Red Deer Advocate, October 18, 2012

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For 22 years the Youth and Volunteer Centre has been putting the scare into Red Deerians and this Halloween season is no different. With a bigger space, new animatronic characters and a lot of blood, guts and gore, the Zed 99 Haunted House is sure to put the fright into just about anybody’s night. Please see related story and photos on page C1.

Centuries of service heralded RED DEER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE’S BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARDS

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR A pair of Red Deer organizations with a combined 216 years of operations were honoured at the Red Deer Chamber of Commerce’s Business of the Year Awards Wednesday evening.

Westerner Park, which was founded in 1891 as the Red Deer Agricultural Society, and McLevin Industries, which dates back to 1917, each cap-

tured a 2012 Business of the Year Award. Westerner Park came out on top among employers with 50 or more staff, while McLevin Industries claimed the title for businesses with 16 to 49 employees.

A third Business of the Year Award, for businesses with 15 or fewer staff, went to 369 Fitness.

Westerner CEO and general manger John Harms and board chair Michael Donlevy were accompanied on stage by

a dozen employees and board members. Both men praised the approximately 250 fulland part-time staff who work at Westerner Park, as well as the many volunteers who assist them.

“The inspiring force behind the Westerner Exposition Association has always been, and continues to be, our volunteer and staff base,” said Harms.

Westerner Park hosts more than 1,500 events and 1.5 million people each year. Donlevy

commented on the impact the non-profit organization and its facilities have had on the city and region.

“For over 120 years, Westerner Park has been a place for people to gather, to celebrate events.”

McLevin Industries, which started out as a blacksmith shop run by Hugh McLevin, is today operated by Hugh’s great-grandsons: Keegan and Lachlan McLevin. It performs custom fabrication work, as

City made ‘rookie mistake’ in Clearview Ridge: speaker

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Failing to engage Clearview Ridge residents before proposing Red Deer Native Friendship Society’s affordable housing project was a “rookie mistake,” says an expert in promoting collaborative community approaches to reducing poverty.

On Monday, city council rejected the Red Deer Native Friendship Society’s proposal for a culture centre and housing project because of local opposition.

The biggest issue for many Clearview Ridge residents was the lack of information from the City of Red Deer about what was intended for the area.

Paul Born, president of Tamarack An Institute For Community Engagement, based in Waterloo, Ont., that advocates community-driven efforts to

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reducing poverty by creating partnerships, said he would be upset too if a low-income housing project was thrust upon his neighbourhood.

“I think when we have situations like we did in Red Deer, it shows you that the traditional approach can also be very costly. It’s costly in the sense of people having hopes and then those hopes being shattered. And it’s costly in terms of time that people put into this and now have to go back to the drawing board. It creates divisiveness,” said Born who spoke to the Central Alberta Poverty Reduction Alliance on Wednesday, which was officially proclaimed The Day for the Eradication of Poverty in Red Deer.

The alliance is working to enhance the public’s awareness about poverty and to encourage actions towards reducing poverty in the Red Deer region.

Born said there needs to be deep level community engagement and ef-

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well as steel distribution and processing.

Keegan McLevin said the award was a “great honour” that was due in large part to McLevin Industries’ staff — some of whom were there before he and his brother were born.

“Without our employees, we wouldn’t be standing here today,” he said of their contributions to the company’s success.

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Nova expansion plans on track

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

forts to be very creative about housing.

“I think Red Deer is a great city.

It’s progressive. There are really good thinkers.”

“Is there a way we could be building affordable housing that would be acceptable to everyone. I know that sounds rather idealistic, and maybe Pollyanna. But the reality is it’s the only opportunity available to us.”

On Monday, council pledged to work with the society to find a more suitable location for its project.

“I think it would be a really good opportunity to start a dialogue, not only in (Clearview Ridge), and not victimizing anyone, saying that they were against it so they’re bad people.

“There are a lot of people committed to providing affordable housing.

That doesn’t mean that people who were against it don’t care.”

Nova Chemicals Corp.’s next major expansion remains on track for an expected spring start.

Rick Van Hemmen, Nova’s Joffre site leader, said they are in the midst of the detailed engineering development phase of the project to add a third polyethylene reactor.

The project, expected to cost $750 million to $900 million is expected to go to the corporate bosses for final approval around February.

Van Hemmen said he’s “pretty confident” the project will get approved, which means construction could start as early as March with commissioning around the fall of 2015.

Applications are in for various provincial approvals, expected early next year, he said at a Wednesday evening open house at Satinwood School, a few kilometres east of the Joffre site.

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Charges land man in jail

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BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF A 10-month crime spree has netted a 10-month jail sentence for a Red Deer man who pleaded guilty to numerous property offences in Red Deer provincial court on Wednesday.

Earl Charles Bruyea, 25, was arrested in December of 2009 and charged with a variety of offences following a police investigation into thefts involving a number of suspects accused of breaking into businesses and stealing goods worth more than $250,000.

Bruyea had pleaded guilty previously to a number of offences laid as a result of the investigation, including mischief, dangerous driving, fleeing from police and possession of stolen property of a value exceeding $5,000 along with charges of failing to attend court and breaching conditions of his release.

Offences dated back to February of 2009 and continued through the year until Bruyea and others were arrested and charged.

A three-day trial was to have commenced on Wednesday with Bruyea facing 13 additional charges, including break and enter, possession of stolen property and a further mischief charge.

However, represented by Ponoka-based lawyer Chris Paterson, Bruyea instead entered a plea of guilty on most of the charges, including the theft of two all-terrain vehicles and a utility trailer, breaking into a business, breaking into an impound lot to recover personal possession from a vehicle that had been seized and six counts of possession of stolen property, found during a search of his home.

A charge of break and enter laid in relation to the impound lot incident was replaced with a charge of mischief.

Paterson argued for a light sentence, stating that his client had fallen in with some bad people and gone on a crime spree, but has since turned his life around and become a contributing member of society.

He said Bruyea has been accepted into an apprenticeship program, has enrolled in the appropriate courses at Red Deer College and started his own business with contracts to a number of local construction companies, including his former employer.

Paterson argued that Bruyea is not likely to repeat his crimes of the past, stating that his client has lived in the same rental property for the past five years and that he and his common-law wife, who have been together for six years, are now expecting their first child.

Noting that the Supreme Court of Canada has described prison as a finishing school for criminals, Paterson argued that society would be better served by allowing Bruyea to remain free on a conditional sentence or probation so he can continue to work, attend school and take care of his growing family.

Crown prosecutor Denis Huot asked for a jail sentence of 18 to 24 months, but said he would not take any position on whether or not a conditional sentence would be appropriate.

Judge Jim Mitchell acknowledged the guilty pleas as factors in sentencing, but stated that they would have held more weight had they been entered sooner.

Mitchell also acknowledged Paterson’s evidence of Bruyea’s change in character.

However, he said, the gravity of the offences was such that a short period of incarceration would be required.

Mitchell ordered that Bruyea serve a a global sentence of 10 months, including two months for the theft of the Yamaha ATV, a consecutive sentence of three months for break and enter, an consecutive sentence of three months for the theft of the Ranger ATV, two months concurrent for the theft of the trailer that was carrying it, one month consecutive for breaking into the impound lot to retrieve his wallet and keys and one month for each of the possession of stolen property charges, consecutive to the other sentences but concurrent with each other.

“It’s an awful experience for the court to have to incarcerate a young man, particularly a young fellow like yourself who does show some really good signs of moving ahead,” said Mitchell. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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Employees with New Line Skate Parks of Langley, B.C., have been hard at work on a new skate park in north Red Deer this fall. The park, featuring about 30,000 square feet of space will include a kidney pool feature, unique bowls, ramps, a street plaza section with hubba’s and ledges, banks and stair sets. The park will also have washrooms, lighting and parking added to the space just west of the Glendale elementary and middle school. Work will continue as long as weather permits but workers on the site said much of the work will be done this year with finishing touches added in the spring.

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HOUSING: Open discussion Born said an open discussion should begin on how to build affordable housing that would be welcomed in neighbourhoods.

What could be added to enhance the neighbourhood, for example a better park, if the city was going to intensify it?

What is the role of developers in creating a mix of affordable housing?

“Concentrating low-income people in one area is never useful. So a lot of what we’re attempting to do now in affordable housing is create cities where there are a lot of mixed income neighbourhoods.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

NOVA: Minor work begun Some minor work has already begun at the site, where a new access road for construction crews is being built connecting to Freedom Road.

The peak construction force on the polyethylene expansion is expected to hit 500, including about 150 to 250 tradespeople.

About 40 to 60 per cent of project spending will happen in Central Alberta. When completed, the plant will create 25 to 35 permanent jobs and 15 to 25 contractor positions.

Van Hemmen said while the global economy has been unpredictable in recent years, the company is sticking to its game plan of securing new feedstock and stabilizing existing operations to maximize the Joffre site’s potential.

“We’ve heard an awful lot about other companies in North America who are talking about expansion in the next several years in our industry,” he said.

“We believe we’re going to be on the ground first, ahead of most of those, or all of those, other competitors with this particular project.”

Also working in the project’s favour is that Nova is in a much stronger financial position than it was three or four years ago, he added.

Since the project was announced there have been some routine questions raised in the surrounding community and typical issues such as noise, flaring and traffic from construction.

Nova is committed to ensuring noise is kept to a minimum and work is ongoing to continuously improve its noise management strategy, he said.

The new polyethylene plant is expected to churn out 950 million to 1.1 million pounds of low density polyethylene a year — boosting total plant produc-

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Polyethylene is used to manufacture everything from plastic bags and stretch wrap to bottles and toys. Lacombe County Coun. Rod McDermand was among about 40 people who turned out for the open house.

He has not heard any concerns from the community about the project, which will be built on the existing plant site.

Nova has long been a good corporate citizen in the area and has been good at keeping residents updated on what is going on, he said. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

CITY: ‘Great place to do business and live’ McLevin also praised the city that has served as McLevin Industries’ home for nearly a century.

“Red Deer really is a great place to do business and to live.”

360 Fitness earned its Business of the Year Award after little more than three years of operation. But the one-on-one personal training studio grew from 30 to 400 clients during that period.

Marie Wheeler accepted the award on behalf of her husband Jack Wheeler, who owns the business but was out of town.

“Our gym is different from anything else out there because of the accepting environment and the encouraging attitude — all due to our fantastic clients,” she said.

Wheeler, who works as a trainer at the gym, added that 360 Fitness’s staff are the “backbone of our business.”

“They are innovative, enthusiastic and most importantly have a deep-down passion for helping people.”

Wheeler also remarked on the opportunities that Red Deer has provided.

“It is truly a great city to operate and do business in.”

The other finalists for 2012 Business of the Year Awards were Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites in the large employer category, Nexus Engineering & Machine Inc. and The Redwoods Retirement Residence among medium-size businesses, and Big Bend Market and The Bra Lounge for small employers.

Last year’s winners were Hamill’s Dairy Queen, L.A. Radio Group Ltd. and Red Deer Discount Golf Centre.

The Chamber received 40 nominations for this year’s awards event, which was its 31st annual. It took place at the Red Deer College Arts Centre. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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‘Not an ordinary’dream home RED DEER KINSMEN PREPARE FOR ANNUAL DREAM HOME DRAW

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF The three-quarter of a million dollar 2012 Kinsmen Dream Home is anything but ordinary.

Tucked away in the Southbrook subdivision off of 40th Avenue, the 2,351-square-foot, two-storey, threebedroom and three-bathroom house is the top prize in this year’s Kinsmen Dream Home draw.

“It’s been great for us,” said Scott Bourke, Kinsmen club of Red Deer vice-president and dream home chair. “To give you an actual dollar value of what it has earned over the years, I don’t think I’d be able to do that. It’s in the millions that we’ve been able to give back.”

Built by Ammonite Developments on a corner lot, the $770,000 home, located at 2 Sutherland Cl. is the 31st to be offered as the grand prize of the annual fundraiser, the largest for the Kinsmen club of Red Deer.

“Traditionally we end up with a couple of hundred thousand dollars afterwards that we are able to give back to the various groups,” said Bourke.

Some of those groups include Red Deer Minor Pond Hockey, Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter, the food bank and cystic fibrosis.

Although it has been a few years since the dream home was a sellout, there is still a significant amount of money donated to various community organizations from the event.

“A sellout is about $1.3 million,” said Bourke. “Of that, once everything is said and done, we end up with $200,000 to $300,000 we’re able to put back.”

Chris Stelmack, a contractor and house builder, said the home took about six months to build, which is much faster than it would typically take, but they had additional help from other trades and contractors to expedite the process.

“It’s a pretty big push for a house this size, with this many features,” said Stelmack. “There were a lot more people involved in it this time.”

The Kinsmen approached Stelmack with a dollar amount and asked what could be built. Stelmack then went to his tradespeople and they set the wheels in motion to complete the house.

“It has a lot of upgraded features. The suppliers and trades have stepped up in a big way to make this happen,” said Stelmack. “We’ve done everything from hardwood to a flowing staircase, hardwood staircase up and down. We have plank flooring in the basement, we have a high efficiency boiler system in the basement.”

He also said there were green measures throughout, including an energy efficient hot water heater.

The kitchen features a gas stove top, a microwave above oven separated from the stove top, a French door fridge with a bottom freezer drawer and a stone countertop with dual sink.

The living room features a gas fireplace with a television above it. The living room and dining room area, which are adjacent to the kitchen, lead onto the back deck and the yard area.

The basement has a wine cellar, bar area, with fridge and sink and a media room with a bar countertop, with stools and a flat screen television with 7.1 surround sound. There is also a full bathroom in the basement.

The second floor features three bedrooms and two bathrooms, with one being an ensuite.

The master ensuite has separate bathtub and shower, heated floors, with a small gas fireplace by the tub, and a large walk in closet.

The clothes washer and dryer is located adjacent to the second bathroom.

There is also a secondary media room, which Stelmack said was more designed for kids. It does feature another big screen television with surround sound, but also has plenty of room for children’s toys and activities.

Viewings and ticket sales at the house start this Saturday at 1 and go until 5 p.m. and will run every Saturday and Sunday form 1 to 5 p.m. until Christmas. After Christmas it will happen every day at the same time until the New Year’s Eve draw.

Tickets are one for $100 or three for $250. They can also be purchased from Sproule’s Mountainview IDA Drug, 3757 43rd Ave.; Buy and Sell By Photo, 210 4747 67th Ave.; and at Servus Credit Union locations throughout Central Alberta. Tickets are also available by calling 403-356-3900 or online at www.reddeerkinsmen.com/dreamhome. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Man charged in fatal crash to return to court A Lacombe man charged in connection with a fatal motor vehicle collision will return to court on Dec. 5, when his lawyer anticipates entering a plea.

Matthew Lawrence Engelman, 24, was charged with dangerous driving causing bodily harm, impaired driving causing bodily harm and refusing to provide a breath sample, after Sylvan Lake RCMP investigated a two-vehicle crash.

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centre line and struck an oncoming pickup truck.

A Breton man, 41-year-old Randy Pinch, was extracted from his vehicle and rushed by STARS air ambulance to the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton.

Pinch died in hospital on Oct. 2, with the result that charges against Engleman were upgraded to impaired driving causing death and dangerous driving causing death.

Engelman and his lawyer, Michael Scrase of Red Deer, appeared briefly in Red Deer provincial court on Wednesday.

Engelman remains free on a recognizance and $500 cash bail pending his next court appearance.

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Kinsmen Dream Home board chairman Scott Bourke, left, and Ammonite Custom Homes of Red Deer builder Chris Stelmack in the kitchen of the 2012 Kinsmen Dream Home at 2 Sutherland Close in Southbrook in Red Deer. The Kinsmen are launching their annual fundraiser this weekend.

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Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012

Know your neighbours Whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney prevails on Nov. 6, official Ottawa should be asking itself the same question.

Do we even know our neighbours anymore?

With the most fundamental demographic shift of our lifetimes unfolding before their eyes, successive CanadiTIM an governments have blissfully HARPER continued traditional relations on traditional matters based on a United States that no longer exists.

There is no evidence that foreign affairs has paid anything more than lip service to the Hispanic explosion south of the border, a cultural and business transformation happening outside the doors of our consulates and embassies, with Canada as spectator.

Inaction has a price.

By not reaching out to the new Hispanic U.S., Canada is unable to bring its message to this group.

It loses out on tourism, it falls behind on attracting both skilled Hispanic immigrants and temporary foreign

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workers who pick fruit, work in hotels and, yes, meat packing plants, doing jobs Canadians are unwilling to take.

It means we are missing niche trade and business opportunities because Hispanic buying habits and preferences are different than those of African Americans.

It means we are not crafting environmental policy that will conform with a segment of the U.S. population that, polling shows, is more protective of the natural environment than Americans as a whole, whether because they are working in environmentally threatening environments or live in areas that are more likely to be fouled by industry.

And it means we are losing the battle for attention from U.S. political and business elites who routinely vacation in Caribbean and Latin American locales where the potential photo-ops are better for business and re-election prospects.

As it has let this potential Hispanic message get away, the Harper Conservatives have closed five U.S. consulates: Anchorage, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Raleigh-Durham, N.C. “We have cut our ability to deliver the message even as we have cut our ability to determine what that message should be,’’ says Carlo Dade, a senior fellow at University of Ottawa’s School of International Development and Global Studies.

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American and World Bank official was the executive director of the Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL), the country’s only think tank dedicated to policy research on Canada’s place in the Western Hemisphere.

He went to Foreign Affairs with a detailed plan to help Ottawa understand how U.S. Hispanics see Canada, how the way this country describes itself works with Hispanics.

He wanted to help craft a message that would have an impact on an ethnic population that has grown 43 per cent over the past decade, and will be 30 per cent of the U.S. population by 2050 (double the size of the African American population).

Dade recalls the problems faced by our Dallas consulate staff when it approached the association representing Texas homebuilders during the softwood lumber dispute, expecting to sit down with “Billy Bob and Bobby Ray.” “Instead, they encountered Juan and Julio and Roberto. Billy Bob had left the building.”

Ottawa did move on this, creating a program named HISPANET, involving the embassy in Washington and eight consulates, aimed at “intelligence gathering” for better advocacy of the Canadian interest and better knowledge of the economic benefit of Canadian links to the Hispanic community.

That was five years ago. The program was quietly allowed to die because of spending cuts.

Despite that, the federal government maintains it reaches out to Hispanics worldwide “to forge deeper people-to-people ties.”

Hispanics became the largest minority in the U.S. nine years ago, and their population has more than doubled in Alabama and Kentucky. They are the largest minority in key states that border Canada.

Every month, some 50,000 to 60,000 U.S.-born Hispanics turn 18 and become eligible to vote.

Ottawa might get lucky. Maybe Canadian neglect will not hurt us on trade, it will make no difference on immigration, it will not become key, in hindsight, to a waning influence in the U.S. But neglect is not a policy.

There were 24.3 million eligible voters in Canada in 2011. There are 21.3 million registered Hispanic voters in the U.S. this year. There is no sign Ottawa knows anything about them.

The Los Angeles Times recently pointed out the difference between traditional America and Hispanic America.

An ad for a truck in the Midwest would show beer-drinking men and the American flag, but an ad for the same truck targeting Hispanics would show them hauling construction equipment and working on their farms.

“We are still using flags and beers to sell our trucks,” Dade says.

Tim Harper is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

I ride my bike, although drivers are getting scary For the past month, I have been reading all the letters and editorials about the bike lanes and finally wish to have my say.

I have been riding the bike trails for over 20 years and for the past 15, I have been a commuting on my bicycle to and from my place of employment from early March to late November. (I rode all winter a few years but I admit it’s really a huge challenge.)

Because I commute very early in the morning or late at night, to be safe, I need to have a route that is well lit and not in the woods.

My husband and my adult daughter also commute on their bikes to work.

All these years we have ridden without the benefit of the bike lanes and have managed to stay safe by riding to the side of the road or on the sidewalk as needed. I always give the right of way to pedestrians. I do obey the rules of the road but I have seen some very scary behaviour on the part of some motorists who seem to be in far too much of a rush.

I am a professional, a homeowner, a car owner and a responsible, fairly nice person for the most part. I believe that riding my bike is an excellent choice for my health, the environment and it saves wear and tear on my vehicle. It is something I am happy to do, proud of myself for and think should be encouraged.

City Hall tried to get it right by creating the original lanes last summer. I really appreciated them, defi-

nitely felt safer in them and used them a lot because they were in places I ride normally. This year I was ecstatic to see the lanes increased but just as I was getting used to them, POOF! ... they were gone. Pretty stupid move that has only thoroughly confused everyone involved. The reaction to remove them was so kneejerk that people who are timid and were just coming out to ride them have retreated.

Here is my frustration: I believe this action by the city to so quickly give in to opposition about this decision has empowered the hateful belligerence of some motorists. For the first time in 15 years, I am being harassed as I ride my bike down the street.

A war has erupted and it is not my fault. I have been yelled at, given the finger and had people shake their heads at me. This is pretty aggressive behaviour towards someone who is minding their own business. I’m just riding to work, enjoying the day.

In late August, my daughter who rides her bike everywhere year round was pushed off the road by a truck driver who was yelling obscenities as he did so. It totally terrified her as it was also very aggressive.

Now our concern for safety is not just with the traffic but aggression from ignorant individuals. It appears to be a form to insanity. I am sorry to see that this situation has unravelled the demeanour of so many.

I am still riding my bike. I was riding my bike long before the lanes and I will continue to do so come what may.

Patricia Stewart Red Deer

Justifying violence under the guise of religion The attempted assassination of 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai is yet another example of why I cannot understand or accept the hard-line interpretation of a religious philosophy by a goaldriven group like the Taliban.

Somehow the Taliban has managed to justify the shooting because they believe that the girl was a puppet of anti-Islamic forces that would harm the ultimate goal of the Taliban, which appears to be full speed in reverse to the Stone Age when it comes to basic freedom and equality.

JIM Malala Yousufzai stood in SUTHERLAND the way of their retro movement because she addressed the issue of female education from the point of view of a young female who had loftier goals in mind for herself.

The girl also condemned the violent control of the Taliban and their rigid assertion that women should never advance out of a life of complete subservience to men.

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This where I start to miss the point on extreme interpretation of a religion. How can I possibly understand the motivation behind any group that endorses bloodthirsty violence and severe oppression under the guise of religion?

Bear in mind that the idea is not completely unique to the Taliban, given the long history of religious-driven violence from other faiths, but they are the most glaring current example of a group of ruthless killers who operate under the guise of a loftier religious goal.

There is no noble cause at play here, simply the complete suppression of a large group of people by a smaller and heavier armed group of people with little reason not to shoot people from the larger group who oppose their viewpoint.

The oppressed peoples’ fear of sudden death works in the favour of the goal-driven people carrying all of the automatic weapons until they encounter somebody like Malala Yousufzai, a young girl with enough courage to speak out against the holy warriors/thugs who run the show.

Most of us in the non-Islamic world do not understand the religion very well. We assume that it is

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basically a religion that is largely based upon peaceful goals like every other religion in the world. We also believe that its message can be corrupted by purpose-driven misinterpretation and turned into a blunt force weapon like every other religion in the world.

The important issue at play here is the actions of the peaceful practitioners of Islam who need to exert their influence on the religious thugs who get all of the headlines.

They need to condemn the actions of the splinter groups that have declared a holy war on the nonIslamic world in the name of their religion. They need to communicate a better message of peace and tolerance toward the outside world and to educate non-Islamic people about their religion.

Otherwise outsiders will view Islam in a negative light.

They will simply see a religion that has exported terrorism and genocide to other countries under their religious banner with an insufficient response from the peaceful majority of Moslems who want nothing to do with the kind of people who would shoot a 14-year-old girl who tried to make a positive difference.

Jim Sutherland is a freelance Red Deer columnist.

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JBS USA ASSUMES MANAGEMENT OF FACILITY AT CENTRE OF BEEF RECALL

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Weeks of worry and uncertainty in a southern Alberta community turned in a single moment to a wave of optimism with word that a U.S. company is taking over the plant at the heart of the recent beef recall.

JBS USA, a subsidiary of Brazilianbased JBS S.A., surprised almost everyone Wednesday with a late afternoon news release announcing it had assumed management of XL Foods in Brooks, Alta.

From its headquarters in Greeley, Colo., JBS also said its agreement with XL provides it with an exclusive option to buy the Canadian and U.S. operations of the company.

“We know full well the commitment it takes to manage world-class operations that produce safe and nutritious products for consumers around the world,” said Bill Rupp, president and chief operating officer of JBS USA. “We believe our experienced team will prove an invaluable asset in the management of XL Lakeside and we look forward to exploring our options to purchase XL assets in the near future.”

Brian Nilsson, co-CEO of XL Foods, issued only a brief news release.

“This action is another positive step to relicensing the XL Lakeside beef plant in Brooks,” he said. “We welcome the assistance of JBS and their resources.”

JBS calls its Brazilian-based parent company the world’s largest animal protein processor; the American subsidiary has operations in both the U.S. and Australia.

It was an unexpected development in a dramatic saga that began last

month when the Brooks plant — one of Canada’s largest beef processors — was closed over E. coli contamination.

Earlier Wednesday, Brooks Mayor Martin Shields said the community has been in turmoil over the troubles at XL Foods. By suppertime, he was elated.

“That’s positive news,” he said, adding it was already spreading throughout the community. “This means the plant is going to be back in operation.”

Shields said he had not been personally contact by JBS officials, but would welcome their arrival.

agement or new ownership since this took place and on first blush we certainly see this as a positive move.”

The plant is still not out of the woods. The CFIA is expected to complete a report and make a recommendation to the federal government about the plant before the beginning of next week.

The CFIA said its review in the coming days will include how well XL Foods is handling E. coli controls, meat hygiene, sampling techniques and overall sanitation.

‘WE BELIEVE OUR EXPERIENCED TEAM WILL PROVE AN INVALUABLE ASSET IN THE MANAGEMENT OF XL LAKESIDE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO EXPLORING OUR OPTIONS TO PURCHASE XL ASSETS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.’ — BILL RUPP, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, JBS USA

“They really are big,” he said. “Obviously they’re coming in to manage a plant with the option to purchase and what you would hope is they actually do purchase it, that it just isn’t a driveby happening.”

The 2,200 people who work at XL were laid off last week. About 800 were recalled temporarily Tuesday to finish processing beef carcasses as part of a Canadian Food Inspection Agency assessment of the plant.

It had been a frustration for the United Food and Commercial Workers, the union that represents the workers.

Local 401 president Doug O’Halloran was tempered in his enthusiasm for the JBS announcement, but said it was good news.

“We’ve been calling for new man-

The federal agency does not spell out what those next steps could be or how soon the plant might be able to resume slaughtering cattle or sending beef products to market.

Cameron Bruett, JBS’s head of corporate communications, did not want to comment on any interactions the company might have had with the government agency.

But he said the takeover will be swift.

“Immediately we’ll be sending teams up to Canada ... to see how to proceed with that one facility,” he said. “We’re well aware of the present situation.”

He said discussions between the two companies began in the last month, though he didn’t want to say who ap-

proached who first.

“We think XL is an excellent company with an excellent operation,” he said.

“Unfortunately, in this business at times food safety issues can arise. We think we’re well positioned to assist in those matters.”

He said JBS is approaching the Lakeside plant with a positive attitude.

“Our intent is to keep the plant running and utilize the available workforce, but of course we’re going to have to review the labour situation there,” he said. “Hopefully it will be a seamless transition — that is our goal.”

On Tuesday night, the food agency announced yet another recall of beef from the plant, this time involving brands sold under different product names in British Columbia and Alberta.

The recall of more than 1,800 products now involves 33 retail chains across Canada. A list of retailers can be found at: www.inspection.gc.ca/food/ consumer-centre/food-safety-investigations /xl-foods/recalled-products/eng/13 47948154750/1347948313776.

The meat packer, the second-largest in Canada, has not been allowed to export beef products into the United States since Sept. 13.

Fifteen people in four provinces have become ill from a strain of E. coli linked to the XL plant.

Some people have filed lawsuits against the company, including 15-yearold Cody Farmer of Nanaimo, B.C. In his statement of claim Farmer said that he required surgery after he was exposed to E. coli.

Statements of claim contain allegations that have not been proven in court.

U.S. court ruling casts shadow on Khadr conviction

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A new American court ruling in favour of Osama bin Laden’s driver has cast a shadow on the validity of Omar Khadr’s war crimes convictions, legal experts said Wednesday.

Even so, they said, several factors make it essentially impossible for Khadr to have his convictions before a military commission in Guantanamo Bay set aside.

Those factors include his guilty pleas, his waiver of his appeal rights, and the murky legal nature of his most serious crime: murder in violation of the law of war.

However, the ruling could potentially help him win release in Canada.

In their decision on Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit threw out Salim Hamdan’s 2008 conviction for providing material support for terrorism.

In essence, the court ruled no such crime existed under international law of war at the time of his alleged offence, and the Military Commissions Act under which he was convicted did not authorize retroactive prosecutions.

Providing material support for terrorism was one of five charges Khadr

admitted to as part of a plea agreement in October 2010.

“The logic of the (Appeal Court) overturning this one charge certainly can be argued to apply to all the other charges,” said Prof. David Glazier with Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.

However, applying the reasoning to Khadr’s most serious offence is less straightforward because prosecutions for murder in violation of the law of war have long existed under international law.

The issue, however, is whether Khadr’s admitted conduct — throwing a hand grenade in Afghanistan in July 2002 that killed an armed American special forces soldier — fit the existing bill.

“Killing a combatant with a grenade is pretty central non-violation of lawof-war conduct,” said Madeline Morris, an international law expert and professor at Duke Law School in Durham, N.C. “It’s not any murder in violation of the law of war that was ever recognized.”

To get around that snag, critics argue, the Military Commissions Act under which Khadr was tried created a new offence to retroactively criminalize what he’d done based on his lack of

that he should be released anyway in light of his mistreatment in U.S. custody and Canadian court decisions that Ottawa violated his constitutional rights.

During his confinement at Guantanamo Bay, the Toronto-born Khadr did challenge the validity of the military commission charges — to no avail.

His lawyers later opted for the 2010 plea agreement that capped his sentence at a further eight years and allowed his return to Canada to serve most of it rather than rely on appealing a guilty finding and likely life sentence.

Now 26, Khadr was finally transferred to Canada last month and is jailed at a maximum security facility in eastern Ontario.

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The school is located about half a kilometre away from Stony Mountain Institution, a federal prison north of Winnipeg.

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a uniform.

“All five of the charges against him essentially boil down to the same thing: they boil down to the idea that he was a civilian, was not a ’privileged belligerent,’ and was not allowed to participate in hostilities,” Glazier said.

“The majority view among law-ofwar scholars is that it’s not a war crime for an unprivileged belligerent to participate in hostilities. Even if he did in fact do everything he was charged with — including throwing the hand grenade — it’s not a war crime.”

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Jim Flaherty’s second budget implementation act, to be introduced Thursday, is expected to contain measures to reform MP and public sector pensions, as well as a host of tax changes.

It follows last spring’s controversial omnibus bill, which drew widespread criticism for bundling together changes to dozens of laws.

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NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says he’s taking a wait-and-see approach to the new bill before deciding whether his party will take a similar approach this time around.

sex OPP detachment and was trained to assist with various community events like parades and the fall fair.

Bowcock was working at the Douglas border crossing, better known as the Peace Arch crossing.

A provincial traveller’s report says Highway 99 southbound, from about two kilometres north of border, is not expected to reopen until late Wednesday afternoon due to the ongoing investigation.

“The first report at the scene revealed that a male, a lone male, had shot an officer in her booth,” RCMP Cpl. Bert Paquet told reporters on Tuesday.

Paquet also said the officer was breathing when she was loaded into an air ambulance and that it appeared she’d been shot in the neck.

“We haven’t confirmed the identity of the suspect yet,” he said.

David Jacobson, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, issued a statement of support for the officer.

“This tragic incident reminds us of the work our border service officers do — often under dangerous conditions — to ensure the security and the economic success of North America.

They deserve our respect and our appreciation.”

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tion to protect the rights of the Catholic minority, when the Protestant majority had the benefit of a Protestant school system.

Today the school system is secular and yet Catholic schools remain publicly funded, turning a law that was once intended to protect minority rights into one that confers a privilege, Corbett said.

Josh Hunter, a lawyer with the Ministry of the Attorney General, agreed. Ontario, he said, could create other denominational school rights, as other provinces have.

“We had an election on that a few years ago,” he said.

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Ariel Troster, who helped organize the demonstration, says Bilotta’s case was not an isolated incident.

Bilotta prison birth “tip of the iceberg,” say protesting mothers OTTAWA — A group of mothers is demanding a full inquiry into what they say is systemic inhumane treatment of women in the prison system.

They say the case of Julie Bilotta, who gave birth last month in an Ottawa jail cell, is just one example of the harsh conditions women endure behind bars.

The group, calling itself the Mother and Baby Coalition for Justice, demonstrated today

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A Toronto woman is asking Ontario’s Superior Court to order the government to stop funding Catholic schools because as a taxpayer who doesn’t share the church’s beliefs, she says it infringes her freedom of religion.

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Bowcock is one of the more than 2,000 border guards who have been trained to carry a firearm.

Training is incremental in every region of Canada with the goal of having some armed guards at every border point.

“It’s always important to move as quickly as possible but I want to ensure that officers who do carry firearms are appropriately trained, not simply in terms of the firearm itself, but the steps before lethal force is in fact used,” Toews said.

Det. Sgt. Darren Parisien, who led the operation, said hundreds of thousands of images were found on more than 100 computers or hard drives and 1,000 disks.

“The vast majority involve children under the age of 12,” Parisien said at a news conference in Regina.

“But more and more increasingly, we’re dealing with images of infants, toddlers ... children who can’t even speak. That’s becoming a disturbing trend that we’re seeing in a lot of cases and certainly that was present in a number of the investigations involved with this project.”

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The Canada Border Services Agency said in 2006 that it planned to arm its 4,800 guards within 10 years and so far, just under half have been trained.

But Toews says he’s concerned that any effort to speed up that training might compromise safety.

“One thousand officers a year, given the expansion of the frontline officers that we’ve done is remarkable good progress,” Toews said Wednesday in Ottawa.

“I think it’s prudent.

I’d be very reluctant to tell the agency to speed that up if it meant compromising the security training.” The guard shot was identified as Lori Bowcock, who had worked as a civilian dispatcher with the Ontario Provincial Police until this past spring.

RCMP say she remains in stable condition in hospital after a man driving a white van with Washington state licence plates shot her

and killed himself.

Jennifer Bourque, a spokeswoman for the Canadian Border Service Agency, said the guard’s family has been brought to be by her side and the president of the agency has also come to Vancouver.

Jean-Pierre Fortin, national president of the Customs and Immigration Union, said the thoughts of all border guards are with Bowcock.

“In the days to come, we will closely examine the circumstances of what took place. Our priority now is the full recovery of our injured member and the continuing welfare and safety of all of our members.”

Sgt. Peter Leon said the OPP was informed of the incident and it has told members who knew and worked with the woman while she was in Ontario.

“Our concern is obviously for her health and well-being. Certainly as an organization we wish her all the very best with respect to a recovery from this tragic incident and our thoughts are with her and her family as they deal with this ordeal,” he said in an interview.

Leon did not know Bowcock’s age. But he said she had volunteered with the Middle-

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Here come the brides Li k e mostt cu rious Lik i chil h ild d ren en n who rambled the woods, my sib-lings and I took morbid delightt in stirring up anthills because e the ensuing chaos was always so o interesting to watch.

Within seconds, e ach ant w as frantically goi ng about its own pre-prog rammed task — s ome defended borders, o t h e r s MYRNA m o v e d PEARMAN eggs down t o safety and yet o t h e r s commenced repairs.

We wondered how it was pos-s ible for so many tiny, small-brained creatures to spring into o instant action and how they could d possibly communicate so effec-tively. No matter what destruc-tion we wrought, the hill was al-ways repaired in short order.

It took an introductory ento-mology class in university for me e to really appreciate ants in alll t heir incredible diversity and d wonder.

Since then, I’ve enjoyed watch-ing ants wherever I go, especially y in the tropics. The level of theirr social organization, their sophis-ticated methods of communica-tion, and the variety of tasks thatt ants can perform (e.g., tending g fungus farms and aphid colonies,, solving complex problems) are e truly astounding.

Although most folks considerr them to be nothing more than n annoyances, ants are not only re-markable, they play a very piv-otal role as ecosystem engineerss and soil predators.

A few weeks ago, I had the e c hance to witness and photo-graph the nuptial flight spectacle e of an ant colony right in my own n backyard.

For over an hour, I sat on my y back step and watched in awe ass flying ants (of the genus Lasius)) poured out from a crack in the e ground. By the thousands they y crawled up blades of grass, up to o the edge of the stairs and even n up my legs in a desperate search h for sites from which they could d launch themselves into the air.

It was a teeming mass of life,, a cornucopia of creatures an-swering an ancient, primal urge e to multiply. It was as magnifi-cent and breathtaking a sight ass any natural event I’ve ever wit-nessed.

Until a couple of years ago, antt diversity in Alberta was poorly y understood. The official speciess list was assumed to be around d 40 until a young naturalist from m Edmonton, James Glasier, start-ed studying them in more detail..

Information was so scant that he e had to even devise his own iden-tification key. To date, he hass discovered an additional 53 antt species in the province!

He is the Alberta curator off www.antweb.org, a website de-voted to ants.

The Red Deer River Natu-ralists are very pleased to hostt Glasier at their regular meeting g at Kerry Wood Nature Centre on n Thursday, Oct. 25. The meeting g begins at 7:30 p.m. and there iss no charge.

We invite you to come and d learn more about these ubiqui-tous, important and fascinating g creatures!

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At a certain time each year, winged virgin males and queens are forced out of the colony by wingless worker ants. The nuptial events are synchronized between species and are usually cued to weather conditions. Queens were almost always attended by tiny ladies-in-waiting, the wingless workers (bottom left). The queens also spend several minutes wandering around, often communicating with other females by touching their antennae (main).

Flying ants crawl up blades of grass and other high points around the nest so they can launch themselves into the air (bottom right). A small male (left) and two large females prepare for liftoff (top left). Once the queen is airborne, she releases a pheromone to attract the males. She will then try to escape, forcing the males to chase her so that only the fittest and fleetest of wing are successful. Mating is a quick and violent union that takes place on the wing. The males explode their genitalia into the queen during mating and promptly die. Each female will mate with many males, storing a lifetime of sperm in her spermatheca. The young mated queens eventually y return to land, remove their wings and set about trying to found a new colony. Most die but the successful q eens can produce tens of millions of egg qu ggs.

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Blocking those pheasants HUNTERS TOO OFTEN NEGLECT TO STATION ONE HUNTER AT THE END OF THE DITCH OR LONG STRIP OF COVER One thing about becoming the desig- to block, among many more important nated blocker after more than 60 years things, like how’s the fishing? of hyper-active pheasant hunting: it It was bright and hot after lunch gives you plenty of time to reminisce in when I drove to the west end of one of your own mind. the best, which means worst, ditches Pheasant hunters too often neglect I have ever met — a wide, mile-long to station one hunter at the end of the moat, lined both sides with a wild and ditch or long strip of cover thorny bull berry jungle — while the rest, with dogs, while the four others and are hunting toward the two dogs went to the far end blocker, to stop the pheasto start to hunt both sides ants from running out the toward me. end, or shoot the roosters For some reason I rethat flush and fly along the flected on seasons or part strip. seasons missed, besides the When hunting a ditch three lost (’59, ’60, ’61) while alone, I’d often place a I was studying law at Dalturned-on portable radio at housie in Halifax. the far end, then go back In 1970 “they” cancelled and hunt the ditch and dog the whole season because of toward birds frozen by the a flawed report that Alberta CBC. pheasants contained high BOB But for most of years I’d mercury levels. walk miles with my dogs, In 1992, half the season SCAMMELL hunting the cover toward was suddenly and stupidly blockers … when we reclosed because somebody membered. told area MLA, Tom MusBut now that the broadloom in my grove, that he couldn’t find many home has become rough ground for pheasants. me, hoofing it pheasant hunting is What got me going was that I almost out. missed this opening day because, like Shortly after Dr. Jake Reimer, my thousands of Albertans, I couldn’t Brittany, Beau, and I arrived near buy a licence: the IBM licensing sysPatricia after our long drive from Red tem had been “down” for a week and Deer, I let them out in a huge tract of the government still hadn’t seen fit to bulrush and bull berry and was sur- mention it and save thousands of peoprised and delighted that Beau stayed ple useless trips to licence vendors, with and hunted for Jake, instead of, and officials are still pointedly not as usual, quickly coming looking for saying what caused the momentous me. screw-up.

Jake is the long-time designated Such musings are interrupted by hitter-gunner for our pheasant forays the neighbouring rancher stopping his and Beau may be starting to under- rig and bale wagon and putting me stand that I do not walk the good stuff on full alert by telling me that, early much anymore. in the morning, there had been “four Over the traditional opening day roosters perched on the fence brace lunch at the Patricia Hotel our party ‘just over there.’” briefly discussed a good ditch for me From far away among the drivers

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No ‘Charlies’ like this cock pheasant were seen on this trip. and dogs there’s one shot: Mike Shaffner’s female Brittany, Mijo, pointed a young rooster which Jake missed, something he hasn’t done in a long time.

It is a blocking classic as Neil

Waugh and his fox red female Labrador, Penny, near the end of the ditch just to my right.

Suddenly, from the jungle, there arose such a clatter … of pheasants that had been frozen there by my and the rancher’s vehicle’s noise and particularly our voices.

Four clear the top of the jungle and give me my favorite shot, rising, left to right, except there was no shot; they were all hens.

After the time it would have taken to reload, the tail-end Charlies, usually roosters, clattered up and gave me the same easy shot … except, again, no shot; they were three more Charlenes, not Charlies.

All the clichés are uttered: great to see the hens; you’ve got to have hens to have roosters; it doesn’t matter to the dogs what sex they are … then we were off for another ditch for Beau to hunt, maybe, and for me to block, perhaps, from my new high-seat walker.

This time, no birds at all, and Beau quickly left the drivers and dogs and ran straight down the ditch, looking for me, his old boss and buddy.

So, Jake, Beau and I, are off on the long drive home, trying to arrive before full dark.

At the junction of the Trans-Canada and Hwy 550 we get waved in by a Wildlife Officer check stop, the first we have encountered in too many years.

I thought it was a strange location for it, and the officer might have asked if it was OK before he started rooting around in my cooler, but it was nice to have someone check the licence I luckily managed to get at the last minute, when some of the computers surfaced again..

Bob Scammell is an award-winning columnist who lives in Red Deer. He can be reached at bscam@telusplanet.net.

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Nine ways to tame the other blood fat Triglycer-what?

Long overshadowed by LDL — the lousy cholesterol — triglycerides are easy to overlook on your latest blood-test results, but getting to know this forgotten fat could protect your ticker and save your brain.

The latest: One in three Americans have higherthan-healthy triglyceride levels, a situation that can double your risk for stroke and make your chances for a heart attack six times higher than average.

One big medical group (the Endocrine Society) says, in a recent headline-making report, that adults should have this oft-overlooked fat checked every five years. Funny thing is, you’re probably doing that already!

Triglycerides get tested during almost every fasting cholesterol check, and your doc should be having you do that every five years — or more frequently if your readings are high. Better advice: Pay attention to your triglyceride results, and spring into action if they’re on the high side.

The “tri” in triglycerides means there are three molecule-sized fat droplets in each artery-damaging glob.

They come directly from the fats and carbs (yup, your body turns some carbs into fats) in that muffin you munched for breakfast and the chicken salad you enjoyed at lunch.

Triglycerides ferry these fuels to your muscles to use for energy or to your fat cells for storage (hello, elastic-waist sweatpants!).

Trouble happens when you eat too much, weigh too much, sit too much — and wind up with a triglyceride overload that boosts inflammation and messes with the silky-smooth linings of your arteries.

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Be careful with the scale We may never have met but if you have a weight loss goal I understand something about you that will largely determine whether you succeed or fail.

I know that if you don’t see a significant change in the first couple weeks that you will feel frustrated and discouraged, in fact this may very well be one of the key variables for the many that fail to reach their weight loss goals. You can’t help it; we’re all wired for instant gratification.

We want to see and feel immediate benefit from what we’re doing. This need for immediate dramatic change is also like one of the reasons that many people fail to keep their weight off and sometimes rebound quickly gaining even more weight then they lost.

As the great Isaac Newton once said, “what goes up must come down.” The inverse can also be true when it comes to rapid weight loss.

Our approach to permanent weight loss is very different. At first many people feel the sense of frustration because we go against traditional weight loss in almost every respect. We’ll ask you to eat more not less and additionally if the scale doesn’t move in the first couple of weeks we don’t panic, and you shouldn’t either.

Before we continue I want you to consider the following analogy. If you tried to drive from hear to Toronto without getting gas you’d likely end up stranded in Saskatchewan.

If you drove from here to Toronto and didn’t eat anything along the way your body wouldn’t die from lack of fuel like your car would.

Your body instead would adapt by consuming it’s own live tissue, it would limit production of stomach acids (limiting the ability to digest and absorb food when you next consumed some), and if you weren’t currently

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Drizzle Olive Oil 1 Head Cauliflower 1 Can Coconut Milk 1 Large Yellow Onion, diced 2-3 Cups Vegetable Stock 1 Lemon, squeezed Salt and Pepper to Taste Dice up cauliflower, put in baking dish with sea salt and pepper and a drizzle of olive oil. Roast at approximately 450F for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Dice onions and sauté in pan on medium heat.

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Kristin Fraser, BSc, is a holistic nutritionist and local freelance writer. Her column appears every second Wednesday. She can be reached at kristin@somethingtochewon.ca.

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measurements showed this individual had lost nearly seven inches combined from their high waist, umbilicus and glute measures. Additionally our body composition test revealed they had lost more than five pounds of actual body fat and had increased their basal metabolic rate by more than five percent.

This person came in discouraged, with feelings that all their hard work had been for little reward only to realize how great their progress truly was.

If you’re not as impressed as I am next time you are at the grocery store stack up five blocks of butter and consider that approximately three weeks prior my client was carrying that around on their body.

Calorically they burned off nearly 18,000 calories of fat and primed their body to burn off almost an extra half pound of fat every month even if

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The moral of this story is that be careful with the scale, it’s the most inaccurate, inconsistent tool that we have.

Permanent weight loss comes from understanding the body and using sustainable, enjoyable lifestyle habits to reach your weight loss goal.

Cabel McElderry is a local personal trainer and nutrition coach. For more information on fitness and nutrition, visit the Fitness F/X website at www.fitnessfx.com.

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ill it may limit the resources allotted for the immune system since there was no immediate threat.

Currently many people in North America are unknowingly locked in this scenario. We’re so wrapped up in portion control and the idea that weighing less requires consuming less we fail to realize that just maybe our body has been minimizing it’s expenditure of energy for years.

It’s not difficult, when looking from this perspective, to rationalize why the instance of obesity and disease is rapidly increasing.

If you were starting a nutrition program with me I would almost assuredly ask you to eat more than you are now.

I’d also relentlessly hassle you to consume a minimum of 12 glasses of water per day. In the first two weeks your weight might drop but if it didn’t it would be because your lean body mass would have significantly increased simply because your live tissue would be much better hydrated.

You’d find your energy levels increasing, your cravings for food lessening, and your mental and emotional clarity much improved. In fact it’s not uncommon for people to report all of these things but then disappointingly report that the scale had only dropped by a couple pounds.

This is why the scale sucks. Just today I had a scenario exactly like this, only today was our day to not only check weight but measurements and body composition.

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Friday ● Coats For Kids Campaign runs from Oct. 9 to the 27. Gently used winter coats for children and adults are needed and appreciated, and can be dropped off at the following locations: Classic Cleaners and Tailors, Sterling Cleaners, three locations of Ultra Cleaners, Mustang Laundry and Parkland Coverall Cleaning. The coats are cleaned free of charge and distributed through the Red Deer Clothing Bank. For more information call Teresa at 403-358-6555. ● Widowed Support Network meeting is held the third Friday of each month from 7 to 9 p.m. at New Life Fellowship Church and provides a safe place for men and women who have lost their spouse through death to interact and support each other. Next on Oct. 19. Email to widowedsupportnetwork@gmail.com. ● October Baby movie showing will be offered at Balmoral Bible Chapel, Oct. 19, 7 p.m.

Open to the public. Free, with complimentary popcorn, pop, and child care. The movie, rated PG-13, is about a young girl who discovers that she was adopted after surviving an abortion, and meets her birth mother, and comes to understand that every life is beautiful. Phone 403-347-5450. Donations of winter clothing to be distributed to the homeless through Berachah Place will be accepted. ● Arts from the Streets Studio presents this progressive showcase at 4900 50 St. (main floor of Executive Place) on Oct. 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Oct. 20 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Artists in attendance for reception. Free admission. Phone 403-358-3766. ● Central Alberta Theatre presents Two Across, nightly until Oct. 21 in the Nickle Studio at the Memorial Centre. Enjoy this two-act comedy in a cabaret setting, snacks on the table and bar service throughout the show. Tickets from Black Knight Tickets, 403-755-6626, for $25. ● Bull Skit! A Night of Comedy will be presented by Against the Wall Theatre at the Scott Block on Oct. 19 and 20. Doors open at 7 p.m. with the show at 8 p.m. nightly. Cash bar. Adult content. Tickets available at Sunworks, or by calling 403-341-3455. Tickets are $23 for adults, $18 for seniors aged 65 years plus and students. See againstthewalltheatre.com ● Bowden United Church Beef Supper, Oct. 19, 5 to 7 p.m. at Bowden Lion’s Hall. Adults $12, children ages 10 years and under $5, and free for babes in arms. Phone 403-224-3405. ● Harvest Supper and Show at Alix Community Hall will be on Oct. 19. Meal by PotLuck Catering. Doors open at 7 p.m. Serving until showtime with Richard the Sheriff by Richard Popovich. Cost is $20 per person. Bar service available. Call Jody at 403-754-5030 for tickets, or purchase from Alix Home Hardware. ● Bowden Thrift Shop is open on Wednesdays and Fridays, 1 to 4 p.m., at the Bowden Pioneer Museum. The museum is closed for the season, but tours can be arranged by calling 403-2242122 or 403-224-3104 or email Bonny at bhs@ shawbix.ca. See www.bowdenpioneermuseum. com. ● Red Deer College Theatre program presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare in Studio A at the college with performances Oct. 11 to 13 and 17 to 20 at 7:30 p.m., and on Oct. 13 and 20 at 1 p.m. Tickets from Black Knight Ticket Centre, 403-755-6626 or online at bkticketcentre.ca ● MAGsparks is offered on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery. Expressive, inclusive visual art program for everyone. Memberships available to persons with disabilities for a cost of $50 per year, $5 per month, or $3 for a drop in session.

Contact Janet at 403-309-8405, or email to janet. cole@reddeer.ca. Open Studio until Nov. 30. ● Art from the Streets — Red Deer’s best kept secret is on display on Oct. 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Oct. 20 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 4900 50 Street. Enjoy a progressive showcase of Red Deer’s local talented artists. An opening reception will take place Oct. 19 from 4 to 6 p.m. Admission to the show and reception is free! Visit artfromthestreets.ca or contact Andrea at 403-358-3766 or aclane01@shaw.ca. ● Gallery on Main presents Gallery Mosaic, the start of the fall season. Opening receptions are Oct. 19, 20 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Oct. 21 from 12 to 5 p.m. New work by over 80 Alberta artists. Also enjoy their upcoming classes: Alberta’s Creative Heartland on Nov. 3. A watercolour class instructed by Sonja Zacharias from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Supplies and lunch included in the $75 fee; Acrylic Flowers on Nov. 17, instructed by Dee Poisson; and Acrylic Watercolour Paper, on Nov. 24, instructed by Marianne Harris. Visit www.thegalleryonmain.com ● Zed 99 Haunted House — Lost Souls — presented by Border Paving will take place Oct. 19 to 31. This years host sponsor is Pride Investments Ltd, and has provided the location at 7710 50 Ave, Lion Plaza. The host ticket outlet is Albert’s Restaurant in the Coop Plaza, with advance tickets now on sale. General admission for all ages is $10 and reserved Fast Pass tickets are $12. Weekend matinees are $8 per person and are child friendly.

Group tickets are also available for groups of 10 or more for $8 each and are available by contacting the Boys and Girls Club at 403-342-6500. Not recommended for children under 7, children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Evening shows are 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. daily, with special events on Friday and Saturday evenings. Proceeds help support the Boys and Girls Club of Red Deer. Visit www.zedhauntedhouse.com for more details.

Saturday ● Eckville Trade Show and Fall Market will be held on Oct. 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Eckville Community Centre. Home based businesses, crafts and homemade preserves and baking will be featured. Door prizes for cash donations to Santa Anonymous. For more information, call Darlene at 403-746-2124 or Kit at 403-782-4772. ● Children’s Chess Club is offered on Oct. 20 from 2 to 3 p.m. in the children’s department at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch. Phone 403-346-4688. ● Girlz Club meets at Red Deer Public Library Dawe Branch on Oct. 20 from 1 to 3 p.m. Girls ages seven years and up are invited to come dressed in pajamas for the Dove Camp-In for Self-Esteem to learn about real beauty. For more information call 403-341-3822 or email cputnam@rdpl.org. ● Keith Kitchen Concert: Restless CD Release Tour, Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m. at Sylvan Lake Alliance Church. Tickets cost $12 in advance from the church or from Scott’s Parables Christian Store, or $15 at the door. See www.KeithKitchenMusic.com, to find out more about this solo acoustic Canadian singer-songwriter. Phone 403-887-8811. ● Seafood Supper Fundraiser to benefit Loaves and Fishes Red Deer, Oct. 20 at Valley Centre Hall, east of Red Deer on Hwy. 595 then left onto RR 260. Tickets available from

Loaves and Fishes, or online (via PayPal) at seafoodsupperfundraiser@gmail.com. Cost is $30 per adults, children eat free. Bingo for all ages starting at 4 p.m. with cards and popcorn free., followed by cocktails, appetizers and kids stations at 5 p.m. featuring Al Aldinni — magician, Bricks4Kids craft station, tattoos, face painting, candy jar guess and more, $5 per child. Supper featuring lobster and shrimp pasta, salmon, halibut, and sweet and sour meatballs at 6 p.m. Silent auction, door prizes, and much more. See Facebook to find out more. ● Ridgewood Hall Turkey Supper, Oct. 20, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Adults $12 per plate, children ages five to 12 years $6 per plate, and free for children under five years. Phone 403-886-4642. ● Whisker Rescue will be at the Petsmart store every third Saturday of each month with the Senior for Senior Program from noon to 4 p.m.

A senior cat is given to a senior person free of charge, including food and litter, and payment of veterinary bills. The next date is Oct. 20. For more information call Diane at 403-347-1251. ● Knox Presbyterian Church Ham Supper will be offered on Oct. 20, with sittings at 5 and 6:30 p.m. with a maximum of 100 at each sitting.

Admission is $15 for adults, $5 for children aged 12 years and under, preschoolers free. Tickets available from the church office or at the door. Phone 403-346-4560. ● Lacombe Nursing Home Ladies Auxiliary Annual Tea, Craft and Bake Sale, Oct. 20 at Lacombe Hospital and Care Centre. Bake sale at 2 p.m. Tea at 2:30 p.m. Phone 403-782-2117. ● Mormon Helping Hands Red Deer Food Bank Drive will take place Oct. 20 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 20. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints will deliver yellow bags and reminder door-cards to approximately 10,000 homes in the city’s north and west ends, requesting that food bank donations be placed on household doorsteps by 10 a.m. on Saturday. Donations collected will be delivered by 1 p.m. to the Church’s Kentwood Chapel, where Food Bank representatives will be on hand and ready to load. For more information call Vesna at 403-341-4996 or email highamclan@gmail.com. ● Randi Boulton CD Release Concert will take place at the Red Deer College Arts Centre on Oct. 20. Tickets are available at the Black Knight Inn by calling 403-755-6626 or online at www. blackknightinn.ca. For further information visit www. randiboulton.com

Sunday ● Gospel concerts at Ponoka Drop-In Centre are held the third Sunday of each month at 7 p.m. Admission is $5 at the door and includes light snack. Contact Leo at 403-783-6704. ● Cash Store Financial’s Freedom Run in support of Canadian Diabetes Association will be on Oct. 21 at Heritage Ranch. Participants may choose between three km or five km walk/run, and enjoy the family friendly activities, refreshments, prizes and more, all supporting diabetes research.

For more event information, or to register, see www.thefreedomrun.ca ● St. Paul’s United Church in Trochu presents Ken Grambo — The Singing Pastor, Oct. 21, 7 p.m. at Trochu Community Centre. The cost is $15 and includes concert, and complimentary dessert. Limited tickets available at Trochu Dollar Store. ● Family Planetarium is offered at Kerry Wood Nature Centre on Oct. 21. Join an interpreter for a tour of the autumn sky starting at 1 p.m. The cost is $3 per person, or $10 per family at the door. Phone 403-346-2010. ● Family Sundays at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery will be held in conjunction with the exhibit Profit and Ambition: The Canadian Fur Trade, 1779-1821 on Sundays at 2 p.m. On Oct. 21, Peter Allen will teach techniques and safety rules for whittling in wood. Bring your own pocket knife.

Adults must accompany children 12 years and under. Participants are required to sign a waiver.

Program included with regular admission. Phone 403-309-8405. ● Discovery Sundays are offered at Kerry Wood Nature Centre from 1 to 4 p.m. to learn something new about the natural world around us. Drop in, or phone 403-346-2010 to find out more.

Monday ● Memorial Society of Red Deer and District offers information on funeral options. An annual membership costs $25 and can be transferred to other societies in North America at little or no cost. To purchase a membership, or find out more, phone 403-346-4636 ext. 109, or see www. memorialsocietyrd.ca, or email to info@memorialsocietyrd.ca. ● Innisfail Library Learning Centre hours are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 8 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Phone 403-227-4407. ● Innisfail and District Garden Club meets the fourth Monday of each month, except for Dec., in St. Mark’s Anglican Church Hall. Please use the back door. Meetings feature speakers, tours, films, contests, plant exchanges and more. Call Davina at 403-598-9481. ● Canadian Mental Health Association, Central Alberta (CMHA) is hosting evenings in Oct. for people with an interest in mental health. Hear Norm Costigan, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, Alberta Health Services discuss the topics from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Snell Auditorium of the Red Deer Public Library Downtown. Oct. 22 topic is Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); Oct. 24 topic is Bipolar Disorder; Oct. 29 topic is Borderline Personality Disorder. Register in advance by calling CMHA at 403-342-2266. Visit www.reddeer. cmha.ca ● Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library offers Preschool Storytime for children ages three to five years on Mondays from 10 to 10:45 a.m., and Toddler Play and Learn on Tuesdays from 10 to 10:30 a.m. for parents and caregivers with their newborns to two year olds. Both are dropin programs. No registration is required. For details, phone 403-341-3822. ● Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Calgary with co-ordination of Red Deer College and RDC Student Association is organizing the 7th Annual World Regions Conference at the Red Deer College Arts Centre, Main Stage on Oct. 22.

This years topic is Religion and Science, Are They Compatible? Free admission, refreshments will be served. Doors open at 5 :30 p.m. Program runs from 6 to 8:45 p.m. Call 1-866-208-2683 or visit www.islamevents.ca/Red-Deer

Tuesday ● Spruce View Drop-in Centre activities: Tuesday — line dancing, 10 a.m. to noon, and Bridge 1 to 4 p.m.; first and third Wednesdays —

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Dianna O’Callaghan, left, and Mary Corrigan work on some donated toys at the Red Deer Christmas Bureau this week. The Christmas Bureau is seeking more volunteers to help sort and collect donations and prepare the Christmas Bureau for the next two busy months. The Christmas Bureau will be doing client interviews beginning Nov. 12 to Dec. 17 and will be open for client pick-ups from Nov. 26 to Dec. 18. Hamper days will follow that. To volunteer for the Red Deer Christmas Bureau, call 403-347-2210 or send an email to reddeerchristmasbureau@gmail.com.

West Country Ink, and fourth Wednesday — cribbage, 2 p.m.; first Thursday — general meeting at 2 p.m.; Friday, homeschoolers time out for parents and children; fourth Saturday — potluck dinner at noon. Coffee every morning at 7:30 a.m. For more information, call Lorna Jean at 403-227-7211. ● Canadian Ski Patrol System — Red Deer Zone/Mountain is seeking volunteers for patrols in Central Alberta in both Alpine skiing and snowboarding and Nordic cross-country. Volunteers enjoy lots of skiing opportunities, Advanced First Aid and CPR classes and lots of learning in exchange for 16 to 24 hours per month. Intermediate ski/ riding ability is required. Email skipatrol.rd@gmail. com or call Murray at 403-396-8528. Come to Normandeau School on Oct. 23, 6 p.m. to sign up. ● Innisfail United Church Harvest Turkey Supper, Oct. 23, 4 to 7 p.m. at Royal Canadian Legion Auditorium in Innisfail. Costs are $12 for 11 years and up, $6 for children ages six to 10 years, and free for children five years and under. Take out orders welcome. To place an order, call 403-2274159 on Oct. 23 between 9 a.m. and noon. ● Climate Change Reality public presentation, Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m. at Kerry Wood Nature Centre features Marian and Robin White, trained at Al Gore’s Climate Reality project. Free public event, donations to defray expenses appreciated.

Sponsored by Council of Canadians Red Deer and Area Chapter and ReThink Red Deer. Phone 403342-7989. ● Red Deer Legion Branch #35 offers karaoke at Molly B’s Pub on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 p.m., and wing night on Thursdays from 5 to 10 p.m. Phone 403-342-0035. ● Senior Citizens Downtown House dance, Tuesday, Oct. 23 at 7:30 p.m. with live music by Swing Kings. The cost is $6. Phone 403-346-4043.

Lunch provided by donations.

Wednesday ● Haynes Community Society Harvest Supper, Oct. 24, 5 to 7 p.m. Meals cost $10 for adults, $5 for children ages seven to 12 years, and free for children six years and under. Contact Brenda at 403-784-3474. ● Stettler Art Group meets every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the C.E. Wing of Stettler United Church starting Sept. 26. Bring your own supplies and lunch. New artists welcome. Contact Donna Lea at 403-742-5690. ● Ponoka Thrift Shop is open every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stop in for seasonal clothing for the whole family. Good selection of men’s work shirts and jeans. Donations welcome.

For more information call Betty at 403-783-2493 or Jessie at 403-783-8627. ● Red Deer Branch of Alberta Genealogical Society meeting will be held on Oct. 24, 7 p.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Bower neighbourhood. Deanna Bullock will speak on an immigrant case study and resources used over 20 years. Contact Mary-Joan at 403346-3886. ● Living Stones Church seniors monthly luncheon will be offered on Oct. 24 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Enjoy a hot meal and entertainment by The Sky Family and Irish Dance and Fiddles. The cost is $8 per person at the door. Phone 403-347-7311. ● Buddhist classes are offered on Wednesday evenings from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Centre for

Spiritual Living. Fall meditation and Dharma Class Program: Empowering Ourselves with Joy (Effort) — Oct. 24, Faith, Doubt and Reason — Nov. 7; Mindful Living — Nov. 21; Wisdom Answers — Dec. 5; Peace Holidays — Dec. 19. The cost is $10 per class; drop in. For more information call Gerry at 403-318-0147, or phone 403-454-7595, or visit www.meditationalberta.org ● Multi Mix Cultural Café celebrates United Nations Day at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch in the Waskasoo Kiwanis Meeting Room on Oct. 24 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Hear stories of three people from Sudan, Iraq and Afghanistan and their work with the UN. Discussion to follow. Cosponsored by Central Alberta Refugee Effort (C.A.R.E.) Phone 403-346-8818. ● Red Deer Legion Old Time Dance with Gaetz Valley Minstrels is on Oct. 24 at 7:30 p.m.

Cost is $6, or $11.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m.

Phone 403-342-0035. ● Philosopher’s Café meets on Oct. 24 at the Red Deer College Library at 7:30 p.m. for an author reading by poet/novelist Suzette Mayr who will read from and discuss her work. Admission is free, refreshments provided. See www.rdc.ab.ca/library or phone 403-342-3152. ● Refined/Undignified dance crew from Briercrest College will be performing live at Living Stones Church on Oct. 24, 7 p.m. Free of charge.

Must be 14 years and over to attend.

Thursday ● Curious Thursdays at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery are offered on Thursdays at 7 p.m.

Fred Stenson will read from his book, The Trade, which was a finalist for the Giller Prize, and winner of the Grant MacEwan Author’s Award and City of Edmonton Book Prize, at his talk on Oct. 25.

Books will be available for purchase. Phone 403309-8405. ● Benalto Rural Crime Watch Society Annual General Meeting will be held on Oct. 25, 7 p.m. at Benalto Leisure Centre, Agriculture Grounds.

Guest speakers, election, and year end business.

Residents should reside within the area patrolled

by Sylvan Lake RCMP and/or proximal to BRCWS boundaries. New memberships welcome. Contact Yvette at 403-746-3429. ● Tree House Youth Theatre Alumni Open House — an after-work get together — will be held at Scott Block on Oct. 25 from 5 to 7 p.m. Bring your memories and memorabilia, connect with old and new friends as the theatre goes into its 25 anniversary year. See ww.treehouseyouththeatre,ca, email treehousetheatre@gmail.com, or phone 403986-0631. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre dance, Thursday, Oct. 25, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the seniors’ centre. Dance to the music of Five Plus One Band. Admission is $7. Phone 403-347-6165, 403-986-7170, or 403-346-3896. ● The Ants of Alberta with James Glasier will be featured on Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m. at Kerry Wood Nature Centre. Hosted by Red Deer River Naturalists. Phone 403-346-2010. ● Perspectives: Canada in the World Series at Red Deer College presents Chantal Hébert, Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m. at RDC Arts Centre, Main Stage.

Tickets are available from Black Knight Inn Ticket Centre, www.bkticketcentre.ca, or by phone at 1-800-661-8793, or 403-755-6626, or in person from the hotel box office.

REGISTRATIONS LOCAL EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ● Soroptimist International of Central Alberta Pyjamas and Pearls Fundraising Dinner, Nov. 3 at I-Hotel 67th (formerly Holiday Inn on 67 St.). Come dressed in your favourite pyjamas and pearls, dance to the music of C.J. Berube — Elvis Presley Tribute artist. Tickets cost $75 per person, or $555 for a table of eight. Cocktails at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m., raffles, pyjama contest, silent auction and more. Proceeds support women and girls locally and globally. For tickets, contact Sherri at 403-340-3924, or 403-343-6099. ● Red Deer Chamber Singers Renaissance Feast will be held in the Chalet on the Westerner grounds. Dessert concert will take place Nov. 29.

The cost is $25 per person. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Concert starts at 7:30. The feast is on Nov. 30, with doors opening at 6 p.m. with dinner starting at 7.

The cost is $65 per person or $476 for a table. Ideal for a small office party with great food and music.

For tickets call Diane at 403-347-6567. ● Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School upcoming community programs: Belly Dancing: Thursday Oct. 18 to Dec. 6, 6 to 7 p.m.

For a cost of $65 plus GST; Bra Making: Oct. 19 to 21, Friday is a fitting appointment. The cost is $219 plus GST; Teen Makeup: Oct. 20, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for $45; Employment Workshop: Oct. 23 to 25 for a cost of $55 plus GST; Landlord and Tenant: Oct. 25 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. for $11 plus GST; SelfHelp Jin Shin: Oct. 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for $79 plus GST. Register online at communityprograms. rdpsd.ab.ca or by calling 403-342-1059. ● Parkland Regional Library —The Library

Effect — story contest invites Central Albertans to submit personal stories about the positive effect libraries can have on individuals, families, and communities. Prizes include and iPad sponsored by Platinum Communications, and three Kobo eReaders. Contest deadline is Nov. 1. For information, or to submit a story, visit www.prl.ab.ca/libraryeffect or contact the library. Stories will be shared on the website, and used to advocate on behalf of libraries throughout the Parkland region. After the contest closes, submissions will still be accepted. ● Project Linus campaign — Wrap a Child With Love has begun. They are looking for handmade blankets for children in crisis. Blankets can be any size. For children from newborn to 18 years at the Ronald McDonald House, the 49th Street Youth Shelter, and CAWES. A full list of recipients is available at projectlinus.yolasite.com. For more info visit the website, call Angie at 403-986-2133. ● Music Conference Alberta 2012 will be held at Sheraton Hotel and Conference Centre on Nov. 1 to 3. The keynote speaker will be conductor, author, and public speaker Jonathan Govias, and banquet speaker is Canadian hornist Jeff Nelsen.

Music educators invited. Alberta Band Association, Alberta Choral Federation, and Alberta Music Education Foundation will be represented. Alberta Youth Choir rehearsal weekend will be Oct. 20 and 21, with a residency Nov. 1 to 3, and Alberta Choral Symposium will be held on Nov. 2, all in Red Deer.

See http://www.albertachoralfederation.ca/musicconferencealberta.asp.

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10 foods a kid should learn to make

BY CASEY SEIDENBERG ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES My kids aren’t heading to college anytime soon, but with my oldest off to camp this summer, I started to ponder whether I was doing a good enough job teaching him the things he needs to know to live a happy and productive life independent of me.

In his 2010 TED presentation, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver announced his hope that “every single American child leaves (high) school knowing how to cook 10 recipes that will save their lives.” Because many chronic diseases can be prevented by proper nutrition, I agree with Oliver; for our kids’ sake, we should teach them to cook.

Have I taught my son how to cook? I hate to admit that the answer is no, I haven’t. I’ve taught him about healthful choices, and I’ve fed him well every day.

At 9 years old, he is familiar with the kitchen, and he knows how to peel, chop and measure, but if he were at college right now, I doubt he would know how to make a real meal for himself.

I imagine he will have limited cooking equipment those first years on his own, along with a limited budget, but fast food, takeout and prepared meals shouldn’t be his only options. I want him to know what to do with all of the healthful vegetables and foods we’ve eaten here at home so he can nourish his body and brain. So I am on a new mission to teach my kids to cook, starting with 10 recipes that will nourish them, inexpensively, and make them a big hit on Super Bowl day — or, dare I say, on a date.

In the meantime, I plan to get my son involved in the cooking process more often, teaching him how to determine whether produce is ripe, what “roasting” means and how to saute. As a mother, these are some of the lessons I hope to pass down to him. These, and to write more the next time he goes to camp! Here is my list; I encourage you to make your own: 1. Bolognese sauce ● Provides protein and antioxidants. ● Inexpensive (the only expensive ingredient is good-quality meat). ● Can be made in large batches and frozen for the future. ● A homemade sloppy joe, which has similar nutrients and a similar price tag, can also be made in big batches.

2. A stir-fry with brown rice

3. Roasted chicken ● An easy entertaining meal. ● Provides days of leftovers that can be used in sandwiches, salads, soups, stir-fries or burritos, or eaten plain.

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● Knowing how to start a homemade soup with onions and garlic can be the root of many easy, inexpensive meals. ● Add beans or chicken to provide extra protein to a vegetable or noodle soup. ● Requires just one pot. ● Inexpensive. ● Can be made in batches and frozen for another night.

6. Fish baked in parchment ● Provides protein and healthful fats. ● Quick and easy. ● Technique works for most varieties of fish. ● Makes a great filling for tacos or a topping for salad.

● Provide important protein to start the day strong. ● Make an easy dinner, too. ● Breakfast is not a meal to skip, yet most restaurant and store-bought breakfasts are sugar-laden.

8. Smoothie ● A healthful breakfast, snack or dessert.

9. Roasted vegetables ● Any veggie will do; the skill is the same.

10. Guacamole ● Full of protein and healthful fat. ● Can even be a meal on its own in a crunch. ● Always a hit at a party.

Seidenberg is co-founder of Nourish Schools, a D.C.based nutrition education company. Look for her posts on the On Parenting blog: washingtonpost.com/onparenting.

7. Eggs which holds regular weekly meetings in Red Deer and Blackfalds.

Learn about nutrition, portion control, food planning, exercise and more. Visit a meeting free of charge. Meetings are held on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays in the evenings, and on Tuesday mornings.

For locations and information, call Gail at 403-340-1859 or toll free at 1-800-932-8677 or visit www.tops.org. ● Red Deer Christmas Bureau is looking for volunteers to help with their special events, and the Toy Depot during the month of Nov. and Dec. Hours at the Toy Depot are within 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday. Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age. Please contact Gerri at 403-347-2210 or email reddeerchristmasbureau@ gmail.com. ● St. Cyprian’s Anglican Church Fall Tea and Bazaar is on Nov. 10 from 2 to 4 p.m. at 5005 C&E Trail, Lacombe. Bake tables, craft tables and lots of cookies. For more information call Joan at 403782-4212. ● Central Alberta Vintage Motorcycle Group’s Annual Fall Swap Meet is on Oct. 28 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Stockman’s Pavilion, Westerner Grounds. Admission is $5. Book a table for $25.

Vendor set-up is Oct. 27 from 6 to 10 p.m. and Oct. 28 from 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. To book a table and for more information call 403-755-6308 or email jbhonda@platinum.ca. No dogs allowed.

● Central Alberta Dancers Octoberfest Dinner and Dance is Oct. 26 at Valley Centre Hall. Music by Country Gems. Cocktails are at 6 p.m., dinner is at 7 p.m. and the dance will start at 8 p.m. A late lunch will be served. Tickets are $30 per person. Call Irv at 403-9867170. ● Central Alberta Theatre, Memorial Centre — Nov. 22 through Dec. 7 — Book your Christmas parties here! Enjoy attractive and free self-catering party rooms with blocks of theatre tickets from 30 to a maximum of 80. Bar service is available. Enjoy the play, My Three Angels, then return to your room to visit and have a nightcap. To arrange a party room, please contact cat@centralalbertatheatre.ca. Tickets for My Three Angels are available through the Black Knight Ticket Centre at 403-755-6626 or 1-800-661-8793 and are $25 per ticket. ● Canadian Mental Health Association, Central Alberta (CMHA) is hosting evenings in Oct. for people with an interest in mental health. Hear Norm Costigan, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, Alberta Health Services discuss the topics from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Snell Auditorium of the Red Deer Public Library Downtown. Oct. 22 topic is Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); Oct. 24 topic is Bipolar Disorder; Oct. 29 topic is Borderline Personality Disorder. Register in advance by calling CMHA at 403-342-2266. Visit www.reddeer.cmha.ca

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● Central Alberta Singles dance will be held Oct. 27 at Penhold Hall. Music by Wise Choice. Doors open at 8 p.m. Music starts at 8:30 p.m. Members and invited guests only; new members welcome. For information, call Elaine at 403-341-7653 or Bob at 403-304-7440. ● Medicine River Wildlife Centre 2013 calendar raffle now on.

Contact Carol at 403-728-3467, or email to carol.kelly@mrwc.ca ● Nominations for 2012 Premier’s Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities Awards will be accepted until Oct. 31. Six awards: Gary McPherson Leadership Award, Marlin Styner Achievement Award and four Awards of Excellence in education, employment, community, and public awareness will be given. Award recipients will be formally recognized in their communities, often at events coinciding with International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Dec. 3. Nomination packages available on Alberta Human Services website, or by calling 1-800-272-8841. ● Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery Centennial Club Fundraising Campaign is now on. Be one of 100 distinguished individuals or companies to make a $2,013 donation in support of the new history exhibition opening at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery on March 25, 2013. Donors will be featured prominently on the donor wall in the exhibition, and receive a special invitation to the Centennial Club reception, enjoy of sneak peak and more.

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● Good source of protein and vegetables. ● Can be made vegetarian or with meat. ● Requires just one pot.

● Inexpensive. ● Can be made in batches and frozen for another night. ● Did I mention the Super Bowl?

5. Homemade soup

● Can be prepared with any vegetables or choice of meat. ● Inexpensive. ● Quick and easy. ● Brown rice can be the foundation of many meals, including a simple beans and rice.

4. Chili

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Eggs are No. 7 on the list of foods kids should learn to live happy, productive lives.

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REBELS PROSPECTS CHOSEN FOR U16 CHALLENGE CUP The Red Deer Rebels will be heavily represented in the Western Canada Under-16 Challenge Cup Oct. 27-30 at Moose Jaw, with no fewer than seven 2012 draft picks to compete in the annual event featuring the top 15 year-olds across the four western provinces.

Included among the likely future Rebels are the club’s first-and second-round picks in this year’s WHL bantam draft — forward Adam Musil and goaltender Taz Burman, both of whom will suit up with Team British Columbia.

Musil has scored three goals and added four assists in seven games with Greater Vancouver of the B.C. Major Midget League while teammate Burman has a 2-1 record and 2.33 goalsagainst average. The Team Alberta roster features defenceman Austin Strand and forwards Grayson Pawlenchuk, Mason McCarty and Brayden Burke, all of whom play in the Alberta Midget League. Strand, taken by the Rebels in the third round of the 2012 bantam draft, skates with the Calgary Northstars.

Fourth-round picks Pawlenchuk and McCarty are with Sherwood Park and the UFA Bisons, respectively, and seventh-round selection Brayden Burke plays for Edmonton CAC and has eight points (2-6) in six games this season.

Forward Meyer Nell, a member of the Southwest Cougars of the Manitoba Midget AAA League who was taken in the fifth round and has four goals and seven points in six games, is on the Team Manitoba roster.

Rebels assistant coach Bryce Thoma is head coach of Team Alberta.

Today

● High school football playoffs: Quarter-finals — Rocky Mountain House at Notre Dame, 4 p.m.; Camrose at Hunting Hills, 7 p.m., both at Great Chief Park. ● College women’s hockey: Grant MacEwan at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Red Deer Ramada at Lacombe, 7 p.m.

Friday

● High school senior volleyball: Lindsay Thurber girls/boys tournament. ● High school football playoffs: Ponoka at Lindsay Thurber, fifthplace game, 4 p.m., Great Chief Park; Lacombe at Stettler, quarter-final at 4 p.m. ● Peewee AA hockey: Airdrie at Lacombe, 6 p.m. ● WHL: Kootenay at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Centrium. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Gold at Red Deer IROC, 7:45 p.m., Arena.

Cards pull ahead TWO-RUN HOMER BY CARPENTER THE DIFFERENCE AS CARDINALS TAKE 2-1 SERIES LEAD

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. LOUIS — Carlos Beltran limped to the trainer’s room, taking the St. Louis Cardinals’ biggest clutch October bat with him.

Turns out they had the perfect substitute. Matt Carpenter hit a two-run homer after subbing for Beltran and the Cardinals chased Matt Cain before a 3 ½-hour rain delay in the seventh inning of a 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night for a 2-1 NL championship series lead.

Beltran strained his left knee running out a double-play ball in the first innings and the Cardinals said he was day to day.

Kyle Lohse worked around a seasonworst five walks in 5 2-3 innings. Mitchell Boggs struck out Hunter Pence and Brandon Belt with two on to end the seventh. Jason Motte earned the first twoinning save of his career to reward what remained of a sellout crowd of 45,850 — perhaps a third — that stuck around for a game that lasted 3 hours, 2 minutes, about a half-hour shorter than the delay.

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St. Louis Cardinals’ David Freese hits a double during the seventh inning of Game 3 of baseball’s National League championship series against the San Francisco Giants, Wednesday, in St. Louis.

Edmonton arena deal falls apart CITY COUNCILLORS VOTE UNANIMOUSLY TO WALK AWAY FROM DEAL THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The deal to build a new arena for the Edmonton Oilers collapsed Wednesday, with city councillors pointing the finger of blame at Oilers owner Daryl Katz and his lastminute demands for millions more in taxpayers money.

Stephen Mandel said it was time to send a message.

“It’s wrong to hold us up for ransom,” said Mandel.

“This is not a council that said, ’Don’t do a deal’ — but what do we do when we have a partner that says, ’We want more money, and you pay for it?” he said.

“I’m not saying we should say no to Mr. Katz, but all the information that I’ve had an opportunity to see does

not justify council giving him another six million dollars a year.”

Mandel made the comments after councillors voted unanimously to walk away from the deal agreed to last year with Katz to build the $475-million arena, starting in 2013.

Katz was not in council chambers when the decision was reached.

He has been asked twice in recent weeks to meet with council in public to resolve the negotiating logjam but has refused, saying the two sides are so far apart there’s no reason to meet.

The original deal had taxpayers and ticketbuyers building the rink with the Oilers spending about $15 million a year in lease payments and operating costs and keeping almost all the profits.

It went off the rails a month ago when Katz said he’d had a second look at the numbers and needed millions more, including a $6 million a year in operating subsidies for the arena.

Mandel said he can’t judge the merits of the demand because the Oilers have not made their case.

“I don’t know what else we do. I’m not sure where we go,” said Mandel.

“Someone has to be willing to at least put information forward to justify their case.

“We need to send a message (to Katz) that you got a fair deal and stand up to that fair deal or show us why it isn’t a fair deal,” said Mandel.

“And I can tell you he has not shown us.”

Katz officials were not immediately available

for comment.

Earlier Wednesday, councillor Kerry Diotte said it’s “shameful” to debate handing over money without any information from Katz.

“How can we even consider giving any tax money to a billionaire team owner when we haven’t seen detailed financials. That’s just not fair,” Diotte said to city manager Simon Farbrother.

Farbrother said no NHL teams divulge their financial information.

Not so, said Diotte.

“In Scottsdale (Arizona), when the Phoenix Coyotes first went there, they tried to sell (the city) on doing a deal without the financials and they told them to get lost. I suggest we do the same thing.”

Farbrother said the two sides have agreed to

disagree on the $6 million subsidy, and that in his analysis Katz will “clearly make sufficient revenue to cover any obligations that come with operating the arena.”

But Farbrother said the two sides have dug in on the issue and there’s no movement in sight.

“Will we have an agreement in the next two to four weeks?” asked Coun. Dave Loken.

“In the absence of significant movement on the ($6 million) operating subsidy (by either side) we don’t think you will have an agreement,” said Farbrother.

“Is there any chance there (will be) significant movement on the Katz side of the table?” Loken asked.

“I don’t believe we’ve been given any confidence in that, no,” said Farbrother.

Hunting Hills hosting X-country provincials GIVES SCHOOL A CHANCE TO SHOW OFF LARGE CLUB WITH TOP ATHLETES

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF When Brian Johnson took over the Hunting Hills High School cross-country running team six years ago he had six runners in the program.

Today they have 50 and are one of the premier schools in the province.

“The last three years we’ve finished third, fourth and third, “ said Johnson, who will get an opportunity to put his team’s talent on display at home this year.

Hunting Hills will hosting the provincial high school championship Saturday at River Bend Golf Course and Recreation Area, which is an ideal location for the championships.

“We ran three races there and came away with only positive feedback,” said Johnson. “It’s a fantastic location with the trails and hills.”

Cross-country running has always been in Johnson’s blood.

“It’s a passion of mine and I set a goal when I arrived at Hunting Hills and went after it aggressively,” he said. “It takes a lot of work to have success and you need the kids to buy into it.

“Besides the hard work you need to do a lot of fun stuff as well. Last week we hiked in the mountains and competed in a fun race in Calgary. It takes a lot of time and energy, but it’s rewarding.”

Hunting Hills goes into the provincials

with high expectations.

“We have at least three runners who we expect to finish in the medals,” said Johnson.

That group is led by Matt Hope, who is undefeated this year in the senior boys’ category. Jordanna Cota, who won the Central Alberta senior girls’ title, and Derrick Evans, who is one of the premier distance runners on the track and the Central Alberta intermediate boys’ champion, are looked at as medal contenders.

Both Hope and Cota have been with Johnson since Grade 9 and are expected to compete at the post-secondary level.

“I know the University of Alberta coach is coming to watch them,” said Johnson, who also sees RDC as a strong team and a good location for his runners to go.

“We work a lot with (RDC head coach) Brian Stackhouse and some of our kids will join his program after the provincials to prepare for the nationals,” said Johnson, who has Kieran McDonald with the RDC team this year.

McDonald was second at the senior boys’ high school provincials last year and is one of the top three in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference this year.

While several Hunting Hills runners are strong medal contenders they’re just part of a solid Central Alberta team.

“I can see half the top 10 in senior boys coming from this area,” said Johnson.

“We’re very strong in senior boys and girls, plus there’s several strong runners in the

other divisions.”

Matt Cernohorsky of Notre Dame, Matt VanMulligan of Hunting Hills and Alex Andres and Tyler Smith of Wetaskiwin are strong in the senior boys’ division.

Smith is one of the premier 800-metre runners in the country and has competed nationally.

Cota will be joined by teammate Alex Johnson and Sefrah Daviduck of Lindsay Thurber as top runners in the senior girls’ category while two runners out of Innisfail — Emily Lucas and Amy Severtson — and Sydney Braaten of Notre Dame are runners to watch in the junior girls’ category.

Kirsten Ramsay of Lacombe and Sylvia Von Gunten of Rimbey lead the way in the intermediate girls.

Noah Mulzet of Lindsay Thurber is one of the top runners in the area in the junior boys’ division as is David Erasmus of Provost.

Mitch Dore of Notre Dame joins Evans as the top two out of the area in the intermediate boys.

The opening ceremonies are at 11 a.m.

Saturday with the junior girls’ three-kilometre race going at noon.

The junior boys is set for 12:30 p.m., the intermediate girls at 1 p.m. and senior girls at 1:45 p.m. All three races are 4km.

The 5km intermediate boys’ race is at 2:30 p.m. with the 6km senior boys’ run at 3:15 p.m. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

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Baseball Prince George 10 Kelowna 10 Vancouver 9 GA 35 44 32 33 35 50

Pt 16 13 12 11 11 10

GA 28 32 43 45 32 28

Pt 16 13 11 9 8 6

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Kamloops 10 10 0 0 1 49 23 Victoria 11 7 4 0 0 32 35

Pt 21 14

GP Calgary 10 Edmonton 10 Red Deer 13 Medicine Hat 12 Lethbridge 10 Kootenay 8

Central Division W LOTLSOL 7 1 1 1 5 3 1 2 5 7 0 1 4 7 1 0 4 6 0 0 3 5 0 0

GF 40 37 34 41 24 22

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Friday’s games Moose Jaw at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Kamloops at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Everett at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m.

Tri-City at Regina, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Saskatoon at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

U.S. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt Tri-City 12 7 3 1 1 37 30 16 Portland 11 7 3 1 0 37 26 15 Spokane 9 6 3 0 0 37 30 12 Seattle 8 5 3 0 0 31 30 10 Everett 11 3 7 0 1 28 43 7 Notes — a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL (overtime loss) or SOL (shootout loss).

Wednesday’s results Saskatoon 3 Tri-City 2 (OT) Everett 3 Swift Current 1 Kamloops 5 at Edmonton 4 (SO) Lethbridge 6 Brandon 1

Saturday’s games Medicine Hat at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Kamloops at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Portland, 8 p.m.

Everett at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Prince George at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Tri-City at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Sunday’s games Red Deer at Kootenay, 6 p.m.

Swift Current at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Today’s games Prince George at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Calgary at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Football WEST DIVISION W L T Pts x-B.C. 11 4 0 22 x-Calgary 9 6 0 18 Saskatchewan 8 7 0 16 Edmonton 7 8 0 12 x-clinched playoff berth

PF 402 427 397 351

NFL Odds (Favourites in capital letters; odds supplied by JustBet.cx) Spread O/U Thursday Seattle at SAN FRANCISCO 7 37.5 Sunday Baltimore at HOUSTON 6 47 GREEN BAY at St. Louis 5.5 44.5 Tennessee at BUFFALO 3 46.5 Cleveland at INDIANAPOLIS 3 45 NEW ORLEANS at Tampa Bay 3 49.5 DALLAS at Carolina 2 45.5 Arizona at MINNESOTA 5.5 40.5 Washington at NY GIANTS 6.5 50 NY Jets at NEW ENGLAND 10.5 47.5 Jacksonville at OAKLAND 4 43 PITTSBURGH at Cincinnati 2.5 46 Monday Detroit at Chicago OFF OFF

PA 417 381 481 457 PA 288 360 327 354

Friday, Oct. 19 Winnipeg at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Edmonton at B.C., 8 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 20 Montreal at Saskatchewan, 1:30 p.m.

Hamilton at Calgary, 5 p.m.

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF N.Y. Jets 3 3 0 .500 133 New England 3 3 0 .500 188 Miami 3 3 0 .500 120 Buffalo 3 3 0 .500 137

PA 141 137 117 192

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PA 114 125 173 119

Atlanta Tampa Bay Carolina New Orleans

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Chicago Minnesota Green Bay Detroit

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Arizona San Francisco Seattle St. Louis

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Thursday, Oct. 18 Seattle at San Francisco, 6:20 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 21 Arizona at Minnesota, 11 a.m.

Green Bay at St. Louis, 11 a.m.

Baltimore at Houston, 11 a.m.

Washington at N.Y. Giants, 11 a.m.

Dallas at Carolina, 11 a.m.

New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m.

Cleveland at Indianapolis, 11 a.m.

Tennessee at Buffalo, 11 a.m.

Jacksonville at Oakland, 2:25 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at New England, 2:25 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 6:20 p.m.

Open: Atlanta, Denver, Kansas City, Miami, Philadelphia, San Diego Monday, Oct. 22 Detroit at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

NFL Injury Report NEW YORK — The National Football League injury report, as provided by the league (OUT - Definitely will not play; DNP - Did not practice; LIMITED - Limited participation in practice; FULL - Full participation in practice): SEATTLE SEAHAWKS at SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — SEAHAWKS: OUT: G John Moffitt (knee). DOUBTFUL: CB Byron Maxwell (hamstring).

PROBABLE: S Kam Chancellor (ankle), DT Clinton McDonald (groin). 49ERS: QUESTIONABLE: RB Brandon Jacobs (knee), WR Mario Manningham (shoulder), T Joe Staley (concussion). PROBABLE: K David Akers (illness), LB Tavares Gooden (elbow), P Andy Lee (hand), QB Alex Smith (right finger).

WASHINGTON REDSKINS at NEW YORK GIANTS — REDSKINS: OUT: S Brandon Meriweather (knee). DNP: WR Pierre Garcon (foot), CB David Jones (Achilles). LIMITED: DE Stephen Bowen (not injury related), NT Barry Cofield (shoulder), LB London Fletcher (not injury related), CB Cedric Griffin (hamstring), CB DeAngelo Hall (knee), S Jordan Pugh (head), DE Doug Worthington (calf). FULL: TE Fred Davis (knee). GIANTS: DNP: DT Rocky Bernard (quadriceps), LB Michael Boley (hip), RB Ahmad Bradshaw (foot), S Kenny Phillips (knee), RB Da’Rel Scott (knee), CB Corey Webster (hand, hamstring), LB Jacquian Williams (knee). LIMITED: WR Hakeem Nicks (foot, knee). FULL: RB Andre Brown (concussion).

ARIZONA CARDINALS at MINNESOTA VIKINGS — CARDINALS: DNP: QB Kevin Kolb (ribs), S Kerry Rhodes (back), RB Anthony Sherman (knee), CB Greg Toler (hamstring), LB Reggie Walker (head).

LIMITED: CB Michael Adams (hamstring), DT Darnell Dockett (hamstring), LB Quentin Groves (hamstring), TE Todd Heap (knee), LB O’Brien Schofield (knee). FULL: TE Jim Dray (knee), LB Paris Lenon (knee), G Adam Snyder (elbow). VIKINGS: DNP: RB Adrian Peterson (ankle). LIMITED: DE Jared Allen (groin), S Robert Blanton (hamstring), LB Marvin Mitchell (calf), S Mistral Raymond (ankle), CB Antoine Winfield (knee). FULL: QB Christian Ponder (knee), WR Jerome Simpson (back).

DALLAS COWBOYS at CAROLINA PANTHERS — COWBOYS: DNP: C Ryan Cook (hamstring), P Chris Jones (left knee), DE Sean Lissemore (ankle), RB DeMarco Murray (foot). LIMITED: C Phil Costa (knee), P Brian Moorman (right groin), LB Anthony Spencer (shoulder). FULL: CB Morris Claiborne (knee). PANTHERS: DNP: LB Jon Beason (knee).

LIMITED: DE Antwan Applewhite (knee). FULL: CB Chris Gamble (shoulder), C Geoff Hangartner (knee), S Colin Jones (shoulder).

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS at TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — SAINTS: DNP: TE Jimmy Graham (ankle), LB David Hawthorne (hamstring), LB Scott Shanle (illness). LIMITED: G Jahri Evans (toe), CB Jabari Greer (groin). FULL: RB Travaris Cadet (shoulder), LB Jonathan Casillas (neck), DE Turk McBride (ankle), WR Lance Moore (hamstring).

BUCCANEERS: LIMITED: G Carl Nicks (foot).

GREEN BAY PACKERS at ST. LOUIS RAMS — PACKERS: DNP: WR Greg Jennings (groin), LB Nick Perry (knee), DT B.J. Raji (ankle), CB Sam Shields (shin, ankle). LIMITED: TE Jermichael Finley (shoulder), RB Alex Green (shoulder), S Sean Richardson (hamstring), QB Aaron Rodgers (calf), TE D.J. Williams (hamstring). FULL: CB Davon House (shoulder). RAMS: DNP: WR Danny Amendola (shoulder), LB Mario Haggan (thigh), T Wayne Hunter (back), CB Janoris Jenkins (back), T Rodger Saffold (knee).

BALTIMORE RAVENS at HOUSTON TEXANS — RAVENS: DNP: NT Ma’ake Kemoeatu (knee), DT Haloti Ngata (knee), CB Jimmy Smith (abdomen).

LIMITED: T Bryant McKinnie (thigh). TEXANS: DNP: CB Johnathan Joseph (groin). LIMITED: G Antoine Caldwell (concussion), NT Shaun Cody

COLLEGE GOLF OSHAWA, Ont. — RDC athletes are well down after the opening day of the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association golf championships Wednesday.

Melissa Koster is 24th at 111 with Rochelle French 26th at 121.

Katherine Gravel-Coursol of Quebec

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CARDS: Go out there “They said if we didn’t score I was going to go out there. I was in the clubhouse running around, I’ve never really had to sit around like that,” Motte said. “It was probably the most nervous I’ve ever been.”

Giants second baseman Marco Scutaro had two hits and a clean game in the field, two days after Matt Holliday rammed him breaking up a double-play ball. Manager Bruce Bochy had said there would be no retaliation, and Game 3 was collision-free.

The big winners in a delay that featured about a half-hour without rain while officials awaited a second, smaller front: Beer vendors, by a single out. Alcohol sales are cut off after the seventh inning in all stadiums.

Cain lost for the second time this post-season, giving up three runs on five hits in 6 1-3 innings.

(back), TE Owen Daniels (not injury related), S Quintin Demps (thumb, forearm), RB Arian Foster (not injury related), LB Bradie James (calf), WR Andre Johnson (not injury related), LB Jesse Nading (foot, neck), DE Antonio Smith (not injury related), RB Ben Tate (toe). FULL: LB Bryan Braman (knee), WR Lestar Jean (knee), C Ben Jones (knee), S Shiloh Keo (neck, back, thumb), C Chris Myers (hip), G Wade Smith (knee).

CLEVELAND BROWNS at INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — BROWNS: DNP: LB Scott Fujita (shoulder, neck), CB Dimitri Patterson (ankle). LIMITED: WR Travis Benjamin (hamstring), S Tashaun Gipson (knee), WR Mohamed Massaquoi (hamstring), G Jason Pinkston (illness), RB Trent Richardson (chest, rib), DT Ahtyba Rubin (calf), S Ray Ventrone (hand, calf), S T.J. Ward (hand), LB Christian Yount (shoulder). FULL: DE Frostee Rucker (shoulder, foot), QB Brandon Weeden (foot). COLTS: DNP: RB Donald Brown (knee), CB Darius Butler (shoulder), LB Jerrell Freeman (ankle), LB Robert Mathis (knee), DE Fili Moala (knee), DE Cory Redding (knee), NT Martin Tevaseu (ankle). LIMITED: LB Pat Angerer (foot), T Winston Justice (ankle), G Joe Reitz (knee). FULL: CB Vontae Davis (ankle).

TENNESSEE TITANS at BUFFALO BILLS — TITANS: DNP: LB Zach Brown (illness), CB Tommie Campbell (ankle), DT Jurrell Casey (shoulder), LB Colin McCarthy (ankle), RB Javon Ringer (knee).

LIMITED: QB Jake Locker (left shoulder). FULL: LB Patrick Bailey (hand), T Mike Otto (knee). BILLS: DNP: DE Mark Anderson (knee), T Cordy Glenn (ankle), CB Terrence McGee (knee), S Da’Norris Searcy (ankle), DT Kyle Williams (ankle). LIMITED: DE Spencer Johnson (ankle), G Kraig Urbik (ankle).

FULL: WR Brad Smith (chest), DE Mario Williams (wrist).

NEW YORK JETS at NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — JETS: DNP: DT Kenrick Ellis (knee), WR Clyde Gates (shoulder), C Nick Mangold (ankle), RB Joe McKnight (ankle), DT Sione Po’uha (back), RB Bilal Powell (shoulder), S Eric Smith (knee). LIMITED: WR Stephen Hill (hamstring), TE Dustin Keller (hamstring), LB Bart Scott (toe), LB Bryan Thomas (hamstring). FULL: WR Jeremy Kerley (finger), S LaRon Landry (heel), G Brandon Moore (hip), LB Calvin Pace (shoulder), QB Mark Sanchez (back), G Matt Slauson (knee). PATRIOTS: DNP: RB Brandon Bolden (knee), LB Tracy White (foot). LIMITED: S Patrick Chung (shoulder), WR Julian Edelman (hand), S Steve Gregory (hip), TE Rob Gronkowski (hip), TE Aaron Hernandez (ankle), LB Dont’a Hightower (hamstring), G Logan Mankins (calf, hip), G Nick McDonald (shoulder), S Sterling Moore (knee), T Sebastian Vollmer (back, knee), WR Wes Welker (ankle). FULL: DT Kyle Love (knee).

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS at OAKLAND RAIDERS — JAGUARS: DNP: DT Tyson Alualu (not injury related), S Dwight Lowery (ankle), C Brad Meester (not injury related), WR Laurent Robinson (concussion). LIMITED: S Dawan Landry (knee), LB Daryl Smith (groin). FULL: DE George Selvie (knee). RAIDERS: DNP: T Khalif Barnes (groin), TE Richard Gordon (hamstring), CB Shawntae Spencer (foot). LIMITED: G Mike Brisiel (concussion), K Sebastian Janikowski (left groin), RB Taiwan Jones (knee), C Alex Parsons (shoulder, back), DT Richard Seymour (knee).

FULL: WR Darrius Heyward-Bey (shoulder), RB Darren McFadden (shoulder), WR Denarius Moore (shoulder), TE Brandon Myers (knee, ear).

PITTSBURGH STEELERS at CINCINNATI BENGALS — STEELERS: DNP: LB Chris Carter (hamstring), T Marcus Gilbert (ankle), RB Rashard Mendenhall (Achilles), S Troy Polamalu (calf), C Maurkice Pouncey (knee), RB Isaac Redman (ankle), LB Lawrence Timmons (foot). LIMITED: LB Brandon Johnson (hamstring).

BENGALS: DNP: RB Brian Leonard (ribs), LB Dontay Moch (not injury related). LIMITED: WR Andrew Hawkins (back), DT Devon Still (shoulder), G Kevin Zeitler (elbow).

DETROIT LIONS at CHICAGO BEARS: No Data Reported

National League St. Louis 2, San Francisco 1 Sunday, Oct. 14: St. Louis 6, San Francisco 4 Monday, Oct. 15: San Francisco 7, St. Louis 1

Wednesday, Oct. 17: St. Louis 3, San Francisco 1 Thursday, Oct. 18: San Francisco (Lincecum 10-15 or Zito 15-8) at St. Louis (Wainwright 14-13), 6:07 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 19: San Francisco at St. Louis, 6:07 p.m. x-Sunday, Oct. 21: St. Louis at San Francisco, 2:45 p.m. x-Monday, Oct. 22: St. Louis at San Francisco, 6:07 p.m.

Wednesday’s Major League Linescore San Fran. 001 000 000 — 1 9 1 St. Louis 002 000 10x — 3 6 0 M.Cain, Ja.Lopez (7), Mijares (8), Kontos (8) and Posey; Lohse, Rosenthal (6), Mujica (7), Boggs (7), Motte (8) and Y.Molina. W—Lohse 1-0. L—M.Cain 0-1. Sv—Motte (2). HRs—St. Louis, M.Carpenter (1).

Basketball National Basketball Association Preseason EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Brooklyn 3 0 1.000 — New York 2 0 1.000 1/2 Philadelphia 3 1 .750 1/2 Toronto 2 1 .667 1 Boston 0 3 .000 3

Miami Atlanta Charlotte Washington Orlando

Indiana Milwaukee Chicago Detroit Cleveland

Southeast Division W L Pct 1 2 .333 1 3 .250 1 3 .250 1 4 .200 0 4 .000 Central Division W L Pct 2 1 .667 2 1 .667 2 2 .500 2 2 .500 2 3 .400

GB — 1/2 1/2 1 1 1/2 GB — — 1/2 1/2 1

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB New Orleans 3 1 .750 — San Antonio 2 1 .667 1/2 Houston 3 2 .600 1/2

Dallas Memphis

Denver Utah Minnesota Oklahoma City Portland

Sacramento Golden State Phoenix L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers

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Northwest Division W L Pct 3 0 1.000 3 1 .750 2 1 .667 1 2 .333 1 2 .333 Pacific Division W L Pct 2 0 1.000 2 1 .667 2 1 .667 1 2 .333 0 4 .000

1 1 1/2 GB — 1/2 1 2 2 GB — 1/2 1/2 1 1/2 3

Wednesday’s Games Toronto 104, Washington 101 Philadelphia 113, Cleveland 99 Houston 109, Memphis 102 Phoenix 100, Dallas 94 Golden State at Sacramento, Late Denver at Portland, Late Utah at L.A. Clippers, Late Thursday’s Games New Orleans at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Detroit at Miami, 5:30 p.m.

Memphis vs. Milwaukee at La Crosse, WI, 6 p.m.

Boston at Brooklyn, 6 p.m.

Free seminar for student athletes for post secondary possibilities The Alberta Sport Development Centre will host the Sport After High School session as part of their Winning Edge Series.

It’s a free seminar to inform both student athletes and their families about what their future possibilities are and how they can achieve them when selecting a post-secondary institution.

The presentation will feature RDC director of athletics Keith Hansen, Mount Royal University athletics manager and former Olympian Karla Karch, former member of the Gonzaga University Bulldogs baseball team, Jason Chatwood, who will talk on American Universities, and RDC student and national judo athlete Mark Antonio.

“This session is aimed at families and student athletes in Grades 10-12,” said ASDC executive director Mike Klass. “It’s to help education them on all of the difficult decisions that need to be made when preparing and choosing a post-secondary school and a future athletic career.”

The seminar goes Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. in room 2501 at RDC. Registration is not required but space is limited,

leads after shooting a course record 71.

Sydney Johnson-Parker of Grant MacEwan University is the top Alberta competitor with an 85.

Kevin Piper of GMU leads the men’s division after shooting a 70, two strokes better than a pair of Quebec competitors.

The 54-hole affair runs through Friday.

The Giants, who entered the game batting just .217 in the post-season, were 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position.

The Cardinals snapped the Giants’ five-game road winning streak in the post-season, three of them this year. Game 4 is in St. Louis on Thursday night, with Adam Wainwright pitching for the Cardinals. Tim Lincecum will start for the Giants.

“He’s a guy we want out there. He’s been throwing the ball well,” Bochy said.

“We’ve got to bounce back.”

Carpenter followed Jon Jay’s two-out single with a homer off Cain in his first at-bat of the NLCS. Beltran is batting .400 in the post-season with three homers and six RBIs, but Carpenter had big numbers against Cain.

He was 4 for 4 for his career against Cain, all four of the regular-season hits for singles.

“He’s a really good pitcher obviously,” said Carpenter.

“I’ve had some success.

I just go up there and try to battle, get a good pitch to hit.“

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Postseason Major League Baseball LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) American League Detroit 3, New York 0 Saturday, Oct. 13: Detroit 6, New York 4, 12 innings Sunday, Oct. 14: Detroit 3, New York 0 Tuesday, Oct. 16: Detroit 2, New York 1 Wednesday, Oct. 17: New York at Detroit, ppd., rain Thursday, Oct. 18: New York (Sabathia 15-6) at Detroit (Scherzer 16-7), 2:07 p.m. x-Friday, Oct. 19, New York (Pettitte 5-4) at Detroit (Fister 10-10), TBA x-Saturday, Oct. 20: Detroit at New York, 6:07 p.m. x-Sunday, Oct. 21: Detroit at New York, 6:15 p.m.

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Negotiations enter make-or-break stage TORONTO — As the NHL’s labour dispute went on display for public viewing, it underscored the importance of the next week in negotiations.

The league’s latest collective bargaining offer to the NHL Players’ Association — surprisingly released in full by the NHL on Wednesday — came with an attached warning about the consequences of failing to reach an agreement by Oct. 25.

In a document that was delivered to the union along with Tuesday’s 10-point proposal, the NHL indicated it couldn’t “responsibly” offer more than the 50-50 split of revenues and other items it was tabling.

It also sought to add some urgency to the talks.

“Delay (beyond Oct. 25) will necessarily leave us with an abbreviated season and will require the cancellation of signature NHL events,” it read, making a clear reference to the Jan. 1 Winter Classic game.

“Failure to reach a prompt agreement will also have other significant and detrimental impacts on our fans, the game, our clubs, our business and the communities in which we play. All of this will obviously necessitate changes to this offer in the event we are unsuccessful in saving a full season.”

Donald Fehr, the NHLPA’s executive director, spent Wednesday examining the proposal along with union staff and was expected to deliver a counteroffer when the sides resumed negotiations on Thursday.

They have just one week to reach a deal that would see an 82-game schedule start on Nov. 2 — the latest commissioner Gary Bettman said it could get underway with the Stanley Cup still being awarded in June.

The NHL’s offer is a six-year deal, with a mutual option for a seventh, that would see owners and players split hockey-related revenues down the middle.

It also included a provision to ensure players receive everything they’ve been promised on existing contracts, although some of that money would come in deferred payments that would count against the players’ overall share in revenue.

“This proposal is our best attempt to save an 82-game 2012/13 season, and is, in fact, the best we can responsibly do,” it read.

While some players continued to express cautious optimism — veteran Winnipeg Jets forward Olli Jokinen labelled it a “starting point” — Fehr didn’t seem quite as enthusiastic. In a letter sent to his membership and player agents, which was leaked to TSN on Wednesday, Fehr wrote that the offer “represents

Pierce a go for Bombers, Argos unsure if Ray will play THE CANADIAN PRESS Buck Pierce is a go for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, but the Toronto Argonauts can’t say the same about Ricky Ray and Chad Kackert just yet.

Pierce received medical clearance to resume playing Wednesday and will start Friday night at Rogers Centre against Toronto. But the Argos will wait until Thursday before announcing whether Ray (knee) and Kackert (ribs) will play.

Ray has missed three games with his injury while Kackert has been out two weeks. Both practised Wednesday but Argos head coach Scott Milanovich said the players would be re-examined later in the day and the club wouldn’t know until Thursday’s walkthrough if either will suit up against Winnipeg.

“I’m optimistic he (Ray) is going to play,” Milanovich told reporters following Wednesday’s practice in Oakville, Ont. “It’s not official until he

goes through the process and we expect to have a definitive answer (Thursday).

“I think Chad is going to be able to go. He needs to see the doctor but I’m very optimistic he’ll be going.”

Pierce, 30, will make just his sixth start of the season Friday. But it will be his first since suffering a mild concussion after taking a helmet-tohelmet hit from Toronto’s Brandon Isaac in a 29-10 home loss to the Argos on Sept. 29.

Isaac was penalized on the play and later fined an undisclosed amount by the CFL. Winnipeg offensive linemen Steve Morley and Justin Sorensen were also fined for separate, retaliatory hits on Isaac.

Bombers cornerback Jovon Johnson later tweeted he had been fined $300 by the league for post-game comments about the incident.

Pierce said the Bombers are heading to Toronto to win a football game and not exact revenge.

NHL LABOUR DISPUTE very large, immediate and continuing concessions by players to owners.”

“Simply put, the owners’ new proposal, while not quite as Draconian as their previous proposals, still represents enormous reductions in player salaries and individual contracting rights,” Fehr wrote. “As you will see, at the five per cent industry growth rate the owners predict, the salary reduction over six years exceeds $1.6 billion. What do the owners offer in return?”

Players received 57 per cent of revenue at the end of the expired CBA and would be surrendering $231 million per year, based on last year’s numbers, by moving to a 50-50 split.

The NHL’s latest offer was the third it has delivered to the union since talks began in June and included fewer concessions than it had previously asked for. For example, it said the revenue split would be based on the same definition of hockeyrelated revenue used in the last agreement, pending “mutual clarification of existing interpretations and settlements.”

Some of the other highlights of the offer include: ● an official salary cap of $59.9 million for the 2012-13 season, with the provision that teams can actually spend up to $70.2 million for one year to ease the transition. ● a new rule that would allow teams to retain a portion of a player’s salary in trades. ● the reduction of entry-level contracts to two

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DETROIT — One win from the World Series.

Rainy or not, the Detroit Tigers will have to wait.

Game 4 of the AL championship series between the Tigers and New York Yankees was postponed because of a stormy forecast Wednesday night — although Comerica Park was still dry when the decision was made.

“They kept saying it was going to come and it never came,” Tigers pitcher Max Scherzer said. “So go figure.”

About an hour later, however, heavy rain started to fall, soaking the tarp that was placed on the infield before the postponement.

With the Tigers seeking a sweep in the best-ofseven series, Game 4 was rescheduled for Thursday at 4:07 p.m.

New York will send ace CC Sabathia to the mound against Scherzer. The Tigers will have lefty Phil Coke, who saved Games 2 and 3, available after a day of rest.

Game 5, if necessary, would be Friday in Detroit.

Under the original schedule, there was a good chance Sabathia would pitch a potential Game 7 on three days’ rest if the Yankees rallied in the series.

Now, he might be limited to one start — and New York might need to win four games in four days to advance.

years. ● a five-year term limit on every other contract and a stipulation that the average annual value can only vary up to five per cent from the first season.

This is a mechanism designed to eliminate the longterm, back-diving deals that became popular during the previous CBA. ● the elimination of re-entry waivers. ● an annual revenue-sharing pool of $200 million, half of which is raised from the 10 richest teams, and the creation of a committee to determine how the money is distributed. The NHLPA would be given representation on the committee. ● the introduction of a “neutral” third-party arbitrator to handle appeals on supplemental discipline with a “clearly erroneous” standard of review.

“There’s a lot of parts of the proposal that we don’t feel are very good from our standpoint and we’re still giving up huge concessions in a lot of different areas,” said Jets captain Andrew Ladd. “We’ll address that in our proposal and go from there.”

It remains to be seen just how far they’ll go.

With a deadline now in place for trying to preserve an 82-game season, the sides have to cover a lot of ground quickly. Thursday’s counter-proposal from the NHLPA, and the league’s reaction to it, should provide a pretty good indication of how realistic it is for them to get there.

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READING An acclaimed Calgary author will read from her works at Red Deer College on Wednesday.

Suzette Mayr is the author of four novels.

Her most recent, Monoceros, won the City of Calgary’s W.O. Mitchell Book Prize and was long listed for the 2011 Giller Prize. Mayr is a former Writers Guild of Alberta president and teaches creative writing at the University of Calgary.

Her free reading begins at 7:30 p.m. in the college library’s North Nook. Refreshments will be served. For more information, go online to www.rdc. ab.ca/library.

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DIABETES RUN Lace up your runners for the Canadian Diabetes Association’s fundraising run on Sunday. Cash Store Financial’s Freedom Run takes place in Red Deer at Heritage Ranch. Participants can enter a three-km family fun walk or a five-km walk or run.

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. with the run to follow at 10 a.m.

Adults can register for $35, youth aged 13 to 17 will pay $20 and 12 and under get in for free. The funds raised will be used to support Canada’s most renowned scientists and clinicians in their quest for treatment and management of diabetes. For more information, go online at www. thefreedomrun.ca.

CONCERT FOR YOUNG A concert for young people is planned for Wednesday. Refined/ Undignified, a youth ministry with a beat, will perform at Living Stones Church at 7 p.m.

Anyone who is 14 and older is invited to the free show. The group comes from Briercrest College in Caronport, Sask. It’s in its 10th year and has travelled to schools, churches, camps and youth centres. Living Stones Church is at the corner of 40th Avenue and 19th Street in Red Deer.

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The darkness holds terrifying secrets Enter the mansion, if you dare.

For 22 years the Youth and Volunteer Centre has been putting the scare into Red Deerians and this Halloween season is no different.

With a bigger space, new animatronic characters and lots of blood, guts and gore, the team of volunteers is sure to put the fright into just about anybody’s night.

The Zed 99 Haunted House, located in the former Zone Bar and Minolta office in the Lion Plaza at 7710 50th Ave., is a perfect location, says Youth and Volunteer Centre of Red Deer fund development officer John Johnston. With high ceilings and lots of space to build a labyrinth of rooms, tight corridors creaky stairs, an open sewer feature and a super gruesome abattoir, this year’s house is sure to deliver bone-chilling thrills.

The house swings open its doors on Friday from 6 to 10 p.m. for the premier night, which includes pumpkin carving and prizes.

On Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m., there is a children’s matinee and later, the Edmonton Bone Wagon Association brings its parade of hearses to Red Deer for a macabre show and shine.

The haunted house is open every night from 6 to 10 p.m. from Friday to Oct. 31, with several special events, including: • Wicked Wednesday featuring Hell’s Kitchen on Oct. 24.

• Friday Fright Night, Oct. 26, featuring Midnight Madness, where the house will open its doors for adults only from midnight to 2 a.m.

• The Saturday Spooktacular will run Oct. 27 and includes a costume party.

• On Wednesday, Oct. 31, Halloween candy treats will be handed out.

The haunted house is not recommended for children under seven years of age and children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult.

Johnton says an amazing group of creative, enthusiastic volunteers and local business supporters have put together yet another tremendous event that continues to raise the bar from year to year.

Proceed from the haunted house support the ongoing efforts of the Boys and Girls Club of Red Deer.

For more information about this year’s haunted house, go to www.zedhauntedhouse.com.

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BRIEFS Sylvan Lake runaways found Two Sylvan Lake girls who ran from the G.H. Dawe Centre in Red Deer earlier this month have been found, say Red Deer RCMP. Sonya Chipaway, 12, and Shaina Evans, 13, were reported missing on Friday, Oct. 5, after going to the Dawe Centre.

The two live at the Equinox Connection Home in Sylvan Lake.

RCMP spokeswoman Const. Julie Letal said on Wednesday that the girls were located on Oct. 12.

As well, Red Deer teenager who was reported missing on Tuesday has been found. Hailey Tweed, 13, was located and has been returned to her mother.

RCMP wish to thank the public for their assistance.

Suspect caught in Three Hills thefts A string of thefts in Three Hills has led to the arrest of a local man.

RCMP received multiple reports of vehicles being entered and property stolen between Saturday and Tuesday. An extensive investigation was conducted.

Const. Robert Harms said that most of the vehicles were unlocked.

“In most cases, loose change and small denominations were taken,” said Harms. “In one case, a large amount of cash was taken.”

Harms said the public should lock their vehicles, garages and lock up any other possessions.

Police say that Michael Flewelling, 36, of Three Hills, was arrested and charged with 10 counts of theft under $5,000, break and enter, as well as breach of recognizance. Flewelling will appear in Drumheller provincial court on Friday.

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Sharon Ward of GrammaLink-Africa serves up a bowl of chili for Liz Russell, left, and Linda Henry at The Hub in Red Deer on Wednesday. More than 200 bowls of chili were sold in the third annual charity fundraiser supporting the Stephen Lewis Foundation with funds raised going to support African grandmothers raising children orphaned by Aids. Over 200 handmade ceramic bowls were donated by local artisans including Alain Favre, Dawn Detarando and Brian McArthur, Maureen Lewis, Red Deer College Ceramics, the Red Deer Pottery Club, Red Deer Public School students and the Sylvan Lake Art Society. For $15 supporters got a bowl of chili for lunch and got to keep the bowl.

Man arrested in robberies RCMP have arrested a man who is suspected of two armed robberies in Central Alberta.

Red Deer city RCMP nabbed Steven Lee Pinch, 31, on Wednesday for outstanding warrants connected to an attempted robbery at a bank in Red Deer on Oct. 2.

The arrest comes after Lacombe Police Service announced on Wednesday that they were searching for a suspect described as armed and dangerous, and believed to be Pinch as well.

On Tuesday, a man entered the Lacombe Mohawk gas station, where he then robbed Steven Lee Pinch a female employee at knifepoint. He grabbed an undisclosed amount of cash.

Two weeks ago, a male attempted to rob a young woman of her night deposit bag at the TD Bank in Village Mall. During the altercation, the woman fought the suspect off and he fled with no money.

The woman sustained minor injuries, said Red Deer RCMP.

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The plan promotes strategies to end homelessness and create resources for those at risk. “(The count) is definitely going to advise us in moving forward in what we’re truly dealing with in our community and how we can provide better supports and services,” said Rebekah McDermott, coordinator with EveryOne’s Home.

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The Oxford Union, a student debating society that boasts an impressive list of past speakers on its website, had hoped to have the Saskatchewan farmer participate in its assisted dying debate on Thursday.

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RDC film students take in TIFF RDC MOTION PICTURE ARTS PROGRAM ARRANGES FIRST STUDENT TRIP TO TORONTO TO GIVE THE YOUNG FILMMAKERS FIRST-HAND LOOK AT HOW NORTH AMERICA’S BIGGEST FILM FESTIVAL OPERATES

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Twelve Red Deer College film students were too busy to be star-struck during a recent trip to the Toronto International Film Festival.

Second-year student Amanda Trimble was soaking up the bustling TIFF atmosphere while trying to learn more about how people get their films into major festivals. “I got to talk to indie filmmakers,” said the 21-year-old — and suddenly the idea of submitting one of her own movies seemed like an achievable goal.

“We came back with a real creative vibe . . . I’d say it was definitely worth it to be at the Toronto film festival. . . .

“If I were able to, I’d also go to the Vancouver film festival, Sundance and other festivals to see what they’re like,” added Trimble, who already had a head start on the experience.

Her four-minute short, Dear 604, was one of the RDC student films screened at this year’s Edmonton film festival.

The RDC Motion Picture Arts program arranged a first student trip to Toronto from Sept. 12 to 16 to give the young filmmakers a first-hand look at how North America’s biggest film festival operates. “I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time,” said instructor James Wilson, who’s been working for a couple of years on getting discounts to make the experience more affordable.

The trip ended up costing each student $2,000 for film festival screenings, flights and accommodations.

“Some of us saw 12 films over four days,” said Wilson — either smaller-distribution ones that would be difficult to see in Alberta or larger films that won’t be screened for the general public for several more months.

Other students planned their own itineraries, including seeing some theatrical productions and sightseeing.

“Different kids went there for different reasons.

Some of them are interested in acting, in directing, producing or cinematography,” said Wilson, who watched as a couple of RDC students spent 40 minutes conversing with TIFF actors. “They wanted to know, ‘How did you do it? And what was it like?’ ” He was later told RDC actors learned “the same things you taught us but it was good validation” to hear it from others.

There were some celebrity sightings — Wilson was a person away from being able to touch Terence Stamp, who has become known for “grumpy old

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Amanda Trimble, second from left, with the cast of English Vinglish. man” roles, as well as portraying Jor-El in Smallville.

Stamp was starring in a TIFF screened movie, Song for Marion.

The RDC students also attended a red-carpet screening for a Bollywood film called English Vinglish, about an insecure Indian housewife who enrols in an English class.

Wilson was amazed at the fan turnout, and later learned that Toronto has the largest population of East Indian people in Canada.

“You see what impact films like that have. It was crazy,” he said.

Despite the frenzy outside the theatre, actors from the Bollywood film were gracious enough to pose for photographs with the RDC students.

One of the aims of going to TIFF was to make the young filmmakers realize that no festival is too big or scary, said Wilson.

“I hope it gives them confidence, and that someday we’ll be seeing RDC grads premiering their films at TIFF.”

Fans stand and cheer for author J.K. Rowling

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Just the mention of her name, J.K. Rowling, had the audience screaming and on its feet.

The Harry Potter author spoke for just over an hour before a capacity crowd Tuesday night at Manhattan’s Lincoln Center in her sole U.S. public appearance to promote her first novel for grownups, The Casual Vacancy.

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dark sweater blouse, Rowling chatted on stage with fellow author Ann Patchett, read briefly from her new book and also responded to pre-selected questions from fans.

Rowling spoke before some 2,500 people, mostly women, gathered under the high, golden ceiling of the David H. Koch Auditorium.

Patchett gushed like the most avid Potter fan as she praised Rowling for inspiring countless

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Job vacancies up in July Statistics Canada says the number of job vacancies rose in July.

The agency says there were 264,000 vacant jobs in the month, up 32,000 from July 2011. There were 5.3 unemployed people for every vacant job in July, down from 6.0 in the same month a year earlier. The agency says the decline in the ratio of unemployment to job vacancies was mainly a result of an increase in vacancies.

The national job vacancy rate was 1.8 per cent in the threemonth period ending in July, up from 1.6 per cent a year earlier.

Hudson’s Bay files for initial public offering Canada’s oldest company, Hudson’s Bay Co. will soon be in public hands again after the storied retailer said Wednesday it is going to make a return to the stock market following an upscale makeover.

The owner of the Bay, Home Outfitters and U.S. retailer Lord and Taylor filed a preliminary prospectus for an initial public offering of its shares Wednesday after years of hinting that it is in the works. HBC last traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2006 before it was taken private by U.S. businessman Jerry Zucker, who later died unexpectedly.

New York-based NRDC Equity Partners acquired the company in 2008 for $1.1 billion from Zucker’s widow.

Since then, the company has been working to transform stores that were “tired and in need of renovation” as well as revamp its image after losing “its fashion credibility,” the company said in its filings. “Our investments in Hudson’s Bay since July 2008 have enabled us to add new, sought after brands and Hudson’s Bay is becoming a fashion authority in Canada,” it said.

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Stability expected for Alberta economy FASTER GROWTH IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER SAYS ATB FINANCIAL’S SENIOR ECONOMIST

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR If the decline in Alberta’s growth rate this year is causing you grief, take heart.

ATB Financial’s senior economist isn’t losing any sleep over it.

“Faster is not always better,” said Todd Hirsch, who was in Lacombe on Wednesday to speak at a Small Business Week event organized by the Lacombe and District Chamber of Commerce.

In fact, said Hirsch, the 5.2 per cent growth in real GDP that the province achieved in 2011 posed a danger of the economy becoming too hot and resurrecting pre-recession problems like acute labour shortages.

“You want faster growth if you’re Greece or California or Japan,” he explained. “But you don’t really want it if you’re Alberta.”

Hirsch expects the province’s “extremely stable” growth to continue in 2013, supported by its strong energy and agricultural sectors. Consumer confidence is high, he noted, with housing starts here now trending upward and July retail sales setting a record.

The key to this prosperity continuing rests with oil prices, said Hirsch. Instability in the Middle East will push them higher; a decline in the Chinese economy could pull them down.

“My best guess, however, is that we will see oil prices continue probably in that $85-$100US range for West Texas intermediate,” he said, forecasting that geopolitical problems will persist in the Middle East and the Chinese government will be able to use the arsenal of policy tools it still has at its disposal to stimulate that country’s economy.

The situation is not as rosy elsewhere in the world, said Hirsch.

The central banks in places like Europe, the United States, England and Japan have already lowered interest rates as far as they can, forcing them to turn to the “blunter policy tool” of quantitative easing — the practice of buying financial assets from commercial banks and other private institutions as a way to inject money into the

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Todd Hirsch, senior economist with ATB Financial, speaks at a Lacombe and District Chamber of Commerce event on Wednesday. economy.

“In the U.S., the (Federal Reserve) has now announced its third round of quantitative easing.”

Hirsch expects Europe’s economy to produce “heightened levels of anxiety” next year, while the U.S. economy will remain in a “stagnant holding pattern.”

“I’m not expecting the global economic situation to really perk up that much in 2013.”

Relief is being stalled by a lack of consensus on how to address the problems.

In Europe, some countries are calling for austerity measures and others want increased spending in hopes of stimulating growth; in the United States, Democrats want to boost government revenues and spending, while Republicans favour the opposite.

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Quebec companies face Commercial heavy tax burden real estate sales

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney says Canada is a model of low corporate taxes, just don’t tell that to Quebec companies that are by far the most heavily taxed in North America outside of Mexico, according to a new University of Montreal business school study.

The Republican standard-bearer said during a debate Tuesday with President Barack Obama that the U.S. can become more competitive and create jobs by lowering its general corporate tax rate from 35 per cent towards the 15 per cent level in Canada.

The actual combined Canadian and Quebec general corporate tax rate is 26.9 per cent, but it’s just part of the overall burden companies face, the HEC Centre for Productivity and Prosperity’s 2012 report said Wednesday.

In the end, Quebec companies pay 26 per cent more in overall taxes than the Canadian average and face almost double the tax burden of U.S. companies, it said. Taxes represented 5.1 per cent of the gross output of Quebec businesses, compared with 4.1 per cent for Canada and 2.9 per cent for the United States, according to a Statistics Canada survey of 2008 data.

Ontario was the second least competitive province in terms of taxes at four per cent of gross output, followed

by Alberta (3.9), B.C. (3.8), Nova Scotia

(3.7), Manitoba (3.7), Newfoundland and Labrador (3.4), P.E.I. (3.1), Saskatchewan (3.0), and New Brunswick (2.6).

Payroll taxes were mainly responsible for the higher tax burden. They represented 1.1 per cent of the gross output or 22 per cent of taxes paid by Quebec business.

That compared with 0.4 per cent of output or 10 per cent of taxes paid in Canada as a whole and 12 per cent for Ontario. The United States and many Canadian provinces don’t have payroll taxes. The study said these taxes hurt employees and companies alike because they are applied whether the employer is generating profits or recording losses.

The study’s author and centre director, Robert Gagne, said Quebec can boost its tax competitiveness on the continent by reducing payroll taxes by as much as $3 billion or $4 billion overall. The government could offset the revenue cut by reducing corporate subsidies by an equal amount, he added.

“This approach, this public policy of taxing heavily business firms and subsidizing them heavily is just not working from an economic point of view,” he said in an interview.

“We have been doing that for decades and show me the beef. Where are the results. We are lagging behind in terms of investment, in terms of productivity, in terms of standard of living.”

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Demand for commercial properties remained strong in major Canadian markets in the first half of the year and is expected to continue well into 2013, according to a new study released Wednesday by the realtor group Re/Max. The Re/Max Commercial Investor Report found that almost all markets saw an increase in commercial sales and dollar volume over the six-month period ended June 30.

The report highlights trends in nine Canadian centres — Greater Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Winnipeg, London, Ont., Greater Toronto, Ottawa and Halifax-Dartmouth.

The upbeat report on commercial real estate came just days after a report from the Canadian Real Estate Association pointed to a more lacklustre residential market. CREA said that while September residential sales were up 2.5 per cent from August, they were down 15.1 per cent from a year ago and likely to remain below 2011 levels through the fourth quarter. It cited both tighter mortgage lending rules and an uncertain economy.

“While some first-time home buyers may no longer qualify for mortgage financing under the new rules, it is likely that many others are stepping back and reassessing how much house they can realistically afford, which is one of the things new mortgage rules were designed to do,” CREA said.

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Telus plan for common shares gets strong approval

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Telus Corp. will have one class of common shares after shareholders voted strongly in favour of the plan on Wednesday, defeating a U.S. hedge fund’s attempt to get a premium for voting stockholders.

Telus (TSX:T) said late Wednesday that shareholder support was solid at a vote held earlier in the day, adding that none of Mason’s Capital Management’s four resolutions received the support from common shareholders required to pass.

Detailed voting results were not immediately available.

The Vancouver-based telecom and New York’s Mason Capital have been battling for months over the Vancouver company’s one-for-one share conversion plan with no premium.

“The outcome of today’s shareholder vote is distinctly positive for Telus shareholders. Moreover, the result realized ex-

emplifies the principles of good corporate governance and the fairness of shareholder democracy in Canada,” chief executive Darren Entwistle aid in a statement.

Entwistle slammed the hedge fund for its tactics.

“Fundamental Telus investor views dominated, prevailing over a self-serving hedge fund engaging in a troubling empty voting trading strategy, negative publicity campaign and multiple court challenges to try to defeat this proposal for their own profit,” Entwistle said.

Telus has converted its dual-class share structure, which separates shares that have voting rights and non-voting A shares (NYSE:TU).

The telecom company said the courts agreed that a simple majority of the common share class and 66.67 per cent of the non-voting share class were required for its proposal to succeed.

Mason has said the threshold for holders of voting shares also should have required

two-thirds support.

Mason Capital did not provide any immediate comment.

The hedge fund has repeatedly said holders of Telus’ voting shares should get a premium to approve it, something Telus has said its governing rules don’t require it to do.

The hedge fund had proposed a minimum premium valuation of either 4.75 per cent — which represents the historic average trading premium of the voting shares over the non-voting shares — or a minimum premium of eight per cent.

Mason owns about 19 per cent of Telus’s voting stock, making it the largest voting shareholder.

However, Mason sold short almost the same amount in non-voting shares, essentially betting the price of those shares would fall if the share consolidation plan was defeated.

Short sellers make a profit when the stock price falls.

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MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Major acquisition activity in the Canadian oilpatch helped push the Toronto stock market higher Wednesday.

The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 53.55 points to 12,461.24 amid rising copper and gold prices and mixed earnings reports, while traders digested a 178-point surge Tuesday. The TSX Venture Exchange rose 4.22 points to 1,304.

The energy sector led advancers after Celtic Exploration Ltd. (TSX:CLT) received a friendly takeover offer valued at $3.1 billion from Canadian affiliates of U.S. energy giant Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE:XOM).

The Calgary-based company is mainly focused on natural gas areas in British Columbia and Alberta.

Celtic’s shareholders are being offered $24.50 per share and a half-share of a new company, codenamed Spinco. Celtic shares surged 45 per cent to $26.29.

And Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (TSX:PWT) has agreed in principle to sell $1.3-billion worth of its non-core properties, representing the equivalent of 12,000 barrels per day of production. Details weren’t disclosed and its shares gained 19 cents to $13.85.

The Canadian dollar more than clawed back Tuesday’s slide of almost three-quarters of a US cent, up 0.91 of a cent to 102.25 cents US, amid higher copper prices and positive U.S. economic data. The loonie fell 0.7 of a cent Tuesday in the wake of a speech by Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney, which traders interpreted as containing a more dovish tone toward the possibility of hiking rates.

The bank makes its next announcement on interest rates next Tuesday. U.S. markets were generally weak following earnings disappointments from tech bellwethers IBM and Intel and data that provided a further indication that the housing sector recovery is strengthening.

The Dow Jones industrials were up 5.22 points to 13,557. The Nasdaq composite index rose 2.95 points to 3,104.12 and the S&P 500 added 5.99 points to 1,460.91.

The U.S. Commerce Department said Wednesday that builders broke ground on homes at a seasonallyadjusted annual rate of 872,000 in September, an increase of 15 per cent from the August level.

Applications for building permits, a good sign of future construction, jumped nearly 12 per cent to an annual rate of 894,000, also the highest since July 2008.

Intel beat expectations for the third quarter, handing in third-quarter net income of $2.97 billion, or 58 cents per share after the close Tuesday, down from $3.47 billion, or 65 cents per share, a year ago. Excluding one time items, earnings came in at 60 cents, beating estimates of 50 cents.

But it added that the usual bounce in sales due to the holiday season is likely to be cut in half this year as consumers shift from PCs to tablets, which don’t use Intel processors and its shares slid 56 cents to $21.79.

IBM said its third-quarter earnings remained unchanged from a year ago despite an unexpected charge and a steeper drop in revenue than analysts anticipated. IBM Corp. earned $3.8 billion, or $3.33 per share, in the July-September period. The company delivered the same net income a year ago, but its per-share earnings were 14 cents lower last year because the company had more outstanding stock then. IBM shares dropped $4.97 or 10.48 per cent to $200.52.

Bank of America fared better as

it narrowly turned a profit of US$340 million in the latest quarter, which works out to a fraction of a penny per share. Financial analysts expected an 11-cent loss. Its shares drifted between positive and negative territory during the session and closed two cents lower to US$9.44.

Oil prices closed little changed after the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported a bigger than expected rise in crude supplies last week. The November crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange inched up three cents to US$92.12 a barrel as data showed that crude supplies rose by 2.9 million barrels, against an expected rise of 1.5 million barrels.

Other energy sector gainers included Birchcliff Energy (TSX:BIR), up 64 cents to C$8.73 while Paramount Resources (TSX:POU) improved by $2.11 to $33.70.

The base metals sector was a major gainer, up 1.4 per cent while December copper was up five cents at US$3.75 a pound. Major Drilling Group International (TSX:MDI) advanced 46 cents to $11.28 while Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B) edged up 35 cents to C$31.44.

The gold sector was slightly higher while December gold added $6.70 to US$1,753 an ounce. Eldorado Gold (TSX:ELD) gained 25 cents to C$14.52.

Industrials led decliners with Canadian National Railways (TSX:CNR) down $1.10 to $87.67.

PotashCorp (TSX:POT) shares added two cents to $41.12 even as it warned that its profit this year will fall short of expectations following delays in reaching contracts with fertilizer buyers in China and India. It says that earnings for the full 2012 financial year will fall below even the lowest previous estimate of $2.80 to $3.20 per share.

Commodity prices could be impacted by the release Wednesday night of the latest growth data for China. The consensus view of economists is that the data is expected to show third-quarter growth in the world’s second-biggest economy eased to 7.4 per cent from a year earlier, down from 7.6 per cent in the prior quarter.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at close Wednesday: Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,461.24 up 53.55 points TSX Venture Exchange — 1,304 up 4.22 points TSX 60 — 712.28 up 2.82 points Dow — 13,557 up 5.22 points S&P 500 — 1,460.91 up 5.99 points Nasdaq — 3,104.12 up 2.95 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 102.25 cents US, up 0.91 of a cent Pound — C$1.5791, down 1.11 cents Euro — C$1.2833, down 0.44 of a cent Euro — US$1.3122, up 0.73 of a cent Oil futures: US$92.12 per barrel, up $0.03 (November contract) Gold Futures: US$1,753 per oz., up $6.70 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $34.039 per oz., up $0.142 $1,094.35 per kg., up $4.56

was 208.10 million shares at 4:20 p.m. ET. ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: Nov.’12 $0.50 lower $605.10; Jan ’13 $0.60 lower $604.20; March ’13 $0.20 lower $602.10; May ’13 $0.70 higher $596.00; July ’13 $1.20 higher $594.80; Nov. ’13 $5.00 higher $544.40; Jan. ’14 $5.00 higher $548.10; March ’14 $5.00 higher $548.40; May ’14 $5.00 higher $548.40; July ’14 $5.00 higher $548.40; Nov. ’14 $5.00 higher $548.40.

Barley (Western): Dec. ’12 unchanged $250.00; March ’13 unchanged $253.00; May ’13 unchanged $254.00; July ’13 unchanged $254.50; Oct. ’13 unchanged $254.50; Dec ’13 unchanged $254.50; March ’14 unchanged $254.50; May ’14 unchanged $254.50; July ’14 unchanged $254.50; Oct. ’14 unchanged $254.50.

Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 273,740 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 273,740.

“The reality is the solution is probably going to lie somewhere between the two visions,” said Hirsch.

Despite the encouraging economic performance in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada as a whole is plodding along at about a 1.8 per cent growth rate — comparable to its southern neighbour.

Hirsch explained that Ontario and Quebec manufacturers have been hurt by the high loonie and declining exports to the United States.

He anticipates that interest rates in Canada will remain close to their current low levels for some time.

“My best guess is that the Bank of Canada is just going to keep that rate at one per cent for probably another 12 to 18 months.”

Asked about the recall of beef processed at XL Foods in Brooks, Hirsch said the media’s use of the word “crisis” to describe the situation is unwarranted. The problem has been contained, he pointed out, and the recall shows that the system is working as it should.

He is concerned, however, that the situation could leave a lasting stain on the Alberta beef brand.

“The longer this goes on, the reputation of not only Alberta but Canadian cattle ranchers is at risk.”

Hirsch also responded to questions about the outlook for the Northern Gateway and Keystone XL pipeline projects.

“I think the Keystone XL will proceed, but I don’t think Northern Gateway will,” he said, stressing that this opinion is his and not ATB Financial’s.

Hirsch said the Northern Gateway debate is now being driven by political considerations and not economic or business ones. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

INVESTORS: Behind push Re/Max said both Canadian and foreign investors were behind the push in

commercial real estate, snapping-up apartment buildings and small strip malls “given continuing low interest rates and a generally bullish tone for the Canadian economy.”

Private investors, in particular, have gained a serious foothold in recent years, spurring demand for entrylevel properties such as multi-unit residential, suburban and urban retail storefronts, and smaller office buildings, the report said.

“Canada’s commercial market has quickly shaken off the signs of recessionary sluggishness and roared back to life, with 2012 building on impressive gains reported in 2011,” said Gurinder Sandhu, executive vice-president and regional director, Re/Max Ontario-Atlantic Canada.

Sandhu said that low interest rates, lacklustre returns on GICs and volatility in the stock market had renewed demand for commercial real estate at a time when sellers are holding on to their investments.

“With little product available in the market, upward pressure on pricing is expected to continue for the remainder of the year and into 2013,” he said.

The reported found no shortage of investors, either large or small, in the commercial market.

“Multiple offers were noted in six of the nine markets examined, including all major markets in the east, Winnipeg and Edmonton.”

“Given the appetite for tangible investments with long-term revenue streams and potential for appreciation, commercial real estate has been gaining favour and is expected to be a top-performer well into the new year,” said Elton Ash, regional executive vice-president, Western Canada.

Re/Max said economic factors are at play in markets, with strong economies in Alberta and Saskatchewan boosting sales there and the $25-billion military shipbuilding contract awarded to Halifax Shipyard seen as major catalyst in the Halifax-Dartmouth area.

“A shortage of industrial product exists throughout Western Canada, as well as in Ottawa and Halifax-Dartmouth, while the market returns to more balanced conditions in southern Ontario following a period of moderate oversupply,” it said.

Meanwhile, U.S. and multi-national retailers moving into the Canada market are fuelling “robust activity” in the retail segment from coast to coast.

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In Memoriam MURRAY, Peggy Nov. 3, 1917 - Oct. 18, 2007 May the winds of love blow softly,

And whisper so you’ll hear.

We will always love & miss you, And wish that you were here.

Love Jeannie, ~Terry, T.J . Shaun, Kelly & family.

McFADYEN Mrs. Dorothy Delphine McFadyen passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Monday, October 14, 2012. Dorothy was born in Forget, Saskatchewan on May 14, 1919. She obtained her teaching certificate and taught in various rural schools in Manitoba prior to her marriage to Clarence in 1944. Dorothy passionately worked for Indian Affairs in Brandon and enjoyed the time she spent golfing, curling, bowling, knitting and travelling.

Dorothy was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother and friend. Dorothy will always be remembered for her commitment to family, church, and friends, as well as her wonderful sense of h u m o r. H e r s e n t i m e n t o f “There is always room in your heart for one more.” is wisdom her family will always cherish. We will all carry a special strength from having shared in her life. Dorothy will be lovingly remembered by her four daughters and sons-in-law; Donna and Iliya Belosevic of Barrhead, Alberta, Joan and Ken Boyce of Langley, B.C., Betty and Harvey Ebner of Neepawa, Manitoba, Tanis and Tom Thompson of Red Deer, Alberta, her nine grandchildren; David and (Christy) Boyce, Jason and (Saisha) Boyce, Lisa and (Greg) Jaman, Sherry Ebner, Julie and (Lewis) Rempel, J o a n n a E b n e r, J e n n i f e r Thompson, Daniel Thompson and Katie Thompson, her seven great-grandchildren; Jackson and Madeline Boyce, Brielle Boyce, Samantha and Wyatt Jaman, June Burnett and Odin Rempel. She is also survived by Ada Osborne, Gordon Osborne, Bert and Vera Osborne, as well as many nieces and nephews.

Dorothy was predeceased by her loving husband Clarence, sister Doris Burns, great granddaughter Mackenzie Jaman and numerous other relatives.

Dorothy’s “Celebration of Life” service will be held at Kentwood Alliance Church, 4 Kennedy Drive, Red Deer on Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 11:00 A.M. Her interment will be held in Neepawa, Manitoba on Saturday, October 27th, 2012. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Gordon R. Mathers, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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KIRBYSON Christina Ingborg 1929 - 2012 Christina Ingborg Kirbyson passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Sunday, October 14, 2012 at the age of 83 years. She leaves to mourn, her son; Micheal (Kim) Kirbyson, grandchildren; Shane (Stacey) Kirbyson, Chris Kirbyson, Jennifer, Melissa and Sarah Kirbyson, Ty s o n ( S t e p h a n i e ) a n d Kaily-Rae Armstrong, great g r a n d c h i l d r e n ; A n d r e w, Cassandra and Ashley Kirbyson, brothers and sisters; Barbara Johnson, Cecelia (Harry Pohl) Svea Schwartz, Vera (Bill) McDonell, Lily (Jim) Neis, Freda Johnson, Fred Johnson, Enroth (Maryanne) Johnson, sister in-laws; Doreen Kirbyson, Dorothy Larson and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

Christina was predeceased by her husband; Ernest Kirbyson, sons; Gary and Harvey Kirbyson, parents; Carl and Ingborg Johnson and numerous brothers and sisters. In Lieu of flowers, donations can be made directly to the Cystic Fibrosis Canada, 2221 Yonge Street, Suite 601, Toronto, Ontario, M4S 2B4. In honor of Christina’s life, a funeral service will take place on Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at the Delburne Community Hall, 2034 21 Avenue, Delburne, Alberta. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Gordon R. Mathers, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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TREMBLAY Raymond 1930 - 2012 Mr. Raymond “Ray” Eugene Tremblay of Red Deer, Alberta passed away at the Red Deer Hospice after a courageously fought battle w i t h c a n c e r o n S u n d a y, October 14, 2012 at the age of 82 years. Ray was a pipe fitter by trade and a back-yard mechanic by passion, and a loyal member of the 4th Degree Knights of Columbus. Ray leaves a great legacy through his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, who will all miss him dearly. Ray will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 62 years; Laurette Duguay Tremblay, his nine children, twenty-three grandchildren and twenty-seven great-grandchildren. Ray was predeceased by his parents and three brothers. A prayer service will be held at Parkland Funeral Home, 6 2 8 7 - 6 7 A S t r e e t ( Ta y l o r Drive), Red Deer on the e v e n i n g o f W e d n e s d a y, October 17, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. A funeral mass will be celebrated at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Avenue, Red Deer on Friday, October 19, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. with The Reverend Father L e s D r e w i c k i o ff i c i a t i n g .

Memorial contributions made directly to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4R 3S6 would be appreciated.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Kimberlee Gordon, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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SHERWIN Pamela 1928 - 2012 Pamela Rosemary Sherwin of Red Deer, Alberta passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family following a brief battle with cancer, at the Red Deer Regional Health Centre on Monday, October 15, 2012 at the age of 84 years. Pam was born at Devizes, Wiltz, UK on October 12, 1928 to Aubery and Ethel Hutchins.

Pamela grew up with a love of animals and in tune with nature. Pamela became a registered nurse and would later realize her desire to specialize in psychiatric nursing. Pam had a deep longing to educate and care for those who were in need of her assistance. Pamela will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 50 years; David Sherwin, her daughter; Farah Blackmore, grandchildren; Davena, Shari (Dale), Jenna (Ryan) and Danielle (Steve), as well as by her great-grandchildren; Brandon, Logan, Rethon, Talynn, Jacob and Nathan.

Pamela was predeceased by her parents Aubery and Ethel Hutchins, her sister Dianne and her son Robb Sherwin.

A celebration of Pamela’s life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home, 6287-67A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, on Friday, October 19, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. with interment to follow at Alto Reste Cemetery.

Memorial contributions made directly to any charity attending to the educational and caring needs of girls would be a great honor to Pam. 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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MIDDAG Hendricka (Henny) Jan. 28, 1932 - Oct. 16, 2012 Henny was born January 28, 1932 in Nijverdal, The Netherlands, and passed away peacefully October 16, 2012 at Lacombe Hospital.

She was predeceased by her parents Jan and Zwaantje Kranenborg and one grandson Jeffry Bos. Henny attended school in Nijverdal until the age of 18, when she immigrated to Canada with her family to Nobleford, Alberta for a brief time, before settling in Red HAROLD TISDALE Deer. She married Anton Oct. 4, 1924 - Oct. 18, 2004 Middag on September 10, 1954. They began their life Remember Me together and started a family I was a fireman, electrician, in Red Deer. In 1968 they carpenter, but most of all I moved to Lacombe where was a husband, father and they raised their five children. grandfather.

She is survived by her husband of 58 years Anton, Remember Me daughter Ina (Brian) Jackson, and we will meet again. son John (Kim) Middag, daughter Shirley (John) Gone but not forgotten Hiemstra, son Allen Middag ~Vivian and family and daughter Pat (Darrel) Johnston, fourteen grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. A celebration MARSHA QUICK of Henny’s life will be held Oct 5, 1944 - Oct 18, 2010 Friday, October 19, 2012 at When someone you love 2:00 pm at Bethel Christian becomes a memory Reformed Church, 5704 51 The memory becomes a treasure Avenue, Lacombe Alberta. In Gomer, we miss you. lieu of flowers, donations Love your family may be made to a charity of your choice. Condolences may be made through www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM Card Of Thanks serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements.

Phone: 403.782.3366 or PRATHER 403.843.3388 Thank You Tracy Thody of “A Caring Family, Sutton Landmark Realty. We Caring for Families” truly appreciate your honesty & integrity as a realtor while helping us transition into our new home.

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CHRISTENSEN Wendell Aug. 19, 1954 - Oct. 15, 2012 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Wendell in the Red Deer Hospice on October 15, 2012. He is survived by his family and many friends. A celebration of Wendell’s life will be held at the family home on October 20, 2012.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Wendell’s honor may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4R 3S6.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.reddeerfuneralhome.com Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORIUM 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer.

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DOWELL Funeral service for Don Dowell will be held on Saturday October 20, 2012 at 11:30 am at St. Paul’s United Church, Trochu, AB. A public burial will take place prior to the service at 10:30 at the Trochu Town Cemetery. The viewing will be held on Friday October 19 from 5:00-8:00 pm at Prairie Winds Funeral Home, Trochu, AB. Donations may be made to St. Paul’s United Church, Trochu, AB or to Donation of choice.

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Skills and qualifications Experience with Caseware/caseview OILFIELD Equipment programs Fabricator hiring several • S i m p l y A c c o u n t i n g , positions Profile, Microsoft word Shop located in Stettler AB and excel hiring for the following positions: Please fax your resume EXPERIENCED: and cover letter to * QC/QA manager/ 403-343-8793 inspector for pressure vessels and piping * PIPEFITTER * Instrumentation tuber * Skid welder * Helper/painter/general WESTVIEW CO-OP CCCSI is hiring sanitation labor @ OLDS workers for the afternoon Please fax resumes to and evening shifts. Get 403-228-4009 Is currently accepting paid weekly, $14.22/hr. applications for Call 403-348-8440 or fax RATTRAY 403-348-8463 DELI MANAGER RECLAMATION is currently seeking WE OFFER : exp’d LABORERS with a valid drivers license • Career Opportunity Oilfield and BACKHOE OPERATORS • Flexible Hours with a clean class 1 licence, • Benefits for lease construction, rec- • Competitive Wages AN EXP. operations mgr. lamation and cleanups in • An excellent work wanted in Iraq for a 35/35 environment Lacombe and surrounding rotation, business class areas. Competitive wages • Advanced training flights I need a back to courses and benefits available. back. Send CV to DQWO. fieldmanager@gmail.com Must have valid H2S Alive, Applicant must have deli First Aid & Ground DisturCLEAR IMAGE bance Level II Certification. experience, be organized, INSPECTION LTD. REQ’S self motivated, have Email: Certified Exposure Device customer service skills drattray@rattrayrec.com Operators & CGSB Level 2 and strong leadership skills Fax 403-934-5235 Radiographers for upcoming local & out Fax resume to of town work. Resumes to 403-556-8071 or apply in ron_clearimage@platinum.ca person to Rodney Perigny

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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.

Local Oilfield Company seeking experienced Wireline Toolhand / Salesman.Paid fuel and vehicle allowance. Send resume with expected salary to btopcanada@ hotmail.com

We are currently looking for an ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE /PAYROLL CLERK. Our ideal candidate has a solid understanding of the accounting principles required for this role and an exceptional level of accuracy and attention to detail.

At Predator Drilling we view your employment as a career, not just a job and we are offering a competitive salary plus vacation and other benefits.

Predator’s culture of excellence is based around our core values: Accountability, Safety, Teamwork and Excellence.

These values enable us to LOOKING FOR maintain an exceptional EXPERIENCED CASED level of service and HOLE SUPERVISOR attention to detail Knowledge of the while delivering Lee Specialties system outstanding results. is an asset.

To apply, please Competitive wages & benefits email your with an RRSP program resume to abutler@ and other incentives. predatordrilling.com E-mail: www.predatordrilling.com careers@voltagewireline.com

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Is seeking FRONT DESK CLERK * Answer phone calls * Take reservations * Check in/out Guests Balance cash out & Attend to guest needs $14.00/hr.

seeking a full time

Swampers

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Fax Resume & † Current Driver Abstract † To: 403-340-3848 † Or Email to: apadmin@generaloilfield.com HELP Wanted: 40 ton Bingos picker operator. Must be able to pass drug test, provide drivers abstract, RED DEER BINGO Centre safety tickets & resume.

4946-53 Ave. (West of Some camp work.

Superstore). Precall 12:00 Please email & 6:00. Check TV Today!!!! laureen@bighorncrane.com No phone calls please.

Caregivers/ Aides

Restaurant/ Hotel

PUBLIC Accounting Firm

Exp. winch tractor operators

ARAMARK at (Dow Prentiss Plant) about 20-25 minutes out of Red Deer needs hardworking, reliable, honest person w/drivers license, to work 40/hrs. per week w/some weekends, daytime hrs.

Starting wage $13/hr. Fax resume w/ref’s to 403-885-7006 Attn: Val Black

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 347-8650

CLASSIFICATIONS

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NOW ACCEPTING RESUMES FOR

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Professionals

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS RED DEER

Fax resume & abstract to 403-885-0473 No phone calls please.

SET OF KEYS: Hot Oil Unit Operator Door, truck key w/auto start, lighter and watch.

Found at Capri Centre tree • Oilfield Experience area. Call 403-986-5662 • Class 3Q License & Tickets Required to claim.

• Camp Work • Pre-Employment Substance Screening

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RDA II REQUIRED send resume to Dr. Jo Scalzo @ 4602 50 St., Red Deer T4N 1W9

BLACK & White cat w/ yellow eyes, no collar Emergency found in East Morrisroe near 30th Ave. Response Consultant Call 403-302-4030 to claim Req’d for field mapping and consultations. Must F O U N D l a d i e s ’ g o l d have own equipment, cord i a m o n d r i n g , c a l l poration, WCB and safety 403-309-5208 to identify . tickets. Respond in confiMEMORY STICK found by dence to: barb@ boutinconsulting.com AMA South Point parking lot. Has many pictures France/Arizona. Please cal GENERAL OILFIELD SERVICES 403-314-0966 to claim.

Personals

Oilfield

SERVICE RIG

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking an exp’d FLOORHAND Locally based, home every night!

Qualified applicants must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for.

Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefits package along with a steady work schedule.

Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Emai: hr@ bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 258-3197 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 STEAM TRUCK operator req’d. Must have experience and have clean driver’s abstract, all req’d tickets and reliable transportation. Fax resume 403-348-2918 or email gelliott@telusplanet.net Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

TEAM Snubbing now hiring operators and helpers. Email: janderson@ teamsnubbing.com

TKS

Lacombe, AB Industries Rig work - Vacuum / Water Truck Operators Needed. Scheduled time off. F/T exp’d trainer needed as well.

Fax resume, & driver’s abstract, to (403)786-9915

TREELINE WELL SERVICES

Has Opening for all positions!

Immediately. All applicants must have current H2S, Class 5 with Q Endorsement, First Aid We offer competitive wages & excellent benefits. Please include 2 work reference names and numbers Please fax resume to : 403-264-6725 Or email to: tannis@treelinewell.com No phone calls please.

WE are looking for Rig Mangers, Drillers, Derrick and Floor hands for the Red Deer area.

Please contact Steve Tiffin at stiffin@galleonrigs.com or (403) 358-3482

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BARTENDER/SERVER req’d for neighborhood pub, F/T P/T 30-40 hrs. per wk. Must be flexible with availability.

Exp. preferred but not a must. Proserve certificate req’d., Apply in person with resume to Cheers Pub, 6017 54 Ave. or call 403-506-2229.

BOULEVARD Restaurant & Lounge Gasoline Alley Red Deer County Food & Beverage Server

$12.25/hr.

To provide Food & Beverage service, handle cashiering, arrange and setup the outlet. maintain cleanliness and hygiene.

HOUSEKEEPING ROOM ATTENDANT * Clean and vacuum rooms, public areas, pool etc.

Replenish amenities, linens & towels * Adhere to Holiday Inn safety stardands $14.00/hr.

All positions are Shift work & weekends Fax Resume to: 780-702-5051

HOLIDAY INN Red Deer South, Gasoline Alley Is Seeking

FRONT DESK CLERK * Answer phone calls * Take reservations * Check in/out Guests * Balance cash out & Attend to guest needs $ 14.00/hr HOUSEKEEPING ROOM ATTENDANT * Clean and vacuum rooms public areas pool etc. * Replenish amenities, linens & towels * Adhere to Holiday Inn safety standards $ 14.00/hr All positions are Shift Work & weekends Fax resume 780 - 702-5051

SAM’S CAFE NORTH

P/T & F/T line cooks needed. Apply in person at 7101-Gaetz Ave.

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TAPHOUSE & GRILL

DAD’S PIZZA

PART/FULL TIME COOK Apply at East 40th Pub. 3811 40th Ave. QUEENS DINER REQ’S P/T WAITRESS Hours are Mon.- Fri. 6:30-4 & Sat. 8-2:30 pm Drop off resume any time after 1 & before 4, Mon-Fri. 34 Burnt Basin St, Red Deer Fax: 403-347-2925 email: accuracyonlineoffice @gmail.com TIFFANY’S STEAK HOUSE is now hiring F/T & P/T LINE COOKS Apply in person after 2 pm.

3515 Gaetz Ave.

CARPET COLOUR CENTRE is currently looking for a TILE INSTALLER. Applicant must have ability to lay out tiles, be familiar with setting materials and products. This is a F/T position with a wage of $25/hr.

Submit resume att`n: Andrew @ Carpet Colour Centre 1100, 5001 - 19 St. Red Deer, AB T4R 3R1 or email : awiebe@ carpetcolourcentre. com

Trades

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COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT MECHANICS

Wanted for Surrey & Kamloops BC, Calgary & Edmonton AB Fast paced, dynamic shops

WE OFFER: *Industry leading remuneration packages * Full Benefits * Pension Plan APPLY TO: mechanics@supersave.ca Or fax to 1-604-534-3811

Morrisroe

Lacombe

ESTATE SALEOct. 18 to Oct. 21 Thurs. to Sun. 8 am - 8 pm 19 MacKenzie Cres.

Everything from tools to home decoration, collectables, antiques, dishes, LP’s, linens, toys, holiday decorations & much more!

HUGE MOVING SALE Rain or shine, antiques, collectibles, lots of good clean household items, cushions, china, furniture, bears, gorilla, family of giraffes, no cats or dogs, all reasonably priced.

Thurs. Oct. 18, Fri. Oct. 19 9-6, Sat. Oct. 20, 9-3 39 Fairway Dr. Lacombe

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GOODMEN ROOFING LTD. 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! LICENSED MECHANIC or apprentice, own tools. Fax resume 405-887-3303

Helix Coil Services, a division of IROC Energy Services is currently hiring to work with newly built state-of-the-art Coil Units based in Red Deer. We offer higher hourly pay rates and scheduled days off.

Sunnybrook 3 STERLING CLOSE - Alley Oct. 18th & 19th, Noon-6 Oct. 20th, 9 a.m. - close Tools, household items, decor items. Taking offers on “Cheese Head”.

Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

t Operators with Class I/Class III Drivers License Email: helixjobs@iroccorp.com Call: 403-358-5001 Fax Resume: 403-342-1635

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Truckers/ Drivers

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WELDER needed for Lacombe shop and portable work. Not your typical Mon. - Fri. job.

Benefits after 3 months.

Great pay for right individual who is willing to show up and work hard.

Serious inquiries only.

Please call 403-318-9445 8-4:30 Mon. - Fri.

LINE LOCATING ASSISTANT REQUIRED IMMED.

Must be willing to work long hours, lots of walking req’d. Safety tickets an asset. Willing to train the right individual.

Faxl 403-747-3535 or email resumes to: office @centrallinelocating.com Attention: Rhonda

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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

Start your career!

See Help Wanted

PARK PAVING LTD., located in Edmonton, is currently looking for a F/T SAFETY COORDINATOR Class 1 & 3 Drivers and we have an immediate Wanted for opening for a CRUSHING Calgary, Edmonton AB & FOREMAN Please submit Surrey BC your resume and driver’s Growing Disposal abstract via fax to Company 780-434-5373, or by email to WE OFFER employment@parkpaving. com * Industry leading remuneration packages Central Alberta’s Largest * Full Benefits Car Lot in Classifieds * Pension Plan Please send resume and Current drivers abstract APPLY TO: drivers@supersave.ca Or fax to 1-604-534-3811 DRIVER with clean Class 1 or Class 2 motor coach experience preferred Must be availl eves. and wknds. Looking for both P/T & F/T Fax resume to 347-4999 or email to: frontbus@platinum.ca

SECURITAS CANADA Hiring Immediate FT & Casual

EMR or EMT Security Personnel for Dispatching Position

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Due to substantial growth Securitas Canada is looking for qualified Security and the addition of new m a n u f a c t u r e d p r o d u c t Staff for a Petro-Chemical plant outside of Red Deer. lines, The A.R. Thomson Group Minimum Qualification: is offering the following * Alberta Security License opportunities to join our *EMR- ACP certified Manufacturing Team. *Class 4 license Serious applicants looking *Bondable for a stable career opportu*Good interpersonal skills nity are encouraged to join *Good communication skills our team. *Computer knowledge, previous emergency 1 POSITION experience, previous AVAILABLE FOR security experience, client interaction JOURNEYMAN experience an asset WELDER Looking for a Journeyman WHY SECURITAS: Welder interested in *Extended Health and pursuing “B” Pressure welfare plan Certification to become a *Above average wages part of our Stainless Steel *Fully Paid uniform Hose Production line. *All training time paid Duties to include fabrication of custom Stainless *Dedicated quality group.

Steel Hose Product and *Room to learn and grow. will include successfully How to apply: obtaining Apply on line at: “B” Pressure Certification http://www.securitas. and certification on ABSA com/ca/enca/Career/ approved production weldOn this web site you can ing procedures. click on “On line Application” and submit it to the Pre-Employment Drug / Edmonton Branch.

Alcohol screening and a Email: background check will be Dillicj@Novachem.com required.

Fax: 403-314-8475 Hours of work are Monday Integrity - Vigilance - Friday, 7:30am to 4:00pm Helpfulness (with sporadic overtime available) TILE SETTER Excellent benefits package Req’d immed. Exp’d tile and RRSP plan are also installer, for very busy BUSY CENTRAL available.

Central AB company.

ALBERTA BODY SHOP Please Email Resumes to: Must be neat, clean, IS SEEKING Borsato.linda@ professional, friendly and 4th Year Journeyman arthomson.com works well with others or Body Shop Technician OR Fax Resumes to: alone. Driver’s license 403-341-4243 Should have solid req’d. Excellent wages, communication skills benefits & great working ELECTRICAL COMPANY & be able to work in a environment. Please email unsupervised environment. Looking for Journeyman & resume to: Apprentices for commercial All interested applicants tileisit@gmail.com construction or industrial please contact Andrew at maintenance. Please fax 403-346-2035 WANTED resume to 403-346-6334 or Experienced Glazers COMMERCIAL GLAZIER email: mooremaintenance Driver Licence is a must. req’d. Exp. preferred but @shaw.ca 403-347-9320 will train. Wages dependEXP’D SIDER , must have ing on exp.. Benefit pkg.

Email resume to: d.genera- truck and tools. $93.50/sq.

Truckers/ we pay compensation tionglass@platinum.ca or Call 403-347-2522 Drivers fax 403-886-5224

Currently recruiting for: TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

Trades

LOOKING for 1st.- 4th COMMERCIAL year technicians for serJOURNEYMAN WANTED! vice department and Quick Do you feel like your input Lane. Training avail. Email is not heard nor valued in resume to: craig@ your current position. aspenford.ca or call Would you like to make 403-742-2506 more decisions and have more say? Come work for a company that values your mental attributes as well as your physical strengths and abilities.

We are currently looking for self motivated, forward thinking commercial journeyman electricians.

Ask us about our Bonus MEAT MANAGER Program! Full benefits required immediately. offered. Please contact our Individual must be office. highly organized, customer Fax: 403- 887- 2994 email: oriented, & have retail gracelandelectric@ meat cutting experience, hotmail.com Competitive salary, benefits. Full and part time meat cutting positions also available.

Apply in person to Sobeys, Highway 2A, Lacombe, or fax resume 403-782-5820.

CUSTOM Energized Air is a leader in compressed air DUTIES INCLUDE: technology and requires an * Maintenance & Repairs Outside Sales Rep * Diagnostics of Trucks, for our solutions driven Trailers, sales team. Experience in * Forklifts and Hydraulics air compressors and * Reporting pneumatics a definite * Inventory control asset, but will train the right candidate. Base + QUALIFICATIONS: commission + mileage + * Strong command of the benefits. For Red Deer & English Language area. Apply: * 3rd or 4th year del.trynchuk@cea-air.com apprentices * Certified journeymen * Driver’s licence

ATTENTION ELECTRICAL APPRENTICES! Are you looking for an opportunity to work for a company that can help you broaden your skills and Cook challenge you to be the $14.00/HR. best you can be?

To prepare and cook all food up to standard, clean W e a r e s e a r c h i n g f o r kitchen and maintain hy- apprentices that are eager giene follow recipes, assist to learn and be mentored by a team committed to in receiving and storing excellence in our field.

Kitchen Helper We promote from within $11/hr To clean kitchen following a n d o ff e r f u l l b e n e f i t s to help pay for your educasafety and hygiene standards. Clean utensils, t i o n . C o m m e r c i a l a n d residential apprentices cutlery, crockery and wanted. glassware items.

Fax: 403- 887- 2994 email: Clean floors. gracelandelectric@ Assist in prep. hotmail.com All positions are Shift Work & Weekends.

Avalon Central Alberta is Fax resume 780-702-5051 looking for a Site Carpenter/Service Technician.

CANADIAN Pizza King Inc. Duties include back framin 5 locations in AB. ing, minor drywall repairs Airdrie , Didsbury , and general residential Lacombe, Blackfalds , handy-man work. Please Rocky Mountain House email resume to info@ requires kitchen helpers. avaloncentralalberta.com $11/hr., 40 hrs/wk or fax to 403-340-1052 No experience req’d.

Apply by email: Looking for a place canadianpizzaking to live? @hotmail.com Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS CORK’D Now accepting applications for: F/T Manager.

Please apply within or call Darren 403-391-1376

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DRIVERS & SWAMPERS for furniture moving company, class 5 required (5 tons), local & long distance. Competitive wages. Apply in person.

6630 71 St. Bay 7 Red Deer. 403-347-8841 F/T TRUCK drivers req’d.

Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres.

Red Deer.

F/T. Class 1 drivers to haul NGL butane Super B’s, must be over 25 yrs., EMAIL: dreaddriving@gmail.com LOCAL ACID Transport company looking for exp’d’ F/T Class 1 truck driver & pressure truck operator.

Top wages and exc. benefit pkg.

Fax resume and driver’s abstract to 403-346-3766 NEED experienced Class 1 drivers for short and long haul. Runs AB., SASK, Manitoba & BC Please call PROMAX TRANSPORT at 227-2712 or fax resume w/abstract 403-227-2743 SNOW plow drivers(2) req’d for winter season based out of Lacombe, exc. wages. Must have Class 3 w/air. Call Toll Free 1-877-787-2501 Mon. - Fri. 9 am. - 5 pm. only or fax resume to: 403-784-2330

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806621 AB. Ltd. o/a Mac’s Store, 6888 50 Ave. Red Deer, AB T4N 4E3, 403-755-7065 requires 2 F/T Night Cashier $10-12/hr.

Hrs are flexible, weekends & holidays. Apply in person or email: balvr131@yahoo.ca

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BULK PETROLEUM DRIVER

WANTED FOR CENTRAL ALBERTA

PROFESSIONAL CLASS 1 DRIVER required for fuel hauling FULL TIME POSITION AVAILABLE We offer competitive hourly rates, uniforms, full company benefits, clean modern fleet and on-thejob continuous training. Successful candidates must take a pre-employment drug and alcohol screening. Qualified individuals only.

Drop off resume and abstract in person or fax to:

403-346-2132 8009 Edgar Industrial Place www.kochfuel.ca

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DRIVEN TO EXCEL FROM START TO FINISH

Pidherney’s is growing and requires experienced Class 1 & 3 drivers to join our busy team:

• • • •

End Dump Drivers Truck and Wagon Drivers Super B Drivers Lowbed Drivers

Top wages paid based on experience Assigned units Scheduled days off Valid safety tickets an asset

Fax resume to Human Resources 403-845-5370 Or E-mail: hr@pidherneys.com

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Firewood

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AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED

for delivery of morning paper 6:30 a.m.

6 days a wk For GLENDALE & NORMANDEAU

For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in DEERPARK Duncan Cres./ Dennison Cres. area $129/MO.

Adult & Youth Carrier Needed For Delivery of Flyers, Express & Sunday Life in

ADULT & YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED for delivery of Flyers Red Deer Express & Red Deer Life Sunday in EASTVIEW WEST LAKE Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

ALSO Dempsey St. & Dolan Close area $104/MO.

JOHNSTONE PARK Jones Crsc Jackson Close & Jarvis Close

ROSEDALE Robinson Cres./ Reinholt Ave. area $173/MO CLEARVIEW Castle Crsc.

Crawford St. area $146.00/mo. .

KENTWOOD Kenny, Kitson & Kanten Close Kirkland & Kidd Close Kendrew Dr. Kilburn & Krause Crsc

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED for early morning delivery of Red Deer Advocate 6 days per week in GRANDVIEW 79 Advocate $404/month $4851/year

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more info

ORIOLE PK WEST Ogilvie Close & Oldring Crsc Please call Joanne at 403-314-4308

ADULT UPGRADING

Alberta Government Funded Programs Student Funding Available!

NOVEMBER START • •

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED for Morning Newspaper delivery in the Town of Clive Earn $200.mo. for 20 houses 6 days a week.

Must have a reliable vehicle .

Please contact Rick at 403-314-4303

GED Preparation Community Support Worker Program

www.academicexpress.ca

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

NO EXP. NECESSARY!!

F.T. position available IMMEDIATELY in hog assembly yard in Red Deer. Starting wage $12/hr. Call Rich or Paul 403-346-6934

For delivery of Red Deer Advocate by 6:30 a.m.

Mon. through Fri. & 8:00. .am. on Saturday in

FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE AND EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

Deer Park Dowler St. area $584/mo.

Reliable vehicle needed.

Also Dempsey St. area $402/mo.

Davison Dr. area $530/mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more info CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317 Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

CLEANING Persons Help req’d. 3 wk. day eves./wk. ideal for couple. Must be bondable & have own transporation.

403-347-7216 leave msg.

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

Ainsworth Crsc.

Asmundsen Ave. Archibald Crsc.

Arnold Close/ Amlee Close BOWER AREA Barrett Dr. Bettenson St. Best Crsc./ Berry Ave. NGLEWOOD

CARRIERS REQUIRED to deliver the Central AB. Life Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler

VANIER AREA

DECK TRUCK OPERATOR POSITION, self motivated, mechanically inclined,, exp’d.

Will train right personality.

Class 5 w/air ticket req’d.

Call City Haul Towing 403-588-7079 or Fax 403-314-1425 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

DISPATCHER REQUIRED Experience preferred, but will train suitable applicant.

Please fax resume to 403-346-0295

Viscount Dr./ Violet Place Victor Close Vold Close Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300 Due to substantial growth and the addition of new manufactured product lines, The A.R. Thomson Group is offering the following opportunities to join our Manufacturing Team.

Serious applicants looking for a stable career opportunity are encouraged to join our team.

2 POSITIONS AVAILABLE FOR MANUFACTURING SHOP TECHNICIANS

Duties to include fabrication prep, hydro-testing, general shop maintenance, operation of new product line manufacturing equipment, such as tube mill, corrugating equipment and other hose manufacturing equipment and occasional on-site work with our mobile hydro-testing trailer unit.

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 - Site Supervisor - Quality Control Personnel 265251J30

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.

WORK FOR THE EMPLOYER OF CHOICE IN THE SECURITY INDUSTRY!

HOUSEKEEPING/ CLEANING SUPERVISOR. Bluebird Motel, permanent /full time. Salary $20/HR..

40 hrs./wk. Innisfail. Ab 1 position avail.

403-227-3334

1000-1430

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

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Please contact QUITCY

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

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OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

“Low Cost” Quality Training

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351 Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

Eavestroughing

WINTER PREP SPECIAL Starting @ $100.

403-391-2169 Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

Escorts Contractors

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Black Cat Concrete

Sidewalks, driveways, garages, patios, bsmts. RV pads. Dean 403-505-2542

COUNTERTOPS

Kitchen renovations Wes Wiebe 403-302-1648 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds DALE’S Home Reno’s.

Free estimates for all your reno needs. 755-9622 cell 506-4301

LANCE’S

CONCRETE

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*LEXUS* 403-392-0891 INDEPENDENT BEAUTIFUL college girl ROXY 403-848-2300

EDEN

587-877-7399 10am- 2am EROTICAS PLAYMATES Girls of all ages www.eroticasplaymates.net 403-598-3049

Fireplaces

1175

TIM LLOYD. WETT certified.

Inspections, installs, chimney sweeps & service 403-340-0513

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Sidewalks, driveways, shops, patios, garage pads commercial. Specialized in stamp concrete. 302-9126

Handyman Services

RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc.

Call Roger 403-348-1060

F & J Renovations. We do it all. Good rates and references available so call John at 403-307-3001 jbringleson@shaw.ca

SIDING, Soffit, Fascia Prefering non- combustible fibre cement, canexel & smart board, Call Dean @ 302-9210.

GREYSTONE Handyman Services. Reasonable rates. Ron, 403-396-6089

Massage Therapy

1280

* NEW * Executive Touch.

Relaxation massage for men. 5003A - Ross St. On holiday- reopen Sept. 28 348-5650 Gentle Touch Massage 4919 50 St. New rear entry, lots of parking 403-341-4445 MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

VII MASSAGE

Feeling overwhelmed?

Hard work day? Come in and let us pamper you.

Pampering at its best. #7 7464 Gaetz Ave.(rear entrance if necessary) www.viimassage.biz In/Out Calls to Hotels 403-986-6686

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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 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

Moving & Storage

Painters/ Decorators

1310

LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations.

403-342-7801.

PAINTING BY DAVE Interior, Exterior, New Construction. Comm/Indust.

2 Journeyman w/over 50 yrs exp. %15 discount for seniors. Free estimates.

All work guaranteed.

403-307-4798

Seniors’ Services

1372

ATT’N: SENIORS Are you looking for help on small reno’s or jobs, such as, new bathroom sink, toilets or trimming small trees. Call James 403- 341-0617 HELPING HANDS For Seniors. Cleaning, cooking, companionship in home or in facility.

Call 403-346-7777 Better For Cheaper with a Low Price Guarantee. helpinghandshomesupport.com

Window Cleaning

1420

EVESTROUGH/WINDOW CLEANING Thumbs Up @ 403-506-4822

Queen Orthopedic, dble. pillow top, set, 15 yr. warr.

Cost $1300. Sacrifice $325.

302-0582 Free Delivery BED: #1 King. extra thick orthopedic pillowtop, brand new, never used. 15 yr. warr. Cost $1995, sacrifice @ $545. 403-302-0582.

920

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stuff

1520

Auctions

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for Afternoon delivery in Bowden & Innisfail.

1530

Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

Please contact QUITCY

Clothing

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

LADIES sweaters S-M, good quality, whole bag $25 403-314-9603

Event Tickets

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

MOBIL 1 Lube Express Gasoline Alley req’s an Exp. Tech. Fax 403-314-9207

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

1590 1610

BUS going to Journey concert in Calgary, Nov. 25, 2012. If interested call Larry, 403-340-8892

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Farmers' Market

1650

BUTCHER lambs. gov’’t inspected, call 403-843-4365 for more info

1300

BOXES? MOVING? SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315

1720

DOWNSIZING

Misc. for Sale

TO LIST YOUR WEBSITE CALL 403-309-3300 ASSOCIATIONS

www.centralalbertahomebuilders.com Central AB Home Builders 403-346-5321 www.reddeer.cmha.ab.ca Canadian Mental Health Assoc. www.realcamping.ca LOVE camping and outdoors? www.diabetes.ca Canadian Diabetes Assoc. www.mycommunityinformation.com /cawos/index.html www.reddeerchamber.com Chamber of Commerce 403-347-4491

BALLOON RIDES www.air-ristocrat.com Gary 403-302-7167

BUILDERS

www.antlerhillelkranch.com Peak Performance VA 227-2449

www.matchingbonus123.usana.com the best...just got better!! www.greathealth.org Cancer Diabetes DIET 350-9168

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

www.ultralife.bulidingonabudjet.com MLM’ers attract new leads for FREE!

CLUBS & GROUPS www.writers-ink.net Club for writers - meets weekly

COMPUTER REPAIR

Dogs

www.workopolis.com Red Deer Advocate - Job Search www.reddeerspca.com Many Pets to Choose From

REAL ESTATE RENTALS www.homefinders.ca Phone 403-340-3333

SHOPPING www.fhtmca.com/derekwiens Online Mega Mall 403-597-1854

Sporting Goods

VACATIONS www.radkeoutfitting.com AB Horseback Vacations 403-340-3971

WEB DESIGN

www.albertacomputerhygiene.com

affordablewebsitesolution.ca

AB, Computer Hygiene Ltd. 896-7523

Design/hosting/email $65/mo.

1840

AUSTRALIAN pups, 6 mos. 2 miniature. 1 toy, shots and dewormed. $250 plus, 780-372-2387 F1 ($700) F1B ($900) LABRA DOODLES Ready late Oct. Price incl. delivery. 306-792-2113 or 403-919-1370 www.furfettishfarm.ca SILVER Lab pups P.B. Parents CKC reg. vet checked, 1st shots. 3 F, 4 M. $600 403-843-6564, 785-5772

PET ADOPTION

www.lonsdalegreen.com Lonsdale Green Apartments

1830

3 BREEDS OF FANCY kittens.$100 OBO 887-3649 BEAUTIFUL kittens, beautiful colors, need loving homes, Also White & gold kitten to give away call 403-782-3130

www.dontforgetyourvitamins.net The greatest vitamins in the world

www.laebon.com Laebon Homes 403-346-7273 www.albertanewhomes.com Stevenson Homes. Experience the Dream.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

Cats

www.liveyourlifebetter.com Lose weight naturally with Z-Trim

www.homesreddeer.com Help-U-Sell Real Estate5483

1790

BABY GRAND PIANO, $7500, 403-346-0073

HEALTH & FITNESS

www.fantahomes.com 403-343-1083 or 403-588-9788 www.masonmartinhomes.com Mason Martin Homes 403-342-4544 www.truelinehomes.com True Line Homes 403-341-5933 www.jaradcharles.com BUILDER M.L.S

1760

BAR fridge, oversized. $150. Dart Board, with case, $40. 403-350-1946 or 403-783-0612 BLACK’N DECKER skill saw $25, dble. halogen light stand $40, wheelbarrow $20, 403-887-4981 FLOOR SCREEN solid oak frame $25, 20quart roasting oven $30; 14” flat screen color tv $30; half inch 19.2 volt cordrless variatle spd. reversible drill, $45; Coleman propane lantern $15; ‘ Craftsman spiral cutting saw $40, 403-347-2603 OXY-ACETYLENE REGULATOR Victor set, $60; Craftsman indust. vacuum cleaner, $60; umbrella & patio set w/4 chairs $30, 403-887-4981 PICTURE frames, various sizes, some new, whole box $25; Hardy Boys books, great cond, 4/$20; 403-314-9603 SIZE 8 mens tack skates $5.00 ref jersey xlg, 3 ref arm bands, fox whistle $25.00; 3 office chairs $8.00 each; meat grinder $20.00; 20, 9 1/2 inch dinner plates, white $1.00 each 403-728-3485 SMALL deposit safe, $100; NEON sign, $75.

403-350-1946, 783-0612 SOLID wood doors, 3x6’8”, (2) - $75. for both; misc. bar glasses & mugs, $50. for all.

403-350-1946, 783-0612

Piano & Organs

19166TFD28

1010

Household Furnishings

FUTON, like new cond. w/10” mattress, $120 obo Police services are more HIDE-A-BED, BLACK, interested in candidates good cond, $100 obo call who have previous Viki 403-346-4263 after 5 security / law enforcement (across from Totem) experience.

HIGH BACK LOVESEAT BECOME a tax preparer at Free with pick up.

Liberty Tax Services tuition Securitas is the place to 403-343-3013 free school & earn income. work at if you are SEALY POSTUREPEDIC mandyleej@yahoo.com interested in working for BOXSPRINGS the top employer in the FOR KING SIZE BED. security industry, Career Mint shape. $175. developing yourself as a 403-343-0745 security specialist, taking Planning benefit from our training SOFA, floral, pinks blues. and education as well as RED DEER WORKS $100; 2 end tables $25/ea. developing your own Build A Resume That 3 lamps $10 ea., VHS career plan. Would you like Works! player $20; all in good to make the society safer?

APPLY ONLINE cond. 403-347-1757 Come join us at Securitas. www.lokken.com/rdw.html please leave message Call: 403-348-8561 No Experience required.

Email inford@lokken.com U R G E N T - M O V I N G MUST SELL ALL, solid We will train you!!

Career Programs are oak 3 pce. bdrm. suite, No uniform costs!!

FREE Sklar Pepplar, beauitful Excellent Wages and for all Albertans must be seen, $700, solid Benefits!! oak 7 pce. dining room Working with teams of suite, exc. cond. $400, Professionals!! much more. 403-346-5360 Position located in Red Deer/Blackfalds URGENT MUST SELL SOFA , 3 pce. $200, ** YOU MUST APPLY AT phone 403-346-5360 www.securitasjobs.ca URGENT must sell, SECOR YOUR APPLICATION IONAL, asking $75, WILL NOT BE CLASSIFICATIONS T403-346-5360 RECEIVED ** 1500-1990 WALNUT WOOD chest of - Integrity - Vigilance drawers, $50, dble. bed Helpfulness c/w mattress and bookAntiques Securitas Canada case headboard $75, 3/4 celebrates diversity and & Art sized bed c/w good mattrwe welcome and ress and sheets, $50, older encourage applications 6th ANNUAL ANTIQUE recliner good cond. $25, from the four designated SHOW & SALE 403-346-5360 groups; namely women, Olds Legion, 5241 46 St. aboriginal people, visible WANTED Oct. 20, 2012, 9:30 - 4 minorities and persons Antiques, furniture and Admission $3. with disabilities. estates.

342-2514 Info. Janice 403-227-6622

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com Accounting

403-342-1042 GE FRIDGE, 65” h, 30” w, good shape, white, $200, 403-341-3099 UPRIGHT freezer RCA custom, 53” high 23” W, w h i t e . $ 2 0 0 , 403-341-3099

BED ALL NEW,

TRAINING CENTRE

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.

LOOKING for laborers and flaggers for road construction. Fax 403-309-0489

CLASSIFICATIONS

Also afternoon delivery in Household Appliances Town of Springbrook APPLS. reconditioned lrg.

1 day per wk. selection, $150 + up, 6 mo. warr. Riverside Appliances No collecting!!

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

NIGHT OWL SECURITY Now hiring positions immediately for security guards. Mature, reliable applicants only. Overnight mobile security. Send Resume to: Fax: 403-742-8299 YARD MAN with mechanical exp. for parts removal, own tools, wages depend on exp. Fax resume 403-887-3303 P/T PRESSER needed in drycleaning plant. No weekends or evenings. Call Shannon at 403-550-7440

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*NEW!* Asian Relaxation Massage Downtown RD 587-377-1298 Open Mon.Fri. daily 10 am - 6 pm.

403.341.4544

Securitas Canada is looking for new team members with the drive for success, deliver outstanding customer service and the ability to grow and develop.

Pre-Employment Drug / Alcohol screening and a background check will be required.

Hours of work are Monday - Friday, 7:30am to 4:00pm (with sporadic overtime available) Excellent benefits package and RRSP plan are also available.

Please Email Resumes to: Borsato.linda@ arthomson.com OR Fax Resumes to: 403-341-4243

Top Wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included.

Health & Beauty

Also for the afternoon & morning delivery in Town of Penhold!

SAFETY

Lancaster Drive Lindsay Ave. Langford Cres.

Law Close/ Lewis Close

Sherwood Cres.

Call Rick at 403-314-4303

Spruce, Pine, Birch Spilt, Dry. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Poplar. Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for The Town of Olds No collecting!

Packages come ready for delivery!

Employment Training

LANCASTER AREA

SUNNYBROOK AREA

880

Misc.

Help

ANDERS AREA

IS looking to fill the following positions in the: HINTON AND FOX CREEK LOCATION * Oilfield Construction Supervisors * Oilfield Construction Lead Hands * Stainless and Carbon Welders * B-Pressure Welders * Pipefitters * Experienced Pipeline Equipment Operators * Experienced oilfield labourers * Industrial Painters * 7-30 tonne Picker Truck Operator with Class 1 H2S Alive ( Enform), St. John (Red Cross) standard first aid) & in-house drug and alcohol tests are required.

Please submit resume to hr@alstaroc.com or Fax to 780-865-5829 Quote job #61273 on resume

Ingram Close

SOUTH HILL 42 Advocate $220/mo. $2646/yr 45 Mins. per day

Academic Express 340-1930

CARRIERS NEEDED

MOUNTVIEW 83 Advocate $435/mo. $5229/yr 1-1/2 hrs. per day

Morning, Afternoon And Evening P/T Classes Adult Education & Training

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED

217865

ADULT CARRIER NEEDED

1860

9’x2’ SHUFFLE BOARD Excellent cond. $200.

403-341-6345 KITTENS ready to go (4) black & white. FREE to GOOD CARING HOME. 403-782-3031

D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012

1860

Sporting Goods

SPEED SKATES SK SSS Blades size 10 mens, exc. cond, $100 403-346-0093

1900

Travel Packages

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

KYTE CRES. Lovely 3 level exec.

3 bdrm. townhouse 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, concrete patio, blinds, front/rear parking, no dogs, n/s, rent $1395 SD $1000 Avail. Nov. 1.

403-304-7576 or 347-7545 SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

Riverfront Estates

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

2140

Horses

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

2160

Riding Supplies

Deluxe 3 bdrm. 1 1/2 bath, bi-level townhouse, 5 appls, blinds, large balcony, no pets, n/s, $1195 or $1220 along the river.

SD $1000. avail.

Nov. 1 & 15 403-304-7576 347-7545

SYLVAN LAKE

Apt/Condo, just few blocks from the lake. 2 bdrms, 2 baths condo. In-suite laundry, balcony or patio.

Sorry-no pets. $1295 & elect. AVAILABLE NOW! Hearthstone 403-314-0099 or 403-318-4225 www.hpman.ca

SYLVAN, lrg. 3 bdrm. 1.5 bath, 5 appls. Avail. now.

SELLING AT THE BUD HAYNES GUN AUCTION Rent $1375 403-341-9974 SAT. OCT. 20TH, 9 A.M. Superb F Emore Western Manufactured Saddle plus variety of bridles, etc. 403-347-5855 See Oct. Homes 19th Auction Ad under 1530

3040

Newly Reno’d Mobile

Grain, Feed Hay

2190

FREE Shaw Cable + more $899/month Lana 403-550-8777

3060

80 BALES, FAIR COND FOR COWS, $22/bale, 87 bales, good cond. cow Suites hay, $25/bale; 80 extra large round perfect cow 1 & 2 BDRM. APTS. hay, $35/bale; 36 grass Clean, quiet bldg. bales, good cond., horse Call 318-0901. hay, $30/bale; 102 grass bales, pefect horse hay, 1 BDRM & 1 Bach. suites, $35/blae. Call Jeremy at lower floor, for quiet over 40 tenant(s). No pets, no 403-418-6342 smoking, no noise. Heat & water included at 4616-44 St. Laundry on site. Rent $650./D.D. $625 & rent $575./D.D. $550. respectively. 403-341-4627.

Mobile Lot

3190

LACOMBE new park, animal friendly. Your mobile or ours. 2 or 3 bdrm.

Excellent 1st time home buyers. 403-588-8820 MOBILE HOME PAD, in Red Deer Close to Gaetz, 2 car park, Shaw cable incl.

Lana 403-550-8777

4020

FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

Mason Martin Homes has

8 Brand New Homes starting at $179,900 Call for more info call 403-342-4544

CLASSIFICATIONS FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

1 BDRM. apt. in Penhold, $740/mo. Avail. immed.

Incl. most utils, no pets.

Call 403-886-5288

Cars

5030

2008 MERCEDES-BENZ ML 320 AWD, turbo diesel, nav., $39888 Sport & Import 403-348-8788

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5200

2006 CADILLAC CTS-V LS2 engine, lteather., nav., 100551 kms., $22888 3488788 Sport & Import

2009 DODGE Caravan, exc. cond., Stow-N-Go, $11,900. 403-638-3499.

2 0 0 3 H y u n d a i Ti b u r o n FWD106300 kms., $7888 7620-50 Av Sport & Import

Trucks

5050

5040

2010 FORD F150 XLT

ATV's

4x2 crew cab, 21,000 km.

Warranty, like new. No tax. $22,000. 403-845-3292 or 403-895-2337

2010 DODGE RAM 2500 power wagon 4X4 $28888 348-8788 Sport & Import IMMAC. 2008 FORD Ranger, 2wd, 26,000 kms. warr. remianing, $11,500 obo. Phone 403-748-4089 ,304-0274

TWO 2005 HONDA quads 4x4 400/500. $4500 each, nice shape, 3000/3800 kms 403-348-9746

Tires, Parts Acces.

5180

CAR TOP Carriers for car.

(2). $25. pr.

587-272-0937 Red Deer

5190

2007 GMC Sierra SLE 1500 4X4 $19,888 RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap 348-8788 Sport & Import Vehicle & Metal Removal.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

RARE OPPORTUNITY

4090

5150

MICHELIN tires LT X A15 radial, never mounted, LT 245/70R17 VALUE $238 obo, 347-1905

2009 FORD FLEX SEL AWD $18888 7620 - 50 AVE Sport & Import

2008 MITSUBISHI Outlander XLS $12888 348-8788 Sport & Import

SCRAP ATTACK, auto salvage & scrap metal.

403-598-6536, 4845 79 St.

2004 F150, 4x4, Loaded, mech. inspected, $7950.00 403-348-9746

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

5200

A1 RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal 1999 F350 FORD, dually, very good shape. Asking removal. We travel. AMVIC 2 0 0 8 J E E P L I B E R T Y $9500. 403-350-8865 approved. 403-396-7519 Sport 4X4 $16,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2008 ESCALADE AWD, sunroof, htd. lthr.,DVD, 76,425 kms,$44,888 3488788 Sport & Import

PUBLIC NOTICES

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Public Notices

Notice To Creditors And Claimants

Auto Wreckers

4050

5070

1998 GMC Safari. 153,503 km. AWD, V6, tow pkg. Exc. cond. $4500. 403-343-9366

SUV's 2006 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2.0T FWD, 4 cyl turbo $13888 348-8788 Sport & Import 2006 HEMI C Chrysler A1 cond, loaded w/leather, GPS, bullet grey, less than 100,000 kms, 403-343-3160 304-4424

1986 CHEV 1/2 TON 4X4, HUNTING? Read the new tires, rally rims, all JOB Classifieds. 309-3300. new body panels, muffler, shocks, 350 crate eng., 350 turbo tranny, frame off resto, exc. paint, undercoated box and cab, offers, call 403-357-4076.

Vans Buses

2007 LINCOLN MARK LT 4X4, lthr., sunroof, nav., 89083 kms, $26,888 3488788 Sport & Import

3020

3080

2004 ESCAPE LTD. lthr., 1984 CORVETTE new AWD, sunroof, $9888 engine , alum.heads, $ 11 8 8 8 7 6 2 0 - 5 0 Av e , 348-8788 Sport & Import Sport & import CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

www.garymoe.com

2 BDRM., 1 bath, bsmt. suite, on acreage, very 3 bdrm. heritage home on 2005 MINI COOPER FWD, beautiful private lot in close to Red Deer. Con77596 kms., $17888 348Houses/ Woodlea, backing onto tact Jeff at 403-396-0181 8788 Sport & Import Please leave detailed msg. Waskasoo Creek. Reno or Duplexes Build. 416-918-0195 3 BDRM. bsmt suite, BENTLEY 2008 Model Duplex $1020 rent/s.d., utils incld RIVERSIDE MEADOWS 4 shows like new 4 bdrm., 3 bdrms, 2 bath, large n/s, no pets. Avail. bath. Garage, fireplace. fenced yard, Nov. 1. 403-346-8664 Appliances. $265,000 403-342-6165 Avail. now. 403-341-9974 A Great Location Adult Bldg. 1 & 2 Bdrm.

FURNISHED HOUSE Units Heat/Water/parking 2005 HONDA ACCORD Acreages IN SYLVAN LAKE incl’d Call 403-342-2899 EXL sunroof, $12888 3483 bdrm, 2 baths. In-suite 8788 Sport & Import BRAUNFEL HOUSE Laundry. 7 appls. Double Lacombe reno’d 2 bdrm. garage, fenced yard, deck.

2005 MUSTANG Sport, n/s, no pets, no children No Pets. $1695 & gas, yellow, 80,000 kms., auto., $725/mo.

DD same. elect. Avail. November 1st never winter driven, mech.

Nov. 1 403-782-2681 Hearthstone 403-314-0099 insp. 2012. 403-227-1948 or 403-396-9554 CARRIE APT. BLDG. www.hpman.ca Bachelor Suite ADULTS ONLY. NO PETS. MICHENER, 4 bdrm., 7 ACRES, older house, ONLY $725 & elect. single garage, . 2 baths, greenhouse, quonset, Available NOW! family room, 5 appls. yard, $399,000. near Red Deer, Hearthstone 403-314-0099 no pets, n/s, $1350, 403-227-5132 or 403-318-4225 318-0136 www.hpman.ca Picturesque SYLVAN, 2 units Nov. 1, 2 2004 CELICA GT FWD, LARGE, 2 & 3 BDRM. bdrm. + hide-a-bed, incl., Recreational lthr., sunroof, $12,888 SUITES. 25+, adults only cable, dishes, bedding, all River Hobby Farm. 348-8788 Sport & Import n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 utils. $1200 -$1500/mo, Ideal for horses or cattle.

403-880-0210 QUIET LOCATION Corrals, fenced, heated 1 & 2 Bdrm Adult building barn & shop.

Heat/water/parking incl.

Condos/ Open concept custom built Call 403-342-2899 bungalow. $465,000.

Townhouses 403-843-6182 (Rimbey) 2 bdrm. townhouse in RD Roommates 5 appls., 2 parking stalls, Manufactured Wanted 2004 BMW 330 convertible unfinished bsmt. $975 Homes lthr.,$13,888 7620 - 50 Ave N/S, no pets. 403-505-7545 MUST love dogs, must be Sport & Import working rent $550., N/S, 3 GILMORE AVE. MUST SELL everything incl. 358-3786 Large bdrms, fenced yard!

By Owner $7,000.

3 bdrm 1.5 baths townhouse Lana 403-550-8777 5 appls. In-suite laundry in Rooms New Executive unfinished basement 3 bdrm. 2 bath HOME AVAILABLE NOW! $1275 For Rent in Red Deer. Immediate & UTIL. possession 10 yr warranty.

1 BDRM. bsmt, shared Hearthstone 403-314-0099 kitchen, prefer employed or Own it for $1345/mo. OAC or 403-396-9554 2003 HONDA Civic 4 dr.

403-346-3100, 347-5566 student. Avail. Nov. 1 www.hpman.ca Auto, a/c, tilt. Command 403-342-7789, 358-0081 ALIX, just 30 min. East of start, 4 Blizzack winter tires.

Lots For Red Deer. 2 bdrm.

183,000 km. Clean & reliable. condo by the lake, avail.

Warehouse $4900. 403-396-0148 Sale now. 403-341-9974 Space FULLY SERVICED FOR SALE res & duplex lots in Lacombe.

BRAND new 9900 sq. ft.

29-unit apt bldg Red Deer Builders terms or owner ready for lease fall 2012 on Strata-titled will J.V. with investors or Golden West Ave 358-3500 Below market rents subtrades who wish to become Free & clear financing home builders. Great 100% occupied returns. Call 403-588-8820 5.6% cap rate (2011 NOI & Storage Space List Price) 2001 MERCEDES-BENZ Looking for a place Call Karen Barry* S430 $17,888 348-8788 to live?

403.767.9999 NEW RV Storage Facility Sport & Import Take a tour through the www.barrycommercial.com Gravel pad, 6’ security CLASSIFIEDS 20002 THUNDERBIRD, Commercial Propertyshop, fence, 6 kms. E. of R.D. motor gone $6500, Brokerage *Broker Call 403-347-4425.

403-346-0073 Cars 1999 PONTIAC Grand Am Manufactured loaded, clean ..SOLD!!..

3030

5050

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

WANTED FREE REMOVAL of unwanted cars and trucks, also wanted to buy lead batteries, call 403-396-8629

2011 TRAVERSE LTZ AWD 19472 kms., $35,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

NEW HOMES! 403.342.4544 MasonMartinHomes.com

Trucks

5000-5300

216751

IMMAC. retirement home in quiet neighborhood, no stairs, walk-in shower, 5 appls. 2 bdrm., murphy bed, sprinkler system, a/c, sunroom, r.v. parking stall in back yard. $285,000.

403-346-7920 for appt. to view

5040

CLASSIFICATIONS

CLASSIFICATIONS Houses For Sale

SUV's

wheels

homes 4000-4190

5030

REMOVAL of unwanted cars, may pay cash for complete cars. 304-7585

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rentals

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Estate of Marjorie Lorraine Young who died on June 18, 2012 If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by November 24, 2012 and provide details of your claim with: Keith R. Lamb at Johnston Ming Manning LLP Barristers and Solicitors 4th Floor, 4943 - 50 Street Red Deer, AB. T4N 1Y1 If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have. 266538J18,25

NOTICE To Creditors And Claimants Estate of

EDWARD ALLEN TRAUTMAN who died on the 2nd day of October 2010 If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by November 19, 2012 with Siewert Bothwell at 200, 4922 52 Street, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 2C8 and provide details of your claim.

If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

CENTRAL ALBERTA’S LARGEST CAR LOT

2007 PATHFINDER LE AWD, lthr., $18888 3488788 Sport & Import

3090 3140

4160

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Homes

2007 HONDA CR-V LX Sport $14888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2005 ESCALADE AWD l t h r. d v d $19,888 348-8788 Sport & Import 2002 FORD EXPLORER, Eddie Bauer edit. fully loaded, exc, shape, $7500 obo 403-340-2042

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Work together to make relationship better

ANNIE ANNIE

today as you are prone towards overreacting. You could have a dispute over money management styles with a partner. Discuss openly about their shared Thursday, Oct. 18 values. Work with a collective group CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS towards building a greater purpose.

DATE: Zac Efron, 25; Freida Pinto, 28; GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your foNe-Yo, 33 cus will be directed into a THOUGHT OF THE DAY: partnership. There is no Today, the warrior planet doubt that you work toknown for its gutsy side, wards initiating something Mars, joins buoyantly the more adventurous and freeMoon in Sagittarius. This fispirited, yet, avoid being ery combo will encourage argumentative or simply, us all to speak up and fight more audacious than usual. for what feels right to us.

Make sure you both achieve We embrace being daring, a compromising solution on confident and outspoken. the important issues.

Uranus, the revolutionary CANCER (June 21-July planet, comes along into the 22): If you have any health picture by adding a lessissues that you kept ignorthan-ordinary energy to our ASTRO ing, now you will have the day.

DOYNA motivation to take action HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You and book a medical apare known for your blunt atpointment. Get to the bottitude. You also necessitate tom of your problem. You sharing your innermost senare actively running errands and you timents with others. In the following feel quite productive today. year, you will learn important love lesLEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your stamina sons that will contribute to your own is inspiring. You long to be entertained evolution. Things will be shaken up and express vivaciously your individubut also, stimulating. Make sure that ality. You are driven to initiate an enthe person you have eyes for, is also joyable activity for the pure fun of it. the person you desire to be with.

Remain flexible in case you encounter ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your en- an opposition. ergy is contagious. You are passionate, VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You like undoubtedly. You seek adventure and to take the lead position and you are a good challenge. You could carry on ready to fight for your loved ones toany debate and convince any opposing day. You won’t let any foreign terriview: be it philosophical or spiritual. tory step over your domestic territory.

The power is in your knowledge.

When it comes to your personal space, TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Try to defending and protecting are your key detach yourself from your emotions traits.

HOROSCOPE

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Tread lightly when giving advice to We kiss and hug. We enjoy touching that doesn’t always lead to sex, and when we do have sex, we want to please each other. I haven’t thought about watching porn since we met.

Women should ask themselves whether they are contributing to the behaviour they abhor, and what they could bring to the relationship to make it better.

— Problem Solved Dear Solved: In most troubled relationships, both parties contribute to the problem to varying degrees.

The important thing is for each person to address their own weak spots and then work to make the relationship better.

Dear Annie: This is in response to “S.,” who is uncomfortable telling the doctor’s receptionist what the medical problem is.

My husband had severe chest pains and called to make an appointment. He thought it was indigestion.

When he explained the problem to the receptionist, she told him to hold on while she notified the doctor, who told him to get to the emergency room immediately.

As it turned out, he’d had a heart attack and needed a quadruple bypass. Had she just scheduled an appointment, things could have turned out much worse. — Grateful Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Make sure that whatever is spoken today, it won’t clash with anyone’s personal points of view. You’ll be prone towards rash comments and strongly-opinionated opinions. Bite your lips once before speaking out your mind. You’ll be happy you did.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You’ll be tempted to purchase a material good in the heat of the movement, which you will regret later. Hold on to that transaction as your material needs do not coincide necessarily with what you believe you truly need or identify yourself with.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your bravery and confidence will be remarkable. You put your best foot forward and advance like a warrior. Be careful, however, to avoid coming on too strong and risk offending anyone around you. Not everyone can be as carefree as you are.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): Perhaps there’s a medical issue bothering you and you’ve been putting it on hold for a while. Concentrate on health matters: it’s never a bad idea to do a random check-up. Do it for your own piece of mind.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18): You’ll build strong social ties. A gath-

ering will require some compromise as certain members won’t seem to agree fully. Set realistic goals and plan carefully. You’ll gain more by sharing the common points.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You feel irritated and others notice your moodiness. You wish to evade and hide, but you realize that you have to face your responsibilities if you want to keep a good image.

Astro Doyna is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist.

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Dear Annie: Due to many comYou were undoubtedly right to be plicated family issues, I’ve been esconcerned about her safety, but it came tranged from my adult daughter for across as criticism, and she was not rethe past 10 years. ceptive.

However, she has a college-aged If you want to fix this, you will have daughter with whom I’ve managed to to make the first move. maintain a decent and, I thought, lovSend her an email or post something ing relationship. on her Facebook page that is positive Last month, I was on “Chelsea’s” and complimentary. Say nothing about Facebook page. I’ve been proud of the previous disagreement, and hope her success in college, her happiness she is equally willing to let it go. Then with friends and the experience of start fresh. living away from her mother. HowWe hope someday Chelsea will be ever, her friends posted a couple of mature enough to appreciate your adMITCHELL remarks on her Facebook page that vice. But right now, please tread lightly. & SUGAR bothered me.

I emailed her that these issues Dear Annie: I’ve read letters from may not be any of my business, but I women who complain because their was concerned for her personal safemen are spending time and money sety, etc. cretly watching porn.

She quickly replied that this was indeed none of I suspect most men are like me. my business, and she made excuses for the Facebook I am 64 years old. I was married for 24 years. comments.

Except for our sex life, I was truly happy right I expressed how disappointed I was with her at- up until the day she said she had a boyfriend and titude since I was only worried about her. wanted a divorce.

We haven’t spoken since then, and frankly, I canI always wanted more physical contact than she not excuse her bad behavior toward me. But Chelsea did, but she viewed that as “my” problem. When she doesn’t have a great many family members, and I said “no,” she meant it, and she said it often. would like to mend this rift.

Meanwhile, she decided I was “oversexed.” I My own friends have pointed out that “the apple found that porn allowed me, at least in fantasy, to get doesn’t fall far from the tree.” Any suggestions? — some of the release I needed.

Concerned Grandpa We divorced 11 years ago. I am now the luckiest Dear Grandpa: Chelsea is young and living inde- man on Earth because I found a genuine partner. pendently for the first time. She doesn’t want her Not only is this 60-year-old woman mature, successgrandfather (or anyone else) to tell her how to live ful, loving, liberated and modern, but she still enjoys her life. sex.

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