Red Deer Advocate, September 20, 2012

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City home to more single parents THAN PROVINCIAL AVERAGE

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer had more single-parent families than the provincial average last year.

According to Statistics Canada 2011 census data released on Wednesday, 17.4 per cent of Red Deer families were single-parent families, compared to 14.5 per cent in Alberta overall.

Red Deer Mayor Morris Flewwelling was not surprised by the figures.

“Single parent families come to Red Deer from Central Alberta because services are available to help them. I think Red Deer is the catchment centre,” Flewwelling said on Wednesday.

MORE CENSUS COVERAGE A3 Single-parent families account for 13.7 per cent of families in Lacombe, 15.5 per cent in Sylvan Lake, 14.4 per cent in Innisfail, and 16.5 per cent in Rocky Mountain House.

Red Deer Food Bank executive director Fred Scaife said he’s well acquainted with the difficulties that single parents face even though many are employed. Living in Red Deer is costly, he said.

“A lot of the information that comes out through studies or a census, we’ve already spotted those trends. But what it does do is help put information in front of the uninformed within a community,” Scaife said.

Flewwelling said Red Deer recognizes the need for affordable housing, public transportation, school lunch programs and other services.

“We’ve risen to the challenge, but sometimes that challenge can be difficult and we’ve looked to the provincial government, particularly, for assistance.”

He said another factor impacting Red Deer’s single-parent population is the higher income of many residents that can lead to family breakdown.

“The higher income leads to more disposable income, which often leads to more use of drugs, alcohol, gambling and all of those things have an affect on the family.”

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ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES

Communities fear losing their voice in new ridings

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Central Albertans let a federal commission responsible for gathering feedback on the proposed federal electoral map know they made a mistake.

Two public hearings at the Sheraton Red Deer Hotel on Wednesday drew about 20 presenters who voiced their concerns, including losing their voice in a vast riding and being tied to a riding that did not make sense historically or economically.

A large contingent from communities in the eastern section of Red Deer County, including Elnora, Lousana and Delburne, asked a three-member Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission to include their towns and villages in the proposed Red DeerMountain View riding instead of the revamped Battle River riding.

Delburne Mayor Ray Reckseidler said his community has been well represented in the past and would like to remain with Red Deer for purposes of distance and physical barriers.

“Our seniors will always try to find accommodation in Red Deer,” said Reckseidler. “We belong to Parkland Foundation, which is to the west of us not to the east of us. For emergency preparedness and services we need to have quick response times.

We have agreements with the City of Red Deer that allow us to have quick response times. It’s a lot farther to have those services come from Canmore or Drumheller. Time is of the essence.”

Reckseidler said the village would have to negotiate new agreements with the municipalities.

Victor Duffin, a resident in Lousana, collected roughly 170 signatures from his neighbours asking the commission to expand the proposed Red DeerMountain View boundary to the Red Deer River.

Duffin said his neighbours shop and do business in Innisfail and Red Deer.

“The Red Deer River has always been a natural boundary in that area,” said Duffin. “It would be splitting us off the Red Deer County.”

Duffin said they would have to travel longer distances to voice their issues to their member of Parliament.

Every 10 years, after the census is conducted, the number of electoral districts and their boundaries are revised to reflect population shifts and growth.

Alberta will gain six electoral districts as a result of the increase in its population from 2,974,807 in 2001 to 3,645,257, as captured in the 2011 census. Population shifts and the creation of the new districts means that all electoral districts in Alberta have been altered, some more substantially than others.

As part of the alignment, Red Deer would be split into a Red Deer-Mountain View riding that includes Mountain View County and a portion of Red Deer County excluding the previously mentioned communities west of the Red Deer River.

The Red Deer-Wolf Creek riding would include Lacombe County and a portion of Ponoka and Red Deer counties. Mayor Morris Flewwelling was expected to speak at the hearing in the evening.

The new Yellowhead riding would expand further west and south, encompassing much of Clearwater County.

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PLEASE RECYCLE

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Making one of its one hundred stops across the country the Grey Cup 100 train pulled into the CP Rail Yards in Red Deer Wednesday afternoon. Hundreds of football fans waited in line to get a close up look at the cup and among them were Chuck Seely and his son Ian from Red Deer. The retrofitted train includes a car showcasing the Grey Cup, a special museum car that captures its long and storied history and a team car celebrating the special place today’s CFL teams have in their communities and the hearts of their fans across the country.

Cash-strapped theatre group preparing repayment proposal BANKRUPTCY ‘WORST-CASE SCENARIO’

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF The next couple of weeks will be the turning point for Central Alberta Theatre.

Knowing that it’s unable to repay the entire $800,000 that’s owed to creditors, the cash-strapped amateur theatre group has hired a trustee to evaluate the operation and make an “achievable” repayment proposal to those owed money by the group.

Lawrence Hobbs, CAT’s first vice-president, said creditors will have a choice of either accepting the proposal, and receiving at least some of the money they are owed, or not accepting it.

If most creditors refuse the proposal, bankruptcy will result. Hobbs said in this “worst-case scenario,” the 42-year-old group would officially fold, leaving the Memorial Centre without an operator, and most creditors out of pocket for virtually everything owed to them.

Since CAT actually owns no buildings, it has no

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property to liquidate.

The group operates the Memorial Centre, has paid to renovate the connected CAT Studios, and to redo City Centre Stage — a project that went way over budget — but the non-profit group has no title to these buildings, said Hobbs.

The City of Red Deer owns the CAT Studios and Memorial Centre and the Mah family of Red Deer owns the City Centre Stage Building, which was only leased by the theatre group.

Most of what can be sold if CAT folds is some lighting and sound equipment, said Hobbs. “I would hope the creditors would accept the (trustee’s) proposal to at least get something back on the dollar, but we’ll see.”

Hobbs, a management consultant, intends to go back to Red Deer city council in two weeks to ask for $60,000 in bridge funding to hire the staff needed to continue operating the Memorial Centre.

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Putting wind on the grid ALBERTA’S BIGGEST WIND PROJECT AT HALKIRK

BY LAURA TESTER ADVOCATE STAFF Alberta’s largest wind project was saluted in the Village of Halkirk on Wednesday.

The project is expected to meet the average annual power needs of 50,000 homes.

Residents from the East-Central Alberta community and the surrounding area of Paintearth County toured the Halkirk wind project. A 44-metre turbine blade was displayed for the public to sign as well. Halkirk is located 120 km east of Red Deer.

Capital Power representatives were also on hand to talk about the project that’s been more than five years in the making. Greengate Power was the initial developer on the project before Edmonton-based power producer Capital Power bought the project out at $33 million.

The total project’s cost is estimated at $357 million.

Capital Power president Brian Vassjo said the project has been a long time coming, but has been well worth the wait.

It’s not only brought jobs, but will significantly add to Alberta’s supply of green energy, he said.

So far, 26 turbines standing on top of 80-metre-tall towers have been installed on properties between Halkirk and Castor. By the end of this year, 86 turbines will be stretched across 40 sections of land.

The project will generate 150 megawatts of green energy.

“When the wind blows, it goes into the grid,” said Vassjo. “Other forms of (power) generators back off, whether that’s natural gas or coal.”

Winds travelling between 30 and 60 km/h provide good capacity. When it gets to 70 or 80 km/h, then it’s too much to handle.

“The first step in developing a wind project is finding a region and measuring wind speed — usually that takes a couple of years,” said Vassjo.

Once that work is done, then the

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Alberta’s largest wind project is nearing completion at Halkirk east of Stettler. On Wednesday area residents were invited to come out and see the progress on the project and had the chance to put their signature and a message on one of the 44-metre long turbine blades. Above, Brianne Beverton, 11, of Castor puts her mark on a blade which will soon be spinning on a 80-metre tall wind turbine tower just east of Halkirk. Thirty-six towers have been erected in the project to date and another 47 more towers will be installed before the end of the year bringing the total number of wind turbines to 83.

project builders must acquire rights from farms and go through regulatory processes.

“You need about six or seven years before you start seeing a wind project that is operating,” said Vassjo.

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CAT: Solvency plan Hobbs will bring forward the solvency plan that city council is seeking, as well as a full accounting of previous loans that CAT has repaid over the years, and the investment that the group has made in cityowned facilities.

He stressed that CAT members are extremely unhappy to be in the position of being unable to repay CAT’s full debt load. For many of the elderly members, especially, this was an extremely difficult realization to come to, he said. “But we have no choice.”

The group got into financial trouble by taking on the City Centre Stage lease and renovation, with its spiralling costs. Money is owed to a bank, a builder, the landlord and other creditors.

In hiring the trustee, Lawrence said CAT has effectively gotten out of the long-term lease to pay the Mah family $11,000 a month to use the downtown former movie house-turned live theatre space.

The lease was unsustainable for the group and one that CAT never should have entered into, said Hobbs, a management consultant who recently moved to the city from Calgary and joined the nonprofit’s board.

The rest of CAT’s plays this season, with the possible exception of the Christmas show, will be staged in the 60-person Nickle Studio. Hobbs said selling out seats in the smaller theatre is preferable to playing to small crowds in the 700-seat Memorial Centre.

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Construction involved a crew of almost 300 people, a number of whom were from the local area.

The turbines, which will be operated and maintained by Vestus Wind Systems, will involve daily maintenance by 14 employees.

Vassjo said that the project has injected significant dollars into the region.

“We have found the hospitality and

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But, more importantly, he believes the group can make money in the Nickle Studio, with its low overhead. “If we can get through a successful season we can make some money, some net profit.”

While the last fundraiser for CAT, with only a week of lead-up time, was not very well attended, Hobbs said there are other opportunities for raising money. Hobbs hopes CAT can soon get back to focusing on producing community theatre, which is why the group exists.

If the organization is still together after the trustee makes his pitch to creditors, CAT can proceed with a five-year plan that would see the group producing more diverse shows that would attract a broader audience and younger membership.

Hobbs would like Red Deer’s largest, oldest amateur theatre group to establish partnerships with corporations and other arts groups, including Tree House Youth Theatre and Red Deer College. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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preference to stay in an east to west or a Central Alberta riding.

“There’s a Central Alberta identity,” said Jim Duncan, a Clearwater County councillor and on the county’s Agriculture Services Board. “People have said it time and again. All of our health care is in Red Deer centre. We deliver our agricultural grain to Central Alberta. There’s that Central Alberta identity. When we think politically we think Central Alberta.”

Duncan said they can live in a large riding as long as it is Central Alberta-based because that’s where their history and their traditions lie. He said the member of Parliament for the riding would be more effective if he were to look after a Central Alberta riding instead of a north-south alignment.

Clearwater County Reeve Pat Alexander said the municipality of 12,000 residents would fit better in an east-west riding because of relationships with other municipalities including Red Deer, Caroline and Rocky Mountain House and economic ties that span east to west. Shannon Fagnan, a member of the Chamber of Commerce, said the business community in Caroline is worried about suffer because of the lack of geographical representation and conflicting interests in the vast riding.

The commission says its main aim in redrawing boundaries is to divide the province into electoral districts as close to the average population as reasonably possible. A report from the hearings across the country is expected to be before the House of Commons by Dec. 21. Should the changes go ahead, the earliest the boundaries would be in is in April 2014. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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the whole attitude of the people to be extremely positive,” said Vassjo, adding he anticipated Wednesday’s celebration would be attended by 800 to 1,000 people.

Lower power prices will not support any new wind power development in Eastern and Southern Alberta, said Vassjo.

He anticipated that more projects will come on stream by the end of the decade. By this time, power prices will have increased and technologies will have improved, Vassjo said. ltester@reddeeradvocate.com

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Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012

Modern family changing

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The nuclear family is no longer the norm in Canada.

The mom-pop-and-three-kids-under-one-roof model that typified Canadian households of 50 years ago has morphed into a complex and diverse web of family ties involving living alone, re-marriage, stepchildren, empty-nesters and multiple generations sharing a home.

Statistics Canada has released the third tranche of new data from its 2011 census, this time portraying the changes in Canadian families and living arrangements over five decades.

Married couples are in a long-term decline, single parenting has risen persistently, and families have gradually shrunk. The average family was 3.9 people in 1961, when the baby boom was in full swing. Now, it’s 2.9.

“We do see more complexity and definitely more diversity in families,” said Statistics Canada demographer Anne Milan.

For the first time, Statistics Canada says there are more people living alone in Canada than there are couples with children. One-person households now make up 27.6 per cent of all homes, a three-fold increase since 1961 that is especially notable in Quebec.

Meanwhile, couples with children have continued their decline, down to 26.5 per cent of all households, from 28.5 per cent in 2006.

Just 10 years ago, couples with children under 24 years old made up 43.6 per cent of all families (not including one-person households) — by far the most typical kind of family.

Now, parents with children make up just 39.2 per cent of families, and a rising proportion of those parents are not officially married. The number of

Same-sex couples wedding in droves

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Seven years after the federal government gave its blessing to same-sex marriage, it’s clear Canada’s gay and lesbian couples have been seizing the wedding day.

Same-sex marriage nearly tripled between 2006 and 2011, while the number of same-sex couples jumped 42.4 per cent during the same five-year period, Statistics Canada said Wednesday as it released a fresh salvo of census data focused on the country’s families and living arrangements.

The agency counted 21,015 married gay and lesbian couples and another 43,560 in common-law relationships — a sizable jump from the 2006 census, which counted same-sex couples for the first time and enumerated 45,345 of them — 7,465 married and 37,885 common-law.

In many ways, the jump in same-sex marriage is hardly surprising, coming as it does during the first full five-year census period to follow the then-Liberal government’s decision to legalize gay marriage in 2005.

The law was in response to a series of well-publicized court rulings that declared it unconstitutional to deny gays and lesbians the right to marry each other.

Proving a point, however, was never part of Alisha and Julie’s wedding vows.

The pair, now in their late 20s, who asked that their last names not be published, got married last October in Sackville, N.B., becoming the first samesex couple to tie the knot in the chapel at Mount Allison University.

“Getting married was never a question, you know, like: ‘Oh, we’re gay. Should we get married?” Julie said.

“It was always that I wanted to get married for having kids, and I wanted to have a family and just be married, you know what I mean? Have that kind of commitment to the person you love and your family.”

The increase in the number of same-sex couples — married and common-law — likely has as much to do with a wider societal acceptance of alternative lifestyles as it does with the legalization of marriage, said Rod Beaujot, a demographer at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ont.

common-law couples surged almost 14 per cent between 2006 and 2011.

For the first time in 2011, Statistics Canada also measured the number of stepfamilies in the country, showing that now one in 10 children lives in some sort of reconstituted arrangement.

“The modern family is changing, and I think it’s a wonderful thing,” said Shannon Kennedy, an Ottawabased wedding planner who finds herself on the front lines of fluctuating living arrangements on a daily basis. “The rules of a nuclear family just don’t apply any more.”

In 2011, the most typical family was a couple with no children, continuing a pattern spotted in 2006.

Statistics Canada found that 44.5 per cent of families have no kids at home, partly reflecting the aging of the baby-boomer bulge, the leading edge of which has started turning 65.

Overall, there were 9.4 million families in Canada in 2011, a 5.5 per cent increase from 2006.

Despite a growing population overall, the number of married couples declined outright by 132,715 over the past decade.

Lone-parent families and multiple-family households, on the other hand, were on the rise. Single parents increased by 8.0 per cent from 2006, and more of those parents were fathers — although eight out of 10 lone parents were still mothers.

Same-sex couples were also on a steep incline, up 42.4 per cent from 2006. About half of these couples were married, while the rest were common-law. Still, same-sex couples only made up 0.8 per cent of all couples in 2011.

And for the first time, Statistics Canada zeroed in on children living in untraditional arrangements.

In Canada’s first-ever national count of foster children, the agency revealed that there were 29,590 of them under the age of 14 in 2011, with the highest predominance in Manitoba, where there is a high

First Nations population. Overall, 29 per cent of the country’s foster children were younger than 5, and 30 per cent were between 5 and 9 years old.

More than 17,000 households are involved in taking care of foster children, and more than half of those households had taken in at least two kids.

The pure numbers are only a start in figuring out how best to support some of the most vulnerable children in Canada, researchers say. But now that they are armed with better data, social scientists will be better able to determine the needs of foster children.

“For 10 years, I’ve wanted to track this,” said John Dunn, a former foster child who now advocates on their behalf.

What he needs to get a full picture is more data on how much money is flowing into the household — information that won’t come until next August.

The census-takers also found that about one in 10 children under the age of 14 lived in some sort of stepfamily.

But such families are so complex that Statistics Canada had to include several diagrams with its census documents in order to better explain where those children came from.

Of the 3.7 million couple-families with children, 87.4 per cent are considered “intact,” with all the kids counted as the offspring of both parents.

About 12.6 per cent were considered stepfamilies.

Of those, 7.4 per cent were considered “simple” stepfamilies, in which all children are directly related to just one of the spouses.

The rest of the stepfamilies are considered “complex.” More than half of them had three or more children.

Stepfamilies were most common in Quebec, and least common in Ontario. By city, stepfamilies were most common in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, and least common in Toronto and Vancouver.

Census reveals growth in high-rise apartments

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — For eleven months, Lia Cosco had a place to call home in Vancouver — all 26 square metres of it.

A one-room cubbyhole little bigger than a pair of parking spaces, it featured a microwave and a stove top — no room for an oven — and a bed that folded away so she could sit at her kitchen table.

But Cosco was happy to hand over $1,000 a month for her “cosy micro-condo” in the city’s historic Gastown neighbourhood because, despite a healthy gross income of about $58,000 a year, she had little other hope of ever affording to buy in the pricey West Coast city.

Statistics Canada’s latest census data shows that high-rises have sprouted up across the country, with the stock expanding 10.7 per cent between 2006 and 2007. In Vancouver, the market is on fire to serve people like Cosco, expanding 24 per cent in five years.

“I was looking for a place and I couldn’t afford $1,200, $1,300 a month just for renting, or $1,600 for a lot of places,” said Cosco, 33, who works full-time as an international student administrator at Vancouver

Community College.

Detailed information from Statistics Canada won’t come until late next year, showing how much of the growth in housing stock is linked to condominiums and rental housing, and how much the boom has driven up costs and crowding.

So far, the data show that most people still live in single family homes. About 55 per cent of all housing in Canada is this type of dwelling, about the same as in 2006. High-rises only make up a tenth of the country’s housing stock, despite the fast pace of building.

But that’s less true in the big cities. Toronto and Vancouver in particular have seen double-digit expansion of high rises and a more moderate rate of growth in single detached homes. Now, more than a quarter of Toronto homes and 15 per cent of Vancouver dwellings are in high-rise buildings.

When her 30-unit rental development began offering furnished condos ranging from 21 to 27 square metres, Cosco jumped at the chance to move in — then moved out just as fast when a new housing development offered condos below market value to middle-income Vancouverites.

With her master’s degree and full-time job, Cosco is part of a new urban definition of “affordable housing” in Canada.

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CENSUS: Third fastest growing population

A State Memorial will be held Friday, 21st September, 2012 Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 1415 - 14th Avenue, n.w., Calgary Memorial begins at 1:00 p.m.

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Marital instability is also reflected in the city’s domestic violence rates, he said.

In 2011, Red Deer had 24,535 married couples (with or without children), common-law couples (with or without children) and single-parent families.

That’s an 8.9 per cent increase since 2006.

In total in 2011, there were 16,385 married couples, 3,870 common law couples and 4,280 single parents.

The census shows 15.8 per cent of families in Red Deer were common-law couples compared to 13.6 per cent in Alberta. And at 66.8 per cent, the percentage of married couples in Red Deer was lower than the provincial average of 72 per cent.

In Canada, 67 per cent of families in 2011 were married couples, 16.7 per cent were common law and 16.3 were single-parent families.

Alberta had the third fastest growing family populations with a 10.5 per cent increase since 2006. Yukon had the highest growth at 11.9 per cent followed

by Nunavut at 10.6 per cent.

In 2011, the percentage of married couples was highest in Prince Edward Island at 72.7 per cent, followed by Ontario at 72.3 per cent and then Alberta at 72.

Nunavut had the highest rate of common-law couples with 32.7 per cent, followed by Quebec at 31.5 per cent and the Northwest Territories at 28.7 per cent.

Nunavut also had the highest rate of single-parent families at 28.2 per cent, followed by Yukon at 20.5 per cent and Nova Scotia at 17.3 per cent. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012

Royalty obliged to behave THEY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO KEEP THEIR CLOTHES ON IN PUBLIC AREAS, AND IF THEY DON’T, THEY SHOULDN’T COMPLAIN ABOUT IT

BY RICK ZEMANEK SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE First there was womanizer Prince Harry, one of the latest new-age members of the Royal Family known during his formative years to cut loose at pubs (under-age) and parties, and smoke marijuana.

All was documented by press around the world.

Then lately, here’s Harry again making headlines, this time in a first-class Las Vegas hotel room romping around in the nude with an unidentified nude female, apparently playing “nude pool” with other revellers.

Not sure what the rules are with that game, but years ago similar titillating games were called “strip poker” or “spin the bottle,” where one at the losing end was required to remove an item of clothing. Apparently Harry and his naked female friend were at the losing end.

Now there’s the most recent incident rattling the cages of the gossip columnists worldwide about Kate Middleton, presumably the next queen of England, photographed topless.

Buckingham Palace is in an unprecedented flap, taking the unusual step of seeking press bans on the topless photos.

And Prince William and Kate have launched a lawsuit, claiming invasion of privacy — the first action of this kind in Royal history.

The British press, notorious for its yellow journalism — the phone tapping scandal, for example — took an unusual, sanctimonious about-turn and condemned the publication of Kate’s photos, calling it a serious infringement on privacy. Talk about calling the kettle black.

If the truth be known, this smacks of professional jealousy because they missed the scoop.

For example, when naked Harry was exposed in the photos resembling a VIP orgy, the British media cried foul — even Rupert Murdoch, the media tycoon behind the phone-tap scandals.

As did his daughter Elizabeth, his News Corporation executive.

Shortly after, Murdoch’s publication, The Sun, became the first British newspaper to publish photos of naked Harry, claiming it was in the public’s interest and a test of Britain’s free press.

So why the sudden about-turn by the Murdochs?

“I think he’s cute, and I thought quite sweet,” said the daughter. “I feel bad for him, I mean, God, take mobile phones away (but) we’ve all seen the pictures online. If newspapers can’t participate in that I think it asks questions about where print and online (meet)”.

The photos meant big sales for Mur-

doch, and the Royal family is not over and above the average person when it comes to the rules of photography.

Aside from breaking the law by trespassing, anything or anybody photographed that could be viewed by the public in general is OK. Kate was in full public view when the photos were taken by a photographer training his long lens camera on the Royal couple while they sunbathed on a private estate in southern France.

But the French court differs in the rules. It ordered the French magazine Mondadori from re-publishing the photos, ruling the photos were, as they appeared in the magazine, a “brutal display . . . particularly intrusive.”

The photos have since been published in Italy and Northern Ireland.

The Royal couple is also filing a criminal complaint against the yet-tobe-named photographer.

While the Internet commenters have been embroiled in a war of words, the

question remains: Do the photos of Harry and Kate represent an invasion of privacy?

Absolutely not!

While the Royal family demands dignity in its media coverage, that demand comes with a price — accountability. And they have a responsibility to uphold their end of the bargain by behaving in a dignified manner.

The Royal family must realize that, at very least, in exchange for the millions of dollars flooded in their direction, they should behave themselves in public.

Don’t blame the media. Blame a family whose children seem to believe they can bare all in public with immunity.

If you are royalty, your business is everybody’s business, so adjust your habits accordingly.

Rick Zemanek is a retired Advocate editor.

I’m just not that interested in Facebook meanderings There are probably about 50 people in the world who have never heard of Facebook. Clearly they are the lucky ones if you dig a little deeper into the cultural fabric of this social network phenomenon.

It seems quite probable that Facebook will not remain the undisputed champion of social networks forever, but right now they are the big dogs on the porch.

The principle is so utterly simple: connect the entire planet on a social network and let them find a common denominator in cyber-world.

For some people, the perceived common denominator may be the complete misJIM conception that other people need to know the intimate SUTHERLAND details of their lives, as long as the intimate details are the incredibly boring parts of their lives.

They believe that we absolutely need to know that they are doing their laundry or about to take a nap in the next phase of an amazingly bland day. Some will even photograph a meal they prepare it, or a beverage they are about to consume, while we try to stave off a boredom-induced coma.

The problem is that other people created the boredom; and they did it in cyber-space while they broke our will to live.

Even worse, it heads downhill from there for Facebook victims.

Is there a kitten or puppy on the entire planet that has not been photographed for a cute animal shot, complete with a cute caption?

The entire purpose of the exercise appears to be a concerted effort to artificially apply a sense of wit or humour to people with no sense of wit or humour.

There are many among us with no discernible come-

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dic skills who mine the funny material from other places on the Internet and present a pitiable illusion that they have some connection with the creativity because they learned how to cut and paste the stuff on Facebook with their laptops or iPhones.

Nobody really buys into their very tenuous connection to creativity any more than they bought into a borrowed comedy routine regurgitated by some humour-impaired clown with a failing memory in the days before cut and paste Facebook stuff. The only difference is that cut and paste humour on Facebook means that at least the guy won’t blow the punch-line in the pilfered joke.

Facebook is also a place where male admirers can flock around female objects of their affection and fawn over everything that she posts online.

Women in this scenario can actually be incredibly boring and it does not matter one iota because these clowns are going to love everything that she says on Facebook. It really is “all good” when she says it because these sycophantic losers carry a big torch that cannot be extinguished by mere reality, so they lead a life of illusion that chicks dig massive overdoses of unchecked and unwarranted flattery.

Pluckiness is a part of Facebook. Small and large obstacles in life receive the same “you can do it” chorus from the cheerleading squad in the friend list, many of whom are vague acquaintances at best in our lives. That is the way things work on Facebook where sympathy and words of encouragement from complete strangers reigns supreme. Their thoughts and prayers are with you even if you could pass each

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other on a street several times a day and never connect the dots.

Some people thrive on this element of Facebook and purposely put out comments that invite a response from their friend list that is actually full of strangers and acquaintances. These people may be somewhat merciful and explain the problem in clear terms or, in the finest tradition of self-centered narcissists desperately seeking the spotlight, they may resort to cryptic phrases followed by a frowny-face icon. The net result is a guessing game where sympathetic posters try to name the dilemma while the centre of attention basks in the warm glow of extra attention for a very minor personal problem. This ploy is particularly effective when it is employed by the aforementioned women who have a small army of male admirers who also believe that chicks dig sympathetic dudes who guess their problem.

I have to add one final point: there are some people who are actually worth the effort to read on Facebook. A very small segment of Facebookers are pretty entertaining and can actually offer an original laugh or thought with their posts. They have an innate ability to entertain the troops and they usually have plenty of admirers.

The only downside to their funny posts is the flood of feeble unfunny attempts to keep up with them after the funny people post something, and that scenario is too painful for further discussion. Apply frowny-face here.

Jim Sutherland is a local freelance writer. He can be reached at jim@mystarcollectorcar.com.

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Some dogs bred for violence; rules can dictate behaviour

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Bikes had to obey the rules of the road — no riding on sidewalks, stopping at stop signs, signaling by hand for turns and stops. Also each bike had to have a warning bell or horn, and after dark some kind of a light, even if only a flashlight in a clamp on the handlebars.

Because there was more traffic and also more beat cops in Edmonton, things were policed more strictly.

I delivered groceries, newspapers, and when I turned 16 in high school, I became a Canadian Pacific Railroad telegraph messenger. We had lights both front and back driven by a little generator that ran against the tire. If we were not abiding by all the rules, our bikes could be taken away for a week or more depending on the severity of the offence which of course meant a loss of wages.

There were good and bad points about licence plates. The bad part was that offended people could report your licence to the police and you could have a problem. The good part was that if a bike was stolen, the serial number on the frame was recorded at city hall where you had registered it when getting a licence and you stood a good chance of getting it back.

Police could give you a ticket for an offence, but usually a stiff warning was sufficient. Also the fact that you were driving a licensed vehicle made you more aware of what your responsibilities were.

As to the bike lanes in Red Deer, perhaps during the winter, they could be used by people with quads and snowmobiles, which are also licensed vehicles, and most have lights and horns!

Bud Haynes Red Deer

Recently, another person was attacked and severely injured by a “pit bull type dog.”

I have lived in Red Deer for one year now and during this time I have read of many similar incidents by the same type of dog. I have read letters in other newspapers all blaming the owners and never the animal for these attacks, and even animal trainers in this area have agreed that it is lack of training by the owners of this type of dog that causes these attacks, although I do agree on occasions it is the dog owners who are to blame mainly because they are left chained or in confined spaces all day.

I totally disagree that it is the owners’ fault through lack of proper training. I was born in the U.K. and prior to coming to Alberta lived in Portugal and Spain for 32 years, and for a few years in the United States. We have always owned and still own dogs, one of which in the U.K. was a pit bull.

In those days, there wasn’t the publicity relating to pets and I have to admit that on more than one occasion our dog attacked other dogs after climbing over a low fence. This dog was very, very peaceful when at home.

When one of our children was born and my wife came home from the hospital, the dog started to circle the bed my wife and baby were in. It got so bad that we had to take the dog to the RSPCA. This incident happened many years ago because we are both now in our late 70s but since then have always had pet dogs of many breeds and sizes, at present owning two Yorkshire terriers.

Since those early days, the U.K. and at least seven European countries have banned entry to all pit bull type dogs and bull mastiffs, one of these European countries we resided in. Why are they banned from entry? Because they severely injure and in many cases kill.

Bonnie Denhaan’s wide-ranging letThese dogs are not trained to do ter published in the Sept. 12 Advocate this, they are bred like this and if you makes clear her strong opposition to read history books you will find that the use of torture. many years ago Roman armies used Hopefully, all Canadians share that bull mastiffs to attack the opposition view. Minister Vic Toews has stated to kill them. In addition to the above the federal government’s unequivocal countries where these breeds are to- opposition to the use of torture and the tally banned, they are also banned in prime minister has been very critical many states in the United States and of authorities anywhere in the world in Ontario.

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who are guilty of any form of human rights abuse, not just torture.

However, is there ever a situation in your world, Bonnie, in which it would be acceptable to use such possibly tainted information?

Let us consider this hypothetical situation. Let’s assume you have befriended neighbours who are immigrants from a country widely reported in the media of torturing people, including Canadian citizens. Let’s assume these friends visited their home country and on return told you that a relative there had a friend who was associated with the ruling authorities who had told him there seemed to be a plot to blow up a particular airline’s aircraft departing from Toronto at the end of this month. Let’s further assume that you have a dearly loved close relative who regularly flies with that airline because of overseas employment and was booked with it for a flight out of Toronto at the end of September.

What would you do?

Would you hold firm to your principles and say nothing and try to convince your neighbours to also stay silent?

Or would you perhaps just try to persuade your loved one to change flights but say nothing more? Just let the other passengers and the crew take their chances.

Or, after thinking about the Air India aircraft flying from Canada that was destroyed over the Atlantic in 1985 or the Pan Am aircraft that was brought down over Scotland three years later, would you perhaps hold your nose and contact the RCMP so that they could forward the information up the line for careful, and now legal, analysis and possible action if deemed appropriate to try to save lives, some of which could be Canadian?

If you were to choose either of the latter two options, do you really believe that having done so would prove that you, Bonnie Denhaan, now condone and support the use of torture? Is that really how you think?

I think many of us would be very interested in knowing your answers to these questions.

It is all hypothetical for you; but learning of quite similar situations could be very real, maybe even common, for Canadian personnel working in the intelligence and security fields.

They work in the real world of today, Bonnie; and my Canada is part of that real world, even though I too sometimes like to dream.

Fred Brittain Red Deer

Bike lanes deserve a chance In the Aug. 29 Red Deer Advocate most of the Comment page was devoted to the bike lane issue.

Our View by John Stewart was very well thought out and reasonable. Everyone should read it and give it some thought.

A letter to the editor by Miles Verreau was a great letter, one to read and ponder too. Thank you, Miles.

However, Jim Sutherland’s Gridlocked in Red Deer was very negative, not very helpful, especially before all the details have been ironed out and the bike lanes have been given a fair trial.

I love to see bikers making good use of the bike lane on Springbett Drive.

I no longer ride a bike and when I use my car, I try always to travel at non-peak times.

I urge all retired people to try out that idea and help the busy workers get to their jobs with less hassle on our streets.

Norma Martin Red Deer

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Girl to be taken off life support ALBERTA’S TOP COURT UPHOLDS RULING

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta’s top court has upheld a judge’s ruling that a two-year-old child allegedly abused by her parents should be taken off life support.

Minutes after the ruling Wednesday, a lawyer representing the child’s mother said she plans to make a last-ditch request to the Supreme Court to intervene.

But there may not be time.

Alberta Court of Appeal Justice Frans Slatter said the parents, who are in custody awaiting trial, were to be escorted within 24 hours to the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton for one last visit with their daughter before she is taken off a ventilator.

He ordered the parents, who cannot be named, to have separate visits lasting no more than 20 minutes each. They have been denied bail and are not allowed to have contact with each other.

They are charged with aggravated assault, crimi-

nal negligence causing bodily harm and failing to provide the necessities of life — charges that could be upgraded if the girl dies.

After the Appeal Court’s ruling, April Kellett and Lydia Bubel, lawyers representing the mother and father, jointly asked for a stay of the decision so they could try to challenge it before the Supreme Court.

But after a few minutes of discussion, the panel of three judges dismissed the request. Slatter said there was no legal issue that merited overriding the best interests of the child.

“There is nothing further the legal system can do,” he said.

Outside court, Kellett said she was going to arrange for another lawyer to appear on her behalf before the high court Thursday morning in Ottawa.

Paramedics found the girl and her twin sister, both malnourished and suffering from injuries, in an Edmonton home May 25. The girl at the centre of the appeal was in cardiac arrest and slipped into a coma. Her sister is recovering. An older brother who

Female Mounties feel there are few consequences for sexual harassment

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — Female Mounties are afraid to come forward with allegations of sexual harassment and bullying on the job because they don’t have faith their complaints will be taken seriously and they believe it will be them — not the problem officers — who will ultimately be punished, an internal RCMP report has found.

The report, conducted in response to a number of high-profile allegations of sexual harassment, details the results of focus groups involving 426 RCMP officers and employees from B.C., many of whom told their own stories of being bullied, belittled and in some cases sexually harassed and assaulted by colleagues and superiors.

Those same officers said the force and its senior officers are ill-equipped or even unwilling to properly deal with the problem.

“There was an overwhelming perception, based on personal observations, that there are no consequences for the harasser other than having to transfer and/or be promoted,” says the report, obtained through access-to-information laws.

“This perception of no ’real’ consequences left participants feeling that coming forward was not worth it. . . . Overall, the participants felt the consequences for filing a harassment complaint out-

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weighed the complaint itself.”

The review was ordered by Deputy Commissioner Craig Callens, the commander of the force in British Columbia, in response to a string of lawsuits and media reports involving sexual harassment.

The most widely reported case involves Cpl. Catherine Galliford, a former media relations officer who detailed years of abuse she says left her with posttraumatic stress. The RCMP has denied it.

The internal report, completed in April by Simmie Smith, an RCMP diversity strategist in B.C., suggests gender-based harassment was common among the women who participated in the focus groups.

Participants recalled a range of problems, including aggressive male supervisors, cases in which women were assigned to menial tasks and ignored in meetings, sexual innuendo, inappropriate touching and indecent exposure.

If they or their colleagues attempted to complain, the participants said, they often faced retribution.

They believed their careers would suffer and they risked being transferred to new jobs or locations as their superiors targeted them, not the offending officers, to deal with the problem, the report said.

Participants attributed the problem to an “old boys’ club” mentality they said permeates the force, in which officers with connections “never have to worry about being held accountable.”

OTTAWA — A former Mountie serving life in prison for killing an Ottawa police officer has been convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in the week before the cop’s murder.

An Ontario Supreme Court justice found forty-sixyear-old Kevin Gregson guilty on Wednesday of four counts of sexual assault causing bodily harm and four counts of sexual interference and sentenced him to 10 years in prison.

The victim told court Gregson raped her four times over the span of a few days.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS QUEBEC — The newly installed Parti Quebecois government wasted no time showing its sovereigntist stripes by appointing, on its first day in office, a minister responsible for advancing the cause of Quebec independence.

A unique new portfolio of minister for “sovereigntist government” was among the cabinet titles handed out as Premier Pauline Marois took office and introduced her ministry Wednesday.

The man with that title has a doctorate in constitutional law and knows the rest of Canada far better than most Pequistes: 35-year-old Alexandre Cloutier worked as a clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada and lectured at the University of Ottawa, in addition to studying at Cambridge University in the U.K. Cloutier’s mission: loosen ties to Canada.

The party has promised to introduce policies that could butt up against Canadian constitutional law, confront the federal government for a transfer of powers, and use each case as evidence of how Quebec would be better off on its own.

“It is becoming apparent to us that remaining a province of Canada has become an unacceptable risk for Quebec,” Marois said as she introduced her cabinet.

The assaults occurred just before Const. Eric Czapnik was stabbed to death Dec. 29, 2009 while he sat in his patrol car at the Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus.

Gregson was convicted last March of first-degree murder in the officer’s killing and sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.

He had been dismissed by the RCMP in 2006 for disciplinary and behavioural problems and was appealing that dismissal at the time of the killing.

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Justice Minister Rob Nicholson says he will vigorously defend the handling of dangerous offenders — up to the Supreme Court of Canada, if necessary Earlier this week, an Ontario Superior Court judge struck down a section of the Criminal Code that puts the onus on repeat violent offenders to prove why they shouldn’t be locked up indefinitely.

In 2008 the Conservative government reversed the burden of proof from the Crown to offenders who have had three previous convictions for violent offences.

A dangerous offender can receive an indeterminate sentence and be locked up for life.

Ontario Superior Court Judge Alan Bryant agreed with a defence lawyer’s argument that the new burden of proof was too onerous on offenders.

In July, an Ontario Court judge struck down a three-year mandatory minimum sentence for firearms trafficking in the case of a crack dealer who offered to sell an undercover police officer a gun.

In February, Ontario Superior Court Judge Anne Molloy struck down a three-year minimum sentence for a first-time offence of illegally possessing a loaded gun.

The cases are expected to be appealed to higher courts.

The Ontario government has already indicated it will appeal the Molloy decision.

was also found in the home but wasn’t injured is now in foster care.

Doctors have testified the girl in a coma has an irreversible brain injury and will never regain consciousness. They said she has suffered repeated illness and needs an operation to allow her to keep using a breathing machine. The operation would be the first in a series of invasive procedures and doctors have agreed there’s no way to know if she can feel pain.

Alberta Child and Family Services has custody of the girl but her parents are still guardians. A lawyer representing the child said her best interests should prevail.

Lawyers for the parents, who are Muslim, have cited their religious beliefs and argued they should have the final say on their daughter’s medical care.

Last week, Court of Queen’s Bench Justice June Ross cast doubt on the parents’ motives for wanting to keep the girl alive and ruled she should be taken off the ventilator.

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Accused PQ election shooter speaks from jailhouse MONTREAL — The accused killer who allegedly ruined the Parti Quebecois election-night celebration is speaking out from his jailhouse — just as the new government is being sworn in.

Montreal radio station CJAD is reporting that Richard Henry Bain phoned its newsroom today from his prison infirmary to say that he believes the city should separate from the province.

It says they interviewed him for half an hour, but chose to only run a brief snippet of the interview on the air.

In a clip that aired, Bain is heard sharing his view that Montreal should separate from the rest of Quebec because, in his opinion, that might help ensure greater peace between anglophones and francophones.

“My vision is that the island of Montreal separate to become its own province,” Bain said.

The radio station says Bain placed the call without his lawyer’s knowledge.

The businessman faces a charge of firstdegree murder in connection with the shooting that took place only metres from where PQ premier-elect Pauline Marois was giving her victory speech.

One man was killed and another was wounded in the election-night shooting.

Marois was sworn in today as the 30th premier of Quebec — and is the very first woman to hold the job in that province.

The 62-year-old Bain also faces 15 other charges — including three counts of attempted murder and arson in the attack outside the Montreal nightclub.

Bain’s next court appearance is set for Oct. 11.

Summer takes unprecedented toll on Arctic ice OTTAWA — Arctic ice cover has reached another nadir, melting to its lowest point in modern history.

Scientists say the melt climaxed today and will now begin to turn with the coming of colder weather.

They were taken by surprise by the speed of the thaw this year and say an area of sea ice bigger than Alberta disappeared over the summer — clobbering previous records and prompting concerns about the effects on climate change.

Darker waters and thinner patches of ice absorb more heat from

RCMP Taser use continued to drop in 2010, says watchdog’s latest report

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OTTAWA — A new report says RCMP use of stun guns continued to drop in 2010.

The RCMP watchdog found that threatened or actual use of the Taser

by RCMP officers dipped 14 per cent from 2009.

The Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP says firing of the Taser declined by more than onequarter from the previous year.

The commission examined 597 reports filed by officers who either used their Taser or pulled it out of a holster.

Brewing concerns about Taser use bubbled over in 2007 when Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski died at the Vancouver airport.

In spring 2010, the Mounties introduced a new Taser policy, saying they would fire them at people only when they’re hurting someone or clearly about to do so.

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QUEBEC — Public health authorities say they have identified the source of Quebec City’s outbreak of legionnaires’ disease: an office building in the provincial capital.

They say samples taken from a cooling tower in a building on St-Joseph Street in Quebec City’s lower-town area match the genetic fingerprint of the strain of Legionella bacteria found in patients who’ve been treated.

Public health officials told a news conference today that the tower is safe again and there’s no reason for people to modify work or leisure activities.

They say their conclusion is based on preliminary information released by the laboratory conducting the tests.

From the start, the source of the outbreak was suspected to have been an office cooling tower. Authorities scrambled to ensure all the towers were cleaned in the affected areas, while at the same time seeking to pinpoint the actual origin.

Since the outbreak began in July, 180 cases have been reported. Thirteen people have died.

The deadly bacteria grows in the stagnant water of cooling systems and spreads in little droplets through air conditioning.

While authorities haven’t ruled out other buildings, they say the tower on St-Joseph Street played an important role in the outbreak in that city.

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Broken hearts, empty wallets Early onset Alzheimer’s robs people of their loved ones and their financial security

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Alzheimer’s Symptoms

L

inda Sinotte was 52 when she started acting different.

She couldn’t concentrate long enough to finish projects as a certified interpreter for the deaf. She couldn’t remember how to switch user names on her home computer in Stuart, Fla. For some time, her husband, Tom, stayed quiet.

But then Linda went away with family on a trip to Disney.

“When they came back, they said, ‘What’s wrong with Linda?’ “ Tom Sinotte said.

Linda couldn’t find her way back from the restroom when the family went to a restaurant. A friend had to carry her money so she wouldn’t misplace it by putting it in unusual places like a drawer instead of her wallet.

She had a variety of medical tests and got different diagnoses from different doctors, from depression to attention deficit disorder. Finally, a PET scan revealed what was causing her to act differently.

Linda, now 55, has early-onset Alzheimer’s.

“That’s not something you would expect to hear for someone this age,” Tom Sinotte said.

The early-onset form of the neurological disease affects people younger than 65 and accounts for as much as 5 percent of Alzheimer’s cases in the U.S. -or about 200,000 people, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.

The nonprofit organization estimates 5.3 million Americans have Alzheimer’s. The costs of caring for those with the disease will total $200 billion this year, with more than half of it coming from Medicare, and are expected to soar in the coming years as baby boomers age.

Linda had to quit her job when her memory eroded. Tom also had to quit his job when he became a caregiver for Linda and also his parents, who are in later stages of Alzheimer’s.

As the disease progresses, twisted and tangled protein fibers accumulate inside brain cells. That build-up begins in areas important for memory before spreading to other parts of the brain. It eventually leads to death and cannot be cured or prevented.

Some experts believe people who develop Alzheimer’s before age 65 usually have a genetic mutation. They can show symptoms as young as age 35.

Linda tested positive for the ApoE4 gene, which increases risk of Alzheimer’s and is carried by one in four Americans, according to Alzheimer’s Disease Research, a branch of a nonprofit organization that helps to pay for studies of Alzheimer’s and other diseases. She has an aunt who died from the disease and her mother has dementia.

Linda is still in the early stages of Alzheimer’s.

She can remember -- and brags -- that her 24-year-old daughter Kayla is getting her second master’s degree in global sustainability at the University of South Florida. But conversations on the phone with her daughter have become scarce because she has difficulty remembering words.

“Her age mentality is getting younger, and I can definitely tell the difference,” Kayla Sinotte said.

Linda worked for nine years in the Jupiter school system and was one of the founders of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services of the Treasure Coast, a nonprofit that provides interpreters and other services locally. She quit after her diagnosis because she couldn’t remember some of the sign language or find her way when commuting among schools.

“I kind of fell apart in the beginning. But I have a wonderful husband,” Linda Sinotte said.

She has been married to Tom for 25 years. The two met in New Hampshire, when Linda was managing a hostel in the White Mountains and Tom was doing a bike ride from Florida to raise funds for brain tumor treatment for his brother, who died at age 27.

They moved to Florida because of the weather and because of Tom’s work installing kitchens.

Two years ago, Tom quit his job to become a caregiver for Linda. Around the same time, he found out his mother and father, Ardis and Al Sinotte, also had Alzheimer’s.

Tom was able to tell the signs of his parent’s memory loss early on because of the research he did after his wife’s diagnosis. His mother would call him crying on the phone because she couldn’t pay her bills by herself. His parents, both in their late 80s, later told him that they let a pot melt into their glass-top

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, some warning signs of the disease include: ● Forgetting recently learned information, important dates or events or repeatedly asking for the same information ● Changes in ability to develop and follow a plan or work with numbers, such as following a familiar recipe or keeping track of monthly bills ● Losing track of dates, seasons and the passage of time ● Trouble understanding visual images and spatial relationships, which may cause problems with driving ● Stopping in the middle of a conversation and having no idea how to continue or having problems finding the right word ● Withdrawal from work or social activities ● Changes in mood and personality For more information: www.alzcare.org

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Top: Linda Sinotte, was 52 when she started looking into her forgetfulness and diagnosed herself at 53 with early onset Alzheimer’s after she asked doctors if she could get a PET scan.

Middle: Tom and Linda Sinotte play ball in the pool to keep her skills sharp. Linda, 55, co-founded in 1989 the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services of the Treasure Coast before she was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s.

Bottom: Tom Sinotte organizes his parents’ prescription pills as well as their vitamins on the dining room table in their home. Tom’s wife, Linda, waits for him to be finished. stove and bought a new one to hide it.

His parents moved into Tom and Linda’s house in Stuart shortly after.

“Everything happened at the same time,” Tom Sinotte said. “I was running around like a chicken with its head cut off.”

Linda wonders if her daughter, Kayla, could be the next in the family.

“I’ve taken memory tests, but I’m only 24. It’s something that I will continue to have checked on,” Kayla Sinotte said.

People with early-onset Alzheimer’s are fasttracked into Social Security disability benefits and are eligible for Medicare two years after their diagnosis if they are younger than age 65. Linda receives benefits, but the cost of exams, health insurance and medication has used up most of the Sinottes’ life savings.

The couple is in the process of filing for bankruptcy, Tom said.

Financial distress is common among people with

early-onset Alzheimer’s, said Donna True, program services coordinator with the Southeast Florida chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.

“If the person with the diagnosis cannot work, if they progress to a point where they need full-time care, who’s going to provide if they are not well off financially?” True said.

Tom and Linda Sinotte have not decided where Linda will go when her Alzheimer’s progresses to a point where she cannot live at home. She was part of a study to test an experimental drug called bapineuzumab. But the makers of the drug, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson, announced last month they will discontinue the study she was in because it failed to improve cognitive performance compared to a placebo. Linda is now trying to enter other trials.

In the meantime, Tom said he watches her decline rapidly, faster than his parents. That quick progression is considered normal for patients with earlyonset Alzheimer’s disease, although experts cannot explain why.

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Areas that are rarely walked on need much less maintenance that golf courses or private yards.

For many, lawn care is a spring activity.

As soon as the snow melts lawns are raked, fertilized and treated for weeds. This has been the norm but research has found that it might not be the most effective.

Herbicides that are often used in the spring have been found to be more effective in the fall.

Chemical herbicides work because they are absorbed by the plant and moved throughout the plant.

LINDA In the spring the majority TOMLINSON of the plant growth is above ground while in the fall plants are putting their energy into root development.

In the spring the results of a chemical application are seen quickly often with distorted top growth.

A fall application means that the chemicals are brought into the roots, killing the plant from the roots upwards.

At this time of year it is possible to spray one plant and kill another if they share the same root system.

The optimum time to apply the chemical is when the daytime temperatures are consistently warm as the plants have to be actively growing to transfer the chemicals within the plant.

For information on specific chemicals read their labels and fact sheets.

Some people advocate fertilizing the lawn in the fall, others do not.

Timing is everything with fall fertilization. It

must be applied late enough not to encourage top growth but early enough that the plants are still active and can absorb the nutrients to be stored in the roots.

Do not over fertilize as excess nutrients will leach from the soil and end up in the water ways.

Lawns that have been properly fertilized in the fall will not need to be fertilized in the early spring.

It is good practice to test soil periodically to see determine nutrient and ph levels and then apply fertilizer according to the results.

It costs to get soil tested but the savings will come in using less fertilizer.

Lawns are often over fertilized leading to chemical run off and water pollution.

For those that do not use chemicals, topdress by spreading ½ inch (1 cm) of compost or well rotten manure over the lawn.

The matter will quickly disappear into the grass and the nutrients will be absorbed by the plants.

Patch up areas of the lawn that are not growing well by top dressing specific areas.

Once the soil is spread over the poor area, rake lightly to incorporate existing soil with new soil.

Smooth the area and seed it using seed that matches the surrounding lawn.

Fall is a good time to aerate lawns.

Taking plugs out of lawns loosens the soil making it easier for plant roots to penetrate. Leave the plugs on the lawn as they will break down over the winter and become part of the lawn.

Healthy lawns with loose soil and easily accessible nutrient supply are thicker making it harder for weeds to become established.

Edge sidewalks and driveways as well as remove any grass that has grown in between cracks.

Removing anything that will catch the snow shovel later in the year will save time when it is cold.

Spending time and or money on the lawns this fall can ease the rush next spring.

Linda Tomlinson is a horticulturalist that lives near Rocky Mountain House. She can be reached at www.igardencanada.com or your_garden@hotmail.com

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Lougheed continued giving Alberta his wise and measured counsel As I write this, he re- ary rivers and streams Now that a muscle poses in state in the leg- was frowned upon, and disease has made all of islature rotunda in Ed- by the efforts made along my home stream, or any monton. the Test and other for that matter, unI just I t c h e n r i v - wadeable by me, Ken has missed meeters to render constructed the mother ing Peter f l y c a s t i n g of all casting decks for Lougheed at without wad- me beside the Night U of A where, ing possible, Hole. among other mostly groomNo matter that I’ve things, he was ing and mow- been skunked the first sports editor ing the banks three times casting from of the student and trimming it, they were at least newspaper, trees that ate casts, and that’s fishing; The Gateway, flies on the unlike Schwiebert, I call in 1952, then back-cast. my casting deck the platpresident of Frequently form of hope. the Students’ there were ● Big surprise under Union. benches to sit Important Changes for BOB He was on and watch 2012 in the 2012 HuntSCAMMELL gone, probf o r r i s e s , ing Regulations: Changably to Hars o m e t i m e s es to the opening dates vard, when I thatched an- for Pheasant Hunting in was editor in g l e r s ’ h u t s some Wildlife Managechief of The Gateway in more than two centu- ment Units.

1959 and declining to oc- ries old in which to take Check it out: pheasant cupy the seat that posi- shelter, socialize, drink season has already been tion gave me on Student a dram, eat lunch, and open, mostly in central Council. also, occasionally, there Alberta, since Sept. 1st, But I did meet him in were casting platforms generally where there the late 1960s at, of all and decks, mostly atop are no pheasants, unless Photo by BOB SCAMMELL places, an annual confer- slumping banks. you know of those small Casting from the mother of all casting decks beside the Night Hole. ence of the Alberta Fish After I got home, my habitat pockets where, and Game Association. friend, Ken Short, in- against all odds, a few He and five other PCs stalled benches beside wild pheasants manage berta has announced it Oct. 1st, still fully two and planted roosters. had been elected MLAs favorite places alongside to eke out a hard exis- will commence dumping weeks sooner than the Bob Scammell is an in the 1967 election (in “my” stretch of Prairie tence year after year. hatchery roosters into usual Oct. 15th opening award-winning columnist which I ran as a Liberal) Creek: the Drive-in TheBut relief in the form central Alberta’s Des- day in Alberta’s prime who lives in Red Deer. He and were busy learning atre, the Night Hole, and of cannon fodder is com- ignated Release Sites, southern and eastern can be reached at bscam@ all they could about Al- the Wolf Willow Bank. ing! Upland Birds Al- AKA “killing fields,” on pheasant areas for wild telusplanet.net. berta, Albertans, and their needs.

He told me that, with more than 25,000 members from every corner of the province, the AFGA was the place to learn about renewable resource, including fish and wildlife problems.

He stayed throughout, even through the traditional tedium of the Presidential Banquet.

When his party swept into power in the 1971 election, as premier, he appointed a strong, talented cabinet, including Dr. Allen Warrack, the best minister of lands and forests (now Environment — Sustainable Resource Development) we have ever had.

It is also not well know, but he was already tough and canny enough to extract an undated letter of resignation from each of his cabinet appointees.

As his reputation for statesmanship grew, the calls increased for him to enter federal politics.

As a non-PC private citizen, I wrote him, advising that he decline, because it was unlikely the Eastern establishment would let him win, and we needed him in Alberta.

I was astonished to receive a personal reply from the premier thanking me for my thoughts and hinting that he was thinking that way himself.

In recent years he has continued giving Alberta his wise and measured counsel, including that we should move more slowly and cautiously on oilsands development. ™ He remains number one on my very short list of Conservatives I have known who ever conserved anything.

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THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS

Friday ● Magdalene House Society Charity Golf Tournament is on Sept. 21 at Whispering Pines Golf and Country Club at Pine Lake.

Includes 18 holes of golf with cart for four man best ball format, and roast beef supper.

Registration is at 9:30 a.m. and shotgun start at 10:30 a.m. Prizes, silent auction, and more.

Teams and individuals welcome. Costs are $125 per person, $400 for foursome, $25 for meal only, or $200 to sponsor a hole. Silent auction item donations welcome. Contact Jessica at 403-506-1394, jessicaminaker@live. ca, or Pat at 403-304-9249, birdiehole11@ gmail.com. Funds raised will support victims of human trafficking. ● Alzheimer Society Open House in recognition of World Alzheimer Day is on Sept. 21 from 1 to 4 p.m. at CiRS Community Village. Enjoy brain healthy activities and poetry reading by author of Wells, Jenna Butler, have a stress reducing chair massage, snacks and more. Phone 403-346-4636. ● Widowed Support Network meeting is held the third Friday of each month from 7 to 9 p.m. at New Life Fellowship Church and provides a safe place for men and women who have lost their spouse through death to interact and support each other. Next on Sept. 21. Email to widowedsupportnetwork@ gmail.com. ● Barbecue and Movie in the Park at Bowden Igloo Arena is on Sept. 21. Barbecue 5 to 6:30 p.m. and a free outdoor showing of The Lorax, concession, garden market featuring local produce, children’s games and activities, scooter raffle and more. Contact Jade at 403-224-3395 or email jade@town. bowden.ab.ca. ● Ladies Auxiliary Annual Rock and Roll Dance Party, Sept. 21, 8:30 p.m. at the Red Deer Royal Canadian Legion Branch #35 with Triple Nickel band. Admission $15 per person and tickets are available at the reception desk. ● Lunch and Learn with the Central Alberta Refugee Effort on Sept. 21, noon to 1 p.m. at The Hub. Drop in with a bag lunch, meet people of different cultures and abilities.

Join in peace talks, make peace trees and poles to use on International Peace Day at City Hall until 2 p.m. (proclamation at 1 p.m.), and Earthdance on Sept. 22 in Veterans’ Park from 3 to 7 p.m. For more information, contact Jan at 403-346-8818 or email jan. underwood@care2centre.ca. ● Senior Citizens Downtown House card games: Cribbage every Thursday at 1:30 p.m.; Whist every Friday at 1:30 p.m. with a tournament on Sept. 21; 500 every Monday and Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. with a tournament on Sept. 24; Fun Contract Bridge every Wednesday at 1 p.m. Games cost $3.

Tournaments cost $6. Phone 403-346-4043.

Phone 403-346-4043. ● Senior Citizens Downtown House Roast Beef Supper will be on Sept. 21, 5:30 p.m. for $12. Phone 403-346-4043. ● Visions Country Gospel performance at Stettler Legion Hall on Sept. 21, 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are available from Bill or Lillian at 403-742-4037 or at the door. Sponsored by Victorian Chapter #14 Order of Eastern Star.

All tickets from May 4 will be honoured. ● Walk for Wellness and Suicide Prevention, Sept. 21, 4 p.m. at the ME Global Athletic Park in Lacombe. Please wear white shirts, bring pictures for the memorial wall, join in the walk, enjoy barbecue by donation, hear speakers. Call 403-782-4024. ● First Anniversary Breakfast for Red Deer River Watershed Alliance Ambassador Program, Sept. 21, 7:30 to 8:45 a.m., Quality North Hill Inn, $12 per person. Presentation on Dickson Dam and more. RSVP to ambassador@rdwa.ca or call 403-3407379. ● Bull Skit! A Night of Comedy will be presented by Against the Wall Theatre at the Scott Block on Sept. 21 and 22. Doors open at 7 p.m. with the show at 8 p.m. nightly.

Cash bar. Adult content. Tickets available at Sunworks, or by calling 403-341-3455. Tickets are $23 for adults, $18 for seniors aged 65 years plus and students. See againstthewalltheatre.com

Saturday ● Free workshop on Heart Disease, Sept. 22, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church with co-sponsor Heart and Stroke Foundation. Learn the symptoms of stroke, high blood pressure, and more. Lunch provided. Coffee and registration at 9:30 a.m.

Contact Darlene at 403-347-8218, or Marge at 403-342-0587, or Swen at 403-343-3067. ● MAGnificent Saturdays offer free art making with a professional artist from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery in downtown Red Deer. The Sept. 22 session is called Wannabe Watercolours with artist Erin Polzer. All materials supplied. Families welcome. Drop in. Phone 403-309-8405.

Free with admission. ● Show and Sale for Reflections by Margery McBride Elliott will be held at Gallery on Main in Lacombe, Sept. 22 from 5 to 9 p.m. The solo show will run until Oct. 12. See www.thegalleryonmain.com ● Yoga Alliance of Red Deer (YARD) Open House is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 22. Music, entertainment, dance, yoga, food and prizes. Visit www.reddeeryoga. ca, phone 403-350-5830 or email info@reddeeryoga.ca. ● Earthdance Festival will be held on Sept. 22 from 3 to 7:30 p.m. at Veteran’s Park. Theme is peace and year of the woman. Lorinda Stewart — mother of Amanda Lindhout — will speak at The Hub at 5:15 p.m. See earthdancereddeer. An all ages party begins at 6 p.m. at The Hub with DJ and live music by Underside Pattern.

● Red Deer Public Schools 125 Anniversary Pancake Breakfast, Sept. 22, 8 a.m. to noon at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School. Free family event with Charlotte Diamond entertaining, petting zoo, bouncy castles, facepainting, and more. Advance free tickets from www.rdpsd.ab.ca/125php ● Fiona Malena Flamenco Ensemble performance will be on Sept. 22, 8 p.m. at Red Deer Memorial Centre. Tickets cost $22 in advance from Black Knight Inn, 403-7556626, 1-800-661-8793, or $27 at the door.

Musicians from Seville, Spain join the Ensemble in a performance of music and dance.

Sunday ● 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. ● Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life will be on Sept. 23, 1 to 4 p.m. at Rotary Park. Registration at 1 p.m. Walk at 2 p.m. followed by barbecue and more.

Monday ● Innisfail and District Garden Club meets the fourth Monday of each month in St. Mark’s Anglican Church Hall. Please use the back door. Meetings feature speakers, tours, films, contests, plant exchanges and more.

Call Davina at 403-598-9481. ● Cover 2 Cover Adult Book Club will meet on Sept. 24 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library to discuss travel literature. See www.rdpl.org/cover2cover. New members always welcome. Phone 403-341-3822. ● Beyond Borders — Meat, Milk and Blood: Caring for the Masai in Kenya presentations will be held on Sept. 24, 7 p.m. at Lacombe Memorial Centre, and on Sept.

29, 10 a.m. at Canadian University College Church. Hear stories of a medical officer working in remote areas of Kenya battling malnutrition, malaria, HIV/AIDS where the local people practice polygamy and live on a diet of milk and blood. Contact A Better World, www.a-better-world.ca, 403-782-1141. ● Cottonwood Cougars Junior Forest Wardens meets on the second and fourth Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at Cottonwood-Gordon Hall. For ages six to 18 years.

New members welcome. Contact 403-2242881 or cottonwoodcougars@gmail.com for more information. Next meeting Sept. 24. ● Monday Melodies at Kerry Wood Nature Centre will be on Sept. 24, 1 to 2:30 p.m. Seniors invited to drop in and celebrate nature inspired music, refreshments, and a take a short nature walk. Admission by suggested donation of $2 per person. Call 403346-2010.

Tuesday ● Hula Hoop Jam @ The Hub on Ross will run Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. All skill levels welcome to hoop to fine music. Free to attend. Donations to Aspire Special Needs Resource Centre encouraged. Hula hoops provided. See www.HulaHoopers.ca,or www. hubpdd.com, or phone 403-340-4869. Begins Sept. 25. ● Wild Rose Harmonizers invites men who love to sing barbershop quartet to meet for rehearsals on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at the Davenport Church of Christ. For more information on membership or booking performances visit www.harmonizers.ca, or phone David at 403-342-1318. ● The Red Deer Legion Pipe Band is recruiting both experienced and inexperienced people from the Central Alberta are who are interested in joining the band. Anyone interested in piping or drumming is welcome.

Practices are held at the Red Deer Legion on Tuesdays and 7 p.m. New members will start Sept. 25. Contact 403-782-7183 for more information. ● Stettler TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Tuesday at St. George’s Anglican Church. Weigh-in from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. with the meeting to follow at 6:30 p.m.

Call Gail at 403-742-2626. ● Bower Place Community Association seniors’ coffee and card parties are held on the last Tuesday of each month at Bower Kin Place from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Join the fun on Sept. 25. Call Marlene at 403-343-0632. ● Senior Citizens Downtown House dance, Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 7:30 p.m. with live music by Swing Kings. The cost is $6.

Phone 403-346-4043. Lunch by donations.

Wednesday ● Act Your Age Drama Club — Sept.

26 to Nov. 1 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at Culture Services Centre; cost $40. For folks 60 years plus. No experience necessary. Register at City of Red Deer recreation centres, or online at www.reddeer.ca/looknbook. Course number 55880. Call 403-309-4757 for more information. ● Red Deer Branch of Alberta Genealogical Society meeting will be held on Sept.

26, 7 p.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Bower neighbourhood to discuss members’ summer genealogy activities. Contact Mary-Joan at 403-346-3886. ● Stettler Art Group meets every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the C.E. Wing of Stettler United Church starting Sept.

26. Bring your own supplies and lunch. New artists welcome. Contact Donna Lea at 403742-5690. ● Mad Women on Mad Men: a book

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The Rebels’ Adam Kambeitz, left, attempts to get by Connor Cox of the Saskatoon Blades during action at the Centrium last season. The Red Deer Rebels open their 2012-13 season at home on Friday against the Calgary Hitmen at the Centrium at 7:30 p.m. launch, Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m. at Red Deer College Library. Edited by RDC faculty Heather Marcovitch and Nancy Batty, this is a book of academic essays on the popular TV show Mad Men. The authors will read from their essays. Free admission and refreshments. See www.rdc.ab.ca/library ● Operation Christmas Child supplies will be available for community groups and individuals at CrossRoads Church on Sept.

26 from 2 to 6 p.m. Contact Karla at 403-8878878, or Peggy at 403-342-1227. ● Renowned wildlife artist Carl Brenders from Belgium will be at Editions Gallery at Bower Place Shopping Centre on Sept. 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. To attend, phone 403-3422366. Refreshments served. ● Kvitka Red Deer Canadian Ukrainian Dance Club registrations will be taken on Wednesdays during Sept. at Festival Hall.

Ages four to adult are welcome; no previous experience or Ukrainian heritage is necessary. For more information call Irene at 403346-5712, Doris at 403-347-2344 or email kvitkardukradance@yahoo.ca. ● Living Stones Church seniors monthly luncheon will be offered on Sept. 26 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall.

Guest singer will be Ken Grambo, singing pastor. The cost is $8 per person at the door.

Phone 403-347-7311. ● Friendship Circles will be offered by The Canadian Mental Health Association on Wednesdays 3:30 to 5 p.m. at 5017 50th Ave. Call CMHA for more information at 403342-2266, or email to education@reddeer. cmha.ab.ca. ● Red Deer Legion Old Time Dance with Country Express is on Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $6, or $11.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m. Phone 403-342-0035. ● Steampunks Unite! on Sept. 26 from 4 to 5 p.m. invites teens to the mezz at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch. Phone 403-755-1146.

Thursday ● Alberta Culture Days event at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library: Writing Your Family Stories, Sept. 27 from 6 to 7:30

p.m. with Ruth Furseth who recently wrote about adventures over 45 years of marriage; Tell Your Story through Scrapbooking, Sept.

28 from 1 to 3 p.m. with Arlene Rust, register at the Dawe Centre or at 403-341-3822, or for child minding at 403-406-8600; also Digital Storytelling, Sept. 29 from 1 to 3 p.m. ● Tools for Schools Africa Foundation — Shine! — fundraising event will be on Sept. 27, 7 p.m. at Westerner Chalet. Expect wine, chocolate, desserts, door prizes, treasures including celebrity jewelry. Tickets cost $35, or five for $150. Help African girls attend high school by donating new or used jewelry to Artistry in Gold. See www.tfs-africa.org or contact Jean at 403-343-3097, Lyn at 403314-4911, or Wendy at 403-347-7285. ● Red Deer River Naturalists Fall Social is on Sept. 27, 7:30 p.m. at Festival Hall.

Enjoy nature comedian story teller Al Batt of Minnesota. Tickets cost $20 in advance from Kerry Wood Nature Centre, 403-346-2010, or RDRN 403-347-8200, and include one glass of wine, homemade desserts and more. ● Red Deer Hospice Sunflower Ladies Luncheon, Sept. 27, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Black Knight Inn. Tickets are $25, or a table of eight for $200 available online at www. reddeerhospice.com or by phoning 403-3094344, ext. 108. ● Red Deer Cruise Night will be located at Parkland Mall for the final night of the season, Thursday, Sept. 27 from 6 to 8 p.m. weather permitting. Free to attend, and all models of classic and custom cars, trucks, and motorcycles are welcome. Barbecue in support of Red Deer Food Bank will be held.

Phone 403-342-5355 or 403-346-1551. ● Red Deer Area Hikers meet on Sept.

27 at the north side of the Red Deer Curling Club parking lot at 8:45 a.m. to depart at 9 a.m. for an eight km hike at Gull Lake east.

Hike will be cancelled if weather unsuitable.

Cookout with condiments provided. Phone Art at 403-347-5778, or Mavis at 403-3430091 or Sharon at 403-340-2497. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre dance, Thursday, Sept. 27, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the seniors’ centre. Dance to the music of Country Gold North Band. Admission is $7. Phone 403-347-6165, 403-886-2740 or 403-346-3896.

REGISTRATIONS LOCAL EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ● Canadian Firearms Courses will be offered at Hillcrest Community Hall on Sept.

29 and 30. Non-restricted will be Sept. 29 starting at 8 a.m. and restricted will be Sept.

30 starting at 9 a.m. Contact 403-224-2881 or email firearmscourses@gmail.com. ● Taoist Tai Chi Society beginner classes run Monday/Friday from 11 a.m. to noon, Monday/Wednesday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday/Thursday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. The first week is free; costs are $45 or $25 for seniors and students for four months of classes at Bay 16, Building C, 5580 45 St., Cronquist Business Park. Classes are also available in Lacombe, Rocky Mountain House and Innisfail. Call 403-346-6772 . ● Blackfalds Farmers’ Market holiday markets will be held on Oct. 1, Nov. 19 and Dec. 17. Contact Tristina at 403-302-7935 to reserve a table. ● Harvest Moon Walk is a guided nighttime nature walk under the full moon offered

by Kerry Wood Nature Centre on Sept. 29 at 8 p.m. weather permitting. All ages welcome.

Adults must accompany children. Admission by suggested donation of $3 per person or $10 per family. Phone 403-346-2010. ● Annual General Meeting of Memorial Society of Red Deer and District will be on Oct. 4 at The Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre. Lunch (soup, sandwich, dessert) will be served at noon for a cost of $12, meeting to follow at 1 p.m. (free to attend meeting, open to all). Hear guest speaker Nancy Millar, author or Remember Me as You Pass By. Please RSVP by Sept. 28 to either Virginia at 403-340-9183, Ruth at 403-346-4636, or Joan at 403-347-3792. ● Red Deer Royals Annual Fall Supper is on Oct. 3 at Harvest Centre, Westerner Park. Potluck dinner for members and their families at 5 p.m. Following supper at 6 p.m. there will be a tribute to Rob Goring for his 11 plus years of service. Phone 403-346-8122.

● Red Deer Genealogy Branch seeking descendants currently living in Red Deer who had ancestors living in here in 1913 as part of Centennial 2013. Ancestors’ addresses must be from Red Deer, North Red Deer, General Delivery Red Deer, or Rural Route I or II. Please write ancestors’ biography for compilation as reference and possible website posting, and descendants’ biography to be compiled as reference but not for website posting. Submit to Red Deer Genealogy Branch, P.O. Box 922, Red Deer, Alta., T4N 5H3, or email rdbrags@telus.net. Information available from Linda 403-347-1605, or Betty 403-347-6351. ● Nominations for 2012 Premier’s Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities Awards will be accepted until Oct. 31. Six awards: Gary McPherson Leadership Award, Marlin Styner Achievement Award and four Awards of Excellence in education, employment, community, and public awareness will be given. Award recipients will be formally recognized in their communities, often at events coinciding with International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Dec. 3.

Nomination packages available by calling 1-800-272-8841. ● The Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre anniversary dinner and dance will be held at the Quality Inn North on Oct. 19.

Doors open at 5 p.m., dinner at 6 followed by dancing with live music provided by Five Plus One. Cash bar. Tickets, $25 available by calling 403-343-6074 ● Ponoka Solo Club Old Time Dance with music by Old Tyme Aires will be held at Ponoka Moose Lodge on Sept. 29. Doors open at 7 p.m. Dancing from 8 p.m. to midnight. Member admission $10. Non-member admission $12. Lunch served. Call Paulette at 403-963-0107.

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Is Vietnam-era MIA alive?

TRAIL OF CLUES KEEPS WIFE, FORMER CLASSMATE SEARCHING

BY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES His remains have never been found, but David Hrdlicka, an Air Force pilot who became a prisoner of war when his jet was shot down over Laos in 1965, was officially declared dead in 1977. His name has been chiseled on the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. The U.S. government says there is no credible evidence any Americans POWs from the Vietnam War are still held.

But Hrdlicka’s wife, Carol, holds on to evidence that, at least until 1990, Hrdlicka may have been alive and held captive.

Jerry Streeter, a retired insurance executive and a former classmate of David Hrdlicka, also is obsessed with the search. He’s filled his apartment in Edina, Minn., with documents and faded satellite photos that possibly connect the dots: a mysterious image of the letters “USA” seen on a satellite photo in a clearing of the Laotian village where Hrdlicka was last seen alive.

The Hrdlicka story has elements that, if true, might prove hard for a government to explain. But at its roots, it may be more about human perseverance against long odds. When evidence emerged the last time that David might still be alive, Carol had a 12-year marriage to another man annulled.

“I don’t even try to convince people anymore,” says Carol Hrdlicka, who lives in Kansas. “I just hand them a document. There’s no sense trying to convince anybody of anything. I want them to see the documents. I want them to make up their own mind.”

A photo of David Hrdlicka, a native of Stewartville, Minn., shows a chisel-chinned pilot with a crew cut, a silk neckerchief tucked into his flight suit. He enlisted in the Air Force in 1951 and rose through the ranks to captain. He left for Vietnam on April 7, 1965. Forty-one days later, his F-105 fighter was hit by ground fire over Laos. His parachute was seen opening and he was seen being led away by natives in a small valley in the Sam Neua area. A picture of a healthy American later positively identified as Hrdlicka was taken with a likely Laotian militia member.

Carol said during the first year, she waited for a call about his recovery. The second year, she began to have doubts. In 1973, Vietnam returned its American prisoners with no word about her husband. In 1977, he was declared dead, her government benefits were reduced and she began to move on. She remarried in 1979.

In 1990, she was accidentally sent a report suggesting a live sighting of David in a Laotian prison camp.

That began a mission of filing Freedom of Information Act requests and being stonewalled. She had her marriage annulled and began her fight.

In archived State Department and Pentagon dispatches, lawsuits filed against the CIA by other families seeking answers, even in Russian and Vietnamese newspaper accounts, she has found things she says don’t add up.

She has been told David probably died in 1968.

But she found an article in the Russian newspaper Pravda documenting a 1969 interview with him. In 1988, satellite imagery showed the letters “USA” in a rice paddy near Sam Neua, where Hrdlicka was shot down.

Photo by ADVOCATE news services

Jerry Streeter, with a POW/MIA banner and a stack of documents he has researched, has become a passionate advocate for finding out what happened to high school classmate David Hrdlicka, who was shot down over Laos in 1965.

In July 1992, Carol filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act for information related to any rescue attempts. She also sought information on a rescue attempt called “Duck Soup.” The Special Office for Prisoners of War and Missing In Action said there were no records of a rescue attempt for her husband. It also said there was a secret government operation called “Duck Soup” in 1949, but it remained classified.

A few years later, a researcher at the Lyndon Johnson library found State Department dispatches from the U.S. embassy in Saigon from June and July 1965 debating the value of a planned operation called “Duck Soup.”

In their 2007 book An Enormous Crime, former U.S. Rep. Bill Hendon of North Carolina and attorney Elizabeth Stewart used public and previously classified documents to argue that the U.S. government knowingly abandoned hundreds of POWs after withdrawing from Vietnam.

“Once they started lying about the rescue attempts, I started asking myself, ‘What’s going on?’”

Carol said. “The more I asked, the less they wanted to give. That’s what keeps me going.”

Before 1990, U.S. access was restricted in most Southeast Asia locations where American prisoners were allegedly seen. But since 1991, a process called Live Sighting Investigation allows for short-notice inspections by U.S. officials. To date, none of the 119 investigations -- 97 in Vietnam, 12 in Laos, and 10 in Cambodia -- has generated any credible evidence of American POWs being held in Southeast Asia after 1975, said Air Force Maj. Carie Parker, a spokeswoman for the Defense Department’s POW/Missing Personnel Office.

Jerry Streeter and Carol Hrdlicka are unconvinced.

David was 34 when Carol last saw him and would be 81. Said Carol: “If he was dead, I’m sure I would have had a body by now.”

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● Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery Centennial Club Fundraising Campaign is now on. Be one of 100 distinguished individuals or companies to make a $2,013 donation in support of the new history exhibition opening at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery on March 25, 2013. Donors will be featured prominently on the donor wall in the exhibition, and receive a special invitation to the Centennial Club reception, enjoy of sneak peak and more. See www.reddeermuseum. com, email to museum@reddeer.ca, or phone 403-309-8405. ● Red Deer Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year Awards Event tickets now on sale. On Oct. 17 enjoy live entertainment, canapes, wine and a cash bar in the Red Deer College Arts Centre followed by the awards. Tickets, $85 are available online at www.reddeerchamber.com or at the Chamber office. For more information call Lindsey at 403-347-4491 or Shelley at 403-347-4491. ● Red Deer College Theatre Productions presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream from Oct. 11 to 20 in Studio A, Peter Pan from Nov. 22 to Dec. 1 on Mainstage, Arts Centre. Tickets are available from Black Knight Ticket Centre, www.bkticketcentre.ca, 403-755-6626, or 1-800-661-8793.

Alzheimer Society National Coffee Break Campaign is in full swing. The society invites everyone in Central Alberta to host or take part in a Coffee Break event to raise awareness and funds for education and support programs. The campaign runs through September and October and includes World Alzheimer Day on Sept. 21. For more information or to order a Coffee Break Kit, contact Janice at 403-346-4636 or email jfogarty@alzheimer.ab.ca, or go online to www.alzheimercoffeebreak.ca ● Living Well with a Mental Illness is an eight week course for people interested in learning more about mental illness and how people experiencing emotional distress can live productive lives will offered on Thursdays from Oct. 4 to Nov. 22, from 10 a.m. to noon at Red Deer Public Downtown Branch.

To register for this free course call 403-342-2266. ● The Canadian Mental Health Association and The Yoga Alliance of Red Deer will offer chair yoga classes for people who cannot access traditional studios on Tuesdays from 5 to 6 p.m. until Nov. 13 at Catholic Social Services in the former RCMP Building. No experience required, open to all fitness levels and those with low income, mental illness, brain injuries, and other disabilities, and is free of charge. Most classes can be done while sitting in a chair. Call CMHA at 403-342-2266. ● Art of Friendship is a program for those who feel lonely or isolated and need to brush up on their friendship skills offered by the Canadian Mental Health Association for eight weeks on Wednesdays from 1 to 3 p.m. beginning on Oct. 10 to Nov. 28. at CMHA on Gaetz Ave. Cost is $25. Subsidies available. For information visit www.reddeer.cmha.ab.ca for more information. Participants must speak with staff prior to enrollment at 403-342-2266. ● Blackfalds United Church Turkey Supper will be held on Oct. 1 with sittings at 5 and 6:30 p.m. with a total of 100 advance tickets for each sitting sold. Prices are $15 for adults, $7 for children, and under five years free. Contact Holly at 403-391-2310 for information and tickets. See blackfaldsunitedchurch.org ● Red Deer River Young Naturalists Club accepting membership. Families interested in nature may join for a cost $15 per family, and can attend Explorer Days, receive NatureWild magazine, as well as get the activity pack to do projects at home. Check out www.rdrn.fanweb.ca or call Judy at 403342-4150. ● St. Patrick’s Community School Trade Fair will be held on Nov. 30. Vendor tables available for $40 with a donation to the raffle, or $60 without a donation. Set up at 2:30 p.m. Sale from 3:15 to 8 p.m. Contact Cheryl at cnichols@rdcrd.ab.ca. ● United Way Meinema Cup Challenge 16-team street hockey challenge in honour of the late Henry Meinema will be held on Sept. 28, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Parkland Mall parking lot. Local businesses and community members have rallied together team to compete for prizes and raise money and awareness. Come and cheer on the teams. Contact Jennifer at 403-343-3900, or jennifer@caunitedway.ca.

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Miller time: now you see him...

REBELS HOPING FOR JESSE MILLER TO WEAVE ‘MAGIC’ ON THE ICE

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR

DREW BREES

BREES HURTING Drew Brees’ left ankle isn’t hurting as much as his pride is right now. Brees is listed on this week’s first injury report because a hit from which he got up limping during Sunday’s 35-27 loss at Carolina. Nonetheless he’s taken every snap in Wednesday’s practice, and says he is determined to improve on early season performances that have fallen short of expectations during New Orleans’ 0-2 start Brees says he feels a responsibility to live up to the hope that he can give New Orleans a chance to win despite the NFL’s bounty probe and resulting suspensions. However, Brees has thrown four interceptions in the first two games, and has completed a little less than 55 per cent of his passes, well below his NFL record of 71.2 per cent last season.

The Red Deer Rebels will be mighty tickled if Jesse Miller can weave the same type of magic on the ice as off during his rookie Western Hockey League rookie season.

The 18-yearold Winnipeg product is an amateur magician, capable of performing coin and card tricks that defy Jesse Miller reason.

“I’ve been doing it all my life, I’m been watching (magician/illusionists) Criss Angel and David Blaine for years,” Miller said on Wednesday, following a Rebels practice session at the Collicutt Centre.”

Whether it’s learning tricks from friends, the internet or

Update from books . . . I like to pick up little things and then practise and learn them.

“It also goes along with juggling. I’m a pretty accomplished juggler, so if this whole hockey thing doesn’t turn out I can always join the circus in some sort of clown gig.

“Right now hockey is the main priority, but if I can entertain the guys with some tricks

and juggling, it’s all fun.”

Miller left his box of tricks back home in Winnipeg, but needs only a looney and/or a deck of cards to show off.

“I can also get into levitation . . . just a whole whack of stuff,” he said. “I have a tool box full of (props). I could go about five hours with straight magic tricks.”

Truth be told, it was Miller’s hockey hands that impressed Randy Peterson to the point that the Rebels director of scouting/player development during the summer invited the six-foot-one, 175-pound forward to the Rebels training camp.

“He called me four or five times over the summer. He wanted to make sure I was coming to camp because I wasn’t listed by the Rebels,” said Miller.

“I was also invited to camp

by Saskatoon and Calgary, but Red Deer was the most interested. They kept phoning me

and it was clear they wanted me. I thought, ‘yeah, Red Deer is a good program.’”

Peterson had words of encouragement for Miller when the Rebels camp opened.

“He came up to me and said ‘if you just play your game here, skate like you can and play like you did all last season, there should be a spot for you here.’

So far, I’ve done that,” said Miller.

Early on in camp, Miller wondered if he would adjust to the quicker pace.

“After the first skate, I went ‘whoa, is this what I’m going to have to get used to?’” I was a little shaky, was gripping my stick a little hard,” he said.

“This was my first WHL camp. The first skate was shaky but after main camp I got used to the pace and really felt like I belonged out there during the preseason. I felt good.”

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BASEBALL

Pettitte, Suzuki lead Yankees to sweep

BY HOWIE RUMBERG THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Today ● High school football: Rocky Mountain House at Stettler, 4:30 p.m. ● College women’s preseason hockey: Mount Royal at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena. ● High school girls interlocking: At Stettler — Ponoka vs. Notre Dame, JV and senior, 6 p.m.; Stettler vs. Innisfail, senior, 6 p.m.; Notre Dame vs. Stettler, JV and senior, 7:30 p.m.; Innisfail vs. Ponoka, senior, 7:30 p.m.

Friday ● High school football: Sylvan Lake at Lindsay Thurber, 4:30 p.m., Great Chief Park; Lacombe at Ponoka, 4:30 p.m.; Notre Dame at Hunting Hills, 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● WHL: Calgary at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Centrium.

Saturday ● Bantam football: Rocky Mountain House at Lacombe, 10:30 a.m.; Sylvan Lake at Innisfail, 11:30 a.m.; Stettler at Olds, 3:30 p.m.; Drumheller at Lindsay Thurber, 5 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Peewee football: Red Deer Steelers at Olds, 11 a.m.; Stettler at Lacombe, 1 p.m.; Red Deer Hornets at Innisfail, 2 p.m.

WEDNESDAY SCORES BASEBALL Yankees 4-2 Toronto 2-1 Minnesota 6 Cleve

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New York 2-4 Toronto 1-2 NEW YORK — The chants of “Ich-i-ro” swelled in the eighth inning as the wiry batter with the slashing swing walked to home plate. With six hits already in this doubleheader, fans expected something special from the Japanese star.

Surprising even himself, Ichiro Suzuki delivered.

Suzuki had a go-ahead single in the eighth inning to help the New York Yankees complete a doubleheader sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays with a 2-1 win Wednesday night that ensured they remained atop the AL East.

The 10-time All-Star’s performance helped New York win its fourth straight and guaranteed it will end the night with at least a half-game division lead, pending on the outcome of Baltimore’s game against Felix Hernandez and the Seattle Mariners.

“I haven’t done anything different today so I don’t know what the difference was,” Suzuki said through a translator.

The 38-year-old Suzuki made a difficult catch with the bases loaded in the eighth inning of the opener to preserve a lead for Andy Pettitte in a 4-2 victory. He went 7 for 8 in the two games and stole four of New York’s seven bases in the finale.

“I came in the middle of the season and I always wanted to contribute, wanted to help in this pennant race and today is a great day that I was able to help,” said Suzuki, who was acquired in a trade from Seattle in late July. “I’m very sad the day is over.”

He had three hits in the opener batting leadoff in place of Derek Jeter, who rested his sore ankle in the first game of the daynight doubleheader. Jeter started at shortstop for the first time in a week in the night-

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie throws to first to get out New York Yankees’Casey McGehee in the sixth inning of Game 2 of a baseball doubleheader at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday. cap and got his 200th hit on Ricky Romero’s first pitch.

The single to centre tied Jeter with Lou Gehrig for most 200-hit seasons for New York with eight.

Feeling nervous and out of sync at shortstop after the long layoff, Jeter was most impressed with Suzuki’s day.

“That’s tough to do,” Jeter said. “Doubleheader. I don’t think I’ve ever done that in a doubleheader. I’ve been on the other side of it maybe an 0 for 8.”

Rafael Soriano closed both games, notching his 41st and 42nd saves, the first time he saved two in one day.

The Blue Jays, playing their first doubleheader against the Yankees since 1986, were without shortstop Yunel Escobar, who

began a three-game suspension for wearing eye black displaying an anti-gay slur written in Spanish during a game last weekend against Boston.

Toronto dropped to 66-81, guaranteeing it will not have a winning record this season.

With the score 1-all, Curtis Granderson was walked by Steve Delabar (4-3) to open the eighth. He moved up on Jayson Nix’s sacrifice and stole third. With two outs, Suzuki guided an opposite field hit to left for the lead. Suzuki stole two bases in the inning.

“It was just an unbelievable day,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.

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RDC hockey Kings to skate again in 2013 QUEENS HEAD COACH TREVOR KEEPER WILL TAKE OVER KINGS COACHING DUTIES

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF It’s been known for some time the RDC Kings hockey team was returning for the 201314 Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference season.

Wednesday morning it became official.

RDC president and CEO Joel Ward made the announcement during a well-attended press conference in the RDC Main Gym. “We’re very excited, it took a lot of work and a lot of commitment to make this happen,” he said.

“But we believe in bringing men’s hockey back to Red Deer was the right thing to do and this is the right time. We’re committed to making this work.”

It was also announced that Queens head coach Trevor Keeper will move over to handle the Kings coaching duties.

“His experience at the provincial, national and international levels is extraordinary,” said Ward.

“He has worked with a number of teams and with several outstanding coaches, such as

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Red Deer College director of Athletics Keith Hansen proudly wears a new Red Deer College Kings Hockey jersey. Men’s hockey will return to the college next fall.

Ray Bennett and Mike Babcock.

His skill set is perfect for this job. He’s a great leader of the women’s team and a great instructor, so this was a no-brainer.

“He’s very committed and

very passionate. He had a plan and that’s what sold us on him.

We had a lot of applications and he won fair and square . . . no doubt.”

RDC Athletic Director Keith Hansen agreed.

“In a way he’s had a long interview as he was hired from within,” said Hansen, who was showing off the new Kings jersey along with Ward and Keeper.

“We know him, we know his character, what kind of person he is and what kind of coach he is. He demonstrated that with the women’s program. What you see this year with them is exceptional. He fits the bill perfectly and is the right person to bring the (Kings’) program back.”

Keeper is in his fifth year at RDC and always had the idea of coaching the Kings, if and when they returned, in the back of mind.

“When I first moved here I worked with the Kings and Karl Taylor, Mike Kadar and Peter Friestadt in 2002-03. I always hoped the team would come back.

“My goal was to be at, and coach at, a post-secondary institution and it couldn’t have worked out better. I’m here with my family in Red Deer and I don’t have to look elsewhere.”

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STORIES FROM B6 Cincinnati St. Louis Milwaukee Pittsburgh Chicago Houston

89 59 .601 — — 79 70 .530 10 1/2 — 76 72 .514 13 2 1/2 74 74 .500 15 4 1/2 58 90 .392 31 20 1/2 48 101 .322 41 1/2 31 West Division W L Pct GB WC San Francisco 85 63 .574 — — Los Angeles 77 72 .517 8 1/2 2 Arizona 73 74 .497 11 1/2 5 San Diego 71 77 .480 14 7 1/2 Colorado 58 89 .395 26 1/2 20 Wednesday’s results Washington 3, L.A. Dodgers 1, 1st game Milwaukee 3, Pittsburgh 1 Atlanta 3, Miami 0 Philadelphia 3, N.Y. Mets 2 L.A. Dodgers 7, Washington 6, 2nd game Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

St. Louis 5, Houston 0 Arizona 6 San Diego 2 Colorado at San Francisco, N Today’s games Houston (B.Norris 5-12) at St. Louis (J.Garcia 4-7), 11:45 p.m.

Cincinnati (Cueto 17-9) at Chicago Cubs (Berken 0-1), 12:20 p.m.

San Diego (Richard 13-12) at Arizona (Skaggs 1-2), 1:40 p.m.

Colorado (J.De La Rosa 0-0) at San Francisco (Zito 12-8), 1:45 p.m.

Milwaukee (Fiers 9-8) at Pittsburgh (W.Rodriguez 11-13), 2:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Capuano 11-10) at Washington (Detwiler 9-6), 5:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Cloyd 1-1) at N.Y. Mets (Hefner 2-6), 5:10 p.m.

Friday’s games St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Washington, 5:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Cincinnati, 5:10 p.m.

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

Pittsburgh at Houston, 6:05 p.m.

Arizona at Colorado, 6:10 p.m.

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

AMERICAN LEAGUE Early standings East Division W L Pct GB WC New York 85 63 .574 — — Baltimore 84 64 .568 1 — Tampa Bay 79 70 .530 6 1/2 5 1/2 Boston 68 82 .453 18 17 Toronto 66 81 .449 18 1/2 17 1/2 Central Division W L Pct GB WC Chicago 81 67 .547 — — Detroit 79 69 .534 2 5 Kansas City 67 81 .453 14 17 Minnesota 62 87 .416 19 1/2 22 1/2 Cleveland 61 88 .409 20 1/2 23 1/2 West Division W L Pct GB WC Texas 87 60 .592 — — Oakland 84 64 .568 3 1/2 — Los Angeles 81 67 .547 6 1/2 3 Seattle 70 79 .470 18 14 1/2 Wednesday’s results N.Y. Yankees 4, Toronto 2, 1st game Minnesota 6, Cleveland 4 Detroit 6, Oakland 2 N.Y. Yankees 2, Toronto 1, 2nd game Tampa Bay 13, Boston 3 Kansas City 3, Chicago White Sox 0 Texas at L.A. Angels, N Baltimore at Seattle, N Today’s games Minnesota (Vasquez 0-2) at Cleveland (Kluber 1-4), 10:05 a.m.

Oakland (Milone 13-10) at Detroit (A.Sanchez 3-5), 11:05 a.m.

Toronto (Laffey 3-5) at N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 15-12), 5:05 p.m.

Boston (Buchholz 11-6) at Tampa Bay (Price 18-5), 75:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Liriano 6-11) at Kansas City (Guthrie 4-3), 6:10 p.m.

Texas (Darvish 15-9) at L.A. Angels (Greinke 5-2), 8:05 p.m.

Friday’s games Minnesota at Detroit, 5:05 p.m.

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

Baltimore at Boston, 5:10 p.m.

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

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

Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.

Texas at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

LINESCORES WEDNESDAY First Game Los Angeles 001 000 000 — 1 9 0 Washington 010 011 00x — 3 10 0 Harang, Sh.Tolleson (5), P.Rodriguez (6), Guerrier (7), J.Wright (8) and A.Ellis; Zimmermann, Mattheus (7), S.Burnett (7), Storen (8), Clippard (9) and K.Suzuki. W—Zimmermann 11-8. L—Harang 9-10.

Sv—Clippard (32).

Second Game Los Angeles 003 300 001 — 7 13 1 Washington 000 000 060 — 6 9 0 Beckett, Choate (8), Belisario (8), League (9) and Treanor; Lannan, Wang (4), Duke (7), Clippard (9) and Flores. W—Belisario 7-1. L—Clippard 2-5.

Sv—League (3). HRs—Los Angeles, Kemp (19).

Washington, Morse (14), Lombardozzi (3).

LINESCORES WEDNESDAY First Game Toronto 000 000 020 — 2 10 0 New York 300 000 01x — 4 7 2 H.Alvarez, Oliver (8) and Mathis, Arencibia; Pettitte, Rapada (6), D.Lowe (6), Chamberlain (7), Logan (7), D.Robertson (8), R.Soriano (8) and R.Martin. W—Pettitte 4-3. L—H.Alvarez 9-13. Sv— R.Soriano (42).

Second Game Toronto 010 000 000 — 1 3 0 New York 010 000 01x — 2 8 1 R.Romero, Delabar (7), Loup (8), Lyon (8) and Arencibia, Mathis; D.Phelps, Logan (7), Eppley (8), R.Soriano (9) and C.Stewart. W—Eppley 1-2. L— Delabar 4-3. Sv—R.Soriano (42).

Milwaukee 100 010 100 — 3 11 1 Pittsburgh 000 000 001 — 1 6 2 Estrada, Henderson (8), Axford (9) and Lucroy; McPherson, Resop (5), Karstens (6), Leroux (9) and McKenry. W—Estrada 4-6. L—McPherson 0-1.

Sv—Axford (30). HRs—Milwaukee, Aoki (9). Pittsburgh, A.McCutchen (29).

Minnesota 002 031 000 — 6 12 1 Cleveland 101 000 020 — 4 7 0 Hendriks, Al.Burnett (7), T.Robertson (8), Perkins (9) and C.Herrmann; McAllister, Seddon (5), Maine (7), Sipp (8), F.Herrmann (9) and C.Santana.

W—Hendriks 1-7. L—McAllister 5-8. Sv—Perkins (13). HRs—Minnesota, Willingham (35). Cleveland, As.Cabrera (15).

Philadelphia 100 000 002 — 3 3 0 New York 001 001 000 — 2 9 0 Hamels, Bastardo (7), De Fratus (7), Aumont (8), Horst (8), Papelbon (9) and Ruiz; Harvey, Parnell (8), Edgin (9), Rauch (9) and Shoppach. W—Horst 2-0. L—Edgin 1-2. Sv—Papelbon (36). HRs— Philadelphia, Rollins (22), Howard (11). New York, D.Wright (18).

Oakland 000 000 002 — 2 8 0 Detroit 003 010 11x — 6 10 1 Bre.Anderson, Neshek (3), J.Miller (5), Figueroa (8) and D.Norris; Verlander, Dotel (7), Benoit (8), Valverde (9) and G.Laird. W—Verlander 15-8. L— Bre.Anderson 4-2. HRs—Detroit, Mi.Cabrera (41).

Atlanta 111 000 000 — 3 7 1 Miami 000 000 000 — 0 5 0 Medlen, Kimbrel (9) and McCann; Jo.Johnson, Koehler (7), A.Ramos (8), Da.Jennings (9), Gaudin (9) and Brantly. W—Medlen 9-1. L—Jo.Johnson 8-13. Sv—Kimbrel (38).

Boston 102 000 000 — 3 5 2 Tampa Bay 011 307 01x — 13 15 0 Matsuzaka, Aceves (4), Bard (6), A.Miller (6), Atchison (6), C.Carpenter (8) and Lavarnway, Quiroz; Archer, McGee (6), B.Gomes (7), D.De La Rosa (9) and J.Molina, Vogt. W—Archer 1-3. L— Matsuzaka 1-6. HRs—Tampa Bay, Keppinger (7), C.Pena (18).

Cincinnati 103 010 000 01 — 6 13 1 Chicago 000 103 010 00 — 5 9 1 (11 innings) Leake, Arredondo (7), Hoover (8), LeCure (8), Ondrusek (10), Broxton (11) and D.Navarro; Rusin, Bowden (6), Russell (7), Camp (8), Marmol (9), J.Chapman (10), Al.Cabrera (11) and W.Castillo.

W—Ondrusek 5-2. L—Al.Cabrera 0-1. Sv—Broxton (4). HRs—Chicago, A.Soriano (30).

Chicago 000 000 000 — 0 9 1 Kansas City 001 000 20x — 3 9 0 Sale, N.Jones (7), Omogrosso (8), Veal (8) and Flowers; B.Chen, K.Herrera (7), G.Holland (9) and S.Perez. W—B.Chen 11-12. L—Sale 17-7. Sv—G. Holland (14).

Houston 000 000 000 — 0 5 1 St. Louis 020 100 02x — 5 8 1 Harrell, Ambriz (6), Storey (8), Fick (8) and C.Snyder; Lynn, Mujica (7), Boggs (8), J.Kelly (9), Motte (9) and Y.Molina. W—Lynn 16-7. L—Harrell 10-10. Sv—Motte (37). HRs—St. Louis, Freese (20), Y.Molina (20).

San Diego 000 200 000 — 2 7 1 Arizona 000 130 02x — 6 9 0 Volquez, Vincent (7), Boxberger (8) and Jo.Baker; Cahill, Ziegler (7), D.Hernandez (8), Lindstrom (9) and M.Montero. W—Cahill 12-11. L— Volquez 10-11.

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BRIEFS Raiders split The Lindsay Thurber Raiders split a pair of senior girls high school volleyball matches Tuesday at Rocky Mountain House.

The Raiders blanked Wetaskiwin 2-0, winning 25-5, 25-23, and fell 2-1 to Central Alberta Christian, which prevailed 25-20, 26-28, 15-11.

Chad Muth fired four goals and Dylan Wiedmer netted three as the Blackfalds Wranglers buried the visiting Ponoka Stampeders 17-0 in Heritage Junior B Hockey League preseason action Tuesday.

Chance Abbott, Jared Kambeitz, Bryce Boguski and Jared Guilbault each scored twice with Jason Bell and Jared Williams each adding a single. Reagan Hughes turned aside all 15 shots he faced, while Aaron Swier and Jaron Calvin combined to makde 48 saves for the Stamps, who were assessed seven of 12 minor penalties.

Canucks beat Grizzlys CALGARY — The Calgary Canucks spotted the Olds Grizzlys a two-goal lead, then stormed back for a 5-2 Alberta Junior Hockey League win on Wednesday before 327 fans at the Max Bell Centre.

Goals from Lucas Grundy and Bart Moran staked the Grizzlys to a 2-0 lead after one period, but the Canucks struck for two second-period

He knows he will be busy, especially this season when he coaches the Queens and recruits for both teams.

“I have a job with the Queens and have to continue recruiting and building their program, but at the same time taking on the challenge of building the Kings,” he said. “But it’s exciting.”

The college has helped in eliminating a portion of his work load.

“They were very good. The fall semester was fine and in the spring they gave me more time to travel and talk with players.”

Keeper, who wants to have a strong Central Alberta base, has already heard from a few of his former players when he coached the midget AAA Optimist Rebels. He also has a number of contacts with junior GMs and coaches.

“The key thing is to know GMs, coaches and scouts,” he said. “But one of the main things is that good players do a lot of recruiting for you.

They get their friends to come and they start talking, As well, once you establish a competitive program the players want to come and that creates connections and a network.”

Keeper feels the majority of the players will come from Alberta, but will be spending time scouting across Western Canada.

“We’ll recruit from B.C. to Manitoba and I have some contacts internationally and we could get a few players trickling in from other places.”

And the college and Keeper want to be competitive right off the bat.

“We don’t want a solid team, we want one of the best teams,” said Hansen. “That will take a lot of work, but it’s amazing how many teams have contacted us already. We want to hit the ground running. My goal is to be a playoff team and go deep into the playoffs.”

The fact Keeper has a full year to work on putting together the team will help.

“It would have been extremely difficult if it would have been a short-term thing,” he said.

“I have some time to watch and meet players and talk with their parents. Get some key recruits right off the bat will help make us competitive.”

“But there will also be some pressure. RDC has a great legacy, but then I relish that. I want to be competitive off the bat and put together a four-to-five year plan to be at the top of the league. If you set the bar high and work hard you can establish that in a short term.”

Keeper hopes several of his assistant coaches with the Queens, such as Erik Lodge and Cody Reynolds, will join him with the Kings.

“I haven’t talked with them but I hope they move over. But we don’t want to leave the Queens without a local staff and I’ll make sure both programs will have that.”

As for the women, Hansen will be in charge of finding a head coach and he and Ward have some ideas.

“Finding a women’s coach is underway and we’ve been working on something,” said Ward.

“The women’s program, without a doubt, is a major concern for myself and Trevor,” said Hansen.

“In no way do we want to take away from the Queens. It’s my job to find a coach and by making this announcement now we have time to do that plus it gets the word out. Our intent is to bring in a fantastic coach.”

RDC is now one of the biggest colleges in the province in terms of teams competing in the ACAC. “For me there was always a hole without the men’s hockey team,” said Hansen. “It’s a marque sport and now we’ve filled that hole without taking anything away from the other sports. In fact with the athletic leadership fund we can add to the other teams.”

The Queens will continue to play at the Arena while the Kings haven’t officially found a home, although Penhold seems to be the best situation.

“We can have some bids coming in, but likely Penhold,” said Ward, who hopes to have on-campus multiplex facility, which includes an Olympic and NHL sized arenas.

“Now that the city is interested in the 2019 Canada Winter Games there’s a much better chance of getting that done,” said Ward.

MILLER: Impresses Wallin Miller appeared in 41 regular-season games with the midget AAA powerhouse Winnipeg Wild last season, scoring 20 goals and adding 30 assists in the process. The Wild finished 41-3 and captured the Manitoba title before falling to the Saskatoon Contacts in the western regionals.

“We had a great season. We didn’t finish as well as we wanted to but I was able to put up some points,” he said. “I think it’s really important to have a good season before you come to any junior camp. Having a great midget season was huge for me.”

Miller realizes he’ll be in tough to replicate his midget numbers as a Rebels rookie.

“I’m just going to try and play as well as I can defensively and offensively,” he said. “If I have a great offensive game I will want to match it with a great defensive game as well. If I continue to work hard good things will come.

I’ll try not to take a shift off . . . just play the body and work hard.”

Rebels head coach Jesse Wallin is impressed with Miller’s physical dimensions and willingness to play in the high-contact areas.

“His work ethic and his size, those are the things he has going for him,” said Wallin. “He’s just a hard-working, gritty guy who we think is just going to continue to improve here as he continues to play at this level.

“He’s a bit raw and yet all the guys who come into this league are. He’s a big guy, he skates well and he has an element of grit to his game. We feel he will be a real good player for us down the road.”

The Rebels bench boss also likes Miller’s eagerness to learn the defensive side of the game.

“He’s learning to play the game at both ends of the rink, but he’s also a guy we hope will be able to bring some offence,” said Wallin.

“He’s not afraid to go to the net and he has some skill to him and hopefully some finish.

He had a good year in midget AAA last year and came in with the attitude that he was going to make our team. He and Bleacks (Conner Bleackley) both had a good camp and if those guys can produce for you it shows the importance of depth.”

Miller, who played all six preseason games — scoring once — and will likely be in the Red Deer lineup for the regular-season opener on Friday against the visiting Calgary Hitmen, clearly understands the importance of performing in both zones, particularly at the major junior level.

“Defence is just as important, if not more, than offence,” he said. “I have to work on my defensive game. I’ve kind of struggled with that in my career but I feel I can learn a lot here.

The whole coaching staff is great.”

If the right winger didn’t make the grade with the Rebels, he was prepared to head back to Manitoba, to the junior A Winkler Flyers.

“Actually, me being here is almost like the back-up plan,” he said. “I had already signed with Winkler. I had everything set up, billets . . . everything. They were really good to me that way.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

ROMERO: Struggles Cody Eppley (1-2) got one out for his first win since April 27, 2011, for Texas against Toronto.

David Phelps followed Pettitte’s sparkling five-inning return to the mound from a broken lower left leg by pitching into the seventh. He gave up one run and three hits.

Romero remained tied for the Blue Jays record with 13 straight losses and walked five to up his AL-leading total to 99. It was his third game in which he allowed one run and didn’t win — two no-decisions.

“I had a good delivery,” Romero said.

“That’s one of the things I battled myself all year.”

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Kirby Ruzesky and Jordan Kancsal each tallied twice for the winners, who got a single from Gui Glasspoole. Colin Cooper turned aside 41 shots for the Canucks and Grizzlys netminder Ethan Jemieff made 24 saves.

Calgary, two-for-nine one the power play, improved to 2-3-1, while Olds - zerofor-10 with a man advantage - dropped to 1-4-0 and into last place in the South Division.

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NHL staff facing reduced work weeks during lockout

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The NHL lockout is only a few days old but its effects are already being felt around the league.

With a number of big-name players continuing to head for Europe, NHL employees were informed Wednesday that their salaries are scheduled to be cut 20 per cent across the board. That will come into effect on Oct. 1, when full-time staff are reduced to a four-day work week.

The news was delivered by commissioner Gary Bettman during a Wednesday morning staff meeting.

The NHL also announced the cancellation of preseason games through Sept. 30, as well as the postponement of the Kraft Hockeyville pre-season game scheduled for Oct. 3 in Belleville, Ont., to the 2013-14 season.

Unlike in September 2004, when more than 50 per cent of NHL employees were laid off just days into the lockout, the league is trying to avoid cutting staff.

Deputy commissioner Bill Daly told The Canadian Press over the weekend that there were no immediate plans for layoffs, although multiple sources who attended Wednesday’s meeting said employees were warned that further cuts could be coming in the future.

A number of teams, including the Ottawa Senators and Florida Panthers, announced layoffs earlier this week. The Senators also placed their remaining staff on a reduced work schedule.

“Every full-time, every part-time employee is affected by a work stoppage,” team president Cyril Leeder said Monday.

Bettman and Daly both decided to forgo their salary during the lockout, according to sources. Donald Fehr, the executive director of the NHL Players’ Association, hasn’t been paid since the beginning of July.

As the lockout moved into its fourth day, there were still no formal bargaining sessions scheduled between the league and NHLPA. The sides last sat down together on Sept. 12.

With it becoming clear NHL training camps won’t open as scheduled on Friday, players continued to seek work overseas.

On Wednesday, Jason Spezza signed a deal with Rapperswil-Jona in Switzerland, Anze Kopitar agreed to join brother Gasper with Mora in Sweden and Russian stars Alex Ovechkin (Moscow Dynamo) and Pavel Datsyuk (CSKA Moscow) each returned home to play in the KHL. Rick Nash also arrived in Switzerland, where he’ll again play alongside Joe Thornton with HC Davos, and said that he believes the lockout could last the entire season — just as it did in 2004-05.

“It doesn’t look positive,” Nash told newspaper Sudostschweiz. “It could be a season-long break.”

Even though that remains a long way off, frustration is clearly mounting. Buffalo Sabres goaltender Jhonas Enroth became the latest player to take to Twitter and blame Bettman for another NHL work stoppage, the fourth in two decades.

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Rink issue becomes standoff

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The showdown between the Edmonton Oilers and the city over a new downtown arena became a staring contest Wednesday after the mayor insisted the team appear before council to clear the air on how much public money it wants.

Mayor Stephen Mandel, on his way in to a morning meeting, told reporters he has yet to hear from Oilers owner Daryl Katz, but said “I’m not going to be sitting by the phone.

“I think the deal we’ve given them is quite good to be honest with you.”

What if the Oilers don’t agree to come to council?

“Then that makes a statement, doesn’t it,” said Mandel.

A spokesman for Katz, in an email exchange, would only say they were aware of Mandel’s request.

The standoff has put the $475-million downtown arena in limbo.

Construction was to start in the new year on the 18,400-seat complex, which will replace aging Rexall Place as the new home for the Oilers.

The rink is being funded primarily through taxpayer dollars and a ticket tax.

The Oilers have agreed to pay a portion of the construction costs: $5.5 million a year for the next 35 years.

In return, Katz will keep all profits from Oilers games along with trade shows, concerts and other events at the facility. He will pay about $10 million a year to run the facility The deal went off the rails a

week ago when city officials told councillors in a closed-door session that the Oilers were now seeking more public concessions, including $6 million a year to help pay for the running of the building.

Councillors rejected the new concessions and accused Katz of blindsiding them by trying to change the deal at the last minute.

Katz, in turn, accused the city through the media of negotiating in bad faith. He said the $6-million subsidy was always part of the deal and that the city had been tasked with getting it through casino or gaming revenues.

Katz also said that the concessions were critical to keep the Oilers viable in what he called “small market” Edmonton, and that without a new arena soon “all bets are off.”

That led Mandel to clear the air Tuesday and invite the Katz Group to spell out in detail in a full public council meeting what it wants.

“I think everybody’s frustrated.

Everybody wants to see us move ahead with this within the parameters of something reasonable for everybody,” said Mandel.

The new concessions have reignited a debate among citizens that burned red hot last October, when city council and the Oilers crafted the original deal to build the arena.

The debate involves those who are OK with public money for the NHL, those who aren’t, and those who are OK with it in principle but want a better deal from Katz.

Under the current deal, the price of the arena was to be $450 million. It has since escalated by $25 million.

City taxpayers would put up $125 million to go with $100 million by the Katz Group. A ticket tax ($5 to $6 a ticket) would pay for another $125 million.

Council has already been told that the city’s ultimate contribution will far exceed $125 million.

Officials estimate that when borrowing and land purchase costs are factored in, the number becomes $305 million.

The city would also pay Katz $20 million over 10 years to advertise through the team. It’s not clear what form that advertising would take.

Katz would also keep the profits from naming rights for the building. Comparable estimates put that at $1 million a year.

Even if the latest dispute is resolved, the arena’s future is far from certain.

The project will still be at least $100 million short of funds. It’s money the city hopes to get from the province.

But Premier Alison Redford’s government has said it won’t directly fund a private venture like an NHL rink and also won’t bend or fast-track gaming or casino rules to benefit one specific enterprise.

Edmonton city councillor Kerry Diotte, who has advocated for a new arena but says even the current deal is a poor one for taxpayers, said his office continues to receive calls from angry fans and taxpayers.

“I’m just getting a flood of people who are completely outraged,” said Diotte. “The (Katz Group’s) ongoing asking for more, more, and more has really put Edmontonians off and eaten away at their goodwill.”

ADVOCATE FOOTBALL PICKS Central Alberta High School Football League Advocate Picks Today Rocky Rebels (1-0) at Stettler Wildcats (1-0), 4:30 p.m. — Should be a better game than predicted before the season. Rebels appear to have some young talent while the ‘Cats have a solid team on both sides of the ball. Stettler’s outstanding RB Braden Nelson didn’t play last week against Wetaskiwin and is a loss, although that didn’t stop them in a 30-19 win.

The game is in Stettler so pick: Stettler.

Friday Sylvan Lake Lakers (0-1) at Lindsay Thurber Raiders (0-1), 4:30 p.m., Great Chief Park — The Lakers have one of the most explosive offences in the league, led by QB Chase Hoffman and receiver Tyler Ledwos. Their defence needs to come around, but will be fine. The Raiders defence had problems with the Lacombe Rams and could be in more trouble

with the Lakers. Pick: Sylvan Lake.

Lacombe Rams at Ponoka Broncs, 4:30 p.m. — Nonconference.

Notre Dame Cougars (1-0) at Hunting Hills Lightning (0-0), 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park — Another of the outstanding games of the year. The Cougars showed in a win over the Lakers they have to be one of the top teams led offensively by RB Myles Corsiatto and QB Kieran Pruden. The Lightning also have the talent to make a run at the league title with QB Scott Pearson. A key may be if RB Matt Russell is healthy. Tough to pick, but slight edge to Notre Dame.

Wetaskiwin Sabres (0-1) at Camrose Trojans (0-0), 7:30 p.m. — Neither team has great depth, but from early season play the Sabres may have a bit more experience. Pick: Wetaskiwin.

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Glimpse of accused in murder FAMILY, FRIENDS OF WOMAN WHOSE BODY WAS LEFT IN TRASH BIN ATTEND COURT APPEARANCE

CATCH, FETCH, RELEASE Get out of the doghouse and help raise money for the Red Deer and District SPCA at the same time. Red Deer and District SPCA will host its second annual fundraising event, Catch, Fetch, Release on Oct. 18. The kennels will be open to community volunteers who don’t mind being caged for a few hours as they collect pledges for releas. Nominate yourself, a friend or colleague then collect pledges to get out of doggy jail. All funds raised will be used to support the vital veterinary care of the abandoned and unwanted animals at the SPCA including life-saving surgeries, spray/neuter programs, vaccinations and care.

Offenders get their choice of two criminals –– canine criminal and convict cat. The canine criminal (special nominees) agrees to raise at minimum $2,000 bail for release and the convict cat (public supporters) raise minimum $1,000 bail for release. Participants encouraged to create an online profile page to collect donations.

To register, contact Tara Hellewell at executivedirector@ reddeerspca.com or call 403-342-7722.

WOOD SHOW Central Alberta Wood Workers Guild will host its first Wood Show, with woodworking seminars, at Lacombe Memorial Centre on Sept. 29. One seminar will feature wood worker Merv Krivoshein, of Rocky Mountain House, who will talk about his artistic ideas. Another seminar will highlight projects anyone can make. The Wood Show runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 29 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept.

30. Seminars start at 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 29.

Admission to the Wood Show and seminars is free. The Wood Show is part of the Lacombe Cultural and Harvest Festival. For more information call Duane McCartney 403-7826597.

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF Family and friends of a Calgary woman whose body was left in a Red Deer trash bin got their first glimpse on Wednesday of the man accused of killing her.

The body of Talia Nelli Meguinis, 27, was found on Feb. 22 as a recycling truck was emptying its load at a depot in Riverside Industrial Park.

Red Deer resident Nathan Michael De-

sharnais, 24, was arrested in Calgary on Friday and returned to Red Deer, charged with second-degree murder and interfering with human remains.

Pale and lean with a mop of dark hair covering his eyes, Desharnais made his first court appearance via closed-circuit TV from the Red Deer Remand Centre before Judge David Plosz in Red Deer provincial court.

Seated in the gallery were more than a dozen of Meguinis’s closest friends and family, who travelled from Calgary to at-

tend court.

Duty Counsel Mark Gottlieb asked that proceedings against Desharnais be held over for one week to give him time to apply for legal aid.

Desharnais will remain in custody pending his next court appearance, set for Wednesday.

Outside the court, family and friends of the victim said they did not wish to make any comment. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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A welder works on the structural steel of the new Deer Park Co-op Gas Bar in Red Deer on Tuesday. Work is well underway on the redevelopment of Red Deer Co-op’s Deer Park service station which will see a new convenience store and an increase from four fuel pumps to eight.

Lacombe scrapping census due to lack of participation

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF The City of Lacombe is scrapping the results of a census that came up more than 2,000 people short.

Enumerators went door to door between April 12 and June 30 to get an updated population count.

Some residences were visited three times or more to get information and door hangers were left with census contact information.

When that didn’t work, enumerators tried to reach residents by phone.

Despite those efforts, only 11,002 residents were counted — down from the last federal census in 2011 when 11,710 people were listed.

It is estimated that up to 1,200 households — or around 2,400 people — went uncounted.

Mayor Steve Christie

said it’s not clear what went wrong.

“We were quite taken aback with the lack of participation this year,” he said, adding previous census counts had gone without a hitch.

“And that’s why we’re trying to get a handle on here — what happened?

“I know a lot of people worked really hard on making that (census) work and we just want to have a little bit of a review of that and make sure our procedures work.”

Despite the unexpected results, the decision to spend $14,000 on a census was a good one, he said.

Lacombe, like many Central Alberta communities, is growing quickly and having an accurate head count means the community can take best advantage of provincial per capita grants.

In this case, Lacombe would face losing grant money if its

census results were accepted as accurate by Alberta Municipal Affairs.

To ensure, the city doesn’t take a grant cut, a letter has been sent to the province requesting the federal numbers be used instead.

Before next year’s census, the mayor would like to see a public education campaign reminding residents of the importance of being counted.

A report to council suggests one of the reasons enumerators may have had a tough time was the addition of a number of questions asking residents about rating municipal services, public transit use and affordable housing supply.

“The addition of these questions increased the length of the census interview, which was not well received by enumerators or residents,” says the report. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

A local financial adviser accused in the bombing death of a young Innisfail mother will remain free on bail for nearly a year before his next date in court.

Vicky Shachtay, 23, died when a package delivered to her doorstep in Innisfail exploded in her face on the morning of Nov. 25, 2011. Her caregiver was shaken up but uninjured.

Shachtay was in a wheelchair after surviving a vehicle crash in the spring of 2004, a few months before the birth of her daughter, Destiny.

The little girl had left for school shortly before the blast.

Brian Andrew Malley, 55, was arrested late in May and charged with first-degree murder, causing an explosion likely to cause harm or death and sending an explosive device.

Malley is also under investigation by the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada.

Red Deer lawyer John MacNaughton, acting as agent for Malley’s counsel, Bob Aloneissi of Edmonton, appeared for Malley in Red Deer provincial court on Wednesday.

He asked that Malley be tried by Court of Queen’s Bench judge and jury, with a preliminary inquiry to determine whether the evidence against Malley is sufficient to proceed to trial.

The preliminary hearing has been scheduled for three weeks, starting on Sept. 9, 2013.

Malley was previously released from custody on $10,000 cash bail. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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Endowment will fund annual RDC scholarships Six annual scholarships will help Red Deer College students, thanks to a $230,000 endowment created by the former Red Deer College Support Staff Association.

In 2011, the RDC Support Staff Association joined the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE), which left the former association with a huge sum of money collected over the years.

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acy Endowment will offer six scholarships equalling $1,000 each, to be awarded starting in 2013.

“This new endowment is yet another example of the staff’s dedication to students here at RDC,” says Eric Peppink, Students’ Association president.

Shawn Deveau, chair of the local chapter of AUPE, said they want to see others in the community support their college.

“We’re the frontline support working with students on a daily basis and we’d be missing the point if we didn’t step up to the plate and lead in giving.”

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BRIEFS Man arrested after pursuit Red Deer City RCMP arrested a man on several criminal charges this morning after a police pursuit of a vehicle on the south end of the city.

Police were initially called out to a domestic assault in south Red Deer shortly before 7 a.m.

RCMP members arrived to find a female being dragged beside a moving vehicle before she was pulled in.

Mounties pursued the pickup truck, pulling a utility trailer with a quad, south of the city. As it slowed down to about 20 km/h, the female jumped out.

Police say the pursuit continued down a deadend road and into a field. The truck stopped and the driver tried to flee on the quad, but he was nabbed

by RCMP. RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Sarah Knelsen said that one police cruiser was sideswiped by the truck.

According to RCMP, the accused had seven outstanding warrants. The trailer and quad were reported stolen.

Charges of dangerous driving, flight from police, and possession of stolen property were laid. Outstanding warrants are pending.

The amount of property reported stolen totalled about $100,000.

The name of the accused has not been released.

Police say there were no injuries related to the pursuit or involving the woman.

The RCMP investigation continues.

Charity Classic boosts Special Olympics Special Olympics Alberta is one quarter of a million dollars richer after the Motor Dealers of Alberta’s 28th-annual Charity Classic, held last weekend at the Red Deer Golf and Country Club along with a gala at the Sheraton Hotel.

Normally competitive, Alberta’s auto dealers feel privileged to share the wealth by pooling their resources for the fundraising tournament and gala, said Garrett Scott of Scott Subaru, who co-chaired the event with Darren Easy from Festival Ford.

This year’s events brings the total raised to $5.5 million from the first time the tournament was held.

The annual event was held in Red Deer from 1985 through 2003 and was returned to Red Deer for the first time this year after an eight-year hiatus.

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BRIEFS Helicopter crashes in southwestern Alberta, pilot, passenger not hurt

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS PINCHER CREEK— Two people in southwestern Alberta are counting their blessings after a helicopter crash.

RCMP say the chopper went down Wednesday near Pincher Creek after flying into a power line.

Police say the pilot and passenger walked away from the wreckage with no injuries.

The downed power line sparked a fire in a farm field.

The Pincher Creek Fire Department put out the flames with the help of people from the area.

Transport Canada and the RCMP are investigating the collision.

Edmonton teacher fired for handing out zeros snapped up by private school EDMONTON — An Edmonton teacher fired for handing out zeros to students who failed to hand in assignments has found a new job.

The Edmonton Public School Board released Lynden Dorval last week from his position as a physics teacher at Ross Sheppard High School.

Dorval has now accepted a part-time position at Tempo School, a provincially accredited private facility in Edmonton.

He got into trouble at Ross Sheppard for giving zeros for work that wasn’t handed in, or tests not taken.

Peter Mitchell, Tempo’s headmaster, says Dorval is free to hand out zeros, but he doubts any students will fail to hand in assignments.

Dorval will start his new job on Oct. 16, but he still plans to appeal his firing.

Hunter scares off grizzly bear after attack in wilderness SWAN HILLS — A hunter is facing potentially life-threatening injuries after he was attacked by a grizzly bear in northern Alberta.

The Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service, or STARS, says the 48-year-old man was attacked Tuesday while hunting in the Swan Hills region north of Edmonton.

Cam Heke (HEEK), a spokesman for STARS, says the big predator attacked the man from behind.

Heke says the hunter was able to scare off the bear by firing a shot from his gun.

He then managed to walk about six kilometres to an area where he could call for help on his cellphone.

The man was located and taken to hospital in Grande Prairie, where a trauma team was waiting for him.

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A new paved path goes around Henner’s south shore in Lacombe where new homes are being built.

Lacombe to consider fix to slumping land around Henner’s Pond

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Lacombe city council will be asked on Monday to approve $57,000 to fix slumping problems around a scenic pond ringed by homes.

Residents have been urging the city to do something since last year when huge sections of bank around the natural pond slid away and dropped as much as three metres in places.

Some homeowners feared the damage would eventually spread to their yards.

Council was reluctant then to spend money fixing the damage until a thorough engineering estimate was done.

That was completed this year and engineering consultants proposed a pair of options priced at $2.4 million and $57,000.

The pricier option involved excavating the slope and rebuilding it with a geo-synthetic material filled with pit run.

The cheaper alternative in-

volved improving grading and repairing some of the damage, including replacing vegetation and shoring up the area with clay.

Engineers said the slumping was caused by a high water table in the pond and poor grading on a vacant lot that contributed to the soil around the pond becoming saturated.

Matt Goudy, the city’s engineering services manager, said both options were reviewed and the lower priced one came out on top.

“We think that’s going to give a really long-term solution to this problem,” he said.

A report is going to council at its next meeting on Monday and if the project gets the green light, the work will likely be done this fall.

Mayor Steve Christie said the city is committed to addressing the Henner’s Pond problems and ensuring nearby properties are protected.

‘We’re definitely looking to fix it. We’re not looking to skimp out in any way,” he said.

Goudy said grading has already

been done on a vacant lot that contributed to the problem through runoff.

The $57,000-solution will involve fixing large cracks that have opened up, replacing some trees and adding vegetation and repairing a trail that was wiped out by slumping earth.

“A lot of the problem was created by high moisture content and poor drainage on site,” he said.

“So we’re going to put in some clay that will shed the water a lot better. It’s got some plasticity so it will stand up and support the slope a lot better.”

Besides being expensive, the other option involved extensive excavation of the natural area around the pond.

“Myself, I don’t see that as the direction to move in municipal government,” he said.

“I think we should be working with the natural spaces we have, especially around our water bodies.” pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Driver who killed five in crash granted day parole

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS DRUMHELLER — A man convicted of killing five people when he smashed his cement truck into the back of their car has been granted day parole.

Daniel Tschetter, 55, had already been spotted driving dangerously before his truck slammed into a vehicle stopped at a red light in Calgary in December 2007. The impact was so violent that pieces of the car were scattered for hundreds of metres along Macleod Trail, a busy north-south thoroughfare.

He was sentenced in October 2009 to 5 ½ years in prison for manslaughter and obstruction of justice.

He is also banned from ever driving a commercial vehicle again.

Tschetter made another bid for parole Wednesday during a hearing at the Drumheller Penitentiary.

Cory Black, a National Parole Board spokeswoman, said Tschetter was denied full parole, but was granted permission to live in a halfway house.

She said the board imposed a number of conditions. Tschetter isn’t allowed to drive, consume alcohol or contact the families of his victims.

He had already been granted unescorted temporary visits to his home once a month. If he is not granted full parole, he is scheduled to be released from prison June 16, 2013.

Court heard during Tschetter’s trial that he was speeding and driving erratically when his truck crushed the passenger car with three children and two adults inside.

Sixteen-month-old Zachary Morrison; his mother, Melaina Hovdebo, 33; Chris Gautreau, 41; and Gautreau’s two daughters, Alexia, 9, and Kiarra, 6, were all killed on impact.

Witnesses said Tschetter had been speeding along a Calgary highway for 20 kilometres before entering the city. They said his massive truck swerved, abruptly switched lanes and sometimes passed vehicles on the shoulder. It eventually slammed nearly at full speed into the car.

Court heard that Tschetter then got out of his truck and climbed a ladder to toss a vodka bottle into the back. Zachary’s aunt said sitting through another parole hearing was difficult, especially after hearing Tschetter deny that he was driving drunk that tragic night.

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MPC ENDORSES CHANGE TO SUNNYBROOK SOUTH PLAN Red Deer’s municipal planning commission has given its endorsement to proposed changes to the Sunnybrook South neighbourhood area structure plan.

The commission voted on Wednesday to recommend to city council that it approve amendments to the plan, which covers the quarter section north of 19th Street and west of 40th Avenue. Those amendments include the addition of a north-south cul de sac on the east side of the neighbourhood to facilitate the development of row houses there, and provision for two-storey homes with walkout basement in the same area.

RETIREMENT NOT ALWAYS BY CHOICE TORONTO — A new poll suggests many Canadian boomers could be surprised about the timing of their retirement.

The Ipsos-Reid survey of people aged 50 or more found 62 per cent of the retired respondents had chosen the time when they left the workforce.

The poll also found 20 per cent of retired respondents had only a month’s warning or less, while 42 per cent had less than six months notice before they retired.

By contrast, 85 per cent of the working boomers said they expected to have a choice about the timing of their retirement.

Health was cited as the main reason for the timing of retirement, ahead of having enough money or being unhappy at work.

The poll was limited to people with household assets of at least $100,000 and conducted by Ipsos Reid for RBC Royal Bank from Feb. 24 to March 12.

CORRECTION The story Demand growing for all energy, which appeared in Wednesday’s business section, contained incorrect information.

The Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors represents Canada’s contract drilling and service rig industry.

— The Canadian Press

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Todd Schwindt, president of The Electric Garage, sits behind the wheel of a 1969 Plymouth Hemi Cuda convertible. That car, and the 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle Super Sport in the background, will be among some 100 collector vehicles up for sale this weekend at The Electric Garage’s Fall Finale show and sale at Westerner Park. Previewing will begin Friday at 4 p.m., with a memorabilia auction planned for 6:30 p.m. On Saturday, selling will begin at 10:30 a.m. Additional information can be found on The Electric Garage website at www.theelectricgarage.com.

Airlines poised for growth AIR CANADA SET TO UNVEIL DISCOUNT CARRIER PLANS; WESTJET REGIONAL SCHEDULE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Canada’s two largest airlines have their sights set on new growth plans, with Air Canada set to announce details of its separate low-cost carrier and WestJet establishing its new regional service.

Air Canada chief financial officer Michael Rousseau told a CIBC investment conference Wednesday that the airline is just a couple of weeks away from announcing details of a new discount carrier that will serve transatlantic and leisure routes in the Caribbean and the United States.

It will be wholly owned by Air Canada (TSX:AC.B), but carry a different name.

“It is a very exciting initiative, not just for Air Canada, but our employees as well because it does provide growth opportunities for us,” he said.

Meanwhile, WestJet plans to launch its new regional service in one half the country next summer and expand the service in other side of the country about nine months later.

However, the Calgary-based airline, which is starting the regional service with seven aircraft and ramping up to 20 by 2016, has been coy about just which half of the country it was planning to start with.

WestJet marketing vice-president Bob Cummings said the airline hosted a meeting in June of representatives from 32 communities that could be added to the regional service.

“These communities very much want WestJet to come into their community and stimulate traffic and become a part of their community,” he said.

The schedule for the regional service will be announced early next year.

Meanwhile, Air Canada said about half

of incremental profits from its low-cost carrier will be derived from cramming more seats into a fleet of 20 Boeing 767s and 30 Airbus A319s. The rest comes from lower employee wages and more flexible work rules.

The wide-body planes, for example, will be fitted with 20 per cent more seats, raising the number of passengers to 275 per aircraft.

The airline will serve new routes in Europe that currently aren’t cost competitive for Air Canada and allow it to be more competitive on Caribbean and some U.S. destinations.

“The majority of the transatlantic routes will be, in fact, growth routes for us that we think we can make adequate, if not very strong returns,” Rousseau said.

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Parking, traffic concerns put Trailer auction restaurant plan on back burner draws global attention

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR

Plans for a major commercial development on the north end of Oriole Park hit a speed bump on Wednesday when members of Red Deer’s municipal planning commission raised concerns about traffic and parking.

Scott Builders Inc. had applied on behalf of Bradley Gabrielson for development approval for three buildings at the junction of Orr Drive and 66th Street. One would have a pizza restaurant and sports bar upstairs, with conference rooms below; another would consist of a convenience store and liquor store; and the third would contain two leasable commercial spaces.

The property, at 6852 66th St., is close to several hotels, as well as the Mohave Grill restaurant, Tim Hortons, Princess Auto and the Flying J station.

Gabrielson is seeking a relaxation of the

minimum front yard setback and the maximum allowable area for a drinking establishment. He would also like the minimum required number of parking stalls reduced to 73 from 96.

Several commission members expressed worries about the resulting traffic, particularly with respect to Orr Drive.

“I’ve been getting a number of phone calls and letters regarding traffic on Orr Drive,” said Coun. Paul Harris, suggesting that now is the time to deal with this issue Jim Marke, a citizen representative on the commission, expressed surprise that the city’s Engineering Department hadn’t requested a traffic study.

“I’m very much aware of this particular location,” he said. “The traffic there is bad.

There’s a lot going on there.”

“I think the traffic in this area is horrendous,” agreed Peter Holloway, another citizen representative.

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CAW continues talks with GM, Chrysler

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS General Motors and Chrysler were still at the bargaining table Wednesday with the Canadian Auto Workers Union, and analysts believe the union will be victorious in achieving similar deals to the one inked with Ford.

CAW President Ken Lewenza said late afternoon that he’s optimistic the union will be able to reach agreements with GM Canada and Chrysler. On Tuesday night, he said there has been more progress at the table with GM. “There are still a number of challenging issues to work through,” Lewenza said in a news release.

“We’re not there yet, but as long as we keep making progress at the bargaining table, we will continue to negotiate.”

Chrysler would only say that talks are ongoing and had no further comment.

Canadian Ford auto workers will vote this weekend on the tentative agreement that was reached on Monday, which the union hopes to use as a framework for an agreement with the others. The CAW said

results of the vote will be released Sunday.

The auto workers union is usually insistent that the first collective agreement reached be followed by the others in a system called “pattern bargaining,” designed to prevent one automaker from being disadvantaged by a less competitive deal than the others achieved.

“On anything core at all, the CAW will not accept any deviation from the pattern by the Ford deal,” said Tony Faria, marketing professor at the University of Windsor.

“I think you can declare a winner and the winner in this contract is the CAW. They essentially gave up nothing.”

The Ford deal contains no base wage increases and pension plans will remain the same for existing employees. Each worker will get $2,000 a year in the second, third and fourth years to cover cost-of-living increases, and a $3,000 ratification bonus.

New hires will make 60 per cent of full pay, which would be reached after 10 years, up from a six-year progression scale agreed upon in the last collective agreement. New hires will also be signed up for a hybrid pension plan, rather than a defined benefit plan like current workers.

INTEREST FROM AS FAR AWAY AS THE UKRAINE

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR A dispersal auction planned for a Lacombe business is attracting attention from as far away as Ukraine.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers will conduct an unreserved public sale at Lacombe Trailer Sales & Rentals Inc. next Thursday.

The more than 250 items on the block will include 63 van trailers, 22 step deck trailers, 15 container trailers, 12 hiboys, nine lowboys, eight reefer trailers and eight equipment trailers.

“We’ve got brand new trailers, right down to very well-used trailers,” said owner Bill Woof, who’s operated the business since 2002.

He added that Lacombe Trailer Sales & Rentals is also liquidating its own equipment, such as trucks and forklifts.

An unreserved auction is a risky way to sell off inventory and operating equipment, acknowledged Woof. But it should attract a good audience and ensure everything goes in one day.

So far, the strategy appears to be working.

“We had guys here today from Montana, and I’ve had phone calls from overseas.”

Buyers can attend the sale in person or by proxy, or bid in real time online.

Woof said Lacombe Trailer Sales & Rentals’ lease on its property is up, and it seemed like a good time to step away.

“The stars are all lined up, and when they’re lined up you should do something.”

He now plans to focus on Red Rose Trailer Sales & Rentals in Red Deer, which he also owns. That business carries jobsite trailers of virtually all sizes.

The Lacombe Trailer Sales & Rentals auction will start at 9 a.m. on Sept. 27. It will take place at the business’s premises at Site 9, Box 4, Rural Road 1, Range Road 27-2. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

C4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market ended relatively flat on Wednesday as oil prices tumbled to a six-week low, while housing data was mixed for the U.S. and Canada.

The S&P/TSX composite index was ahead 13.45 points to 12,436.16 after trading in tight range throughout the session.

The TSX Venture Exchange rose 20.88 points to 1,343.52.

The Canadian dollar increased 0.01 of a cent to 102.62 cents US. The lack of any major direction comes after North American stock markets made significant gains last week on the back of an announcement from the U.S. Federal Reserve of an open-ended plan to spend US$40 billion a month on a new round of bond purchases. And it will continue to do so until the job market shows substantial improvement.

“We’ve had a real strong move this month on a lot of stimulus, both within Europe and the U.S.,” said Jeff Bradacs, portfolio

manager at Manulife Asset Management.

“I think the market’s just taking the pause. For the next leg in the market it will (be) to see that stimulus run down into the economy and whether it picks up with macroeconomic data.”

On Wednesday, the energy sector was the biggest decliner, off one per cent, with Talisman Energy (TSX:TLM) falling 18 cents to $14.07.

October crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange moved down $3.31 to US$91.98 a barrel, touching a six-week low.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s weekly report said that crude inventories rose three times more than analysts had expected last week. Crude supplies grew by 8.5 million barrels to 367.6 million barrels.

That’s 8.4 per cent higher than at the same time last year.

Gold stocks rose 1.1 per cent, while the December bullion increased 50 cents to closing the session at US$1,771.70 an

ounce. December copper was up 2.7 cents to US$3.81 a pound.

In economic data, a report from the U.S. Commerce Department said that builders started construction on more homes in August, driven by the fastest pace of single-family home building in more than two years.

Construction of new homes and apartments rose 2.3 per cent to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 750,000 last month.

A separate report on U.S. home sales from the National Association of Realtors said they jumped to the highest level in more than two years in August.

Sales rose 7.8 per cent to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 4.82 million, the most since May 2010.

The picture of the Canadian housing market was somewhat less robust, with the Teranet— National Bank National Composite House Price Index showing that prices rose a meagre 0.2 per cent in August from the month prior. That marks the weakest month-over-month increase in

12 years.

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrials gained 13.32 points to 13,577.96. The Nasdaq composite index trekked ahead 4.82 points to 3,182.62 and the S&P 500 index was 1.73 points higher to 1,461.05.

Japan’s main stock market hit a four-month high Wednesday after the country’s central bank eased monetary policy to shore up fragile economic growth, but the positive momentum ground to a halt in Europe.

The Bank of Japan said it was increasing its asset purchasing fund to 55 trillion yen (US$700 billion) from 45 trillion yen to counter the strength of the Japanese currency. A strong yen makes it more difficult for Japanese companies to compete in international markets.

In Canadian corporate developments, B2Gold Corp.

(TSX:BTO) plans to acquire CGA Mining Ltd. (TSX:CGA) and its producing Masbate mine in a friendly all-stock deal they value at $1.1 billion. B2Gold stock

fell 51 cents or 11.9 per cent to $3.79 while CGA’s rose six cents or 2.3 per cent to $2.71.

Air Canada (TSX:AC.B) said it is a couple of weeks away from announcing details of its plan to launch a separately managed low-cost airline that will service transatlantic and leisure routes in the Caribbean and the United States. Its shares rose six per cent, or seven cents, to $1.23.

CVTech Group Inc. (TSX:CVT) has been awarded three contracts valued at roughly US$68.8 million by of one of the largest utility companies in the United States. Shares of the company increased 10 per cent, or 10 cents, to $1.10.

And shares of Centerra Gold Inc. (TSX:CG) gained more than 16 per cent after the company said its Boroo mine in Mongolia has received the needed regulatory approvals to resume heap leach operations. Shares rose $1.71 to $11.95.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing pric-

es: Canola: Nov.’12 $8.20 higher $634.60; Jan ’13 $8.00 higher $638.20; March ’13 $6.90 higher $638.30; May ’13 $6.80 higher $626.50; July ’13 $7.10 higher $617.80; Nov. ’13 $5.30 higher $552.80; Jan. ’14 $5.30 higher $555.30; March ’14 $5.30 higher $551.40; May ’14 $5.30 higher $551.40; July ’14 $5.30 higher $551.40; Nov. ’14 $5.30 higher $551.40.

Barley (Western): Oct. ’12 unchanged $250.30; Dec. ’12 unchanged $255.30; March ’13 unchanged $258.30; May ’13 unchanged $259.30; July ’13 unchanged $259.80; Oct. ’13 unchanged $259.80; Dec ’13 unchanged $259.58; March ’14 unchanged $259.80; May ’14 unchanged $259.80; July ’14 unchanged $259.80; Oct. ’14 unchanged $259.80.

Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 200,900 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 200,900.

Harrison will help CP catch up: rival CN COMPETITION GOOD FOR THE INDUSTRY

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — The head of Canadian National Railway says rival Canadian Pacific Railway will eventually catch up to its industry-leading performance with new CEO Hunter Harrison at the helm and it will benefit the entire industry.

Claude Mongeau told a CIBC investor conference Wednesday that his former mentor and boss will improve the basic fundamentals of the Calgary-based railway.

“While they focus on fixing the basics. we’re charting ahead on a course which I believe is constructive for the industry,” he said.

“At some point they’ll catch up, but we’re not going to make it easy.”

While the two railway network don’t overlap everywhere, they do in congested areas like Vancouver.

“If both railroads have the same mentality of managing a pipeline, of understanding what it takes to

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Majority of Canadians would pay under the table cash to avoid sales tax OTTAWA — The vast majority of Canadians pay taxes each year, but a new survey suggests they are prepared to cheat at the margins if they think they can get away with it.

The survey for H&R Block Canada found 55 per cent of respondents saying that when dealing with a contractor, they would opt to pay cash to avoid sales taxes.

And they are not feeling overly guilty about it either. Only 30 per cent said they thought the avoidance wrong. Among young Canadians aged 18-34, only 17 per cent said it was wrong to avoid paying the sales tax.

The findings don’t seem to be related specifically to sales taxes, which range from a low of five per cent in Alberta to a high of 15.5 per cent in Prince Edward Island.

A majority of Canadians believe they shouldn’t have to declare bartered transactions, nor do they feel workers in the service industry like waiters and bartenders should need to declare tips as income.

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RESTAURANT: Application tabled for up to 4 weeks Inspections and Licensing supervisor Joyce Boon suggested that a traffic assessment for the area might have been performed previously.

Coun. Buck Buchanan questioned the adequacy of the 73 stalls proposed for the development. But development officer Vicki Swainson said the 96 stalls required under the city’s Land Use Bylaw was based on an assumption that the leased commercial space would be used for retail, and that might not be the case.

The commission voted to table the application for up to four weeks, during which time additional information can be collected about traffic impacts and the anticipated occupancy of the restaurant and bar.

Administration was also asked to consider ways that access to the site from Orr Drive could be improved,

promote efficiency and asset utilization, fluidity and velocity then we should be able to go through tough places like Vancouver more effectively, so I see that as constructive from a railroad standpoint,” said Mongeau, who succeeded Harrison as chief executive at CN (TSX:CNR).

He noted the railway has been experiencing a “soft patch” this quarter, but said he believes that barring an outside shock it can deliver years of solid returns.

Meanwhile Brian Grassby, senior vice-president finance for CP, told the conference that Harrison continues to examine the railway’s network and terminals, ask questions and focus on service as it tests a new train design.

Already, he said the speed of decision making has been improved and there is an increased focus by employees on service and controlling costs.

“Most people are embracing the change,” he said.

Grassby said CP is performing better than last year and sustaining the new performance level.

While the U.S. grain crop has been hit by a severe drought, a good harvest is expected in Canada helped by strong prices and global demand.

CP also foresees growth opportunities for potash and oil.

However, analysts have suggested CP will report “disappointing” results on Oct. 23 for the third quarter on modest volume growth due to short-term challenges for potash and agricultural products.

Analyst Walter Spracklin of RBC Capital Markets said he doesn’t expect the results will temper investor optimism in the railway’s new CEO, who will report on his plans at an investor day in December.

“We continue to have strong conviction in CP’s long-term prospects as the company continues to make progress on operating initiatives and is executing on growth in strategic markets,” he wrote in a report.

On the Toronto Stock Exchange, CN’s shares lost three cents at $91.59, while CP’s shares gained $1.55 to $82.92 in Wednesday trading.

“I think it boils down to people feeling they pay enough tax, that they shouldn’t have to pay anymore,” said Cleo Hamel, a senior tax analyst with H&R Block.

It’s a “defect” of the system, he said, recalling the debate over the U.S. federal government’s debt ceiling last year.

U.S. can’t ’austere itself’ to a stronger economy, Goldman Sachs CEO says TORONTO — Austerity measures are not the best path right now for the United States, the head of U.S. financial giant Goldman Sachs Group Inc said Wednesday.

“You can’t austere yourself into a higher GDP,” Goldman Sachs chairman and CEO Lloyd Blankfein told a business crowd in Toronto.

“I’m all for implementing budget changes that accelerate over the long term, but in the short term I wouldn’t take too much money away from people or cut back on a lot of expenditure programs.”

It’s also not the time for another stimulus package, he said, but the key for success in the near term will be a balance: holding off on austerity measures while not taking away “the punch bowl.”

He said the U.S. is approaching a “fiscal cliff” if warring politicians in Washington don’t get together this fall to extend programs and tax cuts that have helped keep the economy out of recession.

The current problems are self-inflicted and within everyone’s power to stop, Blankfein said.

He said the U.S. political system is bringing out the extremes within the two main parties — Republicans and Democrats — rather than the moderates. the adequacy of the local storm sewer system, pedestrian routes through the parking lot and landscaping.

In 2007, Gabrielson received municipal planning commission approval to develop a building with a pizzeria and sports bar on the lot. That project never proceeded. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

AIRLINES: Low-cast carrier ‘mentality’ Its approach to the leisure market is more defensive, he added, with some routes switching to the low-cost carrier to improve margins.

Rousseau said Air Canada studied several different models around the world — including Qantas’s Jetstar in Asia — and opted to create a wholly-owned airline with a separate management to ensure it maintains the low-cost carrier “mentality.”

However, Rousseau warned the new airline, which will be launched in 2013, won’t have a material impact on Air Canada’s results until it ramps up to the full fleet of 50 planes.

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Firm says companies may be taking wrong approach to hiring top talent OTTAWA — A new report suggests Canadian firms are having trouble attracting skilled employees, and it may be because they are not attuned to what top talent wants.

Towers Watson says nearly two-thirds of the Canadian companies participating in an international survey said they had trouble attracting and retaining skilled and high potential employees.

The professional services firm suggested companies are not offering prospective workers what they most desire — a competitive pay base and job security.

Instead, employers are stressing challenging work and the organization’s reputation.

The survey also found that 47 per cent of the Canadian respondents indicated their employees are experiencing high levels of stress at work, and 65 per cent report their staff has been working more hours than normal the past three years.

The international survey of 1,605 companies, which contained a Canadian component, was conducted from April to June and represented a wide range of industries.

Meanwhile, he says Air Canada is working on several other initiatives to build its profits after completing gruelling labour negotiations that lasted longer than it had anticipated.

Air Canada is also working to develop a “competitive response” to WestJet Airlines (TSX:WJA) plans to launch a regional service next year.

Bombardier Q400s planes will allow WestJet to add non-stop service to seven or eight communities and use the smaller planes on some existing routes to increase profits.

WestJet hopes the regional service will eventually add up to four million more customers to the 25.5 million who fly the mainline carrier for regular or vacation travel.

“We’re not as concerned about (market) share as we are about growing profitably and successfully going forward,” Cummings said.

“So we set ourselves up nicely to grow a lot of share if everything’s going well or to scale back a bit and have more measured capacity growth and make sure that it is profitable.”

On the Toronto Stock Exchange, Air Canada’s shares closed up more than six per cent, gaining seven cents to $1.23 in Wednesday trading. WestJet shares lost 12 cents to $17.28.

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This year the Alberta Hunter Education Instructors’ Association and Hunting For Tomorrow are offering a day long event for those who want to explore the outdoors and expand their shooting and hunting knowledge on Provincial Hunting Day. · Is there an outdoor activity that you have never tried, like shooting a shotgun, which you would like to learn in a safe and controlled environment? · Are you a beginner who is looking to improve your outdoor skills? · Are you already active in the outdoors but you would like to add to your skills? · Are you seeking the camaraderie of other like-minded individuals? · Would you like to celebrate Alberta’s hunting heritage by learning more about the outdoors, conservation, and more outdoor skills?

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Average size: 19 inches long, 45 pounds Coat: Medium-length hair, prone to collecting burrs Health issues: Occasional canine hip dysplasia For more info: Brittany Spaniel Club of Canada Originally from the Brittany region of France, these soft-tempered dogs have an impressive list of talents, including pointing, trailing wounded game and retrieving from both land and water.

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Average size: 20 inches long, 50 pounds Coat: Medium-length hair, prone to collecting burrs Health issues: Occasional canine hip dysplasia; very rare occurrences of rage syndrome, a type of treatable epilepsy For more info: Canadian National Spaniel Field Trial Association Springers are relentless! They get deep into grass using the same paths as the birds and pursue hot scent. Springers are also effective on western prairie birds but they must hunt within gun range, which is somewhat of a disadvantage. However, they love the water and are excellent retrievers.

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Average size: 25 inches long, 60 pounds Coat: Medium to long hair, prone to collecting burrs Health issues: Occasional canine hip dysplasia; false pregnancies For more info: English Setter Club of Canada Setters can find and point all upland birds, but their first calling is to grouse woods and woodcock swamps. Still, you’ll see them running across western wheat stubble in search of partridge.

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tion and Education Centre for Excellence for Provincial Hunting Day, September 22, 2012! Alford Lake Conservation Education Center for Excellence is located approximately one hour drive West of Innisfail on Highways 54 and 591 (about 24 km West of Caroline) and then approximately 1.6 km North of Highway 591on Range Road 8-3 North.

This day will be a celebration of hunting, fishing, and conservation in Alberta, and the goal is to engage more people in the outdoors and outdoor activities, and to create experiences that will encourage them to continue these activities.

All sessions are hands on and provide the opportunity to learn by doing. This event is completely free and is fun for whole family! The day starts at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 6:00 p.m., and includes free lunch and a pig roast barbeque for dinner. Prizes and free items will be available. The following sessions will be included at the event (you will choose your specific sessions when you arrive): · Archery and Bowhunting · Bear Aware! · Crossbows — Getting Started · Firearms Basics: Small Bore, Big Bore, Handguns and Shotguns · Game Calling 101 · Gone Fishing! – Spin cast or fly fishing; choosing your tackle and gear · Leather Crafting and Utilizing your Wild Game Hides · Measuring & Scoring your Trophies · Trapping in the 21st Century · Wilderness Cuisine

HOW DO I ATTEND? To take part in this event, visit www.huntingfortomorrow.com to download the 2012 Provincial Hunting Day registration form or call and ask for a form to be emailed or faxed to you: Edmonton Conservation Education Centre for Excellence Ph: 780-466-6682 or Toll Free 1-866-282-4342

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It marks the sixth annual event, and is a reminder to all Albertans of our hunting heritage, and of the importance of securing a future for wildlife and wild places, especially within our own Province.

Alberta is a wonderful province to live in and we enjoy an abundance of natural wealth. This treasure is here due to the perseverance and dedication of outdoorsmen and women who are committed to conservation endeavours.

Alberta has recorded 115,443 hunters for 2012, which is nearly a 17% increase from the number of hunters in 2003. This is consistent with previous annual activity, which has remained stable or has shown small increases since 1996. The fastest growing interest in hunting has come from youth and female hunters in Alberta; for 2011 there were 7382 recorded youth hunters, and 8620 female hunters. These figures indicate strong support for hunting in the Province.

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Changing identities TRANSSEXUALITY A METAPHOR FOR AUTHENTICITY IN ‘LAURENCE ANYWAYS’

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Rushdie dismisses latest death threat Salman Rushdie is dismissing the latest threat against his life as just talk.

“This was essentially one priest in Iran looking for a headline,” the author of The Satanic Verses said Tuesday night as he spoke at a Barnes & Noble in Union Square before about 400 people, some just children when Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989 declared Rushdie’s novel was blasphemous and called for his death.

Iran’s government has long since distanced itself from Khomeini’s decree, his fatwa, but anti-Rushdie sentiment remains. A semi-official Iranian religious foundation headed by Ayatollah Hassan Saneii has raised the bounty for Rushdie from $2.8 million to $3.3 million after recent protests against an antiIslamic film that helped lead to riots around the Middle East. But Rushdie, who called the movie “the worst video on YouTube,” says Saneii has long offered a bounty and few people have taken him seriously.

Rushdie said the threat was simply the latest product of the “outrage industry” and added that there is “no evidence” of people being interested in the bounty. His concern had been state-sanctioned death squads, “professional killers.” But the days of hiding are long over and he is free to walk the streets, stand on line in supermarkets and honour that old publishing ritual — the author reading.

Rushdie was discussing his memoir about the fatwa, Joseph Anton, which has just been published to strong reviews and encouraging sales.

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Melvil Poupaud stars in Xavier Dolan’s new feature, ‘Laurence Anyways’.

ix Ohlin for Inside (House of Anansi Press), which is also on the long list for the $50,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Linda Spalding, who has previously made the Writers’ Trust non-fiction short list, is now a finalist for the fiction prize for her novel The Purchase (McClelland & Stewart).

The Writers’ Trust fiction list is rounded out by renowned Edmonton-based poet and novelist Tim Bowling for The Tinsmith (Brindle & Glass Publishing) and Nanaimo, B.C., native Tamas Dobozy for Siege 13 (Thomas Allen Publishers).

The prize offers $2,500 to each finalist and a total of $25,000 to the eventual winner.

This year’s jury members included authors Lynn Coady, Esi Edugyan and Drew Hayden Taylor. They read 116 books from 45 publishers.

The Writers’ Trust of Canada is a charitable organization founded by authors including Margaret Atwood and the late Pierre Berton.

On Wednesday, it also announced three finalists for the $10,000 Writers’ Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize, recognizing new and developing writers.

They are: Kevin Hardcastle for To Have to Wait (The Malahat Review); Andrew Hood’s Manning (PRISM international); and Alex Pugsley for Crisis on Earth-X (The Dalhousie Review).

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TORONTO — In Montreal phenom filmmaker Xavier Dolan’s new feature, Laurence Anyways, a handsome teacher bravely reveals to his girlfriend of two years that he wants to be a woman.

While the ensuing drama details the struggles of transsexuality, Dolan notes the French-language film represents all couples who struggle with changing identities in relationships.

“Transsexuality is a metaphor for authenticity in a couple,” the 23-year-old writer-director said at the recent Toronto International Film Festival, where Laurence Anyways won the best Canadian feature prize.

“From that moment which succeeds the honeymooning, the teenage years of love . . . where you have to come off as who you really are and expect from the person facing you that she will respect you for that person and that you will respect her for who she is.

“That’s a make or break for a lot of couples.”

Opening Friday in Toronto, Laurence Anyways stars Melvil Poupaud as the eponymous protagonist, who surprises beau Fred (Suzanne Clement) with news that he feels like he was born to be a woman.

Fred is supportive and encourages Laurence to begin wearing women’s clothing, both in his personal life and on the job, which upsets the local parents’ group and ministry of education in Montreal.

As Laurence’s life takes a dramatic turn, so too does his relationship with Fred, and the film follows their decade-long journey to connect through his transition in the 1990s.

Co-stars include Monia Chokri,

who was also in Dolan’s 2010 romantic comedy Heartbeats (Les amours imaginaires), which won the Regards Jeunes Prize at the Cannes film festival. It was his second feature after the 2009 personal parent-son drama I Killed My Mother (J’ai tue ma mere), which won three awards at Cannes.

“What I mostly see that connects these films is that they’re all about impossible love,” Dolan said in an interview in a Toronto hotel room, wearing his signature horn-rimmed glasses, his curly pompadour more tame than usual.

“Impossible love between a teenager and his mom, impossible love between two friends and that . . . beautiful stranger that shows up, and then impossible love between two crazy lovers in the ’80s or ’90s that have great expectations for their lives that are compromised by honesty and request of authenticity from the man in the couple.”

Dolan conceived the film idea while shooting I Killed My Mother, when a wardrobe assistant revealed that her ex-boyfriend told her he wanted to become a woman.

Clement, who was also in I Killed My Mother, discussed the story with him for several years and had some say in how far her character would go in the relationship.

“The fact that he’s able to write about this at his age is amazing,” she said. “He . . . goes beyond the fear of, ’What are people going to say — that I don’t know enough?’ . . . He digs deeper in his own relationships . . . asks questions. He’s really open to observing and he’s intelligent, I think.”

Dolan also has a “boldness” onset and will change scenes and dialogue on the fly, added Clement, whose other credits include Robert Lepage’s Le Confessional and Philippe Falardeau’s It’s Not Me, I Swear.

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Future daughter-in-law is difficult Dear Annie: Our son has been dating “Nicole” for I mentioned to Nicole that I have an antique bridseveral years. al veil that is a family heirloom, and I would be honShe has two teenage daughters from a previous oured to let her borrow it if she wished. She said it marriage. Although they live several hours from us, was “too old-fashioned.” my husband and I have done everything to make “NiOur son shrugs off Nicole’s behaviour. cole” feel welcome.

I understand that marrying her is his Last Christmas, she and her daughters choice and not ours. Are we approaching opened their gifts, tossed them aside and this wrong? — Perplexed Parents went to watch TV. Dear Perplexed: No, you have been very In May, I sent her a Mother’s Day card accommodating. wishing her a nice day with her kids. She Nicole simply seems rude and unkind, responded with an email saying that since and the relationship will not get better her mother passed away, she no longer unless your son demands it. celebrates Mother’s Day. A month later, Please continue to be welcoming, but she was in an accident and spent a few back off a bit so she doesn’t feel smothdays in the hospital. ered. Don’t make suggestions or offer We sent flowers and wishes for a opinions about the wedding. speedy recovery. Our son said the flowers She is not receptive or appreciative. were not her favourite so she threw them Instead, find things to compliment about MITCHELL out. her plans so she is less insecure about & SUGAR Two months ago, my son proposed to her status and taste.

Nicole.

Nicole is likely to be a difficult daughWe sent a nice engagement gift with ter-in-law. Our sympathies. a note saying we would be happy to help Dear Annie: I am a 57-year-old male with the wedding preparations. After two weeks, I in good health and physical shape. I have been diasked my son whether the gift had arrived. vorced for 26 years.

He said, “Yes. It’s sitting on the table. She hasn’t I have not been on a date in three years. got around to opening it.”

This is not because I don’t wish to date, but beA day later she sent an email that said, “I will be cause I don’t want to just go through the motions. making my own decisions about the wedding.” No I am close to my children and family members, mention of the gift. and I know they care about me and don’t want me to Last week, the two lovebirds came to a family be alone. The problem is, they constantly say, “You event at our home. must lower your standards if you want to find some-

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determined leads to stubbornness, making a person unpleasant to be around. Stick to your commitment, but don’t forget that graciousness will get you there faster.

Thursday, September 20 TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Despite your CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Moon Bloodgood, 37; Sophia Loren, 78; Anne recent disappointment, you see there was always progress. You have said Meara, 83 good-bye, but it was only because THOUGHT OF THE DAY: you knew you had outgrown the Mercury is determined to get in situation. Don’t look back, and reon the action Uranus and Pluto fuse to hold regret. You’re moving are kicking up. We are encourforward, wonderfully so. aged to have a conversation GEMINI (May 21-June 20): and share our journey, no matThe occasional step back is ter how tough it is to approach needed. It allows us time to rethe subject. It is a time for quintgroup and also often precedes essential freedom through truth. the moment we are propelled to It will be a great day, enjoy! leap forward. It may have looked HAPPY BIRTHDAY: It’s an like you were regressing but now important year of destiny and you see how valuable that time purpose, where the most memwas. Get ready for wonderful NADIYA orable movements that arrive progress.

SHAH have a will of their own. You CANCER (June 21-July 22): might have fancy plans going All circumstances, no matter how in to this year of your life. Leave difficult or inconvenient, pass in space and the best can come time as all things do. You may in. It will be a great year, enjoy! not appreciate the resolve you have shown.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Determination is largely overrated. We think it’s the only You’re a fighter. You want to seize your life. ingredient to success. However, being too Continue to trust that voice.

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one.” What are my standards?

Simply put, I have no desire to be with someone I am not physically attracted to.

They don’t think this should matter, and maybe they have a point, but it’s my decision. I have no problem waiting for the right person and realize it may never happen.

I love my family and don’t want to hurt their feelings. Other than rudely telling them to “butt out,” how can I get them to stop? — Enough Dear Enough: As long as you understand that you may be missing out on some terrific partners for superficial reasons, this is entirely your choice.

It is not rude to say, “I know you love me and mean well, but I need to make my own decisions, whether you agree or not. Please stop commenting on my social life.”

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Omerta in New York,” who sent a monetary gift to a friend in financial straits, insisting that he use it to buy a “luxury” item. She was offended when he used it to pay an outstanding bill.

I wonder whether she ever considered that, to her friend, knowing he would have electricity or telephone use for the next month might be a luxury.

Ending their 40-year friendship over this is certainly her loss. — Cherish Your Friends 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.

been clear about your direction. Then, new information came in and you were struck by how different the actuality was from the fantasy. With a stronger footing in the complete picture, you can accept your blessings for their imperfections.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): We can replay the offense that we think someone caused, even when he or she is long gone. In some way, you have been nursing an old hurt. The time to let it go and move on with your life is finally here. Forgive him or her, but also yourself.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You have inherited a mess from your predecessor. It may not seem fair, but you wouldn’t have been granted the opportunity had you not been seen as the person who could clean up. Don’t let the task daunt you. Let it inspire your best effort.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): An opportunity seems less than desirable on the surface.

Though unrelated to your intention, you must think of it as a job interview. By accepting a proposal for its intrinsic value, you get the chance to show your expertise.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): While you may normally be compelled to pull out elaborate vocabulary in an effort for clarity,

you can illustrate a point best with your silence. Withdraw for now. This simple action speaks louder than words.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’re bringing together odds and ends. It may not make sense to a lot of people around you, who seem to be chasing a bigger vision.

However, you know you need to tie it up before you make the big change. It’s coming.

You can feel it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’ve put an important piece of your past behind you, closing the door and releasing all ties. Your bravery shines through. You may still feel some residual sadness, but this is a chance to start fresh. Your future is bright.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A surprise moment ends up being deeply revealing. You have an experience to share. Your hardships can now provide hope to another person, allowing you to make sense of what was previously just a hard memory.

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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COULOMBE Jeanne Elizabeth (nee Hermary) On September 16, 2012, Jeanne Coulombe of Edmonton, AB passed away peacefully at the age of 77 years.

Jeanne is sadly missed by her loving family: four daughters, Marissa (Jeff) McNabb, Paulette (Terry) Kernaghan, Adrienne Wile, Yv o n n e C a m e r o n ( R o n Romashenko), one son, Gilbert (Jackie) Coulombe, five grandsons, five granddaughters, three great-grandsons and four great-granddaughters.

She is also survived by numerous brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Jeanne was predeceased by her husband, Roland in December 2011 and one granddaughter in November 1973. A Mass of the Resurrection will be c e l e b r a t e d o n F r i d a y, September 21, 2012 at 7:00 pm at St. Michael-Resurrection Catholic Church, 10555-50A Street, Edmonton, with Father Leo Floyd as the Celebrant. In lieu of floral tributes, donations in memory of Jeanne may be made to St. Joseph’s Auxiliary Hospital or to the Cancer Foundation.

Expressions of sympathy may be forwarded to the family via the website www.hainstockedmonton.com

(780)440-2999 Honoured Provider of Dignity Memorial

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STEEGSTRA VIROVE Marlene Mary Joseph Born on February 15, 1966, 1947 - 2012 in Brooks, Alberta, Marlene Joseph Virove, longtime resident passed away on September o f t h e R e d D e e r a r e a , 1 6 , 2 0 1 2 a t t h e R o y a l passed away on location, A l e x a n d r a H o s p i t a l i n September 9, 2012. Joe E d m o n t o n , A l b e r t a w i t h was born in Brooks, Alberta family by her side. Marlene F e b r u a r y 1 8 , 1 9 4 7 - t h e had been ill for the last few second child and first son of months and has been in the Joe and Irene. He grew up care of both Royal Alexandra on the family farm but set out Hospital and the University of to seek his fortune operating Alberta Hospitals. Marlene’s heavy equipment in the oil family would like to sincerely and gas sector in 1961. After thank the wonderful staff who becoming an expert operator, watched over her vigilantly. Joe’s focus shifted to business, Marlene is survived by her owning and operating his beloved son, David Stuart of own water truck services Red Deer, mother, Madeline company. His longtime oilfield Bryant of Red Deer, sisters; experience made him a very Joan Steegstra of Red Deer, successful Oilfield Engineering Beverly (Stephen) Vida of Consultant with his travels Innisfail, Linda Bonnville of taking him from the cold arctic Edmonton and Clara (John) of the N.W.T. to his favourite, Kosmac of Winnipeg, Tim the rugged bush and breathStuart of Vancouver, B.C., taking scenery of the Rocky numerous nieces and nephews, Mountains - where you could two great nieces, aunties and also find Joe quading and uncles and her best friend, hunting on a rare day off.

Kevin. She was predeceased Joseph’s memory will be by her brother, Garry Steegstra honoured in the hearts of his in 1987 and her father, Albert w i f e , C y n t h i a ; h i s s o n , Steegstra in 2009. Marlene Kevin; daughter, Joanna; and was a very outgoing person his grandchildren, Connor who loved to laugh. She and Zane. Also cherishing enjoyed outdoor activities, their memories of Joe are his crafts and spending time with sister, Patricia (Norman) her family, especially her son Wiebe and son, Darryl; sisterDavid who was the light of in-law, Norma Wirove and her life. She also enjoyed their three children, Justin, b e i n g o n F a c e b o o k a n d Mat and Robi, along with p l a y i n g g a m e s o n t h e r e . Cindy’s sisters, Roberta, Marsha, Marlene worked as a health- Sonja and their families. His care aid, doing what she brother, Robert; father, Joseph loved, caring for people. She and his mother, Irene predewill be missed. Marlene lived ceased Joe. In lieu of flowers, in Red Deer, Alberta before donations may be made to the moving to Edmonton, Alberta Alberta Heart and Stroke in October 2009, with a brief Foundation. A memorial and stint back in Red Deer in celebration of life will be held 2010. Those wishing to pay at Poplar Ridge Community their respects to Mrs. Marlene Hall, Saturday, September 22, S t e e g s t r a c a n d o s o o n 2012 at 2:00 p.m.

Friday, September 21, 2012 Condolences may be forwarded between the hours of 1:00 p.m. to the family by visiting and 2:00 p.m. at Eventide www.reddeerfuneralhome.com Funeral Chapels (4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer). A Funeral Service will follow at 2:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, donations In Memoriam may be made directly to a ELSIE SINGER charity of your choice.

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NESBITT Edith June 5, 1931 - Sept. 16, 2012 With much sadness, we announce the passing of Edith, at the age of 81 years.

Cherishing her memory are her children, Linda (Pat), Roy (Marilyn) and Gail (Darrell); grandchildren, Zachary (Heather), Carmen, Ian, Jason, Scott, Melissa and Ashley; great granddaughters Brooke and Norah; sisters, Mary and Mildred. She was pre-deceased by her parents, Albert and Mary; husband Lloyd; brother Albert; and granddaughter, Breanna.

Edith grew up on a small homestead in Midnight Lake, SK during the great depression, so she knew what hard work was. She was a softball coach for 6 years, liked to watch the Toronto Blue Jays on TV, play card games and go camping. Her great love was her grandchildren and a treasured activity was making Gingerbread Houses with them at Christmas. A family graveside service will take place at 3:00 pm on Sept 29, 2012 at the Glaslyn cemetery. Special thanks to the staff of Sunnyside Nursing Home for the care and compassion given to Mom. Arrangements are entrusted to PRAIRIE VIEW CHAPEL, AND CREMATORIUM 242-7884.

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MAY David It is with heavy hearts that the family of David Wallace May of Lacombe and Edmonton, Alberta announces his passing on September 14, 2012 at the Sturgeon Hospital in St. Albert, Alberta at the age of 66, after a brief illness. David was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta on October 18, 1945 to Wally and Dora May of Elkwater, Alberta.

He grew up there, in the Cypress Hills, with his three siblings and received his schooling in nearby Irvine, Alberta.

Upon graduation he attended the University of Alberta for a year, then ventured North to work in the Mines at Keno and Dawson City in the Yukon. He enjoyed many adventures there but returned to Alberta and continued his education at Medicine Hat College for another one year stint. In the middle of this journey he met Linda Dalzell, of Lacombe Alberta and after his year was done at Medicine Hat they were married on May 6, 1967 in Lacombe, Alberta. He made it to the United Church right on time by sprinting the distance from the Empress Motel, with all the money he had, tucked in his pocket (the $50 he borrowed from his mom). The first ten years of their forty-five year marriage were spent in Calgary, Alberta where their two children, Karen and Stacy, were born. For five years he worked at Home Oil and Ashland Oil while attending night school to attain his CMA degree. The final years in Calgary he was Comptroller at Tower Dodge. Then in 1976 they sold their house, moved to Lacombe, built their own house, started their business, David May Accounting and Management Services Ltd., and years later David became co-owner of D&M Plastics Inc. David loved sports, quadding, golfing, skiing, refereeing and coaching ringette, curling and watching his children and later grandchildren as they played hockey, ringette, baseball and dance. He was one of their biggest fans! He also loved to travel and he could talk to you for hours about the cruises he took. David is survived by his ex-wife Linda May of Lacombe; his daughter Karen Knight (Bruce) of Lacombe; his son Stacy May (Danielle) of Edmonton; his grandchildren Jessica Knight, Kodi Knight, Zachary Knight, Kaitlin May, Madison May and Eric May. His brother Ed May (Sharon) of Toronto; sister Connie Otto (Cliff) of Edmonton; step-brothers Robert MacKeage of Edmonton; Leon MacKeage and step-sisters Carol Dayton, Sharon Cazon, and Audrey Jackson. Brotherin-law Stan Dalzell (Mary) of Nanaimo, BC; sister-in-law Pat Barnes (Bill) of Orillia, Ont.; brother-in-law Karl Tomm (Cindy) of Cochrane, AB. Also mourning his loss are close friend Carmelle Zurowski and her children Kim, Shawn and Tara of Edmonton and his business partner and friend Mark Nicholas (Marlene) of Lacombe, as well as numerous nieces , nephews, cousins and friends. David was predeceased by his parents Wally May and Dora May-MacKeage; his sister Winnie Tomm; step-dad Lee MacKeage; father-in-law Colin Dalzell; mother-in-law Thelma Dalzell; and step-sister Mary Dodd. The family would like to thank the medical team of the Alberta University Hospital , Unit 4A4 Neurology, and the medical team at the Sturgeon Hospital, St Albert Unit 29 ICU for the aggressive fight they fought to save Dave and for the professional care and dignity they extended to our family.

The celebration of David’s life will be held at Wilson’s Funeral Chapel, 6120 Highway 2A, Lacombe, Alberta on Friday September 21, 2012 at 11:00AM with Reverend Ross Smillie officiating. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Lacombe Minor Hockey, Box 5180 Lacombe, AB T4L 1W9; Canadian Cancer Society; Alberta Brain Injury Association; STARS, or any preferred charity.

Condolences may be made through: www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements.

Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”

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Celebrations

HAPPY 80th Birthday Party Floyd Anderson Maytag’s “Ole Lonely” On Saturday, September 22, 2012, 1-4 pm at the Sylvan Lake Legion.

Friends, come by and say hello!

Births

STRONG Big sister Skylee wishes to announce the arrival of her littler sister Sienna Elizabeth Joy Strong born September 7, 2012, weighing 8 lbs 9 ozs 20.5”.

Proud parents are Jeremy and Winter Strong.

Grandparents are Harold and Jeannette McCannell and Larry and Karen Strong.

Special thanks to Dr. Wiebe.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING

CLASSIFICATIONS 50-70

Class Registrations

HULA Hoop Dance Lessons Beginning Sept. 27.

No exp. necessary - hoops provided. 403-341-5699 or visit www.HulaHoopers.ca

SPANISH LESSONS

Conversational right from the start! Choose from Beginner to Advanced levels or Travelers courses for adults. SPANISH AFTER SHOOL for Teens and Children (5-8 yrs or 9-11 yrs). Call us for more info (403) 307-0210 or at conversaspanish@ yahoo.com

Dental

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Legal

PERIOPARTNERS X-BOX 360 disc, north Red Dr. Patrick Pierce Deer, owner identify to interviewing for RDA Level claim, 403-347-0886 II. 2-3 days/wk.

Excellent remuneration.

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FIND YOUR LIFE MATE Country Introductions.

Membership specials.

403-348-7471

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LEGAL ASSISTANT

POSITION FILLED!!

Legal Assistant required immediately preferably with litigation, real estate, wills & estates and corporate experience.

Firm is prepared to train a candidate who has experience in some but not all aspects of the position.

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Estheticians

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WE’RE GROWING! Laser Derm & Wellness Centre in Red Deer - a med-spa is looking to hire an Aesthetician.

Must have aesthetic diploma, all training will be Bingos provided. Please drop off your resume to RED DEER BINGO Centre Laser Derm 4946-53 Ave. (West of Bay 500 80 Donlevy Superstore). Precall 12:00 Avenue Red Deer, Alberta. & 6:00. Check TV Today!!!!

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 347-8650

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Medical

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F/T / P/T Pharmacy Technician. Apply w/ resume to: Highland Green Value Drug Mart, Red Deer P/T EXP’D MEDICAL office Receptionist req’d.

Reference req’d.

Fax 403-346-4207

Oilfield

800

Alberta Directional Boring requires experienced locators & drillers. Class 1 license with clean abstract preferred.

Competitive wages including DAILY BONUSES. Work with new, state of the art equipment. Employee benefits package. Contact: cathey@alberta directionalboring.com

Oilfield

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NEWTECK WELL SERVICE Ltd. is a fast expanding company providing quality service to the Oil & Gas industries. We require Class 1 drivers to transport Frac Sand & Bulk Chemicals. We are also looking for driver/operators for our Fluid Heating Units.

We offer competetive wages & excellent benefits packages. Please submit resumes & 5 year driver abstracts to: dispatch@new-teck.com or Fax to 403-347-3324. or drop off in person to 6733-67 Ave. Red Deer, AB

Oilfield

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ZUBAR Production Services

is currently taking resumes for experienced Assistant Operators.

Must have all valid tickets.

Email resume to: rdzubaroffice@telus.net or fax to: 403-346-9420

Professionals

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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

We are a growing company searching for Barden Oilfield Hauling is experienced hot oiler accepting resumes for operators / pressure truck Restaurant/ Journeyman Picker swampers in our Operators, Winch Truck Central Alberta location.

Hotel Operators, and Texas Bed Coming Email: bmelnyk@ Operators. Successful Typical responsibilities BOULEVARD Events applicants must have all ghnlawyers.ca will include: Restaurant & oilfield tickets. Please • Entry level position: Fax: 403-343-6522 email or fax We require valid drivers Lounge EAST 40TH PUB resume & 5 year C.D.A. to license & safety tickets. presents Gasoline Alley Farm Work steve.bardentrucking@ • U s e p r o p e r s a f e t y Something for Everyone DEAN RAY Red Deer County telus.net or 403 341 3968. procedures, including Everyday in Classifieds Friday Sept. 21 Food & Beverage safe driving, personal LOOKING FOR CLASSIFICATIONS Busy trucking company 9 pm. - 1 am. protective gear & Server FULL & PART TIME looking for experienced Come join the gang!

700-920 ensuring compliance $12.25/hr. winch truck, bed truck and CHICKEN CATCHERS Medical with all required safety To provide Food & BeverEAST 40TH PUB tractor picker operators. willing to work night/early certificates & licenses. age service, handle THURSDAY NIGHT’S Please fax resume (403) morning shifts. cashiering, arrange and BBQ NIGHT 6-9 p.m.

343-1922 or drop off at 10, Immediate openings.

Come Grow With As the successful setup the outlet. maintain Clerical or while quantities last.

7719 Edgar Industrial Dr. Full Benefits. candidate, you will have a cleanliness and hygiene.

Us!!!!

Steak/Ribs, Potato, Salad, Contact Mike 403-848-1478 clean driver’s abstract.

Bun & Choice of Drink Cook We can offer candidates Classifieds for $10.50 $14.00/HR. new technology in our As one of Canada’s 50 Your place to SELL To prepare and cook all NOW PLAYING units, benefits and Best Managed Companies, Your place to BUY food up to standard, clean VLT’S AT competitive wages.

CBI Home Health provides kitchen and maintain hyEAST 40TH PUB you with more opportugiene follow recipes, assist DMINISTRATIVE Hair Please submit resume to nities and greater support, COLTER PRODUCTION in receiving and storing training and career devel- TESTING SERVICES INC lkeshen@1strateenergy.ca SSISTANT Kitchen Helper Stylists Attn. Human Resources opment than any other $11/hr Lost Join Our Fast Growing The successful applicant will We would like to thank health care company.

To clean kitchen following ADAM & EVE UNISEX Team and Secure Your have outstanding customer all those candidates safety and hygiene REQ’S F/T HAIR service skills, excellent LOST BLUE SEADOO who apply, however We are currently recruiting Future with our Optimum standards. Clean utensils, CUTTING PERSONNEL. for the following positions: Benefit Package telephone etiquette, be a PADDLEBOAT only qualified personnel cutlery, crockery and Above average earnings. & RRSP’s!! mature organized team player on Sylvan Lake will be contacted. glassware items.

Submit resume in with strong communication August 2012.

Community Care Clean floors. person at Parkland Mall.

Production Testing PRESSURE TRUCK Reward offered. and people skills.

Assist in prep.

Supervisor LPN / Call 403 274 7709 if found.

Personnel: OPERATORS / This position will include All positions are RN LOST earring, ruby in sil- reception, Day & Night HOT OILER Shift Work & Weekends. accounts Janitorial ver setting on McKenzie receivable, Fax resume 780-702-5051 processing Supervisors OPERATORS The position requires you to: Trail 403-341-4520 applications and other * train and supervise & Field Operators CONSORT HOTEL ARAMARK at (Dow We are a growing Health Care Associates in LOST white I-phone 4 S varied property management IN CONSORT AB Prentiss Plant) about company searching for community and lodge R D R e g i o n a l h o s p i t a l duties.

• Qualified Day & Night IS LOOKING FOR 20-25 minutes out of Red experienced hot oiler settings in the city of Red grounds mid Aug. If found Preference will be given to Supervisors FULL TIME BARTENDER Deer needs hardworking, operators/pressure truck Deer and surrounding please call 403-343-6252 - (Must be able to provide HELPERS ($12.00/HOUR) applicants with experience reliable, honest person operators in our areas own work truck.)

Must be able to work in Microsoft Office, Excel and STILL MISSING w/drivers license, to work * be a great communicator • Field Operators Central Alberta location. weekends, night.

Spectra.

Cloe is a tiny Chihuahua 40/hrs. per week w/some * ensure quality and - Valid First Aid, H2S, Apply with resume, e-mail: yorkie Cross, she is about weekends, daytime hrs.

Typical responsibilities Competitive salary, benefit manage areas of risk driver’s license required! badooc@gmail.com 5 pounds and black & tan.

Starting wage $13/hr. Fax will include: problem, solve and make package and RRSP program.

Cloe is spayed & tattooed.

CORONATION MOTEL resume w/ref’s to • Knowledge of hot oiling appropriate decisions Please see your website Please fax resume with She went missing from a 403-885-7006 Attn: Val Black * educate and mentor procedures for wells, REQUIRE IMMEDIATELY @ www.colterenergy.ca references to: Red Deer boarding kennel F/T HOUSEKEEPERS. heating fluid tanks, etc. * ensure positive client or contact us at on Oct 28th 2011. We realize $14.50/hr, 35 hrs/wk.

• Prepare job sheets, outcomes 1-877-926-5837 Red Deer Housing that it has been a long time Little experience required. weekly maintenance * have a reliable vehicle but we would love to have Authority Call 403-578-3700 checks, etc. * be avail. for a rotation of Your application will be her home or at least know • Use proper safety days/evenings/weekends kept strictly confidential DAD’S PIZZA that she is okay. Please call (403) 343-2176 procedures, including PART/FULL TIME COOK collect 867-872-4466 or ECHO NDE safe driving, personal Deadline for applications Certified Health Apply at East 40th Pub. email: barbcolin@ is currently hiring certified CCCSI is hiring sanitation protective gear & ensuring September 28, 2012.

3811 40th Ave. Care Aides northwestel.net if you have CGSB Level II workers for the afternoon compliance with all required We thank all applicants but any information. Thank you Radiography Technicians and evening shifts. Get safety certificates & DOMINO’S PIZZA advise only those selected for an All applicants require: for full-time local employpaid weekly, $14.22/hr. licenses.

NOW HIRING interview will be contacted ment. All candidates shall • 2 0 1 2 W e s t e r n S t a r Call 403-348-8440 or fax * Health Care Aid F/T and P/T DRIVERS. certification, be enrolled possess a professional 403-348-8463 10,000 - 15,000 PSI Found Apply within, 5018 45th St. in a government BUSY BOOKKEEPING attitude with excellent LEADING facility services recognized HCA company looking for exp. communication skills.

HOLIDAY INN As the successful company is seeking hard program or have FOUND - Silver ring at bookkeeper. Must be fully Applicants shall be candidate, you will have a EXPRESS documented previous Blackfalds All Star Park on proficient with quick books. working, safety conscious personable with the ability clean driver’s abstract with RED DEER cleaners for janitorial team. experience.

September 8. Please call This fast-paced job req’s to work well as part of a class 3 Q license.

Is seeking F/T work. Fax resume to * Recent clear Criminal 403-885-4857 to identify. attention to detail, a team atmosphere.

We can offer candidates FRONT DESK CLERK 403-314-7504 Record Check versatility & ability to Computer skills an asset. new technology in our WHEELCHAIR/walker * Answer phone calls (within the last 3 mths) Competitive benefits and units, benefits and found at West Park Middle manage deadlines. Email * Take reservations * Proof of required hradmin2012@shaw.ca wages apply. Submit competitive wages.

School. 403-347-8911 * Check in/out Guests immunizations (Hep B, resume in confidence to Legal Balance cash out Ruebella, trussell@echonde.com Please submit resume to & Attend to guest needs Coming Varicella and TB test) and qualified need only lkeshen@1strateenergy.ca $14.00/hr.

Legal Assistant/ * Reliable vehicle Events apply.

Attn. Human Resources Conveyancer We would like to thank HOUSEKEEPING ROOM Positions available in the Duhamel Manning Feehan all those candidates ATTENDANT City of Red Deer and Warrender Glass LLP who apply, however * Clean and vacuum surrounding areas (Olds, Requires the services of a only qualified personnel CLASSIFIEDS’ THANKSGIVING rooms, public areas, pool Lacombe, Real Estate Conveyancer will be contacted. etc.

Hours & Deadlines Landcore Technologies Sylvan Lake, Blackfalds, with 5 years+ experience.

Replenish amenities, Inc. located in Ponoka is Great employer benefit STEAM TRUCK operator Builders experience would linens & towels currently seeking package. req’d. Must have experibe an advantage.

OFFICE & PHONES CLOSED * Adhere to Holiday Inn energetic, motivated team ence and have clean Please email resume to MON. Oct. 8, 2012 safety stardands players for the following To apply, please e-mail driver’s abstract, all req’d ssimmons@altalaw.ca or $14.00/hr. positions: your cover letter and tickets and reliable fax to the attention of are Shift work Red Deer Advocate resume to: hrhomeDrillers and Driller transportation. Fax resume All positions Office Manager on & weekends health@cbi.ca Publication dates: 403-348-2918 or email 403.343.0891.

Assistants with a Fax Resume to: gelliott@telusplanet.net SAT. OCT. 6 Class 1 driver’s 780-702-5051 TUES. OCT. 9 SUREPOINT GROUP license.

HOLIDAY INN Deadline is: Fri. October 5 @ 5 p.m.

Janitorial Provides a complete range Red Deer South, of services to the upstream Apprentice or oil and gas industry.

Gasoline Alley Red Deer Life - Sunday Journeyman Our RED DEER Location Is Seeking Publication date: Mechanics is looking for InstrumentaFRONT DESK CLERK SUN. OCT. 7 Pile Drive Operators tion Technicians and * Answer phone calls Deadline is: Thur. Oct. 4 @ NOON Pile Drive Assistants Electricians: 2nd, 3rd, 4th * Take reservations year and Journeymen ! * Check in/out Guests Field Supervisor We offer: Central AB Life * Balance cash out All candidates must be - Competitive wages Publication date: THURS. OCT. 11 & Attend to guest needs able to pass a Comprehensive Group $ 14.00/hr Deadline is: Fri. October 5 @ 5 p.m. pre-employment drug test. Benefits HOUSEKEEPING ROOM Safety tickets are an asset - Outstanding Safety Mon – Fri 8:00am to 12:00pm ATTENDANT but we are willing to train Program ? It is our job to Ponoka * Clean and vacuum rooms $12.50/hr the right candidate.

Publication date: WED. OCT. 10 ensure we all go home public areas pool etc.

We offer exceptional pay, SAFE EVERY DAY Responsibilities will include, but are not Deadline is: Thur. October 4 @ 5 p.m. excellent benefit package Please forward resumes to * Replenish amenities, linens & towels limited to maintaining interior and exterior and a positive work careers@surepoint.ca or * Adhere to Holiday Inn Rimbey environment. cleanliness, set up and take down for FAX: (780) 830-5115 safety standards Please email resumes to Publication date; TUES. OCT. 9 $ 14.00/hr internal and external events. info@landcore.ca or fax Deadline is: Thurs. October 4 @ NOON TARTAN CONTROLS All positions are 403-783-2011.

Is expanding.

Shift Work & weekends The right candidates will Looking for Shops Hands.

Stettler & Weekender Fax resume Previous experience required and must be be contacted for an Please fax resume 780 - 702-5051 Publication date: interview.

403-309-0988 able to do heavy lifting.

Please no phone calls.

WED. OCT. 10 WAI’S RESTAURANT or email: dgunn@ FRI. OCT. 12 at 4916 Ross Street, Red Deer LOOKING for tartancontrols.com now hiring permanent F/T Deadline is: Fri. October 5 @ NOON Fax or email resume with cover letter to: F/T EMT TEAM Snubbing now Chinese Cook. Over 3 yrs Full time position w/exc.

Attn: Shawna hiring operators and helpexperience required. remuneration and benefit Sylvan Lake News & Eckville Echo ers. Email: janderson@ $12-$14/hour, depending Fax: 342-5892 pkg.

Publication date: THUR. OCT. 11 teamsnubbing.com on exp. Call 403-340-3366 Send resume to shawna_wilnechenko@can.salvationarmy.org Deadline is: Fri. October 5 @ 5 p.m.. jen@alertsafety.ca. or fax Application Deadline: September 25, 2012 to 403-844-4484

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Restaurant/ Hotel

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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 MCDONALD’S RESTAURANTS of Ponoka, Lacombe, Stettler and Red Deer (Gasoline Alley East and West) are now hiring full time Food Counter Attendants. All five stores are 24 hours and applicants must be willing to work flexiable shifts, including evening, weekends and nights shifts. Wages range from $10.50 to 11.00 per hour and we will train. Benefits are included and we offer opportunities for advancement. Apply in person at the store or on line at cbay22.telus.net.

Sales & Distributors

830

NOMADS Clothing Store in Sylvan Lake is looking for mature professional sales people, part and full time positions avail.

403-887-3119 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

SOAP STORIES is seeking Retail Sales Supervisor for our Parkland Mall location, Red Deer. $17.40/hr.

Email resume: premierjobrd1@gmail.com

Teachers/ 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

Trades

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A FULL TIME PAINTER REQUIRED Painting exp. necessary.

Must have vehicle.

Must be task orientated, self motivated & reliable.

Phone 403-596-1829

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178 ASMUNDSEN AVE. Sept. 20 & 21, 3-7. Estate clean out. Oak entertainment center, oak glass display, shelves, sander, g r i n d e r, m u c h m o r e .

Cheap, everything must go!

#11 PHELAN Close Thurs.

Sept. 20, 5:30-8, Fri. 1-8, Sat. 9-3. Huge sale, numerous items, household, furniture, small appls, electronics, elec. hand tools, lawn care items. Everything must go!

Mountview West Park

3 FAMILY. Something for everyone.

Sept. 20 & 21, 11-7., Sat. 10-5. 3637-41 AVE. Back Alley Sept. 21 & 23 3715 & 3725 43 A Ave Fri. & Sun. 11 - 7 Thurs. Sept. 20 & Fri. Sept.

21, 2-8 Hockey equipt, chil- Lawnmower, tools,camping, sport stuff, garden items, drens items, household and household, baby highchair, misc. items. stroller, bolster seat, etc.

38 WISHART ST.

Pines 103 PEARSON CRES. (Back Alley) Multi Family Sept. 21st, 11-7, 22nd, 10-5, 23rd, 10-2 X-mas, scrapbooking.

Clean & gently used.

Oilfield

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

B & B COWIE INSULATION LTD.

Accepting applications for Insulation installers, Blowers and General Labourers.

Must have valid driver’s license and own transportation. CSA approved safety boots are required.

Please fax resume to 403-347-8075.

Email: bbcowie@telus.net 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 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.

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TO LIST YOUR WEBSITE CALL 403-309-3300 ASSOCIATIONS

www.centralalbertahomebuilders.com Central AB Home Builders 403-346-5321 www.reddeer.cmha.ab.ca Canadian Mental Health Assoc. www.realcamping.ca LOVE camping and outdoors? www.diabetes.ca Canadian Diabetes Assoc. www.mycommunityinformation.com /cawos/index.html www.reddeerchamber.com Chamber of Commerce 403-347-4491

BALLOON RIDES www.air-ristocrat.com Gary 403-302-7167

BUILDERS

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JOB OPPORTUNITIES www.workopolis.com Red Deer Advocate - Job Search

PET ADOPTION

www.reddeerspca.com Many Pets to Choose From

www.homesreddeer.com Help-U-Sell Real Estate5483

www.laebon.com Laebon Homes 403-346-7273 www.albertanewhomes.com Stevenson Homes. Experience the Dream.

www.lonsdalegreen.com Lonsdale Green Apartments

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES www.ultralife.bulidingonabudjet.com MLM’ers attract new leads for FREE! www.writers-ink.net Club for writers - meets weekly

Well Servicing

HEALTH & FITNESS

www.fantahomes.com 403-343-1083 or 403-588-9788 www.masonmartinhomes.com Mason Martin Homes 403-342-4544 www.truelinehomes.com True Line Homes 403-341-5933 www.jaradcharles.com BUILDER M.L.S

CLUBS & GROUPS

Innisfail ESTATE/GARAGE/YARD Sept. 22 & Sept. 23, 9-5.

5231-37 St. Everything must go!

Winch Truck, Bed Truck Drivers & Picker Operators

REAL ESTATE RENTALS www.homefinders.ca Phone 403-340-3333

SHOPPING www.fhtmca.com/derekwiens Online Mega Mall 403-597-1854

VACATIONS www.radkeoutfitting.com AB Horseback Vacations 403-340-3971

COMPUTER REPAIR

WEB DESIGN

www.albertacomputerhygiene.com

affordablewebsitesolution.ca

AB, Computer Hygiene Ltd. 896-7523

Design/hosting/email $65/mo.

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Andy’s Oilfield Hauling Ltd. in Blackfalds requires:

RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012 D3

Is looking to fill the positions of

DAVENEPORT MILLWRIGHT SERVICES now hiring CERTIFIED JOURNEYMAN MILLWRIGHTS and WELDERS

Journeyman or Apprentice Pipe Fitter Apprentice Instrument/Tubing B Pressure Welders with Vessel Fabrication Experience

Start your career!

See Help Wanted

Must have Residential experience. Fax resume to 403-347-5745 or call 403-588-6001 EXP’’D drywall tradesmen & laborers req’d, Phone 403-348-8640

Must have own transportation.

Send resume to: richardcouch@shaw.ca Phone 403-510-9392

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.

850

Trades

ELECTRICAL APPRENTICE

850

Trades

STRONG Insulation Inc. Looking for exp. residential insulators w/drivers licence (Batt And Poly, Blow-in).

Call Curtis 403-307-7295

860

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

for Red Deer SHUT DOWN SEPT. 30- OCT. 6

DNR Pressure Welding The successful candidates requires B Pressure Weldshall possess the following ers, CWB Welders and skills and abilities: Apprenticeship welders.

• Experience in the Excellent opportunity for Oilfield and related apprenticeship. Excellent equipment benefit packages. Email • Works well with others resumes to ryan@dnrweld• Must be dependable, ing.ca. reliable No Phone calls please.

• Exercise good Drug and alcohol program organizational skills in effect. on the shop floor Those individuals with the appropriate qualifications may respond in strictest confidence to careers@bwsfabrication.com or Fax 403-343-6006

850

Trades

GENERAL CARPENTER

F/T HEAVY DUTY JOURNEYMAN MECHANIC wanted for growing independent shop in business for over 25 yrs.

Depending upon exper. pay scale is $37-$42 per hour.

E-mail resume to: joy@etrnow.com fax (403) 340-8796

FINISH CARPENTER req’d for new residential work. Call 403-350-5012 FLOORING ESTIMATOR Very busy flooring company is currently seeking a professional & experienced estimator.

Duties include flooring inspection, measuring, reading blueprints & quoting. Requirements: Minimum of 2 yrs. experience, driver license, friendly and professional attitude. Wages based on experience, benefits avail.

Drop off at 9-7619 50 Ave Red Deer, AB email: shannon@catile1.com or fax 403-309-3000

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD. Requires

SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS

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

Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! MICRON INDUSTRIES requires a

261201I13-21

required by a Central Alberta Home Builder.

albertabuildersinc@gmail.com

for our Red Deer location.

Qualifications to include lots of exp. in trailer/tanker welding & repairs with SS & Aluminum. Must be open to learn new things & possess good communication & organizational skills.

Exc. working conditions + benefits after 3 mos. Fax 403-346-2072 or email patty.micron@telus.net RB ERECTORS looking for exp’d preengineered metal bldg. erectors and labourers. Rich @ 403-877-7522 or Brad @ 403-506-8000 AES INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES LTD. looking for an energetic/ enthusiastic individual for our receiving department.

Fax resume to 403-342-0233

SPARTEK SYSTEMS INC

FRAMING LABOURERS CONCRETE FINISHERS GENERAL LABOURERS

In Sylvan Lake, AB is seeking quailified individuals for *MECHANICAL ENGINEER * ELECTRICAL ENGINEER * JOURNEYMAN MACHINIST SOFTWARE ENGINEER ELEC. REPAIR TECH

• Great benefit package.

• Wages based on experience.

• Own transportation to work is required.

403-885-5516 or email

k.kooiker@eaglebuilders.ca

259377I1-30

Please fax resume to

URGENT!!!! Exp. Stucco plasters needed for busy company. Please fax resume to 1-888-214-9225 or leave message at 403-346-7625

WOODMASTER CABINETS

Truckers/ Drivers

860

Busy Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers. We offer lots of home time, benefits and a bonus program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and comm.abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

For complete job descriptions, please refer to our website at www.sparteksystems.com Applicants please forward resume to keri.lee@ sparteksystems.com or fax to 403-887-4050 Please state which position you are applying for in your cover letter.

EXPERIENCED

Vacuum & Water Truck operators req’d. to start immed.

CLASS 1 or 3 WITH Q All oilfield safety tickets req’d. Clean drivers abstract. Must comply with drug and alcohol policy.

References Req’d.

Exc. salary & benefits.

Fax resume to: 403-742-5376 hartwell@telus.net

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

Truckers/ Drivers

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

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

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more info Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale 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:

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

HOME based bookkeeper with over 13 years of experience. I use both Simply and Quickbooks software. Rates: $25-35/ hr. Kim at 403-704-1174 INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Contractors

1100

Black Cat Concrete

Sidewalks, driveways, garages, patios, bsmts. RV pads. Dean 403-505-2542 BRIAN’S DRYWALL Framing, drywall, taping, textured & t-bar ceilings, 36 yrs exp. Ref’s. 392-1980

COUNTERTOPS

Kitchen renovations Wes Wiebe 403-302-1648 DALE’S Home Reno’s.

Free estimates for all your reno needs. 755-9622 cell 506-4301 RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc.

Call Roger 403-348-1060

Eavestroughing

1130

10% OFF FOR SENIORS 403-391-2169

Escorts

1165

*LEXUS* 403-392-0891 INDEPENDENT

1175

Misc.

Services

1290

TIM LLOYD. WETT certified.

Inspections, installs, chimney sweeps & service 403-340-0513

Handyman Services

1200

F & J Renovations. We do it all. Good rates and references available so call John at 403-307-3001 jbringleson@shaw.ca GREYSTONE Handyman Services. Reasonable rates. Ron, 403-396-6089

Massage Therapy

1280

* NEW * Executive Touch.

Relaxation massage for men. 5003A - Ross St. On holiday- reopen Sept. 28 348-5650 Gentle Touch Massage 4919 50 St. New rear entry, lots of parking 403-341-4445 HOT STONE, Body Balancing.

Call 403-352-8269 MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

VII MASSAGE

Feeling overwhelmed?

Hard work day? Come in and let us pamper you.

Pampering at its best. #7 7464 Gaetz Ave.(rear entrance if necessary) www.viimassage.biz In/Out Calls to Hotels 403-986-6686

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666

IRONMAN Scrap Metal Recovery is picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles and industrial.

Serving central Alberta.

403-318-4346

Moving & Storage

1300

BOXES? MOVING? SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315

Painters/ Decorators

1310

LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations.

403-342-7801.

MIKE’S Refresh Painting Interior specialist.

(403) 350-6958

Seniors’ Services

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED

DEERPARK Doran Cres./ Dunn Close area also Duncan Cres./ Dennison Cres. area

1372

ATT’N: SENIORS Are you looking for help on small reno’s or jobs, such as, new bathroom sink, toilets or trimming small trees. Call James 403- 341-0617 HELPING HANDS For Seniors. Cleaning, cooking, companionship in home or in facility.

Call 403-346-7777 Better For Cheaper with a Low Price Guarantee. helpinghandshomesupport.com

EDEN

587-877-7399 10am- 2am

CENTRAL PEST CONTROL LTD. Comm/res. Locally owned.

403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca

Yard Care

EROTICAS PLAYMATES Girls of all ages www.eroticasplaymates.net 403-598-3049

FREE removal of all kinds of unwanted scrap metal.

No household appliances 403-396-8629

Tree Pruning,Topping and Removal by a Certified Arborist,Hedges too! call Randy at 403-350-0216

1430

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

CANADA’S Largest and only Coast to Coast Uniform and Textiles supplier is currently seeking service minded individuals As part of our customer to help deliver first rate service team, you will be service to our customers. dispatched in response to service concerns to delivWE NEED: ery newspapers and flyers * Individuals that can lift to customers or carriers. A up to 50 lbs. on a regular delivery vehicle is probasis. vided. * Have good written and Hours of shifts are Monday verbal communication through Friday 5 a.m. to skills.

9 a.m. or longer, and/or * A clean driver’s abstract. afternoon shifts Monday to * Customer service oriented. Friday 2 p.m. - 6 p.m..

Saturday and Sunday, 7 WE OFFER: a.m.-11 a.m. or longer * A 4 day work week (on most routes) Submit resume, indicating * Life Insurance “Service Runner Position”, * Pension along with your drivers * Prescription Drug Card abstract immediately to: * Dental Plan careers@ * Short Term Disability reddeeradvocate.com * Opportunity for or mail to: advancement.

Human Resources * Commission & bonus 2950 Bremner Avenue potential of up to Red Deer, AB. T4N 5G3 $10,000 per year. or fax to: 403-341-4772 Please drop off your We thank all applicants for resume & a current their interest, however, driver’s abstract to: only selected candidates #1 7652-49 Ave. Red Deer will be contacted.

Canadian Linen & CLEANING Person help Uniform Service req’d 4 mornings/wk. Mon. Tues. Thur. & Fri. 7 a.m. until approx. 11 am. Must be bondable & have own CARRIERS transportation, damp mopping floors involved must REQUIRED be physically capable. to deliver the 403-347-7216 lvg. msg,

Central AB. Life

Min 3-5 yrs experience with strong customer service, computer and coordinating skills. Interest in Interior Design, knowledge of 2020 an asset.

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

CARRIERS NEEDED

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more info

FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE AND EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

Min 5 yrs experienced installer contractors for the Red Deer Location. Supply your own liability insurance, tools, and reliable vehicle.

Please drop resumes Attn: Sharon to Huntwood Showroom, Bay 4, 6782 50th Ave Red Deer, T4N 4E1.

ADULT & YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED for delivery of Flyers Red Deer Express & Red Deer Life Sunday in

For work in the Red Deer area If you want to stay busy and be home every night then Pidherney’s might be for you!

Interior Designer

Anders St. Aikman Close / Allan St. Adans Close Adair Ave. BOWER AREA

GRANDVIEW MORRISROE WEST LAKE

Bell St./Baker Ave Broughton/Brooks Cres.

Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

INGLEWOOD AREA

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED for early morning delivery of Red Deer Advocate 6 days per week in EASTVIEW 82 Advocate $430/month $5165/year

Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED for Morning Newspaper delivery in the Town of Blackfalds

Admin Assistant/ Client Host

Cabinet Installers

ANDERS AREA

Misc.

Help

CLASS 1 DRIVERS

Huntwood Custom Cabinets

Call Rick at 403-314-4303

ROSEDALE Robinson Cres./ Reinholt Ave. area

Must have a reliable vehicle .

Please contact Rick at 403-314-4303

Pidherney’s is busy and requires experienced local:

• Top wages paid based on experience • Flexible work schedule • Possible career advancement opportunities • Based out of Red Deer Valid safety tickets an asset

Do You: - Want extra income - Possess a clean, valid drivers license - Have a friendly attitude - Enjoy customer service - Want part-time work (12 to 22 hours per week)

is currently seeking the following positions, to start immediately:

Earn $500.mo. for 1--1/2 hrs. per day 6 days a week.

DRIVEN TO EXCEL FROM START TO FINISH

880

Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler

GRANDVIEW 69 Advocate $362/month $4347/year

TANK TRUCK DRIVERS WANTED!

Ibbottson Close Inglewood Drive Illingworth Cres.

Issard Close LANCASTER AREA Lindsay Ave. Langford Cres.

Law Close/ Lewis Close SUNNYBROOK AREA Sherwood Cres.

VANIER AREA Viscount Dr./ Violet Place Visser St. Vanson Close Vincent Close

Very busy Red Deer Flooring Company is seeking Interior designer (male or female). Must have an eye for design and professional attitude.

Commercial & Residential Estimating: Floor & Wall Tile, Hardwood, Laminate and Carpet. Wages are negotiable based on experience & benefits avail. Drop off at 9-7619-50 Ave. Red Deer, email: shannon@catile1.com or Fax 403-309-3000 MOBIL 1 Lube Express Gasoline Alley req’s an Exp. Tech. Fax 403-314-9207

NEEDED IMMED.

Installer/Service person for dairy ventillation systems.

Knowledge of fans and misting equipment an asset. Competitive wages and benefits package.

E-mail resume: info@prolineinc.ca

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for Afternoon delivery in Bowden & Innisfail.

Please contact QUITCY

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300

Floral Expressions (Eastview Mall)

looking for a p/t floral delivery driver Vehicle supplied. 2-4 hrs/2-3 days per week.

This position is ideal for semi- retired people. Light lifting req’d. Clean drivers record is required. Drop off resume in person. No Phone Calls Please CUSTOMER SERVICE A locally owned industrial supply company is looking for an energetic person for inside sales. E-mail resume to mark@ aesreddeer.com

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for The Town of Olds No collecting!

Packages come ready for delivery!

Please contact QUITCY

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com P/T CASHIER Evenings & Weekends. Apply w/resume at Highland Green Value Drug Mart. 403-341-4166 PAINTERS helper wanted.

403-598-0303 ROOFING LABOURER REQ’D. 403-314-9516 please leave a message. or 403-350-1520

880 DRIVEN TO EXCEL FROM START TO FINISH

Pidherney’s is busy and requires the following:

SCRAPER OPERATORS Earthworks Division 262050I17-27

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 Fireplaces

Please call Joanne at 403-314-4308

MOUNTVIEW 71 Advocate $372/month $4473/year

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

1010

MUSTANG ACRES Galbraith St. & Gray Dr.

WEST LAKE 77 Advocate $404/month $4851/year

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

Misc.

Help

Service Runner (Part Time)

LANCASTER Lanterman Close/ Larmar Close area

services

Accounting

KENTWOOD Kirkland Dr. & Kirkwood Crsc.

CLEARVIEW Cameron Cres. area Cosgrove Cres area

403-346-2132 8009 Edgar Industrial Place www.kochfuel.ca

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Wanted for delivery of Flyers, Express & Sunday Life in

880

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.

880

ADULT & YOUTH CARRIER NEEDED

For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in

Misc.

Help

Misc.

Help

CIRCULATION

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

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED

Central AB based trucking company reqires

880

JOHNSTONE CROSSING Jepsen Crsc. & Jordan Pkwy

Has openings for an exp’d cabinet finisher, sanding staining and spraying. Min. NEED experienced Class 2 yrs exp. in the spray 1 drivers for short and long haul. Runs AB., SASK, booth. Competitive wages, Manitoba & BC comprehensive health plan.

Please call Send resume to PROMAX TRANSPORT careers@woodmaster .ca at 227-2712 or fax resume Fax to 403-342-4413 w/abstract 403-227-2743

SHOP MANAGER

Shipper / Receiver

Precast Concrete Plant in Blackfalds looking for

SYLVAN AUTO CENTRE requires an 1st Year or other Apprentice Technician, Fax resume 403-887-5054 or email ccottam@hotmail.ca No phone calls please

Misc.

Help

Fax resume to Human Resources 403-845-5370 Or E-mail: hr@pidherneys.com

We require individuals with push pull eperience, grade knowledge & able to work well with others for work in Central Alberta area.

• Top wages paid based on knowledge & experience • Career advancement opportunities Fax resume to Human Resources 403-845-5370 Or E-mail: hr@pidherneys.com

262049I17-27

BWS FABRICATION INC.

850

Trades

261977I17-23

850

Trades

Truckers/ Drivers

D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012 Health & Beauty

1700

*NEW!* Asian Relaxation Massage Downtown RD 587-377-1298 On holiday reopen Sept. 28 TOP WAGES, BENEFITS, Exp’d. Drivers & Swampers required.

MAPLE LEAF MOVING Call 403-347-8826 or fax resume to: 403-314-1457.

Employment Training

900

SAFETY

TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) B.O.P. #204, 7819 - 50 Ave. (across from Totem)

217865

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

ADULT UPGRADING

Alberta Government Funded Programs Student Funding Available!

•

GED Preparation

Household Appliances

1710

12 CU.FT. fridge, white, G E , l i k e n e w, $ 2 0 0 , 403-307-4223 after 6 p.m

PORTABLE washing machine $100 obo 403-347-1757

Household Furnishings

1720

2 PEDESTAL diningroom table, light oak, 2 butterfly leaves, $475 403-343-7393 BOOKCASE, 3 shelf $20; 2 drawer night table, $20; patio verticals (light blue w/white back), like new $70; Convection oven (portable) with microwave stand, $65. 403-343-6306

DESK w/leather swivel chair $50; 27” tv good working cond, $30; 2 dark cherry end tables $120/pair 403-340-0675

Academic Express

GLASS on brass round table 26” diameter, $20.

403-347-8159

www.academicexpress.ca

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.

LARGE WALL UNIT w/bar and china cabinet $60; 403-887-5848 LOVESEAT beige background, pale pink/blue flowers $150; flower petal table lamp, rose, $35 403-343-6218 MICROWAVE Emerson, good shape, $40; tv stand, w/door, oak color, really good shape,. $40, 403-505-6612

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514 WOODEN storage unit with 4 shelves, carpenter made w/castors and twin doors, 36”x21 1/4”Dx36”H $45; Wooden storage unit with 3 shelves, carpenter made with castors and twin doors, 36”x 27 1/4”Dx36”H $45; Tall white wooden storage unit with 6 adjustable shelves, unit measures 79 1/2”Hx12”Wx 14 1/2”D, shelves are 8 3/4 x 12”D, $30;

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

8 TRACK Tape Cartridges, (26), Country & Western, must take all - $26; Cassette Tapes (26), Country This training seminar will & Western, must take all be held October 2-4, 2012 $26; Black nylon carrying at the Sheraton Hotel at case, holds 30 cassettes, 3310-50 Ave., Red Deer, AB. $10; Sturdy 8 track case, holds 18 tape cartridges, Attendees must register on $7; fancy 8 track case, or before Sunday, Sept. holds 12 tape cartridges, 30. For more information, $8; plastic turn table, holds go to www.skystone.ca or 2 4 , 8 t r a c k c a r t r i d g e s , call (403) 516-4208, Lona. $5; L.P. record holder, stained wood, 2 doors, 25”x15”x22”, on castors, Career $40. 403-314-2026

920

Planning

RED DEER WORKS Misc. for Build A Resume That Works!

APPLY ONLINE www.lokken.com/rdw.html Call: 403-348-8561 Email inford@lokken.com Career Programs are

FREE

for all Albertans

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Auctions

1530

Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

Bicycles

1540

2 MTN. BIKES, ladies’ and men’s $20 each, 403-728-2383

EquipmentMisc.

1620

LINCOLN Classic 300D Welder. Offers 403-224-3577

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Firewood

1660

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

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1680

COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE 6’-15’ digging and planting. J/V Tree Farm. 403-350-6439.

LARGE CLUMP OF BLUE IRIS (Flags) & SEVERAL CLUMPS OF DAY LILIES. Free! Call 403-358-5599 TREES for sale near Mirror, AB. Tower Poplar, Colorado Blue Spruce, Swedish Aspen, and Japanese Lilac. 403-650-1309

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Collectors' Items

Sale

1760

8’ PROPANE patio heater $60 403-728-2383 CONSTRUCTION wheelbarrow as new, $40; 2 therma-pane windows, $20 each, 28’ white deck r a i l i n g , $ 1 2 0 ; 403-728-2383 CUSTOM made ice pic for ice fishing, $50.; Tailgate protector & cargo organizer for Ford Ranger club cab, $40. both; 2 afghans, approx. 30”x56”, $20.ea.; 1 patchwork quilt 72”x76”, $30; 2 blue enamel roaster, 1 large, $12., 1 med. $7; 1 large white porcelain turkey platter, $8; men’s clothing, 2 pr. casual pants 40/32, 3 men’s shirts (med.) 7 prs men’s work type socks, all for $13.

403-314-2026 FRYPAN, dutch oven, 3 pots & lids, brown & white, $25; Feather pillows (pr.) $10; Thomas Kinkade picture 14 1/2 x 17 3/4, $50; Starchoice receiver $10; Punch set, 18 pce. service, $10; electric hot plate, 2 burner, $30; Toaster oven, $10; Magnum Oil heater 1500 W, 120V, $30. 403-358-5247 PATIO TABLE with 6 chairs & umbrella $50; office chairs, $10 each, 6x6 taupe porcelain tiles, approx 60 tiles $50.

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Piano & Organs

1790

ORGAN Yamaha $200 403-347-1757

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1830

SOFT, Quiet, adorable kittens, exceedingly healthy due to a specific diet. Suitable for outdoors or indoors, mousers.

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Horses

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

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1860

3 WHEELER golf cart, like new, $50, 14 doz golf balls, $2/per dozen 403-314-0804

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012 D5

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi lauded on U.S. visit MEETS OBAMA ON LANDMARK U.S. VISIT, RECEIVES CONGRESS’ HIGHEST HONOUR

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Lawmakers united by their respect of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday presented her with Congress’ highest civilian honour in a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda, ahead of a meeting with President Barack Obama.

Suu Kyi described it as “one of the most moving days of my life.”

She was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2008 while under a 15-year house arrest for her peaceful struggle against military rule.

Her long-awaited visit to America finally provided an opportunity for her to receive the honour in person in Congress’ most majestic setting, beneath the dome of the Capitol and ringed by marble statues of former presidents.

The 67-year-old Nobel laureate said it was worth the years of waiting, being honoured “in a house undivided, a house joined together to welcome a stranger from a distant land.”

Previous recipients of the medal include George Washington, Tibetan Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama and Pope John Paul II. She then met privately at the White House with Obama, another winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

They appeared relaxed and were smiling as they talked in

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

President Barack Obama meets with Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, in Washington. the Oval Office.

Neither made formal comments to the photographers gathered to briefly witness the meeting.

Obama “expressed his admiration for her courage, determination and personal sacrifice in championing democracy and human rights over the years,” according to a statement from the White House.

The White House said the president “reaffirmed the

determination of the United States to support their sustained efforts to promote political and economic reforms and to ensure full protection of the fundamental rights of the Burmese people.”

The low-key nature of the meeting appeared to reflect concerns that Suu Kyi’s Washington visit could overshadow Myanmar’s reformist president Thein Sein, who attends the U.N. General Assembly in New York next week, and still

faces opposition within Myanmar’s military to political reform.

At the medal ceremony, House and Senate leaders joined Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in paying tribute to Suu Kyi. Speaker after speaker at the medal ceremony marveled that this was moment they thought they would never see: Suu Kyi before them, not only free but herself now a lawmaker.

“It’s almost too delicious to

believe, my friend,” said Clinton, “that you are in the Rotunda of our Capitol, the centerpiece of our democracy as an elected member of parliament.”

Buddhist monks in saffron robes and women in traditional Burmese dresses crammed into the venue alongside members of Congress, who set aside the intense rivalries ahead of the Nov. 6 election.

Lawmakers talked about years of working together across party lines on the behalf of Suu Kyi’s democracy movement. When sanctions against the Myanmar junta were imposed, and over the past year when they have been suspended, Democrats and Republicans alike have set aside their increasingly bitter differences to pass and renew legislation annually.

That’s due in large part to their respect for Suu Kyi. Lawmakers who have spoken or met with her, and even those who haven’t, speak of her in reverential terms. Her photo adorns some office walls in Congress and her views have been critical in shaping U.S. policy toward the country also known as Burma.

At Wednesday’s emotional ceremony, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid lavished praise on a man who is usually his adversary, Republican leader Mitch McConnell, for long being at the forefront of efforts to help Suu Kyi for two decades.

China investigates protest around U.S. ambassador’s car BEIJING — China said Wednesday it was investigating an incident where about 50 protesters surrounded the car of the U.S. ambassador, tried to block him from entering the embassy compound and ripped the car’s flag.

Chinese police cleared roadblocks and some Japanese businesses reopened after days of large, sometimes violent protests in many cities over Japan’s recent purchase of islands also claimed by Beijing.

In Beijing, the bitterness spilled over from the Japanese Embassy to the nearby U.S. Embassy.

Video posted on YouTube showed a small number of protesters throwing small objects at U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke’s car on Tuesday before Chinese security forces moved in to break up the crowd.

Powerful storm kills 5 in Paraguay THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ASUNCION, Paraguay — A powerful storm killed five people and injured 81 in Paraguay as it blew across the southern cone of South America on Wednesday, ripping roofs off ramshackle homes and leaving thousands of people without shelter.

No deaths were reported outside Paraguay, but power outages were widespread and many people had to be evacuated as rivers overran their banks and coastal areas flooded.

Wind gusts reached above 100 kph (62 mph) and heavy rains raked Paraguay, southern Brazil, northern Argentina and Uruguay.

Near Paraguay’s capital, Asuncion, four soldiers died and 14 were injured when their dormitory roof caved in, and a falling sign killed a teenage girl outside a shopping centre in the suburb of Mariano Roque Alonso.

“All the lights went

out and the wind began to blow, but this wind we thought it was a hurricane. It lasted about two minutes. It was terrible,” said Andres Caballero, who was inside the shopping centre.

Tin roofs littered the streets of the suburb after the storm blew through, and Mayor Heriberto Marmol said that “a large part of the city needs to be reconstructed.”

Meteorologist Eliana Klering in Brazil said the cold front caused heavy downpours and flooding, with winds that “reached 100 kilometres per hour and ripped tiles off roofs.”

Uruguay’s government closed shopping malls and shut down its ports as a precaution, suspending ferry service to Argentina’s capital of Buenos Aires.

The wind broke windows in several buildings in Uruguay’s capital and toppled about a hundred trees.

Three of the country’s highways were cut off by flooding.

Mexico vows to find cause of pipeline fire that killed 29 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REYNOSA, Mexico — The death toll in a pipeline fire at a distribution plant near the U.S. border has risen to 29, Mexico’s state-owned oil company said Wednesday.

At least 46 others were injured, and more might be missing.

Juan Jose Suarez, director of the state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos company, said that at least five workers had not been seen since the blast. On Tuesday, the company, known as Pe-

mex, said in its Twitter account that a total of seven people were unaccounted for.

President Felipe Calderon said the quick reaction of emergency teams prevented a “real catastrophe,” by controlling the fire before it reached the huge tanks of a neighbouring gas processing plant.

The enormous fire Tuesday hit a distribution centre near the border with Texas that handles natural gas coming in from wells and sends it to a processing plant next door.

Locke told reporters Wednesday that Chinese authorities were “very quick” to move the demonstrators away.

“It was all over in a matter of minutes, and I never felt in any danger,” he said.

The U.S., a close ally of Japan, has said it is staying out of the dispute over the islands.

The incident came amid heightened vigilance for American diplomats following violent attacks on U.S. embassies in Libya, Yemen and Egypt. The embassy in Beijing said it has asked China’s government to do everything possible to protect American facilities and personnel.

State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the U.S. has registered its concern with China both in Washington and Beijing, and Chinese authorities have expressed regret over the incident.

Nuland said the preliminary U.S. assessment was that the car was “a target of opportunity” for protest-

ers who had gathered outside the nearby Japanese Embassy. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a regular news briefing Wednesday that the incident was “an individual case,” but that China was investigating it.

The protests over the weekend were triggered by the Japanese government’s decision last week to purchase some disputed East China Sea islands from their private Japanese owners. More demonstrations followed Tuesday, the 81st anniversary of Japan’s invasion of China, an emotional remembrance that stoked the outrage.

Though the anti-Japan demonstrations have wound down, at least temporarily, there has been no progress in resolving the territorial dispute bedeviling relations between the two Asian economic powerhouses.

The rhetoric on both sides has remained uncompromising. ®

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Romney gaffes give Republicans jitters WASHINGTON — Republicans are in apparent panic mode in the wake of Mitt Romney’s very bad summer, particularly over the latest firestorm engulfing his campaign after he was secretly filmed deriding almost half of Americans as government mooches.

Several Senate Republicans in tight battles against Democrats were quick to publicly distance themselves from Romney’s four-month-old remarks that the 47 per cent of Americans who don’t pay income tax are freeloaders who expect Uncle Sam to take care of them.

In fact, most of those 47 per cent don’t make enough money to pay income tax or are seniors or military veterans on government assistance. They also pay payroll and other taxes.

Romney was attempting to explain to the US$50,000-a-plate fundraiser why a certain segment of Americans won’t vote for him.

On the campaign trail on Wednesday, Romney once again took pains to explain himself. “(Obama) really believes in what I’ll call a government-centred society,” he said in Atlanta, accusing Obama of advocating the redistribution of wealth in America.

“I know there are some who believe that if you simply take from some and give to others, then we’ll all be better off. It’s known as redistribution. It’s

never been a characteristic of America ... I believe the way to lift people, and help people have higher incomes, is not to take from some and give to others but to create wealth for all.”

Nonetheless the silence was deafening on the Senate floor on Wednesday when Democrats maligned Romney for his latest public relations disaster. Republican senators offered up no defence of their candidate for the White House.

“This week we learned that Mitt Romney only wants to be president of half of the United States,” said Senate majority leader Harry Reid, a thorn in Romney’s side ever since he alleged in the same chamber earlier this summer that the millionaire presidential hopeful didn’t pay income tax for 10 years.

“He’ll only worry about how the other half lives, I guess.”

Romney’s apparent disdain for his fellow citizens impeaches his candidacy, Reid added before renewing his call on Romney to release more tax returns.

“For all we know, Mitt Romney could be one of those who has paid no federal income tax,” he said.

“We’ll never know since he refuses to release his tax returns for the years before he was running for president ... We can only imagine what new secrets would be revealed if he showed the American people a dozen years of tax returns, like his dad did.”

Sen. Dick Durbin, the Democratic party whip, recited a lengthy list of some of Romney’s “greatest hits.”

Actress in anti-Muslim film sues

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — An actress who appears in the anti-Muslim film that has sparked riots in the Middle East is suing the filmmaker for fraud and slander and Google to try to get the movie’s trailer removed online.

Cindy Lee Garcia’s lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles claims the actress was duped by Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the man behind “Innocence of Muslims” who has been forced into hiding since its 14-minute trailer rose to prominence last week.

She was unaware of the film’s anti-Muslim content and said the pages of the script she received had no mention of the prophet Muhammad, according to her complaint.

The lawsuit states Garcia responded to an ad and thought she was appearing in an ancient Egyptian adventure film, which was altered to give it an antiIslamic message.

“The film is vile and reprehensible,” Garcia’s attorney, M. Cris Armenta, wrote in the document.

“This lawsuit is not an attack on the First Amendment nor on the right of Americans to say what they think, but does request that the offending content be removed from the Internet,” the complaint states.

Garcia’s attorneys plan to seek an injunction against the film Thursday in a Los Angeles court.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The Justice Department’s internal watchdog on Wednesday referred more than a dozen people for possible disciplinary action for their roles in a bungled guntrafficking probe that resulted in hundreds of weapons turning up at crime scenes in the U.S. and Mexico. The report cleared U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.

Two senior officials left the department, one by resignation and one by retirement, upon the report’s release.

The report did not criticize Holder, but said lower-level officials should have briefed him about the investigation much earlier.

The trafficking probe, known as Fast and Furious, has become a source of political contention in the United States, with opposition Republicans claiming the operation is representative of the ineptitude of President Barack Obama’s administration.

Republicans in the House of Representatives voted in June to hold Holder in contempt of Congress accusing him of stonewalling the investigation. Democrats accused Republicans of being more interested in shameful election-year politics than documents.

In the 471-page report, Inspector General Michael Horowitz found no evidence that Holder was informed about the operation before Jan. 31, 2011, or that the attorney general was told about the much-disputed gunwalking operation, which began under President George W. Bush.

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Garcia has received death threats since the trailer began drawing attention, and her suit states she no longer is able to visit her grandchildren as a result. It has also harmed her reputation and caused “shame, mortification, and hurt feelings,” the suit states.

An email sent to Google seeking comment was not immediately returned. The search giant owns YouTube and has blocked users in Saudi Arabia, Libya and Egypt from viewing the “Innocence of Muslims” trailer. It has also blocked the video from being viewed in Indonesia and India because it violates laws in those countries.

A man who answered the phone at the law offices of Steven Seiden, who represents Nakoula on any criminal repercussions he may face, declined comment. He said Seiden does not represent Nakoula, who is on probation for a bank fraud case in which he opened 600 fraudulent credit accounts, in civil matters.

According to the terms of his probation, Nakoula was allowed to only access websites with the permission of probation officials and for work purposes. It is unclear who uploaded the film to the site.

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“We remember the highlights: ’Corporations are people, my friend,’ he said. ’I like being able to fire people,’ he said. ’I’m not concerned about the very poor,’ Romney said. ’I’m also unemployed,’ Romney said.”’

Republicans did not respond.

Instead, Mitch McConnell, Senate minority leader, made a statement about Burma. Other Republicans focused on the Democrats’ failure to pass a budget.

Outside the august chamber, however, Capitol Hill was abuzz with speculation among fearful Republicans that Romney’s gaffes are seriously jeopardizing the party’s efforts to wrest the Senate back from Democrats on Nov. 6.

Tea Party leaders who helped propel Republicans to big gains in 2010’s mid-term elections are urging their supporters to keep the faith.

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SCHOLARS QUESTION AUTHENTICITY, SIGNIFICANCE BEHIND HARVARD’S ‘JESUS’ WIFE’ PAPYRUS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ROME — Is a scrap of papyrus suggesting that Jesus had a wife authentic?

Scholars on Wednesday questioned the muchpublicized discovery by a Harvard scholar that a 4th century fragment of papyrus provided the first evidence that some early Christians believed Jesus was married.

And experts in the illicit antiquities trade also wondered about the motive of the fragment’s anonymous owner, noting that the document’s value has likely increased amid the publicity of the still-unproven find.

Karen King, a professor of early Christianity at Harvard Divinity School, announced the finding Tuesday at an international congress on Coptic studies in Rome. The text, written in Coptic and probably translated from a 2nd century Greek text, contains a dialogue in which Jesus refers to “my wife,” whom he identifies as Mary.

King’s paper, and the front-page attention it received in some U.S. newspapers that got advance word about it, was a hot topic of conversation Wednesday during coffee breaks at the conference.

Christian tradition has long held that Jesus was unmarried, although there is no reliable historical evidence to support that. Any evidence pointing to whether Jesus was married or had a female disciple could have ripple effects in current debates over the role of women in the church.

Stephen Emmel, a professor of Coptology at the University of Muenster who was on the international advisory panel that reviewed the 2006 discovery of the Gospel of Judas, said the text accurately quotes Jesus as saying “my wife.” But he questioned whether the document was authentic.

“There’s something about this fragment in its appearance and also in the grammar of the Coptic that strikes me as being not completely convincing somehow,” he said in an interview on the sidelines of the conference.

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Karen King, a professor at Harvard Divinity School, is interviewed outside the Augustinianum institute where an international congress on Coptic studies is held in Rome, Wednesday.

Another participant at the congress, Alin Suciu, a papyrologist at the University of Hamburg, was more blunt.

“I would say it’s a forgery. The script doesn’t look authentic” when compared to other samples of Coptic papyrus script dated to the 4th century, he said.

King acknowledged Wednesday that questions remain about the fragment, and she welcomed the feedback from her colleagues. She said she planned to subject the fragment to ink tests to determine if the chemical components match those used in antiquity.

“We still have some work to do, testing the ink and so on and so forth, but what is exciting about this fragment is that it’s the first case we have of Christians claiming that Jesus had a wife,” she said.

She stressed that the text doesn’t provide any historical evidence that Jesus was actually married,

only that some two centuries after he died, some early Christians believed he had a wife.

Wolf-Peter Funk, a noted Coptic linguist, said there was no way to evaluate the significance of the fragment because it has no context. It’s a partial text and tiny, measuring four cm by eight cm, about the size of a small cellphone.

“There are thousands of scraps of papyrus where you find crazy things,” said Funk, co-director of a project editing the Nag Hammadi Coptic library at Laval University in Quebec. “It can be anything.”

He, too, doubted the authenticity, saying the form of the fragment was “suspicious.”

Ancient papyrus fragments have been frequently cut up by unscrupulous dealers seeking to make more money.

An anonymous collector brought King the fragment in December 2011, seeking her help in translating and understanding it. In March, she brought it to two papyrologists who determined it was very likely authentic.

On Tuesday, Harvard Divinity School announced the finding to great fanfare and said King’s paper would be published in January’s Harvard Theological Review. Harvard said the fragment most likely came from Egypt, and that its earliest documentation is from the early 1980s indicating that a nowdeceased professor in Germany thought it evidence of a possible marriage of Jesus.

Some archaeologists were quick to question Harvard’s ethics, noting that the fragment has no known provenance, or history of where it’s been, and that its owner may have a financial interest in the publicity being generated about it.

King has said the owner wants to sell his collection to Harvard.

“There are all sorts of really dodgy things about this,” said David Gill, professor of archaeological heritage at University Campus Suffolk and author of the Looting Matters blog, which closely follows the illicit trade in antiquities. “This looks to me as if any sensible, responsible academic would keep their distance from it.”

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Bolted to the top of a jumbo jet, the space agency’s youngest shuttle departed Kennedy Space Center in Florida at sunrise on the first leg of its flight to California.

Crowds lined the beaches of Cape Canaveral as the shuttle swooped low overhead in one final show.

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