Red Deer Advocate, October 17, 2012

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CENTRAL ALBERTA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER

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NHL offers new deal to players

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 17, 2012

Girls gone medieval

HOPES TO START SEASON BY NOV. 2 BY CHRIS JOHNSTON THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Let the serious negotiations begin. After more than a month with no new offers being tabled in collective bargaining talks, the NHL breathed new life into the process Tuesday with a proposal that could kick-start some significant discussions. It calls for a 50-50 split of revenues between owners and players and includes a deferred salary plan designed to ensure that players would receive all the money they’ve been promised in existing contracts. On top of that, the deal was drawn up with an eye to starting a full 82-game regular season Nov. 2. “We have about nine or 10 days to get this all ... signed, sealed and delivered,” said commissioner Gary Bettman, who called the proposed deal “long-term.” A lot will need to be accomplished over that period. However, the unexpected proposal offered fans the first real hint of hope since the lockout began Sept. 15. The sides have met regularly since that time, but their discussions were largely limited to secondary issues. The league eventually grew tired of waiting for a new offer from the NHL Players’ Association and decided to try to move things forward with a proposal of its own. Donald Fehr, the NHLPA’s executive director, spent Tuesday afternoon reviewing the lengthy document and held an evening conference call with about 60 players. His initial reaction to the offer was that it could provide something to work with. “I would like to believe that it will be an excellent starting point and we can go forward and see if there is a deal to be made,” said Fehr. The new offer was greeted with cautious optimism by locked-out players who have had to secure their own ice time to stay in shape during the lockout. Following an informal skate in Vancouver on Tuesday, Canucks goaltender Cory Schneider expressed hope that labour peace could finally be on the horizon. “Both sides were waiting for somebody to make the next move,” said Schneider. “For them to make a move towards us, it at least signals that they are serious about negotiating and getting started. Up until this point, we weren’t fully convinced of that. This is obviously a good step towards that.”

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Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Bud Haines Auctions employee Betty Butcher, in the chainmail hood, and auctioneer Linda Baggaley in a Roman helmet cross swords as they look up at a set of medieval armour Tuesday. An auction company in Red Deer is holding an estate sale this Saturday featuring the collection of Don Cook. Over 150 replica swords and knives, replica firearms, and a collection of replica and authentic military uniforms are entered in the sale.

UPCOMING ESTATE AUCTION FEATURES SWORDS, SUITS OF ARMOUR BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF The annual pre-hunting season Bud Haynes & Co. firearms auction is going medieval this year with a collection of reproduction swords and armour. The estate of Don Cook, a master warrant officer and a former instructor for the Sky Hawks Canadian Forces parachute team, has left a collection of more than 150 swords,

14 mannequins in suits of armour and Roman gladiators and other weapons and armour for the auction firm to sell. “This was his collection and we were contacted by the family and they wanted to have it auctioned,” said auctioneer Linda Baggaley. “It’s quite unique, I’ve never seen this many different reproduction medieval swords. A lot of them are just beautiful.” But the swords are just part

of the collection. There are also helmets, chain mail and other armour pieces. The annual fall hunting firearms auction will be held on Saturday at 9 a.m. by Bud Haynes & Co. at their facility, Bay 4 7429 49th Ave. in Red Deer. Prior to the auction, on Friday from 3 to 8 p.m. a free public viewing will take place. “We get the odd reproduction sword, but never over 150 and all of them are different,” said Baggaley.

The diversity of the collection has the auction firm interested in attracting a different group of people, who wouldn’t typically be interested in this type of auction. “There are groups where the guys collect these types of thing,” said Baggaley. “They go out and do presentations, go dressed in armour for different events. It’s another collectors field.”

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Demonstration forest offers insights into industry BY RANDY FIEDLER ADVOCATE STAFF Where better to learn forestry, oilpatch development and woodland safety than in a West Country forest? About 100 Rocky Mountain House and Sylvan Lake high school students spent a day at Des Crossley Demonstration Forest hearing firsthand about the industries’ responsibilities and opportunities. Forestry and oilfield workers guided St. Dominic Catholic High and H.J. Cody Schools’ Grades 9 to 11 students on Tuesday as they scaled large machines, calculated tree measurements and ran fire hoses. The Des Crossley forest, a quarter-section 25 km southwest of Rocky, is named for a pioneering forester whose 1950s research found clearcutting the most efficient way to

» SEE MORE ONLINE AT WWW.REDDEERADVOCATE.COM regenerate tree growth. It’s free education events have drawn about 5,000 Alberta Grade 4 to 12 students since it began operation in 1999. It’s run as a partnership between Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, Sunpine Forest Products, Devon Canada and Inside Education. “It’s a unique way to learn, all these collaborators showing what we do in Alberta,” said Kathryn Wagner of Inside Education. Her organization combines government, industry, education and non-profit input for “bias-balanced” teaching about a healthy environment and productive economy.

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High school students watch a Sunpine Forest Products delimber clean trees at the Des Crossley Demonstration Forest southwest of Rocky Mountain House Tuesday. Please see related video at www.reddeeradvocate.com.

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