough stretch,” Farrell said. “A win always lets people take a deep breath.”

The Blue Jays took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Encarnacion doubled with two out and scored on a single by David Cooper.

The Blue Jays moved ahead 7-0 in the fourth.

Moises Sierra singled and scored on a double by Jeff Mathis.

Mathis took third after Yan Gomes flied out to right and Anthony Gose walked with one out. Davis doubled with two out to score two more runs.

Davis stole third and scored on Mike McCoy’s infield hit to deep shortstop. Encarnacion followed with his 30th homer of the season.

It was a rare offensive display by a Blue Jays lineup recently depleted by injuries.

“I think we have a leader in Encarnacion,” Davis said. “He’s been a great offensive threat all year long, we’re just trying to put the pieces together around him with what we have and playing as hard as we can.”

Happ took a one-hitter into the fifth but Andruw Jones doubled with one out and Casey McGehee doubled with two out to score a run.

In the fifth, Davis drove in three more runs with a two-out double against Ryota Igarashi who had been called up from triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre after CC Sabathia was put on the disabled list on Saturday with a sore elbow. Sierra started the fifth with a single and was forced at second by Mathis. Gomes walked and with two out Adeiny Hechavarria hit an infield single to short to load the bases for Davis.

Jeter hit his ninth homer of the season with one out in the sixth. Nick Swisher singled and Cano hit his 25th homer of the season with two out to cut the lead to 10-4 and right-hander Brad Lincoln replaced Happ.

“I felt fine,” Happ said. “You can’t make mistakes in the zone and at the top of the zone to good hitters like that. It’s frustrating because I thought I was making good pitches the whole game and I left a few up and got hurt with it.” error.

“He’s fast and seemed to do it all for them,” added Steeves.

Team Alberta jumped on Merchants starter Kyle Burkitt for two runs on three hits and an error in the first inning, but Blair Mulder tied the game with a two-run home run in the top of the second. Taze Steeves singled in Corbyn Shields in the third and Burkitt doubled home Jay Kirkham in the fourth to put the Merchants up 4-2.

“We were a little nervous early, but we settled down,” said Jay Steeves. “Once we got the lead we were trying to score a couple more, but their pitching was tough.

“They set it up so that their hardest thrower (Brendan Ethier of the Okotoks Dawgs) was last and he had the best velocity. It meant we were asked to speed up our hands.”

Boik, who coaches the Spruce Grove midgets, knew going into the four-day tournament he needed pitching depth.

“Our aim was to have enough arms to get through six games,” he said. “It never easy, but Shawn (Anderson), Delaney (Brown) and Brendan all threw well (today).”

Matt Whitehead, the third Innisfail pitcher, took the loss. He came in in the sixth for Mulder, who replaced Burkitt after four innings.

The Merchants beat the Moose Jaw Eagles 4-2 and the Weyburn Beavers 6-2 on Saturday.

Shields, Greg Walsh and Whitehead shared mound duties against the Eagles while Brady Porter had a pair of singles.

Jesse Scheunert, Jamie Whitehead and Alex Roth pitched against Weyburn. Mulder had a single and two doubles, Porter had three singles and Riley Wik and Kirkham a single and a double each.

It was the second straight year the Merchants captured silver at the Western finals.

“I felt we were stronger this year,” said Jay Steeves. “Last year we struggled offensively and did a bit this year as well. I knew the pitchers would throw strikes and there would be an adjustment.

What we need to do is see more junior calibre pitching before the tournament.”

Team Alberta beat St. Boniface 2-1 and the Sultans 10-3 on Saturday. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

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Luck makes successful debut for Colts

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIANAPOLIS — Andrew Luck knows life in the NFL can’t be this easy for a rookie.

The No. 1 overall draft pick threw his first NFL pass for a long touchdown, just like Peyton Manning in 1998, then led Indianapolis to two more touchdowns. Luck one-upped his predecessor by winning Sunday’s preseason opener 38-3 over St. Louis — Indy’s first preseason-opening win since 1994.

“To get a win, get in the game and put some drives together is great,” Luck said. “But I realize, and the guys in the locker room realize, it’s a preseason game and things will be different as the season goes along.”

Luck might have the toughest job in football this season — replacing Manning, the longtime face of Indy’s franchise.

But he showed everyone Sunday that he can do whatever is asked.

Colts coaches wanted the man billed as the most polished NFL rookie since Manning to take 20 to 25 snaps. He got 24.

They wanted to keep him upright, and though Luck hit the ground twice, he was not sacked.

They wanted him to show his command of the offence, and in less than one half, Luck seemed to have Manning’s playbook down pat, from the perfect baseball slide to rushing his team to the line of scrimmage so the Rams couldn’t challenge a catch on the sideline.

The rookie quarterback wound up 10 of 16 for 188 yards with two TD passes and a quarterback rating of 142.6. Three of the incompletions were drops, two were throwaways, and only one pass, the deep out that rookie T.Y. Hilton barely caught on the sideline, came close to being picked off. It was the most lopsided preseason win for the Colts (No. 32 in the AP Pro32) since a 35-0 rout of Washington in 1966.

“I know we picked him up off the turf a couple times, but he’s a big, strong, athletic guy and he can take a hit. We don’t want him taking too many, but to see him perform the way he did and do the things that he did under pressure, I thought he handled

it well,” new coach Chuck Pagano said.

After everything the Colts endured during the run up to drafting Luck — the injury to Manning, an 0-13 start in 2011, the release of many fan favourites including Manning during a tumultuous off-season — Luck quickly turned the page on the past with a start fans may never forget., With the rookie quarterback under pressure on his first play, Luck calmly stepped forward and dumped the ball off to Brown, who darted up the field with blockers in front, then cut from right to left and outran the defence to the end zone.

Luck pumped his fist in the air and jogged to the sideline with a broad smile across his face.

Longtime Colts fans had seen it before. Back in ’98, Manning’s first pass was an 8-yard route to Marvin Harrison, who took the ball and sprinted to the end zone for a 48-yard score.

“I think (quarterbacks coach) Clyde (Chirstensen) told me that about a week ago,” Luck said, laughing. “I guess it’s coincidence. Funny, huh?”

Certainly not to the Rams (No. 28), who pressured Luck most of the day, yet couldn’t force him into mistakes, get him on the ground or find a way to reach the end zone.

The Rams’ offence moved the ball on its first two series, under Sam Bradford, but stalled. St. Louis did get a 37-yard field goal when Kellen Clemens was running the offence.

Otherwise, it was a daylong struggle for Jeff Fisher’s new team.

“It’s kind of an unusual game because the offence puts a drive together and then, bang, they’re back on the field one play later because we gave up a touchdown,” the Rams coach said.

“Then you’re trying to catch up with plays for your defence and then you can’t stop them and then you can’t get the plays for your offence. We tried to get as many plays as we could on tape and we’ll move on.”

Bradford, the No. 1 overall pick in 2010 and the Offensive Rookie of the Year, was 7 of 9 for 57 yards and recovered his own fumble. Clemens was 4 of 6 for 18 yards.

And the feature attraction stole the show.

“He’s a good player. He’s got mobility and he sees well,” Fisher said of

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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck (12) celebrates after throwing a touchdown pass against the St. Louis Rams in the first half of an NFL preseason football game in Indianapolis, Sunday.

Luck. “He has got arm strength. Coach (Bruce) Arians has done a great job with him so this far in the offence.”

And the Rams had no answers.

Four plays after converting thirdand-3 with the 12-yard pass to Hilton, Luck hooked up with Austin Collie in the front corner of the end zone for a 23-yard score to make it 14-0.

On Luck’s fourth series, he took the Colts on a methodical 13-play, 80-yard drive. Delone Carter ended the drive with a 1-yard run to make it 21-3, and

Indy closed it out with two second-half touchdowns and Pat McAfee’s 31-yard field goal — even if the Colts know things are about to get much tougher for the rookie.

“I’m sure he’s going to have some bumpy roads from here on out. Every game is not going to be like this,” veteran receiver Reggie Wayne said. “As players, we understand that. Us being able to overcome those bumpy roads and keep it moving makes the next time out there better.”

Red Deer City absorbs tough loss to Edmonton United

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR

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Red Deer’s Amber Regner, left, clears the ball away from Northwest United player Lindsay Boland during second half Alberta Major Women’s Soccer action at Great Chief Park on Saturday.

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BRIEFS Alberta wins bronze at national midget lacrosse championships Team Alberta captured the bronze medal at the National midget lacrosse championships in Whitby, Ont., during the weekend.

Alberta beat the host Iroquois team 5-3 Saturday after losing 13-5 to B.C. in the A semifinal.

Alberta, which included Cody Rush of Blackfalds, and Dawson Reykdal and Mark Griffith of Red Deer, posted a 5-2 record in round-robin play,.

Canadians get good start at women’s baseball World Cup EDMONTON — Team Canada, which includes right-hander Heidi Northcott of Rocky Mountain House, is off to a great start to the Women’s World Cup baseball championship.

The Canadians opened play Friday with a 12-2 win over Chinese Taipei before whipping Venezuela 14-2 on Saturday and edging Australia 5-4 Sunday.

They face the United States today at 7:30 p.m. at Telus Field.

Northwest United 6 City 0 Red Deer City was determined to play the role of rude host in the second half of Saturday’s Alberta Major Women’s Soccer League encounter with visiting Edmonton Northwest United.

Problem is, the players weren’t rude enough while absorbing a 6-0 loss before a sprinkling of fans at Great Chief Park.

“We carried the play to them in the second half. The only downside of that is we gave up these weak, set-piece corner-kick goals,” said City coach Paul Morigeau. “We were a little naïve. Normally the ref will allow you to maul players off corner kicks, it’s more like sumo wrestling than anything else.

“But we were just Dudley Dorights out there. They (United players) walked to the net and pushed us out of the way. Otherwise, our second half was very strong. We had three or four great chances to score. There was a lot of promise, a lot of good young players on the pitch today. So that’s a positive we can take out of the match.”

City fell to 0-1-11 with two games remaining in the regular season — Sunday at Calgary against the Callies (score was unavailable) and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Red Deer College versus the Edmonton Angels.

When the final whistle blew on Saturday, Red Deer City

had scored just four goals in 12 outings and had yet to experience a win. Despite the dismal season, Morigeau insisted the players have remained positive.

“Absolutely. We’ve had 14 to 15 girls at practice right through the season and we’ve had young players who have wanted to come out,” said the coach. “We had 18 players out today and everybody got in.

“I’ve been coaching on and off in the Major League for a few years and sometimes it’s one step forward and two steps back and sometimes it’s just two steps forward and one back. This is the hardest league around. Whoever wins the Alberta Major League usually goes on and wins nationals.”

Lindsay Boland scored a natural hat trick for United, while Julia Ignaci, a former member of the Canadian under-20 national team, netted a pair.

“A national team player scored two goals against us,” said Morigeau. “It’s that reality. They (United) have a whole team of NCAA and Canadian university players and we have a team of under-18 and college players.

“We’re the only team in Red Deer or Central Alberta trying to play at this level. It’s unforgiving, but the girls love it.

Maybe we’re optimistic or stupid, but we come out here and try to compete with the best and I have nothing but respect for the girls in the room.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate. com

Johnson released after domestic arrest

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DAVIE, Fla. — As the Miami Dolphins took the field for practice Sunday, Chad Johnson was getting out of jail.

Hours later, he was out of work.

The Dolphins terminated the six-time Pro Bowl receiver’s contract about 24 hours after he was arrested in a domestic battery case involving his wife.

Johnson had been released from jail on $2,500 bond earlier Sunday after his wife accused him of head-butting her during an argument in front of their home. Johnson was charged with simple domestic battery, a misdemeanour.

The confrontation came barely a month after Johnson married Evelyn Lozada, who is on the reality TV show “Basketball Wives.”

The 34-year-old Johnson had been battling for a spot on the team after a disappointing season with the New England Patriots in 2011.

Following Sunday’s practice, coach Joe Philbin said he would meet soon with Johnson.

“We’re going to deal with this,”

Philbin said. “We’re not going to waste time. ... We’re all in this thing together. Everybody that sets foot in this building, we’re all held to a high standard.”

Only five days earlier, Philbin said Johnson’s roster spot could be in jeopardy if he didn’t temper his freewheeling behaviour.

Johnson annoyed the coach by frequently using profanity during a session with reporters.

Johnson’s defence attorney, Adam Swickle, said an order has been issued that prevents Johnson from contacting Lozada. Swickle declined to comment further.

Johnson — who recently changed his name from Chad Ochocinco — was arrested Saturday after Lozada confronted him about a receipt she found for a box of condoms, police said. According to an arrest affidavit, Lozada said she was taking groceries into their home when she found the receipt in the car trunk.

When the two were seated back in the car, they began talking about the receipt and their marriage. That’s when Johnson got upset and head-butted his wife, the report said.

Lozada ran to a neighbour’s house and called police. A responding officer said Lozada had a 3-inch cut on her forehead, according to the affidavit, while Johnson did not have any visible marks or bruises. When questioned by police, he confirmed there was an argument over the receipt, but said his wife had head-butted him.

Even before his arrest, Johnson was battling to salvage his career.

He was released by the Patriots after totalling only 15 receptions last season. He dropped the lone pass thrown his way Friday night in the Dolphins’ first exhibition game.

News of the arrest spread quickly Saturday, an off day for the team.

“I was shocked,” tight end Charles Clay said. “Of course, you don’t want things like that to happen.”

Johnson has long been known for outlandish antics that annoyed his teammates as well as coaches.

Philbin, a first-year head coach, talked with his players about Johnson’s arrest before the player was released.

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Ambrose survives chaos to win Watkins Glen

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Slipping and sliding around oil-spattered Watkins Glen International on the last lap and fighting for the lead, Marcos Ambrose and Brad Keselowski didn’t know what lay around the next turn.

“It was absolutely chaos at the end,” Ambrose said. “I had really burned off the brakes. I couldn’t figure out where it (the oil) was coming from. It was just absolutely crazy at the end.”

Ambrose finally passed Keselowski heading to the final turn in a stunning fender-banging duel to win the Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen International for the second straight time.

The oil had been spewing from the No. 47 of Bobby Labonte and ruined the day for Kyle Busch, who seemingly held a commanding lead heading to the white flag of the Finger Lakes 355.

“In the end, nobody knew what was going on,” said Richard Petty, owner of Ambrose’s No. 9 Ford. “They were slipping and sliding off the race track. Marcos might have known a little bit about it, but the rest of us didn’t. Marcos stayed with it all day. Everything fell our way.”

It didn’t for Busch, who led 43 laps.

“Kyle hit the oil,” said Dave Rogers, crew chief of Busch’s No. 18 Toyota. “The 47 broke. You can see him, he just went by smoking. He left oil down all over the track. Kyle hit the oil and it allowed the 2 (Keselowski) to get to us.”

Desperate for a win to move back into contention for the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, Busch skidded sideways coming out of the first turn of the final lap. Keselowski’s No. 2 Dodge caromed off the side of Busch heading uphill through the high-speed esses and Ambrose followed Keselowski through as Busch spun to the side.

“Busch slipped up big in turn one,” said Keselowski, who suffered damage to the front of his car.

“There was nothing he could do. We all checked up and Marcos was right on my bumper. We all just about spun out. We got to the inner loop, and again nothing but oil.”

Skidding around the 11-turn, 2.45-mile layout, Ambrose and Keselowski battled side by side nearly all the way around. Both even went into the grass in the inner loop at the top of the esses but kept charging.

“I knew there was oil all over the bus stop (inner loop),” winning crew chief Todd Parrott said. “It looked like the cars went through the grass because there wasn’t any oil.”

Ambrose slipped again in turn 10, but Keselowski

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Marcos Ambrose celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Watkins Glen International, Sunday, in Watkins Glen, N.Y. couldn’t drive past. Neither gave ground, and Ambrose forged ahead on the final turn, another hard right-hander, and turned away Keselowski’s final charge on the outside.

“I must have hit the oil one more time and he didn’t,” Keselowski said.

“I thought I had him.”

Busch was not available for comment after the race.

Entering the race, Ambrose had one win and had never finished lower than third in four starts at The Glen for an average finish of 2.3 and an average green flag speed of nearly 120 mph. Both were tops in the series.

Jimmie Johnson was third to gain the points lead by one over Greg Biffle. Sonoma winner Clint Bowyer and Sam Hornish Jr. were next, giving Dodge, which is leaving NASCAR at season’s end, two in the top five. Dale Earnhardt Jr. spun late and finished 28th to fall from first to fourth in points, 17 behind Johnson.

Biffle was sixth, and Busch, Matt Kenseth, Regan Smith and Martin Truex Jr. rounded out the top 10.

Ryan Newman finished 11th to move back ahead of Jeff Gordon into the second wild card slot. Kasey Kahne, who has two wins, holds the other. Gordon was also a victim of the oil, spinning late and dropping to 21st after having driven past Newman.

Ryu ends drought with big win at Jamie Farr Toledo Classic

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SYLVANIA, Ohio — Even though it had only been a little over a year since her victory in the U.S. Women’s Open, So Yeon Ryu was already feeling the pressure to win again.

She lapped the field to end the drought Sunday.

Ryu rode a string of six straight birdies in the middle of her round to a 9-under 62 and a seven-stroke victory in the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic.

“This is just my turning point,” she said. “I want to win again.”

Ryu began the day locked in a fourplayer logjam — all South Koreans — for first place. She took the lead by herself for the first time with an eight-foot birdie putt at the third hole and gradually stretched her advantage until pulling away with birdies on Nos. 9-14.

“On hole No. 9, I made a really long putt and my confidence level went up,” she said. Still, a good friend had provided a cautionary tale. Yeon Jae Son, competing for South Korea in rhythmic gymnastics at the London Olympics, was in line to medal heading into the final day of competition.

But, she told Ryu by phone, she had gotten ahead of herself and ended up missing out on a trip to the podium.

Ryu took that to heart on the course.

“It made me nervous because I really wanted to win. ... She helped a lot,”

LPGA Ryu said about the message imparted by her friend. “I didn’t want to be thinking of winning. I was just thinking about my score.”

Ryu ended up at 20-under 264 thanks to the lowest final round by a Farr winner — by three strokes.

Samantha Richdale of Kelowna, B.C., closed with a 74 and tied for 42nd.

She earned US$6,033.

On the third hole, Ryu hit her approach from the light rough to eight feet over the flag and made the birdie putt to break free of the pack.

She added a 12-footer for birdie at the par-4 fifth to double her lead.

The lead could have grown even more; Ryu missed birdie putts of eight, six and 10 feet at Nos. 4, 6 and 7.

Then, after I.K. Kim, who shot a 71 and ended up tied for fifth with Jennie Lee (67) at 11 under, narrowed her lead to a shot, Ryu rolled in a 30-footer from the front of the green at the ninth hole.

From there she took control. None of her next five birdies were outside six feet as she dialed in her irons.

“My ball-striking was great,” she said.

For good measure, she birdied the last hole — a kick-in from two feet — to cap her round.

Her 62 matched the fourth-best round in tournament history. Her 20-under total has been surpassed only

by five-time Farr winner Se Ri Pak, considered the matriarch for a generation of young South Korean players on the LPGA Tour.

Ryu had picked up the game in the second grade as part of her school’s extracurricular activities. She’s also a gifted pianist. Not a member of the LPGA Tour at the time, she beat fellow countrywoman Hee Kyung Seo — her playing partner Sunday — to win the 2011 Open in a three-hole playoff.

This season, Ryu has eight top 10s including a tie for second in Australia.

Angela Stanford made a long birdie putt on the final hole for 66 to finish second at 13-under 271. As Ryu pulled away, she couldn’t do much but watch.

“When I looked at the leaderboard on 14, she was at 16 under at that point,” said Stanford, a native Texan.

“I thought, ’She’s obviously having a great day.’ When you see that somebody’s running away with it, you continue to chase them but if I can’t catch her I’d like to be second.”

South Koreans Inbee Park and Chella Choi each shot 69 and shared third place at 12 under.

The victory was worth $195,000 to Ryu, who is an LPGA rookie. She was overjoyed and relieved by the victory.

“After winning a major tournament, everyone had really high expectations,” she said. “I had no wins after that, so some were disappointed for me. So I really wanted to win as soon as possible — and today I made it.”

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So Yeon Ryu, of South Korea, waves as she approaches the 18th green during the final round of the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic golf tournament at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio, Sunday.

Henderson wins split decision over Edgar UFC 150

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DENVER — Benson Henderson is still the UFC lightweight champion of the world, but he might not be able to use the term “undisputed.”

Henderson earned a controversial split decision win over the man he had beaten for the belt in February, Frankie Edgar, in the five-round main event of Saturday night’s UFC 150 at Denver’s Pepsi Center.

Edgar earned a 49-46 score on judge Tony Weeks’ card, but Mark Van Tine and Dave Hagen’s scores of 48-47 for Henderson allowed “Smooth” to retain his championship belt.

Henderson looked to be in control early, buckling his opponent with powerful low kicks and ending the first round by applying a guillotine choke. But Edgar changed the course of the fight in the second, flooring Henderson with a crisp right hand. The momentum-changer set the tone for the final 15 minutes of the bout, which went back and forth and resulted in several close rounds.

Rounds three and five were the closest frames, featuring Henderson’s power against Edgar’s volume and movement. Edgar was the busier fighter while Henderson looked to land knockout blows. In the end, Henderson got the victory — taking rounds one, three and four on the winning cards — but the Pepsi Center crowd voiced its disapproval by showering the octagon with boos.

UFC President Dana White didn’t say who he personally felt won the fight but suggested the contest even heading into the fifth and final round. He did acknowledge the decision was at least somewhat controversial.

“It’s one of those controversial decisions,” White said. “I’m not a judge, but Ben Henderson won the fight tonight. He retained his title, and that’s the end of it. I know there were a lot of people that scored the fight differently, but I tell these guys all the time, ’If you don’t like the way the judges score, don’t let it get there. Don’t let it get there.”’

With the win, Henderson will next face Nate Diaz, who White declared the No. 1 contender.

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FREE THE FUZZ Local law enforcement officers will be camping out on the roof of WalMart at Parkland Mall from Aug. 17 to 19 for the second annual FreeThe-Fuzz event. Officers will be hoisted onto the roof on Friday morning courtesy of Red Deer Emergency Services and will remain there for 48 hours — rain or shine — to raise money for Special Olympics in Red Deer. Hot dogs will be sold, along with merchandise from the Law Enforcement Torch Run to raise money.

Special Olympics athletes will also be at the mall to take donations.

HARVEST FESTIVAL The 21st annual Dickson Harvest Festival will feature lots for families to do on Sunday, Sept. 16.

The event will run from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Danish and traditional food, continuous entertainment, kiddies corral, and vendors will be on hand. Bring a non-perishable food bank donation. For more information or to book a vendor table, call 403-728-3355 or go online at www. dicksonstoremuseum. com. To get to Dickson, travel from Innisfail 29 km west on Hwy 54 to Spruce View, then 3.2 km south. The site is located on the corner of the four-way stop right in Dickson.

100 years of Salvation INTERNATIONAL CHURCH HAS ALWAYS HAD A STRONG PRESENCE IN RED DEER

BY LAURA TESTER ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer Salvation Army started off with a simple open-air ceremony on July 6, 1912, and a century later it’s still going strong.

The international church, which looks after the less fortunate in a variety of ways, launched a branch in Red Deer during a time when the population was only 3,000 people.

Major M. McLean of Winnipeg, plus ensign-ranked Alice Pearce, were on hand for the celebrations that would later move indoors at the Orange Hall, which had been located on 3rd Street North, now 53rd Street. At the time, the Salvation Army was 30 years old in Canada, initially opening in the Toronto and London areas.

Major Larry Bridger, who has run the Red Deer Salvation Army for the last year, said the intent of the charity’s pioneers was to open up churchs across the country to spread the gospel of Christianity.

“People stood in the rain for the (opening ceremony) and then they moved inside to the hall where they had their first meeting,” said Bridger.

The Salvation Army has been in several locations in the downtown. In 1977, it moved to its fifth and present location on 54th Street.

No matter its location, the Salvation Army has maintained a strong presence in the community.

Bridger said the charity developed an office of family services about 40 to 50 years ago.

Since that time, a number of programs have been developed, ranging from free clothing and furniture to emergency transportation and Christmas food hampers.

Thrift stores opened — one in Red Deer which is run by a regional office in Calgary.

The one in Innisfail is managed by Red Deer’s Salvation Army.

For a time, the Salvation Army offered certain services, including a rehabilitation centre for alcoholics, but they were eventually closedn.

Funding became an issue in the case of the rehab centre, Bridger said.

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Salvation Army pastor and director Major Larry Bridger outside the Church and Family Services building in Red Deer.

“A soup kitchen that was running for about 10 years was discontinued because there were other agencies in the community providing the same services,” Bridger said.

Bridger said the Salvation Army is continuing to look for new ways to help the community, including a fellowship program where seniors can fellowship and have a meal.

Red Deer Salvation Army is also gearing up to hold 100th anniversary celebrations Oct. 12-14.

On the Friday night will be a special dinner for the church congregation, former church members and other guests.

At the end of August, tickets will go on sale at the Black Knight Inn ticket office for the Saturday night concert featuring the Salvation Army Canadian Staff band from Toronto.

The concert will start at 7 p.m. Cost is $20.

Autism dog helps keep girl safe

FAMILY SWIM Red Deerians are invited to enjoy two nights of free family swimming next week, courtesy of local Tim Hortons restaurant owners. The first Free Family Swim Night will be held at G.H. Dawe Community Centre on Tuesday, followed by Collicutt Centre on Thursday.

Both events will run from 5 to 9 p.m. “Free summer swimming is just one way we can thank our loyal guests for their continued support throughout the year,” said Glen Calkins, Tim Hortons restaurant owner. “It’s also a great way for families to spend quality time together during the summer months.”

Shelley Gagnon, manager of Recreation, Parks and Culture, said the city is excited to partner with Tim Hortons on this great opportunity for families.

This is Salvation Army’s elite brass band of about 33 members that’s travelled around the world to play, Bridger said.

“We’re hoping that the public will want to go to this,” he said.

“Whoever likes brass music will not be disappointed.”

During the Sunday morning worship service, Commissioner Brian Peddle, leader of the Salvation Army in Canada and Bermuda, and his wife, Commissioner Rosalie Peddle, will be present.

“It’s not often that our national leader gets to Red Deer and I’m not sure when was the last time,” said Bridger, now in his 35th year with the Salvation Army.

“This is the first time I’ve been involved in a 100th celebration — it’s a very significant event.”

Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently sent written congratulations to the Salvation Army. ltester@reddeeradvocate.com

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

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Kyra Fox, 10, with her golden lab, autism support dog at the Bower Place Shopping Centre.

Electra the autism dog is keeping 10-year-old Krya Fox safe as well as helping her get a better sleep.

Kyra’s mother, Kim Fox, said after two weeks with the trained dog, the impact has already been huge on her daughter, who has autism.

“Standing here in this mall, we wouldn’t be able to do that. She would be tearing off somewhere,” said Fox about her daughter while they were at Bower Place Shopping Centre with Electra.

Autism support dogs are trained to increase the safety and confidence of moderately to severe autistic children.

In public, Kyra wears a safety belt attached to Electra’s jacket while Kyra’s mother holds the dog’s leash.

If Kyra tries to bolt, the dog will sit to prevent her from running away.

On Friday, Kyra, her mom and Electra did a final test, walking around the mall to see how the dog

behaves with the family and how it follows commands amid the noise, crowds and food aromas from the food court.

Two-year-old Electra, a golden retriever/Labrador retriever cross, was trained by Alberta Guide Dog Services, a division of British Columbia Guide Dog Services.

Fundraising pays the cost of training.

Krya’s mother said her daughter is unpredictable and impulsive, but with Electra, Kyra is more grounded.

Electra is also helping to settle Kyra for sleep.

Krya doesn’t have sensory filters so she wakes up frequently from noises.

“If someone is touching her, she sleeps peacefully. We’re training the dog to sleep on her bed and lean against her.”

Electra will also help Kyra, a Grade 4 student at Joseph Welsh School, create social bonds with other students.

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Doctor writes about science, faith RAISED AS MENNONITE, BECAME AGNOSTIC, THEN RETURNED

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Retired pediatrician turned author Victor J. Ratzlaff draws on his personal struggles of reconciling science and faith in his first novel.

Creation Wars published by Word Alive Press takes place in the 1950s and focuses on the struggles and conflicts faced by a science teacher in a small Christian community who became disillusioned with his faith while attending university. The plot has elements of Ratzlaff’s own experiences.

The 77-year-old Red Deer resident grew up in a Mennonite home in Linden, Alta.

He studied at a bible college in Calgary before enrolling in the University of Alberta to study medicine.

Ratzlaff said he became disillusioned because he could not reconcile his beliefs with the scientific education he was receiving at the university. Eventually Ratzlaff became agnostic for about 15 years before he returned to his faith in his first few years of practicing medicine.

In 2006, Ratzlaff retired from medicine after more than three decades of practicing in Red Deer.

“When you’re in medicine, I tell you there isn’t anything else you can do almost,” said Ratzlaff. “Except a very diversionary things. I just didn’t have enough time left to think about writing. It’s something you start doing once you have a little more time.”

Ratzlaff said he often questioned whether he should be heading down another career path at his age.

“Why not if I can still do it,” he said.

Ratzlaff said it was an easy decision to focus on creation in his novel because of his own experiences. In the last 10 years he began to broaden his reading in the area.

Ratzlaff said he came across a book published in 1948 called Modern Science and Christian Faith that sort of made every thing click both spiritually and intellectually. He said the book inspired him to write something that would inspire others to keep their faith.

“I just started thinking if I had come across that book at the right time I could have saved myself a lot of confusion,” said Ratzlaff.

“That piqued my interest in writing something like this. I never thought about writing a novel. I just sort of jumped and thought why don’t I write a novel. I couldn’t get it out of my head.”

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Author Victor Ratzlaff of Red Deer holds his recent book.

Tolerance for people with other religions and creation beliefs is one of the strong themes in the short novel.

Ratzlaff will be at the Snell Auditorium at the downtown branch of the Red Deer Public Library for a book launch between 1 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 15. Creation Wars is available from www.amazon.ca and by contacting Ratzlaff at vratzlaff@gmail.com crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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LUANN 1812: Gen. Isaac Brock met Indian Chief Tecumseh to plan a campaign to drive General William Hull back into the United States.

1886: Sir John A. Macdonald drove in the last spike of the Esquimault-Nanaimo railway in British Columbia.

1949: James Cardinal McGuigan of Toronto ordered that the sacraments be denied to Roman Catholics who read, wrote or distributed the Canadian Tribune, the newspaper

of the Communist Party of Canada.

1955: The Canso Causeway, linking Cape Breton Island to the Nova Scotia mainland, was opened. Built at an estimated cost of $22 million, the causeway took three years to complete.

1990: Gilles Duceppe became the first MP elected under the banner of the Bloc Quebecois, committed to Quebec sovereignty.

1992: A Manitoba court ruled that mandatory Christian prayer in the province’s schools was unconstitutional. Manitoba was Canada’s last bastion of compulsory school prayer.

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Oil holds promise for north NEW N.W.T. OIL PROSPECT RAISING ECONOMIC HOPES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — A potentially enormous new shale oil prospect in the Northwest Territories is giving some communities hope that the resource-driven economic boost they’ve long been waiting for may finally be close.

But development of the shale oil find, known as the Canol, has also raised concern over the use of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, in a remote, ecologically fragile part of the central Mackenzie Valley that is new to that oil and gas extraction technique.

“If they’re going to do fracking, at least let us be involved so that we can watch the process, we can make sure it’s nice and clean because we do need economics around this area,” said Chief

Wilfred McNeely Jr. of the Fort Good Hope Band.

McNeely said some residents are concerned about how much water would be drawn from the Mackenzie River for the fracking process, in which producers inject water, sand and chemicals into the rock at high pressure in order free the oil and gas.

He said some have also expressed concern over chemicals contaminating the river.

But unemployment in the community of 567 is high, so said he’d welcome the jobs and investment that would come from oil development.

In June two parcels of land around Fort Good Hope were leased for $92 million — one to Royal Dutch Shell PLC, and another to Shell and MGM Energy Corp. (TSX:MGM) in partnership.

“To me that adds up to a lot of money,” said McNeely. “Having these oil companies in the country, I look at it as a positive thing.”

Those leases are in addition to 11 more that were awarded elsewhere in the central Mackenzie last year for a total of $535 million to major players including Husky Energy Inc. (TSX:HSE), Imperial Oil Ltd. (TSX:IMO) and ConocoPhillips.

The Canol stretches from around the Fort Good Hope region south to the hamlet of Tulita, between the Mackenzie River and the mountain range to the west — a “massive piece of real estate,” according to David Ramsay, the Northwest Territories’ minister of industry, tourism, investment and transportation.

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WikiLeaks suffers denial-of-service attack LONDON — The secretbusting organization WikiLeaks says it’s been the victim of a sustained denial-ofservice attack which has left its website sluggish or inaccessible for more than a week.

In a statement released late Saturday the group said the assault intensified around the beginning of August and has since expanded to include attacks against affiliated sites.

Denial-of-service attacks work by overwhelming websites with requests for information.

WikiLeaks has said it’s been flooded with 10 gigabits per second of bogus traffic from thousands of different Internet addresses.

WikiLeaks, which has angered officials with its spectacular releases of classified U.S. documents, remained inaccessible Sunday.

Google to de-emphasize some websites LOS ANGELES — Google Inc. is altering its search results to de-emphasize the websites of repeat copyright offenders and make it easier to find legitimate providers of music, movies and other content. The move is a peace offering to Hollywood and the music recording labels.

This year, Google joined other Silicon Valley heavyweights to help kill legislation that would have given government and content creators more power to shut down foreign websites that promote piracy.

The Motion Picture Association of America issued a lukewarm response, saying it was “optimistic” the change would help steer consumers away from piracy.

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Working in the BBQ Hut at the Red Deer Market Andrew Nabutovsky keeps the eggs cracking as the team of cooks in the truck prepare breakfast for people visiting the market Saturday.

Red Deer appears to be hungry for more fare offered by food trucks

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF The street food scene in Red Deer is heating up in popularity with diners craving delectable diversity.

While there are not as many food trucks dishing up street eats compared to Calgary, Toronto and Vancouver, there’s a definite taste for meals on wheels.

Sisters Barb Maddison and Lynn Olson are die-hard fans of the Food Network’s smash hit Eat St. and never skip Saturdays at the Red Deer Public Market where they devour bacon and egg on a bun for breakfast.

But they would also like to see more food trucks, more often selling eats like Greek and Indian fare, Mexican food, and fish and chips throughout the city.

Olson said food trucks would be a popular draw to places in downtown Red Deer like Ross Street.

Coun. Dianne Wyntjes and coun. Lynne Mulder said they would love to see more food vendors trucks around the city, in the parks and at construction sites serving healthier treats

and exposing residents to different foods.

“More brings more people,” said Coun. Cindy Jeffries.

“There’s more opportunity in that. Obviously you don’t want to put the businesses that are there all year round in jeopardy. It’s great for the summer festivals and gatherings.”

Ann Berry, owner of the family-run, The BBQ Hut, has parked at the Red Deer Public Market for five seasons. Her truck caters outdoor events and private functions.

Berry has seen more trucks popping up at festivals and events in the summers.

She thinks there’s a market for food trucks in downtown Red Deer.

“You are not going to buy a smokie at a restaurant,” said Berry, who has owned restaurants in the past.

“I think most food trucks are catering to a different market.

It’s a smaller market. We are gearing to the people who are walking around, shopping and want to grab a bite to go. It’s totally a different thing than a sit down. In a restaurant you are waiting. Here you just grab and go.”

The city does not track the number of licences granted

each year but city licence inspector Shelley Van Someren said there has been an increase in applications in recent years.

So far this year 14 licences were have been allotted to vendors selling everything from ice cream, smokies, chips, mini donut, barbecue to fish tacos.

“I have seen an increase this year,” Van Someren said.

“There’s been lots of phone calls and inquires. I think all the programs on TV are driving the interest and getting people excited and wanting to try it here.”

In order to obtain a food truck or a mobile vending unit/ canteen licence, the city requires a picture and general description of the unit, a copy of the health inspection report, a written letter of permission from the owner of a property where they intend to park the truck.

Licences are $110 for residents and $330 for non-residents.

Trucks are not allowed to park on city streets.

Mobile carts that sell food like hotdogs or smokies are permitted on sidewalks but require a use of street permit from the city’s engineering department. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

A growing concern about the Chinese economy will be paired with longtime worries about Europe’s debt crisis this week, as traders consider whether troubles in the two regions could spread further.

North American traders will likely keep those factors in mind in what’s expected to be another cautious week characterized by low volume trading, mostly because many money managers are on vacation.

But signs have started to emerge that, despite all the pessimism, markets are determined to move higher. The hope is that with weak economic data from both Europe and China, as well as uncertainty over the pace of a recovery in the U.S., it is possible that central banks could soon make moves to help bolster the global economy.

A bullish sentiment reared its head late last week as North American markets pushed upwards, and ended higher. Toronto’s S&P/TSX composite index made a gain of about two per cent on the week, while on Wall Street the S&P 500 rose to a four-month high.

“We seem to be rallying, albeit slowly, on the backs of possible central banks easing or stimulus,” said Allan Small, senior adviser at DWM Securities.

However, with many regions of the world taking much of this month off, it’s widely expected that central banks will not make any major decisions for several weeks.

“Many of the political leaders have gone on vacation, so you’re not seeing any news in Europe,” said Norman Raschkowan, North American strategist for Mackenzie Financial Corp.

“You’re not likely to hear any important news this month, so there’s kind of a vacuum.”

But with a rash of negative data from overseas last week, it’ll hard for traders to ignore the growing sentiment that a slowdown in Asia could have broader ramifications.

On Friday, China reported that its export growth slumped to one per cent in July from more than 11 per cent the previous month, largely because of sluggish demand from Europe.

The dangers of over-diversification For years, financial professionals have everything went down during the crisis,” touted the benefits of diversifying your said Serge Pepin, vice-president, investinvestment portfolio. But now, some are ment strategy, with BMO Global Asset Manwarning that you can actually have too agement. “It’s in times like these, however, much of a good thing and overwhen a strong fixed income comdiversify your portfolio. ponent can really help investors “A diversified portfolio — navigate the ups and downs in one with a mix of investments the market.” spread across several sectors — Over-diversification can be reduces volatility without lowharmful in a number of ways ering expected returns,” said and for a number of reasons.

Cesar Rainusso, vice-president Canadian investors in genat BMO Investorline. “(Howeveral tend to be over-diversified er), holding more than 30 stocks because they have a strong doin a portfolio can actually remestic bias and tend to invest duce the benefits of diversificaheavily in Canadian companies tion by eliminating the investand equities. ment risk essential for strong While the TSX has outperTALBOT returns.” formed markets in North AmerBOGGS This idea that you can overica for the last seven years, with diversify your portfolio began to the exception of 2011 and the emerge during the crash of 2008. first quarter of 2012, the Cana“The pundits began to say dian market is small compared then that diversification is dead because to the U.S. Only about 220 or so securities

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trade on the TSX, and of that number only about 75 are large cap equities, mostly in finance, energy and materials, explained Pepin.

“The average investor owns more than one Canadian large-cap fund, and since those funds tend to hold the same stocks in various weights, given our rather small market of available stocks, investors could be over-diversified in Canadian equity funds unless they hold both large and small cap funds,” he said.

In the U.S., since the S&P 500 or the Russell 1000 are so much larger, owning two or three U.S. equity funds may mean better diversification.”

Canadian investors have a tendency to have too many equities or funds, too many accounts (registered and non-registered), concentrate on too few areas of the market, and generally take a “sit-on-it-and-forget-it” attitude.

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He said there could be between two and three billion barrels of recoverable oil in the Canol, putting it the same league as the Bakken, a major shale oil region that underlies parts of North Dakota, Montana and Saskatchewan.

The economic upswing was evident last winter while some seismic work was taking place around Normal Wells, N.W.T. Hotel rooms were virtually unobtainable, store sales doubled and takeoffs and landings at the local airport tripled, he said.

“It’s that kind of activity that’s going to drive the economy. We have always struggled with employment levels in smaller aboriginal communities in the Northwest Territories.”

This winter Husky is planning to evaluate two vertical wells it drilled in the area a year earlier, and is seeking regulatory approval to build an all-weather access road around its leases.

Ramsay acknowledges there are concerns over fracking. He and other members of his government will be in Calgary the week of August 20 to meet with industry, regulators and environmental groups to learn more.

“People want to know, and people have every right to know, what the impact on the water will be, the chemicals that would be used.”

Environmental lawyer Stephen Hazell, who participated in lengthy regulatory hearings into the Mackenzie natural gas pipeline, said shale oil development in the North should be rigorously studied.

Fracking in and of itself has concerns, he said, but heavy equipment moving over permafrost raises a whole host of other environmental issues.

“It needs to be a review that has hearings, that invited people who’ve got experience with shale oil and fracking in other parts in North America to come up and testify,” said the founder of Ecovision Law in Ottawa.

“They need to be serious about it and not do a quick and dirty internal review.”

The Mackenzie gas pipeline, which would carry gas from fields near the coast of Beaufort Sea south to Alberta, has been proposed in various in one way or another for decades, but has yet to come to fruition.

Energy consultant Doug Matthews, who organized the trip for Northwest Territories politicians next week, said oil development will be good for the people of the Northwest Territories.

“While (the Mackenzie pipeline) may not be officially dead, it’s certainly in a very deep sleep and there’s not going to be any activity flowing to the people in the North from the project, certainly for the foreseeable future.”

There is already an oil pipeline owned by Enbridge that runs from Norman Wells to northern Alberta that has a lot of capacity to spare. But if the Canol ends up being as big as some are predicting, another pipeline may need to be built — and that won’t be easy in light of recent concerns over spills.

Enbridge’s Norman Wells pipeline leaked last year near Wrigley, N.W.T. “That gives people pause. Understandably they’d be concerned about the impact of the spill,” said Matthews.

Fred Carmichael is chairman of the Aboriginal Pipeline Group, which owns an equity stake in the Mackenzie gas pipeline. Through the shale oil find in the central part of the valley could be good news, he said it’s important to stay the course on the natural gas pipeline, which he sees moving forward in the next three to five years.

There’s been no mining in that region and the anti-fur movement has damaged its traditional hunting and trapping industries, Carmichael said. So energy development will help communities there be selfsufficient, rather than reliant on the government.

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U.S. cuts corn production estimates as drought deepens ADDING TO CONCERNS OF FOOD PRICE HIKES

BY JIM SUHR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. LOUIS — A deepening drought in U.S. farm states has cut further into this fall’s harvest, with farmers now expected to pull from their fields the lowest corn yield in more than a decade.

But U.S. farmers are still expected to produce their eighthlargest harvest ever, and while there’s sure to be a rise in prices at the grocery stores, there’s little risk of a failed harvest that would lead to shortages on the shelves.

The U.S. Agriculture Department predicted the nation’s biggest harvest ever in the spring, when farmers planted 96.4 million acres (39 million hectares) of corn — the most since 1937.

But it cut its estimate a month ago and again Friday, saying it now expects the nation to produce 10.8 billion bushels, the least since 2006.

If that estimate holds, the federal government says it will be enough to meet the world’s needs and ensure there are no shortages.

The U.S. is the world’s top exporter of corn, soybeans and wheat.

But experts say food prices will almost certainly climb as corn is a widely used ingredient found in everything from cosmetics to cereal, colas and candy bars.

The drought stretching across the U.S. from Ohio west to California is deepest in the middle of the country, and major farm states like Iowa and Illinois are seeing conditions get worse each week. Farmers credit advances in seed technology that have produced hardier, more droughttolerant corn for any harvest at all.

“I have to be honest with you, I’m totally stunned we have corn with green stalks and leaves,” said Garry Niemeyer, the National Corn Growers Associated president. “Our corn yield normally would be about 190 bushels per acre. This year, if I get 110, I’d be thrilled to death.”

The USDA’s latest estimate predicts corn farmers will average 123.4 bushels per acre, down 24 bushels from last year in what would be the lowest average yield in 17 years.

But the yield would still be as good as nearly a decade ago, when the average was about 129 bushels in a year without drought.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack trumpeted the resilience of U.S. farmers and ranchers on Friday, saying he didn’t expect immediate increases in food prices and was optimistic the U.S. would continue meeting global demand for grain.

“Americans shouldn’t see immediate increases in food prices due to the

drought,” Vilsack said during a trip to drought-stricken Nebraska.

“What is important going forward is that we continue to do all we can to help the farmers, ranchers, small businesses and communities being impacted by this drought.”

But experts have already been predicting increases in food prices. Rick Whitacre, a professor of agricultural economics at Illinois State University, said he believes the greatest impact will be in meat and poultry prices, given that many ranchers have sold off livestock as pastures dry up and feed costs rise.

The selloff will result in lower prices through December with a glut of meat on the market — but higher costs beginning next year.

Whitacre predicted an eventual 4 to 6 per cent increase in the cost of pork and beef.

“You’re going to see the ripple of this go out for quite a distance,” he said.

Dennis Conley, an agricultural economist in University of Ne-

braska’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, said he expected to see nominally higher prices in U.S. supermarkets, although when “is the million-dollar question.”

He thought it might be a month or two before products using corn as an ingredient cost more.

Corn prices have already been going up with steady reports of worsening drought and crop damage, jumping from just under $6 a bushel in late June to over $8 a bushel in early August. There was little immediate effect from Friday’s report, perhaps because the commodities sector expected the bad news.

“There was nothing really surprising. We’ve already had some private analysts suggesting the crop could be that low,” said Mark Schultz, chief analyst at Northstar Commodity in Minneapolis.

“In another two weeks there will be people picking corn in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa. So we’ll start getting an idea of what these yields truly are.”

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As well, because they are over-diversified, they may be paying more fees than they realize, which could be hurting their returns.

“Because they are so diversified they tend to feel they don’t have to worry about things and take this ‘sit-on-it-and-forget-it’ approach,” Pepin said.

“Holding too many individual stocks can lead to added transaction costs without actually lowering investment risk,” added Rainusso. “It may be more efficient to simply select about 30 companies covering a range of sectors such as financials, utilities, technology and health care.”

While there’s no optimum number of stocks to hold in a portfolio, experts suggest between 10 and 30 stocks should provide some level of diversification and the probability of reduced risk.

A diversification strategy can be somewhat different for mutual funds.

“Canadian equity mutual funds tend to have similar holdings, including large positions in the banks and resource companies which dominate out market,” Pepin said. “This overlap adds costs and complexity to a portfolio.”

Pepin suggests holding one or two core equity mutual funds each with 30 or more companies.

“To avoid over-diversification with mutual funds, it’s wise to choose funds with few redundant holdings and complimentary strategies,” Pepin said.

“This way you ensure you get all of the risk reduction that comes from diversification without diluting the benefits.”

Pepin believes a portfolio should contain four main building blocks: a fixed income component of anywhere from 10 to 40 per cent to protect against the downside, and diversified Canadian, U.S. and international equities to provide growth.

Investors looking to reduce fees increasingly are using discount brokerages or, in many cases, trading themselves online.

While they might be reducing the costs of fees, there’s a danger they may over-trade and move in and out of the market or securities too often and hurt their returns.

“Studies show that self-directed investors don’t stay in as long as they should and are more active than they should be,” said Pepin. “Switching too much can hurt you — you won’t get ahead. It’s not for everyone.”

Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business communications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.

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BY SARAH RATCHFORD THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The producers of TV’s Grimm say viewers will finally get some answers when Season 2 kicks off tonight.

The fantastical show focuses on Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli), a Portland detective descended from a group of criminal profilers known as Grimms, who battle various supernatural forces.

At the conclusion of Season One, Nick’s life had become, well, complicated.

He’d had an encounter with his mother (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), even though he thought she was dead; his partner Hank (Russell Hornsby) was in rough emotional shape; and his fiancee, Juliet (Bitsie Tulloch), was in a potential life-anddeath situation.

“Is Juliet dying? Well you’ve got to stay tuned to find that out,” co-producer David Greenwalt teased in a recent conference call with reporters.

Greenwalt said the return of Nick’s mother will all be explained in the first episode.

“She’s been on a long quest and they have lots of issues to work out. One with the other. And boy does he have a lot of questions he wants answered,” he said.

“We’re not going to continue to tease people. But, in the first episode and in the second episode too, a lot of these questions will be very clearly answered.”

The show is a hybrid of many different elements, said Greenwalt, who formerly produced cult fave Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

“It’s a part procedural, part genre show,” he explained. “So if you just like a kind of a Law & Ordersolve-a-crime, you can watch this show. If you like mythology and critters you can really watch this show.”

While Nick has already been through his share of trials, Greenwalt says he’ll face something he’s never dealt with before in the upcoming season.

“It will be bigger, and badder, and more dangerous, and more vicious,” he hinted.

He says the character will come into his own more as the series progresses, and that learning about his past from his mother will help with that.

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Actor Bitsie Tulloch as Juliette Silverton and David Giuntoli as Nick Burckhardt are shown in a scene from the TV show ”Grimm.” a lot of the emotional things that have happened to him.”

“We’ll also reveal some more of the deeper history with the Grimms and tie it to some more real events in the past,” adds co-producer Jim Kouf.

Balancing the show’s multi-faceted nature can be difficult at times, Greenwalt and Kouf admit.

Grimm airs on NBC and CTV.

The hardest part, they say, is fitting plot developments into short periods of time.

“We always are thinking we are making movies every week,” Kouf said.

“And we find that on a TV schedule, that’s really difficult. So we’re always pushing the limits of what our current crew can actually accomplish in eight days. Because we write big action-based stories.”

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Revenues for the finale are running 12 per cent behind s, which had climbed to $441.6 million at the same point in its theatrical run.

While the Colorado shootings may have scared away some viewers, the Olympics have dampened Hollywood’s overall business as fans stay home to watch the games. “ The Dark Knight also had an advantage the new film lacks: a mesmerizing, Academy Award-winning performance by Heath Ledger as the Joker, with the actor’s death helping to fuel anticipation for the film.

“All things considered, The Dark Knight Rises is doing incredibly well,” Dergarabedian said.

The Dark Knight Rises has proven more popular than its predecessor overseas, where it has taken in $445.3 million to give it a worldwide total of $835 million. The finale is on track to top the $468 million international total of “The Dark Knight.”

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released today.

1. The Bourne Legacy, $40.3 million ($7.8 million international).

2. The Campaign, $27.4 million ($2.1 million international).

3. The Dark Knight Rises,” $19.5 million ($34.2 million international).

4. Hope Springs, $15.6 million.

5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, $8.2 million ($1 million international).

6. Total Recall, $8.1 million ($18.7 million international).

7. Ice Age: Continental Drift, $6.8 million ($16.2 million international).

8. Ted, $3.3 million ($20.3 million international).

9. Step Up: Revolution, $2.9 million.

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LOS ANGELES — The Dark Knight Rises has finally fallen out of firstplace at the weekend box office.

Jeremy Renner’s action tale The Bourne Legacy took over as the No. 1 movie with a $40.3 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis’ political comedy The Campaign opened at No. 2 with $27.4 million.

The new movies pushed The Dark Knight Rises down to third-place with $19.5 million, raising the superhero blockbuster’s three-week domestic total to $390.1 million.

The weekend’s other new wide release, Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones’ marital comic drama Hope Springs, opened at No. 4 with $15.6 million.

The Dark Knight Rises had been the No. 1 movie for three-straight weekends since debuting amid tragedy as a gunman killed 12 people and wounded 58 at a midnight screening of the film on opening day in Colorado.

The violence seems to have had little effect on the runaway success of the Batman finale.

“The opening weekend in our business is very important, and this incident took place before the picture officially opened.

“It took place at a midnight screening. I can’t give you an actual number, but I’m sure we were affected on that opening,” said Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros., which released The Dark Knight Rises.

Universal’s The Bourne Legacy casts Renner and Rachel Weisz in an offshoot of the three hits that starred Matt Damon as unstoppable operative Jason Bourne.

Renner plays an agent pursued by Bourne’s old spy masters after they try to snuff out the espionage program in a coverup conspiracy.

The Bourne Legacy came in well behind the $69.3 million debut of Damon’s last entry in the series, 2007’s The Bourne Ultimatum.

But the new film had

a strong start and establishes Renner as a sturdy frontman to keep the franchise running.

“I love the fact that we were able to reboot this and do as well as we were able to. It leaves it open for us to think about it going forward,” said Nikki Rocco, Universal’s head of distribution.

“We are very much into what it’s going to look like the next time.”

While Damon was absent, his presence is felt throughout The Bourne Legacy, with characters commenting on Jason Bourne sightings and his former handlers jittery over the fact that the rogue agent is still out there.

Renner is a bankable star to carry on solo, but Universal might really cash in if the studio managed to lure Damon back.

“The dream-team scenario of a Bourne with both Damon and Renner would just be irresistible,” said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com.

“That would be cool. I’d be first in line for that.”

The Campaign stars Ferrell and Galifianakis as rivals in a mud-slinging congressional election.

Distributor Warner Bros. hopes real-life politics can help keep the movie afloat as the election season enters the homestretch. “We hope so,” Warner distribution boss Fellman said.

“We hope they run their campaigns a little more professionally than the one in the movie, but sometimes, you have to wonder.”

Sony’s Hope Springs, featuring Streep and Jones as a couple in marriage therapy at a weeklong retreat, had a modest start but drew strongly among older women, a crowd that does not tend to rush out in big numbers over opening weekend.

Rory Bruer, Sony’s head of distribution, said the studio hopes the film will have a long shelf life at theatres as women talk it up to friends.

The Dark Knight Rises is nearing $400 million domestically and will become only the second film in Warner Bros. history to reach that mark.

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Maddie Butler, 13, sketches Nicolette Vanlanduyt, 14, with chalk and board on the Ross Street Patio recently. They and the dozen other members of Art Attack, a City of Red Deer Cultural Services week-long summer camp for youth, spent the lunch hour entertaining patrons with their skills.

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HOROSCOPES Monday, Aug. 13 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Alan Shearer, 42; Shayne Corson, 46; Danny Bonaduce, 53 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Saturn leaves the sign of Libra in a few weeks, but he will not go quietly. The lessons of the last three years are stepping up to the surface so that we are better for the challenges during this time. I’ll talk NADIYA more about Saturn SHAH tomorrow. It will be a great day, enjoy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You find an addiction to intensity, especially the love variety. Relationships and your desire to be with another specific person have a way of changing you deeply, to the core. Self-honesty makes you lighter and freer. It will be a great year, enjoy!

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Past obstacles were designed to make you stronger.

You now have the ability to focus. Use it well and you will make magic available to you.

First, you will have to get clear on what you really want.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): There is what you want in a partnership and then there is what you want out of life. The two cannot be separated today. You want understanding alliances to help you up the ladder. Those relationships are there to be built on.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You feel that there is an adult persona you must maintain.

It feels like a hindrance. You are right to assume that you have to be perceived as if you

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otherwise protecting him, you also enable him to continue drinking.

He knows you are there to pick him up when he falls.

And until you stop, you will continue to agonize over his drinking.

Please contact Al-Anon (al-anon.alateen.org) for support and information.

Dear Annie: Is there any accepted etiquette about who plants flowers at a gravesite?

My husband died eight years ago.

I commissioned a beautiful gravestone to be handcarved from native stone. I planted perennials at the grave, and I touch up and replant each year.

On numerous occasions, his ex-wife (who has remarried twice) has planted flowers at the grave without consulting me.

Most recently, she planted flowers where I had planted early perennials.

She built the area up with a mound of soil and mulch so that when her plants grow, they will hide some of the beautiful hand carving on the stone in addition to burying some of my plantings.

I feel this is inappropriate.

It is my privilege, not hers, to care for my husband’s grave.

This is especially grating because she did everything she could to exclude me from my stepchildren’s lives after their father’s death.

We have been able to interact in a friendlier manner in recent years, and she did eventually apologize for her past behaviour.

I don’t want to create a new problem, but this just aggravates the heck out of me. Am I off base? —

have your act together. Luckily you do. Relax and let yourself shine.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Sometimes, we want success, though we might not know if it is because we truly feel called to make a contribution in a specific area or if we’re trying to fill a void. Today, there is no denying why you want what you do. The clarity will bring it closer to reality.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A part of maturity is seeing the people who raised us as imperfect people, learning life’s lessons to the best of their ability. This step ensures mutual respect. You can change how you perceive them and keep the affection.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your friendships insist on evolving, and where they cannot, you are independent enough to go it alone. You have changed considerably and for the better. Before you say goodbye, make sure that you have reasons that are not likely to pass.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The basketball player will exert great energy in one moment, and then stop to dribble the ball as he or she considers the next smartest move. You are being asked to participate in the game of life.

There is no sitting on the bench. Every shot taken is a step in success.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Freedom is found in the moment. Living true to yourself is less about making outer events match your expectations, and more about acceptance.

That is an inner state of freedom and you can choose it today.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Compromise does not need to mean reconciling yourself to less than ideal circumstances. To consider another perspective allows you to expand your awareness. Today, be willing to see another view.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Ensuring your prosperity may appear, on the surface, to be a pathway to freedom. Make sure the opportunity now on offer resonates with your calling. If it does, you will attract support and find a way to make it profitable.

Cranky in Kansas Dear Cranky: While there are no restrictions on who can place flowers at a gravesite, the ex-wife sounds a little passive-aggressive in her approach.

Try co-opting her.

Call and say you noticed the lovely flowers she left, but trust she didn’t intentionally dig up yours and plan to cover the carving so her children couldn’t see it.

Ask her to come along the next time so the two of you can make it beautiful together and so she will know exactly how you want it to look.

If she still digs up your plants, it’s OK to remove hers.

Dear Annie: “Crying in Ohio” said her husband of 46 years called her “obese.”

My wife and I also have been married for 46 years.

Two years ago, she began telling me that I was a fat slob who never took a bath or brushed my teeth.

Of course, it wasn’t true.

She now has been diagnosed with advanced Alzheimer’s and tells me the same awful things at least twice a week.

But she can’t help it and, 30 minutes later, doesn’t remember saying them.

Maybe there is more going on than an abusive husband calling his wife fat.

He could be a loving husband who needs to see a doctor. — Been There Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Partners are mirrors. It is in our reactions to them that we see who we are, what we believe, and the depths to which we can feel. Be open to seeing yourself more clearly through the eyes of another.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Those of your sign feel a constant flow in life. The most adept use it to your advantage. Within the

flux now, you find your peace. Your beautiful emotions are drawn to the surface. Embrace them.

Nadiya Shah is a consulting astrologer, syndicated sun sign columnist and holds a master’s degree in the Cultural Study of Cosmology and Divination, from the University of Kent, U.K. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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When Luke lived here 10 years ago, he was constantly intoxicated.

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Microsoft Outlook, w/2+ GOLF CLUB “PING EYE” years exp. Suggested rate 9 i r o n P l e a s e c a l Caregivers/ $16/hr.Closing date: 08/18/ Oilfield 403-346-0093 Aides 12. Send resume to sheri@kevinlapp.ca LOST BLACKBERRY F/T LIVE-IN caregiver CURVE PHONE Red Deer Piling is hiring req’d for boys age 5 & 7 in the Aspen Ridge office assistant. Office yrs. old. in Red Deer. area of Red Deer. If found assistant must be trained 403-343-9590 please call 403 314-0579 in Microsoft excel as a RED DEER • EDMONTON • GRANDE PRAIRIE L O S T D O G C h i h u a h u a HIRING caregivers for 8 hour large part of this job will be entering and formatting breed puppy, around Bow- palliative care fax: 403-986-3398 attn: Amanda or hr@ data in Microsoft Excel. er area, had collar and leash, very sadly missed, nursenextdoorreddeer.com Resumes can be faxed to 403-340-8686 or emailed FOUND LIVE-IN childcare for 5 & 9 to joey@reddeerpiling.com L O S T F s m a l l p o o d l e , yr old in private home. F/T Established and very busy Oilfield Trucking white w/tatto i ear and chip in Red Deer. $9.91/hr, 44 Company is now hiring for the following: in back, answers to “Ca- hrs/wk - $336/mo. room & board. Guaranteed 2 yr. sey”, reward, call Dental employment. Exp. in child403-391-4272 • Heavy Duty Journeyman care & post secondary education L O S T i n B o w e r, s h o r t an asset. Email resume to SOUTHPOINTE DENTAL Technician haired brown tabby neu- h_mae_chua@hotmail.com looking for tered male, white chest, energetic, outgoing • Journeyman Welder white paws, 12 yrs. old, Dental Receptionist answers to Einstein for our busy office.

403-347-7817 REWARD Clerical • Wash Bay Attendant Please drop off resumes in person.

REWARD CLERICAL assistant Rhodesian Ridgeback Call HR Dept: 780-467-9897 wanted for receptionist/ Dog, tall, lean and lanky, Fax: 780-463-3346 general office duties. Send rich brown in color, black Oilfield jobs@vdmtrucking.com resume to Box 1003, c/o collar, name is Zulu. Lost R. D. Advocate, 2950 in the College Park area.

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Auto Technicians

JOURNEYMAN AUTO TECHS with Dodge, Chrysler experience required immediately , excellent paid training plan, competitive wage and benifit pkge .

Reply in confidence with resume to bbailey@ heritagechrysler.com or cal 1-800-661-5277 Heritage Chrysler Lacombe Ab

Selling high-tech Non Destructive Testing services to the Oil & Gas sector AB/BC/SK. Background in NDT a plus, not required. 2-4 yrs exp calling on industrial F/T BAKERY WE are looking for clientele required. Based in POSITION AVAIL. Rig Managers, Drillers, Red Deer. Ground floor Must be reliable and Derrick and Floorhands for opportunity with mgmt. willing to work weekends. potential in a newly estabthe Red Deer area.

DBA, Menchie’s Frozen Wage negotiable based Please contact Steve Tiffin lishing company; owned by Yogurt Restaurant on experience at multi-national corporation.

BONUS INCENTIVE - Red Deer AB B & B COWIE Apply in person to the stiffin@galleonrigs.com Base salary plus commisPROGRAM, BENEFITS!!

RESTAURANT Donut Mill, Gasoline Alley sion; annual earnings in INSULATION LTD. or (403) 358-3350 SUPERVISOR’S Looking for Experienced F/T or P/T Housekeeping excess $100K. - F/T - 2 positions avail Insulation installers and See www.testex-ndt.com and servers with experiDUTIES: Plan, organize, crews. Must have own and www.sapphiretech.org ence in serving seniors. control and evaluate transportation. for background.

Must be flexible, work operations of Frozen Professionals CSA approved safety Send resume to: within a team environYogurt Restaurant.

QUALIFIED boots are required. alberta@testex-ndt.com. ment, take initiative and Recruit and supervise Please fax resume to DAY AND NIGHT 360 FITNESS PERSONAL staff, staff scheduling, job work without supervision.

403-347-8075.

TRAINING Must be available to work SUPERVISORS training. Control and order Email: bbcowie@telus.net Hiring F/T Certified weekend. We offer a (Must be able to Provide inventory. Monitor revenue.

Trades Personal Trainer. Start competitive salary. own work truck) Resolve customer complaints.

ASAP with full clientele.

Fax: 403-341-5613 Ensure health & safety Best compensation cityAttention: ARAMARK 2ND and 3rd. year. standards are followed.

FIELD OPERATORS wide. Email resume to e-mail: margery_becker@ ELECTRICAL APPRENTICE QUALIFICATIONS: Valid 1st Aid, H2S, Drivers info@360fitness.ca aramark.ca Must have Residential ex2 years customers service.

License required!! perience. Fax resume to Knowledge of Start your career!

FT FOOD SERVICE 403-347-5745 supervisory skills.

See Help Wanted Supervisor $13/hr. avail.

C & C COATINGS Please contact WAGES: $13.50/hr nights & weekends.Call is seeking an Murray McGeachy or A FULL TIME PAINTER Technical Support Agent Fax resume to Deon Beaupre Little Caesars Red Deer at INDUSTRIAL PAINTER. Kevin Becker REQUIRED - Software co has F/T 403-309-4418 403-346-1600 or fax reExp. with Endura an asset. by Painting exp. necessary. position. To apply, please Mail resume to Box 28038, sume to 403-356-9465 Competitive wages Fax: (403) 340-0886 Must have vehicle. see www.visual-eyes.ca/ Red Deer, AB T4P 1K4 & benefits. Fax resume to: or email Classifieds...costs so little Must be task orientated, en/about-us/opportunities 403-227-1165. self motivated & reliable.

Saves you so much! mmcgeachy@ EXP’’D drywall tradesmen Phone 403-596-1829 cathedralenergyservices.com Restaurant/ & laborers req’d, ABEL CORPORATION Phone 403-348-8640 Hotel kbecker@ is looking for candidates cathedralenergyservices.com for the following positions: FOUNDATION COMPANY currently seeking website: * Woodworking machine experienced commercial www.

MOHAVE GRILL operators $17.00- $21.50 foundation form workers.

Please fax resume to cathedralenergyservices. is currently seeking: hourly - 40 hrs. per wk.

403-346-5867 com SERVERS * Furniture manufacturing Only those with Pro Serve labourers $13.95 - $17. Galaxy Plumbing & HeatYour application will be and experience need hourly - 40 hrs. per wk. ing Ltd requires full time kept strictly confidential. apply. If you are dynamic * Cabinetmakers $18.502nd year apprentices.

Managers – Cooks - Dishwashers and a positive team player $22.50 hourly $40.00 Please apply by fax @ TEAM Snubbing Services Servers – Hosts – Bartenders that is looking for a fun and hrs. per wk.

403-347-4539, email: now hiring exp’d snubbing rewarding work environgalaxyadmin@telus.net or Convenience Store Attendants operators and helpers. ment Mohave Grill is the Send resumes to drop off in person @ 200, Only those WITH experiplace for you!

Box 5324 Lacombe, Thursday August 16th 6040 47 Ave. ence need apply. Email: Competitive wage.

Alberta T4L 1X1; janderson@ HEAVY EQUIPMENT 10:00am until 6:00pm Apply in person between apply by email at teamsnubbing.com SERVICE TECHNICIAN. 2-4 pm. (ask for David) Abel.Corporation@ Hampton Inn & Suites or fax 403-844-2148 United Rentals NO PHONE canadaemail.net or Our completely redeveloped Smitty’s Restaurant, is looking for a CALLS PLEASE. by fax to (403) 782-2729 WANTED Lounge, Convenience Store, New Husky Gas Bar and Car SERVICE TECHNICIAN RAMADA INN & SUITES EXPERIENCED Wash on Gasoline Alley in Red Deer, A.B. will reopen to maintain and repair req’s. F/T front desk CLASS 3 construction tools and in September. Don’t miss your opportunity to apply. agents. Flexibility req’d.

VAC/steamer Truck driver equipment.

Applicants Previous experience is an asset.

Shift work including.

Lacombe area, Fax must have 3-5 years exp, SMITTY’S CANADA LIMITED wknds and eves.

IIncentive resume to 403-782-0507 High School Diploma and #600 – 501, 18th Ave SW and bonus programs. valid drivers license.

Starting rate at $12/per Calgary, AB T2S 0C7 WATER & VAC DRIVER Competitive wages and hr. Exp. not essential Fax: (403) 229-3899 needed. All oilfield tickets ACTION benefits.

Email Rob at Drop off resume to 6853 RESTORATION LTD. req’d. Call 885-4373 or fax Email: reddeer-hwy2south@smittys.ca rmcwade@ur.com 66 Street or fax resume 403-885-4374 www.smittys.ca A disaster restoration firm or fax to 403-343-1087 403-342-4433 or email: serving southern AB Canada’s Largest Full Service Family Restaurant Chain – Something for Everyone info@ JOIN OUR TEAM! is seeking Since 1960 Everyday in Classifieds ramadareddeer.com Independent Paint & Body F/T EMERGENCY is currently accepting RESTORATION TECHS resumes for experienced for the Red Deer location.

Sales & autobody technicians and Valid drivers licence is Distributors prepper. Apply with resume req’d. Pref. given to to 7453 - 50 ave Red Deer, candidates with PREMIER SPA BOUTIQUE AB or email resume to IICRC Certification. is seeking indy2000@telus.net.

Fax resume to: Retail Sales Supervisor 403-253-7367 or email: for our Parkland Mall location, humanresources Red Deer. $17.40/hr. @actionrestoration.ca Email resume: premierjobrd1@gmail.com JOURNEYMAN H.D. SYSTEM DESIGNER ASSOCIATIONS HEALTH & FITNESS mechanic based out of /SALES ASSOCIATE www.centralalbertahomebuilders.com our red deer location.

Audio innovations is www.liveyourlifebetter.com Central AB Home Builders 403-346-5321 Successful applicant will looking for highly Lose weight naturally with Z-Trim www.reddeer.cmha.ab.ca be required to pass motivated, careerwww.dontforgetyourvitamins.net Canadian Mental Health Assoc. mandatory drug screening. oriented person to join our ACTION The greatest vitamins in the world www.realcamping.ca Fax resume with current team. The successful LOVE camping and outdoors?

RESTORATION LTD. www.matchingbonus123.usana.com driver abstract candidate will have the A disaster restoration firm www.diabetes.ca 403-346-6721 the best...just got better!! following proven traits; Canadian Diabetes Assoc. serving southern AB committed to excellent www.greathealth.org LOCAL construction and is seeking www.mycommunityinformation.com service, willingness to Cancer Diabetes DIET 350-9168 oilfield company now hiring /cawos/index.html F/T CONSTRUCTION learn, team player, and a work in central AB area.

PERSONNEL www.reddeerchamber.com mature positive attitude.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES Now hiring exp’d Chamber of Commerce 403-347-4491 & CARPENTERS This is a full time position www.workopolis.com DOZER OPERATORS & for the Red Deer location. offering salary & profit BALLOON RIDES Red Deer Advocate - Job Search SKIDSTEER sharing, benefits program, Must have exp. in all areas OPERATORS. www.air-ristocrat.com of residential construction.

PET ADOPTION and an excellent opportuGary 403-302-7167 Fax resume 403-347-6296 Valid drivers license is nity for advancement. www.reddeerspca.com req’d. Pref. given to LOOKING for apprentice BUILDERS As our System Designer/ Many Pets to Choose From candidates with previous or journeyman mechanic.

Sales Associate you will be www.fantahomes.com REAL ESTATE restoration industry exp.

Pipe bending skills would directly involved with our 403-343-1083 or 403-588-9788 Fax resume to: be a great asset. Wages clients selling and www.homesreddeer.com www.masonmartinhomes.com 403-253-7367 or email: depend on exp. Going designing their Custom Mason Martin Homes 403-342-4544 Help-U-Sell Real Estate5483 humanresources concern shop. Fax Home Audio/Video & www.truelinehomes.com @actionrestoration.ca resume to:403-346-9909 RENTALS Security Systems. If you True Line Homes 403-341-5933 or drop off at 2410 50 Ave. are the right person to join www.homefinders.ca www.jaradcharles.com Family Owned Auto Repair Phone 403-346-7911 our team, please BUILDER M.L.S Phone 403-340-3333 Facility seeking e-mail your resume to: LOOKING for hourly www.laebon.com Journeyman Technician. www.lonsdalegreen.com Audio Innovations e-mail drywallers and general Laebon Homes 403-346-7273 Competitive pay and Lonsdale Green Apartments audio@ laborers. Please fax www.albertanewhomes.com benefits included. audioinnovations.ca resume to 403-782-0610 SHOPPING Stevenson Homes. Experience the Dream.

E-mail or drop off resume, VARSTEEL LTD RED DEER john@innisfail2020.com Classifieds...costs so little www.fhtmca.com/derekwiens BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Inside Sales Order Desk.

5004-49 Street, Innisfail Online Mega Mall 403-597-1854 Saves you so much! www.ultralife.bulidingonabudjet.com Applicant must be personable MLM’ers attract new leads for FREE! VACATIONS & have good phone skills.

Position is permanent CLUBS & GROUPS www.radkeoutfitting.com Trades full time Mon-Fri. www.writers-ink.net AB Horseback Vacations 403-340-3971 Previous experience in Club for writers - meets weekly WEB DESIGN sales and or steel COMPUTER REPAIR experience preferred. affordablewebsitesolution.ca www.albertacomputerhygiene.com Wage commensurate of experience.

AB, Computer Hygiene Ltd. 896-7523 Design/hosting/email $65/mo.

Please email resume to: chris.ball@varsteel.ca *Hiring All Positions!* Interviews will be held August 20 - 21st from 9 am - 4 pm in the Devonshire Room at the Red Deer Lodge.

No appointment necessary

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AUTOBODY MECHANIC Required immediately for busy, well-equipped shop in:

1000-1430

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To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

Heavy collision & frame repair experience an asset.

Lots of hours available.

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

Send resumes, including references to:

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Contractors

1100

Black Cat Concrete

SIDING, Soffit, Fascia Prefering non- combustible fibre cement, canexel & smart board, Call Dean @ 302-9210.

Escorts

1165

*LEXUS* 403-392-0891 INDEPENDENT Busty Babe w/My Own Car!

Sidewalks, driveways, EDEN garages, patios, bsmts. RV pads. Dean 403-505-2542 587-877-7399 10am- 2am BLACK PEARL CONCRETE EROTICAS PLAYMATES Girls of all ages Garage/RV pads, driveways, patios, bsmt. Dave 352-7285 www.eroticasplaymates.net 403-598-3049 BRIAN’S DRYWALL ROXY 26 Hot Blonde Framing, drywall, taping, 403-848-2300 textured & t-bar ceilings, 36 yrs exp. Ref’s. 392-1980

CONCRETE! CONCRETE! CONCRETE!

Stamp finish, exposed finish, basements, garages, patio pads, driveways & sidewalks. etc.

Anything concrete, call Mark 403-597-0095 DALE’S Home Reno’s.

Free estimates for all your reno needs. 755-9622 cell 506-4301 Drywall Professional www.DRYWALLPROS.ca “Quality is Our Signature” Call Dan 403-968-4000 GENERAL reno’s, restore & repair. 403-550-3888 RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc.

Call Roger 403-348-1060

Handyman Services

1200

BUSY B’S HANDYMAN SERVICES LTD. We do fencing, decks, reno’s landscape and more. Give us a buzz @ 403-598-3857 Free quotes. WCB, insured.

CONCRETE sidewalk, driveway, patios, decks, fences. 403-550-3888 GREYSTONE Handyman Services. Reasonable rates. Ron, 403-396-6089

Massage Therapy

1280

Gentle Touch Massage 4919 50 St. New rear entry, lots of parking 403-341-4445

Massage Therapy

1280

* NEW * Executive Touch.

Relaxation massage for men. 5003A - Ross St. 403-348-5650 HOT STONE, Body Balancing. 403-352-8269 MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

VII MASSAGE

Feeling blue, under the weather? Come in and let us pamper you.

Pampering at its best. #7 7464 Gaetz Ave. www.viimassage.biz In/Out Calls to Hotels 403-986-6686

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Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666 FREE removal of all kinds of unwanted scrap metal.

No household appliances 403-396-8629

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Services

1290

Yard Work / Reno / Tree / Junk Removal 403-396-4777

Moving & Storage

For more information, call:

Jim at 780-849-0295

1300

Painters/ Decorators

1310

LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations.

403-342-7801.

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELPING HANDS For Seniors. Cleaning, cooking, companionship, helping you/helping your family. Call 403-346-7777 Low Price Guarantee. www. helpinghandshomesupport.com

Yard Care

1430

LAWN/HEDGE Trimming Services. Call Paul, local Red Deer # 587-679-0917 Tree Pruning,Topping and Removal by a Certified Arborist,Hedges too! call Randy at 403-350-0216

850

We are a 16 Time President’s Award Winning Dealership & we’re continuing to grow!

We require a:

JOURNEYMAN MECHANIC but will consider an:

APPRENTICE if the applicant is right.

We offer an excellent compensation package including benefits • Pay is commensurate with experience • Ford experience an asset but not necessary • Premium wages for Diesel experience Relocation assistance for the right candidate

or jdenham@fourlaneford.com or e-mail: service@fourlaneford.com

860

Full time position. NDT experience an asset but n o t r e q u i r e d . Tr a i n i n g provided. Based in Red Deer. Travel within WestClass 1 or 3 Drivers ern Canada and needed. international travel Male or Female possible. Driver’s license You must pass a Drug and passport required.

Test and a Physical.

Overtime. Opportunity for Please fax driver’s abstract advancement. Base rate and references along with plus field rate starting at your resume to: $17-18/hr. Refer to Job # Mike 403-347- 8060 (fax) FST003. Send resume to Class 3 Commercial Driver. alberta@testex-ndt.com.

United Rentals is looking for a Class 3

Commercial Driver

to deliver and pick up construction equipment in Central AB. Qualified candidates must have a clean & valid Class 3 License w/air brake endorsement. Competitive wages and Benefits.

Send resumes to Rob at rmcwade@ur.com or fax to 403-343-1087

Part Time Painter or Full Time Painter/Junior Assembler For a Ponoka Manufacturing Shop.

Painting Knowledge and skills required. Experience in oilfield production equipment fabrication, assembly and finishing an asset.

Competitive wages with benefit packages available.

Interested candidates please send résumé to CLASS 3 driver with air admin@westcanfab.ca endorsement required for Of fax to 403-775-4014 our red deer location. Sucapplicant will be READY MIX DRIVERS cessful required to pass mandatoCentral Alberta ry drug screening. Fax Competition #BU12-0015 resume with current driver BURNCO Ready Mix in Central Alberta is currently abstract to 403-346-6721. recruiting for DRIVERS & SWAMPERS Ready Mix Drivers. for furniture moving These are seasonal, company, class 5 required full time positions.

(5 tons), local & long The ideal candidate will distance. Competitive have a Class 1 and/or 3 wages. Apply in person.

Driver’s License with air 6630 71 St. Bay 7 brake endorsement, as well Red Deer. 403-347-8841 as a clean driving abstract.

You are energetic, highly motivated and possess strong communication, interpersonal and leadership skills.

Preference will be given to candidates with experience or knowledge EXPERIENCED of concrete and the Vacuum & Water construction industry.

Truck operators Please submit your resume req’d. to start immed. and driver’s abstract to: CLASS 1 or 3 WITH Q BURNCO Rock Products Ltd All oilfield safety tickets Fax: (403) 440-3454 req’d. Clean drivers Attn: Human Resources abstract. Must comply with E-mail: drug and alcohol policy. careers@burnco.com References Req’d.

We would like to thank all Exc. salary & benefits. applicants for their interest.

Fax resume to: Only those candidates 403-742-5376 selected for an interview hartwell@telus.net will be contacted.

No Placement Agencies LOCAL ACID Transport company looking for expd’ F/T Class 1 truck driver.

Top wages and exc. benefit pkg., Fax resume and driver’s abstract to 403-346-3766 Required Exp’d Fabricator For a Ponoka RED DEER BASED Manufacturing Shop.

Oilfield Hauling Company requires exp. Picker Knowledge of ASME code Operators with bolt up, basic instrumenta- Class 1 license and picker tion and a commitment to ticket. Top wages excellence are prerequisites. paid to the right people.

P/T position also avail.

Competitive wages with Please fax resume with benefit packages available. current abstract and oilfield related tickets to: Interested candidates 403-309-7409. or email to please send resume to apioffice@platinum.ca admin@westcanfab.ca Of fax to 403-775-4014

SHEET METAL INSTALLERS Required Immediately for busy shop.

Experience with rough in to final stages required.

Merit benefit package offered with above average pay rates.

Must have own tools.

Contact brad@comfortecheating.com or fax 403-309-8302

Western Masonry Structures

F/T LABOURERS F/T work at major central AB projects. Must have own transportation.

Top wages and benefits.

Please fax resume to 403-340-0762

Truckers/ Drivers

860

APPLIANCE DELIVERY DRIVER Family owned & operated, Trail Appliances continues to grow and due to this, we are looking to expand our delivery department. Trail offers excellent training and a competitive compensation and benefit plan.

We are currently looking for an experienced Delivery Driver to work out of our Red Deer Warehouse.

The ideal candidate will: * be able to maneuver merchandise in excess of 100 lbs * possess exceptional customer service skills * enjoy working within a diverse team * hold a valid driver’s license and a clear drivers abstract

Busy Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers. We offer lots of home time, benefits and a bonus program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and comm.abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net

UPS is now hiring for Part time Early Morning P/T WAREHOUSE & FULL TIME DRIVING. Applicants must be physically fit and be able to lift up to 70 lbs.

P/T Warehouse, Mon. to Fri. 15 - 20 hrs/wk.

Driving Mon. to Fri, 10 to 12 hours per day.

Alberta Class 5 license, clean abstract. This is fast paced, physically demanding environment.

All candidates are subject to criminal record checks.

Apply by online @ www.upsjobs.com or fax resume to: 403-648-3312 WANTED: Class 3 driver with air, for tandem septic truck. Must have drivers abstract. Email resume greg@littlejons.ca or fax 403-342-6179

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ADULT & YOUTH CARRIER NEEDED Wanted for delivery of Flyers, Express & Sunday Life in GLENDALE Grimson St. & Goodall Ave. RIVERSIDE MEADOWS Kerrywood Mews 53, 54, 55 & 56 Ave. & 60 St. & 58 A St. 2 ROUTES Oriole Park West Ogilvie Close & Oldring Crsc. & Oaklands Crsc. & Oakwood Close Please call Joanne at 403-314-4308

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in LANCASTER Lampard Crsc. area & Lord Close area.

MICHENER

ROUTE AVAIL.

51 Street & 43 Ave. area

Apply in person at:

4412-50 St., Innisfail, AB or by Fax: 403-227-4544

Truckers/ Drivers

NDT Field Service Technician

Launch your career with a well known and respected company. Become a part o f t h e s u c c e s s f u l Tr a i l team by applying in person to: Colin Parsons in person at #6 4622 61 Street in the Riverside Industrial District, Red Deer. Security checks will be conducted on successful candidates.

BOXES? MOVING? SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

IRONMAN Scrap Metal Recovery is picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles and industrial.

Serving central Alberta.

403-318-4346 KLEEN SITE SERVICES Residential & Commercial Pickups, Junk Removal, Bin Rentals, Dump & Cargo Trailers, BobCat Services 403-373-3242

or fax to

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Accounting

Contractors

avalon4@telus.net

Trades

OWNER OPERATORS in AB. Home the odd night. Weekends off. Late model tractor pref.

403-586-4558

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more info

RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, Aug. 13, 2012 D3

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ADULT UPGRADING

Alberta Government Funded Programs Student Funding Available! * GED Preparation * Trades Entrance Exam Preparation * Women in the Trades

Academic Express

Adult Education & Training

340-1930

www.academicexpress.ca

Hiring help for my Housekeeping Company.

Hours negotiable.

403-986-4883

Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler

IN SERVICE SHOP, exp’d with farm equipment and the ability to weld.

Apply in person with resume at: Reg Cox Feed M i x e r s . S o u t h o f U FA Burnt Lake Indust. Park, Phone 403-340-2221 or fax 403-341-5622

Call Rick at 403-314-4303

CARRIERS NEEDED For Advocate routes

WEST LAKE

VANIER AREA

WEST PARK

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED for early morning delivery of Red Deer Advocate 6 days per week in EASTVIEW 82 Advocate $430/month $5165/year

LACOMBE SOBEY’S

NOW HIRING F/T POSITIONS Baker Cake Decorator Produce Assistant Manager Dairy/Frozen stock clerk Meat Cutter Closing/Grocery Supervisor P/T positions in all departments.

All positions require weekend availability.

ANDERS AREA: Abbott Close/ Allan St. Asmundsen Ave/ Arb Close Alwright Close SUNNYBROOK AREA: Savoy Cres. / Sydney Close Springfield Ave.

Apply in person to Sobey’s Hwy. 2A Lacombe or fax resume to: 403-782-5820

INGLEWOOD AREA: LAUNDRY WORKER fulltime - Honest, friendly, Issard Close hardworking only need

WEST LAKE 77 Advocate $404/month $4851/year

apply. $11.00/hour. Bring resume to Mustang Laundry, 6830-59 Avenue or email mustanglaundry@ airenet.com. No phone calls please.

VANIER AREA: Vanier Dr. Volk Pl./Vanier Dr. Vickers Close

MOUNTVIEW 71 Advocate $372/month $4473/year

Maintenance Person

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info

GRANDVIEW 69 Advocate $362/month $4347/year

********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300

Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

CIRCULATION

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED for Morning Newspaper delivery in the Town of Stettler Earn $500.mo. for 1--1/2 hrs. per day 6 days a week.

Must have a reliable vehicle .

Please contact Rick at 403-314-4303

ADULT CARRIERS REQUIRED for Early morning delivery of Red Deer Advocate in Sylvan Lake Please call Debbie for details

314-4307 CENTRAL AB LUBE SHOP

Do You: - Want extra income - Possess a clean, valid drivers license - Have a friendly attitude - Enjoy customer service - Want part-time work (12 to 22 hours per week) As part of our customer service team, you will be dispatched in response to service concerns to delivery newspapers and flyers to customers or carriers. A delivery vehicle is provided.

Hours of shifts are Monday through Friday 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. or longer, and/or afternoon shifts Monday to F r i d a y 7 a . m . - 11 a . m .

Saturday and Sunday.

Submit resume, indicating “Service Runner Position�, along with your drivers abstract immediately to: careers@ reddeeradvocate.com or mail to: Human Resources 2950 Bremner Avenue Red Deer, AB. T4N 5G3 or fax to: 403-341-4772

F/T Cashier/Postal Clerk.

Apply in person w/resume: Highland Green Value Drug Mart.

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Req’d. F/T employment.

Carpentry or flooring installation exp. is an asset (carpet, tile, lino & hardwood) but not necessary.

Must be neat, clean, professional, friendly, works well with others or alone.

Drivers License req’d.

Exc. wages, benefits & great working environment.

Please fax rĂŠsumĂŠ to 403-309-3000 or drop off at 9-7619 50 Ave Red Deer, AB

Service Runner (Part Time)

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only selected candidates will be contacted.

REQUIRES MANAGER/ LEAD HAND. Exp. req’d.

Submit resumes by fax: 403-507-8514 or email: wchurch77@gmail.com

SERVICE WRITER

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for Afternoon delivery in Bowden & Innisfail.

Please contact QUITCY

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for The Town of Olds No collectins!

Packages come ready for delivery!

Please contact QUITCY

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com P/T multi skilled building maintenance personnel wanted for interior building repairs etc. Flooring & painting exp. an asset.

Fax to 403-782-0243

RAVEN TRUCK ACCESSORIES Has an opening for an INSTALLER POSITION, must be self-motivated, have strong leadership skills & be mechanically inclined.

Fax 343-8864 or apply in person with resume to 4961-78th Street, Red Deer

Duties include: - Service Writing - Warranty Administration - Service Scheduling - Maintaining Paper Flow Attributes: - Outgoing - Organized - Mechanically Inclined - Computer Proficient - Previous Experience A Must

REQUIRED IMMED. FULL TIME yard personnel for very busy equip. yard $20-25 to start depending on experience.

Fax resume 403- 227-5701 or email. bouvier9@telus.net

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2 BEAUTIFUL wild kittens desperately needed to go to loving home, Need to be trained. Call 403-782-3130 P.B., Manx kitten, 1 M. 1 F, $75 each obo 403-340-3338

SMALL AUTOMOTIVE Household REPAIR SHOP Appliances IN SYLVAN LAKE is looking for a service writer.

Dogs Automotive experience an APPLS. reconditioned lrg. asset. Please fax resume selection, $150 + up, 6 mo. to (403) 887-5054 or email warr. Riverside Appliances CKC reg’d shelties, 3 trimales, 1` blue F, $800 obo 403-342-1042 ccottam@hotmail.ca all offers will be considered. 403-844-9019

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P.B. JACK RUSSELL PUPS. Going Fast! 2 Male. $200.

403-896-9998 or 348-1810 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

The Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter is currently seeking a temporary Program Manager for a 6 month period. The Program Manager is responsible for shelter operations. This position is a 40 hr. work week with flexible hours and some weekend responsibilities. Post secondary education in Social Work, Psychology or related field, strong management skills, as well as knowledge of family violence and support services within the Red Deer and surrounding areas are a must. A Criminal Record and Child Welfare Information Check is a requirement of employment. Positions are available immediately.

PETITE Bichon Shih tzu poodle pups, unique color, $600, 403-505-6837

Sporting Goods

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WESLO 25 TREAD MILL. Ph. 403-783-4227 256301H31

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TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

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WESTPARK

11/2 blocks west of hospital!

3 bdrm. bi-level, lg. balcony, no pets, n/s, rent $1150 SD $1000 avail. AUG. 15. & SEPT. 1 403-304-7576 or 347-7545

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Houses For Sale

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FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com Mason Martin Homes has

8 Brand New Homes starting at $179,900 Call for more info call 403-342-4544

Newly Reno’d Mobile FREE Shaw Cable + more $899/month Lana 403-550-8777

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Parkvale adult duplex

Prime location, quiet close, next to walking trails/marClean, quiet bldg. ket, 1208 sq. ft. bungalow, Call 318-0901. open design, 2 bdrm, 2 1 & 2 BDRMS. quiet ma- bath, single garage, lg. pie ture apts., no children, no lot, immed. poss.$268,000, pets, 403-341-6021 403-342-8937 after 6 2 BDRM avail. Sept. 5 to quiet tenant over 40. Incl. water & heat, security Manufactured cameras & private parking at 5910-55 Ave. Rent $850, Homes s.d. $800. Phone if you have excellent references MOBILE HOME, 14X70, 40X120 LOT, 3 bdrm. 2 403-341-4627 additions, garage and 2 BDRM. adult bldg, free s h e d , $ 1 6 4 , 9 0 0 o b o laundry, very clean, quiet, 403-304-8011 lrg. suite, Avail Oct. 1 MUST SELL $850/mo., S.D. $650.

By Owner $7,000.

Call 403-304-5337 Lana 403-550-8777 2 BDRM., 2 bath rural property, 10 mi. S. of R.D. $1200./mo. PLUS 1 bdrm, Cottages/Resort $750. mo. Both have utils. Property incld’d. Avail. Aug. 1.

Horses privileges avail.

403-396-9808

1 & 2 BDRM. APTS.

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BRIGHT BSMT SUITE for mature adult.

Hewson Ave. 5 appls AVAIL NOW! HEARTHSTONE 403-314-0099 or 403-896-1193 www.hpman.ca

REDUCED!

LARGE 1, 2 & 3 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

MAIN FLR OF HOUSE 2 bdrms $1295 INCLUDES all utilities.

Sorry no pets. Avail. Sept 1.

HEARTHSTONE 403-314-0099 or 403-396-9554 www.hpman.ca

LAKE FRONT PROPERTY -†2300 sqft home on 10 acres $449,000. 10 min from Ponoka.

Fishing, swimming & boating at your back door.

See welist.com #47984.†MLS C3526876.

Call 403-519-6773†Email: brettie@platinum.ca

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MORRISROE MANOR

FULLY SERVICED res & duplex lots in Lacombe.

Builders terms or owner will J.V. with investors or subtrades who wish to become home builders. Great returns. Call 403-588-8820

ONE bdrm. apt. for rent, West Park $725; 2 bdrm.

Eastivew $825, avail. immed. , 403-877-3323.

Pinnacle Estates

1 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-755-9852

(Blackfalds) Lots From $83,900 .You build or bring your own builder. Terms avail. 403-304-5555 SYLVAN LAKE 2 bdrm, apt., lake view, SYLVAN LAKE big lot, fireplace, balcony, laundry nice location, well priced. $875, Sim & Thorne PM 403-896-3553 LTD. 403-347-0755 Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

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1 BDRM. bsmt, share kitchen, prefer employed or student 403-342-7789 ROOM $425mo/d.d. incl. everything. After 2:30 pm 403-342-1834 or 598-8757

Warehouse Space

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FOR SALE OR LEASE 2400 sq. ft. bay, complete with washroom/one large office, at 7463 Edgar Ind. Dr. Red Deer. Call Marcel 403-588-2428

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60’ x 32’ heated, 2 doors 12’ x 12’ $1700/mo. Sylvan Lake area 780-434-0045

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Money To Loan

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PRIVATE LENDER: Mortgage money available on all types of real estate.

We lend on equity.

Fast approvals Ron Lewis 403-819-2436

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Antique & Classic Autos

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LACOMBE new park, animal friendly. Your mobile or ours. 2 or 3 bdrm.

Excellent 1st time home buyers. 403-588-8820 MOBILE HOME PAD, in Red Deer Close to Gaetz, 2 car park, Shaw cable incl.

Lana 403-550-8777

1976 CADILLAC Eldorado Convertible. Clean, no rust, new stereo. $8000 obo. 403-352-9720

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Newly Renovated Mobile Home

1967 SHELBY Cobra GT 500 428 4 spd. $99,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

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2010 FORD FOCUS SEL, fully loaded, $14,900 403-505-9382

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2009 CORVETTE auto., heads up display, glass r o o f , n a v, $ 4 5 , 8 8 8 348-8788 AB Sport & Import

FREE Cable 2 & 3 bedroom modular/mobile homes

2008 Mercedes R320 4Matic sunroof, htd. lthr., nav.,auto dual air $39,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

in pet friendly park

FULL SET OF RAM GOLF CLUBS with accessories & cart. $100. 403-343-2719

This position will remain open until filled.

Only those applicants considered for an interview will be contacted further.

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SHIPPER / RECEIVER A GREAT DEAL! Audio Innovations is 3 pce. white & gold bdrm. looking for highly motisuite, $200. will throw in a AGRICULTURAL vated, career-oriented stand up closet for free. person to join our team.

SOLD CLASSIFICATIONS The successful candidate 2000-2290 Glass & brass cocktail will have the following table $50 proven traits; committed to Glider recliner, blue $75 excellent service, willing403-347-3814 ness to learn, team player, Horses and a mature positive WANTED attitude. This is a full time Antiques, furniture and WANTED: all types of position offering competiestates. 342-2514 horses. Processing locally tive salary, potential in Lacombe weekly. bonuses, benefits pro403-651-5912 gram, and an excellent Stereos opportunity for advanceTV's, VCRs ment. You will be directly Grain, Feed involved with our inventory system including weekly LARGE screen tv $100 Hay inventory counts, handing obo; rocking chair $40 obo returns with our suppliers, 403-986-9276 WILL do Custom Baling. organizing orders for daily Older TV JD round net or string wrap. installation jobs and day to - Works good $75 342-0891 or 340-9111 after 6 day shipping & receiving VCR - almost new $50 duties. A strong knowledge Printer/scanner - works of computers will be a negood - needs ink, Free. cessity. If you are the right 403-347-3814 person to join our team, please e-mail your resume Misc. for to: Audio Innovations e-mail: audio@ Sale audioinnovations.ca CLASSIFICATIONS AIR CONDITIONER FOR RENT • 3000-3200 SOURCE ADULT VIDEO Danby, 5000 BTU. $50. requires mature P/T help WANTED • 3250-3390 403-343-0032 for days and grave shifts.

Fax resume to: Garden Swing $25 403-346-9099 or drop off to: Acreages/ Resin lounge chair $20 3301-Gaetz Avenue Glass top patio table, Farms 38x54 $40 Small round patio table $10 BEAUTIFUL 3 bdrm., 2 Career 403-347-3814 baths, full bsmt., only 4 yrs Planning HIGH CAPACITY CAN- old, dble att. garage, view NER/pressure cooker, 14 10 acres, vacant, Just W RED DEER WORKS q u a r t , $ 1 0 0 , o . o . of Hoadley. $1200/mo.

Build A Resume That Call Dennis 403-829-8291 403-896-8312 Works!

KITCHEN TABLE $10 APPLY ONLINE www.lokken.com/rdw.html 2 Square tables, 36x36 $10 Houses/ Foot Warmer $70 Call: 403-348-8561 Duplexes Metal Desk & Chair $50 Email inford@lokken.com Wherever Juicer $50 Career Programs are 2 BDRM. house. Newly 403-346-7991 reno’d. 403-872-2472 FREE for all Albertans LARGE Appetizer 3 BDRM/1-1/2 bath.

Turntable Server $12; Victorian Home (Upstairs), Beverage Carafe $14; downtown area, no pets, Crystal Tray with 2 Dish ref req’d, $1300 rent, Appetizer Server $12; $1300 S.D., util. incl, avail Surefit Love Seat Cover Sept. 1, 403-348-1126 $30; Divided Round Glass Serving Tray with gold trim 5 BDRM. DUPLEX! $8; Mini Speakers $20; BRAND NEW Black & Beige Portfolio family home in Westpark.

CLASSIFICATIONS Case with Strap $10; Brief Close to hospital, schools Case (beige) combination & walking trails. GARAGE 1500-1990 lock $25; Metal Clothes 6 appls. A great place to Stand $8. 403-346-2738 call home! Sorry, no pets.

HEARTHSTONE 403-314-0099 MOVING SALE: Auctions or 403-896-1193 www.hpman.ca Suit Cases: Bud Haynes & 2 piece EASTVIEW, 3 bdrm.

Samsonite Co. Auctioneers duplex with den. 1.5 bath, navy Certified Appraisers 1966 5 appls. Fenced yard. No 26�X19�

Estates, Antiques, pets, n/s. Avail. Aug. 15.

23�X12�

Firearms. $1100. 403-347-0450 $30 for set.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. EASTVIEW, new 3 bdrm.

3 piece Pierre Cardin 347-5855 duplex w/underflr. heating. black 5 appls., 1.5 bath, no pets, 26�X19 N/S, $1100/mo. Avail.

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Clothing Sept. 1. 403-347-0450 15�X11� $35 for set SYLVAN, five fully furn.

Small set of computer LADIES Timberland steel 2 bdrm. + hide-a-bed, incl., Speakers $10 toe work boots, like new cable, dishes, bedding, all Pick up only. size 7, $30; box of ladies utils. $950 - $1400/mo.

Call 403 358-3073 or jackets/vests, S-M $25; 403-880-0210 rjmarq@telus.net box women’s clothing size S, $25; box of ladies Condos/ clothing size 8, POOL TABLE COMBO $25 403-348-0201 Townhouses WITH AIR HOCKEY. c/w cues & balls.

41.5� x 76� $150.

GLENDALE Equipment403-346-4462 TOWNHOUSE Heavy Large 3 bdrm 1.5 baths SENIOR DOWNSIZING 2007 DUAL TANDEM TAG 2 1 / 2 q t . C o r n i n g w a r e and 5 appls. Sorry, no pets.

HEARTHSTONE ALONG, paver equip. trail- casserole $8, 4 cup elec.

403-314-0099 e r , p i n d l e h o o k , 3 0 ’ coffee pot $5; meat platter or 403-396-9554 flatdeck, 5’ beavertail, 9’ bi- $5.75; 5 Corelle dinner www.hpman.ca fold ramps, just had $3300 plates $2/ea; small stainb r a k e j o b , $ 8 8 0 0 . C a l l less pot $3; med. stainless KITSON CLOSE pot $9; Westbend Super 780-982-9390 Red Deer newer exec. 3 bdrm.

Health pot $9; heavy stainbi-level townhouse 1447 TRAILERS for sale or rent less steel fry pan $4.50; Job site, office, well site or old serving bowl $3.75; old sq. ft. 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, fruit bowl $9; old candy blinds, lg. balcony, fenced storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721. dish $3.75; old green vase in rear, front/rear parking, no dogs, rent $1350 $3; old pickle dish $3.50; SD $1000. n/s Avail. vegetable dish w/dip dish Aug. 15 & Sept. 1 Farmers' $9; new Teapot with cover $9; Secret Treasure orna- 403-304-7576 / 347-7545 Market ment (boy & girl) $7.50; Kyte/Kelloway Cres.

ALBERTA Spring lamb, cut Queen sheet set $6; new Lovely 3 level exec. and wrapped by the piece, bra C36, $4, new pillow3 bdrm. townhouse cases $3.50; new 1/2 or whole carcass.

5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, compress socks $5; couch Come see our 100 mile concrete patio, blinds, radius store. Brown Eggs throw, silver blue $4; 6 front/rear parking, no dogs, and Lamb 403-782-4095 highball glasses 25 cents n/s, rent $1350 SD $1000 ea; wig (clean, good cond.)

Avail. Sept. 1 $9; Magic food chopper $4; quilt cover 68 x 80 $4 403-304-7576 or 347-7545 403-346-2231 Firewood SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, SUNBEAM microwave AFFORDABLE med. size $40; 50 assort- 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, sized, 1 1/2 Homestead Firewood ment and LP’s 78 records, generously baths, fenced yards, $1 each, Bag Boy golf cart Spruce, Pine, Birch full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Spilt, Dry. Pickup or Del. $50; 403-346-3086, Sorry no pets.

7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 TOASTER $5; juicer $5; www.greatapartments.ca electric rollers $5; microFIREWOOD. All Types.

Riverfront Estates P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275 wave $25; glass bakeware Deluxe 3 bdrm. 1 1/2 bath, set $7; bathroom rugs birchfirewoodsales.com bi-level townhouse, 5 appls, $4/ea.; chemistry text blinds, large balcony, books $25; silicone baking FREE no pets, n/s, $1150 mat $5; 403-348-0201 FIREWOOD, or $1175 along the river.

18 Oslo Close.

Westinghouse Percolator SD $1000. avail.

KICK TO THE CURB $25; Rectangle Cake Carry Aug. 15 & Sept. 1 .

Caddy $14; Round Cake 403-304-7576 347-7545 Carry Caddy $14; SuperGarden Celebrate your life store Water Filter Jug $8; Supplies with a Classified Metal Collapsible ShopANNOUNCEMENT ping Cart large capacity 2 PLASTIC $18; Set of 7 Glass RAIN BARRELS (slanted bottom) Jars with Pedestals & brass tops.

Manufactured lids in box never used Used one season. $150. (condiments, sugar, etc.)

Homes 403-341-4632 $10; Whirly Stove Top L A N D S C A P I N G m u l c h , Popcorn Maker $25; Two $ 1 0 . 0 0 y a r d . P h o n e Wicker Picnic Baskets $20 and $15; 403-346-2738 403-346-3800 weekdays or 403-343-6182 eves. & wknds.

*NEW!* Asian Relaxation Massage Downtown! 587 377 - 1298 open 10am 6pm Monday - Friday!

Employment Training

TEMPORARY PROGRAM MANAGER

Please send applications to: Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter, Attention: Ian Wheeliker, Executive Director, P.O. Box 561, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 5G1, Fax: (403) 341-3510, Email: ian.wheeliker@cawes.com

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FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE AND EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

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F/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS - Good hours, home every night, $4000-$6000/mo.

Contractor must have truck or van. Tools, supplies & ladders required. Training provided, no experience needed. Apply to: satjobs@shaw.ca

CARRIERS REQUIRED to deliver the Central AB. Life twice weekly in

ADULT & YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED for delivery of Flyers Red Deer Express & Red Deer Life Sunday in

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2008 INFINITI M45x AWD, lthr,sunroof, nav, $30,888 348-8788 Sport & Import 1997 FORD Taurus 254,000 kms, full load, lots of new parts, command start $2000 obo 896-9138

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2006 MASERATI Quattroporte Sport GT $50888 dealer serviced 348-8788 Sport & Import

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2010 FORD F150 SUPER CREW LARIAT, beautiful shape, almost all hwy miles, loaded with everything except. navigation, heated/cooled seats, power everything incl. mirrors , nice big sunroof, for more info contact Diane at 403-729-2060 or cell 403-429-0027

2008 HARLEY-DAVIDSON 2005 MAZDA 3 FWD, 4 cyl F-350 4x4, turbo diesel, 9 2 , 8 9 3 k m s $ 8 8 8 8 66,946 kms, $44,888 348-8788 Sport & Import 348-8788 Sport & Import 1997 NEON, 5 spd., 2 dr. clean, red, 403-352-6995

1986 MERCEDES 560 SL 19,409 kms $23,888 3488788 Sport & Import

2008 F350 Crew Lariat Diesel 37,000km $36,888 Sport & Import 348-8788

Motorcycles

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2005 YAMAHA V STAR CLASSIC 1100CC CRUISER (23,000KMS) W/EXTRAS. RUNS WELL. $4500 OBO 403-304-6671 1964 CHEVY 2 383 stroker,auto, $23,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

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SUV's

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Fifth Wheels

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1999 35’ DUTCHMEN 5TH WHEEL, pulled 600 kms., a.t., heat & air, full bath w/tub in main bdrnm,. suite, 1/2 bath w/dble bunks at rear, 14’ pushout kitchen and living, sleeps 8, exc. cond., n/s, no pets, clean, lots of storage, full hook ups, stove and fridge, $12,000 obo 403-227-6442 403-304-5894

Holiday Trailers

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39’ 2009 SALEM travel trailer, semi park model, self contained, w/holding tanks etc., huge 19’ slide, holding couch, dining set, plus 2 reclining chairs, also bdrm. slide, extra large fridge and cooker, washer/dryer, fireplace, air etc., in exc. cond., $23,800 780-982-9390 Red Deer. can deliver

Auto Wreckers

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RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519 2008 MERCEDES ML320 Vehicles AWD, turbo diesel ,nav, Wanted lthr, $39,888 7620-50 To Buy Ave, Sport & Import A1 RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal. We travel. AMVIC approved. 403-396-7519

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2008 Jeep Liberty Sport North Edition $14,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

WANTED FREE REMOVAL of unwanted cars and trucks, also wanted to buy lead batteries, call 403-396-8629

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2007 PATHFINDER LE, AWD, V-6, lthr, $18,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

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Notice to Creditors and Claimants Estate of Julie Marie Cuendet who died on August 21, 2004

2007 JEEP SRT 8 hemi, nav, lthr, sunroof, $26,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

If you have a claim against theis estate, you must file your claim by (1 month after the 2nd day the advertisment is run) with David and Roger Thervenaz. c/o Davis LLP 1201 Scotia Tower 2, 10060 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, AB, T5J 4E5 attn: Greg D. Heinrichs, Q.C. and provide details of your claim.

2007 BMW X5 4.8I nav dvd $32,888 348- 8788 Start your career!

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CENTRAL ALBERTA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, introduces his vice-presidential running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, Saturday, in Norfolk, Va.

Romney pick of Ryan sharpens economic choice for U.S. voters

by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HIGH POINT, N.C. — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney sharpened the choice for American voters by picking Rep. Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate, linking himself to a politician with an austere vision of government spending on social safety net programs for the elderly and poor.

Romney’s choice suggested that he had accepted the arguments of powerful conservative forces in the Republican Party who argued that he could not capture the White House in the November election by simply portraying himself as a successful businessman with sweeping but vague outlines for economic recovery.

But mindful of just how controversial Ryan’s views are among centrists, Romney put some distance between his agenda and Ryan’s more controversial budget proposals on Sunday as the new team soaked up excitement from partisans in North Carolina and Ryan’s home state of Wisconsin.

Until he chose Ryan, the former Massachusetts governor had been campaigning on a message that President Barack Obama, who had never been part of the profit-driven, roughand-tumble business world, had failed in setting the country on a course of robust recovery from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Conservatives, from The Wall Street Journal editorial page to the rank and file, had been clamouring in recent days for Ryan.

The timing of the announcement came as polls showed Obama with a narrow lead over Romney, although the race remains tight in key battleground states.

By aligning with Ryan, a seven-term congressman from Wisconsin who chairs the House Budget Committee, Romney has created a Republican ticket with economic overtones that will appeal deeply to the party’s conservative base which favours small government and low taxes.

Romney aides praised Ryan’s budget work, but sought to draw a distinction between his ideas and Romney’s.

They were clearly mindful that

some of Ryan’s proposals don’t sit well with key constituencies, among them seniors in critical states like Florida and Ohio.

“Gov. Romney is at the top of the ticket. And Governor Romney’s vision for the country is something that Congressman Ryan supports,” Romney spokesman Kevin Madden said Sunday during a briefing for reporters.

Such comments acknowledge what some Republicans fear. Choosing Ryan also could hand the Democrats a campaign hammer, a tool that will allow them to pound the Republican ticket for planning to gut Medicare, the government health insurance program for Americans 65 and older, and Medicaid, the program that provides health care to America’s growing number of poor people.

Romney walked a careful line as he campaigned with Ryan by his side in North Carolina. Romney singled out Ryan’s work “to make sure we can save Medicare.”

But the presidential candidate never said whether he embraced that plan himself. During the Republican primary, Romney had called Ryan’s budget a “bold and exciting effort” that was “very much needed.”

David Axelrod, Obama’s senior adviser, sought to cast Ryan as a “right wing ideologue” who wants to convert Medicare into a voucher plan and put the popular health-care program for the elderly in “a death spiral.”

“It is a pick that is meant to thrill the most strident voices in the Republican Party, but it’s one that should trouble everybody else — the middle class, seniors, students,” Axelrod said Sunday on CNN. While Ryan’s selection raised the role of government spending and Medicare in the election, the fundamentals of the campaign remained unchanged three months from Election Day on Nov. 6: a race defined by a weak economy and high unemployment, measured most recently at 8.3 per cent in July.

The 65-year-old Romney, seeking to pull his campaign out of a summer slump, appeared to relish in campaigning alongside the youthful and energetic Ryan.

He introduced his 42-year-old running mate on Saturday in front of the

battleship USS Wisconsin, berthed at the naval museum in Norfolk, Virginia.

“This is Day Two on our comeback tour to get America strong again, to rebuild the promise of America,” a gleeful Romney told a campaign rally in Moorseville, North Carolina, on Sunday.

The duo blitzed through North Carolina — a competitive battleground state in the November election — as part of a multistate bus tour.

The pair was ending the day in Waukesha, Wisconsin, with a homecoming-themed event for Ryan. Romney then planned to head to Florida and Ohio as the week begins, while Ryan was scheduled to travel to Iowa on Monday as the ticket looked to cover as much ground as possible.

Obama was in his hometown of Chicago on Sunday hosting a series of birthday-themed campaign fundraisers.

The president and Vice-President Joe Biden were fanning out Monday for a series of campaign events. The president was starting a three-day bus tour of Iowa, signifying the importance of the toss-up Midwestern state, while Biden headed to North Carolina and Virginia.

The Republican-led House of Representatives approved Ryan’s budget plan over vigorous Democratic opposition in 2011 and again in 2012, but the Democratic-controlled Senate failed to pass the measure.

Democrats believe seniors, those nearing retirement and middle-income voters will view Ryan’s longterm budget plan remaking Medicare and cutting trillions in federal spending as a threat to their financial security.

Ryan’s plan envisions transforming Medicare into a program in which future seniors would receive government checks that they could use to purchase health insurance from private companies.

Under the current program, the government directly pays doctors, hospitals and other health care providers.

Ryan and other supporters say the change is needed to prevent the program from financial calamity. Critics argue it would impose ever-increasing costs on seniors.

Kurdish rebels kidnap Turkish lawmaker THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish troops launched a search Sunday for a lawmaker kidnapped by Kurdish rebels near the eastern city of Tunceli, authorities and the lawmaker’s party said.

Huseyin Aygun, from the main opposition Republican People’s Party, was abducted Sunday evening at a roadblock between the town of Ovacik and Tunceli, said party spokesman Haluk Koc during a televised news conference.

A journalist and an adviser travelling with him were set free, he added.

“For the first time, a lawmaker has been kidnapped

by the terrorist organization,” Koc said.

“It shows where the level of terrorism has reached.”

The rebels of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, are fighting for autonomy in the Kurdish-dominated southeast region and maintain bases in northern Iraq from where they launch hitand-run attacks on Turkish targets.

The group is considered a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union.

Turkey has raised concerns that the rebels could now also exploit a power vacuum in neighbouring Syria, and has warned it will “not tolerate” any rebel threats from Syrian territory.

The Turkish government said last month that the rebels have seized control of five towns along the border in collaboration with Syria’s Democratic Union Party, or PYD — an ethnic Kurdish grouping. Turkey has launched military drills near the frontier in a show of strength.

NTV television reported Gov. Mustafa Taskesen of Tunceli province as saying that Aygun was kidnapped under orders from Kurdish rebel command, which is based deep in northern Iraq.

He said troops were chasing the rebels and a larger operation would be launched early Monday.

The rebels have previously kidnapped soldiers,

local politicians, government workers, journalists and tourists, but never a lawmaker. Most hostages have been released without harm.

NTV reported that Taskesen had highlighted that the kidnapping came ahead of the 28th anniversary of the rebels’ first armed attack on Aug. 15, 1984.

Aygun was elected to the Parliament to represent Tunceli, where he worked as a lawyer for 14 years.

According to his website, his work focuses on human rights abuses, such as the forcible evacuations of Kurdish villages to deny support to the rebels in rural areas, as well as torture cases.

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Stress alters men’s notion of female attractiveness: study

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Taking the high road KIDNEY DISEASE ADVOCATE TO CLIMB THREE MOUNTAINS IN THE HIMALAYAS TO RAISE FUNDS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CHARLOTTETOWN — Virginia Arsenault of Charlottetown definitely has no fear when it comes to heights.

In fact, she climbs straight for them in her quest to summit some of the world’s tallest peaks.

“I love heights. I thrive on heights. In fact I think deep down inside it pushes me forward to the adrenaline rush that I love getting when I’m climbing. I love every part of it,” says the 21-year-old daughter of Martin and Angle Arsenault, who is presently preparing for a month-long trekking and multi-mountain-climbing adventure in Nepal in support of the Kidney Foundation of Canada, Atlantic Branch, which was extremely helpful to her and her family when she dealt with kidney disease as a child.

The pie in sky - the Himalayas - have been the apple of Arsenault’s mountaineering eye since she was a little girl and was diagnosed with an underdeveloped right kidney that was prone to painful infections.

“I have no idea where that came from,” she says of her mountaineering aspirations.

“When I was five I told my mom I was going to climb Everest and K-2 and she hoped I think that it was going to go away, like one of the dreams of a child. But it just got stronger.”

Not only Arsenault did watch every mountaineering movie she could get her hands on, she also drew her friends into her mountain climbing fantasies by enlisting them to bury her in the snow so she could practice getting out of avalanches.

“It was a daily occurrence (in winter),” she laughs.

“I thought it was great training when I was 10. I was determined to be a climber.”

Arsenault’s kidney problems waned for a while but they resurfaced with a vengeance when she 13 she was a competitive swimmer at the time - to the point that she was in excruciating pain.

“I was really relieved when it was taken out because that meant that I could live life the way I wanted to and I could climb mountains and continue swimming,” she remembers.

“It felt amazing. It did feel like the entire world was open again. I felt freedom and I was really excited about my life and achieving my dreams.”

After running a half marathon when Arsenault wrapped up her first year of university she set her sights higher.

“I could barely run down the block before my surgery and I think that’s when I realized Everest was possible. If I can run half marathons I can climb Everest, although the effort is a lot different. I realize if I put my mind to it I can achieve it,” she says.

In 2009 Arsenault also became a volunteer for the Kidney Foundation of Canada in P.E.I. and has been with the organization ever since.

“I felt like I had to help other kidney patients.

The truth is that there is an epidemic of kidney disease on P.E.I. There has been a 75 per cent increase in kidney patients on the Island in the past three years!” she says.

In May 2010 Arsenault finally got her mountain climbing dream off the ground when she joined a three-week expedition to Nepal to climb Island Peak, a 6,189-metre high mountain that is great for beginner mountaineers in the Himalayas.

“A lot of it is just trekking through the Himalayas.

You have to take a lot of breaks and rests in the villages in the Himalayas or else you will get altitude sickness and get really, really ill,” she says.

During the preparation treks Arsenault got to hike up a peak called Gokyo Ri (5,357 m), which although is a small peak by Himalayan standards, it is higher than most mountains in Canada.

The team had set out on that day at 3 a.m. and arrived in time to see the sun rise over Mount Everest, Cho Oyu and Lhoste.

“It was amazing to see the mountains and amazing to see Everest in the sunrise. It literally took my breath away,” she says.

Unfortunately, a storm system moved into the region and drenched the foothills with torrential downpours and battered the mountains with massive blizzards so the team was not able to climb Island Peak.

“Although some might see that as a failed mountaineering expedition, I believe that it was a success as the experience affirmed my love for the mountains and my drive to climb the world’s tallest mountains,” Arsenault says.

And so she set out to conquer Aconcagua (6,959m) - the tallest mountain in South America - during her Christmas break from university in 2010.

During the lengthy acclimatization period she summited a neighbouring peak called Cerro Bonete (5,100m) before attempting Aconcagua a few days later with not so successful results.

“We got to camp one (the first of three before the summit) and it was -20-something (Celsius). One of my teammates wasn’t used to those temperatures so her fingers got extremely cold very fast. She decided it wasn’t worth frostbite and she was scared so she had to go home, which is understandable,” Arsenault says.

Things turned from bad to very bad when the team arrived at the third camp to find that someone had died on the mountain the day before.

Then a massive blizzard swept through with bonechilly -40 C winds before their 3 a.m. departure for the summit, cancelling that day’s attempt at Aconcagua.

“It was terrifying. The tent was lifting on the sides and there was lightning outside because the Andes have lightning storms in their blizzards,” she says.

Their guide offered up the opportunity for people to descend if they wished when the weather broke, which Arsenault chose to do.

“Psychologically, I knew that I was a bit affected by what had happened,” she says.

“I had achieved a whole new height so I had done something really great. I had made friends on the team and that’s when I decided that the summit wasn’t worth my life - that I could always go back to the mountain. I had learned a lot of skills as I went up.”

Those skills will come in handy when Arsenault, at her own expense, returns to the Himalayas from Sept. 15 to Oct. 14 for a trek that will take her to the summit of three mountains: Chukung (5,565 m), Lobuche (6,119 m) and Island Peak (6,183 m), all in support of the Kidney Foundation of Canada, Atlantic branch.

“I think it will be different (this time) in the sense that I know what to expect. I think I’m going to enjoy it a bit better. I enjoyed it immensely last time but I think this time I might worry less about things on the trek like specific foods or where we’re going to sleep and I think I will be able to enjoy it on a whole other level than the last time,” she says. “(Now that) I know what I’m expecting, for everything else I can just focus on being completely psychologically and physically able to achieve it.”

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Virginia Arsenault of Charlottetown, P.E.I., dealt with severe kidney problems as a child and had the malfunctioning one removed at the age of 13. Now she has fulfilled her dream of becoming a mountaineer and is preparing to climb three mountains in the Himalayas to raise funds and awareness for the Kidney Foundation of Canada, Atlantic Branch.

TORONTO — Many men might say they’re most attracted to women who are svelte, icons of that socalled feminine ideal portrayed in magazines and other media.

But never fear, you ladies of more Rubenesque proportions: it seems a man’s body size preference can be somewhat fluid — and one of the factors that appears to affect it is stress.

British researchers have found that men faced with a stressful situation tend to change their assessment of what constitutes an attractive female, moving away from slender to a range of plumper women.

For Olympics devotees, think heftier weight lifters or hammer throwers rather than lean and lithe gymnasts or sprinters.

“Evolutionary psychology tells us that what you find attractive about someone tells you about their health and their fertility,” said neuroscientist Martin Tovee of Newcastle University, co-author of a study published online Wednesday in the journal PLoS One. “But what’s healthy and fertile — body-size shape — is going to vary depending on your environment,” Tovee said Wednesday from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.

In the U.K., Canada and other western countries with abundantly available food, having a higher body mass suggests a person is not only less healthy, but also may belong to a lower socioeconomic group, because cheaper food tends to have a higher fat content, he said.

Contrast that with parts of rural South Africa, for instance, where food is generally less plentiful and there are periods of severe food shortages. In that kind of environment — which Tovee described as stressful — a heftier body type is a sign of physical well-being.

“Also it means that you’re higher status because you can afford to be heavier. So you choose somebody heavier because that’s best in that environment.

“But in this environment,” he said of the U.K. and other developed nations, “the reverse is true.”

To test the effects of stress on men’s notions of the most attractive form of female body, Tovee and co-author Viren Swami of the University of Westminster in London recruited 81 heterosexual men for their study. The men were all Caucasian, aged 18 to 42, with a body mass index ranging between about 17 and 31.

Forty-one of the subjects were subjected to a number of back-to-back stress-inducing tasks, including a mock job interview in front of a four-person panel that was being recorded and videotaped. The other 40 participants — the control group — were taken to a room where they sat quietly.

Both groups were then shown photographs of a variety of female body types, ranging from emaciated through obese, with the faces removed.

The stressed group gave significantly higher attractiveness ratings to normal weight and overweight figures than did the non-stressed group, said Tovee.

Men in the stressed group also indicated attraction to a broader range of sizes among the figures, compared with those in the non-stressed group.

“Although you read a lot in evolutionary psychology that our preferences for attractiveness are hard-wired and we can’t do anything about it, that’s probably not true,” he said. “If you follow somebody (moving) from rural South Africa to the U.K., over the course of about 18 months their preference will shift towards that of somebody who was born in the U.K. They prefer a thinner body.”

Tovee said the preference of many men in western society for slender women is somewhat out of sync with reality, as the average BMI is drifting upwards.

“And if you think of this pressure on people to try and fit this ideal, it’s not terribly healthy. It does cause quite a lot of body image dissatisfaction.”

Turning to the distaff side, he said women’s ideas of what makes a man attractive are somewhat more complex and harder to study. Where males focus on overall body mass, attractiveness for females includes such factors as personality and physique.

“When you look at what women look for in men’s physical appearance, body mass is quite important, but the big thing is body shape — they’re looking for the V-shape, with wide shoulders and the narrower waist. So it’s less straightforward to do a shift in body mass with women.”

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