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Facing the aftermath of drunk driving This is the sixth in a series of Red Deer Advocate stories on the impact of impaired driving on our community, and the various efforts to put an end to the carnage caused by drunk drivers. BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Emergency sirens will have already faded into the distance when RCMP Cpl. Donavan Gulak arrives at the scene of a fatal collision that claimed four lives. All that is left is vehicle wreckage and the bodies of those who have died. “By the time I get to the scene, all the parties are gone. The injured or suspects are gone from the scene. I’m left with the aftermath,” said Gulak, a collision reconstructionist. Gulak, 40, recalled the scene where four foreign workers died and one was severely injured, in a head-on collision on Hwy 2 near Innisfail on March 4. “Part of my job is to pretty much get inside the vehicle or get right up close and personal,” Gulak said. “They had just picked up their supper. So it was still warm.” Tyler James Stevens, 30, has pleaded guilty to four counts of criminal negligence causing death and one count of criminal negligence. He will be sentenced on Jan. 4. Gulak, who has been in collision reconstruction since 2005 and has worked full time in the Red Deer area since 2009, was also the investigator at the March 31 crash on Hwy 11A that killed two Red Deer teenagers and injured three others. April Gail Beauclair, 30, slammed into the two teens who were trying to push-start a disabled car while its driver steered and pushed from the side. Gulak said those teens didn’t have a clue what was coming. “That particular car was already on the shoulder. They were as safe as they can be without pushing it into the ditch.” People assume when their vehicle is broken down, others will drive around them — but they shouldn’t make that assumption, he said. “Even with our emergency lights on, vehicles still smoke into us. Flash red and blue lights, going back and forth, and they plow into the back of our PCs (police cars).” As an investigator, Gulak remembers cases by file

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City of Red Deer fire-medic Damian LaGrange: at times, the images are difficult to shake. number — not names. “That’s one of our coping mechanisms. We don’t deal with names. Bad enough we’ve got to know ages.” In 2006, he didn’t have that opportunity when he discovered a friend who died as a passenger in a single-vehicle collision in the Morinville area. The impaired motorist was driving aggressively, passing at a high rate of speed, lost control, flipped sideways into a tree and killed his friend. Gulak didn’t recognize the vehicle when he arrived so he didn’t expect a friend to be inside. “You can’t prepare yourself for arriving at a scene and sticking your head in that vehicle and recognizing the victim. It hits you and you’re not prepared. “The memories are still fresh in my head as the day it happened. And I see lots.”

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Emergency workers, like Damian LaGrange, a fire-medic with Red Deer Emergency Services, are trained to rescue and perform triage under the most horrific conditions. But LaGrange said at times the image can be hard to shake. “We get a glimpse in time of a horrible event that affects so many lives,” said LaGrange, 38. “A car completely split in half with a seatbelt stretched right out and an occupant has been projected out of the vehicle despite the fact that she had her seatbelt on. “A body laying in a way that almost doesn’t resemble a person anymore.”

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DRIVING: EMS must put emotions aside On the scene, EMS personnel are professionals first and approach the job systematically, he said. “We do the extractions. We control the traffic. We keep the scene safe for everyone involved.” They cover the bodies of those who died. “(EMS) will put the emotion part aside and do their job and focus, focus and take care of all the needs of patients at the scene. It’s not until afterwards that there’s an impact, typically,” LaGrange said. Department members are trained to lead special debriefings after “a bad call.” “A critical incident stress debriefing is more to address emotions and what you saw and share your feelings. You share feelings so you know you’re not alone. It kind of sets up a bit of a support network for you,” he said. The City of Red Deer also has counsellors available through an employee assistance program. Gulak said it’s not just trained emergency responders who face the grisly consequences of drunk driving. “So many people get affected. Tow truck operators — you think they signed up for that? The first people on scene, normal civilians. People aren’t ready for that.” In the first quarter of 2012, Gulak had 36 calls for service and out of 11 alleged impaired crashes and others, he had 14 bodies. “That was a bad start to the year. Thankfully it tapered off significantly.” Unfortunately, Gulak said he hasn’t noticed a decline in alcohol-related collisions since the stricter drunk driving laws went into effect earlier this year. “Alcohol in my line of work constitutes probably 70 per cent of the collisions that I go to. The other 30 per cent would be some sort of distracted driving.” When Gulak isn’t piecing together a collision, he makes public presentations, complete with police investigation photos chosen to capture his audience’s attention with victims who are similar in age or work in the same occupation. “I don’t vet anything. I won’t show collisions from the area in case they know somebody, but the ones I do, show the bodies, pieces. “I’ve done an auditorium with 300 students and you could have heard a pin drop.” Gulak also shows international public safety announcements, deemed too graphic for Canadians, because he says they better depict the reality of vehicle collisions. “I see the consequences of people driving too fast

Impaired driving on the decline? Impaired driving charges are down this holiday season in Red Deer. Sgt. Isabelle Hammer, who heads the Red Deer RCMP traffic unit, said the once or twice weekly CheckStops through December have yielded an average of six impaired drivers.

Society’s love affair with alcohol is enabling the impaired driving problem, says Red Deer Crown prosecutor Anders Quist.

‘When you look at something like impaired driving, that’s an easily modifiable factor.’ Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Dr. John Colebrook in a trauma room at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. or aggressively or drinking. I see it. Why can’t (our) government show that?” LaGrange said he can’t help but become hyper vigilant of other drivers after attending to victims of a suspected impaired collision. “This could have easily been my family. This could have easily been my wife and kids in this vehicle. You’re left with a feeling: what could be done to stop this. It’s been going on for so long and yet people are just not getting the message.” LaGrange has been with Red Deer Emergency Services for 12 years. Like his co-workers, he can’t help but preach the importance of driving sober, he said. “It’s the nature of the job. You see the effects of it. You know most of the time the general public does not see the final outcome to that bad decision to get behind the wheel. “We tend to be that constant reminder to our friends and to our family and to people that we know — if you’ve had a couple, don’t get behind the wheel.” Emergency room physician Dr. John Colebrook said from a doctor’s perspective, drunk driving colli-

sions, whether with vehicles, snowmobiles or ATVs, are frustrating, especially when they are referred to as accidents. “The term accident really implies it’s a random event. There’s nothing you can do to control it. When you look at something like impaired driving, that’s an easily modifiable factor in the collision,” said Colebrook, who has been working emergency in Red Deer for about 10 years. Hospital staff don’t necessarily know the person they are treating is the possible victim of a drunk driver because that information is not always relayed, he said. But doctors do know if the police suspect drunk driving. Special protocol dictates doctors must fill out paperwork to collect blood samples and a doctor must draw the blood. “It’s quite possible that we’ve got people from different vehicles in the trauma bays and they could be within 20 feet of each other. “Potentially, we’ve got the person at fault, the person who wasn’t at fault, very close together, dealing with everything at once. I’d say it is emotional.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

“We’ve seen a decrease this year so people are getting the message.” More CheckStops are planned as New Year’s Eve approaches. “We’re going to have a few more coming up to keep people guessing and hopefully they keep getting the message,” said Hammer. Those who use Twitter to warn others of CheckStop

locations do themselves and other drivers no favours. “It’s something of a Catch 22: we can’t stop them from Tweeting, (but) I’d rather they know we’re out there. It’s not a trap. People know they shouldn’t drink and drive.” Hammer added that drivers must be completely stopped to Tweet or they’ve broken the province’s distracted driving law.

Woman tried to run down mother: court PLEADS GUILTY TO SIX CHARGES; SENTENCING AWAITS PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF Sentencing has been adjourned pending additional psychiatric reports for a Red Deer woman who used a pickup truck as a weapon against her mother last summer. Stacey Leigh Stewert, 33, pleaded guilty in Red Deer provincial court on Friday to six of 11 charges arising from two separate incidents. Stewert has been in custody since her arrest on Aug. 8. Police were called to reports that day that a pedestrian had been seriously injured in a collision involving a pickup truck. Court heard that Diane Stewert, 60 at the time, had agreed to take her daughter to a Red Deer bank to with-

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draw $40. When they arrived at the site, Stacey decided she actually needed $500, Crown prosecutor Maurice Collard said while reading the statement of facts. A dispute arose during which Stacey Stewert wrestled the keys from her mother, who then fled the vehicle and ran for safety, hiding behind an electrical transformer box at the side of the bank. Stacey Stewert backed her mother’s pickup truck into another vehicle and then rammed the transformer box, pushing her mother into the side of the building, and then drove away. Diane Stewert suffered broken ribs, a broken pelvis and damage to her kidneys and spleen in the impact, which pushed the building wall in by a few centimetres, Collard said.

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Earlier in the year, Stacey Stewert was arrested in Stettler following an different incident in Red Deer. Court heard that Diane Stewert was getting into her truck after refusing her daughter’s demand that she take her to a bank machine. Collard said Stacey Stewert forced her mother out of the vehicle and drove away on May 2. RCMP were able to use the vehicle’s GPS system to track it as it sped eastward on Hwy 12. She was arrested in Stettler, and charged with robbery, dangerous driving, fleeing police and possession of property obtained through crime. Stacey Stewert had been released from custody at the time of the August incident, for which she was charged with attempted murder, dangerous driving, hit and run, assault and fail-

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ure to comply with conditions of her release. Appearing by closed-circuit TV from the Calgary Remand Centre and represented by Red Deer lawyer John MacNaughton, she pleaded guilty on Friday to two counts of dangerous driving and one each of hit and run, robbery, possession of the proceeds of crime and failure to comply with the conditions of her release. Collard said Diane Stewert is terrified of her daughter and describes her as a drug addict. Provincial court Judge Jim Mitchell agreed to request further psychiatric and psychological assessments to determine Stewert’s mental state before proceeding to sentencing. Stewert returns to court on Feb. 20 to set a date for the hearing. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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Health minister says chief should give up hungerstrike, meet with Aboriginal Affairs minister THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; One of the two aboriginal MPs in the Conservative cabinet has called on Chief Theresa Spence to abandon her fast aimed at securing a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq joined other federal officials in asking Spence to accept a meeting with Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan and end the campaign that has seen the chief go more than two weeks without solid food. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would encourage her to stop and meet with Minister Duncan and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the best way to address her issues,â&#x20AC;? Aglukkaq said Friday. Duncan is the one responsible for the portfolio and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the right person to meet, Aglukkaq said. Spence rejected Aglukkaqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recommendation because she believes Duncan isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the one who should be speaking on a nation-to-nation basis. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When our ancestors made treaties with the British Crown to allow the Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s subjects to live in our territories, it was for as long as the sun shines, the waters flow and the grass grows,â&#x20AC;? Spence said in a statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Crownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only legal access to our lands is contingent upon the fulfillment of the promises made in the negotiations of treaty.â&#x20AC;? Spence, who is the chief of a remote reserve in Northern Ontario, stopped eating solid food on Dec. 11 in an effort to secure a meeting between First Nations leaders, the prime minister and Governor General over the treaty relationship. Duncan has offered several times to speak with her and to form a working group, but the minister has been rebuffed at every turn. The government points to a meeting it held last January with First Nations leaders as proof it is serious about improving the relationship and note they have spent millions on aboriginal health, housing and education. But aboriginal leaders say they are being left out of the discussion the Harper government is having about how best to develop Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lucrative natural resources. A series of protests over the last two weeks under the banner of Idle No More were in part spurred by the recent budget bill which removed federal oversight over waterways without consulting aboriginal groups who depend on them for water and food. Meanwhile, bands are concerned that a lack of training and education will see them shut out of re-

source development projects that could provide economic stimulus to many struggling communities. In the statement released Friday, Spence said she remains hopeful that Harper or Governor General David Johnston will accept her request. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Canada is considered a first world country and our peoples are living in extreme poverty and substandard living conditions,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence talks with her family as she continues her hunger strike in a teepee on Victoria Island in Ottawa. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As Nations, we held up our end of the treaty, yet Canada continues to only pay lip service to our relationship.â&#x20AC;? Spence has taken up residence on an island in the Ottawa River considered by the Anishinabe as traditional territory. Since she began her fast, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ingested only soup, tea and water while welcoming a steady stream of visitors. Liberal MP and leadership hopeful Justin Trudeau stopped in earlier this week, as did aboriginal actor Adam Beach. New Democrat MP Charlie Angus visited late Friday along with NDP MP Paul Dewar. Angus helped catapult the situation on Spenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reserve of Attawapiskat into the international spotlight last year when he wrote about the dire economic and social conditions it faced. He said he Spence was in good spirits though she was surprised that the prime minister had yet to respond to the idea of a meeting.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We talked about a number of things, but she remains committed and wants to focus on her goal which is trying to get this meeting,â&#x20AC;? Angus said. At least one Conservative has visited the island in the hopes of seeing Spence but was turned away. Tory Senator Patrick Brazeau attempted to meet Spence earlier this week.

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Woman identified in fatal lake crash KELOWNA, B.C. — A Salmon Arm, B.C., woman has been identified as the victim in a fatal vehicle accident on Highway 97 last week. Fifty-nine-year-old Elly Collins was the driver and only occupant of a Jeep that went out of control and plowed into icy waters of Wood Lake, south of Vernon. The BC Coroners Service says several people who saw the crash, along with first responders, made heroic efforts to pull Collins from her vehicle. It took several minutes to extract the woman and although she was rushed to hospital, she couldn’t be resuscitated. Both the coroner and the RCMP are continuing to investigate.

Residents near Williams Lake, B.C. could lose fire services WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — The Cariboo Regional District says thousands of rural B.C. residents are in danger of losing fire protection services after the City of Williams Lake reneged on a deal. The district now has 120 days to either pursue further legal action or find another solution after winning a B.C. Supreme Court injunction that will keep those citizens covered for fire protection in the meantime. The district launched legal action alleging that in mid-December the city unilaterally refused to sign an agreement the jurisdictions had come to in August. The deal was for Williams Lake to provide fire service for residents living in the so-called “rural fringe” areas around the city for five years, starting

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Clara Bergs, 10, dances the lead from the ballet Coppelia which she has learned and memorized from watching videos, to an audience of stuffed animals and mom Lisa Anderson, with family dog Cookie. She spent her first 16 months in hospital going through multiple surgeries. Before she turned two, her parents noticed she had trouble connecting with people. She couldn’t walk until she was four and didn’t speak until she was six. “She made no connection with people. Basically she tuned them out. You could scream in her ear and she wouldn’t look at you,” Anderson says. “Now, she makes eye contacta She’ll see somebody and she’ll go over and give them a hug. She’s excited to be alive, she wakes up happy, puts on her ballet clothes, goes downstairs and

dances until breakfast is ready.” Amidst the many responsibilities that come with being a parent and caring for a special needs child, Anderson says the positive feedback generated by the ballet video has given the entire family a boost. “It has brought some meaning to why we do it everyday, and why I fought for Clara so hard when she was a baby and didn’t give up when the doctors said there’s no hope for this child,” says Anderson. The video, which was first posted online in September, spread like wildfire after Clara’s therapists told friends

January 1. The city and district had both passed requisite laws to complete the agreement, then put it to a referendum where it was authorized by voters. But the district alleged that Williams Lake council members then passed a resolution instead saying it would only agree to a one-year term, and that the cost must be fixed. B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver granted the district the injunction it sought on Dec. 21, requiring the Williams Lake to temporarily honour its offer to protect citizens in the event of fire. “While this is welcome news, a longterm resolution is still required,” the district said in a news release. According to the court documents filed in request for the injunction, the district plans to seek a declaration that the deal is valid and binding. Otherwise, the documents say the district wants the city to be compelled to provide services until an “adequate alternative” can be implemented. The province provided fire protection services to the area until July 2006.

additional three-month sentence for leaving the scene of the accident. Warren was also stripped her of her driver’s licence for eight years. Kassandra’s mother, Markita Kaulius, told reporters after the sentencing there should be a five-year minimum sentence for such crimes. “She will serve what we feel is very little jail time for taking the life of an innocent young woman. It often seems the justice system continues to fail the victim and their families in refusing to properly sentence offenders to a stronger sentence.” Kaulius said the death has changed their lives forever.

Father found guilty of sex crimes against disabled daughter VICTORIA — A provincial court judge has found a Nanaimo, B.C., father guilty of sexual assault and touching for a sexual purpose in two incidents involving his disabled daughter. A trial was held in late November after a school counsellor called the Ministry of Children and Family Development following allegations by the teenager, who said the incidents occurred after her 12th birthday. During the trial, the father admitted to being an alcoholic but flatly deny the sex abuse allegations made by the girl who was born with fetal alcohol syndrome. The defence called the man, and the girl’s mother, grandmother and aunt to testify, arguing the girl may have made stories up because she was angry she was not able to attend a ceremonial potlatch in Gold River, B.C. But Judge Evan Blake said in a written ruling that while there were some difficulties with the girl’s evidence — likely because her mental capacity is compromised — that did not seriously affect the teen’s credibility. He noted the Crown presented a strong case, and while he couldn’t determine for sure how many times the father engaged in sexually inappropriate behaviour, he was satisfied the incidents she described occurred essentially as she described them.

Woman gets 37 months jail for fatal drunk driving collision SURREY, B.C. — A sentence of just over three years in prison has been handed to a woman who pleaded guilty for the drunk driving crash that killed a promising 22-year-old softball player in Surrey, B.C. A provincial court judge in Surrey sentenced Natasha Warren to 37 months behind bars for the collision that took the life of Kassandra Kaulius in May 2011. Warren had been drinking heavily before she got behind the wheel of a vehicle that rammed Kaulius’ car in an intersection, killing the woman instantly. The court heard earlier that Warren’s van was going more than 100 kilometres an hour when the vehicle hit the driver’s side of the young woman’s vehicle. Warren ran from the scene after the crash, but was found shortly thereafter in a wooded area nearby. She was arrested wearing a Vancouver Canucks’ hockey jersey. The judge sentenced Warren to 34 months in prison for dangerous and impaired driving causing death and an

“We don’t get our daughter back,” she said. “Ms. Warren will do a little bit of time for the crime she committed. We will do a life sentence.” Warren told the court in an earlier hearing that she would change places with Kassandra Kaulius if she could. Her lawyer, Mark Cacchioni, said his client is very remorseful. “I’ve never had a man or woman as a criminal client who has ever, almost looked forward to the prospect of serving a lengthy jail sentence, to do a genuine atonement, perhaps in the religious sense, for what she has caused.”

BORDER PAVING LTD. EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION HONOUR ROLL Border Paving wishes to honour the following people who have spent a significant part of their lives helping to make ours an effective organization. Length of service awards were presented this year to: 10 YEARS Pierre Desjardins - Red Deer Pierre Fearn - Camrose Joe Hunt - Red Deer Neal Journeaux - Stony Plain Jackie Lefebvre - Stony Plain

Mark McNary - Camrose Derek Morrical - Red Deer Randy Stoby - Stony Plain Carmen Swanson - Camrose Trent Zacharias - Camrose

15 YEARS Kim Befus - Red Deer Bruce Boklage - Stony Plain Fred Curr - Red Deer

Karl Jevne - Red Deer Barry Lawson - Red Deer David Lund - Hinton

20 YEARS Garth Stange - Red Deer

Howard White - Camrose

25 YEARS Ken Hoppus - Red Deer Glen MacKenzie - Camrose

Bill McKiel - Red Deer Darryl Sharkey - Camrose

30 YEARS Don Gillis - Camrose Glenn Johnston - Stony Plain

Gary Swanson - Red Deer Gary Tibbett - Red Deer

35 YEARS Randy Bowles - Red Deer Ken Haarstad - Red Deer Kim Koda - Stony Plain

Jim Reid - Red Deer Martin Reynolds - Red Deer Stan Shott - Camrose

40 YEARS Ralph Huhn - Red Deer

45 YEARS Thor Thordarson - Red Deer

55 YEARS Vic Walls - Red Deer

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Clara Bergs may have difficulty with her words and face learning challenges at school, but when she puts on her tutu and twirls around the room, she charms the world. The 10-year-old who has autism and a genetic disorder called DiGeorge Syndrome spun into the spotlight after a YouTube video of her dancing along to a 19th-century ballet delighted Internet audiences around the globe. For Clara’s mother, what was truly touching about the reaction to her daughter’s performance, was the response from other families with special needs kids. “They just said ’Clara is an inspiration to us,”’ says Lisa Anderson. “Clara in her own little way, through her dancing in a little place in Toronto, has touched people around the world and, to me, that is phenomenal.” The clip — which has been viewed more than half a million times — shows a smiling Clara dancing step-by-step to the Coppelia comic ballet in her family’s living room. She circles a footstool and, at one point, holds onto a cabinet for balance as she kicks her legs in the air. A small window at the bottom of the screen simultaneously shows a professional ballerina performing the dance and it’s soon clear that Clara has all the steps memorized. For the little girl, ballet is now a key part of how she expresses herself. “I like to go up on the stage. I like to do Coppelia,” she says excitedly when asked why she loves to dance. “I’m so happy.” What’s remarkable is just how far Clara has come.

in Australia and Asia about the clip. Clara’s dancing was soon reported by media in Europe, the U.S. and Canada. At one point, while on a family vacation in Florida this fall, Anderson recalls a smiling hotel bellboy saying he recognized Clara from her video. “It was really uncanny that this guy in Florida knew who she was... That was really touching to us.” The video was originally posted in an effort to encourage donations to fund Clara’s therapy — a program called Intensive Multi-Treatment Intervention that isn’t funded by the Ontario government. She enrolled in the program while waiting for another form of treatment paid for by the province, for which she has since been approved. Because she’s been doing so well with the IMTI program, however, her family has decided to continue it for now, despite the $3,000 monthly cost. While the popularity of the YouTube video prompted enough donations to cover the cost of a few months of therapy, Clara’s family is constantly grappling with how to raise more. “We’ll still be on this constant search for funding,” says Anderson, who hopes to approach more private donors in the new year. She is also considering lobbying the government to give families the choice to pick an autism therapy program that’s best for their child. “The more you as a parent can help your child as they’re younger, the better off they do as an adult,” she says. “Clara’s prognosis was so poor, yet she has accomplished so much, in my opinion, in the 10 years she’s been alive. What can she accomplish in the next 10 years?”

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Woman charged for guns used in slayings BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WEBSTER, N.Y. — The convicted felon who ambushed firefighters on Christmas Eve, killing two, couldn’t legally buy the guns he used but he picked out the semiautomatic rifle and shotgun and was in the sporting goods store with a neighbour’s daughter when she bought them for him, police said Friday. The woman, Dawn Nguyen of Rochester, was arrested Friday and faces a federal charge of knowingly making a false statement for signing a form indicating she would be the legal owner of the guns, U.S. Attorney William Hochul said. She also was charged with a state count of filing a falsified business record, State Police Senior Investigator James Newell said. Newell said the charges are connected to the purchase of an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle and a 12-gauge shotgun that William Spengler had with him Monday when firefighters Michael Chiapperini and Tomasz Kaczowka were gunned down. Three other people were wounded before the 62-year-old Spengler killed himself. He also had a .38-calibre revolver, but Nguyen is not connected to that gun, Newell said. Hochul said Nguyen bought the guns on June 6, 2010, on behalf of Spengler, who as a convicted felon was barred from possessing weapons.

“She told the seller of these guns, Gander Mountain in Henrietta, New York, that she was to be the true owner and buyer of the guns instead of William Spengler,” he said. “It is absolutely against federal law to provide any materially false information related to the acquisition of firearms.” “It is sometimes referred to acting as a straw purchaser and that is exactly what today’s complaint alleges,” Hochul said. The .223-calibre Bushmaster rifle, which had a combat-style flash suppressor, is similar to the one used by the gunman who massacred 20 children and six women in a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school earlier this month. Nguyen and her mother, Dawn Welsher, lived next door to Spengler in 2008. On Wednesday and again on Friday, shortly before her arrest, she answered her cellphone and told The Associated Press that she didn’t want to talk about Spengler. Her brother, Steven Nguyen, told the Democrat and Chronicle newspaper of Rochester that Spengler stole the guns from Dawn Nguyen. A number listed in the name of her lawyer, David Palmiere, was disconnected. Spengler set a car on fire and touched off an inferno in his Webster home on a strip of land along the Lake Ontario shore, took up a sniper’s position

and opened fire on the first firefighters to arrive at about 5:30 a.m. on Christmas Eve, authorities said. He wounded two other firefighters and an off-duty police officer who was on his way to work. A Webster police officer who had accompanied the firefighters shot back at Spengler with a rifle in a brief exchange of gunfire before the gunman killed himself. Spengler spent 17 years in prison for killing his grandmother in 1980. Investigators still haven’t released the identity of remains found in William Spengler’s burned house. They have said they believe the remains are those of his 67-year-old sister, Cheryl Spengler, who also lived in the house near Rochester and has been unaccounted for since the killings. The Spengler siblings had lived in the home with their mother, Arline Spengler, who died in October. In all, seven houses were destroyed by the flames. Investigators found a rambling, typed letter laying out Spengler’s intention to destroy his neighbourhood and “do what I like doing best, killing people.” He had been released from parole in 2006 on the manslaughter conviction, and authorities said they had had no encounters with him since. The federal charges carry a maximum penalty of ten years imprisonment, a fine of $250,000 or both.

FBI releases Monroe files without redactions gators, biographers and those who don’t believe Monroe’s death at her Los Angeles area home was a suicide. A 1982 investigation by the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office found no evidence of foul play after reviewing all available investigative records, but noted that the FBI files were “heavily censored.” That characterization intrigued the man who performed Monroe’s autopsy, Dr. Thomas Noguchi. While the DA investigation concluded he conducted a thorough autopsy, Noguchi has conceded that no one will likely ever know all the details of Monroe’s death. The FBI files and confidential interviews conducted with the actress’ friends that have never been made public might help, he wrote in his 1983 memoir “Coroner.” “On the basis of my own involvement in the case, beginning with the autopsy, I would call Monroe’s suicide ’very probable,”’ Noguchi wrote. “But I also believe that until the complete FBI files are made public and the notes and interviews of the suicide panel released, controversy will continue to swirl around her death.” Monroe’s file begins in

LOS ANGELES — FBI files on Marilyn Monroe that could not be located earlier this year have been found and re-issued, revealing the names of some of the movie star’s communist-leaning friends who drew concern from government officials and her own entourage. But the records, which previously had been heavily redacted, do not contain any new information about Monroe’s death 50 years ago. Letters and news clippings included in the files show the bureau was aware of theories the actress had been killed, but they do not show that any effort was undertaken to investigate the claims. Los Angeles authorities concluded Monroe’s death was a probable suicide. Recently obtained by The Associated Press through the Freedom of Information Act, the updated FBI files do show the extent the agency was monitoring Monroe for ties to communism in the years before her death in August 1962. The records reveal that some in Monroe’s inner circle were concerned about her association with Frederick Vanderbilt Field, who was disinherited from his wealthy family over his leftist views. A trip to Mexico earlier that year to shop for furniture brought Monroe in contact with Field, who was living in the country with his wife in self-imposed exile. Informants reported to the FBI that a “mutual infatuation” had developed between Field and Monroe, which caused concern among some in her inner circle, including her therapist, the files state. “This situation caused considerable dismay among Miss Monroe’s entourage and also among the (American Communist Group in Mexico),” the file states. It includes references to an interior decorator who worked with Monroe’s analyst reporting her connection to Field to the doctor. Field’s autobiography devotes an entire chapter to Monroe’s Mexico trip, “An Indian Summer Interlude.” He mentions that he and his wife accompanied Monroe on shopping trips and meals and he only mentions politics once in a passage on their dinnertime LOUSES ....................... conversations. “She talked mostly about herself and some of the people who had ..................... been or still were important to her,” Field wrote in “From Right to Left.” ................ ”She told us about her strong feelings for civil rights, for black equal........................... ity, as well as her admiration for what was being done in China, her anger at red-baiting and McCa..................... rthyism and her hatred of (FBI director) J. Edgar Hoover.“ .......................... Under Hoover’s watch, the FBI kept tabs on the political and social lives ....................... of many celebrities, including Frank Sinatra, Charlie Chaplin and Monroe’s ex-husband Ar....................... thur Miller. The bureau has also been involved in numerous investigations ........................... about crimes against celebrities, including threats against Elizabeth Taylor, an extortion case ............................. involving Clark Gable and more recently, trying to solve who killed rap.................... per Notorious B.I.G. The AP had sought the Mens, Ladies, Kids removal of redactions from Monroe’s FBI files earlier this year as part MSR $50 of a series of stories on the 50th anniversary of Monroe’s death. The FBI had reported that it had transferred the files to a National Archives facility in Maryland, but archivists said the documents DEC. 29 DEC. 30 DEC. 31 JAN. 1 JAN. 2 had not been received. A few months after request12-5 SOUTHSIDE 9:30-5 Closed 9:30-6 C9:30-6 ENTRAL ing details on the trans34 AVE & GATEWAY BLVD fer, the FBI released an 11825 105 AVE (BEHIND SECOND CUP) updated version of the 780-426-2959 files that eliminate doz780-435-5760 SELECTED STYLES ens of redactions. For years, the files have intrigued investi-

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1955 and mostly focuses on her travels and associations, searching for signs of leftist views and possible ties to communism. One entry, which previously had been almost completely redacted, concerned intelligence that Monroe and other entertainers sought visas to visit Russia that year. The file continues up until the months before her death, and also includes several news stories and references to Norman Mailer’s biography of the actress, which focused on questions about whether Monroe was killed by the government. For all the focus on Monroe’s closeness to suspected communists, the bureau never found any proof she was a member of the party. “Subject’s views are very positively and concisely leftist; however, if she is being actively used by the Communist Party, it is not general knowledge among those working with the movement in Los Angeles,” a July 1962 entry in Monroe’s file states.

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The year (and world) did not end early GOES TO SHOW THE PERILS OF PREDICTION To begin on a happy note, the world didn’t end this year. Dec. 21 came and went without a sign of the Four Horsemen, leaving the Mayans (or rather their ancestors) with egg all over their faces. It just goes to show the perils of prediction — but why would we let that deter us? Nobody is keeping score. So, instead of the usual trek through the events of the past year, why don’t we use this year-ender to examine the entrails of recent events for portents of the future? Like, for example, the vicissitudes of the Arab revolutions in the past 12 months. On one hand, there were GWYNNE the first truly free elections in DYER modern Egyptian history. On the other hand, judges inherited from the old regime dismissed the lower house of parliament on a flimsy pretext, and then the Islamist president retaliated by ramming through a new constitution that entrenched conservative “Islamic” values against the will of more than a third of the population. Is this glass half full or half empty? On one hand, Libyans managed to hold a free election even though the country is still overrun by various militias, and Yemen finally bid farewell to its dictator of thirty-odd years. On the other hand, Syria has fallen into a fullscale civil war, with government planes bombing city centres and 40,000 dead. Did the “Arab spring” succeed, or did it fail? Well, both, of course. How could it have been otherwise, in a world of fallible human beings? But the mould has been broken, and already half of the world’s Arabs live in countries that are basically democratic. The political game is being played pretty roughly in some Arab countries, but that’s quite normal in new democracies — and in some older ones, too. In the years to come the transformation will deepen, amidst much further turbulence, and most Arab countries will emerge from it as normal, highly imperfect democracies. Just like most of the world’s other countries. The European Union staggered through a year during which the common currency of the majority of its members, the euro, tottered permanently on the brink of collapse. The financial markets have been talking all year about “Grexit,” the expected, almost inevitable withdrawal of Greece from the eurozone, and speculating on which country would leave next. They thought it would be Spain for most of the year, but Silvio Berlusconi’s decision to run for office again — The Return of the Undead, one European paper called it — switched the spotlight to Italy in November. The possibility that the common currency might simply fall apart, and take the political unity of the European Union with it, could no longer be dismissed. Meanwhile, secessionist movements flourished in major EU states. In Spain, both Catalonia and the Basque region elected provincial governments committed to holding referendums on independence. The United Kingdom and the recently devolved Scottish government agreed on the terms of a referendum to be held on Scottish independence in 2014. And in Belgium, Flemish threats to secede seemed more plausible than usual. It’s a mess, in other words, and Europe certainly faces years of very low economic growth. But the EU was always mainly a political project, intended to end centuries of devastating wars in Europe, and the euro was invented to reinforce that political union. That project still has the firm support of the political elites in almost all EU countries, and they will pay whatever price is necessary to save it. Even in the regions considering secession from their current countries, there is no appetite for leaving the EU. Indeed, the strongest argument of the anti-secessionists is to say that those regions would have to reapply for EU membership if they got their independence, rather than just inheriting it automatically. So the European Union will survive, and will even recover its financial stability eventually. It will also remain a major economic player in the world, although the centre of gravity of the global economy will continue to shift towards Asia. There is even reason to think that Asia’s triumph will arrive somewhat later, and in a rather more muted fashion, than the enthusiasts have been predicting in recent years. In the last months of 2012, China went through the ten-yearly ritual in which power is handed on to a new generation of leaders, and both Japan and South Korea elected new right-wing governments. North Korea, the nuclear-armed rogue state that lies between them, put its first satellite into orbit, thus demonstrating its ability to build long-range ballistic missiles. And China was almost continuously embroiled in border disputes with its neighbours (Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia) in the South China Sea. The cloud on the horizon is still “no bigger than a man’s hand,” but it is definitely there. We can hope that the world works differently nowadays, and in some ways it really does, but the fears, the nationalist passions, and even the strategic relationships in Asia are coming to resemble those in Europe a century ago, on the eve of the First World War. Even if an equivalent war never actually happens in Asia, a growing share of the region’s resources may be wasted on military spending.

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And if there ever were a real war, the destruction would be so great, given current weapons technologies, that the region could lose several decades’ worth of growth. But it will be some years yet before we know if the region is really drifting in that direction. The world’s drift towards global catastrophe due to climate change is becoming impossible to deny. This northern summer saw prolonged droughts and heat waves ravage crops from the US Midwest to the plains of Russia, and soaring food prices as the markets responded to shortages in food supply. This September saw Arctic sea ice cover fall to its lowest ever level: only half of the total area covered by ice in September 10 years ago. And October saw Hurricane Sandy devastate much of the US east coast, causing a hundred deaths and over $30 billion in damage. It was the secondcostliest tropical storm in American history (after Katrina, in New Orleans, seven years ago). Yet the global response is as feeble as ever. The annual round of global negotiations on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, held this December in Qatar, merely agreed that they would try to get some sort of deal by 2015. Even if they do, however, it won’t go into effect until 2020. So for the next eight years the only legal constraint on warming will be the modest cuts in emissions agreed at Kyoto 15 years ago. Moreover, those limits only apply to the old industrial powers. There are no limits whatever on the rise of emissions by the fast-growing economies of the emerging industrial powers in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Even lemmings usually act more wisely than this. November brought a week of massive Israeli air and missile strikes against the Gaza Strip, allegedly in retaliation for Palestinian missile attacks against Israel, but the tit-for-tat has been going on for so long that it’s pointless to discuss who started it. And nothing Israel does can stop the growing support for a Palestinian state: in late November the United Nations General Assembly granted Palestine non-voting observer state status by a vote of 138-9. More worrisome was the threat of Israeli air strikes on Iran, supposedly to stop it from getting nuclear weapons. That would be a very big war if it started: the United States would almost inevitably get dragged in, the flow of oil from the Gulf states would stop, and the world economy would do a nosedive. But there is no proof that Iran is currently working on nuclear weapons (the U.S. and Israeli intelligence services both say no), and mere air strikes would not cripple Iran’s nuclear industry for long. So the whole issue is probably an Israeli bluff. A bluff to what end? To get the rest of the world to impose severe economic sanctions against Iran,

in the hope that they will cause enough pain to get Iranians to overthrow the present regime. The damage is certainly being done — the value of the Iranian rial collapsed this year — but the power of the ayatollahs is unshaken. They will not be overthrown, and there will not be a war. I think. And then there’s the United States, where Barack Obama, having accomplished little except health care reform in his first presidential term, was reelected anyway. The Republican candidate concentrated his campaign on Obama’s slow progress in overcoming the deepest recession in 70 years (which had been caused by the previous Republican administration), but just in time the numbers started to turn upward for Obama. The economic recovery will probably strengthen in the coming year (unless the United States falls off the “fiscal cliff” in the next week or so), and strong growth will give Obama enough political capital to undertake on at least one big reform project. The highest priority is obviously global warming, but there is a danger that he will fritter his resources away on hot-button issues like gun control. So much for the big themes of the year. There was also the usual scatter of promising changes like Burma’s gradual return to democracy, the start of peace talks that may bring an end to the 60-year-old war between government and guerillas in Colombia, and the return to the rule of law in growing areas of anarchic Somalia. Similarly, there was a steady drizzle of bad news: the revolt by Islamist extremists that tore the African state of Mali in half in April, the pogrom against Burmese Muslims in July, and the police massacre of striking miners in South Africa in August. Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is probably dying of cancer, and the rules for choosing his successor are in dispute. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin faced unprecedented public protests after the elections last March, but his power still seems secure. The Mars rover landed successfully in August, and is now busily trundling across the Martian landscape. The existence of the Higgs boson was confirmed (or at least tentatively confirmed). Business as usual, in other words. 2012 wasn’t a particularly bad year; if you think it was, you’ve been reading too many newspapers and watching too much CNN. Their stock-in-trade is crisis and tragedy, so you can always count on them to give you the worst news possible. It wasn’t all that great a year either, but never mind. There’ll be another one along shortly. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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Foreign tourists visit the historical site of the Giza Pyramids, near Cairo, Egypt. Egypt has seen a drop in tourists, scared off by scenes of protests and clashes over the constitution, in new pain to a crucial industry gutted the past two years by turmoil. Tourism workers worry things won’t get any better even now that the charter has been passed: Egypt’s power struggles threaten to erupt into more unrest at any time, and some fear Islamists will eventually try to rein in alcohol and beach tourism.

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New economic action plan needed We don’t want bad news at Christ- only problems facing Canada. Canamas. But we have it anyway. da’s housing market, another source of In Alberta, the provincial economic growth in recent government has admitted years, is levelling off. that its heavy dependence Canadian house prices on the oil and gas industry, have risen about 125 per where prices have fallen, cent since 2000 while U.S. means a squeeze on public house prices have fallen services and broken elecabout 40 per cent since tion promises. 2000. In Ontario, General This has meant that CaMotors unexpectedly annadian households have nounced the shift of Camabeen accumulating much ro production to Michigan, higher levels of debt, based putting more than 1,000 jobs on low interest rates. at risk and continuing the Housing construction is DAVID province’s manufacturing now expected to decline, decline. along with housing prices. CRANE Together, what these anWhile Canada is focussed nouncements, and other simply on exporting oil developments, show is that and gas, the U.S. is taking a we need a new national ecomuch different approach. nomic national plan. The abundance of shale oil and gas We have been relying far too much from fracking is triggering an investon the production and export of raw ment surge in the chemicals industry, materials, and not enough on building as corporations seek to add value to a higher-value and more diversified raw materials. economy. An intensive debate is underway Nor have we been paying enough aton the level of natural gas exports the tention to the rapidly changing global U.S. should allow, with the petrochemenvironment, including rapid oil and icals industry pushing for tight restricgas development in the U.S. where, tions. according to the National Intelligence But Canada has no strategy to capCouncil, the U.S. could find itself in ture added value, and the jobs that a position where it no longer needs would go with this, from its resourcany Canadian oil or gas in the not-too- es. distant future. As a recent article in Financial Falling commodity prices and a Times, the international business daily, loss of manufacturing jobs are not the reported, while there is much U.S. de-

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bate over capturing higher value from resources, in Canada “the idea that production should be retained in the country for the benefit of home-grown manufacturers holds much less sway there.” Rather, Canada is urgently seeking new markets for unprocessed resources. There are still big hopes for the Keystone Pipeline, which would send oil sands oil to Texas refineries where it would be upgraded into higher-value products, in large measure for exports. The Northern Gateway and Kinder Morgan projects both face formidable environmental challenges, but could be steamrollered through by an anxious federal government to develop Asian markets where our oil and gas would be refined into more valuable products. Finally, there is talk of shipping oilsands oil to Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada, displacing foreign oil, and this would be refined in Canada. In its recent assessment of Canada, the International Monetary Fund adds its voice to those calling for a more strategic approach to build a higher value economy. “A key challenge for Canadian policymakers is to manage the structural changes in the economy associated with the growing commodity sector,” it says. “Higher productivity growth is essential for Canadian firms to respond

to persistent competitive pressures from a strong currency and the opening of global trade markets to merging and developed economies.” Among its suggestions are “better and more targeted support” to investment in research and development, improved training and retraining for workers, and the pursuit of new markets. Likewise, a recent Scotiabank report indicated the growing current account deficit Canada is running, with the disappearance of Canada’s once large trade surplus in goods and a growing deficit in trade in services, including tourism. As the report points out, Canadian goods producers of electrical equipment, chemicals, plastics, rubber, consumer goods, forestry products, industrial machinery and equipment, and automotive products have seen sharp declines in their trade balances. Canada now relies on exports of raw materials to counter the weaknesses in goods production and services. This is not a recipe for a successful high-value economy, which is why we need to reassess where we are headed and to design a new national action plan for future success across Canada, with good jobs and opportunity from coast to coast. This is our challenge for 2013. Economist David Crane is a syndicated Toronto Star columnist. He can be reached at crane@interlog.com.

Six surprisingly positive people of 2012 Is Christmas over already? I’m always amazed by how fast it goes once it finally gets here. Ditto for the end of the year. Many of us are shaking our heads in a mild state of delirium these days, thinking: “Where did 2012 go?” while others are breathing an audible sign of relief and mumbling “Thank goodness this year is finally over!” Perhaps you’re somewhere in between, and that’s often the best place to be. After all, isn’t life sometimes all about the fine art of compromise? HARLEY Sure, I didn’t win the lottery in 2012 like I was supHAY posed to, and not very many of my ambitious last year’s resolutions came true (OK, none), but as far as years go I guess you could say it was a continual series of Plan Bs of varying degrees of success. And maybe that’s all a person can ask for. But if you’re suffering a bit of the post-Christmas, pre-New Year’s blues, here are a just a few pick-meups from some positive people of 2012. 1. George Lucas, creator of Star Wars and other cinematic developments that changed the universe sold his Lucasfilm company to Disney for $4 billion. But that’s not the best part of the story. Turns out, George is giving away that moola to charity. Already a generous philanthropist, Luke Skywalker’s real father is pouring his fortune into educational foundations. “I am dedicating the majority of my wealth to improving education. It is the key to the survival of the human race,” Lucas has said, confirming that he is a real life Jedi Knight from the Light Side. 2. Alun Morgan, an 81-year-old Englishman suffered a stroke, remained in a coma for three weeks and when he woke up he spoke only in the Welsh language, and couldn’t remember a word of English. Suddenly he was the fluent speaker of a foreign language that he himself had rarely even heard. It took a long while and a lot of work with a Welsh dictionary, but the good news is he has regained his English and bonus! he can still speak Welsh. No word on whether he has now switched his soccer allegiance to the Welsh Premiere League football. 3. Liu Qianping of China is the newest star model in the fickle fashion world of women’s clothing. This in itself isn’t really news, however, the star is 72 years old. And a retired farmer. Also, a man. Liu happened to be visiting his 24-year-old granddaughter who has an online fashion business when the gregarious grandpa thought the clothes looked “quite interesting and quite cute” and tried on an item or two just for fun. “I tried on a jacket and they found it really funny, and I thought it was quite funny. So they asked if they could take pictures of me and post them on the Internet to sell the clothes. And I said, ‘Why not?’ ”

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Visits to the granddaughter’s website have increased four times, and Qianping has already turned down several modelling offers from other fashion companies. And you thought you’d only find famous crossdressing senior citizen fashion models in America! 4. Jeffrey Meldrum is an anthropology professor at Idaho State University. But that doesn’t mean he is necessarily sane. He is hard at work raising $300,000 to construct a blimp fitted with a thermal imaging camera to float over forests and “catch a glimpse” of Bigfoot. Also know as Sasquatch. The zeppelin search idea began with one William Barnes. who insists he personally encountered a Bigfoot in 1997 in northern California when an immense hairy beast approached his tent before striding away up a rocky ledge. Barnes contacted Meldrum and the blimp idea blossomed. However, apparently, “Meldrum has failed so far to raise a single dollar.” Perhaps he should try British Columbia. They seem to have no shortage of Sasquatch sightings — especially around the heavily forested grow-op sites. 5. Nick Dorken, a firefighter from Kitchener, Ont., saved a man from a burning car. This in itself is not unusual for a firefighter except at the time the 28-year-old was on holidays with his family at Disney World. He and his wife and two-year-old daughter were driving back to their hotel at 2 a.m. after a long, happy day at the Happiest Place on Earth when they came upon a burning single vehicle wreck. In spite of the fact that the seat was on fire and the vehicle was covered in thick smoke, Dorken dragged the man to safety. The man was not seriously injured and as most heroes do, the firefighter insisted he was not a hero. “The funniest thing is that my daughter slept through

the whole thing,” he said. And then he added: “It’s just the right thing to do.” 6. Darrell Krushelnicki is an even closer-to-home hero doing the right thing. In Edmonton, the oilpatch worker drove his Hummer in front of a speeding car to prevent it from mowing down four kids crossing a crosswalk. The 46-year-old from Taber was stopped in a line of vehicles at crosswalk with an overhead flashing amber light as four kids ranging from ages three to 16 headed across the street. It was then that he noticed a car in the far lane speeding towards the kids, apparently oblivious to the crosswalk, the line of stopped cars, the flashing traffic light, or the kids in front of him. Krushelnicki didn’t hesitate to pull his vehicle in front of the speeding car, preventing a sure disaster. Both cars were smashed up, Krushelnicki ended up with a loose tooth and the kids were shaken but safe. The driver of the car was allegedly talking on a cellphone at the time and has been charge with dangerous driving. Krushelnicki was, of course, modest. “I’m just glad the kids are OK and the only thing that needs repairs is some twisted metal,” he said. Apparently Krushelnicki resisted the urge to stomp on the distracted driver’s cellphone, smashing it to unrecognizable bits of useless plastic. So there are six positive people stories to pump you up a bit just in time for the new year. And let’s all try not to notice that in a few days we will be stepping tentatively into 365 days featuring the number 13. Good luck, everybody. Harley Hay is a local freelance writer, award-winning author, filmmaker and musician. His column appears on Saturdays in the Advocate. His books can be found at Chapters, Coles and Sunworks in Red Deer.

The greatest gift: prudence and wisdom What with a turkey supper (plus all the trimmings), gifts and the presence of family and friends, Christmas can be a beautiful day. For different faiths, it has significance that others generally cannot appreciate or sometimes even understand. But for the namesake of the day, it has a special meaning and so for Christians it is a day to celebrate the best gift ever given to the Earth; namely Jesus the Christ. We were no different in that we were about to celeCHRIS brate that birth with a large SALOMONS meal and good fellowship when I received a very excited phone call. “We just got the greatest gift of all! We won a scratch-n-win, guess how much?” It was almost hard to understand the gibberish they were so excited. “Guess what that means — we’re moving!” The rest of the conversation was very little more than

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unintelligible gibberish interspersed with nervous giggling. When the conversation was over and I had a few moments to think about what I had just heard, a cold fear set in when I thought about those involved. A thousand scenarios went through my mind and not too many of them good. Don’t get me wrong — winning that much would be fantastic, but as in this case, the first impact is the vision of sugar plums dancing in your thoughts. All the things you can now do that you couldn’t before. Get a nice apartment or condo, get a car, help a child, the list is endless. All of the thoughts are as to what you can do right now with all that money. But what about the maintenance once you have purchased everything? If your present income is through AISH or welfare, a large amount like this in your bank account will usually spell the end of that assistance. Then to re-apply once your winnings run out is a very difficult, if not next to impossible, to do. The greatest temptation with this new-found wealth is to purchase or lease something that is more than you anticipated but you do it because the money is there. A couple of years ago. I watched a documentary

about a journalist who, with some sponsors, gave three people from the street $100,000 each to do with as they chose, and they would follow and document these individuals in their choices for a period of one year. They offered help if these people wanted, but it was not required to receive this money. Before that year was up, the money was gone and the persons who had received this money were back on the street. Even though these winners declared this to be a divinely attributed gift, their focus was anywhere but on the divine. All of their hopes and plans focused entirely on the money and how it could fulfil their dreams. During the phone conversation, they repeated several times, “We don’t need a sermon or advice on this, we know what we are doing.” In spite of all of the above, I am very happy for them that they can enjoy this win but I just really hope that they exercise some prudence and wisdom on how to spend it, and if they really feel that it was a gift from God, that they follow his advice on how to use it. Chris Salomons is kitchen co-ordinator for Potter’s Hands ministry in Red Deer.

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Badly beaten Indian rape victim’s dies in Singapore hospital NEW DELHI — Doctors say a young Indian woman who was gang-raped and severely beaten on a bus in New Delhi has died at a hospital in Singapore. A statement by Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth hospital where the 23-year-old victim was being treated said she “died peacefully” early Saturday. The horrific ordeal of the woman galvanized Indians, who have held almost daily demonstrations to demand greater protection from sexual violence, from groping to rape, that impacts thousands of women every day, but which often goes unreported. She and a male friend were travelling in a public bus on Dec. 16 evening when they were attacked by six men who raped her and beat them both. They also inserted the rod in her body, stripped both naked and threw them off the bus on a road.

Mexican authorities find smuggling tunnel near U.S. border MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities have discovered a sophisticated smuggling tunnel equipped with electricity and ventilation not far from the Nogales port of entry into Arizona, U.S. and Mexican officials said Friday. The Mexican army said the tunnel was found Thursday after authorities received an anonymous call in the border city of Nogales, Sonora, south of Arizona. U.S. law enforcement officials confirmed that the Mexican military had discovered the football field-long tunnel with elaborate electricity and ventilation systems. U.S. Border Patrol spokesman Victor Brabble said the tunnel did not cross into the U.S. The army said the anonymous caller was reporting gunmen standing outside a two-story house in a hilly neighbourhood near the international bridge where motorists travel between Mexico and the United States. Inside the house, soldiers discovered a fake wall inside a storage closet under a staircase that led to a dark room with buckets and clothes. After lifting a drain cover in that room, soldiers found another staircase at the entrance of the tunnel that went 16 feet underground and measured a yard in diameter. Light bulbs lit the underground passage and pipes stretched across the 120-yard tunnel that Mexican army officials believe was built to smuggle drugs. It was unclear whether officials made any arrests, but the house

Troubled prison put on lockdown after inmates appear on social media outlet CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A troubled prison in the U.S. Virgin Islands has been placed on lockdown. The acting director of the U.S. territory’s Corrections Bureau says the lockdown is in response to what he calls an inappropriate appearance of inmates on an unidentified social media outlet. Director Basil Richards says in a statement Friday that the lockdown at Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility in St. Croix will remain in place until further notice.

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Top: The famous ‘kissing rocks’ of Ha Long Bay are featured on Vietnam’s 200,000 Dong note seen here. Above: Lunch aboard Cong Nghia on the Ha Long Bay in Vietnam. Whole fish scattered with herbs with local shrimp and squid made for a delicious lunch.

‘BUT THEY, AND THE MAN WHOM I LATER LEARNED HIS CLIENTS CALL MIGHTY QUYNH, ALSO INTRODUCED ME TO ONE OF THE WARMEST COOKING TEACHERS ANYWHERE . . . ; A BOAT TRIP THAT I CAN STILL SAVOUR IN MY MIND; AND THE 90-MINUTE MASSAGE OF MY LIFE, POSSIBLY THE BEST $20 I SPENT ALL YEAR.’

lmost always before I travel abroad, which is almost always for the purpose of eating, I steep myself in homework. In search of the best possible meals away from home, I scour websites, reach out to embassies, talk to people who have lived where I’m going, delve into relevant cookbooks and ask foreignborn chefs to spill their secrets. I often spend weeks and months planning just where I’ll be eating. Vietnam was different. Long on my bucket list, a trip to the country was simply an impulse purchase made one evening in late May, when I returned from dinner, asked my significant other how November looked, logged onto my preferred carrier’s website and bought two tickets that would take us to Ho Chi Minh City in the south and depart, seven days later, from Hanoi in the north. Click. Click. Click. In just a few keystrokes, I spent $6,509.40 just to get the two of us there and home. The only assurance I had that I was doing the right thing came from the Manhattan that was keeping me company and the name of a guide that a good friend swore by, Nguyen Xuan Quynh. For the first time ever, I put my travel trust in the hands of one person. Equally rare for me, before I got on the plane I gave the owner of Vietnam Now Travel just a short wish list of things that I wanted to do and see: Have silk pajamas made. Take a cooking class. See if I can squeeze through the Cu Chi Tunnel of wartime Vietnam. Beyond that, all I had to do was tell Quynh what cities I wanted to visit and my hotel preference. Like a good waiter, he read my mind, sometimes anticipating what I might want before I even asked. Before I met Quynh on the last leg of the trip, which also took in Hoi An and Hue, he assigned

me guides who were savvy about food. Thanks to them, I left no banh mi untasted. But they, and the man whom I later learned his clients call Mighty Quynh, also introduced me to one of the warmest cooking teachers anywhere, Anh Tuyet, whose eponymous Hanoi restaurant, below her apartment, was the scene for one-onone instruction; a boat trip that I can still savor in my mind; and the 90-minute massage of my life, possibly the best $20 I spent all year. Some snapshots of a trip where I let someone else do the ordering: ★★★ My first impression of Cuc Gach, a former French colonial house, is less than favorable. Oh, it’s a looker, this narrow restaurant that climbs three floors. But the presence of so many non-Vietnamese diners in the place feels wrong. Hadn’t I asked my guide for a taste of home — his home? As we stroll through several snug dining areas, I figure that I can at least feast on the design during my inaugural dinner in Ho Chi Minh City. The restaurant is a beautiful tribute to recycling and nature; a trim stairwell serves as a bridge from one floor to another and looks onto a small pool animated with live koi — a touch of the country in the city, the fish a Vietnamese symbol of luck and prosperity. Whoever dressed Cuc Gach has a good eye, and an interest in history. That someone is Tran Binh, an architect native to southern Vietnam and devoted to what he learned about his craft from the countryside. The Vietnamese have a saying: If you start something, use a brick first. Cuc Gach translates into English as “a brick.” Our chaperone for the first leg of my Vietnamese journey, Lam Quang Huy, grins as we ease into our seats on the top floor of Cuc Gach, a peaked tile roof over our heads. It isn’t the four-poster bed frame turned into a curtained table for six nearby that elicits his reaction, but an old Lygo milk canister holding chopsticks, the container a throwback to his youth. Little stories are behind every detail in the restaurant, where bright green morning glory stems are put to use as drinking straws and the music brings back the Vietnam of the 1970s.

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or a small-batch, handcrafted item, Taza stone-ground chocolate has a far-flung fan base. A Midwestern brewer pairs it with craft ales, a Texas chef with wine. Washington and Manhattan baristas recommend it with espresso. A San Francisco food-show judge keeps a stash of chipotle chili chocolate disks at her desk. A Florida gourmet-market proprietor prescribes it for the antioxidants. In Boston, Taza pops up on menus all around: with wine dinners, in pancakes, hot drinks, ice cream, brownies, pies, even a flourless salted caramel mousse. The rumor among food bloggers is that Taza inspired, or is making, Trader Joe’s new stone-milled extradark and salt-and-pepper dark wheels. Some Boston friends told me that Taza makes its chocolate right across the Charles River, in Somerville, a tiny city they described as a craft paradise. Forget Santa’s workshop; here’s where I’m doing my shopping. Entering Somerville on the T subway from Boston’s Logan airport, I pass Revolutionary War murals and an auto-body shop emblazoned with patriotic graffiti. My destination: a drab, barracks-like building that looks suited for making saltines, not chocolate, the food of love. But inside the confection-filled showroom, my senses revive while I wait for the factory tour. Children are welcome, but this is not Willy Wonka territory; the gritty chocolate is crafted for adult palates. “Chocolate’s my lifelong passion,” said Alex Whitmore, a former anthropologist, yacht captain and chef who founded Taza. Cradling football-size cacao pods, he describes the ancient art of stone-ground bean-to-bar chocolate. In contrast to smooth and creamy European chocolate, Taza uses an ancient Mexican process that preserves a pleasurable grittiness and the deep, complex flavor of the cacao. We examine a vintage, handcranked machine that roasts and winnows the beans, and authentic Oaxacan millstones that are used to grind the cacao. A 3,000-pound-capacity vat opens; whiffs of fermenting chocolate make me woozy. The ample samples include cinnamon, guajillo chili, salted almond and biodynamically grown vanilla bean. Indulging feels like an act of eco-conscience after hearing that the ingredients come from farmer-owned cooperatives; that the chocolate is 100 percent organic, kosher, dairy-free, gluten-free, GMO-free and additive-free and boasts third-party-certified high antioxidant levels; and that the cacao chaff gets donated to farms. Taza even delivers by bike and visits events with a pedalpowered “Chococycle” display cart. I take tiny bites, as instructed by

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CUISINE: Emphasizes a balance of textures and flavours As the owner’s grandmother did, the kitchen staff makes almost everything in-house, from the pickles to the tofu. Unusual (and hard!) for this professional eater, I leave the ordering to Huy. He asks the waiter for soup, followed by “something salty” and vegetables, a selection of three dishes that typify the region. As we wait for the soup, Huy teaches us how to mince red chilis with the tips of the chopsticks and sings the praises of fish sauce, or what he calls “Chanel No. 5.” No meal in Vietnam is complete without a dash or more of nuoc mam. We devour a catfish soup made sweet and sour with pineapple and tamarind, and deep-fried mackerel framed by julienne green mango. Our guide, raised southeast of the Mekong Delta, approves. “Food by my grandmother,” Huy compliments the spread. The meal concludes with the requested vegetables: bitter melon, bok choy, pumpkin and Vietnamese greens over which rich fish sauce is spooned. Lessons learned: Even though they might look similar, the vegetables in Vietnam taste more green, more vivid, more of themselves. Also, first impressions can be wrong. 10 Dang Tat, Ward Tan Dinh, District 1, Saigon;cucgachquan.com.vn. Dinner about $15 a person. ★★★ There are dozens of other boats chugging leisurely across the jade-green water of Ha Long Bay toward the ancient limestone rock formations, hundreds of craggy towers strong, that became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1994. I can’t help thinking that the vessel I’m on, christened Cong Nghia, is the choicest of all transportation. The boat is clean, the

Somerville now houses what Wired magazine recently surmised is the world’s largest hackerspace, a place where techies and tool crafters collaborate on projects. Artisan’s Asylum, which opened last December in a 31,000-square-foot reclaimed factory, resembles a monster gym. Instead of fitness stations, it has a 3-D MakerBot printer, a pro CNC router, TIG and MIG welding tools, and electronics, woodworking and bicycle-chopping equipment. Visitors can use the tools in dirt-cheap workshops — hot glass, bike maintenance, woodturning, jew-

crew is genial and there’s no bumping into anyone. While the vessel can carry nearly 50 passengers, today there are just two paying customers and our chaperone, Quynh, on board. We are free to roam around; the cheery blue top deck offers sun, breeze and an ever-changing postcard view. (Are those tourists jumping from their sloop in their birthday suits?) Vietnamese legend has it that the bay and its many islands were created by a dragon whipping its tail in a frenzy. Mere coincidence that the bow of Cong Nghia, named for its original owner, sports a dragon head carved from wood? We eventually dock and make our way to a trail that takes us deep inside one of a nearby island’s caves, illuminated throughout with colored spotlights to show off its many nature-made sculptures. “Paradise” is the contemporary (and apt) name of the enormous cave. However, Quynh points out a particularly voluptuous formation near the end of the 35-minute visit that prompted the local fishermen who discovered it 13 years ago to call it “Fairy’s breast.” No male seems to be able to resist having his photo snapped with the Marilyn Monroe of rocks. (Guilty!) Spelunking gives everyone an appetite. No sooner do we return to Cong Nghia than lunch is served on the window-wrapped main deck in a wide booth, the table draped in a blue cover that almost disappears amid the flurry of dishes. First, a little dip of black pepper, red chilis, salt and kumquat juice appears. Next, some ocean crab, which a cook cracks at the table, and a plate of shrimp, which she deftly peels for us as well. Marvelous on its own, the sweet seafood, culled from the water we’re gliding on, becomes electric after a dunk in the citrusy hot sauce: big flavors from a wisp of a galley. Vietnamese cooking emphasizes the balance of flavors and textures as well as the principles of yin and yang, or the heating and cooling characteristics of ingredients. The perfume of fresh ginger (considered hot) announces a big bowl of steamed elephant trunk clams (cool), so named for the long white meat inside the shells. Tender squid with crisp bok choy, and finely shredded cabbage glistening with oil and biting with black pepper, keep our chopsticks moving, too. A plate of carved, sliced cucumbers refreshes the palate between bites of the seafood and (there’s more?) herb-scattered butterfish. Only three hours have passed, but between board-

elry, metalsmithing, recycled furnishings and more. The studio artists’ projects range from mesmerizing, gift-worthy metal baubles to Project Hexapod — a.k.a. Stompy, a 4,000-pound, 18-foot-wide, 135-horsepower six-legged robot designed to carry two riders and 1,000 pounds of payload over rubble, rocks and water. Artisan’s Asylum reflects the bluecollar/creative-class collaboration that has reinvented Somerville. Its new Yankee ingenuity even extends to music. Steam-crunk bands play at Precinct, a former police station turned nightclub, and P.A.’s Lounge. Third Life Studio ensembles play teacups, bike wheels, Nintendo Wiimotes and a theremin, an electronic instrument played by waving your hands in the electromagnetic fields surrounding two antennae. Culinary offerings include cider doughnuts (which sell out fast) and handcrafted foods at Saturdays at the Armory, a former munitions warehouse turned community center. True Bistro’s sumptuous vegetable dishes draw crowds to once-desolate Teele Square. Journeyman serves adventurous flavor and texture pairings at Union Square. Independent’s neo-tavern cuisine has included tangy peppers stuffed with avocado mousse and jicama salsa. There, tradesmen mingle with scholars from Harvard, MIT and Tufts over locally brewed Pretty Things beer and cocktails with house-made bitters. Old structures thrum with new life. Former factories house art studios. Historic churches present such mashups as bluegrass-chamber music and ballet-burlesque. Elizabeth Hunter, artistic director for Theatre@First (think Shakespeare updated with corporations replacing kingdoms, and “SomerVaudeville” shows), credits Somerville’s artful abundance to “the sheer density of creative people,” from robot-makers to circus performers. “Ask locals, ‘What do you do?’ and they’ll tell you not just day jobs, but their passions,” Hunter says. Art is everywhere: A red wind sculpture whirs over a Tstop. Handcrafted benches and art-bombed switchboxes line the sidewalks. Davis Square’s Somerville Theatre houses a Museum of Bad Art. Shopping’s a breeze: Ceramics, glass and artisan foods fill the SLAM (Saturday Local Artist Market) at the Burren, an Irish pub. Blue Cloud Gallery displays hand-blown glass doorknobs, handmade paper lampshades and photo tiles by local artists. My bag fills quickly with gifts, some for me. Later, I spot an ad for a Taza bicycle-courier job. Tempting — except that the perks of working so closely with craft chocolate would soon become occupational hazards.

ing and disembarking, I feel as if I’ve been to the dawn of time and back, a journey punctuated by the most memorable meal of a year that has been packed with them. A three-to-four-hour tour of Ha Long Bay on Cong Nghia costs $120 for up to 48 passengers; lunch is an additional $20 per person. To make reservations, email quynh@vietnamnowtravel.com. ★★★ If you have time for only one meal in Hanoi, make it at Quan An Ngon. There are finer restaurants, and less crowded ones, but none that match the sheer number of dishes (200) or variety found in this aromatic and animated collection of 20 food stalls. Quan An Ngon pays homage to rural food peddlers whose stands play the role that restaurants fill in the city. Although the dining destination, modeled after the shacks found in the Red River delta, offers seating inside a two-story building, the fun takes place outdoors, where booths staffed by dozens of cooks ring an open-air courtyard packed with row upon row of dark wooden tables. (Grab one; they go fast.) You get a menu, but better to have your guide, in my case the Mighty Quynh again, show you around the perimeter and point out the selections. Each stall posts a woven bamboo sign announcing its specialty in Vietnamese. But you probably don’t require a translator to tell you that the tiny grilled birds at one stop are sparrows and that the fleshy steamed attraction at another stall is pig’s ear, wrapped in rice paper with lettuce, mint, scallions and noodles. Talk about one-stop shopping! All of Vietnam — north, south, central — appears to be represented at Quan An Ngon. I’ve slurped better beef noodle soup, or pho, at Eden Center in suburban Virginia. But smoky grilled pork on a bed of vermicelli noodles with a tuft of fresh herbs makes me sad to be saying goodbye to Vietnam, as do steamed snails enlivened with garlic, fish sauce and lemon leaves. As we put a small dent in the menu, giant fans suspended from the trees help us keep our cool and steer fragrant cooking aromas our way. Before heading to the airport and home, I manage to squeeze in some boozy fermented black rice and yogurt and make a friend of it. Quan An Ngon, 18 Phan Boi Chau St., Hoan Kiem str, Hanoi. 011-84-4-39428162138.

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Things for visitors in Miami FROM BEACHES TO ART — AND LITTLE HAVANA BY SUZETTE LABOY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI — With its sizzling beaches and steamy nightlife, it’s no wonder Miami is a top vacation spot for snowbirds, spring breakers, international tourists and passengers heading out on cruises from Florida ports. Over 13 million people visited the city in 2011, according to the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau. Getting past sticker shock, though, can be difficult for anyone on a budget. Expect to pay $20 for a burger at trendy restaurants, the same for cocktails. Just getting past the velvet ropes of a popular nightclub can run $300. To avoid draining your pocketbook, do as the locals do and enjoy Miami’s free attractions. In addition to beaches and people-watching, take in spectacular water views while biking over a causeway. Become an art enthusiast — or critic — while browsing neighbourhoods lined with galleries and graffiti murals. Or catch a movie outdoors on a nighttime picnic. THE BEACHES Even if you can’t afford to stay in luxury hotels with ocean views or you’re not trendy enough to get into the beachfront clubs, the sand and turquoise waters of South Beach are free, accessible and popular with visitors along Ocean Drive from about Fifth Street up to Collins Park. You’ll share the sand with locals, day-trippers and tourists staying in nearby hotels. Other activities in the South Beach area include a free New World Symphony concert projected onto a 7,000-square-foot wall (650 square meters) of a building designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry at 500 17th St., during Wallcasts (http://www.nws.edu/ wallcasts.aspx). Bring a blanket or picnic to enjoy the experience. Or watch a movie under the stars at the free SoundScape Cinema Series on the corner of 17th Street and Washington Avenue. Movies begin at 8 p.m., http://www.mbculture.com/ Scroll.aspx?id232. If you’re coming by car, parking can be a challenge. Street parking is easier in North Miami Beach. Information about other beaches in the area can be found at http://www.miamiandbeaches.com. ART DECO BUILDINGS AND LINCOLN ROAD Miami Beach is recognized by the National Register of Historic Places for having the largest concentration of 1920s and 1930s resort architecture in the U.S. The 800 buildings are known for their Mediterranean and Art Deco styles, with pastel colours, porthole windows, curved walls, and distinctive lettering on historic hotel signs. Walking tours cost $20 to $30 but many of the buildings are easily recognized. National Geographic offers detailed notes for a self-guided tour, mostly along Ocean Drive between Fifth and 17th streets, http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/cityguides/miami-walkin g-tour-1/ . Perhaps the absolute best free thing to do in Miami Beach is to go people-watching along Lincoln Road — http://www.lincolnroad.org/. The pedestrian mall lined with palm trees, dozens of shops, restau-

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About 150 surfing Santas, elves, snowmen and other Christmas characters showed up at George Trosset’s Surfing Santa event Christmas in the Sand in Cocoa Beach, Fla., on Monday. The event raised money for Grind for Life, which helps people with cancer. The ocean was filled with Surfing Santas:, men, women, boys and girls. rants and bars is a popular tourist destination and hangout spot for locals — along with their designer dogs. BIKES AND BUSES The bike scene in Miami has taken off, turning into a giant social gathering of all ages. On the last Friday of every month, bicyclists take to the streets en masse and bike just over a dozen miles (about 17 kilometres) during Miami Critical Mass — http:// www.meetup.com/criticalmass-40/ . If you don’t have your own bike, rentals are available — http://www. decobike.com/ . A popular cycling route is the Rickenbacker Causeway, which connects Miami to the barrier island of Key Biscayne. Ride into Crandon Park for free to visit a two-mile (3.2-kilometre) long beach. Another alternative to cars in Miami: Check out the free Metromover bus — http://www.miamidade. gov/transit/metromover.asp — which makes stops in tourist-friendly areas such as Downtown, Brickell and Bayside. GET ARTSY The Wynwood Arts District — http://www.wynwoodmiami.com/ is a neighbourhood with some of the best artwork to see for free: Legal outdoor mu-

rals by graffiti artists cover the walls near art galleries and restaurants. Walking tours are $15 but you can see plenty on your own. Or visit on the second Saturday of the month when you can mingle with artists and art buyers when galleries open their doors to the public. Some provide complimentary alcohol; arrive early for the freebies. The nearby Design District — http:// miamidesigndistrict.net/ offers more galleries, antiques shops, restaurants and bars. LITTLE HAVANA At Maximo Gomez Park, better known as Domino Park, 801 SW 15th Ave., you can watch locals playing the game or catch up on Cuban politics. The neighbourhood is also home to a cigar factory, Cuban cafes and other eateries, and Paseo de las Estrellas (Walk of the Stars), where celebrities from Latin American are given stars similar to those in Hollywood. The last Friday evening of every month from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Little Havana hosts Viernes Culturales — or Cultural Fridays — including dancing, domino games, cigar rolling, and free walking tours of the neighbourhood with local historian Paul George (departing at 7 p.m. from the Tower Theater, 1508 SW Eighth St.), http://www.viernesculturales.org/ .

Saba, ‘Unspoiled Queen of the Caribbean’ The small propeller airplane lands quickly and softly, like a butterfly, on one of the world’s shortest commercial runways on the rainforestcapped island of Saba, which rises stunningly out of the Caribbean. It won’t take long for visitors to see why the sign outside declares: “Welcome to The Unspoiled Queen.” Saba’s Mount Scenery, at 2,877 feet (877 metres) high, is touted as the highest point in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. (The island became a Dutch municipality following the breakup of the Netherlands Antilles.) Still, some of the island’s most sought-after peaks are underwater near Saba’s sharply rising shores. The small island’s volcanic nature has sculpted the seascape for unique recreational diving, as its coral-encrusted pinnacles and seamounts top out within recreational diving limits of 85 to 120 feet (26 to 36 metres). Yellow sulfur deposits on the sand at the dive site known as Hot Springs shows volcanic activity continues. If you stick your hand in the sand, you can feel its heat. Forget the beach. There isn’t one. No casinos, either. After hiking and diving, one of the next best things to do is simply relax and wait for the symphony of whistling frogs that fills the night with song. Many who take the time to visit this remote and verdant island about a 15-minute flight from St. Maarten are scuba divers who come to explore some of the most colorful and vibrant underwater life on this side of the world. A main draw for divers are the pinnacle dive sites,

where magma pushed through the sea floor to create underwater towers of volcanic rock that start at about 300 feet (91 metres) down and rise to about 85 feet (26 metres) beneath the surface. “There’s tons of colour and, of course, because they are out in this blue oasis of water and then all of the sudden you’ve got formations, it attracts corals and sponges which, of course, attract the smaller fish, which of course attract bigger and bigger fish,” said Lynn Costernaro, who owns the Sea Saba Dive Center, during a presentation to divers who were visiting the island in May. The sponges, both in their variety and size, are one of the most noticeable features of the Saba Marine Park. Giant barrel sponges almost as big as some divers tower over the seascape, which is thick with striking red, purple, orange and yellow sponges. Sea turtles and stingrays are regularly spotted. Reef sharks can be seen on patrol. Spiny lobsters, crabs and moray eels hide in small openings in the corals. One of the park’s most thrilling dives, called Third Encounter, is on top of an underwater mountain. The top, which is about 100 feet (30 metres) deep, is covered in coral and sponges with deep, dark blue drop-offs along its sides. Soon after getting there, a dive guide will start moving off into the deep blue, seemingly toward nothing. A few heart-pounding moments after hovering over the blue abyss, a narrow towering spire suddenly comes into view — again covered with colorful growth. The first known divers in Saba waters did not come until 1982. The Dutch government decided to create a marine park not long after,

before much diving had started. The park was officially established in 1987, but steps had been taken before that to protect the area, such as talking to fishermen and setting up homemade moorings for boats. About 150 species of fish have been found in the waters of the island. Measures are taken measures to protect them. For example, restaurants do not serve grouper. As a result, a variety of species of grouper that is harder to see around other Caribbean islands is commonly seen here. Other seldom-seen fish such as frogfish also can be found, and the dive guides know where to find them. After spending the morning diving, there’s plenty to do on land in the afternoon, if you’re not ready to relax by the pool. The island has six different vegetation zones, including rainforest and cloud forest at the very top, where there are orchids. There are more than a dozen trails of varying lengths and difficulty. Mount Scenery, at the top, takes an hour and a half each way

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to hike. Tour guides are available. Saba has more than 60 species of birds. There is even a lodge and restaurant in the rainforest. It takes about 10 minutes to hike along a trail to reach the restaurant, and a flashlight is needed at night. Frogs cling to the windows in the dining room. A slideshow presentation on

the rainforest is given on Wednesday nights. There is only one main road, steep and twisty, often providing exhilarating views over sheer cliffs down to the sea. Hitchhiking is common. Cars regularly roll along from one side of the island to the capital, known as The Bottom, a

town of red-roofed white buildings with green shutters in a valley surrounded by lushly green and high-rising peaks. Even if you never go to the island’s highest points, just about anything you do on the island will require some significant hiking, because the terrain is quite steep.

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HEAT DISPUTE SUSPENSION AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — The Miami Heat said Friday the franchise didn’t agree with the one-game suspension given to Dwyane Wade for making contact with Charlotte’s Ramon Sessions earlier this week. “While we accept the decision of the NBA regarding Dwyane Wade, we do not agree with it,” the team said. Wade was suspended for Friday night’s game at Detroit for flailing his leg and making contact with Sessions’ groin during the Heat’s 105-92 victory over the Bobcats on Wednesday. Wade tweeted Thursday that he’s not a dirty player and was just reacting to contact with Sessions during the game. “You’d kind of have to be there,” Wade said at Friday’s shootaround. “With the whole video, it could be taken any kind of way. Like I said, I’ve made my statement and I’m looking forward to moving on and getting ready for tomorrow night” against Milwaukee. He said he would try to look at Friday as a “rest day” and hoped to watch Friday’s game against the Pistons on TV. He quipped that he needs to get the NBA League Pass on his mobile phone but “it was expensive the last time I checked.” Coach Erik Spoelstra said Mike Miller would start at guard, and Ray Allen — who missed the Charlotte game because of a sore right shoulder — was ready to play.

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BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Oil Kings 6 Rebels 1 Their record of late may not show it, but there are things creeping into the Red Deer Rebels game that aren’t sitting well with general manager/head coach Brent Sutter. Many of those bad habits were evident as the Rebels ran into a determined Edmonton Oil Kings squad, who rolled to 6-1 Western Hockey League victory over the home squad before 6,609 fans at the Centrium Friday. “There are bad habits creeping into our game that have to be corrected,” said Sutter. “First of all the players are the ones putting the skates on and have to correct it and secondly they will be accountable as long as I’m with this team.” The Rebels seemed a step behind from the drop of the puck and it wasn’t until they were down 3-0 that they seemed to find their legs. The Oil Kings, who fell behind the Rebels 3-0 Thursday before losing 5-3 in Edmonton, weren’t about to let the game get away. “We weren’t happy with our start Thursday,” said Oil Kings head coach Derek Laxdal. “We did manage to battle back to 4-3 but they got a weak goal. Tonight LB (goaltender Laurent Brossoit) was solid from the get-go and we played well five-on-five. And when there was a break down Brossoit was there.” The Rebels did have their chances, especially in the middle stanza when Tyson Ness hit the post and Brossoit got a toe on an in-close chance

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The puck bounces just wide of the net after sliding under Edmonton Oil King goaltender Laurent Brossoit on a shot by Red Deer Rebel Cory Millette during first period action at the Centrium on Friday. by Rhyse Dieno. But Sutter didn’t see much positive out of the game except for the play of Joel Hamilton, who scored the Rebels lone goal while shorthanded nine seconds into the third period. ‘We were awful, there’s no other way to explain it,” Sutter said. “It doesn’t matter what level you play at if your best players are not your best players you have no chance. “Outside of Joel Hamilton I didn’t see much from any of our top three

lines.” Sutter felt the team was passive early on, losing the majority of the battles along the boards. “It was very noticeable and unacceptable,” he said. “That’s not the way this team can play. Two of the last three games at home we haven’t been good. Despite a 12-3-1 record in our last 16 games the last three or four some of the inconsistencies that were evident early in the season have been noticeable again. Our leaders have to be accountable.”

Stephane Legault opened the scoring for the Oil Kings at 2:02 of the first period, slipping home a rebound into an open net. TJ Foster made it 2-0 on a perfect shot high over Red Deer netminder Bolton Pouliot’s shoulder at 6:54. The Oil Kings, who were zero-for-six on the power play Thursday, converted with the man advantage at 14:23 when Michael St. Croix ripped home a quick shot from the slot. Despite several good opportunities in the mid-

dle stanza Henrik Samuelsson scored the lone goal for Edmonton on a breakaway at 14:31. After Hamilton gave the Rebels some hope early in the third period Legault killed that with a shorthanded breakaway goal at 13:39 after taking the puck from Matt Dumba at the Edmonton line. Klarc Wilson completed the scoring at 16:45 on a goal that appeared to come after goalie interference.

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Canada come from behind to beat Slovakia TEAM LIKELY FACING MORE IIHF DISCIPLINE FOR HITS THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada 6 Slovakia 3 UFA, Russia — Canada’s punishing brand of hockey is unloved by European teams and gets them into trouble with the authorities at the world junior championship. It’s also a style that produced an important second win of the tournament for Canada on Friday, even though there may be a price to pay for that victory. A 6-3 comeback win over Slovakia hinged not only on Anthony Camara’s crushing check on a Slovak player in the second period, but the Canadians rallying around what they perceived as the injustice of his ejection. Canada was down three forwards early in the second period because both Camara and JC Lipon had been ejected from the game by then, and Boone Jenner was serving the second of a three-game suspension assessed prior to the tournament. Trailing 3-1 midway

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Canada forward Anthony Camara, left, look on after crushing Slovakia forward Patrik Luza, right, during second period IIHF World Junior Championships hockey action in Ufa, Russia on Friday. Luza left the game on a stretcher. through the second, Canada rattled off five unanswered goals to win and sit atop Pool B at 2-0. Ryan Strome led with a pair of goals, while defenceman Morgan Rielly contributed a goal and

an assist. Mark Scheifele scored the go-ahead goal with less than a minute to go in the second period. Canada also got goals from Ty Rattie and captain Ryan NugentHopkins.

Goaltender Malcolm Subban made 25 saves on 28 shots for his second win of the tournament. Defenceman Xavier Ouellet had two assists, including one on Scheifele’s goal.

The International Ice Hockey Federation choosing not to further discipline Camara, whose check on Patrik Luza sent the Slovak defenceman off the ice on a stretcher, indicates the hit was legal. Replays show Luza had his head down when the Barrie Colt levelled him along the boards. Canada didn’t escape the long arm of the IIHF’s law, however. Lipon will have a hearing on Saturday morning for his hit on Tomas Mikus behind Slovakia’s net in the first period. If the Kamloops Blazer is suspended, Canada will be minus both him and Jenner for Sunday’s game against the United States. But Friday’s game turned on the reaction by both countries by the Camara check. While Canada was galvanized after losing a second forward in the game, Slovakia’s emotions over watching their teammate leave the ice on a stretcher got the better of them.

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NHL moves on buyouts, contract length in new proposal THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The NHL is making a serious bid to save the season. With another year in jeopardy because of a labour dispute, the league softened its demands in key areas of collective bargaining with a new proposal to the NHL Players’ Association on Thursday night. The comprehensive offer included compliance buyouts and less restrictive rules on player contracts, according to sources.

The league’s proposal calls for a six-year term limit on free-agent deals — up from five previously — and will allow teams to re-sign their own players for up to seven years. It also includes a provision that salary can vary by 10 per cent from year to year during the course of a deal (the NHL’s most recent offer proposed a five per cent variance). A source told The Canadian Press the deal is contingent on the NHLPA signing off by Jan. 11. Training camps would

then open the next day and the season would start Jan. 19. The NHL and NHLPA plan to review the proposal on a conference call Saturday and could meet in person by the end of the weekend. For the first time during these negotiations, the league is also willing to consider one-time compliance buyouts to help teams transition from a system that saw players receive 57 per cent of revenues to one that pays them 50 per

cent. It has proposed giving each team one such buyout, with the money counting against the players’ overall share in revenue but not an individual team’s salary cap. Deputy commissioner Bill Daly confirmed the existence of the new offer Friday, but declined to comment. “We are hopeful that once the union’s staff and negotiating committee have had an opportunity to thoroughly review and consider our new proposal, they will share

it with the players,” Daly said in a statement. “We want to be back on the ice as soon as possible.” The NHLPA’s negotiating committee and executive board was scheduled to hold an internal conference call Friday afternoon to discuss the offer. The proposed length of the agreement is 10 years through the 202122 season, with a mutual option for both parties to opt our after eight years.

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Canada gets semifinal berth at Spengler Cup THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Toronto power forward Ed Davis (32) fights for a loose ball with New Orleans power forward Anthony Davis (23) during the third quarter of an NBA basketball game at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012.

Raptors need overtime to beat Hornets THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW ORLEANS — DeMar DeRozan scored 30 points, Kyle Lowry had two big baskets in overtime and the Toronto Raptors held off the New Orleans Hornets 104-97 on Friday night. The Raptors, who never

trailed in the second half, scored nine of the first 11 points in overtime after blowing a seven-point lead in the last 1:30 of regulation. Amir Johnson scored under the basket to give Toronto a 93-91 lead. Lowry then drove the baseline for a reverse layup and hit a 3-pointer to make it 98-93.

DeRozan finished off the Hornets with two free throws and an outside shot that made it 102-95 with 31.7 seconds left. Lowry, coming off the bench after missing seven straight games with a partial triceps tear, had 17 points. Alan Anderson added 14 points for the Raptors.

Rookie big man Anthony Davis led New Orleans with 25 points. Greivis Vasquez added 20 points, 14 assists and nine rebounds, falling just shy of his first career triple-double. The Raptors won for only the third time in 18 road games, while the Hornets fell to 3-12 at home.

DAVOS, Switzerland — Canada is off to the semifinal round at the Spengler Cup and didn’t have to lace up its skates Friday to cement the berth. Canada had the day off but received a bye to the semifinals after H.C. Davos defeated Adler Mannheim 6-2 in the final preliminary round game for both teams. Davos rallied from a 2-0 deficit to earn the victory, which gave Canada (1-1, four points) top spot in its division and a bye to the semifinal round. Mannheim (1-1, two points) opened the tournament with a 2-1 overtime victory over the Canadians and would’ve clinched first in the conference with a victory over the Swiss club. Davos (1-1, two points) dropped a 5-0 decision to Canada on Thursday which relegated it to the quarter-final round regardless of the outcome against Mannheim. HC Vitkovice Steel defeated Fribourg Gotteron 2-1 on Friday to finish atop the other group with four points and receive a bye to the semifinal round. On Saturday, Mannheim will face Fribourg Gotteron in one quarterfinal game while Davos will take on Salavat Yulaev UFA in the other. The winners will advance to the semifinal round Sunday against Canada and HC Vitkovice Steel.

Raiders to give QB Terrelle Pryor first career start in finale ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Oakland Raiders are ready to get a long look at Terrelle Pryor to see if he can be their quarterback of the future. Pryor got the nod to start Sunday’s season finale in San Diego in place of the injured Carson Palmer. After being deemed not ready to be the backup when Palmer got hurt last week in Carolina, Pryor now gets the chance to make his first career start. “We know what his strengths are, we know what his weaknesses are,” coach Dennis Allen said Friday. “But really, to give him an opportunity to go out in a game, against a division opponent, at their place, and give him a chance to play, it gives us a view into the future.” Allen said he told Pryor and Matt Leinart early in the week that he was leaning to Pryor but wanted to see how

practice developed. He said he thought Pryor responded well and now wants to see what his athleticism can bring to a team that has failed to score a touchdown the past two weeks. Pryor said he’s confident he is ready to start his first game since the Sugar Bowl for Ohio State against Arkansas on Jan. 4, 2011, but admitted to having some anxiety. “I’m nervous. Until the first play I’m going to be nervous,” he said. “I’m human like you guys. I’m human like everybody. I just happen to play one of the best sports in the world. I’ll be nervous until the first snap.” Pryor was taken in the third round of the supplemental draft in August 2011 by late Raiders owner Al Davis. Pryor missed almost all of training camp and then served a five-game suspension before he could be activated. He got on the field just once as a rookie — committing a false start before his

only play — as he needed to work on his footwork and mechanics. Pryor got a few chances to shine in the preseason but was then inactive the first 11 games of this year. He played briefly the past two weeks in specialty packages. He completed one of two passes for 5 yards, ran the ball once for 2 yards and caught a 22-yard pass. Pryor said he guarantees he will have no problems with the logistics of quarterback. “I’m confident,” he said. “I’m sure my teammates have confidence in me as well. Like I said, you can’t put everything on my shoulders, can’t try to do everything. Just go out and let the players make plays and let myself make plays.” Pryor will be the 15th player to start at quarterback for the Raiders since the start of the 2003 season. “Of course he brings the running

when they play more physical, the European teams basically don’t really handle it well,” Slovakia’s coach Ernest Bokros said. Lipon’s hearing will be Canada’s second for this tournament. Jenner’s suspension came down Dec. 25 for his check on Swedish defenceman Jesper Pettersson in pre-tournament game. Jenner’s hit was late and Pettersson suffered a broken wrist and dislocated shoulder. Strome made no apologies for Canada’s hardhitting ways. “We play the game hard,” the Niagara IceDogs forward said. “That’s what we’ve always done.” One of the game goals Spott sets for his players is limiting minor penalties to four or less. He conceded that Lipon’s stick was high on Mikus, but pointed out that Mikus laid face down on the ice while Lipon was turfed. Mikus was back on the ice for his next shift, however, and scored a power-play goal to make it 2-0 for his country after the first period. “The question we have as a staff is ’if you embellish, does that assist (the severity of the penalty)?”’ Spott asked. “Our boys don’t lie down. Canadian guys don’t lie down. They’ll drag themselves off the ice before they lie down.” Gamesmanship aside, Canada passed their first real test of the tournament. Slovakia had taken Russia to overtime in their tournament opener before falling 3-2. Against Canada, they were the faster, smarter and harder-working team in the opening period. Marko Dano scored twice in the game and Adam Nagy made 24 saves in Slovakia’s net. “In an event like this, you’ve got to find different ways to win and tonight was about dealing with adversity early and staying true to our tasks,” Spott said. “I give our kids a lot of credit. They had to be resilient and ultimately find a way to win and they were able to do that.” Russia edged the Americans 2-1 in the other Pool B game Friday. With five points, the hosts sat second behind Canada with six. The Czech Republic downed Finland 3-1 and Sweden edged Switzerland 3-2 in a shootout in Pool A games.

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REBELS: Six points back The Oil Kings finished with 42 shots on Pouliot while the Rebels had 30 on Brossoit. The win gave the Oil Kings 53 points on the season and moved them three ahead of the Calgary Hitmen, who lost 2-1 to Lethbridge. Red Deer is six points back of the Oil Kings and only six ahead of Lethbridge. Laxdal, who is a former Red Deer Rustler, was willing to take the split in the home-and-home games with Red Deer. “We needed to respond after last night (Thursday). We gave up two points but came right back to get them tonight, so it’s a wash in the standings for us.” The Rebels won’t have much time to regroup as they host the Brandon Wheat Kings Sunday at 6 p.m. at the Centrium. The Wheat Kings, who had Mike Ferland back in their lineup, lost 4-3 to Moose Jaw. The Rebels were without defenceman Brady Gaudet, who was injured when hit from behind in Edmonton. They were also missing forward Conner Bleackley and rearguard Haydn Fleury, who are at the World U17 Championship. The Oil Kings are also missing several players including defencemen Griffin Reinhart and David Musil. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

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Rielly and Rattie scored power-play goals to tie the game. “Once that hit took place and Anthony came to the bench and we realized it was a clean hit and there’d be no call and then there was a call, I think our players rallied around that and I think as coaches we use that as a rallying point,” Spott said. “Dirty” has been applied to the Canadian team, most recently by Mikus who used the term to describe both the hit on him and Luza. “In my eyes, the two hits were dirty,” Mikus said. “I didn’t see the second one, so I can’t comment on it, but there was ... blood in the face so not clean.” In an English translation of a story published on the eve of the tournament, Russian forward Nail Yakupov is quoted as using “dirty” to describe the Canadian y YOURSELF g g y p TREAT THIS HOLIDAY WITHp THE the 2013 SUMMIT. Treat yourself this 2013 Summit Plus, we’re piling on someholiday great offers to help you with bring one home for the holidays. team. Since Yakupov has not yet spoken to media GET 2-YEAR ENGINE COVERAGE§* so far at this tournament, + NO DOWN PAYMENT AND NO PAYMENTS FOR 6 MONTHS ** it’s difficult to know Hurry! Offers end soon! whether that is what he meant. Nevertheless, the Canadians are seen as a West Side Gasoline Alley, team that tries to win by 175 Leva Avenue, Red Deer County intimidation. 403.346.5238 www.turplebros.ca “Canada are aware *Offer ends Dec. 31/12. Hurry to your dealer for details ©, ™and the BRP logo are trademarks of BRP or its afﬁliates.

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ability, but he’s trying to be a leader out there, have command of the huddle and doing the job that a starting quarterback should do,” receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey said. Leinart had hoped to be able to make his third start since 2007 but thought the Raiders might give the nod to Pryor to see what he can do in a real game. “The competitor in me wants to play, wants to start, but I do understand that they need to evaluate him, and I get that,” Leinart said. “Obviously, you’re not happy by any means, but at the same time I’m a team player. I’ve learned a lot this year, and I’m happy to help.” The Raiders also could have a new starter on the offensive line as starting right guard Mike Brisiel missed his third straight practice as he recovers from an ankle injury and concussion.

NHL: Still work to be done According to sources, the league’s detailed proposal covered both the major issues that have divided the sides and a number of the smaller ones they’ve already found agreement on during more than five months of negotiations. It also put the US$300 million in deferred transition payments back on the table — something it had previously withdrawn when talks broke down Dec. 6. Despite the movement from the league, there is still clearly work to be done. Among the items in the proposal a source indicated the NHLPA isn’t keen on is a $60-million salary cap in 2013-14, which the union believes will result in players paying a high rate of escrow. The NHL and NHLPA have a little over two weeks to reach an agreement that would save the season. The 104-day lockout has seen all regular-season games cancelled through Jan. 14 and a deal needs to be reached soon to salvage a 48-game schedule — the minimum commissioner Gary Bettman says must be played. Negotiations have been at a standstill since talks broke off in New York at the beginning of the month, but Daly created a buzz Dec. 19 when he predicted on Hockey Night in Canada Radio there would be a season. Later that day, NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr told reporters the owners needed to show a willingness to negotiate for it to happen. “I certainly hope he’s right,” Fehr said of Daly’s prediction. “That’s the players’ goal, that’s what we want to try and do. Hopefully, we’ll get back together and negotiate out the remaining issues as soon as possible.” As of Friday afternoon, the sides had made no plans to meet face-to-face again. In the meantime, a decision is looming for the NHLPA’s executive board. Players voted overwhelmingly to give that 30-member committee the power to file a “disclaimer of interest” until Jan. 2 — a move that would see the union dissolved and would allow the players to challenge the legality of the lockout in court.

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Hockey WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE East Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Prince Albert 37 23 11 0 3 131 107 Saskatoon 36 19 16 0 1 123 121 Swift Current 39 17 17 3 2 116 105 Moose Jaw 38 14 17 3 4 97 120 Brandon 37 13 20 2 2 105 149 Regina 38 13 21 2 2 94 143 Central Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Edmonton 37 24 8 2 3 133 92 Calgary 36 23 9 1 3 113 95 Red Deer 39 22 14 2 1 109 112 Lethbridge 39 18 16 1 4 125 116 Medicine Hat 36 15 19 2 0 121 133 Kootenay 35 10 24 1 0 80 126 WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Kamloops 39 25 10 2 2 136 105 Kelowna 36 24 10 1 1 150 90 Victoria 33 17 14 0 2 97 109 Prince George 34 12 18 1 3 87 116 Vancouver 34 9 25 0 0 86 134 U.S. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Portland 35 29 5 1 0 159 76 Spokane 35 24 10 1 0 141 101 Tri-City 35 20 12 1 2 105 96 Seattle 35 16 17 1 1 116 136 Everett 37 13 22 0 2 92 134

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Note: Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns. Friday’s results Edmonton 6 Red Deer 1 Lethbridge 2 Calgary 1 Moose Jaw 4 Brandon 3 Prince Albert 5 Saskatoon 4 Swift Current 6 Medicine Hat 4 Spokane 1 Kootenay 0 Everett at Seattle Portland at Tri-City Kelowna at Vancouver Prince George at Victoria Today’s games Regina at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m. Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m. Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m. Swift Current at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver at Kamloops, 7 p.m. Tri-City at Portland, 7 p.m. Seattle at Everett, 7:05 p.m. Kootenay at Spokane, 7:05 p.m. Prince George at Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Sunday’s games Prince George at Vancouver, 4 p.m. Everett at Kelowna, 5:05 p.m. Brandon at Red Deer, 6 p.m. Saskatoon at Regina, 6 p.m. FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES Oil Kings 6, Rebels 1 First Period 1. Edmonton, Legault 4 (Carroll, Foster) 2:02 2. Edmnton, Foster 18 (St. Croix, Baddock) 6:54 3. Edmonton, St. Croix 21 (Wruck, Foster) 4:23 (pp) Penalties — Johnson RD (tripping) 13:24, Wilson Ed (goalie interference) 14:41. Second Period 4. Edmonton, Samuelsson 18 (Wruck) 14:31 Penalties — Ewanyk Ed (fight, major) Thiel RD (instigator, served by Bellerive, fight, major, misconduct) 18:43. Third Period 5. Red Deer, Hamilton 4 (Ness) 0:09 (sh) 6. Legault 5 13:39 (sh) 7. Edmonton, Wilson 4 (Carroll, Ewanyk) 16:45 Penalties — Lazar Ed Fafrd RD (fight, major) 7:36, Bench ED (to many men, served by Moroz) 11:45, Samuelsson (cross-checking) Maxwell RD (roughing) 11:45, Samuelsson Ed (slashing) 18:15. Penalty shot — Foster, Edmonton, stopped, 18:58. Shots on goal by: Edmonton 13 18 11 — 42 Red Deer 12 6 12 — 30 Goal — Edmonton: Brossoit (W,15-4-3-2). Red Deer: Pouliot (L,5-6-0-1). Power plays (goals/chances) — Edmonton: 1-2. Red Deer: 0-4. Referees: Chris Crich, Colin Stefanyk. Linesmen — Cody Huseby, Cory Lundquist. Attendance — 6,609. Broncos 6, Tigers 4 First Period 1. Medicine Hat, Shinkaruk 20 (Valk) 7:29 2. Medicine Hat, Koules 9 (Cox, Pearce) 11:13 Penalties — Pearce MH (holding) 8:26, Lowry SC (checking from behind) 12:22. Second Period 3. Swift Current, Cave 8 (Gordon, Lowry) 0:36 4. Medicine Hat, Doty 4 (Bredo, Cox) 7:53 5. Medicine Hat, Bredo 8 (Leier, Busenius) 9:53 6. Swift Current, Lowry 24 (Gordon, Scarlett) 17:40 Penalties — Stanton MH, Bews SC (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 8:20. Third Period 7. Swift Current, Gordon 10 (Lowry, Cave) 3:43 8. Swift Current, Gordon 11, 7:37 9. Swift Current, Cave 9 (Lowry, Gordon) 12:58 10. Swift Current, Scarlett 5, 19:34 (en) Penalties — None. Shots on goal Medicine Hat 9 11 6 — 26 Swift Current 10 10 7 — 27 Goal — Medicine Hat: Lanigan (L,11-8-1); Swift Current: Bow (W,3-1-1). Raiders 5, Blades 4 First Period 1. Prince Albert, Perreaux 7 (Braid, Danyluk) 2:13 2. Prince Albert, Conroy 15 (Bardaro, McVeigh) 6:47 3. Saskatoon, Walker 12 (Stransky, Kambeitz) 13:31 Penalties — Nicholls Sktn (slashing), Ruopp PA (double roughing) 16:34, Kambeitz Sktn (interference) 17:12. Second Period 4. Prince Albert, McVeigh 9 (Conroy, Bardaro) 1:38 5. Saskatoon, Elliott 1 (Sutter, Giebel) 8:46 6. Saskatoon, McColgan 10 (Nicholls, Dietz) 16:09 (sh) 7. Prince Albert, Lange 9 (Conroy, Bardaro) 18:29 (pp) 8. Saskatoon, Walker 13 (Stransky, Kambeitz) 19:44 Penalties — Hodder PA (tripping) 2:14, Bardaro PA (interference) 5:59, Elliott Sktn (hooking) 10:48, Stransky Sktn (roughing), Vandane PA (high-sticking) 12:58, Thrower Sktn (roughing) 15:52, Siemens Sktn (hooking) 17:48. Third Period 9. Prince Albert, Bardaro 11, 15:04 Penalty — Morrissey PA (holding) 5:24. Shots on goal Saskatoon 12 11 15 — 38 Prince Albert 12 8 5 — 25 Goal — Saskatoon: Moodie (L,4-3-0); Prince Albert: Siemens (W,22-9-3). Warriors 4, Wheat Kings 3 First Period 1. Brandon, Palmer 2, 4:15 Penalty — Nejezchleb Bdn (high-sticking) 1:31. Second Period 2. Moose Jaw, Eberle 8 (McFaull, Doucette) 9:32 (pp) 3. Brandon, Roy 7 (Nejezchleb, McGauley) 18:50 (pp) Penalties — Yaworski (checking to the head) 8:01, Kirsch MJ (tripping) 17:16. Third Period 4. Moose Jaw, Johnson 5 (Eberle)?10:14 5. Moose Jaw, Eberle 5 (Eberle, Gore) 13:13 6. Brandon, Cooper 3, 13:31 7. Moose Jaw, Brown 8 (Potomak, Fioretti) 15:19 Penalties — Morse MJ (delay of game) 1:34, Morse MJ, Nikkel Bdn (fighting) 18:09. Shots on goal Moose Jaw 15 4 14 — 33 Brandon 12 18 9 — 39 Goal — Moose Jaw: Wapple (W,4-9-0-2); Brandon: Boes (L,9-15-1-1). Hurricanes 2, Hitmen 1 First Period 1. Lethbridge, Ramsay 10 (Hood) 10:15 Penalties — None. Second Period 2. Lethbridge, Mckechnie 17, 13:31 Penalties — Topping Leth (slashing) 6:02, Maxwell Leth (roughing), Chase Cal (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 7:16, Samoridny Cal (roughing) 7:31, Erkamps Leth (fighting), Henry Leth (holding), Helgesen Cal (fighting) 7:50, Ramsay Leth (slashing), Rissling Cal (roughing) 8:30, Peterson Cal (interference) 9:23, Rissling Cal (tripping) 11:52, Maxwell Leth (hooking) 13:14, Johnston Leth (delay of game) 20:00. Third Period 3. Calgary, Macek 16 (Chase, Humphries) 15:59 (pp) Penalties — Blomqvist Leth (cross-checking) 4:20,

Macek Cal (too many men) 8:10, Roach Cal (interference) 11:36, Hood Leth (roughing), Padakin Cal (roughing) 12:20, Erkamps Leth (tripping) 15:31. Shots on goal Lethbridge 13 5 7 — 25 Calgary 7 17 13 — 37 Goal — Lethbridge: Rimmer (W,16-15-5); Calgary: Driedger (L,18-7-3). Chiefs 1, Ice 0 First Period No Scoring. Penalties — Proft Spo, Dirk Ktn (fighting) 7:55, Hubic Ktn (delay of game) 11:32. Second Period 1. Spokane, Fiddler 25, 18:18 Penalties — McIntosh Spo (tripping) 6:57, McPhee Ktn (slashing) 9:19, Kichton Spo (roughing) 19:52, Montgomery Ktn (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 20:00. Third Period No Scoring. Penalties — Chartier Spo (holding) 8:55, Gow Spo (cross checking) 9:45. Shots on goal Spokane 8 14 3 — 25 Kootenay 12 7 10 — 29 Goal — Spokane: Williams (W,18-8-1); Kootenay: Skapski (L,10-16-0). 2013 IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP At Ufa, Russia PRELIMINARY ROUND Group A GP WOTWOTL L GF GA Pt Sweden 2 1 1 0 0 7 3 5 Switzerland 2 1 0 1 0 9 5 4 Czech Rep. 2 1 0 0 1 4 5 3 Finland 2 1 0 0 1 6 4 3 Latvia 2 0 0 0 2 3 12 0 Group B GP WOTWOTL L GF GA Pt Canada 2 2 0 0 0 15 6 6 Russia 2 1 1 0 0 5 3 5 U.S. 2 1 0 0 1 9 2 3 Slovakia 2 0 0 1 1 5 9 1 Germany 2 0 0 0 2 3 17 0 Note: Three points awarded for a regulation win, two for an overtime/shootout win and one for an overtime/shootout loss, which is registered in the respective OTW or OTL columns. Friday’s results Canada 6 Slovakia 3 Czech Republic 3 Finland 1 Russia 2 U.S. 1 Sweden 3 Switzerland 2 (SO) Thursday’s results Switzerland 7 Latvia 2 U.S. 8 Germany 0 Today’s games Latvia vs. Sweden, 5 a.m. Germany vs. Russia, 7 a.m. Sunday’s games Finland vs. Switzerland, 12:30 a.m. Canada vs. U.S., 2:30 a.m. Czech Republic vs. Latvia, 5 a.m. Slovakia vs. Germany, 7 a.m. Monday, Dec. 31 Switzerland vs. Czech Republic, 12:30 a.m. U.S. vs. Slovakia, 3 a.m. Sweden vs. Finland, 5 a.m. Russia vs. Canada, 7 a.m. End of Preliminary Round Wednesday, Jan. 2 Championship Bracket Quarter-finals Teams TBD, 2 and 6 a.m. Relegation Bracket Fourth A vs. Fifth B, 4 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 3 Championship Bracket Semifinals Teams TBD, 2 and 6 a.m. Relegation Bracket Fourth B vs. Fifth A, 4 a.m. Friday, Jan. 4 Relegation Bracket Fifth A vs. Fifth B, 2 a.m. Fourth A vs. Fourth B, 6 a.m. Championship Bracket Fifth Place Quarter-finals losers, 6 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 5 Bronze Medal Semifinal losers, 2 a.m. Gold Medal Semifinal winners, 6 a.m. Note: If Russia qualifies for either quarter-or semifinals, it will play in late game. PREVIOUS RESULTS Wednesday, Dec. 26 Canada 9 Germany 3 Finland 5 Latvia 1 Russia 3 Slovakia 2 (OT) Sweden 4 Czech Republic 1 FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES Canada 6 Slovakia 3 First Period 1. Slovakia, Dano 1 (Matis, Ceresnak) 2:53 2. Slovakia, Mikus 1 (Reway, Dano) 15:20 (pp) Penalties — Mikus Svk (interference) 4:55, McNeill Cda (holding) 8:28, Rapac Svk (kneeing) 10:50, Lipon Cda (major, game misconduct checking to the head) 13:39. Second Period 3. Canada, Strome 2 (Drouin, Rielly) 2:16 4. Slovakia, Dano 2 (Bagin) 10:35 (pp) 5. Canada, Rielly 1 (Schiefele, Nugent-Hopkins) 11:42 (pp) 6. Canada, Rattie 1 (Ouellet, Rielly) 15:18 (pp) 7. Canada, Scheifele 3 (Ouellet, Reinhart) 19:01 Penalties — Camara Cda (major, game misconduct) 6:21, Strome Cda (tripping) 9:49, Dano Svk (slashing) 11:01, Buri Svk (interference) 11:19, Reway Svk (interference) 15:09. Third Period 8. Canada, Nugent-Hopkins 2 (Huberdeau) 3:32 9. Canada, Strome 3 (Wotherspoon) 7:05 Penalties — Strome Cda (tripping) 9:49, Ritchie Cda (slashing) 13:04. Shots on goal Canada 5 10 15 — 30 Slovakia 11 8 9 — 28 Goal — Canada: Subban (W,2-0); Slovakia: Nagy (L,0-1-1). Power plays (goals-chances) — Canada: 2-5; Slovakia: 2-6. Referee — Pavel Hodek (Czech Republic), Jiri Levonen (Finland); Linesmen — Tobias Haster (Sweden), Raivis Jucers (Latvia). Attendance — 2,818 (8,250) at Ufa, Russia. SCORING LEADERS UFA, Russia — Scoring leaders at the 2013 world junior hockey championship following Friday’s games: SCORING G A P Nugent-Hopkins, Cda 2 5 7 Strome, Cda 3 2 5 Scheifele, Cda 3 1 4 Dano, Svk 2 2 4 Galchenyuk, Rus 1 3 4 Huberdeau, Cda 1 3 4 Martschini, Sui 0 4 4 Kunzle, Sui 3 0 3 Aaltonen, Fin 2 1 3 Andrighetto, Sui 1 2 3 Barber, US 1 2 3 Drouin, Cda 1 2 3 Mikus, Svk 1 2 3 Ouellet, Cda 1 2 3 Rielly, Cda 1 2 3 Tanner, Sui 0 3 3 Vikstrand, Swe 0 3 3 Collberg, Swe 2 0 2 Jelisejevs, Lat 2 0 2 Rattie, Cda 2 0 2 Trouba, U.S. 2 0 2 Yarullin, Rus 2 0 2 Bertaggia, Sui 1 1 2 Djuse, Swe 1 1 2 Jones, U.S. 1 1 2 Kuraly, U.S. 1 1 2 Matis, Svk 1 1 2 Pfoderl, Ger 1 1 2 Rask, Swe 1 1 2 Ristolainen, Fin 1 1 2 Wotherspoon, Cda 1 1 2 Zangger, Sui 1 1 2

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x — Clinched semifinal berth. y — Clinched quarter-final berth. Note: Three points awarded for a regulation win, two for an overtime/shootout win and one for an overtime/shootout loss, which is registered in the respective OTW or OTL columns. Friday’s results Davos 6 Mannheim 2 Vitkovice 2 Fribourg 1 Thursday’s results Canada 5 Davos 0 Ufa 5 Vitkovice 4 (OT) Saturday’s games Quarter-finals Fribourg vs. Mannheim, 7 a.m. or 12:15 p.m. Davos vs. Ufa, 7 a.m. or 12:15 p.m. Sunday’s games Semifinals Vitkovice vs. Quarter-final winner, 7 a.m. Canada vs. Quarter-final winner, 12:15 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31 Championship Semifinals winners, 4 a.m. PREVIOUS RESULTS Wednesday, Dec. 26 Mannheim 2 Canada 1 (OT) Fribourg 5 Ufa 1 PARTICIPANTS Group A HC Fribourg Gotteron (Switzerland), HC Vitkovice Steel (Czech Republic), Salavat Yulaev Ufa (Russia). Group B Canada, HC Davos (Switzerland), Adler Mannheim (Germany). IIHF WORLD UNDER-17 CHALLENGE At Drummondville and Victoriaville, Que. PRELIMINARY ROUND Group A GP WOTWOTL L GF GA Pt Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pacific 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Western Cda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Group B GP WOTWOTL L GF GA Pt Atlantic Cda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ontario 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quebec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 U.S. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Note: Three points for a regulation win, two for an overtime win and one for an overtime loss. PRELIMINARY ROUND Saturday’s games At Drummondville, Que. Sweden vs. Western Canada, 11:30 a.m. Pacific vs. Russia, 5:30 p.m. At Victoriaville, Que. Ontario vs. U.S., 11:30 a.m. Atlantic Canada vs. Quebec, 5:30 p.m. Sunday’s games At Drummondville, Que. Finland vs. Sweden, 11:30 a.m. Russia vs. Western Canada, 5:30 p.m. At Victoriaville, Que. U.S. vs. Atlantic Canada, 11:30 a.m. Ontario vs. Slovakia, 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31 At Drummondville, Que. Pacific vs. Sweden, 11:30 a.m. Western Canada vs. Finland, 5:30 p.m. At Victoriaville, Que. Slovakia vs. Atlantic Canada, 11:30 a.m. U.S. vs. Quebec, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 1 At Drummondville, Que. Atlantic Canada vs. Ontario, 11:30 a.m. Quebec vs. Slovakia, 5:30 p.m. At Victoriaville, Que. Sweden vs. Russia, 11:30 a.m. Finland vs. Pacific, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2 At Drummondville, Que. Slovakia vs. U.S., 11:30 a.m. Quebec vs. Ontario, 5:30 p.m. At Victoriaville, Que. Russia vs. Finland, 11:30 a.m. Western Canada vs. Pacific, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3 At Drummondville, Que. Seventh Place Fourth A vs. Fourth B, 11:30 a.m. Semifinal Teams TBD, 5:30 p.m. At Victoriaville, Que. Ninth Place Fifth A vs. Fifth B (Pavillon Jean-Beliveau), 11:30 a.m. Fifth Place Third A vs. Third B (Colisee), 11:30 a.m. Semifinal Teams TBD, 5:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4 At Drummondville, Que. Bronze Medal Semifinal Losers, 1 p.m. At Victoriaville, Que. Gold Medal Semifinal Winners, 5:30 p.m. AHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Providence 28 16 10 0 2 72 77 Portland 29 16 11 1 1 88 90 Worcester 29 15 11 1 2 80 85 Manchester 31 14 13 2 2 85 81 St. John’s 32 14 17 0 1 75 91 Northeast Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Springfield 28 16 7 2 3 93 65 Bridgeport 30 15 12 1 2 93 95 Albany 28 10 11 1 6 66 75 Adirondack 29 13 15 1 0 73 86 Connecticut 30 12 16 2 0 82 101 East Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Syracuse 30 19 7 1 3 109 82 Binghamton 27 17 7 1 2 90 70 Hershey 31 16 13 1 1 83 77 W-B/Scranton 29 14 13 1 1 76 80 Norfolk 28 13 14 1 0 75 84 WESTERN CONFERENCE North Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Toronto 30 18 9 1 2 101 80 Abbotsford 29 15 8 3 3 69 61 Rochester 29 15 11 2 1 102 97 Lake Erie 32 15 14 2 1 102 107 Hamilton 29 11 15 1 2 69 93 Midwest Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Grand Rapids 28 17 9 1 1 88 76 Rockford 31 16 13 1 1 98 93 Milwaukee 30 15 12 2 1 82 85 Chicago 27 13 10 3 1 69 76 Peoria 31 13 14 2 2 75 98 South Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Charlotte 31 18 9 1 3 98 83 Okla. City 30 16 10 1 3 100 89 Houston 30 16 10 1 3 94 87 Texas 30 15 10 3 2 76 80 San Antonio 32 11 17 0 4 79 98

Pt 34 34 33 32 29 Pt 37 33 27 27 26 Pt 42 37 34 30 27 Pt 39 36 33 33 25 Pt 36 34 33 30 30 Pt 40 36 36 35 26

Note: 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 which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns. Friday’s results Hamilton 6 St. John’s 3 Grand Rapids 3 Toronto 2 (SO) Binghamton 3 Albany 2 Houston 3 Charlotte 2 (OT) Milwaukee 4 Peoria 1 Oklahoma City 3 San Antonio 2 (SO) Providence 4 Adirondack 2 Rochester 4 Lake Erie 1 Syracuse 4 Norfolk 2 Worcester 2 Manchester 1 Today’s games Albany at Hershey, 5 p.m. Toronto at Grand Rapids, 5 p.m. Adirondack vs. Portland (at Lewiston, Maine), 5 p.m. Manchester at Bridgeport, 5 p.m. Connecticut at Springfield, 5 p.m. Providence at Worcester, 5 p.m. Binghamton at Rochester, 5:05 p.m. Norfolk at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 5:05 p.m. St. John’s at Syracuse, 5:30 p.m. Hamilton at Lake Erie, 5:30 p.m. Houston at San Antonio, 6 p.m. Abbotsford at Chicago, 6 p.m. Charlotte at Texas, 6 p.m. Milwaukee at Rockford, 6:05 p.m. Sunday’s games Abbotsford at Chicago, 2 p.m. Norfolk at Springfield, 3 p.m.

kus behind Slovakia’s net in the first period of Canada’s 6-3 win Friday. The Kamloops Blazer was given a major and a game misconduct. Mikus was not injured on the play. He scored a power-play goal on his next shift. Canada will be minus two forwards for Sunday’s game against the United States. Boone Jenner will serve the third of a threegame suspension he was assessed on the even of the tournament.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct New York 21 8 .724 Brooklyn 15 14 .517 Boston 14 14 .500 Philadelphia 14 15 .483 Toronto 10 20 .333

GB — 6 6.5 7 11.5

Southeast Division W L Pct 20 7 .741 18 9 .667 12 17 .414 7 22 .241 4 23 .148

GB — 2 9 14 16

Central Division W L Pct 17 12 .586 15 12 .556 15 12 .556 10 22 .313 7 24 .226

GB — 1 1 8.5 11

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 23 8 .742 Memphis 18 8 .692 Houston 16 13 .552 Dallas 12 18 .400 New Orleans 6 23 .207

GB — 2.5 6 10.5 16

Miami Atlanta Orlando Charlotte Washington

Indiana Milwaukee Chicago Detroit Cleveland

Utah

Northwest Division Oklahoma City Denver Portland Minnesota

W 22 17 14 13

L 6 14 13 13

Pct .786 .548 .519 .500

.484

8.5

W 24 19 14 11 9

L 6 10 15 19 19

Pct .800 .655 .483 .367 .321

GB — 4.5 9.5 13 14

Pacific Division

GB — 6.5 7.5 8

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

Friday’s Games Indiana 97, Phoenix 91 Washington 105, Orlando 97 Atlanta 102, Cleveland 94 Brooklyn 97, Charlotte 81 Detroit 109, Miami 99 Toronto 104, New Orleans 97, OT Denver 106, Dallas 85 San Antonio 122, Houston 116 L.A. Clippers 116, Utah 114 New York at Sacramento, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. Portland at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m. Today’s Games Indiana at Atlanta, 5 p.m. New Orleans at Charlotte, 5 p.m. Toronto at Orlando, 5 p.m. Cleveland at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m. Washington at Chicago, 6 p.m. Oklahoma City at Houston, 6 p.m. Denver at Memphis, 6 p.m. Phoenix at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Miami at Milwaukee, 6:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Portland, 8 p.m. Boston at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games San Antonio at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Boston at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Utah at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.

Transactions BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA—Announced the retirement of executive counsel for business and finance Harvey Benjamin, who will remain as a consultant. CLEVELAND CAVALIERS—Assigned F Samardo Samuels to Canton (NBADL). NBA Development League IDAHO STAMPEDE—Signed C Solomon Alabi. Placed G Jai Lucas on the inactive list. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL—Fined Baltimore S Ed Reed $55,000, Carolina QB Cam Newton $31,000 and New England DT Vince Wilfork $30,000, Carolina DE Greg Hardy $25,000, Carolina S Charles Godfrey $21,000, Houston CB Kareem Jackson $21,000, Baltimore OT Michael Oher $10,000, Houston CB Kareem Jackson $21,000 and Tennessee DT Sen’Derrick Marks $7,875 for their actions during last week’s games. BUFFALO BILLS—Signed WR Kevin Elliott from the practice squad. DALLAS COWBOYS—Signed DE Monte Taylor to the practice squad. GREEN BAY PACKERS—Released RB Johnny White. NEW YORK JETS—Signed RB John Griffin from the practice squad. OAKLAND RAIDERS—Placed DT Richard

Seymour and DB Phillip Adams on injured reserve. Signed DL Brandon Bair and DB Cory Nelms from the practice squad. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Released CB Ron Parker and DT Hebron Fangupo. Signed WR Deon Butler and LB Allen Bradford from the practice squad. HOCKEY American Hockey League AHL—Suspended Oklahoma City C Chris VandeVelde three games. Central Hockey League MISSOURI MAVERICKS—Signed D Jared Lavender. TULSA OILERS—Signed F Jason Weeks. Waived F Troy Ofukany. COLLEGE MICHIGAN STATE—Announced men’s basketball G Brandan Kearney will transfer out. NEVADA—Announced the retirement of football coach Chris Ault. OKLAHOMA—Suspended DT Stacy McGee from the Jan. 4 Cotton Bowl after he was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol on Christmas Eve. SAN DIEGO—Named Dale Lindsey football coach. ST. JOHN’S (MINN.)—Promoted assistant football coach Gary Fasching to head coach.

Football National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF y-New England 11 4 0 .733 529 Miami 7 8 0 .467 288 N.Y. Jets 6 9 0 .400 272 Buffalo 5 10 0 .333 316

PA 331 289 347 426

y-Houston x-Indianapolis Tennessee Jacksonville

W 12 10 5 2

South L T 3 0 5 0 10 0 13 0

Pct .800 .667 .333 .133

PF 400 329 292 235

PA 303 371 451 406

y-Baltimore x-Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cleveland

W 10 9 7 5

North L T 5 0 6 0 8 0 10 0

Pct .667 .600 .467 .333

PF 381 368 312 292

PA 321 303 304 344

y-Denver San Diego Oakland Kansas City

W 12 6 4 2

West L 3 9 11 13

Pct .800 .400 .267 .133

PF 443 326 269 208

PA 286 329 419 387

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Washington 9 6 0 .600 408 Dallas 8 7 0 .533 358 N.Y. Giants 8 7 0 .533 387 Philadelphia 4 11 0 .267 273

PA 370 372 337 402

T 0 0 0 0

y-Atlanta New Orleans Tampa Bay Carolina

W 13 7 6 6

South L T 2 0 8 0 9 0 9 0

Pct .867 .467 .400 .400

PF 402 423 367 313

PA 277 410 377 325

y-Green Bay Minnesota Chicago Detroit

W 11 9 9 4

North L T 4 0 6 0 6 0 11 0

Pct .733 .600 .600 .267

PF 399 342 349 348

PA 299 314 253 411

West L 4 5 7 10

Pct .700 .667 .500 .333

PF 370 392 286 237

PA 260 232 328 330

W x-San Francisco 10 x-Seattle 10 St. Louis 7 Arizona 5

T 1 0 1 0

x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Week 17 Sunday, Dec. 30 Jacksonville at Tennessee, 11 a.m. Carolina at New Orleans, 11 a.m. N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 11 a.m. Baltimore at Cincinnati, 11 a.m. Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m. Houston at Indianapolis, 11 a.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 11 a.m. Chicago at Detroit, 11 a.m. Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 11 a.m. Oakland at San Diego, 2:25 p.m. Arizona at San Francisco, 2:25 p.m. St. Louis at Seattle, 2:25 p.m. Kansas City at Denver, 2:25 p.m. Green Bay at Minnesota, 2:25 p.m. Miami at New England, 2:25 p.m. Dallas at Washington, 6:20 p.m. NFL Odds (Favourties capitalized, odds from SportsBetting.ag; NL = No Line) Odds O/U Sunday NY Jets at BUFFALO 3 38 1/2 Carolina at NEW ORLEANS 5 54 CHICAGO at Detroit 3 44 1/2 Philadelphia at NY GIANTS 7 45 1/2 Jacksonville at TENNESSEE 4 41 1/2 Baltimore at CINCINNATI 1 41 Cleveland at Pittsburgh NL NL HOUSTON at Indianapolis 7 NA GREEN BAY at Minnesota 3 45 1/2 Kansas City at DENVER 16 42 Arizona at SAN FRANCISCO 16 1/2 38 1/2 Tampa Bay at Atlanta NL NL St. Louis at SEATTLE 10 1/2 40 1/2 Miami at NEW ENGLAND 10 46 Oakland at San Diego NL NL Dallas at WASHINGTON 3 48 1/2 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Saturday, Dec. 15 New Mexico Bowl At Albuquerque Arizona 49, Nevada 48 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl At Boise, Idaho Utah State 41, Toledo 15 Thursday, Dec. 20 Poinsettia Bowl At San Diego BYU 23, San Diego State 6 Friday, Dec. 21 Beef ’O’ Brady’s Bowl At St. Petersburg, Fla. UCF 38, Ball State 17 Saturday, Dec. 22 New Orleans Bowl Louisiana-Lafayette 43, East Carolina 34 MAACO Bowl Las Vegas Boise State 28, Washington 26 Monday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu SMU 43, Fresno State 10 Wednesday, Dec. 26 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl At Detroit

Central Michigan 24, Western Kentucky 21 Thursday, Dec. 27 Military Bowl At Washington San Jose State 29, Bowling Green 20 Belk Bowl At Charlotte, N.C. Cincinnati 48, Duke 34 Holiday Bowl At San Diego Baylor 49, UCLA 26 Friday, Dec. 28 Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La. Ohio 45, Louisiana-Monroe 14 Russell Athletic Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Virginia Tech 13, Rutgers 10, OT Meineke Car Care Bowl At Houston Texas Tech 34, Minnesota 31 Saturday, Dec. 29 Armed Forces Bowl At Fort Worth, Texas Rice (6-6) vs. Air Force (6-6), 9:45 a.m. (ESPN) Pinstripe Bowl At New York Syracuse (7-5) vs. West Virginia (7-5), 2:15 p.m. (ESPN) Fight Hunger Bowl At San Francisco Arizona State (7-5) vs. Navy (8-4), 2 p.m. (ESPN2) Alamo Bowl At San Antonio Texas (8-4) vs. Orgeon State (9-3), 4:45 p.m. (ESPN) Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl At Tempe, Ariz. Michigan State (6-6) vs. TCU (7-5), 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 31 Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn. Vanderbilt (8-4) vs. N.C. State (7-5), 10 a.m. (ESPN) Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Georgia Tech (6-7) vs. Southern Cal (7-5), 12 p.m. (CBS) Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn. Iowa State (6-6) vs. Tulsa (10-3), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) Chick-fil-A Bowl At Atlanta LSU (10-2) vs. Clemson (10-2), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Jan. 1 Heart of Dallas Bowl At Dallas Purdue (6-6) vs. Oklahoma State (7-5), 10 a.m. (ESPNU) Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Mississippi State (8-4) vs. Northwestern (9-3), 10 a.m. (ESPN2) Capital One Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Georgia (11-2) vs. Nebraska (10-3), 11 a.m. (ABC) Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. South Carolina (10-2) vs. Michigan (8-4), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif. Stanford (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (8-5), 3 p.m. (ESPN) Orange Bowl At Miami Northern Illinois (12-1) vs. Florida State (11-2), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Jan. 2 Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Florida (11-1) vs. Louisville (10-2), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Jan. 3 Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz. Kansas State (11-1) vs. Oregon (11-1), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 4 Cotton Bowl At Arlington, Texas Texas A&M (10-2) vs. Oklahoma (10-2), 6 p.m. (FOX) Saturday, Jan. 5 BBVA Compass Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. Mississippi (6-6), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Sunday, Jan. 6 GoDaddy.com Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Kent State (11-2) vs. Arkansas State (9-3), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 7 BCS National Championship At Miami Notre Dame (12-0) vs. Alabama (12-1), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 19 RAYCOM College Football All-Star Classic At Montgomery, Ala. Stars vs. Stripes, 1 p.m. (CBSSN) East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, 2 p.m. (NFLN) Saturday, Jan. 26 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. North vs. South, 2 p.m. (NFLN)

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Young prospect set to lead Team Ontario at world under-17 tournament THE CANADIAN PRESS

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New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan reacts during the second half of an NFL football game against the San Diego Chargers, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, in East Rutherford, N.J. Ryan was adamant about his desire to continue coaching the Jets.

Rex Ryan says he wants to keep on coaching the Jets THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Rex Ryan has no plans to go anywhere. Doesn’t want to, he said. The feisty New York Jets coach opened his news conference Friday by denouncing a published report that said he would welcome being fired if owner Woody Johnson doesn’t make significant personnel and coaching changes to the offence. “There was a report that was untrue,” Ryan said. “The fact is, and it’s simple: This is the only team that I want to coach. Period. This is my team. These are my players. I don’t want to coach somebody else’s players. This is the team I want to coach.” With the Jets (6-9) out of the playoffs for the second straight season, Ryan’s job status has become somewhat tenuous in his fourth year. But Ryan said he was “mad as a hornet” when he read the Daily News story, and immediately called Johnson to deny it. The paper, which quoted unidentified sources, said it stood by the report. The back page carried a picture of Ryan and a headline that said: “Rex Wants Out ... Unless Woody spends on Jets’ woeful offence.”

“It’s a very solid report,” said Teri Thompson, managing editor for sports at the Daily News. Ryan said he was contacted by the reporter Thursday night, but his response wasn’t included. Thompson said it was an off-the-record comment and as such was not published. “There’s no bigger Jet than me,” Ryan insisted. “I want to be the Jets’ head coach for the next 15 years.” Several Jets players said Ryan talked about the story with them in the team meeting earlier in the day, but declined to elaborate on what was said. The Jets are preparing to finish their season at Buffalo on Sunday. In limbo are the futures of Ryan, general manager Mike Tannenbaum, offensive co-ordinator Tony Sparano and quarterbacks Tim Tebow and Mark Sanchez. “Let’s face it, I wear Jets stuff every single day,” Ryan said. “I’m proud to be a Jet. Sometimes I’m proud to be a Jet more than others. I mean, this season has been a rough one. But this is my team that’s how I approach it. I believe that we can accomplish what I set out to do when I took the job. And that’s the truth.”

INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY

The youngster widely considered Canada’s best hockey prospect since Sidney Crosby didn’t get his wish to play in the world junior championship. Instead, 15-year-old Connor McDavid of the Ontario Hockey League’s Erie Otters will be the star attraction at the world under-17 championship that begins Saturday in Victoriaville and Drummondville, Que. The Newmarket, Ont., native will help make talent-rich Team Ontario the favourite to claim gold at the 10-team tournament. “He’s been Erie’s best forward all year and he’s fun to watch,” said Ontario coach Troy Smith, who also patrols behind the bench for the Kitchener Rangers. ”Being 15, I’m sure he’ll be out to prove he belongs.” McDavid won’t be eligible for the NHL draft until 2015, while most players will be in the class of 2014. But he has already gained international experience skating for the OHL against Russia in the Subway Series in November. “There’s always hype in any sport, but this kid really lives up to it,” said Mark Edwards of Hockey Prospect, an independent scouting service. “He’s special, and he’s a great kid too.” The under-17 tournament has five Canadian teams — the Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, West and Pacific — as well as national squads from the United States, Russia, Sweden, Finland and Slovakia. Russia won last year in Windsor, Ont. Ontario will be seeking a fourth gold medal in six years and ninth overall. Quebec, the West, the U.S. and Russia have each won three times, while Finland won once in 1990. The OHL has only three times ever granted “exceptional status,” which allows a player to play major junior hockey a year early at age 15. Two of them will play for Ontario — defenceman Aaron Ekblad who was the league’s first overall draft pick of 2011 by the Barrie Colts, and McDavid, who went first to Erie this year. Ontario will have four players from the Kingston Frontenacs, and Smith said two of them, Sam Bennett and Spencer Watson, will start the tournament as McDavid’s linemates. McDavid and Bennett played minor hockey together. He said Ekblad will also be key as the lone returning player from last year’s tournament. Smith will be at his fourth under-17 world event, second as head coach. He said the challenges are to jell quickly as a team, avoid injuries and to get some breaks. Quebec will play host to the event for the first time since 1994 and will also be a contender with former NHL sniper Donald Audette as head coach and his son, 16-year-old Daniel Audette, as his star player. Daniel Audette was selected first overall in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League draft this year by the expansion Sherbrooke Phoenix, who have four players on the squad.

“They’re 16 years old but they’ve been playing a lot,” said Donald Audette. “They’re a step ahead of the ones who don’t play as much.” As for coaching his son, Audette said: “He knows he’ll be treated like another kid. If he plays well, he’ll play more. We’re definitely looking forward to his offensive contributions. He wasn’t first overall for nothing. And he was there last year and is the only one with experience at that level.” Team Quebec has three players from the Victoriaville Tigres who will be skating on home ice, and Audette hopes crowd support will give his side extra legs. “But I’m not trying to put more pressure on them because we’re in Quebec,” he said. “We’ll try to concentrate on doing our best as a team.” Another Tigre, forward Lucas Bat, will skate for Team Atlantic, which will be an underdog with only nine of its 22 players from major junior clubs. However, Edwards points out small, skilled forward Nathan Noel, now honing his skills at Shattuck St. Mary’s school, and Mason McDonald of the Acadie-Bathurst Titans, the first goalie picked in this year’s QMJHL draft. Team Pacific did not select its own 15-year-old phenom Matthew Barzal, the WHL No. 1 pick by the Seattle Thunderbirds. Defenceman Brycen Martin of the Swift Current Broncos is one to watch. Team West has three forwards from Moose Jaw, Josh Ulrich, Rhett Gardner and Miles Warkentine, while another Warrior, Brayden Point, plays for the Pacific. Hard-shooting defenceman Ryan Pilon of the Lethbridge Hurricanes should draw attention. The American side includes Dominic Turgeon, son of former NHL star Pierre Turgeon, and forward Ryan MacInnis, the son of former defenceman Al MacInnis. Still another offspring of an NHL player, Kaspari Kapanen, son of Sami, is a physical forward for Finland. One player Hockey Prospect said would be a “star for sure” of the tournament was Swedish forward William Nylander, the son of former NHL player Michael Nylander. William Nylander was born in Calgary in 1996 while his father played for the Flames and was raised mostly in the U.S. Edwards considers the tournament ideal for scouting as it brings nearly all the best prospects from their age group together in one place. “This year will be one of the better world junior tournaments, but mainly they’re already drafted,” he said. “So you’ll see a big emphasis on the under-17. “You get a free look at the best in the world a year in advance (of their draft year).” The teams are split into two fivesquad groups, with the West, the Pacific, Finland, Russia and Sweden in Group A and Quebec, Ontario, the Atlantic, the U.S. and Slovakia in Group B. The top two from each group reach the semifinals, with the final Jan. 4 in Victoriaville.

Stomach bug forces Rafael Nadal out of Australian Open MADRID, Spain — Just when Rafael Nadal’s knee had recovered, a stomach virus has forced the Spaniard to delay his return to tennis by another couple of months. Nadal announced Friday that he will miss next month’s Australian Open and probably won’t play again until the end of February, saying he needed time to recover from a stomach virus that already prevented him from making his return at Abu Dhabi this week. The latest setback comes after being sidelined since June with a knee injury, which forced him out of this year’s Olympics and U.S. Open. He had planned to make his return to the ATP tour at the Qatar Open in Doha next month before the Jan. 14-27 Australian Open, but pulled out of both events. While he is expected to recover from the virus in time for the Grand Slam tournament, Nadal and his team said he wouldn’t have the proper preparation to play in a five-set event straight away. Nadal stressed that his decision had nothing to do with the tendinitis in his left knee, which made him take a hiatus since last summer following a stunning second-round loss to then 100th-ranked Lukas Rosol at Wimbledon in June. “My knee is much better and the rehabilitation process has gone well as predicted by the doctors,” Nadal said in a statement from his hometown of Manacor on the island of Mallorca. “But this virus didn’t allow me to practice this past week and therefore I am sorry to announce that I will not play in Doha and the Australian Open.” The former No. 1 said he hopes to make his longawaited return at Acapulco starting on Feb. 27. However, he did not rule out playing at an earlier tournament if his recovery went well. “As my team and doctors say, the safest thing to do is to do things well and this virus has delayed my plans of playing these weeks,” said Nadal. “I always said that my return to competition will be when I am in the right conditions to play and after all this time away from the courts I’d rather not accelerate the comeback and prefer to do things well.” Nadal’s doctor, Angel Ruiz-Cotorro, said in the same statement that Nadal needed at least a week to recover from the virus, ruling him out for the Qatar Open set to start on Jan. 2. Nadal’s coach and uncle, Toni Nadal, said it wasn’t an option to go straight into a tournament with a five-set format after been sidelined for so long. “We consider not appropriate to play the Australian Open since we will not have enough preparation for a greater competition which is a Grand Slam tournament,” said Toni Nadal in the statement. “It is simply not conceivable that his first event is a best of five sets event, he wouldn’t be ready for that.” Nadal’s knee injury prevented the 11-time Grand

Slam winner from defending his Olympic singles gold at last summer’s London Games, where he was supposed to be Spain’s flag bearer in the opening ceremony. He also had to pull out of the U.S. Open and Spain’s Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic, which his teammates lost without him. Nadal, who is currently ranked fourth, won the Australian Open in 2009. Last year, he lost to topranked Novak Djokovic in an epic final that lasted

five hours and 53 minutes, the longest ever match at the event and the longest men’s Grand Slam final on record. Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley said he understood Nadal’s decision. “We just hope he gets better quickly and we see him back on the tour as soon as possible,” Tiley said. “Tennis fans across the world have been missing him.”

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The Nutcracker

Maddie Gibson and cast members from the left, Anna Ing, Gracie Mack, Amy Metzger, Liberty Schultz and Sierra Perin strike a pose outside the Red Deer College Arts Centre. Photos by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff The Red Deer College Conservatory of Ballet presented The Nutcracker from Dec. 15 to 16 on the Arts Centre mainstage. After more than 100 years, Tchaikovsky’s stunning musical score, set against the story of an epic battle between mice and toy soldiers, still draws holiday crowds. Over the past several years, it’s turned into a sparkling annual tradition at Red Deer College as well. In the classic story, Clara receives a cherished

nutcracker from her mysterious aunt Drosselmier. After everyone has turned in for the evening, strange things begin to happen. Clara watches as rats and soldiers battle for victory in an epic fight. Clara is guided through falling snow and taken to the Land of Sweets where she meets the Sugar Plum Fairy. The Nutcracker ballet is based on a book called The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, published by German writer E.T.A. Hoffman in 1816. Hoffman, a German writer, composer, caricatur-

ist, and painter, was known for his stories in which supernatural characters reveal people’s hidden secrets. Of course, there’s the sweeping, elegant score written by Tchaikovsky as well. Many versions of the story have been published as children’s books, and it’s been said that in his stories Hoffmann combined wild flights of imagination with vivid and convincing examinations of human character and psychology. As a ballet, The Nutcracker made its première at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg in December of 1892.

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SYNCHRO SKATING EVENT The Red Deer Skating Club is hosting a synchronized skating competition on Jan. 12 and 13. Team practices will be from noon to 7 p.m. on the Saturday, and the competition is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. The event is free to attend and is at the Centrium. There will be a raffle table with prizes, and a raffle of one return trip for two people to any scheduled WestJet destination. For more information on the competition, contact Luella Foulston at 403396-9009.

Outreach gala cancelled NEW YEAR’S EVE EVENT RAISED $7,000 LAST YEAR; TOO FEW TICKET SALES THIS YEAR BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Central Alberta Women’s Outreach has cancelled its New Year’s Eve gala at the iHotel 67th Street due to poor ticket sales. Darcy Ouellet, fund development officer with Women’s Outreach, said people who purchased tickets will be refunded and the organization will look at other ways to raise money. “We did really, really well last year. I don’t know what’s going on this year,” Ouellet said on Friday. Last year, the party attracted about 130

people and raised $7,000. The next fundraising event for the outreach will be Walk a Mile in Her Shoes in May. Last year, 85 walkers raised $36,000 through pledges. It was the first time the event was held in Red Deer. The Walk a Mile in Her Shoes movement was started in 2001 by a small group of men in women’s shoes and grew into an annual worldwide event with men raising money for rape crisis centres, domestic violence shelters, sexual violence education, prevention programs and other programs. The high-heel shoes used in the walk were specially made for men.

“It’s a lot of fun. About a third of the shoes we didn’t get back. It was from people saying they wanted to hold onto them for next year.” Photos from the walk can be seen at YouTube Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Red Deer 2012. Some men raised money by promising donors they would complete the outfit by wearing women’s clothing. “We took domestic violence, which is a horrible cause really, and threw it in people’s faces and had a great time.” The date and time of the 2013 walk has not yet been set. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

WRAPPED UP FOR WINTER

ART LENDING PROGRAM From Jan. 3 to Feb. 19, art from the Red Deer Public Library Lending Program will be on display in the Kiwanis Gallery. During the year, residents can borrow art by local artists to display in their home or office. Two pieces may be borrowed at a time for up to three months. This exhibit showcases the available art in one venue. There will also be a First Friday opening event on Jan. 4 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served.

SECOND NEW YEAR CELEBRATION ON JAN. 19 New Year’s Eve will come a second time to Red Deer in January. Kvitka, the Red Deer Canadian Ukrainian Dance Club is presenting the Malanka Supper and Dance on Jan. 19 at Festival Hall. This traditional Ukrainian New Year’s celebration will feature cocktails at 6 p.m., supper at 6:45, with the show and dance afterwards. Members of the dance club will present a program, followed by a dance featuring live music by the Northern Kings. Tickets cost $45 each until Jan. 14, and $50 after. There will also be door prizes for attendees. For more information, call Catherine at 403-3432850 or Irene at 403346-5712.

CORRECTION The Red Deer RCMP complaint phone number was incorrect in a Friday story about a cancer fundraising scam. Lacombe victims of an alleged fundraiser fraudulently canvassing door to door should call 403-343-5575.

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Half buried in snow and enduring the coldest of winter days, Reaching Out, a bronze sculpture by Eldon Neufeld of two children climbing onto a rock outside the Recreation Centre, got a little warmer this week when someone tied scarves onto the children. Reaching Out is one of 10 bronze sculptures in the Ghost Collection in downtown Red Deer.

Church bells to herald new year in Red Deer

Church bells in downtown Red Deer will be ringing at the stroke of midnight on Monday to herald in 2013. Both Gaetz Memorial United Church and St. Luke’s Anglican Church will be ringing in the new year, and Sacred Heart Catholic Church may join them. Last year, was the first time for the churches to make the new year in this way. Liz Richards, one of the ministers for Gaetz United at 4758 Ross St., said the church bell will ring at midnight and continue for about five minutes. “We want to ring for about five minutes to mark

the 100th anniversary (of the City of Red Deer in 2013),” said Richards. “We’ll give it a good long ring.” Everyone is invited to come by the church at about 11:40 p.m. on Monday and then wait for the church bell. Refreshments and snacks will be provided afterwards. St. Luke’s Anglican Church will ring its bell as well. A representative from Sacred Heart Catholic Church said on Friday that they plan on ringing the church bell at midnight as well, but it had not been officially confirmed.

The accused in the incident that sent Ponoka schools into lockdown on Dec. 21 has been released on bail. A 17-year old male has been charged with uttering threats, unsafe storage of firearms and possession of weapons dangerous to public peace. Ponoka RCMP would not comment on what the bail conditions were, other than stating they take into account public safety. On Dec. 21, Ponoka schools initiated lockdown procedures following alleged threats to Ponoka Composite High School. The Wolf Creek School District notified RCMP of the threats. Police arrested a youth in his home, without incident. The RCMP said they found ammunition, a .22 calibre rifle and a high-powered rifle in the teen’s possession. He is scheduled to appear in Ponoka youth court on Jan. 9.

Public Schools. Registration begins on Monday, Jan. 7, at elementary schools across the district. Classes would begin next fall. Children taking kindergarten must be five as of Dec. 31, 2013. Parents are asked to bring their child’s birth certificate with them to registration. Besides being offered in English, kindergarten is also available in French immersion at Oriole Park and Mountview Elementary schools as well as through the Spanish bilingual program offered at G.H. Dawe School. Pre-kindergarten classes are for children aged three and four and who have mild, moderate or severe delays. It’s also geared for children who have limited English language skills who have been recommended by a community agency or professional. And for the first time, Red Deer Public Schools will open up a limited number of community placements in the pre-kindergarten programs. The cost is $200 per month. For more information, contact the principal at your neighbourhood elementary school. For more information on both programs, go online at www.rdpsd.ab.ca.

Property owners pay taxes

Man charged with assault

Four property owners paid their taxes just in the nick of time. The City of Red Deer planned to hold a land sale on Dec. 14 for these land owners who hadn’t paid their taxes in recent years. A city official with the Property Taxation Department reported on Friday that the land sale didn’t take place. In March 2011, those properties and a number of others would have been put on the city’s taxation notification listing. The auction is normally scheduled around this time of year. But as in years past, the land sale didn’t have to take place because the taxes were paid.

A 58-year-old man faces several charges after allegedly punching and kicking a police officer in the face while resisting arrest early Friday morning. Around 12:55 a.m. on Friday, Red Deer City RCMP responded to a call of a intoxicated man who would not leave a downtown restaurant and bar. Police say the man was placed under arrest for causing a disturbance. However, the man allegedly resisted arrest and punched and kicked the police officer in the face. The officer was treated and later released from the hospital. Robert Stuart Fleming, 58, is charged with assaulting a police officer causing bodily harm, resisting a police officer and causing a disturbance. Fleming remains in custody pending release on bail and will appear in Red Deer provincial court on Feb. 12.

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Kindergarten registration soon Parents can register their children for kindergarten or pre-kindergarten classes early in the new year through Red Deer

Charges stayed against man Charges have been stayed against a Red Deer man accused in a retaliation attack on another man. Zachary James Ovid, 20, was one of three people charged with aggravated assault, uttering threats and forcible confinement by police investigating allegations that a 44-year-old man had been abducted and beaten in Red Deer on July 12. Police alleged at the time that the attack was in retaliation following an incident reported the previous day, when a 16-year-old boy was discovered gagged and bound with duct tape at a site inside city limits. Ovid had pleaded not guilty to his part in the alleged beating and was to have had a preliminary inquiry early in March. Crown prosecutor Maurice Collard offered no reason for the stay, presented in Red Deer provincial court on Friday. A stay means the charges remain in limbo for a maximum of one year and are dismissed if no action is taken during that time.

Legge faces another charge A former Red Deer man already in custody on numerous charges pleaded not guilty on Friday to a new charge of assault, laid since his arrest near Hinton late in August. Trevor Norman John Legge, 30, was arrested on warrants for incidents alleged in several jurisdictions, including Red Deer. He will stand trial on a variety of alleged offences, including charges arising from an incident near Blackfalds in August, when police were pursuing a pickup truck in the belief that a suspect wanted on warrants was at the wheel. The suspect escaped capture after both police and the vehicle they were pursuing crashed through fences on an elk farm a number of times. Legge is to be tried in Red Deer on Feb. 15 on the Blackfalds area charges and has a separate trial on Feb. 20 on 20 unrelated charges, including firearms and weapons offences, as well as numerous counts of possession of stolen property. The assault charge arises from a incident alleged to have occurred on May 26. That charge will also go to trial on Feb. 15.

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Writers choose top religious news stories of 2012 ‘Twas the Sunday night before the election and the Rev. Robert Jeffress took to the pulpit to offer a message that, from his point of view, was both shocking and rather nuanced. The bottom line: If Barack Obama won a second White House term, this would be yet another sign that the reign of the Antichrist is near. Inquiring minds wanted to know if the leader of the highly symbolic First Baptist Church of Dallas was suggesting that the president was truly You Know Anti-who? “I want you to hear me tonight, I am not saying that President Obama is the Antichrist, I am not saying that at all,” said Jeffress, who previously made headlines during a national rally of conservative politicos by calling Mormonism a “theological cult.” “President Obama is not the Antichrist. But what I am saying is this: The course he is choosing to lead our nation is paving the way for the future reign of the Antichrist.” That’s pretty strong rhetoric, until one considers how hot things got on the religion-and-politics beat in 2012. After all, one Gallup poll found that an amazing 44 percent of Americans surveyed responded “don’t know” when asked to identify the president’s faith. The good news was that a mere 11 percent in that poll said Obama is a Muslim — down from 18 percent in a Pew Research Center poll in 2010. The president has, of course, repeatedly professed that he is a liberal, mainline Christian. Could church-state affairs get any hotter? Amazingly the answer was “yes,” with a White House order requiring most religious institutions to offer health-care plans covering sterilizations and all FDA-approved forms of contraception, including

so-called “morning-after pills.” The key: The Health and Human Services mandate only recognizes the conscience rights of a nonprofit group if it has the “inculcation of religious values as its purpose,” primarily employs “persons who share its religious tenets” and primarily “serves persons who share its religious tenets.” America’s Catholic bishops and other traditional religious leaders cried “foul,” claiming that, under the leadership of Obama, the U.S. Justice Department and other branches of the national government were trying to separate “freedom of worship” in religious sanctuaries from the First Amendment’s more sweeping protection of “free exercise of religion” in public life. In a year packed with church-state fireworks, the members of Religion Newswriters Association selected this religious-liberty clash as the year’s top religion-news story. Meanwhile, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, the point man for Catholic opposition to the mandate, was voted the year’s top religion newsmaker — from a ballot that did not contain the president’s name. The story I ranked No. 2 overall didn’t make it into Top 10 list. I was convinced that the 9-0 U.S. Supreme Court decision affirming a Missouri Synod Lutheran congregation’s right to hire and fire employees based on doctrine could be crucial in the years — or even months — ahead. Here’s the rest of the RNA Top 10 list: ● Research by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life finds that religiously unaffiliated people -the so-called “nones” — make up the fastest-growing religious group in modern America, approaching 20

percent of the population. ● The online trailer of an TERRY anti-Islam film, Innocence of MATTINGLY Muslims, is alleged to have inspired violence in several countries, including a fatal attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya. ● White House candidate Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith turns out to be a non-issue for white evangelical voters, who support him more strongly than they did 2008 GOP nominee John McCain. ● Monsignor William Lynn of Philadelphia becomes the first senior U.S. Catholic official found guilty of hiding priestly child abuse, followed by Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City, Mo. ● Vatican officials harshly criticize liberal leaders among U.S. nuns, citing the Leadership Conference of Women Religious for its history of criticism of church teachings on sexuality, abortion and the all-male priesthood. ● Voters in Maine, Maryland and Washington affirm same-sex marriage. ● Minnesota defeats a ban on same-sex marriage, while North Carolina approves one. ● Episcopal Church leaders adopt a trial ritual for blessing same-sex couples. ● A gunman police describe as a neo-Nazi kills six Sikhs and wounds three others in a suburban Milwaukee temple. ● The Southern Baptist Convention unanimously elects its first African-American president, the Rev. Fred Luter of New Orleans.

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Terry Mattingly directs the Washington Journalism Center at the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. Contact him at tmattingly@cccu.org or www. tmatt.net

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ENTERTAINMENT

Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012

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Western features a lot of love TARANTINO’S NEW MOVIE PAYS HOMAGE TO THE WORKS OF OTHER GREAT FILMMAKERS Django Unchained Three stars (out of four) Rated: 18A Listen carefully to Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained and you might hear the sound of not one but two sets of lovebirds cooing. This may be difficult to discern amidst all the bullets, blood, rough language and racist inhumanity (including torture). PETER But the romances are there, HOWELL and they’re keys to understating the thinking behind a film that might otherwise be dismissed as another work of violent style by a man who is no stranger to overkill. The first love story is the film’s main narrative driver. Jamie Foxx is the title Django, a suddenly freed slave in pre-Civil War southern America (historians call it the Antebellum South) who aims to get back his beloved wife Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) — and also to get some payback. Broomhilda has been taken from Django and forced into sexual bondage by Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), the childlike owner of a vast Mississippi plantation called Candyland. Enslaved blacks do Candie’s bidding and also that of his devoted house slave Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson). Django’s rescue/vengeance quest teams him with German bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz), who shoots people mainly for money but also does pro bono civil rights advocacy out of some quaint European notion of conscience. Now for the second love story, which is the reason for the first. Django Unchained is Tarantino’s valentine to the spaghetti western genre, specifically the blood-splattered grindhouse movies of his 1960s-to-1970s youth made by Sergio Leone and Sergio Corbucci. He goes so far as to take his title from Corbucci’s 1966 movie Django, and to use that film’s star Franco Nero for an amusing barroom cameo in Django Unchained. Besides paying homage to two Sergios, Tarantino also tips his Stetson to three bloody Sams — Fuller, Raimi and Peckinpah — who also share his filmmaking sensibility that all blood should come by the bucketful. To that end, he employs Peckinpah’s infamous exploding “squibs” (condoms filled with blood and meat) to maximize the visual splatter. Tarantino also salutes a Monty, as in Python, in such scenes of lunacy as when Django and Schultz encounter a gang of Ku Klux Klan vigilantes who not only can’t shoot straight, they can’t see straight. Their hood eyeholes were badly sewn by a KKK member’s wife, you see — or rather, you don’t see. Jonah Hill makes a stunt cameo appearance for this scene, but Eric Idle and John Cleese might have been better picks. Tarantino is clearly having a grand ol’ time with Django Unchained, and so are his actors, every one of whom are more than willing to share in the writer/ director’s filmic vision, no matter how ghastly it may be. The picture is also a grand long time. It indulgently runs to just 15 minutes shy of three hours, and since it lacks the looping structure of Tarantino’s masterwork Pulp Fiction, you feel the flab.

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Christoph Waltz, as Schultz, and Jamie Foxx, as Django, start in Django Unchained, directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film centres on a slave trying to rescue his wife from a Mississippi plantation. It’s a full hour before Django and Schultz even reach Candyland and meet Calvin Candie. Prior to that, they’re busy turning the Deep South into the Wild West, which includes a visit to a Tennessee plantation run by a slave trader named Big Daddy (Don Johnson). This interlude seems more like an excuse to revive the career of Johnson, whom Tarantino was a fan of long before Johnson’s ’80s stardom in TV’s Miami Vice. Tarantino long ago decided he was just going to do what he wants to do in his films, and that includes using 21st-century profanity in a 19th-century setting (though he swears he’s historically accurate) and employing an eclectic (and effective) soundtrack that ranges from Jim Croce to Richie Havens to James Brown and 2Pac. Yet Django Unchained is most certainly not a sendup of spaghetti westerns. Tarantino is making the type of film he has long adored, and working with ac-

tors familiar and new whom he wants to work with. Nor is it just violence for the sake of violence, something everyone is sadly attuned to in the wake of recent tragedy in gun-obsessed America. Tarantino is unstinting in his depiction of how slavery and racism worked on a daily basis in the Antebellum South. This included using men for blood sport (torn apart by dogs and in brutal Mandingo wrestling) and using women for vile sexual gratification. These things are part of Django Unchained, in between the chuckles and carnage, because that’s how things were in 19th-century America, Tarantino asserts. He wants us to think about this, to really think. You can’t say that about every Quentin Tarantino movie. Peter Howell is a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

Avalanche of new fare coming in January TELEVISION’S SECOND SEASON WILL FEATURE A LOT OF NEW STUFF IN THE NEW YEAR FOR VIEWERS BY BILL BRIOUX THE CANADIAN PRESS Canadians can look forward to toasting the New Year with some familiar friends. After that, an avalanche of new fare kicks off TV’s second season in January. CBC repeats the 22 Minutes holiday special on Monday, New Year’s Eve, worth a second look if just for that animated parody of the classic National Film Board of Canada short The Sweater. In the original version, based on the Roch Carrier short story, a young Quebec lad dreams of a new Canadiens hockey jersey. In the new, a child of the lockout era receives the modern equivalent — a Gary Bettman business suit. Taped in Toronto earlier this month, the 20th annual Air Farce New Year’s Eve special (CBC) features a real hockey hero — Team Canada goal scorer Paul Henderson — plus guest stars George Stroumboulopoulos, Yannick Bisson (Murdoch Mysteries) and Olympic trampoline champion Rosie MacLennan. A slimmed-down Craig Lauzon goes Gangnam Style as Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a Farce Films sketch. Plus there are the annual F-Bomb targets, with Toronto’s in-and-out mayor Rob Ford sure to be in range. Later, Cape Breton native Ron James returns with another New Year’s Eve dose of stand up and satire. His Friday night CBC series returns for a fourth season Jan. 7 at 8:30 p.m. James’ series is one of several re-

turning to the CBC lineup in January. Dragons’ Den and Republic of Doyle are moving to Sundays (starting Jan. 6) as CBC positions its highest-rated reality show and drama into TV’s mostwatched night. They’ll face stiff competition, especially in January and February as CTV rolls out the red carpets for The 70th Annual Golden Globes (Jan. 13), Super Bowl XLVII (Feb. 3) and The 85th Academy Awards (Feb. 24). The Amazing Race will also be back Feb. 17. Also opposite Doyle that first night Jan. 6 — the third season premiere of PBS’s Masterpiece hit Downton Abbey. January also brings one of the mostwatched shows of the year in Canada, the final game of the world junior hockey championship. TSN has it Saturday, Jan. 5 at 8 p.m. If Canadian network programmers made any New Year’s resolutions, it may have been to provide more original scripted Canadian content. CBC premieres the new psychological police drama Cracked Jan. 8 at 9 p.m. David Sutcliffe (Gilmore Girls) stars as a cop coping with post-traumatic stress disorder. The Halifax-based comedy Mr. D also returns to the CBC schedule Jan. 7, with comedian Gerry Dee back as the teacher you hope your kids never get. Murdoch Mysteries premieres its brand new sixth season on CBC the same night. Arctic Air also takes off for a second CBC season (Jan. 9). Jan. 2 is the start date for one of the most expensive dramas ever shot in

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Canada: Transporter. The HBO Canada thriller stars Chris Vance (Prison Break) as a driver-for-hire who can deliver any package. Shot in Toronto and Europe, the series promises plenty of action with stunt drivers flown in from France for the tricky road work. HBO Canada also picks up the crime drama Banshee starting Jan. 11. FX has two new scripted shows starting in January, the comedy Legit (Jan. 17) and Graham Yost’s new Cold War drama The Americans, starring Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell (Jan. 30). Citytv is premiering a pair of homegrown comedies in 2013: Seed stars Toronto native Adam Korson as a bartender and regular sperm-bank donor who suddenly starts meeting his extended family. The Halifax-based comedy premieres Mon., Jan. 28 on City. Package Deal, shot in Vancouver (and premiering later in the year), is a Canadian rarity — a four camera comedy shot with a studio audience. Harland Williams is among three zany brothers who come as a “package deal.” CTV launches the new hour-long police drama Motive Feb. 3 in the coveted post-Super Bowl slot. Kristin Lehman (The Killing) and Louis Ferreira (SGU Stargate Universe) star in this Vancouver-based “how-dunnit.” Bomb Girls is back for a second season on Global starting Jan. 2. Look for Rosie O’Donnell to guest as a reporter. Global also picks up the frothy drama Deception Jan. 7, with Meagan Good and Tate Donovan joining Victor Garber in the Revenge-like tale from NBC.

out the Seahawks-49ers game to become the week’s most-watched show. In third place was NCIS: Los Angeles, followed by the season finale of The Voice. NBC averaged eight million viewers in prime time for the week. CBS had 7.5 million viewers, with Fox, ABC and the CW following behind. NBC’s Nightly News topped the evening newscasts.

Winslet weds for third time NEW YORK — Kate Winslet has tied the knot again. The Oscar-winning actress wed Ned Rocknroll in

Later on Feb. 14, Global has NBC’s Zero Hour, a new thriller that brings Anthony Edwards (ER) back to series TV as a myth-busting magazine editor. Among the other big imports scheduled for the New Year is The Following, launching Jan. 21 on Fox and CTV. Kevin Bacon stars as an ex-FBI agent back on the trail of a serial killer in this dark, edgy crime drama seen as one of the best new shows of the season. Touch, Kiefer Sutherland’s new thriller, returns for a delayed second season Feb. 8 to Fox and Global. Lost Girl gets found again on Showcase starting Jan. 6. HBO Canada brings a second helping of Enlightened starting Jan. 13. Other returning network shows include Betty White’s Off Their Rockers (Jan. 8) and Smash (Feb. 5). The long-awaited return of NBC’s cult comedy Community bows Feb. 7. Shows coming back for final runs are Fringe (starting Jan. 11 on Fox and City) and the Winnipeg-based comedy Less Than Kind (HBO Canada). A late night favourite, Jimmy Kimmel Live, gets bumped ahead to a new time, 11:35, starting Jan. 7 on ABC. (City will continue to show it at midnight). And the highest-rated TV series of the past decade, American Idol, launches its 12th season Jan. 16 with new judges Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban joining old dawg Randy Jackson. Bill Brioux is a freelance TV columnist based in Brampton, Ont., who writes for the Canadian Press.

New York earlier this month. The private ceremony was attended by Winslet’s two children as well as a few friends and family members, her representative said Thursday. It is the third marriage for the 37-year-old Winslet. She was previously married to film directors Jim Threapleton and Sam Mendes. The 34-year-old Rocknroll, who was born Abel Smith, is a nephew of billionaire Virgin Group founder Richard Branson. The couple had been engaged since last summer. Winslet won a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in the 2008 film The Reader.

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Billy Crystal in Parental Guidance: an unfunny, contrived sitcom-style film full of generation-gap humour. ane dotes on her family but feels they takes a backseat to the more popular grandma and grandpa. So when Phil and a very reluctant Alice decide to head out of town for a week, Artie and Diane are pressed into babysitting service. At least they would be if Alice would ever leave. But she can’t bear to leave her dependent little darlings, violin protégé Harper (Bailee Madison, who holds her own in the midst of much mugging by others), stuttering Turner (Joshua Rush) and fecal-fixated Barker (Kyle Harrison Breitkopf) who

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has an imaginary friend who is also a kangaroo. Oh yes, he also insists on calling his grandpa “Fartie.” The grandparents try it Alice’s way but the kiddie dictatorship rankles, especially Artie, who fires one-liners at the poppets like he was using them as target practice. No surprise, Crystal is one of the producers of Parental Guidance; he clearly envisions a world where there is a resurgence of generation-gap humour. Unfunny and contrived sitcom-style hijinks follow as the grandparents face

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. LOUIS — Fontella Bass, a St. Louis-born soul singer who hit the top of the R&B charts with Rescue Me in 1965, has died. She was 72. Bass died Wednesday night at a St. Louis hospice of complications from a heart attack suffered three weeks ago, her daughter, Neuka Mitchell, said. Bass had also suffered a series of strokes over the past seven years. “She was an outgoing person,” Mitchell said of her mother. “She had a very big personality. Any room she entered she just lit the room up, whether she was on stage or just going out to eat.” Bass was born into a family with deep musical roots. Her mother was gospel singer Martha Bass, one of the Clara Ward Singers. Her younger brother, David Peaston, had a string of R&B hits in the 1980s and 1990s. Peaston died in February at age 54. Bass began performing at a young age, singing in her church’s choir at age 6. She was surrounded by music, often travelling on national tours with her mother and her gospel group. Her interest turned from gospel to R&B when she was a teenager and she began her professional career at the Showboat Club in north St. Louis at age 17. She eventually auditioned for Chess Records and landed a recording contract, first as a duet artist. Her duet with Bobby McClure, Don’t Mess Up a Good Thing, reached No. 5 on the R&B charts and No. 33 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1965. She co-wrote and later that year recorded Rescue Me, reaching No. 1 on the R&B charts and No. 4 on the Billboard pop singles chart. Bass’s powerful voice bore a striking resemblance to that of Aretha Franklin, who is often misidentified as the singer of that chart-topping hit. Bass had a few other modest hits but by her own accounts developed a reputation as a troublemaker because she demanded more artistic control, and more money for her songs.

Classes starting in new year for Lacombe’s Gallery on Main Lacombe’s Gallery on Main has a number of classes coming up in the new year. On Jan. 19, artist Sonja Zacharias will conduct a one-day watercolour course. The $75 fee includes supplies and lunch. On Feb. 2, artist Doug Strickland will teach a oneday course on combining watercolours with pen and ink. The 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. class is $75 and includes supplies and lunch. On March 2, Strickland returns with a mixed media class on combining acrylics, watercolours and pen and ink. The 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. class is $75 and includes supplies and lunch. Call Laverne at 403-782-3402 to register.

Dean Brody expects some fun on first headlining tour CANADIAN COUNTRY MUSIC STAR TO PERFORM IN 24 CANADIAN CITIES STARTING IN JANUARY BY JENNIFER GRAHAM THE CANADIAN PRESS It’s a good thing Dean Brody has scheduled the dates for his first national headlining tour because the country music star is all over the map — literally. The British Columbia native, who now lives in Nova Scotia, records in Nashville and helps rescue girls from sexual exploitation in Brazil will perform in 24 Canadian cities in January and February. Brody will start kicking up his heels in Victoria and end with a tip of his cowboy hat in Halifax. Brody, who was named male artist of the year and won album of the year for his record Dirt at the Canadian Country Music Association Awards in September, admits to being a little nervous. “It’s definitely going to be a challenge, but I’m looking forward to it,” Brody said in an interview with The Canadian Press. “I just want to give a good show. You know people that come out, they might not necessarily just want to hear just how the record sounds. “We want to do some elements in the show that you wouldn’t expect.” Brody said, for example, part of the show will be done acoustically. “It’s really cool. We had a rehearsal about a month ago preparing for the tour and we did this one segment where we’re kind of around a campfire, we’ve got this big moon in the background and the sound of the crickets and stuff,” he said. “Boy, it was a lot of fun. It’s going to be the most fun part of the show.” While it is officially the Dirt tour, Brody said fans will hear from all three of his albums. That includes the hit single Canadian Girls. Brody has his own favourites too. “I love playing Wildflower,” Brody said, referring to the single from his second record Trail in Life. “I’m not sure why, but it always come at a part in the show where you know we’ve rocked it out for three or four songs and then we pull it back and do Wildflower. To me it’s a point in the show to take a breath and just really fall into that song and I love it.” It wasn’t clear if Brody would ever get to this point. He moved to Nashville to be a songwriter and was encouraged to start recording his songs. But things didn’t work out with his U.S. record label. Brody asked to be let out of his contract in 2009 because he said he was asked to make a compromise he wasn’t willing to make. He moved his family back to Canada. “I’m just glad it worked out because sometimes

you do things out of principle and they don’t always work out for the best financially. As far as your character goes, it’s good to stand up to things you don’t believe in,” he said. “But I really thought ‘Man, this is it. I’m going to be working in a coal mine. This isn’t going to work out.’ “But I got lucky. Open Road Records took me on in Canada and ... we have a mutual respect for each other. It’s great to be respected by your record label and have the freedom, the creative freedom, to be able to do what I do.” Brody is back in a studio in Nashville recording songs for another album to be released next fall. He said can’t wait to try out some of the new material for fans, possibly during the tour. As a solo songwriter, Brody knows the pressure is on. “You kind of put yourself out there. Like you write something and because you didn’t write with anybody else, it’s almost like being naked in front of a crowd,” he laughed. “It’s kind of like ‘Here I am’ and you’re sharing your heart and you hope people like it and if they don’t, it can be kind of tough.”

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Starring Bette Midler’s frozen face and the ghost of Billy Crystal’s comic talent, Parental Guidance achieves the impossible: it makes The Guilt Trip look like high art. Director Andy Fickman (You Again, Race to Witch Mountain) shows unexpected restraint by not delivering the first crotch joke — Crystal gets it with a water gun — until 22 minutes into the picture. He follows up with a baseball bat to Crystal’s nethers, prompting him to barf into a kid’s face, then moves on to a pooping song shared in a public restroom, and skateboarder Tony Hawk wiping out in a slick of kiddie urine. Well done, sir! Crystal and Midler star as Artie and Diane Decker, the less-popular grandparents of a trio of micromanaged kids doted on by their parents Alice (Marisa Tomei, who should spend today firing her agent) and Phil (Tom Everett Scott). Artie, as old school as fountain pens and pay phones, is a laidoff play-byplay announcer for a minor league Fresno, Calif., ball club. Former TV weather forecaster Di-

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NETFLIX CEO HASTINGS GETS PAY INCREASE LOS ANGELES — Netflix CEO Reed Hastings’ pay will double to $4 million next year, after he took a pay cut due to management missteps this year. Hastings’ annual salary will rise to $2 million in 2013 and he will get $2 million in stock options, according to a securities filing Friday. That’s up from pay of $500,000 and $1.5 million in stock options for 2012. Hastings’ pay for 2012 reflected a 50 per cent cut to his stock option allowance, when some controversial decisions, including a steep price hike on subscriptions, sent the stock spiraling down in 2011. This year, shares are up 29 per cent, closing Friday at $89.33.

OIL LOWER AMIDST CLIFF UNCERTAINTY NEW YORK — The price of oil fell slightly Friday as the stock market drifted lower and efforts continued in Washington to strike a budget deal before the year-end deadline. In afternoon trading, benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude was down 21 cents at US$90.66 a barrel in New York. In London, Brent crude, used to price international varieties of oil, fell 47 cents to $110.33 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange. Hopes that a budget compromise might be reached were still alive as congressional leaders met with President Barack Obama at the White House. The Republicandominated House is set to meet Sunday and stay in session until Jan. 2, the day before the new Congress is sworn in. Without a budget deal, automatic tax hikes and government spending cuts could send the U.S. economy into recession, economists say. Traders are also weighing rising energy supplies. Phil Flynn, of the Price Futures Group, said that a government report Friday showed U.S. oil production hit its highest point since March of 1993, at nearly seven million barrels a day. — Advocate news services

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Last-minute ‘cliff’ talks OBAMA SAYS ’HOUR FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION IS HERE’, OPTIMISTIC ON DEAL BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Senate leaders launched lastminute talks Friday to avoid the severe austerity measures known as the “fiscal cliff” that automatically begin next week and threaten the U.S. economy’s fragile recovery. As the Jan. 1 deadline nears, Obama and the leaders of Congress held a high-stakes meeting Friday afternoon to try to reach a deal to avoid tax increases for most Americans and deep spending cuts. The meeting lasted a little over an hour and Obama planned to make a statement at 5:45 p.m. EST (2245 GMT). “The hour for immediate action is here,” said Obama, who said the meeting was “good and constructive.” The Senate’s top Democrat and Repub-

lican emerged from the meeting to say they were entering talks with the White House aimed at avoiding the fiscal cliff. Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican leader Mitch McConnell gave a relatively upbeat assessment after the duo and top House leaders had what McConnell called a “good” meeting with Obama. “I am hopeful and optimistic” of reaching an agreement after months of gridlock, McConnell said. He said he hoped for a compromise that could be presented to rank and file lawmakers by Sunday, little more than 24 hours before the year-end deadline. Reid said, “I’m going to do everything I can” to make a deal happen. He cautioned, “Whatever we come up with is going to be imperfect.” If Congress can’t reach a broad deal to rein in deficit spending, Obama said Congress should allow a vote on a basic

package that would preserve tax cuts for middle-class Americans while extending unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless and working toward a foundation for a broader deal. Success was far from guaranteed in an atmosphere of political mistrust — even on a slimmed-down deal that postponed hard decisions about spending cuts into 2013 — in a Capitol where lawmakers grumbled about the likelihood of spending the new year holiday in the Capitol. “The clock is ticking,” Sen. Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said in remarks on the Senate floor as Obama and congressional leaders were meeting several blocks away at the White House. “My message to them is simple. We can do this. We can get this done, and we must.”

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Consultant talks crime prevention in Dominican Republic BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Prevention is a key strategy in the fight against crime. But it’s a foreign concept in the Dominican Republic, a Red Deer consultant discovered during a recent trip to the Caribbean country. Steve Woolrich, who operates SeCure Consulting Solutions Inc., was in the Dominican Republic last month as part of a “safe communities” initiative. His visit was arranged by Carolyn Jones, a Delburne resident whose company Happy Earth Inc. has performed community betterment work in the country for several years. Woolrich and Jones worked with steering committees in two communities to lay the foundation for a crime prevention strategy. Members included government officials, educators, health professionals and others. Woolrich said he shared information about crime prevention initiatives in Canada, including CPTED (crime prevention through environmental design) and Alberta’s gang reduction strategy. They also discussed how improved health care and social development can deter crime. “There isn’t currently a real solid understanding of what prevention is, which to me was interesting,” he said. “It’s all reaction, so it’s a real twist in their way of thinking.” Woolrich was pleased with the progress achieved, and expects to return in the spring to continue his work. He also helped establish and is funding a safe house for families at risk, and found a piano that he hopes to set up on the street for local artists to play. Such positive activities can help push out the criminal element, he explained. There is even a possibility that Woolrich will become a crime prevention adviser to the Dominican Republic government. He hope to build on the successes of the two existing project and expand to other urban and rural areas. Woolrich even sees the potential for promoting crime prevention strategies beyond the Dominican Republic.

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A new Go Auto Direct dealership has opened in the former Suzuki dealership building at 7424 Gaetz Avenue in Red Deer.

Go Auto Direct looks to make an impact on Red Deer market BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Red Deer’s CARS RV & Marine and Suzuki Automotive Superstore disappeared quietly this month — replaced by Go RV & Marine and Go Auto Direct. Located at 7414 and 7424 Gaetz Ave. respectively, Go RV & Marine and Go Auto Direct are part of a network of approximately 30 dealerships, repair and service centres, and reconditioning facilities. Ford, Chrysler, Honda, Nissan, Hyundai, Kia, Jeep, Volkswagen, Mazda, Infiniti, Jaguar and Porsche are among the makes represented by the privately-owned, Edmontonbased business. “I’ve got over 7,700 vehicles that are available at our disposal, and about 1,800 pre-owned,” said Matt Maclean, general manager of Go Auto Direct in Red Deer. He said Go RV & Marine and Go Auto Direct opened for business on Dec. 10, following the purchase of CARS RV & Marine and Suzuki Automotive Superstore. The new businesses operate as separate entities, explained Maclean, with Dan Randal the general manager of Go RV & Marine. Randal previously oversaw CARS

RV & Marine and Suzuki Automotive Superstore. Maclean said Red Deer’s Suzuki dealership ceased to exist with the changeover. Suzuki vehicles can still be serviced at Go Auto Direct’s shop, but it isn’t authorized to perform warranty work. “The warranty work needs to be done in Edmonton or Calgary.” But Go Auto Direct provides new benefits to area vehicle-buyers, said Maclean. In addition to having a vast inventory of new and used vehicles to draw from, it offers three-month and 5,000-km warranties on most of its pre-owned vehicles, a 30-day exchange policy, a 24/7 customer help line and discounts on parts and services. “We’ve got the largest referral program in North America,” said Maclean. “We pay $500 per referral to any of our customers.” He thinks Go Auto Direct will have a significant impact on the Red Deer market. “We’re taking the used car market to a different level here in Red Deer.” CARS RV & Marine opened in 2004, taking over the former site of Honda Red Deer. The following year it purchased the former Red Deer Toyota dealership site and obtained a Suzuki dealer’s license. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

Presenteeism is costly to companies Dear Working Wise: Are there any rules of thumb around coming to work sick? I’m always on my guard to try and stay healthy, but many of my co-workers come in to work sick — putting me at risk. What can I do? — Sick of Co-workers Dear Sick: Many people go to work sick despite the risk of infecting others. In fact, most of us have done it in the last year. A 2010 survey by CareerBuilder.com found that nearly 75 per cent of workers usually go to work while they are CHARLES sick and more than STRACHEY half reported feeling guilty when they did WORKING WISE stay home. Your co-workers may be coming to work sick to show that they are team players — but as you have pointed out, they are putting the rest of the team at risk. Staying home when you are

sick protects your co-workers, helps you get better faster and saves your employer money by preventing other workers from getting sick. Of course, staying home isn’t always possible. Some employers do not offer sick benefits. And sometimes the work simply can’t wait until you are feeling well. If you must work while you are sick, you can help protect your co-workers by: ● Working from home until you are no longer contagious; ● Washing your hands frequently; ● Coughing/sneezing into your arm instead of your hand; ● Avoiding close contact with your coworkers; ● Avoiding shared work tools (e.g., photocopiers, staplers, whiteboards, keyboards, kitchen items, etc.) or cleaning them after you have used them. You can help protect yourself by washing your hands frequently, keeping your unwashed hands away from your mouth, nose and eyes, avoiding close contact with ill co-workers, and being mindful when using shared work tools. You might want to keep a bottle of hand sanitizer close by and possibly some dis-

infectant wipes so you can quickly clean shared items. Viruses can survive for up to 48 hours on hard surfaces, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada. Other things you can do to protect yourself include getting immunized and improving your resilience by ensuring you are eating healthy, getting enough sleep and exercising regularly. You might also want to raise your concern with your supervisor and explain that presenteeism — coming to work sick — actually costs the company money. Studies show that presenteeism costs companies more money than paid sick days. Your supervisor may not know how common the problem is. An OfficeTeam survey found that only 17 per cent of executives thought that their staff were coming into work while sick very frequently. Your supervisor can do a lot to set the expectations around what all employees should do when they are sick. Working Wise is compiled by Charles Strachey, a regional manager with Alberta Human Services (charles.strachey@gov.ab.ca), for general information.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 97.82 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 79.31 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.53 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.73 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.07 Cdn. National Railway . . 89.96 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 100.50 Cdn. Satellite . . . . . . . . . . 6.17 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 71.18 Capital Power Corp . . . . 22.72 Cervus Equipment Corp 18.47 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 31.62 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 42.54 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 24.44 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.90 General Motors Co. . . . . 27.85 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 18,79 Research in Motion. . . . . 11.75 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 40.11 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 39.52 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 65.44 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 15.01 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 46.55 Consumer Brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.34 Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 69.11 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.45 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.05 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 11.79 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.45

Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.26 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 48.51 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.61 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 19.82 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 33.88 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 19.20 First Quantum Minerals . 21.20 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 35.45 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.93 Inmet Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . 73.40 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 9.39 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 39.71 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.68 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 35.07 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 23.90 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 30.83 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 39.93 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.74 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 45.06 Calfrac Well Svcs. Ltd. . . 24.06 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 28.39 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 19.87 Canyon Services Group. 11.06 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 32.97 CWC Well Services . . . . . 0.64 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 19.55 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.03 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 85.10 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 34.01

High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.12 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 29.03 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 42.38 IROC Services . . . . . . . . . 2.24 Nexen Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.75 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 4.75 Penn West Energy . . . . . 10.56 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . . 1.49 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 7.89 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 32.22 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.01 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 13.00 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 6.74 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 51.34 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 60.84 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 57.60 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.55 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 28.46 Carefusion . . . . . . . . . . . 10.45 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 24.27 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 41.16 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 64.39 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 13.39 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 77.13 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.20 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 59.75 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 26.20 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.34

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed lower Friday amid growing skepticism about whether American lawmakers can keep the U.S. economy from going over the so-called fiscal cliff. The S&P/TSX composite index dropped 57.64 points to

12,316.12 as the clock ticked towards huge spending cuts and significant tax increases that will automatically click in after Dec. 31 if there is no deal. The American economy is already weak and economists warn that the imposition of those measures could tip the U.S. back into recession and depress other

economies around the globe unless the White House and Congress find a compromise budget plan. The TSX Venture Exchange was ahead 5.09 points to 1,201.84. The Canadian dollar was down 0.16 of a cent at 100.35 cents US.

U.S. markets were also depressed with the Dow industrials down 158.2 points to 12,938.11, the Nasdaq off 25.59 points at 2,960.31 and the S&P 500 index down 15.67 points at 1,402.43. Traders had looked forward to a mid-afternoon meeting at the White House for last-minute talks. But losses deepened in the last minutes of the session amid reports that Obama was not presenting a new budget offer to congressional leaders. Democrats want a deal that would let tax rates rise for the wealthiest taxpayers, a measure opposed by Republicans. North American markets lost ground this shortened trading week as top U.S. lawmakers continued to cast blame on each other for the fiscal-cliff impasse while portraying themselves as open to a reasonable last-minute bargain. The TSX declined 0.56 per cent while the Dow industrials gave back 1.9 per cent. Traders have been focusing on Washington and the budget negotiations since the Nov. 6 presidential election returned a divided government to power. “I can’t wait till this is done, so we can start talking about markets again and not just about politics,” said Doug Cote, chief market strategist at ING Investment Management. Cote added that he doesn’t expect lawmakers will manage to reach a deal before the deadline. Traders took note of an apparent improvement in the housing sector as the number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes increased last month to its highest level in two and a half years. The U.S. National Association of Realtors said its seasonally adjusted pending home sales index rose 1.7 per cent in November from October to 106.4. The increase points to higher sales of previously occupied homes in the coming months. There’s generally a one- to twomonth lag between a signed con-

tract and a completed sale. Commodities were lower and February bullion declined $7.80 to US$1,655.90 an ounce while the gold sector declined about one per cent. Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX) faded 36 cents to C$33.88 while Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G) dropped 53 cents to $35.45. Rail stocks helped push the industrials sector down 0.8 per cent with Canadian National Railways (TSX:CNR) off 59 cents at $89.96 and Canadian Pacific Railway (TSX:CP) shedding 70 cents to $100.50. March copper closed down a penny at US$3.59 a pound. The mining sector fell 0.35 per cent with Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B) down 52 cents at C$35.07, while First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM) gave back 29 cents to $21.20. The energy sector dropped 0.47 per cent as February crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange slipped seven cents to US$90.80 a barrel. Suncor Energy (TSX:SU) declined 40 cents to C$32.22 while Talisman Energy (TSX:TLM) shed 16 cents to $11.01. The financial sector was also a drag with Scotiabank (TSX:BNS) down $1.06 to $57.43. On the corporate front, Research In Motion Ltd. (TSX:RIM) shares climbed five cents to $11.75. The BlackBerry maker has sold NewBay to mobile services company Synchronoss Technologies Inc. for US$55.5 million. NewBay’s cloud-based services allow customers to store, share and deliver content like photo albums, social networking and other data through smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS TORONTO — Highlights at the close of Friday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,316.12 down 57.64 points

TSX Venture Exchange — 1,201.84 up 5.09 points TSX 60 — 706.94 down 4.23 points Dow — 12,938.11 down 158.20 points S&P 500 — 1,402.43 down 15.67 points Nasdaq — 2,960.31 down 25.60 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 100.35 cents US, down 0.16 of a cent Pound — C$1.6113, up 0.92 of a cent Euro — C$1.3275, up 1.05 cents Euro — US$1.3221, down 0.07 of a cent Oil futures: US$90.80 per barrel, down seven cents (February contract) Gold futures: US$1,655.90 per oz., down $7.80 (February contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: Closed until Jan. 2 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing: Canola: Jan ’13 $13.90 higher $605.20; March ’13 $11.00 higher $596.60; May ’13 $10.30 higher $591.50; July ’13 $9.80 higher $587.60; Nov. ’13 $8.70 higher $546.30; Jan. ’14 $8.60 higher $548.20; March ’14 $8.30 higher $548.20; May ’14 $8.30 higher $546.10; July ’14 $8.30 higher $543.20; Nov. ’14 $8.30 higher $545.20; Jan ’15 $8.30 higher $545.20. Barley (Western): March ’13 unchanged $247.00; May ’13 unchanged $248.00; July ’13 unchanged $248.50; Oct. ’13 unchanged $248.50; Dec ’13 unchanged $248.50; March ’14 unchanged $248.50; May ’14 unchanged $248.50; July ’14 unchanged $248.50; Oct. ’14 unchanged $248.50; Dec. ’14 unchanged $248.50;March ’15 unchanged $248.50. Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 412,020 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 412,020.

Spain faces tough year with recession set to continue: PM BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MADRID, Spain — Spain faces another tough year as it grapples with recession, a deep financial crisis and 25 per cent unemployment, its prime minister said Friday. In his end-of-year assessment, Mariano Rajoy said the country’s crisis had been worse than anticipated. “We are facing a very tough year, especially in its first half,” he said. “Spain’s economy will remain in recession for some time, but we expect it will improve in the second half of 2013.” While Rajoy was speaking, investor concerns government over attempts to shore up the main cause of Spain’s problems — its shaky bank system — sent shares in lender Bankia falling nearly 27 per cent. Spain’s economy has been hit hard by the collapse of the country’s property market in 2008, which left ordinary Spaniards and banks struggling under the weight of toxic loans and assets. The country’s government rushed to prop up its financial system, sending its debt levels higher. To get its deficit under control, the government introduced a series of harsh austerity measures, such as spending cuts and tax rises. This has had a damping effect on the Spanish economy, pushing it into recession and driving up unemployment. In its bid to overhaul the financial industry, Spain had to seek a (euro)100 billion ($132.7 billion) lifeline from the 17 European Union countries to strengthen its failing banks. Some analysts said Rajoy acted too slowly to shore up failing banks. “Some measures, like bank restructuring, were taken too late,” said Guillermo Aranda, CEO at ATL Capital investment company. The prime minister said Friday that structural reforms and “the restructuring of the financial sector” were key elements in Spain’s road to recovery. However, the stock market showed it was not convinced by the progress made, as shares in Bankia SA fell for a second day, dropping 27 per cent to (euro)0.40 as investors rushed to offload their holdings in the bank. Bankia was formed in 2010 in a merger of seven troubled and unlisted Spanish savings banks, and was floated on the Spanish stock exchange last year.

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CLIFF: Pressure Congressional Democrats said Obama was ready with a revised offer to present. But that drew a denial from a person familiar with the talks, who said the president would review his proposal from a week ago, when he urged lawmakers to preserve tax cuts for most while letting rates rise above incomes of $250,000 a year. At the same time, Obama said lawmakers should extend unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless. The person was unauthorized to discuss the private meeting publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, McConnell and Reid and were all attending Friday’s White House meeting. Vice-President Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner also were attending. Obama’s Friday meeting with Congressional leaders — the first since Nov. 16 —happened after the president cut short his Hawaiian holiday to return to Washington. It likely centred on which income thresholds would face higher tax rates, extending unemployment insurance and preventing a cut in federal Medicare payments to doctors, among other issues. For Obama, the eleventh-hour

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A public health worker holds up a sign reading, “With less staff, worse quality” during a protest outside a public health office against cuts in the service, in Madrid, Thursday. Madrid proposes selling off the management of six of 20 public hospitals and 27 of 268 health centers. Spain’s regions are struggling with a combined debt of euro145 billion ($190 billion) as the country’s economy contracts into a double-dip recession triggered by a 2008 real estate crash. Its shares, a large number of which were sold to individual savers and pensioners, have fallen nearly 80 per cent in value since the floatation. Officials with the country’s bank bailout fund — the Fund for Orderly Bank Restructuring — revealed late Wednesday that Bankia was worth minus (euro)4.2 billion. The bank’s negative value — a result of combining the bank’s current balance sheet with the level of business it is expected to generate in the

scramble represented a test of how he would balance strength derived from his re-election against an avowed commitment to compromise in the face of divided government. Despite early talk of a grand bargain between Obama and Boehner that would reduce deficits by more than $2 trillion, the expectations were now far less ambitious Both the White House and Congress are in this situation because of their inability, or unwillingness, in recent years to come to terms with the country’s chronic deficit spending. A bitterly divided Congress hasn’t helped. Adding pressure was this week’s warning from Geithner that the government would hit its $16.4 trillion borrowing limit on Monday, the final day of the year. That would make it harder for the U.S. to pay its bills. Republicans and Democrats said privately that any agreement would likely include an extension of middleclass tax cuts that had been set to expire at the end of the year, with increased tax rates at upper incomes —a priority that was central to Obama’s re-election campaign. A key question was whether Obama would agree to abandon his insistence during his re-election campaign on raising taxes on households earning more than $250,000 a year and instead accept a $400,000 threshold like the one he has offered in negotiations with Boehner. The deal also would likely put off the scheduled spending cuts and extend expiring unemployment benefits,

future — was due to worse-than-expected losses of (euro)3.2 billion on toxic property investments. FROB has used the negative value to determine the size of Bankia’s capital injection. The bank, and parent company Banco Financiero y de Ahorros, have received a (euro)18 billion bailout to strengthen their balance sheets — (euro)4.5 billion of which was paid in September.

officials said. If a deal were to pass the Democratic-controlled Senate, Boehner would have to agree to take it to the floor in the Republican-controlled House. Boehner discussed the fiscal cliff with Republican members in a conference call Thursday. Rep. Tom Cole, an ally of the speaker, did not rule out Republican support for some increase in tax rates — which Republicans have adamantly opposed for decades. The stock market was down again Friday amid the developments in Washington. Economists say that if the tax increases are allowed to hit most Americans and if the spending cuts aren’t scaled back, the recovering but fragile economy could sustain a shock. But a sentiment is taking hold that Congress could weather the fiscal cliff without significant economic consequences if it acts decisively next month. The debate over spending cuts, how-

ever, would have to start anew.

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The finished kitchen Anyone who has built or renovated a kitchen is aware of the endless lists of decisions there are to be made along the way. What complicates the process is the number and variety of materials that are required, and how best to put them together to make a cohesive design. Generally, the cabinetry takes up the bulk of the space, visually dominating the room. Countertops, flooring, walls and backsplash all butt up against the cabinets. So you are looking at wood, tile, stone, linoleum, laminates and metals to mingle into a pleasing display. However, it’s the hardworking appliances, fridge, stove, dishwasher that are at the heart of the wellplanned kitchen. They have a colour story too. DEBBIE For decades there was TRAVIS only white, then the avocado craze, and some brave colours appeared, mainly in Europe, where cheery red, royal blue and school bus yellow appliances were downright fun. Today, the big leap to stainless steel from industry to residential favourite is complete. So where do we go from here? Manufacturers who are on the lookout for better design choices to show off their products take a keen interest in alternative solutions that will appeal to the desire for a new look while blending with what is there. I’m often asked if all the major kitchen appliances have to match, and the answer is no, not necessarily. Here are two looks that are exciting and new, and blend harmoniously with stainless steel. After extensive consumer research, GE has come out with a new finish called Slate. Inspired by the rich texture and appearance of stone, it’s a warm, gray metallic with a low-gloss finish that is a natural complement to the wide spectrum of wall colours, countertop materials and floor and cabinetry finishes found in most homes today. Slate was designed to blend with either stainless steel, black or white appliances. The new Slate appliances are finished with bold brushed metal touch points such as handles and knobs, which add more interest and can connect to other details present in the kitchen. In addition to its modern look, the matte finish is easy to clean and resists finger prints (a big bugbear with gloss steel appliances). Another exciting option is copper. Copper looks great next to stainless steel; its warm glow complements wood, granite, and tile, and enhances all kitchen colours with its rich patina. Hand-hammered copper catches the light in a way that no other metal can, and creates a warm inviting look. Pairing up a copper hood, (or copper sink and faucets) with peachy pink tiles and paint develops an interesting yin and yang quality of rustic and refined or masculine and feminine that works in urban and rural homes. Premier Copper Products offers range hoods, sinks, faucets and lights in many styles and sizes to suit your style. On the environmental side, the sustainable, recycled 99.7% grade A copper used by Premier is also one of the most recycled elements on the planet (copper never ends up in landfill). Copper is easy care, requiring only warm water and mild soap to clean, and the surface of the copper is naturally antibacterial.

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Photos by DEBBIE TRAVIS

Above: People are enjoying the contrast of metals in the kitchen that’s provided with copper range hoods and sinks next to stainless steel appliances. Below: The new modern look, GE’s Slate finish is designed to blend into today’s kitchens adding the warmth and matte finish of stone.

Debbie Travis’ House to Home column is produced by Debbie Travis and Barbara Dingle. Please email your questions to house2home@debbietravis.com. You can follow Debbie on Twitter at www.twitter.com/debbie_travis, and visit Debbie’s new website, www.debbietravis.com.

And where did the last 12 months go so quickly?

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Canada panned out perfectly. We tackled several U.K. projects (a small London restaurant, a house boat on the Thames, plus two floors of an Edinburgh mansion) and, in the U.S., a lateral Park Avenue condo and the careful rejig of a dinky wee villa in upscale West Hollywood. As for telly, we reprised our roles as red carpet correspondents (for the second year) dur-

ing the Toronto International Film Festival and, during our time, bagged interviews with a stellar coterie of Hollywood luminaries such as Ryan Gosling, Christopher Walken and Colin Farrell. In other news, we recently filmed a one-off ‘special’ for HGTV Canada that focuses on adding the wow factor to your home without adding the woe factor to your bank balance.

Just wait till you see what we can achieve on a tight budget tailored to today’s more hesitant economy. As soon as we have broadcast dates we’ll let you know! On the home front, our Scottish townhouse is almost complete and we’ve redecorated our Toronto condo from top to bottom.

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Right, that’s quite enough. Have 12 whole months really passed since we published our 2012 resolutions? Are you sure? Please don’t misunderstand; we love our high impact professional calendar but, for the love of God, 2012 travelled at light speed. Appraising the last period, our ambition to divide time equally between Scotland and

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COLOUR: The scheme Not that you’d notice, however; we used exactly the same colour scheme throughout our downtown pad. More a freshening exercise than anything else (after years of radical partying!), but it so needed a tickle. But then again, don’t we all, dear? And, of course, while tackling these various projects, we’ve been here, each Saturday, apprising you of world design trends and related C&J matters such as the launch of our homewards collection in stores like HomeSense, Marshalls and Winners, and TJ Maxx and HomeGoods in America. Covering pretty much every annex of domestic beautification, we’ve brought chairs, art work, lighting and linens to the market with price points as much as 60 per cent lower than elsewhere. Last year appraised, let’s have a gander at the approaching 12 months. Our best advice, while planning home remedy, is to be mindful that now is the perfect time to ‘seasonally adjust.’ Chances are, due to the weather, you’re outdoors less so use this time to prepare (at least in concept) for spring. And don’t forget sales time. Traditionally one of the busiest periods in home retail, there are currently deals aplenty, especially where kitchens and bathrooms are concerned. But hold it, just one plastic flexing moment, and remember our rule; “Think twice, buy once.” That, dear readers, means no impulse snatch, and no knee-jerk grab. And therefore no buyer’s remorse. It’s important, too, that you consider our ‘one in, one out’ rule; the idea is to enhance your 2013 environment rather than congest it before it’s even begun. So what lies in store, colour wise, for 2013? Well, for starters, Pantone just declared Emerald (a shade that took us rather by surprise) their Colour of the Year. As 2012’s Tangerine Tango began its decline (a zesty helping of schematic Vitamin C is one thing, but hefty overdose is quite another), we wondered if blue (which we’d seen at trade fairs everywhere) might roll into favour. Colour affection, as we see it, is more about personal preference and good design more about listening to your heart, and merging aspects into that which you already have. For the love of God, don’t paint everything green lest it appears the Incredible Hulk exploded in your parlour. Which would not, take it from us, be a good look.

C&J’s New Year resolution list Tame our locker As Canadian condo dwellers we, like many others, have a cage in our basement. Ours is the summer home for our car’s hard top and a resting place for a zillion books we’ve read several times. Bag upon bag of clothes consumes space and, if it kills us, we’ll finally get it all into the car and consign it to charity. OK, everything bar the hard top. Blitz our kitchen cupboards: Hells bells they’re stuffed with all manner of domestic detritus, most of which we’ll never again use. From pots and pans that don’t work on our induction hob to the candy floss maker we were given at a recent event, there will be immediate dispatch to Habitat For Humanity before January is out. Refinish our condo floor Ebony, and laid several years past, much of its shine has departed due to the bleaching powers of sunlight. If truth be known, we’re somewhat daunted by the prospect of having to empty our home to facilitate this job. Replace our smoke alarms Although amply within their recommended life span, we play cautious cards where safety is concerned. It’s worth considering that the cost of a basic alarm is little more than a few Starbucks lattes. And lives, damned fine as a latte certainly is, can’t be saved by the steaming, milky brew. At least not as far as we know Deep clean rugs Whenever we see a TV ad for rug maintenance, we watch, horrified, at the debris being sucked from apparently clean carpet. We’re nothing short of Godly where housekeeping is concerned, yet we remain curious to observe the devil issue quotient lurking deep within our fibres. Re-do our marble We pledge to appoint an expert to refinish the Statuario in our Toronto kitchen. Years of partying have reduced the grey white gleam to a muddy pallor beset with wine glass marks that resemble Olympic rings. This was one of our 2012 ambitions but it remained unchecked. Call the oven cleaning pros Over the last 12 months, all manner of spattering meals have lined our stove with a hefty coating of (what appears to be) indestructible food debris. Gagging a little as we recount that particular observation. Bust the clutter As ambassadors of clear surfaces we’ve (for the most part) heeded our own guidance yet will admit to having perhaps one Jonathan Adler squirrel too many. Aye, it’s time to purge. Invest in a built-in sound system Room-to-room streaming is so luxurious. When we bought our condo, several years past, the costs were prohibitive but now, due to competitive marketeering, we could probably install a good system for about half of that which we’d have paid back then. Staying in is the new going out As 2013 approaches, we pledge to welcome more people into our nest. Home, after all, is where the heart is. So that means more dinner parties, more laughter and more (happy) tears. And more wine. Yes lots of that. Imbibed responsibly, of course. Everything in moderation and all... In the meantime, if you’ll excuse us, we have cleaning products to buy, systems to implement and a diary to locate so we can finally prioritize the aforementioned (niggling) jobs. Thank you for unstinting support during the last 12 months; we value this input and look forward to imparting more of our wisdom next year. Wishing you, and yours, good health, great fortune and ceaseless joy during 2013. Happy Hogmanay! Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan are the hosts of HGTV’s Colin & Justin’s Home Heist and the authors of Colin & Justin’s Home Heist Style Guide, published by Penguin Group (Canada). Follow them on Twitter @ colinjustinor on Facebook (ColinandJustin). Check out their new product ranges at candjhome.co.uk. Contact them through their website colinandjustin.tv.

Why brushless tools are better

STEVE MAXWELL

HOUSEWORKS Significant power tool improvement usually happens by revolution — not evolution — and a big revolution has just begun. It has to do with a kind of electric motor technology that’s showing up in more and more cordless tools. It’s called brushless technology, and I got the chance to run performance tests on the first wave of these tools to hit the Canadian scene this past spring. What I discovered using them on my own building projects and tearing these tools apart afterwards has shown me why brushless technology offers superior performance. It’s also why I predict brushless will completely displace the kind of brush-style motors that have been in all your cordless tools since dayone. If you’re a discerning DIY tool user, then all of this is good news. In the world of tools, brushes are spring-loaded chunks of carbon that press against the revolving parts of an electric motor. They’re the main feature of a mechanical system of springs and wires that creates the revolving magnetic field that makes electric motors spin. As widespread as they are, brushes are also primitive by modern standards. They wear out, they waste energy and they don’t allow the kind of electronic fine tuning of tool performance that offers surprising benefits. Side-stepping these problems is where brushless motors make their gains. Brushless motors use microcircuitry to electronically accomplish what mechanical springs, brushes and wear-prone parts used to do in traditional tools. Open up a brushless motor and all you’ll find is a metal cylinder instead of the usual complicated mechanisms. From a toolmakers point of view, brushless motors require many fewer parts, and simplicity is one reason why I expect brushless is on its way to becoming mainstream. But while simplicity is one thing, another more important advantage is involved, too. Big attraction for us tool users is that brushless tools are supposed to generate something like 50% more work from a given size of battery, and that brushless motors themselves last as much as 10X longer than brush-style versions before wearing out. Increased motor life is difficult to verify without years of experience, but according to the technical people in tool labs I know, preliminary numbers are surprising. The best brush-style drills I’ve found are rated to bore about 30,000 to 35,000, 1” diameter holes

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Above: A traditional brush-style drill (left) shows the mechanically complicated arrangement of brushes and springs that have been used for years. The brushless drill (right) has far few things to wear out. Below: Even taken apart, this brushless motor shows the contact-free simplicity that results in longer working life.

through 1 ½”-thick lumber before motors wear out. During conversations with research and development people at Milwaukee Electric Tools, I found that the best brushless drill motors actually topped out beyond 450,000 holes in their lab testing before the numbed and overworked test crews gave up trying to kill them. Increased speed and run time are another issue, and I ran three drills through a tough trial to compare performance. I used a new, 9/16” diameter ships auger bit in two brush-style drills — the 20 volt DeWALT DCD989 and the 18 volt

Makita BHP454 — with the same kind of bit in the 18 volt Milwaukee FUEL 2604 brushless drill. I used these tools to bore as many 10”-deep holes in the ends of hard maple logs as I could before the batteries went dead. Each drill was allowed to rest after every five holes were bored, to simulate real-world conditions. I kept track of total inches drilled and speed of drilling in multiple runs, then averaged the results to eliminate unseen differences in wood or bit performance. The bottom line is clear. Brushless motors do operate more efficiently than brushed.

This translates into cooler tool performance, but more importantly more work accomplished for a given battery charge. My results prove measurably greater tool speed, too. To see how I ran the test, and the particular details of how each tool performed, check out my video at www.SteveMaxwell.ca/ brushless-drill-video Steve Maxwell, syndicated home improvement and woodworking columnist, has shared his DIY tips, how-to videos and product reviews since 1988. Follow “Canada’s Handiest Man” at SteveMaxwell.ca, Facebook or @ Maxwells_Tips on Twitter.

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Chic favours for New Year’s Eve BY KIM COOK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A New Year’s bash is one of the easier parties to throw. Everyone’s already in the merry-making mood, so it’s a simple matter of setting the stage. You can do that with decor, food, beverages and music, but it’s also nice to offer a party favour that guests can take home as a token of a special evening. For a clever collection of party favours that can be customized, look to creative gift maven Judy Walker of Seattle, at the website TopsMalibu.com. A sparkler in the shape of numbers and letters makes a fun way to toast that doesn’t involve drinks; simply touch your sparkler to the one next to you. If you’d like to get silly, buy some Poof Balls — packets of tubes and colorful paper balls like old fashioned peashooters. Walker’s “Surprize Balls” recall a hot item in the 1950s created by New Orleans native Charles Gregor with the tag line, “The Toy You Destroy to Enjoy.” Walker’s handmade version consists of crepe paper-wrapped balls that you unravel to reveal a variety of little trinkets and treasures. They were a hit with retailers at this fall’s New York International Gift Fair. For New Year’s, she fills the balls with vintage-style toys, keepsakes, charms, gems, candy, bubbles, confetti poppers, fortunes and quotes. She’ll make custom ones with individualized notes or prizes. Buy them already decorated, or plain to embellish yourself. Shiny red poppers filled with confetti would be a fun midnight favour for guests, and Walker has little wish capsule necklaces too for recording resolutions. (Deluxe Surprize Balls, $16.50; set of six undecorated balls, $59; four sparklers, $16.50; six Poof Balls, $15; wish capsules, $9.50, www.topsmalibu.com) Brit Moran of San Francisco, who runs her own monthly subscription-based craft store, is offering a festive LED balloon kit that includes mini LED lights, glitter, air pump, balloons and ribbon to make decorations or favours that glow and sparkle. ($24.99, www.brit.co) Small yet thoughtful favours can be found at the online wedding and party supplier www.beau-coup.com. Chic silver snowflake wine stoppers, jeweled snowflake votive holders and miniature, cinnamon-scented pinecone candles would all make pretty takeaways. (Wine stoppers, $2.30 and up; votive holders, $2.42 and up; pine cones, $7.24 and up) A homemade take-home favour is always appreciated. HGTV.com has instructions for putting together interesting ones like custom-mixed loose tea, colorful candies packed in cork-topped vials, and mini bottles of custom-flavoured liquors such as ginger anise vodka and vanilla cinnamon bourbon. Music lovers could create USB thumbdrive mixes, perhaps with the evening’s party playlist. (www.hgtv.com/entertaining ) Monica Pedersen, a designer, HGTV host and author of Make it Beautiful: Designs and Ideas for Entertaining at Home (Agate Midway, 2012), has a favourite fragranced candle she likes to give. “Pretty, scented votives wrapped like a firecracker are always easy favours. Kai brand’s my favourite, and definitely soothing for New Year’s Day,” she says. Kai’s Twilight candles are a heady blend of exotic white florals. (box of four, $48, www.lifetherapy.com ) Finally, as revelers head out the door, Pedersen suggests setting out an attractive cooler filled with iced bottles of coconut water. “Encourage your guests to take one for the road,” she says. Offering some post-festivity hydration may be the best favour of all.

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Above: This product image provided by Beau-coup.com shows mini cinnamon-scented pine cone candles, a thoughtful party favour for a holiday party. Left: Poof Balls. A modern take on a traditional pea shooter, they are a fun party favour or activity at a holiday gathering.

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Right: A snowflake shaped wine bottle topper that is a useful yet inexpensive gift.

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Being a member of the family Nap Nanny baby means doing your fair share recliners recalled Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married said and done some hurtful things over the years. for 23 years, and we have two teenage daughters. Our They often start fights at family get-togethers. biggest issue is disciplining the kids. I think they I have no desire to invite them, but my mom says I should do more household chores. should because I would otherwise regret it later. My husband agrees in theory, but does nothing to Honestly, I’d be happy never to see them again, hold them accountable when they don’t cooperate, but I don’t want to hurt my mom by not inviting her so the burden of discipline falls on me. parents. Should I? — East Coast Senior I’m sick of being the bad guy and living Dear Senior: Yes - not only because it in a slovenly house that no one else cares would please your mother, but also beabout. I’ve talked to them until I’m blue in cause it will give your grandparents a the face. I’ve tried letting things go to see chance to behave better. whether they’d eventually do something, One should take advantage of opportuand that doesn’t work either. nities to reconcile when possible. Usually, I end up so frustrated that I Dear Annie: “Washington” said her throw a big hissy fit and clean it myself. mother was diagnosed with multiple scleI’m ready to move out. To me, it’s more rosis 30 years ago. than the mess. She had been active in her church and It’s teaching the kids to be indepenhad lots of friends, but at age 49, she was dent, to have some work ethic and to be in a nursing home. Now the only person accountable for their actions. who visits is her daughter. MITCHELL To them, I’m being a nag. What should I I was diagnosed with MS in 1961 at age & SUGAR do? — Tired in Rural Oregon 19. In 1962, I became wheelchair bound. Dear Tired: Nagging is part of your job I’m fortunate to have a loving, caring husas a parent. And it’s OK to let some things band of 52 years who does the things I go. The girls’ rooms are theirs. Leave cannot do for myself. This disease turns their clothes on the floor and their beds unmade. your life upside down. It makes the MS patient feel Tell them those things are their responsibility, and like a burden to society. But disabled people want to show them how to use the washer and dryer. If you be loved, too. can’t stand the sight of the mess in their rooms, close I have a chin-controlled power chair to move the doors. around in. I can use the computer with a voice-actiCommon areas will be tougher, but they are count- vated system, and I listen to books on tape. I stay as ing on you to give up. active as my limitations will allow. But with everyFirmly and repeatedly remind your husband and thing I do, someone has to assist me. I am blessed to children to do whatever chores you assign. Do not do have my husband. these things for them out of exasperation, and try not For people who say they’re bored: How about volto become angry. unteering for the disabled? — Faithful Follower in Offer incentives in the form of increased or de- Florida creased allowance. Help them understand that you Dear Florida: A wonderful suggestion. Approxiare not a servant. mately 400,000 Americans are currently diagnosed Being a member of the family means doing your with MS. For those who want more information, share. If your husband won’t help, discuss hiring out- please contact the National MS Society at naside cleaning assistance. tionalmssociety.org. Dear Annie: I am a senior in high school and plan Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and to have a family graduation party next spring. Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers colHowever, I haven’t spoken to my maternal grand- umn. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ parents in six months. comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators They have never been a part of my life and have Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. habits by going overboard with excess of all sorts. Use your proper judgement and learn to be disciplined. This is not a good time to test your limits. Saturday, Dec. 29 VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your joint CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: resources might give you a few headaches. It Alison Brie, 30; Jude Law, 40; Jon Voight, 74 turns out that your partner’s financial situation THOUGHT OF THE DAY: We might still is anything but stable. Tap into your intuition feel the effects of the Full Moon. for guidance and you will be able Luckily, there is not much action to channel your energies conin the sky today allowing us to structively. grasp and reflect on the current LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): culminations. The Moon in CanSelf-indulgence and the need to cer is sitting by itself in the sky. evade to some foreign land will Emotions need to be put to rest mark heavily in your day. Even with proper care and nurturing. though you might tend to feel unHAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today der the loop, others won’t pay is your birthday, you will learn a too much attention to your bagreat deal about yourself in relasic needs. Control any impulsive tions to others. Alone or coupled tendency to expose too much of up, you will be tested to see if yourself. you can survive by yourself or SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): ASTRO not. You will seek nurture and Power struggles or a tough opgreat care from a special someDOYNA position seem to make you quesone, yet your feelings might not tion about your purpose in this be always reciprocated. Rely on existence. You find yourself deyourself and your resourceful prived the direction in your life. contacts and you will be headed Your needs will not be met unless you learn in the right direction. to compromise. ARIES (March 21-April 19): You might SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Money find yourself feeling a bit lonely and detached matters will continue to prevail into today. You from other today. Reach to your friends and are learning a great deal about reassessing your connections for a change of pace to your properly your possessions and your accumuday. An abundance of new information and lated wealth. Balance your needs versus your news will cheer you up. wants. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Speaking up CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Key relayour mind won’t prove too fruitful on this day. tionships will lack in the nurture and care you It seems that everyone’s aloof or just not in are longing for. For now, learn to survive by touch with their emotions. There is a need to yourself and exercise some self-sufficiency. communicate while responses are not necesYou don’t always need validation from your sarily reciprocated. partner. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You envision AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The obliyour destiny in a certain magical way. You gation to run some errands and accomplish have a strong imagination and a sharp intumundane things within your immediate enviition. As long as you maintain the same goals ronment will not be the most crucial thing to for your future, you will be capable to dream be done today. And, even though you might with your eyes wide open. encounter debatable views from others, use CANCER (June 21-July 22): You need to tact and diplomacy in your negotiations. If feel ‘at home’, yet your own home might have need be, agree to disagree. an estranged feel to it. Today you experience PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your chila disconnection from others and perhaps, dren or a loved one appear to be unresponyou need to take things slowly for now. Try sive to your needs right now. You crave exto avoid pushing or rushing anything for the citement and some joy in your life, yet, this time being. inner desire seems to be stagnating, momenLEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It is primordial tarily. Rely on your goals in the long-run and to your health to avoid neglecting your good avoid pushing anything too far.

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WASHINGTON — Four national retailers agreed to recall more than 150,000 Nap Nanny baby recliners after at least five infant deaths and dozens of reports of children nearly falling out of the recliners, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday. The recall covers Nap Nanny Generations One and Two, and the Chill model infant recliners. All were sold between 2009 and 2012. The Nap Nanny was designed to mimic the curves of a baby car seat, elevating an infant slightly to help reduce reflux, gas, stuffiness or other problems. The CPSC warned parents and caregivers that the Nap Nanny contains defects in its design, warnings and instructions. The agency said the product poses a substantial risk of injury and death to infants. The four retailers — Amazon.com, Buy Buy Baby, Diapers.com and Toys R Us/Babies R Us — agreed to voluntarily participate in the recall of the Nap Nanny because its manufacturer is unable or unwilling to participate, the government agency said in a statement. The manufacturer, Baby Matters LLC of Berwyn, Pa., told The Associated Press earlier this month that it had gone out of business. At the time, the company’s website carried a statement from owner and founder Leslie Gudel that the company didn’t believe the CPSC complaint had merit and that its products were safe when used as instructed. The first two versions of the foam recliner were recalled in July 2010 after the agency became aware of one death and 22 reports of infants hanging out or falling over the side of the Nap Nanny even though most of the infants had been placed in the recliner’s harness. Since then, the agency learned of four more deaths. Four were linked to the first versions of the recliner, and one to the newer model. Five thousand Nap Nanny Generation One and 50,000 Generation Two models were sold between 2009 and early 2012. About 100,000 Chill models have been sold since January 2011. The CPSC advised consumers seeking more information about the recall to review the return policies of the retailers participating in the recall.

Sunday, Dec. 30 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Kristin Kreuk, 30; Tyrese Gibson, 34; Meredith Vieira, 59 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The Sun in Capricorn will meet in close proximity with Pluto and Saturn today. This will boost our willpower while inclining us to make the necessary changes in our lives in order to shed from whatever is no longer of use to us. Determination and persistency will help us overcome difficulties. The Moon in Leo will endow us with a certain uplifting vibe which will manifest in a child-like attitude towards life with a particular inclination in showing off our personality and eloquence. HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, your willpower will know no boundaries. Your strength of identity and your persistence will offer you the right amount of vivacity. Others will see you quite intense and relentless. You will not take “no” for an answer. Use this unique gift in dealing constructively with any domestic matters. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your heart desires some time off, but some social obligation pulls you away from experiencing your own kind of fun. You crave doing something totally different from your habitual zone, but you might have to deal with some discordance from others. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Do not make any important decisions about your future based on your current state of mind. Chances are that they will not be based on solid ground and you may regret later. Your emotions are taking over your rationality now. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Travel experiences might not give you the satisfaction you longed for. Temporarily, you are feeling a bit out of place. If there’s any legal situation going on, it might give you a sense of worry or uneasiness. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Money matters relating to debts or loans may give you some concern which will conflict with your sense of well-being. Before you let these worries get to you, you may realize that you might no longer need certain items that do not serve their purpose. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Currently, you have all the wonderful energy and stamina assisting you in carrying out various chores

and tasks at hand. There’s absolutely nothing stopping you now. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Today you should watch over your health. Do not let anxiety or suppressed anger affect your wellbeing. Let feelings of guilt and rejection evaporate on their own. Temporary upsets are not worth it when it comes to living a good quality of life. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): This is a flattering time when romance or a good number of close friends embody you with positive reinforcement. They represent your main source of happiness and you are blessed to have them in your life as mutual respect will triumph in all your dealings. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): When it comes to your home environment, your gut instinct tells you that you have to use your willpower and determination in order to attain that desired place of your own; where freedom, growth and a sense of belonging will fulfil your needs. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You know that great things are coming your way which you should not take for granted. Appreciate the gifts life has to offer and you will be rewarded accordingly. Now it’s a beneficial time to put those ingenious thoughts into action. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Notwithstanding your current moodiness or perhaps some upset due to auxiliary finances, your sense of direction in life is quite clear right now. Maintain your strong identity and keep on working hard. Rewards will follow indisputably. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your current perception is such that your partner is not in the same boat as you are. You find yourselves disputing for no apparent reason. Avoid impulsiveness affect your judgment as your objectivity is not at its strongest right now. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your mind is very perceptive and highly keen at this time. You are able to guess what’s going on out there, in the public. If hidden tensions restrict your good disposition, release them by exercising or into a workout routine. Astro Doyna is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist.

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COLBORNE William O. (Bud) Veteran oil patch Landman Bud Colborne passed away on Friday, December 21st, 2012 at the Beverly Center Lake Midnapore, Calgary AB from natural causes at the tender age of 85. A husband to two beautiful wives in his life, both of whom pre-deceased him (Paddy in 1984 and Judith Ann (Judy) in 2006), father to 11 children, grandfather to twenty three grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren, Bud was quite the character! He is survived by all of his children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, his sister Pat Blakely and her immediate family as well as two sisters in law, two brothers in law and their respective families and we’ll all miss him dearly. Born June 5, 1927 to homesteader parents in Mannville AB, Bud was raised with his sister during the Great Depression and Dirty 30’s. The family relocated to Red Deer AB in the early 40’s where he was schooled both academically and in life experiences. Bud joined Gulf’s geophysical team in 1945 as a surveyor and moved to the Land group in 1950 where he honed his skills as a Landman for the next few years. The first six of their eleven children were raised while the family was on the move throughout Alberta during Bud’s early days of his oil patch career with Gulf Oil/BA Oil. In 1958 he left Gulf and then teamed up with the late Danny Spittall to form one of the early full service land consulting firms in Alberta and three years later, in 1961, Bud Colborne was Allied Land Services Ltd. As a testament of his business acumen that company operates today in the hands of the next generations. Bud and Paddy settled on Calgary as their home permanently from 1956 while the family continued to grow to include eleven children. Men worked hard and played hard in the patch in those days with great endurance and it may be noted that Bud worked, played and partied harder than most. Neither sleep nor relaxation seemed part of any man’s daily ritual. Bud was a ringleader and the life of the party while upright and not fighting! Subsequent to Paddy’s passing in 1984, Bud was more than fortunate to find another wonderful woman in Judith Ann Halpin. They married and settled in Bragg Creek until Judy’s passing. Thereafter, he relocated to Calgary in 2010. Bud was a longtime member of Canadian Association of Petroleum Landmen (CAPL) and International Right of Way Association (IRWA). He was a renowned story teller with a keen mind for details and his sons would forever ply him to share all the good stuff that he’d never tell Paddy or his daughters. Most of those stories are somewhat treasured and will undoubtedly long survive him. Bud was a fearless (not skilled) trail riding snow-mobiler and ice boater and most times due to his nature he’d walk away wounded, of course never showing any pain. Over the years Bud’s crusty exterior eroded and his numerous grandchildren were net benefactors of his genuine love for his family and his keen interest in their lives. At Bud’s request there will be no funeral service. Now, also at Bud’s request, there will be a farewell party for all to attend. Details will be announced sometime in the New Year. The family would like to thank the staff at the Beverly Center, Staywell Manor, the doctors and nursing staff at the Rockyview hospital, and especially his amazing caregivers with Home Instead, Amanda, McKenzie and Missy Jo, for providing the best of care and comfort that Bud required and expected. Condolences may be forwarded through www.mcinnisandholloway.com. In living memory of Bud Colborne, a tree will be planted at Big Hill Springs Park Cochrane by McINNIS & HOLLOWAY FUNERAL HOMES Park Memorial Chapel, 5008 ELBOW DRIVE S.W., Calgary, AB T2S 2L5 Telephone: 1-800-661-1599. LeBIHAN 1923 - 2012 Mrs. Edna LeBihan (Mottus) of Red Deer passed away at the Symphony Aspen Ridge, R e d D e e r o n M o n d a y, December 24, 2012 at the age of 89 years. She was predeceased by her husband George in 1997. Edna is survived by her daughter Gale (Rob) McCoy of Red Deer; her son Gabe (Judi) LeBihan of Kelowna, BC; five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. A graveside service will be held in the spring of 2013 at the Gilby Cemetery. 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. 403.340.4040

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HURLEY Winston Hurley of Bentley, AB. went to be with his beloved wife Bea (who passed away Oct. 24, 2009), on December 21, 2012. There will be no service at Winston’s request. His ashes will be spread on the hill at the farm in the spring. Donations can be made to t h e C a n a d i a n C a n c e r Births Society. Parkland Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. You may wish to visit their website for condolences at parklandfuneralhome.com

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EARL William (Bill) Henry 12 July, 1919 - 27 Dec., 2012 Bill is predeceased by his loving wife Elsie in 2004 and two brothers and three sisters. After two weeks struggling with pneumonia Bill died peacefully at Red Deer Regional Hospital. Happily all of his family was able to visit him during his last days. Son Brian and wife Gayle (High River) arrived from Florida, daughter Linda (minus husband Don) from Doha, Qatar, grandson Darrin from Memphis (without wife Jenny), granddaughter Kaja Gjesdal with partner Sasha Lakovic and greatgranddaughter Tatjana from Kelowna. Bill would never have lived as long and healthy a life as he did had it not been for his trusted friend/nurse Benita Davis and husband Ron, nor had he not been enriched by the friendship and care from Frances McCulloch and family. Everyone who knew Bill was inspired by his seemingly endless energy, kind words and generous spirit. Bill never lost his love for dancing and will be sorely missed at Legion and Golden Circle dances, Masonic Lodge and Eastern Star meetings and for all his enthusiastic volunteer work with Alzheimer’s and CNIB. They don’t make them like Bill anymore. He was one of the best of the “Greatest Generation”, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for surviving two tours of duty as a wireless operator in the RCAF during WWII and never stopped loving (literally) this great land we live in. He made his mark buying grain for UGG in Rimbey and Ponoka, later working in m a n a g e m e n t i n C a l g a r y, Vegreville and Edmonton before retiring to sell real estate in his beloved Sylvan Lake community while getting away for winters in Palm Springs. Bill is mourned by his nieces in Regina, nephews in Flin Flon and Ft Saskatchewan and all his friends at Victoria Park, Red Deer. Linda and Brian wish to thank Dr. Hopfner and the nursing staff of Red Deer Regional Hospital for their tireless and admirable care. Bill will be cremated and a celebration of his life arranged for spring 2013. In lieu of flowers please donate to Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories 114 - 4728 Ross St, Red Deer, Alberta. Condolences may be forwarded to www.sylvanlakefuneralhome.ca SYLVAN LAKE AND ROCKY FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORIUM your Golden Rule Funeral Homes, entrusted with the arrangements. 403-887-2151

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ENGEN Darius Antony 1975 - 2012 It is with great sorrow that we announce the sudden passing of Darius Antony Engen of R e d D e e r o n T u e s d a y, December 25, 2012 at the age of 37 years. Darius was born and raised in the Edmonton area until 1987, when he moved with his family to Williams Lake, British Columbia. He then moved to Red Deer where he attended the Red Deer College and became a journeyman mechanic, later moving into the oilfield industry and becoming a supervisor. Darius enjoyed cooking and mastering the BBQ, and was a great friend who was always there to lend a helping hand. He also enjoyed being with his children, Logan and Kayla, to whom he was a very loving father. He is survived by his wife; Erika Engen, son; Logan Engen, and daughter; Kayla Engen. He is also survived by his parents; Glen and Fay Engen, sister; Cindy (Al) Novakowski, grandmother; Margaret Lavallee, niece; Kennedy, nephews; Austin and Benjamin and best f r i e n d ; J o n ( To n i ) H a l e y along with numerous close friends. A celebration of Darius’ life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home, 6287 - 67A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer on Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. with interment to follow at Alto Reste Cemetery, Red Deer. Memorial contributions may be made in trust to Darius’ children; Logan and Kayla through any branch of Servus Credit Union. 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. 403.340.4040

METRO Steven Frank (Blackie) Steve passed away suddenly, at home, in the early morning of December 24, 2012. Born the oldest child of Frank and Jeannette (Krovak) on February 26, 1957, he is survived by his love Crystal Seminuk; his sons Cambell and Cory (Kaysha); grandchildren Raegan, Casha, Steven and Asher, and a new baby girl, expected soon; and his siblings David (Karen), Allen (Vicki) and Lorna (Johnny) and Virginia. His memory will also be cherished by many relatives and friends, including his nieces and nephews whom he loved dearly. He was predeceased by his parents and brother Dwayne. Steve spent much of his early working life on the drilling rigs, tried his hand as an electrician and until his passing was with Alken Drilling as a Water Well Technician. He spent his free time as an avid fan of the Bentley Generals. An informal memorial and lunch will be held at Bentley AG Centre at 11 a.m., on Wednesday, January 2, 2013. Please join his family and friends for sharing of memories. If desired, memorial donations may be made to the Bentley Fire Department. Cremation has taken place. Wherever he found himself in the world he was never truly at home unless in the Blindman Valley. Hold everything; “Heaven just got a little darker.”

PENNOCK Gladys Evelyn 1925 - 2012 Gladys Pennock passed away on December 27, 2012 in Linden, AB at the age of 87 years. Born July 8, 1925 to John and Edith Morse, Gladys was raised on the family homestead outside of Elnora, AB. Along with her nine siblings, she attended the Grandcourt School and, when not helping with chores at home, hiked up and down the river banks of what would later become the Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park. In 1947, she married John Wilson Pennock. After living on a farm east of Elnora for several years they moved to Elnora with their three children. An active member of her community, she worked faithfully for 20 years as a housekeeper at the Elnora Hospital. Gladys enjoyed gardening, photography, and hiking in her beloved Dry Island park. She was a volunteer steward at the park, for which she received a L i f e t i m e Vo l u n t e e r i s m award from the Alberta government, and wrote two books about the Dry Island area - one about trails and the other about its wildflowers. She is survived by her son Jerry Pennock (Denise); daughters Virginia Edwards (Rob) and Brenda Pennock; granddaughters Robin Tomlinson (Scott), Jocelyn Edwards and Rebecca Edwards; her great grandchildren Hope Tomlinson and Justice Tomlinson; and her siblings George Morse, Grace Duft and Eva Pennock. She is predeceased by her husband Wilson Pennock; her brothers Jack Morse, Arthur Morse; and her sisters Ella Guard, Dolly McKnight, Betty MacLean and June Lutz. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. at the Trochu Baptist Church on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 with Rev. Alan Powell officiating. The family members would like to extend their sincere thanks to all the staff of the Linden Nursing Home. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation. Arrangements entrusted to HEARTLAND FUNERAL SERVICES, LTD. INNISFAIL Phone: 403-227-0006. www.heartlandfuneralservices.com

TURGEON Donald George 1963 - 2012 It is with great sadness that the family of the late Donald George Turgeon announce his passing on December 25th, 2012 at the age of 49 years. Donald is survived by his mother, Patricia Sheaves of Red Deer, AB and step-father, Alex Sheaves of Red Deer, AB as well as many friends. Services for the late Donald G. Turgeon will be announced at a later date. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by emailing eventide@arbormemorial.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45th Street, Red Deer Phone (403) 347-2222

WHITNEY Elsie Whitney, of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away peacefully on December 20, 2012. (1927 - 2012). An artist and writer, born in London, England, Elsie pursued her passion for expression since her childhood. She was inspired by her love of nature and awareness of the spirit running this world. This is expressed with clarity and wisdom in her beautiful works of art. Elssi loved her family, creating artwork, writing, travelling, children, and meeting people. She will be missed by her family: four children; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren; six siblings; and many friends in the community. In keeping with Elssi’s wishes, no formal service will be held. A private family celebration is planned. Thank you to Simply Cremations & Funeral Services, Red Deer, for their heartfelt assistance.

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TECHNICAL Sales Expert required at Digitex Canada Red Deer, AB. Twelve month assignment. Working hours of 40 hours per week or more. Required competencies: Must have several years experience in technical sales of Canon digital business equipment and software in a business to business sales environment. Must be an expert at understanding customer needs, experienced in drafting and completing contracts for selling Canon equipment, previous supervisory experience of technical sales staff, be proficient at large account selling strategies. Must have completed Canon corporate account training, product & solution selling and be an expert in corporate sales training and solution selling. Person must be expert in technical training of clients to use Canon products. Hourly wage CAD $26.44 plus commission. Duties would include: Promote sales to existing clients, identify and solicit potential clients, assess clients’ needs and resources to recommend the appropriate products. Provide input into product design where goods or services must be tailored to suit clients’ needs; develop reports and proposals as part of sales presentation to illustrate benefits from use of good or service and estimate costs of installing and maintaining equipment or service. Candidate must prepare and administer sales contracts, consult with clients after sale to resolve problems and to provide ongoing support. Must be able to troubleshoot technical problems related to Canon photocopier equipment, printers, scanners, etc. and train customers’ staff in the operation and maintenance of Canon photocopier equipment. Be able to supervise the activities of other technical sales specialists as needed. Send resumes to: mvandale@digitex.ca or fax to 403-309-3384

850

Trades

RV HAULING Saskatoon Hotshot Transporter

First Choice Collision

Power Units w/wo stepdecks

Seeking Journeyman or 2nd /3rd year apprentices. Positions for body, prep and refinishing technicians needed for our car and light truck division. Top wages, bonus programs and benefit package. Fax resumes to (403) 343-2160; e-mail choice2@telusplanet.net or drop off in person @ #5, 7493, 49th Avenue Crescent, Red Deer.

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD.

School

Trades

850

Big Horn Electric and Controls Ltd.

278517L21-A3

3/4 tons, and 1 ton for R.V. and freight hauling throughout Canada and the U.S. Year round work, lots of miles and home time, fuel subsidies, benefits, excellent earnings. 306-653-8675 saskatoonhotshot.com Looking for a place to live? Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! HVAC SERVICE TECH for busy shop. Experience in all aspects of furnaces and air conditioners. Strong trouble shooting skills an asset. For confidential interview phone Brad 403-588-8399 or fax 403-309-8302 or email brad@comfortecheating.com NEEDED immed. Journeyman electrician for the AG industry. Competitive wages and benefits. Please forward resume to info@prolineinc.ca

QUALIFIED ELECTRICIANS NEEDED True Power Electric Requires Residential exp. only Competitive wages & benefits. Fax resume to: 403-314-5599

Wabasca Area 5 month term Camp Job Started mid-Aug, 2012 BIG Horn Electric and Controls Ltd.

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

Truckers/ Drivers

860

BUSY CENTRAL AB company req’s exp’d. Class 1 drivers to pull decks. Assigned truck, exc. wages and benefits pkg. Paid extras. Family orientated. Resume and abstract fax to 403-784-2330 or call 1-877-787-2501 Mon,. - Fri,. 8 a m to 6 pm

Join our team of professionals! ELECTRICAL and INSTRUMENTATION JOURNEYMAN and CLASS 3 WATER HAULER APPRENTICES needed. Only those with We are currently recruiting Drilling Rig Water Hauling for: experience need apply. Central and Northern Need H2S & First Aid Alberta. tickets.TOP WAGES PAID Required Safety Fax clean drivers abstract Certificates: and resume between the H2S Alive / First Aid hours of 9 am to 6 pm to: PST / Fall Protection. 403-746-3523 or call Successful candidates will 403-304-7179 possess excellent written RONCO OILFIELD HAULand verbal ING, Sylvan Lake based communication skills. Rig Movers/Heavy Haulers Oilfield experience is an seeking Winch tractor asset. driver, pilot car driver and Qualified applicants are Swampers. Top wages invited to fax or email their and benefits. email: resumes: tom@roncooilfield.ca Fax: 403-638-3688 Email: fax: 403-887-4892 careers@bighornelectric.com

Oilfield

is now hiring

Misc. Help

Requires

840

For further specifics on the above position, please visit Wolf Creek Public Schools’ website at www.wolfcreek. ab.ca, or contact the Division Office at 403-783-3473.

860

CONCRETE FINISHER REQUIRED Must have drivers license. Fax resume 403-782-2439

ELECTRICAL and INSTRUMENTATION JOURNEYMAN and APPRENTICES Required Safety Certificates: H2S Alive / First Aid PST / Fall Protection. Successful candidates will possess excellent written and verbal communication skills. Oilfield experience is an asset. Wolf Creek Public Qualified applicants are Schools invited to fax or email their invites applications for the resumes: following position: Fax: 403-638-3688 Email: * Teacher, Alix MAC careers@bighornelectric.com

Teachers/ Tutors

Truckers/ Drivers

800

880

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in DEER PARK Dempsey St. area $45.00/mo. ALSO Dempsey St. Dumas Crsc. & Duffy Close area $88.00/mo. ALSO Duston St. Donnelly Crsc., area Densmore Crs. Dale Close $270.00/mo. ALSO Doran Crsc. Dunn Close $50.00 /mo. ALSO Doran Crsc., Doan Ave. area $53.00/mo. LANCASTER Lenon Close, Lacey Close, Landry Bend area $76/mo. ALSO Logan Close Lee St. & Lawrence Crsc. area $158/mo. MICHENER West of 40th Ave. North of Ross St. area $245.00/mo. Good for adult w/a small car ALSO East of 40th North of Ross St. Michener Green Cresc. area. $268/mo. Good for adult with small car. ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more info

ADULT & Youth Carrier Needed For Delivery of Flyers, Express & Sunday Life in RIVERSIDE MEADOWS 57, 58 & 58A ST & 58 AVE. Please call Joanne at 403-314-4308

ADULT & YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED for delivery of Flyers Red Deer Express & Red Deer Life Sunday in MOUNTVIEW WEST LAKE WEST PARK

880

Misc. Help

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED for early morning delivery of Red Deer Advocate 6 days per week in

Misc. Help

880

CARRIERS NEEDED

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for

FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE AND EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

EASTVIEW 100 ADVOCATE $525/MO. $6300/YR 2 HRS./DAY

In Town of Trochu Morning Delivery 1 hour per day 6 days per week No collection No Sundays

ANDERS AREA Adams Close/ Adair Ave.

GRANDVIEW 75 Advocate $393/month $4725/yr. 1-1/2 hrs. per day Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

The Town of Olds No collecting! Packages come ready for delivery! Also for the afternoon in Town of Penhold! Also afternoon delivery in Town of Springbrook

BOWER AREA Baile Cl. /Boyce St. Beatty Crs./Barrett Dr. Brown Cl./Baird St Barrett Dr./Baird St INGLEWOOD AREA

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED

Isbister Close Issard Close

For delivery of Red Deer Advocate by 6:30 a.m. Mon. through Fri. & 8:00. .am. on Saturday in

LANCASTER AREA

1 day per wk. No collecting!!

Please contact QUITCY

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

Lancaster Drive Lindsay Ave. Lagrange Crsc

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for Afternoon delivery in Bowden & Innisfail Please contact QUITCY

SUNNYBROOK AREA

LANCASTER AREA 77 papers $412/mo. ROSEDALE AREA 72 papers $386/mo. DEER PARK Dempsey St. area 79 papers $423/mo. ALSO Davison Dr. area 101 papers $541/mo. ALSO Clearview Ridge Timberlands area 59 papers $376/mo. Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more info

CIRCULATION Service Runner (Part Time)

Do You: - Want extra income - Possess a clean, valid drivers license - Have a friendly attitude - Enjoy customer service - Want part-time work (12 to 22 hours per week)

Scott St./Somerset Close. Sunnyside Crsc. VANIER AREA Viscount Dr./ Voisin Crsc Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info

880

Misc. Help

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

Employment Training

********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300 DISPATCHER req’d. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential. Good communication, skills both verbal and written. Must have effective time management skills and able to multi task in a fast paced environment. Experience preferred, but will train suitable applicant. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295

WHOLESALE FIREPLACE Sub-contract installers req’d for fireplace installations( possible $50/hr.+) Call John 780-993-2040 Tired of Standing? Find something to sit on As part of our customer in Classifieds service team, you will be dispatched in response to service concerns to deliv- Employment ery newspapers and flyers to customers or carriers. A Training delivery vehicle is provided. Hours of shifts are Monday through Friday 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. or longer, and/or afternoon shifts Monday to Friday 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.. Saturday and Sunday, 7 a.m.-11 a.m. or longer

900

OILFIELD SERVICES INC.

oﬀers a variety of

SAFETY COURSES to meet your needs.

Standard First Aid , Confined Space Entry, H2S Alive and Fire Training are courses that we offer on a regular basis. As well, we offer a selection of online Training Courses. For more information check us out online at www.firemaster.ca or call us at 403 342 7500. You also can find us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter @firemasterofs.

★

Whatever You’re Selling... We Have The Paper You Need! Central Alberta LIFE & Red Deer ADVOCATE

900

Submit resume, indicating “Service Runner Position”, along with your drivers abstract immediately to: careers@ reddeeradvocate.com or mail to: Human Resources 2950 Bremner Avenue Red Deer, AB. T4N 5G3 or fax to: 403-341-4772 We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only selected candidates will be contacted.

275260L7-31

Oilfield

309 3300. Central Alberta LIFE The newspaper far mers look to for best values in: *Farm Machinery, *Feed & Grain, *Livestock, *Trailers, *Supplies & *More. CHECK US OUT CALL 309-3300

Misc. Help

880

Misc. Help

880

Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

CARRIERS REQUIRED to deliver the Central AB. Life in the towns of Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler Call Rick at 403-314-4303 Canyon is the fastest growing fracturing company in North America. We deliver quality customized pressure pumping and service solutions to the oil and gas industry, improving our industry one job at a time.

DRIVEN TO EXCEL FROM START TO FINISH

We are a growing construction company that requires an

EXPERIENCED PARTS PERSON

for our office in Rocky Mountain House.

Misc. Help

If you’re looking for a career with a leading organization that promotes Integrity, Relationships, Innovation and Success, then we’re looking for you. Now hiring Canyon Champions for the following positions:

880

Please e-mail resumes to:

hr@pidherneys.com

278682L2231

Pidherney’s offers competitive wages and benefits.

Class 1 Driver / Operators: Nitrogen, Coiled Tubing, Cement & Acid, Fracturing Supervisors: Nitrogen, Coiled Tubing, Cement & Acid, Fracturing

f Team oriented f Clean Class 1 license f Oil and Gas experience an asset

Why Canyon? f Dynamic and rapidly growing company f Premium compensation package f New equipment

f f f

is expanding its facility to double production.

Paid technical and leadership training Career advancement opportunities

We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts:

RRSP Matching Program

We thank all applicants; however only those selected for an initial interview will be contacted.

- Concrete Finishers - Carpenters/Woodworkers Top Wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included.

email: hr@canyontech.ca fax: (403) 356-1146 website: www.canyontech.ca

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.

278072L21-23

How to apply:

272825K19-L30

Applicant Requirements: f Self-motivated f Willing to work flexible hours f Safety—focused

E4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012

Olympics designer, ‘God particle’ physicist get UK honours LIST OF HONOUREES DOMINATED BY BRITAIN’S OLYMPIC HEROES THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — Stella McCartney, who designed the uniforms worn by Britain’s record-smashing Olympic team, and Scottish physicist Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the so-called “God particle,” are among the hundreds being honoured by Queen Elizabeth II this New Year. The list is particularly heavy with Britain’s Olympic heroes, but it also includes Star Wars actor Ewan McGregor, eccentric English singer Kate Bush, Roald Dahl illustrator Quentin Blake, and Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, the royal aide who helped organize the watched-around-the-world wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton. McCartney was honoured with the title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire, or OBE, in part for her work creating the skintight, red-whiteand-blue uniforms worn by British athletes as they grabbed 65 medals during the 2012 games hosted by London. McCartney is the designer daughter of ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and his first wife Linda, and she has moved to make the family name almost as synonymous with fashion as it is with music, setting up a successful business and a critically-acclaimed label. Higgs’ achievements, which made him a Companion of Honor, touch on

SAFETY

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920

Career Planning

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

1530

Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms. Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

1630

EquipmentHeavy

FREE range naturally raised turkey, gov’t. inspected, skinless, boneless turkey breast $5.99/lb, turkey breast steaks $5.99/lb, ground turkey $5.99/lb, drumsticks avail. $10/pkg. Germane Market Gardens, Gail 403-843-6864

1760

Misc. for Sale

10-12 HOUSE plants $10-$40 403-342-4572 12 PC Royal Albert dishes from England. Val-Dor brand. Incl. cake plate, lrg platter, cream & sugar, gravy boat, etc. $2000 Firm. 403-309-3045

Horses

2140

HORSES WANTED: broke, un-broke, or unwanted. 403-783-0303 WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly. 403-651-5912

Manufactured Homes

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

3040

Newly Reno’d Mobile FREE Shaw Cable + more $899/month Sharon 403-550-8777

3050

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3060

Suites

wegot

OPPOSITE HOSPITAL

ROOM in Westpark, n/s, no pets. Furnished. TV & utils incl. 403-304-6436

Large 2 bdrm. apt., balcony No pets. $775. avail. Jan. 1. 403-346-5885

3010

3080

1830

1710

3040

3030

Newly Renovated Mobile Home

A MUST SEE!

1840

20,000

400

1900

Sharon (403) 340-0225

Renter’s Special FREE Cable

2 & 3 bedroom

modular/mobile homes in pet friendly park

wegot

Starting at

services

Riverfront Estates

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430 To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classiﬁeds 403-309-3300

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. Jan. 2 403-304-7576 347-7545

849

Sharon (403) 340-0225 www.lansdowne.ca

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Contractors

1100

Handyman Services

1200

TIRED of waiting? Call Renovation Rick, Jack of all trades. Handier than 9 men. 587-876-4396 or 587-272-1999

Massage Therapy

Misc. Services

IRONMAN Scrap Metal Gentle Touch Massage Recovery is picking up 4919 50 St. New rear entry, scrap again! Farm machinBRIAN’S DRYWALL lots of parking 403-341-4445 ery, vehicles and industrial. Framing, drywall, taping, Serving central Alberta. textured & t-bar ceilings, LINDA’S CHINESE MAS403-318-4346 36 yrs exp. Ref’s. 392-1980 SAGE Grand Opening #3 4820-47 Ave. 403-986-1550 Painters/ MASSAGE ABOVE ALL COUNTERTOPS WALK-INS WELCOME Decorators Wes Wiebe 403-302-1648 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161 TRADITIONAL CHINESE LAUREL TRUDGEON DALE’S Home Reno’s MASSAGE, new girls, Residential Painting and Free estimates for all your 4606 48 Ave. Open 7 Colour Consultations. reno needs. 403-506-4301 a.m.- 9 p.m. 7 days a wk. 403-342-7801. Phone 403-986-1691 CELEBRATIONS VII MASSAGE HAPPEN EVERY DAY Escorts Feeling overwhelmed? IN CLASSIFIEDS Hard work day? Come in and let us pamper you. EDEN Pampering at its best. Seniors’ 587-877-7399 10am-midnight #7 7464 Gaetz Ave.(rear Services entrance if necessary) EROTICAS PLAYMATES www.viimassage.biz Girls of all ages 598-3049 ATT’N: SENIORS In/Out Calls to Hotels. www.eroticasplaymates.net Are you looking for help Open New Years Eve and on small reno’s or jobs, New Years Day LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* such as, new bathroom 403-986-6686 INDEPENDENT w/own car sink, toilets or safety bars in bath tubs. Call James Misc. Handyman 403- 341-0617

1310

1165

1372

Services

1200

BUSY B’S HANDYMAN SERVICES LTD. Res/Comm.Reno’s, repair and more. Give us a buzz @ 403-598-3857 Free quotes. WCB, insured.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666 CENTRAL PEST CONTROL LTD. Comm/res. Locally owned. 403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca

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

FULLY SERVICED res & duplex lots in Lacombe. Builders terms or owner will J.V. with investors or subtrades who wish to become home builders. Great returns. Call 403-588-8820

wheels

BRAND new 9900 sq. ft. ready for lease fall 2012 on Golden West Ave 358-3500

CLASSIFICATIONS

Mobile Lot

3190

LACOMBE new park, animal friendly. Your mobile or ours. 2 or 3 bdrm. Excellent 1st time home buyers. 403-588-8820

wegot

5000-5300

5030

Cars

MOBILE HOME PAD, in Red Deer Close to Gaetz, 2 car park, Shaw cable incl. Sharon 403-550-8777 2011 CADILLAC CTS 4 AWDCoupe nav full load, 1 owner 53,000 km $39,888 Sport & Import 348-8788

wegot

homes

1986 CADILLAC Sedan Deville 120,000 miles $8000 invested, $2900 403-346-2859

CLASSIFICATIONS

VIEW 4020 ALL OUR PRODUCTS

4000-4190

Houses For Sale

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

YEAR END SPECIAL RISER HOMES

www.garymoe.com

has relocated to

BLACKFALDS: 2 bdrm. 2 bath, dbl. att. garage. $325,000. 2 bdrm. 2 bath. $297,900. Inclds. all fees. Lloyd Fiddler 403-391-9294

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

216751

YEAR END SPECIAL Trucks ~ 1 ONLY RISER HOMES DON’T MISS OUT!

3 bdrm., 2 bath townhouse in Lacombe. Walk-out, front att. garage. Many upgrades. $240,000 incl. all fees. Lloyd Fiddler 403-391-9294

Farms/ Land

TO LIST YOUR WEBSITE CALL 403-309-3300 ASSOCIATIONS

1280

4160

4050

5050

2011 GMC SIERRA 1500 SLT 4X4, sunroof, htd. lthr., 61,557 kms $33,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2010 GMC 3500 HD 4x4 Duramax Dually, leather 7 ACRES, all utilities, road, nav dvd 54,000 km $49,888 quonset, greenhouse, antique Sport & Import 348-8788 home $353,000. 20 min. 1997 CHEV 1/2 ton. Nice, lots to Red Deer, great for of extras. Sitting in storage. horses, 403-227-5132 Must sell. $3500 obo. 587-877-3744

1290

FREE removal of all kinds of unwanted scrap metal. No household appliances 403-396-8629

Lots For Sale

3140

Warehouse Space

Acreages

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BALLOON RIDES www.air-ristocrat.com Gary 403-302-7167

BUILDERS

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PET ADOPTION

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COMPUTER REPAIR

4090

Manufactured Homes

www.reddeerspca.com Many Pets to Choose From

www.lonsdalegreen.com Lonsdale Green Apartments

CLUBS & GROUPS

below appraisal!!! check it out on kijiji ID# 440913568 ID# 440917484 or phone 403 345 5250

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Red Deer Land For Sale

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REAL ESTATE

MUST SELL By Owner $7,000. Sharon 403-340-0225

RENTALS

New Executive

www.homefinders.ca Phone 403-340-3333

3 bdrm. 2 bath HOME in Red Deer. Immediate possession 10 yr warranty. Own it for $1345/mo. OAC 403-346-3100, 347-5566

SHOPPING www.fhtmca.com/derekwiens Online Mega Mall 403-597-1854

4130

Cottages/Resort Property

VACATIONS www.radkeoutfitting.com AB Horseback Vacations 403-340-3971

WEB DESIGN

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AB, Computer Hygiene Ltd. 896-7523

Design/hosting/email $65/mo.

Auto Wreckers

5190

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

www.antlerhillelkranch.com Peak Performance VA 227-2449

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

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

4070

HEALTH & FITNESS

19166TFD28

1010

ROOM for rent $500./mo. Call 403-352-7417

/month

classiﬁeds@reddeeradvocate.com Accounting

3090

ROOM $600. Blackfalds. All incld’d, furn. 588-2564

3060

rentals

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