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Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012
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CALENDAR
REBELS SET TO OPEN SEASON
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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