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Page A1: Jeanne Lougheed, centre, is helped by relatives as she leaves the state memorial service for her husband and former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed in Calgary on Friday; Stephen Lougheed, above, speaks about his father as his siblings look on; Prime Minister Stephen Harper, below, delivers his address.

Lougheed lauded at service

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Prime Minister Stephen Harper lauded Peter Lougheed on Friday as a visionary and a statesman with the intelligence to wage a successful fight and the fortitude to see it through.

“He brought to the job intelligence, integrity, energy, a clear and practical sense of direction and an unwavering commitment to what he believed to be the wider public interest,” Harper said at a public memorial for the former Alberta premier at Calgary’s Jubilee Auditorium.

“Every place and every era have their leaders.

They are confronted with the challenges of the events of the times in which they live. More often than not, these define them,” Harper continued.

“However, a leader sometimes defines his own age and Peter Lougheed was that kind of leader.”

Harper was among 2,400 dignitaries and citizens from across Canada who came to bid a final goodbye to Lougheed.

Lougheed, premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985, died last week in hospital of natural causes. He was 84.

With Lougheed’s wife, Jeanne, and four children looking on, Harper recalled Lougheed’s epic battles with the federal government over oil resources in the 1970s and ’80s.

“His motives (outside Alberta) were often questioned, his patriotism frequently attacked,” said Harper. “But Peter Lougheed did not shrink from that fight. He embraced it.

“Peter Lougheed was always a proud Albertan and a fierce Canadian, understanding clearly that one part of Canada cannot succeed at the expense of another because our destiny is sown together in the fabric of this great nation.”

Alberta Premier Alison Redford recalled the man she called a personal mentor and the transformative “architect of the province we all call home.

“Every single one of us woke up this morning in Peter’s Lougheed’s Alberta,” said Redford.

“It was the Alberta of which he dreamed and it was the dream that he was able to make real.”

Redford said that when she won the party leadership race last fall and became premier, Lougheed called her with congratulations.

“Before offering any advice (he) said five simple words: ’You are now my leader.’ That gesture was truly humbling ... and it was one that I will remember for all of my life.”

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Another politician remembered Lougheed calling him at a less positive time in his political career.

Jean Charest was one of only two federal Tories to keep their seats in the 1993 election.

“Where he was very significant for me in my life was when I became leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party after the debacle of 1993 and asked for his advice,” said Charest, who was premier of Quebec until his defeat in this month’s election there.

“He helped us out with some of the policy conferences,” he said outside after the service. “Here was

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this giant of a leader who was respected throughout the country giving his time.”

Stephen Lougheed, Lougheed’s oldest son, told the mourners that he would always recall a devoted and doting father who would spend hours throwing a ball for his kids and grandchildren, and would go to football and baseball games.

“My dad was always a team player. And the team that he was most proud of was his home team — his family, starting with mom,” said Stephen.

“I can tell you we will all miss him tremendously.”

The family held a private funeral service for Lougheed on Thursday.

Humorist and commentator Rex Murphy was the first to speak, evoking applause when he called Lougheed “the greatest premier that this country has ever seen.”

He even brought a little levity.

“When other public men die we have to lie about them,” he said. “(But) this man is such an assembly of obvious salient virtues, and he conducted a life of such superb decorum and dignity, that it truly is us that are receiving the tribute that he was here a mere three years less than Lincoln’s famous four score and seven.”

Among those in attendance were former prime minister Joe Clark, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall and former Saskatchewan premiers Roy Romanow and Grant Devine.

Outside the auditorium, Clark said Lougheed’s greatest talent was his ability to build coalitions and bridge differences.

“I think he always thought, ’What’s the point of getting mad at people? Why do we drive them away when we can draw them in?”’ said Clark.

The memorial capped a week of tributes.

Earlier this week, hundreds filed past Lougheed’s coffin as it lay in state in the marble rotunda of the legislature in Edmonton.

Thousands have delivered condolences and best wishes to the family online or in books placed across the province Lougheed, born in Calgary and trained as a lawyer, is credited with creating a modern Alberta by using its oil resources to diversify the economy. He supported development of oilsands technology that now delivers billions of dollars to the province’s coffers.

He became a provincial folk hero for battling federal encroachments on Alberta’s oil wealth.

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Flood created serious challenge for dam

BY LAURA TESTER ADVOCATE STAFF

RED DEER RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE

Operators of the Dickson Dam knew they had a potentially huge problem leading up to Alberta’s worst flood in 90 years. The weather didn’t look good in June 2005.

“We had a couple days notice — we were told we were going to get twice as much rain,” said Rick Friedl, regional manager with Water Management Operations of Alberta Environment, on Friday in Red Deer.

Friedl spoke at the first anniversary breakfast of the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance’s Ambassador Program. He gave the group all the ins and outs about the dam and what happened during the 2005 floods.

This was the worst flooding to occur in the region since 1915.

Dickson Dam has been around for about 30 years and is about 20 km west of Innisfail. The dam created the reservoir that’s called Gleniffer Lake.

When there is so much water, a decision is made to control the outflows.

“At some point, we decide we’re going to hold the rest of the water and use the storage in the reservoir,” said Friedl. “We started drawing the reservoir down to create more storage. The more storage we have, the less water we have to pass downstream.”

They ended up using every drop of storage in the reservoir during the 2005 flood.

The flood created some serious challenges.

Staff was busy running around checking gauging stations while the river flows were very high and the rain poured.

“They were trying to give us the best information they can,” said Friedl.

Damages occurred downstream. However, with enough lead time, people in Drumheller were able to build dykes to prevent heavy damage.

“In cases like 2005, the flood attenuation was actually extremely good,” said Friedl.

Sometime Albertans wonder why the decision isn’t made to fill the reservoir sooner, particularly when there is snow melt.

However, that can have an impact on flood attenuation, Friedl said.

Friedl said later that no changes were implemented as a result of what happened in 2005.

“Operational procedures have been in place for

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Ken Campbell of Red Deer tries his luck just downstream of the Dickson Dam on the Red Deer River on Thursday this week. “Mostly we fish here for walleye but you can also get good brown trout and pike”. Said Campbell. “But today we haven’t seen any fish” he said.

25 years, so we’ve been through a series of floods,” he said. “So the process is similar all the time. The magnitude doesn’t matter a lot. I think you’d see more changes with the municipalities and responders downstream.”

Public awareness about the Red Deer River Basin has been growing.

“When I started working at the dam, the level of understanding and the amount of discussion around water/basin management was quite low,” said Friedl.

“We now get good feedback and people are well in-

formed about how this infrastructure runs.”

The Red Deer River Watershed Alliance is a multi-sector, non-profit organization created in September 2005. In the past, it has recognized more than 70 Watershed Ambassadors.

On Friday, Ross Martyn of Leslieville received a certificate for his work as team lead at Dickson Dam. He has since retired.

Hal and Linda Carson of Red Deer were honoured for their cleanup efforts along the Red Deer River. ltester@reddeeradvocate.com

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A media report said old pictographs and petroglyphs had been destroyed, possibly with acid, a pressure-washer and an electric hammer drill.

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The first phase will see services extended to Heritage Ranch, which currently relies on well water and a septic system. Construction has just begun on the project that will take until about the end of October to complete.

Extending services to the tourism offices and sports hall of fame will follow next year.

Heritage Ranch operator Joel Martens said the new services are welcome at the site, where the Westlake Grill restaurant is also located.

“This is definitely an improvement,” he said.

“There are cost savings as well.”

While some vegetation and trees must be removed to make way for the new lines, Martens said the city has done its best to limit the impact and even revised an earlier route to further reduce the amount of natural vegetation disturbed.

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Montana wants permission to change execution steps: lawyer

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Lawyers for a civil liberties group in the U.S. say the State of Montana is hoping to bypass a requirement to get approval from its legislature to change the way it carries out its executions.

A ruling by a Montana judge earlier this month declared the state’s method of execution unconstitutional, giving hope to Canadian Ronald Smith, who is facing execution for the 1982 murders of two young Montana men.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a civil lawsuit in 2008 on behalf of Smith that argued the lethal injection the state uses is cruel and unusual punishment and violates the right to human dignity.

District Court Judge Jeffrey Sherlock in his Sept.

6 ruling pointed to problems such as lack of training for individuals who administer the drugs and a discrepancy over whether two or three drugs should be used. He also questioned the method used to determine if an inmate is actually unconscious before receiving the lethal injection.

“The Montana protocol has problems,” Sherlock said in his 26-page judgment. “All three of these concerns create a substantial risk of serious harm violative of the plaintiff’s right to be protected from cruel and unusual punishment.”

Sherlock said the state legislature needs to rejig the statutes to bring the execution protocol into line with Montana’s constitution.

But the civil liberties union is worried Montana’s assistant attorney general Mark Fowler is trying to avoid that route.

“The AGs office is going to ask the judge about whether they can file new protocol without amending the statute,” said union lawyer Ron Waterman in an email to Smith’s lawyers.

“I have already pointed out the problems with the statute ... all of which become problems for the state to proceed with a new protocol without first amended the statute.”

Smith’s lawyer Don Vernay is upset.

“Looks like the AG is trying to make an end run around the statute,” Vernay said in an email to The Canadian Press. very high to extreme.

The weather forecast for the weekend is calling for hot, sunny weather for much of Alberta.

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In the northwest, fires are banned around Grande Prairie and up to Paddle Prairie.

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EDMONTON — The Edmonton IndyCar race is history. The city announced Friday that the promoter of the event, Octane Motorsports of Montreal, has told city officials it will not produce the race in July 2013 as planned.

“Despite our tight management policies and all our efforts to offer to the fans a world-class spectacle, we were not able to make this event profitable and nothing allows us to hope for a better profitability next year,” Octane stated in a news release.

“This year’s attendance was good, but we were also convinced that the event, especially with the quality of the spectacle offered, should have attracted many more spectators over its three days.”

Accused parents allowed to attend funeral of daughter

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Islamic faith ensures that an Edmonton toddler, allegedly abused and starved for most of her young life by her parents, is on her way to paradise.

When children die they immediately pass into the next life where there is “no pain, no agony, no suffering,” Mustafa Khattab, the imam of the Al Rashid mosque, said Friday.

He confirmed the funeral for the two-year-old girl will be held at his mosque, the largest in the city, on Saturday afternoon.

The girls parents, who face several criminal charges and remain in custody, will also be allowed to attend.

A judge granted an order Friday allowing the pair, who cannot be named, to be escorted by security officers to the service. A condition remains in effect that they not have any contact with each other.

Khattab said the father and mother are not members of the Al Rashid but the community is supportive of their difficult situation.

“We pray that God will make it easier.”

The girl, known in court documents as M, spent the last three months in a coma, virtually brain dead, while judges decided whether to side with her Muslim parents and keep her on life support or take the advice of doctors and stop life-sustaining treatment.

Doctors testified that the girl had suffered repeated bouts of pneumonia and would have had to face many invasive, risky medical procedures. They said she had an irreversible brain injury and would never regain consciousness.

Thursday night, after the Supreme Court of Canada rejected an emergency stay of an Alberta Court of Appeal ruling that allowed doctors to remove the girl from a ventilator, she was taken off the machine and died.

The mother and father were each allowed a 20-minute escorted visit with their daughter earlier in the day.

It’s not known if the siblings will be allowed to attend the girl’s funeral.

Flewwelling makes pitch for urban federal riding

BY LAURA TESTER ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer Mayor Morris Flewwelling believes he made a solid pitch to a commission on why the City of Red Deer should have its own distinctive federal riding.

Flewwelling spoke before the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Alberta earlier this week at the Sheraton Red Deer Hotel.

The proposed electoral boundaries suggest two options that would have an impact on Red Deer. One would see Red Deer within a focused urban riding, which city council supports.

The other would see Red Deer split in two pieces, each consisting of a large rural area. Red Deer-Wolf

Creek would include north Red Deer and extend to the southern boundary of Edmonton-Wetaskiwin area.

The second district would be Red Deer Mountainview, which would include south Red Deer and extend to the northern boundary of Banff-Airdrie.

The rural ridings would be larger than what Red Deer’s riding is now.

Flewwelling said the city needs to have that urban focus, particularly when it’s dealing with municipal issues like policing.

The commission is looking at making each riding around 105,000 people.

“We have only 93,000 people but we could add Penhold and Blackfalds and then we’d be close to 107,000 people,” Flewwelling said on Friday.

He believes his mes-

sage was heard loud and clear by the commission.

“They really had no questions,” he said. “I am confident we were heard and that they seem to think our point of view makes sense.”

Red Deer MP Earl Dreeshen prefers the other option, where Red Deer is split, said Flewwelling.

Flewwelling said they don’t have any quarrels over being represented by a rural MP, but an urbanfocused riding would work best.

The rural ridings would be larger than what the Red Deer riding is now.

The last federal election was in May 2011.

A report from hearings being held across Canada is expected to come before the House of Commons by the end of 2012. If endorsed, the earliest the boundaries would be in place is April 2014. ltester@reddeeradvocate.com

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‘Day of Love’ for prophet turns deadly MORE THAN A DOZEN KILLED IN RIOTS IN PAKISTAN

Attack on U.S. consulate used military tactics

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The heavily armed extremists who laid siege to the U.S. Consulate in Libya used military-style tactics that may have steered Americans toward a waiting ambush, U.S. officials said Friday as they pieced together details about how the compound was overrun.

U.S. intelligence indicates that 50 or more people, many of them masked, were responsible for the Sept.

11 assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi. Gun trucks provided added firepower. The attackers set up a perimeter, controlling access in and out of the compound. A first wave of attacks sent the Americans fleeing to a fallback building, where a second group of extremists beset them with precise mortar fire.

Intelligence reports were still coming in, but officials told The Associated Press that what may have initially seemed like a protest over an anti-Islam movie that had spun out of control now showed the hallmarks of a more sophisticated operation.

In a country coming off a civil war, a level of battlefield savvy does not prove the attack on the compound was planned well in advance. How much planning went into the operation and whether it could have been detected or prevented remain unanswered questions, officials said.

The attacks killed Ambassador Chris Stevens, diplomat Sean Smith and two former Navy SEALs, who U.S. officials said were security officers guarding diplomatic officials. Stevens was visiting Benghazi from Tripoli to preside over the opening of an “American Space” cultural centre.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss intelligence reports. They stressed that even now authorities do not have a clear understanding of exactly what happened in Benghazi. FBI agents from New York and Washington were in Libya investigating the attack.

“What happened in Benghazi was a terrorist attack,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday.

“And we will not rest until we have tracked down and brought to justice the terrorists who murdered four Americans.”

Officials have not singled out one responsible group, but have focused their attention on Ansar alShariah, a Libyan militant group led by a former detainee at the U.S. military-run prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Since the civil war that ousted Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi last year, the country has been awash with rebels, militias and terrorists. Weaponry is easy to come by, both from the former regime, from weapons depots looted during the war, and from foreign powers that armed the rebellion. The origin of the weapons used in the assault on the U.S. compound was unclear, officials said.

said hospital officials. More than 80 people were injured, said the top government official in the city, Roshan Ali Shaikh. At least three of the dead were policemen, one who died when hundreds of protesters attacked a police station.

“We are all ready to die for Prophet Muhammad,” said Karachi protester Mohammad Arshad. “We want to show the world that Muslims are one and united on the issue.”

Five people were killed and 60 wounded in the northwestern city of Peshawar, said police official Bashir Khan.

One of the dead was identified as Mohammad Amir, a driver for a Pakistani TV station who was killed when police fired at protesters torching a cinema and hit his vehicle, said Kashif Mahmood, a reporter for ARY TV who also was in the car. The TV channel showed doctors at a hospital trying unsuccessfully to save Amir’s life.

At least 45 people, including 28 protesters and 17 policemen were wounded in clashes in Islamabad, where police fought with more than 10,000 demonstrators in front of a five-star hotel near the diplomatic enclave where the U.S. Embassy and other foreign missions are located. A military helicopter buzzed overhead as the sound of tear gas being fired echoed across the city.

In northwestern Pakistan, demonstrators burned the Sarhadi Lutheran Church in the city of Mardan, but no one was injured, said senior police officer Salim Khan The government temporarily blocked cellphone service in 15 major cities to prevent militants from using phones to detonate bombs during the protests, said an Interior Ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

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Zoo director Jim Breheny says the mauling happened Friday afternoon in the Wild Asia exhibit, where a train takes visitors past elephants and deer and over a tiger enclosure. He says the man leaped from the train and cleared a perimeter fence.

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Harvard also said King’s research was scheduled to be published in the Harvard Theological Review in January and noted the journal was peerreviewed, which implied the research had been fully vetted.

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Alin Suciu, a papyrologist at the University of Hamburg, flatly called it a “forgery.”

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s “Day of Love for the Prophet” turned into a deadly day of gunfire, tear gas and arson.

Thousands angered by an anti-Muslim film ignored pleas for peaceful rallies and rampaged in several Pakistani cities Friday in battles with police that killed 19 people and touched off criticism of a government decision to declare a national holiday to proclaim devotion for the Prophet Muhammad.

The film, which was produced in the United States and denigrates the prophet, has outraged many in the Muslim world in the 10 days since it attracted attention on the Internet, and there were new, mostly peaceful protest marches in a half-dozen countries from Asia to the Middle East.

But it is Pakistan that has seen the most sustained violence, driven by a deep well of anti-American sentiment and a strong cadre of hard-line Islamists who benefit from stoking anger at the U.S. At 49 people — including the U.S. ambassador to Libya — have died in violence linked to the film around the world.

Analysts accused the Pakistani government of pandering to these extremists by declaring Friday to be an official holiday — calling it a “Day of Love for the Prophet.” Officials urged peaceful protests, but critics said the move helped unleash the worst violence yet caused by the film, titled “Innocence of Muslims.”

In addition to those killed, nearly 200 others were injured as mobs threw stones and set fire to cars and movie theatres, and battled with police who responded with tear gas and gunfire.

“The people were just waiting for a trigger,” said

Imtiaz Gul, director of the Islamabad-based Center for Research and Security Studies.

In an attempt to tamp down the anger, the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad purchased spots on Pakistani TV on Thursday that featured denunciations of the video by President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. But their comments, which were subtitled in Urdu, the main Pakistani language, apparently did little to moderate the outrage that filled the country’s streets.

Police fired tear gas and live ammunition to push back the tens of thousands of protesters they faced in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, and the major cities of Lahore, Karachi and Peshawar. They were successful in preventing the protesters from reaching U.S. diplomatic offices in the cities, even though the demonstrators streamed over shipping containers set up on major roads to block their path.

The demonstrators, who were led by hard-line Islamist groups, hurled rocks at the police and set fire to their vehicles. They also ransacked and burned banks, shops, cinemas and Western fast-food restaurants such as KFC and Pizza Hut. Clinton thanked the Pakistani government for protecting the U.S. missions in the country and lamented the deaths in the protests.

“The violence we have seen cannot be tolerated,” she said, speaking alongside Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar in Washington. “There is no justification for violence.”

Khar thanked Obama and Clinton for speaking out against the video, saying it sent “a strong message, and that message should go a long way to ending the violence on many streets on the world.”

The deadliest violence occurred in the southern port city of Karachi, where 14 people were killed,

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Courtroom crush causes legal carnage MASSIVE REGIONAL POPULATION GROWTH UNMATCHED BY STALLED DEVELOPMENT OF COURT INFRASTRUCTURE In 1982, when the “new” Red Deer courthouse opened, the city’s population was 48,562.

Since then the city has grown to almost 94,000 souls, a 93 per cent increase.

In 1982, the Central Alberta phone book, which covered a massive swath of the province from Rocky Mountain House to Drumheller, listed 66 lawyers.

Today, the Central Alberta Bar Association, which covers a considerably smaller footprint, has 160 members.

Despite massive increases in population and legal needs over the past generation, the Red Deer courthouse has not JOE been expanded by one square MCLAUGHLIN metre.

The building is still stable and functional. It’s just too small to meet our legal needs.

Wouldn’t it have been great if — when it was planned — the courthouse was overbuilt to accommodate Central Alberta’s burgeoning growth?

In fact, that was precisely the plan.

Jim Foster was Red Deer’s MLA and Alberta’s attorney general when plans were first developed to construct the courthouse.

He insisted that oversize footings be installed to accommodate more storeys in time, as the community grew.

But somewhere along the way after Foster left government, somebody decided that was a needless expense and the courthouse was built with no capacity for vertical expansion.

At first glance, our only regional courthouse seems woefully and shamefully inadequate to our growing legal needs.

In fact, it’s even worse than that.

That courthouse does not serve just the needs of the city of Red Deer.

It’s the legal centre from Saskatchewan to the British Columbia border east-west and from Lacombe to Olds north-south.

It’s the third largest legal division in the province, behind Calgary and Edmonton.

Calgary celebrated the opening of a magnificent new courthouse in 2008.

It was billed as Canada’s most energy efficient and largest courthouse, featuring 73 courtrooms.

Legal practitioners there say it’s already working at full capacity.

In Central Alberta, however, courtroom capacity has not just stood still; it has shrunk in the past two

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decades.

The seven courtrooms in Red Deer remain, but two others, in Lacombe and Innisfail, were shut down in the 1990s.

All their workload, which has expanded just as explosively as that in Red Deer, was shunted into our downtown courthouse.

The Red Deer courthouse does not lack just the physical space to ensure timely justice; it lacks the human resources to staff it.

There’s simply not enough room to accommodate all the people who deliver justice, which goes far beyond judges and lawyers.

For a crude snapshot of its inadequacies, check out the Monday morning lineup of people spilling out of the courthouse and down the sidewalk as they queue up to pay their tickets.

You may think that a trivial issue.

Why should the Alberta government spend millions of dollars for a larger building so scofflaws can be served promptly?

The government should care because it’s a small symptom of a much broader problem that is manifest in needless and damaging legal delays.

There are few votes to be had in constructing new courthouses to shorten legal delays while there are insufficient hospitals, medical clinics and schools to serve a young and growing Alberta population.

Effective government, however, must think beyond the next electoral cycle.

They have to make wise long-term infrastructure investments for the betterment of all our citizens.

In the past 20 years, three Alberta government reports have been commissioned about Central Alberta’s courthouse needs.

All of those reports recognized space deficiencies in Red Deer, and those deficiencies have grown ever more acute over time.

A provincial study in 2009 identified five possible options.

Building a new courthouse in Red Deer was ranked low, because of the perceived lack of interest by the City of Red Deer in taking over space in the current courthouse.

That assessment is far from true today.

The city’s office space needs have expanded massively as the municipality has grown; many employees now work in rented commercial space.

The courthouse, just across the street from City Hall, is extremely attractive to the municipality.

More important, the city owns land that would be perfect for a new courthouse. If built properly, with the capacity to expand, it could serve Central Alberta for generations to come.

The city owns the entire block south of City Hall, except for a small plot on the northeast corner,

where the historic Dr. Richard Parsons residence has sat since 1903.

That land, which also contains the old city RCMP detachment and the municipal parking structure, would be an excellent site for a new courthouse.

The city is keen to make that happen and take over the existing courthouse.

But its bare downtown land is extremely valuable; it can’t sit idle and empty while the provincial government stalls and dithers.

It’s in the heart of town, where all our previous courthouses have been sited, and where it should remain.

Most city lawyers already work there.

Creature comforts and work efficiency are not the driving demands for a new courthouse, however.

The core issues are ensuring justice and serving our citizens.

There’s a fundamental axiom in law: justice delayed is justice denied.

Legal processes that are routinely expedited within three weeks in Drumheller and five weeks in Calgary and Edmonton now take four months in Red Deer.

Outside the criminal justice system, young innocents in Red Deer are being impacted.

Contested divorces involving child custody are horribly backed up here.

Lawyers representing fathers and mothers seeking custody of their children must wait a long time to get before a judge.

When they finally do, court space pressures limit them to making a seven-minute oral argument on behalf of their clients.

This is absurd.

On the criminal justice side, it’s even worse.

Court delays could soon have hideously embarrassing consequences for the Alberta government.

Under Canadian law, people charged with criminal misconduct are entitled to prompt justice.

That test is simply not being met in Red Deer.

The day is soon coming when a serious thug will be set free before trial because our courthouse is simply too plugged.

Rule of law is central to democracy and every aspect of our way of life.

It’s being abused now by government foot-dragging.

Premier Alison Redford is an accomplished and respected lawyer.

She knows all these facts better than the rest of us.

She’s the one with the power and responsibility to fix it promptly.

Joe McLaughlin is the retired former managing editor of the Red Deer Advocate.

Is Romney one of the 47 per cent?

It has always been hard for people ing to let off a dirty bomb.’ ” with strong opinions to tolerate the This is only one or two steps short of discipline of electoral politics, which expressing a fear of werewolves, but in demands that they never speak their the United States this sort of discourse minds in public. is routine. The U.S. Department of DeSay what you really think, and you fence regularly uses equally shoddy are bound to alienate some of the votes and cynical arguments to justify its that you need to win. huge budget. Romney will But it’s getting harder: not get into any trouble even at private gatherings, with the electorate for this today’s politicians are likely “gaffe.” to be secretly video-recordWhere it all went wrong ed, so they must never reveal was when he said that their true opinions.

“There are 47 per cent of The latest victim of this the people who will vote rule is Mitt Romney, the Refor the president no matpublican candidate for the ter what,” referring to the U.S. presidency.

Americans who don’t pay He needed to feed some income tax. red meat to the people who “There are 47 per cent had paid $50,000 a head to who are with (Obama), who GWYNNE attend a fundraiser in May are dependent upon govDYER in Florida. ernment, who believe that Most of them doubtless they are victims, who bebelieved that poor Amerilieve the government has cans are shiftless, Palestina responsibility to care for ians are evil, and Iranians are crazed them, who believe that they are entifanatics, and they were not paying to tled to health care, to food, to housing, have their views challenged. to you-name-it.”

Still, he should have been more The audience at the fundraiser obcareful. viously believes that, and it’s pretty Blaming the failure of 19 years of likely that Romney believes it himself, negotiation to bring a peace settlement but it is simply not true. in the Arab-Israeli dispute entirely on If all of the 47 per cent of Amerithe Palestinians was not going to get cans who do not pay income tax autohim in trouble at home. matically vote for Barack Obama and “The Palestinians have no interest the Democratic Party, then the Repubwhatsoever in establishing peace,” he licans can never win an election. At said, which would be seen as a distor- least not unless everybody who pays tion of the truth in most parts of the income tax votes Republican, which world, but it does no harm to Romney seems pretty unlikely. domestically. Indeed, lots of Obama Surely some taxpayers must vote voters think that, too.

Democratic, even if they are only LaSame goes for the bizarre scenario tinos, African-Americans, gays, womhe drew about the alleged threat from en, Asians, union members, and effete Iran.

Eastern intellectuals.

“If I were Iran — a crazed fanatic, And some non-taxpayers certainly I’d say let’s get a little fissile material do vote Republican. to Hezbollah, have them carry it to ChiIn fact, the Republican Party’s core cago or some other place, and then if strategy for decades has been to win anything goes wrong, or America starts white, working-class votes by stressing acting up, we’ll just say, ‘Guess what? its conservative social values.

Unless you stand down, why, we’re goWithout their votes, the last Re-

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publican president would have been Dwight D. Eisenhower.

But Romney actually dismissed the importance of those voters, although white, working-class voters who are unemployed or underemployed, and pay no taxes, could make the difference between victory and defeat for him.

So could retired people too poor to pay taxes, who are often social conservatives.

In Romney’s view, his role “is not to worry about those people (the 47 per cent). I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.”

If this is not outright contempt, it comes very close.

It was especially reckless of Romney to couch the whole discourse in terms of who pay taxes or who doesn’t.

This from a man who has refused to release more than the past two years of his own tax returns.

Why endure all the criticism about not releasing the past five years, say, if there was nothing to hide in the returns for the preceding years?

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Like, maybe, the possibility that Romney paid no tax at all in those previous returns.

The people who pay no taxes in the United States are the very poor and the very rich, and Romney certainly falls into the latter category.

If he paid no tax at all in 2007, 2008 and 2009, say, he would have fallen into the 47 per cent in those years.

So should we conclude that he voted for Obama in 2008?

Probably not, and we can feel a certain sympathy for a man whose supposedly private remarks, shaped to appeal to an ultra-rich and ultra-conservative audience, have been dragged into the public domain.

But he should have known better.

Almost invisible to him, there was another group of people in that room who were not rich at all: the people who waited on the tables of the mighty.

It was almost certainly one of those helots who took the video of his talk.

They are getting in everywhere.

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Ways of thinking have to change I read with joy the other day (in the concern with this effort.

Advocate of course) that the McMann At Potters Hands, we work mainly youth group is now setting its sights on with adults, and we are finding that in an extended program for addictions order for rehab to take full effect, it’s rehabilitation in youths 12 not enough to teach coping to 18. skills; their whole way of They already operate a thinking has to change.

10-day, five-bed detoxing Not only does it have to centre where parents can change, it has to be estabhave their child apprehendlished in their hearts and ed and confined to “dry minds much the same way out.” as when you plant a new We have needed an extree: you support that tree tended care centre for some until it has established time now, so it’s gratifying enough of a root system to to see someone take the fully stand on its own. bull by the horns.

In adults, this is especialSeveral times now, I have ly difficult because there CHRIS written about the increashas been enough water unSALOMONS ing number of children who der the bridge that their we see on the street and way of thinking is firmly escoming into the kitchen, so I tablished, and any change know that the battle to save to that way of thinking is exour children is growing much more ceptionally hard to facilitate. rapidly than we can take it in hand.

If you don’t agree with that stateTherefore, this effort by the Mc- ment, it just shows that you have deMann group is extremely welcome, and veloped a way of thinking that does not I will do my best to support them. allow change easily.

But support it as I might, I do have a And unless this change takes place,

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the old life on the street is just too easy to fall back into.

Also, take into account all the acquaintances they have made over the years and you begin to understand the difficulty involved.

About six weeks ago, I had coffee with one of the fellows who went into our program called Solid Ground. In our conversation, “Fred” expressed some of the issues that he deals with.

He has gone through detox and rehab before, and after a while, he always ended back on the street just as intoxicated, if not more than before.

It’s really sad, because he is quite an intelligent and resourceful man, and it hard to see him fall time and again.

The one comment Fred made really stuck with me.

He stated that whenever he entered into a program, whether it was a short detox time, or a rehab program for three to six months or more, the effects of the program were always countered by the day that they would be released.

“You know,” he went on, “ the day

you go into the program, your mind is already imagining your completion day because for the time you’re in rehab, you are protected, you are not faced constantly with the temptations; your every move is monitored, so life is easy.

“But you already know that one day soon they will shake your hand and escort you out the door, saying you have completed the program. But all of a sudden you are back into a world without support and before long the old adage is true that says: when you don’t know what to do, you do what is familiar.”

So, do I support the McMann effort; you bet I do.

But somehow we have to get our politicians to see and fully understand the challenges faced by any group that is willing to initiate an effort like this, and then have government support it without the heavy bureaucracy and political correctness that seems to follow every government dollar.

Chris Salomons is kitchen co-ordinator for Potter’s Hands ministry in Red Deer.

Carney risks loss of trust on oil policy Canadians expect the governor of the Bank of Canada to be non-partisan and to address economic and financial challenges in an even-handed, professional way.

But Mark Carney, who enjoys a high level of trust among Canadians, is now undermining that trust by engaging in a blunt and misleading attack on those who worry that growing dependence on the oil industry for growth threatens other sectors of the economy and makes Canada extraordinarily vulnerable to shifts in commodity prices. In particular, he seems to be targeting the leader of the Opposition, Thomas Mulcair.

In setting up a straw man, Carney, in a speech at the Spruce Meadows Round Table in Alberta, takes aim at those who he says see Canada’s natural resource wealth DAVID as “a curse.”

CRANE It would be difficult to find a serious Canadian who takes that view. Mulcair certainly doesn’t.

Carney then went on to misrepresent those who worry over Canada’s version of Dutch Disease, where a high dollar resulting from commodity development and other factors is damaging manufacturing and the tourist industries. These critics, he said, “dismiss the economic benefits, including higher incomes and greater economic security, our bountiful resources can provide.”

They don’t. But they do question the current federal focus on Canada as an energy superpower as the basis for the future Canadian economy.

Critics of this approach argue that this is contributing to an exchange rate well above the US82-cent range that is our equilibrium rate, that this is causing big damage to our manufacturing and tourism industries, that we should be adding value to our natural resources before they are exported rather than exporting raw materials, that we are adding to economic vulnerability by exposing the economy to wide swings in commodity prices (Alberta and B.C. budget problems provide good examples), that Canada should focus on a more balanced and diversified economic game plan, and that as part of that we need to figure out how to restore competitiveness in the manufacturing and tourism industries.

Carney dismisses altogether the idea there is a Canadian version of Dutch Disease and attacks in inflammatory language anyone who believes there is

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“The logic of Dutch Disease requires that we undo our success in order to depreciate our currency,” Carney contends. “Taken to its natural conclusion, the logic dictates that we shut down the oilsands, abandon our resource wealth, have high and variable inflation, run large fiscal deficits and diminish our financial sector.”

This is music to the oil industry’s ears, and to the Harper government’s hard sell on the oilsands, and is already being quoted favourably by cabinet ministers.

But it is also rubbish.

Critics argue that we need to focus on a more diversified economy and hence need policies to advance knowledge-based manufacturing and highvalue tourism.

No serious person is calling for the oilsands to be shut down, though some, such as the late Peter Lougheed, argued it was foolish to export oilsands oil to the U.S. for high-value added in refining and that the oil should be upgraded in Canada instead.

This is Mulcair position as well, arguing that Canada exports jobs when it exports raw materials instead of upgrading them here.

In the meantime, Ontario and Quebec manufacturing plants are being closed and large numbers of

jobs lost, other workers are being forced to take big cuts in pay and benefits, and the two provinces are finding it harder to attract new investment.

Canada may be in the same position as another resource economy, Australia, where there is growing concern over loss of competitiveness and investment in other sectors.

A recent report on Australia by the consulting firm McKinsey & Co. found that capital investment in resources and improved terms of trade that made imports cheaper, not productivity, were driving growth.

Canada, like Australia, is experiencing weak productivity growth.

In the case of Australia, McKinsey said, future income growth depended of “the duration and intensity of the resources boom” and “productivity growth,” with the need to focus much more on productivity growth given the volatility of the resource sector.

This is the needed focus in Canada as well.

Mulcair is doing the job we expect the leader of the Opposition to do in raising these issues.

Carney should not misrepresent the views of those who have legitimate concerns over our present course but should treat them seriously.

Economist David Crane is a syndicated Toronto Star columnist. He can be reached at crane@interlog.com.

Remembering the good old days of school in Red Deer As mentioned seven days ago right the Christmas concert was still there, here, it’s been 125 years of teachin’ and and we both stood in silence staring larnin’ here in the old Public School at the little stage where we played our District. first gig.

That’s a long time to keep kids busy Trumpet and a marching drum blatand the teachers busier. The ensuing ting and thumping away at us through local one-and-a-quarter centennial cel- the mists of time — the first of a lifeebrations got me thinking, time of making our own verwhich is a rare activity for sion of what we (sometimes me, sometimes resulting in euphemistically) would call reaching for the Tylenol. “music.”

I was thinking about elAs we wandered into ementary school last week the strangely familiar boot and those supposedly inroom, we even talked about nocent formative years maybe taking a brick from at good old South School, one of the piles that used to which isn’t there anymore be walls. because somebody tore it For a keepsake or somedown and built an apartthing. But we decided not to. ment building.

I mean, hey, school wasn’t Right around that time that great.

HARLEY my buddy John, who hasn’t Especially when we all lived here for many years moved on up to Central HAY but shared pretty much evSchool half a dozen blocks ery South School day with or so north for what used to me, happened to be in town be called ‘junior high.’ for a visit when we drove Generally known as “the by the school for old time’s sake. trenches,” junior high was a time of reThe school, like many of us when bellion and growing pains for the kids we were students, was only half there. and an assignment in purgatory for the Backhoes and bulldozers had pulled teachers. down Mrs. Hammer’s classroom and But I must say, the big old “castle” the part of the hallway where the of- and the box-like addition that made fices were. up Central when we were there turned It was lunch time and nobody was out to be a remarkable combination of around so on the spur of the moment, magic and mayhem. we parked the car and got out and went On the outside of the tall and venerinto the remains of the old brick school able castle stood a huge green cylinder and wandered around in the rubble that ran up the entire side of the buildand the memories that were still hang- ing, from the ground to the top floor. ing in the dusty air.

Inside the large metal tube was a spiEverything was so much smaller ral slide, of all things. than we remembered of course, but You know, like a playground slide the gym where we’d played a stirringly or a yet-to-be-invented water slide delame version of Little Drummer Boy for scending in a tight spiral with doorway

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entrances at every floor.

In case of a fire, there was a system whereby all the students and teachers (I assume) were supposed to pile into the tube in an orderly fashion and slide down, around and around in the darkness before bursting out into safety through the big doors at the bottom.

Once a year, fire drill was a very large deal indeed, and if you were really, really lucky or the teacher’s pet, which I might have been on account of I was a keener honour student in those days before I crashed and burned in high school, you’d get chosen to “clean out” the slide.

The lucky couple of chosen ones (always boys back in those days when girls were fragile) would get to go down on gunny sacks a couple of times to shine up and dust off the slide.

You can only begin to imagine how much fun that was for a curious, energetic and game kid in junior high.

Especially once you got the thing all polished and slippery.

I can still remember shooting down, swirling into the darkness, yelling our heads off with the sheer status of it all.

Ironically, the castle and the extraordinary fire escape slide were burned to the ground in 1970 by an arsonist.

Nobody was in the school at the time, but I like to think that old slide would have effortlessly saved everyone.

And my Better Half’s grandma, who taught and lived in one-room schools out in places like Rimbey, became a junior high fixture at Central School.

She always had a shock of short white hair and dark glasses and a scary hallway presence and she was greatly feared by those who thought they were

fortunate enough to not get her for a teacher, and much loved by those who were fortunate enough to actually be in her class.

I remember avoiding her in the creaky wooden hallways of Central, little knowing that far into the future she would become my treasured inlaw, regaling me with wonderful stories of the wild and woolly early days of education.

Her colleague in those days was a young teacher who encouraged (i.e. forced) me into working on the school newspaper in his Language Arts class.

He also arranged for our first real band to play our first real paying gig — our own Grade 9 graduation dance.

And a few years later we played the dance at his wedding to Hazel. This was when he was Mr. Flew to us, and long before he became Mayor Morris Flewwelling.

Ahhh, junior high. Being bullied (boo). Discovering The Beatles (yay).

Getting slapped in the face by Kathy H. after I flipped up her desk seat and she sat on the floor (boo/yay). Departmental exams (double boo). Dogpile at recess (double yay). Actual parties with girls (triple yay).

Sometimes the school years look a lot different from the perspective of looking back through the veil of years.

But I know one thing. I’d sure like to slide down that old fire escape just one more time.

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

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BY DEBBIE OLSEN SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Sometimes travel itineraries don’t roll out according to plan. Flights can be delayed, hotels can be overbooked, taxis can be non-existent and ships can break down.

This is particularly true when you are travelling near the Arctic shield.

Unpredictable weather, including sudden hurricane-strength gusts, can take a toll on ships and make travel to Antarctica a real challenge.

An old sailor’s adage has it that “Beyond 40°S, there is no law . . . beyond 50°S, there is no God.” Most travellers to Antarctica come by boat on what is typically a rough ocean voyage, but the unique landscapes, plants and animals of this icy environment are incredible attractions that keep visitors coming back. Voyages to the Arctic shield have become incredibly popular in recent years — despite the challenges that come with getting there.

A few years ago, Cliff Soper of Lacombe County experienced his first expedition to Antarctica and was so captivated by the beauty of it that he planned another journey with a slightly different itinerary last April.

As it turned out, the itinerary proved to be vastly different from what was advertised when the ship he was travelling on broke down, leaving the passengers and crew stranded on a remote island.

Some of the passengers handled the change in plans better than others. For Soper and his good friend John Chapman, it was an opportunity to gain a more in-depth view of South Georgia Island — something few visitors ever get the chance to do.

“Our ship was called the Plancius and it was supposed to travel from Ushuaia, Argentina to Antarctica and voyage on to Holland,” said Soper.

“John and I chose this sailing because it had some interesting stops along the way, including a stop at Tristan da Cunha, the most remote inhabited island in the world. Since it has no airstrip, the only way to reach it is by sea and it is so remote that very few people ever get there.

There was also a planned stop on Ascension Island, an isolated vol-

Photos by CLIFF SOPER and JOHN CHAPMAN/Freelance

From top to bottom: A view of the bay at Grytviken on South Georgia Island; the Plancius; Cliff Soper toasting Ernest Shackleton; a king penguin protecting its chick. canic island in the South Atlantic Ocean in the same region as Tristan da Cunha. We also planned a few stops in Europe.”

Soper was not the only person attracted to the unique itinerary offered on this sailing. There were several passengers on board who were classified amongst “the most travelled people in the world.” These other travellers had selected this particular sailing for the express purpose of setting foot on Tristan da Cunha and Ascension Island.

“There was no shortage of intriguing conversations on the voyage,”

said Soper. “Many of our fellow passengers were very engaging and it was fun to get to know them better over the course of the trip.”

The Plancius was one of the last vessels to leave Ushuaia this travel season and as they travelled closer to Antarctica, the weather became very poor. “It was so stormy that I got up in the middle of the night at one point and put on my emergency gear,” Soper said. “There were icebergs all around the ship and there was ice forming behind it. It was clear that the weather had already started to turn.”

The sea was so rough that several of the Antarctic stops had to be cancelled because the zodiac boats were unable to land.

They were ultimately able to complete only two landings on the Antarctic Peninsula. One of those landings was the Argentine military base known as Esperanza located at Trinity Peninsula. Built in 1952, the base is one of only two civilian settlements in Antarctica and is home to about 10 families, including some with young children.

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A story about the love of art EXHIBIT REUNITES MASTERWORKS KENNEDYS SAW IN THEIR HOTEL SUITE BEFORE JFK’S ASSASSINATION Vincent van Gogh’s oil painting Road with Peasant Shouldering a Spade.

“What they did was really amazing. They put together really a series of masterpieces,” Meslay said.

Barker said works of art were “basically gathered up by courier and by station wagon and every other means.”

The Kennedys left Washington on Nov. 21 for a two-day, five-city tour of Texas. They went to San Antonio and Houston before ending the day in Fort Worth. Barker said the Kennedys arrived so late, they didn’t notice the significant artwork until the morning.

The Kennedys then called one of the organizers, Ruth Carter Stevenson, daughter of legendary Texas newspaper publisher and philanthropist Amon G. Carter, whose will established the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Barker said Jacqueline Kennedy told Stevenson that she didn’t want to leave the exhibit.

Meslay said the works were not only a snapshot of art tastes in 1963, but also a display of the cultural riches that were in Fort Worth at the time. For instance, he said, Eakins’ Swimmers from 1885, held currently by the Amon Carter, is “one of the most important American paintings of the 19th century.”

He said there was also a “good mix” — ranging from the abstract expressionist oil on paper Study for Accent Grave by Franz Kline to Charles M. Russell’s western-inspired Lost in a Snowstorm - We are Friends to Maurice Prendergast’s post-impressionist oil painting “Summer Day in the Park.”

The exhibit, Hotel Texas: An Art Exhibition for the President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy will open at the Dallas Museum of Art on May 26, 2013, and run

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS — On the morning of Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy realized that their Fort Worth hotel suite featured an extraordinary array of artwork — from a painting by Vincent van Gogh to a bronze by Pablo Picasso.

A group of prominent Fort Worth citizens had scrambled to put together the collection in the days leading up to the president’s fateful Texas visit, transforming an otherwise plain suite into something special.

Next year, almost all of those works the couple admired in their last private moments before President Kennedy was assassinated will be on display at an exhibit that opens at the Dallas Museum of Art in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of his death.

“It’s not a story about death. It’s not a story about hate. It’s a story about art and love, which I think is a very good tribute to the Kennedys. It’s all about their love of art,” said Olivier Meslay, associate director of curatorial affairs at the museum and the exhibit’s curator.

Before the Kennedys’ visit, Fort Worth newspapers had revealed details about the preparations, including the description of the unremarkable Suite 850 at the Hotel Texas, said Scott Grant Barker, a Texas art historian who has researched the events.

He said that a local art critic decided something needed to be done to make the suite shine.

A group of prominent citizens turned to museums and private collections to assemble 12 paintings and four sculptures, including Thomas Eakins’ oil painting Swimming, Pablo Picasso’s bronze Angry Owl and

It opens Friday and is expected to remain for at least two years. Supporters hope to complete a larger, permanent museum at the site in 2015 or 2016.

Mayor Klaus Wowereit says the checkpoint — where U.S. and Soviet tanks faced off in 1961 — “is the only place worldwide where both superpowers directly faced each other with weapons and the danger of a hot war was palpable.”

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BERLIN — Berlin is unveiling a new Cold War exhibition at the former Checkpoint Charlie border crossing — a step toward setting up a permanent museum about the standoff between East and West.

The “BlackBox Cold War” exhibition uses posters, newspapers, videos and other artifacts to narrate the conflict from Germany’s post-World War II division to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

LONDON — The British Museum plans to take visitors into the streets, salons and bedrooms of the ancient Roman world with a major exhibition about the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum announced Thursday.

through Sept. 15, 2013. The exhibit then will move to the Amon Carter from Oct. 12, 2013, through Jan. 12, 2014.

At least 14 of the 16 works will be on display, as well as photographs, videos and archival materials including images of the suite before the couple’s arrival.

“It was their ultimate private art show. When you view these, you’ll be standing in the shoes of John and Jackie Kennedy. You’ll be seeing what they saw,” Barker said.

Andrew Walker, director of the Amon Carter, said the exhibit will be an opportunity to recover an extraordinary moment that was overshadowed by the assassination.

He said with so much of the anniversary’s focus on the president’s death, this exhibit will offer a “kind of respite moment.”

“It’s taking as its point of mediation on that moment of great optimism. I hope people feel that,” he said. ★★★

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Open Tuesday-Sunday 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and Thursdays until 9 p.m. Adults, $10, seniors, $7, students, $5, children 11 and under free. The exhibit will move to the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, http://www.cartermuseum.org , Oct. 12, 2013Jan. 12, 2014.

The two cities beside the Bay of Naples were wiped out by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., but rich archaeological remains were buried beneath the ash.

Italian authorities are loaning some 250 objects for the exhibition, from mosaics and paintings to casts of bodies encased in ash and a child’s wooden crib, carbonized by high-temperature gases from the volcano. There are even the charred remains of figs and bread.

The show, which opens in March, will be the first about Pompeii in London for 40 years. Curator Paul Roberts said previous exhibitions had focused on buildings and public spaces, but this one aims to show how the cities’ residents lived.

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The boat also tried to land at Elephant Island, but was unable due to rough seas and with the risk of getting stuck in the ice that was rapidly forming, the captain decided that for safety reasons they needed to move on.

After a couple of nights of extremely rough sailing, they came around the lee side of South Georgia Island and made a stop to visit Ernest Shackleton’s gravesite and a nearby penguin rookery.

“I love that island,” Soper said. “We stopped at King Edward Point to register in order to stop on the island and then we visited the cemetery next to the bay at Grytviken, where Ernest Shackleton is buried, and saw the penguins. It’s the kind of place you would like to see more of, but visitors are typically only allowed to stay for a few hours.”

After a visit of nearby Prion Island for a look at the wandering albatross colonies, the main engine failed on the Plancius. Without the main engine, the ship could only travel at a maximum speed of four knots, so they returned to King Edward Point to hunker down and wait for a rescue vessel.

At this point, the passengers realized they would not be finishing the journey and some became very upset.

“Some of the most travelled people had come on the journey for the primary purpose of visiting Tristan da Cunha and Ascension Island, so they felt like the trip was a waste of time,” explained Soper.

“John and I were disappointed that we wouldn’t be able to stop in those places and carry on with our travel plans in Europe, but we also saw this as an opportunity. We could hike to our heart’s content on an island that most people only get to see for a few hours. We had nice accommodations, good food, and zodiac boats for exploring. It was like staying in a luxury hotel in an absolute wilderness area.”

Shortly after being stranded near the island, they had a scare about a possible tsunami, but fortunately it bypassed the island.

Over the next nine days, the pair hiked all over the island and had close encounters with penguins, seals, elephant seals and whales. They also discovered old military artefacts and gained an appreciation for the rugged beauty of the landscape.

“South Georgia is such a wild, remote and beautiful island,” Soper explained. “It was a rare opportu-

Photo by CLIFF SOPER/Freelance

The church at Grytviken.

There is a website listing the world’s most travelled people. The website identifies 872 countries, territories, autonomous regions, enclaves, geographically separated island groups, and major states and provinces. To visit all 872 would be to go everywhere and no one has done that yet. The most travelled person at this time is a man from San Francisco who has visited 827 of the 872 places on the list. Visit mosttraveledpeople.com.

Debbie Olsen is a Lacombe-based freelance writer. If you have a travel story you would like to share or know someone with an interesting travel story who we might interview, please email: DOGO@telusplanet. net or write to: Debbie Olsen, c/o Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, Alta., T4R 1M9.

nity to explore it the way we did.”

When the rescue boat arrived, the passengers and the ailing vessel were taken back to Montevideo, the chief port of Uruguay, and the passengers were flown back to their homes. The two friends explored this vibrant, eclectic place while they waited for their travel arrangements to be finalized.

The company they sailed with offered a 70 per cent refund on the voyage and paid for the expenses of getting them back to their homes. They also offered a 65 per cent discount on a future sailing.

Asked if he would be using his discount on a future sailing, Soper replied. “I’ll definitely go back.

I never tire of exploring South Georgia Island and I would still like to make it to Tristan da Cunha someday.”

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Great Salt Lake’s Antelope Island makes a great stopover for Albertans travelling the I-15 to warmer climates each year.

Not well known outside of Utah, Antelope Island looks like the lyrics to the song Home on the Range come to life.

Buffalo roam; deer and antelope play, and the skies are clear most days.

The island sits in the middle of Great Salt Lake, the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi, but saltier than the ocean.

Four rivers drain into the lake, but the only way for water to leave is evaporation.

The result is a saline environment with large numbers of shrimp, brine flies, and algae.

The bugs are a great food source for birds, although not as popular with humans.

On the day I visited, the only comment in the Antelope Island State Park’s guestbook said “Stinky!”

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Over 250 bird species are found around Antelope Island, and six to nine million birds migrate through the Great Salt Lake area each year.

On the day I visited, there were several thousand eared grebes, avocets, black-bellied plovers, and other shorebirds, all of them busy resting and refueling before continuing their journeys.

If you like your wildlife a bit larger, your fun will start after you drive the 11-km causeway onto Antelope Island.

The largest of eight major islands on the lake, it is home to deer, antelope, bighorn sheep, Plains Bison, bobcat, and coyote.

The antelope are natural residents, but the bison were introduced in 1893.

Today there are 500 to 700 of them, one of the largest and oldest publicly owned bison herds in the U.S. Each fall the bison are rounded up for health checkups and the public can pitch in!

I was able to drive surprisingly close to several bulls.

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In the 1840s, crickets almost destroyed Salt Lake City’s harvest. A large flock of gulls devoured the crickets and saved the crops.

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ESCOBAR OUT OF LINEUP ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Escobar was kept out of the starting lineup after serving a three-game suspension for wearing eye-black displaying an anti-gay slur written in Spanish during a game last weekend against Boston. Escobar, who served the penalty during a three-game series against the New York Yankees, was eligible to return for Friday night’s game at Tampa Bay, but was not in manager John Farrell’s lineup. “When we met earlier today it became increasing clear during that discussion that he needs another day to get back and be ready to play a major league game,” Farrell said. “It’s not so much staying in shape or baseball activity, it’s just about how he’s dealing with the fallout of what he did. He’s remorseful for what took place, and as a result he needs another day to get things in line.” Farrell said Escobar could be back in the lineup Saturday night.

TODAY ● 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. ● College soccer: SAIT at Olds, women at noon, men at 2:20 p.m. ● Peewee AA hockey: Lethbridge at Red Deer TBS, 1:30 p.m., Penhold; ● Major bantam hockey: Calgary Royals at Red Deer White, 2 p.m., Arena. ● Major midget girls hockey: Calgary Flyers at Red Deer, 5 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Bantam AA hockey: Innisfail at Red Deer Steel Kings, 5 p.m., Arena.

Junior B exhibition hockey: Blackfalds at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena.

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Red Deer Rebel Cody Thiel takes on Calgary Hitmen goalie Chris Driedger and defenceman Jaynen Rissling during the Red Deer Rebels home opener at the Centrium on Friday night.

Hitmen get the drop on Rebels

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Hitmen 3 Rebels 2 Talk about a tough start to the Western Hockey League regular season.

The Red Deer Rebels not only dropped their season-opener to the Calgary Hitmen on Friday — giving up a trio of powerplay goals in a 3-2 setback before 5,390 fans at the Centrium — but might have lost their best defenceman for a game or two.

Or maybe more.

The Rebels lost Mathew Dumba’s services late in the first period when the Minnesota Wild prime prospect was called for a head hit on Joe Kornelson.

It was the classic open-ice hit that Dumba has made his calling card, but also one that is being frowned upon by referees and the WHL head office and earned the third-year Rebel a major and game misconduct.

The Hitmen promptly erased a 1-0 deficit on a pair of power-play goals by captain Cody

Sylvester in the final minute of the opening frame and the first minute of the second period.

“That was a tough call and a tough loss,” said Rebels head coach Jesse Wallin. “Obviously Matty is a big, big part of our team and when he left we had a bunch of young guys back there and they looked a little tentative at times.

“Losing our best defenceman didn’t help us at that point. It’s tough, but it is what it is.”

The possibility exists that Dumba could face a suspension

and miss Sunday’s game against the Oil Kings at Edmonton.

Meanwhile, the Rebels got an excellent outing from netminder Patrik Bartosak, who kept his team in the game with a series of big-time stops. Bartosak finished with 31 saves.

“He played outstanding,” said Wallin. “Patty was great in the preseason and he picked tonight up where he left off. He made some quality saves for us.”

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Buck leads Bombers over Tiger-Cats

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Winnipeg 34 Hamilton 12 WINNIPEG — Buck Pierce breathed some life into the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ offence and the team’s faint playoff hopes.

Pierce and the Bombers scored three touchdowns en route to a 34-12 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday.

Pierce has been out since July with an injured foot. It was his first win since the season started and the first for interim head coach Tim Burke, who gave full credit to his starting quarterback’s return.

“There’s a combination of things that led to our offensive success and obviously Buck is a big part of that,” said Burke, as the Bombers (3-9) now look ahead to the Toronto Argonauts next Saturday.

“You can see when he’s out there he takes command of the huddle. I thought he did a great job using the clock going against the wind. He burned a bunch of time off the clock and just managed the game so well.”

The wind was gusting to almost 60 kilometres per hour at the start of the game and the temperature was a chilly 8 C, falling about five degrees during the game.

It didn’t seem to bother Pierce, who completed 21-of31 passes for 288 yards and one touchdown to Kito Poblah in the third quarter.

Hamilton quarterback Henry Burris managed only 11-of-24

attempts and 156 yards as penalties either sapped the Ticats’ (4-8) momentum or gave new life to stalled Bomber drives.

“Penalties killed us tonight and we just didn’t make enough plays on offence,” he said after the game, his voice hoarse from trying to be heard calling signals over a screaming crowd.

“It’s something that we’ve got to figure out ASAP.” Coach George Cortez said the Bombers didn’t surprise him with the effort they put in but his Ticats did.

“We had a discussion, not a discussion, a soliloquy about penalties,” he said.

“I was very disappointed in how we came out tonight.”

Burke said the rest of the offence stepped up, from the offensive line to the receivers and in particular running back Chad Simpson, who had the best night of his rookie season.

Simpson ran for 134 yards and picked up another 58 receiving as the Bombers used him more than they have all year to great effect.

“What running back wouldn’t want the bull as much as I got it tonight,” said a smiling Simpson as the Bomber dressing room got its first chance to celebrate a win since Aug. 16.

“But kudos to Buck, he came back, and kudos to the offensive line and the receiving corps, we just played a great collective game.”

Pierce said the way the Bombers won the game was important. Although they led 9-6 after the first half they only

really broke away in the final quarter.

“We won it in the fourth quarter, that’s big,” he said.

The Bombers went into the game without an offensive touchdown in 13 quarters of football, ending that drought in the third from the one-yard line. Short-yards specialist and

backup quarterback Alex Brink took it over.

Pierce was proud of what the offence managed.

“We took what they were giving us. . . . We used their defensive structure against them.”

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THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The NHL players’ union says the argument is simple: Alberta labour laws apply to the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames.

The NHL Players’ Association was in Edmonton on Friday to try to get the Alberta Labour Relations Board to declare the current lockout illegal.

NHLPA lawyer Bob Blair told the panel that the teams are Alberta businesses, so provincial labour laws have to be followed.

“No one gets to choose what labour laws apply to them in this province,” Blair said. “The law is the law is the law.”

He argued that players from the Oilers and Flames have never agreed to forgo their rights under the Alberta Labour Code.

“It applies to every employer and employee. That is the starting point.”

A lawyer for the NHL argued that it’s impossible for a league spanning two countries to operate under different laws for each franchise. Peter Gall pointed out that 23 of the 30 teams are in the United States, where labour laws are federally regulated.

The league has always operated under U.S. labour law, he said. The board heard U.S. Federal Court is the final arbiter of any grievances under the contract.

“So all of the players on all of the teams have been included in one bargaining unit,” Gall said. “The NHLPA has never bargained with individual teams. It has only bargained with the NHL.” Bill Daly, the league’s deputy

commissioner, told the panel that there’s never been any individual bargaining between players and their teams.

He said it’s important that all teams operate under the same rules.

Blair countered by saying the way the league and union have operated in the past is irrelevant.

Blair also pointed out that the NHL had itself applied for a mediator under Alberta labour over the summer in order to ensure it complied with the letter of the province’s law.

Daly responded the league wasn’t certain as to its legal position in the province. Although it applied for a mediator, it said in its application that it didn’t think meetings would have to be held.

“You didn’t want to meet with him,” said Blair. “You just

wanted him in and out.”

“That’s not how I would necessarily read it,” said Daly. “We were going through an Alberta Labour Code process at the time.”

Alberta law specifies a mediator must be appointed and given 14 days to work before a lockout vote can be held. The NHLPA argues the league pulled the plug on the talks after only three days.

It’s unclear what might follow if the board were to rule in favour of the NHLPA’s request, but Daly said he couldn’t imagine the fallout if that were to happen.

“It would be extremely destabilizing to how we do business and how we conduct this sports league,” he said. “I don’t know how we would proceed in the face of separate units in Alberta.”

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American League East Division W L Pct 87 63 .580 86 64 .573 81 70 .536 68 84 .447 66 83 .443

New York Baltimore Tampa Bay Boston Toronto

GB — 1 6.5 20 20.5

Central Division W L Pct 81 69 .540 79 70 .530 69 81 .460 62 88 .413 62 89 .411

Chicago Detroit Kansas City Minnesota Cleveland

West Division W L 89 61 85 65 82 69 71 80

Texas Oakland Los Angeles Seattle

GB — 1.5 12 19 19.5

Pct .593 .567 .543 .470

GB — 4 7.5 18.5

Friday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 2, Oakland 1, 10 innings Minnesota at Detroit, ppd., rain Baltimore 4, Boston 2 Tampa Bay 12, Toronto 1 Kansas City 6, Cleveland 3 L.A. Angels 6, Chicago White Sox 2 Seattle 6, Texas 3

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Masterson, J.Smith (7), C.Allen (8), Maine (8) and C.Santana; Mendoza, Collins (7), Bueno (8), G.Holland (9) and B.Pena. W—Mendoza 8-9. L— Masterson 11-15. Sv—G.Holland (15).

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San Diego (Werner 2-1) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 15-10), 7:05 p.m.

Montreal Toronto Hamilton Winnipeg

Sunday’s Games Miami at N.Y. Mets, 11:10 a.m.

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 11:35 a.m.

Milwaukee at Washington, 11:35 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Houston, 12:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.

Arizona at Colorado, 1:10 p.m.

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

L.A. Dodgers at Cincinnati, 6:05 p.m.

Monday’s Games Milwaukee at Washington, 11:05 a.m.

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

St. Louis at Houston, 6:05 p.m.

Arizona at Colorado, 6:40 p.m.

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National League East Division W L Pct 59 .607 91 86 65 .570 77 74 .510 67 83 .447 66 85 .437

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GB — 5.5 14.5 24 25.5

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Villanueva, Beck (3), D.Carpenter (6), Loup (7), Janssen (8) and Arencibia; Shields, B.Gomes (8), D.De La Rosa (9) and J.Molina, Vogt. W—Shields 15-9. L—Villanueva 7-6. HRs—Tampa Bay, Zobrist (18), J.Molina (7).

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Friday’s results Brandon 3 Regina 2 Kamloops 6 Kelowna 5 Lethbridge 4 Medicine Hat 2 Moose Jaw 4 Swift Current 3 Seattle 5 Portland 2 Saskatoon 2 Prince Alberta 1 Calgary 3 Red Deer 2 Victoria 6 Vancouver 4 Thursday’s result Edmonton 5 Kootenay 3 Saturday’s games Kootenay at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Prince George at Everett, 7:05 p.m.

Kamloops at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Lethbridge at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Brandon at Regina, 7 p.m.

Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Portland at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Spokane at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.

Vancouver at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.

Sunday’s games Red Deer at Edmonton, 2 p.m.

Prince George at Everett, 5:05 p.m.

(11 innings) C.Carpenter, S.Miller (6), S.Freeman (6), Rosenthal (7), Mujica (8), Salas (9), J.Kelly (10) and Y.Molina; Volstad, Socolovich (6), Bowden (7), Russell (8), Camp (9), Marmol (10), Al.Cabrera (11) and W.Castillo. W—Al.Cabrera 1-1. L—J.Kelly 5-7.

HRs—Chicago, Barney (7).

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Marcum, Henderson (7), Veras (8), Axford (9) and Lucroy; E.Jackson, Clippard (9), Stammen (9) and Flores. W—Veras 5-4. L—Clippard 2-6. Sv—Axford (32). HRs—Milwaukee, Lucroy (10). Washington, LaRoche (31).

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Tampa 12 Toronto 1 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Carlos Villanueva struggled at Tropicana Field again.

Villanueva allowed seven runs in just 2 1-3 innings of the Toronto Blue Jays’ 12-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night.

“It was like, anything I threw up there they hit,” Villanueva said. “I had nothing behind the ball. It’s difficult.

Feeling physically fine, but having nothing behind the ball is a horrible feeling. They were jumping all over me, and got me out there quick.”

Villanueva (7-6) won his first six decisions this season, but he has won only once in 10 starts — a 2-0 victory over Tampa Bay at home on Aug. 30. He dropped to 0-3 at Tropicana Field, where he has yielded five homers, 18 earned runs and 24 hits in 12 innings.

“They swung the bat very well against him, that’s obvi-

PA 204 257 234 256

Friday’s Game Winnipeg 34, Hamilton 12 Today’s Game B.C. at Edmonton, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Toronto at Montreal, 11 a.m.

Calgary at Saskatchewan, 2 p.m.

Blue Bombers 34, Tiger-Cats 12 First Quarter Wpg — FG Palardy 15 5:51 Ham — Congi 37 12:43 Second Quarter Wpg — Palardy 28 2:02 Wpg — Palardy 31 6:07 Ham — Congi 39 9:29 Third Quarter Ham — FG Congi 16 2:19 Wpg — TD Brink 1 run (Palardy convert) 10:54 Ham — FG Congi 46 12:58 Fourth Quarter Wpg — FG Palardy 12 4:48 Wpg — TD Poblah 7 pass from Pierce (Palardy convert) 12:01 Wpg — TD Ford 17 run (Palardy convert) 13:05 Wpg — Single 81 Palardy 13:13

z-Cincinnati St. Louis Milwaukee Pittsburgh Chicago Houston

W 91 80 78 74 59 49

L 60 71 72 76 92 102

Pct .603 .530 .520 .493 .391 .325

GB — 11 12.5 16.5 32 42

Hanson, Gearrin (6), Avilan (7) and McCann; K.Kendrick, Horst (7), Bastardo (8), Papelbon (9) and Ruiz. W—K.Kendrick 10-11. L—Hanson 12-9.

HRs—Philadelphia, Frandsen (2), Howard (13), Ruiz (15), Utley (11).

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L 63 73 75 79 92

Pct .583 .517 .500 .477 .387

GB — 10 12.5 16 29.5

(10 innings) Blanton, Choate (6), Sh.Tolleson (6), Jansen (7), Belisario (8), League (10) and A.Ellis; Arroyo, Broxton (9), LeCure (10), Marshall (10) and Hanigan.

W—Belisario 8-1. L—LeCure 3-3. Sv—League (4).

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .500 58 New England 1 1 0 .500 52 Miami 1 1 0 .500 45 Buffalo 1 1 0 .500 63

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Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs 5, St. Louis 4, 11 innings Philadelphia 6, Atlanta 2 Milwaukee 4, Washington 2 L.A. Dodgers 3, Cincinnati 1, 10 innings N.Y. Mets 7, Miami 3 Houston 7, Pittsburgh 1 Arizona 15, Colorado 5 San Francisco 5, San Diego 1 Today’s Games Milwaukee (W.Peralta 2-0) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 19-8), 11:05 a.m.

St. Louis (Wainwright 13-13) at Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 6-12), 11:05 a.m.

Miami (Buehrle 13-12) at N.Y. Mets (Dickey 18-6), 11:10 a.m.

Atlanta (Minor 9-10) at Philadelphia (Halladay 10-7), 2:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Fife 0-1) at Cincinnati (Latos 12-4), 2:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Correia 11-9) at Houston (Keuchel 2-7), 5:05 p.m.

Arizona (Corbin 6-7) at Colorado (Chacin 2-5), 6:10 p.m.

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Ja.Turner, Da.Jennings (6), LeBlanc (7), Zambrano (8) and Brantly; Niese, Parnell (7), Rauch (9) and Thole. W—Niese 12-9. L—Ja.Turner 1-3. HRs— New York, Hairston (18), I.Davis (28).

Wednesday, Sept. 26 Saskatoon at Brandon, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Regina at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 27 Everett at Tri City, 7:05 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 28 Calgary at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Regina at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Kelowna at Portland, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m.

Brandon at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Everett at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.

Kamloops at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 29 Red Deer at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Regina at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Brandon at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Kelowna at Portland, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Tri-City at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.

Saskatoon at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 30 Kamloops at Victoria, 1 p.m.

Spokane at Vancouver, 4 p.m.

FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES Hitmen 3 at Rebels 2 First Period 1. Red Deer, Mayor 1 (Elson) 6:54 2. Calgary, Sylvester 1 (Brassart, Padakin) 19:31 (pp) Penalties — Virtanen Cgy (kneeing) 9:34, Henry Cgy (instigate, fighting, misconduct), Dumba RD (fighting, checking to head major, game misconduct) 15:51.

Second Period 3. Calgary, Sylvester 2 (Macek, Clayton) 0:39 (pp) 4. Calgary, Brassart 1 (Sylvester, Jones) 6:44 (pp) Penalties — Elson RD (tripping) 5:55, Kornelson Cgy (hooking) 10:29, Brassart Cgy (embellishment), Inglis RD (holding) 17:10.

Third Period 5. Red Deer, Elson 1 19:13 Penalties — Virtanen Cgy (interference) 6:39, Helgesen Cgy (holding) 12:01, Roach Cgy (closing hand on puck) 19:55.

Shots on goal by: Calgary 19 10 5 — 34 Red Deer 11 7 9 — 27 Goal — Calgary; Driedger (W1-0-0-0). Red Deer: Bartosak (L,0-1-0-0).

Power plays (goals/chances) — Calgary: 3-2. Red Deer: 0-5.

Referees — Jonathan Spurgeon, Colin Watt. Linesmen — Chad Huseby, Cody Huseby.

Attendance — 5,390.

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PA 55 33 43 65 PA 17 61 72 53

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Locke, Ja.McDonald (6), Morris (6), Takahashi (7), Ju.Wilson (8) and McKenry; E.Gonzalez, Fe.Rodriguez (2), J.Valdez (6), X.Cedeno (6), Storey (7), R.Cruz (8), W.Lopez (9) and C.Snyder. W— Fe.Rodriguez 2-10. L—Locke 0-2. HRs—Pittsburgh, G.Jones (24). Houston, Lowrie (15), Maxwell (17), Wallace (8).

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PA 37 71 41 51

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PA 39 65 44 63

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PA 45 51 79 75

Green Bay Detroit Minnesota Chicago

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PA 40 50 46 44

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PA 34 41 55 27

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

Spread Sunday BUFFALO at Cleveland 2.5 SAN FRANCISCO at Minnesota 7.5 DETROIT at Tennessee 3.5 Cincinnati at WASHINGTON 3.5 Kansas City at NEW ORLEANS 8.5 NY JETS at Miami 2.5 Jacksonville at INDIANAPOLIS 3.5 Tampa Bay at DALLAS 7.5 St. Louis at CHICAGO 8.5 PHILADELPHIA at Arizona 4.5 Atlanta at SAN DIEGO 2.5 PITTSBURGH at Oakland 4.5 HOUSTON at Denver 1.5 New England at BALTIMORE 2.5

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Monday GREEN BAY at Seattle

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Miley, Shaw (7), Saito (8), Collmenter (9) and M.Montero, Nieves; D.Pomeranz, White (4), Outman (5), Roenicke (7), Belisle (8), W.Harris (9) and W.Rosario. W—Miley 16-10. L—White 2-9. HRs— Arizona, Eaton (2), C.Johnson (15).

First Period 1. Brandon, Cooper 1 (Lisoway) 4:34 2. Regina, Klimchuk 1 (Sylvegard, Scheidl) 10:09 (pp) 3. Brandon, Roy 1 (Pulock, Buonassisi) 16:34 (pp) Penalties — Swyripa Bdn (delay of game) :37, Fenske Reg (interference) 5:05, Christoffer Reg (high-sticking) 9:22, Seaman Bdn (tripping) 9:26, Bertaggia Bdn (charging) 9:52, Pilton Reg (boarding) 14:36, Scheidl Reg (high-sticking) 16:04.

Second Period 4. Regina, Stevenson 1 (Sylvegard, Stephenson) 5:02 (pp) Penalties — Miller Bdn (elbowing) 3:50, Stevenson Reg (cross-checking) 12:08, Underwood Reg (roughing) 18:27.

Third Period 5. Brandon, Meilleur 1 (Nejezchleb, Buonassisi) 4:03 (pp) Penalties — Ouellette Reg (hooking) 3:23, McGauley Bdn (hooking) 11:49, Miller Bdn (double highsticking) 16:58.

Shots on goal by: Regina 12-10-7 — 29 Brandon 12-10-11 — 33 Goal — Regina: Hewitt (L,0-1-0); Brandon: Boes (W,1-0-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Regina: 2-7; Brandon: 2-7.

Referees — Patrick Gagnon, Kyle Scrivens. Linesmen — Warren Birch, Bryden Hutlet.

Attendance — 4,849 at Brandon, Manitoba.

Broncos 3 at Warriors 4 (OT) First Period 1. Swift Current, Bews 1 (Bews, Nedomel) 8:11 2. Swift Current, Cave 1 (Derko) 9:42 (sh) Penalties — Martin SC (tripping) 8:25, Lowry SC (roughing) Edmundson MJ (roughing, fighting, game misconduct) 9:42, Fioretti MJ (tripping) 11:50, Bews SC (double spearing) Jackson MJ (embellishment) 13:44.

Second Period 3. Swift Current, Spagrud 1 (Black) 10:07 4. Moose Jaw, Fioretti 1 (White, Rielly) 12:42 (pp) 5. Moose Jaw, Hansen 1 (Kirsch, Brown) 14:04 (pp) Penalties — Nedomel SC (boarding) 1:37, Nedomel SC (interference) 7:23, Derko SC (cross checking) 11:04, Lowry SC (roughing) 12:42, Scarlett SC (cross checking) 13:42.

Third Period 6. Moose Jaw, Kirsch 1 (Point, Brown) 5:46 (pp) Penalties — Lowry SC (interference) 3:59, Kirsch MJ (checking from behind major, game misconduct) 6:34 Overtime 7. Moose Jaw, A. Johnson 1 2:43 (ps) Penalties — None.

Shots on goal: Swift Current 10-6-8-2 — 23 Moose Jaw 11-12-12-3 — 38 Goal — Swift Current: Laurikainen (OTL, 0-0-1); Moose Jaw: Paulic (W, 1-0-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Swift Current: 0-3; Moose Jaw: 3-9.

Referees — Cole Hamm, Reagan Vetter. Linesmen — Jarett Gelowitz, Dawson Switzer.

Attendance — 4,317 at Lethbridge, Alberta

Regina 2 at Brandon 3

ous,” Toronto manager John Farrell said. “When he’s been good, he’s had good teeth to the break of the slider, and that wasn’t the case. He was a little flat.”

Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Escobar remained out of the starting lineup despite being eligible to return after serving a three-game suspension for wearing eye-black displaying an anti-gay slur written in Spanish during a game last weekend against Boston.

He entered Friday’s game as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning and singled off Brandon Gomes.

“I think just most importantly to get back and see some live pitching,” Farrell said. “It’s been since Saturday since he’s seen any live pitching. So with our thought that he would be ready to go (Saturday), a chance to get him an at-bat we thought was helpful.”

Yan Gomes followed with a double that drove in Toronto’s

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PF 298 312 284 247

PA 327 281 381 377

Central Division

Portland at Tri-City, 5:05 p.m.

GA 2 3 1 2 3 4

PF 301 278 353 237

FRIDAY’S SUMMARY

Hockey WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE East Division GP W LOTLSOL GF Brandon 1 1 0 0 0 3 Moose Jaw 1 1 0 0 0 4 Saskatoon 1 1 0 0 0 2 Prince Albert 1 0 1 0 0 1 Regina 1 0 1 0 0 2 Swift Current 1 0 1 0 0 3 Central Division GP W LOTLSOL GF Edmonton 1 1 0 0 0 5 Lethbridge 1 1 0 0 0 4 Calgary 1 1 0 0 0 3 Kootenay 1 0 1 0 0 3 Medicine Hat 1 0 1 0 0 2 Red Deer 1 0 1 0 0 2 WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C Division GP W LOTLSOL GF Kamloops 1 1 0 0 0 6 Victoria 1 1 0 0 0 6 Kelowna 1 0 1 0 0 5 Vancouver 1 0 1 0 0 4 Prince George 0 0 0 0 0 0 U.S. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF Seattle 1 1 0 0 0 5 Portland 1 0 1 0 0 2 Tri-City 0 0 0 0 0 0 Spokane 0 0 0 0 0 0 Everett 0 0 0 0 0 0

CFL EAST DIVISION W L T Pts 7 4 0 14 6 5 0 12 4 8 0 8 3 9 0 6

WEST DIVISION W L T Pts B.C. 8 3 0 16 Calgary 7 4 0 14 Saskatchewan 5 6 0 10 Edmonton 5 6 0 10

FRIDAY’S LINESCORES Peavy, Omogrosso (6), H.Santiago (7), Heath (8) and Pierzynski; E.Santana, Jepsen (8), S.Downs (8), Richards (9) and Iannetta. W—E.Santana 9-12.

L—Peavy 11-12. HRs—Chicago, De Aza (9). Los Angeles, K.Morales (21), Trout (28).

z-clinched playoff berth

(10 innings) J.Parker, Doolittle (9) and D.Norris, Kottaras; Sabathia, R.Soriano (9), D.Robertson (10) and R.Martin. W—D.Robertson 2-7. L—Doolittle 1-1.

HRs—Oakland, Moss (19). New York, R.Martin (18).

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FRIDAY’S LINESCORES

Toronto T. Bay

Cleveland 001 K. City 021

San Francisco Los Angeles Arizona San Diego Colorado

Monday’s Games Toronto at Baltimore, 2:05 p.m., 1st game Kansas City at Detroit, 5:05 p.m.

Toronto at Baltimore, 5:35 p.m., 2nd game Oakland at Texas, 6:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m.

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M.Perez, Feldman (5), Ogando (8) and Soto; Iwakuma, Pryor (8), Wilhelmsen (9) and Olivo. W—Iwakuma 7-5. L—M.Perez 1-2. Sv—Wilhelmsen (28).

HRs—Texas, Dav.Murphy (14). Seattle, Olivo (12).

Sunday’s Games Minnesota at Detroit, 11:05 a.m., 1st game Oakland at N.Y. Yankees, 11:05 a.m.

Baltimore at Boston, 11:35 a.m.

Toronto at Tampa Bay, 11:40 a.m.

Cleveland at Kansas City, 12:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, 1:35 p.m.

Texas at Seattle, 2:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 5:05 p.m., 2nd game

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Mig.Gonzalez, O’Day (7), Ji.Johnson (9) and Wieters; Lester, Atchison (8), Melancon (9) and Lavarnway. W—Mig.Gonzalez 7-4. L—Lester 9-13. Sv—Ji. Johnson (46).

Texas Seattle

Today’s Games Oakland (Blackley 5-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Nova 127), 11:05 a.m.

Baltimore (Wolf 2-0) at Boston (A.Cook 4-10), 11:10 a.m.

Minnesota (Deduno 6-4) at Detroit (Fister 9-9), 2:05 p.m.

Cleveland (U.Jimenez 9-16) at Kansas City (W.Smith 5-8), 5:10 p.m.

Toronto (Morrow 8-6) at Tampa Bay (M.Moore 1011), 5:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Quintana 6-4) at L.A. Angels (Haren 11-11), 7:05 p.m.

Texas (M.Harrison 17-9) at Seattle (Beavan 9-10), 7:10 p.m.

Oakland New York

Baltimore 000 Boston 001

only run.

Escobar served the penalty this week during a trio of losses to the New York Yankees.

“When we met earlier today it became increasingly clear during that discussion that he needs another day to get back and be ready to play a major league game,” Farrell said. “It’s not so much staying in shape or baseball activity, it’s just about how he’s dealing with the fallout of what he did.

He’s remorseful for what took place, and as a result he needs another day to get things in line.”

James Shields pitched seven shutout innings, and Tampa Bay’s suddenly potent offence scored in bunches to help the Rays continue an uphill battle to remain in playoff contention.

Ben Zobrist and Jose Molina homered in support of Shields (15-9), who limited the Blue Jays to six singles and struck out nine to reach 200 for the second straight year.

Transactions BASEBALL BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Reinstated DH Jim Thome and LHP Troy Patton from the 15-day DL. BOSTON RED SOX—Recalled RHP Pedro Beato, RHP Zach Stewart and 3B Danny Valencia from Pawtucket (IL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Traded C Yorvit Torrealba to Milwaukee for a player to be named later or cash considerations.

National League CINCINNATI REDS—Announced the extension of their player development contract with Dayton (MWL) through the 2016 baseball season.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Activated RHP Chris Carpenter from the 60-day DL. Sent LHP John Gaub outright to Memphis (PCL).

SAN DIEGO PADRES—Reinstated RHP Huston Street from the 15-day DL.

American Association ST. PAUL SAINTS—Released C Alex Garabedian.

HOCKEY HAMILTON BULLDOGS—Signed F Zack Stortini to a one-year contract.

NORFOLK ADMIRALS—Signed RW Troy Bodie, LW Luca Caputi, D Gabe Guentzel, D Ryan Hegarty, LW John Kurtz and D Nick Schaus.

ECHL IDAHO STEELHEADS—Agreed to terms with D Patrick Cullity.

SOCCER MLS—Suspended New York F Thierry Henry has been suspended for one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for violent conduct in a Sept. 19 game against Sporting Kansas City.

Alberta Downs ALBERTA DOWNS Weekend Entries Today Post time: 1:45 p.m.

First Pace, purse $4,500 (DD, EX, SF, TR).

1 Kiss My Crouper (R. Grundy) 2 Real Pretty (J. Chappell) 3 Outlawlookslikrain (C. Kolthammer) 4 Julie Caesar (R. Hennessy) 5 Hollywood Monroe (G. Hudon) 6 Barona Lilac (K. Hoerdt) Second Pace, purse $4,500 (EX, SF, TR).

1 Shadow Time (W. Tainsh Jr) 2 Outlawcherishafool (C. Kolthammer) 3 Smileforthepicture (J. Jungquist) 4 Crackers Hot Shot (R. Starkewski) 5 Halo Margieann (B. Grundy) 6 Artninspiration (R. Hennessy) Third Pace, purse $2,300 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Samnmadie (J. Jungquist) 2 Im The Reason (R. Schneider) 3 Seen N Noted (G. Hudon) 4 Rango (K. Clark) 5 Payoff (B. Grundy) 6 Nf Star Power (D. Monkman Jr) 7 Art By Dylan (K. Hoerdt) 8 Blue Star Royalty (K. Ducharme) 9 Tajerine Dream (J. Campbell) ae Notacent Tobemade (G. Schedlosky) Fourth Pace, purse $4,000 (EX, SF, TR, W4).

1 Crown And Ginger (K. Hoerdt) 2 Sharkys Law (R. Hennessy) 3 Hf Pajama Party (H. Haining) 4 River Blues (G. Hudon) 5 Fire Dance (D. Monkman Jr) 6 Cane Sugar (J. Gray) 7 Wish I Was (K. Clark) 8 Blazing By (J. Chappell) Fifth Pace, purse $3,200 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Call Of Duty (J. Jungquist) 2 Hesacamcracker (R. Hennessy) 3 Westcoast Son (W. Tainsh Jr) 4 Farms Last Hope (K. Hoerdt) 5 M L Lightning Blvd (G. Schedlosky) 6 Meadowlarkbigmoney (D. Mcleod) 7 Blasty Cam (Q. Schneider) 8 Coolcanadianpromis (J. Campbell) 9 Rays Pass (H. Haining) ae Burnt On Top (T. Remillard) Sixth Pace, purse $3,400 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Pats Freeride (B. Grundy) 2 Hollywood Breeze (G. Hudon) 3 A Girl Named Fred (Q. Schneider) 4 Notable Intension (R. Schneider) 5 Tequila Boom Boom (R. Hennessy) 6 Westwood Chaos (T. Remillard) 7 Carro Avro (J. Jungquist) 8 Double L Cammie (K. Clark) 9 Gottaluckydeal (C. Manning) Seventh Pace, purse $2,800 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Caracas (D. Monkman Jr) 2 Touch Of Magic (J. Campbell) 3 Lynettes Legacy (K. Hoerdt) 4 Outlaw Like A Lady (T. Remillard) 5 Prairie Illusion (K. Clark) 6 Mood Light (R. Goulet) 7 Happyagain Mindale (B. Thomas) 8 Hf Georges Kiss (B. Clark) 9 Clintons Keepsake (J. Gray) ae Promise Me Pez (R. Grundy) Eighth Pace, purse $5,400 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Crafty Cracker (B. Grundy) 2 Succulent (K. Clark) 3 Minettas Gidget (J. Chappell) 4 Down Home Stylish (K. Hoerdt) 5 Bashful Beauty (T. Remillard) 6 Blue Star Classic (J. Gray) 7 Cloud Nine (G. Hudon) 8 Ashlynn Grace (J. Campbell) Ninth Pace, purse $8,500 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Hilldrop Shady (B. Grundy) 2 Neal Diamonique (J. Campbell) 3 Timberline Court (G. Hudon) 4 Wannabe Cowboy (R. Grundy) 5 Hollywood Warrior (K. Clark) 6 Kg Explorer (R. Goulet) 7 Smart Shark (C. Kolthammer) 8 Trust The Artist (K. Hoerdt) 9 Flak Jacket (J. Gray) Tenth Pace, purse $6,000 (EX, SF, TR, W3).

1 B R Money Matters (J. Gray) 2 Loneridge Shannon (J. Campbell) 3 National Interest (J. Chappell) 4 Red Star Chance (D. Mcleod) 5 Caress Of Steel (W. Tainsh Jr) 6 Armbro Dublin (B. Piwniuk) 7 Red Star Tiger (K. Clark) Eleventh Pace, purse $3,400 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Meadowlarkrenegade (J. Chappell) 2 Mystic Light (K. Clark) 3 Man Alive (J. Jungquist) 4 One Tuff Cowboy (B. Grundy) 5 Avenger (G. Schedlosky) 6 Whiskey Bernie (B. Thomas) 7 My Promise To You (J. Gray) 8 Im Gunna Rock (R. Schneider) Twelfth Pace, purse $2,000 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Purrfect Bliss (B. Grundy) 2 Tilly The Toiler (K. Hoerdt) 3 True Mystic (Q. Schneider) 4 Lightning King (J. Campbell) 5 Big Kg Deal (D. Mcleod) 6 Arctic King (B. Clark) 7 Easonby Hanover (J. Chappell) 8 Outlawclassichrome (G. Hudon) 9 Cheswick (J. Jungquist) Sunday Post time: 1:45 p.m.

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

1 Justabitcrazy (G. Hudon) 2 Swing Away (J. Chappell)

3 Burn The Floor (R. Hennessy) 4 Elijahs Wish (J. Gray) 5 The Cracken (H. Haining) 6 Timely Promise (K. Hoerdt) 7 A Bettor Day (W. Tainsh Jr) 8 Minettas Leader (J. Jungquist) ae Meadowlark Tsunami (J. Jungquist) Second Pace, purse $4,500 (EX, SF, TR).

1 Caleo Bay (K. Clark) 2 Attitude Adjuster (G. Hudon) 3 Tip Top Tap (R. Hennessy) 4 Cenalta Octane (R. Grundy) 5 Burnt On Top (T. Remillard) 6 Frisco (D. Mcleod) 7 Newcrackofdawn (J. Campbell) 8 Barndougle (K. Hoerdt) Third Pace, purse $3,600 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Meadowlark Apache (B. Grundy) 2 Too Young Man (R. Grundy) 3 Saltwater Cowboy (R. Schneider) 4 Farm Team (J. Chappell) 5 King Carver (Q. Schneider) 6 Cenalta Magic (R. Goulet) 7 Slender Pride (B. Thomas) 8 Outlaw Highvoltage (W. Tainsh Jr) 9 Snazzie Jim (J. Campbell) ae Complete Ensemble (J. Campbell) Fourth Pace, purse $4,500 (EX, SF, TR, W4).

1 Beren Hanover (K. Clark) 2 Play Me Right (J. Campbell) 3 Arctic Artist (R. Grundy) 4 Aerial Time (J. Chappell) 5 Tinhorn Creek (G. Hudon) 6 Cool Eyes (D. Monkman Jr) 7 Premium Attaction (K. Hoerdt) 8 Dieselystic (J. Gray) Fifth Pace, purse $3,600 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Cenalta Spirit (W. Tainsh Jr) 2 Outlaw Imasurvivor (K. Hoerdt) 3 Howdidchado (J. Campbell) 4 Western Olympian (K. Clark) 5 Outlaw I See Red (J. Gray) 6 Brandon Bey V (G. Hudon) 7 Hollywood Lenny (Q. Schneider) 8 Western Chrome (B. Clark) 9 Coolestdudeintown (R. Hennessy) ae Blue Star Charger (J. Gray) Sixth Pace, purse $5,500 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 B C Fantasy (J. Gray) 2 Nakednakednaked (G. Hudon) 3 Reservations Only (B. Clark) 4 Phoenician Gal (D. Mcleod) 5 Baby You Save Me (K. Hoerdt) 6 Wrangler Raine (To Be Announced) 7 Keystone Vanyla (W. Tainsh Jr) 8 Clintons Formula (B. Grundy) 9 Thats Witty (D. Monkman Jr) ae As Seely Promised (J. Jungquist) Seventh Pace, purse $3,200 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Elegant Lass (J. Campbell) 2 Reaction (G. Schedlosky) 3 Eternal Grace (J. Gray) 4 Hf Nancys Babygirl (H. Haining) 5 Whitehouse Secret (K. Ducharme) 6 Shyloh Awaywego (B. Piwniuk) 7 Kg Pomerlin (J. Jungquist) 8 Westcoast Royal (W. Tainsh Jr) 9 Rs Dottie West (K. Hoerdt) ae Barona Kijiji (R. Hennessy) Eighth Pace, purse $3,900 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Canyacrackher (R. Hennessy) 2 Wrangler Diva (B. Grundy) 3 Sealedwithapromise (J. Gray) 4 Big Bang Theory (B. Clark) 5 Charm N Wits (K. Ducharme) 6 Dewinton Destroyer (K. Clark) 7 Bridgette Hanover (G. Hudon) 8 Feelin Flush (J. Chappell) Ninth Pace, purse $4,200 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 K B Hercules (J. Gray) 2 Raging Fingers (J. Jungquist) 3 Skirmish (B. Grundy) 4 Revoler (B. Clark) 5 Super Sunrise (R. Goulet) 6 Bomber Brown (J. Campbell) 7 Total Rhythm (K. Hoerdt) 8 Outlawdangruswatrs (K. Clark) 9 Mr Brightside (G. Hudon) Tenth Pace, purse $3,600 (EX, SF, TR, W3).

1 Arctic Pine (W. Tainsh Jr) 2 Free Tunes (B. Clark) 3 Justabitfaster (G. Hudon) 4 Js Honeybet (K. Clark) 5 Personal Promise (J. Gray) 6 Minettaszoombyyall (J. Chappell) 7 Shynaway (D. Mcleod) 8 Whos In The Hat (J. Jungquist) 9 Truly Cruisin (J. Campbell) Eleventh Pace, purse $3,800 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Apalamine (J. Jungquist) 2 Gottobsexy (J. Gray) 3 Sharon Blew Bye (To Be Announced) 4 Dudes Bonnie (R. Goulet) 5 Comeshomeearly (K. Clark) 6 Red Star Jenny (K. Hoerdt) 7 Te Anau (D. Monkman Jr) 8 No Limit For Mjjz (B. Thomas) 9 Cantcatch P (J. Chappell) ae Market For Romance (K. Ducharme) Twelfth Pace, purse $2,800 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Kg Super Sonic (J. Gray) 2 Modern Man (W. Tainsh Jr) 3 Capablenrewarding (D. Mcleod) 4 Rays Folly (K. Clark) 5 Lakers R Electric (Q. Schneider) 6 Boiling Over (R. Goulet) 7 Katies Gun (J. Campbell) 8 Best Out West (B. Grundy) 9 Jafeica Again (K. Hoerdt) ae Knickfree (J. Chappell)

B6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012

String of birdies put Furyk on top WOODS PUTS TOGETHER HIS WORST SCORE AT EAST LAKE IN 14 YEARS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA — Jim Furyk, the only American on the Ryder Cup team without a win this year, put himself in position Friday to join them.

Furyk made seven birdies through 10 holes at East Lake — including seven 3s to start the round — until he missed a few greens on the back nine that slowed his momentum. He wound up with a 6-under 64, giving him a oneshot lead over Justin Rose going into the weekend at the Tour Championship.

As for anyone questioning whether Furyk should have been a pick for the Ryder Cup? He was more bothered by missing a 5-foot par putt on the 18th hole than what anyone thinks about his game or being in the Ryder Cup for the eighth straight time. With 16 wins, including a U.S. Open, and having qualified for every U.S. team since 1997, Furyk stopped believing he had to prove himself a long time ago.

“Look at the way I play golf — the way I swing the golf club and grip the putter,” he said. “Look at the way I go about my business. I don’t hit the ball very far. I’m short. If I really cared what the critics thought the last 19 years, I really wouldn’t be here. ... My teammates know that I’m going to give 110 per cent. They know I have a lot of heart. I have a lot of grit, and that’s what I’m going to do.

“But I’ve never felt like I have to justify myself.”

All he cares about is winning the Tour Championship, with an outside shot at the FedEx Cup title and its $10 million bonus. Furyk was at 7-under 133 on a course where he won just two years ago.

Rose, who shared the 18-hole lead with Tiger Woods, made four birdies on the back nine and holed a 6-foot birdie putt on the 18th for a 68.

Woods went the other direction.

The lone bright spot was a bunker shot that was among the best he has ever hit.

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Jim Furyk chips to the green on the 12th hole during the second round of play in the Tour Championship golf tournament in Atlanta on Friday.

Lakers pull out victory over Raiders

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Lakers 24 Raiders 21 The Lindsay Thurber could only wish they had a little more time.

But in the end the Sylvan Lake Lakers were able to run the clock out and pull out an entertaining 24-21 victory over the Raiders in Central Alberta High School Football League play before 323 fans at Great Chief Park Friday.

The Lakers grabbed a 24-14 lead on a 10-yard touchdown run by Shon Zenert with one minute 56 seconds remaining in the game. Just 36 seconds later Raiders quarterback Braydon Moorman connected on a 15-yard touchdown toss to Spencer Yeats and when Owen Smith kicked his third convert of the game the Raiders trailed by just three.

However, the Lakers took advantage of a roughing the passer call and a third-down gamble to run the clock out. They also recovered a fumble with five seconds remaining to cap off the victory.

“We certainly would have liked to have won, but mistakes and inexperience did us in and Jeremy (Lakers head coach Jeremy Braitenback)

isn’t about to let you get away with mistakes,” said Raiders head coach Dave Smith. “But overall we moved the ball and answered them very time they scored. We drove the ball on the ground and through the air and our Grade 10 quarterback (Moorman) threw a lot of nice balls.”

Moorman connected on nine of 17 passes for 182 yards.

Both teams moved the ball with the Lakers finishing with 526 yards of offence, including 363 in the air, and the Raiders had 432 yards, with 250 coming on the ground.

“I expected our defence to be better, but Thurber’s offence did a good job,” said Braitenback. “They’ve made a big improvement since the beginning of the year and didn’t make a lot of mental mistakes. Their ball carries ran tough. We thought we’d see more of an aerial game, but they ran the ball down our throats.”

The teams exchanged touchdowns in the opening half as Todd Tulman scored on a five-yard run for the Raiders at 11:20 of the first period. The Lakers came right back, scoring on a 32-yard pass and run play between quarterback Chase Hoffman and wide out Tyson Maton. Moorman connected on a 73-yard scoring strike to Yeats at

3:34 of the second quarter and Zenert scored from two-yards out at 6:05. Morgan Drews, who had three converts, scored what proved to be the difference in the game, connecting on a 17-yard field goal at 11:32 of the second quarter,.

“They’re a big-play team and they beat us with some big plays,” said Smith. “But we’re a young team and we were considerably better today than we were against Lacombe.”

It wad the second loss for the Raiders, who are now in trouble if they expect to make the playoffs. The top four teams, in the five-team conference, make the playoffs. The Raiders are now 0-2 and still have to face Hunting Hills and Notre Dame.

The Lakers are 1-1.

“With one team on the outside this was probably for a playoff spot,” said Braitenback. “That’s the way it’s structured.”

“We certainly didn’t make thing easy on ourselves,” said Smith. “But we have to make teams beat us, we can’t be beating ourselves.”

Yeats finished with 121 yards rushing on 12 carries and grabbed four passes for 110 yards. Tulman had 117 yards on 16 carries for the Raiders.

Tyler Ledwos had 83 yards rushing

on eight carries and grabbed seven passes for 120 yards for the Lakers. Zenert rushed for 70 yards on 12 carries while Maton grabbed eight passes for 206 yards.

The Lakers host Lacombe next Friday while LTCHS Hunting Hills.

• The Stettler Wildcats rolled over the West Central rebels of Rocky Mountain House 34-7 in Stettler Thursday.

Tyler Stewart, Clayton Steen, Parker Cassidy and Austin Cherewko scored touchdowns for the ‘Cats with Frank Van Ommeran adding two field goals and four converts.

Wayde Hodgins had a touchdown and Devin Chatenay a convert for the Rebels.

Stewart led the Wildcats on the ground with 81 yards on 10 carries while Cherewko had 55 yards on five carries, Austin Peterson 54 on seven and Cassidy 52 on five.

Cherewko also had two catches for 39 yards.

Zach Hazen had five carries for 36 yards for the Rebels while Hodgins had a pair of receptions for 53 yards. ● In other action Friday the Lacombe Rams beat the Ponoka Broncs 59-0 in non-conference play. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

Cougars, Lightning battle to a hard-fought draw

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Cougars 35 Lightning 35 The Hunting Hills Lightning and Notre Dame Cougars are two of the biggest rivals in the Central Alberta High School Football League.

Their schools are practically sideby-side and in a lot of cases they’re battling each other for a playoff spot.

So it came as little surprise to see the two battle to a 35-35 draw before 750 fans at Great Chief Park Friday.

“Talk about a rivalry game, that’s what this was,” said Lightning head coach Kyle Sedgwick. “For me it’s a weird feeling as this was my first tie.”

Both Sedgwick and Cougars head coach Gino Castellan left the field a bit disappointed.

“We gave up a 14 point lead, but both teams have veteran offences and I said which team had the ball the most would pull it out.”

Castellan felt they were the better team.

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“We are the better team, I’ll say that for sure,” he said. “Penalties really hurt us and they beat us on one play, and we’ll fix that.”

The Lightning opened the game, scoring on a 71-yard burst up the middle by Grade 10 running back Jin Ahn. “We made a mistake there and then we gave them a second score on a fumble,” added Castellan.

The Lightning broke a 7-7 tie at 8:06 of the second quarter when Evan Petriew gobbled up a Kieran Pruden fumble and went 35 yards untouched.

“Kieran was trying to get the extra yards, thats the way it goes. You have to play the game,” said Castellan.

Myles Corsiatto opened the Cougars scoring on a four-yard run at 4:03 of the second quarter and Ryan Davis tied the score at 14, grabbing a 37-yard toss from Pruden.

Quarterback Scott Pearson put the Lightning ahead before the half, darting around the right side to go in from the 15.

Matt Russell extended the Lightning’s lead at 7:23 of the third quarter,

going in from the two. Pruden then connected on a 23 yard touchdown strike with Jordan Briault before Pearson scored from the one.

However, the Cougars got back in the game at 6:06 of the final quarter when Pruden and Briault hooked up on a 43-yard touchdown and then tied it at 9:33 on a two-yard Corsiatto run.

Luis Moreno kicked all five converts for the Cougars while Austin Belan did the same for the Lightning.

Belan had an opportunity ti win the game late, but his 32-yard field goal drifted just wide left and Steve LaGrange was able to run the kick out to the one.

“This is Austin’s first year kicking,” said Sedgwick. “Everything was good from the snap by our Grade 10 centre to the hold to the kick. It just drifted wide and we almost kept him in the end zone.”

“I’m proud of the kids the way they battled back,” said Castellan. “But penalties and a couple dropped passes did us in.”

The Cougars have a 1-0-1 record

while it was the first conference game for the Lightning, “We still have our fate in our hands, but we still have a couple of tough games remaining,” said Castellan, who plays Wetaskiwin in exhibition play Thursday at Great Chief Park.

“This was our first real test after two exhibition games,” said Sedgwick.

“I was happy that we just couldn’t run the ball at will. We had to focus and everyone was in the game.

“In the end it was tough for our young defence as they were running out of gas, which made it tough to stop a great quarterback and some great receivers.”

Russell, who was just back from a head injury, finished with 113 yards on 11 carries for the Lightning while Ahn had 100 yards on seven carries.

Corsiatto had 93 yards on 18 carries while Briault grabbed eight passes for 133 yards.

The Lightning meet Lindsay Thurber next Friday at Great Chief. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

Dudley, Tanner Dusyk and Spencer Foo replied for the Pontiacs.

Cody Nicolay made 23 saves for the winners. Stephen Klein stopped 29 shots for Bonnyville.

Broncs 25-13, 25-18 and stopped the Stettler Wildcats 25-9, 25-13.

Brynna Maloughney and Nicole Dube were the players of the matches.

On the JV side, the Cougars beat Stettler 25-22, 24-26, 25-16, 25-16 and lost 22-25, 19-25, 24-26 to Ponoka.

Sydney Winsnes and Cierra Stevens were the players of the matches.

Volleyball tournament opened Friday at RDC. The Queens defeated The University of Alberta, Augustana Vikings 2514, 25-23 and the College of the Rockies from Cranbrook, B.C., 25-15, 25-11.

Meanwhile the RDC Alumni downed Concordia College of Edmonton 25-17, 25-13 and Prairie College of Three Hills 25-15, 25-16.

Olds College stopped The Kings University College 2-1.

Action continues today with the final at 12:30 p.m. Sunday. ● In exhibition women’s basketball Augustana downed RDC 76-45.

Grizzlys edge Pontiacs

Cougars down Broncs in high school volleyball action

BONNYVILLE - Mitch Owsley and Dylan Hubbs scored shootout goals as the Olds Grizzlys edged the Bonnyville Pontiacs 4-3 in AJHL action Friday.

Brandon Clowes, Taylor Bilyk and Tanner Dunkle scored regulation-time goals for the Grizzlys, while Jackson

The Notre Dame Cougars took both Central Alberta Senior Girls’ Volleyball League matches during an interlocking portion of the schedule in Stettler Thursday.

The Cougars downed the Ponoka

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REBELS: Crowd fired up Colten Mayor fired up the Centrium crowd with the game’s first goal roughly seven minutes in, taking a pass from Turner Elson inside the Calgary blueline, cutting across the high slot and beating Chris Driedger with a low shot.

But the Hitmen power play took over from there and Brady Brassart upped the count to 3-1 at 6:44 of the second period with Elson off for tripping.

The Rebels learned that driving through the large Hitmen defence is like pulling molars, but to their credit they didn’t let their frustration fester. Red Deer, in fact, carried the play in the final frame, thanks in part to three Calgary penalties, and Elson connected at 19:13 with Bartosak off for an extra attacker, his quick shot from the right faceoff circle eluding Driedger, who finished with 24 saves.

“We didn’t play to our capabilities,” said Elson.

“We were up and down tonight, we never got our shift-to-shift game going.

Queen 2-0 in pool in college volleyball tournament The RDC Queens were 2-0 in their pool as the Wild Rose Classic women’s

“I feel we have a lot more to give and hopefully we’ll get our game going Sunday.”

Hitmen head coach Mike Williamson was relieved to get out of the Centrium with the two points, although his crew was a deserving winner.

“I liked our game overall,” he said. “I would have liked that extra goal. We had some chances but Bartosak played extremely well.

“Obviously losing Dumba hurt them, that took a lot out of their team.

“But it’s always a close game when we play Red Deer. It’s tough to win on the road and tough to win our in division, so we’ll take it.”

Wallin, like Elson, felt the Rebels were too inconsistent in their attack and neutral-zone play.

“I thought we had a bit of a slow start and then we got going a bit in the late stages of the first period.

The power-play goals we gave up really hurt and came on flat-out mistakes,” he said.

“We did create some offence but we didn’t shoot enough and also missed the net too many times. You have to make those quality opportunities count.”

The Rebels’ relatively inexperienced defencemen struggled early and often, but Wallin wasn’t throwing any of them under the bus.

“We struggled to move the puck out of our end

and some of our young guys are going to need some time to adjust to the pace of the league, and yet at other times they did some good things,” he said.

“We have some things to work on, but we have this game under our belts now and we have to continue to build off of it.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

CFL: Four field goals Justin Palardy kicked four field goals and added a single, and running back Will Ford ran 17 yards for Winnipeg’s third touchdown in the fourth.

Hamilton lost its first game in Winnipeg this season thanks largely to turnovers. This time it was penalties. The Ticats haven’t beat the Bombers since 2010.

The first half of the game was a field goal dual between Palardy and Hamilton’s Luca Congi that Palardy won 9-6.

Congi had two more in the third quarter but Brink’s touchdown kept the Bombers in the lead.

Notes: Terrence Edwards moved into fourth on the Bomber all-time receiving list when he passed 6,296 yards. He had 88 yards for the night.

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Some reasons for bedroom problems Dear Annie: May I, a male in his Name Withheld: When I was 58, 70s, respond to “Bob,� who said my wife decided that I should get that aging, obese, snoring and un- my testosterone checked. I did healthy women are the reasons — and happened to mention that for bedroom problems? my wife had put on an extra 50 Perhaps in his home, pounds. but not in ours. I can’t Boy, did I get an earpinpoint exactly when ful on the way home. intimacy began evolvWomen are wired difing into something ferently. deeper, but when I reThey equate sex tired, I became so apwith love. Most men preciative of this womfeel that sex is a physian who, for more than cal thing. All this, and 30 years, managed our I still love my wife very home and family and much. always ensured that my Florida: Women of life was as comfortable America, please ignore as possible. I show my this pathetic loser. This mitchell love and thanks by havjerk is an embarrass& sugar ing her coffee ready ment to all decent men. each morning and perPlenty of men have forming household lalaughable beer bellies bor. and think watching golf I don’t mind that her body has and NASCAR is exercise. added weight (so has mine). I comGreencastle, Pa.: I’m female and pliment her continuing beauty, am repulsed by obese women. Remagnificent heart and kindness cently, I watched a large friend to others. — Kathy’s Grateful Hus- eating ice cream. band She doesn’t understand why Dear Grateful: Bless your heart. she can’t get a man interested in We were overwhelmed with mail her. from men and women, agreeing Boston: Bob left out the most and disagreeing with Bob. Read important part. In the darkness of on for a tiny sample: one’s bedroom, one can be in bed From Kentucky: “Bob� is right. with a fantasy.

Men don’t look at obese women But no amount of testosterone walking by. will make it any easier to kiss the But you won’t see a woman tak- lips that have been yelling at you ing a second look at an obese man, all day long. either. The majority of obese peoCalifornia: I’m a 52-year-old ple have chosen that course by man, married for 31 years. I enjoy eating too much. talking to my wife on the phone,

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but lose my libido as soon as I see her.

Men are visually stimulated. I have even searched dating sites looking for sex.

Bob is correct: The women on the dating sites are single because they are fat.

Ohio: A man marries a woman for two reasons: She knows how to treat a man and looks fine, and she is kind and courteous and knows her place.

Tannersville, Pa.: I always get a kick out of the ED commercials in which the woman is slim and attractive.

Why don’t they show the real slob the man goes home to after working all day?

They should be marketing blindfolds, not drugs.

Louisiana: I was married to a morbidly obese man and found his body revolting. He was a wonderful lover, but we had sex in the dark, and I tried not to look at him below the neck.

Massachusetts: Women haven’t cornered the market on laziness and obesity.

It just seems that women are more likely to overlook these faults than men. So when your wife wants sex, just shut your eyes and imagine someone hot. She’s been doing that for years.

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.

horoscopes Saturday, Sept. 22 may not be ideal, but there is real possibility CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: now.

Bonnie Hunt, 51; Scott Baio, 52; Joan Jett, 54 LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Anything you THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Happy Fall want you can have. The only thing in your Equinox! The moment the Sun moves into way is a feeling of defeat. It is residual from a Libra marks the exact moment disappointment long gone. What when the day and night are happened was for the best. Now, equal. This would have been the you move on with an exciting time when the ancients enjoyed new goal in mind. the last fruits while preparing for SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): the cold days ahead. Pleasure It’s wonderful to be forthcoming, now and efforts to secure the but it may not be appropriate in future are blessed. It will be a all circumstances. You need to great day, enjoy! show a measure of reservation.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You’ve The air of mystery may feel false, got the right amount of tension but there will be time to be friendand talent at your disposal. lier soon.

This ensures you do the work SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. to move your life forward. The 21): The possibilities are palpanadiya talent arises as a result of your ble. You are eager and in the shah effort, which you direct in profitmood for a great escape. Just able directions. It will be a great as you start getting carried away year, enjoy! by the possibility, you see the ARIES (March 21-April 19): details you previously missed. A The full outcome won’t be seen for a few conversation may bring on a needed moment more days, but already you think you know of truth. the final answer. Regardless of what you CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Quickly, have been told, nothing is set in stone. Use you’ll have more things to be elated about. In the next few days to formulate your rebuttal. order to get there you need to become comYou still have a fighting chance. fortable with the unpredictability around you TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Being open now. People are hastily moving around you. to random conversations may not always Remain being the eye of the storm and you feel easy, but will provide the stimulation will soon catch the opportunity. you need. Actively engaging others now AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Most of the will allow you to clarify recent events. Once time, we’re presented with a set of ethics, by you process their meaning, you’ll see the example of our earliest caregivers, and rarely potential. question it. You’re entering one of those rare GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The direst periods. You get to decide for yourself what situation can turn advantageous on a dime. you really believe.

Events now are moving quickly. The one PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You thought thing you can be sure of is the Universe is you had outgrown those ideas of sheer joy. definitely on your side. It’s working overtime You thought the days of childish laughter to ensure a positive outcome. were long behind you. Now you’re genuinely CANCER (June 21-July 22): The most happy with a renewal of pure delight. Cherish spontaneous act has been formulated. In fact, these moments. it has been a long time coming. You may surprise yourself with the urgency you feel. While Sunday, Sept. 23 there are still details to iron out, at least you’re CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: getting ready to turn your considerations into Jason Alexander, 53; Bruce Springsteen, 63; action.

Julio Iglesias, 69 LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Some things are THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The coming best left to surprise. If you can hold back week is one of potency and intensity. The for now, it will lead to a greater pay off later. Full Moon at the end of this week activates, Cherish what you know will occur very soon. almost to precision, the Uranus-Pluto Square.

If you keep it close to your heart now, it will As we slowly build to this ripe, celestial event, be mindful that most are feeling heightened grow in love.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): With the great emotions. It will be a great day, enjoy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Emotions run high. developments that come along, there are always challenges. Those who accept this You want what you want, whether or not you dichotomy appear better able to excel within can explain why. Home becomes a place of it. Don’t let the tough stuff fool you. Your life solace and power. You grow a sense of com-

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Celeb chefs team with Matt Damon to raise money for cancer cause

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Ming Tsai, Mario Batali, Marc Forgione, Masaharu Morimoto and ... Matt Damon?

It’s an unlikely culinary cast that teamed Tuesday night to raise money for families struggling to pay their bills as they care for children fighting cancer.

Damon donned a white chef’s coat for sous chef duties under Ming in the centre of a hotel ballroom to prepare hors d’oeuvres ahead of a sit-down meal hosted by the Family Reach Foundation, a non-profit the actor learned of through his brother, Kyle.

Cancer is close to their hearts. Since 2010, their dad has been battling multiple myeloma, a cancer that begins in plasma cells of bone barrow. “My dad did very well in his life,� the Academy Award winner said. “He’s retired and he doesn’t have to worry about any of this, but you know, it’s enough to worry about the cancer without actually thinking about taking on all these other ancillary issues. It’s really a lot to handle.�

In addition to the “M� chefs, Floyd Cardoz also pitched in. The Top Chef Masters winner last year pledged his $100,000 in winnings to cancer causes.

Ming and Damon joked before cooking commenced on the actor’s skill level in the kitchen, with chef promising no food poisoning and Damon confessing he’s no Bourne supreme. “Oh no, I suck,� he said, flashing a smile.

On the menu: waffle seafood pizzas with a dollop of caviar from Morimoto, poached salmon with a black garlic tapenade from Tsai and orecchiette with rapini pesto and sausage from Batali.

The Damon brothers recalled lots of chicken dishes growing up, and their mom asking them to pitch in on meal duty. Matt’s specialty? Beef stroganoff, with onion soup out of the bag.

fort with yourself and in your own skin. It will be a great year, enjoy!

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Some say the purpose of life is to attain success. Others say it is to love and influence people with our affection. You are now questioning what has motivated you. The adjustment will move you closer to the former and latter.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): We all know that judging people, especially when it is all encompassing, isn’t fair. By doing so, we close ourselves off to experiences that could enrich our own lives. Someone enters now who appears different. Allow yourself to find commonality.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You want it with all your heart, but there are factors outside of your control. Focus on what actions you can take, and then do it. Your yearning for progress is being met. Take action and you’ll believe in the best up ahead.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): A feeling of passion may have surprised you, mostly because you were unprepared. Now you get to think about what it could mean and if it makes sense to pursue it. Your contemplation will lead to significant personal changes.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): While being forthcoming is admirable, there is the risk now that the person you are sharing with is not on the same page. Clarify and proceed only if it feels right to do so. Be especially mindful to stay professional in the work environment.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The power of an image makes words unneeded. You have tried to state your case but might still feel misunderstood. Try another approach to illustrate what you really mean. Matters of the heart are easy to express when you trust the flow of emotions with you today.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): With the loss of youth comes the valuable benefit of experience. It’s a natural process. While you may

find yourself in an unusual circumstance, it requires skills that you have long ingrained.

Trust what you know.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Some items are easily written and crossed off our to-do list within the day. Others require slow cultivation over a period of time. You have recently had a brilliant idea. Don’t pressure yourself to tackle it all at once.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You now grasp your chance to change course and set things right. Be brave in acknowledging where there might have been regret. That small step, taken with care and deliberate intent, will free you and move you powerfully forward.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): It’s the rare person who is able to do exactly what they want to do at every moment. You’re moving towards a life of self-sufficiency, though the initial efforts are to remain under the radar. Be grateful to affirm your direction.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Sports psychology advises that you keep your eye on the ball. Staying focused has been proven to reap the best possible results. You are now afraid to stumble. Use your focus to consider where you want to go instead, and you will move closer to it.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A moment of refreshment can be a wonderful, or a rude, awakening. Much depends on how you choose to perceive occurrences. A moment charged with romantic tension can have a similar effect, leading you either way. Be clear on your intention.

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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went to camp and saw my guy friend from last year. He has never had a girlfriend or had a girl like him.

I started really liking him. Eventually, we got together. On the bus ride home, I fell asleep on him and told him he was the only guy who could help me forget about my ex.

I was so relieved to be happy again. That is, until my ex texted me and said he wanted me back.

It hurt him to see me with another guy. I told him he only wants what he can’t have, but I felt bad and still did miss him. We hung out and he kissed me a lot and we cuddled. I felt really bad because I had a boyfriend. I told my boyfriend, but he wasn’t mad.

He just wanted to beat up my ex. Now, I don’t know if I should stay with my current boyfriend, or go back to my ex, who I still miss.

Answer: Ick. Yuck. I don’t like your ex. And I don’t like how you treated this new boyfriend.

What happens when your ex gets tired of dating you? Are you going to date someone else so he can get jealous and take you back again? And what about this new guy?

You could have hurt him like your ex hurt you. This is all so unattractive. Your ex should want to get back together with you because he misses you and loves you.

And you should respect yourself and the new guy not to run back after a text message and cheat on a guy who is new to love.

None of this sets you up to be respected in the future.

Here’s the advice — first love is not best love.

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Red Deer’s annual Terry Fox Run was held at Sept. 16 at Heritage Ranch with more than 350 people taking part in the 10-km trek, which was bike, walk and dog-friendly.

Loretta Winia, Red Deer run organizer, said many people find strength in the legacy of Terry Fox. “People get inspiration from the way he attacked the run itself, never gave up, and didn’t want to

give up. They just identify with the struggle he went through,” Winia said.

Fox, who lost his right leg to cancer, ran his Marathon of Hope in 1980 with an artificial leg, to raise money for cancer research.

When cancer spread to his lungs, he was forced to stop after running 5,373 km in 143 days through six provinces.

He lost his battle with cancer in 1981 at the age of 22.

“I think in Red Deer there’s a core group of peo-

ple who support the run rain or shine. One of the best runs we had was a couple of years ago when it was pouring rain and it was freezing cold. They said, ‘Terry Fox did this in all kinds of weather and we will too.’ ” About $30,000 was raised for cancer research at this year’s run, up from last year’s total of $18,000.

Supporters can still donate by texting — terryfox to 45678 — and $5 will be added to the user’s monthly phone bill. That will be donated to the Terry Fox Foundation by the phone provider.

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Left to right: Cyclists Trent Nicolay, 16, Ben Funkhouser, 17, and Jon Verveda, 17, raise their arms in celebration of being the first participants to complete the 10-km Terry Fox Run in Red Deer.

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James White raises his arms in celebration of completing the 10-km run.

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This year’s Red Deer Terry Fox Run registered around 350 participants and raised about $30,000, both up from last years run.

Joan McPhee signs the memory board at the Terry Fox Run.

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GOLDEN CIRCLE ANNIVERSARY DANCE, DINNER Join in the celebrations for the 35th anniversary of the Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre on Oct. 19. A dinner and dance featuring music

by Five plus One takes place at the Quality Inn North in Red Deer.

Doors open at 5 p.m. with dinner following at 6. There’s a cash bar during the evening.

Tickets are $25. For more information, call 403-343-6074.

JAIL-N-BAIL COMING Well-known Central Albertans will be behind bars for JailN-Bail fundraising event for the Canadian Cancer Society. The ‘most wanted’ include Red Deer County Mayor Jim Wood, Innisfail/Sylvan Lake MLA Kerry Towle, RDC athletics director Keith Hansen, and Chocolaterie Bernard Callebaut owner BJ Tumanut. They will be ‘arrested’ and locked up at Parkland Mall on Oct. 18 and will fundraise bail for their release. For more information or to arrange an arrest, call the Canadian Cancer Society Jail-N-Bail hotline at 403-3095429 or visit cancer.ca/ ab/jailnbail.

MASAI MEDICAL CARE DISCUSSED Central Albertans are invited to hear the tales of a medical officer caring for the Masai people in Kenya. Juma Sampuerrap, clinic officer of the Talek Health Centre, a clinic built by Central-Alberta based A Better World Canada, helps people battle malnutrition, malaria and HIV/AIDS. This is a region where polygamy is practised and people live on a diet of milk and blood.

Sampuerrap will speak on Monday at Lacombe Memorial Centre at 4214 50th Ave. at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 29, at Canadian University College Church in Lacombe at 6915 Maple Dr. at 10:30 a.m.

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Tech tools crucial, area teachers told

EDUCATORS URGED TO TAP INTO THE POTENTIAL OF THE INTERNET WORLD AND TO EMBRACE SOCIAL MEDIA AS THEY REACH OUT TO TODAY’S STUDENTS

Shareski said there’s real power in social networking online.

For one thing, he said anyone who’s applying for a job can indicate to their potential employer that they have “access to a network of thousands of people.”

It’s also important to let students know why it’s important to be a connected learner online, Shareski said.

“We’re still in the infancy of trying to figure it out,” said Shareski. “I’ve been doing it for a while so I really believe and understand the potential and I want to help others see that as well.”

Shareski told the group it’s important to own a domain name. It is the address to a website, such as wikipedia.org.

Shareski said it only costs about $10 and allows people

new technology, including tablet computers, is being used by teachers.

“Those that are really using it well are a small number because schools and teachers really haven’t given it a huge priority because schools are really busy places,” he said.

Educators with Wolf Creek Public Schools and the Central Alberta Regional Consortium, a professional development organization, set up the one-day symposium.

Mark McWhinnie, assistant superintendent of Wolf Creek, said the aim is to help teachers incorporate technology in meaningful ways to better teach 21st-century skills to students.

Besides Shareski’s keynote session, there were 33 breakout sessions that teachers could pick and choose from. ltester@reddeeradvocate.com

BY LAURA TESTER ADVOCATE STAFF Dean Shareski wonders if educators are posting their best work online.

If they’re not, they should be.

On Friday, the community manager of the Canadian Discovery Educator Network (DEN), delivered a keynote session at Central Alberta’s 21st Century Technology and Learning Symposium at Terrace Ridge School in Lacombe.

“I think there’s a real lack of sharing between teachers,” said Shareski in front of about 300 attendees.

The man from Moose Jaw, Sask., works for a network of educators who are passionate about digital media, sharing resources, collaborating and networking.

to have control over what they want to say on the Internet.

“You can’t be online without having your content somewhere,” he said. “So it’s best to say, ‘This is my stuff. This is what I create, what I own. Facebook or YouTube doesn’t own it.’ ” Just like a resume, having a domain name is something that graduating students would want to consider, Shareski added.

Shareski believes the future use of technology will involve a more personalized experience in the classroom.

“Learning isn’t specifically defined by a textbook or a mandated curriculum, but people will be able to choose their pathways,” he said. “That’s what they are experiencing outside school.”

Shareski said the range is really wide on how extensive

Cross-Canada skate puts focus on youth suicide

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF A 25-year-old hockey player from Ottawa is skating across Canada to raise awareness of mental health issues affecting youth and suicide.

Ashley Gilbank bladed down Hwy 2A on Friday morning from Ponoka to Red Deer.

She started her 10,000-km Skate4Life journey in Newfoundland on June 4. She plans to finish her in-line trek in Victoria on Oct. 15.

In February 2011, Gilbank, lost a childhood friend to suicide.

Gilbank said Canadians really need to start talking about suicide, which is the second leading cause of death for young people.

“We’ve got to talk about it, the blunt and dirty stuff that no one wants to talk about,” Gilbank at the entrance to Red Deer.

“There was a time when talking about cancer was the same way. You didn’t want to point out that people had cancer. Now it’s not viewed as a weakness. It’s viewed as a disease, which it is. So are mental disorders.”

After her friend died, Gilbank found out about the charity DIFD (Do It For Daron), created by friends and family of Daron Richardson, 14, of Ottawa, who committed suicide in 2010. Her father, Luke Richard-

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BRIEFS Making music? Sell your CDs Local singers and musicians take note — the Central Music Festival people want to sell your CDs. The CMF society is setting up a table in the lobby of the Scott Block during Alberta Culture Days festivities, Sept. 28 to 30.

From noon to 5 p.m., the group is willing to sell CDs by local performers.

“This is an opportunity for you to get your product out in front of the public when the whole city will be celebrating local artists and arts groups,” said Mike Bradford, president of the Central Music Festival Society. “We’ll sell them for you.”

The society plans to set up a meet-andgreet table, where artists can also meet fans and sign CDs. “We’ll even have room for you to perform a tune or two live if you want to,” added Bradford.

The society asks that CDs be dropped off marked with their selling price. The CMF will take a 10 per cent sales commission that will go towards the costs of the 2013 outdoor music festival’s operating budget.

CDs can be dropped off weekdays between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the City of Red Deer Culture Services building, 3827 39th St. For more information, call 403-309-4091.

Brawl beside Hwy 2 investigated Police are searching for suspects after a fight on Hwy 2 near Bowden on Thursday evening resulted in a man being taken to hospital.

Shortly after 7 p.m., the Innisfail RCMP Integrated Traffic Unit was dispatched to a fight in progress in the northbound lanes of the Hwy 2 just north of Bowden.

RCMP said that according to witnesses, several males were observed fighting with another male on the shoulder of the highway. The suspects fled the scene before police arrived.

A 28-year-old man suffered non-lifethreatening injuries and was transported by ambulance by hospital.

Police are looking for two vehicles that witnesses saw leaving the scene. One is a

Photo by SUSAN ZIELINSKI/Advocate staff

Ashley Gilbank, with Skate4Life, arrived in Red Deer on Friday to raise awareness of mental health issues affecting youth and suicide. son, is the assistant coach of the Ottawa Senators.

Daron Richardson played in the same hockey league as Gilbank.

Gilbank is trying to raise $60,000 for the Ottawa charity DIFD, but more importantly she wants to raise awareness.

As a senior A hockey player for Ottawa’s Westboro Ice Cats, she decided to take to Canadian highways on in-line skates.

“I thought I had to do something pretty big to get the attention.”

So far she has gone through about nine sets of wheels. She’s in her second pair of boots and third pair of boot liners.

Gilbank has been blading 60 to 80 km per day.

“It’s been fun. It’s been hard. It’s been cold. It’s been hot. It’s been hilly and bumpy. It’s definitely been a huge challenge.”

But she said people along the way have been asking questions and she has met with staff at local offices of the Canadian Mental Health Association.

“Canadian Mental Health Association in Red Deer offered us a hotel for the night, which is fantastic because we sleep in the van most of the time,” said Gilbank, who has been on the road with her husband Pierre Gilbank and their pug dog Jacque.

For more information, visit www.skate4life.com. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

black Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck with four younger male occupants. A second is described as a black Nissan Maxima or Acura with three to four male occupants.

Anyone with information about this is asked to contact Innisfail RCMP at 403-3434135 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

West Park concept discussed City council set aside discussion on the concept plan for one of the city’s most established residential neighbourhoods to gather more input from the community.

On Sept. 17, city council tabled talks on the West Park Community and Area Redevelopment Plan for up to nine weeks to allow for public consultation and to give administration time to prepare the proposed planning document.

West Park boundaries are 32nd Street to the south; to the north, Warwick Drive and Welton Crescent; to the east, Taylor Drive; and to the west, 50th Avenue. The proposed changes relate to land-use district, residential, transportation and amenities.

Sports Day events planned Sports Day will be celebrated in Red Deer on Saturday, Sept. 29.

Local sport organizations will be on hand at the G.H. Dawe Community Centre and Collicutt Centre with free activities for all ages. There will be demonstrations and information about ways to get active in the community. The program runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and a complete schedule of events is available at www.reddeer.ca/sportsday.

Its the third year the event has been held in Red Deer.

“Learning the value of sport and physical activity at an early age helps develop individuals who continue to remain active throughout their lives,” said Rob Meckling, City of Red Deer community and program facilitator.

Only seven per cent of Canadian children and youth meet Canada’s Physical Activity Guidelines of 60 minutes per day and only 15 per cent of adults get the recommended 150 minutes per week of activity.

For more information about Sports Day in Canada at the G.H. Dawe Community Centre and Collicutt Centre, or how to get involved, contact Paige Gellatly at 403-3568893 or paige.gellatly@reddeer.ca.

CBC Sports, ParticipACTION and True

Margery McBride Elliott’s Autumn Poplar, on display at Gallery on Main in Lacombe.

Sport are the national sponsors of this event, with CBC Sports broadcasting from various communities throughout the day.

For more information about Sports Day in Canada, visit http://sportsday.cbc.ca.

Scenic work at Lacombe show The spectacular lakes and mountains of Alberta have inspired an art exhibit at The Gallery on Main in Lacombe.

Reflections, a show of scenic artworks by Margery McBride Elliot will be at the gallery until Oct. 12. An opening reception will be held today from 5 to 9 p.m.

The Calgary-based artist grew up appreciating the great outdoors, skiing, camping, hiking and canoeing. She still tries to get out painting as often as she can. “Without visiting a place, I feel I have no right to paint it, since I would not be rendering it in the full sense and (instead) putting on it a feeling which I manufacture and not the truth.”

McBride Elliot is a graduate of the University of Calgary. She has sold paintings nationally and internationally. Four years ago, she was commissioned by the provincial government to paint three waterthemed paintings, which were presented to universities that took part in a global water research project. The paintings are in the universities’ collections.

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Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012

Did you hear the one about the cardinal?

In the year 752, a priest named Ste- Tube fans by, at the last minute, declarphen was elected pope, but died four ing this much-anticipated summit a medays later — before officially filling the dia-free zone. Still, a few journalists — chair of St. Peter in Rome. starting with a New York Times scribe — For centuries Catholic records includ- slipped in as guests. Also, it’s impossible ed him as Pope Stephen II — until the to keep one-liners locked inside a hall Second Vatican Council. At packed with college students that time, Pope Stephen III and Twitter-friendly smartofficially became Pope Stephones. phen II (III) and the other latSome of the exchanges er popes named Stephen reshared via hashtag #Dolbert ceived similarly strange titles. and #DolanColbert included: So Pope Stephen III kind ● Colbert, who teaches Sunof vanished and that title beday school at his New Jersey came a kind of ecclesiastiparish, stressed that he never cal inside joke, the kind that jokes about the sacraments. might appeal to cardinals and Instead, he skewers people he Jesuits. But what about a sabelieves use and abuse faith, tirical superstar from Comedy especially in politics. “Then Central?

I’m not talking about Christ.

TERRY Actually, this insider joke I’m talking about Christ as MATTINGLY works if the comedian is cudgel,” he said. named Stephen Colbert and ● At one point, Dolan introCardinal Timothy Dolan of duced Evelyn Colbert, the coNew York delivers the punch median’s wife, and kissed her line. The two faced off before 3,000 stu- cheek. “I can kiss your wife,” he quipped. dents and faculty at Fordham University “You can’t kiss mine.” in a Sept. 14 program focusing on “Hu● Jabbing the cardinal about recent mor, Joy and the Spiritual Life.” changes in the Mass, Colbert noted one The event was arranged by the Rev. bumpy Nicene Creed edit: “ConsubstanJames Martin, author of the book Be- tial! It’s the creed! It’s not the SAT prep.” tween Heaven and Mirth and for legions of ● A student, via social media, asked: fans the “Official Chaplain of the Colbert “I am considering the priesthood. Would Nation.” it be prudent to avoid dating?” The cardiThe jocularity started early as Dolan nal said dating was a good idea, adding, — who is used to having Catholics kiss “By the way, let me give you the phone his ring — lunged to kiss Colbert’s hand, numbers of my nieces.” Colbert respondfirst. Then, when Martin said the cardi- ed: “It’s actually a great pickup line: ‘I’m nal might become pope in a future con- seriously considering the priesthood. clave, Dolan responded, “If I am elected You can change my mind.’ “ pope — which is probably the greatest ● Concerning his own struggles as a gag all evening — I’ll be Stephen III.” believer, Colbert said: “Are there flaws Colbert piled on: “Write that down! I in the church? Absolutely. But is there want that notarized!” great beauty in the church? Absolutely.”

Fordham officials disappointed You- And also, “The real reason I remain a

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Catholic is what the church gives me — which is love.” ● Dolan to Colbert: “Do you feel pressure to be funny all the time?” Colbert back to Dolan: “Do you feel pressure to be holy all the time?”

The bottom line, noted Martin, is that humor has always been part of religious life, including the lives of the saints.

Take, for example, that famous prayer from the young St. Augustine: “Lord, give me chastity ... but not yet.”

In remarks later posted online, the Jesuit noted: “Humor serves serious purposes in the spiritual life. Joyful humor can evangelize, and draw people to God. Self-deprecating humor reminds us of our own humility. Provocative humor can also gently speak truth to power.”

In his own theological reflections, the cardinal argued that the roots of Christian humor can be found in the darkest hours of Good Friday, when it appeared that Jesus had been “bullied to death by undiluted evil; love, jackbooted by hate; mercy incarnate, smothered by revenge; life itself, crushed by death.”

But he who laughs last, stressed Dolan, laughs best.

“Lord knows there are plenty of Good Fridays in our lives. But they will not prevail. Easter will,” he wrote, in his script.

“As we Irish claim, ‘Life is all about loving, living and laughing, not about hating, dying and moaning.’ ... That’s why we say, ‘Joy is the infallible sign of God’s presence.’ “ Terry Mattingly directs the Washington Journalism Center at the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. Contact him at tmattingly@cccu.org or www.tmatt.net.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 23 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.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26 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 403-887-8878, or Peggy at 403-342-1227.

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.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 29 Sunnybrook United Church Cookie Walk is on Sept. 29, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Buy a box for $6 and fill with a choice of cookies. Shop early for best selection. Complimentary coffee. Contact Linda at 403-347-6073.

UPCOMING EVENTS 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

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

43 Ave. & 39 St. • 403-346-4281 Pastor Chris Wilson Worship Pastor David Richardson

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Reaching Inward, Outward and Upward for Christ

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3901-44 Street 403-347-7900 www.bethanybaptist.ab.ca Pastor Dennis Burriss Pastor Peter Erratt

4718 Ross St. • 403-346-4560

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Celebration Service Rev. Toni Hegge

Helping people encounter the goodness of God Corner of 55th St & 46th Ave streamschurch.com Scarlet Cord Fundraiser BBQ following Service 10:30 am Contemporary Worship 403.342.7441 Streams Christian Church affiliated with the PAOC

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LUTHERAN CHURCHES OF RED DEER

Joffre Road (East of 30 Ave. on 55 St.) 10:30 am Worship Service "Adam & Eve: Creation" Genesis 2

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Sunday, September 23

Children's Sunday School 2-1/2 - Grade 3 www.balmoralchapel.ca

UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA GAETZ MEMORIAL

Listen To The Christian Science Sentinel Radio Edition

SUNDAY MORNING 8:00 A.M. CKMX AM Radio 1060

For information call 403-346-0811

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY SUNDAY SCHOOL & SERVICE — 11:00 A.M. WED. MEETING. 8:00 P.M., 2ND WED. EACH MONTH. Christian Science Reading Room: Wed., 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; Thurs., 12 Noon-3:00 p.m.

4907 GAETZ AVE.

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CC GOOD SHEPHERD ELCIC 40 Holmes St.

403-340-1022 New Pastor: Rev. Marc Jerry

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SUNDAY 10:30 AM Holy Communion at All Services

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SUNNYBROOK UNITED CHURCH 12 Stanton Street

403-347-6073

10:30 a.m. – Worship Service

Guest Preacher: Stewart Hewlett Babyfold, Toddler Sunday www.sunnybrookunited.org Babyfold, Toddler Room,Room Sunday Club Clubwww.sunnybrookunited.org

Sunday, September 23

ST. LEONARD’S ON THE HILL

Everyone Welcome

“A Church For All Ages” 43 Avenue & 44 Street

Saved by grace - called to serve

www.stleonardsonthehill.org

MOUNT CALVARY (LC-C)

403-346-0811

The Anglican Church of Canada

#18 Selkirk Blvd. Phone 403-346-3798

Pastor Don Hennig | Pastor Peter Van Katwyk DIVINE SERVICE 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 7:00 p.m.

Sunday School 9:00 a.m.

Kings Kids Playschool www.mclcrd.org

Growing in Faith Through Word and Sacrament

403-346-6769 Celebrant: Rev. Gary Sinclair

8:00 a.m. Holy Communion 9:00 am Family Celebration Service with Sunday School/Nursery 10:30 am Holy Eucharist Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday 9:15 Morning Prayer

ST. LUKE’S

"Old Church Blessing a New World"

Gaetz & 54th 403-346-3402

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Celebrant Noel Wygiera

8:00 a.m. Holy Communion 10:00 a.m. Family Friendly Worship with Eucharist Sunday School and Refreshments Thurs. Eucharist 2:00 p.m.

Sunday Services: 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday Evening Ministries: 7:00 p.m.

Phone: 403.347.7311 Web: www.livingstones.ab.ca Address: 2020 - 40th Avenue, Red Deer (East of the Centrium, corner of 19th Street & 40th Avenue)

Loving God . . . Loving People 10:15 am Worship Service 2960 - 39 Street, Red Deer

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Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012

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Powerful play returning home SHE HAS A NAME, PLAY ABOUT SEX TRAFFICKING, RETURNING TO WHERE IT FIRST BEGAN

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Local playwright Andrew Kooman’s powerful play about sex trafficking, She Has a Name, is returning to where it first began.

Having earned positive reviews from Victoria to Halifax, the dramatic production by Calgary’s Burnt Thicket Theatre is wrapping up a 13-city national tour a with an Oct. 2-6 run at the Scott Block theatre in downtown Red Deer.

“We just closed in Vancouver, where it was really well attended,” said Kooman.

“I heard a lot of people were impacted by the story. They enjoyed the play and were shocked and surprised by the issue.”

She Has a Name was chosen as a “Pick of the Fringe” in Victoria and earned Edmonton actor Sienna Howell-Holden a Spirit of the Fringe Award in Vancouver.

Kooman is pleased that his drama about a human rights lawyer’s encounters with a captive young prostitute generated a lot of feedback and discussion where ever it played.

“I can’t believe (the tour) is winding down . . . but it’s a real honour to have it close in Red Deer, where it all started.”

The play was written with some mentoring from the local Scripts at Work program, offered annually at Red Deer College.

Kooman approached the subject of sex trafficking both as a playwright and as a human rights advocate.

To raise public awareness of women who are being abused in Canada and around the world, he organized panel discussions after some of the play’s cross-Canada performances.

Such a talk will take place at about 3:45 p.m. after the Saturday, Oct. 6, matinee in Red Deer.

Kooman said the speakers will include a woman who was forced into prostitution in the Red Deer area and around Alberta, a human rights investigator, an awareness co-ordinator with the RCMP, and foreign aid workers.

The panel discussion and ensuing question-andanswer period is free to anyone wanting to attend.

“You don’t have to see the play first,” said Kooman.

She Has a Name is a different drama than it was a year ago.

But it still begins with a tour-de-force encounter between a young Thai sex worker, known only as Number 18 (played by Vancouver’s Evelyn Chew), and a impassioned human rights lawyer named Jason (Vancouver actor Carl Kennedy).

Jason struggles to convince the frightened teenager to testify against her captors, while at the same time, realizing her anguish at being placed in such an impossible position.

Nefarious brothel owner Mama San, played by the awarded Howell-Holden, of Edmonton, still attempts to thwart Jason’s efforts. And tensions are

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Local playwright Andrew Kooman’s powerful play about sex trafficking, She Has a Name, is wrapping up a 13-city national tour a with an Oct. 2-6 run at the Scott Block theatre in downtown Red Deer.

SHE HAS A NAME What: Local playwright Andrew Kooman’s drama, She Has A Name, produced by Burnt Thicket Theatre When: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2 to 6. (with 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday, Oct. 6) Where: Scott Block theatre, downtown Red Deer Tickets: $25.80 ($21.03 for groups of 10 or more) from www.shehasaname.net or by calling 1-800-838-3006 Free panel discussion: 3:35 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Scott Block. further heightened by an atmospheric Greek chorus of ghostly women who fill Number 18 with more doubts and fears.

But Kooman said the latest version of the drama, directed by Stephen Waldschmidt, no longer gives audience members an intermission to recover from some of the emotional intensity of the first act.

The most significant changes concern scenes between Jason and his boss.

In the earlier version of She Has a Name, the two

debate human rights issues on a philosophical level.

But in the new version, Kooman said the boss puts definite demands upon Jason that he must try to deliver on.

“She’s really cracking down on him about getting (Number 18) to testify.”

Kooman believes the changes have ramped up the play’s impact.

After focusing on such difficult subject matter for so long, one might think that the playwright would be ready to write a comedy next.

But no such thing for Kooman, who has penned two new plays that similarly ask big questions about humanity’s failings.

He delves into Holland’s divided loyalties during the Second World War with Delft Blue and provides a window into a Soviet prison camp in the 1950s with We Are The Body.

Kooman, who hopes to stage both new plays someday, admitted he is repeatedly drawn to the dramatic. “It’s always about raising awareness and asking these big, human questions — such as how can somebody ever exploit another person like that?” lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

A different hue of blue End of Watch Three stars (out of four) Rated: 18A End of Watch sneaks up on you.

It begins as just another LAPD cop story, something writer/director David Ayer is all too familiar with, having written Training Day and directed Harsh Times and Street Kings.

It also starts as just another found-footage conceit. Jake Gyllenhaal’s Officer Brian Taylor is packing tiPETER ny cameras, one HOWELL for him and one for his patrol partner, Officer Mike Zavala (Michael Peña).

Ex-Marine Taylor is studying film at night school, and he wants to make a

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Michael Pena, left, and Jake Gyllenhaal in a scene from End of Watch: a strange twist in which cops in L.A. are actually good guys.

video — in defiance of police rules — on what it’s really like patrolling L.A.’s rock-hard South Central ’hood.

Thankfully, you don’t have to get too far into End of Watch before it changes into something far more interesting: a buddy story of two good cops who are just trying to do the right thing, albeit with a little on-the-job improvising.

“Try not to kill anybody before end of watch,” a superior says, as Taylor and Zavala are assigned to the South Central patrol.

Easier said than done. Crime is so rampant in the city’s toughest division, even the good cops have to turn a blind eye to petty offences, because there’s too much really bad stuff going down to keep them occupied.

But Taylor and Zavala are nothing if not game, joking about how getting their daily bread involves chasing and busting “all the food groups: dope, money and guns.” The film plays at times like an extended version of TV’s COPS (and also the old Adam-12), but this is no knock against it. And the found-footage thing is all but forgotten before long.

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NHL 13 may be only action fans see this season NHL 13 Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Genre: Sports Publisher: EA Sports ESRB Rating: E, for Everyone Grade: 3 stars (out of 5) Congrats, hockey fans. After several years of thrilling regular seasons and exciting playoff action, you are left with NHL 13 as your only avenue to fresh, new hockey this season.

While the lockout keeps the professionals off the ice, their digital likenesses are more than happy to pound you into the boards or whip a slapshot past the goalie until your heart is content.

This year’s game includes a new physics engine that makes the skating and gameplay the most realistic it has ever been. Most changes were shelved beyond that, so even if this feels a lot like a retread of NHL 12, you won’t be able to turn away from the action once the ref drops the puck.

This game boasts a long list of ways to enjoy it, no matter if you’re a quick one-off kind of player

or if you like to customize every aspect of your online league or re-enact historic moments on the ice. All modes might not be superb, but with this cornucopia of choices, certainly one will do the trick.

The new physics engine creates a fluid on-ice experience where plays develop more organically and realistically, as if you were in the arena watching it happen live. When an attack reaches its zenith, your teammates react and instinctively move to receive your pass, folCHRIS low up your shot or lay out that defender in your CAMPBELL path.

There is no telling when the lockout might end, so it’s a good thing NHL 13 is so realistic. It may be the only kind of hockey that fans get to witness this year.

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Dredd 3D offers comic book redemption At the

BY RAJU MUDHAR SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

“Yeah, we just leave it at home,” comes the reply.

Peter Howell is a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

PARTNERS: Don’t seem like a great match The two partners don’t immediately seem like a great match.

High-strung Taylor is used to doing things his own way, and he’ll barrel into a situation without much forethought.

A bachelor, he’s pretty cavalier about women, too, although he’s found an interesting match in new gal Janet (Anna Hendrick).

Zavala is an easygoing family guy, with a pregnant wife (Natalie Martinez) and many other relations to keep him busy and in line.

This doesn’t mean he’s not willing to rock ’n’ roll when occasion demands, as it frequently does.

Like Taylor, he’s ready to flash the badge, cock the gun and pound the fist, especially if it means backing his partner.

The dedication to their jobs and to each other is really put to the test when they run afoul of drug lords during a routine traffic stop, and a twisted sense of neighbourhood pride becomes a vow to exact revenge.

After so many films, not just Ayer’s, where LAPD cops are depicted as corrupt, homicidal or suicidal, it’s refreshing to see one where the boys in blue really are the good guys for a change.

And also the girls in blue. America Ferrera and Cody Horn play fellow LAPD officers who have seen it all, too, including someone getting a knife to the eye in a scene that would almost be comical if it weren’t so horrifying.

Like Taylor and Zavala, they struggle to maintain a separation between their lives in uniform and their lives out of it.

“You got a soul?” someone asks them.

Dredd 3D Three stars (out of four) Rated: 18A

GAME ON: Double Dragon Neon reprises arcade game Double Dragon Neon Platforms: Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network Genre: Action Publisher: Majesco Games ESRB Rating: T, for Teen Grade: 2.5 stars Neon basically reprises the original Mario-Luigi arcade game released about three decades ago.

The requisite visual upgrades give you a sassier presentation while remaining firmly grounded in the game play the original was known for, primarily mashing on the punch and kick buttons until numbness occurs in the hands.

Back in the day, the combat was more simplified, a few punches and kick combos accented by the occasional use of a baseball bat to finish the job.

Players have a larger arsenal of moves at their disposal in Neon, but it doesn’t affect the gameplay since this is still a classic button-masher.

The game’s currency allows players to buy upgrades and special moves.

The later boss battles are extremely difficult, and without the proper offensive and defensive moves, players will writhe in the gutter pleading for mercy.

Follow Chris Campbell at twitter. com/campbler or email him at game_on_ games@mac.com

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“I have to give them the new me,” he said. “I just have to show that I remember the methods, the practices of the old me.

“It’s like a guy who you know that has lived a certain lifestyle and you know he’s validated to speak on it.”

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ATLANTA — Even though T.I. hasn’t produced any major hits lately, the Grammy-winning rapper believes he can still sell a considerable amount of albums based on his track record.

T.I.’s credentials include 10 Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits and five platinum albums.

But he has yet to make a big splash musically since he was released from jail following an 11-month term at an Arkansas prison on a probation violation.

His last album, 2010’s No Mercy, reached gold status, but it didn’t produce any No. 1 hits.

But he says that hasn’t affected him and his future success.

“I’m going to always rise above the doubt that may exist about me,” he said in a recent interview.

“I have a core audience of fans that are going to buy (my albums) whether I have a single out. I ain’t got to have a video out. ... When you hear my name and an album, it’s going to be the complete body of work.

It’s going to be above standard.”

T.I. said he sets himself apart from most of the current “it” rappers because of his success as an entrepreneur.

He’s in the Starz drama series Boss and the upcoming comedy Identity Theft alongside Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy; he’s got his own Vh1 reality show T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle; he has the clothing line Akoo; and this week he released his second novel with author David Ritz called Trouble & Triumph: A Novel of Power & Beauty.

“There’s a difference between being hot for the moment, and being huge,” he said.

“Whether I’m hot or

ban’s gruffness is best shown by his perma-scowl — with Lena Headey (Game of Thrones) particularly good as Ma-Ma, the cruel, scarred prostitute turned leader of the drug gang.

If there are missteps, they come from the use of 3D, which right from the start is shown off with scenes that feel as if something was placed in the foreground just as an excuse add depth. As well, the futuristic drug in question is called Slo-Mo, which makes its users perceive time at 1/100th of its actual flow, but also gives an excuse for some egregious bullet-time sequences. Some of these scenes were meant to be artful, but end up being unintentionally hilarious.

Still, with a runtime of 98 minutes, it zips along, taking no prisoners and leaving a large body count.

It’s not as darkly funny as the source material, but is a movie that fits the character and one that existing fans should appreciate, as should new ones looking to enjoy a grim futuristic thrill ride.

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T.I. feels his rap presence strong, despite absence from charts not, I’m still huge in a lot of different areas. ... It’s certain things I’ll do that (other rappers) will never be able to do.

“I’m aware of that, and I believe they are, too. It’s just sometimes people get caught up with what’s hot.”

T.I. might have made strides outside of rap, but the 31-year-old said he is still passionate about recording music.

His eighth album, Trouble Man, will “tentatively” be out in De-

It may not have the gravitas of The Dark Knight or the popcorn thrill of The Avengers, but Dredd 3D is a grim and satisfying take on the famed British comic book character who, as a cop in a crumbling society of the future, serves as judge, jury and executioner.

If it has a comics-to-film antecedent, it is not the 1995 misfire Judge Dredd starring Sly Stallone. Rather, it might be the first two Blade films of the early ’90s, which remain underrated yet fan-pleasing adaptations featuring that vampire-slaying Marvel character.

This is a solid, sometimes surprisingly smart action film in the lockedbuilding-caper mould of Die Hard, with Dredd (an always helmeted Karl Urban) assigned to show the ropes to rookie judge Anderson (Olivia Thirlby) who also has psychic powers, as they battle a drug gang in a 200-storey slum.

Anderson is the audience’s proxy in the dark, concrete world where everything has fallen apart. More time could be spent on developing her character’s story, to actually create something close to empathy, but that’s not this film’s bag. There is just enough setup so we can get to bad guys skinning bodies, and that’s when the action really gets rolling.

It’s a simple cat-and-mouse story — where the mice are very well armed — but the production design of the dystopic Mega-City One and the massive yet still claustrophobic concrete tenement setting adds a great deal.

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Alberta and Central Alberta were wellrepresented at the recent World Heavy Oil Congress in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Cal Dallas, the province’s international and intergovernmental relations minister, and Gary Slipp, manager of Central Alberta: Access Prosperity, both took part in the Sept. 10 to 13 energy event.

Dallas, who is the MLA for Red Deer south, said the congress gave him an opportunity to pitch the attractiveness of Alberta to foreign investors.

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HOME BUILDER WINS EXCELLENCE IN HOUSING AWARD A Red Deer home builder was recognized on Friday at the 2012 Alberta Awards of Excellence in Housing.

Colbray Homes received the Award of Merit for Central Alberta during the annual conference of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association — Alberta.

This year’s Alberta Awards of Excellence in Housing attracted a record 383 entries from builders and renovators across the province. There were 17 award categories.

The 51 finalists included Colbray Homes for Best Multi-family Townhome or Duplex Under $325,000, and and TrueLine Contracting for Best Renovation Over $200,000.

INFLATION RATES CONTINUES TO SLIDE OTTAWA — Canada’s inflation rate continued to slide in August, dipping one-tenth of a point to 1.2 per cent in one of several signs Friday that the Canadian and global economies are slowing.

Statistics Canada also reported that wholesale prices in Canada fell 0.6 per cent in July, and the World Trade Organization released a new forecast slashing trade growth to a weak 2.5 per cent this year. The inflation softness was anticipated by economists — they had expected price growth to remain unchanged at 1.3 per cent — but the falloff in wholesale sales was three times higher than consensus.

Several analysts called on the Bank of Canada to switch its tightening bias from higher interests rates. Even so, they said the likelihood of bank governor Mark Carney actually making good on his language by hiking borrowing costs in the near future was near zero.

“While slow growth and global economic risks nearly slayed the notion that the Bank of Canada would be hiking rates any time soon, today’s inflation report put a nail in the coffin,” said CIBC.

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and expertise — especially in the area of environmental protection, and sharing ideas about training and educating workers. He helped with a presentation about the economics of heavy oil development in Alberta, delivered a keynote speech about sustainable resource development, and participated in a p a n e l d i s c u s s i o n Cal Dallas about heavy oil in a “socio-economic and global-political context.”

Dallas said he realized that the balancing act Alberta faces when it comes to oilsands development is not unique to this province.

“There are many jurisdictions around

the world that have some opportunities to develop resources and essentially are faced with many of the same questions.”

Slipp was also busy. He spoke to a group that promotes trade between Scotland and Canada, and joined other Alberta economic development officials in pitching the merits of this province.

“My message was basically to elevate the idea that there’s more to Alberta than Edmonton and Calgary, and that as the third largest in the province, Red Deer and the surrounding area offers a lot of business opportunities to international companies.”

Slipp said he was pleased with the contacts he made, which included industry officials from Mexico, China and Scotland.

“I think we met our goal of elevating the region’s brand. We certainly made a lot of contacts that will now require follow-up and continual reminder of what’s available here.”

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency first became aware of problems with beef produced at an Alberta company when tests conducted in the U.S. came back positive for E.coli.

Agency spokesman Garfield Balsom confirmed that word of the positive findings came from the Food Safety Inspection Service of the U.S. Drug Authority on Sept.

3, nearly two weeks before the CFIA began issuing advisories about ground beef products produced at Edmonton-based XL Foods.

Balsom said XL initiated the recall on its own, insisting it was not ordered as a result of the U.S. test results.

“There were some positives identified by the FSIS, but the positives were not the trigger for the recall,” Balsom said in a telephone interview. “The recall was a voluntary recall by the company.”

A statement on the FSIS website said both the service and the CFIA conducted followup tests on the beef products, which were distributed in eight states.

The FSIS has issued a public health warning about the contaminated meat and said it’s working to ensure all affected products are pulled from store shelves.

The international twist is the latest development in a recall that has already spread from coast to coast and depleted meat supplies at nearly all the country’s major grocery retailers.

The CFIA issued yet another expansion to a recall of ground beef products made

by Edmonton-based XL Foods on Friday, extending an advisory whose scope has grown almost daily since it was first issued on Sept. 16.

The latest additions to the growing list involve not only packages of ground beef, but products prepared with the meat suspected of containing E. coli. Those include sausages, meat loaf, meat balls and burgers.

Unbranded meat products carried at Walmart locations in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia have officially been recalled, the CFIA said. The other products included in the expanded advisory were sold at Metro locations in Ontario and Safeway stores in all five provinces.

The risk of contamination also exists in unlabelled or unbranded beef products sold at independent shops not covered on the CFIA’s advisory, the agency said.

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Real estate agents hold foreign properties promotion sales placards at an entrance to the China Property and Investment Show in Beijing Friday. Foreign direct investment in China declined in August for a third straight month as the impact of economic weakness in Europe and the United States worsened, the government said Wednesday, Sept. 19.

RIM reputation, shares take a hit after service outage

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Research In Motion’s reputation, and its shares, took another hit on Friday after the BlackBerry maker suffered an embarrassing service outage, the same day that Apple’s new iPhone launched in stores.

Analysts were quick to note the bad timing of the outage in three continents early Friday, but they also said it’s another reason to doubt RIM’s ability to stay competitive in the demanding smartphone market.

“Oh, the irony of that,” said William Blair & Co. telecom analyst Anil Doradla.

“This is not a piece of news that they can afford, they need or they want at this time,” said Doradla, who’s based in Chicago.

RIM’s next-generation BlackBerry 10 smartphones won’t make their debut until early next year, missing this year’s holiday sales season. The new phones were supposed to launch last year giving the Waterloo, Ont., company few new products to sell.

“With every passing quarter that they delay the launch of the new product, they continue to lose market share,” Doradla said.

The BlackBerry outage affected email and text users in Europe, the Middle East

and Africa for a maximum of three hours, RIM chief executive Thorsten Heins said in a statement.

“I want to apologize to those BlackBerry customers in Europe and Africa who experienced an impact in their quality of service earlier this morning,” Heins said.

Heins, who noted no data or messages were lost, said RIM was looking into the problem and would report the results of its investigation.

Up to six per cent of RIM’s user base may have been impacted, Heins estimated.

“Preliminary analysis suggests that those customers may have experienced a maximum delay of three hours in the delivery and reception of their messages,” he said.

RIM announced the BlackBerry outage in postings on Facebook and Twitter before the business day got fully under way in North America.

Shares in Research In Motion approached their lowest level in a year on Friday. Shares were down 5.5 per cent, or 37 cents, to $6.38, coming within a few cents of a 52-week low of $6.24 set on Sept. 6.

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Employers interested to know how staff handle conflict Dear Working Wise: I just had a job interview where they kept asking me questions like, “Tell me about a time when you had a disagreement with your supervisor.”

I didn’t really know what to say — I didn’t want to talk about a fight with my boss — but then I didn’t get the job.

Help! — Puzzled Dear Puzzled: You just had a behaviour descriptive interview — a technique employers use to assess how you will perform in the fuCHARLES ture, based on what STRACHEY you did in the past.

You could be asked to talk about how you WORKING WISE tackled a challenging problem, made a difficult decision, handled criticism of your work or went beyond the call of duty.

The best way to prepare for this type of interview is to review the job posting for required skills — both work skills and

interpersonal skills — and then think of examples from your past work that best illustrate your abilities and attributes.

Many employers are interested in how their employees handle conflict. If interpersonal skills are listed as a desired skill, you might want to think of a time you had a conflict with your supervisor or co-worker and then helped bring about a positive resolution.

Interviewers are looking for short stories that clearly illustrate the situation, the action you took and the resolution.

The STARS technique can help you answer behaviour descriptive interview questions quickly and highlight your valuable skills to the employer. ● Situation I was in. ● Task I needed to complete. ● Action I took. ● Results I achieved. ● Skills I used.

Take some time to think about your past accomplishments and successes. Try to develop as many stories as possible — especially about the high points of your career — and stick to examples where you handled the situation well.

For questions about failure, such as,

“Tell me about a time you missed a deadline,” focus on what you learned so that it never happens again, and mention a more recent project where you were successful as a result of your learning.

Unfortunately, it’s nearly impossible to think of every possible question. If you get a surprise question, take a moment to think of your most relevant story. If you don’t have a story you can use, describe how you would handle the situation.

Be honest. Don’t make up an answer, because employers often have follow-up questions if they like what they hear, don’t completely understand, or are unsure if you are telling the truth.

For more information on behaviour descriptive interviews and the STARS technique, check out the tip sheet on the Alberta Learning Information Services (ALIS) website at http://bit.ly/S6f23O. Monster.com also has a list of 100 common interview questions — including 17 behaviour descriptive interview questions, at http://mnstr.me/OCvdkw.

Working Wise is compiled by Charles Strachey, a regional manager with Alberta Human Services (charles.strachey@gov.ab.ca), for general information.

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MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market ended lower on Friday as metals and mining stocks weakened.

The S&P/TSX composite index was down 25.65 points

to 12,383.60. The TSX Venture Exchange rose 10.83 points to 1,345.72.

The Canadian dollar moved up 0.01 of a cent to 102.42 cents US. The metals and mining

sector on the TSX was down 1.6 per cent with Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX:TRQ), which was former known as Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. until last month, dropping five per cent to $8.61.

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CONGRESS: A lot of influence already Dallas also spent time with Aberdeen’s Lord Provost, which is the equivalent of a mayor. Because the Scottish city is an energy city — given its proximity to the North Sea oil reserves — they had many areas of common interest.

Alberta companies are playing a key role in the work related to the extraction of North Sea oil, pointed out Dallas.

“There’s a lot of Alberta influence already in the area.”

Dallas also spent a few days in Germany, where he met with two senior ministers from the state of Saxony. He said they discussed the importance of reaching a Canada-European Union free trade agreement, and also talked about the proposed EU fuel quality directive — which Canada argues would unfairly discriminate against oilsands bitumen.

“For the oilsands-derived product to be singled out for treatment that isn’t based on scientific merit, we find troubling,” said Dallas, adding that Germany seems receptive to Canada’s case.

Dallas was supposed to meet with government and industry officials in Italy, but instead returned to Canada following Peter Lougheed’s death. He managed to speak to a group of Italian entrepreneurs by way of a teleconference on Thursday. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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RIM: Stock has taken a beating The stock has taken a beating as RIM’s product lineup falls behind rival products, the iPhones from Apple and Galaxy devices from Samsung.

RIM has been making cuts across its operations to help counter faltering sales of its smartphones, particularly in North America. The company announced 5,000 layoffs earlier this year.

The outage also brought up unpleasant memories of troubles with email

Euro — US$1.2984, up 0.17 of a cent Oil futures: US$92.89 per barrel, up $0.47 (November contract) Gold Futures: US$1,778 per oz., up $7.80 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $35.333 per oz., down $0.178 $1,135.96 per kg., down $5.72 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing: Canola: Nov.’12 $4.50 lower $612.90; Jan ’13 $4.50 lower $616.20; March ’13 $4.30 lower $615.70; May ’13 $3.50 lower $606.70; July ’13 $3.50 lower $598.90; Nov. ’13 $1.30 lower $535.10; Jan. ’14 $1.30 lower $537.60; March ’14 $1.30 lower $533.70; May ’14 $1.30 lower $533.70; July ’14 $1.30 lower $533.70; Nov. ’14 $1.30 lower $533.70.

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.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 216,960 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 216,960.

and chat messages last year that left millions of users globally without service for three days. At that time, RIM was criticized for being slow to respond publicly to the outage.

Edward Jones technology analyst Bill Kreher said consumers may decide the new BlackBerry 10 smartphones aren’t worth the wait.

“This outage comes at a bad time, given the already negative sentiment,” Kreher said from St. Louis. Mo. “In the minds of consumers on the same day the iPhone is launched, you’re getting further negative perception around the BlackBerry product and services,” he said.

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The CFIA urged consumers who are unsure if they have the affected ground beef product in their home to check with the store where the product was purchased or throw it out.

Walmart is just the latest of the country’s food retailers to feel the effect of the recall.

Previous announcements from the CFIA said affected beef prod-

ucts have been distributed in all 10 provinces as well as parts of northern Canada.

Retailers forced to pull the products from their shelves include Sobeys, Co-op, Foodland, Giant Tiger and several corporate and franchised Loblaws Companies stores such as Real Canadian Superstore and Your Independent Grocer.

Balsom said no E. Coli cases in humans have been linked to tainted meat, setting this recall apart from the deadly listeria outbreak that forced grocery stores to yank thousands of Maple Leaf Foods products from their shelves in 2008.

“The Maple Leaf was a reaction to an outbreak that was currently ongoing in Canada. We have no outbreak at this point, no illnesses linked to this product.”

The Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed that no current E.coli cases have been connected with the tainted meat.

Authorities at Alberta Health Services said they are currently probing five individual E.coli cases — four in Edmonton and one in Calgary — but said they have not established a link to the CFIA recall.

PHAC said it is not aware of E.coli incidents anywhere else in Canada.

XL Foods did not respond to requests for comment.

Balsom urged Canadians to be vigilant about checking any of their recent ground beef purchases to see if they have been included in the recall.

A complete list of affected stores and products can be found on the food inspection agency’s website at www. inspection.gc.ca.

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Elsewhere, hopes that Spain was preparing to tap a new European aid program re-emerged. The ECB recently announced a bondbuying program meant to bring down the borrowing rates of countries that ask for financial aid. The plan has eased market tensions in Spain, but mainly on the assumption that Madrid will request the aid — something it has so far balked at doing.

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In commodities, November crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange moved up 48 cents to US$92.89 a barrel, meaning that the price of oil lost six per cent on the week. The TSX energy sector rose 0.3 per cent.

Gold stocks gained 0.6 per cent as the December bullion contract increased $7.80 to end the week at US$1,778 an ounce. December copper was up three cents to US$3.79 a pound.

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With a few fillet strips, and a dash of designer imagination, wardrobes could easily take on a whole new persona. Below, before, you need to analyze ‘need.’

Customizing closets USE BUILT-INS “You’re so far back in the closet, you might as well be in Narnia.”

We’ve espoused this epistle regularly and the curt approach seldom fails to raise an eyebrow.

Guess our verbal taser stings, but worry not; on this occasion we’re simply talking wardrobes.

How often is that Holy Grail item secreted to the rear of your closet — under a mountain of other ‘stuff’ — COLIN & when you need JUSTIN it most?

Today’s dispatch highlights a typical conundrum; fact is that most of us use twenty per cent of our clothes eighty per cent of the time.

It doesn’t take a statistician to observe that the remaining four-fifths lie dormant, consuming valuable space.

Our first tip?

Purge, via the charity store.

Thereafter, washed free of the detritus that muddies your world, you’ll have a brighter and more glorious path upon which to walk.

Sermon over.

Thank you, Tammy Faye Baker.

If you’re bothered by an ominous lack of storage, what’s the best way to walk towards the light?

Well, as far as we see it, you need to analyze ‘need’. If you’re a budding Jeanne Beker (with an artillery of clothing to rival Holt Renfrew), chances are you’re already bulging at the seams. As such, you probably need to optimize closets.

Perhaps ‘built-ins’ could be the answer?

Or, if real estate permits, maybe an entire room could be converted into a walk-in wardrobe?

If your requirements are smaller, that which you already have — with

DESIGN

a light reshuffle — might just suffice.

Guess it all comes down to what you need and what you can do without.

As we said; purge.

Today we’re going to look at a couple of projects, each arranged to help very different clients.

The first, Nancy, a lovely young Mom, required only moderate storage to house a boutique collection of frocks and shoes.

The second, Janice, a retired fashion model, had a massive catalogue of gowns, shoes and handbags and, by her own admission, wasn’t ready to get rid of any.

The former required simple ‘builtins’ whereas the latter, an empty nester, had a spare room which proved to be the ideal space in which to create a

Carrie Bradshaw storage fantasy.

So, first things first. Built-ins.

You might imagine they’re expensive but, if you’re a gifted DIYer, you could probably assemble a configuration like the one featured today.

Essentially a dollop of Ikea flat pack, the wardrobes are positioned on baseboards (supported from below) and topped with simple crown to suggest that a time-served cabinet maker had graced the scene.

As we travel the world on our style trajectory, we recommend looking at things differently; ‘out of the box’ is often the best way forward.

Just because a wardrobe, for example, is designed as free-standing, there’s no reason it can’t be ‘tweaked.’

With a few fillet strips, and a dash of designer imagination, it could easily take on a whole new persona.

Sure, the new installation looks slick but it also has to perform well.

This in mind, we considered Nancy’s need for a TV, albeit a smaller version than her previous monolith, and indulged her with a compact flat screen.

Routing BEFORE construction ensured that a trailing spaghetti of wiring was avoided; it’s a detail, sure, but one that’s often overlooked.

Tip: ensure that all electrical appliances (such as TVs and sound systems) have adequate ventilation so that heat buildup is never an issue.

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SHELVES: Stocked with boxes to house smaller items Ample shelving — stocked with raffia boxes — houses smaller items, while hanging space either side takes care of everything else.

Job done.

On a grander scale, Janice’s walk-in dressing room is the last word in indulgent luxury.

In the bedroom once occupied by her son — who’d long since flown the coup — we created luxurious stabling, into which was secreted a host of psychedelic frocks, Empire line coats and all manner of ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s blouses.

The wildly patterned vision lurking behind closet doors is at direct odds with the calm sea of claret Toile de Jouey that punctuates the main scene.

Somehow, it all simply works.

Issues of pattern aside, we employed a specialist closet supplier and agreed on the best footprint; that being a wraparound across three walls.

This optimizes storage and keeps the centre of the room free for a large ottoman. An inclusion like this is so valuable; having somewhere to lay out a proposed outfit is a lovely bonus.

And when the ottoman isn’t occupied by that day’s sartorial package, it provides great bum space and the perfect spot upon which to enjoy a glass of Champagne.

That’s what Carrie Bradshaw would do, right?

Nutshell tips for the perfect closet If square-footage is tight, opt for hangers that clip and hang down from each other to amplify accommodation. Visit eNeat Space and check out eMawa Add A Set hangers’ — $14.99 for four.

Adding narrow shelves and knobs on the back of your closet doors will max up on function.

Give us a trolley and we’ll wander the aisles of Lee Valley Hardwares till we swoon.

Kit out an empty closet by shopping at Rubbermaid — they purvey easy-to-install shelf and rail kits that provide both hanging and stash space.

If you don’t want to look like you got dressed in the dark, install lighting; Home Hardware sell easyto-hang battery-operated lamps that come to life with a simple push.

To reduce bulk, vacuum pack off-season clothes and pop under the bed; seasonally adjusting your garb will free up so much room. Try The Space Bag, $19.99 at Canadian Tire.

Group items according to category; it may seem like a hassle to do this but you’ll find the sense of order utterly liberating.

Visit Solutions; they carry clever ideas to organize the most wayward closet.

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Beyond mobile: Prefab homes come of age

BY CEDAR BURNETT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS So much of what is in our homes these days is factory-made — toasters, furniture, toys — but not the homes themselves.

Most are still built on-site, as opposed to being prefabricated and trucked in.

That doesn’t make sense, says Sheri Koones, author of four books on prefab housing, including the new Prefabulous and Almost Off the Grid: Your Path to Building an Energy-Efficient Home (Abrams).

“Would you want your car to be built in your driveway?” says Koones, of Greenwich, Conn.

“Of course you wouldn’t. You want your car made in a climate-controlled factory by skilled professionals on an assembly line. Wouldn’t you want the same thing for your home?”

Prefab housing, a concept that’s been around at least since Sears and other companies introduced mail-order kits in the early 1900s, generally refers to factory-built modular and panelized housing.

They are built to the same code as traditionally built homes, with additional structural requirements to make sure they withstand being transported.

Depending on the home’s size, multiple pieces (or modules) are delivered to a site and secured together onto the foundation in a matter of hours.

Prefab homes are typically 60 per cent to 90 per cent complete at the time of delivery, but often require an additional two or three weeks for finishing touches.

By contrast, mobile homes, which carry much of the stigma against prefabricated housing, are built to a more lenient federal code, arrive on their own wheels, depreciate quickly and are not generally zoned for ur-

ban use.

Because modular prefab homes are indistinguishable from sitebuilt homes, they have become increasingly popular, pushed by the growing interest in green building.

“Prefab homes are much more efficient and environmentally friendly. There is so much less waste in the manufacturing process. Any excess materials can be recycled into other homes or sent back to the manufacturer instead of ending up in a dumpster,” Koones says.

“Because the materials aren’t exposed to the elements, prefab houses avoid problems with mould, rot and bacteria... .”

She also cites worker health and safety as a benefit to building homes off-site.

“Prefab construction professionals can work year-round, indoors, without being exposed to the elements.”

Still, some consumers remain unsure of what a green home built off-site would entail.

Greenfab, a Seattle company, recently used a newly built prefab home as a teaching tool.

After producing the first platinum LEEDcertified prefab home in Washington State, Greenfab opened the modern house to the public for three months. School groups, builders, buyers and non-profit groups toured it.

“People in the neighbourhood just saw a foundation in the morning, and came home to find a completed house,” says Johnny Hartsfield, founder and president of Greenfab. “Our main goal as a company is to educate the public on the benefits of green and prefab. ” He also lists cost as a reason to go prefab.

Since the homes are predesigned, he says, there are no architect fees, time delays or cost overruns.

“Site building is loud

and stressful,” Hartsfield says.

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boxes and clear acrylic chests they’re a veritable one-stop shop.

For occasional use (if converting your office into overnight guest accommodation, for instance) invest in a portable clothes rail like the Mainstays Two Tier from Walmart.

At just $14.88 it can be folded away and stored when not in use.

If starting from scratch, and if budget permits, call upon the services of a professional closet-fitter.

We used California Closets and they conducted a super job.

Stores like Ikea carry great wardrobe ranges that can be topped and bottomed (as previously described) to create a custom look.

They also stock attractive sliding door ranges that are actually designed to be fitted in.

Don’t forget old favourite Home Depot; they have a selection of free-standing wardrobes, in modern and contemporary styles, most of which are well priced.

Low-profile shelved trays on castors are a great way to ‘double deck’ at floor level; they commandeer and utilize the space below dresses and coats.

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When you first fell in love with that lofty condo, you couldn’t imagine anything better.

Oh, the freedom of undivided space, the Bohemian spirit of exposed brick walls, and those scraped and gouged wood floorboards have such stories to tell.

These fabulous features hold many of us in thrall, but they do come with decorating challenges.

All that raw character and height can feel a bit impersonal, even overwhelming on a day to day basis..

I’ve always enjoyed the challenge of decorating loft spaces. I start with the kitchen.

It sits open to the living area, everything is in plain view.

And kitchens large or small are people magnets.

It’s an unproven fact that the smaller the kitchen, the DEBBIE larger the number of people who will squeeze in to help TRAVIS you cook, or more likely just to chat.

Here are a few of my tips for transforming the kitchen into an exhilarating zone that energizes the entire loft.

Choose a focal point.

The undercounter area or backsplash is a perfect location to infuse with colour. Paint this strip in a shade that can be repeated elsewhere in the living area to synchronize the overall design.

Here I simply painted over bland beige tiles in a striking tone of true blue, and tied it up with glassware and linens.

A carpet in the sitting area has streaks of this blue in its design. You could add touches in glass sconces, cushions and artwork.

Just enough to keep the eye moving and unify the living spaces.

There are many options for creating a focal backsplash. Glass and ceramic tiles are traditional choices that can be fashioned in an unlimited number of colour and design patterns. I have also used more novel materials such as corrugated steel or funky plastics.

Keep it simple. This area is more suited to clean lines. Too many details will blur and confuse the picture.

Flat faced cabinets that open by touch eliminate the need for hardware.

Alternately, sleek chrome handlebars work well and complement stainless steel large and small appliances. Utilize the countertop to store items that are visually appealing and in frequent use, such as a lineup of condiment bottles or stacked dishes or mixing bowls, but leave space to work.

Edit your kitchen supplies. If you are short on storage space, be judicious about the number and size of plates and glasses you require. Go with what you know you will use.

Small appliances take up big space, so ask yourself how many times a month you would use a food processor, mixer, blender, toaster oven, or juicer.

Be brutally honest about the number of spices you really cook with, what basic food supplies you reach for and discard the rest.

Build a barrier.

Loft kitchens are generally positioned along one wall.

A bar-height partition will define the room, adds counter space and can be designed to include storage shelves as well.

Add a drop leaf extension on the living area side of the bar partition that can be raised for eating, or as a serving area for dinner parties. A rolling kitchen cart takes steps away from preparing and serving food. Set it up and wheel it where needed. It can be tucked away against a wall when not in use.

Put overhead and task lighting on dimmers so that you can produce the required mood and accents and you have a well-designed kitchen that will enhance your lofty lifestyle.

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Replacing tile grout brown colour.

Finishes like these typically last two or three years before they need stripping and reapplication.

The toughest deck finishes of all are opaque like paint, and they’ll last for about five years.

Follow that with a roller to apply paint over the rest of the surfaces.

Even after painting you could find that the texture of panelling is still too busy when it’s present on both ceiling and walls.

That’s why you might consider drywall for the ceiling.

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A multi-tool equipped with a carbide abrasive disk like this one is an excellent option for removing old tile grout. existing panelled ceiling, taped, plastered, then painted.

I’ve seen a number of seasonal, unheated cottages with drywall, and cracking hasn’t been a problem with any of

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Hand-held electric multi-tools are available with curved abrasive attachments for removing tougher grout over larger areas.

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With all the old grout to make it look better? gone, thoroughly vacuum I applied a clear finish the area to remove every when the deck was new a couple of years ago, trace of dust and grit.

Regrouting involves but it hasn’t protected mixing the powdered against ground-in dirt. grout to the consistency What should I do?

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“We want to make building your home more exciting and fun — we don’t want you to hate it or get divorced over it.”

Prefab homes can be customized. Some companies offer environmental upgrades beyond standards such as lowVOC paint and efficient appliances.

“We can install the foundation for water collection and solar adaptability in our homes,” Hartsfield says.

“Even if they don’t have the money to set up a full solar collection system, we can build their home with the infrastructure to do that down the line.”

Of course, consumers still tend to choose

This photo provided by Greenfab shows the dining room of a prefab house in Seattle, Wash.

The home, created

by Seattle company, Greenfab, was the first platinum LEEDcertified prefab home in Washington state. home was the first new construction in its neighbourhood in 100 years.

The neighbours were wary, but came around when they saw the finished home, he says.

And after building a model home in the upscale Hamptons, on Long Island, N.Y., New World Home won over the neighbourhood and produced five more homes there, Jupiter says.

“Modern is hard to relate to for some people,” he says.

“Our stylings are based on a rich architectural history. esthetically, they look like they’ve been around for 100 years, but they perform like they’re 30 years in the future.”

Kitchen makeover combines glitz, contemporary

BY CANDICE OLSON SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE Derrick and Anita have lived in their home for four years.

They finally saved up enough money to start renovating, and first on their list was the kitchen. They wanted to scrap everything about the massive, industrial-style kitchen with its fluorescent lighting, dysfunctional layout and 1980s look.

Who could blame them? This kitchen was cold and more suited to an industrial park or a factory, rather than a warm and inviting home.

But Derrick and Anita had very different ideas about how to renovate this space.

He is all about elegance, glitz and glam — think Palace of Versailles. On the other hand, she likes contemporary, clean lines — think an elegant and modern hotel lobby.

As you can see, our challenge was all about cooking up a creative plan that would merge two conflicting styles into one perfect kitchen.

This space was absolutely huge, so I created a plan that sectioned off the room into three distinct zones: cooking and food prep, a dining area and an after-dinner lounge.

Then I placed a pantry with lots of storage between the dining-room doors. A built-in stainless-steel microwave and oven were stacked and built into simple white cabinetry finished off with elegant round crystal knobs, to add just a touch of sparkle.

A new fridge-freezer unit sits concealed behind more cabinetry doors, and an elegant black quartz countertop wraps around the remainder of the food-prep area.

Our choice for the backsplash had to be just right — glitzy enough to suit Derrick, but without going overboard for Anita’s tastes. We found the perfect solution — an iridescent black mosaic tile that is truly elegant in an understated way.

A new stainless-steel sink and drainboard are topped by an elegant gooseneck faucet, and striped fabric valances crown both of the room’s windows.

In the center of this area sits an island prep station, complete with a white, gray and black quartz countertop and dark cabinetry with more storage space.

A built-in cooktop placed in front of the side window allows the cook to gaze outside while creating a culinary masterpiece.

The cooktop has a pop-up venting system that is easily concealed and makes the placement in front of the window possible.

Moving into the dining “zone,” a spacious built-in display case constructed from the same

dark cabinetry as the island features a mirrored back and glass shelves.

Four studded leather stools provide comfortable seating for dinner — but Derrick and Anita won’t be sitting there for too long after they finish dessert, because then it will be time to move on to the kitchen lounge.

Yes, you read that correctly! This kitchen

is so big that there was room to create an intimate lounge for two with a couple of comfortable upholstered chairs, a round white table with clean, flowing lines, and a wall-mounted television.

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homes based on gut reactions, emotional connections and personal taste.

“If houses aren’t attractive, no one is going to want to build an efficient house,” says Koones.

“One of the misconceptions about prefab is that they’re all modern, and not everyone likes modern. The truth is, most of the prefab being built in this country is actually traditional.”

Brooklyn, N.Y.-based New World Home, one of the builders featured in Koones’ book, builds traditionally styled prefab homes across the Northeast.

Founding partners Mark Jupiter and Tyler Schmetterer built on-site homes until 2006, when they decided to produce prefab green homes for the masses.

“I love chunky timberframed houses,” say Jupiter.

“I wanted to make homes that fit in the neighbourhood, that conjure good feelings and are anchored in history.”

He cites one project in which his prefab

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NOV. 4, 18 & 25 $120 Call Lisa 403-224-3756 or Julie 403-227-1135 HULA Hoop Dance Lessons Beginning Sept. 27.

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FERGUSON Eleanor 1932 - 2012 Eleanor gently passed away Sept. 13, 2012 in Victoria General Hospital (Victoria, B.C.), due to complications from pneumonia. She was predeceased by her husband, Clarence and brothers, Leslie, Cliff and Gordon. Eleanor is survived by her other siblings, Margaret, Bruce (Peggy), Roy (Joyce), Don and Jean; as well as her step-daughters, Maryllis and Pat (Roger), their children and grandchildren, and m a n y, m a n y n i e c e s a n d nephews. She will be sadly missed by all. During her life Eleanor enjoyed the company of friends and family, especially children. She loved gardening and the beauty of nature.

She was an avid reader and was always ready to engage in a conversation to explore ideas. Eleanor worked as both a high school counselor and a diaconal minister; she was always an active member in the United Church. A service will be held in Innisfail, Alberta at the United Church, 4 7 2 0 - 4 8 Av e o n M o n d a y September 24th, 2012 at 2:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made to a charity of your choice.

GELLERT On September 18, 2012 in the arms of her husband Norm (of 62 years) and surrounded by her loving family, Vera Gladys Gellert went to be with the Lord.

Ve r a w a s b o r n i n P i n e y, Manitoba on March 21, 1928 to Thora and Percy Stringer.

Her twin sister, Verna and older sister, Blanche, survive her. She is predeceased by her brother Andy and her sister, Ferne. Vera taught her children: Lynne-Dale and Scott Biondo, Sheryl and Todd Newfield, Greg and Marie-Claude Gellert and her 25 grandchildren and great grandchildren the most valuable lessons of life… the importance of family, faith and friendship. A celebration of her life will be held at CrossRoads Church Chapel in Red Deer at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 23, 2012.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to CrossRoads Church, Local Ministries, 38105 RR 275 Red Deer County, AB. T4S 24N. Cheques payable to CrossRoads Church in memory of: Vera ‘Nanny’ Gellert.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com

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KANTEN Verona Lucia With deep sorrow we mourn the passing of our mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and friend. Verona Lucia Kanten was tenderly ushered into eternity early Wednesday morning, September 19, 2012 at the Bethany Care Center.

She was the oldest girl of fourteen children, born in Stettler, Alberta. Ronnie is survived by her four children; Sharon Johnston (Ron Armstrong) of Rimbey, Susan Penner (Wally) of Lethbridge, Randy Kanten (Gloria) of Blackfalds and Coreen Frey (David) of Spruce Grove. Ronnie leaves nine grandchildren, six great grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her mother, father, nine brothers and sisters, her first husband, Ted McIntosh of Halkirk and husband of 43 years, Adolph (Adie) Kanten of Sylvan Lake. She will be lovingly remembered for her kindness, friendliness, community service and church involvement. A special thank you to the staff of Bethany Center for their exceptional loving care of our mother. A Funeral Service will be held at Gospel Chapel of Sylvan Lake on Monday, September 24, 2012 at 1:30 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Ronnie’s honour may be made directly to the Alzheimer’s Society, 104 4805 - 48 Avenue Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 3T2 or to the Parkinson’s Society, 102, 5636 - Burbank Cres. S.E. Calgary, Alberta T2H 1Z6.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45th Street, Red Deer Phone (403) 347-2222

SMITH, Marion Roberta Nov. 2, 1921 - Sept. 10, 2012 Roberta passed away peacefully in Red Deer at the age of ninety after a short battle with Cancer. Roberta loved the outdoors and spent many hours gardening, camping, hiking, fishing and gold panning with her husband of 60 years, John. She had a keen interest in all things in nature and knew a lot about the local flora and fauna in Alberta. Her varied interests included painting and writing.

She published two compilations of poetry, a brief look at growing up on the prairies in the early days of Alberta, and another on David Thompson.

Roberta is predeceased by her husband John, parents Edna and Sam Merrick, and brother, Harold. The family thank the nurses and staff of Unit 32 at the Red Deer Hospital, and acknowledge the wonderful work and caring from the nurses and staff of the Red Deer Hospice for their kindness and support. As in life Roberta was a modest woman and her wish for no funeral service has been carried out.

SWANSON Elenor M. 1920 - 2012 We were lucky to have with us for so long our mother Elenor, and it is with deep sadness we announce the sudden passing of our mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt and friend on M o n d a y, S e p t e m b e r 1 7 , 2012 at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre.

Elenor was born to Anna and Alfred Dahms of Wetaskiwin, Alberta and worked at Michener Centre for 25 years, making many friends among her co-workers; always having a smile and a cheerful greeting for those she worked with. She was a strong, independent and feisty woman with a quick wit and a very caring heart.

Elenor enjoyed baking, having family suppers, spending time on the west coast and completing puzzles.

She also enjoyed life on 41st Avenue where she resided for over 40 years. The coffee pot was always on and there was a warm welcome to all family and friends. Elenor’s greatest passion was her children, grandchildren and now, great-grandchildren.

She was so very proud of each of us, taking great pleasure in all our successes.

She will be dearly missed by those who loved her, but we know she will walk along with us every day. Elenor will be lovingly remembered by her seven children; Shirley (Al) Cade, Jeannette Swanson, Kathy Swanson, Wendy (Rod) Trentham, Kenn (Kris) Swanson, Chris Sisson, Patricia (Ken) Wessel and her six grandchildren; Ben Sisson, Jennifer (Ben) Batagol, Rachel (Clark) Peters, Annemarie Trentham, Sarah (Steve) Roadhouse and Erik Wessel as well as by her seven great-grandchildren; Olivia, Wakefield, Fiona, Gracyn, Soren, Sean and Rhys. Elenor was predeceased by her parents; Anna and Alfred Dahms, sisters; Blanche, Edith, Alida, Myrtle and brothers; Ernest, Leonard, Ve r n o n , E a r l a n d L l o y d .

Cremation has been entrusted to Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium. A private memorial service will take place at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations made directly to the Lending Cupboard, 5406 C, 43 Street, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 1C9 or to the Piper Creek Foundation, 301 4719, 48 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 3T1 would be appreciated.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Joelle Valliere, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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OLYSLAGER John Gerhard Dec. 24, 1925 - Sept. 19, 2012 Our beloved husband, father a n d g r a n d f a t h e r, p a s s e d away as the sun was rising on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at the age of 86 years. Born in Holland, John and Lanie immigrated with their young family to Canada, settling in Southern Alberta.

They resided in Pincher Creek for 35 years, later moving to Red Deer in 2007.

John leaves to treasure his memory, his loving wife of 61 years, Lanie, his three children, Grace (Patrick) Page, John (Gail) Olyslager and Patricia (Brent) Janzen.

He will also be cherished and greatly missed by his grandchildren, Sara (Denver), John, Amanda, Curtis, Emma and Ava. The family would like to acknowledge and thank the staff and Palliative Care team on Unit 32 at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made directly to the Red Deer Regional Hospital Foundation, Palliative Care Unit 32, 3942 - 50A Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 4E7.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Joelle Valliere , Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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CHASE TERON Congratulations on graduating Lost from the University of Victoria Peter B. Gustavson School of LOST BLUE SEADOO Business with your Bachelor PADDLEBOAT of Commerce Degree majoring on Sylvan Lake in Entrepreneurship. Wishing August 2012.

Reward offered. you great success as you Call 403 274 7709 if found. start your career with Shell Canada in Calgary. We are LOST earring, ruby in silvery proud of you. ver setting on McKenzie Love, Mom, Dad, Courtney Trail 403-341-4520 and Jesse LOST Our iPad2 was lost in either Sylvan Lake or Red Deer on September 20. Possible it was left on car when we drove away from Hewlett Park or fell out of vehicle at one of our numerous stops. It is a white iPad with black CANVAS case. The iPad is engraved on back. If found please contact us at 403-858-1058.

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McMahon - Hingst Sara McMahon and Garett Hingst announce their wedding on August 9, 2012.

Congratulations from their p a r e n t s To n y a n d F r a n McMahon, Red Deer and Randy and Jodi Hingst, Olds.

LOST: MALE ORANGE TABBY Neutered with microchip, lost in Lancaster area.

REWARD! 403-340-2373 SET OF KEYS lost.

Has a Hyundai ignition key & remote. Possibly in the Save-on Foods/Eastview area. Please call 403-346-6886 if found STILL MISSING Cloe is a tiny Chihuahua yorkie Cross, she is about 5 pounds and black & tan.

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She went missing from a Red Deer boarding kennel on Oct 28th 2011. We realize that it has been a long time but we would love to have her home or at least know that she is okay. Please call collect 867-872-4466 or email: barbcolin@ northwestel.net if you have any information. Thank you

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IROC Energy Services Partnership is a dynamic, rapidly growing public company focused on addressing the diverse needs of the oil and gas industry. IROC combines cutting-edge technology, state-of-theart equipment and depth of experience to deliver a product and services offering that is unrivaled in the oilfield services business. We have an immediate opening for an individual who enjoys a challenging, fast-paced and team orientated environment.

The position of Payroll Administrator will cover a 1 year maternity leave to assist the Payroll Supervisor with benefit administration and the processing of payrolls accurately and on time.

Key Accountabilities: • Assist supervisor with processing bi-weekly payrolls for hourly employees • Administer the entry of necessary documents for new hires and terminations • Maintain and update payroll information in the Great Plains system • Data entry, filing and processing records of employment • Preparation and distribution of payroll cheques and direct deposits • Month end procedures including accruals and account reconciliations • Assist with year-end processing and T4’s • Respond to inquiries from employees, management and external agencies • Additional duties as required Qualifications: • Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) designation an asset • Previous experience in payroll administration • Strong computer skills including Microsoft Word and Excel • Strong attention to detail and organizational skills • Strong interpersonal and team work skills • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Good understanding of provincial payroll legislations • Great Plains systems experience is an asset • Candidates with previous Oil & Gas experience will be given preference We offer competitive pay, benefits and opportunities for advancement.

Qualified applicants are invited to submit a cover letter and resume quoting job reference number IROC14-12 to: Attention: Email: Mail:

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Human Resources careers@iroccorp.com IROC Energy Services Partnership 8113 49th Avenue Close Red Deer, Alberta T4P 2V5 (403) 346-9770

For further information on this position and other opportunities within our company, please visit our website at www.iroccorp.com We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those who will be interviewed will be contacted.

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Morrisroe MULTI FAMILY 8 Muldrew Cres. Furniture, BBQ, auto’s, brand name items, household, book, and more. Fri. Sept. 21, 2-7 Sat. 9-2.

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Clean & gently used.

45 PAMELY AVE. Sat. 22nd 9-Noon Man stuff! Tools, sporting goods, antiques, rods-reels, compressor & lots more.

Duhamel Manning Feehan Warrender Glass LLP Requires the services of a Real Estate Conveyancer with 5 years+ experience.

Builders experience would be an advantage.

Please email resume to ssimmons@altalaw.ca or fax to the attention of Office Manager on 403.343.0891.

Farm Work

755 Clerical

LOOKING FOR

FULL & PART TIME CHICKEN CATCHERS willing to work night/early morning shifts.

Immediate openings.

Full Benefits.

Contact Mike 403-848-1478

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

770

CCCSI is hiring sanitation workers for the afternoon and evening shifts. Get paid weekly, $14.22/hr.

Call 403-348-8440 or fax 403-348-8463 LEADING facility services company is seeking hard working, safety conscious cleaners for janitorial team.

F/T work. Fax resume to 403-314-7504 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

Oilfield

800

790

Medical

Oilfield

800

Oilfield

800

Oilfield

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

800

Oilfield

COLTER PRODUCTION TESTING SERVICES INC Join Our Fast Growing Team and Secure Your Future with our Optimum Benefit Package & RRSP’s!!

790

Janitorial

770

Landcore Technologies Inc. located in Ponoka is currently seeking energetic, motivated team players for the following positions:

Drillers and Driller Assistants with a Class 1 driver’s license.

Apprentice or Journeyman Mechanics Pile Drive Operators Pile Drive Assistants Field Supervisor All candidates must be able to pass a pre-employment drug test.

Safety tickets are an asset but we are willing to train the right candidate.

We offer exceptional pay, excellent benefit package and a positive work environment.

Please email resumes to info@landcore.ca or fax 403-783-2011.

The right candidates will be contacted for an interview.

Please no phone calls.

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

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

800

PRESSURE TRUCK OPERATORS / HOT OILER OPERATORS

P/T EXP’D MEDICAL office Receptionist req’d.

Reference req’d.

Fax 403-346-4207

Alberta Directional Boring requires experienced Production Testing locators & drillers. Class Personnel: 1 license with clean abstract preferred.

Medical Day & Night Competitive wages including Supervisors DAILY BONUSES. Work & Field Operators Come Grow With with new, state of the art Us!!!! equipment. Employee benefits package. Contact: • Qualified Day & Night Supervisors cathey@alberta - (Must be able to provide As one of Canada’s 50 directionalboring.com own work truck.)

Best Managed Companies, Busy trucking company • Field Operators CBI Home Health provides looking for experienced - Valid First Aid, H2S, you with more opportudriver’s license required! nities and greater support, winch truck, bed truck and tractor picker operators. training and career develPlease fax resume (403) Please see your website opment than any other 343-1922 or drop off at 10, @ www.colterenergy.ca health care company.

7719 Edgar Industrial Dr. or contact us at 1-877-926-5837 We are currently recruiting ECHO NDE for the following positions: is currently hiring certified Your application will be CGSB Level II kept strictly confidential Radiography Technicians Community Care for full-time local employLooking for a new pet?

Supervisor LPN / ment. All candidates shall Check out Classifieds to RN possess a professional find the purrfect pet. attitude with excellent The position requires you to: communication skills.

ENVIR. surveying position * train and supervise Applicants shall be with MAGARA Enterprises Health Care Associates in personable with the ability Ltd. Line locating, community and lodge to work well as part of surveying, oilfield, or farm settings in the city of Red a team atmosphere. experience an asset. Must Deer and surrounding Computer skills an asset. be physically fit for lots of areas Competitive benefits and walking while carrying * be a great communicator wages apply. Submit equip. Email resume to * ensure quality and resume in confidence to darcy@magara.ca manage areas of risk trussell@echonde.com problem, solve and make TOO MUCH STUFF? and qualified need only appropriate decisions Let Classifieds apply. * educate and mentor help you sell it.

D I S PAT C H E R w a n t e d . * ensure positive client Class 1 driving and oilfield STEAM TRUCK operator outcomes exp. an asset. Good phone req’d. Must have experi* have a reliable vehicle and computer skills a ence and have clean * be avail. for a rotation of must.

We provide exc. pay driver’s abstract, all req’d days/evenings/weekends and benefits. Reply to Box tickets and reliable 1010, c/o R. D. Advocate, transportation. Fax resume Certified Health 2950 Bremner Ave., Red 403-348-2918 or email Care Aides Deer, AB T4R 1M9 gelliott@telusplanet.net

BETA SURVEYS LIMITED Professional Land Surveyors Responsible for A/R, A/P, bi-weekly payroll, bank deposits and reconciliation, government remittances, benefit plan, job set-up and filing. Prefer 3-5 years experience using Simply Accounting, Microsoft All applicants require: Word and Excel. Must * Health Care Aid have great attention to certification, be enrolled detail, ability to work in a government independently and multirecognized HCA task. Please reply in program or have confidence to email: documented previous Chris.Beaumont@ experience. betasurveys.ca * Recent clear Criminal Fax: 403-342-5334 Record Check (within the last 3 mths) BUSY BOOKKEEPING company looking for exp. * Proof of required immunizations (Hep B, bookkeeper. Must be fully Ruebella, proficient with quick books.

Varicella and TB test) This fast-paced job req’s * Reliable vehicle attention to detail, versatility & ability to Positions available in the manage deadlines. Email City of Red Deer and hradmin2012@shaw.ca surrounding areas (Olds, UFA/BAR W Lacombe, Petroleum & Electric Sylvan Lake, Blackfalds, Great employer benefit Receptionist/Dispatcher package. required for fast paced service company.

To apply, please e-mail Knowledge of office and your cover letter and administration procedures, resume to: hrhomeattention to detail, ability to health@cbi.ca multi task & proficiency in typing are essential.

Classifieds...costs so little Please fax resumes to: Saves you so much!

403-347-9310 or email: administration@ F/T / P/T Pharmacy barwpetroleum.com Technician. Apply w/ Wages based on experience. resume to: Highland Green Value Drug Mart, Red Deer

Janitorial

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

780

Legal Assistant/ Conveyancer

Red Deer Housing Authority (403) 343-2176

PAYROLL ADMINSTRATOR, RED DEER MATERNITY LEAVE-1 YEAR COVERAGE

Legal

We are a growing company searching for experienced hot oiler operators/pressure truck operators in our Central Alberta location.

Typical responsibilities will include: Knowledge of hot oiling procedures for wells, heating fluid tanks, etc.

• Prepare job sheets, weekly maintenance checks, etc.

• Use proper safety procedures, including safe driving, personal protective gear & ensuring compliance with all required safety certificates & licenses.

• 2012 Western Star 10,000 - 15,000 PSI •

As the successful candidate, you will have a clean driver’s abstract with a class 3 Q license.

We can offer candidates new technology in our units, benefits and competitive wages.

Please submit resume to lkeshen@1strateenergy.ca Attn. Human Resources We would like to thank all those candidates who apply, however only qualified personnel will be contacted.

SUREPOINT GROUP Provides a complete range of services to the upstream oil and gas industry.

Our RED DEER Location is looking for Instrumentation Technicians and Electricians: 2nd, 3rd, 4th year and Journeymen !

We offer: - Competitive wages - Comprehensive Group Benefits - Outstanding Safety Program ? It is our job to ensure we all go home SAFE EVERY DAY Central Alberta’s Largest Please forward resumes to careers@surepoint.ca or Car Lot in Classifieds FAX: (780) 830-5115

PRESSURE TRUCK / HOT OILERS SWAMPER

Permanent P/T Janitor

We are a growing company searching for experienced hot oiler operators / pressure truck swampers in our Central Alberta location.

Mon – Fri 8:00am to 12:00pm $12.50/hr Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to maintaining interior and exterior cleanliness, set up and take down for internal and external events.

Previous experience required and must be able to do heavy lifting.

Fax or email resume with cover letter to: Attn: Shawna Fax: 342-5892 shawna_wilnechenko@can.salvationarmy.org Application Deadline: September 25, 2012

720 Copp’s Services Inc. is a leading provider of pile driving, helical piling and related services to the oil and gas and infrastructure industries. We require an experienced Accounts Receivable Technician in our rapidly growing business.

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE TECH.

Responsibilities will include: - coding and processing of customer sales invoices (experience required) - maintaining customer files - assisting supervisor with month end close - other general accounting duties as required Copp’s offers a competitive salary and an opportunity to apply your skills in a challenging and rewarding environment.

Please submit your resume in confidence to ....

hr@coppsinc.ca

Check us out on our webpage

www.coppsinc.ca Phone: 403.347.6222 Fax: 403.347.6401

Northern area manager

to oversea Edson, Drayton Typical responsibilities Valley and Valley View will include: • Entry level position: operations. Valid candidate We require valid drivers would have knowledge in oilfield equipment rental license & safety tickets. and transportation • Use proper safety procedures, including services. Good Computer safe driving, personal skills i.e. Microsoft office.

Able to dispatch and protective gear & ensuring compliance co-ordinate multiple jobs.

Knowledge of OH&S rules with all required safety and industry safety regulacertificates & licenses. tions. Excellent customer relations. Good knowledge As the successful candidate, you will have a of all northern areas where oilfield activity takes place. clean driver’s abstract.

Tankmaster offers We can offer candidates competitive salary and new technology in our performance bonus units, benefits and depending on level of competitive wages. experience. All inquires are to be either email to Please submit resume to lkeshen@1strateenergy.ca m.morton@tankmaster.ca or faxed to 403-340-8818.

Attn. Human Resources We would like to thank TEAM Snubbing now all those candidates hiring operators and helpwho apply, however ers. Email: janderson@ only qualified personnel teamsnubbing.com will be contacted.

Oilfield

This position is based in Red Deer, Alberta and reports directly to the Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable Supervisor. The successful candidate will be a very organized individual who has several years of experience and a high degree of accuracy. Experience with Microsoft Word and Excel is required. The person will be a team contributor and take pride in a job well done!

Tankmaster Rentals LTD is currently seeking a

800 PRODUCTION CONTROL SERVICES

Local Plunger Lift/Automation company requires an

OPTIMIZATION/FIELD SALES TECHNICIAN Ideal Candidate will have: • 2+ years oil and gas experience • Solid understanding of the sales process • Excellent interpersonal skills • Professional, customer-focused attitude • Ability to work independently • Strong computer skill (I.e.: MS Office - Outlook & Excel) • Valid Class 5 drivers’ license • Safety Tickets (H2S, First Aid & CPR, WHMIS) • Flexibility to support other branch offices as needed

PCS offers competitive wages & performance based incentives, and provides all tools/ equipment needed to do the job. Advance your career in a challenging and rewarding work environment in a growing company! See www.pcslift.com for exciting updates about PCS. Please send your resume to CAREERS@PCSLIFT.COM with subject reference: PCS-CAN TECH. We thank all applicants in advance: however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

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NAVY League of Canada Red Deer Branch, AGM September 27, 2012.

6:30 p.m. at the Armory.

Red Deer, All Welcome

720

Waskasoo BACK ALLEY 5532-45 Ave. Sat. Sept. 22, 11-5.

MOVING SALE Odds & Ends Sat. Sept. 22, 9 am - 6 pm 422 WOODLEA CRES. WASKASOO ESTATES

West Lake 6237 CRONQUIST DR. Sept. 21 & 22 Fri. 10-4 & Sat. 8-4 MOVING! Compressor, Misc. household/shop

West Park 38 WISHART STREET Sept. 21 & 23 Fri. & Sun. 11 - 7 Lawnmowers, tools, sport stuff, garden items, household, some furniture, kids stuff, etc.

Out of Town ESTATE GARAGE SALE 242 Poplar Ridge Fri. 21st & Sat. 22nd, 9-5 Work wear, art supplies, home & garden.

Everything must go.

Oriole Park

Innisfail

GIANT MULTI-FAMILY 101 O’BRIEN CRES Fri. 21st, 4-7 & Sat. 22nd, 9-3 Stove, sm. appls., too much to mention.

ESTATE/GARAGE/YARD Sept. 22 & Sept. 23, 9-5.

5231-37 St. Everything must go!

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FIND YOUR LIFE MATE Country Introductions.

Membership specials.

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012 E3

Professionals

810

820

DOMINO’S PIZZA

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT - SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIETY OF ALBERTA

NOW HIRING F/T and P/T DRIVERS. Apply within, 5018 45th St.

Reporting to the Executive Director, responsible for preparation of proposals in the areas of funding and housing, minutes at all Board meetings, drafting TANKMASTER RENTALS internal and external requires experienced reports. Must possess: Class 3 Vac Truck Opera* Post-Secondary Diploma tors for Central Alberta. in Business Administration, Competitive wages and or relevant discipline, benefits. required. m.morton@tankmaster.ca * 5-7 years of related or fax 403-340-8818 experience ZUBAR Production * Excellent written and verbal Services communication skills is currently taking resumes * Strong knowledge of office for experienced procedures and practices Assistant Operators. *Proven organizational Must have all valid tickets. skills and proficiency with Email resume to: Microsoft Office Suite rdzubaroffice@telus.net or (Outlook, Word, Excel, fax to: 403-346-9420 Power Point) * Experience working with Boards and developing policies/procedures Professionals * Ability to work independently with minimal supervision DOW CHEMICAL *Self-motivated, strong in Prentiss, Alberta analytical skills with a is now hiring a keen attention to details Project Engineer *Experience in Accounts Payable/Receivable and Please review the budget management detailed job posting * Experience in a not-forand requirements, profit organization and apply on-line at www.careersatdow.com The position is located in Job Number 1208415 Red Deer and offers a Deadline to apply is: compensation plan that inOctober 4, 2012 cludes salary and benefits.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Safe Communities Please apply with resume Central Alberta. and cover letter to Louise Info: Degree or diploma, Hovelson by email at experience in the lhovelson@ non profit sector. schizophrenia.ab.ca or by 3 days/week. $24-30 /hr. fax to 780-482-3027 Skills in injury prevention, Please see our website for community work,volunteer the full posting: management,grant www.schizophrenia.ab.ca. applications, fundraising, Competition Closing Date: project/event planning.

October 1, 2012 Starts on 2012/12/01.

Send resume to Start your career! sccca@telus.net See Help Wanted

by Oct 10.403 346.8101

WAI’S RESTAURANT at 4916 Ross Street, Red Deer now hiring permanent F/T Chinese Cook. Over 3 yrs experience required. $12-$14/hour, depending on exp. Call 403-340-3366

General Manager or Operating Partner

Trades

Position Available for completely redeveloped Smitty’s Restaurant, Lounge, Convenience Store, New Husky Gas Bar and Car Wash on Gasoline Alley in Red Deer, A.B.

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

Steven Fee

850

Sales & Distributors

Mechanically inclined individuals will also be considered.

SMITTY’S CANADA LIMITED

Please forward resume to Brent via: Fax: 403.340.3646 or Email: brent@pumpsandpressure.com

820

LUAU Investments Ltd. (O/A Tim Hortons) Food Counter Attendant F/T shift work (open 24 hrs) Must be avail. weekends $11.00 per hour.

4217 - 50 Ave. 6721 - 50 Ave. 7111 - 50 Ave. timhire@telus.net

HYDRAULIC TECHNICIANS JOURNEYMEN or APPRENTICE MECHANICS MILLWRIGHTS

For more information, contact

Restaurant/ Hotel

JJAM Management (1987 LTD) o/a Tim Hortons 37444-Hwy 2 South Red Deer Administrative Assistant Full time/Shift work.

Bank deposits, food orders daily entries, apply in person or fax resume to 403-314-1303

Pumps & Pressure Inc. Hydraulic Division is currently accepting applications for

Further experience in Lounge, Convenience Store & Gas Bar is an asset.

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#600 – 501, 18th Ave SW Calgary, AB T2S 0C7 (403) 229-3838 Fax (403) 229-3899 Email: sfee@smittys.ca www.smittys.ca

820

Hydraulic Division

Minimum 3 years Full Service Restaurant experience as a General Manager is required.

810

Canada’s Largest Full Service Family Restaurant Chain – Since 1960

830

Trades

850

Andy’s Oilfield Hauling Ltd. in Blackfalds requires:

Winch Truck, Bed Truck Drivers & Picker Operators Competitive wages, benefits and scheduled days off. tickets and experience an asset.

Please forward applications by e-mail to accounting@ andystrucking.net or fax (403) 885-4931

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 RED Deer Bolt Ltd. is 403-347-8075. currently seeking a Sales Representative to broaden Email: bbcowie@telus.net the business portfolio and Big Horn Electric retain established clientele. and Controls Ltd. Previous sales experience Join our team of preferred but we are willing professionals! to train the right candidate.

ELECTRICAL and If you are a self-starter with INSTRUMENTATION initiative and have good JOURNEYMAN and communication skills we APPRENTICES want to hear from you.

We are currently recruiting Compensation package for: includes commissions, Central and Northern mileage allowance and Alberta. benefits. Drop off your Required Safety resume at #100-4731-61st Certificates: Street or fax 403-314-3343 H2S Alive / First Aid SOAP STORIES PST / Fall Protection. is seeking Successful candidates will Retail Sales Supervisor possess excellent written for our Parkland Mall location, and verbal Red Deer. $17.40/hr. communication skills.

Email resume: Oilfield experience is an premierjobrd1@gmail.com asset.

Qualified applicants are invited to fax or email their Teachers/ resumes: Fax: 403-638-3688 Email: Tutors careers@bighornelectric.com DO YOU HAVE A Boots Transport Ltd. PASSION FOR Requires 3 - Class 1 TEACHING? Drivers with 2+ years Local educational center driving exp. to run the 4 seeks 3rd or 4th year Western provinces education students, teachers (based in Calgary) and retired teachers 60 hrs/wk. $40K for our new after school $70/year. tutoring program.

Bob 403-238-5755 Please forward BRAATT CONST. resumes with cover letter Is looking for general and references to: carpenters for the Red firststepsandbeyond Deer area. Call Brad @gmail.com 403-588-8588 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 NOMADS Clothing Store in Sylvan Lake is looking for mature professional sales people, part and full time positions avail.

403-887-3119

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800

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Oilfield

820

Restaurant/ Hotel

GENERAL CARPENTER required by a Central Alberta Home Builder.

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

Canyon is the fastest growing fracturing company in North America. We deliver quality customized pressure pumping and service solutions to the oil and gas industry, improving our industry one job at a time.

If you’re looking for a career with a leading organization that promotes Integrity, Relationships, Innovation and Success, then we’re looking for you. Now hiring Canyon Champions for the following positions:

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Paid technical and leadership training Career advancement opportunities Seasonal work programs available RRSP Matching Program

We thank all applicants; however only those selected for an initial interview will be contacted.

Precast Concrete Plant in Blackfalds looking for

FRAMING LABOURERS CONCRETE FINISHERS GENERAL LABOURERS

How to apply: email: hr@canyontech.ca fax : (403) 356 -1146 website: www.canyontech.ca

Great people are

ESSENTIAL

Please fax resume to

403-885-5516

and we recognize their value.

or email

k.kooiker@eaglebuilders.ca

Essential Energy Services Ltd. provides oilfield services to oil and gas producers in western Canada related to the ongoing servicing of producing wells and new drilling activity. We currently offer to the industry Coiled Tubing Services, Service Rigs, Fluid Pumping Units, Nitrogen Services,Acid & Remedial Cementing Services and Downhole Tools throughout Western Canada. As we continue to grow and expand we are currently looking for applicants for the following positions:

For further specifics on the above positions, please visit Wolf Creek Public Schools’ website at www.wolfcreek.ab.ca, or contact the Division Office at 403-783-3473.

Family School Liaison Worker

for Red Deer SHUT DOWN SEPT. 30- OCT. 6

Ponoka Composite High School

Must have own transportation.

For further specifics on the above positions, please visit Wolf Creek Public Schools’ website at www.wolfcreek.ab.ca, or contact the Division Office at 403-783-3473.

Send resume to: richardcouch@shaw.ca Phone 403-510-9392 DNR Powerline Construction requires Labourers/apprentices for various projects in Alberta.

Excellent opportunity for apprenticeship. Excellent benefit packages.

Fax resume to 403-742-5759 or email dnrwelding1@xplornet.com Attention : Noel. No phone calls please. Drug and alcohol program in effect.

DNR Pressure Welding requires B Pressure Welders, CWB Welders and Apprenticeship welders.

Excellent opportunity for apprenticeship. Excellent benefit packages. Email resumes to ryan@dnrwelding.ca.

No Phone calls please.

Drug and alcohol program in effect.

DNR Pressure Welding requires Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic.

Excellent benefit packages. Email resumes to ryan@dnrwelding.ca.

No Phone calls please.

Drug and alcohol program in effect.

850

A FULL TIME PAINTER REQUIRED Painting exp. necessary.

Must have vehicle.

Must be task orientated, self motivated & reliable.

Phone 403-596-1829

Trades

850

ELECTRICAL APPRENTICE

Must have Residential experience. Fax resume to 403-347-5745 or call 403-588-6001

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

Also looking to fill Journeyman Instrument vacancies in Northern and Central Alberta Requirements • H2S, Fall Protection, CSTS • Experience with Maintenance and or plant facility work • Team player • Excellent communication skills

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STUDON offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

Apply at: P: 1.855.314.3715 Toll Free F: 403.309.3320 E: careers@technicoilcorp.com W: www.essentialenergy.ca/careers technicoil w w w. e s s e n t i a l e n e r g y. c a

req’d - 2nd to 4th yr.

Interested candidates would have strong communication skills, organization & time management skills, as well able to maintain a high level of professionalism.

Apply with Resume, Ref’s, Driver’s Abstract & relevant Trade & Safety Certifications to: 140, 4731-61St Fax 403.340.0100 or email trueline@ truelinehomes.com DAVENEPORT MILLWRIGHT SERVICES now hiring CERTIFIED JOURNEYMAN MILLWRIGHTS and WELDERS

Seeking full time Journeyman Instrument Mechanic for maintenance position in Edmonton starting immediately:

Class 1 & 3Q Drivers

CARPENTRY APPRENTICE

WOLF CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS invites applications for the following position:

INSTRUMENTATION MECHANICS

Nitrogen Supervisors & Operators

• Career advancement opportunities • Competitive wages • Industry leading benefit packages • RSP matching program • In-house driver’s training • Employee referral bonus program

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NOW HIRING !

Cement & Acid Supervisors & Operators

• Clean driver’s abstract • Ability to pass pre-employment screening • Willing to work flexible hours • Self-motivated • Valid Class 5 driver’s license • Class 1 & 3Q driver’s license an asset

•

STUDON Electric & Controls Inc. is one of Canada’s Best 50 Managed Companies. We are an industry leading Electrical & Instrumentation Contractor that prides itself in having committed and dedicated employees.

Coil Tubing Supervisors & Operators

Why Apply To The Essential Group

Teacher, Rimbey Elementary School Family School Liaison Worker, Rimbey Elementary School Educational Assistant, Diamond Willow Middle School

Trades

• Great benefit package.

• Wages based on experience.

• Own transportation to work is required.

Applicant Requirements

•

albertabuildersinc@gmail.com

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Why Canyon? Ñ Dynamic and rapidly growing company Ñ Premium compensation package Ñ New equipment Ñ 15/6 shifts

Team oriented Clean Class 1 license Oil and Gas experience an asset

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invites applications for the following position:

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Class 1 Drivers / Operators: Nitrogen, Coil tubing, Cement & Acid, Fracturing Supervisors: Nitrogen, Coil tubing, Cement & Acid, Fracturing Applicant Requirements: Ñ Self -motivated Ñ Willing to work flexible hours Ñ Safety —focused

Wolf Creek Public Schools

STUDON Electric & Controls Inc. ATTN: Human Resources Fax # 403-342-6505 Email HR@studon.com

“People Pride & Service”

FINISH CARPENTER or helper req’d for new residential work. 350-5012 MICRON INDUSTRIES requires a

SHOP MANAGER

To Apply please forward your resume to the information below

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Restaurant/ Hotel

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Oilfield

Restaurant/ Hotel

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

E4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012

Requires

SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! RB ERECTORS looking for exp’d preengineered metal bldg. erectors and labourers. Rich @ 403-877-7522 or Brad @ 403-506-8000

Truckers/ Drivers

Truckers/ Drivers

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

Central AB based trucking company reqires

OWNER OPERATORS in AB. Home the odd night. Weekends off. Late model tractor pref.

403-586-4558 F/T. Class 1 drivers to haul NGL butane Super B’s, must be over 25 yrs., EMAIL: dreaddriving@gmail.com

Misc.

Help

WANTED FOR CENTRAL ALBERTA

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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:

NOVEMBER START

As part of our customer service team, you will be dispatched in response to service concerns to delivMorning, Afternoon And ery newspapers and flyers Evening P/T Classes to customers or carriers. A delivery vehicle is proAcademic Express vided.

Adult Education & Training Hours of shifts are Monday through Friday 5 a.m. to 340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca 9 a.m. or longer, and/or afternoon shifts Monday to Friday 2 p.m. - 6 p.m..

Saturday and Sunday, 7 a.m.-11 a.m. or longer

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GED Preparation

ADULT & YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED for delivery of Flyers Red Deer Express & Red Deer Life Sunday in

TANK TRUCK DRIVERS WANTED! 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

Pidherney’s is busy and requires experienced local:

MORRISROE WEST LAKE Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED for early morning delivery of Red Deer Advocate 6 days per week in

Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

CLASS 1 DRIVERS

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!

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED for Morning Newspaper delivery in the Town of Blackfalds Earn $500.mo. for 1--1/2 hrs. per day 6 days a week.

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Must have a reliable vehicle .

Please contact Rick at 403-314-4303

Fax resume to Human Resources 403-845-5370 Or E-mail: hr@pidherneys.com

Casual Dietary & Housekeeping positions available. Visit www.mvsh.ca or send resume to HR@mvsh.ca Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

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We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only selected candidates will be contacted.

CLEANING Person help req’d 4 mornings/wk. Mon. Tues. Thur. & Fri. 7 a.m. until approx. 11 am. Must be bondable & have own transportation, damp mopping floors involved must be physically capable.

403-347-7216 lvg. msg, CUSTOMER SERVICE A locally owned industrial supply company is looking for an energetic person for inside sales. E-mail resume to mark@ aesreddeer.com DRIVER REQUIRED for local gravel company.

Must have Class 3 with air endorsement. Competitive wages. Full-time/ Part-time hours, Monday- Friday.

Home every night.

If interested please call Phil at 403-373-3350.

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

GREGG DISTRIBUTORS LP

We are a well established and growing industrial supply company looking for COUNTER, RECEIVING & WAREHOUSING staff to join our team. We offer a F/T, M-F, 8am-5pm career opportunity, along with a very attractive compensation, benefits & bonus program. Please forward your resume to 5141-76A Street Close, Red Deer, AB T4P 3M2 or to gdlreddeer@gdl.ca or fax 403-341-3210.

Huntwood Custom Cabinets

is currently seeking the following positions, to start immediately:

Admin Assistant/ Client Host

Min 3-5 yrs experience with strong customer service, computer and coordinating skills. Interest in Interior Design, knowledge of 2020 an asset.

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Pidherney’s is busy and requires the following:

Cabinet Installers

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.

SCRAPER OPERATORS Earthworks Division 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

NEEDED IMMED.

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P/T CASHIER Evenings & Weekends. Apply w/resume at Highland Green Value Drug Mart. 403-341-4166 SWAMPERS F/T needed immediately for a fast growing waste & recycling company.

Heavy lifting involved (driver’s helper) position.

Reliability essential. Own transportation required.

Please email resumes to canpak@xplornet.ca

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

Employment Training

SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

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.

TOP WAGES, BENEFITS, Exp’d. Drivers & Swampers required.

MAPLE LEAF MOVING Call 403-347-8826 or fax resume to: 403-314-1457.

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SAFETY COURSES to meet your needs.

Standard First Aid , Confined Space Entry, H2S Alive and Fire Training are courses that we offer on a regular basis.

As well, we offer a selection of online Training Courses.

For more information check us out online at www.firemaster.ca or call us at 403 342 7500.

You also can find us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter @firemasterofs.

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Antiques & Art

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DARK Oak writing desk, very old, oak office desk, kitchen hoosier, 403-347-6530

Auctions

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Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

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LINCOLN Classic 300D Welder. Offers 403-224-3577

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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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*NEW!* Asian Relaxation Massage Downtown RD 587-377-1298 On holiday reopen Sept. 28

Household Appliances

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APPLS. reconditioned lrg.

RED DEER WORKS selection, $150 + up, 6 mo.

for all Albertans

VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR wanted at the Lending Cupboard Mon, Wed & Fri 9:30 am - 3:30 pm Must be able to work with volunteers, coordinate schedules, work with clients, have good computer skills, & management skills.

Please send resume to paul.lendingcupboard @shaw.ca Closing date: Sept. 26, 2012

Garden Supplies

Health & Beauty

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Career Planning

OILFIELD SERVICES INC.

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for The Town of Olds No collecting!

Packages come ready for delivery!

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(across from Totem)

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TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Firewood

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warr. Riverside Appliances 403-342-1042 PORTABLE washing machine $100 obo 403-347-1757

Household Furnishings

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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;

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Spruce, Pine, Birch Spilt, Dry. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

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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 CHINA CABINET $200 good cond. obo 403-347-1757 DESK w/leather swivel chair $50; 27” tv good working cond, $30; 2 dark cherry end tables $120/pair 403-340-0675 FUTON, steel frame, wood arms, 6” mattress, light tan cover. $100. 403-343-6306 GLASS on brass round table 26” diameter, $20.

403-347-8159 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

Homestead Firewood Stereos

TV's, VCRs

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8 TRACK Tape Cartridges, FIREWOOD. All Types.

(26), Country & Western, P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275 must take all - $26; Casbirchfirewoodsales.com sette Tapes (26), Country & Western, must take all FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, $26; Black nylon carrying Poplar. Can deliver case, holds 30 cassettes, 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 $10; Sturdy 8 track case, holds 18 tape cartridges, $7; fancy 8 track case, Garden holds 12 tape cartridges, Supplies $8; plastic turn table, holds 24, 8 track cartridges, COLORADO BLUE $5; L.P. record holder, SPRUCE 6’-15’ digging stained wood, 2 doors, and planting. J/V Tree 25”x15”x22”, on castors, Farm. 403-350-6439. $40. 403-314-2026

Submit resume, indicating “Service Runner Position”, along with your drivers abstract immediately to: careers@ reddeeradvocate.com or mail to: Human Resources 2950 Bremner Avenue Red Deer, AB. T4N 5G3 or fax to: 403-341-4772

GRANDVIEW 69 Advocate $362/month $4347/year

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PROFESSIONAL CLASS 1 DRIVER

• Top wages paid based on experience • Flexible work schedule • Possible career advancement opportunities • Based out of Red Deer Valid safety tickets an asset

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Interior Designer

782902 Alberta Ltd o/a Esso or Winks Call Rick at is hiring for F/T Store 403-314-4303 Supervisors - $18/hr.

Mail 117 Lakeway Blvd, Sylvan Lake, AB. T4S 0H2.

782902 Alberta Ltd o/a Mac’s is hiring for Service Runner F/T Store Supervisor (Part Time) - $17.31/hr.

Mail 1 Sylvan Drive, Do You: Sylvan Lake, AB. T4S 1J9 - Want extra income - Possess a clean, valid ADULT drivers license UPGRADING - Have a friendly attitude Alberta Government - Enjoy customer service Funded Programs - Want part-time work Student Funding Available! (12 to 22 hours per week)

BULK PETROLEUM DRIVER

403-346-2132 8009 Edgar Industrial Place www.kochfuel.ca

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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, CANADA’S Largest and Hardwood, Laminate and only Coast to Coast Carpet. Wages are Uniform and Textiles negotiable based on supplier is currently seeking experience & benefits service minded individuals avail. Drop off at to help deliver first rate 9-7619-50 Ave. Red Deer, service to our customers.

EXPERIENCED email: Vacuum & Water shannon@catile1.com or WE NEED: Truck operators Fax 403-309-3000 * Individuals that can lift req’d. to start immed. up to 50 lbs. on a regular CLASS 1 or 3 WITH Q basis.

All oilfield safety tickets * Have good written and req’d. Clean drivers verbal communication abstract. Must comply with skills. drug and alcohol policy. * A clean driver’s abstract.

References Req’d. * Customer service oriented.

Exc. salary & benefits.

Fax resume to: WE OFFER: 403-742-5376 * A 4 day work week hartwell@telus.net LOOKING for laborers and (on most routes) flaggers for road construcMEGA CRANES is looking * Life Insurance tion. Fax 403-309-0489 for a ticketed crane and * Pension boom truck operator. Must * Prescription Drug Card MOBIL 1 Lube Express have Class 1. Good * Dental Plan Gasoline Alley req’s an Exp. wages, benefits, 10% * Short Term Disability Tech. Fax 403-314-9207 holiday pay, RRSP’s, and * Opportunity for most evenings and weekadvancement. ends off. Fax resume to * Commission & bonus 885-4269 or email potential of up to cathy@megacranes.com $10,000 per year.

NEWSPAPER NEED experienced Class CARRIERS Please drop off your 1 drivers for short and long REQUIRED resume & a current haul. Runs AB., SASK, driver’s abstract to: Manitoba & BC for #1 7652-49 Ave. Red Deer Please call Afternoon Canadian Linen & PROMAX TRANSPORT Uniform Service delivery in at 227-2712 or fax resume w/abstract 403-227-2743 Bowden & Innisfail.

SNOW plow drivers(2) req’d for winter season CARRIERS based out of Lacombe, Please contact REQUIRED exc. wages. Must have QUITCY Class 3 w/air. Call Toll at 403-314-4316 or email to deliver the Free 1-877-787-2501 Mon. qmacaulay@ - Fri. 9 am. - 5 pm. only or Central AB. Life reddeeradvocate.com fax resume to: 403-784-2330

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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

Shipper / Receiver

AES INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES LTD. looking for an energetic/ enthusiastic individual for our receiving department.

Fax resume to 403-342-0233 STUCCO, Plasterers, Stone Masons & Labourers.

Needed Immed. Exp’d but will train. Drivers License pref’d. Call 403-588-5306 URGENT!!!! Exp. Stucco plasters needed for busy company. Please fax resume to 1-888-214-9225 or leave message at 403-346-7625

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AUTOMOTIVE DETAIL SUPERVISOR We require an experienced Automotive Detail Supervisor for our very busy Toyota Touch Department. State of the art facility.

Experience is required. Must have excellent working knowledge of automotive reconditioning, interior shampooing and power polishing. As the supervisor, you will be in control of maintaining productivity, work process and staff requirements.

We are offering an excellent work environment, above average wages and the ability to excel in a growing business.

Please forward your resume and references by email or deliver to Red Deer Toyota.

Attention: Kyle Heinzlmeir Email: parts@reddeer.toyota.ca A driver’s abstract and criminal record check will be required for the accepted candidate

is expanding its facility to double production.

We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts:

- Concrete Batch Plant Operator - Concrete Finishers - Carpenters/Woodworkers - Steel Reinforcement Labourers - Overhead Crane Operators - General Labourers Top Wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included.

Visit our website for more detailed job descriptions at www. eaglebuilders.ca. Applicants are able to apply online or fax resumes to Human Resources 403-885-5516 or e-mail: k.kooiker@eaglebuilders.ca.

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GOODMEN ROOFING LTD.

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

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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

Truckers/ Drivers

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Houses For Sale

MEN’S size 10 hockey 4 B D R M . L a c o m b e 5 UPGRADED FLOORS! Mason Martin Homes has skates, used very little $40; appls, rent $1495 avail.

80A Kelloway Cres.

8 Brand New Homes mens hocky shin guards, Oct 1 782-7156 357-7465 3 bdrm, 2 bath, 5 appls\ starting at $179,900 like new $20, both items in-suite. $1525.

Avail immed Call for more info call SOUTHWOOD PARK $50; ladies figure skates HEARTHSTONE TH 403-342-4544 3110-47 Avenue, w/blade guards size 7 like 403-314-0099 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, new $35 403-986-2004 www.hpman.ca OPEN HOUSE generously sized, 1 1/2 31 Ion Close, Sun. 2 - 4, baths, fenced yards, Two storey, pie-lot, walkYou Looking? full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Collectors' out, granite, hardwoods.

1 & 2 bdrm. suites Sorry no pets.

Items Rick Burega, 350-6023 Heat/water/parking incl’d. www.greatapartments.ca Royal LePage Network Call 403-342-2899 NATIONAL Royal Museum Realty Corp.

TOWNHOUSE Mint classic Ford miniature ZOOM Take Me - GRANT STREET STEAL of a Deal!! 136 cars (13) + plus garage all 2 bdrm. Adult Building 3 brm, 1.5 bath, 5 appls.

Vickers Close, in Vanier for $75 403-396-4440 $1250 utils incl. Avail Oct 1st Heat/Water/Parking incl’d.

Woods. Loaded w/ Call 403-342-2899 HEARTHSTONE FRYPAN, dutch oven, upgrades + Lrg. Garage.

403-314-0099 Travel 3 pots & lids, brown & OPEN HOUSE Sun. Sept. www.hpman.ca white, $25; Feather pillows Packages 23, 1-4 pm. 403347-6137.

Roommates (pr.) $10; Thomas Kinkade Wanted picture 14 1/2 x 17 3/4, TRAVEL ALBERTA Manufactured $50; Starchoice receiver Alberta offers Homes $10; Punch set, 18 pce.

LOW Rent. Modest res. in Acreages SOMETHING service, $10; electric N.W. R.D., share full home for everyone. hot plate, 2 burner, $30; Newly Reno’d Mobile for F/T employed, n/s. Free ACREAGE near Linden, Make your travel Toaster oven, $10; Magto Oct. 1. 403-872-4924 msg AB 1520 sq. ft. 2008 modular FREE Shaw Cable + more plans now. num Oil heater 1500 W, $899/month home, new 3000 sq. ft. shop, NEED roommate. Sm. acreage 120V, $30. 403-358-5247 Lana 403-550-8777 200 amp service, floor on Hwy. 12 between Bentley heat, 24 x 14 overhead OXYGEN Acetylene regu& Gull Lake. 403-748-4491 door, shelter belt w/drip lines, 4 Plexes/ lator Victor set $55; 2 new beautiful yard, suede welding bibs 6 Plexes awesome view $300,000.

Mobile $40/ea.; Craftsman indus403-369-4576 trial vacuum cleaner $55; Lot ORIOLE PARK umbrella patio set w/4 AGRICULTURAL across from park & chairs $30 403-887-4981 Manufactured LACOMBE new park, CLASSIFICATIONS playground. 3 bdrm. animal friendly. Your mobile Homes 4plex 1-1/2 bath, 4 appls.

Looking for a new pet?

2000-2290 or ours. 2 or 3 bdrm. $975/mo. inclds.

Check out Classifieds to Excellent 1st time home 14x68’ TO BE MOVED, sewer, water & garbage. find the purrfect pet. buyers. 403-588-8820 appraised at $8000.

D.D. $650. Avail. Nov. 1 Will sell for $3000.

403-304-5337 Horses MOBILE HOME PAD, in 403-314-9363 Piano & Red Deer Close to Gaetz, 2 car park, Shaw cable incl.

WANTED: all types of MUST SELL Organs Lana 403-550-8777 horses. Processing locally Suites

By Owner $7,000. in Lacombe weekly.

Lana 403-550-8777 ORGAN Yamaha 403-651-5912 $200 403-347-1757 1 & 2 BDRM. APTS. New Executive Clean, quiet bldg.

3 bdrm. 2 bath HOME Grain, Feed Call 318-0901. in Red Deer. Immediate Office possession 10 yr warranty.

Hay 1 BDRM. apt. avail. Oct 1 Supplies Own it for $1275/mo. OAC $750 plus power, CALL 403-346-3100 1ST CUT, small square 403-872-3400 LOOKER OFFICE hay, no rain. 403-340-3061 EQUIPMENT & FURNITURE 1 BDRM. apt. in Penhold, CLASSIFICATIONS Cottages/Resort ANNUAL GARAGE SALE 2ND. cut round hay bales $740/mo. Avail. Oct. 1 403-350-4924 incl. most utils,., call 4000-4190 Property To be held Downtown at 403-886-5288 #4806 -50th Ave 1 BDRM. suite for over forty (between Great Strides Houses quiet tenant at 5910-55 and Hot Pot Studio) Ave. Security cameras, For Sale auto lock doors, heat and Starting Sept. 10th water included. No pets. †Mon-Fri 9 am - 5 pm Rent $750, $700 s.d.

Ph: 403-341-4627 CLASSIFICATIONS Desks, Workstations/chairs/ dividing panels/file cabinets FOR RENT • 3000-3200 2 BDRM, lower floor for REDUCED! 40 quiet tenant, heat WANTED • 3250-3390 over LAKE FRONT PROPERTY UNHEARD OF PRICES!!!! & water incl., security -†2300 sqft home on 10 acres cameras throughout and $395,000. 10 min from Ponoka.

Please call 403-346-8827† Acreages/ laundry on site. $850, Fishing, swimming & boating BEAUTIFUL bungalow in for more information. s.d. $825. 403-341-4627 Farms at your back door.

Rosedale backing onto a See welist.com #47984.† park in a quiet close for A Great Location MLS C3526876.

2 BDRM. farm house, nice Adult Bldg. 1 & 2 Bdrm.

SALE. NEW PRICE at Cats yard, deck, 20 min. from Units Heat/Water/parking $485,900. Quick Possession!!! Call 403-519-6773† Email: brettie@platinum.ca RD. Pref. N/S & no pets, 6 incl’d Call 403-342-2899 Too many upgrades to mention apps., $1250 incl. utils. & Paint Package incl. from FREE KITTENS BACHELOR SUITE. 403-227-2133 or Fargeys Paint to the buyer!!

Call 403-569-2950 $725 + power.

Avail.

Lots For 403-506-8400 Call the owners Tania or Oct 1. 403-872-3400 Brad at 403-343-9178 Sale SOFT, Quiet, adorable QUIET farm house, 20 today for a viewing. For kittens, exceedingly DOWNTOWN APT min. to R.D. or Sylvan. No more info & pics visit: FULLY SERVICED healthy due to a specific kids, no outdoor pets, ref’s - SPRUCEVALE MLS #CA0002711 res & duplex lots in Lacombe. diet. Suitable for outdoors req’d. avail. Oct. 31, 2 bdrm, 1 bath, no pets Builders terms or owner or indoors, mousers.

403-347-1526 $825 +elec, avail Oct 1st FREE Weekly list of will J.V. with investors or FREE to a good to home.

HEARTHSTONE properties for sale w/details, subtrades who wish to become 403-782-2397 403-314-0099 prices, address, owner’s Houses/ home builders. Great www.hpman.ca phone #, etc. 342-7355 returns. Call 403-588-8820 VERY tamed hand raised Duplexes Help-U-Sell of Red Deer beautiful kitten and beautiHERMARY STREET www.homesreddeer.com RARE ful long haired black Calico Apt/Condo. 2bdrm, 1 bath. kitten to give away to lov- 3 BDRM. house avail. Oct. 5 appl. Avail now! no pets OPPORTUNITY 1, n/s, no pets Ken GREAT STARTER ing home 403-782-3130 beautiful private property in $925/mo + elec.

403-346-2741 $274,900! sought after Woodlea, HEARTHSTONE 4 + 1 BDRM. 3 baths, dbl.

2012 1076 sq ft.† 2 Bdrm., backing onto Waskasoo 403-314-0099 att. garage, Deer Park 4 pc/3 pc ensuite.

Creek. Build your dream www.hpma.ca Dogs $1700/mo. 403-340-0082 Call AVRIL EVANS home or modify the existLEGAL bsmt. suite, fully furn., Century 21 Advantage ing 3 bdrm. heritage home.

LACOMBE 2 bdrm. house, linens, dishes, washer/dryer, Cell:† 403-348-6303 416-918-0195 BEAUTIFUL yellow lab 2 full bath, big lot, $995 tv, quiet mature, employed, pup, $200 very friendly, 403-782-7156 357-7465 n/s, M. 403-347-6048 great disposition Manufactured MORRISROE 5 bdrm bi-lev- Please leave # w/area code Manufactured 403-877-6354 el, garage, fenced, Homes Homes OPPORTUNITY F1 ($700) F1B ($900) 2 baths. N/S, no pets.

1 & 2 bdrm. units LABRA DOODLES 343-7768 Washer/Dryer in suite Ready late Oct. Price incl.

Heat-water/park incl’d delivery. 306-792-2113 Call 403-342-2899 Condos/ or 403-919-1370 www.furfettishfarm.ca Townhouses PENHOLD 1 bdrm. 2nd. flr. suite in modern buildSCHNAUZER, mini, black 2 BDRM. well cared for ing, washer, dryer, range, with Laminate Flooring, new carpet, newly painted M. father white, AKC, condo, North of river. Up- fridge, vacuum, a/c, paved mother black. Very unique graded w/ hardwood floors, parking rent $795 DD $795 colors. $600.

4 appl., avail. Oct. 1 $875 avail. Oct. 1 403-746-0007, 877-3352 rent & s.d. **RENTED** 1-403-886-4904 886-4905 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.

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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

Fireplaces

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TIM LLOYD. WETT certified.

Inspections, installs, chimney sweeps & service 403-340-0513

Handyman Services

F & J Renovations. We do it all. Good rates and references available so call John at 403-307-3001 jbringleson@shaw.ca

Moving & Storage

Massage Therapy

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Kitchen renovations Wes Wiebe 403-302-1648 DALE’S Home Reno’s.

Free estimates for all your reno needs. 755-9622 cell 506-4301

Gentle Touch Massage 4919 50 St. New rear entry, lots of parking 403-341-4445

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10% OFF FOR SENIORS 403-391-2169

Escorts

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*LEXUS* 403-392-0891 INDEPENDENT

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587-877-7399 10am- 2am EROTICAS PLAYMATES Girls of all ages www.eroticasplaymates.net 403-598-3049

Tires, Parts Acces.

2008 CHARGER 3.5L Exc. cond. 84,000 careful kms.

Service & fuel economy records avail. Asking $11,500. 403-346-8299 or 403-506-9994

HOT STONE, Body Balancing.

Call 403-352-8269 MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

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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

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5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666 CENTRAL PEST CONTROL LTD. Comm/res. Locally owned.

403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca

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Public Notices

2008 ALTIMA Coupe, 3.5 SE V-6, 6 spd. loaded. A must to see! 130,000 kms.

Mint Cond. $13,500 obo 403-844-0608 Sylvan Lake

2006 DODGE CHARGER Exc. shape. Runs great. 4 brand new tires. 89,000 km. $10,000 obo 403-848-0937

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LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations.

403-342-7801.

MIKE’S Refresh Painting Interior specialist.

(403) 350-6958

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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

Yard Care

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RAKE Leaves - Shovel Snow 403-505-0832 Tree Pruning,Topping and Removal by a Certified Arborist,Hedges too! call Randy at 403-350-0216

2005 HONDA Accord, tan, 131,500 kms., 6 cyl., leather sunroof, orig. owner. $10,500.

403-318-2736 2003 VW GTI VR6.

137,000 km. US Model, Leather seats, A/C, Cruise.

Call Ty. 403-588-1087

2001 CADILLAC Deville, sunroof, heated seats, leather, DVD, 124,000 kms exc. cond. in/out. $7950.

403-342-0587 1997 FORD Taurus 254,000 kms, loaded, lots of new parts, command start $1500 obo 403-896-9138 after 5 p.m.

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2007 TOYOTA Tundra 4x4 $14,900. 403-3181010

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SUNDAY 23RD, 2-4 106 DONNELLY CRES. 1292 sq.ft. bungalow. $369,000.

Gord, Maxwell Real Estate 403-357-7720

38 INGLIS CRES. Sat. 22nd 2-4. Ed Katchur, Maxwell Real Estate 403-506-7171

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Excavate, Supply, Install 300mm PVC UR Storm Main 32 Excavate, Supply, Install 400mm CSP Outlet 12 Excavate, Supply, Install 300mm CSP ditch inlet 5 Excavate, Supply, Install 1220mm dia. Manholes 2.2 Supply and Install 900mm dia. catch basin 2 Supply and Install 100mm of ACP 213

lin. m. lin. m. lin. m. vert .m. ea. sq. m.

Various other related appurtenances and miscellaneous related works.

The Tenders must be accompanied by a Bid Bond or Certified Cheque in the amount of 10% of the Total of Tender together with a Consent of Surety, in the amounts as indicated below, with their bid submission: Contract valued at $300,000 or less – 20% Performance and 20% Labour & Materials (40% total) Contract with any greater value - 50% Performance and 50% Labour & Materials (100% total) The Bonds shall be maintained in force for the duration of construction and the longest applicable warranty period, as designated by the Engineer, and shall be in a form approved by the Owner, from a recognized surety company.

In lieu of bonding, a certified cheque or an unconditional, irrevocable, and self renewing letter of credit in the above required amount, and from a recognized financial institution, will be accepted.

The Bonds are to be included in the Contract when it is delivered to the Owner for execution.

The Owner may decide, at its sole discretion, that no bid submitted will be accepted and no Contract will be awarded pursuant to this Tender process. In that event, all Tenderers will be notified and the Owner will have no liability to the Tenderer. If the Owner decides to accept a Tender and award a Contract, the selection of the successful Tenderer may be based on a point system with a number of criteria which will include price, proposed start date and duration, direct relevant experience, suitability of equipment, project team, references and past performance satisfaction (all as assessed by and at the Owner’s sole unfettered discretion).

Receipt of an Invitation to Tender and evaluation by the Owner of a bid does not imply that the Tenderer is qualified.

The Owner reserves the right to waive informalities in, reject any or all Tenders, or to accept the Tender deemed most favorable in the interest of the Owner.

The successful Tenderer shall be the Principal or Prime Contractor for the Project pursuant to the applicable construction safety legislation and shall have primary responsibility for the safety of all workers and equipment on the Project in accordance with such legislation.

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

Copies of the Tender documents will be available from Tagish Engineering Ltd. G4, 5550 45th Street, Red Deer, AB. on or after Thursday, September 13th upon receipt of non-refundable deposit of $50.00 cash or cheque in the name of Tagish Engineering Ltd. Inquiries shall be directed to the office of: Tagish Engineering Ltd, Red Deer Alberta Ph: 403-346-7710 Attention: Greg Smith – Project Manager.

Tagish Engineering Ltd for Red Deer County

TO LIST YOUR WEBSITE CALL 403-309-3300

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BUILDERS

4310

44 BURRIS POINT, LACOMBE Sept. 22, Sat. 2 - 4 Marc Aubin & Associates 403-598-3433

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PET ADOPTION

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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

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www.lonsdalegreen.com Lonsdale Green Apartments

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Public Notices ..................6010 Special Features ..............6050

Tenders received and not conforming to the foregoing will be returned to the Tenderer(s) without consideration.

Tender Documents or Tender Amendments received via Facsimile transmission will not be accepted.

BALLOON RIDES

OPEN HOUSE Sept. 23 2-4 36 ELLIS CLOSE. 2 bdrm. 4 Plex.

403-986-7554

South Red Deer

Public Notice #6000

will be received by: Red Deer County 38106 Rge. Rd. 275 Red Deer County, AB T4S 2L9 until 2:00:00 pm (local time), Thursday, September 27th, 2012.

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

Open House SE Red Deer

READ THE CLASSIFIEDS & find just what you’re looking for. 309-3300

Sealed Tenders clearly marked: “Tender Document for Red Deer County - TWP 361A Range Rd 250A Drainage Improvements (T19\12)”

ASSOCIATIONS

4250

WANTED FREE REMOVAL of unwanted cars and trucks, also wanted to buy lead batteries, call 403-396-8629

/month

Lana (403) 550-8777

East Red Deer

REMOVAL of unwanted cars, may pay cash for complete cars. 304-7585

Red Deer County TWP 361A - Range Rd 250A Drainage Improvements

1997 FORD F150, 4x4, good cond. 403-346-3427

BOXES? MOVING? SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315

Painters/ Decorators

5200

A1 RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal. We travel. AMVIC approved. 403-396-7519

Work includes, but is not limited to the following:

2008 FORD Ranger Crew cab w/topper, white, auto., 77,000 kms., mainly hwy.

Exc. Cond. $10,000 FIRM 403-347-6428

www.lansdowne.ca

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

INVITATION TO TENDER

FREE Cable

849

5190

TRUCK TOPPER

Range Rider, Model Tigre Off of 2006 Tundra, 4dr.

Should fit 2000 to 2006 Tundra. Exc. cond. $649. obo.

403-318-4356 or 346-7778

Renter’s Special

$

5180

5030

Cars

has relocated to

FREE removal of all kinds of unwanted scrap metal.

No household appliances 403-396-8629

IRONMAN Scrap Metal Recovery is picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles and industrial.

Serving central Alberta.

403-318-4346

* NEW * Executive Touch.

Relaxation massage for men. 5003A - Ross St. On holiday- reopen Sept. 28 348-5650

Eavestroughing

5000-5300

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

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2 & 3 bedroom 1290 modular/mobile homes

BUSY B’S HANDYMAN SERVICES LTD. We do fencing, decks, reno’s landscape and more. Give us a buzz @ 403-598-3857 Free quotes. WCB, insured.

COUNTERTOPS

RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc.

Call Roger 403-348-1060

Misc.

Services

1200

GREYSTONE Handyman Services. Reasonable rates. Ron, 403-396-6089

5150

ATV's

At

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Contractors

CLASSIFICATIONS

Lana (403) 550-8777

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

wheels

400/month lot Rent incl. Cable www.lansdowne.ca

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

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

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Auto Wreckers

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

We travel. May pay cash Central Alberta’s Largest for vehicle. 403-396-7519 Car Lot in Classifieds

1997 KAWASAKI 300 4x4 Completely reconditioned.

403-356-1934

www.garymoe.com

$

services classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

20,000with Intro

$

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PROWLER, 19’ needs work, $800. 403-391-4144

3010

1830

1010

4 Units + 1 bachelor.

Could be Condo.

Lacombe 10 yrs. old.

Close to schools & recreation. Close to Downtown.

Rents could be increased.

5 Units for $789,000. Call John at Coldwell Banker 403-348-3339

Holiday Trailers

4020

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4 PLEX REDUCED

4050

3190

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3060

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1800

Investment Opportunities

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Sporting Goods

CLUBS & GROUPS www.writers-ink.net Club for writers - meets weekly

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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E6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012

Nearly 40% of respondents in poll say they didn’t have a choice on when to retire

Looking Wednesday, Sept 26 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

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Participating Employers:

Welding and Manufacturing Ltd.

r Nurse Next Door r OPTIMUM Tutoring Solutions r Precision Well Servicing r Real Canadian Superstore

r Rifco National Auto Finance r Sterling Crane r Tim Hortons r Westeel r Westridge Cabinets r World Financial Group

Please Send Resume To: Jeannette Austin Director of Human Resources Email: hr@mvsh.ca Fax : (403) 335-9957

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r Concord Security Corporation r Correctional Services of Canada r Liquidation World r Nestle Purina PetCare

ing 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.

Hiring Casual RN, LPN & HCA

for a job?

Red Deer Mini Job Fair

ing 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 be-

We design, engineer and manufacture custom oilďŹ eld equipment within 7 shops, with over 40,000 sq. feet of space on 10 acres of land in Innisfail, Ab, and we’re continuing to grow!

Our Vision - We enhance lives by providing quality care and self-sustainable living through innovative leadership.

Process Operation Technician Red Deer, AB

MEGlobal Canada Inc. Prentiss location is seeking Process Operation Technician(s) to work in a highly participative, self-managed team environment. Successful cessful candidates will work rotating 12-hour shifts and hifts (including ( luding (in g nights ghtss an weekends) to support environmentally po the he ssafe, a e nvironmen ally sound, and efďŹ cient en operation ope perat on off our ur Ethylene ene Oxide/Ethylene Glycol G yc (EO/EG) O/ G) facility. f c li

If you would like to join a team of professionals in your ďŹ eld, we are currently seeking a

SAFETY COORDINATOR The selected candidate will: • Plan and lead regular Safety meetings • Execute staff training programs • Perform regular site inspections • Work extensively with ISN Networld

QUALIFICATIONS S • Graduate of Power Engineering wer En w neering eerin Technology chnolog orr related program Chemical Engineering m such s aass Chem mi Enginee rn Technology or P Process Technology. rocess ocess Technol echno . • Minimum 3rd C Class Government as G o ernme ernmen Power ower Engineering CertiďŹ cate SOPEEC standard. e tiďŹ OPE d d

Preference will be given to those with COR audit experience, and a minimum 3 years work experience in a manufacturing environment. EMR Certification is an asset.

This is a full-time permanent position, offering competitive Salary and Benefits packages.

403-227-7796 or email to hr@bilton.ca

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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 work-

Please fax resume to

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EXPERIENCE • Up to ten years of re related work experience. ated wo ork experien ex erience.

APPLY TODAY Deadline for appli applications is Octo o October 8, 2012 Submit m resume to: careers@meglobal.biz care e (subject e line ‘2012CA006 Process 2 Operation Technician’) a

OR mail m to: Human H a Resources MEGlobal Canada Inc. M l P.O.Bag P B 5501 Red Deer, AB T4N 6N1 R D Only those h selected for aan interview will be c c contacted.

MEGlobal is an a equal e opportunity e oy employer.

Salaries are competitive pe ive and and commensurate mmensu s ate with qualiďŹ cationss and experience.

PROJECT MANAGER

Canem Systems Ltd., a Canadian electrical, data and communications contractor, invites you to become a part of its Red Deer team.

MEGlobal™ is a world leader in the manufacture and marketing of merchant monoethylene glycol and diethylene glycol (EG). Established in 2004, the company is a joint venture between The Dow Chemical Company and Petrochemical Industries Company of Kuwait and is headquartered in Dubai, UAE. MEGlobal serves customers around the world and has manufacturing facilities located in Alberta.

In this role you will: • Identify new opportunities within the local market; • Prepare proposals and estimates for bids and tenders; • Coordinate resources and manpower from project inception to completion and ensure successful delivery of Canem’s services.

For more information about MEGlobal, visit our website at: www.MEGlobal.biz.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

You bring forth technical experience of electrical construction with formal training in the electrical ďŹ eld of equivalent work experience. You have an appetite for success, can communicate effectively, are highly adaptable and results driven. We reward our members competitively with performance incentives including beneďŹ ts, stock options and bonuses.

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If you’re looking for an exciting opportunity and that next step in your career, please forward your resume and cover letter to: ddewit@canem.com and visit our website for more information: www.canem.com

BE PART OF A WINNING TEAM Are you ready to advance your career? Mountain View Credit Union has outstanding career opportunities available in our Morrin & Delia branches in the heart of Alberta.

BRANCH MANAGERS, Morrin and Delia (2 positions) Do you aspire to make a difference every day? Do you have a genuine desire to use your skills and experience to assist others, coupled with a track record of past success? If so, we’d like to talk. We’ll provide the opportunity, combined with a work environment and a set of shared values that will enable you to chart your own course to career satisfaction and success.

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To view full details outlining this exciting opportunity, and to learn more about Mountain View Credit Union, please visit our website at mvcu.ca.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012 E7

Census data show rising mobility, other social changes

We’re hiring in Red Deer.

had the fewest households on food stamps, at 5.9 per cent.

Government programs did much to stave off higher rates of poverty.

PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR/HUMAN RESOURCES

Your career with BrokerLink will give you the opportunity to work with an entirely new kind of insurance broker. As one of Canada’s largest property & casualty insurance brokerages with over 50 offices supported by more than 700 employees, you will have plenty of room to develop your career and grow professionally.

Canalta Controls Ltd. is excited to announce an opportunity within the company for the position of a payroll administrator/ human resources for the processing and maintenance of payroll and training programs. Canalta Controls Ltd. manufactures flow measurement products for distribution around the world.

If you meet the qualifications below, we should talk: t High School Diploma and/or Post Secondary t 3-5 years of previous experience in commercial insurance t Level 2 General Insurance License t Exposure to Agency Manager and Policy Works an asset t Excellent customer service and sales skills t Strong time management and organizational skills t Excellent verbal and written communication skills t Must be willing to travel to Wetaskiwin and surrounding areas Interested? Please submit your resume via email to recruitment@brokerlink.ca or in person to the Red Deer branch located at 15 Village Mall, 6320 50th Avenue.

To learn more please visit www.brokerlink.ca.

Services available in Alberta through Canada Brokerlink Inc. ™BrokerLink & Design is a trademark of Canada Brokerlink Inc. used under license. ©2012 Canada Brokerlink Inc. All rights reserved.

Core competencies required are: • High attention to detail with good organizational skills • Experience in payroll processes and benefits administration.

• Ability to draft and work within payroll procedures while maintaining excellent service to our employees • Self motivated individual with the ability to learn independently and create change where they see required • Proven ability to work efficiently in a team setting • Excellent oral and written communication skills.

This position will provide an opportunity for growth as Canalta continues to expand. If you feel that you have the skills and qualifications for this position, please submit your resume by October 1 via e-mail to accounting@canaltacontrols.com or mail it to 6759 – 65th Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta T4P 1X5.

DEAN SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT

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We’re hiring an Account Executive, Commerical Insurance

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Annual Salary: $90,474.94 - $124,403.04 Reporting to the Vice President, Academic & Research and working collaboratively with leadership teams, members of the College community, and industry partners, is the Dean, School of Environment. The Dean is responsible for the leadership, management and resourcing of programs and staff to meet the fulltime and part-time educational programming needs of learners and industry partners in the horticulture and land based sectors. A key role for this Dean is the College’s work within the Community Learning Campus and Campus Alberta Central. The Dean is also responsible for overseeing the management of the Olds College Constructed Wetlands/ Botanical Gardens. A detailed job description is provided for the review of potential candidates on our website.

Please forward a resume quoting competition #12132M by October 11, 2012.

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

Welding and Manufacturing Ltd.

Join a winning team.

Challenge your management skills Currently recruiting

PROGRAM MANAGER-HOME CARE

We are looking to add a self-directed, experienced Registered Nurse with management experience to join our Home Care team The Program Manager-Home Care provides the direction and leadership to facilitate the delivery and supervision of contracted client services within a consistent, safe and quality framework through: Monitoring and analyzing all aspects of service delivery Actively participating in quality assurance and risk management initiatives Liaising with local health authorities and other customer groups Your exceptional leadership qualities and strong focus on customer satisfaction and safety will enable you to oversee day-to-day administration and coordination of home care services Enjoy a career with a standardized work week, benefits, and a supportive, progressive work culture

Best People, Best practices

designs, engineers and manufactures custom oilfield equipment.

To apply please see our website www.cbi.ca/careers Or Email: hrhomehealth@cbi.ca

We operate 6 shops with over 40,000 sq. feet of space on 10 acres of land, in Innisfail, Ab, and we’re continuing to grow!

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FULL-TIME SALES REPRESENTATIVE

If you would like to join a team of professionals, we are currently seeking a

Stettler Independent Advertising Department

PRODUCTION MANAGER The successful candidate will: • Lead the manufacturing group to meet key business objectives including safety, quality, productivity, delivery, etc.

• Ensure production and quality requirements are met in order to satisfy the customer base in an efficient and cost effective manner • Lead, train, develop, and mentor departmental assigned team members.

Among other key responsibilities

As a full-time advertising sales representative, you would provide advertising solutions for clients, maintain existing accounts and generate new business. The ideal candidate has sales experience and strong customer-service skills. Computer and administrative skills are also considered assets.

The Stettler Independent

Only those selected for an interview will be contacted Please fax resume to 403-227-7796 email to hr@bilton.ca

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4810—50 St. P.O. Box 310 Stettler, AB TOC 2L0

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Join the professional team at the Stettler Independent, one of Stettler’s longest-serving and trustworthy businesses. Each week, we deliver the news and advertising content that generations of central Albertans have relied on at home and away.

This is a full-time, permanent position offering a premium wage and excellent benefit package

publisher@stettlerindependent.com

Position: Traffic/Admin Clerk KG Country/Zed 98.9 in Red Deer has an immediate opening for a Traffic/Admin Clerk

Welding and Manufacturing Ltd.

The ideal candidate will have experience in data entry and accounting. If you work well under pressure and have the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy in your work and work well as a team player we want to hear from you.

designs, engineers and manufactures custom oilfield equipment and is seeking a full-time

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Knowledge of DeltaFlex radio traffic software would be beneficial.

Your responsibilities may vary, but will include: • • • • •

Processing contracts for commercial scheduling Preparation/assembling of commercial logs Switchboard/Receptionist relief Filing and other admin duties Some accounts payables and receivables

Responsibilities will include but not be limited to: • update project schedules • update ERP systems • liaise with Project group to gather information • supporting information flow to Production and Project team members • provide customer with required information

Excellent organizational and communication skills are a must.

Newcap values diversity in its work force and is committed to Employment Equity, all applications submitted must be accompanied by a completed Employment equity Questionnaire form. The form may be downloaded from the following link: http://www.ncc.ca/careers.asp?mn=4

Preference will be given to those with a high level of organization and experience in a fast paced, manufacturing environment. Knowledge of Microsoft Projects software is an asset.

The deadline for submitting applications is September 28, 2012.

To explore this opportunity further please forward your resume to: Jennifer Johnston Office Manager Newcap Inc – Red Deer 4920-59th St Red Deer AB T4N 2N1 jjohnston@newcap.ca

Only applicants chosen for an interview will be contacted.

Please forward your resume via fax to 403-227-7796 or e-mail to

hr@bilton.ca

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WASHINGTON — More young adults are leaving their parents’ homes to take a chance with college or a job.

Across the nation, people are on the move again after putting their lives on hold and staying put.

Once-sharp declines in births are levelling off, and poverty is slowing.

A new snapshot of census data provides sociological backup for what economic indicators were already suggesting: that the nation is in a tentative, fragile recovery.

“We may be seeing the beginning of the American family’s recovery from the Great Recession,” said Andrew Cherlin, a professor of sociology and public policy at Johns Hopkins University. He pointed in particular to the upswing in mobility and to young men moving out of their parents’ homes, both signs that more young adults were testing out job prospects.

“It could be the modest number of new jobs or simply the belief that the worst is over,” Cherlin said.

The new 2011 census figures released Thursday show progress in an economic recovery that technically began in mid-2009.

The annual survey, supplemented with unpublished government figures as of March 2012, covers a year in which unemployment fell modestly from 9.6 per cent to 8.9 per cent.

Not all is well, however.

The jobless rate remains high at 8.1 per cent.

While housing sales have more recently gained, home ownership last year dropped for a fifth straight year to 64.6 per cent, the lowest in more than a decade, due to stringent financing rules and a shift to renting.

More Americans than ever are turning to food stamps, while residents in housing that is considered “crowded” held steady at 1 per cent, tied for the highest since 2003.

Fresh economic data released Thursday added to the mixed picture.

The Conference Board’s Index of Leading Economic Indicators, designed to forecast future economic activity, dipped 0.1 per cent in August after rising 0.5 per cent in July and dropping 0.5 per cent in June.

And the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell only slightly last week.

Taken as a whole, however, analysts say the census data, which track changing patterns in everyday life, provide the latest evidence of a stabilizing U.S. economy.

Coming after the devastating housing bust in 2006, such a levelling off would mark an end to the longest and most pernicious economic decline since World War II. Richard Freeman, an economist at Harvard University, said the data point to a “fragile recovery,” with the economy still at risk of falling back into recession, depending in part on who is president and whether Congress averts a “fiscal cliff” of deep government spending cuts and higher taxes in January.

“Given the situation in the world economy, we are doing better than many other countries,” he said.

“Government policies remain critical.”

The census figures also show slowing growth in the foreign-born population, which increased to 40.4 million, or 13 per cent of the U.S. population.

Last year’s immigration increase of 400,000 people was the lowest in a decade, reflecting a minimal gain of Latinos after many Mexicans already in the U.S. opted to return home. Some 11 million people are estimated to be in the U.S. illegally.

The bulk of new immigrants are now higherskilled workers from Asian countries such as China and India, contributing to increases in the foreignborn population in California, New York, Illinois and New Jersey.

Income inequality varied widely by region. The gap between rich and poor was most evident in the District of Columbia, New York, Connecticut, Louisiana and New Mexico, where immigrant or minority groups were more numerous.

By county, Berkeley in West Virginia had the biggest jump in household income inequality over the past year, a result of fast suburban growth just outside the Washington-Baltimore region, where pockets of poor residents and newly arrived, affluent commuters live side by side.

As a whole, Americans were slowly finding ways to get back on the move.

About 12 per cent of the nation’s population, or 36.5 million, moved to a new home, up from a record low of 11.6 per cent in 2011.

Among young adults 25 to 29, the most mobile age group, moves also increased to 24.6 per cent from a low of 24.1 per cent in the previous year. Longer-distance moves, typically for those seeking new careers in other regions of the country, rose modestly from 3.4 per cent to 3.8 per cent.

Less willing to rely on parents, roughly 5.6 million Americans ages 25-34, or 13.6 per cent, lived with Mom and Dad, a decrease from 14.2 per cent in the previous year.

Young men were less likely than before to live with parents, down from 18.6 per cent to 16.9 per cent; young women living with parents edged higher to 10.4 per cent, up from 9.7 per cent.

The increases in mobility coincide with modest improvements in the job market as well as increased school enrolment, especially in college and at advanced-degree levels.

Marriages dipped to a low of just 50.8 per cent among adults 18 and over, compared with 57 per cent in 2000.

Among young adults 25-34, marriage was at 43.1 per cent, also a new low, part of a longer-term cultural trend in which people are opting to marry at later ages and often cohabitate with a partner first.

Births, on the other hand, appeared to be coming back after years of steep declines. In 2011, the number of births dipped by 55,000, or 1 per cent, to 4.1 million, the smallest drop since the pre-recession peak in 2008, according to Kenneth Johnson, a sociology professor and senior demographer at the University of New Hampshire.

More recent data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also show that onceprecipitous drops in births are slowing.

“There are signs that young adults have turned a corner,” said Mark Mather, associate vice-president at the Population Reference Bureau.

“More young adults are staying in school, which will increase their potential earnings when the job market bounces back. It’s going to take some time, but we should see more young adults entering the labour force, buying homes and starting families as economic conditions improve.”

While poverty slowed, food stamp use continued to climb. Roughly 14.9 million, or 13 per cent of U.S. households, received food stamps, the highest level on record, meaning that 1 in 8 families was receiving the government aid.

Oregon led the nation at 18.9 per cent, or nearly 1 in 5, due in part to generous state provisions that expand food stamp eligibility to families making 185 per cent of the poverty level — roughly $3,400 a

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Oregon was followed by more rural or more economically hard-hit states, including Michigan, Tennessee, Maine, Kentucky and Mississippi. Wyoming

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Cancer hospital plans ‘moonshot’ LARGEST CANCER HOSPITAL IN UNITED STATES PLANS EFFORT AGAINST EIGHT FORMS OF THE DISEASE

BY MARILYNN MARCHIONE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The nation’s largest cancer centre is launching a massive “moonshot” effort against eight specific forms of the disease, similar to the all-out push for space exploration 50 years ago.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston expects to spend as much as $3 billion on the project over the next 10 years and already has “tens of millions” of dollars in gifts to jump start it now, said its president, Dr. Ronald DePinho.

One of the cancers is myelodysplastic syndrome.

“Good Morning America” co-anchor Robin Roberts has that kind and had a bone marrow transplant to treat it on Thursday.

The others are especially deadly forms of breast and ovarian cancer, along with lung, prostate, melanoma and two types of leukemia.

The project aims to find cures and lower deaths. Although no overall benchmarks have been set, individual projects for various cancers have specific goals.

With genetic information and more precise drugs, “we have many of the tools we need to pick the fight of the 21st century” and find ways to defeat these cancers, DePinho said.

Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, which has no role in the project, praised DePinho’s effort.

“I’m thrilled to see somebody take the lead,” Brawley said.

“The results that I see him promising, in my mind are reasonable,” both in terms of raising money and fighting cancer.

Cancer death rates have been falling since the 1990s at an average of more than 1 per cent per year but the disease remains a top killer worldwide.

In the United States this year, estimates are that more than 1.5 million people will be diagnosed with cancer, and more than 500,000 will die from it.

The MD Anderson program was inspired by the goal President John F. Kennedy announced in 1962 to put a man on the moon by the end of that decade.

He described it to Congress that May and in a speech in September at Rice University, a mile from MD Anderson.

The Houston cancer centre treats 112,000 patients a year and has been building a database of tumour samples and their genetic characteristics, especially of breast and ovarian cancers.

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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. The United States’ largest cancer centre is launching a massive “moonshot” effort against eight specific forms of the disease, similar to the all-out push for space exploration 50 years ago.

A year ago, when DePinho became its new president, he started a competition among its researchers to submit ideas for how to make fresh inroads against the disease.

Six teams were chosen to tackle the eight cancers.

Each team has specific goals, ranging from basic research to clinical trials that test treatments, biomarkers and diagnostics.

Some projects are aimed at novel prevention methods — a mandatory role for any of the federally funded National Comprehensive Cancer Centers, DePinho said.

The teams will focus on personalizing treatment according to an individual’s tumour genes, real-time assessment of the effectiveness of therapies being tried, better diagnoses and early

detection and reducing side effects of treatment.

For example, one project will jointly target a deadly type of ovarian cancer and “triple-negative breast cancer” — breast tumors whose growth is not fueled by estrogen, progesterone or the gene that the drug Herceptin targets.

The cancers share some striking similarities at the genetic and molecular level and treatments for them are converging, MD Anderson scientists say.

Scientists plan to study one cancer pathway and how nearby tissue influences the cancer’s growth.

They also hope within five years to find a way to detect ovarian cancer ear-

ly. Experts have recommended against routinely screening health women for ovarian cancer now because methods to do so are too flawed.

Money for all of the moonshot projects will come from foundations, gifts from individuals, grants, revenues from treating the additional patients the centre expects to attract, and patents and royalties from discoveries, MD Anderson officials said. That will be on top of the $700 million the cancer centre spends each year now on research.

Online: Details: http://www.cancermoonshots.org

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