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Hip to be square Red Deer Square Dance Club tempts a new generation with modern music. See related story on page A2.

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A modern spin on old-time dance

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF When Lady Gaga’s Poker Face or AC/ DC’s Highway to Hell comes through the loudspeakers, newcomers might be forgiven for thinking they’ve arrived at nightclub instead of a square dance.

But the modern music that can sometimes be heard at Red Deer Square Dance Club get-togethers is just the latest Baby Boomer innovation.

At age 52, Eugene Styba is among the club’s younger members and a strong proponent of mixing up the square dancing soundtrack to include other musical genres along with traditional Country and Western.

Eugene admitted that if he had to listen to old-school country all the time, he might not have lasted four years in the group. “Your eyes would be glazing over . . . But it’s not like that.”

The club’s guest square-dance callers have license to use whatever music they please, including classical, marching band, new country, pop and rock.

Eugene initially had to be talked into joining the local group by his wife, Eileen, 51. Now the two are co-presidents of the Red Deer Square Dance Club, which is in its 60th year of “continuous dancing.”

Eileen said she’d square danced as a teenager and had lots of fun, so when some friends from work joined the Red Deer group, she thought she’d give it another try.

“I dragged my feet a bit,” said Eugene. “Originally, I said, ‘No, it’s for old people.’”

But Eileen’s enthusiasm won out, and soon the couple was sharing an enjoyable hobby while getting some exercise and meeting people at dances and camp-outs across Alberta and the U.S.

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At age 52, Eugene Styba is among the club’s younger members and a strong proponent of mixing up the square dancing soundtrack to include other musical genres along with traditional Country and Western. Eugene initially had to be talked into joining the local group by his wife, Eileen, 51. Now the two are co-presidents of the Red Deer Square Dance Club, which is in its 60th year of ‘continuous dancing.’

Now Eugene is the one asking when the next dance is coming up. (The local club holds square dances the second and fourth Saturdays of the month, starting from an Oct. 13 event at the Gaetz Memorial United Church hall at 4758 Ross Street. Classes are held Monday nights starting Oct. 22 at the Clearview Community Hall.)

“We’ve made friends from all over the place,” he said. “Square dancing is like a big family.”

ing themselves to cover much more ground. When the squares are small, you have ample time to do the calls.

A few tips for better square dancing ● Shuffle your feet. Put your weight on the ball of your foot, lift your heel off the floor and take short, smooth gliding steps. Lifting your entire foot tires you more rapidly and breaks the dance rhythm. ● Be a dancer, not a walker! Listen to the music, pick out the beat and take a shuffle step with each beat of music. Walking a call instead of dancing a call does not look good, throws your timing off, affects the timing of the entire square, and results in an uncomfortable dance feeling.

● No matter what the caller calls, DO IT! Often dancers will stop if the caller tells them to do something and they do not know why he told them to do it. This results in a needless breakdown of the square. ● Calls have a specific timing. That means there is X number of beats/steps to complete a call. If you take one step per beat you will find that you will have an easier time in accomplishing each call. ● If a club member seems to be doing a call differently from the way you were taught, ignore them!

Sometimes veteran dancers are so used to doing frills during calls that we forget and do them with class members.

● Be a proud dancer. Keep a loose relaxed feeling and enjoy the music and calls. ● Don’t worry if you make a mistake. ● Keep your squares tight, do not spread out.

When dancers form large squares they will be slow in executing the calls. The reason is, they are forc-

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RCMP said a lone male walked into the Servus Credit Union at 6730 Taylor Drive about 6 p.m. The suspect walked up to the counter and threatened to shoot the teller and demanded cash, although no weapon was shown.

The suspect left with an undisclosed amount of cash and was last seen heading north past the bank’s

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The couple say their club offers plenty of opportunities for socialization and the cost of participation remains low, with local dance fees set at $5 a person, including a luncheon.

The Red Deer Square Dance Club, with most members aged 40 to 80, is considered one of the younger clubs in the province.

The Stybas would like to attract still younger members to ensure a future pool of participants.

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● Don’t rush through the calls! Sometimes dancers seem worried they will not make it through a drive-through window. No one was injured.

Police describe the suspect as six feet (1.83 metres) tall, with a slim to medium build and dark complexion. He is 18 to 30 years old and was wearing a black Metal Mulisha hoodie, white ball cap, black shoes and tight, grey pants.

So far, RCMP investigators are not connecting this latest incident with robberies at two other Servus branches earlier this summer.

Police allege that a man armed with a gun entered the downtown branch at about 3:30 p.m. on Monday, June 18, demanded cash and then fled with an undisclosed sum.

Three weeks later, an armed man entered the branch at the South Hill, demanded cash and fled on foot. Police believe the gun shown in that incident may have been a fake.

Const. Julie Letal, a media relations officer for the Red Deer City RCMP, said on Friday that police have not yet arrested any suspects. Descriptions of

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“It’s so much fun,” said Eileen. “It’s such a good atmosphere, a good family kind of time.”

Newcomers can look forward to September 2013 when the local club hosts a jamboree that’s expected to draw up to 500 square dancers from across Canada and the U.S. For more information, please call 403-342-1509 or email eil_eug_styba@ hotmail.com. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

call and they rush, push and jerk. This disturbs others, can hurt a person and many times causes the square to break down. Just relax, move to the beat of the music and enjoy the call. ● At the completion of any call, you should immediately join hands with the dancer or dancers standing next to you. This helps you to see the formation you are in (e.g., Lines, Waves, etc.) and aids you in doing the next call. ● If your square breaks down, get into facing lines. The approved way to get into lines is to square up and then the heads slide to the right to form a line with the sides. The caller will usually have you moving again within four or five calls. ● Don’t leave early. By leaving early you are tell the other dancers and the caller that you didn’t have a good time. The ‘wind up’ tips is just as important as the first or the middle tips.

— Courtesy of www.lonligon.com the suspects do not match and police believe they are looking for three different people.

Anyone with any information is asked to call Red Deer RCMP at 403-343-5575 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Hwy 20 bridge work starts Monday Traffic will be reduced to one lane on the Hwy 20 bridge over the Blindman River starting on Monday.

A new concrete bridge deck and other maintenance work and safety upgrades are being done as part of an upgrade on the bridge just north of Rimbey expected to take until the end of October.

To ensure a safe work zone, traffic will be reduced to one lane from two in either the northbound or southbound lanes. Only one direction of traffic will be affected at a time.

Lougheed an ‘incredible presence’

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF As an MLA under Peter Lougheed, Red Deer’s Jim McPherson got a close look at what set his boss apart from others.

“He had an incredible presence,” said McPherson, who served under Lougheed for more than three years beginning in 1982. “You just felt it whenever you were near him.”

That was coupled with compassion and a “steel-like mind” that allowed no detail to escape. “He had a memory that was absolutely staggering.”

Alberta’s premier from 1971 to 1985, Lougheed died on Thursday at age 84.

McPherson, who is now a chartered financial consultant, remembers one premier’s dinner which Lougheed finished by shaking every hand in the place. In the line, was a friend of McPherson’s who was meeting the premier for the first time.

Many months later at Sunshine Village ski resort, Lougheed swooped down on his skis, stopped at the outdoor deck, and not only recognized his friend, but greeted the man he had met once by name.

“I mean he could blow you away like that.”

When asked about the legacy Lougheed left behind, McPherson rhymes off the Heritage Savings Trust Fund, development of the oil sands, diversification of the petrochemical industry, and the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research.

“He absolutely safeguarded health care,” he said “People don’t realize that. He was a huge proponent of universal health care.”

McPherson said Lougheed must be remembered for his big battles as well, especially his fight over the National Energy Program.

He also fought to ensure the notwithstanding clause in Canada’s Constitution to ensure power remained with legislators and not the courts.

McPherson’s admiration for the man who recruited him to run as MLA 30 years ago runs deep.

“He was and is probably the greatest hero of my life. He was a great Albertan and a great Canadian.

“In fact, I firmly believe that much of the things and the lifestyle that we value here in Alberta can be attributed to his vision and leadership.”

Former Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Jim Foster had known Lougheed since 1965 when he was

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asked to organize the Tory party in Central Alberta.

He did that and was later won election as Red Deer MLA in 1971 and at 31 became the youngest member of Lougheed’s cabinet as Minister of Advanced Education, later going on to become Attorney General.

Foster said Lougheed actively went out and recruited the people he thought would make good MLAs. As he developed his vision for Alberta within Canada he focused on the little things that would make the province and his government successful.

“Peter was a planner and an organizer.

“No one read more than Peter Lougheed. He was prepared on every subject every time.

“He knew as much about any subject as any minister around that table.”

Lougheed also relied on a “trapline” of advisors and informers around the province who kept him up to speed on every subject. “He was never caught out by a lack of understanding or information.

“I don’t think we’ve seen too many in public office live up to the standard of Peter Lougheed.”

“I’m hoping his legacy will be that more young people will decide to seek out and attain public office. I think we

need top-quality people seeking public office, and Peter Lougheed personified that.”

Red Deer lawyer Chris Warren has his own story about the premier’s connection with the public.

Warren recalls working at a law office and taking an after-hours phone call from the premier, who was looking for Foster.

To his surprise, the premier asked his thoughts on some issue of the day.

“I later asked Jim why he would care what a young lawyer one year out of law school thought, and he said that (Lougheed) was interested in what everybody had to say.

“He was able to take all these different opinions and put them to use. And it wasn’t a show. It was very genuine.”

On a bigger stage, Lougheed was a statesman and powerful advocate for the province, he said.

“He was kind, and a person with a very strong moral compass, and a helluva leader.”

Mayor Morris Flewwelling remembers the Lougheed years as a “glorious time in Alberta’s history.

“We had very progressive government in those days.”

Flewwelling said Lougheed was approachable and interested in people and their thoughts.

“He was a very affable sort, and also very dignified.

“You always felt when you were working with Peter that he had his eye on the big picture.”

Local home builder Gord Bontje said Lougheed’s “eye was constantly on the big prize — the long-term goal of building a better Canada for all Canadians.

“Albertans respected that in him, and as a result genuinely trusted him.

“The nation has lost an icon,” said Bontje, president and CEO of Laebon Homes.

Lougheed was also interested in maintaining the vitality of the government and was not afraid to pass over veterans to bring in new talent to cabinet.

Jack Donald, the founder of Red Deer’s Parkland Fuel Corporation, said Lougheed was “absolutely straightforward.

“He was just a real gentleman. I had a great deal of admiration for him.”

Donald said Lougheed “put Alberta on the map.”

When he fought for Alberta, he did it without jeopardizing the country’s confederation. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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BRIEFS Flewwelling honoured for commitment to leadership in heritage sector Red Deer Mayor Morris Flewwelling will be awarded the 2012 Alberta Museums Association Lieutenant Governor’s Award for his ongoing commitment to leadership in the heritage sector.

The award recognizes the extraordinary contributions of an individual to Alberta’s museum community and that person’s achievements in culture and heritage in the province, Canada and internationally.

It will be presented at the 2012 Conference Opening Reception with Lieutenant Governor’s Award Celebration at the Sheraton Red Deer Hotel on Sept. 20.

Flewwelling was the director of the Red Deer and District Museum for 18 years and led the museum to national recognition. The Alberta Museums Association is a non-profit organization and provides services and funding to more than 200 museums across Alberta.

City council will consider setting up a Red Deer Combative Sports Commission at its regular public meeting on Monday.

Last year, council directed administration to develop a report identifying the risks, and benefits, and the resources required to set up a commission.

The city does not have a combative sports bylaw and has used other commissions to oversee events held in Red Deer. The estimated price tag on the startup rings in at about $35,000. The ongoing costs would be $25,000 annually.

Lacombe County goes slow on drainage plan for Wolf Creek Lacombe County plans to do some homework before deciding whether to help fund a drainage plan for Wolf Creek.

Alberta’s Environment and Sustainable Resource Development Department has invited the county to join a meeting to discuss creating the plan. The City of Lacombe, Town of Blackfalds and Ponoka County have also been asked.

Residents living near Wolf Creek and Whelp Brook have complained in the past about flooding problems, which some blame on upstream developments.

Municipalities have been told a master drainage plan could be undertaken to outline current and proposed developments and predict their impact on the waterways.

Lacombe County Reeve Ken Wigmore said it’s too soon to commit to what will be an expensive study.

“I guess we need more information before we can really determine whether we’re going to have to do something,” said Wigmore.

It is unlikely the province will fund the work, so it will be up to municipalities, he said.

Council discussed the issue on Thursday and administration is expected to come back with more information at a future meeting.

Preliminary inquiry ordered for three charged after organized crime sting Three alleged gang members charged following a massive investigation into organized crime and drug distribution in Red Deer will have a preliminary inquiry.

Sixteen people were charged earlier this year, including 10 people from Central Alberta and others from Calgary, Winnipeg, Man. and Abbotsford, B.C. A preliminary inquiry is held to determine if there’s enough evidence to warrant an accused be tried in Court of Queen’s Bench.

Co-accused Navarone Oldpan, 23 of Hobbema, Anthony Cromastey, 23 of Winnipeg and Ryan John Monias, 21 of Red Deer are scheduled for a preliminary inquiry on June 24 in Red Deer provincial court.

Oldpan is charged with one count of possession for the purpose of trafficking. Cromastey, 23, is charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking. Monias is charged with one count of possession for the purpose of trafficking and one count of breach of probation.

All three men were in custody for appearances in Red Deer provincial court on Thursday.

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Emergency crews responded to a call on 57 Avenue in Rimbey at about 10:30 p.m. on Thursday where an RV was fully engulfed in flames. A nearby double-wide mobile home was also seriously damaged in the blaze.

Nobody was injured in the incident. vestigation.

The two accused have elected to be tried by a Court of Queen’s Bench judge and jury, with a preliminary hearing set for May 7 through 10 to determine whether the matter can proceed to trial.

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Fundraiser tonight for teens injured in collision near Rimbey in August Horse owners have come to the aid of two of their own.

The Canadian Horse Association, Rocky Mountain District, are holding a fundraiser tonight to help cover expenses for the parents of Leslieville teenagers Nadia and Morgan Juuti, who were badly injured in a head-on collision on the Leedale Road, southwest of Rimbey, in August.

Nadia, 16, is currently undergoing rehab at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital and Morgan,14, is recovering at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton.

Dale Myggland, past-president of the horse association, said the girls’ parents, Shane and Patti, have bred Canadian horses for more than 20 years in Central Alberta. He said the association is a pretty tight group of breeders who always look out for one other.

“It’s the right thing to do,” said Myggland. “They are both going to make it but hopefully there’s no physical or mental damage.”

Myggland said the family is coping and are staying optimistic that everything will work out in the end.

“It’s going to be a long journey yet,” he said.

“Hopefully everything works out the way we hope it does (with) 100 per cent recovery for both.”

Around 9:40 a.m. on Aug. 20, the two sisters were travelling in a half-ton truck on Leedale Road when their truck collided with a one-ton pickup truck.

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A preliminary hearing will be held in Red Deer next spring for two men accused of multiple counts of theft and fraud.

Samuel Skinner, 56, of Edmonton and Patrick Gramlich, 55, of Consort are accused in relation to an investigation in which eight different complainants allege that more than $130,000 in total was stolen from them through theft and fraud.

Skinner and Gramlich were charged on May 8 following an RCMP in-

The City of Lacombe gets its first full-time fire chief next month.

Ed van Delden, emergency services and security team leader with Dow Canada at Fort Saskatchewan, has been hired to take the helm effective Oct. 15.

Van Delden replaces Daryl Friesen, who has been volunteer fire chief for the past two and a half years.

“Daryl has volunteered untold hours to the Lacombe Fire Department, both as a firefighter and most recently as fire chief in service to the community,” corporate services director Michael Minchin said in a new release issued on Thursday.

Besides his position with Dow Canada, van Delden has been a member of the Fort Saskatchewan city council for the past five years.

Minchin said he was chosen from a number of highly qualified applicants.

“Ed has considerable experience in developing and leading fire services. We look forward to him building on the contributions made by the volunteer members of the Lacombe Fire Department over the years,” said Minchin.

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Harper Tories come out swinging at PQ The Harper government made its first high-profile appearances in Quebec since the election of the province’s new pro-independence government on Friday and it came out swinging.

It held two events Friday targeting the Parti Quebecois.

One was a direct jab.

The federal Tories’ Quebec lieutenant held a news conference in the heart of the asbestos belt, where he blamed the new provincial government for killing the once-mighty industry. The PQ plans to withdraw crucial funding from the industry, given ethical concerns about it and its links to cancer.

The other shot was more subtle.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper extolled 200 years of co-operation and shared history between English and French Canada.

While the events differed greatly in tone and in substance, there was a common theme: the PQ might plan to pick fights with the federal government but,

if the Harper government has its way, it won’t get to set all the battle conditions.

Harper sent that message in, of all places, a battlefield.

In his first official visit to Quebec following the election of the PQ, Harper went to a historical site to drive home the point that English and French Canadians share a deep, longstanding bond.

Harper visited an island near the U.S. border to announce a new military tribute in honour of the War of 1812, in a pomp-laden event replete with a military inspection and brass band.

Harper went to Fort Lennox, located on an island near the U.S. border, and lauded military regiments that successfully defended Canada in the War of 1812. He announced that battle honours will be awarded to regiments with ties to units that won decisive battles in the war.

He described a night-time attack launched against Canadian positions along the nearby Lacolle River in November 1812. It involved an invasion force of some 5,000 American military regulars. Harper said

Teacher fired for giving students zeros

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — An Edmonton physics teacher who gave zeros to students who didn’t complete their work has been fired.

Lynden Dorval was suspended with pay from Ross Sheppard High School in May for insubordination.

His school, Ross Sheppard, has a policy of giving students an incomplete for assignments not handed in or missed tests, but Dorval refused to follow it.

Dorval said he received a special courier delivery Friday afternoon with a letter from the superintendent of Edmonton Public Schools saying his contract will be terminated in 30 days.

The teacher said he tried to prepare for the worst, but it has finally hit him that he is out of a job.

Dorval has two weeks to file an appeal.

He said he’s been overwhelmed by support from former students and members of the public, and said he’s heard one clear message.

“They say it’s nonsense that it’s even happening.

It’s just ludicrous that it has even gone this far, that giving zeros is something the public seems to believe is good for students, and using this code system and pushing the kids through is simply not a good way to encourage kids to learn and to be responsible citizens.”

Students had started a petition to get him reinstated, with some calling him the “Zero Hero.”

Alberta Education Minister Jeff Johnson wasn’t available for comment. A spokesperson with the department said the province feels very strongly that local teachers and school boards are in the best position to determine practices around assessment of students.

Canada’s victory was “a pivotal point in the development of our great country.”

“During this war French, English and aboriginal people took up arms and rallied around a common objective: resisting the American invasion,” Harper said.

“These bonds created by our ancestors are at the origin of a truly pan-Canadian identity that made possible our Confederation, and led to a country of great diversity with two official languages.”

When the prime minister was asked about the PQ at a news conference later, he added: “I’m here not because of the history of the past two weeks — but because of the past 200 years.”

Among the regiments being recognized are the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, the Queen’s York Rangers, the Royal Canadian Regiment, the Canadian Grenadier Guards and the Royal 22nd Regiment.

Friday’s event was laden with pomp. A military band played and Harper inspected an honour guard made up of Royal 22nd members — better known as “Van Doos” — in full dress.

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RCMP Const. Krista Vrolyk said the boy was with other youth and a parent in Spirit Square in the downtown core of Quesnel, 672 kilometres north of Vancouver, when the incident occurred just before 10 p.m. Thursday.

The woman tried to shake the boy’s hand, but grabbed him by the wrist and pull him towards a nearby pickup truck, said Vrolyk.

That’s when the teenaged girl, the boy’s 13-year-old friend, took action.

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MONTREAL — The federal government has tossed in the towel and will stop fighting international efforts to list asbestos as a dangerous substance, striking another blow to a once-mighty Canadian industry on the verge of extinction.

In a sudden reversal for the Harper government, Industry Minister Christian Paradis said Ottawa will no longer oppose efforts to include asbestos to the UN’s Rotterdam treaty on hazardous materials.

For Paradis, the announcement Friday was far from celebratory.

He hails from central Quebec’s asbestos belt and is one of the sector’s staunchest defenders.

Paradis looked glum and spoke in a nearly hushed tone as he spoke in his hometown of Thetford Mines, a community still dotted with imposing tailing piles that remind locals of the industry’s once-bustling heyday.

He blamed the new Parti Quebecois provincial government for killing the industry and cast Friday’s move as an inevitable response.

In making the announcement, the Conservatives fired the first shot in what is expected to be a turbulent relationship between Ottawa and the PQ.

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Critical mass: progress cannot be stopped Across North America, progress in our small incursion into bike lanes, cities has always been a step-forward- because of the flood of complaints he’s step-backward affair. gotten about them.

There are people in Edmonton and If enough people complained about Calgary who railed against a ban on burning witches, their LRT systems as he’d likely be against that, wasteful expenses -- or who too. said they support these Examples of successful things in principle, just support for people’s choices not the routes the planners in how they move around are had chosen. not limited to Amsterdam, The discussion about Copenhagen, Paris, Montrebike lanes everywhere is al, Vancouver, Portland or especially acidic. The ranSeattle. cour here is nothing speThey went through their cial; it’s just part of a regrowing pains, too, but medipeating pattern. um-sized cities like Billings, Harsh opposition to cyBoulder, Colorado Springs, GREG clists is not a function of Fargo, Eugene, Little Rock, NEIMAN city size, either. There Sioux Falls, Gary — as far as have been campaigns in Anchorage, and many others New York City to remove — all went through the same bike lanes. process Red Deer is experiThe mayor of Toronto encing. And today they are has been bellicose in his opposition to listed among the top 50 cities in North bike travel, but then again, he is belli- America for being bike-friendly. cose about nearly everything.

Some complainers characterize Rather like Red Deer city council- people who ride bikes as “the other.” lor Chris Stephan, whose voting record As if cyclists are an aberrant minorhas been to oppose just about every- ity whose choices ought not be considthing the city does. ered.

Now he wants the city to remove We’re your neighbours and fellow

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taxpayers who happen to prefer (or need) to commute by bike from time to time. We are as entitled to safety as anyone else, and we pay our full share for city infrastructure.

In fact, if you think taxes are too high, you should encourage more cycling, because riding a bike — including its infrastructure — is vastly cheaper and more efficient than any other kind of transport. If it can be done safely.

The emergence of bike lanes here is an expression of a change in attitude and desire of a significant portion of this city.

The era of cities built around automobiles is not over — yet.

But there is a significant group that questions why we should need to drive a car for every errand or activity. Significant enough in Red Deer to demand that our legal choices be respected.

A critical mass? We’ll see.

We’re in a state of change. That so many people are so upset with Red Deer’s bike lanes indicates the profound nature of the change. But this process must continue, if Red Deer is to grow.

Bikes replaced horses in North

American cities, and cars replaced bikes.

Now bikes are becoming popular and useful again.

Red Deer has not experienced upsetting events, such as Critical Mass, where hundreds of cyclists suddenly show up, clog main arteries for a short period, and then disperse — sometimes after arrests have been made of both cyclists and drivers.

They are part of this process, too.

For the moment, I as a resident a few houses away from 55th Street, and city councillor Paul Harris, and others, have not seen the congestion drivers have complained about during schoolin and school-out rush hours. Not beyond the usual rush that occurred daily before the lanes were built.

Rather, we law-abiding Red Deerians quietly gather at events like today’s public demonstration at St. Thomas Aquinas at 9 a.m., to enjoy a little bike ride downtown.

Not enough, in my view. But progress has always been step-forwardstep-backward. Everyone needs a little patience here, even me.

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It’s hard to see what harm building a 100-year starship could do Never mind the constraints of the private-sector investment into the myrmiserable present: the shrinking bud- iad of disciplines needed to make longgets, the lost opportunities, the col- distance space travel possible.” lapsing morale. Thinking is free, so The winning proposal, by the Dorolet’s think really big. thy Jemison Foundation for Let’s think about...buildExcellence, declared that ing a starship in the year “100 Year Starship will un2112. reservedly dedicate itself to Well, I’ve already been identifying and pushing the thinking about that for deradical leaps in knowledge cades, actually, but that was and technology needed to just wishful thinking. achieve interstellar flight.”

Now there’s a whole orThe 100YSS, as it’s ganisation for thinking known, would probably not about it, with a proper budexist if the professionals inget and government supterested in space flight had port and participation by really challenging nearprivate enterprise, and this space projects to work on.

GWYNNE week they’re holding a pubThey don’t: one Amerilic conference in Houston, can space scientist deDYER Texas: the first annual symscribed the current Ameriposium of the 100 Year Starcan space programme, and ship Initiative. indeed those of its rivals The sessions have ambielsewhere, as “trying to fintious titles: “Time and Distance Solu- ish what we started in the 1960s.” tions”; “The Mission: Human, Robotic Low-orbit operations are vital, but or Reconstituted?”; “Destinations and they are not inspiring.

Habitats”; “Becoming an Interstellar Some of these frustrated professionCivilisation”. als work at NASA and the Defence But the organisers also realise that Advanced Research Projects Agency this project will take as long as build- (DARPA), so there is official support ing a Gothic cathedral: one session is for thinking big. simply called “Research Priorities for There’s not much money: DARPA the First Ten of 100 Years”. gave the 100YSS only half a million Then they’ll have to set priorities dollars of seed money (out of its $3 bilfor the next ten years, and the next, lion budget), but then nobody is planand the next.... ning to build expensive hardware now.

DARPA wanted to create an organiThey just want to think about what zation to foster “persistent, long-term, kind of hardware (and software) would

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be needed to go to the stars.

If they want to go on thinking big thoughts for very long, of course, they’ll need more than half a million dollars, but the rest of the money will have to come from private enterprise.

For the moment, that means mainly from the well-funded space companies founded by billionaire entrepreneurs who made their money in other new technologies, and now want to do something even more interesting.

So appoint a charismatic former astronaut to lead the organisation — Dr Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman in space — and make sure that both private business and potential international partners feel comfortable with the approach.It’s a natural area for international cooperation: there are probably never going to be rival national starship programmes.

Add a truckload of ambition, a pinch of hard-nosed realism, and stir.

The first public outing for this enterprise is the symposium in Houston, and its popular appeal is obvious.

It’s a heady thought that this may be where the future course of human history is set, and at this stage nobody has to deal with dreary things like budgets and project management.

The most outrageous concepts can be welcomed, examined, and pursued or rejected. But is there any realistic prospect that human beings could ever build a starship?

Nobody knows. As Douglas Adams’s seminal work, “The Hitch-Hiker’s

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Building a starship would therefore require not just four or five generations of technological revolutions.

It would also require the overturning, or at least the wholesale reinterpretation, of the laws of physics as currently understood.

Last time around, it took about five centuries, say from 1450 to 1950, to get through a comparable scale of change in technology and physics. But of course things move much faster now.

At any rate, it’s hard to see what harm the 100YSS could do, even if it never achieves its objective.

If the history of space-flight up to now is any guide, at the very least it would produce radically new technologies that have major positive impacts on human welfare.

And if it actually succeeded... That would be the biggest deal in human history.

The most recent estimate is that there are about 30,000 planets suitable for our kind of life within a thousand light years of here.

Most observers assume that if a planet can support life, then it will almost certainly have life. It would be a great pity to miss out on all that because of a mere lack of ambition.

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Economic, social issue to decide fate of Marois government A critical test of any government’s real intentions is found in its annual budget.

So the first budget of the new minority Parti Quebecois government of Pauline Marois should give us a good idea of its immediate economic and fiscal priorities.

The longDAVID term priority is CRANE not in doubt — Quebec separation from the rest of Canada as an independent country. But this is not a priority for Quebec residents while jobs and the economy are.

While the Liberal government of Jean Charest had put Quebec on the path to a balanced budget by 2013-14, Marois has not endorsed this timetable, only stating that she wants to achieve a balanced budget, but without stating a deadline.

She has pledged to restore the tuition freeze for Quebec university students, end the $200 individual health tax, cancel an increase in electricity rates and bring in new spending of $992 million over the next five years.

She is also under strong pressure from municipal governments to help address the rising cost of public sector pensions, which are a growing burden for local governments.

Quebec has been much closer than Ontario in balancing its budget, with Ontario committing to 2017-18 as its target date.

But Quebec is hampered by a much higher level of public debt, in fact the highest in Canada at 51.5 per cent of Gross Domestic Product, compared to Ontario’s 39.6 per cent and 37.3 per cent for the federal government.

There is the risk that Marois’ plans to boost taxes for those earning more than $130,000 a year, along with tougher workplace rules on language and a hostile attitude towards immigrants will weaken the Quebec economy by discouraging investment or encouraging entrepreneurs, especially immigrants, to leave.

Other plans are vague, such as the creation of a $10 billion fund to help

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Quebec premier-designate Pauline Marois attends a Parti Quebecois caucus Thursday. fight planned foreign takeovers of Quebec companies, the effective shutdown of Quebec’s only asbestos mine and higher royalties on mining companies.

The real challenge for Quebec, though, is to boost its growth prospects.

TD Economics, for example, forecasts the Quebec economy will grow just 1.8 per cent this year and 1.7 per cent next year.

This will mean no real progress in bringing down the unemployment rate.

Quebec likes to boast it has a lower unemployment rate than Ontario — 7.6 per cent versus 7.9 per cent in July.

But if Quebec had the same percentage of working age residents actually in the labour force, it would have a higher unemployment rate. Some 59.6 per cent of Quebec’s working age population is employed, compared to 61.3 per cent in Ontario.

To be sure, Marois will go out of her way to create confrontation with the Conservative government of Stephen Harper, in part an attempt to shift blame on to Ottawa as the real

cause of Quebec’s economic and fiscal problems.

She will want to create fights with Ottawa by demanding the transfer of new powers to Quebec.

The goal is to show that Quebec’s “destiny” is blocked by federal obstinacy and “lack of respect” for the aspirations of Quebeckers so that the only option for Quebec is complete separation from Canada.

However, the federal government would be well advised to avoid an appeasement policy.

At the same time, legal challenges to many of her nationalistic plans on education, language and the display of religious symbols, including her proposed Secular Charter, likely run counter to Canada’s Charter of Rights and Human Freedoms and so will undoubtedly face legal challenges in the Supreme Court of Canada, with cries that this is another reason for Quebec secession.

Likewise, her plan to establish a Quebec citizenship would run into the

same constitutional challenges.

We don’t have to worry about a referendum on separation though. The two major opposition parties are opposed so she would be unable to pass the necessary legislation for a referendum. Moreover, the federal powers over a referendum, passed in the Clarity Act by the Chretien government, would impose tough conditions on a referendum. And the Clarity Act is the law of Canada which Marois cannot change.

Fortunately, the Parti Quebecois garnered only 32 per cent of the popular vote, a sign that Quebec voters themselves are tired of the separatist game. The Marois government is more likely to be judged by Quebec voters on how it deals with economic and social issues rather than by a campaign of anti-Canada provocations and an ugly effort to abuse human and minority rights.

David Crane can be reached at crane@ interlog.com.

125 years a long time to be in school It’s back to school days for the young big old beast, which never needed to and the restless once again, and coin- be steered or prodded or told how to cidentally I got a nice postcard in the get to the school. mail the other day.

And that big friendly mare would Many cherished local readers may hang around on the school baseball dihave received one too. amond for the day munchIt said Red Deer Public ing on the outfield until it Schools on the front with was time to bring the four some cool old sepia photoSmith girls back home graphs and it said “Join us again after a few lessons in as we celebrate 125 Years of that little white school at Excellence in Teaching and Valley Centre.

Learning”. My first thought My own school days bewas, yes it certainly did feel gan, sans horse, at a little like I was in school for 125 shrine of elementary eduyears. cation known as South Be that as it may, as it School. happens, there is a big anniIt was there that we versary celebration dinner saved our friend Glenn’s HARLEY this week and many fun and dog from the dogcatcher, HAY educational events schedwhere our buddy Ricky uled all throughout the year, Scott broke his collar bone all of which a person can peat recess by talking anothruse on their website, which er buddy Fred Lacey into is easy to find as long as you have a tackling him into a snowbank in front computer in front of you at the time of a group of girls he was trying to imyou are perusing. press.

It notes that it all started here in a And of course, it was the first and log school house in 1887 with 10 stu- only time I got the dreaded STRAP. dents.

For those of you who somehow manThis was before my time, since I aged to avoid getting the strap, or more wasn’t due to be yanked kicking and to the point are young enough to not screaming into life’s incredible jour- even know what the strap was, let me ney for several more years, but I can just say — lucky you. well imagine what it must have been Two of us were called into the oflike in the early days of readin’, writin’ fice of the Vice Principal (who was and rithmatic. nobody’s pal believe me) on the lame My Mom told me stories about how and questionable charge of hiding unshe and her three sisters all used to der the footbridge (where the museum ride to their one room school house is now) and spying on girls from our by horseback. This was on the farm of class. course, but the thing is, they only had The apparently deranged and deone horse. mented V.P. (whom I shall call Mr. M. All four sisters perched up on that to not protect the guilty) took a disturb-

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ingly obvious pleasure in wielding a thick strap — a length of a hard rubber belt from a machine like a combine or a medieval torture device — and beating us ten year old kids on the hands until he got too tired to swing it any more.

It may be obvious that that little incident of child abuse stuck with me just a tad all these years and I must admit to hoping against hope that Mr. M. would develop a long and painful case of leprosy or something much worse.

That classic display of resentment on my part only lasted for ten or twenty years – about the time it took for my innocent hands and damaged psyche to fully heal.

But of course there was much to celebrate about South School.

It was there that my favorite teacher Mrs. Lougheed brought a real pineapple from Hawaii into Grade 3 class and cut it up and gave every one of us a piece. Although it doesn’t sound like much, this was a highly exotic, impressive and generous gesture in those stuffy and strict school days.

I had my first real crush on a girl at South School (who shall remain nameless to spare her the embarrassment).

She was my girlfriend for nearly the whole school year, although I never actually spoke to her and I’m pretty sure she would have been hard pressed to identify me by name.

At recess Bill Cameron and I were the undisputed Chicken Fights champions. The Chicken Fight, on our school grounds at least, consisted of a sort of piggyback jousting, where one team of a guy piggybacking another would take on a second duo. The object was for the piggybacker to pull the

other piggybacker off the back of your opponent.

You see, Bill was twice as big as anyone else in the grade, and I was half as small. We never lost a single Chicken Fight, which very well might have been my biggest legacy at South School.

The boot room where we lined up by grades for the morning assembly to recite Lord’s Prayer and sing God Save the Queen, the cloak room where we’d hang Michael on a coat hook by the back of his belt, the metal green garbage can by the teachers desk that Garth had to sit in when he misbehaved.

Games of marbles, learning to write ‘longhand’ with a straight pen nib and a bottle of India ink (told you I was old), making unrecognizable Christmas decorations in class that still proudly hang on our Christmas trees.

The snowball fights, the track meets, kicking the ball over the school fence during soccer (a big no-no). The teachers, and the friends, some of whom are still good friends to this day. The stuff we learned.

For us South School was in actuality just 5 short years of the deep history of 125 years of excellence in the Public School District that today administers over 20 schools and 10,000 students.

And for me? It really was quite excellent. Except for that part about the strap.

Harley Hay is a local freelance writer, award-winning author, filmmaker and musician. His column appears on Saturdays in the Advocate. His books can be found at Chapters, Coles and Sunworks in Red Deer.

The real economic battle isn’t austerity vs. stimulus

BY BRUCE STEWART ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES TORONTO — Politics today seems stuck. And voters are stuck with it.

Endless deficits, mounting public debt and the worries of credit rating agencies seems to argue for cutbacks in programs, cutbacks in government employment, and forms of austerity.

Meanwhile, crumbling infrastructure, stubborn unemployment, and a lack of economic growth seem to call out for stimulus programs and more government spending to get things moving again.

Just look at Europe. Europeans elect governments that promise to stimulate, and they get austerity instead. They elect governments that promise austerity, and the spending never actually reverses.

The problems keep building.

It is the same for most of the world, but what about Canada?

Does Canada need to stop spending money it doesn’t have? Of course it does.

We could choose to tax ourselves to find the money — although increasing taxes will slow the economy. Or we could cut spending to get rid of the deficits — although that, too, will slow

the economy.

Without growth, though, the growing debt becomes more and more of a burden.

Ask Ontario, where making interest payments on the accumulated pile competes heavily with education for second-place, behind health, in government spending.

Ask the United States, where 100 per cent of the operating budget (things that aren’t interest payments or entitlements) now has to be borrowed each year (and what happens when the world doesn’t want to lend $1.6 trillion a year to your country any longer or, even worse, doesn’t have it to lend?)

But austerity vs. stimulus isn’t the real battle, despite what you’d think listening to politicians.

It’s about the dead weight of the past vs. creating the future.

What’s that dead weight?

It’s regulations that preserve the existing players and make innovative newcomers a problem.

(Regulations that level the playing field and apply equally are fine; regulations that are expensive to comply with if you’re small cripple entrepreneurs while maintaining the existing leaders, who can afford it.)

It’s management practices — like supply management in Canada, or the

common agricultural policy in Europe — designed to limit markets.

It’s a tax code riddled with deductions, allowances and credits that preserve the status quo (and require professional help if you’re trying to make ordinary decisions about whether to take one course of action or another).

It’s a tax scheme that taxes the wrong things.

It’s redistribution schemes — equalization, welfare, etc. — that are a part of providing for the less well-off but are expensive to operate and don’t deliver enough to those who need it for the money spent.

It’s attempts to manage government costs by restricting supply - as we do in medical care, where we limit licences to practice, restrict where facilities will be built and how they’ll be equipped, among others — instead of following the example set by France and 14 U.S. states, where anyone with qualifications can open a medical care facility and compete for clients, thereby reducing costs.

We tend to focus on silly things, like the cost of expanding House of Commons by 30 MPs. The cost of Parliament is actually 1/100 of 1 per cent of the federal budget, including the gold-plated pension obligations), instead of on the serious

matters of restructuring our public sector and services for the 21st century.

Maybe it’s time for a paradigm shift.

Maybe, just maybe, we’d be better off with guaranteed annual incomes — they’d make it easier to be an entrepreneur, thus create our own work — while paying something toward our non-catastrophic health care.

Maybe we’d be better off with less “free trade” between nations and more of it between provinces.

Maybe we’d be better off with more consumption taxes and less taxing of incomes.

Maybe we don’t need lower corporate taxes per se, but a real difference between being big and being small in business.

In other words, getting a country that works for tomorrow isn’t our politicians’ responsibility — it’s ours. It’s time to get together with our neighbours and start telling the people we elect what to do.

If we don’t, we’ll get austerity and stimulus, no growth, and less of a future.

Troy Media Columnist Bruce Stewart is a management consultant located in Toronto.

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Protests against anti-Islam film spread

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO, Egypt — Here’s a look at protests across the Middle East and elsewhere on Friday, four days after crowds angry over an anti-Muslim film ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad began assaulting a string of U.S. embassies in the region.

TUNISIA

Violent protests outside the U.S. Embassy in the capital, Tunis, were met with tear gas and gunshots, leaving two people dead, 29 others injured and plumes of black smoke wafting over the city.

Several dozen protesters briefly stormed the embassy compound, tearing down the American flag and raising a banner bearing the Muslim profession of faith. They also set fire to an American school adjacent to the embassy compound and prevented firefighters from approaching it.

The American School in Tunis was badly damaged and is now “unusable,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters. All embassy personnel are safe and accounted for.

Protesters who breached the walls at the embassy in Tunis did damage to the exterior — walls, broken windows and cars in the parking lot, the State Department said.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called the Tunisian prime minister Friday to make sure that security efforts were being properly coordinated.

EGYPT

Riot police clashed with hundreds of protesters blocks away from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, killing one protester, as the president broadcast an appeal to Muslims to protect embassies and tried to patch up strained relations with Washington. After weekly prayers, a crowd in Cairo’s Tahrir Square tore up an American flag, and waved a black, Islamist flag.

When protesters tried to move toward the embassy, ranks of police confronted them, firing tear gas.

LEBANON

Security forces opened fire in the northeastern Lebanese city of Tripoli, killing one person after a crowd angry over the film set fire to a KFC and a Hardee’s restaurant. About 25 people were wounded in the melee, including 18 policemen who were hit with stones and glass.

Several hundred protesters stormed the German Embassy in the capital, Khartoum, burning a car parked behind its gates and trash cans before police firing tear gas drove them out.

Two or three protesters managed to climb the embassy wall but were repelled by Sudanese security forces. Vice-President Joe Biden called Sudanese Vice-President Taha to discuss the situation. Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides also spoke with Sudanese officials to ensure that security was stepped up. All embassy personnel are safe and accounted for.

Security forces shot live rounds in the air and fired tear gas at a crowd of around 2,000 protesters trying to march to the U.S. Embassy in the capital, Sanaa. Police kept the crowd at bay about a block away. Friday’s demonstration came a day after hundreds stormed the embassy compound and burned the American flag. The U.S. State Department said the embassy compound was not breached Friday and that all personnel were safe and accounted for.

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Hundreds demonstrated in Baghdad’s northern Sunni neighbourhood of Azamaiyah, some shouting: “No, no America! No, no to Israel,” and, “We are ready to sacrifice ourselves for our Prophet.” Dozens also marched in Baghdad’s poor Sadr City district.

In the southern city of Basra, about 1,000 took to the streets and burned the American and Israeli flags.

One banner said: “Freedom doesn’t mean offending two billion Muslims.”

NIGERIA

Soldiers opened fire to drive away young Muslims protesting the film in the central city of Jos, as demonstrators elsewhere in the county’s north burned a U.S. flag.

The youths, some wearing white shirts that read “To Hell With America, To Hell With Israel,” chanted slogans and called for the arrest of the makers of the film. It was not clear whether anyone was injured in the gunfire or the melee.

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More than 2,000 protesters chanted against the film and burned American and Israeli flags after Friday prayers in Diraz, outside the capital, Manama. Security forces were absent. Separately, Bahrain’s Interior Ministry ordered media regulators to attempt to block access to the film clip.

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Hundreds of hardline Muslims held peaceful protests against the film throughout Pakistan, shouting slogans and carrying banners criticizing the U.S. and those involved in the film. Police in Islamabad set up barricades and razor wire to block off a diplomatic enclave where the U.S. Embassy and many other foreign missions are located.

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Israel doubts U.S. resolve on Iran

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‘I HEAR THOSE WHO SAY WE SHOULD WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE. BUT WHAT IF THE U.S. DOESN’T ACT? IT’S A QUESTION THAT MUST BE ASKED.’

JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insinuated in an interview published Friday that Israel cannot entirely rely on the U.S. to act against Iran’s suspect nuclear program, a sign that the Israeli leader is not backing down from the sharp rhetoric that strained relations this week with the Obama administration.

Netanyahu has been arguing in recent weeks that Iran is getting close to acquiring nuclear weapons capability, a claim Iran denies. He has been pushing the U.S. to commit to the circumstances under which the U.S. would lead a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders have repeatedly hinted that if the United States does not attack, Israel will.

“I hear those who say we should wait until the last minute. But what if the U.S. doesn’t act? It’s a question that must be asked,” Netanyahu told Israel Hayom, in an interview marking the Jewish New Year.

The paper, a free mass-circulation daily, is funded

by Netanyahu’s billionaire Jewish-American supporter Sheldon Adelson.

The Obama administration also suspects Tehran is seeks to become a nuclear power and says it is committed to preventing a nuclear Iran, but insists

more efforts must be made before resorting to military action. Washington is refusing to be specific about what exactly would necessitate a strike on Iran and has rejected an Israeli demand for “red lines” that cannot be crossed.

Earlier this week Netanyahu issued a rebuke of the U.S. cautious stance, perceived as an indirect swipe at the Obama administration. He said that “those in the international community who refuse to put red lines before Iran don’t have a moral right to place a red light before Israel.”

Netanyahu’s harsh rhetoric has drawn criticism in Israel and abroad. It even prompted a leading Jewish-American senator to take the extraordinary step of publicly rebuking him. Some have charged that Netanyahu’s comments were aimed at helping his longtime friend and Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, in his November election

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and that “loyalty to the Prophet is not expressed by attacking embassies.”

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showdown with President Barack Obama.

In the interview, Netanyahu strongly rejected the claims.

“I am guided not by the elections in United States but by the centrifuges in Iran,” he said. “If the Iranians were to say ’stop’ and cease enriching uranium and preparing a bomb until the end of the elections in the United States then I could wait.”

Adding to tensions, Romney criticized Obama at a New York fundraiser on Friday for allegedly not planning to meet in person with Netanyahu on the sidelines of the upcoming United Nations General Assembly meetings later this months.

Earlier this week Obama called Netanyahu and the White House followed up the phone call with a rare late-night statement denying reports of a rift.

Netanyahu’s office said the two men had a “good conversation.”

White House spokesman Jay Carney downplayed any signs of discord with Israel.

“The president has made clear that he is committed to preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. We are completely in sync with Israel on that matter. There is no daylight between the United States and Israel when it comes to the absolute commitment to preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon,” he said.

Indonesia’s government has been working to block access to clips of the film online, and a prominent cleric has urged calm.

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About 200 protesters waved the Syrian flag and shouted anti-American slogans outside the longclosed U.S. Embassy in Damascus. The crowd held banners saying: “He who curses the Prophet doesn’t seek democracy” and “a nation whose Prophet is Muhammad, would never kneel down.” The U.S. embassy has been closed since February because of the country’s bloody conflict that has killed about 23,000 people.

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About 1,000 protesters gathered outside the heavily guarded U.S. Embassy in the capital, Doha, chanting anti-US slogans and calling for Washington to remove its military presence from the strategic Gulf nation.

An influential cleric reminded worshippers that the American government had no role in the film

In London, around 250 protesters marched noisily but peacefully through Britain’s capital to the U.S. embassy. The group, which called itself the “Defenders of The Prophet,” held placards denouncing the U.S. and perceived Western imperialism.

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Hundreds of people gathered in Istanbul’s Beyazit Square to protest the film. The protest was organized

by Turkey’s main Islamist political party, Saadet.

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In the city of Nablus, about 200 people demonstrated against the film as Muslim clerics throughout the territory preached against it in Friday sermons.

INDONESIA

About 200 protesters chanted slogans and held up signs in a largely peaceful protest outside the heavily guarded U.S. Embassy in the capital, Jakarta.

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About 20 protesters held a peaceful demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. They briefly shouted “Allahu akbar!” or God is great, and handed reporters a letter addressed to the American ambassador expressing anger over the movie and calling for greater respect for religions.

In addition to countries where protests have already occurred, U.S. embassies around the world, including in France and Austria, put out alerts to Americans on Friday advising them to review their personal security measures and warning them demonstrations may occur and may turn violent.

Other embassies issuing alerts on Friday were those in Mauritania, where a protest was underway near a major bank, and India, where a regional leader in the Muslim-majority Himalayan region of Kashmir called on U.S. citizens to “immediately leave.”

Since Sept. 11, 65 U.S. embassies and consulates have released alerts related to the protests.

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ompetitive bird watching was probably developed by one of those people who have the need to turn everything into a competition, but it has become serious business for many people around the globe. The crowning achievement of any competitive birder is to hold A Big Day or A Big Year record. Birders identify as many species of birds as possible by sight and sound in a 24-hour period for a Big Day or in a single year for a Big Year.

Even though these types of records rely heavily on the honour system, there are specific rules set out by the American Birding Association and competitors take the sport very seriously.

Birding is the fastest growing outdoor activity in North America and a top tourism draw in many parts of the world. While most birders will never formally challenge a Big Day or Big Year record, many hobbyists have their own personal Big Day records or keep lifelong lists of birds they have identified.

Those looking to establish a personal Big Day record or add substantially to a lifelong list should consider a visit to the tiny town of San Blas in the Riviera Nayarit region of Mexico. Renowned as one of the top spots for birding in North America, the current Big Day record for Mexico was set at 220 species identified in a single day in San Blas area. Earlier this year, I visited the area to experience a birding tour with the current Big Day record holder and try the activity for myself on an eco-adventure tour.

“Birding is a fabulous way to get to know a destination, because you visit places tourists typically don’t go,” said Mark Stackhouse, a birding guide and eco-tour operator who lives in San Blas and currently holds the Big Day Record for both Mexico and Utah. “San Blas has a vast array of wildlife to see and it’s not unusual to identify 300 different bird species in a week in this area – if you plan well.”

We boarded a small open air motor boat beside the San Blas Bridge and travelled up the Río Tovara, a side channel of the San Cristóbal River.

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The Anhinga is sometimes called the snakebird, because it often swims with only its neck above the water. When swimming like that it looks like a snake about to strike.

Top: In the same family as eagles and hawks, the snail kite feeds almost exclusively on apple snails. This bird is holding one in its claws Above: Ecotours in the San Blas area are very popular and several local companies can take you out into the Mangroves to get a close-up look at the wildlife of the area.

Below: It’s not every day you get to travel with a world record holder. Mark Stackhouse holds the current Big Day record for Mexico and Utah. He’s a biologist by training.

He lives in San Blas and offers birding tours of the area.

The greater egret is found in tropical and temperate regions of the world.

The bare throated tiger heron can be found from Mexico to northwest Columbia and many birders come to San Blas to see it.

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Preachers oppose law they say keeps them off the streets

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NEW ORLEANS — Bare breasts, drunken revelry and almost anything else is tolerated along Bourbon Street, but after dark, the city is saying street preachers are forbidden.

Two weeks ago, a small group of street preachers were arrested during a gay pride festival, perhaps the first people to be booked under a nearly year-old ordinance against aggressive solicitation on Bourbon Street. Those who crafted the law say it’s a public safety measure to help with crowd control and discourage con-artists, but the street preachers believe it’s a violation of their First Amendment rights.

Specifically, the law bans loitering on Bourbon to spread “any social, political or religious message between the hours of sunset and sunrise.”

“Have you ever been on Bourbon Street? There on Bourbon Street, you have nude pictures trying to entice people in. That would be my definition of aggressive solicitation,” said street preacher Ruben Israel, a familiar sight on Bourbon during Mardi Gras and the gay Southern Decadence festival held over Labor Day. So far, the city is standing by the ordinance, which applies only to Bourbon Street — not the entire French Quarter.

“You can literally take one step off of Bourbon Street, and you can do what you do,” said City Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson, who authored the October 2011 ordinance.

She said it was created in part to make sure people keep moving along the crowded, raunchy strip.

The misdemeanour carries a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a $500 fine.

John Hill, chairman of a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered rights group, said the preachers at Southern Decadence were a nuisance, but they have a right to free speech.

“My gosh, it’s certainly a waste of their time. But they certainly have a right to say it,” said Hill, the head of Forum For Equality Louisiana.

Not all gays agreed, though. Joe Traigle, who described himself as an equality activist, said those motivated by hate or raising money need to have boundaries.

“This is a boundary that is very, very, respectable,” said Traigle, a former state revenue secretary.

With its rows of music clubs, restaurants, bars and strip clubs, Bourbon is the hub of tourist activity in the French Quarter. It’s the seedy side of the city’s oldest neighbourhood, where more than 350 bars and other places selling alcoholic drinks are crammed into less than 1 square mile.

Bourbon is well known for flesh-flashing, street musicians who perform for tips and bars that trumpet potent drinks. These are acceptable to the tourist trade, but the hassling was not.

Some con-artists were “ticketing” people for “not having enough fun” and asking for a $20 donation, said attorney Robert Waters, owner of Rick’s strip club on Bourbon and chairman of the Quarter group that sought the ordinance.

Waters said tourism data shows more than 80 per

cent of tourists — 7 million out of a 9 million total visitors last year — end up on Bourbon.

“If you’re on the street where you have this enormous flow of humanity you have to keep moving and can’t stop and create a roadblock,” Waters said.

During the first two nights of Southern Decadence, Israel said he and his colleagues preached until midnight. But on Sept. 1, eight preachers were booked with violating the ordinance. A ninth was arrested for resisting an officer and other charges.

Israel said he wasn’t arrested because officers picked out only preachers holding signs.

Although the ban was in effect during Mardi Gras, Israel said police weren’t enforcing it. He said officers told him it would be that way for Southern Decadence as well.

“They told us the law wasn’t going to happen.

They said not to do this, not to do that. But they said nothing about this particular law,” said Israel, who leads a group, Bible Believers, which he said has 72 chapters in the U.S. Israel, of Los Angeles, has preached for 30 years at Mardi Gras, the Kentucky Derby and anywhere else he considers the activities sinful. He targets drunkards, homosexuality and Mormons.

His website describes Mardi Gras as “really one massive event for peeping toms with the street functioning as nothing more than a big window for perverts.”

Police didn’t respond to an AP request for information on whether the Southern Decadence arrests were the first under the ordinance, but the recent arrests have attracted the attention of free speech supporters.

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If You Go ● San Blas is a small fishing village of about 12,000 population located on the Pacific Coast of Mexico between Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan in Riviera Nayarit. There are no big resorts in the town and ecotourism is the main attraction with ecotours, whale watching, surfing, hiking, waterfalls and beaches being main attractions. ● Most people who visit San Blas fly into Puerto Vallarta and either visit on a day tour or plan a longer stay. From Puerto Vallarta you can hire a cab to San Blas for about $120 one-way, arrange a private transfer or take a bus. There are 4 buses daily from

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From left to right: The yellow crowned night heron is commonly seen in the mangroves near San Blas, but it also occasionally migrates as far north as the Great Lakes or Ontario after breeding season; The mangrove warbler is a subspecies of the yellow warbler that is found in the mangrove swamps of Middle America, northern South America, and on the Galapagos Islands.

Puerto Vallarta to San Blas and the trip takes about entrée is priced at about $15 and rooms range in 3 and a half hours with no stops and no bathrooms on price from $68 - $150 per night. the bus. ● For information on San Blas, visit the official ● You will find a vast array of wildlife in San Blas website of the Mexican Convention and Visitor’s area year-round, but the peak birding season takes Bureau at: www.rivieranayarit.com or check out this place from November through March. A half-day local website: www.visitsanblas.com. birding tour in San Blas area will cost about $50 per person if you have 4 people in a boat. Multi-day birdDebbie Olsen is a Lacombe-based freelance writer. If ing tours can be arranged with Mark Stackhouse by you have a travel story you would like to share or know visiting his website at www.westwings.com or email- someone with an interesting travel story that we might ing him at mark@westwings.com. He can arrange air- interview, please email: DOGO@telusplanet.net or write port transportation from Puerto Vallarta to San Blas, to: Debbie Olsen, c/o Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner accommodations in San Blas and eco-tours. Pricing Ave., Red Deer, Alta., T4R 1M9. will vary depending on the number of days and Consumer the season of travel.

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said the rules are looser at his mainstream event because it’s a show for spectators. People might come for the 68-gun artillery battle and the Civil War Balloon Corps — although there were no hotair balloons at Antietam — and learn something in the process. “The history program far exceeds the four hours of battles that we’ll have,�

Douglas said.

Christopher L. Smith, a re-enactor from Akron, Ohio, said the dual re-enactments evenly divided members of Birney’s Division, composed of 24 Federal infantry re-enactor units in four states.

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SHARPSBURG, Md. — The Civil War Battle of Antietam was so big, they’re re-enacting it twice.

And nearly 8,000 re-enactors had to make a choice: strictly regimented realism or bombastic spectacle?

The two privately financed events, both open to the public, were scheduled on back-to-back weekends leading up to Monday’s 150th anniversary of the bloodiest day of combat on U.S. soil. About 4,000 uniformed re-enactors participated in last weekend’s event near Boonsboro, Md. Another 4,000 plan to take part in this weekend’s extravaganza near Sharpsburg, Md. The dual re-enactments highlight a division between the hobby’s so-called progressive wing, with its scrupulous focus on historical accuracy, and mainstream re-enactors more interested in battle tactics and camaraderie than in having the correct number of uniform buttons.

Both groups are dedicated to commemorating the clash that occurred Sept. 17, 1862, on rolling farmland along Antietam Creek, about 60 miles north of Washington. More than 23,000 combatants from the North and South were reported dead, wounded or missing after 12 hours of carnage that began at dawn.

The battle was indecisive, but it ended Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s first invasion of the North.

He led his battered troops back across the Potomac River into Virginia the next day, giving President Abraham Lincoln the political strength to issue a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation four days later, followed in January by the final version. Some historians consider Antietam a more critical turning point in the war than the Battle of Gettysburg, fought the following July.

It’s unusual for competing groups to mount separate battle re-enactments, but this is no ordinary anniversary. Antietam, known in the South as the Battle of Sharpsburg, is the biggest Civil War event of 2012. Many re-enactors who got into the hobby during the 125th anniversary are now in their 50s, with few opportunities left to join such large battle scenarios. Antietam came nearly 18 months after the war’s opening shot at Fort Sumter, and 2 ½ years before the Confederate surrender at Appomattox, Va. Last weekend’s re-enactment was billed as a progressive event, with rules governing everything from the type of shoes worn by soldiers to the number of cannons on the field — just four per side. “We press the guys to have exact, correct uniforms, as best that they can, to duplicate the appearance so when the public sees it, it’s not just generic Civil War — it’s like pulling back a window shade looking directly into September ’62,â€? said organizer S. Chris Anders of Rear Rank Productions in Hagerstown.

Anders’ group has been mounting such events for 12 years. The group’s focus on authenticity has won followers such as John Miller of Waynesboro, Pa., whose unit opted for the progressive re-enactment. “You research everything from your role, your character, all the way down to the uniforms that you wear,� Miller said. “For example, a certain regiment was wearing a certain style of jacket. The guys are going to research it, find the original piece, they’ll make patterns off of it and then after that, a lot of them will go ahead and try to reconstruct those using the same methods that they used back then, which more or less is thread, needle and hand — and a lot of handwork.�

Such meticulous attention to detail has led some mainstream re-enactors to nickname their progressive brethren “stitch-counters.� “They get a little bit elitist in their attitude and they can be a little snarky at times,� said Dennis Rohrbaugh, a contractor from Chambersburg, Pa., who’s leading about 150 re-enactors to the mainstream event produced by Civil War Heritage of Gettysburg, Pa. Rohrbaugh said mainstreamers and progressives share plenty of common ground, but there’s only so much realism he can stand. “Just because soldiers at the time had dysentery doesn’t mean we have to go out and have dysentery,�

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Oil Kings drill Rebels in OT

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS

ALEX BURROWS

BURROWS RE-SIGNED VANCOUVER — Alex Burrows could have waited a year and placed himself on the open market. But with an NHL lockout looming, the veteran winger bypassed unrestricted free agency and re-signed Friday for another four years with the Vancouver Canucks.

“I never really thought about leaving,” said Burrows outside Rogers Arena. “All along, I always wanted to stay in Vancouver. As soon as the management showed interest in an extension, for me it was a no-brainer.”

Burrows is slated to earn $18-million, or $4.5 million per season, starting in 2013-14. He received a healthy raise from the $2 million he is scheduled to earn this season — if there is one.

EDITOR Oil Kings 2 Rebels 1 LACOMBE — The end result wasn’t ideal, but the Red Deer Rebels snapped out of their WHL preseason doldrums in impressive fashion on Friday in a 2-1 overtime loss to the defending league champion Edmonton Oil Kings.

“The loss is disappointing, obviously, but the message at the end of last weekend was that we had to improve in a lot of areas and we were a lot better tonight,”

said Rebels head coach Jesse Wallin, whose club dropped to 0-5 in the exhibition season. “We’ve come a long way in a week.

“I thought our battle level was much better tonight against a good hockey team. It was a good test and I thought we responded to it well.

Right from start to finish we did a good job of finishing checks and competing hard. We created a lot more opportunites in the offensive zone than we did last weekend and created more offence and were much better defensively.

“We still have a ways

to go, no question, but I think we took big strides this week.”

The Oil Kings led 1-0 after one period on a power-play goal by Stephane Legault, who converted a rebound with the Rebels two men short.

Colten Mayor responded for the Rebels with a man-advantage marker late in the second frame, knocking a rebound past netminder Laurent Brossoit during a goalmouth scramble.

Both teams had numerous excellent scoring chances the rest of the way, but the game required overtime and,

with Edmonton on a power play, Curtis Lazar ended the spirited contest at 1:33 with a rising blast from the right faceoff circle that eluded a screened Rebels goalie Bolton Pouliot.

The game was a physical affair that had three scraps and many big-time hits, including an openice beauty by Rebels defenceman Kayle Doetzel on Edgars Kulda.

Oil Kings defenceman Keegan Lowe caught several more punches than he landed in a secondperiod scrap with Turner Elson and Colten Mayor came out on the short end of a brief tussle

with Oil Kings tough guy Mitch Moroz early in the third period. Later in the frame, Rebels captain Adam Kambeitz fought to a draw with Henrik Samuelsson.

“It was an intense game. That’s what happens when your battle level is where it needs to be, you have that emotion in your game and you have some situations that take place,” said Wallin. “It’s just part of the game. The hits and fights were all emotional, there was nothing premeditated. It was just an intense hockey game.”

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TODAY

● Bantam football: Olds at Rocky Mountain House, 10:30 a.m; Sylvan Lake at Lacombe, 1 p.m.; Notre Dame at Stettler, 1:30 p.m.; Lindsay Thurber at Hunting Hills, 4 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Peewee football: Red Deer Steelers at Stettler, Lacombe at Olds, 11 a.m.; Red Deer Hornets at Sylvan Lake, 2:30 p.m.

College soccer: SAIT at RDC Queens and Kings; women at noon, men at 2:20 p.m. ● Major bantam hockey: Airdrie Xtreme at Red Deer Rebels White, 3:15 p.m., Arena; Okotoks Oilers at Red Deer Rebels Black, 5:45 p.m., Arena. ● WHL exhibition: Medicine Hat Tigers at Red Deer Rebels, 7:30 p.m., Stettler. ● Heritage junior B hockey exhibition: Airdrie Thunder at Red Deer Vipers, 7:30 p.m., Arena.

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ Jonathan Hefney, left, tries to stop Calgary Stampeders’ Jon Cornish during second half CFL football action in Calgary on Friday.

Stamps thump woeful Bombers THE CANADIAN PRESS Calgary 44 Winnipeg 3 CALGARY — Nik Lewis had a feeling he was going to have a milestone performance.

The veteran slotback did just that as he caught seven passes for 131 yards as his Calgary Stampeders trounced the lowly Winnipeg Blue Bombers 44-3.

Lewis caught his 700th CFL pass and eclipsed the 10,000 mark in career receiving yards on the same play during the second quarter of the onslaught.

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and help me grow.”

Meanwhile, Jon Cornish continued his strong season, running for a pair of touchdowns in the convincing win.

“I think we have a lot of weapons and tonight it really showed,” Cornish said.

Calgary backup quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell completed his first CFL touchdown pass to Rob Cote on a trick play in the first quarter, while Johnny Forzani caught a TD strike from starter Kevin Glenn in the fourth.

LaMarcus Coker also had a rushing touchdown, while Rene Paredes added a pair of field goals for the Stamps (74), who have won four

straight games and five of their past six.

It was also a milestone night for Glenn, who moved past Dieter Brock into 12th spot on the CFL all-time passing list. After completing 17-of-23 passes for 298 yards, Glenn has now has 35,025 career passing yards.

“When it was brought to my attention yesterday I felt good about it,” Glenn said. “It’s one of those things that you feel like you’ve accomplished something, especially passing a guy like Dieter Brock too, but I’m not finished. I want to get up there. I want to break the top five.”

Justin Palardy kicked an 11-yard field goal in the third quarter to ac-

count for Winnipeg’s only points. The Bombers (2-9) have lost four straight games.

“Nothing went right apparently,” said Winnipeg defensive lineman Jason Vega. “Defensively we couldn’t get anything going. There were times we did things right and then there were other times we couldn’t do a thing right, so I don’t know.”

With the setback, the Bombers’ woes at McMahon Stadium continued.

Winnipeg hasn’t won in Calgary since 2002, a span of 10 games, is dismal 0-6 on the road this season and just is 1-6 against the West.

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cause that’s where I’ve been my whole career.”

Lewis became only the second player in club history to reach the 10,000-yard plateau. Former slotback Allen Pitts, a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, is the other.

With his performance, Lewis moved past Travis Moore and former Calgary teammate Jeremaine Copeland into 15th spot on the CFL alltime receiving list with 10,054 yards.

“The student passes the teacher,” Lewis said.

“I owe a lot to Cope because without him I’m probably not still a Calgary Stampeder or getting 10,000 yards. He did a lot to help my career

It was 25 years ago today that Canada and the Soviet Union hooked up in an all-time hockey classic — the deciding game of the 1987 Canada Cup tournament.

Brent Sutter harbours fond memories of the experience, and as one of the Team Canada players, how could he not?

“It’s weird because it’s 25 years ago and that Game 3 is still looked upon as arguably the best hockey game ever played,” the Red Deer Rebels owner and general manager said this week, looking back at the

overall tournament and Canada’s 6-5 win in the decisive contest.

Sutter watched the first game of the best-ofthree championship series on Tuesday on TSN and the memories came flooding back.

“As I was watching the game some things crossed my mind,” he said.

“Like, I knew we were a nervous team going into that game. The Russians were a phenomenal team and you could tell in the first two periods that we had a tough time making a pass. In the third period we really settled down and came back from a 4-1 deficit before losing (65) in overtime. For us, that game set the tone

for the rest of the series, we knew how we had to play.”

Indeed, Canada took the second game 6-5 in overtime and won the third and final meeting by the same score on a seriously late Wayne Gretzky-to-Mario Lemieux goal, a goal that will forever be a part of Canadian hockey lore.

“It was the best hockey I’ve ever been a part of,” said Sutter. “There were lots of goals scored.

The final margin was 1716, that’s how tight the series was. That Game 3 . . . there are so many memories from that game, memories that stay with you forever.

“And when you win and go through that and have success, there’s al-

ways a bond there now with those guys because you’ve accomplished something special. To be quite honest I wish we could have all got together for the 25th anniversary, that would have been pretty neat. Because that was for me a phenomenal series and it was a special group of guys.”

Sutter takes great pride in the fact he played for his country in three Canada Cup tournaments, including 1984 and 1991.

“That’s a special feeling, knowing that you were on teams that were picked to represent your country,” said Sutter, who in both ‘84 and ‘87 played with former Oilers Gretzky, Mark Messier, Paul Coffey, Glenn

Anderson and Grant Fuhr.

“They (former Oilers) were obviously great players but what sticks out in my mind is that they were also great guys and great teammates and I learned a lot from them,” said Sutter.

“Lets’s face it, when you’re around great players and play with great players, it makes you better no matter what class of player you may or may not be. It certainly helped my career a lot and also prolonged it in the sense that you know you’re looked at as one of the top players and you keep your game at that level as long as you can.”

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Cougars double up on Lakers

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Cougars 42 Lakers 21 It was easy to find something positive on both sides of the ball as the Notre Dame Cougars and Sylvan Lake Lakers opened their Central Alberta High School Football League regular season at Great Chief Park Friday.

But in the end it was the Cougars who showed the most in pulling out a 42-21 victory.

The game saw both teams take the momentum as the Cougars charged into a 21-0 lead only to see the Lakers storm back to even it at 21-21 after three quarters.

“They have a good team and they battled hard to come back and tie it,” said Cougars head coach Gino Castellan. “But I was proud of our guys as we marched twice after they tied it. It showed a lot of character. We still made some mistakes, but we’ll continue to work on them.”

On the other side Lakers head coach Jeremy Braitenback was disappointed, but still happy with what he saw.

“Notre Dame looked good and came out hard, but we didn’t quit and proved we could overcome some adversity, but the bottom line is Notre Dame won the game.”

He was also pleased with his young defence.

“Notre Dame has a diversified offence and it took us some time to figure it out, but overall I was proud of the way they played.”

The Cougars were led by quarterback Kieran Pruden, running back Myles Corsiatto and receiver Luis Moreno.

Pruden connected on 13 of 20 passes for 257 yards while Corsiatto rushed 28 times for 201 yards and scored four touchdowns. Moreno hauled in five passes for 101 yards and a touchdown, and consistently made key catches to keep drives alive. He also kicked seven converts.

“I told the guys after the game Luis was our player of the game,” said Castellan. “He had a great game, made great catches . . . I was proud of him.”

Pruden also threw the ball as well as he has and could have had better stats if not for a couple of drops.

“Kieran has his head on straight for sure,” said Castellan. “We still need to fix some of his mechanics in terms of his foot work, but that will come.”

Corsiatto was the only running back to carry the ball for the Cougars until he was rested late in the game. He scored on runs of eight and one yards in the first quarter, then with the game tied scored on runs of two and 33 yards to give the Cougars control of the game., Jordan Briault, who had five catches for 99 yards, had the other Notre Dame major on a 41-yard pass to put a lid on the scoring.

Tyler Ledwos, who Castellan feels is the best athlete in Central Alberta, led the Lakers. He scored on a 35-yard pass and a 33-yard run and hauled in a twopoint convert. Morgan Drews had the other Laker major on a 75-yard pass and run play with quarterback Chase Hoffman.

Ledwos had six catches for 84 yards and rushed five times for 37 yards.

The fact the meeting between two of the league’s

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REBELS: Game featured top-notch goaltending The game also featured top-notch goaltending from Pouliot and Rebels starter Patrik Bartosak and the Edmonton duo of Brossoit and Tristen Jarry.

Bartosak stopped 20 of the 21 shots he faced before being replaced by Pouliot, who came on at 14:29 of the second period and blocked 14 of 15 shots. Jarry started for the Oil Kings and made 11 saves, while Brossoit turned aside 15 shots.

“We talked about that in the coaches room after the game, about how well all four goalies played tonight,” said Wallin. “There were some big saves at both ends of the rink. All four guys stood tall between the posts. They made some quality saves and gave their teams a chance.” ● The Rebels close out their exhibition schedule tonight at Stettler versus the Medicine Hat Tigers.

Red Deer opens regular-season play next Friday at home against the Calgary Hitmen . . . Rebels 20-yearold forward Turner Elson should be able to dress for the Calgary contest and a match with the Oil Kings 24 hours later in Edmonton before he heads to the Abbotsford Heat AHL training camp on Sept. 26. The possibility exists that Elson, who signed a deal with the Calgary Flames next season, will not return . . . The Rebels reduced their roster to 25 players on Friday morning by reassigning forward Trace Elson, who turns 18 in November, to the Whitecourt Wolverines of the AJHL. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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top teams came this early in the season was something that couldn’t be changed.

“Someone had to do it,” said Braitenback. “It was a good game and by playing them will make us better and we welcome that. Hopefully we’ll see them again in the playoffs.”

Meanwhile in other league action the Lacombe Rams downed the Lindsay Thurber Raiders 28-17 in Lacombe and the West Central Rebels stopped the Ponoka Broncs 35-15 in Rocky Mountain House.

The Raiders led 17-0 before the Rams stormed back.

Todd Tulman and Spencer Yeats scored touchdowns for the Raiders with Owen Smith adding a field goal and two converts.

Todd Wendt had a pair of touchdowns for the Rams with Josh Prevost and Jacob Bailey adding one each, Austin Ericson had four converts.

Carter Waldbauer had 44 yards rushing on six carries for the Rams and Tulman had 28 on nine carries

for LTCHS. Wendt grabbed five passes for 87 yards.

In Rocky, Zach Hazen carried the ball nine times for 135 yards and two touchdowns. Cooper Woods had nine carries for 90 yards and one major. Brayden Freisen and Luke Titford added one touchdown each. Devin Chatenay kicked five converts.

Josh Simons had 10 carries for 64 yards and two touchdowns for Ponoka. He added a convert and Ruger Dye had a two-point convert. ● On Thursday the Stettler Wildcats downed the homestanding Wetaskiwin Sabres 30-19.

Tyler Stewart led the ‘Cats with 166 yards on the ground on 21 carries and scored three touchdowns.

Parker Cassidy added 65 yards on nine carries and scored once.

Joel Bishop had a pair of touchdowns for the Sabres on punt returns and one on a pass from quarterback Josh Saddleback. Bishop grabbed four passes for 106 yards. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

line was on the ice those two defencemen were on the ice,” said Sutter. “They were dominant when I played against them in Russia in 1986, a real handful. So in ’87, being a year older and still in their primes, they were a big part of a skilled, puck-possession Russian team.”

The ’87 Canada Cup was the last big-time tournament staged before the fall of communism in the former Soviet Union and eastern Europe. For that reason, it stands alone in the level of intensity that was displayed on the ice.

“The Iron Curtain was still up at that time, there was such a passion of hate,” said Sutter. “We hated them (Russians), they hated us, but there was respect there, too. We knew that they were very good and that we had to play on the edge while still being under control and disciplined.

“We had to play tough and use the skills that we had and we obviously had some tremendously topend, world-class players . . . maybe the best two to ever play the game in Gretz and Mario. We had some unbelievable players, but when you put it all together our team was made up to play the Canadian way.

“The Russians played more of a puck possession style, but I noticed that they were a little different in ’87 than they were the year before, that they had a bit more bite in their game. Certainly, they’re weren’t going to be intimidated, which I think they proved in 1972 (Summit Series). But we found that the more we stuck to our game the better off we were, and every time we got away from that style it seemed like they would score on a power play.”

Once the Iron Curtain fell, a handful of Russian players found their way to the NHL, including Larionov, Makarov, Kasatonov and Alexei Gusarov.

“The Canada Cup really set the stage for those guys to come to North America,” said Sutter. “It’s different now because Russians, Europeans and Canadians are all teammates. The NHL is now a world league.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

CFL: Bombers struggling to overcome adversity “As a team we know we’re going to get adversity,” said Winnipeg coach Tim Burke, who fell to 0-3 since replacing the fired Paul LaPolice. “We just have to embrace that and realize we’ve got to have the poise and confidence to overcome the adversity instead of hanging our heads when something bad happens to us.”

Lewis caught a short pass from Glenn on Calgary’s first drive and broke a tackle before running for a 56-yard gain to put the Stamps into Winnipeg territory.

Two plays later, Paredes lined up to kick a 33-yard field goal, but instead Mitchell flipped a pass to Cote, who ran in for a 26-yard touchdown to cap off the successful trick play.

“Not the way I pictured it,” said Mitchell, who was nonetheless pleased to get credit for his first CFL touchdown pass. “I pictured the 70-yard deep throw.

“It’s a great thing to get the first touchdown pass.

Obviously it was more the blocking and Rob Cote making a great play and really just a great coaching call to come out that early in the game and kind of surprise a fake field goal like that.”

The Stamps added three more points on a safety and a 51-yard punt single by Rob Maver to build up a 10-0 lead after one quarter.

At 9:51 of the second quarter, Cornish scampered for an 18-yard touchdown and then added a threeyard dash into the end zone with 36 seconds left in the half.

Paredes kicked a 35-yard field goal in the second quarter and added a 14-yarder in the third.

In the final quarter, Forzani caught a 35-yard touchdown pass from Glenn before Coker ran for a 52-yard TD to round out the scoring.

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In preparing for the ’87 Canada Cup, the Canadian squad gathered in Toronto Aug. 1 for a one-week training camp.

The players then trained in Montreal for another week before hitting the road for exhibition games across Canada.

Team Canada, as expected, picked up steam through the six-team tournament, finishing first in the round-robin portion with a 3-0-2 record, then defeating Czechoslovakia 5-3 in a semifinal and setting up the historic best-of-three final with the Russians.

The Canadians knew they were in tough against the Big Red Machine and Sutter had got a first-hand look at the Soviets’ ‘Big Five’ — forwards Igor Larionov, Vladimir Krutov and Sergei Makarov and defencemen Alexei Kasatonov and Anatoli Fedotov — the previous year while wearing Canada’s colours at the world championship in Russia.

“Those five played together every shift, whenever that forward

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Sylvan Lake Laker Shon Zenert is being held back from a play with the ball by Notre Dame Cougar Luc Laplante during a football game at Great Chief Park.

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Quebec labour board nixes request to block lockout

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback Henry Burris throws against the Toronto Argonautsduring first half CFL action in Toronto on Saturday Sept. 8, 2012.

Tiger-Cats look to snap streak against Esks HAMILTON, Ont. — Henry Burris and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats were looking good in late July when they headed into their bye week atop the East Division following a 35-34 road win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

They haven’t won since.

Hamilton (3-7) will try to snap an ugly five-game losing streak Saturday night when it hosts the Edmonton Eskimos (5-5). And the game is an important one for the Ticats, who are third in the East Division and in danger of missing the playoffs.

Finishing third in the East won’t necessarily secure Hamilton a post-season berth given the existence of the crossover in the CFL. If the fourth-place finisher in one division has more points than the third-place finisher in the other, then the fourthplace squad crosses over into the other division and assumes the final playoff berth.

And that crossover team could be Edmonton, which is tied for third in the West with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

“We’re in a rut right now,” said Burris, who is in his first year with Hamilton. “We’ve been going through some big-time growing pains, making too many mistakes, playing inconsistent football and it’s cost us a number of games. But there’s still a lot of time left in this season and it’s never over until it’s over.

“It starts with one game and we need this victory

bad.”

But it won’t come easily against an Edmonton team still stinging from two straight losses to archrival Calgary. The Eskimos’ defence leads the CFL in interceptions (18), is tied for the lead in sacks (24) and has allowed the second-fewest points (20.5 per game).

Hamilton will be without rushing leader Chevon Walker (lower body) for the second straight game.

That means veteran Avon Cobourne, who had 113 yards rushing on 13 carries in last weekend’s 45-31 road loss to Toronto, will earn his third start of the season.

But the onus will also be on Hamilton’s struggling defence to play better. The Ticats head into weekend action ranked last in 21 of the CFL’s 25 statiscal categories.

Veteran linebacker Rey Williams says he’s past being frustrated. Now he’s angry.

“I’m embarrassed because I think we do have some good players on defence and how can you call yourself a good player on defence when you’re (giving) up numbers like that?,” he said. “You start to question yourself. . . Are you that good? Are you not that good?

“It’s frustration at first, but now it is anger. Guys are angry and guys get testy and we’re not letting the little things go anymore. If you mess up, guys on the field are going to let you know you messed up . . . And I think it’s a good thing. There’s no more mistakes. We’ve got to find a way to help this team win football games.”

Strong wind nullifies early scores at British Open

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LPGA

HOYLAKE, England — Play was called off for the day at the Women’s British Open on Friday because of strong wind that disrupted the second round so badly that organizers declared early scores “null and void.”

With wind gusting to 60 mph at Royal Liverpool, players struggled to keep the ball on the tees and greens. Play was suspended at 8:25 a.m. with 36 players on the course and the round was called off at 2 p.m.

“I think it’s only the right thing to do,” Norwegian star Suzann Pettersen said. “The conditions were unreasonable. ... I don’t think from the players’ perspective that there was any other outcome. It wasn’t just unfair conditions. It was unplayable. ” England’s Felicity Johnson started with a quintu-

ple-bogey 9. American Cristie Kerr’s ball blew off the 12th tee three times. Co-leader So Yeon Ryu bogeyed her only hole, the 10th, before play was stopped.

“It would have been unfair to those competitors not to declare play null and void and cancel all scores for the round in question,” Ladies Golf Union tournament director Susan Simpson said.

“The competitors began their round in extremely adverse weather conditions and conditions subsequently worsened despite our belief that they would remain stable.”

The second round is scheduled to restart early Saturday, with conditions forecast to be more playable. Organizers said the cut will be reduced from 65 and ties to 50 and ties.

Gomez triple helps Red Sox down Blue Jays

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The Toronto Blue Jays third baseman doubled home the tying run in the eighth inning against the Boston Red Sox 5-5 on Friday, but the 22-year-old from Langley, B.C., was thrown out at third on a ground ball to short for the second out of the inning that blunted the rally.

It was another baserunning error by Lawrie in a season that has seen plenty of them, and it helped the Red Sox get out of the inning, setting up Mauro Gomez’s two-run triple in a three-run ninth as Boston downed Toronto 8-5.

Ryan Lavarnway also had a sacrifice fly in the ninth to go with a three-run homer for a four-RBI game.

“Over aggressive, tried to force it, play’s in front of him,” Blue Jays manager John Farrell said of Lawrie. “He’s got to hold his ground right there.”

Lawrie also was involved in another big play earlier in the game.

With two out in the fifth inning, instead of going to first on a ground ball by Gomez, he tried to tag the runner Mike Aviles, who put a spin move on him and was safe at third.

“How about that move?” Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine asked. “I don’t think he was out of the baseline. ... Mike didn’t give up, he gave everything he had to avoid the tag and he did.”

After Lavernway was walked by Chad Jenkins, Daniel Nava singled in two runs to put Boston into a 5-3 lead.

The inning could have ended if Lawrie had taken the easy out by throwing to first.

“Easy to say ’Yes’ in hindsight,” Farrell said.

“That’s a routine ground ball out with a below average runner at the plate in Gomez. So yeah, you can sit here and say that the routine out is to execute at first base.”

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MONTREAL — A request for a temporary injunction against an NHL lockout was rejected Friday, but both the league and the players’ union claimed victory.

The Quebec Labour Relations Board turned down the injunction request after an emergency session, but it also ruled that more hearings are needed to make a final decision on an application by 16 members of the Montreal Canadiens and the NHL Players’ Association to declare a lockout illegal in Quebec.

No date was set for further hearings.

With the ruling, Canadiens players will be locked out with their colleagues on the NHL’s 29 other clubs if a work stoppage goes ahead on schedule for just before midnight on Saturday.

NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly saw the board’s ruling as a win for the league.

“We are pleased but not surprised with the Quebec labour board’s ruling that any lockout of players will be effective on a league-wide basis, including in Quebec,” Daly said in a statement. “And we are extremely appreciative of the expeditious and decisive manner in which the matter was handled.

“We are hopeful that this ruling will cause the players’ association to cease pursuing these needless distractions and instead focus all of its efforts and energies on making progress at the bargaining table.”

The NHLPA and players from the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers have also asked the Alberta Labour Relations Board to declare a lockout illegal in that province. A hearing is set for Sept. 21, the day NHL training camps were scheduled to open.

Although the NHL viewed the Quebec ruling as a victory for the league, NHLPA general counsel Don Zavelo saw it was a step forward for the players.

“We are pleased with the ruling that the commission released,” he said in a statement. “While the commission denied the players’ request for emergency relief, it also rejected the NHL’s request to dismiss the case.

“The ruling acknowledges that the players have raised issues about the legality of the NHL’s planned lockout that require full hearing on the merits.

“We remain confident that the lockout is prohibited by the Quebec labour code and look forward to presenting our case to the commission in the near future. Should the NHL carry out its threat to lock out the players in Quebec, it will do so at its own risk.”

Lawyers for the players and the league stated their cases at an emergency hearing. The NHLPA asked for a quick decision so that Montreal players would not be locked out when the work stoppage begins.

NHLPA director of operations Alexandra Dagg said the aim was to prevent Canadiens, Oilers and Flames players from being locked out and to allow them to attend training camp. They also asked that players be paid while they are locked out.

While lawyers argued, NHL clubs opened their wallets to get their key players signed ahead of the lockout, spending a total of US$106.25 million in a single day.

Veteran unrestricted free agent Shane Doan, who reportedly considered jumping to the Vancouver Canucks, opted to stay with the Phoenix Coyotes, signing a four-year deal worth $23.2 million, while gritty forward Alex Burrows signed a four-year, $18-million deal with Vancouver.

Goaltender Kari Lehtonen inked a five-year, $29.5-million pact with the Dallas Stars, defenceman John Carlson signed for six years at $23.8 million with the Washington Capitals and forward Gabriel Bourque signed a two-year contract worth $1.55 million with the Nashville Predators.

The Detroit Red Wings signed forward Justin Abdelkader to a four-year deal for $7.2 million and added unrestricted free agent Carlo Calaiacovo from the St. Louis Blues on a two-year, $5-million contract.

In Montreal, labour lawyer Michael Cohen led a three-man team that presented the players’ arguments while a five-member team from the Heenan Blaikie law firm represented the Canadiens and the NHL.

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GB — 3 7.5 17.5

Today’s Games Boston (Buchholz 11-6) at Toronto (Villanueva 7-5), 11:07 a.m.

Chicago White Sox (Liriano 5-11) at Minnesota (Deduno 6-3), 11:10 a.m.

Detroit (A.Sanchez 2-5) at Cleveland (Masterson 11-13), 2:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Shields 14-8) at N.Y. Yankees (Nova 11-7), 2:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Greinke 5-2) at Kansas City (Guthrie 4-3), 5:10 p.m.

Seattle (Vargas 14-10) at Texas (Feldman 6-11), 6:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Britton 5-2) at Oakland (J.Parker 10-8), 7:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 11:05 a.m.

Boston at Toronto, 11:07 a.m.

Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 12:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Kansas City, 12:10 p.m.

Detroit at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m.

Seattle at Texas, 1:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

Monday’s Games Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 12:10 p.m.

Boston at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m.

Baltimore at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

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Colorado (D.Pomeranz 1-8) at San Diego (C.Kelly 1-1), 6:35 p.m.

St. Louis (J.Garcia 4-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Blanton 9-13), 7:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Cincinnati at Miami, 11:10 a.m.

Philadelphia at Houston, 12:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Milwaukee, 12:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.

Colorado at San Diego, 2:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 2:10 p.m.

St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, 2:10 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 6:05 p.m.

C.Wilson, Richards (6), Maronde (7), Walden (7), Jepsen (8), S.Downs (8), Frieri (9) and Iannetta, Bo.Wilson, Hester; B.Chen, L.Coleman (7), Crow (8), Collins (8), Jeffress (8), Mazzaro (9) and S.Perez. W—Walden 3-2. L—Collins 5-3. Sv—Frieri (19). HRs—Los Angeles, K.Morales (19). Kansas City, Butler (26), Moustakas (20), Francoeur (13).

Monday’s Games Atlanta at Miami, 5:10 p.m.

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

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

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

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Washington (E.Jackson 9-10) at Atlanta (Hanson 12-8), 2:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 9-10) at Houston (Keuchel 1-7), 5:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Cueto 17-8) at Miami (Buehrle 12-12), 5:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Mejia 0-0) at Milwaukee (Marcum 5-4), 5:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Zito 11-8) at Arizona (Miley 15-9), 6:10 p.m.

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Hamels, De Fratus (8), Horst (9) and Ruiz; E.Gonzalez, Fick (5), Fe.Rodriguez (5), J.Valdez (6), Del Rosario (7), R.Cruz (8) and C.Snyder. W— Hamels 15-6. L—E.Gonzalez 2-1. HRs—Philadelphia, Rollins (20), D.Brown (3). Houston, M.Downs (8), Maxwell (15).

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First Pace, purse $2,000 (DD, EX, SF, TR).

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1 Purrfect Bliss (B. Grundy) 2 Hf Georges Kiss (B. Clark) 3 Lynettes Legacy (K. Hoerdt) 4 Promise Me Pez (R. Goulet) 5 Sealedwithapromise (J. Gray) 6 Happyagain Mindale (B. Thomas) 7 Touch Of Magic (J. Campbell) 8 Tajerine Dream (K. Clark) 9 Major Ziggy (J. Jungquist) Sixth Pace, purse $5,400 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Outlaw Pot Of Gold (C. Kolthammer) 2 G I Joan (B. Clark) 3 Bashful Beauty (K. Hoerdt) 4 Ashlynn Grace (J. Chappell) 5 Cloud Nine (K. Clark) 6 Blue Star Classic (J. Gray) 7 No Limit For Mjjz (B. Thomas) 8 Born With A Grin (J. Jungquist) Seventh Pace, purse $17,500 (EX, SF, TR).

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Abdelkader to a four-year contract extension. Assigned F Joakim Andersson, F Louis-Marc Aubry, F Damien Brunner, F Mitch Callahan, F Willie Coetzee, F Landon Ferraro, F Tomas Jurco, F Andrej Nestrasil, F Gustav Nyquist, F Francis Pare, F Trevor Parkes, F Brent Raedeke, F Riley Sheahan, F Tomas Tatar, D Adam Almqvist, D Gleason Fournier, D Brian Lashoff, D Max Nicastro, D Brendan Smith, G Thomas McCollum, G Petr Mrazek and G Jordan Pearce to Grand Rapids (AHL).

LOS ANGELES KINGS — Assigned LW Andy Andreoff, G J.F. Berube, C Robbie Czarnik, D Nicolas Deslauriers, G Martin Jones, D David Kolomatis, RW Brandon Kozun, C Andrei Loktionov, C Jordan Nolan, RW Brian O’Neill, LW Tanner Pearson, LW Nikolay Prokhorkin, C Tyler Toffoli, RW Linden Vey and C Jordan Weal.

MINNESOTA WILD — Reassigned D Drew Bagnall, C Joel Broda, D Jonas Brodin, RW Brett Bulmer, D Josh Caron, D Brian Connelly, RW Charlie Coyle, D Tyler Cuma, RW Justin Fontaine, LW Kris Foucault, D Chay Genoway, C Mikael Granlund, G Matt Hackett, D Colton Jobke, D Steven Kampfer, G Darcy Kuemper, LW Johan Larsson, C David McIntyre, RW Carson McMillan, D Kyle Medvec, RW Jarod Palmer, C Zack Philips, C Chad Rau, D Marco Scandella and LW Jason Zucker to Houston (AHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Signed F Gabriel Bourque to a two-year contract. Assigned F Daniel Bang, F Taylor Beck, F Gabriel Bourque, F Patrick Cehlin, F Kevin Henderson, F Jani Lajunen, F Michael Latta, F Jack MacLellan, F Juuso Puustinen, F Ben Ryan, F Josh Shalla, F Austin Watson, D Taylor Aronson, D Victor Bartley, D Anthony Bitetto, D Mattias Ekholm, D Ryan Ellis, D Joonas Jarvinen, D Charles-Olivier Roussel, D Scott Valentine, G Magnus Hellberg and G Jeremy Smith to Milwaukee (AHL).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Assigned D Marc Cantin, C Casey Cizikas, C Jason Clark, D Calvin de Haan, LW Brandon DeFazio, D Matt Donovan, LW Mike Halmo, D Travis Hamonic, LW Kirill Kabanov, Jon Landry, C Brock Nelson, D Aaron Ness, RW Nino Niederreiter, G Anders Nilsson, LW John Persson, G Kevin Poulin, RW Blair Riley, C Johan

Sundstrom and LW David Ullstrom to Bridgeport (AHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS — Assigned D Sean Collins, D Logan Pyett, D Mike Vernace, F Tommy Grant, F Micheal Haley, F Chad Kolarik, F Kris Newbury and F Brandon Segal to Connecticut (AHL).

PHOENIX COYOTES — Re-signed F Shane Doan to a four-year contract.

ST. LOUIS BLUES — Assigned G Jake Allen, G Paul Karpowich, G Mike McKenna, D Taylor Chorney, D Ian Cole, D Mark Cundari, D Cade Fairchild, D Scott Ford, D Brett Ponich, D David Shields, F Jay Barriball, F Cody Beach, F Adam Cracknell, F Stefan Della Rovere, F Evgeny Grachev, F Philip McRae, F Andrew Murray, F Anthony Nigro, F Anthony Peluso, F Jaden Schwartz, F Tyler Shattock, F Brett Sonne, F Vladimir Tarasenko and F Sebastian Vannstrom to Peoria (AHL). Returned G Jordan Binnington to Owen Sound (OHL), D Jani Hakanpaa to Espoo (Finland) and F Ty Rattie to Portland (WHL).

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Assigned F J.T. Brown, F Cory Conacher, F Brett Connolly, F Danick Gauthier, F Alex Hutchings, F Tyler Johnson, F Alexander Killorn, F Vladislav Namestnikov, F Ondrej Palat, F Richard Panik, D Mark Barberio, D Radko Gudas, D Dmitry Korobov, D Charles Landry, D Dan Milan, G Riku Helenius, G Pat Nagle and G Dustin Tokarski to Syracuse (AHL).

VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Signed F Alex Burrows to a four-year contract extension.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Signed D John Carlson to a six-year contract extension. Assigned F Mike Carman, F Stanislav Galiev, F Garrett Mitchell, F Danick Paquette, F Mattias Sjogren, F Matt Clackson, F Zach Hamill, F Ryan Potulny, F Ryan Stoa, D Brett Flemming, D Tomas Kundratek, D Dmitry Orlov, D Cameron Schilling, D Dustin Stevenson, D Kevin Marshall, D Patrick McNeill, D Garrett Stafford, G Brandon Anderson, G Philipp Grubauer, G Braden Holtby and G Dany Sabourin to Hershey (AHL). Loaned F Tom Wilson to Plymouth (OHL).

American Hockey League CHARLOTTE CHECKERS — Signed F Justin Soryal to a one-year, one-way contract.

Tenth Pace, purse $7,500 (EX, SF, TR, W3).

1 Kg Explorer (B. Grundy) 2 Greek Ruler (J. Chappell) 3 Armbro Dublin (B. Piwniuk) 4 Wannabe Cowboy (R. Grundy) 5 Flak Jacket (J. Gray) 6 Gts Jake (J. Jungquist) Eleventh Pace, purse $2,300 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Major Beach Girl (J. Campbell) 2 Samnmadie (J. Jungquist) 3 Im The Reason (R. Schneider) 4 My Candidate (D. Monkman Jr) 5 Blue Star Royalty (K. Ducharme) 6 Art By Dylan (K. Hoerdt) 7 Kramers Man (J. Chappell) 8 Outlaw I See Red (J. Gray) Twelfth Pace, purse $3,400 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Double L Cammie (K. Clark) 2 Arctic Pine (W. Tainsh Jr) 3 Me Myself And I (B. Clark) 4 Notable Intension (R. Schneider) 5 Pats Freeride (B. Grundy) 6 Tequila Boom Boom (R. Hennessy) 7 A Girl Named Fred (Q. Schneider) 8 Carro Avro (J. Jungquist) 9 Ink Blink (J. Chappell)

7 Keystone Vanyla (W. Tainsh Jr) 8 Minettas Nightstar (K. Clark) 9 Baby You Save Me (K. Hoerdt) ae Charm N Wits (K. Ducharme) Seventh Pace, purse $17,500 (EX, SF, TR).

1 Somethinsgoinon (K. Clark) 2 Cenalta Power (R. Grundy) 3 Shaker Boy (J. Jungquist) 4 Outlaw Beacon (J. Marino) 5 Mjjz R Us (R. Starkewski) 6 Arroway (J. Gray) Eighth Pace, purse $3,800 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Howdidchado (J. Campbell) 2 Brandon Bey V (G. Hudon) 3 Blue Star Charger (J. Gray) 4 Caress Of Steel (J. Marino) 5 Western Chrome (K. Clark) 6 Silent Rescue (J. Chappell) 7 Kg Cody (B. Thomas) 8 Balzac Billy (J. Jungquist) 9 Outlaw Imasurvivor (K. Hoerdt) ae Hollywood Lenny (Q. Schneider) Ninth Pace, purse $17,500 (EX, SF, TR).

1 Outlawcoltfortyfor (B. Grundy) 2 Smooth Criminal (W. Tainsh Jr) 3 Playbook (K. Clark) 4 Outlawtowerinferno (C. Kolthammer) 5 Cowboy Caper (K. Hoerdt) 6 No Fear (J. Campbell) Tenth Pace, purse $5,400 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Jellos Fellow (J. Jungquist) 2 Acesndeuces (B. Clark) 3 Hollywood Hotel (G. Hudon) 4 Burnt On Top (T. Remillard) 5 Promise To Lynette (J. Campbell) 6 My World (K. Hoerdt) 7 Sophio Hanover (B. Grundy) 8 Dealers Edge (K. Clark) 9 Location Baran (W. Tainsh Jr) Eleventh Pace, purse $3,800 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Red Star Jenny (K. Hoerdt) 2 Just Saucy (B. Thomas) 3 Gottobsexy (J. Gray) 4 Te Anau (D. Monkman Jr) 5 Sharon Blew Bye (B. Grundy) 6 Reservations Only (B. Clark) 7 Callmeaftermdnight (J. Campbell) 8 Dudes Bonnie (J. Marino) 9 Cantcatch P (J. Chappell) ae Market For Romance (K. Ducharme) Twelfth Pace, purse $2,800 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Notacent Tobemade (G. Schedlosky) 2 Nevermissabeat (R. Grundy) 3 Hes Country (Q. Schneider) 4 Knickfree (J. Chappell) 5 Barona Ferrari (B. Clark) 6 Canaco Nolton (J. Marino) 7 Best Out West (B. Grundy) 8 Domino Theory (W. Tainsh Jr) 9 K B Hercules (J. Gray) ae Nf Star Power (D. Monkman Jr)

Sunday Post time: 1:45 p.m.

First Pace, purse $4,000 (DD, EX, SF, TR).

1 Tinhorn Creek (B. Clark) 2 Pedal Steel (J. Marino) 3 Western Superstar (B. Grundy) 4 Meadowlark Tsunami (J. Jungquist) 5 Elijahs Wish (J. Gray) 6 Attitude Adjuster (G. Hudon) 7 Frisco (D. Mcleod) Second Pace, purse $3,000 (EX, SF, TR).

1 Kim Chee (H. Haining) 2 Doda Gig (J. Jungquist) 3 Ida Apache (R. Grundy) 4 D And Gs Lady (J. Gray) 5 Classy Locomotion (D. Mcleod) 6 Miss Reserve (B. Clark) 7 Shady Sadie (R. Schneider) Third Pace, purse $3,600 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Hollywood Jubilee (J. Chappell) 2 Lady On A Mission (W. Tainsh Jr) 3 Shynaway (D. Mcleod) 4 Free Tunes (B. Clark) 5 Js Honeybet (J. Jungquist) 6 Fly Bye Elly (K. Clark) 7 Truly Cruisin (J. Campbell) 8 Minettaszoombyyall (J. Gray) Fourth Pace, purse $4,200 (EX, SF, TR, W4).

1 Super Sunrise (R. Goulet) 2 Revoler (K. Clark) 3 Skirmish (B. Grundy) 4 Raging Fingers (J. Jungquist) 5 Bomber Brown (J. Campbell) 6 Allbouttaj (J. Marino) 7 Total Rhythm (B. Clark) Fifth Pace, purse $3,600 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Outlaw Highvoltage (W. Tainsh Jr) 2 Complete Ensemble (J. Marino) 3 Too Young Man (R. Grundy) 4 Blue Star Quest (J. Campbell) 5 Passing Breeze (J. Marino) 6 Meadowlark Apache (B. Grundy) 7 One Tuff Cowboy (J. Gray) 8 Minettas Badboy (T. Remillard) 9 Cenalta Magic (R. Goulet) ae Saltwater Cowboy (R. Schneider) Sixth Pace, purse $5,500 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Phoenician Gal (D. Mcleod) 2 Nakednakednaked (G. Hudon) 3 As Seely Promised (J. Jungquist) 4 Clintons Formula (B. Grundy) 5 Sign Ofthe Day (J. Campbell) 6 Wrangler Raine (J. Marino)

Sunday’s game Saskatchewan at Montreal, 11 a.m.

Week 13 Friday, Sept. 21 Hamilton at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 22 B.C. at Edmonton, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 23 Toronto at Montreal, 11 a.m.

Calgary at Saskatchewan, 2 p.m.

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PA 17 32 16 24

Tampa Bay Atlanta New Orleans Carolina

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PF 16 40 32 10

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Detroit Minnesota Green Bay Chicago

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Arizona San Francisco St. Louis Seattle

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Stampeders 44, Blue Bombers 3 First Quarter Cal — TD Cote 26 pass from Mitchell (Paredes convert) 3:47 Cal — Safety Renaud concedes in end zone 9:27 Cal — Single Maver 51 14:57 Second Quarter Cal — TD Cornish 18 run (Paredes convert) 9:51 Cal — FG Paredes 35 13:06 Cal — TD Cornish 3 run (Paredes convert) 14:24 Third Quarter Wpg — FG Palardy 11 5:45 Cal — FG Paredes 14 12:23 Fourth Quarter Cal — TD Forzani 35 pass from Glenn (Paredes convert) 2:36 Cal — TD Coker 52 run (Paredes convert) 6:11 Calgary Winnipeg

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Thursday’s Game Green Bay 23, Chicago 10 Sunday’s Games Tampa Bay at N.Y. Giants, 11 a.m.

New Orleans at Carolina, 11 a.m.

Arizona at New England, 11 a.m.

Minnesota at Indianapolis, 11 a.m Baltimore at Philadelphia, 11 a.m Kansas City at Buffalo, 11 a.m Cleveland at Cincinnati, 11 a.m Houston at Jacksonville, 11 a.m Oakland at Miami, 11 a.m Dallas at Seattle, 2:05 p.m.

Washington at St. Louis, 2:05 p.m.

Tennessee at San Diego, 2:25 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Pittsburgh, 2:25 p.m.

Detroit at San Francisco, 6:20 p.m.

Monday’s Game Denver at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

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Chatwood, Mat.Reynolds (4), Moscoso (5), Brothers (7), Belisle (8), R.Betancourt (9) and W.Rosario; Cashner, Bass (4), Vincent (7), Boxberger (8) and Grandal. W—Moscoso 3-1. L—Cashner 3-4. Sv—R. Betancourt (29). HRs—Colorado, Nelson (9), Blackmon (1). San Diego, Alonso (8).

Alberta Downs ALBERTA DOWNS

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Attendance — 28,247 at Calgary.

New York 220 Milwaukee 020

Transactions HOCKEY ANAHEIM DUCKS—Assigned G Frederik Andersen, G Igor Bobkov, LW Josh Brittain, D Mat Clark, G Marco Cousineau, C Corey Elkins, RW Emerson Etem, C Peter Holland, RW Matt Kennedy, RW Ryan Lasch, LW Brandon McMillan, LW John Mitchell, RW Kyle Palmieri, RW Devante SmithPelly, D Sami Vatanen, C Chris Wagner.

BOSTON BRUINS — Assigned D Matt Bartkowski, D Ryan Button, Carter Camper, F Jordan Caron, D Colby Cohen, D Tommy Cross, F Craig Cunningham, F Justin Florek, G Michael Hutchinson, F Jared Knight, D Torey Krug, D Kevan Miller, G Adam Morrison, F Tyler Randell, F Max Sauve, F Ryan Spooner, G Niklas Svedberg, D Zach Trotman and D David Warsofsky, D Garnet Exelby, C Christian Hanson, F Jamie Tardif and F Trent Whitfield to Providence (AHL). Returned D Dougie Hamilton to Niagara (OHL) and G Malcolm Subban to Belleville (OHL).

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Assigned F Cam Atkinson, F Jonathan Audy-Marchessault, F Matt Calvert, F Michael Chaput, F Sean Collins, F Oliver Gabriel, F Jake Hansen, F Ryan Johansen, F Tomas Kubalik, F Dalton Smith, D Anton Blomqvist, D Tim Erixon, D Cody Goloubef, D Austin Madaisky, D John Moore, D Dalton Prout, D Theo Ruth, D David Savard, D Will Weber and G Allen York to Springfield (AHL).

DALLAS STARS — Assigned D Jordie Benn, G Tyler Beskorowany, G Jack Campbell, RW Alex Chiasson, D Jace Coyle, D Brenden Dillon, C Cody Eakin, D Maxime Fortunus, RW Matt Fraser, LW Luke Gazdic, RW Scott Glennie, C Tristan King, D Hubert Labrie, C Travis Morin, Cristopher Nilstorp, D Patrik Nemeth, D Jamie Oleksiak, C Toby Petersen, LW Antoine Roussell, C Colton Sceviour, D Tyler Sloan, RW Austin Smith, RW Reilly Smith, C Mathieu Tousignant, C Tomas Vincour and LW Francis Wathier. Returned C Radek Faksa to Kitchener (OHL), Maxime Lagace to Prince Edward Island (QMJHL), RW Brett Ritchie to Niagara (OHL), RW Matej Stransky to Saskatoon (WHL) and D Troy Vance to Victoriaville (QMJHL).

DETROIT RED WINGS — Signed D Carlo Colaiacovo to a two-year contract and F Justin

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FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES

Washington Atlanta Philadelphia New York Miami

GB — 7.5 10 13 23

PA 181 257 206 205

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San Diego Denver Kansas City Oakland

Today’s game Edmonton at Hamilton, 1 p.m.

Toronto at B.C., 7 p.m.

Arroyo, Ondrusek (7), Simon (8) and Hanigan; Ja.Turner, H.Bell (8), Cishek (9) and Brantly. W— Ja.Turner 1-2. L—Arroyo 12-8. HRs—Miami, Dobbs (5).

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GP 10 11 10 10

PA Pt 246 12 310 12 339 6 365 4

Week 12 Friday’s result Calgary 44 Winnipeg 3

Ja.McDonald, Ju.Wilson (4), Leroux (4), McPherson (5), Watson (6), J.Hughes (6), Qualls (7), Morris (8) and McKenry; Rusin, J.Chapman (6), Russell (6), Corpas (7), Camp (8), Marmol (9) and Clevenger.

W—Rusin 1-2. L—Ja.McDonald 12-8. Sv—Marmol (20). HRs—Pittsburgh, A.McCutchen (27). Chicago, S.Castro (13).

GB — 7.5 16.5 23 25.5

San Francisco Los Angeles Arizona San Diego Colorado

B.C. Calgary Sask.

Edmonton

Pittsburgh Cincinnati

CFL East Division W L T PF 6 4 0 255 6 4 0 273 3 7 0 290 2 9 0 203 West Division W L T PF 7 3 0 270 7 4 0 312 5 5 0 267 5 5 0 239

FRIDAY’S LINESCORES

National League East Division W L Pct 89 55 .618 82 63 .566 73 72 .503 66 78 .458 64 81 .441

West Division W L 81 62 74 70 71 72 69 76 58 85

Toronto Montreal Hamilton Winnipeg

GP 10 10 10 11

NFL Odds (Favourites in capital letters; odds supplied by Western Canada Lottery Corp.)

Spread O/U Sunday Arizona at NEW ENGLAND 13.5 48.5 OAKLAND at Miami 2.5 37.5 MINNESOTA at Indianapolis 0.5 44.5 HOUSTON at Jacksonville 7.5 41.5 Cleveland at CINCINNATI 6.5 39.5 Kansas City at BUFFALO 3.5 44.5 Baltimore at PHILADELPHIA 1.5 46.5 NEW ORLEANS at Carolina 2.5 51.5 Tampa Bay at NY GIANTS 7.5 43.5 DALLAS at Seattle 3.5 41.5 WASHINGTON at St. Louis 3.5 45.5 Tennessee at SAN DIEGO 6.5 43.5 NY Jets at PITTSBURGH 6.5 41.5 Detroit at SAN FRANCISCO 6.5 46.5 Monday Denver at ATLANTA 2.5 51.5

PA 28 13 30 48

Houston Jacksonville Indianapolis Tennessee

W 1 0 0 0

L 0 1 1 1

South T Pct 0 1.000 0 .000 0 .000 0 .000

PF 30 23 21 13

PA 10 26 41 34

Baltimore Cleveland

W 1 0

L 0 1

North T Pct 0 1.000 0 .000

PF 44 16

PA 13 17

Golf RICOH WOMEN’S BRITISH OPEN HOYLAKE, England — Thursday results from the first round of the $2.75-million, 6,660 yard, par 72 Ricoh Womens British Open at Royal Liverpool Golf Club: a-amateur Haeji Kang 35-35 — 70 So Yeon Ryu 35-35 — 70 Katie Futcher 35-36 — 71 Lydia Hall 35-36 — 71 a-Charley Hull 34-37 — 71 Vicky Hurst 35-36 — 71 Stacey Keating 34-37 — 71 Ai Miyazato 33-38 — 71 Mika Miyazato 36-35 — 71 Jiyai Shin 35-36 — 71 Karrie Webb 36-35 — 71 Chella Choi 36-36 — 72 a-Holly Clyburn 34-38 — 72 Hee-Won Han 33-39 — 72 Katherine Hull 36-36 — 72 Amy Hung 35-37 — 72 Yuki Ichinose 35-37 — 72 Trish Johnson 37-35 — 72 Cristie Kerr 36-36 — 72 a-Lydia Ko 36-36 — 72 Carin Koch 37-35 — 72 Becky Morgan 37-35 — 72 Inbee Park 38-34 — 72 Morgan Pressel 36-36 — 72 Beatriz Recari 36-36 — 72 Hee Kyung Seo 34-38 — 72 Angela Stanford 36-36 — 72 Yani Tseng 35-37 — 72 Nicole Castrale 37-36 — 73 Na Yeon Choi 37-36 — 73 Paula Creamer 38-35 — 73 Natalie Gulbis 37-36 — 73 Candie Kung 35-38 — 73 Cindy LaCrosse 36-37 — 73 Brittany Lincicome 38-35 — 73 a-Alexandra Peters 38-35 — 73 Dewi Claire Schreefel 35-38 — 73 Christine Song 36-37 — 73 Maiko Wakabayashi 33-40 — 73 Linda Wessberg 37-36 — 73 Amy Yang 37-36 — 73 Jacqui Concolino 36-38 — 74 Nikki Garrett 36-38 — 74 Julieta Granada 39-35 — 74 Mina Harigae 35-39 — 74 Stacy Lewis 37-37 — 74 Pernilla Lindberg 35-39 — 74 Belen Mozo 36-38 — 74 Kaori Ohe 35-39 — 74 Jane Park 33-41 — 74 Pornanong Phatlum 38-36 — 74 PACIFIC LINKS HAWAII CHAMPIONSHIP KAPOLEI, Hawaii — Friday’s results from the first round of the $1.8-million, 6,972 yard, par 72 Pacific Links Hawaii Championship at Kapolei Golf Course: First Round Peter Senior 33-32 — 65 Bill Glasson 33-33 — 66 Jay Don Blake 35-31 — 66 Mark McNulty 33-34 — 67 Eduardo Romero 34-33 — 67 Duffy Waldorf 36-32 — 68 Willie Wood 34-34 — 68 Tom Lehman 35-33 — 68 Tom Purtzer 35-34 — 69 Gary McCord 35-34 — 69 Tom Kite 32-37 — 69 Bob Gilder 34-35 — 69 David Frost 33-36 — 69 Corey Pavin 37-32 — 69 Dick Mast 32-37 — 69 Bob Tway 35-35 — 70 Gene Sauers 35-35 — 70 Chien Soon Lu 35-35 — 70 Morris Hatalsky 36-34 — 70 Rick Fehr 35-35 — 70 Bruce Vaughan 36-34 — 70 Mark O’Meara 36-34 — 70 Rod Spittle 37-33 — 70 R.W. Eaks 36-35 — 71 Bobby Clampett 35-36 — 71 David Peoples 37-34 — 71 Tom Jenkins 36-35 — 71 Mark Brooks 36-35 — 71

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BOISE OPEN BOISE, Idaho — Friday’s results from the second round of the $725,000, 6,807 yard, par 71 Boise Open at the Hillcrest Country Club Course: Second Round Michael Putnam 62-65 — 127 Richard H. Lee 67-62 — 129 Tyrone Van Aswegen 62-68 — 130 Dawie van der Walt 65-65 — 130 Sam Saunders 64-66 — 130 Jeff Gove 63-68 — 131 Glen Day 63-69 — 132 Ben Kohles 66-66 — 132 Luke List 67-65 — 132 Fernando Mechereffe 67-65 — 132 Brett Wetterich 66-66 — 132 Matt Weibring 65-67 — 132 Casey Wittenberg 67-66 — 133 Michael Letzig 69-64 — 133 Billy Horschel 68-65 — 133 Justin Hicks 65-68 — 133 Peter Lonard 68-65 — 133 Scott Gardiner 67-66 — 133 Andrew Svoboda 62-72 — 134 Daniel Chopra 67-67 — 134 Steve Wheatcroft 66-68 — 134 John Kimbell 66-68 — 134 Danny Lee 66-68 — 134 Matt Harmon 69-65 — 134 Ben Martin 69-65 — 134 Tag Ridings 66-69 — 135 Woody Austin 70-65 — 135 Brad Adamonis 66-69 — 135 Casey Martin 68-67 — 135 James Sacheck 67-68 — 135 Jon Mills 65-70 — 135 Shane Bertsch 70-65 — 135

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American League East Division W L Pct 81 63 .563 81 63 .563 78 66 .542 65 78 .455 65 80 .448

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Chamblin to make late decision on starting QB as Riders visit Montreal REGINA — Saskatchewan head coach Corey Chamblin will make an 11th-hour decision on his starting quarterback when the Roughriders visit the Montreal Alouettes Sunday.

Veteran Darian Durant is nursing a hip flexor and did not practise this week. If he is not able to play, Chamblin will put the ball in the hands of Drew Willy, a rookie from the University of Buffalo.

Willy came off the bench in each of Saskatchewan’s last two games, victo-

ries over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers by scores of 52-0 and 25-24.

Before the team left on a charter flight to Montreal on Friday, Chamblin told reporters he will make a decision following Saturday’s walk-through practice.

“I want to see certain things from him,” Chamblin said of Durant, who has completed 179 of 283 passes for 2,292 yards and 10 touchdowns with eight interceptions this season. He has also rushed 28 times for 286 and a touchdown.

According to Chamblin, Durant was anxious to practise on Friday, but the rookie head coach wanted to give him an additional day off. Asked if there was concern about aggravating the injury, Chamblin said: “It’s not about (taking) a hit. It’s more about how good does he feel about moving around out there?”

Aside from potential physical restrictions, Chamblin is confident that Durant is ready.

“Mentally, we test him and he’s

right there,” Chamblin said.

A seven-year veteran, Durant has played through injuries in the past, but nothing as serious as a hip flexor.

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The Joffre LAO Site is a world class manufacturing facility for the production of Linear Alpha Olefins (LAO). The plant is located 20 kilometres east of Red Deer near Joffre, Alberta. Joffre uses leading proprietary INEOS technology to produce LAO’s. LAO’s are “intermediate building blocks” used in the manufacture of polyethylene, synthetic motor oils, detergents, lubricant additives and synthetic drilling fluids. We currently have the following opportunity:

PROCUREMENT ASSOCIATE - SERVICES

Finance Manager The Town of Innisfail is accepting applications for a full time Finance Manager who has a strong background in financial management and has demonstrated effectiveness as a leader and communicator.

This role is accountable for maintaining the Vendor Management Database and for ordering all required services for the Joffre LAO Plant in accordance with company guidelines and standard industry procurement practices. Responsible for all services brought to the site, including procurement of services for the maintenance, operations, IT, HR and Administration groups.

Provide SAP and purchase order (PO) support for the procurement of services. Ensure service contractors brought on-site are in compliance with site contractor management policies and procedures. Actively work with on-site service vendors to ensure service level is appropriate.

Actively investigate services provided to site to ensure costs are competitive. Maintain work flow procedures in a controlled document format for all critical tasks. This position reports to the Procurement Manager.

Reporting to the Director Corporate Services, the Finance Manager is responsible for providing supervision, leadership and coordination of the Accounts Receivable/Payable, Property Assessment, Taxation, Utility, Reception and Cashier functions as well as assisting with Payroll/Benefits administration. The Finance Manager is also responsible for the Town’s general ledger, providing monthly financial reports to management and Council, budget compilation and assisting with preparing year end working papers for the annual audit.

Work Experience/Education

Applicants must have a College diploma or University degree in a related field and/or a recognized accounting designation with a minimum of three years related experience.

Experience with municipal legislation and public sector accounting principles are definite assets as well as experience with the Bellamy municipal accounting software system.

The successful candidate will have strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

• BS/BA in business or 5 – 10 years procurement experience. Experience in a petrochemical or refining would be an asset • At least 2 years contract negotiation • Fluent in creating and issuing SAP purchase requisitions and purchase orders to meet customer requirements and site policies and procedures (desired)

The job description for this position is available upon request. The Town of Innisfail offers an excellent benefit package and competitive salary range, negotiable and commensurate with experience.

• Demonstrated and efficient use of computer (Microsoft Office) and people resources • Demonstrated excellence in customer service • SCMP/CPP Designation preferred

Qualified applicants are encouraged to submit their resumes in confidence by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, September 17, 2012 to:

Qualified candidates are invited to submit a resume by email, on or before Sept. 30th, in confidence to:

canadacareers@ineos.com We thank all candidates for applying and will only contact those selected for an interview.

No phone calls please.

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Town of Innisfail Attention: Heather Whymark, Director Corporate Services 4943 – 53 Street Innisfail, Alberta T4G 1A1 Email: heather.whymark@innisfail.ca

INEOS is a leading petrochemical company comprising 15 businesses each with a major chemical company heritage.

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Winfield returns to Vikings after brother’s funeral “Last week I played a lot harder, running around and just trying to hit everything, feeling no pain,” Winfield said.

Winfield’s sister handled most of the funeral arrangements back home, allowing him to remain in Minnesota and prepare for the Colts.

“We are a family and we support each and supported him 100 per cent through this whole week,” quarterback Christian Ponder said. “A lot of guys probably would have taken the week off but he didn’t, and he came out and played well and had a big role in winning this game.”

Contract

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Salary: $1,766.55 - $1,977.00 Bi-weekly

Campus Alberta Central has an exciting opportunity for a part-time Administrative Assistant to work 3-4 days per week. The anticipated term of employment is from October 2012 to September 30, 2014.

To become a part of this dynamic team, please forward a resume quoting competition #12129A by September 23, 2012.

Hourly Range: $18.73 to $23.41 The Human Resources Department has a contract opportunity available for a full-time Receptionist/ Secretary to provide confidential administrative and clerical support to the overall operations of the department. The anticipated term of employment will be from October 2012 to August 2013.

Please forward a resume quoting competition #12107M

by September 25, 2012.

For information on this or other employment opportunities, please visit our website at www.oldscollege.ca/employment

For information on this or other employment opportunities, please visit our website at www.oldscollege.ca/employment

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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Antoine Winfield struggled to come up with the words to describe what it’s been like in the nine days since his younger brother was murdered.

The Minnesota Vikings cornerback played in the season opener last weekend four days after learning of the death of 30-year-old Anthony Travis. And when the Vikings take the field against the Colts in Indianapolis on Sunday, he will be playing just three days after attending his brother’s funeral.

Winfield returned to practice on Friday, one day after flying to his hometown of Akron, Ohio for the services of Travis, who had two daughters.

“That was tough, probably one of the toughest days of my life,” Winfield said. “Going to bury my younger brother was a very difficult situation.”

Winfield has been leaning on his teammates and the organization for support through these trying times and said he has been using football as his escape. Vikings GM Rick Spielman attended the funeral, and players and coaches have showered Winfield with support.

“I don’t want to say it was easy because it wasn’t at all,” Winfield said. “But it helped just being around the guys. Trying to keep a smile on my face and try to take my mind off of it. But during the game Sunday, I thought about it a little bit at the beginning. But once (I was) on the field, I totally concentrated on football.”

The incident left Winfield lamenting the difficult environment in Akron, one he said doesn’t offer the young people many opportunities to avoid a life of crime and poverty.

“I’m dealing with it. But it’s Akron, Ohio,” he said.

“It’s rough there. It’s rough. A lot of guys aren’t going to school, (they’re) doing the wrong things. You get caught up in bad situations and those things happen.”

The Vikings have long considered Winfield one of the toughest and most reliable players they have, a

small guy playing a big man’s game, and winning. But seeing their teammate and friend go through such a heart-breaking week and still not miss a game has only further cemented Winfield’s place in the team hierarchy.

“To experience the loss that he experienced this week and to come to work, to work as hard as he did and then to play in the ballgame and play as well as he did, I don’t know that I could have done that,” coach Leslie Frazier said. “I don’t know many people that could have done that. It’s just a . Very courageous young man, very strong young man and his teammates, they were very supportive.”

He played the opener against Jacksonville numb, trying to take out all his frustration and grief on the Jaguars.

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We are looking to hire a Bookkeeper in our Rocky Mountain House office to join our staff of 20 people. The position is fun but challenging and the right individual must be able to work independently and must be eager to learn. Bookkeeping experience is required.

Wade Noble & Partners LLP office is full of different kinds of personalities and makes it a fun environment to work in.

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Patrick looking forward to Spring Cup run

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NASCAR

JOLIET, Ill. — Danica Patrick is back in the Chicago area and looking forward to another Sprint Cup race at what is essentially her home track.

“It’s good to be close to home.

There’s quite a few people coming out to the track. I have family members coming from Canada,” she said Friday.

“So, there’s going to be a few people here. I just love Chicago. I love being in the city. I don’t have a lot of happy feelings from last night’s football game, but other than that it’s good to be in Chicago.”

Patrick grew up in Roscoe, about 116 miles from Chicagoland Speedway — hence the disappointment with the Bears’ 23-10 loss to Green Bay on Thursday night. This will be Patrick’s sixth Cup start this year in the No. 10 Chevrolet. She hasn’t finished higher than 29th.

She’s in 11th place in the Nationwide Series standings.

Patrick has raced nine times at Chicagoland — six times on the IndyCar Series. She finished 10th in a Nationwide race at the track in June 2011 and took 14th on that circuit at Chicagoland in July.

“I know it’s going to be different in the Cup car for sure. Everything is more difficult in the Cup car,” she said. “I think the weather will help.

Six or so weeks ago, whenever we were here it was very hot. I think the cool weather will hopefully help with the grip and make things a little bit easier, a little less slippery and greasy. When I say that I guess I’m thinking of somewhere like Atlanta where it just gets really slippery and you’re kind of fighting for grip.”

Patrick says although she has people in from out of the country for the race, that won’t be too much of a distraction.

Shredded Giants secondary looks to be better against Buccaneers

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

force the receivers to the inside. They didn’t accomplish that all the time.

Walking away from his locker on Friday after practice, Webster said he would be right back to talk to the media. He didn’t return.

“It wasn’t his best football game,” Fewell said. “He’s one of our more solid defenders who we count on to make plays for us. It was not his best ball game for us. We’ll look for him to bounce back like he always has.”

“My mom’s side of the family is like right across the border from Minnesota. They saddled up and headed on down a few days ago,” she said. “I think when you have people that are coming to the track, they are coming to support you of course but they are coming to see you too. You want to make time for them for making the effort. .. In my

situation, which is trying to create realistic expectations, low expectations for the people coming to the track, basically you are not going to see me until after race. Something like that, so they don’t get their hope up and think they are going to spend an hour hanging out with me knocking back beers before the race. That’s just not how it goes.”

FIRE PREVENTION The Red Deer Advocate is honoured to be publishing a special feature dedicated to the brave men and women of our local ¿re departments.

Published on Thursday, October 4 this feature, promoting:

Fire Prevention Week (October 7 – 13, 2012) will include stories on the City of Red Deer’s ¿re department but will also include useful information.

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Pam Beardsworth Ph: (403) 314-4350 Email:

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants believed their secondary was a strength coming into the season.

This section will Headed into Sunday’s game against be displayed on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-0), the Advocate’s they’re not so sure anymore. website Dallas quarterback Tony Romo shredded the secondary for 307 yards and three touchdowns in a 24-17 win to open the season. He completed 22 of 29 passes, and finished with a quarterback rating of 129.5.

There’s no doubt, the secondary was shorthanded with cornerbacks Terrell Thomas (knee) out for the season and Prince Amukamara out with a high ankle sprain.

It only became worse in the second half when Michael Coe tweaked a hamstring and had to sit, forcing Justin Tryon to play cornerback.

Still, some things were unacceptable.

Cornerback Corey Webster, the supposed star of the back four, was beaten for a 40-yard score on a double move

by Kevin Ogletree, resulting in the Cowboys’ second touchdown.

Safety Antrel Rolle and Tryon seemed to bump into each other instead of hitting Miles Austin on a 34-yard lollipop scoring pass by Romo on a firstand-30, fourth-quarter play.

And if that wasn’t bad enough, the secondary played the Cowboys’ little slant patterns like they had never seen the play before.

Safety Kenny Phillips, though, didn’t seem concerned on Friday about the secondary.

“Like I say, after our first game, you can say: ’Oh my God! The secondary looked so bad.’ When you watch it on film you see why this happened and why that play was given up,” he said. “It’s no big deal. It’s nothing to worry about.”

Defensive co-ordinator Perry Fewell was the first to admit his defence played poorly, but he made sure that everyone knew the secondary had a lot of help in messing up.

The defensive line, which created havoc on opposing quarterbacks late last season in leading the Giants to their second Super Bowl in five seasons, let Romo off easy. The Dallas quarterback was sacked only twice and hit just four times. Ten is the target ™ goal for the game.

All-Pro defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul and * two-time Pro Bowlers Justin Tuck and Osi Umenyiora not only failed to record a sack, they didn’t even combine for a quarterback hit.

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Showcasing the extraordinary volunteer spirit of Central Alberta

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RIDING FOR RONALD

Photos submitted by Dave Hogarth The Rotary Club of Olds, in support of Ronald McDonald Houses in Southern and Central Alberta, took to the highways on Sept. 8 for a motorcycle ride and poker run.

The ride started at 9 a.m. in Olds with registration ($25 per participant) and a free breakfast supplied by McDonalds.

At 10 a.m. riders left Olds heading to Wayne, which is located just east of Drumheller. The final destination was the Last Chance Saloon.

The ride also included a poker run. The winner took home a 42-inch LCD TV. A presentation from the Red Deer House was made by Patty Parker, who experienced first hand how important RMH services are to families that need them.

Following her presentation, more draws were made for prizes and a free lunch was served compliments of Encana.

Entertainment afterwards featured the Brian Lanigan Band.

The event raised $11,500, surpassing the goal of $10,000. All proceeds were donated to Ronald McDonald House.

This year’s sponsors included: ● McDonalds in Olds and Innisfail, ● Century 21 Gateway Real Estate Ltd., ● Encana, 96.5 CKFM and Rock 104.5 (Olds), ● Internet Intrepreneurs (Red Deer), ● Walmart in Olds.

Ride organizers are asking for more riders to join next year’s run on Sept. 7 for the second annual Rotary Ride For Ronald.

Anyone interested in helping out or sponsoring the ride should contact Dave Hogarth at 403-994-0054 or visit the web site at www.rotaryrideforronald.com.

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Ferguson keynote speaker

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

RED DEER CRUISE NIGHT Car lovers can show off their wheels or admire other cars at Red Deer Cruise Night at Parkland Mall. All makes and models are welcomed at the event which runs Thursdays from 6 to 10 p.m. in the northeast parking lot. Cruise Night will run every Thursday until Oct. 18. Admission is free but donations are welcome.

PANCAKE BREAKFAST Pancakes will be flipping at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School on Sept. 23. The school is inviting the entire community for breakfast and entertainment from 8 a.m. to noon. There’s loads of fun including music, dance, learning stations, and a petting zoo. Children’s performer Charlotte Diamond will perform next door at the Memorial Center in two shows at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Visit www.rdpsd. ab.ca

WORLD ALZHEIMER’S DAY Say good-bye to the summer of 2012 and bring meaning to your coffee break on World Alzheimer’s Day, being celebrated at CiRS Community Village in Red Deer on Friday Sept.

21. The local branch of the Alzheimer Society will hold an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. with poetry readings by local author Jenna Butler, chair massages, snacks and hot beverages. It’s all free, but donations are welcome. CiRS Community Village is located at 4728 Ross St., Red Deer. Please email jfogarty@alzheimer. ab.ca or call 403-3464636 to learn more.

An award-winning Canadian author and satirist returns home to take part in the Red Deer Public School District’s 125th anniversary festivities.

Will Ferguson, a 1983 Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School graduate, will be the keynote speaker at the district’s celebration dinner at Westerner Park on Sept.

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Ferguson is the author of 14 fiction and non-fiction books and the recipient of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour for Happiness (2002), Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw (2005) and Beyond Belfast (2010); Pierre Berton Award for History (2005) and other esteemed literary awards.

Most recently his suspense novel 419 was longlisted for the prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize, established in 1994 and awarded annually to a Canadian author.

419, published by Viking, was one of 13 works longlisted from a total of 142 submissions.

“I had actually dropped out of high school and was working at a pizza shop in Dawson, Man.,” recalled Ferguson from his Calgary home this week.

Genealogy branch looking for descendants

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“My brother, Sean had graduated from Lindsay Thurber and he was living in Red Deer. He made a deal with me. If I stopped working for minimum wage and came back to Red Deer, he would cover my costs.”

Ferguson took his brother up on his offer and didn’t look back. He immersed himself in his studies, earning various scholarships.

Ferguson credited his experiences at Lindsay Thurber for sparking his love for creative writing. He wrote the lyrics for the theme song for his graduation, We are Tomorrow with his brother, who wrote the music and is now the dean of McGill University’s Schulich School of Music.

“I thought I was a good student,” said Ferguson.

“I had been away for a year and I knew how shitty trying to earn a living on minimum wage was. I was very keen. When I came back I was much more focused. I had always enjoyed English, but Lindsay Thurber cemented that.”

Ferguson was inducted in the Lindsay Thurber Hall of Fame in 2002.

The now 47-year-old had planned to study political science and law at the University of Alberta. But, after watching a Katimavik presentation at school, he joined the volunteer organization and travelled for two years. When he returned to Canada, Ferguson enrolled in York University’s screen writing and film production program.

“After two years I lost interest in studying law or poli sci,” said Ferguson, who is married with two sons.

“I just thought, looking back at that year at Lindsay Thurber, you know I really enjoyed creative writing.”

Ferguson will share his travel experiences from South America and Asia after he left Lindsay Thurber and how attending the high school for one year affected his career.

Ferguson joked: “People who go to the talk in Red Deer can either say I saw that guy right before he won the Giller or they can say I saw that guy right before his dreams were crushed.”

The Giller short list of six finalists will be named on Oct. 1.

To purchase tickets for the celebration dinner, visit www.rdpsd.ab.ca or call 403342-3751. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF A search is on for families with deep Red Deer roots.

The Red Deer Genealogy Branch is looking for descendants of Red Deerians who were living here in 1913. It’s all part of an effort to recognize the city’s forebears as part of Red Deer’s centennial celebrations next year.

Descendants are encouraged to write up biographies of their ancestors and descendants and submit them to the branch to become part of their reference collection.

An index by surname will be created and posted on the website.

Linda McKay, who is chair of the project, said they are hoping to collect as much information as they can about some of the area’s earliest families and their descendants.

Histories gathered will be collected in a trio of books that will be kept by the genealogy branch, public library and the Red Deer and District Public Archives. Unlike, the popular pioneer histories produced in various communities over the years, they won’t be available for general publication.

McKay, who was born in Red Deer, has traced her own family to a great grandparents, who lived in North Red Deer in 1913.

She has 17 living descendants and remarkably nine still live in Red Deer and another five in Red Deer and Lacombe Counties.

Local historian Michael Dawe has told her there are probably around 200 local families with ties to 1913 residents.

She hopes people will submit basic genealogical information such as names, births and deaths as well as background on where people came from before Red Deer and what brought them here and then what happened to their descendants.

Biographies should be submitted to the branch, Red Deer and District Public Archives or the public library. Photos are welcomed but won’t be returned.

To qualify, ancestors must have lived in Red Deer, North Red Deer, or had General Delivery (Red Deer, or Rural Routes 1 or 2) Red Deer as addresses. Stories can be emailed to rdbrags@telus.net. Call Linda at 403-347-1605 or Betty at 403-347-6351. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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BRIEFS Wildfire hazard in Rocky area very high, extreme

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RED DEER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ANNIVESARY

Wildfire hazard for the Rocky Mountain House area is very high to extreme, says Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development.

That means wildfires can start easily, spread quickly in the wind, and increase quickly in intensity.

Outdoor burning is not recommended and unattended or poorly planned campfires can easily escape. People should use caution this weekend in the outdoors and call 310-FIRE (3473) immediately if they spot a wildfire.

Currently, there are 27 active fires in Alberta.

So far this year, Alberta has had 1,429 wildfires and a total of 1.77 million acres have burned.

The Rocky Mountain House area has had 88 wildfires this year, that burned 1,850 hectares.

For fire bans or prevention notices in effect for jurisdictions within Alberta, visit www.albertafirebans.ca.

A listing of the bans and advisories in place at provincial parks and recreational areas is available at www.albertaparks.ca.

For more information on Alberta’s wildfires visit www.srd.alberta.ca/wildfire.

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Workmen with Alberta Parking Lot Services, Macinnon Guckert (left) and Philippe Brouillett (right) work to reinforce a bike lane sign located at 43 st and Spruce Drive.

Olds College doubles reward for information about prank Olds College has doubled the reward it will offer for information about a deadly prank in its horse facilities last Saturday.

One horse died and another is now recovering from injuries after someone released four stallions into a common area sometime late that evening or early Sunday morning.

A donation from Pengrowth Energy Corp. has enabled College officials to raise the reward to $2,000 for anyone who can provide information that assists in tracking down and laying charges against the person or people responsible for the incident.

Veterinarian Marion Anderson, equine sciences program co-ordinator, declined to give a cash value on the loss, stating only that the stallions are highly valued and play an integral role within the program.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Olds RCMP at 403-556-3324. To remain anonymous, information can be submitted to www.tipsubmit.com or by calling 1-800222-8477.

Woman pleads guilty to robbing Sproule’s IDA A woman charged in connection to a robbery at Sproule’s Mountainview IDA in 2011 pleaded guilty in Red Deer provincial court on Friday.

Police previously said that on Sept. 17, 2011, a man entered the store, concealing his face and holding a knife. He ap-

proached the pharmacy counter and demanded drugs, and then escaped in a waiting car driven by a woman.

Amy Jaye Liverseed, 34, was charged with robbery. Her preliminary inquiry scheduled for Friday was cancelled after Liverseed pled guilty as a party to the offence.

A pre-sentence report was ordered and Liverseed returns for sentencing on Nov. 14.

Brian Jones, 25, of Red Deer was sentenced early this year to two years in prison for the armed robbery.

Some bike lanes could be scrubbed by end of the month Some designated bike lanes could be scrubbed from city streets by the end of September.

Administration will present a progress report on the Bike Lane Pilot Project to city council at the regular meeting on Monday.

Some recommendations include removing the bike lanes on 55th Street and 40th Avenue, north of 52nd Street and the lanes on 59th Avenue, north of 70th Street.

Both stretches would revert to normal road configuration and the lanes would be replaced with bike route on-street markings.

The report is based on feedback from the public and provides options to address specific issues.

The bike lanes are part of a two-year pilot project and are therefore subject to change.

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Dateless virgin finding dates, but not courage to go Dear Harlan, was a mutual decision on our parts to get married.

I’m 18 years old and in college. I’m a virgin.

No one really asked the other one.

I’ve never dated any guy. I’ve never even kissed Putting the pressure on the man to do the asking anyone, though most of the time I tell peois ludicrous. The man and woman in a ple I have if they ask, which I’m ashamed relationship should be equal partners, to admit, but there it is. Guys have asked deciding together when to get married. — me out before, but I’ve never accepted. I Sarah don’t know why.

Dear Sarah, I think I’m worried that it’s not the I loved popping the question. I got a “right” guy or something. rush out of planning, plotting and surprisThis is so silly because I understand ing my then-girlfriend. And I got her. that the whole POINT of dating is to find It was 10:30 on a Saturday night on the out what you like and experiment with difother side of the city when I arranged ferent people. for a limo to pick us up following a work I already have an idea of what my function. “type” is, and I shouldn’t because I’ve When she stepped inside the limo, I never tested any of the possible waters. told her, “Your life is about to take a draHARLAN I fantasize about being in a relationmatic turn.” ship with someone — anyone — but when And it did.

COHEN I am faced with the opportunity to start a Of course, we talked about getting HELP ME HARLAN relationship, I bail. married months before actually popping What the heck is that about? I just don’t the question, but she didn’t know when it understand why I am this way when it would pop. comes to dating. Do you have any kind of insight for The letter writer in question mentioned her me, or am I a hopeless case? friends were dating men who weren’t ready to get — Single Virgin married.

Dear Single Virgin, While the pop might be a surprise, the concept of You’re scared. Instead of going on dates, you regetting married seems to have been discussed. ject yourself before allowing anyone else to reject Dear Harlan, you — it saves time and pain. It’s safer for you to I’m in a very happy relationship, but since I’m avoid dating. such an outgoing person, boys often think that I’m You’re afraid of doing something wrong, being flirting with them. judged, getting hurt, turning someone off or getting The truth is that I’m just friendly and want to be rejected. friends. I don’t want to hurt their feelings. How do I Why else lie about kissing? Do me a favor and make things clearer besides telling them that I have remove the word ‘date’ from your vocabulary. Call it a boyfriend? — Be My Friend “getting to know people who may or may not want to Dear By My Friend, kiss you.”

Giving a friend a massage, innocently grinding on Go out. Focus on what you want. See if YOU like the dance floor or asking a male friend to rub sunthem. Give yourself permission to be inexperienced. screen on your hard-to-reach places could be sendTrust that the right guy will find your lack of experiing the wrong message. ence attractive.

If men are always getting confused by your innoThe sooner you can embrace your innocence and cent gestures of friendship, they are not so innocent. inexperience, the sooner you’ll change from a single Start by talking to two of your closest male friends.

18-year-old virgin who hasn’t been kissed to an atAsk each of them independently if you do anything tractive, interesting and selective 18-year-old who that might send the wrong message. wants to find a man who is worth kissing.

Do not kiss them as a thank you for being so honIf you can’t take the next step, find a therapist est. who can help you learn to love yourself. You’re not If looking a man in the eyes, smiling and being hopeless - just afraid. genuine is your biggest problem, it’s not your probDear Harlan, lem.

This is in response to a recent column about the Once you have objective feedback, your only concept of waiting for boyfriends to pop the quesresponsibility to these men is to be honest and tell tion. them that you have a boyfriend.

I can’t believe in this day and age women are still If they get hurt because your honesty destroys waiting for a guy to pop the question. My husband their fantasies, it’s not your problem. and I have been married for almost 30 years, and it Hi Harlan,

Teasing as a weighty matter

In addition, even if the situation seems to be over, periodically check with your child to see how things are going.

If your child says he wants to lose weight, start a discussion about healthful behaviors instead of focusing on weight. Talk about how the entire family can benefit from engaging in such behaviors to-

I live with three roommates, and it seems I am always on the outside of their friendship.

I have had to live with this for a while, and it is nothing new.

When I started looking more closely at the situation, I have noticed I am very different from all of them: movies, music, clothing and philosophical ideas — you name it.

I am the odd person out. Recognizing this has helped some, but I still can’t shake the feeling of loneliness in my own apartment!

It’s not that I don’t have friends outside of this group, it is just disheartening to be home alone for hours (not in a depressing way, simply lounging and reading) and have them all burst into the door laughing having gone out without inviting me.

I have given up on all battles such as decorating (which I don’t care about, but if ever I do I am instantly outvoted).

Is there any hope of changing the way I feel about this situation?

Should I just give up and try to mingle outside of the apartment with other friends to escape the exclusion? — 4th Wheel Dear 4th Wheel, You might be a 4th wheel, but you’re an AllSeason Radial with deep tread, great handling and a long-lasting life.

You don’t need to find a new apartment, just friends outside of it.

When you aren’t sitting in your apartment for hours and hours, you won’t see your roommates come home.

In fact, you’ll be the one walking in other apartments with other new friends. Be patient and work to create life outside of your place.

Let your roommates get to know you.

Trust that one of the wheels will spring a leak and their threesome will spin out of control. Then they’ll need a spare tire (like you).

Whether you’re around and willing to run with them will be the only question.

Do not spend your energy hating or resenting them for not giving you a friendship.

Instead, be sweet, be kind and be patient. Put yourself in rooms with other people doing things you love to do and make new friends.

Make yourself so busy that home is a place to rest, recoup and spin your wheels before heading back out again.

Harlan is author of “Getting Naked: Five Steps to Finding the Love of Your Life (While Fully Clothed and Totally Sober)” (St. Martin’s Press). Write Harlan at harlan(at)helpmeharlan.com or visit online: www.helpmeharlan.com. All letters submitted become property of the author. Send paper to Help Me, Harlan!, 3501 N. Southport Ave., Suite 226, Chicago, IL 60657. gether. Then make sure you follow through with the commitment to have health be a family affair.

Finally, ask school officials what they are doing to address bullying.

Childhood obesity and bullying are complicated problems that we all have to face for the sake of our children, but it needs to be done in the right way.

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The psychological consequences of being teased or bullied as a child because of one’s weight can be far-reaching. I rarely find an adult with lifelong weight issues who was not mocked as a child. So it should come as no surprise that bullying because of weight is an important issue. Here are some questions I’ve received about it: Q: My adolescent daughter has gained weight over the course of a few months, but she doesn’t seem to acknowledge it. I don’t want her to be preoccupied with her weight, but I’m afraid that if I ignore it the weight gain will continue, and it could lead to health and/or social problems. What’s the right balance?

A: Let’s start by understanding that weight gain is just a symptom. It’s not the problem. Your job as a parent is to try to find out what the real problem is.

If it’s poor eating and inactivity, addressing this issue needs to be a family affair. Don’t single out your daughter because she is overweight by putting her on a diet while everyone else eats the old way.

Everyone should be enjoying healthful food and activity regardless of weight. Instead, make overall family changes, such as active vacations, cooking healthful meals together and eating together, taking cooking classes together, giving gifts that encourage activity, taking after-dinner walks or playing an active Wii game.

If the real problem is emotional -- perhaps even an eating disorder -- you may need a different strategy. Healthful family habits are always good. But for a child with bigger problems than a fondness for fast food, communication is especially essential.

Try to find out what’s going on in your child’s life.

This needs to be done in a compassionate way that doesn’t focus on the symptom of her weight.

Don’t say, “Why are you eating so much?’’ Or, “I see you’ve been gaining weight. What’s wrong?”

This approach is more likely to make her defensive and less likely to share with you. Instead, keep weight out of the discussion. Try to subtly engage her in conversation about her life and concerns. Listen without giving advice.

Don’t dismiss anything she says, and don’t overreact. Resist the urge to step in and fix problems. Just show her that you think what she’s saying is important. This will help you get to the root of the problem faster.

If, after trying these steps, it turns out that the problem seems too complicated for you to handle, seek guidance from a professional. There are many good therapists who specialize in adolescents, families and eating problems. Let them guide you toward the right balance.

Q: My son is being teased at school because he’s overweight. How can I best help him?

A: The first important step is to show your child that you have compassion for his situation and you love him. Sit down and talk, but don’t just say, “Don’t worry about it” or “Don’t let it bother you.” This is the type of situation that would bother anyone.

Most children who are bullied can’t help but feel that there is something wrong with them that is causing the abuse.

So you want to help your son know that you value him and that he is not flawed. Let him know that you intend to work with him to make the situation better.

Next, give him a logical, age-appropriate explanation for why kids pick on others. Often the bully’s own low self-esteem leads him to pick on someone else to feel better about himself, but that doesn’t make it right. Help your child see that bullying is always wrong and that the problem is with the bully, not the victim.

Encourage your child to talk about his feelings.

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Reggie Fils-Aime, president and chief operating officer of Nintendo of America, discusses the upcoming Wii U gaming console, Thursday in New York. The gaming console will start at $300 and go on sale in the U.S. on Nov. 18, in time for the holidays, the company said Thursday.

New Wii system will launch in November CONSOLE WILL COST $300 AND $350, INCLUDES TV-VIEWER

BY BARBARA ORTUTAY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Nintendo has a knack for changing the course of video games, appealing to the masses from kids to grandparents even if its technology isn’t the most advanced.

The creator of “Mario Bros.” and “Donkey Kong” said Thursday that it will launch its first high-definition gaming console on Nov. 18 in the U.S., later that month in Europe and on Dec. 8 in Japan.

It’s the first major game console to launch in years. But Nintendo is merely catching up on HD with Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp., which began selling their own HD consoles six and seven years ago, respectively. The question is whether a touchscreen tablet controller, coupled with TV-watching features, will be enough to surpass them.

The original Wii console revolutionized gaming and surpassed its rivals not because it had more power or better graphics, but because it gave people a new way to play. Its motion-sensing controller wasn’t the most advanced, but it got people off the couch, swinging virtual tennis rackets, bowling and flailing around in living rooms around the world.

But over the years the novelty faded even as the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 have managed to keep loyal, hardcore gamers enthused with massive shooters and multiplayer features.

Whether the Wii U can bring people back will depend on Nintendo’s ability to lure people in with classic games from “Mario” to “Call of Duty,” entertainment features that go beyond gaming and a price that doesn’t break the bank.

Nintendo first announced plans for the Wii U last year, but it hadn’t disclosed the price or availability date until Thursday.

The Wii U will start at $300 for a basic model, which is just $50 more than what the Wii initially sold for. For $350, gamers can buy a deluxe version that is black instead of white. The deluxe model will also have a charging stand for its controller, 32 gigabytes of memory instead of 8 and “Nintendo Land,” a smorgasbord of 12 popular Nintendo games.

Nintendo Co. has been trying to drum up excitement for the Wii U. What sets it apart from other consoles is the tablet-like Wii U GamePad. This controller allows for asymmetrical gameplay, so two or more people can play the same game but have different experiences. Players can also turn off the

TV entirely and play on the GamePad, watching the game on the tablet’s screen and using the controllers on the sides.

In the “New Super Mario Bros. U,” for example, players holding the old Wii controllers guide Mario, Luigi and other characters. The person with the GamePad can help them along by using a stylus on the tablet’s touch screen to stun enemies or create stepping stones for the characters.

The new Mario game, which will be available when the Wii U launches, will also offer new challenges for advanced Mario players, such as trying to complete a level without touching the ground.

The Wii U GamePad will be included with each console. But the packages won’t include the old-

‘WHAT HAS ALWAYS HELPED NINTENDO IS THE GAMES THEY CAN PUT ON THAT NOBODY CAN ... THEY DON’T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE CUTTING-EDGE.’ — ARVIND BHATIA STERNE AGEE ANALYST

school Wii controllers, though they can be used to play the games. That’s because Nintendo says there are enough of them out there, considering that nearly 97 million Wiis have been sold worldwide — compared with nearly 70 million Xbox 360s and about 64 million PlayStation 3s.

Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia said that the Wii U’s technology doesn’t make it a real, true “next generation” gaming console. He said it really matches the Xbox 360.

“But what has always helped Nintendo is the games they can put on it that nobody can,” he added.

“They don’t necessarily need everything to be cutting-edge.”

“Mario,” ”Pikmin“ and other classic games have long been Nintendo’s main draw.

Bhatia said sales expectations for the Wii U are fairly low, and Nintendo will be considered successful if the number of Wii Us it sell amounts to half the Wiis it sold.

That said, GameStop President Tony Bartel expects it to be a “really strong seller” this holiday season. Although a lot of gaming these days takes place on mobile devices, Bartel said “true immersive gam-

ing is still owned by consoles.”

Nintendo also announced new entertainment features for the console.

Called Nintendo TVii, the service collects all the ways users have to watch movies, TV shows and sports. So if you like the TV show “Modern Family,” for example, it will pull in the show’s episodes from every available source, whether that’s on Hulu, Netflix or traditional cable TV. The GamePad works as a fancy remote controller and will let viewers browse shows they can watch.

Users will be able to select favourites and send them to other Wii users in their network as suggestions.

In addition, families will be able to set up separate profiles, so that kids don’t end up watching the drugdealing drama “Breaking Bad,” for example.

The service also captures scenes from live TV and displays them on the controller. Viewers can then comment on the scenes and share that on Twitter or Facebook if they want. With this feature, Nintendo is playing into what many people already do while they watch TV — comment and share things with friends using a second screen such as a smartphone.

“Our goal is to disrupt the video space the way that Nintendo has historically disrupted the gaming space,” said Reggie Fils-Aime, president and chief operating officer of Nintendo of America.

He added that the service “continues our mission of creating compelling entertainment experiences and doing it in surprising ways.”

Pronounced “tee-veeee,” TVii will be available Nov. 18 as well in the U.S. and Canada, at no extra cost. Nintendo didn’t give plans for TVii in other countries.

Nintendo said more than 50 games will be available for Wii U by the end of March.

Among them will be Activision Blizzard Inc.’s “Call of Duty Black Ops II.” The “Call of Duty” games have been holiday bestsellers for the past several years. But it’s unlikely that hardcore gamers will flock to the Wii U just to play “Call of Duty,” given the vast multiplayer gaming network that the Xbox 360 offers.

But Eric Hirshberg, CEO Activision Publishing, called it a big improvement for “Call of Duty” on Nintendo. Not a lot of people played it on the original Wii because it lacks realistic, high-definition graphics that has been one of the game’s main draws on other machines.

As for Wii U, he added, it “makes games we tend to make much more legit.”

Mark of the Ninja offers satisfying silence Mark of the Ninja Platform: Xbox Live Arcade Genre: Action Publisher: Microsoft ESRB Rating: M, for Mature Grade: 4 stars (out of 5)

ing tribute to the excellent Batman: The Animated Series.

Like that show, the game is almost enveloped in darkness.

Play this game at night and feel yourself slipping into the shadows, avoiding lasers and guard dogs Silence persists as that show no remorse darkness falls, and only a when taking you down. street lamp or the moon The silences in Mark of lights your surroundings. the Ninja are brilliant — You feel comfort in make a mistake or elimilight, safety. nate a guard too loudly That peace shatters and the piercing alarms when the cool steel piercwill jolt you out of your es your flesh and you fall seat.

CHRIS quietly to the ground.

A female partner someCAMPBELL The silence continues. times accompanies you Silence, and the stealth but your true sidekicks it requires, feed the enjoyare the potted plants, venment machine that is Mark tilation shafts and other of the Ninja. nooks that provide you cover.

You play as a nameless assassin You’ll never survive this game of the night who is propelled by red trying to hack and slash your way tattoos that give him unique powers through, so when in doubt always but, conversely, drive him toward look for the slow, circuitous route. madness.

It’s more time-consuming but richly The story feels rather blah (since rewarding when you clear the room it feels too close to God of War), but without having to unsheathe your the cutscenes and level design pick blade. up the slack with its visual style payKnow there will be blood.

GAME ON

Sometimes death must be dispelled, and the way you go about eviscerating those in your path is thrilling and messy.

Side-scrolling 2-D games done this well give you reason to believe a renaissance is happening with the genre, and we don’t have to join a shadow organization to enjoy it.

Way of the Samurai 4 Platform: PlayStation 3 Genre: Action Publisher: Xseed Software ESRB Rating: M, for Mature Grade: 1 star I still am not sure what to make of “Way of the Samurai 4.” Is this a legitimate samurai game that is just poorly produced on nearly every scale possible? Could this honestly be something the developers were taking seriously?

Perhaps the truth lies elsewhere.

Maybe, in fact, this is the first attempt at gaming in the mold of “Mystery Science Theater 3000,” where all aspects of the game are so fine-tuned in their ludicrousness that you instead sit back, play and laugh along with what is taking place.

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Lady Gaga gets live tattoo at fragrance launch THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Lady Gaga launched her debut perfume while being inside a giant-sized perfume bottle.

The avant garde pop star was in a large bottle — a replica of her Fame fragrance — appearing in the transparent glass where attendees took photos and watched the singer get a tattoo on her neck.

The entertainer entered the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on New York’s Upper East Side on Thursday night on top of a convertible. She posed for pictures and interacted with some fans.

Inside, she laid in the bottle in a sparkly top, black skirt and red wig.

Then she took off some clothing and a wig — now appearing in lingerie, including a thong — and began receiving a tattoo of the back of her neck (she shaved the bottom half of the back of her head this week).

Gaga applied makeup and played on an iPad inside the bottle, where she was joined by four others. Edith Piaf played in background, as did David Bowie’s Fame and various songs that featured Kanye West. She got her tattoo — and danced in her seat — as West’s latest hit Mercy blasted in the background.

The masquerade black tie event featured a few hundred people, mostly dressed with eye masks and headgear. Celebrity attendees included Yoko Ono, Marc Jacobs, Paris Hilton, Michael Strahan, Jason Wu and Lindsay Lohan, who arrived late for the event.

Gaga also debuted a short film called “Lady Gaga Film” for the fragrance in collaboration with director Steven Klein.

The Grammy-winning singer released her multiplatinum debut, The Fame, in 2008. That was followed by the platinum-selling albums The Fame Monster and last year’s Born This Way.

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Lady Gaga launched her debut perfume while being inside a giant-sized perfume bottle. The avant garde pop star was in a large bottle — a replica of her Fame fragrance — appearing in the transparent glass where attendees took photos and watched the singer get a tattoo on her neck.

It’s dual lives and two sets of patients for Jordana Spiro as The Mob Doctor BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The Mob Doctor focuses on Dr. Grace Devlin, a respected surgeon at Chicago’s Roosevelt Medical Center who supplements her day job with an underground practice: To pay off her brother’s gambling debt and save his life, Grace has sworn to give private medical care to the Southside mobsters she grew up with.

“When I first heard the concept of the show, I wondered if this was just a gimmicky way to have a medical procedural,” says Jordana Spiro, who stars as Devlin.

Soon enough, she concluded otherwise.

On the series (which premieres Monday at 9 p.m.

EDT on Fox), the central issue for Spiro is this: “When does the motivation stop being the debt Grace owes and become a hunger for the adrenaline rush she gets from treating these dangerous criminals?”

Under her seemingly oppressive deal, Devlin has turned the table on people who, through the years, had exerted control on her and her family.

“You like feeling powerful, don’t you?” says Constantine Alexander (William Forsythe), the former and maybe yet-again head of the Southside mob, as he notes the clout Grace’s doctor skills have given her.

“I like making a difference,” she says evasively.

Ignoring her, he makes a pointed reference to how power corrupts.

“It’s not about power,” Grace insists.

Spiro knows better.

“For me, the show is not a medical procedural,” she says. “I see it as being about someone who is torn between the two different worlds she occupies. I think she’s trying to make good in both these worlds, even when they’re at odds — and even if she gets more and more compromised.”

Doing all that, at least in the pilot, keeps Grace scrambling.

“A friend told me the title of the show should be Dr. I-Gotta-Go,” Spiro says with a laugh.

Pinballing between her hospital and gangster enclaves in her SUV, Grace twice makes an abrupt departure with a curt “I gotta go,” and once again with “I gotta take care of something,” not to mention her cellphone’s cuing even more interruptions: “I gotta take this.”

Living her dual life, Grace is headstrong and defiant in the face of authority — whether it’s her hospital boss or a mafia boss. And she seems fearless and remarkably adept behind the wheel when pursued in a car chase.

Meanwhile, she finds time for flirtations with her handsome doctor boyfriend (Zach Gilford), locks horns with her screw-up brother (Jesse Lee Soffer) and holds at bay her gangster ex-boyfriend (James Carpinello).

Not your typical doctor?

“She’s a surgeon, not a doctor,” says Spiro while

meeting with a reporter last month. “Doctors hear symptoms and are driven by the riddle of what is the diagnosis. But surgeons want to cut it open and get their hands in it: going for broke. That’s how Grace is living her life.”

All in all, it’s a far more hectic routine than the life of weekly poker games and covering the Cubs that Spiro portrayed as Chicago sportswriter P.J. Franklin on her TBS sitcom My Boys.

Airing from 2006 to 2010, My Boys established Spiro as a winsome and amusing everygirl.

“After that, a lot of things coming my way were light comedy, which I was interested in continuing,” she says. “But Grace Devlin was such a great role!”

Appreciatively she cites Mob Doctor co-creators Josh Berman and Rob Wright as well as director Michael Dinner, saying, “ They could have so easily gone to other actresses with a better-known drama background. For them to put their faith in me, I feel really grateful for that.”

The deal came up while Spiro was in school. She’s been studying film at Columbia University since My Boys ended two years ago, she says, which is where she was when she got early word about The Mob Doctor.

“It was kind of funny,” she recalls. “The only time they could find to speak was during my writing class.

I ducked out of my class with Paul Schrader, my screenwriting hero” — he wrote Raging Bull and Taxi Driver — “to find a quiet spot in a Columbia hallway to talk to them.”

She is taking this semester off, but her studies continue: She’ll be doing a thesis film to complete her Master of Fine Arts.

But she’s always liked learning things. The 35-year-old Spiro grew up in Manhattan, the middle of five kids whose parents were art dealers.

They encouraged her interest in acting with one caveat: that she never forget it’s a business. So she made it her business to use acting as a path for exploration.

In recent months, she’s been shadowing surgeons to prepare her to play Devlin, “and it reminded me why I wanted to be in this business in the first place: the access, being a fly on the wall to witness something you wouldn’t normally be able to see.”

Has she also been shadowing mobsters?

“It’s a little more difficult to find THOSE opportunities,” she laughs. “You have to rely on what you read and your imagination.”

By then, Spiro has spent a busy weekend in Los Angeles doing press for her new show. Early the next morning she will be on a plane for Chicago. By afternoon, she’ll be shooting the series.

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Closer magazine’s editor in chief Laurence Pieau answers media at the magazine’s headquarter office in Montrouge, near to Paris Friday. The magazine on Friday published what appeared to be photos of Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate sunbathing topless at a private estate in southern France.

Royals saddened over French magazine’s claim of topless photos of Kate THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — A British official says the royal family is considering legal options after photos apparently of Prince William’s wife, Kate, sunbathing topless in the south of France were published in a French magazine.

The photos Friday in the magazine Closer were blurry and shot from a distance; in London, a St James’s Palace official who demanded anonymity in line with policy said the images appeared to be genuine and “we feel a line has been crossed with their publication.”

The magazine claims the pictures were taken on a guesthouse terrace in France where William and Kate were on vacation this month.

An aide travelling with William and Kate in Malaysia said the couple “are saddened to learn about the alleged photos.”

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MONDAY NIGHT ADULT BAND - Glen Traquair, Director (Phone: 403.342.0601). The experienced adult player with 3 or more years of experience. Meets Mondays (beginning Sept. 17) at Notre Dame High School (#50 Lees Street), 7-9 PM TUESDAY NIGHT ADULT BAND - Greg Wheeler, Director (Phone: 403.346.5868). For the intermediate or developing player with approximately 2 years experience. Meets Tuesdays (beginning Sept. 18) at Hunting Hills High School (150 Lockwood Avenue) 7-9 PM INTRODUCTORY/NOVICE ADULT BAND - Lil Traquair (Phone: 403.342.0601) For the adult with little or no band experience, including those who played “years and years ago.” We will assist with instrument selection and with advice on acquiring an instrument. Meets Mondays (beginning Sept. 17) at Hunting Hills High School (150 Lockwood Avenue) 7 - 8:30 PM

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Sink-or-swim time for needy children Dear Annie: When can we stop giving our children But if a parent is constantly bailing out an irremoney? When is enough enough? sponsible spendthrift, the handouts must stop before My daughter and her husband are in their midparents become impoverished and resentful in a 30s. They bought a house they could not misguided attempt to “save” their chilafford. dren.

On top of that, they are in the middle of And these children never learn to filing for bankruptcy, as they have been stand on their own two feet. Consider overspending for years. whether you are helping or simply proMy daughter works two jobs that prolonging your daughter’s financial depenvide neither a consistent paycheck nor dence, and act accordingly. benefits. Her husband’s job is more staDear Annie: I read the letter from ble, but his salary is low.

“Wigged Out,” who has a condition that At one point, we gave her one of our makes her hair fall out. People constantly used cars, which she was able to keep ask about her “perfect” hair, and some atrunning for a couple of years. When that tempt to pull at her wig. car died, I took money out of my retireI have thin hair and wear a weave ment fund to buy her a used car. My sonmethod called a cap, done by a local hairMitchell in-law’s mother just bought them a new dresser. It’s a process of braiding or mold& Sugar oven. ing one’s hair and putting a stocking cap My question is: When does all this or mesh on the hair (this allows the hair stop? I worked for 30 years and never to breathe). once asked my mother for money. I’m Then the woven hair is sewn or glued tired of doing and doing for them. At what point can on top. It allows you to wear your hair however you a parent stop taking on the problems of their chilwant — long, medium or short -- and is not noticeably dren? — Resenting Parent different from regular hair. Hope this helps. — F. Dear Parent: Whenever you are willing to let them Dear F: Readers offered many suggestions. Here sink or swim on their own. are more: When an adult child is having temporary financial From Boston: I, too, take medication that contribdifficulties, it is a kindness for a parent to offer to utes to hair loss. My husband encouraged me to orhelp, provided the parent can afford it and the child der some beautiful synthetic wigs, which I have worn uses the assistance to get out from under. for years.

Annie’s

At one event, a woman said she wished her hair could always look as nice as mine. I replied, “It can,” and lifted off my wig. It turned the party upside down, and everyone had a ball trying on my wig and getting info.

A wig is no different from a hat, scarf or barrette.

It is an accessory to enhance the beauty of the head.

Wisconsin: She should consider hair extensions or a hairpiece that is bonded to her scalp and stays on for weeks at a time.

Either of these would be more natural looking and cooler than a wig. I have been wearing lightweight bonded hairpieces for 10 years. I can swim, play golf, exercise, sleep and anything else without removing my hair. No one can tell, and I am never “wigged out.”

Florida: Some people can’t stand it if they don’t know absolutely everything about you. I wear hearing aids, but I was sensitive about them, even though my hair did a nice job of covering them up. One “friend” took it upon herself to reach up and pull my hair back so she could see for herself whether I had hearing aids.

I resisted the urge to slap her, but have avoided her ever since. I do not consider a person a friend if she does such a thing.

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.

Family fun circus Photo by SCOTTY AITKEN/ Freelance

Zaira Davenport, a contortionist who ties herself in knots with great skill, performed Tuesday night. The Family Fun Circus from Dallas, Tex., put on two shows at the Rimbey Ag Grounds.

The circus is run by two families who set up the tent, feed the animals, sell balloons and take tickets at the door.

horoscope expecting someone to complete a task that Saturday, September 15 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: falls out of his or her skill set. They can rise Prince Harry, 28; Tommy Lee Jones, 66; Oli- to the challenge, but will require more time than expected. Exercise greater ver Stone, 66 independence if the matter is THOUGHT OF THE DAY: pressing.

Happy New Moon in Virgo!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): We The New Moon swims close to are all ultimately responsible for Mercury and speaks to Jupiter. our own self-awareness, deterThere are big beginnings on the mined largely by our values. You agenda, but it might be chalmay think you’re having a powlenging to bring the balanced erful glimpse into some truth. If response required. Be confident it’s leading you to be more kind, with job opportunities, but also considerate, and compassionbe honest. It will be a great day, ate, then it can be trusted. Seek enjoy! clarity.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: There is VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): the perfect amount of drive and Nadiya Even the time spent seemingly blessing to ensure you make the shaw doing nothing can be valuable. most of this year. What you want It’s then that we integrate events is also what is good for you. You that required quick reaction. You might underestimate the amount met each throw that came your of time you’ll need to complete your projects, but as long as you make the way. Allow yourself a break to understand most of the day, you’ll be proud of your prog- how much stronger you are as a result.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): There have ress. It will be a great year, enjoy!

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your heart been very good reasons to be guarded and is set on a specific outcome. The Universe impersonal. The context demanded it, but is trying to deliver what you want, but your you don’t have to carry that feeling into siturequirements are so precise that it is taking ations where it is not called for. Actually, your longer than expected. Open up your view. protection is a hindrance with someone now.

Consider all the ways you could still have Let your guard down. You will be fine.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You have what you want, without compromise.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A conversa- a breakout moment, where you get to step tion feels larger than life. It could move you out of the box and do something different to tears or laughter, but it will have a posi- than your normal modus operandi, thereby tive effect. Court the opportunity by smiling experiencing the brand new. The change will more and stopping where you would normally bring joy.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You move on.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): We would like have the opportunity now to release yourself to think that we live in a world of equality, and from any guilt you’ve been carrying for too in many ways we do, but there is privilege long. You may have thought it was somehow that is earned. You want it acknowledged noble, but now you see that it served no now. To be respected, be impeccable in your purpose other than holding you back. You’re ready to move forward. decorum.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The sinCANCER (June 21-July 22): You may be

Sun signs

gle thing that will alleviate your indifference is doing something that moves you forward, even if it’s only one small thing in a completely unrelated area of life. Action will return a sense of purpose.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Our detractors can become an excuse for inaction, but truthfully, when there is determination to see an objective through, it can and does come about. Don’t focus on the lone voice that seems unsupportive. There are countless more on the other side.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): We need moments of discord to appreciate the value of harmony. You’re approaching an important insight that shows you how much you grew as a result of an obstacle. Your changes are well earned.

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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Praying with the Democrats As the Republican show able rights bestowed upon us by closed in Tampa, Fla., Cardinal you: life, liberty and the pursuit Timothy Dolan faced a flock of of happiness.

Tea Party-movement activists, “Thus do we praise you for religious conservathe gift of life. Grant tives and countryus the courage to declub loyalists and fend it, life, without gently addressed the which no other rights sanctity of life. are secure. We ask “We ask your your benediction on benediction upon those waiting to be those yet to be born, born, that they may and on those who be welcomed and are about to see you protected. Strengthat the end of this en our sick and our life,” said the shepelders waiting to see herd of New York, your holy face at life’s who also leads the end, that they may be TERRY U.S. Conference of accompanied by true MATTINGLY Catholic Bishops. compassion and cherA week later, ished with the dignity Dolan offered the fidue those who are innal benediction for firm and fragile.” a Democratic NaDemocrats respecttional Convention in which 25 fully stood with heads bowed, speakers praised or defended even as TV crews searched for their party’s unchallenged sup- anyone who might visibly shun port for abortion rights. While the cardinal. Dolan’s late insercovering the same litany of is- tion into the program had been sues in both conventions, the controversial after months of cardinal tweaked this Charlotte, church-state conflict between N.C., prayer to make his point the Obama White House and the even more obvious.

U.S. Catholic bishops caused by “Help us to see that a soci- Health and Human Services Deety’s greatness is found above partment mandates requiring all in the respect it shows for most religious institutions to ofthe weakest and neediest among fer health insurance covering us,” said Dolan.

Food and Drug Administration“We beseech you, almighty approved forms of contracepGod, to shed your grace on this tion, including “morning-after noble experiment in ordered pills,” and sterilizations. liberty, which began with the While critics on the left and confident assertion of inalien- the right were quick to parse

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the prayer, it was highly symbolic that Dolan ended up standing before the Democrats in the first place, said Russell Shaw, former communications director for the U.S. bishops.

“It’s very important to take steps to try to keep a religious presence in the public square, to make sure the church remains a player in debates about the great issues of our day,” he said.

“There are major players who, quite frankly, want to chase us back into the sacristy, where we’re supposed to mind our own business and not bother all the important people who are working out in the real world.”

Democratic Party leaders could have declined Dolan’s offer to pray, which would have left him “twisting slowly in the wind” since he had accepted an invitation to give a benediction for the GOP, said Shaw. That would have made it easier to portray Dolan as “a mere political partisan” — which was precisely what he was trying to avoid.

Also, it was important to know that the Charlotte drama unfolded in the wake of Dolan’s decision — infuriating many Catholic conservatives — to invite President Barack Obama to the white-tie Al Smith Dinner, a nonpartisan event celebrating lighthearted civility that will take place just before the elec-

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tion.

“I apologize if I have given such scandal,” wrote Dolan, at his “The Gospel in the Digital Age” weblog. “I suppose it’s a case of prudential judgment: would I give more scandal by inviting the two candidates, or by not inviting them? ...

“In the end, I’m encouraged by the example of Jesus, who was blistered by his critics for dining with those some considered sinners; and by the recognition that, if I only sat down with people who agreed with me, and I with them, or with those who were saints, I’d be taking all my meals alone.”

One thing is certain: court cases and political debates about religious liberty and health-care reform will continue for some time to come.

The cardinal knows that U.S. bishops will eventually need to talk to people on both sides of the negotiating table.

“Cardinal Dolan has pretty good political instincts,” said Shaw. “In this case, he knows that it’s important to try to keep some channels of communication open. ... It helps to be able to pray with people and to break bread with them, too.”

Terry Mattingly directs the Washington Journalism Center at the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. Contact him at tmattingly@cccu.org or www. tmatt.net.

Come and See Sunday at Gaetz Memorial United Church will be on Sept. 16 at 10:30 a.m.

Join the worship service and take in the fellowship and fun, enjoy a coffee and browse the displays about activities and opportunities at the church. Phone 403-3472244.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 20 Perogy Supper will be offered at St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Church on Sept. 20, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Adults, $11 and $6 for children under ten. Tickets at the door.

For more information call 403-347-2335.

UPCOMING EVENTS St. Andrew’s United Church Lacombe celebrates officially becoming an Affirming Congregation, Sept. 23, commencing at 10:30 a.m. The church vision: A church and community that embodies God’s unconditional love by welcoming all people, regardless of sexual orientation, gender, ethnicity, social circumstance, ability or age.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

43 Ave. & 39 St. • 403-346-4281 Pastor Chris Wilson Worship Pastor David Richardson

10:30 a.m.

Worship Service Centre for Spiritual Living

e-mail: info@firstbaptistrd.ca www.firstbaptistrd.ca

Reaching Inward, Outward and Upward for Christ

THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CANADA Sunday, September 16

KNOX

Established 1898

4718 Ross St. • 403-346-4560

Minister The Rev. Wayne Reid "Watch Your Tongue" 10:30 a.m.

Worship Service

West Park Presbyterian 3628-57 Ave.

403-346-6036

SUNDAY WORSHIP 11:00 a.m.

9:00 am Sunday School 10:30 am Worship Service 3901-44 Street 403-347-7900 www.bethanybaptist.ab.ca Pastor Dennis Burriss Pastor Peter Erratt

11:00 a.m.

Celebration Service Rev. Judy Andersen www.cslreddeer.org #3 - 6315 Horn Street

LUTHERAN CHURCHES OF RED DEER

Balmoral Bible Chapel

WELCOME YOU

Sunday, September 16

403-347-5450

Joffre Road (East of 30 Ave. on 55 St.) 10:30 am Worship Service Speaker: Fred Thomson "The Week Long Song of Creation" Children's Church 2-1/2 - Grade 3 www.balmoralchapel.ca

UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA

403-340-1022 New Pastor: Rev. Marc Jerry

GAETZ MEMORIAL Corner of Ross Street and 48th Avenue — Phone 403-347-2244

10:30 a.m. - Worship Service & Church School "Who Do You Say Jesus Is?" www.gaetzmemorialunitedchurch.ca

SUNNYBROOK UNITED CHURCH 12 Stanton Street

GOOD SHEPHERD ELCIC 40 Holmes St.

403-347-6073

10:30 a.m. – Worship Service

"Seeking Wisdom" Babyfold, Toddler Sunday www.sunnybrookunited.org Babyfold, Toddler Room,Room Sunday Club Clubwww.sunnybrookunited.org

WORSHIP SUNDAY 10:30 AM Holy Communion at All Services

The Anglican Church of Canada Sunday, September 16

ST. LEONARD’S ON THE HILL

Everyone Welcome

“A Church For All Ages” 43 Avenue & 44 Street

Saved by grace - called to serve

www.stleonardsonthehill.org

MOUNT CALVARY (LC-C)

#18 Selkirk Blvd. Phone 403-346-3798

Pastor Don Hennig | Pastor Peter Van Katwyk DIVINE SERVICE 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 7:00 p.m.

Sunday School 9:00 a.m.

Kings Kids Playschool www.mclcrd.org

Growing in Faith Through Word and Sacrament

403-346-6769 Celebrant: Rev. Gary Sinclair

8:00 a.m. Holy Communion 9:00 am Family Celebration Service with Sunday School/Nursery 10:30 am Holy Eucharist Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday 9:15 Morning Prayer

ST. LUKE’S

"Old Church Blessing a New World"

Gaetz & 54th 403-346-3402

www.saintlukereddeer.posterous.com

Celebrant Noel Wygiera

8:00 a.m. Holy Communion 10:00 a.m. Family Friendly Worship with Eucharist Sunday School and Refreshments Thurs. Eucharist 2:00 p.m.

Sunday Services: 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday Evening Ministries: 7:00 p.m.

Phone: 403.347.7311 Web: www.livingstones.ab.ca Address: 2020 - 40th Avenue, Red Deer (East of the Centrium, corner of 19th Street & 40th Avenue)

Loving God . . . Loving People 10:15 am Worship Service 2960 - 39 Street, Red Deer

403.343.1511 www.deerparkchurch.ca 41354I15

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1860 — Edward, Prince of Wales, starts touring British North America and the Colonies; first official Royal visit to Canada.

1885 — P.T. Barnum’s famous circus elephant Jumbo charges and is killed by a Grand Trunk train in the St. Thomas, Ontario railway yard. Jumbo weighed over 3,900 lbs. and was probably the largest pachyderm ever in captivity.

1907 — Film star Fay Wray, was born Vina Fay Wray on this day in Cardston, Al-

berta.

1960 — Canadiens star Maurice ‘Rocket’ Richard 192. He tetires from NHL hockey with a record 544 goals, plus 82 playoff tallies.

1988 — Mother Theresa gives a speech in Montreal.

1993 — Other provinces follow lead of Nova Scotia and Quebec, announcing compensation plan for people who contracted HIV through tainted blood products before officials started screening blood for the AIDS virus.

1997 — Ottawa singer Paul Anka’s hit single ‘Diana’ stays at #1 on the pop music charts.

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B.C. FIRST NATION SIGN DEAL AIMED AT FAST-TRACKING NATURAL GAS EXPORTS VANCOUVER — The B.C. government has struck a deal with the Haisla First Nation that the province says could help fast track a liquefied natural gas plant near Kitimat.

The agreement would allow the purchase or lease of land that will enable the Haisla to work with the industry to develop both the plant and an export terminal on Douglas Channel.

The deal is part of the B.C. government’s natural gas strategy launched last year that would see three plants built on the coast to develop liquefied natural gas for export to Asia.

Aboriginal Relations Minister Ida Chong said the deal is the key to unlocking a whole new natural gas export industry in the province.

In its jobs plan, the government committed to having three terminals running by 2020, and said the plan could create more than 1,400 jobs and generate $600 billion in economic activity.

CONSUMERS BECOMING DESENSITIZED TO GAS PRICE JUMPS: TRACKER CALGARY — The cofounder of a popular gas price-tracking website says consumers are becoming increasingly desensitized to wild swings at the pump — like the 13-cent wallop Montrealers experienced earlier this week.

Gasbuddy.com’s Jason Toews recalls Canadians being “on the edge of revolt” in 2005, when the damage wrought by Hurricane Katrina rippled north of the border and sent the national average to a then-record of $1.23 per litre. “People were really upset by the high gas prices and they’re talking about boycotting the oil companies and gas stations,” he said.

“Ironically enough, it doesn’t seem that expensive anymore — $1.23. That’s kind of the new norm.” The national average for gasoline sat at $1.33 per litre on Thursday and early Friday. Toews said he expects it to dip into the $1.20 per litre range by December.

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Harley Richards, Business Editor, 403-314-4337 E-mail editorial@reddeeradvocate.com

No progress in auto talks

BY ROSS MAROWITS THE CANADIAN PRESS The head of the Canadian Auto Workers union says it has made no progress in talks with the Big 3 automakers as the countdown continues to a strike.

“Here we are three-and-a-half weeks of intense meetings and the companies are taking the same position they did from day one,” CAW president Ken Lewenza said Friday afternoon during a break in marathon talks.

He said General Motors, Ford and Chrysler have dug in and are not backing down on their proposals to reduce fixed costs.

Demands include eliminating cost-ofliving allowances, requiring employees to make contributions to the defined benefit pension and a new hire rate that never progresses to the top level.

Lewenza said the automakers have responded unfavourably to the union’s lat-

est offer that proposed some concessions particularly in conditions for newly hired workers in a bid to win some guaranteed investments in Canada.

“Where we have shown some flexibility, they’ve been very, very stringent on their positions.”

He said the union isn’t going after GM and Ford’s record profits or Chrysler’s almost miracle turnaround.

“All we’re saying is that we want some modest improvements.”

The union is gearing up for a strike at 11:59 p.m. on Monday but Lewenza said the deadline can be extended if it sees progress in the final few days of talks.

“If it’s five to 12 on Sept. 17th and we see light at the end of the tunnel then we’ll just keep going until the deal is done. But there would have to be a mega-shift in responses from the companies for that to happen.”

Debt rating agency Moody’s said Friday that even a short strike could be “painful” and hurt the country’s weak economic

growth for months to come.

“Even a one-week walkout could jeopardize Canada’s increasingly listless growth, shaving 0.25 percentage point from September GDP while disrupting North American supply chains and retail spending into the fourth quarter,” Moody’s Analytics senior economist Mark Hopkins.

Automakers are seeking to reduce labour costs because health-care costs are rising and the strong Canadian dollar is eroding competitiveness.

In June, General Motors announced it would shut down its consolidated plant in Oshawa, Ont., next year, a move that will eliminate 2,000 direct jobs. The planned closure comes as the big automaker restarts production at the former Saturn assembly plant in Spring Hill, Tenn.

Moody’s said the auto industry is one of “the few bright lights on the Canadian manufacturing landscape.”

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BY LAUREN KRUGEL THE CANADIAN PRESS The Competition Bureau is suing Canada’s three biggest wireless carriers and an industry association for allegedly enabling providers of premium texting services to trick consumers into paying fees they weren’t expecting.

The watchdog is seeking $10 million each from Bell (TSX:BCE), Rogers (TSX:RCI.B) and Telus (TSX:T) and $1 million from the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association.

The industry, for its part, says the bureau is going after the wrong target and that its suit could have a chilling effect on e-commerce.

The so-called short-codes enable users to do anything from make charitable donations, to pay for parking or to vote for contestants on “So You Think You Can Dance” from their phones. There are some 700 such codes in use in Canada.

The bureau says premium services — it cites trivia questions and ringtones as examples — can cost up to $10 per transaction and up to $40 for a monthly subscription over and above standard texting plans.

“Our investigation revealed that consumers were under the false impression that certain texts and apps were free,” said bureau commissioner Melanie Aitken.

“Unfortunately, in far too many cases, consumers only became aware of unexpected and unauthorized charges on their mobile phone bills.”

In addition to the financial penalties, the Competition Bureau also wants full refunds for customers, a stop to advertisements that don’t clearly disclose the price of the premium-rate digital content and a “corrective notice” informing the public about any order issued against them.

The suit, which follows a five-month investigation, is before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The allegations have yet to be proven in court.

While the case currently names the three companies and the CWTA, bureau spokesman Bryan Parker said the investigation is ongoing.

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Chuck Easy, left, and Cam Clark in the Festival Ford showroom. Red Deer’s Ford dealership is now part of the Cam Clark Ford Auto Group.

Festival Ford sold

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Chuck Easy never planned to work in the auto sales industry. In fact, the longtime owner of Festival Ford was determined to avoid it.

“I told my wife many times, ‘If I ever tell you that I want to get into the car business, slap me on the side of the head and wake me up.’”

Not only did Easy end up there anyway, he remained for 42 years — his career finally ending on Aug. 27 with the sale of his Red Deer dealership to the Cam Clark Ford Auto Group. The decision to retire was softened considerably by the fact that Cam Clark is a trusted friend.

Easy’s son Darren remains general manager of the dealership, which has about 50 staff, and for all intents and purposes it’s business as usual.

“It was just that one day I wasn’t going to be there anymore, and I’m away half the year anyway,” said Easy, who at 69 spends his winters in California.

Clark did offer Easy an office at Festival Ford. He declined, but still expects to drop in on a regular basis.

“I have employees there, believe it or not, who were working there when I bought the business in 1983.”

The Cam Clark Ford Auto Group consists of Ford dealerships in Olds, Airdrie and Vancouver. Adding Festival Ford to the mix will create new synergies and reduce costs, said Clark.

“It will enable us to be more competitive in the marketplace.”

Reflecting back on his lengthy career, Easy said he was reluctant to enter the auto sales industry because of its unsavoury reputation at the time. He related, with a laugh, an old joke about a man who feared rejection by his fiancée — whose father was a convicted drug dealer and whose mother and sisters were involved in prostitution — if she discovered that his brother was a used car salesman.

“There were not a lot of ethics in the business.”

Originally from Nelson, B.C., Easy worked for a finance company in Edmonton in the late 1960s. He quit to avoid having to travel away from his young family.

A chance encounter with Ken Haywood, who was preparing to open Kentwood Ford Sales in Edmonton, resulted in a job offer.

Easy’s skepticism was lessened by Haywood’s enthusiastic commitment to customer service and business ethics.

Starting as assistant new car sales manager, Easy advanced to new car sales manager before moving to Calgary in 1974 to serve as general sales manager at Marlborough Ford. Three years later, he bought into the Ford dealership at Brooks.

A longtime friend, Jim Balkan, had owned Festival Ford since 1969, and in 1983 Easy arranged to buy him out. With the Alberta economy emerging from recession, the timing proved fortuitous.

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Rising gas prices cut into U.S. consumer spending

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Higher gas prices are crimping consumer spending and slowing the already-weak U.S. economy. And they could get worse in the coming months.

The Federal Reserve this week took steps to boost economic growth. But those stimulus measures are also pushing oil prices up. If gas prices follow, consumers will have less money to spend elsewhere.

The impact of the central bank’s actions “is likely to weigh on the value of the U.S. dollar and lift commodity prices,” said Joseph Carson, U.S. economist at AllianceBernstein. “We would not be surprised if (it) fueled more inflation in coming months, squeezing the real income of U.S. workers.”

Americans are already feeling pinched by high unemployment and slow wage growth.

Consumers increased their spending at retail businesses by 0.9 per cent in August, the Commerce Department reported Friday. But that was largely because they paid more for gas. Excluding the impact of gas prices and a sizeable increase in auto sales, retail sales rose just 0.1 per cent.

Perhaps more telling is where Americans spent less. Consumers cut back on clothing and electronics and at general merchandise outlets — discretionary purchases that typically signal confidence in the economy.

Gas prices have risen more than 50 cents per gallon (3.7 litres) in the past two months.

The national average was $3.87 a gallon on Friday. Most of the increase took place in August, which drove the biggest onemonth increase in overall consumer prices in three years, the Labor Department said Friday in a separate report.

“Consumers were not willing to spend much at the mall since they are feeling the pump price pinch,” said Chris Christopher, an economist at IHS Global Insight.

Weaker retail sales will likely weigh on growth in the July-September quarter.

Economists at Bank of America Merrill Lynch slashed their third-quarter growth forecast to an annual rate of only 1.1 per cent, down from 1.5 per cent. That’s not nearly fast enough to spur more hiring, which has languished since February.

The Fed is hoping to kick-start growth with a series of bold steps announced Thursday that could make borrowing

cheaper for years.

It plans to spend $40 billion a month to buy mortgage bonds to make home buying more affordable. It also pledged to keep short-term interest rates near zero through at least mid-2015.

Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed will continue its efforts — and intensify them if necessary — until the job market improves “substantially.”

The announcement ignited a two-day stock market rally that sent the Dow Jones industrial average to its highest level since December 2007, the first month of the Great Recession.

But the Fed’s actions also helped move oil prices briefly above $100 a barrel Friday for the first time since May. They fell back slightly but were still up 74 cents to $99.04 a barrel in mid-afternoon trading.

Carson noted that the Fed’s previous rounds of bond-buying pushed up commodity prices and fueled greater inflation. That weakened the ability of U.S. consumers to spend and likely slowed growth, he said.

He expects the same thing to happen again.

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MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market charged ahead for a second session Friday as traders continued to react enthusiastically to an aggressive stimulus program from the U.S. Federal Reserve.

The S&P/TSX composite index gained 139.31 points to 12,499.47, gaining 1.88 per cent this week, while the TSX Venture Exchange was up 15.22 points to 1,318.11.

The Canadian dollar moved off the highs of the morning amid soft manufacturing data while traders took some profits from a sharp runup over the last week.

The loonie was off 0.3 of a cent to 102.97 cents US, which is still a 12-month high. It had earlier been up about half a U.S. cent as the American dollar weakened.

The loonie surged more than two cents over the past seven sessions as the European Cen-

tral Bank announced a plan to purchase government bonds in order to keep eurozone borrowing costs under control and speculation mounted the Fed would act to support a slowing economy — as it did on Thursday.

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TALKS: Strike risk ‘manageable’ Transportation equipment accounted for more than three-quarters of the growth in Canadian manufacturing in the 12 months through June. The resurgence of the Big 3 has helped drive a sharp acceleration in Ontario manufacturing, more than offsetting the slowing pace of shipments from Quebec and British Columbia, Hopkins wrote in a report.

“Improving auto sales in the U.S. have also been a key component of demand growth for Canada’s largest trading partner. Stalling this momentum, even temporarily, would be costly.”

Meanwhile, debt rating agency DBRS said it believes a strike won’t likely be long or have a significantly harmful effect on General Motors or Ford.

DBRS said the risk of a strike is “manageable” even though it will have some impact on the automakers’ U.S. operations because of the inter-relationship between the operations on both sides of the border.

“We don’t expect a prolonged strike and even if the strike were to commence, the impact on the company and consequently the effect on the rating is not that material,” managing director Kam Hon said during a conference call after it raised the ratings of the two companies.

The ratings agency upgraded the ratings of both General Motors and Ford to BBB (low) from BB (high) due to their improved profitability, strong financial positions and strengthening North American operations.

DBRS said the U.S. automakers are mainly profitable because of past concessions from hourly workers, but abandoning efforts to reduce the $15 per hour cost differential between the Canadian and U.S. operations would make them uncompetitive with offshore rivals, especially from Japan and Korea.

DEALERSHIP: Relocated The dealership remained at 7130 Gaetz Ave. until January 2008, when it moved to its current location

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at Liberty Park in Gasoline Alley.

Clark said he met Easy in 1977.

“Chuck and I were neighbours in Brooks,” he remembered. “I worked for Canada Safeway and Chuck had just taken over the Ford dealership.”

They stayed in touch, and after ‘YOU HAVE TO Clark acquired the Ford dealership in HAVE A CUSTOMERAirdrie in 1987, they SERVICE-DRIVEN frequently worked BUSINESS, IT’S together.

“Chuck was my THAT SIMPLE. mentor for a long, THERE’S NOTHING long time, and still is in many areas,” said TO BE GAINED BY Clark.

NOT TREATING Easy said the industry has changed A CUSTOMER significantly since he PROPERLY, BUT got involved, including its treatment of TONS TO LOSE.’ customers.

— CHUCK EASY “You have to have a customer-servicedriven business, it’s that simple.

“There’s nothing to be gained by not treating a customer properly, but tons to lose.”

The quality of vehicles has also improved considerably, as reflected by their longer and more comprehensive warranties. A long list of features that were previously options are standard equipment.

Electronic communications have also revolutionized the industry. Vehicles were once ordered via carbon-copied forms that had to be sent to the factory, said Easy. Today the process can be accomplished instantaneously with a few clicks on a computer.

Easy plans to remain in Red Deer — at least during the warmer months.

“Why would you want to live anywhere else?” he asked.

“Every bank manager in the world wants his last posting to be in Red Deer so he can retire there.”

In addition to being a retirement destination, Red Deer and the surrounding region have a distinct characteristic when it comes to vehicle choices.

“It’s a truck market,” said Easy, pointing out that this category includes SUVs. “We probably sell eight trucks to every car we sell.”

But selling vehicles is something he doesn’t have to worry about anymore. And for now, that suits Easy just fine.

“I’m quite happy staying up until 2 in the morning and not getting up until 10 in the morning.” hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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the Fed program raised demand prospects for riskier assets such as oil and metals.

“Everything here is betting on risk-on trades continuing to work,” added Gorman.

The base metals sector led advancers, up almost four per cent as the rally in copper prices continued with the December contract up 12 cents to US$3.83 a pound. Copper, viewed as an economic barometer because it is used in so many industries, has surged 19 cents this past week. Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B) rose $1.58 to $33.02 while First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM) gained 33 cents to $23.11.

Railroads advanced alongside commodity stocks with Canadian Pacific Railway (TSX:CP) up $2.06 to $85.22.

Bullion was ahead 60 cents to US$1,772.70 an ounce following a jump of almost $40 on Thursday as the Fed program raised inflation concerns. The TSX gold sector gained about 2.7 per cent and Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX) climbed 87 cents to $41.19 and Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G) was 91 cents higher to $44.91.

Geopolitical worries also drove oil prices higher as a wave of anti-American protests in the Mideast raised supply concerns.

Protesters stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Yemen’s capital Thursday. Ongoing clashes have been taking place around the U.S. mission in Cairo, and the U.S. ambassador to Libya was killed Tuesday.

The October crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange gained 69 cents to US$99, pushing the energy sector up two per cent. Suncor Energy improved by $1.14 to $34.32 while Canadian Natural Resources (TSX:CNQ) improved by 85 cents to $33.67.

Financials rose almost one per cent with Manulife Financial (TSX:MFC) ahead 50 cents to $12.64.

Telecoms led decliners with Telus (TSX:T) down 97 cents to $60.73.

In corporate news, Talisman Energy Inc., (TSX:TLM) which

switched CEOs earlier this week, plans to wind down its operations in Peru. It says that despite the company’s success in finding light oil in a property called Block 64, it was unable to build a big enough position there. Talisman shares gained 59 cents to $14.57.

Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. (TSX:MBT) said Thursday it is launching a strategic review of its Allstream business division, opening up the possibility of a sale of the business. The company said recent changes by Ottawa to allow increased foreign investment in smaller telecoms have created an opportunity to consider a full range of alternatives.

Allstream provides Internet Protocol services such as voice and data to businesses in Canada and parts of the United States and has said growth in the division will be led by such services.

MTS shares gained 30 cents to $33.88.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: Nov.’12 $5.50 higher $651.60; Jan ’13 $5.10 higher $655.10; March ’13 $5.30 higher $655.60; May ’13 $4.20 higher $643.00; July ’13 $3.40 higher $633.50; Nov. ’13 $1.00 higher $568.50; Jan. ’14 $1.00 higher $571.00; March ’14 $1.00 higher $567.10; May ’14 $1.00 higher $567.10; July ’14 $1.00 higher $567.10; Nov. ’14 $1.00 higher $567.10.

Barley (Western): Oct. ’12 $0.30 higher $250.30; Dec. ’12 $0.30 higher $255.30; March ’13 $0.30 higher $258.30; May ’13 $0.30 higher $259.30; July ’13 $0.30 higher $259.80; Oct. ’13 $0.30 higher $259.80; Dec ’13 $0.30 higher $259.80; March ’14 $0.30 higher $259.80; May ’14 $0.30 higher $259.80; July ’14 $0.30 higher $259.80; Oct. ’14 $0.30 higher $259.80.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 370,220 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 370,220.

ECONOMY: Moves can push prices several ways The Fed’s moves can push up oil prices in several ways. The Fed creates new money to pay for its mortgage bond purchases. That increases the amount of dollars in circulation and can lower their value. Oil is priced in dollars, so the price tends to rise when the dollar falls. That’s because it costs more for overseas investors to purchase dollars to buy oil.

Lower interest rates also push investors out of safer assets, such as bonds, and into riskier investments, such as oil, in hopes of a greater return. And if the Fed’s moves accelerate growth, that would increase demand for oil and gas and also raise their prices.

Higher gas prices are eating up a bigger share of Americans’ incomes than in previous years. Spending at the pump accounts for 8.2 per cent of the typical family’s household income, according to Fred Rozell of the Oil Price Information Service. That’s just below last year’s 8.3 per cent.

Those represent the biggest slice of household income spent on gas since 1981. The typical household spends about $342 per month on gasoline. Before gasoline prices began rising in 2004, households spent less than $200 per month, Rozell said, under 5 per cent of median income.

Average gas prices are higher this year than last year. But Americans are using less by driving more fuel-efficient cars and driving less.

Meanwhile, average wages, adjusted for inflation, have been flat for the past year, the Labor Department said Friday. That adds to the squeeze on consumers.

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“The one element of this that I wasn’t sure they would go ahead with was making this open-ended,” said Bob Gorman, chief portfolio strategist at TD Waterhouse.

“And what it also does is remove the question of what will they do next — they’re telling you, OK, this is in place ’til the cows come home or unemployment hits seven per cent, (currently over eight per cent) whichever comes first pretty much.”

The money will be spent on mortgage-backed securities to keep interest rates low, encourage lending and support the slow recovery of the housing sector.

The Dow Jones industrials closed well off session highs, but still up 53.51 points to 13,593.37.

The Nasdaq composite index advanced 28.12 points to 3,183.95, while the S&P 500 index gained 5.78 points to 1,465.77.

The Fed has been under pressure to act because the U.S. economy is still growing too slowly to reduce high unemployment. Data for August released a week ago showed the economy unable to meet even modest expectations for job creation with employers adding just 96,000 positions.

Meanwhile, new data suggested that American consumers remain pessimistic. The Commerce Department reported Friday that retail sales increased in August to a seasonally adjusted 0.9 per cent, but that’s largely due to higher gasoline prices.

There were also soft industrial data from the U.S. and Canada.

U.S. industrial production fell 1.2 per cent in August, the biggest monthly drop in more than three years.

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The room witnessed in our before shot is an utter moose and we’re not just referring to the choice of horny-beast artwork; 1970s faux timber panelling, mismatched furniture and a sofa in hiding all add up to a seriously tricky room that reeks of mock horror ala The Evil Dead. Yay! We were determined to squeeze a cinematic mention into our column before the last lights of TIFF finally dim. Admittedly, though, we planned a somewhat more glamorous reference than that. But, anyway, just look at the room.

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30 years in Business!

Join us in Celebrating!

KCB Cabinets & Renovations Customer Appreciation Barbeque!

Friday, September 21, 2012 11am – 2pm

Customer service and an appreciation for who their customers are and what they bring to the renovating process have always been an important part of the way KCB Cabinets & Renovations conducts business. And as part of their 30th Anniversary celebrations, the company is hosting a Customer Appreciation Barbecue on Friday, September 21, 2012 from 11:00 am until 2:00 pm.

Come down and spend some time with Rick and the KCB crew. You can discuss kitchen, bathroom and reno-

vations trends, enjoy a delicious lunch and take part in a variety of draws offered by the company in appreciation of your patronage. As an added bonus KCB Cabinets &

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Renovations will also be offering huge savings on cabinetry, renovations and accessories throughout the month of September.

For further information or to discuss your remodeling and renovation plans, give KCB Cabinets a call today at 403-347-3334 or visit them at their Showroom located at #2, 4646 Riverside Drive in Red Deer. You can also visit them on line at www.kcbcabinets.com.

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KCB Cabinets & Renovations 30 Years of Craftsmanship and Service

Over the last 30 years the City of Red Deer has grown from a population of just over 48,000 people to a vibrant, thriving city of over 90,000. With that astounding growth, there have been many changes, especially in lifestyle. While there have been many new neighborhoods established, there has also been a marked upswing in the number of families staying in or moving back to the city’s older, well established areas and revitalizing and updating their homes through remodeling and renovation. For those who have opted for this path, KCB Cabinets & Renovations has been the leader in Red Deer.

Originally founded in 1982 by Nestor and Rosemary Soroka, “KCB Cabinets” first opened its doors on the second and third floors of an older three-storey house on 55th Street near Sacred Heart Church.

“It was quite an exciting time”, remembers Rosemary Soroka. “The showroom was on the second floor and our offices were on the third. The stairway was steep and narrow, which was typical of older homes and moving cabinets up and down them was always a real challenge”.

In the next two decades KCB Cabinets (short for Kitchen Cabinet Brokerage) grew from a small cabinet sales and installation company with a small renovation component into a well respected kitchen, bathroom and renovation specialist with the ability to handle most any renovation challenge presented. Relocated to #2, 4646 Riverside Drive in the 1990’s, the company now works with over half a dozen full-time, experienced trades to help you turn your home renovation dreams into reality.

Purchased by Rick and Amy Sauve in 2004, KCB Cabinets & Renovations are arguably the premier renovation experts in Central Alberta.

“We can not only provide high quality cabinetry for your kitchen or bathroom, we can also take care of all your renovation requirements including wall

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“We’re very proud of the work we do and the service we provide. We are thrilled to be able to celebrate KCB Cabinets & Renovations 30th Anniversary with everyone in Central Alberta!”

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removal and additions, drywall, electrical, plumbing, heating, flooring, painting, tiling and countertops”, says Rick Sauve.

“We also offer interior design services and provide warranty coverage on all work we do”.

KCB Cabinets & Renovations are proud members and supporters of the Central Alberta Home Builders Association (chbaca.ca) and their Renomark program (renomark.ca). Using a Renomark member assures you of reliability and professionalism in all your renovation dealings and provides you with the peace of mind that comes with knowing the job will be done right the first time. KCB Cabinets & Renovations are also active members of the Red Deer Chamber of Commerce, NKBA (National Kitchen & Bath Association) and the Better Business Bureau.

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“Kitchen and bathroom renovations are still the best thing you can do for your home to maintain and increase resale value”, adds Rick Sauve. “And we’re very proud of the work we do and the service we provide. We are thrilled to be able to celebrate KCB Cabinets & Renovations’ 30th Anniversary with everyone in Central Alberta and are happy to announce that we will be offering a variety of savings on cabinetry and renovations throughout the month of September”.

KCB Cabinets is located at #2, 4646 Riverside Drive in Red Deer. Drop by and check them out today! You can also call (L/R) Royce Baird - Project Manager, Doug Kemp – Estimator, Sara Stonehouse – them at 403-347-3334 or check them out on line at www.kcbcabinets.com.

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The Planning Process From Idea to Installation

Plans are nothing; planning is everything ... Dwight D. Eisenhower Homeowners today have many choices - new or existing, build or renovate, modern or traditional. Whatever your choice, it’s the planning process that sets the tone and gets you off to a solid start or leads you down the path to disaster.

Any renovation begins with a great design, and KCB Cabinets & Renovations of Red Deer are experienced professionals when it comes to helping you plan and carry out all your renovations, including kitchens, bathrooms, rec rooms & studies, large and small. KCB assists you from the idea stage through the planning process, structural renovations or additions, installation and the final clean up.

KCB Cabinets & Renovations excels at personalized service and by formalizing the planning process, the company is able to help you build a firm foundation for the upcoming changes. The first step in any renovation project is to make a wish list of all the ideas you would like to see incorporated in your project. According to Cathryn, one of KCB’s Sales and Design Consultants, a great way to begin to assemble your list is to visit www.houzz. com, the home building and renovation idea site. “Houzz.com is a wonderful site to use to collect ideas about renovating and decorating your home. It contains over 500,000 photos and home ideas and you can create your own idea book to save your favourites”, she says.

Once you’ve collected your thoughts and ideas and established an idea of your personal style, the next step is to visit the KCB showroom at 2, 4646 River-

side Drive in Red Deer. Their large showroom showcases designs from Kitchencraft, Columbia, Omega and Superior Cabinets and also contains an amazing variety of kitchen and bathroom displays and ideas allowing clients to view many of the options and accessories available to cre-

ate the room of your dreams. KCB designers are available to discuss your needs, ideas and budget, and to begin the planning process. A cabinet quote can be formulated based on these visits.

For renovations, a renovation specialist will visit your home for consultation and will work

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with you to create or recreate old spaces into new, and often works with the cabinet designer to seamlessly integrate the process. Once this phase of the planning process is complete, KCB Cabinets & Renovations uses the information to establish an estimate of the cost of completing

your project.

Upon your approval of the plans and estimate for your project, KCB draws up the contract for work to be done. A good contract ensures the use of reputable contractors and prevents the unhappy outcomes associated with using unprofessional workers. KCB puts much effort to state clearly all work that is to be completed - for both the safety and the peace of mind of their customers, and to ensure the project is completed in accordance with the specifics of the contract. In other words, we do what we say we’re going to do, and we’ll put it in writing!

The signing of the contract and ordering of product signals the end of the first phase of your project. It is usual for there to be a period of four to six weeks when life returns to normal while your cabinets are being manufactured. The real excitement begins when the cabinets are delivered and demolition, cleanup, construction and installation gets underway. Once this phase is in full swing, life can be both exciting and challenging, but the most important thing to remember is that the end result will be well worth it!

For further information or to discuss your remodeling and renovation plans, give KCB Cabinets & Renovations a call today at 403-347-3334 or visit them at their Showroom located at #2, 4646 Riverside Drive in Red Deer.

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Kitchen and Bath Design Trends Looking Toward the Future KCB Cabinets & Renovations is celebrating 30 years of excellence and customer service by honoring the past, but looking steadfastly to the future. Renovations in general, but especially in the kitchen and bathroom business, a big part of that view of the future revolves around anticipating new and upcoming design trends and being able to implement them to your client’s benefit.

KITCHENS Some of the most noticeable current trends in kitchen design incorporate lighter, brighter and more efficient kitchen layouts using a mixture of materials and technologically advanced appliances and devices. A sampling of some of the more conspicuous trends indicates: Streamlined Kitchens - trends are reflecting our more casual and collaborative method of living, preparing, cooking, eating and entertaining. Integrated appliances like drawer-style fridges - and fridges, ovens, microwaves and dishwashers fronted to match the cabinetry - give a much cleaner look to the kitchen. We can now hide most of the day-to-day functions, and our kitchens look a lot cleaner, neater and simpler. Although this has been around for a while in higher-end kitchens, most manufacturers are now following this trend.

Mixing Woods, Paints and Stains - It’s no longer just a case of either a stained-wood or a painted kitchen. We are starting to use stained wood and paint together in the same kitchen. But it’s not just any regular stain and paint. As an example we might use grey-wash stain on walnut cabinetry, mixed with white shelves. This contrast of colours and textures is much more exciting.

High Gloss paint is also big right now. High gloss can be overwhelming if used too much, so a good way to bring it in is on a 2” frame around the cabinetry, as well as on gables and any open shelving, with the remaining cabinetry being stained. Stainless-steel appliances, a mosaic backsplash, thick stone countertop, and great lighting over the island will tie it all together and be a perfect blend of materials to ensure for an exciting kitchen.

Mixed Materials – The austere palette of high-gloss white floors, stainless-steel appliances and countertops, with modern natural wood cabinetry creates a wonderful overall effect. The combination is warm and welcoming rather than sleek and impersonal.

Tech Stations - Rather than a jumble of cords all over the house, busy homes increasingly feature one docking station, often in the home’s Command Central: the kitchen.

Another increasingly popular tech tweak - an iPad shelf replacing the old cookbook shelf.

Lighter and Brighter Kitchens – Designers are moving away from using dark colours and paneling to using medium and light to lighter finishes and veneers. To compliment this lighter and more contemporary look, details are being simplified, materials are getting pared-down, colours are lighter and brighter, and textures are softer.

Overall Design - More than any other room of the home, the kitchen is the most central and the most versatile. It is used to prepare meals, feed the family and to store food and kitchenware. The kitchen is also the family fathering place, the center of the home and it is important when building or renovating that every aspect of design be taken into consideration in the planning process.

There are many things to be considered prior to renovating and one of the most important is to consider the three basic kitchen functions: storage, food preparation, and clean-up. A well-though out and prepared kitchen design will accommodate each of these three functions.

Each of movement and convenient layout of kitchen design is important. The classic “work triangle” should be the basis of the overall floor plan. The kitchen sink, refrigerator and stove, the three kitchen items used most often, should be arranged in a triangular pattern to accommodate movement. The “work triangle” concept saves unnecessary steps when preparing foods, and always proves to be the most convenient layout design.

Another idea is to consider incorporating more than one work area, so that more than one person can work efficiently in the kitchen at the same time. A self-standing chopping block, island, or other similar kitchen feature will increase convenient work space and provide separation between those working in the kitchen.

BATHROOMS The Natural Bath - Although kitchens are using brighter palettes, baths are going in the opposite direction. They’re incorporating darker tones and are utilizing a lot of natural elements.

Unless it’s a children’s bath, you don’t want to be confronted with bright and overbearing colours. The soothing, natural, trend is wood-grain ceramic or porcelain tile, or other such elements. Glass tile is also still in fashion, but recycled glass tile is even hotter. There’s a growing trend towards recycled materials, which is great.

People also want the warmth of metal fixtures in finishes like bronze. Hues from the natural world like pale greens, ivories, and anything warm and neutral are popular, and so

iis texture. Weathered wood in grey tones, like driftwood, rrather than pine, is also popular, as is stone. Walls tend to b be neutral, like a off-white, but colour can be introduced o on the ceiling, where it can provide a subtle halo of pale aaqua, pink or green.

Clean Streamlined Design - Overall design trends are m modern rather than traditional. People are going simple aand clean, with no clutter, which means getting rid of tthose heavy, dark vanities and chunky moldings, and rep placing them with light, airy colours; clean, large-format ttiles - if not slab materials - with less elaborate borders.

Adding Personality with Lighting and Color - We are sseeing very fun trends like hanging fixtures by the vanity m mirrors instead of wall-mounted fixtures. Wallpaper has also been making a come-back, but in 2012 we’ll see alternatives to the usual patterns. We’ll see a lot of geometric designs in bold colours, and a lot of prints that look almost like fabric.

Show Stopping Tile - Whether on backsplashes, shower enclosures, floors or all of the above - eye-catching tile is taking centre stage - natural stones, quartz, glass.

Wood Floors – We’re seeing a lot of wood floors now.

The planks are of better quality and they can last for years – even decades. Salvaged aged-wood, like barnboard, is perfect for the bath and looks amazing on the floor. It can also be used in wood vanities and to frame a mirror. It’s a raw, textured look that adds warmth and personality.

Just as a well thought out design is crucial to your renovations, knowledge of current trends is also an important component of your overall satisfaction with the results of your project. You can count on KCB Cabinets & Renovations to always provide you with the most efficient and up-to-date designs.

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Dear Debbie; We will be selling our house in the fall and want to give it some added curb appeal.

Would there be much work and expense involved in putting in a new front door? I was thinking of adding side glass panels, not sure if this is a mistake.

Thank you for any ideas. We love your column.

— Frieda Dear Frieda; Replacing your entry door is a great idea! It will not only transform the exterior of your home, but also your front hall.

Any rooms that open onto the hall will reap the benefit of a new design, and if you DEBBIE add glass panels, more light.

TRAVIS There’s lots to consider, and you will find a wide choice of style and colour.

Entrance doors come in wood, fiberglass and steel.

Wood is a traditional favourite with authentic designs to match your architectural style, whether Victorian, Colonial or Craftsman.

The new fiberglass or steel doors look like wood but offer low maintenance, and are more weather resistant and durable. They’re also more budget friendly.

The entrance shown here is from Pella. The 6-panel fiberglass door has a wood grain finish. The side panels and transom frame the entry with the artful detail of decorative glass.

There are various designs available that provide either partial or full privacy, while allowing light to shine through. Glass inserts or metal fretwork can be installed as part of the door as well.

Since you are thinking about adding panels, or a wider door, the original entry opening will have to be enlarged.

Ask a professional contractor what this will entail in materials and labour. A 36-inch wide door will add more room to manoeuvre, whether you are carrying a baby, a bag of groceries, or need extra space for a wheelchair or walker. That’s a big bonus, and one more important element to consider.

Dear Debbie; We recently replaced our bedroom windows with low-e glass. The warm beige we love on the walls now has a lime yellow tint. I’ve tried testers of different beiges and also gone darker than we wanted, but they all look greenish. Is there any way to get a

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Unlike Canadian carpenters who never use a handsaw for months or years on end, British carpenters still recognize that a great handsaw is often the most efficient, fast and precise way to cut wood.

Handsaws are also the only tool that can get into the tightest quarters to complete tricky cuts.

The Universal Handsaw design includes cutouts on the blade that help when marking wood with a pencil for cutting at various angles, but these only make sense because the saw cuts so very well in the first place.

Another small feature that makes a big difference is the shiny finish on the sides of the blade.

It’s reflective enough that the mirrored surface allows a very simple yet powerful technique to be used to ensure square cuts without marking or following any pencil lines.

Choose the exact spot where you want to cut your wood, place the blade on the lumber, then look at the reflection of the edge of the wood in the shiny side of the blade.

Rotate the blade one way or the other and you’ll find that the reflection of the edge of the wood shows up meeting the reality of the wood at different angles.

When you align the blade so the reflection of the edge is a seamless and straight extension of the real edge of the board, the blade is oriented exactly square to lumber.

Maintain this bladeto-wood orientation throughout the cut and you’ll have a square end.

Some of the best tools are the quietest, safest and simplest. If the prospect of cutting lumber by hand seems like an oldfashioned waste of time, think again.

With the right model of saw on your side, you’ll see how stereotypes can sometimes outlive reality.

Steve Maxwell, syndicated home improvement and woodworking columnist, has shared his DIY tips, how-to videos and product reviews since 1988. Follow “Canada’s Handiest Man” at SteveMaxwell.ca, Facebook or @ Maxwells_Tips on Twitter.

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Bring the outside inside this fall Everywhere you turn in the fall, you see Mother Nature’s creativity.

The tree leaves are aflame in red, orange and yellow.

Bushes and vines are peppered with berries. And don’t even get me started on the pumpkins and gourds!

I like to bring the outside in when I decorate for every season, but in fall, it’s practically mandatory because there is so much beauty right outside my window.

One of my tricks it to use lifelike faux greenery in seaMARY CAROL sonal displays throughout my GARRITY home. It takes just minutes, but transforms my home. Here are six great spots you can dress up with faux greens to make your home beautiful for autumn.

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Entry Table Knock guests’ socks off the minute they walk in the door by styling a showy bouquet for your entry.

Start with a large-scaled vase, like a twiggy urn. To give an urn even more presence, place it on a riser — or a table.

I use nature as my guide when working with faux greens. For arrangements, start with a base of fallen branches, salvaged from the yard or roadside. With their imperfect twists and turns, natural branches give you a great template to follow when inserting faux greens.

Just mimic the lines of the branches and you can’t go wrong.

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Dining-Room Buffet Bouquets in vases or urns aren’t the only way to bring fall greens into your decor. Consider using a fake pumpkin vine, complete with plump pumpkins affixed.

One of the most common mistakes people make when working with faux foliage is to not take the time to shape each piece until it looks natural. When the garland, sprays and picks arrive at Nell Hill’s, they are squished flat in packages. Before we put them in our displays, we fluff them out, opening the leaves, giving the branches some twists and turns, until they mimic the growth patterns of real foliage.

Tops of Tall Furniture Those ‘up high’ places in our homes are often the hardest to decorate.

What do you put on the top of your armoire, bookcase or secretary? Plenty! I like to use this little stage for a faux-greenery display.

I have had more fun coming up with different looks for the spot on top of the antique bookcase in my study. For fall, I perch a wooden dough bowl up there and fill it with varying assortments of gourds and greenery.

When you decorate your up-high places, be sure to let the branches and vines twist and reach into the space around the furniture and trail down the sides of the piece. Otherwise, it will look too staged and stilted.

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Bouquets in vases or urns aren’t the only way to bring fall greens into your decor. Consider using a fake pumpkin vine, complete with plump pumpkins affixed. play, but not spend a lot of time doing it, decorate your light fixtures with faux vines. These dramatic displays are super-easy to pull together and take your seasonal decorating to the next level.

Any spot where you have a light fixture that hangs down is fair game.

I always hit the fixture in my study because it’s a small one and I can crank it out in a snap.

I always save my most creative ideas for the showier chandelier in my dining room. If you spend a lot of time in your kitchen, be sure to do that fixture, too.

The key to styling your light fixture is to have a faux vine or garland climb the chain in languid loops.

Be sure it doesn’t look symmetrical or staged.

Instead, let the vine meander through the arms of the fixture, then trail down a bit from the center. If you want to take the display a step further, weave in some picks and a twist of fall ribbon.

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Decorating for fall is an indoor-outdoor thing for me. I like to add touches everywhere. Since I have a semi-enclosed screened porch, this has become one of my favorite spots to dress up for fall. I frequently hang lanterns on my wall, decorating them with faux greens.

You can do the same at your home, whether on your front stoop, back patio or in your garden.

This column has been adapted from Mary Carol Garrity’s blog at www. nellhills.com. She can be reached at marycarol@nellhills.com.

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I really like to keep my fall foliage bouquets light and airy, loose and a bit topsy-turvy, so they feel wild, organic and alive.

When creating a bouquet, periodically stand back and ask yourself if you’ve ever seen plants growing like this in nature. If the arrangement looks too perfect, chances are the answer will be “no.” Mess it up a bit — I think you’ll like the results.

When styling fall bouquets, try combining a mix of faux plants. Once the fallen branches are in place, insert tall sprays — usually they look like fall branches with the leaves still on.

Next, use shorter sprays to fill in the middle ground. Then finish off with a few interesting picks, like berries or nut-covered twigs, placed toward the bouquet’s center or woven throughout. Also, let vines twist about and hang down. Real honeysuckle vines are still one of my favorites.

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I had a window unit installed, but it takes away from the charm of my older home. However, I can remove it in the winter.

I tried opening the vent on the side of the furnace hoping to draw some of the cooler air from the basement, but that didn’t help. Do you have any insight into this problem?

A: Moving cold air from the basement to the upper floors has always presented a problem for homeowners and installers.

Cold air is more dense or heavier than warm air, because when the air is heated, the atoms move farther apart, so warm air is thinner.

Cold air is compact and cannot hold as much moisture as warmer air. As the basement’s furnace fan attempts to force cold air to the top floors, the air will gain heat as it travels through the restrictions of the ductwork, so the air coming from the higher-floor registers will be warmer and contain more moisture molecules.

Adding dampers to

the supply ducts would allow you to choose which floors receive the majority of the air from the fan, but opening a cold-air return right next to the fan may not be a good idea.

If the basement door is closed, the fan will pull air from every opening in the basement including sump pits, laundry and floor drains and could increase the amount of radon gas buildup in the home.

For more information, visit http://www.epa.gov/ radon/.)

Before adding a second air-conditioning unit, have the ductwork inspected by a trained and qualified HVAC (heating/venting/airconditioning) expert.

Note I did not say “technician,” because the sizing and installation of the ductwork requires a great deal of technical knowledge and design work using manual-D calculations published by the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA).

With some states adopting new energy codes, and with Energy Star 3.0, all new HVAC installations must be installed using manual D for the ductwork and manual J to size the equipment.

In older homes, the ductwork will likely be

undersized and will have major air leaks at joints and seams.

If you have flexible ducts in the attic or basement that carry the air to the register, the corrugation inside the pipes will restrict airflow and bends such as 90-degree elbows further restrict airflow. Air restrictions inside the ducts heat the air and overwork the fan and air conditioner.

If the vertical ductwork is accessible, it would be energy-wise to have it replaced.

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Give your teenager a comfortable, independent space Teenagers need their own space for so many reasons.

Yes, they should be watched over and guided, but during the teen years, a need for independence sprouts and as parents we can help them feel comfortable in their own, personal independent space. The bedroom is the place. So let’s explore options for decorating and furnishing a teenager’s bedroom.

The best place to start is to ask your teen what he or she wants the room to look like. You probably already have an idea, but asking will make him or her more confident that the space is not one that Mom or Dad is imposing.

Does she like bold colors? Do those bold colors go against the decor in the rest of the house?

Perhaps it works to make her room unique and separate-looking from the rest of the house. After all, you can close the door when company comes over.

Perhaps one wall can be red and the other three blue. Maybe one wall can be hot pink while the others are gray. Or one wall can be purple with the other three green. Let him choose, then make him help paint. After all, it is his room!

If pastels are the preference, again, let him pick the colors regardless of the hues elsewhere in the house.

The room must have a full-length mirror. This is the age when how the teen looks is more important than just about anything else.

Having a full-length mirror on a wall or on the back of the door will let him check out the latest styles before venturing out into the world or critics.

Storage is important in every room of the house.

In a teen’s room, sometimes the closet overflows. Shelves on the walls might help with storage. Her schoolbooks, computer accessories, souvenirs and the like can be put out of the way, yet still be handy on the shelves.

Containers that fit under the bed are another way for less-used-but-necessary items -- such as extra blankets or pillows for the occasional overnight guest. Off-season clothes like sweaters during summer, or bathing suits during winter, can be kept there.

You might want to keep the window treatments light. If you make the room too dark, it might not be so easy to get up in the morning for school, and sleeping the day away on weekends isn’t the healthiest way a teen can spend her day off.

A comfortable room is a

great escape from the real or imagined problems teens go through, but be sure to leave the bedroom door open most of the time so the teen is still a part of the family. And remember to enjoy them even in their teen years. They

will be off and on their own way too soon.

Rosemary Sadez Friedmann, an interior designer in Naples, Fla., is author of ‘Mystery of Color.’ For design inquiries, write to Rosemary at DsgnQuest@aol.

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It’s never too late to be studious. While students’ thoughts turn to books, it might be time to rethink your work space whether you are matriculated or still taking graduate classes in the school of life.

The best place to start is the desk, the centerpiece for transforming the cerebral into the tangible.

It’s the one spot in the home you approach with a definite purpose. It’s the place to get serious about studying, paying bills, writing, reading and unintentional daydreaming, so why not make it great?

The Las Vegas Furniture Market and the International Furniture Market at High Point, N.C., offered some possibilities.

Here’s a glance at some of what’s out there: Nothing ignites the imagination more than travel, which is why Steven Shell’s cartographer’s desk with drafting table elevation and drawers for storage is almost attractive enough to be distracting.

Once you have studied the hand-painted map that makes up the work surface, you will want to use it to plan those trips from Outer Mongolia to the Outer Banks. (For more information, visit www.stevenshell. com.)

The painter’s work desk by Bob Timberlake Home for Century Furniture is the perfect place to spark your creative spirit, whether you choose to doodle a game of hangman on the gas bill or start writing the Great American Novel. In mahogany solids with open storage, pencil tray and tilted lift lid. (www. centuryfurniture.com) The Harborview table desk with leather inlaid top on inverted metal Z legs is sleek enough to go from the bedroom to the family boardroom. It’s from Sligh’s Longboat Key Collection. The simple but elegant design speaks to those who desire a clear path from A to B. Sit, do, done. (www.sligh.com) Not just for recipes anymore, Paula Deen’s sawhorse work table for Universal Furniture is a real workhorse. The piece from the Down Home Collection has three drawers and four shelves, plenty big enough to hold the weight of your interests from pencils to photos, from books to iPads. (www.universalfurniture.com) If you have space issues, then French Heritage’s slanted corner desk with ebony and red trim and brass accents might be just the ticket for tackling tedious tasks.

It features drop-leaf sides for expanding or deleting your area of study and will fit nicely into any corner of the house. (www.frenchheritage.com) From the Atelier Collection by Hickory Chair is the Sonia demi-lune desk. Inspired by a French Neoclassic writing table and crafted from ash solids with walnut veneers and antique bronze pulls, it’s a handsome addition to any room.

You can request your own hardware, and it’s available in more than 70 finishes). This is one desk you can really make your own. (www.hickorychair. com) Preppies love their style coupled with color, so Lilly Pulitzer’s Kelley campaign desk in green lacquer with brass hardware will have them feeling right at home and ready to attack everything from the J.

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Firm is prepared to train a candidate who has experience in some but not all aspects of the position.

Please submit your resume by mail, email or fax to:

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Come Grow With Us!!!!

As one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies, CBI Home Health provides you with more opportunities and greater support, training and career development than any other health care company.

We are currently recruiting for the following positions:

Community Care Supervisor LPN / RN The position requires you to:

GERIG HAMILTON NEELAND LLP Attn: Buddy Melnyk 501, 4901 - 48 Street Red Deer, AB. T4N 6M4 Email: bmelnyk@ ghnlawyers.ca Fax: 403-343-6522

Medical

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

Legal Assistant/ Conveyancer

* train and supervise Health Care Associates in community and lodge settings in the city of Red Deer and surrounding areas * be a great communicator * ensure quality and manage areas of risk problem, solve and make appropriate decisions * educate and mentor * ensure positive client outcomes * have a reliable vehicle * be avail. for a rotation of days/evenings/weekends

Certified Health Care Aides

Duhamel Manning Feehan All applicants require: Warrender Glass LLP * Health Care Aid Requires the services of a certification, be enrolled Real Estate Conveyancer in a government with 5 years+ experience. recognized HCA Builders experience would program or have be an advantage. documented previous Please email resume to experience. ssimmons@altalaw.ca or * Recent clear Criminal fax to the attention of Record Check Office Manager on (within the last 3 mths) 403.343.0891. * Proof of required immunizations (Hep B, Ruebella, Central Alberta’s Largest Varicella and TB test) Car Lot in Classifieds * Reliable vehicle

Medical

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RN, LPN & HCA’S Required. All positions available. Visit www.mvsh.ca or send resume to HR@mvsh.ca Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

Positions available in the City of Red Deer and surrounding areas (Olds, Lacombe, Sylvan Lake, Blackfalds, Great employer benefit package.

To apply, please e-mail your cover letter and resume to: hrhomehealth@cbi.ca

F/T / P/T Pharmacy Technician. Apply w/ resume to: Highland Green Value Drug Mart, Red Deer

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

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Great people are

ESSENTIAL and we recognize their value.

800 Essential Energy Services Ltd. provides oilfield services to oil and gas producers in western Canada related to the ongoing servicing of producing wells and new drilling activity. As we continue to grow and expand we are currently looking for applicants for the following positions:

Great people are

ESSENTIAL

Receptionist / Junior Administrative Assistant

and we recognize their value.

Technicoil Corp.

Red Deer,Alberta

– Honouring Memories – – Celebrating Lives –

“A division of Memorial Gardens Ltd.”

Legal

Essential Energy Services Ltd. provides oilfield services to oil and gas producers in western Canada related to the ongoing servicing of producing wells and new drilling activity. We currently offer to the industry Coiled Tubing Services, Service Rigs, Fluid Pumping Units, Nitrogen Services,Acid & Remedial Cementing Services and Downhole Tools throughout Western Canada. As we continue to grow and expand we are currently looking for applicants for the following positions:

Applicant Requirements

Why Apply To The Essential Group

• Office Technology or related certificate • Proficiency in Microsoft Office • Exceptional phone manners and communication skills • Superior organizational skills and attention to detail • Able to work in team environment

• Career advancement opportunities • Competitive wages • Industry leading benefit packages • RSP matching program • Employee referral bonus program

Apply at: E: nsjones@technicoilcorp.com w w w. e s s e n t i a l e n e r g y. c a

A Classified Announcement in our

“Card of Thanks”

Can deliver your message.

309-3300

Email: classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

Oilfield

Cement & Acid Supervisors & Operators Nitrogen Supervisors & Operators

Applicant Requirements

Why Apply To The Essential Group

• Clean driver’s abstract • Ability to pass pre-employment screening • Willing to work flexible hours • Self-motivated • Valid Class 5 driver’s license • Class 1 & 3Q driver’s license an asset

• Career advancement opportunities • Competitive wages • Industry leading benefit packages • RSP matching program • In-house driver’s training • Employee referral bonus program

Apply at: P: 1.855.314.3715 Toll Free F: 403.309.3320 E: careers@technicoilcorp.com W: www.essentialenergy.ca/careers technicoil w w w. e s s e n t i a l e n e r g y. c a

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Central Alberta Oilfield Construction Company

Class 1 & 3Q Drivers

REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY:

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Coil Tubing Supervisors & Operators

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Office/Phone Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Mon - Fri

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• Labourers • Pipefitters & Apprentices • Portable Welders & Apprentices Valid H2S, 1st Aid, WHMIS & TDG required.

Confined Space & other Safety tickets an asset.

Please send resumes by fax to: 403-729-3236 or e-mail to bunwel@telusplanet.net

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Oilfield

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LOOKING for

F/T EMT

Full time position w/exc. remuneration and benefit pkg.

Send resume to A growing Production COLTER PRODUCTION jen@alertsafety.ca. or fax Testing company, based TESTING SERVICES INC to 403-844-4484 out of Sylvan Lake, is currently accepting resumes Join Our Fast Growing STEAM TRUCK operator for the following positions: Team and Secure Your req’d. Must have experiFuture with our Optimum ence and have clean Benefit Package Qualified Supervisors, driver’s abstract, all req’d & RRSP’s!! tickets and reliable Night Operators & transportation. Fax resume Field Assistants Production Testing 403-348-2918 or email gelliott@telusplanet.net Personnel: If you are a team player interested in the oil and Day & Night SUREPOINT GROUP gas industry, please Provides a complete range Supervisors submit your resume, & Field Operators of services to the upstream current driver’s abstract oil and gas industry. and current safety Our RED DEER Location • Qualified Day & Night certificates (1st Aid & H2S is looking for InstrumentaSupervisors are the min. qualifications) - (Must be able to provide tion Technicians and to the following: Electricians: 2nd, 3rd, 4th own work truck.)

Fax 403-887-4750 year and Journeymen ! lkeshen@1strateenergy.ca • Field Operators We offer: - Valid First Aid, H2S, - Competitive wages driver’s license required!

Please specify position - Comprehensive Group when replying to this ad.

Please see your website Benefits - Outstanding Safety @ www.colterenergy.ca We would like to thank all Program ? It is our job to or contact us at those candidates who ensure we all go home 1-877-926-5837 apply, however only SAFE EVERY DAY qualified personnel Please forward resumes to Your application will be will be contacted. careers@surepoint.ca or kept strictly confidential Barden Oilfield Hauling is EXPERIENCED PIPELINE FAX: (780) 830-5115 accepting resumes for Celebrate your life LABORERS. Acme area.

Journeyman Picker with a Classified Must have all safety tickets.

Operators, Winch Truck ANNOUNCEMENT Competitive wages.

Operators, and Texas Bed Fax or email: 403-749-3367 Operators. Successful TEAM Snubbing now cccenca@telus.net applicants must have all hiring operators and helpoilfield tickets. Please ers. Email: janderson@ email or fax teamsnubbing.com resume & 5 year C.D.A. to Start your career! steve.bardentrucking@ See Help Wanted telus.net or 403 341 3968.

Landcore Technologies Inc. located in Ponoka is currently seeking energetic, motivated team Professionals players for the following positions:

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BOILER OPERATOR NEEDED FOR PROJECT IN FORT NELSON BC Must have all tickets, Fax resume 403-886-2223 OR EMAIL: careers@GTChandler.com CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

Busy trucking company looking for experienced winch truck, bed truck and tractor picker operators.

Please fax resume (403) 343-1922 or drop off at 10, 7719 Edgar Industrial Dr. DEX Production Testing req’s exp. day night supervisors & assistants.

Competitive wage & benefit pkg. Email resume to: office@ dexproduction.com or fax 403-864-8284 JAGARE ENERGY PRODUCTION TESTING now hiring Day Supervisors, Night Operators, and Helpers.

Email resumes to: jagare2@gmail.com or mikeg@jagareenergy.com

Oilfield

Drillers and Driller Assistants with a Class 1 driver’s license.

Apprentice or Journeyman Mechanics Pile Drive Operators Pile Drive Assistants Field Supervisor All candidates must be able to pass a pre-employment drug test.

Safety tickets are an asset but we are willing to train the right candidate.

We offer exceptional pay, excellent benefit package and a positive work environment.

Please email resumes to info@landcore.ca or fax 403-783-2011.

The right candidates will be contacted for an interview.

Please no phone calls.

TARTAN CONTROLS Is expanding.

Looking for Shops Hands.

Please fax resume 403-309-0988 or email: dgunn@ tartancontrols.com

“JOIN OUR TEAM�

Optical Lab Tech

Our office is looking for a career minded professional, a team player who enjoys a fast paced, exciting work atmosphere. Part time position. Willing to work flexible schedule including Wed. evenings and Saturdays till 2 pm. Will train right candidate. Please fax your resume to 403-342-0188 DOW CHEMICAL in Prentiss, Alberta is now hiring a

Project Engineer

Please review the detailed job posting and requirements, and apply on-line at www.careersatdow.com Job Number 1208415 Deadline to apply is: October 4, 2012 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Maple Leaf Environmental & Safety Ltd. is a proactive, dynamic and progressive company. We are currently recruiting for the position of Seismic Safety Advisors, Shut down safety personnel and EMR, EMT Alberta College of Paramedics registered medical personnel for winter projects throughout Western Canada. Please fax or e-mail resume & qualifications to: Keith Anderson Fax: 403-637-2024 kanderson@ mapleleafsafety.com

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

F/T or P/T Housekeeping and servers with experience in serving seniors.

Must be flexible, work within a team environment, take initiative and work without supervision.

Must be available to work weekend. MUST be able to pass criminal check. We offer a competitive salary.

Fax: 403-341-5613 Attention: ARAMARK e-mail: margery_becker@ aramark.ca JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., Requires to work at 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Parkland Mall STORE FRONT F.T. SHIFT WORK, $11.00/hr.

Please fax resume to: 403-314-1303

Teachers/ Tutors

840

WOLF CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS invites applications for the following position:

Family School Liaison Worker Ponoka Composite High School

Trades

850

A FULL TIME PAINTER PRODUCT o/a A&W Village, REQUIRED DEVELOPMENT 58 6320 50 Ave. Red Deer, Painting exp. necessary.

MANAGER AB T4N 4C6. 403-346-6100 Must have vehicle. developing and creating Needs F/T Food Service Must be task orientated, future products. Ideal Supervisor. Shift work, self motivated & reliable. candidate must have post must be flexible. $13.50/hr.

Phone 403-596-1829 secondary education, be a Please apply in person or team player and like to email: ormit@telus.net ABEL CORPORATION think “ outside the box�. is looking for candidates Manufacturing experience for the following positions: an asset.

Sales & A great Monday to Friday Distributors * Woodworking machine work week. Free training operators $17.00- $21.50 provided, friendly crews! hourly - 40 hrs. per wk.

SOAP STORIES Email resume: * Furniture manufacturing is seeking ngfadmin@nossack.com labourers $13.95 - $17.

Retail Sales Supervisor or fax resume to hourly - 40 hrs. per wk. for our Parkland Mall location, 403-227-1131 * Cabinetmakers $18.50Red Deer. $17.40/hr.

GREAT PEOPLE WORK $22.50 hourly - $40.00 Email resume: AT NOSSACKS. hrs. per wk. premierjobrd1@gmail.com Classifieds Looking for a place Send resumes to Your place to SELL to live?

Box 5324 Lacombe, Your place to BUY Take a tour through the Alberta T4L 1X1; CLASSIFIEDS apply by email at Abel.Corporation@ Restaurant/ canadaemail.net or Hotel Teachers/ by fax to (403) 782-2729

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CORONATION MOTEL REQUIRE IMMEDIATELY F/T HOUSEKEEPERS. $14.50/hr, 35 hrs/wk.

Little experience required.

Call 403-578-3700

DAD’S PIZZA

PART/FULL TIME COOK Apply at East 40th Pub. 3811 40th Ave. You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Oilfield

RMT required for chiropractic & massage clinic. Please apply, in person, with resume to Optimum Performance Centre, located in the Collicutt Centre.

Tutors

840

DO YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR TEACHING? Local educational center seeks 3rd or 4th year education students, teachers and retired teachers for our new after school tutoring program.

Please forward resumes with cover letter and references to: firststepsandbeyond @gmail.com

850

Trades

850

Cen-Con Concrete Inc.

For further specifics on the above positions, please visit Wolf Creek Public Schools’ website at www.wolfcreek.ab.ca, or contact the Division Office at 403-783-3473.

NOSSACK GOURMET FOODS LTD. ORMIT ENTERPRISES LTD

Trades

Boots Transport Ltd. Requires 3 - Class 1 Drivers with 2+ years driving exp. to run the 4 Western provinces (based in Calgary) 60 hrs/wk. $40K $70/year.

Bob 403-238-5755 B R I C K L AY E R / S TO N E MASON REQ’D IMMED. for busy growing company, Please fax resume to: 1-888-214-9225 or call and leave msg at 403-346-7625

Andy’s Oilfield Hauling Ltd. in Blackfalds requires:

Winch Truck, Bed Truck Drivers & Picker Operators Competitive wages, benefits and scheduled days off. tickets and experience an asset.

Please forward applications by e-mail to accounting@ andystrucking.net or fax (403) 885-4931

Req’s a F/T Foreman/Supervisor with extensive knowledge in carpentry. This position will provide guidance for several employees.

Limited physical labor req’d. We offer competitive wages and an exc. benefit package. Fax resume to 403-340-1246 or email: tarific@telusplanet.net DAVENEPORT MILLWRIGHT SERVICES now hiring CERTIFIED JOURNEYMAN MILLWRIGHTS and WELDERS

BAR W/UFA Petroleum & Electric

for Red Deer SHUT DOWN SEPT. 30- OCT. 6

Positions open for:

Must have own transportation.

* Mechanical Technician * Electrical Technician

The successful candidates must have strong aptitude for electronic, mechanical and computer systems.

Strong problem solving and trouble shooting ability will directly affect success within the position.

Please fax resumes to 403-347-9301 or email: administration@ barwpetroleum.com

Big Horn Electric and Controls Ltd.

Join our team of professionals!

ELECTRICAL and INSTRUMENTATION JOURNEYMAN and APPRENTICES We are currently recruiting for: Central and Northern Alberta.

Required Safety Certificates: H2S Alive / First Aid PST / Fall Protection.

Successful candidates will possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Oilfield experience is an asset.

Qualified applicants are invited to fax or email their resumes: Fax: 403-638-3688 Email: careers@bighornelectric.com

Send resume to: richardcouch@shaw.ca Phone 403-510-9392 DNR Powerline Construction requires Labourers/apprentices for various projects in Alberta.

Excellent opportunity for apprenticeship. Excellent benefit packages.

Fax resume to 403-742-5759 or email dnrwelding1@xplornet.com Attention : Noel. No phone calls please. Drug and alcohol program in effect.

DNR Pressure Welding requires B Pressure Welders, CWB Welders and Apprenticeship welders.

Excellent opportunity for apprenticeship. Excellent benefit packages. Email resumes to ryan@dnrwelding.ca.

No Phone calls please.

Drug and alcohol program in effect.

DNR Pressure Welding requires Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic.

Excellent benefit packages. Email resumes to ryan@dnrwelding.ca.

No Phone calls please.

Drug and alcohol program in effect.

EXP’D SIDER , must have truck and tools. $85/sq. we pay compensation Call 403-347-2522

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Advance your career with Sanjel – Join Canada’s largest privately-owned global energy service company. Our employees are the driving force behind our company and we value their contribution. Develop your career in a dynamic environment where employees are empowered to be innovators.

800

HEAVY DUTY MECHANICS & ELECTRONIC TECHS RED DEER, AB You have expertise, a passion for excellence and improvement, and a commitment to safety – bring them to work as part of our team.

Trinidad Drilling Ltd is currently looking for an experienced Top Drive Technician based out of our Nisku, AB ofďŹ ce. As a Top Drive Technician you will be responsible for the ďŹ eld level supervision and maintenance of specialized drilling equipment, to maximize operational performance.

What’s in it for you? Rotations that fit your lifestyle, competitive salaries and EHQH¿ WV WUDLQLQJ DQG GHYHORSPHQW RSSRUWXQLWLHV ZLWK D IRFXV RQ FDUHHU DGYDQFHPHQW Speak to a recruiter at 1.800.9SANJEL or e-mail careers@sanjel.com today.

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Top Drive Technician

The qualiďŹ ed candidates should have: • Experience with various TD equipment or other specialized drilling equipment; • Must hold valid class 5 driver’s license, as well as safety tickets required for ďŹ eld operations, i.e - H2S Alive, First Aid, Fall Protection, Etc; • Strong organizational and communication skills are essential; • Ability to maintain an on call rotation for onsite visits and emergency situations is essential;

If you are interested in applying, please forward your resume to careers@trinidaddrilling.com or apply online at www.trinidaddrilling. com. We thank you for your interest; however only candidates will be contacted for interviews.

IT’S ABOUT PERFORMANCE

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• Drilling rig experience in the Derrickhand or Driller position is preferred, however is not required.

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300 Lancaster Green

8 BROUGHTON CRES Fri. Sept. 14th, 4:30-8:30, Sat. Sept. 15th, 8-4 MOVING, EVERYTHING MUST GO!

299 LAMPARD CRES. Fri. 14th & Sat. 15th, 9-7 No early birds. Household, toys, Barbie’s, girls bike, Polly Pockets, sporting goods

48 LOUGHEED CLOSE Sat. 15th, 9-1. Multi family.

Household, children’s items, G A R A G E S A L E , F R I . antique drive-in speakers, Sept. 14, 4-8 SAT. Sept. antiques and collectibles.

15, 9-4 SUN. Sept. 16 11-4, at 24 Connell Close Eliptical, solid oak desk, Morrisroe curio cabinet & misc 50 MAXWELL AVE. MOVING SALE Sat. 15th 8-2 Clearing out dayhome Deer Park supplies & toys.

Deep freeze, twin bed & FRI. 10-4 & SAT. 8-noon night stand & lots more.

SEPT. 14/15 Tools, garden supplies High end items.

I’d rather sell it then move it!!

NO JUNK. Rain or shine 6 Dennison Cres.

9 MCKEE CLOSE Fri. 14th & Sat. 15th 11-7 Downsizing. Some houseDowntown hold, some craft supplies, ice auger, Xcountry skis, etc.

MULTI RESIDENT yardsale Sat. Sept. 15, 9-4.

Weather permitting. Sier- Oriole Park ras of Heritage Village 5300-48 St. (south of GIANT MULTI-FAMILY Superstore by Mongolie Grill 101 O’BRIEN CRES Sept. 14th 4-7, 15th&16th 9-3 Start your career!

Stove, sm. appls., See Help Wanted too much to mention.

Clearview

Glendale 39 GISH STREET Thurs. 13th & Fri. 14th, 3-8 Sat 15th, 9-6, & Sun 16th, 11-5 Household, kids stuff, misc.

Rosedale 75 RALSTON CRES - Back Alley Fri. 14th, 5-8 & Sat. 15th, 10-5 Household & misc, children’s items & more.

Sunnybrook FRI. Sept. 14, 1-4, Sat. 10-4.

Sun. noon - 4.

43 Selkirk Blvd.

MULTI- FAMILY, 12 STANTON STREET, Sunnybrook United Church parking lot, Sat. 15th, 11a.m.- 2 p.m.

Household items, tools, furniture, microwave, children’s large toys, books, pictures. Rain or shine.

West Park 38 WISHART STREET Fri. 14th & Sat. 15th 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Lawnmowers, tools, sport stuff, garden items, household, some furniture, kids stuff, etc.

MULTI FAMILY Furniture, household, baby & maternity items, etc. Fri. Sept.

14, 4-8, Sat. 10-4. Sun. 10-3 133 Wilson Cres.

Penhold 76 LARNE PLACE Penhold Starting 3 p.m. Fri. 14th and running Sat. 15th & Sun. 16th MULTI-FAMILY Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012 E3

850

Trades

ELECTRICAL COMPANY Looking for Apprentices for commercial construction or industrial maintenance.

Please fax resume to 403-346-6334 or email: mooremaintenance @shaw.ca

Welding and Manufacturing Ltd.

designs, engineers and manufactures custom oilfield equipment for international clients, within our 7 shops and 10 acres of land in Innisfail, AB

EXP’’D drywall tradesmen & laborers req’d, Phone 403-348-8640

Continuous learning and growth is our goal for every employee!

If you would like to be a part of our growing and dynamic team of professionals in your field, we are currently seeking

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD. SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS

Day and Night shifts available Competitive starting wages

or Email to hr@bilton.ca

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These are full-time permanent shop positions with benefits packages including Health, RRSP and Tool Allowance programs.

Please Fax resume to 403-227-7796,

Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

Trades

850

Trades

850

OFFSET PRESS OPERATOR NEEDED

HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC 1st or 2nd Yr. Apprentice.

Full time work, benefits avail. Apply with resume to RAVEN MECHANICAL SERVICES. #1, 7620 76 St. Close, Red Deer, AB. CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

Requires

JOURNEYMAN WELDERS

Trades

Trades

Top wages for a Skilled Duplicator or Small Press Operator.

Call 403-341-0732 Fax: 403-227-1295 or email: caprint@telusplanet.net Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Shipper / Receiver

AES INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES LTD. looking for an energetic/ enthusiastic individual for our receiving department.

Fax resume to 403-342-0233

850

Reporting to the Quality Services Supervisor, the Coordinator will be responsible to provide subject matter expertise and support to the various business units within Studon. The position will require occasional and sometimes frequent travel.

The ideal candidate will have the following: • Minimum of two years of QA/QC experience in the Oil & Gas / Electrical Construction Industry • JM Electrician with Interprovincial Certification o Dual Ticketed (Electrical/ Instrumentation) beneficial • Have/ working towards Quality Management Certificate an asset • Strong Communication, Presentation, and Leadership Skills • Excellent computers skills with a working knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite of Products • Ability to read and understand blueprints • Vast knowledge of the Canadian Electrical Code

albertabuildersinc@gmail.com

Please note: This job posting closes on Monday, September 17, 2012

We also require, for upcoming projects,

• Wages based on experience.

• Own transportation to work is required.

or email

k.kooiker@eaglebuilders.ca

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Trades

SPARTEK SYSTEMS INC

850

WOODMASTER CABINETS

I n S y l v a n L a k e , A B i s Has openings for an exp’d seeking quailified individu- cabinet finisher, sanding als for staining and spraying. Min. 2 yrs exp. in the spray *MECHANICAL ENGINEER booth. Competitive wages, * ELECTRICAL ENGINEER comprehensive health plan. * JOURNEYMAN Send resume to MACHINIST careers@woodmaster .ca SOFTWARE ENGINEER Fax to 403-342-4413 ELEC. REPAIR TECH

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F o r c o m p l e t e j o b Truckers/ descriptions, p l e a s e Drivers refer to our website at www.sparteksystems.com Busy Central Alberta Grain Applicants please forward Trucking Company looking resume to keri.lee@ for Class 1 Drivers. We sparteksystems.com offer lots of home time, or fax to 403-887-4050 benefits and a bonus Please state which position program. Grain and super you are applying for in your B exp. an asset but not cover letter. necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers STRONG Insulation Inc. abstract and would like to Looking for exp. residential start making good money. insulators w/drivers licence fax or email resume and (Batt And Poly, Blow-in). comm.abstract to Call Curtis 403-307-7295 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net

SYLVAN AUTO CENTRE requires an 1st Year or

Pipeline Supervisors/ other Apprentice Technician, Fax resume Foremen Must have 1st Aid, H2S, Ground Disturbance & a valid driver’s license.

Successful candidates must be able to operate a Hiab 077 series picker mounted on a 5500 Dodge truck.

Viking Projects Ltd. offers competitive wages and job bonuses.

Please forward resume to: Fax 403-782-6856 Email: reception@vikingprojects.ca Website: www.vikingprojects.ca 3412 53 Ave, Lacombe, AB, T4L 0B5 Like us on Facebook/ follow us on Twitter

Sungold Specialty Meats Ltd. Innisfail, Alberta General Labourers / Meat Cutters

• Great benefit package.

850

Required immediately 2 Pipeline Pipefitters.

Competitive Wages & Benefits. Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

FRAMING LABOURERS CONCRETE FINISHERS GENERAL LABOURERS

403-885-5516

Trades

403-887-5054 or email ccottam@hotmail.ca No phone calls please

URGENT!!!! Exp. Stucco plasters needed for busy company. Please fax resume to 1-888-214-9225 or leave message at 403-346-7625

Welders Wanted

-2nd yr, 3rd yr or Journeyman - willing to work substantial overtime - Subcontractors welcome by hand Ozcan Northern is a rig manufacturer located in Blindman Ind. Park. We are currently experiencing high demand in our fabrication facility and are looking for energetic, self motivated. Please fax resumes to 403-309-0179 or email to: trevor@ ozcannorthern.com

Carpenters and carpenters helpers Laborers and Skid Steer Operator Truckers/

Precast Concrete Plant in Blackfalds looking for

Please forward your resume to the address below. We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those candidates interviewed will be contacted.

Positions are available immediately We offer a competitive escalating pay scale, excellent benefits, performance pay bonus If you are interested please fax or email us @ FAX: 403-227-1661 Attn: HR EMAIL: ashley.ford@ sungoldmeats.com

Drivers

Central AB based trucking company reqires

OWNER OPERATORS in AB. Home the odd night. Weekends off. Late model tractor pref.

403-586-4558

CLASS 1 DRIVING INSTRUCTOR

Req’d immediately Will consider training a professional, experienced driver.

Ph.1-877-463-9664 or email resume to info@capilano trucktraining.com Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

860

BULK PETROLEUM DRIVER

WANTED FOR CENTRAL ALBERTA

PROFESSIONAL CLASS 1 DRIVER

required for fuel hauling FULL TIME POSITION AVAILABLE We offer competitive hourly rates, uniforms, full company benefits, clean modern fleet and on-thejob continuous training. Successful candidates must take a pre-employment drug and alcohol screening. Qualified individuals only.

Drop off resume and abstract in person or fax to:

403-346-2132 8009 Edgar Industrial Place www.kochfuel.ca

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Oilfield

QUALIFIED ELECTRICIANS NEEDED

Requires Full Time

your skills in a challenging and rewarding environment.

“People Pride & Service”

We are currently seeking an energetic self motivated individual for parts and inventory control. Oilfield or drilling exp. an asset.

Ozcan Northern is a rig manufacturer in Blindman Industrial Park. Please email resume to michelle@ ozcannorthern.com or fax 403-309-0179

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION

STUDON offers a competitive salary, and an opportunity to apply

STUDON Electric & Controls Inc. ATTN: Andrea Mercer Fax # 403-342-6505 Email amercer@studon.com

Must have the following abilities and experience: • Blueprint reading, stair calculating, framing, finish carpentry, etc.

• Individual must have a clean drivers abstract and their own transportation to and from work.

• This is a Full Time, year round position.

Only those persons with the before mentioned skills need apply.

Please reply and attach resume and references to

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QUALITY SERVICES COORDINATOR

PARTS INVENTORY CONTROL

Requires Residential exp. only Competitive wages & benefits.

Fax resume to: 403-314-5599

required by a Central Alberta Home Builder.

We are currently hiring for the position of:

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True Power Electric

GENERAL 850 CARPENTER

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CLASS 1 DRIVER Must have super B exp., all oilfield tickets, hauling NGL, clean abstract.

Fax 403-347-2940 Attn: Bill CLASS 1 drivers req’d to pull flat deck, exc. wages, safety bonuses, benefits.

We run the 4 western provinces. Please contact 1-877-787-2501 for more info or fax resume and abstract to 403-784-2330

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782902 Alberta Ltd o/a Mac’s is hiring for F/T Store Supervisor - $17.31/hr.

Mail 1 Sylvan Drive, Sylvan Lake, AB. T4S 1J9

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED

Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

CLEARVIEW RIDGE AREA. Good for an adult with a small car.

CLASS 3 DRIVER/ EQUIPMENT OPERATOR req’d immed. Local work, need drivers abstract.

Fax resume to 403-986-8142 CLASS 3 WATER HAULER needed. Only those with Drilling Rig Water Hauling experience need apply.

Need H2S & First Aid tickets.TOP WAGES PAID Fax clean drivers abstract and resume between the hours of 9 am to 6 pm to: 403-746-3523 or call 403-304-7179

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED CLEARVIEW For early morning delivery of Red Deer Advocate by 6:30 a.m. Mon. through Fri., + 8 a.m. on Saturday.

Reliable vehicle needed.

For more info

MEGA CRANES is looking for a ticketed crane and boom truck operator. Must have Class 1. Good wages, benefits, 10% holiday pay, RRSP’s, and most evenings and weekends off. Fax resume to 885-4269 or email cathy@megacranes.com

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more info

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ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more info ADULT UPGRADING

Alberta Government Funded Programs Student Funding Available!

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GED Preparation Morning, Afternoon And Evening P/T Classes

Academic Express

Adult Education & Training

340-1930

www.academicexpress.ca

NEED experienced Class 1 drivers for short and long haul. Runs AB., SASK, Manitoba & BC Please call PROMAX TRANSPORT at 227-2712 or fax resume w/abstract 403-227-2743

ADULT & YOUTH CARRIER NEEDED

SNOW plow drivers(2) req’d for winter season based out of Lacombe, exc. wages. Must have Class 3 w/air. Call Toll Free 1-877-787-2501 Mon. - Fri. 9 am. - 5 pm. only or fax resume to: 403-784-2330

JOHNSTONE CROSSING Jepsen Crsc. & Jordan Pkwy

ADULT & YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED for delivery of Flyers Red Deer Express & Red Deer Life Sunday in

KENTWOOD Kirkland Dr. & Kirkwood Crsc.

GRANDVIEW MORRISROE WEST LAKE

MUSTANG ACRES Galbraith St. & Gray Dr.

Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

Wanted for delivery of Flyers, Express & Sunday Life in

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782902 Alberta Ltd o/a Esso or Winks is hiring for F/T Store Supervisors - $18/hr.

Mail 117 Lakeway Blvd, Sylvan Lake, AB. T4S 0H2.

Please call Joanne at 403-314-4308

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Truckers/ Drivers

STEADY, YEAR-ROUND WORK!

$1000.00 SIGNING BONUS. SAFETY BONUS. REFERRAL BONUS. GREAT WAGES AND BENEFITS. Northwest Tank Lines seeks quali¿ed truck drivers with at least three years’ experience in tank truck driving, heavy oil-¿eld hauling, or a related ¿eld.

The ideal candidate will have a history of safedriving, and seek a long-term and rewarding career.

Send your resume today! Email: careers@nwtl.ca Fax: (403) 250-7801 260359I7-20

EDMONTON – RED DEER – INNISFAIL – RMH

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED for early morning delivery of Red Deer Advocate 6 days per week in

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED for Morning Newspaper delivery in the Town of Blackfalds

Must have a reliable vehicle .

Please contact Rick at 403-314-4303

EASTVIEW 82 Advocate $430/month $5165/year

MOUNTVIEW 71 Advocate $372/month $4473/year

CARRIERS NEEDED For Advocate routes VANIER AREA

BOWER AREA Boyce St. Bell St./Byer Close

GRANDVIEW 69 Advocate $362/month $4347/year

INGLEWOOD AREA: Issard Close

Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

NO EXP. NECESSARY!!

F.T. position available IMMEDIATELY in hog assembly yard in Red Deer. Starting wage $11/hr. Call Rich or Paul 403-346-6934

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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 PAINTERS helper wanted.

403-598-0303

Employment Training

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PIPELINE AND FACILITY INSTALLATION INSPECTORS

(Reference Guide: CAPP Competency Assessment for Upstream Oil and Gas Pipeline Installation Inspectors) Skystone Engineering will host a training seminar focusing on the role of the inspector as the client (owner) representative, and provides an understanding of code and regulatory requirements needed for inspectors to fulfill their role from a QA perspective. It also covers site safety and project management as well as the administrative requirements to assure new installations and satisfy owner requirements and expectations. It addresses all sections of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producer’s (CAPP’s) Guidance Document: “Competency Assessment for Upstream Oil and Gas Pipeline Installation Inspectors” issued Sept. 2009.

Firewood

Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler

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AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood

Spruce, Pine, Birch Spilt, Dry. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 FIREWOOD. All Types.

P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275 birchfirewoodsales.com

Garden Supplies

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CEMENT lawn ornaments $45-$100 403-314-9125 COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE 6’-15’ digging and planting. J/V Tree Farm. 403-350-6439.

RED crab apples to give away call 403-346-3142 TREES for sale near Mirror, AB. Tower Poplar, Colorado Blue Spruce, Swedish Aspen, and Japanese Lilac. 403-650-1309

Health & Beauty

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*NEW!* Asian Relaxation Massage Downtown RD 587-377-1298 On holiday reopen Sept. 28

SPORTING GOODS store requires knowledgeable person for their gun room.

Household F/T or P/T iideal position Appliances for a retired person with firearm experience would This training seminar will be held October 2-4, 2012 12 CU.FT. fridge, white, be an asset. Drop by with at the Sheraton Hotel at G E , l i k e n e w, $ 2 0 0 , resume to Bay 6, 7667 3310-50 Ave., Red Deer, AB. 403-307-4223 after 6 p.m 50th Ave, VANIER AREA: Viscount Dr./ Attendees must register on APPLS. reconditioned lrg. selection, $150 + up, 6 mo.

Violet Place or before Sunday, Sept.

Classifieds...costs so little warr. Riverside Appliances 30.

For more information, Valentines Crsc./ Saves you so much!

403-342-1042 go to www.skystone.ca or Vandorp St. PORTABLE washing call (403) 516-4208, Lona. machine $100 obo SWAMPERS F/T Call Prodie @ 403-347-1757 needed immediately for a Career 403- 314-4301 fast growing waste & recycling company. for more info Planning Household Heavy lifting involved Furnishings ********************** (driver’s helper) position.

RED DEER WORKS Reliability essential. Own TO ORDER HOME Build A Resume That BED ALL NEW, transportation required.

Works!

DELIVERY OF THE Queen Orthopedic, dble.

Please email resumes to APPLY ONLINE ADVOCATE CALL pillow top, set, 15 yr. warr. canpak@xplornet.ca www.lokken.com/rdw.html OUR CIRCULATION Cost $1300. Sacrifice $325.

Call: 403-348-8561 DEPARTMENT 302-0582 Free Delivery Email inford@lokken.com Celebrate your life 314-4300 BED: #1 King. extra thick Career Programs are with a Classified orthopedic pillowtop, brand FREE new, never used. 15 yr.

ANNOUNCEMENT for all Albertans warr. Cost $1995, sacrifice @ $545. 403-302-0582.

Service Runner (Part Time) CHINA CABINET $200 good cond. obo Do You: 403-347-1757 - Want extra income LARGE WALL UNIT w/bar - Possess a clean, valid and china cabinet $60; drivers license 403-887-5848 - Have a friendly attitude TOP WAGES, BENEFITS, MICROWAVE Emerson, - Enjoy customer service Exp’d. Drivers & CLASSIFICATIONS good shape, $40; tv stand, - Want part-time work Swampers required. w/door, oak color, really 1500-1990 (12 to 22 hours per week) MAPLE LEAF MOVING good shape,. $40, Call 403-347-8826 or fax 403-505-6612 As part of our customer resume to: 403-314-1457. service team, you will be WANTED dispatched in response to Auctions Antiques, furniture and service concerns to delivestates.

342-2514 ery newspapers and flyers Employment to customers or carriers. A Training Bud Haynes & delivery vehicle is proMisc. for Co. Auctioneers vided.

Certified Appraisers 1966 Sale Hours of shifts are Monday Estates, Antiques, through Friday 5 a.m. to Firearms.

CONSTRUCTION wheel9 a.m. or longer, and/or OILFIELD SERVICES INC. Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. barrow as new, $40; 2 afternoon shifts Monday to offers a variety of 347-5855 therma-pane windows, Friday 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.. $20 each, 28’ white deck Saturday and Sunday, 7 POLICE SEIZURE r a i l i n g , $ 1 2 0 ; a.m.-11 a.m. or longer to meet your needs.

403-728-2383 Estate Auction Standard First Aid , Confined Sunday Submit resume, indicating DISPLAY CASE (Lockable).

Space Entry, H2S Alive and Fire September 16 “Service Runner Position”, Wood with glass top.† Training are courses that we @ 11 am sharp along with your drivers Measures 36” wide x 24” offer on a regular basis.

VIEWING 9 AM abstract immediately to: deep x 6” tall. Bottom lined As well, we offer a selection of LOCATION: RIDGEWOOD with red velvet. Great for careers@ COMMUNITY HALL online Training Courses. reddeeradvocate.com vendors who want to display or mail to: For more information check us out online at Directions: From Penhold small/valuable items. $35.† Fas Gas, West on 592 for Human Resources Call (403) 342-7908 www.firemaster.ca 9 km to Range Road 10, 2950 Bremner Avenue or call us at 403 342 7500.

NEW material, assorted North to the Hall or Burnt Red Deer, AB. T4N 5G3 You also can find us on Facebook or Trail to Range Road lengths $1-$8; new zippers or fax to: 403-341-4772 follow us on Twitter @firemasterofs. Lake 75 cents; toaster $5; steam 10, then South to Hall.

Watch for Ridgewood Hall iron $5; 2 flower pots w/maWe thank all applicants for crame hanger $20; 12 pc. their interest, however, Central Alberta’s Largest signs set of dishwasher safe PARTIAL LIST ONLY: only selected candidates Car Lot in Classifieds 1 9 8 6 F o r d M u s t a n g ; dishes $75 403-314-9125 will be contacted.

Antiques, Collectables, PING PONG table, new, Furniture, Gold Jewelry, never used, still in original Scales, Antique Recliner, box, $150. Also have patio Oak Showcase, Cross Cut table with 6 chairs & umSaws ,Sofa Sets, Fridge , brella $50; office chairs, NEWSPAPER Electric Range, Big Screen $ 1 0 e a c h , 6 x 6 t a u p e TRAINING CENTRE CARRIERS TV , Grandfather Clock, porcelain tiles, approx OILFIELD TICKETS REQUIRED Industries #1 Choice! Lift Chair/Recliner ,Small 6 0 t i l e s $ 5 0 . P h o n e Freezer, Dining Suites, 4 0 3 3 4 0 1 6 4 0 or “Low Cost” Quality Training for Mountain Bikes , Electron- 403-391-6619.

403.341.4544 ics; Gun Cases; Afternoon 24 Hours Compound & Cross Bows, WHITE wicker dressing tadelivery in Toll Free 1.888.533.4544 Tools , Band Saw , Safe ble w/chair $100; ladies Bowden & (with Combination) – Misc. g o l f c l u b s a n d b a g R H2S Alive (ENFORM) Innisfail.

And a WHOLE LOT MORE $30 403-347-6190 R First Aid/CPR For a complete list visit R Confined Space www.cherryhillauction.com Piano & Please contact Te r m s o f S a l e : C a s h , Organs R WHMIS & TDG QUITCY Cheque, C/C, Everything at 403-314-4316 or email R Ground Disturbance must be paid for & qmacaulay@ ORGAN Yamaha R (ENFORM) B.O.P. removed on sale day (NO reddeeradvocate.com $200 403-347-1757 #204, 7819 - 50 Ave. E X C E P T I O N S ) , 1 5 % YA M A H A C L AV I N O VA buyer’s premium. (across from Totem) Sale subject to Additions, PIANO, model CVP -505, D e l e t i o n s , E r r o r s a n d nearly new, padded bench, Employment selling for health reasons, Omissions.

Training Cherry Hill Auction 403-352-6026

SUNNYBROOK AREA: Savoy Cres. / Sydney Close Springfield Ave.

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CARRIERS REQUIRED to deliver the Central AB. Life

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CIRCULATION

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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 CUSTOMER SERVICE A locally owned industrial supply company is looking for an energetic person for inside sales. E-mail resume to mark@ aesreddeer.com MOBIL 1 Lube Express Gasoline Alley req’s an Exp. Tech. Fax 403-314-9207

Permanent Full time Maintenance Position: • Basic working knowledge of electricity, painting, carpentry and plumbing.

• Excellent team player needed with the ability to work independently.

• Emergency First Aid & Mandatory criminal record check required.

Please apply in writing to:

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ANDERS AREA: Andrews Close Ardell Close/ Allan St. Asmundsen Ave/ Arb Close Aikman Close/ Allan St.

WEST LAKE 77 Advocate $404/month $4851/year

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FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE AND EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

Bill Wall, Maintenance Manager 301 4719 - 48 Avenue or by Fax to: 403-343-2332.

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Call Rick at 403-314-4303

Earn $500.mo. for 1--1/2 hrs. per day 6 days a week.

TANK TRUCK DRIVERS WANTED!

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is expanding its facility to double production.

We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts:

REMINDER BUD HAYNES ANTIQUE AUCTION Bay 4, 7429 49 Ave R.D. Sat. Sept. 15 @ 11 am The Bogart Collection.

Preview 9 am to Sale time.

Ph: 403-347-5855 www.budhaynesauctions.com

- Concrete Batch Plant Operator - Concrete Finishers - Carpenters/Woodworkers - Steel Reinforcement Labourers - Overhead Crane Operators - General Labourers

Employment Training

Bicycles

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2 MTN. BIKES, ladies’ and men’s $20 each, 403-728-2383

EquipmentHeavy 259375I1-29

Top Wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included.

Visit our website for more detailed job descriptions at www. eaglebuilders.ca. Applicants are able to apply online or fax resumes to Human Resources 403-885-5516 or e-mail: k.kooiker@eaglebuilders.ca.

& Appraisals

Phone 403-342-2514 or 403-347-8988

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TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Employment Training

Office Supplies

1800

LOOKER OFFICE EQUIPMENT & FURNITURE ANNUAL GARAGE SALE To be held Downtown at #4806 -50th Ave (between Great Strides and Hot Pot Studio) Starting Sept. 10th †Mon-Fri 9 am - 5 pm Desks, Workstations/chairs/ dividing panels/file cabinets UNHEARD OF PRICES!!!!

Please call 403-346-8827† for more information.

Dogs

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P. B. Pomeranian puppies, 2 M 2 F , sire and dame on sight, $500, 780-372-4367

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DUE TO TECHNICAL ISSUES, THE RED DEER PUBLIC SCHOOL’S 125TH ANNIVERSARY FEATURE WILL BE DISTRIBUTED IN THE WEDNESDAY SEPT. 19 RED DEER ADVOCATE The 125 Celebration Evening - Thursday, September 20 - at Westerner Park An opportunity for former and current staff, students, parents, community leaders and partners to reconnect. This will be a special evening featuring a buffet dinner, some reflections and a special presentation by alumni’s and acclaimed author Will Ferguson. Tickets are $50.00 each and available on-line and at Central Services (4747 - 53 Street).

Student Assemblies - Friday, September 21 s we Join us a rs of Yea 5 2 1 g celebrate in Teachin ce en ll ce Ex g in and Learn A Speci

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Middle and high school students will hear both a humorous and insightful message by acclaimed author Will Ferguson. His message aligns perfectly with our district priorities of literacy, inclusion of all students and high school completion and transitions.

Family Pancake Breakfast - Saturday, September 22 - Lindsay Thurber from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Fun for the whole family featuring a free pancake breakfast along with lots of family friendly entertainment including children’s entertainer Charlotte Diamond. To reserve your free tickets please visit our website.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012 E5

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Sporting Goods

3 WHEELER golf cart, like new, $50, 14 doz golf balls, $2/per dozen 403-314-0804 AS a result of emergency surgery I was unable to offer the Firearm Safety Classes. Sincerest apologies to any that were inconvenienced. I am now able to conduct the Canadian Firearms Safety Classes again. Stan Genert 403-749-2517 FIRST time Hunter Education Course Sept. 29.

Please phone Stan Genert for info and registration.

403-749-2517 GOLF CLUB SET RIGHT HANDED 1 & 3 WOODS, J a z z a n d Ti c a t , Ly n x irons, 3-SW putter, bag, pull cart, balls, tees, $75 call 403-346-0093

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Travel Packages

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

Condos/ Townhouses

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Halman Heights

CLASSIFICATIONS FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

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Acreages/ Farms

2 BDRM. 2 baths, Pine Lake acreage immed. poss., $850/mo., 403-505-6240

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Houses/ Duplexes

1178 SQ.FT 3 bdrm. main floor of house, w/dble. att. heated garage, Lacombe, Nov. 1st, n/s, $1000/mo. + % utils. 403-782-2007 5 BDRM. house w/lrg garage in quiet cres in Sylvan Lake. $2000/mo. available after Sept 15th. 403-864-3326 INGLEWOOD 3 bdrm, 2 bath, 2 car garage, 5 appls, avail. now $1450 + utils. RENTED LACOMBE 2 bdrm. house, 2 full bath, big lot, $995 403-782-7156 357-7465

Condos/ Townhouses

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3 level 3 bdrm. townhouse 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, blinds, no pets, n/s, rent $1395 SD $1000 avail. immed.

403-304-7576 or 347-7545

KYTE CRES.

LACOMBE new park, animal friendly. Your mobile or ours. 2 or 3 bdrm.

Excellent 1st time home buyers. 403-588-8820

Manufactured Homes

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Newly Reno’d Mobile FREE Shaw Cable + more $899/month Lana 403-550-8777

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Suites

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Houses For Sale

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SUNNYBROOK

3 bdrm. apt. avail. Oct. 1 water & heat incld, clean and quiet, great location,no pets, 403-346-6686 SYLVAN LAKE, lrg. bright lower level suite. $1000 incl. utils., parking, laundry, avail. Oct. 1 N/S. Call 780-462-2087

400/month lot Rent incl. Cable

2 BEDROOM CABIN AT PINE LAKE. $1200/mo. 403-346-7462

Lana (403) 550-8777 www.lansdowne.ca

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Roommates Wanted

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VICTORIA in Anders, working M., full house privileges, $700. mo., $300 s.d.

403-346-0780, 358-4449

FREE Cable

#84 LANCASTER Dr. clean well-kept home, 4 bdrms., 3 baths, many extras special $374,900.

403-391-9294

Beautiful family home with an amazing lake view. $358,900. 403-302-7873

Legal suite. Newer bi-level 2 bdrm. suite, self contained $379,900. 403-346-4314

Beautiful Bungalow in desirable Morrisroe.

Park like yard.

Clean, well kept, 4 bdrm., 2.5 baths, new dev. bsmt.

Single att. garage, quiet neighbourood & great neighbours.

31 MacFarlane Ave. $339,900. 403-342-0921

Mason Martin Homes has

Newer Blackfalds starter!

2 bdrm. 1 bath kitchen with eating bar. Room for garage $245,900

4 bdrm. 3 bath w/view of large green. Att. garage & supersized detached $424,900

8 Brand New Homes starting at $179,900 Call for more info call 403-342-4544

Buy new in Penhold.

2 bdrm. bi-level, loads of upgrades, 6 appliances $262,900 OPEN HOUSE Sept 15 &16 , 11-4 4206-48 Ave Ponoka Completely Reno’d 1232 sq ft. 3-bdrm, 1.5 bath, bilevel w/dble detached garage. Bsmt dev. as 2 bdrm, 1 bath suite w/ private entrance. Many upgrades. $284,900 403-783- 4866 or 778-214-0166

modular/mobile homes in pet friendly park

Lana (403) 550-8777 www.lansdowne.ca

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ACREAGE near Linden, AB 1520 sq. ft. 2008 modular home, new 3000 sq. ft. shop, 200 amp service, floor heat, 24 x 14 overhead door, shelter belt w/drip lines, beautiful yard, awesome view $300,000.

403-369-4576

Classified does it all!

The Red Deer Advocate Classified is the community’s number-one information centre and marketplace.

It serves as the best single source for selling items, seeking jobs, finding housing, meeting new people and more.

Red Deer Advocate Classified: • Helps lost pets find their families • Brings buyers and sellers together • Serves as a key resource for renters • Helps families find new homes • Puts individuals in touch with each other • Provides job seekers with career information • Serves as a great guide to garage sales • Makes selling and shopping simple

CENTRAL ALBERTA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER

HELP-U-SELL RED DEER 403-342-7355

REDUCED!

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Manufactured Homes

MUST SELL

By Owner $7,000.

Lana 403-550-8777

New Executive

3 bdrm. 2 bath HOME in Red Deer. Immediate possession 10 yr warranty.

Own it for $1275/mo. OAC CALL 403-346-3100

You can save thousands!

Helping sellers sell for a low set fee. No advance fee.

Money back guarantee.

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

Lots For Sale

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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

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Cars

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Better than new in Benalto!

3 bdrm. 2 bath, High efficiency furnace, AC $78,900

2009 LINCOLN MKS 4dr. sedan, AWD, 3.7 eng., loaded, black int., black ext., 34,0000 kms. warr.

Quick possession! Fully reno’d 2 bdrm. New fence, until 2013, 403-580-0948 2 sheds. $29,900.

HELP-U-SELL OF RED DEER 403-342-7355 2008 MERCEDES-BENZ ML320 AWD, turbo diesel, l e a t h e r. , n a v. , $ 3 9 , 8 8 8 348-8788 Sport & Import

Open House Directory North Red Deer

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OPEN HOUSE

“Gorgeous Place” Newer part of town Room to add rental suite!

4250

East Red Deer

2007 BMW X5 4.8i AWD, lthr., DVD, heads up display, $31,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

OPEN HOUSE Sept. 23 2-4 36 ELLIS CLOSE. 2 bdrm. bungalow.

403-986-7554

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Lakeview property, lot size 50’ x 130’ at 25 Jarvis Bay AB, by Sylvan Lake. This is a CABIN w/all the amenities except for sewer. Water line not avail. Great investment.

Assessed at $354,000, asking $409,000.

403-347-2507

HELP-U-SELL OF RED DEER 403-342-7355

Tour These Fine Homes Rosedale. 5 bdrm., 3 bath Fireplace, vaulted ceilings $358,900. 403-391-2260

FOR Sale By Owner

Red Deer River at your back door with 150’ of River Frontage. 3020 sq.ft. $834,900.

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Brand new 3 bdrm., 2 bath in Penhold. Modern colors and styling. $284,900

Daily, the Red Deer Advocate publishes advertisements from companies, corporations and associations across Canada seeking personnel for long term placements.

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To place an ad, call 309-3300.

To subscribe, call 314-4300.

Starting at

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Industrial Property

FOR SALE OR LEASE 4200 SQ.FT. heated bay, has two 14x14 overhead doors w/elec lift . radiant heat, Johnstone indus.

Park, avail. Oct. 1, call Beautiful views of the River Armand at 403-350-9953 Valley. Only 6 mins to R. D. on pavement.

Cottages/Resort $269,000-$279,000

Acreage with art studio awaiting your immagination.

3.09 acres of lush trees and 2 homes. $549,900

Put the power of classified to work for you today.

1/2 duplex across from park. Large country kitchen. $203,500.

587-877-0509

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COMMERCIAL PROPERTY by reserved auction, 3.1 acres, with 13, 000 sq ft building. Starting bid only $100,000.00 e-mail cordb@shaw.ca or call Cor at 780-918-6715.

Property

Acreages

CONSIDERING A CAREER CHANGE?

2 & 3 bedroom

You can save thousands!

Helping sellers sell for a low set fee. No advance fee.

Money back guarantee.

Great price! 2 bdrm. condo w/fireplace & private balcony. $119,900.

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You can save thousands!

Helping sellers sell for a low set fee. No advance fee.

Money back guarantee.

Gull Lake 2 bdrm, 1 bath.

Golf, fishing, boating close by. $329,000.

403-999-2821

1 & 2 BDRM. APTS.

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20,000with Intro

RISER HOMES

3 bdrm., 2 bath townhouse in Lacombe. Walk-out, front att. garage. 1 left. $240,000 incl. all fees.

Don’t Miss Out! Lloyd Fiddler 403-391-9294

Commercial Property

Sierras on Taylor! Large 2 bdrm, 2 bath 40+. Heated parking. $289,900

CLASSIFICATIONS

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

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A MUST SEE!

CLIVE

2 bdrm. 2 baths, $234,900 Incl. all legal fees and gst & appls., Lloyd Fiddler MOBILE HOME PAD, in 403-391-9294 Red Deer Close to Gaetz, TO FIND OUT MORE 2 car park, Shaw cable incl.

YOU can sell it fast with a perLana 403-550-8777 son-to-person want ad in the Red Deer Advocate Classifieds. Phone 309-3300 Housesitting

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Guatemala volcano eruption winding down

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANTIGUA, Guatemala — A terrifying eruption of one of the world’s most active volcanoes tapered off Friday into a draw for delighted tourists, who snapped photos from a neighbouring colonial city and made plans to take night hikes to see glowing rivers of lava.

Villagers were returning to their homes on the flanks of the Volcano of Fire as it wound down its largest eruption in nearly four decades, spewing smaller amounts of ash and lava. Guatemalan authorities reduced the alert level from the highest, red, to orange around the Volcan del Fuego, or Volcano of Fire, and said Thursday’s ferocious lava flow was now two smaller, 3,000-foot streams.

Tourists walking the cobblestone streets of the colonial city of Antigua, about six miles from the volcano, said they were making plans to take guided trips to the mountain to see the lava, and guide companies said they were getting dozens of calls for tours.

Celina Huang, a 25-year-old Spanish student, was taking photos of the volcano, which looms over the Baroque churches and brightly colored arches of Antigua.

“This fire and red light is something I’ve never seen before,” she said. “In my country, Taiwan, there are volcanoes but they’re dormant. This is the first time I’ve seen an eruption.”

Nilton Dasilva, a church group leader from Northfield, Illinois, said he decided to take a detour during a group trip to a nearby coffee plantation and try to get as close as safely possible to the volcano.

“Now that we know it erupted, we’re going to try to stop on the way and maybe take some pictures,” Dasilva said.

Emergency workers reported that many villagers

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Homicides in Haiti tied to gangs: UN PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The bulk of recent homicides in Haiti’s capital are tied to gang warfare, a United Nations official visiting the Caribbean nation said Friday.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Ivan Simonovic of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said he learned this from meetings with Haitian police officials and Justice Minister Jean Renel Sanon.

“They were saying, ”Wait and see, autumn will be quieter,“” Simonovic said. “They didn’t seem to be worried very much. Their explanation was focused on gang wars.”

A recent report by the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti said July was the most violent month since the January 2010 earthquake. That month, the U.N. personnel and police recorded 134 murders, compared to an average of 99 murders per month from March to July. There were only 75 during the same period in 2011.

The same study noted that the spike in homicides coincided with a decline in kidnappings.

The number of kidnappings dropped to 10 a

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A girl peers from a bus as she waits with other residents to return to Morelia village, near the Volcan de Fuego, or Volcano of Fire, in Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa, south of Guatemala City, Friday. living around the slopes of the volcano had begun returning home. The Red Cross of Guatemala was winding down operations, co-ordinator Sergio de Leon said.

Guatemalan authorities ordered the evacuation of more than 33,000 of the 62,000 people living imme-

diately around the volcano, many in isolated indigenous villages. De Leon said many people had moved to the homes of friends or relatives a little farther away from the volcano. Local media reported about 5,000 had evacuated, while emergency officials said the figure may have been much lower.

month from March to July 2012, compared to 14 during the same period the previous year.

While the homicide rate in Port-au-Prince is lower than that of some other Caribbean cities, violent crime has been a major concern in recent months. A daily newspaper contains daily items on fatal shootings in the capital, a city of some 3 million people.

Just this week, the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince issued a statement saying that about 10 armed robberies occurred in the past two months after people made bank withdrawals near the diplomatic mission.

In all cases, the thieves followed the victims on motorcycle and robbed them, the U.S. Embassy said.

grave where 74 migrants were found in August, 2010.

16 bodies found across northeast Mexican state of Tamaulipas CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — Officials say 16 bodies have been found dumped across a turbulent Mexican state on the Texas border two days after the arrest of one of the region’s top drug bosses.

Analysts predicted that the arrest of Gulf cartel head Eduardo Costilla Sanchez could set off a struggle for control of his smuggling routes and territory between Mexico’s two most powerful remaining criminal groups, the Sinaloa cartel and the Zetas.

The Tamaulipas attorney-general’s office said nine male bodies, eight shot to death and one hanging from a bridge, were found in the frontier city of Nuevo Laredo. One was a teenager, the rest adults.

Near the town of San Fernando, seven bodies, most bound, were found dumped near the former mass

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Official: Kenyan police foil major terrorist attack, arrests 2 suspects with 4 suicide vests NAIROBI, Kenya — Police foiled the final stages of a plan for a major terrorist attack on Kenyan soil, officials said Friday, arresting two people with explosive devices and a cache of weapons.

Boniface Mwaniki , the head of Kenya’s Anti-Terrorism Police Unit, said the two men arrested in a Somali immigrant area of Nairobi on Thursday night and are suspected to have links with an al-Qaidalinked Somali militant group.

Police found four suicide vests, two improvised explosive devices, a cache of guns and ammunition and 12 grenades, he said. Each of the vests had an AK-47 placed on its side and there were more than 480 bullets, meaning the terrorists were ready for deployment, he said.

The vests could be detonated remotely or by a main switch, he said.

They were similar to others used in an attack on the World Cup final in Uganda in which 76 people were killed in July 2010. Somali militant group alShabab said the bombings were in retaliation for Uganda’s participation in the African Union’s peacekeeping mission in Somalia.

Kenya has suffered a spate of grenade attacks that have killed more than 50 people. Police have attributed them to sympathizers of al-Shabab in Kenya.

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