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Central Alberta videographers go

INSIDE THE SECRET WORLD OF

BEAVERS

BY RANDY FIEDLER ADVOCATE STAFF Two Central Alberta videographers played roles in making a CBC documentary featuring the Ellis Bird Farm’s pair of beavers.

Rick Zemanek of Lacombe County and Phil French of Lousana each spent hundreds of hours last year shooting June and Ward for the documentary The Beaver Whisperers, which airs at 8 p.m. on Thursday on The Nature of Things.

Toronto filmmaker Jari Osborne chronicles many North American beaver experts who say the rodents counter global warming and water shortages through dam building. Osborne said Zemanek and French were “pivotal in taking us into a world that’s secret.

“There were a lot of technical challenges. These creatures are so shy, nocturnal and underwater a lot, the film needed stealth. The challenge was to find ways to capture something up close and personal.”

French, the Red Deer River Naturalists president and an office products technician, is a veteran videographer, producing documentaries on cavity nesting birds and a Red Deer River solo trip.

He said watching the pair of beavers from atop their dam and beside their feeding site was “a really great experience.

“When you really get watching — and videography forces you to watch something for hours and hours — you really appreciate the creatures a lot more.

They do a lot of good things, like preserving water supplies.”

He’d already spent time shooting Ward and June for the Ellis Bird Farm located east of Lacombe be-

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Zemanek, a retired Red Deer Advocate editor, volunteers feeding the beavers aspen so they don’t down the farm’s mature trees. At first he used the fresh-cut aspen to build a blind, but “I’d come back the next day and they’d eaten it.”

Filming from brush proved better, although still with its surprises.

“I was so well disguised one time, a mouse ran into the back of me.”

Eventually, the beavers accepted the men’s presence and carried on with their lives.

“Ward was always suspicious, but June really bonded with me. I’d sit in full view on the dam to film and she showed no apprehensions at all. They knew who I was and came out without fear,” said Zemanek.

Ward and June’s “unconditional love” demonstrated through nuzzling and play was “awe-inspiring.

“It was a very moving experience and I frequently thought us human beings could learn a very profound lesson from Mom Nature.”

Osborne praised French and Zemanek for their remarkable footage.

“I have a lot of gratitude for people like Rick and Phil, who deployed themselves for the project. They displayed such tenacity.”

Myrna Pearman, the Ellis Bird Farm’s biologist and manager, said the beavers arrived in 2010 and by feeding them, wiring off mature trees and regulating their pond’s flow to avoid flooding, they’ve been able to keep them.

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Estimated 100 vehicles involved in massive QEII pileup

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF The investigation into the giant multi-vehicle pileup on Hwy 2 could take some time.

Sheriff Sgt. Nathan Kardish of the Ponoka Integrated Traffic Services said on Friday the investigation will not be an easy turnaround.

Drivers and any witnesses will have to be located.

Then vehicles and drivers will have to be matched.

“That’s certainly going to take time,” said Kardish.

“Some people were evacuated at the scene before we were able to talk to them. That’s all going to have to be dealt with.”

Miraculously, nobody was killed in the Thursday morning chain-reaction collision that involved an estimated 100 vehicles either directly or indirectly and injured dozens of people on Hwy 2, south of Millet.

The incident may have been the largest to have happened on Hwy 2.

Ponoka Integrated Traffic Services Const. Vinnie Hetu said it was not a pretty sight and one he will likely not forget.

“We had numerous tractor trailers that were jackknifed,” said Hetu. “Cars smashed into these semis.

Cars that smashed into cars that smashed into the semis.”

Hetu said there was a mess of cars, semi trucks, buses and truck liners carrying livestock.

Greyhound bus passenger Eli Hankin, 27, who shot the widespread video posted at reddeeradvocate. com that shows the destruction, said the scene was something out of the movies. The Calgary resident has lived in Canada for about two and a half years.

Hankin said he was not injured so he rushed to help others who were injured in other vehicles.

“It was really amazing nobody died in this accident,” said Hankin, originally from Israel. “I didn’t have a chance to talk to my family but I have lots of video to show them. I didn’t think this would happen in my life.”

Ponoka officers were some of the first on scene.

The first collision is believed to have happened at about 11:30 a.m. near the Hwy 13 overpass in the Hwy 2 northbound lanes.

“It was pure carnage,” said Hetu, who arrived two hours later because he was re-routing traffic where the northbound lanes of Hwy 2, south of Millet, were closed.

“I’ve never seen anything like that in my sevenyear career. I would say for most members there it was definitely the most vehicles involved in a collision at one given time.”

One person was sent to the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton with serious injuries and is now in stable condition. Twenty-two others were sent to Edmonton and area hospitals, including 14 with

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Traffic mess over, but officials have a lot of work on their hands sorting out the near 100 vehicle collision on the major Alberta highway. No one was killed, but injured people were sent to hospitals throughout the Edmonton area and into Central Alberta, including the Red Deer Regional Hospital. minor injuries and seven with moderate injuries.

Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre staff were on alert but there was no need to send patients to Red Deer.

About 80 patients were treated on scene in makeshift triage units in three Greyhound buses on the highway.

“We were very lucky that nobody died,” said Hetu.

“Essentially when you look at the sheer volume, the people bused out in that initial collision scene was in excess of 100. We only had one person who suffered severe injuries who is now in stable condition.”

Motorists were transported to Wetaskiwin and later to Edmonton in buses volunteered by the City of Edmonton and other communities.

A cattle truck hauling 74 cattle was also part of the collision. Two cattle were put down because of injuries.

Most of the cleanup was done and the highway sanded before the highway re-opened at midnight.

At least 100 police officers, Alberta sheriffs, emergency medical workers and fire crews from as far south as Cochrane and north to Edmonton, including the entire 10-member Ponoka Integrated Traffic Unit, were involved in the response.

Anyone involved in the collision is asked to contact Ponoka RCMP at 403-783-4472 to help with the investigation. Have insurance, registration and driver’s licence information available. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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BEAVERS: ‘Extremely thrilled’

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Rick Zemanek of Lacombe County has spent hundreds of hours last year shooting June and Ward for the documentary ‘The Beaver Whisperers,’ which airs at 8 p.m. on Thursday on ‘The Nature of Things.’

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She thanked Zemanek for feeding the pair because “our site’s so small, we couldn’t feed them without them taking our trees. His efforts are critical to keeping June and Ward here year round.”

Pearman was disappointed that the farm’s four web cams, which show June and Ward in their two lodges, weren’t used on The Nature of Things website as the program opted to show a Quebec beaver named Pollux. The web cam views can be seen at www.ellisbirdfarm.ca.

Both men look forward to seeing the film on Thursday.

“Some of it will appear in the final cut,” said French, “that’s pretty exciting for me, being an amateur.”

Zemanek is “extremely thrilled.

“The whole idea was to portray beaver not as a nuisance or a dam builder or a tree cutter, but with an incredible role to play in the natural scheme of things.”

More information about the documentary, including a behind-the-scenes look at its making, is available online at www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/beaverwhisperer. rfiedler@reddeeradvocate.com

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School boards divided over provincial teachers’ deal RED DEER CATHOLIC AND PUBLIC DIVISIONS DISAGREE ON DEAL

BY LAURA TESTER ADVOCATE STAFF Central Alberta school districts are torn over whether a teachers’ deal reached with the provincial government is a good move or not.

Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools likes it while Wolf Creek Public Schools is reluctantly in favour. Red Deer Public doesn’t like it, neither does Clearview School Division. Wild Rose Public Schools is undecided and Chinook’s Edge School Division is receptive.

Education Minister Jeff Johnson has said it is too early to decide what the province will do if more and more boards reject the deal.

Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools has recommended the Alberta School Board Association (ASBA) support the framework agreement reached between Government of Alberta and the Alberta Teachers’ Association on March 13.

Chairwoman Adriana LaGrange

said the board believes the positive elements contained in the agreement outweigh its concerns. “In particular, the board is pleased with the guaranteed four years of labour peace, the cost certainty of teacher salaries, the narrowing of the salary gap to the provincial average, the commitment to review teacher workload, and the full funding of the agreement by the government of Alberta,� said LaGrange in a news release on Thursday.

Red Deer Public Schools announced on Thursday it doesn’t support the deal as it stands right now because compensation is part of it.

Clearview School Division chairman Ken Checkel said the board rejected the deal on Thursday because of various issues. It liked the four-year term and the financial parts of the deal were good overall. “We’re a little concerned — will the province be able to keep their commitment to pay these increases that are coming around in year three and four,� said Checkel on Friday.

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BRIEFS Police looking for two female suspects with painted on moustaches after armed robbery An armed robbery in Gasoline Alley on Thursday has police looking for two females who had painted moustaches on their faces.

Blackfalds RCMP said that at approximately 1:50 a.m. the Esso Convenience Store located on the east side of Gasoline Alley was robbed at knifepoint.

Two Caucasian females, of undetermined ages, entered the store brandishing weapons. One female ran up to the till with a knife and demanded the clerk open the till while the other female remained at the door.

Both females attempted to obscure their identity by wearing large winter jackets and covering their heads. They also painted black mustaches on their faces. The suspects stole an undisclosed sum of cash and left the store on foot.

Video surveillance was obtained by the RCMP

The school board was also concerned about the 907-hour per year limit on teacher instruction time because the language in the agreement seemed to limit teachers’ workload rather than building teachers’ capacity, he added. It’s also raising questions over new committees proposed in this agreement because they could lead to more bureaucracy. “It seems like in so many areas over the years that boards are being pushed to the side,� added Checkel. “Our role is being diminished. We’re concerned this is a long-term trend.�

Nancy McClure, chair of Wild Rose School Division, said the board won’t make a decision on whether it should support the deal until its board meeting on April 16. “We will work to come up with a collective agreement that will work best for our students, given the boundaries that we may have,� said McClure. “We are locally autonomous, so our decision doesn’t have to reflect the school board association.�

The ASBA reported on Thursday

and is being reviewed.

Blackfalds RCMP are asking the public for their assistance to identify the suspects and provide any information about this crime. Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at 1-800222-8477 or the Blackfalds RCMP at 403-885-3333.

that it has a house divided on whether the deal is good.

Wolf Creek chair Trudy Bratland said that although the board hasn’t formally met to endorse a position, it is so far saying it “reluctantly favours� the agreement. They are still looking forward to the definitions that need to be spelled out in the agreement.

Bratland said the board is concerned about the process since the ASBA wasn’t part of the negotiations.

Kurt Sacher, superintendent for Chinook’s Edge School Division, said the board is very interested in four years of labour stability. “They value greatly their relationship with their teachers, they communicate regularly with them and with what’s flowing through the pipes, there’s still a lot of work that has to be done,� said Sacher. “This has to go back to local bargaining tables, the way we understand it, for it to proceed.� ltester@reddeeradvocate.com

Musicians of all stripes invited to enter talent contest

Local science fair sends six to nationals The Central Alberta Regional Science Fair resulted in six finalist teams who will go onto Canada Wide Science Fair in Lethbridge in May. Here are those results from the regional fair held in Red Deer on March 15 and 16. Best of Fair and gold medal - Nicole Green, River Valley School, Grade 7, for display on Brain Candy. First runner-up and gold medal - Victoria Taylor, River Valley School, Grade 7, for display on Does Sugar Increase Activity in a Classroom? Second runner-up and silver medal – Elizabeth Maciborsky, Innisfail Jr/Sr High, Grade 9, for display on Eyes, Ears and Memories. Silver medal goes to Lakeisha Robertson, Bowden’s Grandview School, Grade 11, for display on Grow-Options. Silver medal goes to Ethan Motley, Innisfail Jr/Sr High, Grade 9, for display on Germ Killer. Silver medal goes to Cheyenne Cranston, Olds High, Grade 10, for display on Music: Helpful or Harmful.

Area musicians are invited to enter the Central Music Festival Talent Contest.

Winners will earn a paid set at the seventh-annual Central Music Festival, to be held just north of Red Deer on Aug. 16 to 18.

The competition is open to all musical genres, acoustic or electric. Submissions will be judged by a panel of music industry professionals.

Six finalists will be selected to perform tunes on April 25 at The Hub in Red Deer before a live audience. Judges will then select two winners to perform at the festival.

The submission deadline is at midnight, April 16.

For more information, visit www.centralmusicfest.com.

Man convicted in Mayerthorpe Mountie deaths opts not to apply for early parole

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — One of two men convicted in the deaths of four Alberta Mounties has decided not to apply for early parole.

A hearing for Dennis Cheeseman before the National Parole Board was scheduled for next month, but board spokeswoman Michelle Goring said Friday that he has requested the review be cancelled.

Cheeseman and his brother-in-law, Shawn Hennessey, pleaded guilty to manslaughter for giving gunman James Roszko a rifle and a ride the night before he ambushed the officers near Mayerthorpe in 2005.

Constables Peter Schiemann, Anthony Gordon, Brock Myrol and Leo Johnston were killed.

The officers had been guarding a Quonset hut on

Roszko’s farm as part of a marijuana grow-op and automobile chop-shop investigation. Roszko killed himself after he was shot and wounded by another Mountie.

Cheeseman pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to seven years and two months in prison.

He was turned down for parole in 2011.

Hennessey was sentenced to 10 years and four months and applied for early parole last year, but was denied.

The board didn’t provide a reason why Cheeseman cancelled the hearing, but said he is scheduled to leave prison anyway later this year.

He will get what is called statutory release on Nov. 19 after completing two-thirds of his sentence.

Hennessey is to get statutory release in 2015.

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Tariff changes likely to widen Canada-U.S. price gap

BY JULIAN BELTRAME THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canadians will be paying hundreds of millions of dollars more on everything from food to bicycles because of a little-noticed change in tariffs Ottawa places on imports from emerging nations like China and India, say analysts.

The change comes from a notice in Thursday’s federal budget that starting in 2015, Canada is “graduating” 72 countries previously classified as developing to full developed status for the purpose of tariffs.

In essence, the move is the flip-side of the coin of the much-hyped removal of all import duties on sporting and athletic equipment for such things as hockey pants and gloves — as well as baby clothes — that Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said he hoped would help close the Canada-U.S. price gap.

The change in classification, which will increase import tariffs from emerging countries by an average of about 3 per cent, will dwarf any price drops Canadians are likely to see from the elimination of those on sporting goods and baby clothes.

The tariff relief affects a total of 37 imported goods, while the tariff penalty will raise prices on more than a thousand items, says Mike Moffatt, a professor at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.

The impact on Canadians will likely be higher prices on a wide range of goods, including imported food.

Some examples include an increase on the tariff on bicycles to 13 per cent from 8.5 per cent; venetian blinds to 7 per cent from 3 per cent; table fans to 8 per cent from 2.5 per cent; tableware to 6.5 per cent from 3 per cent; umbrellas to 7 per cent from 5 per cent, and potato starch to 10.5 per cent from 5 per cent.

According to the government’s own calculations, the elimination of duties on sports and baby clothes will cost it $76 million a year, but it will gain $333 million annually by its other measure.

“They are basically giving us a dollar and taking back five. It’s a bit of a shell-game,” Moffatt said.

Bank of Montreal chief economist Doug Porter, who regularly tracks the U.S.-Canada price gap, says the changes may actually widen the differences be-

tween the two countries rather than narrow them.

“One wonders if this doesn’t potentially lead to even more of a problem on the price gap. I have to wonder if this isn’t taking from one hand and piling on to the other... aggravating cross-border shopping,” he said.

In the budget, the government explained it is making the changes in how countries are treated to reflect the changing global economic landscape.

The criteria is based on whether any country’s share of world exports is greater or equal to one per cent for two consecutive years, or if they are classified as high income or upper-middle income economies by the World Bank.

But the groupings make for some strange bedfellows. Hong Kong, Israel and South Korea get “promoted” to developed economy status, but so do Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, India, Iran, Jordan, Cuba, Venezuela and Kazakhstan.

“Some of them make sense. Treating Korea and Japan the same way makes sense,” said Moffatt. “But when you get into countries like Kazakhstan, Jamaica, even India... they are developing, but to say they are a fully-developed country is a little unusual.”

Man who killed cop knew what he was doing: Crown

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Redford pipes up on pipeline bombing game

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Alberta Premier Alison Redford is weighing in on the controversy surrounding an online game funded by Ontario taxpayers that shows the bombing of a gas pipeline.

TV Ontario, the province’s public broadcaster, spent money to create the game “Pipe Trouble” to accompany a documentary about the pipeline debate in British Columbia.

But critics are slamming the game’s introductory video, which appears to show activists protesting before a pipeline blows up.

“It’s disappointing to see a taxpayer-funded game and organization depict the blowing up of pipelines,” Redford said Friday in a statement.

“It’s exactly opposite of Canada’s interests given all of Canada benefits from a strong and diverse energy sector.”

However, it’s “encouraging” that Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne’s government is looking into the matter, Redford added.

TVO said the game — described as a “companion ethical game” to the documentary — is meant to engage people on both sides of the pipeline debate and it’s not taking sides.

Ontario Education Minister Liz Sandals said she hasn’t seen the game yet, but she wants to know how it fits in with TVO’s educational standards.

Sandals said she also wants to know how it fits in with the rules for spending taxpayer dollars.

“TVO is appropriately free of government interference in editorial content,” she said Friday.

“I think, in fact, if the government were to try to interfere in editorial content, there would quite rightly be an outcry from the Opposition.”

TVO spent about $100,000 on both the game — which is promoted on their website — and the documentary set in Peace River, B.C., called “Trouble in the Peace.”

But the broadcaster denied suggestions that the game draws a link to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would ship oilsands crude from Alberta across the U.S. Midwest to refineries on in Texas.

The project has come under fire, with thousands of U.S. protesters showing up in Washington,

D.C., last month to urge the 1,800-kilometre line be scrapped.

Redford has been lashing out at critics of the pipeline and attacked federal NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair earlier this week.

During Mulcair’s recent visit to the U.S. capital, the Opposition leader spoke out against Canada’s environmental record, while also warning that Keystone XL would cost 40,000 Canadian jobs.

Redford called his statements “ridiculous” and “a fundamental betrayal” of Canada’s economic interests.

But neither the game nor the documentary mentions Keystone XL, TVO said.

The game simply looks at the construction of a pipeline from the perspective of the pipe layer and the protester, it said. To get a perfect score, the player has to lay down as few pipes as possible while not disrupting the environment.

Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives had a different take on the game, saying it depicts a pipeline being built by “ruthless executives on one side, which is then bombed by eco-terrorists on the other.”

They say the game is a “national embarrassment” for Ontario and a “flagrant misuse” of taxpayers’ money.

“It is urgent that Kathleen Wynne confirm this offensive project has been shut down, and that she apologize to Alberta today on behalf of all Ontarians,” Conservative Monte McNaughton said in a statement.

If she doesn’t, she’ll leave Albertans wondering if Ontario is anti-pipeline and anti-Western Canada, he added.

Wynne said she’s not taking a side in the national pipeline debate.

“I’m going to be taking part in those conversations with my colleagues across the country,” she said Thursday.

“We’re not drawing a line in the sand at this point on any of that.”

TVO said it’s not afraid to take on projects that enable people to better understand the world they live in, even though that may involve talking about controversial subjects.

TVO provides a link to a website where players can try out the game for free.

TORONTO — A 46-year-old man who mowed down and killed a Toronto police officer with a stolen snow plow may have been mentally ill, but he was still capable of knowing what he did was wrong, a jury was told Friday.

Richard Kachkar meant to kill Sgt. Ryan Russell, 35, when he drove the plow straight at him, or at the very least, in trying to evade police he drove dangerously at Russell and knew that would likely cause his death, the Crown said in its closing submissions.

Crown Attorney Christine McGoey urged the jury to find Kachkar guilty of first-degree murder. The defence has urged the jury to find Kachkar not criminally responsible by reason of mental disorder.

There’s no dispute that Kachkar stole a snow plow on Jan. 12, 2011, drove it around Toronto for two hours in the early morning, hitting cars, running red lights and driving into oncoming traffic, and at about the halfway point the plow struck Russell, fracturing his skull.

What the jury must decide, as the nearly twomonth trial draws to a close, is Kachkar’s mental state at the time.

Kachkar, who court has heard yelled about the Taliban, Chinese technology and that “it’s all a Russian video game” on his rampage with the stolen plow, did exhibit some psychotic symptoms, McGoey said.

“There was a mental disorder of some kind,” she told the jury. “It’s our position that it’s a matter of degree. He was sad. He was lonely. Things weren’t good in his life.”

Kachkar had plenty of time to avoid hitting Russell, but he didn’t, McGoey said. Kachkar wanted to commit suicide but didn’t want to actually do it himself, so he may have tried to force that on Russell in a “kill or be killed” situation, she suggested.

Just because someone has a mental disorder, doesn’t mean that is the only thing operating in their mind, McGoey told the jury.

“The question for you to decide is to what degree did his mental illness impact on his capacity to appreciate the nature and quality of his acts or his capacity to know the acts were wrong?” she said.

Russell had been trying to stop Kachkar around 6 a.m. that day. The dashboard camera from Russell’s cruiser shows the plow doing a U-turn and then driving toward the police vehicle. Russell reverses as the plow comes toward the cruiser. The plow is briefly off camera and witnesses testified that in that moment Kachkar slowed the plow and opened the door as if to get out.

Russell then got out of his cruiser and Kachkar accelerated at him, witnesses testified. The plow clipped the driver’s side front corner of the cruiser and Russell fired three shots toward the plow as it continued at him, but he was struck, witnesses said.

Ontario Superior Court Judge Ian MacDonnell told the jury as he began his final instructions to them that they can find Kachkar not criminally responsible only when they are satisfied that his mental disorder rendered him incapable of knowing his actions were wrong.

The jury’s first task, MacDonnell told them, is to consider a not criminally responsible verdict. If they believe Kachkar couldn’t appreciate what he was doing, their deliberations end there.

If they don’t believe that, the jury must go on to consider murder or manslaughter, MacDonnell said.

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Obama seeks to shore up Jordan’s embattled king AMMAN, Jordan — President Barack Obama warned Friday that an “enclave for extremism� could fill a leadership void in war-torn Syria, a chilling scenario for an already tumultuous region, especially for Jordan, Syria’s neighbour and a nation at the crossroads of the struggle for stability in the Middle East.

In a significant step toward easing regional tensions, Obama also brokered a phone call between leaders from Israel and Turkey that resulted in an extraordinary apology from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a deadly 2010 raid on a Gaza-bound Turkish flotilla. The call marked a diplomatic victory for the president and a crucial realignment in the region, given Israel’s and Turkey’s shared interests, in particular the fear that Syria’s civil war could spill over their respective borders.

Obama said he remains confident that embattled Syrian leader Bashar Assad’s government will ultimately collapse. But he warned that when that happens, Syria would not be “put back together perfectly,� and he said he fears the nation could become a hotbed for extremists. “I am very concerned about Syria becoming an enclave for extremism, because extremists thrive in chaos,� Obama said during a joint news conference with Jordan’s King Abdullah II. “They thrive in failed states, they thrive in power vacuums.�

More than 70,000 people have been killed during

the two-year conflict in Syria, making it by far the deadliest of the Arab Spring uprisings that have roiled the region since 2011. Longtime autocrats in Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen and Libya have been ousted, ushering in new governments that are sometimes at odds with the Obama administration and its Mideast allies.

Obama’s 24-hour stop in Jordan marked his first visit to an Arab nation since the 2011 Mideast protests began. Jordan’s monarchy has clung to power in part by enacting political reforms, including parliamentary elections and significant revisions to the country’s 60-year-old constitution. Still, tensions continue to simmer, with the restive population questioning the speed and seriousness of the changes.

Protecting Abdullah is paramount to U.S. interests. The 51-year-old king is perhaps Obama’s strongest Arab ally and a key player in efforts to jumpstart peace talks between Palestinians and Israel. Jordan has a peace treaty with Israel, and that agreement has become even more significant given the rise of Islamist leaders in Egypt, which was the first Arab country to ink a treaty with the Jewish state, in the 1970s.

Egypt’s new leaders have so far pledged to uphold the treaty, though there are strong concerns in Israel and the U.S. about whether that will hold.

By virtue of geography, Jordan’s future is particularly vulnerable to the turmoil in the Middle East. It shares borders with Iraq, Israel and the West Bank, in addition to Syria. More than 460,000 Syrians have

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The flood of refugees has overwhelmed the country of 6 million people, straining Jordan’s resources, including health care and education, and pushing the budget deficit to a record high $3 billion last year. Abdullah also fears the half-million refugees could create a regional base for extremists and terrorists, saying recently that such elements were already “establishing firm footholds in some areas.�

Obama announced that his administration planned to work with Congress to allocate $200 million to Jordan to help ease the financial burden.

Despite the influx, Abdullah firmly declared Jordan would not close its borders to the refugees, many women and children. “This is something that we just can’t do,� he said. “It’s not the Jordanian way. We have historically opened our arms to many of our neighbours through many decades of Jordan’s history.�

Obama had come to Jordan from Israel, where he spent three days coaxing Netanyahu to apologize to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for Israel’s role in the deaths of nine Turkish activists during a naval raid on a Gaza-bound international flotilla. The 20-minute phone call took place just before Obama departed, in a trailer on the airport tarmac near a waiting Air Force One, and resulted in the restoration of normal diplomatic relations between the two countries.

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Harper gang abusing public trust SCIENTIFIC WATER RESEARCH CENTRE SHUTTING DOWN FOR DUBIOUS, UNKNOWN POLITICAL REASONS No nation on Earth has a more abundant supply of safe, clean, fresh water than Canada.

That’s primarily a happy consequence of geography. It also used to be also a matter of intense national pride.

Our way of life depends on preserving, protecting and enhancing it.

It’s a shame that the Conservative government of Stephen Harper does not seem to think that way.

In the past, governments that labelled themselves conservative actually adopted practices to conserve our national resources.

A generation ago, when Conservative Prime Minister JOE Brian Mulroney was pressMCLAUGHLIN ing for a comprehensive freetrade agreement with the United States, security of our water supply became a huge national issue.

Critics charged that the deal would compromise our water supply, obliging us to export massive amounts to the United States.

Mulroney took pains to persuade Canadians that was not the case.

Our abundant, safe water is not for sale, he said.

The economic model that lets private enterprises buy, own and sell this vital national resource would not be accepted here, Mulroney added.

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The Canada-U.S. free-trade agreement became law in 1988 and the dread fears about massive water exports never came to pass.

Under Prime Minister Harper, however, sustained access to safe, abundant and economically productive water is being threatened through wilful neglect.

This week, Canadians learned that a key national water program is being shut down.

Scientists, who have worked for 12 years at the Experimental Lakes Project in Ontario, learned that they will not permitted to continue research there.

The station helped scientists study water in 58 northern Ontario lakes since the year 2000.

Canadian and American researchers have now been told they cannot even enter the station to remove scientific equipment they have been using and storing there since the turn of the millennium.

One project, collaboratively studied by Canadian and American scientists, focused on the impact of mercury getting in lakes from the air.

Results from that work led the American government to tighten limits on mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants.

The Canadian government has not followed suit.

Based on what we know now, it seems to be following a strategy of willful ignorance.

The research centre, destined for imminent closure, is managed by the Ecosystems Directorate at the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

That’s the same department whose capable and committed scientific research into cod stocks was shamefully ignored by their political masters.

That eventually led to the collapse of the cod

fishery, ending a sustainable way of life that had endured for centuries.

Some Canadian water scientists fear that the Harper government is not looking for someone else to take over operations at the Ontario lakes research centre, but plans to demolish it for dubious political reasons.

Gary Goodyear is Canada’s minister of state for Science and Technology.

He’s keen on the technology bit about translating scientific advances into commercial applications; perhaps not so much on the pure scientific inquiry part of his portfolio.

Asked this week why his government cannot leave the northern lakes research centre open to scientists this year while it searches for another operator, Goodyear replied: “Well, then we’d be having this interview next year, as well. We need to act on these things rapidly.”

Yes, of course. It’s better to halt studies in midterm, rather than let proper evidence be gathered to inform thoughtful political decisions.

The essence of scientific development is not thinking carefully, not planning diligently, not studying nature closely.

It’s much better, in this government’s mindset, to be hasty, foolish and penny-pinching if your goal is not to advance science, but to derail it for shameful hidden agendas.

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

Decade later, Iraq war still a mystery Why did George W. Bush choose March 19, 2003, to invade Iraq, rather than some day in May, or July, or never?

Because he was afraid that further delay would give United Nations arms inspectors time to refute the accusation (his sole pretext for making an unprovoked attack on an independent country) that Saddam Hussein’s regime was working on nuclear GWYNNE weapons.

DYER The U.S. p r e s i d e n t couldn’t say that, of course, and so instead his administration’s spokesmen mumbled about the need to get the war over and done with before the summer heat made fighting impossible.

Yet American soldiers proved perfectly capable of operating in that summer heat during the ensuing seven years of fighting, in which over 4,000 of them were killed.

That was nothing compared to the number of Iraqi deaths.

At least five times as many Iraqis have died violently in the decade since the U.S. invasion as were killed

by Saddam’s regime in the 10 years before the invasion.

The exact number is unknown, but Saddam’s secret police were probably killing less than 2,000 people a year in 1993 to 2003.

An estimated 121,000 Iraqi civilians have died in the military and political struggles of the past 10 years.

Iraq’s infrastructure has still not recovered to its prewar level.

More than a million Iraqis still live in internal exile, unable to return to the homes from which they were “cleansed” during the Sunni-Shia sectarian war of 2006-2007.

Another million have fled the country for good, including a large proportion of the country’s intellectual and professional elite.

Iraq ranks eighth from the bottom on Transparency International’s corruption index, ahead of Somalia and North Korea but below Haiti and Equatorial Guinea.

The government in Baghdad, though dominated by sectarian Shia politi-

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People inspect a damaged car at the scene of a car bomb attack in Zayona neighbourhood of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, this week. Iraqi officials said a car bomb killed and wounded a few people on the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion. The violence continues as people wonder why the war was launched in the first place. cians, does little for the impoverished Shia majority.

The Sunni minority fears and hates it.

And the Kurdish ethnic minority in the north just ignores Baghdad and runs a state that is independent in all but name.

Iraq’s courts do the regime’s will, torture is endemic, and the swollen army and “security” forces (used almost exclusively for internal repression) eat up a huge share of the budget.

And from the perspective of American grand strategy, the main result of the war has been to weaken the position of the U.S. in the Gulf region and strengthen that of its perceived opponent, Iran.

The United States spent about $800 billion on the Iraq war, and will eventually spend at least another trillion dollars on military pensions, disability payments and debt service. Yet it achieved less than nothing.

Why on earth did it invade in the first place?

Even the defenders of the invasion have stopped claiming that Saddam Hussein was co-operating with al-Qaida terrorists who were plotting to attack the United States.

They were also plotting to overthrow and kill Saddam, as everyone with any knowledge of the Middle East already knew.

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The UN weapons inspectors never found the slightest evidence that Saddam had revived the nuclear weapons programme that had been dismantled under UN supervision in the early 1990s.

The people in the White House who took the decision to invade must have known that there was no such program: the way they carefully worded their propaganda in order to avoid explicit lying is ample evidence of that.

The strategist Edward Luttwak once suggested that the real reason was that the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 had been too easy.

After 9/11, the American people really wanted to punish somebody, and Afghanistan had not provided enough catharsis.

So another invasion was an emotional necessity, and (given the American public’s ignorance about the Middle East) almost any Arab country would do.

There was certainly a parallel desire among the neo-conservatives in the Bush White House to restore American power to unchallenged dominance after what they saw as the fecklessness of Bill Clinton’s administrations in the 1990s.

That required a short and successful war that would put everyone else in awe and fear of American military might — but, once again, any weak and

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Why Iraq?

The closest we can come to a rational answer is the argument, common in Washington a decade ago, that permanent military bases in Iraq would give America strategic control of the entire Gulf region.

The role of those bases would not be to ensure prompt delivery of the region’s oil to the United States at a low price: only 11 per cent of U.S. oil imports come from there.

The bases would instead enable the United States to block Gulf exports of oil to China if the United States found itself in a confrontation with that country. (Geo-strategic arguments are often frivolous.)

None of these explanations can justify what was done, and we haven’t even gone into the damage done to international law by this blatantly criminal act. But can we at least conclude that the world, or even just the United Nations, has learned a lesson from all this?

Probably yes for the United States, at least until memories fade. (Give it 10 more years.) Not so much for the rest of the world, but then most other countries are less prone to invade faraway places anyway.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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Canada’s water must be better managed Canada is one of the few countries in the world with the potential to help meet the future food needs of a growing global population, and one with an appetite for richer diets.

It’s not just that the world will add up to 2.5 billion more people by 2050. Rising incomes mean that more people will want to eat water-intensive meat and dairy products rather than vegetarian-style diets, in what will also be a water-hungry world.

One kilo of beef is said to require 10 times the volume of water for a food equivalent from grains.

But to help the world meet its future food needs, Canada will have to do a much better DAVID job of managing its water.

CRANE Contrary to many assumptions, Canadian face water stresses as a result of climate change and a growing population spread along the CanadaU.S. border, far away from where much of Canada’s water supply can be found.

The biggest water challenges are in British Columbia and the Prairie provinces. But last summer, southern Ontario came dangerously close to matching the devastating drought conditions of the U.S. Midwest.

Climate change threatens to make the Prairie provinces vulnerable to repeated and intensified drought conditions while B.C.’s Okanagan Valley farmers are threatened by growing urbanization and the competing demand for scarce water. Climate

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change will also increase the threat of drought conditions in southern Ontario.

This is why the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food asked the Council of Canadian Academies to assemble a team of experts to determine “what additional science is needed to better guide sustainable management of water to meet the needs of agriculture.”

Last month, the council produced its report.

Paul Bulcke, CEO of Nestle, the world’s biggest food multinational, has warned that water is “the linchpin of food security.” If the world is to avoid recurrent food crises, then the food-water nexus has to be resolved.

According to Bulcke, water scarcity could mean that by 2030 the world could see a shortfall of up to a 30 per cent in global cereal production — an amount equivalent to the combined grains output of the U.S. and India.

As the world looks to countries like Canada to produce more food to avert future food crises, this also represents a major opportunity for Canada.

In its report on water and agriculture in Canada, the Council of Canadian Academies identified five key areas where more science was badly needed.

For example, it called for a much better understanding of the main drivers of future global agricultural demand, which would likely include more water-intensive forms of agricultural production, such as beef and pork.

This will be happening at the same time that in Canada urban and industrial development, climate change, and other factors will mean greater competition for water.

The report’s experts also called for much better monitoring and analysis of water use and water resources, where there are currently great short-

comings. “Canada does not currently possess the data and jurisdictional co-ordination necessary to fully understand either the quantity or the quality of fresh water resources across the country, especially in the less populous areas, or to adequately define the water currently used by agriculture and needed for future agricultural purposes,” it said.

Indeed, the federal government has been cutting back, killing the National Roundtable on the Economy and the Environment and cancelling the annual survey of water use in municipalities.

But the report’s experts also point to the potential of research and development and technology advances.

“Within Canada, there is a range of technological options relating to irrigation, precision and smart agriculture, pesticide and fertilizer formulations, lowcost water treatment, and many other areas that can contribute to maximizing opportunities and managing risks by improving water use efficiency, mitigating environmental impacts, and enhancing the productivity and resiliency of agriculture,” they say.

But this means government in Canada will have to reverse the trend in recent years to cut agricultural research and development. We will need, for example, to develop plant varieties for drier soils and improve irrigation technologies so that water is not wasted.

As we look to a future world with more people and a changing climate, water and food will be seen as the two sides of the same coin.

If Canada is to help meet future global food needs, it will also need to get much more serious about its water policies as well.

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

Reflections about this great place we call home PLEASANT SURPRISES FOR SOME ON ARRIVAL I have in my hands the manifest or passenger list of the Holland-America Line ship named the Sibijak, dated Sept. 19, 1953, sailing from Rotterdam to Halifax.

My name is on that list, along with my mother and father and six siblings. I always say that my youngest sister was smuggled in; actually Mom was pregnant at the time.

I can’t imagine what it must have been like for her on that voyage, especially when everybody’s favourite place on that ship was the railings.

We landed at the now famous Pier 21 in Halifax and then embarked on a four-day train ride cross country, arrivCHRIS ing in Red Deer at the Canadian Pacific Railway station.

SALOMONS For a six-year-old, it was a real adventure and included the fact that the day we arrived in Red Deer was Kiwanis Apple Day, and as we drove first on Ross Street, then turning north on Gaetz Avenue (all still gravel roads), to have a clown thrust apples at you every time you stopped at an intersection was new and interesting, to say the least.

The next two years saw us living in Rocky Mountain House, Nordegg and Sylvan Lake, and then finally settling in Red Deer in 1955.

Apart from a couple of years in Edmonton, I have been in Red Deer ever since — I love it here and really have no desire to leave.

We lived in a district on the east hill called Hillsborough (now called Eastview) and then bought our

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Tugboats assist ships at Pier 21 at Halifax: Many who came from foreign lands to settle in Canada came through this port. first home in Parkvale where, surprisingly, they still delivered milk using horse and wagon!

School was a hike across muskeg (where the museum and Rec Centre now are) and railroad tracks to South School, although some of my older siblings went to Central School.

Often we would be able to get on the steam engine for a ride to the Canadian National Railway station (Co-op Shopping Plaza).

It’s sort of fun every once in a while to reminisce about growing up here in this city and also in this beautiful country that I call home. To me, there is no more beautiful a country than Canada with its wide open spaces.

We have it all: rain forest, desert, mountain ranges, prairies, a ton of resources — name it, we have it.

I consider myself Canadian and proud of it.

We have a land full of beautiful and interesting people, and overall we still care when someone is in need or falls, and that is why I do the work that I do at the kitchen.

So why am I writing all this?

In the last month or so, for some inexplicable reason, I have had the desire to listen to music, both folk and spiritual, that I grew up with and which brings back a host of memories.

Memories like Sunday mornings after church both in Holland and then here in Canada, we always had people over for coffee, and part of the time was then spent around an old treadle organ with Mom playing and everyone gathered around singing in four part harmony.

Oh, how we loved to sing! And if I close my eyes and think about those times, I can still imagine the wonderful smell of heavily creamed coffee and fine cigar smoke!

Once going to Edmonton with a whole busload of Dutchmen, you could not drive for more than 10 minutes without someone breaking out in a folk song. I didn’t know the words for a lot of these songs, but the melodies were such that I was able to sing bass along with the group. That was probably one of my sweeter memories.

Both Jim Sutherland and Harley Hays often write about growing up in Red Deer in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, all the fun with hot rods and A&Ws and I experienced those as well.

Maybe it’s just an age thing that lately my memories go even further back than that, and I am extremely thankful that they are all very good ones.

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

Going for a swim, or how to make beer can chicken It’s one of those essential life skills that everyone should know. Isn’t that what every parent says to every young child when the young child doesn’t want to go to swimming lessons?

Learning to swim, or at least not drown, is right up there with other essential life skills, like learning how to use pepper spray in self-defence, how to “hold it” when there’s no bathroom for the next 100 km, how to hang a spoon from your nose as a party trick, how to drink a Slurpee without getting brain freeze, how to perform an emergency tracheotomy when the Heimlich manoeuvre doesn’t work, and HARLEY how to make a macramé lamp HAY shade (remember macramé?).

Yes there are so many things to know and learn in life’s great roller-coaster ride from the top of the 10-metre diving board to the trampoline of experience, while hanging onto the dizzying merry-go-round of relationships. And it helps if you can mix your metaphors while painting your masterpiece of life’s rich pageant while searching for an ocean of hopes and dreams in a single grain of sand.

As you can tell, today’s topic up for consideration is: How to make beer can chicken.

Just kidding, though I suppose making beer can chicken certainly is related to learning how to swim, though for the life of me I can’t figure out how just yet.

You see, I’m thinking about all this on account of I went swimming this week and instead of losing several pounds and getting into better shape, all it did was make me hungry.

I’ve been trying to get in shape for various reasons, including staying alive for a while, and getting the old knees working again, along with the lungs and other fairly essential internal organs. I’ve been less than amused lately when I realized I was becom-

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ing what doctors technically refer to as “physically pooped” upon completing such challenges as walking to the car, loading some stuff in the car, getting in and turning the key.

Heaven forbid that it should snow again and I am forced to shovel the walk instead of leaving it to my Rotten Kid, the son one, who won’t shovel the walk on account of he is currently living in Australia.

So I found myself splashing around in a public pool the other evening.

Before that, I managed to find my swimsuit, which I last used when nylon was invented, only — when I put it on I found that the string on the waist was pulled all the way out to one side, held only by a centimetre of string actually inside the waist band.

Rather than sit in a stuffy wet dressing room full of naked people of the male gender working on rethreading my swim suit, I just tucked in the string and headed to the indoor cement pond.

I also had a pair of stylish pink rubber nose plugs held with a tight elastic band around my head, on account of when I took swimming lessons back when nine-10ths of the planet was covered in ocean, I found that I had to have my nose plugged at all times when attempting to swim, or even walking within 100 metres of any sizeable body of water.

If I didn’t, the water and the chlorine and the fluoride and other foreign substances in the water would shoot directly into my nasal passages and lodge in painful cranium orifices called ‘sinuses.’ And then I would drown.

My plan was to do lanes, which is the recommended procedure to get in shape by swimming.

This consists of swimming from one side of the pool to the other in roped off lanes, over and over again until a teenaged lifeguard pulls your exhausted body out of the shallow end and applies a portable defibrillator to you to get your heart started again.

The adult swim time, late at night, past my bedtime, provides flotation devices and even swim fins to encourage lane swimming.

So after floundering around in the deep water putting on the wrong-sized flippers, I press my nose plugs in place, grab a floatation matt and launch my-

self in the general direction of the lanes.

I flap my flippers a couple of time, and whoa! I accelerate at a surprising rate, holding onto the matt out in front of me for dear life, swallowing a Big Gulp’s worth of water, my nose plugs leaking like the new kitchen tap I installed a while back.

Also, I’m getting a wicked cramp in my flipper. My middle toe that is, sticking straight up inside the undersized swim fin and if feels like I’ve been bitten by the 10-ton shark from Jaws.

Also, I realize at this point that I instead of using one of the little green “kick boards” designed for lane swimming, I am clinging to a large bright yellow duck-shaped floaty thingie designed for kids to play with in the pool.

I kid you not.

So I’m clinging to my ducky, the elastic band and my nose plugs covering my eyes, my foot cramping, flippers flapping everywhere and I’m sputtering and spraying water directly out of my sinuses, and not only that, since my bathing suit has a defective tie string, I seem to be losing it. My swim suit I mean.

Beside me, a lady with a swim cap and goggles is gliding swiftly along, effortlessly freestyling on what must be her 15th or 20th lap. I notice she is at least 75 years old.

I manage to turn back and reach the edge of the pool, untangle my flippers and my nose plugs, let go of my ducky, and hang onto my swimsuit with one hand, limping and sputtering to the nearest hot tub.

I lower myself into the scalding, soothing waters of the hot pool beside several other “swimmers” who were clearly much smarter than Yours Truly on account they were already in the hot tub.

‘Now this is swimming,’ I say to no one in particular and I lie back in the buoyant bubbles and think about what I should have for a snack when I get home. I also have something even more important on my mind. I’m wondering: just how hard can it be to make beer can chicken?

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

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“The staff are Floyd’s family. They love him and he loves them. He feels safe in his home with his family. If this seems like an exaggeration, I assure you it’s not.”

Lisa Kaye-Stanisky, sister of Floyd, a long-time resident of Michener Centre.

DON’T CLOSE MICHENER CENTRE Meet Floyd, a part of the Michener family.

Lisa’s brother Floyd has called Michener Centre home for 56 years. Floyd is non-verbal, blind and mostly deaf.

Floyd loves music. He loves french fries, napping on the couch and the staff who have cared for him for decades. The staff are Floyd’s family.

When Floyd recently spent time in the hospital, staff stayed with him well beyond the end of their shift, just to be with him. They did this because Floyd is family to staff, too. The staff love Floyd.

Now, the Redford government is closing Michener Centre, evicting Floyd from his home and taking him away from his family.

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AFRICAN ADVENTURE

The opportunity to volunteer abroad and climb Mount Kilimanjaro was the ideal way to see Africa for Deanne Wilson and Janine Marek. Lives changed — both theirs and the children of Tanzania.

BY DEBBIE OLSEN SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Hospital porters walk up to 20 km per shift transporting patients and supplies from one area of a health-care facility to another, but Deanne Wilson and Janine Marek never thought of their jobs at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre as physical training — until recently.

A few weeks ago, the pair visited Tanzania, Africa, on a group voluntourism trip and had the opportunity to climb to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. Of the five women who attempted to summit the mountain, Wilson and Marek were the only two that made it.

“Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro had long been a dream for me, but I have to admit, it was the hardest physical challenge I have ever experienced,” said Deanne.

“I am certain the fact that Janine and I do a physically exerting job helped us on the mountain when things got difficult. It was worth the effort, though. Standing at the top was such an incredible experience.”

Photos by DEANNE WILSON/Freelance

Uhuru Peak, the highest freestanding mountain in the world.

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Wilson and Marek slept in huts on the Marangu route, located on the east side of the mountain, instead of tents.

Glaciers on the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest point in Africa.

Wilson and Marek spent six nights with this African family while learning a little of their culture (and a few words in Swahili).

The amazing 16 porters who carried all the food and equipment up Mount Kilimanjaro on their heads, as well as the three guides who helped the group reach the summit, and one awesome cook.

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Getting off the grid ADVENTURE LOVERS WILL CHERISH THIS B.C. SPOT

BY CAROL PATTERSON SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Fishing enthusiasts have long understood the benefits of visiting remote locations.

Although the lodging at fly-in camps may be off the electrical grid, the setting meant a better experience.

Now, other adventure lovers can have an off-the-grid experience and without the cost of a flight.

Nipika Mountain Resort in southeast British Columbia is a scenic fourhour drive from Red Deer and offers premium cross-country skiing and mountain biking conditions with space to roam.

Nipika was the brainchild of Lyle and Dianne Wilson.

A former coach with Canada’s Olympic Cross Country ski team, Lyle discovered the location that would make his dream of a resort a reality, while out skiing in 1979.

Dianne and Lyle bought 144 acres of this land adjacent to Kootenay National Park and started creating trails and adding buildings.

The result is an eco-resort with several cabins, a conference center and day lodge, all developed in harmony with the natural environment.

Most of the buildings and furniture at the resort were built from wood killed by the mountain pine bark beetle.

The Nipika Day Lodge is a recycled building.

Lyle found an old farm building near Golden and took it apart, labeling each piece of wood so it could be rebuilt in its original form.

Gazing at the solid wood beams, I could see no signs of mechanical cutting, everything was hand-hewn when these trees were felled.

The building is now used for waxing skis and trail orientation.

It was a luxury to leisurely apply wax to my skis while my toes stayed warm.

Usually, I shiver and quickly slap on wax in a parking lot.

A new barn roof has been added to the day lodge to create room for meetings and events like small weddings.

“There are no drawings or plans to tell you how to build a barn roof like this,” Diane explained, “I had to stop at barns all over the countryside and ask permission to look inside so we knew how to build this!”

That same resourcefulness was needed when it came time to turn on the lights.

With no access to conventional energy sources, the Wilsons explored alternative energy sources.

“Wind technology nowadays would probably work, but when we started, there was not enough wind in the area to power the resort,” says Diane.

Instead they installed solar panels to collect sunlight and batteries to store power for later use.

Photos by CAROL PATTERSON/freelance

Top: Skiers, runners and mountain bikers will enjoy all kinds of trails with stunning scenery.

Below: Cabins are built on site using trees killed by mountain pine bark beetles.

You cannot plug in a hair dryer at Nipika, but it should not be a problem since you will find yourself wearing a bike helmet or ski tuque much of the day.

Water for coffee is boiled on a stove, not brewed in a coffee maker.

Disconnecting from the wired world is probably the hardest change, but rumour has it, that if you wander around the main reception area you might pick up an occasional Wi-Fi signal.

With over 100 km of trails, you can ski for hours and see far fewer people than in a provincial or national park.

In the summer, the same trails are popular with mountain bikers and equestrians. There are no horses on the property but riders are welcome to bring their own.

Motorized vehicles are not allowed on the Nipika trails or the neighbouring Cross River Canyon Recreation Site, making it a great place for selfpropelled adventure lovers.

As I explored the area, the stillness was broken only by the sound of skis slicing through the snow, and I realized it was a wonderful place to renew a soul that spent too many hours on the grid!

If you decide to go, visit www.nipika. com for more information.

Carol Patterson helps businesses and people reinvent themselves through adventure. When she isn’t travelling for work, Carol is travelling for fun. More of her adventures can be found at www.naturetravelgal.com.

Queens hotel boom lures NYC tourists across river NEW YORK — A hotel boom is luring tourists out of Manhattan and across the East River to the Queens neighbourhood of Long Island City, where 15 hotels have opened since 2006, from boutiques to chains.

Many of them boast not just lower rates than hotels in Manhattan but also great views of the city skyline and easy access by subway, taxi or even ferry.

Just don’t be put off by the area’s factories, warehouses, and parking lots — not to mention the towering red and white smokestacks of the nearby Ravenswood power plant.

While Long Island City and the adjacent neighbourhood of Astoria offer many attractions, including waterfront parks, museums and good restaurants, industrial heritage remains a vibrant part of the local identity.

There’s also a famous bridge here.

No, not the Brooklyn Bridge, but the Ed Koch Queensborough Bridge, named for the city’s late mayor but commonly called the 59th Street Bridge.

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Head bartender Jan Warren holds a drink at Dutch Kills, a bar in the Long Island City section of the Queens borough of New York, where you will find museums, waterfront parks and ethnic food.

Simon & Garfunkel fans may recall that the 1960s song Feelin’ Groovy was subtitled The 59th Street Bridge Song.

In Long Island City, a trendy, lively bar and eatery at 24-27 Jackson Ave. called Dutch Kills offers artisanal drinks and “bartender’s

choice,” where patrons give guidance on what they like but leave it up to the bartender to create interesting cocktails.

Head bartender Jan Warren admits that firsttime guests are sometimes “a little freaked out” by Dutch Kills’ loca-

tion on a deserted industrial street with a spooky lit-up “BAR” sign.

But inside it is warm and welcoming, and the bartenders put on a great show as they pour, pinch, squeeze, stir and shake ingredients, then present their creations with a flourish and a smile.

“What we do is great food and cocktails, but you actually get to have a good time,” said Warren.

“Our regular clientele runs the gamut from Queens garbage collectors to cocktail nerds who come over from Europe.”

Many Long Island City hotels offer views of the picturesque bridge with its delicately undulating beige spans connecting Queens to Manhattan across the water.

Priceline.com prices for two-star hotels in Long Island City for a Saturday in March ranged from $139 to $209, compared to $143 to $349 on Manhattan’s East Side near Grand Central Terminal.

The growth in Queens hotels has coincided with a push by NYC & Company, the city’s tourism agency, to bring visitors to the boroughs outside Manhattan.

Many points of interest in Long Island City and neighbouring Asto-

ria are related to the area’s industrial heritage.

The famous Steinway piano factory opened in Astoria in the 1870s; today, free factory tours fill up months in advance.

One of Long Island City’s best-known landmarks is a bright red Pepsi-Cola sign on the waterfront, visible from across the river in Manhattan.

The sign once marked a local soda bottling plant; the plant closed but the sign was preserved in Gantry Plaza State Park, which offers boardwalks, piers and skyline views.

Filmmaking is another local industry.

The Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria is housed in a building that was part of a 1920s film studio that made silent and early sound films.

The studio was revived three decades ago as Kaufman Astoria Studios; modern production credits range from “Sesame Street” to “Men in Black 3.”

In Long Island City, a baked goods manufacturer called Silvercup was transformed into Silvercup Studios. Its clients include 30 Rock and The Devil Wears Prada.

The Museum of the Moving Image’s artifacts

range from early cameras and projectors to costumes and props from “Star Wars.”

Screenings include silent movies with live music, classics and the avant-garde.

The museum’s handson exhibits are especially fun: Play old arcade games like Pac-Man, dub your voice into a clip of Dorothy from the original Wizard of Oz or put rock music into the soundtrack of an old Western movie.

A few blocks away, the Noguchi Museum offers a sublime collection of the late Isamu Noguchi’s spare, modernist stone sculptures, along with a compelling film about the artist’s career and unusual childhood.

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AFRICA: Communicating was at times a challenge A few years ago, Deanne flew over Kilimanjaro while travelling to visit her daughter, who was working abroad at the time. She looked out the window of the plane and saw the huge mountain and decided then to add the climb to her bucket list. When she approached her good friend and co-worker about joining her, Janine wasn’t very interested as she didn’t view herself as a mountain climber. She changed her mind later when she came across a service trip opportunity that included an African safari and a chance to climb Kilimanjaro.

“I have always wanted to do some humanitarian work and this trip with One Voice One Vision was exactly what I was looking for,” said Marek. “We raised money to help build classrooms for children in Tanzania and then we went to Africa to visit the schools and see the work being done. We also raised money to pay for school uniforms. Sometimes the only thing standing between a child and an opportunity to go to school is the cost of the school uniform.”

It costs $20 to purchase a school uniform for one child and it is mandatory that all students wear uniforms to school. The group raised money for the uniforms and had the opportunity to see them delivered and handed to each child.

“Many people contributed money to buy a child a uniform and with the phenomenal support we received, we were able to purchase 552 uniforms,” said Marek. “It was wonderful to see the looks on the children’s faces as they were handed their new uniforms and to be present for the ground breaking ceremony for the school. We had the opportunity to visit with the children and the staff at the schools. Sometimes you donate money to a cause and you never really know if what you gave made a difference, but this was not one of those times.”

As part of the experience, the pair had the opportunity to stay with a Maasai family for a few days and experience everyday life in a village. Communicating was at times a challenge, but it was an opportunity to get a glimpse of what life is really like for families who live in Tanzania.

“That whole week was just an honour,” Marek said. “They have so little to give, but they gave all they had. The language barrier was frustrating at times, but it was still an amazing experience. We made chapatti over a fire, ate with our host family and did laundry in a bucket in the courtyard. When it was time for us to leave, our host mother invited us to try on her ceremonial dress, which was a tremendous honour.”

The tour also included the opportunity to experience an African safari in three different game parks.

The group spent the first five days of their tour exploring Tarangire National Park, Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Crater area.

“This was not a luxury safari by any means, but gazing up at the million stars that light up the African night sky was more luxury than a fancy hotel could offer,” said Wilson. “We slept in sleeping bags in tents and on our first night we could hear the sound of a lioness hunting a baby elephant. It was so close the ground shook and we were afraid to leave the tents.”

Over the course of five days, the group saw all of the animals of the Big Five and many others.

“The safari brought my inner child to life,” said Marek. “We just couldn’t believe we were seeing wild elephants and lions and other animals. It was like touring the world’s largest zoo.”

In the end, the African voluntourism trip proved to be the trip of a lifetime for both Wilson and Marek.

“Every day was an adventure and I love adventure,” said Marek. “Combining a service opportunity with a recreational experience was the ideal way to see Africa. We felt good knowing that our efforts helped support children in Tanzania. Lives were changed — both theirs and ours.”

If you go ● Deanne Wilson and Janine Marek travelled with a group of eight people that was led by Tyson Dory, a Calgary-based entrepreneur and humanitarian who runs a company called One Voice One Vision. Tyson

Photos by DEANNE WILSON/Freelance

Above: A few of the students who received a uniform from Wilson and Marek’s fundraising drive.

Left: Two happy hippos early in the morning in the Serengeti.

Bottom: A visit to a Maasai village.

provides adventure voluntourism experiences in developing nations with the perfect balance of adventure and culture while giving back to local communities supporting the education and empowerment of children through classroom development. Tyson with One Voice One Vision will be taking another group of interested participants to Thailand in March 2014.

He can be contacted via email at ingivingwereceive@ live.ca. ● The school classroom building and school uniform project was co-ordinated through a charitable organization called Achieve in Africa (www.achiev-

einafrica.org). ● Roy Safari (www.roysafaris.com) was hired for the safari and Kilimanjaro climb. The company is located in Arusha, Tanzania, has been in business for 20 years and is very professional. “I would highly recommend Roy Safari to anyone interested in going on a Tanzanian safari or Kili climb,” said Wilson. “The owner, the guides, the cooks and the porters did an exceptional job in looking after our every need. One of their mottos is: “Book as a client — leave as a friend.” That is how each one of us felt — there were actually a few tears when it came time to say goodbye to them.”

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

Latin American art gets showcase at new museum in trendy Rio

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ed to art celebrating Rio’s picture-postcard cityscapes. Two other big museums, one dedicated to science and the other to sounds and images, are scheduled to open in the coming years.

“Of course we had no idea that Rio was going to become such a hotspot when this project originated,” Herzog said. “But it’s, of course, fantastic for us. When it comes to museums, the more the merrier.”

Casa Daros’ status as a privately financed project distinguishes it from the other new museums, most of which have received funds from municipal or other public coffers. All of the money that’s gone into Casa Daros, from the $8 million price tag of the building to the $33.5 million that went into its restoration to the entire operating budget for the foreseeable future, comes from private sources, museum officials said.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Long a cultural backwater, Rio de Janeiro has taken another leap toward becoming an art hot spot with this week’s opening of a museum built around one of the world’s premier collections of contemporary Latin American art.

Casa Daros, a 12,000-square-meter (129,000-square-foot) space in an impeccably renovated 1866 mansion, will house some of the works acquired the past 13 years by Zurich-based collector Ruth Schmidheiny. Working with German curator Hans-Michael Herzog, she combed Latin America at a time when the art world paid little attention to the region. The 1,200 pieces they bought came from 117 artists, most of them still alive and working.

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REED SIGNS WITH TEXANS HOUSTON — Ed Reed knew right from the start of free agency that he wanted to play for the Texans and that his days in Baltimore were over.

The nine-time Pro Bowl safety signed a threeyear, $15 million contract with Houston on Friday, adding championship experience to the Texans’ defence and leaving the reigning Super Bowl champions without yet another of their cornerstone players.

Reed said Texans general manager Rick Smith called him on the first day of free agency and the Texans were his first choice from that point on.

“I think we both knew, just from the conversation, how things were going and how this would work,” Reed said.

TODAY

● Peewee B hockey: Provincial championship at Three Hills and Trochu, first game at 8 a.m., final game at 8:30 p.m. ● Peewee D hockey: Provincial championship at Eckville, first game at 8 a.m., final game at 8:30 p.m. ● Atom female hockey: Provincial championship at Red Deer Kinsmen Arenas, first game at 9 a.m., final game at 4 p.m. ● WHL: Prince Albert at Red Deer, second game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final, 7:30 p.m., Centrium. ● Senior AAA hockey: Bentley at Stony Plain, fourth game of best-ofseven provincial final, 7:30 p.m. ● Midget AAA hockey: Red Deer at Edmonton Southside, second game of best-of-five AMHL final, 7:45 p.m., Bill Hunter Arena. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Okotoks at Red Deer, second game of best-of-five league final, 8 p.m., Arena.

SUNDAY

● Peewee D hockey: Provincial championship at Eckville, semifinals at 8 and 10:45 a.m., final at 4 p.m. ● Atom female hockey: Provincial championship at Red Deer Kinsmen Arenas, semifinals at 9 a.m., final at 3 p.m.

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Forward Rhyse Dieno (#14) of the Red Deer Rebels takes a penalty shot against Prince Albert Raiders goaltender Luke Siemens (#31) during the first game of their first round playoff series at the Enmax Centrium on Friday. The Rebels won 3-0.

Rebels shutout Raiders

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Rebels 3 Raiders 0 True to form, Red Deer Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter wasn’t giddy regarding his club’s WHL playoff win Friday before 5,492 fans at the Centrium.

Sutter wasn’t getting ahead of himself and his message to his team was the same following a 3-0 victory over the Prince Albert Raiders in the opening game of a bestof-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final.

“We got a win in Game 1 and that’s all it is,” said Sutter, whose team led 2-0 after one period and got some extra breathing room when Cody Thiel connected in the second stanza.

“At times we played well and at times we weren’t as sharp as we need to be. We need to be better in some areas, no question.”

The Rebels were obviously superior to the visitors in the offensive zone, getting the only goal they would need a mere 25 seconds into the contest when Brooks Maxwell deflected Brady Gaudet’s point shot past

Raiders netminder Luke Siemens.

Rhyse Dieno, three minutes after coming up empty on a penalty shot, made it 2-0 at 19:04 of the opening frame, finishing a two-on-two break with Turner Elson by whipping a shot over a fallen Siemens.

The Rebels ran into penalty problems in the second period, but were able to kill off three minor infractions — including a lengthy two-man disadvantage — in the first eight minutes.

Then, with 1:25 remaining in the period, Thiel, from the side of the net, chipped a puck

past Siemens and the Rebels had a relatively comfortable lead.

The Raiders had their opportunities on the power play and five-onfive, but Rebels stopper Patrik Bartosak was a constant source of frustration for the visitors.

Bartosak made 31 saves for the shutout, including a breakaway stop on Mike Winther in the second period and a brilliant glove stab on Anthony Bardaro late in the game.

“He’s always been a great goaltender for us and he’s a good guy to have back there,” said Elson. “We rely on him

a lot.”

The Rebels, who fired 30 shots at Siemens, struggled at times in the defensive zone and the outcome might have been different if not for the team’s penalty kill, which was a perfect seven-for-seven.

“We’re playing a very good, well-coached hockey team and we need to be sharper with some of the things we do,” said Sutter. “We have to be a better disciplined team.

We took seven minor penalties tonight and you’re playing with fire when you do that.

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Midget Rebels win opener

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Rebels 5 Athletics 0 Red Deer Optimist Rebels Chiefs head coach Doug Quinn hesitated a little before commenting on his team’s effort in their opening game of the Alberta Midget Hockey League final against the Edmonton Southside Athletics.

“I was happy with the win,” he did say. “I thought we were a little slow to start and at times I thought we weren’t reacting to the puck.

They play a different style than what we saw in the first two series.

They use a lot of stretch plays, plus we didn’t get our forechecking going early.”

But with that said the Rebels did what they had to to pull out a 5-0 victory over the Athletics in the opening game of the best-of-five series.

The Rebels also scored twice before the game was 10 minutes old, which seemed to get

them going.

“We did get those early goals and Matt (Zentner) made some saves when we needed them.

We do need to work on some things to get ready for Sunday’s game (7:45 p.m. in Edmonton).”

Chris Gerrie opened the scoring for the Rebels at 6:53 on the power play as he grabbed a loose puck in the high slot and beat Edmonton netminder Jordan Papirny with a wrist shot between the legs. Jacob Schofield made it 2-0 at 9:06 as he took a feed from Jody Sick after some strong forechecking and gave Papirny no chance on a one-timer from the slot.

Schofield gave the Rebels some more breathing room when he took a feed at the edge of the cease and beat Papirny at 16:31 of the second period,. The second period ended on a tough note when Red Deer’s defenceman Cole Kapak was nailed along the boards deep in the Red Deer end by Edmonton’s

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Red Deer Optimist Chief Chase Thudium brings the puck into the SSAC Boston Pizza Athletics zone during first period action at the Arena in Red Deer on Friday.

Matthew Bruyer and went into convulsions.

The play occurred with 1:24 remaining in the period. An ambulance was called with the remaining time played prior to the start of the third period.

“From what I was told he was hit on the shoulder and his head snapped into the boards,” said Quinn. “He was knocked out, but the positive is that he was

awake and alert on the way out.”

Red Deer put the game away late in the third period when Trey DeGraaf scored into an empty net at 16:51 — the Athletics pulled their goal with over four minutes remaining— and Jordie Lawson scored at 17:37 with Papirny in goal.

While the Rebels controlled the majority of the opening game Quinn

knows it won’t be easy.

The Athletics have size and a lot of offensive talent.

“They have some good size on the back end and have some high end skilled players,” he said.

“You can see the potential and the threat. There was a reason they were the top scoring team in the league.”

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Innisfail Eagles expect tough competition at championships

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF It will be close to a month between games for the Innisfail Eagles when they finally play at the provincial senior AA/A hockey championships, April 5-7 in Innisfail.

But head coach Brian Sutter isn’t worried.

“We played Fort St. John two weeks ago and we have a couple of practices each week, so we should be fine,” he said following a press confer-

ence Friday in Innisfail.

“As coaches we got a chance to work on a lot of things we can’t work on during the season.”

Sutter also runs hightempo practices in an effort to keep his troops sharp.

“They go at it hard, and really some of the other teams have been playing, but haven’t played a lot either.”

The Eagles go into the championships along with Nanton, Lomond, Spirit River, Devon, Edson, Tofield and Daysland. A schedule

isn’t out yet as Tofield and Daysland are still playing the Battle River Hockey League final, which will determine the seedings and pools.

Sutter knows the competition will be tough no matter what pool he’s in.

“It’s never easy no matter what level you’re at,” he said. “It will be a test, and a good, one but we’ll be ready. We have a young team, that’s still learning, but we’ve come a long way this year.”

Last season the Eagles won one game in the Chinook Hockey League

while this season they finished third at 8-7-0-1 and only one point back of Fort Saskatchewan.

The Eagles had looked at entering the senior AAA playoffs this season, but were late to register. Next year, says Sutter.

“Unfortunately we couldn’t this year, so we want to do well here, finish the season strong and go that direction next year.”

The Eagles have only three players back from last year in Ryan Kallis, Sean Neumeier and Kel-

ly Rogers.

“Overall we’re five or six years younger than Bentley so we’ll continue to get better as we gain experience,” said Sutter, a former head coach with Bentley, who believes the program will continue to grow.

“We have some quality people with the organization, who do a lot of work, and I already have a number of calls from players interested in playing here next season.”

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Columbus snuffs Flames

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Columbus 5 Calgary 1 COLUMBUS, Ohio — It was almost unfathomable a month ago, yet the Columbus Blue Jackets suddenly find themselves in the thick of a playoff race.

Nick Foligno scored twice in a clubrecord 51 seconds and the Blue Jackets scored three goals in a span of 1:15 to beat the Calgary Flames 5-1 on Friday night, extending their franchise-record points streak to 12 games.

“If you would have asked anybody in the hockey world they probably never would have imagined this,” coach Todd Richards said after his team — last in the NHL with a 5-12-3 record on Feb. 24 — improved to 8-0-4 since.

“There were times I could sense it, you could feel it. Absolutely I have no crystal ball or anything like that, but those guys in there believe right now.

“That’s a very powerful thing, when you believe.”

Artem Anisimov, Colton Gillies and Jared Boll also had goals and Sergei Bobrovsky continued his strong play with 24 saves as the Blue Jackets continued streaking.

R.J. Umberger and Derek MacKenzie each had two assists and Gillies had an assist to go with his first goal of the season.

“We understood how important this was,” Foligno said of the Blue Jackets’ 3-0-2 homestand. “We understood if we were going to make a push for the playoffs it was going to have to come from our homestand. We put ourselves in a great position. But the job’s not done.”

After their run at home, the Blue

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Columbus Blue Jackets’ Derek MacKenzie, left, works for the puck against Calgary Flames’ Brian McGrattan in the first period of an NHL hockey game in Columbus, Ohio, Friday.

Jackets — close to the eighth and final playoff spot in the West — will be roadtested.

They play their next four away, starting at Nashville on Saturday, and will play 12 of their final 17 regularseason games on the road.

“It’s a great challenge and we all have to embrace it,” Richards said.

“We have no choice. But in life and in hockey the challenging things that are more rewarding in the end.”

The two goals by Foligno and one by Anisimov in 75 seconds also were the

fastest three goals by the Blue Jackets.

“You get a goal, you follow up with another and all of a sudden the tide’s turning,” said Umberger.

Curtis Glencross scored for the Flames, who have lost their past nine road games (0-8-1).

“It was just like deja vu,” Calgary coach Bob Hartley said of the giveaways and mistakes that cost his club.

“There were turnovers in our zone and pucks in our net. There’s not much more to say.”

Bobrovsky, the third star in the NHL last week after being the first star the week before, was at his best in the second period when the Flames controlled the play for most of the way — until the Blue Jackets broke loose.

Calgary had dominated the first 13 minutes, tying the game, setting the pace, keeping the puck in the offensive zone and forcing the Blue Jackets to play defensively.

Then, the Jackets got going on offence.

At the 13:05 mark, Foligno’s seemingly innocent shot in traffic somehow slipped through two defenders and a teammate and slid through Miikka Kiprusoff’s pads.

After celebrating, the same line stayed on the ice. Foligno dug the puck off the right wall to Umberger, who fed Foligno for a rising wrister from the high slot.

The two goals in 51 seconds were the fastest by a Blue Jacket, erasing the mark of 1:29 set by Umberger in 2009.

“Never (done anything) like that,” said Foligno, who scored three goals in 30 games and then two in less than a minute. “That was pretty funny.”

FGCU upsets No. 2 seed Georgetown NCAA

PHILADELPHIA — College basketball, meet Florida Gulf Coast.

A school so new it wasn’t eligible for the NCAA tournament until last year busted a load of brackets Friday night.

With 24 points from Sherwood Brown and a healthy dose of swagger, FGCU upset second-seeded Georgetown 78-68 in the second round of the South Regional.

“This is our first time being in the NCAA tournament. To actually go out there and win that first game, it means something really special to us,” said Brown, who was the first of the players to head toward the Florida Gulf Coast cheering section with several seconds still on the clock.

The Eagles used a 21-2 second-half run to pull away from the Hoyas and then held on in the final minute to become just the seventh No. 15 seed to beat a No. 2.

“It’s an unbelievable feeling. We played a very tough team in Georgetown. They have great players. They’re a historic school,” forward Chase Fieler said. “So being a newer school it’s very exciting for us to be able to win a game like that and for the NCAA history. That’s exciting and impressive to be a part of that.”

Bernard Thompson had 23 points for Florida Gulf Coast, the champions of the Atlantic Sun Conference.

FGCU (25-10) will play seventh-seeded San Diego State, which beat No. 10 seed Oklahoma 70-55, in the third round on Sunday.

“We decided we can play with anybody and we did,” said FGCU point guard Brett Comer, who finished with 12 points,10 assists and just two turnovers.

Comer was part of a play late in the

LOCAL

BRIEFS RDC curling team ends day with pair of losses EDMONTON — The RDC women’s team finished with a pair of losses during the final day of round-robin play at the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association curling championships Friday.

The team of Kaitlyn Sherrer, Tanis Steinbach, Julie Primrose, Lindsay Janko and Taylor Lindstrom lost 11-4

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REBELS: Power play has to be better “Our penalty kill tonight was obviously huge and our power play (zerofor-five) has to be better. But again, you’re in dangerous territory when you take that many penalties.”

Elson agreed with his coach.

“We can’t take that many penalties,” he said. “That shows we’re not moving our feet and doing things right.”

The Rebels captain suggested that his team played just well enough to win.

“We played all right. We did a good job in the first period, made it hard on them and got a couple of goals,” he said.

“But we have to play better. They’re a good team that battles hard and pushes you all game. We have to make sure we can handle that and keep going throughout the game.”

Game 2 is tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Centrium and, as Winther noted, the Raiders will have to improve — particularly in man-advantage situations — in order to avoid heading home in a deep hole.

“We definitely have to get the power play going,” said the Trochu native and Dallas Stars draft pick. “We had quite a few chances to get back in the game with the power play and just couldn’t capitalize.

“We just have to regroup and come back tomorrow with a better attitude and hopefully come out with a win.”

Sutter expects to see a tougher, more determined Raiders team tonight.

“I’m sure they’re going to play a lot better tomorrow night, just as we will

to NAIT and 9-5 to Fanshawe College of London, Ont., who scored four times in the ninth.

The RDC team finished with a 1-6 record while Fanshawe and NAIT were 6-1 and Grant MacEwan was third at 5-2.

MacEwan made the playoffs thanks to a 5-4 win over Lakeland College Friday morning.

Tickets still available for Scholarship Breakfast There are still tickets available for the 10th annual RDC Kings and Queens Scholarship Breakfast at the Westerner, featuring Wayne Gretzky. need to,” he said. ● Advocate’s three stars: (1) Bartosak . . . Just another day at the office for the Czech goaltender; (2) Dieno . . . A goal and an assist in the opening period; (3) Haydn Fleury . . . Rebels defenceman lugged the puck with authority and was seldom out of position. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

MIDGETS: Defence key to control But overall the Rebels defence, and Zentner, who finished with 15 saves, did a good job of controlling the Edmonton forwards.

“I thought we did a good job with back pressure and for the most part our defence held the line, pushing them to the outside,” said Quinn. “As well as we went along our forecheck improved and when you’re playing in the other team’s zone it’s hard for them to score.”

As well the Rebels did a good job of taking away the stretch pass and created several offensive chances.

“It’s a risk-reward play and if we’re in good position we can create turnovers and offensive opportunities and I thought that happened tonight.”

The Rebels finished with 22 shots on goal and took three of eight minor penalties.

The third game of the series goes Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Arena with the fourth game, if necessary Thursday in Edmonton. If a fifth game is needed it’s Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Arena. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

EAGLES: Defence the ‘backbone’ of team

game that almost brought down the house, throwing an alley-oop pass from the corner that Fieler grabbed and threw down with a one-handed dunk.

“Nothing special. It’s something me and him have done this year,” Comer said. “We knew what was going to happen there. Time and place didn’t matter. I knew he’d catch it. You saw the result. The whole place went nuts and we really got the momentum from there.”

Said Fieler: “That might be the highest I’ve ever jumped. We’ll have to check the video. Brett has great vision.

That was his 10th assist. He just threw it up and I had to go get it.”

Just a night before, Harvard — the nation’s oldest university, founded in 1636 — pulled off a major upset over fourth-seeded New Mexico. Now, one of its youngest — FGCU’s first student was admitted in 1997 — has an even bigger one.

The Eagles’ monster run gave them

a 52-33 lead with 12:28 to play. The Hoyas staged a furious rally to get within 72-68 with 52 seconds left but the Eagles went 6 of 10 from the free throw line to seal it.

“In the second half, we pushed the ball, we got out, we ran, we made shots, got some alley-oop dunks to energize the crowd. I’m very proud of our players,” said coach Andy Enfield, whose wife — supermodel Amanda Marcum — was shown several times on the arena’s big screen.

For those who don’t know FGCU, and that was probably plenty of people as of Friday afternoon, Florida Gulf Coast is a state university in Fort Myers with an enrolment of about 12,000 students.

This is FGCU’s first tournament and Georgetown’s 29th, including the 1984 national championship.

But the Eagles did beat Miami earlier this season.

The breakfast is set for Thursday with tickets for the breakfast on sale until Monday at noon. Tickets for VIP meet and greet with Gretzky will be on sale until Wednesday at noon.

Tickets can be purchased at the Black Knight ticket centre or by calling 403-755-6626.

for the provincials.

Bisons down Vipers 7-4 OKOTOKS — The Red Deer Vipers dropped a 7-4 decision to the Okotoks Bisons in the opening game of their best-of-five Heritage Junior B Hockey League final Friday.

The second game is set for tonight at 8 p.m. at the Red Deer Arena.

Both teams have already qualified

Sutter feels his defence is the “backbone” of the team.

“We have depth on defence, in fact we used a couple of defencemen up front at times,” he said. “The nice thing was during the season when some guys can’t make it out we have others who stepped in. I think there was only once when we had to go with five D men.”

Among the rearguards is 22-year-old Corbin Karl, who played junior with the Olds Grizzlys and spent time with the University of Alaska, Anchorage.

Up front, veteran Dan Shermerhorn led the team in scoring with seven goals and eight assists in 15 games while Andrew Buote had six goals and eight helpers in 15 starters. Twentytwo year-old Cody Chartier, who played junior with Canmore and was at Robert Morris University, had six

Generals take 3-0 series lead against Eagles BENTLEY — The Bentley Generals took a commanding 3-0 lead in their best-of-seven Alberta senior AAA hockey final series against the Stony Plain Eagles Friday.

The Generals recorded a 4-0 victory and can wrap up the series tonight in Stony Plain. If a fifth game is necessary it’s next Friday at 8 p.m. at the Red Deer Arena.

Both Bentley and Stony Plain will compete in the Allan Cup, slated for April 15-21 in Red Deer. goals and four assists in 10 games.

“Chartier is as skilled as any player in the league,” said Sutter, who sees Shermerhorn and Tylor Keller as two of the team leaders.

“They’re over 30 and guys we lean on,” he said.

Tournament chairman Darin Doel indicated they’re received solid sponsorship for the tournament, but would accept more volunteers.

“Anyone interested in volunteering can contact myself (403-302-9927),” he said. Tickets are available at the Innisfail Auction Mart.

A 10-game pass goes for $50 with day passes at $20. Seniors (65-and-over) and youth (14-and-under) are half price at $25 and $10 respectively.

The Eagles open their tournament April 5 at 8 p.m. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

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Saturday, March 23, 2013

WHL PLAYOFFS WESTERN CONFERENCE Red Deer (4) vs. Prince Albert (5) (Red Deer leads series 1-0) Friday’s result Red Deer 3 Prince Albert 0 Saturday’s game Prince Albert at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Mar. 26 Red Deer at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Mar. 27 Red Deer at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Friday, Mar. 29 x-Prince Albert at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Mar. 31 x-Red Deer at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 2 x-Prince Albert at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Edmonton (1) vs. Kootenay (8) (Edmonton leads series 1-0) Friday’s result Edmonton 9 Kootenay 0 Saskatoon (2) vs. Medicine Hat (7) (Medicine Hat leads series 2-0) Friday’s result Medicine Hat 3 Saskatoon 0 Calgary (3) vs. Swift Current (6) (Calgary leads series 2-0) Friday’s result Calgary 3 Swift Current 1 WESTERN CONFERENCE Portland (1) vs. Everett (8) (Everett leads series 1-0) Friday’s result Everett 4 Portland 3 Kamloops (3) vs. Victoria (6) (Kamloops leads series 1-0) Friday’s result Kamloops 3 Victoria 2 Spokane (4) vs. Tri-City (5) (Spokane leads series 1-0) Friday’s result Spokane 4 Tri-City 1 Kelowna (2) vs. Seattle (7) (Seattle leads series 1-0) Friday’s result Seattle 5 Kelowna 4 FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES Raiders 0 at Rebels 3 First Period 1. Red Deer, Maxwell 1 (Gaudet, Dieno) 0:25 2. Red Deer, Dieno 1 (Elson) 19:04 Penalties — Winther PA (boarding) 4:31, Vandane PA (unsportsmanlike conduct) 7:23, Fafard RD (tripping) 13:49.

Penalty shot: Dieno RD, miss 16:19.

Second Period 3. Red Deer, Thiel 1 (Johnson, Millette) 18:35 Penalties — Dumba RD (holding) 0:53, Dieno RD (goaltender interference) 3:23, Fleury RD (cross checking) 7:41, Morrissey PA (tripping) 14:19.

Third Period No scoring Penalties — Braid PA, Gaudet RD (roughing) 1:31, Bellerive RD (goaltender interference) 6:48, Hart PA (cross checking) 17:11.

Shots on goal by: Prince Albert 7 11 13 — 31 Red Deer 12 8 10 — 30 Goal — Prince Albert: Siemens (L,0-1-0). Red Deer: Bartosak (W,1-0-0).

Power plays (goals/chances) — Prince Albert: 0-7. Red Deer: 0-5.

Referees — Matt Kirk, Jonathan Stephenson.

Linesmen — Cody Huseby, Justin Slimm.

Attendance — 5,492.

Tigers 4, Blades 1 First Period 1. Medicine Hat, Cox 1 (Pearce, Koules) 11:55 2. Medicine Hat, Shinkaruk 1 (Doty) 19:03 Penalties — Doty MH, Thrower Sktn (roughing) 13:31.

Second Period 3. Saskatoon, McColgan 1 (Nicholls, Dietz) 17:50 (pp) Penalty — Jensen MH (tripping) 17:07.

Third Period 4. Medicine Hat, Pearce 1 (Cox, Jensen) 6:17 5. Medicine Hat, Bredo 1, 19:47 (en) Penalties — Siemens Sktn (holding) 10:45, Dietz Sktn (tripping) 14:01, Hodder MH (roughing), Sutter Sktn (embellishment) 14:20.

Shots on goal by Medicine Hat 12 9 12 — 33 Saskatoon 5 23 15 — 43 Goal — Medicine Hat: Lanigan (W,1-0); Saskatoon: Makarov (L,0-1).

Hitmen 6, Broncos 5 (OT)

Basketball First Period 1. Calgary, Macek 1 (Rask) 0:34 (pp) 2. Calgary, Brassart 1 (Humphries, Rissling) 19:05 Penalties — Lowry SC (interference) 0:29, Virtanen Cal (tripping) 7:51, Roach Cal (kneeing) 11:23.

Second Period 3. Calgary, Mayor 1 (Helgesen, Clayton) 5:33 4. Calgary, Brassart 2 (Rissling, Chase) 5:49 5 Swift Current, Lowry 1 (Black, Heatherington) 10:23 6. Swift Current, Moser 1 (Cave) 11:14 7. Swift Current, Bews 1 (Moser, Cave) 12:29 (pp) Penalty — Rissling Cal (roughing) 11:36.

Third Period 8. Calgary, Brassart 3 (Chase, Zgraggen) 3:47 9. Swift Current, Gordon 1 (Scarlett, Heatherington) 4:20 10. Swift Current, Black 1 (Gordon) 13:53 (pp) Penalties — Mayor Cal (high-sticking) 9:00, Humphries Cal (delay of game) 13:33, Cave SC (delay of game) 14:54.

First Overtime 11. Calgary, Roach 1 (Padakin, Brooks) 4:32 Penalties — None.

Shots on goal by Swift Current 4 11 12 1 — 28 Calgary 12 9 12 5 — 38 Goal — Swift Current: Laurikainen (L,0-1); Calgary: Driedger (W,1-0).

Oil Kings 9, Ice 0 First Period 1. Edmonton, Legault 1 (Gernat, St. Croix) 8:26 2. Edmonton, Legault 2 (St. Croix, Gernat) 10:06 3. Edmonton, Ewanyk 1 (Kulda, Benson) 11:23 4. Edmonton, Legault 3 (Cheek, Reinhart) 16:30 (pp) 5. Edmonton, Cheek 1 (Sautner, Wruck) 19:42 Penalties — Ewanyk Edm (checking from behind) 1:21, Samuelsson Edm (slashing) 3:52, Montgomery Ktn (hooking) 14:58, Cheek Edm (hooking) 17:16, Descheneau Ktn (roughing) 19:59.

Second Period 6. Edmonton, St. Croix 1 (Gernat, Legault) 3:03 7. Edmonton, Corbett 1 (Legault, Lowe) 9:24 (pp) 8. Edmonton, Lowe 1 (Musil, Legault) 16:44 (pp) Penalties — Peel Ktn (hooking) 7:45, Leach Ktn (roughing) 8:58, St. Croix Edm (hooking) 13:46, McPhee Ktn (charging) 16:00, Baddock Edm (tripping) 17:32, McPhee Ktn (tripping) 19:57.

Third Period 9. Edmonton, Cheek 2 (Legault, Kulda) 5:36 Penalty — Shirley Ktn (interference) 11:18.

Shots on goal by Kootenay 12 10 6 — 28 Edmonton 15 12 12 — 39 Goal (shots-saves) — Kootenay: Skapski (L,0-1) (15-10), Hoflin (0:00 second, 24-20); Edmonton: Brossoit (W,1-0).

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA d-Pittsburgh 32 24 8 0 48 114 83 d-Montreal 30 20 5 5 45 97 75 d-Winnipeg 32 16 14 2 34 81 96 Boston 29 20 6 3 43 84 61 Ottawa 31 16 9 6 38 78 67 Toronto 31 16 12 3 35 94 90 New Jersey 31 14 11 6 34 78 85 Carolina 30 15 13 2 32 85 86 N.Y. Rangers30 15 13 2 32 71 73 Washington 31 14 16 1 29 89 88 N.Y. Islanders31 13 15 3 29 90 105 Buffalo 31 12 15 4 28 84 99 Tampa Bay 30 13 16 1 27 98 90 Philadelphia 30 13 16 1 27 81 92 Florida 31 9 16 6 24 77 111 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA 30 24 3 3 51 102 66 30 22 4 4 48 100 76 29 17 10 2 36 77 71 30 17 11 2 36 88 75 30 15 9 6 36 83 83 31 15 11 5 35 85 80 29 16 11 2 34 87 83 29 13 10 6 32 71 77 31 13 12 6 32 73 80 30 14 13 3 31 78 88 31 13 14 4 30 80 87 31 12 13 6 30 75 84 29 11 11 7 29 72 85 29 11 14 4 26 82 101 29 11 14 4 26 75 92

d-Chicago d-Anaheim d-Minnesota Los Angeles Vancouver Detroit St. Louis San Jose Columbus Dallas Phoenix Nashville Edmonton Calgary Colorado

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. d-division leader Friday’s Games Pittsburgh 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 Columbus 5, Calgary 1 Washington 6, Winnipeg 1 Detroit 5, Anaheim 1 Saturday’s Games Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 12 p.m.

San Jose at Minnesota, 12 p.m.

Vancouver at Los Angeles, 2 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Buffalo at Montreal, 5 p.m.

Florida at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Columbus at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Colorado at Dallas, 6 p.m.

St. Louis at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Florida at N.Y. Islanders, 3 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Vancouver at Colorado, 6 p.m.

St. Louis at Calgary, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Anaheim, 6 p.m.

FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES Capitals 6 at Jets 1 First Period 1. Washington, Laich 1 (Ribeiro) 12:10 2. Washington, Brouwer 12 (Ribeiro, Oleksy) 16:05 Second Period 3. Washington, Beagle 2 (Ward, Hendricks) 5:50 4. Washington, Ovechkin 14 (Johansson, Alzner) 7:35 Third Period 5. Washington, Green 3 (Orlov, Johansson) 1:51 6. Winnipeg, Byfuglien 5 (Clitsome, Ladd) 9:51 7. Washington, Ovechkin 15 (Carlson, Backstrom) 15:58 (pp) Shots on goal by Washington 7 9 8 — 24 Winnipeg 10 12 9 — 31 Goal (shots-saves) — Washington: Holtby (W,1210-0); Winnipeg: Pavelec (L,13-14-2)(9-6), Montoya (5:50 second)(15-12).

Flames 1 at Blue Jackets 5 First Period 1. Columbus, Boll 2 (Gillies, MacKenzie) 16:56 Second Period 2. Calgary, Glencross 13 (Stajan, Stempniak) 4:24 3. Columbus, Foligno 4 (Umberger, Nikitin) 13:05 4. Columbus, Foligno 5 (Umberger, Tyutin) 13:56 5. Columbus, Anisimov 7, 14:20 Third Period 6. Columbus, Gillies 1 (Johnson, MacKenzie) 13:14 Shots on goal by 8 — 25 Calgary 6 11 Columbus 7 13 8 — 28 Goal — Calgary: Kiprusoff (L,5-7-2); Columbus: Bobrovsky (W,11-6-5).

Penguins 4 at Islanders 2 First Period 1. N.Y. Islanders, Streit 5 (Carkner, Nielsen) 7:46 Second Period 2. Pittsburgh, Vitale 2 (Adams) 8:11 3. N.Y. Islanders, Bailey 4 (Tavares, Hamonic) 17:18 4. Pittsburgh, Kunitz 19 (Crosby, Pa.Dupuis) 19:46 Third Period 5. Pittsburgh, Sutter 9 (Cooke, Neal) 1:46 6. Pittsburgh, Pa.Dupuis 15 (Crosby, Vokoun) 19:59 (en) Shots on goal by Pittsburgh 3 14 8 — 25 N.Y. Islanders 14 14 7 — 35 Goal — Pittsburgh: Vokoun (W,8-3-0); N.Y. Islanders: Nabokov (L,13-10-3).

Red Wings 5 at Ducks 1 First Period 1. Anaheim, Selanne 8 (Palmieri, Fowler) 11:31 2. Detroit, Abdelkader 4 (Smith, Howard) 13:36 3. Detroit, Datsyuk 10 (Brunner, Zetterberg) 14:59 (pp) Second Period 4. Detroit, Abdelkader 5 (Franzen, Kindl) 3:06 5. Detroit, Abdelkader 6 (Franzen, Datsyuk) 12:46 Third Period 6. Detroit, Franzen 6 (Abdelkader, Datsyuk) 15:17 Penalties — Smith Det (fighting, major), Ryan Ana (cross-checking, fighting, minor-major) 17:57.

Shots on goal by Detroit 9 8 6 — 23 Anaheim 12 15 7 — 34 Goal (shots-saves) — Detroit: Howard (W,13-84); Anaheim: Fasth (L,11-2-1)(11-8), Hiller (3:06 second)(12-10).

Curling 2013 WORLD WOMEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP RIGA, Latvia — Final standings and playoff results Friday at the 2013 World Women’s Curling Championship, to be held through Sunday in Riga, Latvia (all times Eastern): Round Robin Country (skip) W L x-Scotland (Muirhead) 10 1 x-Sweden (Sigfridsson) 10 1 x-Canada (Homan) 8 3 t-U.S. (Brown) 6 5 t-Russia (Sidorova) 6 5 t-Switzerland (Tirinzoni) 6 5 Japan (Fujisawa) 5 6 Denmark (Nielsen) 4 7 China (Bingyu) 4 7 Italy (D.Gaspari) 3 8 Germany (Schopp) 3 8 Latvia (Stasa-Satsune) 1 10 x — Clinched playoff berth. t — Played tiebreaker.

Friday’s results Tiebreakers Switzerland 7 (Tirinzoni) Russia (Sidorova) 6 U.S. (Brown) 7 Switzerland (Tirinzoni) 4 Page Playoffs One vs. Two Sweden (Sigfridsson) 7 Scotland (Muirhead) 5 Saturday’s games Three vs. Four Canada (Homan) vs. U.S. (Brown), 6 a.m.

Semifinal Scotland (Muirhead) vs. Canada-U.S. winner, 11 a.m.

Sunday’s games Third Place Canada-U.S. loser vs. Semifinal loser, 6 a.m.

Championship Sweden (Sigfridsson) vs. Semifinal winner, 6 a.m.

2013 CANADIAN SENIOR MEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — Final standings Friday following draw 18 at the 2013 Canadian senior men’s

curling championship to be held through Sunday (all times Eastern): Round Robin Province (Skip) W L x-New Brunswick (Tallon) 10 1 y-Alberta (White) 9 2 t-P.E.I. (MacDonald) 8 3 t-Ontario (Rajala) 8 3 Nova Scotia (O’Leary) 6 5 Quebec (MacLean) 5 6 Manitoba (Sigurdson) 5 6 B.C. (C.Lepine) 4 7 Saskatchewan (Bell) 4 7 N.L. (Goss) 4 7 Northern Ont. (Munro) 3 8 NWT (Hudy) 0 11 x — clinched berth in championship game. y — clinched semifinal berth. t — will play tiebreaker.

Friday’s results Draw 17 Alberta 8 Saskatchewan 7 Northern Ontario 14 Northwest Territories 4 New Brunswick 7 Manitoba 4 Nova Scotia 6 Quebec 5 (extra end) British Columbia 9 Newfoundland & Labrador 8 (extra end) P.E.I. 8 Ontario 7 Draw 18 Manitoba 11 Nova Scotia 8 Newfoundland & Labrador 7 P.E.I. 6 Ontario 10 Quebec 2 Alberta 9 Northern Ontario 6 Saskatchewan 10 Northwest Territories 3 New Brunswick 11 British Columbia 6 End of Round Robin Playoffs Saturday’s games Tiebreaker P.E.I. (MacDonald) vs. Ontario (Rajala), 7 a.m.

Semifinal Alberta (White) vs. P.E.I.-Ontario winner, 6 p.m.

Sunday’s game Championship New Brunswick (Tallon) vs. Semifinal Winner, 10

a.m.

2013 CANADIAN SENIOR WOMEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — Final standings Friday after draw 18 at the 2013 Canadian senior women’s curling championship to be held through Sunday (all times Eastern): Round Robin Province (Skip) W L x-Nova Scotia (Pinkney) 10 1 y-Alberta (Santos) 8 3 t-Quebec (Derick) 7 4 t-Manitoba (Fowler) 7 4 Northern Ont. (Barrett) 6 5 New Brunswick (Hanlon) 6 5 N.L. (Phillips) 5 6 Saskatchewan (Inglis) 5 6 B.C. (K.Lepine) 5 6 Ontario (Oryniak) 3 8 NWT (McKellar-Gillis) 3 8 P.E.I. (Murphy) 1 10 x — Clinched berth in championship game. y — Clinched semifinal berth. t — Will play tiebreaker.

Friday’s results Draw 18 Manitoba 8 Nova Scotia 4 Newfoundland & Labrador 14 P.E.I. 2 Ontario 12 Northwest Territories 3 Alberta 9 Northern Ontario 5 New Brunswick 9 Saskatchewan 4 British Columbia 7 Quebec 6 End of Round Robin Playoffs Saturday’s games Tiebreaker Quebec (Derick) vs. Manitoba (Fowler), 7 a.m.

Semifinals Alberta (Santos) vs. Quebec-Manitoba winner, 1 p.m.

Sunday’s game Championship Nova Scotia (Pinkney) vs. Semifinal Winner, 10 a.m.

Transactions BASEBALL American League HOUSTON ASTROS—Optioned INF Jake Elmore to Oklahoma City (PCL).

MINNESOTA TWINS—Placed LHP Scott Diamond and RHP Anthony Swarzak on the 15-day DL. SEATTLE MARINERS—Optioned OF Carlos Peguero to Tacoma (PCL). Reassigned RHP Carson Smith and INF Nick Franklin to their minor league camp.

TEXAS RANGERS—Optioned RHP Justin Grimm to Round Rock (PCL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Claimed RHP Todd Redmond off waivers from Baltimore and optioned him to Buffalo (IL).

National League CHICAGO CUBS—Optioned LHP Chris Rusin to their minor league camp. Assigned RHP Drew Carpenter, Jaye Chapman, RHP Casey Coleman, RHP Jensen Lewis, RHP Blake Parker, INF Edwin Maysonet, INF Brad Nelson, OF Brian Bogusevic, OF Johermyn Chavez and OF Darnell McDonald to their minor league camp.

CINCINNATI REDS—Reassigned RHP Armando Galarraga to their minor league camp.

MIAMI MARLINS—Re-assigned OF Christian Yelich, RHP Jonathan Albaladejo and C Jake Jeffries to their minor league camp. Optioned RHP Tom Koehler to New Orleans (PCL).

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Optioned RHP Bryan Morris to Indianapolis (IL). Reassigned INF Ivan DeJesus Jr. and INF Jared Goedert to their minor league camp.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Released RHP Ramon Ramirez and INF Wilson Valdez.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Optioned RHP Cole Kimball to Syracuse (IL). Re-assigned RHP Jeremy Accardo to their minor league camp. Agreed to terms with LHP J.C. Romero on a minor league contract.

American Association LAREDO LEMURS—Released RHP Chris Pack.

Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS—Released INF Nick Salotti.

Frontier League EVANSVILLE OTTERS—Released LHP Todd

Hughson.

ROCKFORD AVIATORS—Signed LHP Nick Cicio to a contract extension.

WASHINGTON WILD THINGS—Signed RHP Quintavious Drains.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MIAMI HEAT—Signed F Juwan Howard for the remainder of the season.

Women’s National Basketball Association NEW YORK LIBERTY—Named Barbara Farris, Taj McWilliams-Franklin assistant coaches and Teresa Weatherspoon and Tamika Whitmore associate coaches.

FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS—Agreed to terms with LB D.J. Williams on a one-year contract.

CLEVELAND BROWNS—Signed TE Kellen Davis and DB Chris Owens to one-year contracts.

HOUSTON TEXANS—Signed S Ed Reed.

Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS—Acquired a 2013 thirdround draft pick from Toronto for DL Jermaine Reid and two 2013 fifth-round draft picks.

MONTREAL ALOUETTES—Re-signed SB Jamel Richardson to a three-year contract.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL—Suspended Vancouver D Alexander Edler for two games for charging Phoenix G Mike Smith during a game on March 21.

CAROLINA HURRICANES—Reassigned C Riley Nash to Charlotte (AHL).

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Recalled F Sean Collins from Springfield (AHL).

DALLAS STARS—Assigned F Alex Chiasson and D Jamie Oleksiak to Texas (AHL).

MONTREAL CANADIENS—Recalled F Mike Blunden from Hamilton (AHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Assigned F Craig Smith to Milwaukee (AHL) on a conditioning assignment.

PHOENIX COYOTES—Assigned D Chris Summers to Portland (AHL).

ST. LOUIS BLUES—Traded F Matt D’Agostini and a conditional 2015 seventh-round draft pick

to New Jersey for a conditional 2015 fifth-round draft pick.

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS—Assigned G Mark Owuya from Toronto (AHL) to Reading (AHL).

American Hockey League BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS—Signed F Sean Wiles to a professional tryout contract and F Joey Diamond to an amateur tryout contract.

NORFOLK ADMIRALS—Released F JeanMichel Rizk.

ECHL GWINNETT GLADIATORS—Signed F Domenic Monardo.

READING ROYALS—Signed D Bobby Shea to an amateur tryout agreement. Released G Nick Niedert.

Central Hockey League FORT WORTH BRAHMAS—Signed D Tyler Amburgey, D Brian Parson and D Ryan Clark.

SOCCER Major League Soccer NEW YORK RED BULLS—Signed G Kevin Hartman.

SEATTLE SOUNDERS—Signed D Ashani Fairclough and M Phillip Lund.

COLLEGE ALABAMA—Named Bill Battle athletic director.

ANGELO STATE—Named Chris Beard men’s basketball coach.

COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON—Announced men’s basketball F Trent Wiedeman will transfer.

DOMINICAN (CALIF.)—Named Brandon Leimbach athletics director.

GEORGE MASON—Announced the resignation of women’s basketball coach Jeri Porter.

HOFSTRA—Fired men’s basketball coach Mo Cassara. Named Patrick Sellers men’s interim basketball coach.

RICE—Signed football coach David Bailiff to a three-year contract extension through the 2016 season.

RIPON—Announced women’s basketball coach Julie Johnson will step down to become full-time athletic director.

TULSA—Named Dr. Derrick Gragg vice-president and director of athletics.

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NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct y-Miami 54 14 .794 x-Indiana 43 26 .623 x-New York 41 26 .612 x-Brooklyn 40 28 .588 Atlanta 38 31 .551 Chicago 36 31 .537 Boston 36 32 .529 Milwaukee 34 34 .500 Philadelphia 26 42 .382 Toronto 26 43 .377 Washington 24 43 .358 Detroit 23 47 .329 Cleveland 22 47 .319 Orlando 18 52 .257 Charlotte 16 52 .235

GB — 11.5 12.5 14 16.5 17.5 18 20 28 28.5 29.5 32 3.5 37 38

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L x-San Antonio 53 16 x-Oklahoma City 51 19 x-Denver 48 22 x-L.A. Clippers 47 22 Memphis 46 22 Golden State 39 31 Houston 38 31 L.A. Lakers 36 33 Utah 34 35 Dallas 33 36 Portland 33 36 Sacramento 25 44 Minnesota 23 43 New Orleans 24 46

Pct .768 .729 .686 .681 .676 .557 .551 .522 .493 .478 .478 .362 .348 .343

GB — 2.5 5.5 6 6.5 14.5 15 17 19 20 20 28 28.5 29.5

Kansas City Baltimore Seattle Cleveland Detroit Tampa Bay Chicago Boston Texas Minnesota Houston Oakland Toronto New York Los Angeles

SPRING TRAINING AMERICAN LEAGUE W L 19 6 16 6 17 8 15 9 15 11 14 12 11 10 14 13 13 13 12 13 11 13 10 12 11 14 11 16 6 15

Pct .760 .727 .680 .625 .577 .538 .524 .519 .500 .480 .458 .455 .440 .407 .286

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NATIONAL LEAGUE W L 16 12 13 11 12 12 14 15 13 14 12 13 12 13 11 12 11 13 10 12 9 11 11 14 10 15 9 14 9 15

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x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Friday’s Games New York 99, Toronto 94 Indiana 102, Milwaukee 78 Oklahoma City 97, Orlando 89 Portland 104, Atlanta 93 Miami 103, Detroit 89 Houston 116, Cleveland 78 New Orleans 90, Memphis 83 Dallas 104, Boston 94 San Antonio 104, Utah 97, OT Minnesota at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Washington at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Detroit at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Toronto at New York, 5:30 p.m.

Indiana at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Boston at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at Denver, 7 p.m.

Washington at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Atlanta at Milwaukee, 1 p.m.

Charlotte at Miami, 4 p.m.

San Antonio at Houston, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Portland at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.

Utah at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Sacramento, 7 p.m.

Baseball Seattle vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 8:05 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Houston vs. Atlanta (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

St. Louis vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Minnesota vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Philadelphia vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Atlanta (ss) vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Washington vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 11:10 a.m.

Pittsburgh vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 11:35 a.m.

L.A. Angels (ss) vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. L.A. Angels (ss) at Tempe, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Texas vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Oakland vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 8:05 p.m.

San Diego vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 8:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Boston vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Miami vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Toronto vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Tampa Bay vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

N.Y. Mets (ss) vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Atlanta vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Detroit vs. N.Y. Mets (ss) at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 11:10 a.m.

San Francisco vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (ss) vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 2:05 p.m.

Colorado vs. Milwaukee (ss) at Phoenix, 2:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Kansas City vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 2:10 p.m.

NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

Friday’s Games Detroit 4, Washington 3 Pittsburgh 6, Tampa Bay (ss) 4 N.Y. Yankees 9, Minnesota 7 Baltimore 6, Tampa Bay (ss) 3 Toronto 1, Boston 0 Houston 3, St. Louis 2 Philadelphia 7, Atlanta 6 Colorado (ss) 14, Texas 9 Cincinnati 6, L.A. Dodgers 5 Kansas City 13, L.A. Angels 9 Chicago Cubs 4, Milwaukee 1 San Francisco 11, Colorado (ss) 6 N.Y. Mets vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 5:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 8:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 8:05 p.m.

Golf Harris English Matt Every Greg Owen Johnson Wagner Charlie Beljan Robert Allenby Rod Perry

BAY HILL At Bay Hill Club and Lodge Orlando, Fla. Purse: $6.2 million Yardage: 7,419; Par: 72 (36-36) (a-amateur) Second Round Bill Haas 69-66 — Justin Rose 65-70 — John Huh 67-69 — Ken Duke 70-68 — J.J. Henry 71-67 — Jimmy Walker 69-69 — Mark Wilson 71-68 — Vijay Singh 71-68 — Tiger Woods 69-70 — Gonzalo Fdez-Castano 69-71 — Luke Guthrie 73-67 — Brad Fritsch 68-72 — Bob Estes 71-69 — John Rollins 68-72 — Rickie Fowler 73-67 — Sang-Moon Bae 71-69 — Hunter Mahan 71-70 — Sergio Garcia 72-69 — Matt Jones 71-70 — Ian Poulter 72-69 — Thorbjorn Olesen 69-73 — Charles Howell III 73-69 — Retief Goosen 73-69 — Ben Curtis 72-70 — Ben Kohles 69-73 — Boo Weekley 72-70 — Henrik Stenson 71-71 — Chris Kirk 71-72 — Stewart Cink 70-73 — Chris Stroud 72-71 — John Senden 71-72 — Keegan Bradley 74-69 — Gary Woodland 70-73 — Richard H. Lee 73-70 — Brian Stuard 74-69 — Tag Ridings 70-74 — Ben Crane 70-74 — William McGirt 74-70 — Chad Campbell 77-67 — Carl Pettersson 72-72 — Erik Compton 72-72 — Billy Horschel 72-73 — Jason Day 71-74 — Vaughn Taylor 71-74 — David Lingmerth 71-74 — Jim Furyk 71-74 — Bubba Watson 74-71 — Camilo Villegas 71-74 — Cameron Tringale 72-73 — Graham DeLaet 76-69 — Kevin Streelman 74-71 — Nick Watney 69-76 — Scott Brown 74-71 — Tommy Gainey 72-73 — Sean O’Hair 69-76 — Justin Hicks 74-71 — Nicholas Thompson 74-72 — Zach Johnson 70-76 — Mike Weir 76-70 — Lee Janzen 73-73 — Francesco Molinari 75-71 — Doug LaBelle II 73-73 — Pat Perez 71-75 — Ryo Ishikawa 69-77 — Lee Westwood 71-75 — Graeme McDowell 72-74 — David Toms 74-72 — Josh Teater 75-71 — David Hearn 75-71 — George Coetzee 73-74 — Martin Laird 74-73 —

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Purse: $1.7 million Yardage: 6,593; Par: 72 (36-36) Second Round (a-amateur) Beatriz Recari 69-67 — Paula Creamer 69-68 — Karrie Webb 67-70 — I.K. Kim 71-67 — Cristie Kerr 70-68 — Haeji Kang 69-69 — Inbee Park 69-69 — Jane Park 66-72 — Lizette Salas 69-70 — Caroline Hedwall 67-72 — Jeong Jang 72-68 — Stacy Lewis 70-70 — So Yeon Ryu 70-70 — Mo Martin 69-71 — Jee Young Lee 72-69 — Chella Choi 71-70 — Stacy Prammanasudh 71-70 — Jenny Shin 70-71 — Amanda Blumenherst 69-72 — Azahara Munoz 72-70 — Suzann Pettersen 71-71 — Carlota Ciganda 70-72 — Jacqui Concolino 70-72 — Sandra Gal 70-72 — Giulia Sergas 68-74 — Pornanong Phatlum 75-68 — Alison Walshe 74-69 — Na Yeon Choi 72-71 — Paola Moreno 71-72 — Hee Kyung Seo 71-72 — Jodi Ewart Shadoff 69-74 — Jessica Korda 68-75 — Nicole Castrale 74-70 — Gerina Piller 74-70 — Marcy Hart 73-71 — Ai Miyazato 72-72 — Moriya Jutanugarn 71-73 — Dewi Claire Schreefel 71-73 — Jiyai Shin 71-73 — Austin Ernst 69-75 — Karine Icher 75-70 — Vicky Hurst 74-71 — Ilhee Lee 74-71 — Ji Young Oh 74-71 — Ha-Neul Kim 73-72 — Kathleen Ekey 72-73 — Felicity Johnson 72-73 — Shanshan Feng 71-74 — Jennifer Johnson 71-74 — Pernilla Lindberg 75-71 — Momoko Ueda 75-71 — Sara Maude Juneau 74-72 — Anna Nordqvist 73-73 — Ayako Uehara 73-73 — Amy Yang 73-73 — Amy Hung 72-74 — Lisa McCloskey 72-74 — Lindsey Wright 72-74 — Thidapa Suwannapura 71-75 — Kristy McPherson 70-76 — Belen Mozo 70-76 — Mariajo Uribe 78-69 — Catriona Matthew 75-72 —

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, March 23, 2013 B7

Tiger stumbles at the finish, Rose stays in lead

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT/ OFFICE MANAGER

Chrysler Dealership in Red Deer is seeking an Administrative Assistant/Office Manager The successful candidates must be: - Team player, with a pro-active attitude - Excellent at multi-tasking - Good work ethic and effective communication skills

Must have previous dealership experience and exceptional computer skills.

CLOSES ROUND WITH THREE BOGEYS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY ADVOCATE STAFF A pair of Central Alberta teams will compete at the Canadian ringette championships, March 31-April 6 in Fredericton, N.B. The Sting will have teams in both the U16 and U19 AA divisions.

The majority of players on the U16 team are from Lacombe and Red Deer.

Up front Gillian Dreger, Kelita Kanngiesser, Brenna Parent, Shae-Lyn Baxter, Rylee Frank and Brooke Collins are from Lacombe with Kelsey Lalor and Kristen Demale from Red Deer and Ashlynn Morrison from Blackfalds.

The defence has Madison Caine, Hilary Hardy and Keara Thomas from Red Deer, Melissa Misutka and Bryn Lunn from Lacombe and Hailee Pluister from Ponoka.

Baylee Schulhauser of Red Deer, Marcy McLenahan of Lacombe and Rebecca Forrester of Bentley are in goal.

Jackie Lunn is the head coach with Chris Morrison, Janet Hardy, Lindsay Brown and Traci Pluister as assistants.

The Sting, who are the No. 4 team out of Alberta, see their first action March 31 against Bonivital, Man. The U19 Sting also go into the championships as the fourth Alberta team. Last year they finished ninth at the Canadians.

Nine of the team’s 14 players are from Red Deer.

Kirsten MacGregor, Meghan Kelly, Jessica Carberry, Marie Taylor and Kelsie Caine from Red Deer are up front long with Emma West of Lacombe and Mikaela Ewaskiw of Calgary.

On defence Cassidy LeMasurier, Meagan Gabert and Cheyenne Coon are from Red Deer, Kensey Lunn from Lacombe and Carmen Tessier from Leduc.

Haley Musselman of Red Deer and Makayla Remus-Everitt of Cochrane are in goal.

Christopher Kelly is the head coach with Amanda Kelly, Darcy Gabert, Emily Otto and Greg Lunn assistants.

The Sting open play March 31 against a team from B.C.

Please apply by email only. Only successful candidates will be contacted.

E-mail: pk@southsidereddeer.com

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79EC8; EB?9; ;HL?9; The City of Lacombe is currently seeking an Executive Assistant and Office Manager for the Chief of Police. This permanent full time position will be reporting to the Chief of Police and will perform a variety of duties including administrative support and managing the day-to-day administrative operations of the Lacombe Police Service.

Other duties include: supervisor of support staff, manage and oversight of all record management systems, prepare confidential and general correspondence, coordinate appointments and scheduling, financial responsibility, external audits and facilitate all upgrades or modifications to the systems, including: CPIC; PROS; PIRS; AMVIR; ENTRUST; PKI; PIP; NCACR; MOVES; COMIS; ORCA.

TEMPORARY TERM MAINTENANCE POSITION

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(April - September)

¡ Must be able to pass the RCMP reliability screening requirements

The Piper Creek Foundation is a non-profit seniorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s housing organization. We operate 3 lodges and 7 apartment buildings within the City of Red Deer and are currently recruiting for a Temporary Term Maintenance position.

Qualifications: â&#x20AC;˘ Emergency First Aid/CPR â&#x20AC;˘ Mandatory Criminal Record Check â&#x20AC;˘ Basic working knowledge of electricity, heating and cooling, carpentry, plumbing â&#x20AC;˘ Familiarity with OH&S Legislation â&#x20AC;˘ A willingness to learn the various aspects of the general maintenance of the buildings Closing Date: March 23, 2013 Please apply in writing to: Kim Aucoin, Office Manager #301, 4719 - 48 ASvenue, Red Deer AB T4N 3T1 Fax: 403-343-2332 or E-mail: info@pipercreek.ca

¡ Proficiency in CPIC, JOIN, PROS ¡ Must type a minimum of 40 words per minute ¡ Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written ¡ A demonstrated ability to provide solution oriented, common sense, flexible approaches to issues ¡ Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment, often with many interruptions ¡ May be required to work some nights, weekends and holidays ¡ Embrace lifelong learning and ongoing personal and organizational improvement ¡ Demonstrate the ability to maintain confidentiality when working with confidential subject matter For a more detailed job description visit www.lacombe.ca The City of Lacombe has an excellent benefits package. Salary range is $53,726 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $67,163 dependent on education and experience

We are The City of Red Deer

If you see yourself excelling in this role please forward your resume on or before April 1, 2013: Attn: Human Resources City of Lacombe 5432-56 Avenue Lacombe, AB T4L 1E9 E-mail: humanresources@lacombe.ca

MAKING IT HAPPEN! The City of Red Deer is a municipal government, eager to meet tomorrowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s challenges. Our employees are the cornerstone of our organization. We are always seeking creative and skilled individuals with the ability and desire to lead in our dynamic workplace.

All applicants are thanked for their interest, but only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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The following opportunmities are currently available:

SYSTEMS ANALYST

Development Coordinator The Development Coordinator is responsible for all aspects of the execution of the Development Agreement process, including: design review, agreement preparation, construction field inspections, stakeholder consultation, the administration of all aspects of the construction completion process, annual maintenance of offsite, area improvement and boundary improvement levy rates and for the coordination and maintenance of the Engineering department standards and publications used by The City.

Job Requirements: â&#x20AC;˘ A diploma in Civil Engineering, Survey or Drafting Technology from a post-secondary college/institute. â&#x20AC;˘ Four or more years of directly related experience in municipal engineering design and inspections

Strategic Enrollment Management Annual Salary Range: $55,312.10 - $76,054.14

The Information Technology Department is seeking a full-time Systems Analyst. The Systems Analyst is responsible for the development of an institutional reporting framework in support of organizational student recruitment and retention decisions.

IT SERVICE MANAGER

Annual Salary Range: $60,413.34 - $83,068.35

The Information Technology Department (IT) is seeking applications for the regular full-time position of Information Technology Service Manager. The Service Manager will be responsible for the continual improvement and operations of the Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s IT services and will lead the service team in analysis, design, implementation and operation of services supporting the Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s academic and administrative goals.

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We welcome your application and look forward to discussing how The City of Red Deer can become your next career choice!

For more information and to apply online please visit www.reddeer.ca

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Tiger Woods pumps his fist after sinking a putt for par on the third hole during the second round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament, Friday, March 22, 2013, in Orlando, Fla.

Software & Training Annual Salary Range: $47,415.66 to $65,196.54

The Information Technology Department (IT) is seeking a full-time permanent Systems Analyst - Training and Software. Reporting to the IT Service Manager, the Systems Analyst is responsible for the implementation, support and training of software and online services, and for the development of online documentation and tutorials.

SUMMER STUDENT POSITIONS CONFERENCE SERVICES ASSISTANT (2 Positions) Hourly Wage: $11.00

The Conference Services Department has opportunities for two (2) Conference Services Assistants to perform a hospitality role in providing customer service to our clients. This is an excellent opportunity to work closely with a diverse range of clients. The anticipated terms of employment are from April 2013 to the end of August 2013.

MARKETING COORDINATOR TECHNICIAN III CONTINUING EDUCATION

Salary Range: $47,023.37- $56,075.61 per annum

Olds College is recruiting a full-time Marketing Coordinator for its Continuing Education Department. The Marketing Coordinator will create, produce, and track the effectiveness of Continuing Education marketing campaigns across a variety of media, including print, web, video, and social media. Some weekend and evening work will be required.

Temporary

STUDENT RECRUITMENT OFFICER

Salary Range: $52,688.36- $64,989.05 per annum The Student Recruitment Department is seeking a temporary Student Recruitment Officer who will be a member of the strategic enrolment management team that is responsible for processes encompassing recruitment through enrolment of prospective students at Olds College. The term of employment will be from April, 2013 to May, 2014. The successful applicant will be required to work some evenings and weekends.

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ORLANDO, Fla. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bill Haas wanted to atone for the way he finished his opening round. He did that and more Friday and was tied for the lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

That sure wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the case for Tiger Woods.

One shot out of the lead with three holes to play, Woods closed with three sloppy bogeys to fall four shots behind going into the weekend. That makes the chore a little more difficult in his bid to defend his title at Bay Hill and return to No. 1 in the world. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The good news is weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got 36 holes to go,â&#x20AC;? Woods said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a long way to go. And certainly four shots can be made up.â&#x20AC;?

Haas not only kept bogeys off his card, his longest putt for par was no more than 4 feet in a clean round of 6-under 66. He was tied with Justin Rose, who was poised to take the outright lead until he was fooled by the speed of the greens after late afternoon showers and finished with a three-putt bogey for a 70.

They were at 9-under 135, one shot ahead of John Huh, who had a 69.

The finishing holes have proved pivotal in the opening two rounds. Haas was challenging for the lead on Thursday when he flew his tee shot into the back bunker on the par-3 17th and had to two-putt from 40 feet for bogey. Then, he three-putted from 8 feet on the 18th hole for bogey to ruin his day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So to leave, basically giving two away, my goal today was try to get those two back and go from there,â&#x20AC;?

Haas said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was kind of my mindset today, and then I was able to keep it going.â&#x20AC;?

Rose went eagle-birdie on the 16th and 17th holes that sent him on his way to an opening 65, and he regained the lead Friday with a 4-iron just off the fringe for a simple birdie on the 16th. But after a burst of rain, he thought the green might be slower than it was on his 25-foot birdie try. He ran it 5 feet by the hole, and missed it coming back. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But that was the only thing that hampered the day, really,â&#x20AC;? Rose said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All in all, exciting day and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in a good position.â&#x20AC;?

Woods hit the ball better in the second round and had to settle for a higher score, all because of his finish.

He had about 210 yards from a fairway bunker on the par-5 16th and caught it heavy, slamming the sand with the back of his club even before the ball took one hop and tumbled into the creek short of the green. He pitched up to 25 feet and took bogey. Then, he turned over his tee shot on the 17th and wound up in the rough well behind the green, and his chip went all the way through the green.

Woods followed that with a tee shot into the right rough that forced him to play short of the water, and he hit a poor chip to about 30 feet. He missed that for a 70. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made my share of mistakes on the last few holes the last couple of days, and I need to clean that up,â&#x20AC;? said Woods, who made bogeys on the 17th and 18th holes on Thursday in the middle of his round.

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Please forward a resume quoting the appropriate competition number by the closing dates indicated on our website.

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Raptors losing streak continues as Knicks win by five

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Alan Anderson hit a career high but wasn’t in the mood for celebrating Friday.

The Raptors journeyman poured in 20 of his career-high 35 points in the third quarter Friday night, but Toronto dropped a 99-94 decision to the Knicks for their third straight loss.

“It feels really good personally but when you can’t get the win, you wish you did a little bit more,” Anderson said afterward.

The Raptors didn’t have long to lament the loss. Both teams then departed the Air Canada Centre for the airport to head to New York for a rematch less than 24 hours later.

“We definitely know that (we’ll have a shot at revenge Saturday),” Amir Johnson said.

“It was a tough game, only lost by five, Melo had a great game.

All we can say to them is ’We’ll see you tomorrow.”’

DeMar DeRozan added 18 points for the Raptors (26-43), who’ve lost 10 of their last 13.

Jonas Valanciunas added 10 points and grabbed seven rebounds.

Carmelo Anthony led all scorers with 37 points in his second game back after missing six of eight with a knee injury.

“He scores in so many different ways,” Anderson said of the Knicks star. “We tried

to throw as many different looks at him as we could. But Melo is going to be Melo, and he knocked down some tough shots.”

Kenyon Martin finished with 19 points and 11 boards for the Knicks (41-26), who’ve won three in a row. JR Smith added 14 points.

The Raptors, who are winding down yet another disappointing season, never led after early in the first quarter against a Knicks team that is in hot pursuit of the Atlantic Division title.

The Knicks were up by as much as 15 before taking a 7771 advantage into the final 12 minutes in front of a sellout crowd of 19,800 fans.

Toronto pulled to within two points with 6:17 left in the game after seven consecutive points by DeRozan. But a basket by Anthony — the league’s second-leading scorer — capped a Knicks mini-run that had the visitors back up by 10 with 2:16 to play.

“He played great,” Knicks coach Mike Woodson said of Anthony. “I talked about it at the top of the game not playing him very big minutes like that but this was a game we had to go get.

“When you play a team back-to-back like that, you have to try to get that first one before they come to your place. So I just couldn’t find a gap to sit him.”

A three-pointer and a pair of free throws by Anderson,

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Toronto Raptors forward Rudy Gay, left, drives past New York Knicks forward Kenyon Martin, right, during first half NBA basketball action in Toronto on Friday, March 22, 2013. and a tip-in by rookie Terrence Ross, in the final minute made the score perhaps more respectable on an inconsistent night for the Raptors. Ross threw up a dreadful miss on a three-point attempt on Toronto’s final possession to send most of the fans to the exits.

Anderson’s previous career

high was 27 points in a loss to Oklahoma City in early January.

Raptors coach Dwane Casey wasn’t surprised Anderson, who’s toiled for two NBA teams, plus numerous franchises in Europe, has big games against good teams.

“He is a veteran,” Raptors

coach Dwane Casey said. “He has been through the wars.

There is nothing that intimidates him. He is one of our elder statesmen and it shows.

No one is going to intimidate him.

“He is not going to get overly frustrated. That is how he plays.”

Jays beat Sox as Janssen has perfect inning in spring debut BYTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Emilio Bonifacio (1) throws to first after forcing out Boston Red Sox Xander Bogaerts in a fifth-inning double play of a spring training baseball game in Dunedin, Fla., Friday, March 22, 2013. The Blue Jays won 1-0.

DUNEDIN, Fla. — Toronto closer Casey Janssen opened in impressive fashion.

Janssen struck out two during a perfect seventh inning in his spring debut as the Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 1-0 Friday.

“First time out there, I guess it couldn’t have gone any better,” Janssen said.

Janssen, who finished with 22 saves last season, had surgery in November to address lingering shoulder soreness. After striking out Lyle Overbay and Mauro Gomez, the right-hander got a grounder from Mike Carp.

“His ball was exploding,” Toronto manager John Gibbons said. “I thought he was popping the ball pretty good, so that’s a great sign.”

J.A. Happ continued his strong exhibition season, allowing two hits in six shutout innings for Toronto. The left-hander could begin the season at Triple-A, in a long relief role or at some point move into a starting spot if

the Blue Jays decide to drop struggling Ricky Romero from the rotation.

Happ admitted that his undetermined status has weighed on him.

“The great thing is, my teammates are great,” Happ said. “That certainly helped.”

Happ has given up four runs over 19 innings in six games.

Gibbons again reiterated that Romero is in the rotation.

Romero is 0-1 with a 7.27 ERA in four big league exhibition games. The left-hander had control issues in a minor league game Thursday after working on mechanics with pitching coach Pete Walker.

“He’s making some changes, and you don’t expect them to happen right away,” Gibbons said. “Hopefully his next go around it’s going to be better.”

Romero is scheduled to pitch Tuesday against Pittsburgh.

Sergio Santos, expected to fill in if Janssen is not ready for opening day, struck out three, walked one and had two wild pitches during a scoreless eighth.

U.S. wins tiebreaker, will play Homan in Page playoff 3-4 game

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS RIGA, Latvia — The cobblestone streets and picturesque beauty of the Latvian capital provided a welcome respite from the rigours of competition for the Canadian team at the world women’s curling championship.

Rachel Homan and her Ottawa Curling Club teammates took full advantage of a favourable schedule by sleeping in, doing some shopping and enjoying a leisurely Friday while taking in the city’s historic village.

By late afternoon, they were refreshed and wellrested as they got back down to business with a 30-minute practice session ahead of Saturday’s Page playoff 3-4 game against the United States.

“This week we had a lot of morning games and it’s a little bit stressful when you’re not in your own bed, trying to get a good sleep and (have to) wake up at six,” said Canadian third Emma Miskew. “So it was nice to just not set an alarm in the morning.”

The Canadians treated themselves to a nice breakfast and visited some local shops later in the day.

It was a welcome change from the whirlwind pace they’ve maintained since competing at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts a few weeks earlier.

“It was nice to have one day where we could just do our own thing and relax a little bit, which we haven’t really had a chance to do ... I feel a lot more energized now,” Miskew said.

Canada finished third in the round robin at 8-3 and got a nice break with an off-day once the playoff

schedule was set. American skip Erika Brown was 6-5 and claimed the fourth playoff spot with a 7-4 win over Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni in Friday’s tiebreaker at the Volvo Sports Center.

Sweden’s Margaretha Sigfridsson defeated Scotland’s Eve Muirhead 7-5 in the Page playoff 1-2 game later in the day. Sigfridsson advanced to Sunday’s gold-medal game while Muirhead will play in the semifinal on Saturday night.

The 3-4 game winner advances to the semifinal.

The winner of the semifinal plays for gold on Sunday while the loser plays the 3-4 game loser for bronze.

Canada’s round-robin losses came to the teams that made the playoffs. The Americans needed an extra end to get by Homan 5-4 last Monday night.

Early jitters may have been a problem for the Canadians, who are making their first world championship appearance and took a few days to settle into a rhythm. Homan closed out the round robin with four straight wins and enters the playoffs with plenty of momentum.

The 40-year-old Brown is making her seventh career appearance here and has a veteran team to back her up. The Canadians, meanwhile, are all in their mid-20s.

“I think they have a great team top to bottom,” Brown said. “I think we have a lot of years with us and I have a lot of experience so hopefully that’ll help us out a bit.”

Brown, a resident of Oakville, Ont., won silver medals at the world championships in 1996 and 1999.

The dual citizen hopes to take advantage of the increased pressure that Canada may face while repre-

senting a curling-mad country like Canada.

Homan, meanwhile, is content to use the same approach that worked so well at the recent national playdowns.

“I think it’s no different than at the Scotties or any level of competition,” she said. “We know we have the ability to win but there’s a lot of tough teams you’ve got to beat and a lot of pressure to try to win every game. We face that pressure all the time so it’s no different coming here and trying to win. I feel the same.

“I feel like we can win and I have confidence in my team. We’ve just got to keep playing well.”

Homan is hoping to win Canada’s first world women’s title since Manitoba’s Jennifer Jones was victorious in 2008. The 23-year-old skip beat Jones last month in Kingston, Ont., to qualify for the world championship.

Canadian coach Earle Morris thinks Homan has shown she’s quite comfortable in high-pressure moments.

“If you’re a great skip you embrace playing in the position, you embrace playing in the spotlight and Rachel demonstrates that time and time again that she likes being there,” he said. “And the results speak for themselves.”

Alberta’s Heather Nedohin skipped Canada to a bronze medal at the 2012 event in Lethbridge. Switzerland’s Mirjam Ott won gold last year.

Canada leads all countries with 29 podium appearances in the tournament’s 34-year history. Canada also leads with 15 gold medals, well ahead of second-place Sweden with eight.

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About $300,000 was raised by the Red Deer Hospice Society during its recent Celebrity Dance-Off. Nearly 1,000 people attended the second annual event, which was won by Terry Loewen of Platinum Homes and Natalie Brooks of Chair Tease Dance Studio.

Other local celebrities teamed with professional dancers at the hospice’s gala. The dancers included former citizens of the year Lyn Radford and Jim McPherson, Gloria Beck of Parkland Nurseries, Tera Lee of CKGY, Gord Mathers of Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, city Coun. Tara Veer and realtor Dusty Smith.

The group of eight raised $220,000 and with other proceeds such as ticket sales and raffles, the grand total was $300,000.

“It’s a phenomenal amount and we’re absolutely thrilled,” said executive director Brenda Watson.

She said after eight years of providing a home for the terminally ill, the money will be used for a makeover as well as for general operating expenses.

“We’ve seen a lot of traffic in that eight years and it’s time to do a makeover and some maintenance.”

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JEWISH PASSOVER Jesus’s Last Supper was actually a Jewish Passover. Tzachi Danor and his wife Sarah from Israel of Jews for Jesus will recreate the traditional passover service and explain how it foreshadowed Jesus’s death and resurrection in a presentation called Christ in the Passover.

The talk will run at First Baptist Church at 4310 39th St. on Easter Sunday, March 31, at 10:30 a.m. Everyone is welcome. Tzachi will set a table with items traditionally used at the Passover meal and detail their spiritual significance.

Group still fighting for Michener Centre PUBLIC MEETINGS TO BE HELD IN RED DEER, CALGARY AND EDMONTON

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF A group determined to keep Michener Centre open for existing residents is hosting public meetings next week in Red Deer, Calgary and Edmonton.

The first of the three meetings will be held in Red Deer on Tuesday, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Sheraton Red Deer Hotel, 3310 Gaetz Ave. Bill Lough, president of the Society of Parents and Friends of Michener Services, said the meetings are to inform the public and families who are directly impacted by the province’s new plan to close Michener Centre by next January and moving the remaining 125 residents with developmental disabilities to group homes or seniors

facilities.

“I’ve had mothers phone me from lodges wondering what they’re going to do. They’re basically in their last years and this is extremely upsetting when they have someone at Michener for 40, 50, 60 years, and all of a sudden they’re going to pull the rug out from underneath them,” said Lough earlier this week.

“They not getting any direct answers from the government other than saying, ‘Don’t worry, trust us.’ That’s not a plan.”

More brothers and sisters of Michener residents then ever before are contacting the society, said Lough, who is from Sundre.

Up until now, families believed remaining residents, whose average age is 60, would be allowed to stay at Michener until they died, based on a 2008 report that recommended consolidating all operations at Michener’s south site, said Lough. His brother was a resident at Michener for more than 20 years before he died.

“We aren’t talking about reopening the doors to admissions. All we’re asking is that

TOSSING ’EM BACK

HEALTH COUNCIL NEEDS VOICES The Health Quality Council of Alberta needs three rural Albertans for its Patient/Family Safety Advisory Panel. The two-year-old panel identifies, studies, reviews and advocates for improved patient safety in the province’s health-care system.

The council wants to increase the current membership of eight to 11 with panelists from outside Calgary and Edmonton. Applicants must be 18 or older, Alberta residents and want a safer healthcare system. More information is available online at www.hqca.ca or by calling 403-2978162. The deadline for application is April 15.

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We would like to hear from you if you see something worthy of coverage. And we would appreciate hearing from you if you see something inaccurate in our pages.

We strive for complete, accurate coverage of Central Alberta and are happy to correct any errors we may commit.

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Red Deer MLA makes history

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

TRASH TALK Red Deerians have one last shot to talk trash before a draft Waste Management Plan wraps up on March 31.

The last event for this first phase of the plan takes place on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Collicutt Centre on 30th Avenue and from 2 to 5 p.m. at the G.H. Dawe Community Centre on Holt Street. Residents can share their ideas through Facebook or go online at www. reddeer.ca/wmmp and take a survey. The draft plan will help residents and businesses to reduce the amount of waste sent to the landfill through waste reduction and recycling initiatives. “It’s the final stage before all the feedback we received is included in the plan and hopefully adopted by city council,” said Janet Whitesell, waste management superintendent. “It has been incredible how much feedback we are receiving from residents; our survey alone has received over 800 responses to date.”

government respect what they promised these people.”

Residents and their families are not being given a choice, he said.

“This is basically the government downloading its responsibility onto the private sector and families.

“Hopefully we can get enough grassroots support to reverse this decision.”

The Society of Parents and Friends of Michener Services encourage people to visit — www.keepmicheneropen.com — to sign and email a letter to Premier Alison Redford asking that Michener Centre stay open for existing residents. Or they can call their local MLA or the premier’s office. The society’s Facebook page is www.facebook. com/friendsofmichenercentre.

The Calgary meeting is on Wednesday, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Acadia Recreation Centre.

The Edmonton meeting is on Thursday, from 7:15 to 9:15 p.m. at Commonwealth Community Recreation Centre. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Caroline Trofimuk tosses a beanbag during a game of Beanbag Baseball at the Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre this week. The game was part of Birthday Club, an event put on by Victoria Park retirement residence on the third Thursday of every month in the Roy Simpson Lounge at the Golden Circle.

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BRIEFS Red Deer hospital fire deliberately set A fire at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre this week was deliberately set.

A Red Deer Emergency Services fire inspector said a mattress was set ablaze by a Unit 36 patient.

“It happened on the psychiatric ward of the hospital. The patient had some mental health issues,” said Kim Kivell.

There were no injuries from Wednesday’s 9:20 a.m. incident. Patients in Unit 36 and adjacent wards were evacuated due to smoke and gases from the fire.

Kivell said fire damage was limited to the mattress, bed and flooring of one room.

“There’s a fair amount of damage due to the water from the sprinkler system,” he said, adding it seeped through to the floor below.

Red Deer RCMP Cpl. Sarah Knelsen said no charges have been filed against the patient though the incident remains under investigation.

Slutwalk planned for April The city’s first Slutwalk marches around Red Deer College campus next month.

Organized by four RDC social work students, the walk brings awareness to the issue of blaming rape victims because of what they wear.

The march begins at 7 p.m. at the li-

Women ruled the legislature for the first time in Alberta on Wednesday.

Red Deer North MLA Mary Anne Jablonski entered the history books as the first woman in the legislature’s 108-year history to preside over question period.

She joined Premier Alison Redford and Opposition Leader Danielle Smith, who are firsts in their own right. “I feel very proud and very privileged,” Jablonski said on Thursday.

As the deputy chair of committees, Jablonski is technically the third Speaker in line. So when Speaker Gene Zwozdesky was at a conference, he appointed deputy Speak- Red Deer North MLA er George Rogers to sit in the chair on Monday and Mary Anne Jablonski in Tuesday and Jablonski to Speaker’s gown and hat. fill in on Wednesday.

Jablonski said she was greeted by a loud round of applause and cheers from both sides of the house when she entered.

“I wasn’t really nervous,” laughed Jablonski. “I was more nervous about the robes and the hat that I had to wear. It was a woman thing. You have to wear the hat and then you have to take it off. So of course, you would have a bad hair day. And the robes are quite flashy but you get used to them.”

Jablonski has presided over debate previously so she was ready for what came her way.

Last year, she considered submitting her name to replace former Speaker Ken Kowalski, who retired last spring. In the end, she decided to stick to representing the residents from Red Deer North.

Jablonski said it felt good sitting in the chair and hopes she gets to fill Zwozdesky’s seat again.

“It is a whole new perspective,” said Jablonski.

“You have to watch a number of things that are going on in the house. The main duty of Speaker, especially during question period, is to maintain order in the house. Of course people will say things to deliberately push other people’s buttons. Those are some of the things you have to look out for and you have to calm it down.”

Jablonski said her son asked on Wednesday morning whether a woman has ever presided over question period. That compelled them to do a little research and they discovered Jablonski would make history.

Jablonski said the experience has taught her, “A woman can do the job just as well as a man can.” crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

brary’s side doors. The event will run for two hours. A speaker from the Central Alberta AIDS Network Society is expected to speak in the college forum after the march.

The idea of the walk stemmed from the statement made by a Toronto police officer who infamously said in 2011 that women should avoid dressing like a slut in order not to be victimized. A small group of women responded to the statement by protesting in the first march on April 3, 2011.

Now cities across the world hold their own walks to challenge the mindset that the victim is to blame.

Student Amber Pidhirney said both men and women are invited to participate. She said participants are encouraged to dress how they see fit. Pidhirney said, “The name Slutwalk does not mean you have to dress provocatively.”

For more information, contact Pidhirney at amber_pidhirney@hotmail.com.

STARS Lottery sells out early, top prizes announced Tuesday The 2013 STARS Lottery sold out early so the top 10 prizes will be drawn on Tuesday and will air on Global Breakfast Television.

Top prizes include four dream homes, one of them located in Red Deer at 15 Sawyer Close. The three-bedroom Southbrook home is worth $939,750.

All 1,115,000 lottery tickets were sold.

Retail value of all prizes is $5.6 million, including GST. Drawing for prizes began on Wednesday due to the early sellout. Winners will be posted April 5 at www.starslottery.ca.

STARS Lottery is the single largest fundraising initiative for the non-profit air ambulance service.

STARS Air Ambulance provides service in Alberta 24 hours a day, seven days a week from bases in Calgary, Edmonton and Grande Prairie. In 2012, STARS responded to an average of four emergencies a day.

Condo owners urged to join consultation process Central Alberta condominium owners can still take part in an Alberta government consultation process regarding the development, purchase and operation of condominiums.

The consultation will end on May 2.

Since Feb. 13, Service Alberta has received close to 3,000 responses to the online survey and almost 75 per cent have come from condominium owners.

The survey covers a wide range of topics, including consumer protection for buyers and insurance requirements. The survey can be found online at letstalkcondos.servicealberta.ca. People can also get a free hard copy by calling 1-877-427-4088 toll free.

Service Alberta Minister Manmeet S. Bhullar said they have received tremendous public interest and input so far.

“The conversation has been very productive and worthwhile and that’s a dialogue we want to continue,” said Bhullar in a news release. “We also want to remind people that all ideas will be considered, not just those highlighted in the survey.”

Service Alberta is also reviewing Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench recent decision.

It says a bare land condominium doesn’t have authority under the Condominium Property Act to collect funds in advance from owners for repairing and maintaining portions of bare land units or managed property.

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’Tis the papal gift to be simple The rise of Pope Francis has cerFrancis is so reluctant to change his tainly raised new questions for Vatican style, noted Palmo, that this trend even watchers, such as: How significant is it “extends under the white cassock, to that he has not been wearing cuff links? boot: the Argentine pontiff’s preferencIn the past, this kind of dees don’t just make his move tail “would be seen as frivoto keep wearing black pants lous,” noted Rocco Palmo of visible through the garment, Philadelphia, whose Whisbut likewise highlight the pers In The Loggia site is must untucked tails of his white reading for Catholic insiders. dress shirt.

Now, this pope’s commit“In other words, the lack ment to beyond-symbolic of fuss isn’t just a show for simplicity is causing relithe world. But having degious leaders, journalists, clined the archbishop’s residiplomats and Catholics at dence in Buenos Aires for every level to wrestle with a flat where he did his own the importance of his Jesuit cooking, and riding around roots, as well as his devotion the city on buses and subTERRY to St. Francis of Assisi. ways without an entourage, The symbolism began that was fairly well-estabMATTINGLY with his introduction, when lished.” he wore simple white vestThe connections to St. ments — the papal equivaFrancis are obvious and, this lent of street clothes — and past weekend, the new pope declined a formal, ermine-trimmed red explained to media professionals why cape. He has been wearing his steel he chose that name. pectoral cross, rather than an ornate But while telling this story, the pope gold papal model. He has favored black offered another layer of content for walking shoes over dramatic red foot- journalists who had ears to hear his wear. deeper, more critical, message.

Greeting the masses in St. Peter’s As the votes lined up in favor of the Square, he bowed and said: “Before the cardinal from Argentina, he said a bishop blesses the people, I ask that you friend hugged him and advised, “Don’t would pray to the Lord to bless me.” forget the poor.”

Then he rode the bus with the cardi“And those words came to me: the nals, one white skullcap among the red poor, the poor,” said Francis, accordones. He returned to the Domus Paulus ing to a Vatican Radio translation.

VI — where he roomed pre-conclave — “Then, right away, thinking of the poor, to collect his luggage and pay his own I thought of Francis of Assisi. Then I bill. The pope has been placing some of thought of all the wars. ... Francis is also his own calls, shocking clergy who an- the man of peace. That is how the name swer their telephones and find the oc- came into my heart: Francis of Assisi. cupant of St. Peter’s throne on the other “For me, he is the man of poverty, the end of the line. man of peace, the man who loves and

RELIGION

LOCAL EVENTS MONDAY, MARCH 25 Holy Week Services: Mar. 25 — St. Leonard’s on the Hill with Preacher Liz Richards and Liturgist Gary Sinclair; Mar. 26 — Gaetz United Church with Preacher Wayne Reid and Liturgist Jeff Rock and Liz Reid; Mar. 27 —Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Preacher Marc Jerry and Liturgist Dave Bouchard; Mar. 28 Knox Presbyterian Church with Preacher Rilla Sommerville and Liturgist Wayne Reid.

All services begin at noon, followed by a soup lunch. For further information contact Linda at 403-347-6073.

protects creation.

These days we do not have a very good relationship with creation, do we?

He is the man who gives us this spirit of peace. ... How I would like a church which is poor and for the poor!”

On one level, these remarks to the press focused on issues — economic justice, peace and the environment — that are usually framed in political language in news reports. However, Francis stressed that it is crucial for journalists to realize that pivotal religious events, such as his election, cannot be reduced to mere politics.

“Ecclesial events are certainly no more intricate than political or economic events,” said the pope. Nevertheless, they “follow a pattern which does not readily correspond to the ‘worldly’ categories which we are accustomed to use, and so it is not easy to interpret and communicate them to a wider and more varied public. ...

“All of this leads me to thank you once more for your work in these particularly demanding days, but also to ask you to try to understand more fully the true nature of the church, as well as her journey in this world, with her virtues and her sins, and to know the spiritual concerns which guide her and are the most genuine way to understand her.”

The bottom line? “The church is certainly a human and historical institution with all that that entails,” he said, “yet her nature is not essentially political but spiritual.”

TUESDAY, MARCH 26 Lacombe Seventh Day Adventist Food and Clothing Bank welcomes gently used items at 5025 53 St. in Lacombe.

Hours of operation are Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 1 to 4 p.m., Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m., and Fridays from 1 to 3 p.m. Contact Millie at 403-782-6777.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 Living Stones Church seniors monthly luncheon will be offered on Mar. 27 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. The cost is $8 per person at the door. Guest singer is Laurisa Williams. Phone 403-347-7311.

UPCOMING EVENTS Mary Rice Hopkins Live in Concert will be presented by Noah’s Ark Playschool ministry of First Christian Reform Church at the church as part of their tenth anniversary celebration on April 13, 6:30 p.m. Darcie Maze of Puppets with a Heart will be special guest performer. Search Facebook for Mary Rice Hopkins in Red Deer for details. General Admission tickets cost $5. Children under two years free. Call 403-346-5659 to reserve tickets.

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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Endeavour goes on forever SINGER/SONGWRITER RON SEXSMITH IS ON A JOURNEY TO DISCOVER THE ‘INNER HUMAN’ LANDSCAPE

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Ron Sexsmith has travelled the globe, but he is no sightseer.

Although the Toronto-based singer/songwriter has toured Europe, Asia and Australia, as well as North America, a lot of his favourite views are from hotel room windows.

“I look out at what I can see and play my guitar,” said Sexsmith, who once sent his parents off on a bus tour of London when they asked to see Buckingham Palace. He had no interest in the Queen’s digs.

Sexsmith prefers walking down the street to a nearby coffee shop or discovering a “real” restaurant where locals might eat.

“Sometimes I get out and see things, like I might go to a museum, but I’ve never been a big sightseer,” admitted the singer, who performs with opening act Mo Kenney on Thursday at The Hideout, south of Red Deer.

And maybe that figures.

Surroundings don’t really factor in Sexsmith’s music.

What inspires his introspective, reflective songs — which have earned praise from Elton John, Paul McCartney, Steve Earle, Elvis Costello and others — is the inner landscape of being human.

His latest album, Forever Endeavour, offers poignant and poetic tunes about love and the passage of time — and the relief and regrets that come with it.

Sexsmith said he knew from an early age that everything is finite.

“I was about two years old and I was playing a Buddy Holly record when somebody mentioned that he died in a plane crash. That made everything spooky all of a sudden.

I realized it doesn’t go on forever.”

If this sounds unusually astute for a two-year-old, Sexsmith admitted, “I wasn’t really a carefree kid. I was a bit like ... I thought about things and I worried about things. ...”

Later, as a teen growing up in St. Catharines, Ont., he didn’t excel at academics.

Playing the guitar and drawing were his only interests, so his parents encouraged his creativity — even after he decided to pursue a career in music.

Photo by MICHAEL D’AMICO

In search of ‘real’ places: Ron Sexsmith performs with opening act Mo Kenney on Thursday at The Hideout.

‘I GUESS IF YOU ARE A GOOD SONGWRITER, YOU HAVE TO PUT ACROSS YOUR OWN POINT OF VIEW AND PEOPLE HAVE TO BELIEVE IN THAT AND BELIEVE IN YOU, AS THE WHOLE PACKAGE.’ — RON SEXSMITH

“They did worry about me moving to Toronto and failing miserably,” said Sexsmith, who neither looked nor sounded like a mainstream musician.

And admittedly, he did have a few lean years.

Canadian audiences didn’t initially appreciate his lyricsdriven songs, perhaps because they lacked easy musical hooks to latch onto.

But Sexsmith made fans in the United Kingdom and Europe before his 2004 pop-flavoured album Retriever gained domestic notice and radio play.

He also won a Songwriter of the Year Juno for the tune Whatever it Takes from that release.

“That started to change things a bit for me,” recalled

Sexsmith, who has been picking up steam with domestic audiences ever since — particularly with 2011’s Long Player Late Bloomer, which was nominated for a Polaris Music Prize and Juno Award for adult alternative album of the year.

His latest Forever Endeavor effort takes a step back into bittersweet melancholia.

The album of very personal songs was produced Mitchell Froom, who helped create several of Sexsmith earlier albums.

But the orchestration is more lush and finished on this one.

Sexsmith said every musical part was written before the recording process began, so no jamming was required.

“I thought that was pretty cool, because I’ve never made

a record like that before.”

He’s very happy with the result, which includes affecting tunes such as Deepens with Time, a song originally written for Faith Hill, but changed to reflect Sexsmith’s own childhood memories, and Snake Road, about a regrettable period of fast living and “bad behaviour.”

The 49-year-old sometimes feels it’s “beyond belief” that his music has connected with so many people, including his childhood icon Elton John, whose praise came “out of the blue.”

“I guess if you are a good songwriter, you have to put across your own point of view and people have to believe in that and believe in you, as the whole package,” said Sexsmith, who points out Tom

Waits, Randy Newman and Leonard Cohen are beloved for having a distinctive style.

In fact, words such as “naked,” “wounded” and “broken” have become associated with Cohen, he added.

“Some people are not going to get it, but for the people who do, (the connection) becomes a real, personal thing.”

If there’s one constant theme that Sexsmith believes applies to his own songwriting, it’s the sense of time passing.

Tickets to the 8 p.m. show (doors open at 6 p.m.) are $30 at the door or $25 in advance from The Hideout in Gasoline Alley.

For more information, call 403-348-5319. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate. com

Saving America and Gerard Butler’s career NO CLICHÉ IS TOO OUTRAGEOUS IN OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN Olympus Has Fallen 2.5 stars (out of four) Rated: 14A

cinema. The rogue North Koreans led by leering maniac Kang (Rick Yune, a former Bond villain) are so jaw-droppingly evil, the only thing they don’t do The White House is occupied by is dropkick the presidential puppy off North Korean terrorists, the the White House balcony.

U.S. president is held hosThey give Butler’s onetage and millions of Ameriman army, “disgraced” cans face nuclear annihilaSecret Service ace Mike tion — but can we focus on Banning, ample excuse to the real emergency here, kick ass, slice throats and people? impale skulls as he seeks to Olympus Has Fallen may save his career, the presiwell be the career last stand dent and America, in that for actor/producer Gerard order.

Butler, whose recent strings I put “disgraced” in of bombs have toppled him quotes because Olympus from the heroic heights of Has Fallen loves to have 300 to the rom-com depths of it both ways (and this inPETER Playing for Keeps. cludes having two presiHOWELL The Scottish stallion is dents, the real one played box-office poison, and he

by Eckhart and the acting and director Antoine Fuqua one played by Morgan Free(Training Day) surely know man, as House Speaker). it. Together they shamelessA prologue shows us ly, and successfully, turn this hoary Banning manfully attending to an “Die Hard in the White House” action emergency that threatens the lives of scenario into something approaching the president and first lady (Ashley diverting entertainment, even as insti- Judd). Jump ahead six months, and tutions crumble, heads explode and Banning is an outcast, banished to a bodies stack with sickening intensity. desk job at the Treasury Department No cliché is too outrageous for them, as punishment for a tragedy not of his or for screenwriters Creighton Roth- making. enberger and Katrin Benedikt, in the But who you gonna call when the mission to build up Butler while at the godless Commies launch a coordinated same time bucking up sagging Ameri- air and ground assault on Washington, can morale.

D.C., the White House and the nation’s There’s a kid in jeopardy, Old Glory nuclear-defence system, in scenes that tattered and tossed, the president (Aar- chillingly evoke the horror of 9/11? on Eckhart) and his peeps bound and Maybe not Banning, who is still in battered, and the Washington Monu- the doghouse. ment sliced ’n’ diced — and that’s just But when he manages to force his to get your blood up. way into the occupied White House, Olympus Has Fallen also features literally leaping over the bodies of the most stereotypical portrayals of tourists, police and guards killed in fearsome foreigners since rapacious the attack, he becomes “the best hope Russians and surly Arabs lit up 1980s you’ve got” to redeem himself, to avert

MOVIES

File photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Gerard Butler in a scene from Olympus Has Fallen: the film is over the top, but likely to be box office gold. nuclear catastrophe and to close “the gates of Hell” (say this last bit with Morgan Freeman authority).

It all goes down shockingly well, even if Butler lacks the sarcastic wit of a Bruce Willis or Arnold Schwarzenegger and even as the film keeps upping the eye-rolling quotient with cartoon characters.

We get Angela Bassett as a tightassed Secret Service director, Robert Forster as a stiff-necked general and Melissa Leo as an attention-grabbing Secretary of Defence.

We also get Radha Mitchell, once an action woman (Pitch Black) now reduced to playing the role of Banning’s long-suffering wife. In the film’s silliest moment (and there are many), she gets a cellphone call from hubby, taking a break from booting North Korean butt, who tells her that he’s gonna have to miss date night yet again, honey. He has a nation to rescue!

It’s impossible to watch Olympus Has Fallen without pondering what effect this racially provocative movie will

have on real-life relations between the U.S. and North Korea, which are the opposite of friendly at the moment.

And you can’t help wondering if we’re all being used by a film that could double as a dandy PSA for the CIA, FBI and Homeland Security.

America’s top spooks are undoubtedly very happy to scare the pants off Americans (and their budget-conscious congressmen) who might otherwise dare question the billions spent on defense and security.

Didja see how easily those savages invaded the White House? You don’t want that to happen, do ya?

Let’s not forget our No. 1 concern: can Olympus Has Fallen revive the career of Gerard Butler? The box office will rule (I’m betting the film does gangbusters), but if all else fails, there’s surely a spot in the roster for the burly Scot in the next chapter of The Expendables.

Peter Howell is a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

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God of War taps franchise well one time too many God of War: Ascension Platform: PlayStation 3 Genre: Action Publisher: Sony ESRB Rating: M, for Mature Grade: 3.5 stars (out of 5)

ishing moves still elicits a fair share of giddy “ewws.”

Several levels take place on islands — or gods that pose as islands — before you engage in a massive battle.

The boss battles themselves pose perhaps the weakest element of the Perhaps playing Ascension on the game, since many (while, again, stunheels of the excellent Tomb ning to watch) take place Raider sharpened my whirover a series of quick-time ring blades of criticism. events, highlighting the These two games perfectly game’s graphics and not the illustrate how one prequel skill it takes to defeat ensimply hits the mark while emies. another exceeds all expecThrow in some mindless tations. repetition and too often You can’t say that Krabattles turn into a series tos came from humble beof “wait for X to happen so ginnings, because from the you can perform Y move get-go his adventures in the and do damage.” Sure, this long-running God of War segame does it better than ries have continually reinabout any other buttonCHRIS forced his legacy as a violent masher on the planet, but CAMPBELL man hell-bent on revenge this long into the franchise against the gods. you could understand fans The gods trick him into expecting a bit more depth. killing his wife and child, so Ascension features the you know that kind of seething anger series’ first foray into online multionly unleashes a brutal spree of retri- player. Really, it should have kept that bution. one in a tomb with the mummies.

And as just about any gamer knows, It fails to deliver meaningful action no one does revenge of this gory and or a reason to play beyond a dozen or beautiful magnitude like Kratos. Few so sessions. games are as strikingly gorgeous to Ascension disappoints because it view while so much barbarity takes brings nothing new to the character’s place. legacy.

The series staple of grotesque finEverything that needed to be said in

GAME ON

this franchise felt wrapped up nicely in God of War III, but Sony tapped this well again, hoping to please the gods (err, gamers) with its offering.

Those who wisely delved into the backstory of Lara Croft in Tomb Raider saw how wonderfully that original story unfolded.

Kratos doesn’t get a similar treatment; rather, we’re treated to another brutal escapade that’s fun to play but lacks the complexity of its contemporaries.

Follow Chris Campbell @campbler or email game_on_games@mac.com.

Leno is one of NBC’s few successes BUT STRUGGLING NETWORK PLANS TO OUST HIM FOR JIMMY FALLON

Stanfields play The Vat The Stanfields are bringing their dynamic live show to Red Deer on the heels of winning two East Coast Music Awards.

The Nova Scotia musicians who took home a Fans’ Choice ECMA, as well as Group Recording of the Year for the album Death and Taxes, will perform on Monday at The Vat. The Stanfields are known for a high-octane stage show, kitchen party harmonies, and a thunderous rhythm sec-

tion. The group has performed at the Vancouver Olympics and Junofest, and shared stages with Big Sugar, The Trews and The Arkells.

The band’s next stop after this Canadian tour is Germany, where The Stanfields are booked for two festivals.

For more information, call The Vat at 403-3465636.

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Jimmy Fallon, host of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, laughs on the set of his show in New York. NBC is building a new studio for Fallon and rumours are circulating that he will replace Jay Leno on the Tonight Show in 2014. posed by Kimmel. So far this year, the Tonight show is averaging 3.42 million viewers, Letterman has 3.03 million and Kimmel has 2.57 million, according to the Nielsen Co. Leno is also leading among the 18-to-49-year-old age group that NBC considers most important. Leno’s and Letterman’s viewership has gone down from last year; Kimmel’s numbers aren’t comparable because he now has an earlier time slot.

If NBC is looking for an immediate infusion of youthful energy from Fallon’s audience, that may be optimistic.

While the average age of Leno’s audience is 58.1, the oldest in late-night, Fallon’s audience is less than five years younger at 53.3.

Fallon also hasn’t been gaining in popularity; his average audience has slipped from 1.7 million last year to 1.6 million the year before, according to Nielsen.

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NEW YORK — Jay Leno and the Tonight show is one of the few remaining successful programs that NBC has on its network. So why would its executives think about getting rid of him?

NBC has confirmed that it is building a new studio for Jimmy Fallon at its New York headquarters but refuses to comment on reports that Fallon is due to replace Leno on a New York-based Tonight show as early as next year.

With Leno already taking potshots at network executives regularly in his monologue, the network risks repeating the nightmare of 2010, when Conan O’Brien failed at Tonight and NBC brought Leno back.

“They seem to be making the same mistakes over and over again with a new regime,” said Christine Becker, an associate professor at Notre Dame University and author of the News For TV Majors blog.

“You kind of wonder what’s in the water at NBC that is making them make that decision.”

On its face, such a move would seem like a proactive strategy from NBC’s new corporate owners at Comcast Corp., known for its decisive decisionmaking.

Leno, 62, and his longtime rival David Letterman, 65, are approaching the end of their long late-night reigns. Fallon, 38 and with his own late-night show getting critical acclaim, represents the next generation.

So does Jimmy Kimmel, 45, at ABC, and that network made the strategic chess move in January to give him the same time slot as Leno and Letterman.

Leno’s contract expires next year and so does Letterman’s, so some corporate fear might be involved: Does NBC risk losing Fallon to another network that can offer an earlier time slot than the 12:35 a.m. one he currently occupies? There’s also some concern that Kimmel will establish himself as the 11:35 p.m. favourite of a younger audience before Fallon can establish himself.

While all the corporate thinking is going on, Leno has continued to stay in the ratings lead.

That’s no small feat at NBC, which has seen its prime-time lineup collapse to historic ratings lows this winter. Leno, Saturday Night Live, and Brian Williams’ Nightly News are the only reliable ratings leaders left at the network.

Leno has held strong against the ratings challenge

hour, either online or watching cable.

The median age of O’Brien’s audience is 39.5 and Chelsea Handler’s is 35.6.

Both Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have audiences with median ages of 42. When O’Brien replaced Leno at Tonight, the audience didn’t follow.

The Tonight show ratings dipped alarmingly, and NBC had to bring back Leno to stave off a revolt from its affiliates.

There’s no guarantee that Fallon will succeed where O’Brien failed.

How Leno’s fans would react to the idea of him leaving the Tonight show before he wants is anybody’s guess.

Leno, with a relentless run of jokes targeting the futility of NBC executives in recent weeks, doesn’t seem particularly happy.

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Skills training embraced

BY LAUREN KRUGEL THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Alberta business groups say a rejigged skills training program included in the most recent federal budget could offer some relief for the province’s tight labour market.

Travis Davies of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers says connecting the right workers with the right jobs is a “huge challenge” in the oilpatch, where skilled tradespeople such as pipefitters and plumbers are in high demand.

“To the degree that you can get support from both the federal government and the provincial government, it’s very positive,” he said.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty made skills training a centrepiece of the 2013-14 budget with the Canada Job Grant.

Ottawa, provincial governments and employers would each shoulder a third of the $15,000 training grant, which is expected to come into effect about a year from now.

Ottawa still needs to get the provinces on side with the plan, and Quebec and Ontario have already expressed misgivings.

But in the West, where unemployment rates are very low, the idea is being embraced.

The man in charge of recruitment at oil producer Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSX:CVE) called the announcement “exciting.”

“I think it provides an opportunity and incentive for all appropriate stakeholders to work more closely together,” he said.

“I think it’s important to recognize that this is a piece of the puzzle. It’s not something that was announced to be the ultimate solution.”

Ben Brunnen, chief economist at the Calgary Chamber of Commerce, called the job

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BLACKBERRY Z10 GOES ON SALE IN THE U.S. Demand appears to be underwhelming so far for the new BlackBerry Z10, with no store lineups reported on the day the touchscreen smartphone made its debut in the U.S, according to analysts.

The launch in the U.S., considered to be a key market for BlackBerry, comes about six weeks after the smartphone began selling in Canada and the United Kingdom.

The new BlackBerry is now is available through major wireless carrier AT&T. “I had to ask the salesperson, ’Where is this phone?”’ said telecom analyst Anil Doradla, who tried out a BlackBerry Z10 at an AT&Tstore in downtown Chicago.

“The placement of the phone is along with all the other phones. It’s not an exclusive placement.”

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grant a “great first step” that is “key to helping to alleviate the labour challenges.”

“What that does is it ensures that the provinces and the federal government and employers get together at the same table to make sure they get the right people with the right skills in the right job.”

The labour tightness is not restricted to Alberta’s all-important oil and gas industry, Brunnen said. The tourism and hospitality industries, for instance, are also having a tough time.

“It definitely permeates across the Alberta economy,” he said. “There are particular occupations under pressure in Alberta that are confronted with relatively chronic shortages and increasingly, employers have been focusing on overseas and immigrants as solutions to the labour challenges.”

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Cyprus lawmakers approve key bills

CP RAIL CEO GOT $49.2M IN COMPENSATION LAST YEAR CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. CEO Hunter Harrison received a total of $49.2 million in compensation last year, most of it to make up for pension and other payments that his previous employer refused to pay when he took the top job at the rival railway.

Harrison’s direct compensation, including a $1 million base salary, totalled $4.1 million in 2012, according to an information circular posted ahead of the company’s May annual general meeting.

There was another $44.5 million to make Harrison “whole” for pension, restricted stock unit and other payments that Canadian National Railway Co. (TSX:CN) refused to pay. Harrison retired as CN’s CEO in 2009.

When Harrison made public his intention to lead rival CP (TSX:CP), CN took legal action, accusing him of breaching non-compete and other agreements he signed upon retirement.

The suit was settled last month. The remainder of Harrison’s compensation came from other hiring costs. Harrison was installed as CEO of CP last summer following a bruising proxy fight with activist hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management.

Saturday, March 23, 2013

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Second Cup barista Theresa Morrison recently won a western Canada barista competition.

Morrison works at the Bower Place Shopping Centre Second Cup location.

Red Deer barista wins regional title

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR When Theresa Morrison pours you a coffee, chances are it’ll be pretty good.

The Red Deer barista, who plies her skills at the Second Cup store in Bower Place Shopping Centre, won Second Cup’s Western Canada Regional Barista Competition earlier this month in Calgary. The 20-year-old impressed a panel of four judges with a pair of espressos, two lattes and two flavoured lattes, earning her a spot in next year’s national championship.

With some 300 people looking on, Morrison had to produce the requested beverages, providing a verbal description as she worked against the clock. When the steam cleared, she’d out-scored two other finalists who had been selected from qualifiers across Western Canada.

“I was very nervous.”

In addition to satisfying Second Cup’s technical requirements for each drink, Morrison poured them with Second Cup’s signature heart-shaped topping — a touch she perfected during her half-dozen years in the trade.

“It was probably one of the reasons that I won.”

Morrison qualified for Second Cup’s Western Canada Regional Barista Competition a few weeks earlier, with a pair of judges testing her in Red Deer. She was asked to create a cappuccino, latte, caramel corretto, mocha and hot chocolate, and was evaluated on her product knowledge as well as her brewing skills.

The location of the national final, which will pit Morrison and next year’s Western Canada champion against their counterparts from the east, has yet to be announced. The winner will win a trip to one of Second Cup’s partner coffee-farms in Costa Rica.

Morrison is optimistic, and plans to practice hard until then.

Hers expert touch around a coffee mug has a lot to do with the fact her father, Ross Morrison, owns both of the Second Cup franchises in Red Deer.

“I pretty much grew up in the business,” she said, describing how she started helping out when she was 14 and has been on the job full time for the past three years.

The key to being a good barista is consistency, said Morrison.

When she’s pours a drink for herself, she prefers a cooler option.

“I love the iced caramel corretto.” hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Lawmakers in Cyprus approved three key bills Friday that aim to raise enough money to qualify the country for a broader bailout package and help it avoid financial ruin in mere days.

A total of nine bills were approved, including a key one on restructuring the country’s ailing banks, which lost billions on bad Greek debt; one on restricting financial transactions in times of crisis; and one that sets up a ’solidarity fund’ into which investments and contributions will flow.

More bills to meet the total target of 5.8 billion euros ($7.5 billion) Cyprus needs to secure an international bailout will be brought for a vote over the weekend.

They include a crucial one that would impose a tax of less than 1 per cent on all bank deposits, said Averof Neophytou, deputy head of the governing DISY party.

“We are voting for the least worst option,” Neophytou said in a speech. “We owe an apology to the Cypriot people because we all share in the responsibility of bringing this place to this state.”

Approval of the tax would come just days after Parliament decisively turned down a plan that would have seized up to 10 per cent of people’s bank deposits.

The plan triggered an outcry from people who condemned it as an unfair grab of their life savings, while politicians saw it as causing irreparable damage to the country’s financial centre status.

Nonetheless, ordinary Cypriots have said they would willingly sacrifice a portion of their savings to save the country — just as long as somebody doesn’t impose it on them.

“If we have Europe’s support so our banks won’t collapse, I wouldn’t have a problem with a deposit tax,” said pensioner Demetrakis Papanicolaou, 64.

“But we need to hear this not only from our government, but from the Europeans.”

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Explaining expectations up front saves time, frustration Dear Working Wise: Do you have any tips for new employees? I’m constantly surprised that I have to explain basic workplace etiquette to the new people that I hire for my restaurant. — Regretful Restaurateur Dear Regretful: Workplaces have different expectations than schools or homes. Since every workplace has slightly different norms, you might want to create a list of your expectations for all staff.

Most of us don’t want to disappoint CHARLES our bosses. ExplainSTRACHEY ing your expectations up front will WORKING WISE save you time and frustration, and save your staff unnecessary stress.

For anyone starting a new job, here are some general tips on how to make a good first impression with your new boss and coworkers.

Impress your boss: ● Arrive 10 minutes early every day, ready and eager to work. ● Bring a smile and positive attitude with you to work. ● Provide excellent customer/client service.

● Dress, speak and behave the way your supervisor does. If you’re not sure about your supervisor’s expectations, ask. ● Come to work clean and well-groomed every day. ● Keep your clothes and shoes neat, clean and in good repair. ● Keep perfume, aftershave and makeup to a minimum. ● Minimize tattoos and jewelry. You may not have to do it, but it usually helps make a good impression. ● Wear/use the special clothing or equipment (e.g., nametag, hardhat, hairnet, etc.) that you are asked to, even if your coworkers don’t. ● Show some pride in your new employer. Wear a branded shirt or hat to work if it’s appropriate. ● Follow your workplace’s cellphone, email and Internet guidelines. ● Respect your supervisor’s authority and expertise. ● Know your hours of work and break times and follow them even if your coworkers don’t. ● Ask questions when you are unsure and accept constructive criticism. Take responsibility for your mistakes and learn from them. ● Follow policy and procedures, work safely, and complete tasks the way you were taught by your supervisor.

Impress your coworkers: ● Greet coworkers with a smile and a firm handshake, learn their names, and make an effort to get along.

● Treat everyone with respect, regardless of who they are or their status in the company. ● Be a team player. Complete the tasks you are assigned and offer your help to coworkers who need it. ● Don’t invade personal space. In Canada, that’s approximately 90 cm. ● Avoid slang, foul language, inappropriate humour or controversial comments. ● Be friendly with your coworkers, without giving too much detail or asking questions that are too personal. ● Avoid negative coworkers and gossip. ● Keep an open mind and a sense of humour. ● Keep your work area tidy and personal items to a minimum. ● Do little things that matter to your coworkers, like making a fresh pot of coffee, picking up coffee or lunch for others, tidying up the break room, or refilling the photocopier or water cooler.

Avoid becoming one of your supervisor’s “regrets.” A good first impression will help you become an accepted contributing member of the team faster and keep your career moving forward.

If this is your first job, check out http://alis.alberta.ca/ep/eps/tips/tips. html?EK=12371 to learn more about rules around wages, paid holidays, vacation pay and breaks.

Working Wise is compiled by Charles Strachey, a manager with Alberta Human Services, for general information. Strachey can be contacted at charles.strachey@gov.ab.ca.

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MARKETS Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.46 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 42.19 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 44.44 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 69.67 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 14.93 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 49.61

COMPANIES OF LOCAL INTEREST

Consumer Brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.40 Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 70.54 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.25 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.50 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 13.31 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.12 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.05 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 53.63 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.28 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 24.16

Friday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 102.95 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 88.11 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.73 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.06 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.33 Cdn. National Railway . . 99.50 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 129.34 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 76.93

Capital Power Corp . . . . 21.71 Cervus Equipment Corp 20.20 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 32.78 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 46.86 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 24.92 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.70 General Motors Co. . . . . 28.22 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 17.59 Research in Motion. . . . . 15.19

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed Friday with minor gains as investors sold off shares in mining companies and smartphone-maker BlackBerry.

The S&P/TSX composite gained 9.48 points at 12,757.35, while the TSX Venture Exchange gained 3.37 points to 1,106.35.

The Canadian dollar rose 0.09 of a cent to 97.72 cents US. Also looming is the possibility of a resolution to the debt troubles in Cyprus could be in sight, as planning drags on into the weekend ahead of a Monday deadline.

On the TSX, the information technology sector was the biggest drag, falling 2.8 per cent, as BlackBerry (TSX:BB) shares fell eight per cent.

The company, which formerly called itself Research In Motion, ended the session down $1.33 to $15.19, on the day its new BlackBerry Z10 touchscreen smartphone hit shelves in the United States. AT&T began sell-

ing the phone on Friday, more than six weeks after the company launched the devices elsewhere.

TSX metals and mining stocks backed off one per cent, with First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM) dropping 48 cents to $20.12.

On Wall Street, uncertainties with the economic future of Cyprus didn’t shake investors. The Mediterranean island nation’s banks have now been closed for a week and the European Central Bank has threatened to cut off an emergency program supporting them if a solution is not found by Monday.

Instead, U.S. earnings from Darden Restaurants, owner of the Olive Garden and Red Lobster chains, beat Wall Street expectations on earnings for the quarter Friday, as did luxury retailer Tiffany. And Nike said late Thursday that third-quarter profits spiked 55 per cent.

The Dow Jones industrials lifted 90.54 points to 14,512.03.

The Nasdaq was ahead 22.40 points at 3,245 and the S&P 500 index jumped 11.09 points to 1,556.89.

In commodities, the April crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose $1.26 to settle at US$93.71 a barrel.

Gold stocks were lower as April bullion fell $7.70 to end at US$1,606.10 an ounce. The May copper contract gained 3.1 cents to US$3.466 a pound.

Canadian financial stocks gained 0.5 per cent, with Royal Bank (TSX:RY) rising 63 cents to $61.37.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty unveiled tighter rules for mortgages in Thursday’s federal budget. The budget said the government will restrict banks’ ability to insure conventional mortgages, those with over 20 per cent household equity, to only those used in Canada Mortgage and Housing securitization programs.

As well, it said it will prohibit the use of government-backed insurance — both on conventional

Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 30.03 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.99 First Quantum Minerals . 20.12 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 34.33 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.84 Inmet Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . 69.11 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 8.32 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 40.42 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.03 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 28.73 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 26.72 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 39.13 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 45.25 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.65 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 49.44 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 32.87 and heavily leveraged mortgages — as collateral if they are not sponsored by CMHC. Stella-Jones Inc. (TSX:SJ) is increasing its dividend 25 per cent after closing out a record year in terms of sales and net income. The company said earnings were $16.5 million or $1 per diluted share, an increase from $13.4 million or 83 cents per diluted share a year earlier. Shares dropped 71 cents to $80.01.

North American paper giant Domtar Corp. (TSX:UFS) is acquiring Xerox’s paper and print media products business in Canada and the United States for an undisclosed price. Shares of Domtar rose 18 cents to $79.55.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS TORONTO — Highlights:.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,757.35 up 9.47 points TSX Venture Exchange — 1,106.35 up 3.37 points TSX 60 — 732.79 up 1.23 points

Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 21.27 Canyon Services Group. 10.96 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 31.93 CWC Well . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.680 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 19.48 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.12 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 89.29 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 39.16 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.42 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 29.68 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 42.61 IROC Services . . . . . . . . . 3.00 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 5.38 Penn West Energy . . . . . 11.81 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 1.170 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 8.85 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 30.97 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 12.32 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 14.34 Dow — 14,512.03 up 90.54 points S&P 500 — 1,556.89 up 11.09 points Nasdaq — 3,245 up 22.40 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 97.72 cents US, up 0.09 of a cent Pound — C$1.5599, up 0.60 of a cent Euro — C$1.3288, up 0.81 of a cent Euro — US$1.2985, up 0.91 of a cent Oil futures: US$93.71 per barrel, up $1.26 (May contract) Gold futures: US$1,606.10 per oz., down $7.70 (April contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $30.534 per oz., down 50.4 cents $981.67 kg., down $16.20 ICE FUTURES CANADA

Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 7.32 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 52.10 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 63.94 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 59.45 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.32 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 27.85 Carfusion . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.68 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 27.18 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 46.01 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 64.74 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 15.21 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 75.61 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.06 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 61.37 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 27.97 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.96

WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: May ’13 $3.90 higher $634.30; July ’13 $3.50 higher $620.30; Nov. ’13 $0.10 higher $564.50; Jan. ’14 $0.50 higher $566.10; March ’14 $0.30 lower $563.10; May ’14 $0.30 lower $561.00; July ’14 $0.30 lower $559.10; Nov. ’14 $0.30 lower $534.70; Jan ’15 $0.30 lower $534.70; March ’15 $0.30 lower $534.70; May ’15 $0.30 lower $534.70.

Barley (Western): May ’13 unchanged $243.00; July ’13 unchanged $243.50; Oct. ’13 unchanged $243.50; Dec ’13 unchanged $243.50; March ’14 unchanged $243.50; May ’14 unchanged $243.50; July ’14 unchanged $243.50; Oct. ’14 unchanged $243.50; Dec. ’14 unchanged $243.50; March ’15 unchanged $243.50; May ’15 unchanged $243.50.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 332,020 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 332,020.

Many unanswered questions at hearing B.C. ENDS PIPELINE CROSS-EXAMINATION

VANCOUVER — Lawyers for the provincial government wrapped up their cross-examination of company experts at the Northern Gateway review hearings on Friday with many questions left unanswered.

Environment Minister Terry Lake said the province was looking for more information on the oil spill prevention and response plans promised as part of the $6-billion project.

“Through our cross-examination, we didn’t get as much information as we hoped to from (Northern Gateway Pipelines) on how they intend to deliver the world-leading spill prevention, response and remediation that we require,” Lake said in a statement Friday.

“That is something we feel the panel will give due consideration.”

The province also expressed concern about the testimony given under oath about the company’s oil spill plans.

“During cross-examination in Prince George on land-based spill preparedness and response, (Northern Gateway) did not demonstrate how they would be able to access or respond to spills in remote areas

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NORTHERN GATEWAY or how they would locate and recover sunken oil,” said the statement from the provincial Environment Ministry.

“The province’s cross-examination also revealed that (the company) will not have a spill response plan finalized until six months before pipeline operations begin.”

It pointed out that the company will not have a marine emergency response plan until after the project has been approved either, and testimony this week confirmed those plans won’t include a dedicated rescue tug or specific tanker routes.

B.C. has set out five conditions for its approval of the project, including a “world-leading” oil spill prevention and response plan on land and at sea, and a “fair share” of the economic benefits.

“We have made it clear that B.C. will only support the Northern Gateway pipeline if it satisfies our five conditions,” Lake said, adding that the next step is to assess whether that is the case.

B.C. has commissioned an independent report on oil spill regulations and has a symposium scheduled next week in Vancouver.

The possibility of an oil spill on land or at sea is a It also said Enbridge has yet to present an alternative that the commission can approve as fair, reasonable and in the public interest.

Even so, two of the five commission members dissented from the ruling, saying the denial will unduly delay infrastructure investments in the region.

A call to Enbridge, which is based in Calgary, Alberta, was not immediately returned.

Federal regulators nix request for ruling to clear way for North Dakota oil pipeline extension

Canadian dollar faces uncertainty around Cyprus debt woe developments

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have rejected a request by Enbridge Inc. for the go-ahead to move forward with a proposed $2.5 billion oil pipeline expansion in North Dakota.

The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the ruling on Friday.

A key sticking point is Enbridge’s bid to set the rate structure that it could charge to transport oil through the pipeline.

The commission noted that it has not supported Enbridge’s proposed rate.

TORONTO — The Canadian dollar was slightly higher Friday as Cypriot lawmakers inched towards a plan they hope will qualify the country for a bailout package.

The Canadian dollar rose 0.09 of a cent to end at 97.72 cents US. The small Mediterranean island has until Monday to etch out a plan to raise 5.8 billion euros to qualify for 10 billion euros in rescue loans from other eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund.

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we’ve been seeing with the Harper government over the last five years.”

SKILLS: Focus on talent Brunnen said the chamber also likes that there will be more of a focus on attracting talent within Canada than from overseas.

“That’s been the big issue for employers — yes, there might be some Canadians that are unemployed but they just don’t have the skills that we’re looking for.”

However, there are challenges in attracting workers to Alberta that don’t have to do with training, Brunnen conceded.

“A lot of the demand for the energy sector is happening in the field, in the oilpatch. Those are in locations that are sometimes a little bit difficult to work in, or are sometimes a little bit remote.”

Gil McGowan, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, said the government’s job training promises amount to a “fraud” so long as the temporary foreign worker program is an option.

The budget did include some new rules making it harder for employers to rely on the temporary foreign worker program.

“Employers in this country are not going to train workers aggressively as long as they have the option to use cheap, exploitable workers through the Temporary Foreign Worker program,” said McGowan.

“We’ll never have a system that actually D promotes the training I L of the next generation B of skilled trades as long E as the temporary forR eign worker program is T continuously expanded, which is exactly what

CYPRUS: Breathe a little easier Cyprus’ president, Nicos Anastasiades, will travel to Brussels on Saturday to present the revised package to the country’s prospective creditors, its fellow countries that use the euro currency and the International Monetary Fund. There has been no indication yet that they will accept it.

Cyprus has been told to raise 5.8 billion euros to qualify for 10 billion euros in rescue loans from the eurozone and the IMF. Passage of the bills allows Cypriots to breathe a little easier as the country faces a pressing Monday deadline, when the European Central Bank has said it will stop providing emergency funding to the country’s banks if a new plan is not in place.

Without the ECB’s support, Cypriot banks would collapse on Tuesday, pushing the country toward bankruptcy and a potential exit from the 17-country eurozone.

But eurozone officials said they had still not seen all the details and would have to discuss whatever final plan Cyprus presents.

Government spokesman Christos Stylianides said

major hurdle for the multibillion-dollar project.

Last week, the federal government announced additional tanker safety measures to try and address concerns in B.C. about this and several other pipeline proposals.

Ivan Giesbrecht, spokesman for Northern Gateway Pipelines, said the emergency response plans to date will be refined and tested before operations start.

“Notwithstanding the incredible amount of work on record to date — on a scale unprecedented in Canada and likely anywhere else in the world — a Joint Review Panel decision isn’t the end, but the beginning of even more work, more detailed proposals, and better outcomes,” Giesbrecht said in an email Friday.

The company wants to work with the province, he said.

“Northern Gateway is aligned in the objective to have safe world-class operations and spill response.

If the B.C. government has any ideas for improvements, any features they would like to see built into the project, we would love to discuss this,” Giesbrecht said.

The panel has yet to hear interveners and federal government officials questioned under oath, before final arguments begin in May. The panel report is due by the end of the year.

Late Friday, Cyprus lawmakers approved key bills aimed at securing a broader bailout package.

Cyprus’ president Nicos Anastasiades will travel to Brussels on Saturday to present the plan to the country’s prospective creditors, its fellow eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund, though he has no reassurance that they will accept it.

Meanwhile, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said he plans to eliminate Canada’s deficit before 2015 in the federal budget Thursday.

He also unveiled tighter rules for financial institutions that will restrict their ability to insure portfolios of conventional mortgages, those with over 20 per cent householder equity, to only those used in Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. securitization programs.

In commodities, the April crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose $1.26 to settle at US$93.71 a barrel.

Gold stocks were lower as April bullion fell $7.70 to end at US$1,606.10 an ounce. The May copper contract gained 3.1 cents to US$3.466 a pound.

there had been “consultations all day” with representatives of the IMF, European Central Bank and European Commission — collectively known as the troika — who monitor and vet adherence to bailout conditions.

The most important bill passed Friday is aimed at restructuring the country’s second largest and most troubled bank, Laiki, and restricting some financial transactions once banks, which have been closed since Saturday, reopen on Tuesday.

Worried Laiki employees gathered near parliament for a second day to protest the bank’s restructuring, which would break the lender in two.

“The bank is finished, we’ll lose our jobs and I’m worried about my kids,” Laiki employee Nikos Tsiangos said. “They’ve brought us to the brink. The Europeans wanted to destroy our economy, and they’ve done it.”

The restructuring of Laiki and the sale of the toxic-laden Greek branches of Cypriot banks is expected to cut the amount the country needs to raise to about 3 billion euros instead of 5.8, Neophytou said.

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Clockwise from top: the Hospitals’ Lottery 2013 new house at 201 Van Slyke Way; open dining area and kitchen; the view to the lower level; a bedroom; the ensuite.

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Of the 560 prizes available through the Hospitals’ Lottery 2013, none is grander than the new house located at 201 Van Slyke Way. At 2,584 square feet, the home is large, modern, and suited for fun and comfort.

Along with four bedrooms, the house features a media room with a 92-inch screen, a master jet tub, a bar and a gas fireplace.

The house serves as the grand prize of the 15th incarnation of the lottery, which this year is raising funds for the outpatient department at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre.

Located in the Vanier Woods East phase two development, the house is open for public viewing from 1 to 5 p.m. daily, with viewing hours extended to 8 p.m. on Thursdays.

A virtual tour of the home is featured at www. hospitalslottery.com.

There are a number of ways to get one of the 92,000 tickets available in the lottery.

By phone, tickets can be bought at 403-340-1878 or 1-877-808-9005.

Tickets are also available online at www.hospitalslottery. com, at the home itself, or at the foundation office on the main floor of the Red Deer Regional Hospital.

By mail, tickets can be ordered from PO Box 1098, Red Deer, AB, T4N 6S5.

Individual tickets are available for $25. For five tickets, the price is $100; for 15, the cost is $250.

There will be two days of prize draws.

The June 25 early bird draw, for tickets purchased by June 9, will be for a choice between a truck and holiday trailer combo or a $57,500 cash prize.

The final draws, for the house and hundreds of other prizes, will be on July 8. The last day to purchase tickets is June 23.

Last year’s lottery was a sellout, a first for the fundraiser.

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Strength in style

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Soft folds of gauzy fabric drape the bed and windows in this airy Malibu bedroom designed by Kathryn Ireland. with paint or wallpaper.

These homes are indeed not fussy. and Ireland has a playful side.

A vintage cast iron claw-foot tub is painted in hot pink, a decidedly L.A. colour that matches the abundant bougainvillea.

A kitchen beams with bright yellow lower cabinetry aside a weathered wood island.

Window dressings are side panels or roman

blinds, simple styles that allow the magic of the fabrics to be seen clearly. These are pages filled with ideas for the Forever Style that makes a home so dear.

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I find strengths in most styles; for me all facets of design have a place in our lives to a greater or lesser extent, and I’ve been fortunate in devising plans for my own homes that span an eclectic assortment of dwellings: an urban modern condo, Victorian townhouse, tiny English city cottage and now an Italian country house.

In experimenting with so many wonderful styles of furnishings and shades of colour, there is one quality that I tend to seek out. I take special delight in what I think of as Forever Style. You find it in rooms that have a story to tell, a story that has been lived and told over and over again.

In her latest book, Kathryn M. Ireland Timeless Interiors, published by Gibbs DEBBIE Smith, Ireland illustrates TRAVIS her talent for decorating a home that connects significantly to the past, while living comfortably in the present.

A well-established fabric designer and devoted world traveller, Ireland’s deep-rooted passion for European style is evident in her choice of fabrics and furnishings. But a California upbringing insinuates fresh shades and a feeling of place in the homes she designs as well.

The bedrooms in Timeless Interiors are remarkably personal rooms that capture the essence of the homeowners’ dreams for a retreat.

Ireland has layered her fabrics and textile choices with skill, combining an old style four-posters draped in her gauzy ‘Moroccan’ sandy-toned panels with sundrenched hues of blue and red bed linens and pillow covers.

The Malibu Beach House bedroom shown here connects with a sitting room that dazzles with sun by day and is crafted to be cozy and inviting at night.

Inlaid Syrian side tables by the loveseat and upholstered stools face two vintage mid-century lawn chairs — a daring choice that underscores the beachy locale.

This airy, timeless look is juxtaposed with an alternate style that has also been favoured throughout the ages — the passionate mystery and luxury of doge-era Venice.

The master suite of film director Robert Zemeckis in Montecito is staged for love.

In the sitting area, using the red damask wall fabric for curtains sustains the opulent mood and evokes a bygone era.

The plump red velvet reading chair and footstool are invitingly comfy.

There are many homes featured in Ireland’s beautiful book, each with interiors that show off gorgeous fabrics, most designed by her, and furnishings the author has discovered from destinations near and far.

She chooses pieces that have a story, and these are what bring a room alive.

The headboard in the Venetian style bedroom is a large gold 18th-century Italian Baroque fretwork panel found in London.

Fabric patterns are drawn from beloved historical designs and given a fresh twist if called for.

Nina Campbell’s red damask fabric upholsters the walls, imparting a depth of colour not attainable

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Steering through roofing options Sometimes the hardest part of getting a new roof is making sense of all the details different contractors recommend.

And while it’s true that there’s more than one way to get a rain-proof roof, a little knowledge helps a lot when it comes to assessing the many options.

The first thing to understand is the value of a durable roof underlay, though this is often forgotten or under-appreciated.

There’s nothing new about how this flexible sheet material is often used to make roofs more reliable in leak-prone areas like eaves, but there’s more.

The best roofers also install some kind of membrane over the entire roof these STEVE days. “That’s overkill!” some MAXWELL contractors will tell you. Well, not when you look at the big picture.

Weather is getting more extreme, even here in Canada.

More frequent hurricanes, tornados and ice storms are even prompting insurance companies to push for higher technical standards, including those for roof construction.

And there’s no better way to build a bulletproof roof than by installing a waterproof layer even before your shingles go down.

You’ll be glad you did when the next weather event tears off half the shingles in your neighbourhood.

If you’re installing asphalt shingles, understand the value of zinc as a moss preventative. Rooftop growth shortens shingle life significantly, but you can stop it before it ever starts using strips of sheet zinc installed near the ridge.

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New shingles going down over a breathable underlay that provides a second layer of weather protection. tiny amounts of non-toxic zinc oxide into rooftop runoff — enough to keep twenty downhill feet of roof surface clean, even in shaded, north-facing, forested locations.

Zinc roofing strips used to be hard to find, but not any more.

Most building supply outlets carry it. Contractors don’t benefit personally from a roof that lasts 40 years instead of 30, so you really can’t expect them to suggest zinc on their own.

You should also understand that every roofing option fits into one of three categories: shingles, sheets or tiles.

Simplifying a universe of options into a trio of broad categories isn’t going to help you choose between granite grey and sierra brown, but it will help you settle on a roofing system that makes sense for the house you’ve got.

Shingles are made to fasten to wood sheathing, and a metal roof is best anchored to strapping. Authentic tiles need a much beefier roof frame than normal to support the extra weight.

Besides these options, perhaps the biggest roofing decision you have to make involves the rivalry between organic asphalt shingles and fiberglass shingles.

Both look the same on a roof, though there are significant differences behind the scenes.

Organic shingles are the traditional choice in Canada.

They use a felt substrate to support the tar and gravel that forms a weatherproof layer.

Fiberglass shingles, on the other hand, originally worked their way up from the US because they offer several advantages.

They use similar tar and gravel coatings, though these are made over a fiberglass substrate instead of felt.

Fiberglass shingles are also physically thinner than asphalt, and more heat resistant.

If you’re shingling a cathedral ceiling or any other roof without enough ventilation to keep the surface from getting super-hot, then fiberglass is definitely the way to go.

The first waves of fiberglass shingles to arrive in Canada more than a decade ago were ill designed for our cold climate, and failed prematurely.

This created a bad reputation that’s outlived the reality.

Today’s best fiberglass shingles offer 40-year, 50-year and even lifetime warranties and carry the highest fire-resistance ratings. Based on experience, fiberglass shingles are my first choice for a new asphalt roof.

While there’s no perfect roof, there is one thing that’s universal.

Most of the cost of a new roof is labour, so the longer you can make it last, the more economical your new roof will be.

Steve Maxwell, syndicated home improvement and woodworking columnist, has shared his DIY tips, how-to videos and product reviews since 1988. Send questions to steve@stevemaxwell.ca

Modern Easter decor goes beyond cute to chic

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Fuzzy chicks and cute bunnies are part of the pastel pantheon of Easter decor, and their charm helps define the look of the season.

But for those who prefer celebrating with a modern esthetic, there are many attractive decor options that are a tad less cute and a tad more contemporary.

Some reference Easter’s traditional colour palette in new ways, while others put a modern twist on the holiday’s iconic elements.

Pottery Barn has realistic speckled and robin’s eggs that would make pretty filler for tabletop bowls and vases.

There are lustre-finished glass eggs here, too, in soft yellow, pink and blue that would look smart on a grey or navy tablecloth or sleek lacquered console.

Mercury-glass pillar candle holders are rendered in an interesting new shimmery pale blue.

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“I use merino wool to make all my felt. I dye the colours and stitch every toy by hand,” she says. While Larsen calls them “toys,” they’d be equally at home as artsy Easter decor. (www.etsy. com/shop/textileplatypus ) The key to a modern Easter look is simple, according to Kevin Sharkey, executive creative director for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia: “It’s about a controlled colour palette.”

Easter candies can be used to create a graphic tablescape.

Fill plain glass cylinders or apothecary jars with single or multi-colored

jellybeans for a colorblock effect. Consider adding a pillar candle, or place a smaller plant or vase inside a bigger container and fill the spaces in between with confections.

“Buy a bunch of the same style chocolate rabbit in different sizes and arrange them going down the centre of the table like a runner,” Sharkey suggests.

Or fill a low tray with colorful Peeps, another classic Easter treat that happens to be one of Sharkey’s favourites.

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Sister with problems Ousted alpha Tom Plant feeling not sister’s problem ‘betrayed’ by Big Brother alliances TORONTO — Ousted Big Brother Canada star Tom Plant says he was bewildered to learn he’s been seen as the villain on the first-ever Canuck version of the reality TV smash.

Still smarting from being voted out in the latest episode, the 25-year-old Edmonton firefighter says he stayed honest throughout the game — unlike other people.

Plant is the fourth contestant evicted from the Slice series, in which contestants live together in a camera-rigged house completely cut off from the outside world.

They compete in weekly mental, physical and social challenges to avoid elimination. The winner gets $100,000, a $25,000 gift card to The Brick and a Chevrolet Trax.

The latest episode featured a double eviction, with Plant’s “showmance” partner Liza Stinton also getting the boot after appearing to pit her rivals against each other.

The Toronto tanning salon owner says she’s happy to leave the show at the same time as Plant, noting that she would have been very vulnerable without him.

Plant, however, said he was still reeling from the 8-1 vote.

“I’m feeling pretty brutal about it — I did not want to leave the game this early, I wanted to win the game,” Plant said on Friday morning.

“I’m pretty hurt, I feel really betrayed right now. But it’s a new day and I’m happy to be out in the world again.”

Plant emerged as a domineering contender from Day 1, when he was nominated for elimination alongside pal Emmett Blois. He avoided that early exit by winning a contest that revealed his competitive edge and earned him powerful alliances, as well as wary enemies.

His inner circle included a tentative romance with the 29-yearold Stinton, who established herself as a savvy social player who bonded to varying degrees with most of the other houseguests.

Stinton credited the game’s intensity and great casting with forging no less than three “legit, totally into-eachother showmances.”

“The ’Big Brother’ gods are a bunch of matchmaking geniuses,” Stinton laughed Friday, listing the couples that formed within days.

“Alec (Beall) and Topaz (Brady), I think were Night 1. Tom and I were sleeping in bed together Night 2. ... And the only reason that Jillian (MacLaughlin) and Emmett didn’t appear sooner is because he was on the (elimination) block that week.”

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Question: I finally confessed my feelings for a close friend.

He said he feels the same way, but hasn’t done anything about it.

I’ve already made it easy for him to date me.

What do you do if you’re in love with someone and he says he feels the same, but everything stays the same?

I’m not sure what’s next.

Answer: He’s either afraid to date you or he doesn’t want to date you.

Ask him.

He might not know how to approach you.

He might be inexperienced. He might be dealing with a family crisis.

He might have herpes or genital warts.

Ask him directly and honestly if hegoing to take you on a date.

Let him know that if he’s uncomfortable, you’re cool talking about it all.

If he’s not willing to share and get comfortable with the uncomfortable, find someone else who can love you and date you.

Question: Every time I ask a great girl out, there is something going on in her life that would make the relationship complicated.

It’s gotten to the point where I’m too depressed to ask people out anymore.

Should I stop trying, or should I try again if another possibility arises?

I’m not sure I can handle another excuse.

Answer: Take a break. You need to rest. You are getting too beat up.

Excuses are part of the sport of dating.

You have to appreciate that some men take longer to fall in love with than others.

That might be you.

Turn yourself into a slow burn.

A slow burn knows he’s hot and gives women time to warm up.

An excuse is just a chance to have a conversation.

So give women permission to not be interested at first. Build friendships with them.

In the meantime, put yourself in places where you can find great women who are available.

Online dating sites, setups and places singles meet will help you find and be found.

For now, take a break. Rest. Recoup.

Work to feel your best physically, emotionally and spiritually.

Then turn excuses into opportunities to learn more about the person you’re meeting and yourself.

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HOROSCOPES Saturday, March 23 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Alyson Hannigan, 39; Jim Parsons, 40; Lara Keri Russell, 36; Yasmeen Ghauri, 42; Mi- Flynn Boyle, 43 chael Heneke, 71 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The universe THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The Moon has a mystical way of teaching us how to continues its visit through playful and the- cooperate together as one unity and how atrical Leo. We may have the to centre our egos without beinclination of acting more wholeing too bossy or domineering. heartedly and generous towards Today we can learn that in orothers. The cosmos are bringing der to get the most out of life, out our inner child side which is we need to tap deeper into our expressed in its most open and humbler side. We might see opsincere ways. We appreciate a portunities which are not quite bit of drama and innocent provoclearly defined. Giving up some cation which may actually stir in of our personal wants and by us a more daring attitude. We being more receptive to the are fond of loving gestures and outer world will give us insight risky romantic adventures. as to what we might gain on a HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today more profound level. is your birthday, you will exude a HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today ASTRO confident side in you. This may is your birthday, certain relaDOYNA turn out to be a highly creative tionships may become a bit too year for you where opportunities confusing or leave you queswill abound from your luckiest tioning about. It would be very sources. Love and drama come important to be careful about hand in hand. You will feel like an actor or any new romantic pursuits you may get an actress in your own movie. Prepare the yourself involved in. Beware of delusional or lights on your stage. Open up the curtains deceptive encounters. Keep an open eye on and let the play begin! the road ahead, but don’t become sceptical ARIES (March 21-April 19): You are about everyone you encounter this year. Enpredisposed to unleash the undomesticated joy life to the fullest without getting trapped side in you and let your inner wild child roar into emotional entanglements. like a lion. Be self-expressive and show your ARIES (March 21-April 19): You may retrue individuality as that’s just your cup of tea alize that the tools of your success are yet to for today. be worked on and you still need some time TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You find before you reveal them. Even if they may that needed inner bliss by recreating balance seem hard to depict at times, the potential is and peace within your soul and a certain there in its most hidden ways. hope that things are for the better. Your relaTAURUS (April 20-May 20): You are tionships might feel testing, but that shouldn’t feeling pulled back while you are striving interfere with your tuneful predisposition. to build successful alliances. Work on your GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You are gain- differences and do not be ignorant. You will ing self-control and you finally are behind come to the realization that you will need to the wheel of your destiny. It is wonderful develop or finish an old business in order to acknowledging that validation for your ev- get ahead in life. eryday efforts which benefit you to move to a GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Watch the clearer direction in your life. ground you are stepping on. It could be a CANCER (June 21-July 22): Fun and gold mine or a foggy one. As long as you pleasurable activities might have to be post- learn to rationalize your emotions and avoid poned for now. Your children might attempt misunderstandings today, you will be on the to check your parental limits and test your safe track. patience. Don’t give in as you certainly own CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your desire the control which will keep them well guard- to indulge in good foods and extravagant ed. items may be unstoppable. It would be easy LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Moon in for you to get carried away by what you your own sign gives you the strength and might believe to be enhancing your need for much willpower to shine throughout the day. security and safety.

One challenge that you may encounter toLEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Do not overlook day is a certain blockage that is imposed an opportunity that can really help you feel upon you and that makes counterproductive more liberated. Realize the potential that a for your self-growth. You seek liberation. partner or a spouse may hold in assisting VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Agreements you financially in order to regain your perand simply getting along with your vital re- sonal freedom. You’ve got more help than lationships has become a much easier task you can imagine. for you. Responsibilities might weight heavily VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Show more on you, but you got the focus and the power receptivity and openness towards your most of concentration to skillfully reflect things significant partnerships. You will be given through. spiritual guidance and great assistance in LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A social event resolving your most painful issues. You are or a get-together with your friends will be so not alone. therapeutic to you right now. You will feel LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You seek connected to your team mates and you will more reassurance and a comforting sense receive equal amounts of understanding. when it comes to your marital situation. You Take the night out in the town. may come to the conclusion that you need to SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Certain du- redefine your budgetary needs and balance ties and obligations can become unpredict- out your differences in order to maintain your able or unstable. You function better when status quo. you know you are in control of the situation SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You show and when you fully aware of your environ- more initiation and zest within your daily ment. Today you may just have to go with obligations. You almost forcefully want to the flow. accomplish every single matter. A romantic SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your partner or a child may be of great support to enthusiasm and your cheerfulness are con- you now. Don’t strain yourself. tagious. You excel much better when you SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You find that sense of independence and free- are in the quest of a creative matter and you dom which allows you to be fully yourself. will want to hunt it with much confidence. A Indulge in life’s little surprising pleasures. relative, most likely a parent figure, can aid CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Lighten you in pursuing this satisfying experience. up and do not take yourself too seriously.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): It is That gloomy attitude will not work on today’s easy to feel trapped when you feel misunagenda. Even if you opt for more privacy derstood by others today. You long for some and intimacy, do not alienate others who privacy and tranquil moments at this time. need your presence today. Ignorance is not Your focus is clearly tuned towards your own a healthy choice. personal bliss.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You might AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t unmiss on quite some interesting opportunities dervalue your communication skills as you today if you distance yourself from others. may find more readily available opportuniAfter all, this is just what will make you feel ties within your own set of qualities. Don’t content and at ease, being in the presence let others influence you or undermine your personal values. of someone special.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Open up PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You might have an expense that will make you pull your eyes and tune into the hidden hints life your hair out. An unforeseen bill or a deeply is trying to offer you. There are plenty of posdesired spending may seem too sweet to sibilities to increase the comforts within your pass by. Temptation overwhelms you and it environment which you have to recognize might prove too hard for you to practice self- and make practical use of.

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Wife wants to leave but feels obligated to care for husband Dear Annie: I’ve been married for 36 on Mental Illness helpline (nami.org) years. The first 20 were loving, but the at 1-800-950-NAMI and the Depression past 16 have deteriorated to the point and Bipolar Support Alliance (dbsalof despair. liance.org), and ask what help is availMy husband, “John,” is now 68. able for you, including respite care.

Though once athletic and active, John You desperately need a break. is now frail and weak.

Dear Annie: I am 30 years old and He complains of chronic headaches decided to go back to college. I have and a host of other physical ailments, made good grades. The problem is two and worst of all, he suffers supposedly grown women from major bouts of severe in one of my classes. depression. He’s suicidal, It started when one of and chances are good that them broke up with my he’ll take his life if I leave cousin. She blames me. him.

These women talk about John is taking medicame behind my back, scream tion for his depression. I’ve in my face, threaten me and stuck by him because he’s throw things at me. I have a decent man and I care for tried to be the bigger perhim, but I know things won’t son and ignore them or walk get better. If this is what the away, but it hasn’t stopped. rest of my life looks like, I’m I also went to the dean and afraid for my own future. the teacher and got no reMITCHELL What’s also upsetting is sults. & SUGAR that John’s entire life reI am getting tired of the volves around me. I’ve enharassment, and I still have couraged him to establish six more months in this personal interests and hobclass. What can I do? — bies, but he won’t.

Fuming in College He’s a chore to be with — negative Dear Fuming: If these women are and difficult to converse with. And threatening you, the school should take no matter what direction I take with action. Go back to the dean and say you him when we discuss his “problems,” will have to notify the police if the unihe ends up crying — a victim, like his versity won’t deal with the situation. mother and sister. We seldom go out Then do it. with friends. Traveling is out of the Dear Annie: This is in response question. I go alone when I can, but to “Concerned,” who objected to his he’s hard to leave beyond a week or granddaughter having a photograph of two. her late grandmother at her wedding.

Five years ago, I saw a therapist who In the past few years, I have attendadvised me to leave John. I wanted to ed some weddings of people whose and still do, but I don’t know whether I beloved family members had passed can handle the guilt of turning my back away. on him.

One niece had a display of both sets We cannot afford to put him in a of parents and all of her grandparents, long-term care facility, but he needs including those who had died. Another serious help. Our sons live out of state niece put flowers on her father’s grave with their own families. They offer the day she got married. emotional support, but aren’t in any I attended a garden wedding where position to care for him. there were three chairs in the front I stay busy with friends, activities row with ribbons on the back and a and a part-time job. It helps some, but rose on the seat for the deceased parI see my own happiness slipping away. ents of the groom and the deceased I am trapped in a life with a man I no mother of the bride. I thought all of longer love but feel obligated to care these were wonderful tributes. — L. in for because he’s sick. What should I Florida do? — N.N. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Dear N.N.: Depression is an illness, Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime edinot a choice. Please talk to John’s doc- tors of the Ann Landers column. Please tor about different medication. email your questions to anniesmailbox@ His current treatment isn’t doing comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, the job. c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Then contact the National Alliance Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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SCHWEITZER Judy (neé Amy) 1956 - 2013 On Friday, March 15, 2013, Judy Schweitzer lost her battle with ALS at her home at the age of 56 years.

Judy was born in Grenfell, Saskatchewan. It was here that she first learned to curl, which became a great passion of hers. She also enjoyed her work as a Registered Nurse, starting in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, then on to Regina, Saskatchewan, then finally to Red Deer, where she worked for 30 years. In December 2008, Judy was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). This was devastating to her, as it meant it would be the end of her curling. She spent her remaining years at home where she would have the ability to spend her time with family and friends. Her family and friends were always there and were very important to her - no matter how poorly she felt, she always had a smile for them.

Apart from curling and work, Judy enjoyed camping with her family, baking, knitting and crocheting. Judy’s family wished to extend a special “Thank You” to Dr. Mulder and the ALS Society of Alberta, as well as to Jane and Sherry for the excellent care provided to Judy over the past three years.

Judy will forever be lovingly remembered by her husband Greg Schweitzer, son Ryan Schweitzer, daughter Carrie (Steve) Mello, and granddaughter Faith, all of Red Deer.

Judy will also be sorely missed by her mother Margaret Amy, brothers Jack (Gwen) Amy of Grenfell, Saskatchewan and Doug (Linda) Amy of Regina, Saskatchewan and sisters Pat Wolensky of Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Edyth (Floyd) Werth of Grenfell, Saskatchewan, and Donna (Allan) Schick of Regina, Saskatchewan. Judy was predeceased by her father Edwin Amy, sister Sharon Amy and brother Geoff Amy. In commemoration of Judy’s life, a Funeral Service will be held at Parkland Funeral Home, 6287 - 67A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Monday, March 25, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.

Those wishing to pay their respects to Judy are invited to do so on Monday, March 25, 2013 between the hours of 12:30 p.m. and 1:45 p.m. Memorial donations in Judy’s name may be made directly to the ALS Society of Alberta, Suite 400, 320-23rd Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2S 0J2. In memory of Judy, a tree will be planted in the Parkland Funeral Home Memorial Tree Park, Gasoline Alley, Red Deer. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040

GEIGLE 1949 - 2013 Donald Kenneth Geigle of Lacombe passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, March 18, 2013 at the age of 63 years. Don was born in Medicine Hat on December 2, 1949. A welder by trade, Don had worked for over 25 years in outside sales with Alberta Industrial Metals of Red Deer. He was an avid golfer, liked to go ice fishing and watching hockey.

Known by many of his family, friends and neighbours as the “go to” guy when something needed fixing, Don enjoyed helping others. Don will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 41 years, Barb Geigle; daughter Joanne Geigle of Lacombe; two brothers Stan (Tish) Geigle and Garry (Kathy) Geigle; two sisters Shirley (Steve) Carter and Ruby Gallup as well as numerous nieces, nephews, family members and the many friends Don made over the years. Don was predeceased by his son Chad; sister Gloria and brother Dennis. A celebration of Don’s life will be held at the Lacombe Memorial Centre, 5214 - 50th Ave, Lacombe, Alberta Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to “Make-A-Wish Northern Alberta”, 16007 - 118 Ave, Edmonton AB T5V 1C7. Condolences to Don’s family may be emailed to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca Bruce MacArthur MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS Red Deer 587-876-4944

BULLOCK Merle Eugene Bullock passed quietly in his sleep at the Red Deer Hospice late Friday 15th March, 2013.†Born 28th January, 1928 in Saint John NB he came from a working class family where his father had been a stevedore and his older brothers in wartime Naval service. On graduation Mel joined the RCAF in 1948, was commissioned from the ranks under unusual circumstances, and was immensely proud of this service through to his first retirement in 1980, at which point he located to a home in Parkvale and a further 10-year career with the Co-Operators. Other than the RCAF the ‘air beneath his wings’ was undoubtedly his wife Marj, with each having been the others’ first date at age 14 (d. 2009) and who was forever in his thoughts.

Mel is survived by two sons, Mike and Dave, three grandchildren and a recent great grandchild.

Mel and his sons recently spent extensive time together while at the Hospice. He passed quietly, with no issues in this world and only a wish to rejoin Marj. At his request there will be no funeral or other public service. Any donations may be made to either the Hospice, or to his lifelong charities of the Heart & Stroke Foundation or the Salvation Army. He was known by many, and will be remembered as a gentle man.

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BUIT Brett Kendall It is with deep sorrow and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Brett Kendall Buit on Sunday, March 17th 2013, at the age of 31. Brett was a beloved son, brother, uncle, grandson and friend.

He will be forever missed by his loving parents, Marvin and Marianne, sisters Brandi (Joe) LeBreton, Shantel Hartman, Shannon (Ward) Yurystowski and nephews K e e g a n , K a i d e n , P o r t e r, Hudson, niece Emberlyn and his loyal dog Amigo. Brett is survived by his grandparents, John Buit and Jean Podridske, as well as many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Brett was predeceased by his papa Allan Stad and his grandmother Jean Buit. Brett was born and raised in the Blindman District on his parent’s dairy farm. He enjoyed snowmobiling, fishing and camping. Brett was a man of few words but was determined in whatever he wanted to achieve. His greatest passion was welding which lead to his dream coming true in 2004 at the age of 23 by owning and running his own welding business on his acreage just down the road from his parents. Another passion and joy for Brett was keeping his yard immaculate.

He took great pride in everything he did. We love you and will miss you. A Funeral Service will be held Monday, March 25th, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. a t Wo o d y n o o k C h r i s t i a n Reformed Church, Range Road 28-1 Woodynook Road, Lacombe County. Interment to follow at the Woodynook Cemetery. If desired, memorial contributions may be made to STARS, 1441 Aviation Park N.E. Box 570 Calgary, AB. T2E 8M7.

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LAWSON Raymond Burton Our beloved Raymond passed away peacefully in his sleep March 16th, 2013.

He was born November 21, 1922 in Alsask, SK, Canada.

He and Sylvia Lillian Lawson were married on August 16, 1947 and enjoyed over 65 years of great love, friendship and travel with their family and friends. Raymond worked for the Alberta Government in Red Deer, AB, Canada for many years, and was active in the Lions Club (past District Governor) and many church and civic activities. He also served in the Canadian Navy during WWII. He and his wife Sylvia formed lasting friendships with their fellow square dancers, and loved entertaining and travel.

He will be remembered by all for his great enjoyment of life, as well as his loyalty to family and friends, and genuine concern for others. Raymond was preceded in death by wife Sylvia and is survived by sons Keith (Peggy), Brian (Linda) of Mesa, AZ and daughter Nora Reilander (Dennis) of Innisfail, AB, Canada, along with four grandchildren and their spouses, six great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren.

He is also survived by his brother; Gordon (Barbara), and sister in law Phyllis Lawson, he was preceded in death by her brother, Roy Lawson and sister Florence Smith. A celebration and remembrance of Ray and Sylvia will be held Saturday, March 23, 2013 2:00 pm at Legacy Retirement Community, 5625 E. McKellips Rd., Mesa, AZ 85215.

MOISEY Joan Mary August 26, 1920 - March 7, 2013 With her daughters by her side, Joan passed away peacefully on March 7, 2013 at the Royal Jubilee Hospice in Victoria, B.C. Joan will be sadly missed by family and many friends.

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SEYMOUR Dolly 1936 - 2013 Dolly Seymour of Red Deer, Alberta passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Monday, March 18, 2013 at the age of 76 years. Dolly was born in Chatham Head, Northumberland County, New Brunswick on April 13, 1936. Dolly will be terribly missed by her daughter Sherry Yeomans and granddaughter Caitlin Sheridan, both of Red Deer.

Dolly was predeceased by her son Sheldon Seymour in 2007 and husband George Seymour in 2011. Memorial donations may be made directly to the Canadian Cancer Society, Alberta/NWT Division, 200 - 325 Manning Road N.E., Calgary, Alberta, T2E 9Z9. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Cremation arrangements in care of Gordon R. Mathers, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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Love leaves a memoryThose we love don’t go away, They walk beside us every day, Unseen, unheard, but always near, Still loved, still missed, very dear, For death leaves a heartache No one can heal, And love leaves a memory No one can steal.

Love always, Mom, Dad and Nicole

MANLEY In loving memory of our dear daughter, mother Tricia Lynn, who went to Heaven March 23, 1991 As we loved you so we miss you.

In our memory you are near loved, remembered, longed for always bringing many a silent tear the years may wipe out many things but this they’ll wipe out never the memory of those happy days when we were all together.

WARNER Mary Warner passed away peacefully at the Rosefield Centre in Innisfail on March 20, 2013 at the age of 76.

She is survived by her children, ~Forever in our hearts Susan (Brent) Sage, Lynne and in our minds.

(Cameron) Madsen, and Mom and Dad Stephen Warner; grandchildren, Brittni, Kaylee, Brayden, Phillip, and Dana; great-grandchild Funeral Directors Kayden; Keith Warner and Family as well as numerous & Services family and friends. A Remembrance Tea will be held at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church Hall, “In Your Time of Need....

3628 - 57 Ave, Red Deer, on Monday, March 25, 2013 at We Keep it Simple” 2 pm. In lieu of flowers, a donation in Mary’s memory #3, 4664 Riverside Dr., may be made to the Canadian Red Deer Diabetes Association, #6, 5015 - 48 Street, Red Deer, AB, T4N 1S9. The family www.simplycremations.com would like to thank the staff of Rosefield Centre for their care and support.

Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.myalternatives.ca Funeral Home

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KELLAR Marjory (Weir) nee Endersby June 27, 1921 - March 18, 2013 Marg Kellar passed away peacefully at her home in Red Deer on Monday, March 18, 2013 at the age of 91 years. She is survived by her sons Bob (Karen), Jerry, Ron and Randy (Linda), fourteen grandchildren and their spouses, numerous great grandchildren as well as her sister Geraldine Annon of California. As per Marg’s wishes, no service will be taking place. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

403.340.4040

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403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

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Red Deer & Crematorium

PARENT Bertha 1919 - 2013 Bertha Parent passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Bertha lived 93 full years and was sustained by her strong faith and her love for her six children and her grandchildren. In honor of Bertha’s life, a Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 5508 - 48A Avenue, Red Deer on Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 11: 30 a.m. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Cremation 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

Serving Red Deer and Central Alberta Since 1997 403-341-5181 & 888-216 - 5111

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403-347-3319 reddeerfuneralhome.com

Red Deer

Funeral Home & Crematorium

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Classifieds 309-3300 Email: classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

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E2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, March 23, 2013

CLASSIFICATIONS 50-70

Class Registrations

51

KARATE KIDS

Cheney Karate Studios, Red Deer’s most trusted name in Martial Arts is now accepting registration for all adult & children’s programs starting April, 2013.

Enrollment is limited.

(403)347-9020 www.cheneykarate.com Start your career!

See Help Wanted

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Coming Events

LICENSED Personal and Commercial Insurance professionals wanted. All levels of experience are welcome. Join a great team at Mooney Insurance.

Please email your resume to hr@rogersinsurance.ca

790

Medical

Easter Holiday Hours & Deadlines The Red Deer Advocate’s Office & Phones Closed Good Friday March 29, 2013 Deadline for: Sat. March 30 Sun. March 31 Mon. April 1 is Thurs. March 28 at 5 p.m Classifieds 309-3300 Have a safe & Happy Holiday

The Redwoods Retirement community is currently seeking an HCA to provide skilled and caring personal care to our residents. This position offers PT hours on a rotating schedule. If you have experience in care, have a friendly, organized manner, we are looking for you. While we appreciate all applicants, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Forward resume to Holly Matthews, Health Manager lpn@theredwoods.ca or in person at: 6 Daykin Street Red Deer, Alberta T4R 3P9

800

Oilfield

54

Lost

LOST grad ring, at Huntington School or Bower Mall, (large blue stone) silver setting, date on ring, has initials on band, sentimental value, any info call 403-314-9337

56

Found

CAT, adult, good mouser, black with white mouth and underbelly. Found near Springbrook. To claim please call 403-886-2358

58

Companions

I AM a 56 yr. old widower/ farmer who is looking for an attractive, unattached farm girl, 48 - 62 yr. old lady to come live with me on the farm and help with all things, e.g. driving small grain trucks, raking hay etc. Must have clean driver’s licence, like cattle, and small dogs. You should be h a p p y, g o o d s e n s e o f humor and have a positive attitude, n/s, and very light drinker as I do not drink.

Please provide picture & phone number. Reply to Box 1037, c/o R. D. Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

60

Personals

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-304-1207 (Pager)

wegot

jobs CLASSIFICATIONS 700-920

Caregivers/ Aides

710

TANKMASTER RENTALS requires CLASS 1 BED TRUCK Operators for Central Alberta. Competitive wages and benefits. m.morton@tankmaster.ca or fax 403-340-8818

800

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

Trades

850

1ST RATE ENERGY SERVICES INC., a growing Production Testing company, based out of Sylvan Lake, is currently accepting resumes for the following positions:

* Experienced Production Testing * Day Supervisors * Night Operators * Experienced Production Testing Assistants If you are a team player interested in the oil and gas industry, please submit your resume, current driver’s abstract and current safety certificates to the following: Fax 403-887-4750 lkeshen@1strateenergy.ca

We would like to thank all those candidates who apply, however only qualified personnel will be contacted.

POWER TONG OPERATOR

Phone Shirley for job specifics at 403-843-6004 Fax resume to 403-843-2899 Only qualified applicants need to apply.

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

SERVICE RIG

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

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

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

Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Email: hr@bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 258-3197 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

EAST 40TH PUB

URS FLINT TUBULAR MANAGEMENT SERVICES requires Tubing Inspection operator, manual lathe operator, loader operator and Shop & Yard Laborers. Exp. an asset but will train to suit.

Competitive wages and benefits. Apply w/resume to: 4115 Henry St. (Blindman Industrial Park)

Looking for Part/Full Time BARTENDER/SERVER. Apply with resume to 3811 40 Ave, Red Deer POST-TIME LOUNGE is now accepting resumes for cooks. Days, evenings wknds and holidays $14.70/hr. 40 hrs. per wk. .

Email hr att’n: arni_una@yahoo.ca Red Deer Cultural Heritage Society requires a

PART TIME COOK

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

Please contact Steve Tiffin at stiffin@galleonrigs.com or (403) 358-3350 fax (403) 358-3326

Professionals

810

ARE YOU A RECENT post-secondary grad who has been unable to secure employment in your field due to lack of experience?

Would you like to be paid to gain experience?

Are you between 18 - 30 years of age?

If so contact Career Assistance Network today to find out how you participate in a program that matches you with an employer to receive paid, on-the-job training leading to long-term employment in your field!

For information call (403) 341-7811.

Funded by the Government of Canada’s Career Focus

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION requires

F/T Safety Officer

to help implement & maintain safety programs.

Fax resume to: 403-343-1248 or email admin@shunda.ca

to provide catering services at the CRONQUIST HOUSE. Food service experience, the Food Sanitation & Hygiene Certificate, & excellent communication skills essential.

Please send resume to email: rdchs@telus.net or fax 403-347-8759 info, call 403-346-0055 RED STAR IS NOW accepting applications for kitchen helper, days, evenings, wknds and holidays. $11.41 per hr.

40 hrs. per wk.

Email hr att’n arni_una@yahoo.ca SUNSHINE Family Restaurant - F/T Kitchen Helper. $11.41/hr, 40 hrs/wk. Email: janegosselin@telus.net

Sales & Distributors

830

CUSTOM Energized Air is a leader in compressed air technology and requires an

Outside Sales Rep

for our solutions driven sales team. Experience in air compressors and pneumatics a definite asset, but will train the right candidate. Base + commission + mileage + benefits. For Red Deer & area. Apply: del.trynchuk@cea-air.com NOT HAPPY IN YOUR current store? Busy Red Deer import dealership is seeking a Finance Manager. Above avg wage earn 10-20K/month, full benefit pkg, demo plan.

Relocation incentive available. Its time you get paid for your hard work!!!!

Email resume to kingofcars@hotmail.com

Wolf Creek Public Schools

invites applications for the following position:

Assistant Principal, Alix-M.A.C. School 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.

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

850

Trades

Eagle Builders is expanding its facility to double production. We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts:

* Concrete Finishers * General Labourers Top Wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included. Visit our website for more detailed job descriptions at www. eaglebuilders.ca. Applicants are able to apply online or fax resumes to Human Resources 403 885 5516 or e-mail: HR@eaglebuilders.ca.

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD.

A job at Peace of mind knowing work is steady and secure

ALSO ACCEPTING RESUMES FOR PERSON(S) EXPERIENCED WITH:

TURNAROUND SCHEDULER/PLANNER BUNDLE PULLING QUALITY CONTROL TURNAROUND SUPERVISOR GENERAL FOREMAN SAFETY ADVISOR FIELD SAFETY TOWERS PLEASE EMAIL RESUMES TO:

resumes@newcartcontracting.com Fax resume to:

1-403-729-2396 Please email along with resume all safety tickets and trade tickets Please specify which position you’re applying for.

Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

810

Parkland CLASS is currently seeking Residential Supervisors to manage the overall program delivery for 3 individuals with developmental disabilities living in a residential home. Responsibilities include: providing direct care, participating in the development & implementation of personalized plans, training, supervising a team of approximately 5-12 employees & budget management.

Hours of work are 40 hrs. /wk., primarily days, Mon-Fri; however, you will be required to work some evenings and weekends.

Envy for the other guy’s happy girlfriend

A thin wallet and stretched bank account

Where would you rather be working?

JOURNEYMAN/APPRENTICE : PIPEFITTERS BOILERMAKERS RIGGERS (CRANE)

RESIDENTIAL SUPERVISORS

Worry about not being able to pay your bills

Really cool stuff you can afford to buy

850

IS NOW ACCEPTING RESUMES FOR THE UPCOMING TURNAROUND SEASON

SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS

vs. the other guys

A girlfriend/wife who is happy and thinks you rock!

Trades

Requires

Professionals

850

Furix Energy Inc is hiring for the following positions Journeyman and Apprentice Pipefitters Skilled Labourers Sandblasters Buying or Selling Industrial Coaters and your home?

Painters Apprentice Welders Check out Homes for Sale Journeymen welders with in Classifieds CWB and 400BBL tank manufacturing experience. S M A L L R U R A L M E AT SHOP in central AB lookPlease email your resumes ing for F/T meat cutter. to Darryl@furixenergy.com K n o w l e d g e o f c u t t i n g hanging carcasses or fax to 403-348-8109. needed. Rental house LICENSED mechanic for avail. within walking distruck maintenance on 20 t a n c e o f m e a t s h o p . truck fleet. Reply to Box Please call 403-843-4383 1036, c/o R. D. Advocate, Central Alberta’s Largest 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Car Lot in Classifieds Deer, AB T4R 1M9 or fax resume to 403-346-0295

CANUCK FRAMING is hiring all framers with 1 year+ exp. in commercial or residential framing.

Top Wages to Top Guys.

Transportation a Must.

Call James at 403-872-0159 CONNELLY INDUSTRIAL INSULATION is seeking ticketed Alberta Asbestos workers and Mechanical Commercial Insulators. Email resume to: info@ connellyinsulation.com

Trades

NEEDED F/T service person for after sales service and set up of manufactured and modular home, Must have exp. in roofing, siding, flooring, drywall, paint etc., Competitive wages and health plan avail. Apply to James at M & K Homes, 403-346-6116

PART/FULL TIME COOK Apply at East 40th Pub. 3811 40th Ave.

800

Oilfield

840

Teachers/ Tutors

DAD’S PIZZA

Please specify position when replying to this ad.

PART TIME HEALTH CARE AID

Oilfield

Quali¿cations: A Degree/Diploma in Human Services, Social work or a related ¿eld. Preferably, you will have 3–5 years of experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities, as well as, excellent interpersonal, team building and leadership skills. Experience responding to behaviours of concern, assisting with personal care and/or working with medically fragile individuals would be ideal.

A full wallet and healthy bank account

Salary: $3466.80 - $3518.80

Eagle operates the newest fleet of rigs, has safe operations, and offers steady work – that means more cash in your pocket, and a whole lot more!

A valid class 5 driver’s license and your own transportation are required.

We will be hiring permanent and temporary Residential Supervisors. To be discussed further at interview. Questions can be directed to Claudia Roy at 403 347-3333.

Brochure for really cool stuff that you can’t afford to buy

We look forward to hearing from you; please forward your resume quoting competition # 4534SUP by March 25, 2013 to: Parkland CLASS, Human Resources, 6010-45th Avenue Red Deer, Alberta T4N 3M4 Fax: 403 342-2677 • Email: hr@pclass.org

Phone: (403) 346-7789, Fax: (403) 346-9770, Email: eaglejobs@iroccorp.com

NOW HIRING FOR ALL POSITIONS www.eaglerigjobs.com

www.parklandclass.org

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WHAT’S HAPPENING

HOWARD & COMPANY Real Estate Appraisers requires a F/T Office Assistant. Experience in MS Office and office skills are an asset.

Please send resumes to: davidhorn@ howardandcompany.com or drop off at Unit 906, Second floor, Parkland Mall, Red Deer.

403-343-7000.

800

Oilfield

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780

Legal

LIVE IN CAREGIVER FOR 49 yr. old F, exc. living cond., 403-346-3179

Trades

850

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

P/T F. caregiver wanted for F quad. Must be reliable and have own vehicle. 403-348-5456 or 403-505-7846

720

RECEPTIONIST / ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Tar-ific Construction offers a fast pace working environment. We are looking for a friendly, energetic individual to join our team in a full time position.

Qualifications: Knowledgeable in Payroll, A/P and benefits.

Experience in Abacus accounting, spreadsheeting and Microsoft office would be an asset.

Please email resumes to info@tarific.ca

Dental

740

Top Wages, Bonuses & Benefits

IMMEDIATE OPENING for F/T DENTAL ASSISTANT. Must be a member of the College of Alberta Dental Assistants. Please drop off resume ATT’N: Marina at Bower Dental Centre OR EMAIL RESUME: marina@bowerdental.com

Janitorial

770

We are currently hiring for the position of:

INSTRUMENTATION & ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE and COMMISSIONING TECHNICIANS

Canyon is the fastest growing fracturing company in North America. We deliver quality customized pressure pumping and service solutions to the oil and gas industry, improving our industry one job at a time.

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

7 day on/7 day off schedule Fly directly to site from Edmonton or Calgary

Class 1 Driver / Operators: Nitrogen – Pump Operators and Bulk Drivers; Journeyman Parts Technician; Electronic Technician; Payroll Administrator Applicant Requirements: f Self-motivated f Willing to work flexible hours f Safety—focused

f Team orientated f Clean Class 1 drivers abstract 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

The ideal candidate will have the following: • • • • •

STUDON offers a competitive salary, and an opportunity to apply your skills in a challenging and rewarding environment.

Paid technical and leadership training

Please forward your resume to the address below. We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those candidates interviewed will be contacted.

Career advancement opportunities RRSP Matching Program

Please note: This job posting closes on March 28th 2013

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

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

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How to apply: CCCSI is hiring sanitation workers for the afternoon and evening shifts. Get paid weekly, $14.22/hr.

Call 403-348-8440 or fax 403-348-8463

Dedication to safety; reflected in practice and experience Excellent interpersonal skills Strong focus on customer satisfaction Team player Long term employment

STUDON Electric & Controls Inc. ATTN: Human Resources Fax # 403-342-6505 Email: hr@studon.com “People Pride & Service”

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Clerical

STUDON Electric & Controls Inc. is one of Canada’s Best 50 Managed Companies. We are an industryleading Electrical & Instrumentation Contractor that prides itself in having committed and dedicated employees.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, March 23, 2013 E3

BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators.

We offer lots of home time, benefits and a bonus program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and comm.abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

DRIVERS for furniture moving company, class 5 required (5 tons), local & long distance. Competitive wages. Apply in person.

6630 71 St. Bay 7 Red Deer. 403-347-8841 MEGA CRANES is looking for a ticketed crane and boom truck operator. Must have Class 1. Good wages, benefits, 10% holiday pay, RRSP’s, and most evenings and weekends off. Fax resume to 885-4269 or email cathy@megacranes.com P/T CLASS 1 Truck Driver req’d to haul feed with B-Train Tanker to our farm in Ponoka. 2--3 days per wk, approx. 8-10 hrs. per day flexible hrs. Must have clean driving record Fax resume (403)783-5239 or email: vandepolfarms@yahoo.ca Phone 403-704-0257

Timberlands Area Talson Place, Thomas Place Trimble Place, Traptow Place Timberstone Way $152/mo.

Michener Area West of 40th Ave. North Ross St. to 52 Street. $236/monthly Good for adult with small car.

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 info

ADULT & YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED for delivery of Flyers Red Deer Express & Red Deer Life Sunday in GRANDVIEW MORRISROE MOUNTVIEW WEST PARK Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

Are you our next store manager? We are searching high and low for an honest, friendly, service-minded individual to Business fill the role of General ManOpportunities ager for West Park Market.

This position oversees Join Distinctly Tea in the operations for a wellhigh growth & high margin established, fast-paced, retail loose leaf tea indus- neighbourhood food store/ try. Steve@fylypchuk.com bakery. To apply, email your resume to westparkmarket@gmail.

Misc. com or drop it off in person at #110 - 3722 57 Avenue, Help Red Deer, AB. No phone calls please.

870

CARRIERS REQUIRED to deliver the Central AB Life, one day a wk. in Rimbey & Sylvan Lake ALSO Adult Carriers needed in Sylvan Lake & Bentley Please call Debbie for details 314-4307 Start your career!

See Help Wanted

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

ANDERS AREA Adams Close/ Adair Ave.

Clearview Area Castle Crsc.

Clark Crsc. & Crawford St. $155/mo.

in the town of Olds Earn $500+ for hour and a half per day.

Must have own vehicle.

18+ Needed ASAP

INGLEWOOD AREA

Clearview Ridge Carrington Drive & Crossley St. area $202.00/mo.

Deerpark Area 3 blks of Duston St. Denmark Crsc & West half of Donnelly Crsc. $94/mo.

LANCASTER AREA

Lancaster Area East half of Lampard Crsc. $61/mo.

ALSO Landry Bend Lacey Close & Lenon Close area $76/mo.

Good for adult with small car.

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 info

Lancaster Dr

General Maintenance Worker

Sherwood Crsc

Carriers Needed 4 days/wk Flyers & Sun. Life IN PINES Patterson Cres. & Pamley Ave. Piper Dr. & Pennington Cres.

Pallo, Payne & Parsons Cl. Please call Joanne at 403-314-4308 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Call Quitcy 403-314-4316 qmacaulay@ reddeer advocate.com

Illingworth Close

is seeking a

NO EXP. NECESSARY!!

F.T. position available IMMEDIATELY in hog assembly yard in Red Deer. Starting wage $12/hr. Call Rich or Paul 403-346-6934

Currently seeking Newspaper carrier for morning delivery

Baile Close Boyce St./ Byer Close Barrett Dr/ Beatty Crsc..

Brown Cl./Baird St Barrett Dr./Baird St

SUNNYBROOK AREA

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

CENTRAL Alberta Precast Plant is currently seeking an individual to oversee the maintenance for the plant. Individual would work in conjunction with the operations manager and plant supervisor.

Position plays an integral part in plant operations.

You will be responsible for the maintenance, calibration, and technical support for all operating equipment.

Individual would also be required to maintain proper files for all maintenance activities, and effectively manage inventory levels of critical replacement parts in a cost effective and efficient manner. Supervision of 3rd party contractors at times will also be req’d.

Applicant must have minimum 5 yrs. of maintenance experience. Applicant must also have a wide range of knowledge different machine components.

Electrical knowledge is an asset. Individual must work with compliance of all Occupational Health and Safety legislation, guidelines, standards, policies, procedures and practices.

Individual must be willing to be on call 6 days a week. Overtime work will be req’d. Wages based on experience and benefits avail. Fax resume to 403-885-5516.

6 DAYS PER WK. ( Monday - Saturday)

Arnett & Burgess Pipeliners

for our Blackfalds office.

General office/shop/yard upkeep. P/T Flexible hours. Phone: 403.290.7800. Email: HR@ ABPIPELINERS.COM.

880

Misc.

Help

BOWER AREA

880

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in

880

VANIER AREA Viscount Dr./ Voisin Crsc Valentine Crsc.

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300 GRAYSON EXCAVATING LTD. requires experienced foremen, pipelayers, equipment operators, Class 1 drivers, topmen and general labourers for installation of deep utilities (water and sewer). Fax resume to (403)782-6846 or e-mail to: info@ graysonexcavating.com

F/T & P/T sales position.

HALLMARK CARDS BOWER MALL Bring resume when applying.

GAMES MUSIC - F/T Sales Clerk. Submit resume to 5209 50 Ave Red Deer

JOB OPPORTUNITY -RED DEER AIRPORT

-Part Time at the Red Deer Airport.

Bilingualism is an asset

LANDSCAPING POSITIONS Physically demanding.

Own transportation.

Regular hours & hourly rate negotiable. Apprenticeship avail. Fax 403-341-3042

LOOKER OFFICE FURNITURE

is looking for an OFFICE FURNITURE INSTALLER If you have a clean drivers licence, are hard working, flexible and have a positive attitude this job could be for you.

Team work and a great work ethic is a must! This full-time position is for install and delivery of commercial furniture.

Please email resume to ac@lookeroffice.ca MEGA CRANES is looking for a YARD person with Class 1. Fax resume to 885-4269 or email cathy@megacranes.com SYNIK CLOTHING, Gasoline Alley. F/T - P/T Great pay for right person.

Apply within w/resume.

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com Accounting

1010

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

Beauty/ Cosmetic

1040

Escorts

1165

LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

Handyman Services

1200

EYELASH EXTENSIONS - 1 FREE FILL! 587-876-4711

GREYSTONE Handyman Services. Reasonable rates. Ron, 403-396-6089

1100

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

Contractors

BRIAN’S DRYWALL Framing, drywall, taping, textured & t-bar ceilings, 36 yrs exp. Ref’s. 392-1980

COUNTERTOPS

Wes Wiebe 403-302-1648 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 RENO’S, painting, countertops, etc. 403-346-9477

Massage Therapy

1280

ASIAN Executive Touch Exclusive for men. Open 10 am - 6 pm. Mon. - Fri. 5003-50 St. 403-348-5650

FANTASY SPA

GRAND OPENING APRIL 1 SIDING, Soffit, Fascia preferring non- combustible Gentle Touch Massage fibre cement, canexel & smart board, Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

Escorts

1165

4919 50 St. New staff. Daily Specials. New rear entry, lots of parking. 403-341-4445 HOT STONE, Body Balancing. 403-352-8269

VII MASSAGE

Feeling overwhelmed?

Hard work day? Come in and let us pamper you.

Pampering at its best. #7 7464 Gaetz Ave.(rear entrance if necessary) www.viimassage.biz In/Out Calls to Hotels.

403-986-6686

Misc.

Services

5* JUNK REMOVAL

CENTRAL PEST CONTROL LTD. Comm/res. Locally owned.

403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca

IRONMAN Scrap Metal Recovery is picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles and industrial.

Serving central Alberta.

403-318-4346

Moving & Storage

IF you demand the best call Applebottoms 403-550-0558

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

1300

1315

SPECIALIZING in reuniting loved ones back to stay.

Stops divorce 100% guaranteed. Call toll free 1-888-382-4111

Printing

1335

“PRINTING Press numbering machines brand LEIBENGER OR ATLANTIC ( Convex or straight) reverse or forward suitable for GTO or large press for sale. $275.00 each, or if you purchase all 8, it will be $250 each.

2 GTO PERFORATION ARMS with wheels $300 FOR BOTH .call 403-346-4263 ( pictures can be viewed on kijiji ID436440237)

Seniors’ Services

1372

ATT’N: SENIORS Are you looking for help on small jobs, around the house such as roof snow removal, bathroom fixtures, painting or flooring Call James 403- 341-0617

BOXES? MOVING? SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

1310

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

COUPLES SPECIAL Painters/

2nd person is 1/2 price.

Open daily 9 am-9 pm.

403-986-1550 #3 4820-47 Ave

1290

Property clean up 340-8666

LINDA’S CHINESE MASSAGE

EROTICAS PLAYMATES Girls of all ages 598-3049 www.eroticasplaymates.net

1280

Personal Services

Decorators

LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations.

403-342-7801.

1590

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

EquipmentHeavy

For afternoon delivery once per week

1630

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

In the towns of: Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler

Firewood

1660

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood

Spruce, Pine, Spilt, Dry. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Poplar. Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227

Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303

LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for The Town of Olds No collecting!

Packages come ready for delivery!

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BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota didn’t set out to become the abortion debate’s new epicenter.

It happened by accident, after a legislative caucus that once vetted abortion bills languished, leaving lawmakers to propose a flurry of measures — some cribbed from Wikipedia — without roadblocks.

Long dismissed as cold and inconsequential, North Dakota is now trying to enact the toughest abortion restrictions in the nation. The newly oilrich red state may soon find itself in a costly battle over legislation foes describe as blatantly unconstitutional.

“It had to happen some place,” said Sen. John Andrist, a Crosby Republican who has served in the Legislature for more than two decades.

“I’m from the group who hates voting on abortion issues and who don’t like to play God,” said Andrist, who describes himself as “moderately prolife” and has voted for some but not all of the restrictions North Dakota has taken up this year. “But we have some strong-willed people in this state who do.”

Lawmakers on Friday took a step toward outlawing abortion altogether in the state by passing a so-called personhood resolution that says a fertilized egg has the same right to life as a person. The House’s approval sends the matter to voters, who will decide whether to add the wording to the state’s constitution in November 2014.

It’s one of several anti-abortion measures to pass the Legislature.

Most are awaiting the signature of Republican Gov. Jack Dalrymple, who hasn’t yet indicated whether he supports the laws. Even if he were to veto them, some could have the support for the Legislature to override him.

One bill would prohibit abortion if a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which can happen as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. Another would make North Dakota the only state to prohibit women from having the procedure because a fetus has a genetic defect, such as Down syndrome.

Though similar proposals in other states have faced fierce opposition, almost all of the anti-abortion measures in North Dakota this year have passed with little debate and with overwhelming support. One Democrat, Sen. Connie Triplett, walked out of the Senate in a silent protest during debate last week on the genetic abnormalities bill, knowing her vote wouldn’t keep the measure from passing.

The only significant measure to fail so far was a second personhood bill debated Friday that would have automatically defined in state law that life begins at conception. Lawmakers wor-

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

North Dakota state Sen. Connie Triplett, D-Grand Forks, speaks out against HB1305 before leaving the chamber without casting a vote on the bill at the state Capitol, Friday, March 15, 2013 in Bismarck, N.D. ried the wording would jeopardize couples’ efforts to get pregnant using in vitro fertilization.

So why is this happening in North Dakota, and why now?

The answer lies in part with the disintegration of an anti-abortion caucus that used to take the lead on introducing bills aimed at the procedure.

Longtime Sen. Tim Mathern, a Democrat from Fargo who once led the caucus, said the group favoured a more gradual approach to ending abortion in the state, focusing on measures it thought would withstand legal challenges. Without the caucus, some of the Legislature’s most ardent abortion opponents are taking up the cause, introducing bills crafted by out-of-state organizations or from examples found on the Internet.

Mathern, a Roman Catholic, fears the approach could backfire in the courts and with the state’s residents.

“In the long term, no question, it hurts,” he said.

The caucus that once helped organize and streamline anti-abortion proposals didn’t formally go away.

Mathern said it just “petered out little by little” in recent years, amid disagreements over what approach to take with legislation.

The group often whittled proposals down to just a few, if any, bills each session that had the backing of lawmakers and national anti-abortion groups.

“The problem was we could never

get all the groups on the same page,” Bismarck Republican Sen. Margaret Sitte said.

Sitte introduced some of this year’s anti-abortion measures, including the “personhood” resolution. She said the idea came from her heart — with inspiration from former President Ronald Reagan and legal language lifted from an online encyclopedia.

“There was no grandiose plan,” Sitte said, adding that the template for the personhood resolution came from a quick web search. “It came from Wikipedia.”

Sitte and other abortion foes acknowledge they want to shut down North Dakota’s only abortion clinic, which is in Fargo, the state’s largest city. They also hope to challenge the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v.

Wade ruling that legalized abortion up until a fetus is considered viable, usually around 22 to 24 weeks into a pregnancy.

Jordan Goldberg, state advocacy counsel for the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights, said the measures are backed by large antiabortion organizations or smaller “fringe” groups.

“None of the bills originated in North Dakota. All the bills came from out of state, every single one of them,” Goldberg said.

Critics of North Dakota’s proposals say the state of about 700,000 residents is setting itself up for a costly legal battle that would be tough to win.

North Dakota is uniquely positioned to undertake an expensive legal fight. Fueled by the unprecedented oil bonanza in the western part of the state, North Dakota boasts a nearly $2 billion state budget surplus and has the lowest unemployment rate in the nation.

Still, the record production that has thrust the state to the nation’s No. 2 oil producer behind Texas also has brought challenges, including more crime brought on by an exploding population and torn-up roads from increased traffic. Hundreds of millions of dollars in new housing construction and infrastructure improvements haven’t kept pace.

Rep. Kathy Hawken, a Republican from Fargo who supports legal abortion, said she believes most of the state’s residents would prefer to see lawmakers focus on other issues, such as taxes and education.

“This is not coming from here, from the people of our state. It’s coming from out of state,” she said of the antiabortion legislation.

Hawken is among a bipartisan group of about 10 lawmakers who have urged Dalrymple to veto anti-abortion measures.

“We’re clearly not the brightest bulbs in the bunch if we take a legal medical procedure and try and make it illegal,” she said.

Brazil police seek charges against 16 in club fire

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAO PAULO, Brazil — Criminal charges are being sought against 16 people in connection with the nightclub fire that killed 241 people in southern Brazil earlier this year, police said Friday.

Inspector Marcelo Arigony told a news conference that the mayor and fire chief of Santa Maria, the city where the fire occurred, could also be held responsible for the accident because of the negligent safety inspections of the nightclub.

But he said that because Mayor Cezar Schirmer is an elected official, the police cannot file charges against him and only the Rio Grande do Sul State Supreme Court and the city’s legislature can determine if he is charged. Only a military court can charge the fire chief, because the department is under the control of the police, which is part of the military.

The fire roared through the crowded, windowless Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria on Jan. 27, filling the air with flames and thick, toxic smoke.

Arigony said the band performing at the club lit a flare, which ignited flammable soundproofing foam on the ceiling. The cyanide, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide released by

the ensuing fire “was what killed the people inside.”

The inspector said police are seeking murder charges against the nightclub’s two owners, their manager, and three band members, among others.

The lesser charge of manslaughter is being sought against several city officials for granting the club an operating permit “when it was obvious that minimum safety and fire prevention measures were not in place,” Arigony said.

The investigation showed numerous “irregularities,” including flawed fire extinguishers, overcrowded of the building, and only one door leading in and out of the club.

Results of the investigation will be forwarded to state prosecutors, who will decide whether to file the charges sought by police.

Douglas Medeiros, whose 18-yearold girlfriend Thanise Correa Garcia died in the blaze, said that seeking criminal charges against top officials was a move in the right direction.

“This investigation was only the first step, now it’s up to the prosecutors to charge these guys,” Medeiros said by phone. “I’m keeping my expectations low because I don’t want to be disappointed. It’s hard to believe these powerful officials will be charged. We’re waiting for them to be

jailed — only then will I be satisfied.”

Two days after the fire, Arigony told reporters that the band knowingly purchased flares meant for outdoor use because they cost just $1.25 each, compared with $35 for an indoor flare.

The blaze began around 2:30 a.m. local time during a performance by Gurizada Fandangueira, a country music band that used pyrotechnics during their shows. The band’s guitarist said that the 615 square-meter (6,650-square-foot) club was packed with about 1,200-1,300 people. The police have said the capacity for a club of that size is less than 700 people.

Kiss apparently had no alarm or sprinkler system and only one working exit, leaving the crowd to search desperately for a way out.

About 50 victims were found in the club’s two bathrooms, where they crowded after blinding smoke evidently caused them to believe the doors were exits.

Brazil has long turned a blind eye to safety and infrastructure concerns about public gathering places. The disaster, the worst fire of its kind in more than a decade, raised questions about whether Brazilian authorities can ensure safety in such venues as the country prepares to host next year’s World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An orphaned Alaska polar bear is getting a new temporary home in Buffalo, N.Y. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials say the 3- to 4-month old cub is expected to be transported to the Buffalo Zoo sometime this spring to join the zoo’s own cub, Luna.

The Alaska cub is currently being cared for at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage after its mother was killed March 12 by a subsistence hunter near Point Lay on Alaska’s northwest coast.

Point Lay residents asked that the bear be named Kali, the Inupiat Eskimo name for their village.

Zoo officials say the cub now weighs about 23 pounds (10 ½ kilograms).

Fish and Wildlife Service officials say the St. Louis Zoo is being considered as a permanent home for Kali.

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

This photo provided by the Alaska Zoo and taken March 18, 2013, in Anchorage, Alaska, shows Kali, an orphaned polar bear cub.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, March 23, 2013 E5

Former inmate dies in Texas shootout MAY BE TIED TO DEATH OF COLORADO PRISON CHIEF

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DECATUR, Texas — A former inmate and white supremacist who may be tied to the slaying of the Colorado prisons chief is dead after a high-speed chase and shootout with Texas deputies, authorities said Friday.

Evan Spencer Ebel, 28 had a long record of convictions since 2003 for various crimes including assaulting a prison guard in 2008. He is also suspected in the killing of a pizza delivery man whose body was found Sunday.

Ebel was a member of a white supremacist prison gang called the 211s, a federal law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The official was not authorized to speak publicly about the case and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.

Although Colorado authorities won’t confirm Ebel’s gang ties or say whether they have anything to do with the slaying of the state prisons chief, they’ve locked down prisons, where the white supremacist gang is active, and upped security on state officials.

They say both are general precautions.

Authorities found shell casings at the scene of the shootout with deputies that are similar to those found at the home of Tom Clements, the Colorado prisons director who was shot to death Tuesday after answering his front door. And the Cadillac Ebel drove matched the description of one spotted in the neighbourhood that night.

Texas authorities spotted the car Thursday and gave chase after Ebel shot and wounded a deputy.

They fatally shot him after he crashed into a semi and opened fire on his pursuers.

In the trunk of Ebel’s car, Texas authorities found a Domino’s pizza box and a jacket or shirt from the popular chain. That hardened the apparent connection between Ebel and the slaying of deliveryman Nathan Leon, who delivered a pizza on Sunday and was found dead of multiple gunshot wounds.

The FBI and local officials were also beginning to examine another case that appears similar to the Clements killing — the Jan. 31 slaying of a prosecutor who was gunned down as he walked across a parking lot to the courthouse in Kaufman — about 100 miles (161 kilometres) from where Ebel crashed and got into the shootout.

Authorities have investigated whether Mark Hasse’s death could be linked to a white supremacist gang. On Friday, they said they will see if there is

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

This undated file photo released by the Colorado Department of Corrections shows paroled inmate Evan Spencer Ebel. Ebel, 28, the former Colorado inmate and white supremacist at the center of a twostate mystery is dead after a high-speed chase and shootout with Texas deputies March 21, 2013. Now investigators are trying to piece together whether he killed the chief of Colorado prisons and a pizza delivery man. any connection to Clements’ murder.

“This is part of routine investigative work when two crimes occur under somewhat similar circumstances,” Kaufman Police Chief Chris Aulbaugh said in a statement on the look at any links with the Clements case.

Ebel is not on the radar of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks extremist groups, but the centre rates the gang as one of the most vicious white supremacist groups operating in the nation’s prisons, comparable to the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas.

Founded in 1995 to protect white prisoners from attacks, it operates only in Colorado and has anywhere from between a couple hundred to 1,000 members, senior fellow Mark Potok said Friday.

The gang has grown into a sophisticated criminal enterprise where members are assigned military titles like “general” and extort money from fellow prisoners, regardless of race. Released members are expected to make money to support those still in prison, Potok said. He said members have to attack someone to get in and can only get out by dying.

In 2005, 32 members were indicted for racketeering and the gang’s founder, Benjamin Davis, was sentenced to over 100 years in prison.

Legal records show Ebel was convicted of several crimes in Colorado dating back to 2003, including assaulting a prison guard in 2008. He apparently was paroled, but Colorado Department of Corrections spokeswoman Alison Morgan said she could not release information on prisoners because of the ongoing investigation into Clements’ death.

Scott Robinson, a criminal defence attorney and media legal analyst, represented Ebel in 2003 and 2004. He said Ebel had been sentenced to a halfway house for a robbery charge in 2003 before he was accused in two additional robbery cases the following year that garnered prison sentences of three and eight years.

“I thought he was a young man who was redeemable, otherwise I wouldn’t have taken the case,” Robinson said, saying he didn’t recall the details of the case.

Robinson said he knew Ebel before he got in trouble. He said Ebel was raised by a single father and had a younger sister who died in a car accident years ago.

Vicky Bankey said Ebel was in his teens when she lived across from him in suburban Denver until his father moved a couple of years ago. She remembers seeing Ebel once jump off the roof of his house.

“He was a handful. I’d see him do some pretty crazy things,” she said.

“He had a hair-trigger temper as a kid. But his dad was so nice,” Bankey said.

Ebel’s father didn’t return multiple phone calls.

Man arrested impersonating pilot in cockpit of airplane

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A 61-year-old French man was arrested at Philadelphia International Airport and charged with impersonating a pilot after airline officials found him in the cockpit of a plane scheduled for takeoff, police said Friday.

The crew of a US Airways flight bound for West Palm Beach, Florida, found Philippe Jernnard of La Rochelle, France, in the jump seat behind the pilot on Wednesday evening, removing him after he was unable to produce valid credentials and became argumentative, police said.

Jernnard, who was a ticketed passenger, was wearing a white shirt with an Air France logo and had a black jacket with epaulets on the shoulders, police said. Officer Christine O’Brien said police found him in possession of a counterfeit Air France crew member ID card.

Air France said Jernnard is not one of its employees and was not wearing the airline’s uniform.

It’s not clear how Jernnard got into the cockpit, but one security expert said he didn’t view it as a breach.

Pilots can typically ride for free in the jump seat of another airline, but they must make arrangements ahead of time and their presence would be noted on a passenger manifest. That manifest is reviewed by the pilot before takeoff — meaning that Jernnard didn’t have a chance of remaining, said Douglas Laird, former security director for Northwest Airlines.

“The guy can’t do any harm sitting up there. He has no access to the controls sitting there. I think the system worked,” said Laird, who now runs an airline security consultancy in Reno, Nevada.

Police said there’s no indication Jernnard meant any harm. A US Airways spokeswoman referred questions to the FBI, which confirmed it is investigating but declined to comment Friday.

O’Brien said Jernnard initially became upset at the gate when he asked to be upgraded to business class.

“The (US Airways) employee gate agent told the male there was no space left in business class. He became irate,” O’Brien said.

Jernnard then boarded the plane and made his way to the jump seat.

He was charged with criminal trespass, forgery, records tampering, false impersonation of a person privately employed, and providing false identification to law enforcement. He was jailed on $1 million bail pending a preliminary hearing scheduled for April 5. Federal charges are also expected.

Jernnard is represented by the Philadelphia public defender’s office, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In France, police in La Rochelle as well as the national police declined to comment, saying they are not allowed to disclose information about individuals.

Jernnard’s stunt mirrored one by con man Frank Abagnale Jr., whose exploits were chronicled in the 2002 hit film “Catch Me If You Can.” In the movie, Abagnale, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, is able to make his way into a plane’s cockpit, bluffing his way past security and distracting the FBI by donning a pilot’s uniform.

Laird said he can recall a few other cases before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in which civilians talked their way into the cockpit and were not discovered until the planes had actually taken off.

Bomb plot convict apologizes, says he drank ‘all day, every day’

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO — A young Lebanese immigrant awaiting sentencing for placing a backpack he thought held a bomb near Chicago’s Wrigley Field baseball stadium wrote a letter to the judge saying he drank “all day, every day” for months before the would-be attack.

In a seven page letter to U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman, Sami Samir Hassoun apologizes and insists he has worked hard at becoming a better person, including by taking yoga instruction in jail.

The letter was included in a defence filing this week. Hassoun, in custody since his 2010 arrest, is scheduled to be sentenced April 5.

Prosecutors want a 30-year prison sentence for the 25-year-old, who pleaded guilty to weapons charges last year. The defence filing argues Hassoun deserves no more than 20 years, in part because they contend he was egged on by an FBI informant to concoct the bombing scheme.

In his plea agreement, Hassoun admitted he dropped what he believed was a bomb into a trash bin on a crowded street by the Chicago Cubs’ stadium in 2010. The fake device was given to him by undercover FBI agents who had been tipped off by the informant.

In the letter — dated Oct. 12, 2012,

but released publicly this week — Hassoun tells Gettleman, “I am so ashamed of my actions and of this horrific crime that I’ve committed.”

He describes feeling despondent and confused with his new life as a bakery worker, frustrated by broken dreams of becoming rich after he and his parents moved to the U.S. from Lebanon in 2008.

“By two to three months before my crime, I was drinking all day, every day,” he wrote. “I would open a bottle of Johnnie Walker Black in the morning and finish it by evening, while also drinking vodka and beer.”

He smoked marijuana regularly and sometimes used cocaine and ecstasy, he wrote.

Hassoun said he has confronted his self-destructiveness, has taken angermanagement courses and is working toward a degree through a University of Ohio program designed for inmates.

Hassoun, who was born in Beirut, blamed what he described as longstanding emotional issues, in part, on trauma that lingered with him since childhood living in Ivory Coast when bloody civil strife broke out in that African nation.

“I witnessed all these horrific and barbaric scenes and images from the balcony of our apartment,” he wrote.

“I lived in constant fear, hearing rumours that they were invading homes, and raping women and kids.”

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

This photo provided Friday, March 22, 2013 by Sherry West, of Brunswick, Ga., shows her son Antonio Santiago celebrating his first Christmas in December of 2012. West says a teenager trying to rob her at gunpoint Thursday asked “Do you want me to kill your baby?” before he fatally shot 13-month-old Antonio in the head.

Two arrested in killing of baby in stroller, wounding of mother

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUNSWICK, Ga. — A pair of teenagers was arrested Friday and accused of fatally shooting a 13-month-old baby in the face and wounding his mother during their morning stroll through a leafy, historic neighbourhood.

Sherry West had just been to the post office a few blocks from her apartment Thursday morning and was pushing her son, Antonio, in his stroller while they walked past gnarled oak trees and blooming azaleas in the coastal city of Brunswick.

West said a tall, skinny teenager, accompanied by a smaller boy, asked her for money.

“He asked me for money and I said I didn’t have it,” she told The Associated Press Friday from her apartment, which was scattered with her son’s toys and movies.

“When you have a baby, you spend all your money on babies. They’re expensive. And he kept asking and I just said ’I don’t have it.’ And he said, ’Do you want me to kill your baby?’ And I said, ’No, don’t kill my baby!”’

One of the teens fired four shots, grazing West’s ear and striking her in the leg, before he walked around to the stroller and shot the baby in the face.

Seventeen-year-old De’Marquis Elkins is charged as an adult with firstdegree murder, along with a 14-yearold who was not identified because he is a juvenile, Police Chief Tobe Green said. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the boys had attorneys.

Police announced the arrest Friday afternoon after combing school records and canvassing neighbourhoods searching for the pair. The chief said the motive of the “horrendous act” was still under investigation and the weapon had not been found.

“I feel glad that justice will be served,” West said. “It’s not something I’m going to live with very well. I’m just glad they caught him.”

West said detectives showed her mugshots of about 24 young men. She pointed to one, saying he looked like the gunman.

“After I picked him, they said they had him in custody,” West said. “It looked just like him. So I think we got our man.”

West said she thought the other suspect looked much younger: “That little

boy did not look 14.”

The slaying happened around the corner from West’s apartment in the city’s Old Town historic district. It’s a street lined with grand Victorian homes from the late 1800s. Most have been neatly restored by their owners.

Others, with faded and flaking paint, have been divided into rental units like the apartment West shared with her son. The slain boy’s father, Luis Santiago, lives in a house across the street.

A neighbour dropped off a fruit basket and then a hot pot of coffee Friday as a friend from the post office dropped by to comfort West.

Santiago came and went. At one point he scooped up an armload of his son’s stuffed animals, saying he wanted to take them home with him. He talked about Antonio’s first birthday on Feb. 5 and how they had tried different party hats on the boy.

“He’s all right,” Santiago told the boy’s mother, trying to smile. “He’s potty training upstairs in heaven.”

West said her son was walking well on his own and eight of his teeth had come in. But she also mourned the milestones that will never come, like Antonio’s first day at school.

“I’m always going to wonder what his first word would be,” West said.

Beverly Anderson, whose husband owns the property where West has lived for several years, said she was stunned by the violence in what’s generally known as a safe neighbourhood where children walk to school and families are frequently outdoors.

Jonathan Mayes and his wife were out walking their dogs Friday, right past the crime scene, and said they’ve never felt nervous about being out after dark.

“What is so mind-numbing about this is we don’t have this kind of stuff happen here,” Mayes said. “You expect that kind of crap in Atlanta.”

It’s not the mother’s first loss of a child to violence. West said her 18-year-old son, Shaun Glassey, was killed in New Jersey in 2008. She still has a newspaper clipping from the time.

Glassey was killed with a steak knife in March 2008 during an attack involving several other teens on a dark street corner in Gloucester County, N.J., according to news reports from the time.

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