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Winter’s wreckage Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Vehicles litter Hwy 2 near Leduc on Thursday. A blizzard that has been blasting through the Prairies is being blamed for a multi-vehicle crash south of Edmonton that has injured about 100 people. Please see related story on Page A2.

Budget banks on growth FLAHERTY PUTS BRAKES ON SPENDING WHILE HOPING TO ACCELERATE GROWTH

BY BRUCE CHEADLE THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — When Jim Flaherty was a young man, they called it a brake stand — one foot on the gas and one on the brake, creating lots of noise and plumes of blue smoke but moving the vehicle sideways if at all.

Stephen Harper’s finance minister is banking that all the torque in his eighth federal budget, delivered Thursday, will propel the Canadian economy forward in a burst sometime next year.

It’s all geared to a fall 2015 election date, when Prime Minister Stephen Harper hopes to woo Canadian voters with the first balanced federal budget since 2008.

In the meantime, Flaherty’s foot remains firmly on the government spending brake in a 2013-14 fiscal blueprint that shuffles priorities, re-allocates resources and cracks down on tax cheats but adds no new money while continuing dramatic cuts to direct program expenses.

Canadians have faith, Flaherty told the House of Commons in his budget speech, “that their government will be a benign and silent partner in their enterprise, not an overbearing behemoth squeezing them at every turn.”

The deficit for the current fiscal year that ends in two weeks is projected to be $25.9 billion — exactly as forecast in the fall fiscal update but up significantly from the $21.1 billion posited

by Flaherty in last March’s budget.

Part of that bump comes from a onetime, $2.4-billion increase in Ottawa’s nuclear cleanup liability.

Total spending, including debt-servicing charges, will rise to $282.6 billion this year, up less than one per cent on the 2012-13 spending envelope of $280.1 billion. That’s effectively a cut

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Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is applauded by his party after tabling the federal budget in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday. after inflation and population growth are factored in.

More significantly, direct program expenses — which exclude major transfers to other levels of government

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— are projected to plunge almost $4 billion this year and another $2.5 billion in 2014-15.

OTTAWA — Highlights from the federal budget tabled Thursday by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty: ● Revenues for 2013-14 forecast at $263.9 billion, spending at $282.6 billion, deficit at $18.7 billion. ● Deficit projected to drop to $6.6 billion in 2014-15 and become an $800-million surplus in 2015-16. ● Canada Job Grant program will be negotiated with provinces by next year to replace existing $500-million labour market agreements. ● Measures will be introduced to improve skills training for the disabled. ● New programs will promote apprenticeship. ● Two-year extension of an accelerated capital cost allowance to help manufacturers. ● Infrastructure spending of $47 billion over 10 years, starting next year. ● An improved tax break for families adopting children. ● $100 million over two years to support housing construction in Nunavut. ● Special tax break for firsttime charitable donations to encourage young people to give. ● End to tariffs on baby clothes and sports gear, including skates, hockey sticks, skis and golf clubs. ● Canadian International Development Agency to be merged with Foreign Affairs.

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Spring blizzard causes highway mayhem

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI, RANDY FIEDLER AND THE CANADIAN PRESS ADVOCATE STAFF A bus passenger from Red Deer who was too afraid to drive because of a spring blizzard landed in the middle of Thursday’s massive pileup on Hwy 2 near Leduc.

“We were driving down the highway and there’s cars piled up on both sides. When the bus started to brake, it started sliding to the right. We hit a car on the right. We hit a car on the left. Then we went sideways into the ditch. Then another car smashed into us,” said Kristen Verwey, 22.

“The entire bus in unison made a sound like — whoaa. But no one actually seemed that scared.”

She said there was a second when she thought the Greyhound bus would tip, but it stayed upright.

The multi-vehicle mayhem involved more than 100 vehicles and happened around 11:30 a.m. near the Hwy 13 overpass in the northbound lanes of Hwy 2.

“Even when cars were stopped safely, more cars were coming behind them and smashing them.”

Verwey, who hopped on the 10:55 a.m. bus in Red Deer to work at this weekend’s Edmonton Home and Garden Show, said one woman at the front of the bus was injured, possibly a broken collar bone. There might have been other less serious injuries on the bus, but the woman was the only one taken away by paramedics.

Alberta Health Services reported about 22 people went to Edmonton area hospitals, including one adult with serious injuries. At least 100 vehicles were involved.

Kerry Williamson, with Alberta Health Services, said that about 80 others were treated at the site.

At first it was believed that even more people were hurt.

“The initial call came in that we had in 300 green patients, which are sort of minor to moderate injuries.”

Paramedics, EMS crews and firefighters trudged through the snow, going from vehicle to vehicle, to check on those inside, Williamson said.

They commandeered three Greyhound buses on the highway and used them as triage centres, he said.

Police also escorted four Edmonton transit buses to the scene to provide shelter to motorists who were stranded.

Patients were taken to area hospitals.

STARS air ambulance had to turn down requests to ferry patients because of the bad weather, said spokesman Cam Heke. The helicopters simply couldn’t get in the air.

Heather Kipling, AHS spokesperson in Red Deer, said Red Deer Regional Hospital was prepared if needed.

Verwey said bus passengers had to walk about two km south to get on another bus to take them away. She said several were used to pick up people stranded in their vehicles. RCMP closed a 60-kilometre stretch of Hwy 2.

By 4:15 p.m., her bus was in Ponoka where it took some people to hospital. She wasn’t sure then how long it would take to make her way to Edmonton.

Const. Karolina Malik said the first crash happened just before lunch.

“And from that collision we ended up getting a chain reaction, so multiple other collisions occurred from there, due to the poor visibility and the icy roads.”

Photo by RANDY FIEDLER/Advocate staff

A motorist climbs into a tow truck as the operator readies to winch the man’s car from the Hwy 2 southbound west ditch Thursday morning. RCMP weren’t recommending travel due to blowing snow, icy roads and poor visibility.

After surviving her first, and hopefully last, bus crash, Verwey said she was happy with the way emergency personnel handled the major highway disaster.

“They did the best they could. They had the paramedics here quickly. They’re trying to transport us back and take care of injured people at the same time,” Verwey said.

However, she said might think twice about travelling again in severe weather.

“I think I’m definitely safer on the bus than in my car. But if the weather is this bad again, I’d see if the travel was really necessary.”

At 7 a.m., RCMP Innisfail Integrated Traffic Services had put out the warning because of blowing

snow and reduced visibility on Hwy 2.

Red Deer Rural Cpl. Barry LaRocque also recommended that if people didn’t have to drive, they shouldn’t.

“The roads are in terrible driving condition right now and we anticipate it to be that way throughout the day and likely into Friday as well,” LaRocque said.

Numerous collisions also happened on Hwy 2 in the Red Deer area. Some ambulances were called out, but there were no serious injuries, he said.

LaRocque said police had the same old message — drive to conditions.

Environment Canada issued a winter storm warning for Red Deer, Ponoka, Innisfail and Stettler at 10 a.m. Thursday. A low pressure system moving southeast from Edmonton towards Drumheller brought a northwest wind gusting to 50 km/h and heavy snow with accumulations of up to 10 cm. The combination created whiteout conditions in many Central Alberta areas.

Today’s forecast for Red Deer calls for a sunny yet unseasonably cold -9 C with a 20 km/h wind. The sunshine will continue and temperatures warm over the weekend before a return to above 0C highs by Monday. However, nightly lows are forecast to drop to as cold as -18C Saturday and remain in the -12C region through next week. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

Rank no reason for ‘doom and gloom’: mayor

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

MONEYSENSE RANKING

Mayor Morris Flewwelling says Red Deer has always been placed in the top 20 per cent in the MoneySense magazine’s ranking of 200 cities in Canada.

Red Deer slipped to 38th place after making the top 10 in the best cities to live in Canada last year.

But Flewwelling said the drop is basically a return to its traditional ranking.

The city was ranked 96th in 2011 and 117th in 2010.

The big jump to ninth place in 2012 was seen as a result of lower unemployment and a more moderate rate of population growth.

But Flewwelling pointed out Red Deer came in 12th of 46 best mid-sized cities of a population between 100,000 to 400,000. Red Deer is included on the list even though the city is a little shy of 100,000

residents.

“It ain’t all doom and gloom,” said Flewwelling.

“When you drop points, it’s always disappointing and you wonder why.”

The cities are judged on a number of criteria, including employment, housing affordability, income, crime rates, access to health care and population growth.

Lacombe scored highest out of all the Central Alberta communities, moving up to eighth place from 26th.

Flewwelling said Red Deer and Lacombe are nearly bang on in the categories except for the crime severity index. Two homicides in 2012 played a part in Red Deer drop, said Flewwelling.

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Despite the status quo ranking, Flewwelling said Red Deerians have a lot to brag about.

He said there are factors like days of sun and the climate that are out of the city’s control but there are other areas that are within its control.

In Red Deer, there’s very low unemployment, an average high household income of roughly $98,922 and modest housing costs compared to cities like Vancouver.

He did note that about 15 to 17 per cent of the population are struggling, which was made apparent in this past week’s Central Alberta Poverty Alliance conference.

“Life in Red Deer is pretty good for most people,” said Flewwelling.

“Eighty per cent of people are doing well economically and socially. We have a pretty buoyant community celebrating our 100th anniversary.” crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Bethany cuts affect long-term care

BY LAURA TESTER ADVOCATE STAFF Staffing cuts will be made within long-term care of Bethany Care Society centres, but not in the areas where young adults reside, said the president and CEO on Thursday.

Greer Black said that about four full-time equivalent positions will be cut at Bethany Collegeside in Red Deer and about 2.5 FTEs at Bethany Sylvan Lake.

The reductions will mainly focus on health-care aides and licensed practical nurses.

A registered nurse position will be

added at each centre to meet the requirements of the Alberta Health Services funding model.

Bethany Care Society reports the new funding model assesses each resident’s level of care and assigns a dollar value based on where the resident’s care needs rank against a provincial average.

The funding values are weighted more heavily for residents with complex care needs and rehabilitation focused care, versus those with lighter care needs, including those with dementia care.

Bethany is in the process of cutting these positions now and the new

schedule will start April 8.

“This affects just our long-term care and doesn’t affect the young adult program at Collegeside and it doesn’t affect Collegeside Gardens Supportive Living,” said Black.

“It doesn’t affect supportive living at Sylvan Lake.”

Across Bethany’s six care centres in Central and Southern Alberta, a total of about 53 full-time equivalent employees will be cut. Since a high percentage of these positions are parttime, the actual number of employees will be greater.

Black said the cuts will affect resident care, unfortunately.

“When we do these kinds of changes, it is ultimately the mothers and the fathers and the grandparents that are going to feel the effect,” said Black.

“This is something we have done sadly. It’s our belief that our seniors deserve to be cared for with dignity and respect.”

Black said they hear a lot from families that there’s not enough care now.

The funding changes has him concerned in particular over those with Alzheimer’s disease.

“I don’t think the funding formula recognizes their care needs sufficiently,” he said. ltester@reddeeradvocate.com

Red Deer Public rejects provincial deal with teachers

BY LAURA TESTER ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer Public Schools does not support a provincial deal with teachers, as it stands now.

Board chairman Lawrence Lee said they cannot support the recent deal crafted between the provincial government and the Alberta Teachers’ Association. Edmonton Public Schools has publicly announced it won’t support the tentative four-year deal either.

Lee was responding to news on Thursday that the Alberta School Boards Association has a house divided over the deal. There are 62 boards across the province.

Lee said they would support the deal, but there were two changes that had to be made. One was made and it involved clear instructional time.

The other has to do with compensation.

“We thought they should just leave (compensation) right out of it and not

address it in terms of the framework,” said Lee. “They’ve used the provincial average for the salary and only one component of that salary, without total compensation being taken into consideration.”

Doing this makes it inequitable, he said.

There are 29 boards that are below this provincial average and would receive a top-up to get to that provincial average. There was a study done by the ASBA two years ago which reviewed

total compensation and some of those boards are ranked in the top five of total compensation, said Lee. Everyone addresses compensation differently, he said.

“If they would not have even addressed compensation, we would have supported this agreement,” said Lee. “We feel there are boards that would receive a bursary on top of other boards, simply because they are below a provincial average.” ltester@reddeeradvocate.com

Province to promise teacher salary funding in writing

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta Education Minister Jeff Johnson says he will put pen to paper to back up the government’s funding promises if it will help conclude a new provincewide contract deal for teachers.

Johnson said his department will begin sending out so-called “comfort letters” to school boards concerned about whether the government will put in place funding for teacher salary hikes set to kick in for the final year of a proposed four-year contract.

“That’s something we’ve always said all the way along is we’re going to fund the raises that we negotiate,” Johnson told reporters Thursday.

“They (the boards) asked for that in writing, and that was going to give them comfort, so we said, ’No problem.”’

Johnson is facing pushback from some school boards on the deal announced last Friday with the Alberta Teachers Association.

The public school boards in Edmonton and Calgary have rejected it, as has the Catholic school district in Lethbridge, and public schools in Red Deer.

Johnson, however, has pointed out another 20 boards — including the Catholic schools in Edmonton and Calgary — have agreed to it.

Johnson said he knew from the start that they wouldn’t get the approval of all 62 boards, but said he will work board-by-board if necessary to allay

concerns unique to each local.

He said if that didn’t work there will be another plan, including imposing a deal.

“We’ve always said that will be a last resort,” said Johnson.

“There will be an agreement in place. We’re not going to let classrooms be affected.”

Teachers and boards are currently assessing and voting on the deal, which affects 40,000 teachers.

Alberta has said an austerity budget this year means it has no money for salary hikes. The proposed deal, which the executive of the ATA is urging its member locals to vote for, allows for no salary hikes in each of the next three years.

There would be a two per cent hike in the fourth year, along with a cash payout equivalent to one per cent of salary.

The deal also addresses workload issues and gives teachers recourse if they have complaints about workload or professional development.

Johnson’s case received a boost Thursday when the umbrella organization for the school boards, the Alberta School Boards Association, announced it will not weigh in on the issue but instead, given the variables of the deal, leave the matter to the local boards.

Johnson said that’s good news.

“Essentially what that tells me is the majority of the boards support it,” he said.

“There’s a minority of the boards that have concerns with it. We just have to seek out those boards and work

with them to overcome their objections.”

Opposition critics, however, said

Johnson should have brought the school boards in when the deal was finalized last week.

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Friday, March 22, 2013

Gun committee needed balance There’s no doubt Red Deer’s Linda “I think this has come down from Baggaley is a highly qualified firearms the prime minister,” said Baggaley. expert — ranking among the best in “It was a blindside definitely. I really Canada. didn’t think I’d be one of Baggaley, who runs Bud the gones. I have no hard Haynes Auctions, Canada’s feelings for minister Toews. oldest firearms auction I’m sure it’s a top-down dehouse with an exemplary cision.” record, has the knowledge Replacing the three that earned her a seat in are Calgary’s police chief, the 14-member Canadians the Winnipeg Police AssoFirearms Advisory Commitciation president and the tee. It was that committee Abbotsford Police departresponsible for advising the ment’s chief constable. federal government on our The three turfed should current guns laws. have at least been afforded Recently Baggaley was the courtesy of an explanaRICK given notification her serviction. But in retrospect, the ZEMANEK es were no longer required CFAC cut its own throat by as the Harper Government recently making the absurd began a major overhaul on recommendation that some the committee. In addition prohibited weapons, into Baggaley, a Saskatchewan gunsmith cluding handguns and assault rifles be and an Ontario sportsman were given reclassified to make them more easily their walking papers with no expla- available to Canadians. nation other being thanked for their The committee also recommended voluntary service on the (CFAC) by an firearms licences should be good for assistant to Public Safety Minister Vic at least 10 years as opposed to the five Toews. years.

OPINION

What on earth were they thinking?

Canada boasts as having among the toughest gun laws in North America — and for good reasons.

While statisticians may argue the point, Canada’s gun-related crime is among the lowest in the world, and a large portion of that can be attributed to the tough laws.

Yes, handguns can be linked to 70 per cent of gun-related killings. But Canadians must not lose sight of the fact the vast major of those weapons are either possessed illegally, or obtain illegally.

The gun advisory committee recommendations were absurd, in light of the recent mass slaughters at U.S. schools It was rightfully determined the committee, which answers to Public Safety Minister Vic Toews for insight on our gun laws, was top heavy with pro-gun advocates.

There needed to be a fair balance, and thus the appointment of the police authorities.

Canada deserves the right to hear from both sides of the story — the ones that are pro-gun, and the ones that

have to deal with gun violence in the line of work. It’s a fair trade-off.

When the news broke the firearms advisory committee wanted to slack our gun laws, Harper responded accordingly with revulsion — promising a review of the committee’s membership made up of pro-gun owners and those opposed to gun control.

“Let me be clear as I can be,” Harpers responded to the recommendations.

“Prohibited weapons exist as a category under the law for essential reasons of public security. The government has no intention of weakening that category of protections.”

Baggaley is correct. The orders came down from Harper.

But so what? How is it that Harper is the “bad guy” in this debate defending gun tough gun laws for the protection of the public?

As a former member of the committee, can Baggaley justify to the public the recommendations made by her committee she feels so wronged about by being given her walking papers? We eagerly await.

Everyone carries bullying scars At different times in my childhood, and diminished. Parents and teachI played the role of both bully and vic- ers did what they could to address the tim. situation, but they couldn’t Born with a minor eye be expected to catch evdefect, I was often the target erything — and I certainly of vicious teasing in elemendidn’t want to be known as tary school. a snitch.

In junior high, I was Just before I hit high called ‘cross-eyed’ and subschool, I had one last surjected to all kinds of pirate gery to fix my eye. jokes whenever I was forced The harassment stopped to wear eye patches after and I became one of the surgeries. popular kids — thanks in On more than one occalarge part to a dry, self-depsion, a particular group of recating sense of humour. older kids surrounded me You’d think I would have LEO like a pack of hyenas in the learned something from PARÉ hallway and cackled insults the emotional pain others until they drew tears. had inflicted on me in years It didn’t help matters past, but once I became that I wasn’t the type to more widely accepted by back down. My insubordinate back my peers, I started behaving like those talk tended to rile the attackers into a other jerks who made my life so tough frenzy. in junior high.

I tried not to let it bother me, but I As a teenager in constant search remember coming home from school of validation, there is a tendency to on a few occasions feeling sad, angry reinforce your own self-esteem by de-

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meaning others. I don’t think I ever qualified as a full-fledged bully, but I remember saying and doing meanspirited things to classmates — kids I’d known since kindergarten — simply get a laugh from onlookers.

Without realizing it, I’d fallen into the bullying cycle.

As an adult, I’ve lost plenty of sleep thinking about how badly I must have hurt some of those people who had once considered me a friend and ally.

I shudder to think how horrified my parents would have been to see me treating other people with such disrespect.

They raised me better than that and share no blame for my actions.

Thankfully, by the time we were seniors preparing for graduation, all that nonsense was behind us. Bestowed with a little maturity and compassion, we all learned to treat each other with dignity and respect.

For better or worse, my experiences in high school certainly shaped the person I would become later in life. As

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we grow up, we can forgive our bullies but I’m not sure we ever forget.

There are many extreme examples of teen bullying that simply cannot be abided, such as the much-publicized case of B.C. teen Amanda Todd, who was pushed to suicide by online bullies last year.

Tragic stories like Amanda’s underscore the need for teachers, parents, students and school administrators to continue the fight against bullying — but it’s not realistic to think we can ever stomp it out completely.

Adults and kids alike face all kinds of pressures, burdens and adversities that push us to our emotional limit and the onus is on us, as parents, to equip our children with a strong sense selfworth and empathy.

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Different Advocate writer, same propaganda I was discouraged and disappointed when I read Party politics a municipal distraction (Advocate, March 14), because it seems like we might have another biased writer working at the Advocate who is going after the wrong thing and the wrong people.

Then I got thinking ... maybe I should be grateful that Mr. Cameron Kennedy (author of this column in the Advocate’s “Our View”) was able to use his powers of discernment to decode the secret messages of this group of council candidates, including their outlandish ideas of “reducing debt,” “living within our means” and “citizen votes” on issues like a city ward system.

Heaven forbid the citizens of Red Deer actually elect some people to council who are against wasteful spending. Yes, we must be afraid of this group who call themselves “Red Deer First.”

And as for that Red Deer First candidate, Calvin Goulet-Jones ... yes we should certainly be afraid of Calvin. Can you imagine electing a councillor that has a supportive spouse, young children, works in the trades and goes to church? Yes, that sounds about as un-Red Deer as you can get.

So the question is … why does Mr. Kennedy oppose Red Deer First so much? Is it the idea that a group of people, who share some of the same political principles getting together to support a shared platform? Apparently, Kennedy believes this is an insult to the intelligence of Red Deer voters; however, Red Deer College political scientist professor David Baugh recognizes some potential benefits of having a group with similar financial responsible values, such as Red Deer First, collectively run in our municipal election this fall, as published in “Red Deer First in uncharted territory” in the same edition of the Advocate.

Maybe Mr. Kennedy’s beef with Red Deer First is that he is one of the three cyclists in the city who actually uses the bike lanes. Maybe he is concerned that Red Deer First might remove some the bike lanes in problem areas to restore vehicle traffic lanes and on-street parking. Yes, that would be a travesty indeed, particularly to the 200 people who signed a petition to keep the bike lanes. We won’t worry about the petition signed by over 3,000 people to have the problematic bike lane areas removed … after all, they must be the vocal minority?

Or maybe Mr. Kennedy, just maybe, we should all just take a step back and hear this group out?

Instead of you declaring their goals and intentions, why don’t we let Red Deer First, and the candidates that they support, declare their goals and intentions?

We have known about this group for less than a week and the election is months away. Personally, I am not afraid of the idea of Red Deer First, so I am left to wonder Mr. Kennedy ... why are you?

Chris Stephan Red Deer City Councillor Red Deer

tives of our government. We all know what lies under that sparkling blanket of snow, don’t we?

Anne Henderson Edmonton

Alberta should follow Norway’s lead Alberta’s Conservative governments have been no more responsible than a drunken sailor, spending everything as it comes in and saving next to nothing.

Its Heritage Fund is worth barely $20 billion and has less buying power now than it did more than 20 years ago. In contrast, little Norway, with a population only slightly larger than that of Alberta but with the expenses of a national government, is sitting on $710 billion in its fund, more than 35 times more than Alberta. And Norway started its fund a decade after Alberta’s.

Why the shocking difference?

Norway behaves like an adult, putting away for the future. Rather than spending all its resource revenue as it comes in just to keep taxes low as Alberta does, Norway invests most of its receipts, responsibly taxing its people for current operations.

Unlike Norway, Alberta, in the words of former PC Energy minister Murray Smith, “gives away” its resources with royalty rates far below those south of the border.

Alberta has been under the control of the PCs for over 41 straight years. Of the 36 nation states and

many hundreds of sub-national governments in the western hemisphere, the only government under uninterrupted one-party control longer than Alberta’s is that of Castro’s Cuba.

There is no problem facing Alberta today that is not the product of Tory policies. Is it reasonable to think that the party that produced every problem facing Alberta (or its Riled Rose offshoot) is the party that is best able to deal with them?

William Weiswasser Red Deer

Ghost statues a waste of money, space While flipping through the Centennial brochure, I noticed that Red Deer boasts 10 Ghosts now. This brochure also contains an article called, From Infancy to Adulthood. A brief look at the pictures of these Ghosts reveals that Red Deer must not be an adult, after all, but a desperate adolescent trying to look like an adult.

A statue of a founder, that’s OK. But then what happens? Because someone ran for office, we make a statue of her. A girl got a pet beaver once, and so another statue! A pig got loose and we even make a statue to commemorate that!

These Ghosts make us look like juvenile wannabes.

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Red Deer Royals deserve our support Re: Advocate, March 19, Page C1: Rotary Clubs plan luncheon as fundraiser for Red Deer Royals Kudos to Red Deer Rotarians for their recognition of the value and contributions that the Red Deer Royals have made to the youth of Red Deer and Central Alberta for the last number of decades.

The Red Deer Royals have been recognized locally, provincially, nationally, and internationally as a high-calibre marching and concert band.

They are truly deserving of the community’s support.

Every neighbourhood in Red Deer, every street and avenue, nearly every middle and high school in all of Central Alberta can claim at least one Royals alumnus as its own. And that includes two of my own kids.

From spring thaw to fall freeze-up each year, the Royals can be found somewhere marching along delivering their message of “Music in Motion.”

This organization needs a permanent home.

The Royals are so respected in Alberta that the Calgary Stampede Association invites the Royals to play on the grounds for five days each year during the annual Stampede. High praise indeed, especially in light of the bevy of Calgary-based marching bands that the Stampede Association nurtures and supports.

Curiously, the Royals never seem to get invited to play on the grounds of their hometown fair, Westerner Days. Aside from the Westerner Days Parade, I can only think of one occasion where the Royals were invited to play at a Westerner-sponsored event (Alberta Centennial Celebrations in 2005). I wonder why that is?

Ray Yaworski Red Deer

I am the guardian for my brother, who has lived at Michener Center for the past 51 years.

He has Down syndrome and is non-verbal.

He currently lives in one of the group homes on the Michener grounds.

I worry that the current plans for Michener will lead to his home being privatized and/or being used for some of the more severely disabled residents, with him being moved into the general community of Red Deer.

This place is home to him and to those with even more severe cognitive, physical and behavioural issues.

In recent years, he has been diagnosed with diabetes, which has been managed superbly by Michener staff.

Increasing mobility issues have lead to his using a walker but he is still able to make his way to the Roland Michener Rec Centre, which is his favourite hangout. He especially likes to be involved in the Sunday church activities. He knows everyone and everyone knows him.

How anyone can say that moving him or any of the more mentally and physically challenged residents into the community is in the best interests of the residents, is beyond me.

Have the politicians who made this decision been to visit the Michener community?

Have they seen the excellent care given to these most fragile, vulnerable people?

And are we to believe that they are actually doing this for the betterment of these residents?

The only walls or fences isolating the Michener residents from the surrounding community are the ones around the new development that is rapidly evolving around the centre.

No doubt the developers would love to see the Michener buildings gone to create even more commercial/residential properties.

I suspect that this land is seen as much more valuable than a few vulnerable people who can’t speak for themselves.

As I walked my dogs yesterday I was thinking about my brother and admiring the beautiful fresh snow everywhere and I wondered about the true mo-

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MORE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR It’s time to quit until we spawn an actual hero.

And some of these Ghosts ought to be decommissioned. We should rein this in. Otherwise, we’ll have to make two statues just for me: one for the time a magpie sat on my lap, and a second one for the time I petted a dragonfly.

As Red Deer citizens, each one of us is a representative of our city. In turn, the city reflects upon each one of us. I don’t like being associated with some of these Ghosts. You Ghost makers and Ghost deciders, quit it! We have too many already.

If this letter gets printed, I’d rather not see any letters written against it. Just hold your tongue instead, reflect, and admit: the Ghost thing has gone way too far, and it’s making us look unintelligent and desperate.

Mark Gaboury Red Deer

City council out of control Not only did council vote for raises while most people have wage freezes, they doubled their own wage to over $50,000 a year, plus a $10,000-plus expense account they can do what they want with.

The vote on a ward system is mostly just smoke and mirrors if this council is re-elected. As with other reports and studies that don’t have a direct benefit to them, they will just say that the citizens of Red Deer don’t really know what’s best for themselves and that only council knows what’s best for Red Deer.

A traffic study told them not to close lanes of traffic at 49th Avenue and Ross Street because that corner was at maximum traffic load at times of the day.

They closed them anyway for one of their pet projects, Veterans Park.

You should see the number of times the cement sandbox they tried to grow traffic signs in has had the end knocked out of it by cars. Then there are that lights that shine into your eyes as you drive by.

Guess how many of them have been knocked out?

Then there is the use of tax dollars to upgrade privately-owned buildings and selling public assets to private companies after they have been renovated and upgraded.

And the worst part of it all is no one elected at any level of government will look into these problems because if they do they may in turn be investigated for the same reasons.

There is only one person on this council I know I can trust with my vote and not just because I know him, but because a lot of the rest of them call him a renegade because he uses his head and his heart, not his ego and pocket book to do what he feels is right for Red Deer.

I’ve had a council member in a council meeting say she would return my call to talk about concerns that are not just mine alone. That was months ago and still no returned call.

More businesses have moved out of downtown in the past little while, some planned some not.

Even some of the banks have been effected by the BS downtown in the last few years. But this council must keep the interest of themselves and their friends as the No. 1 priority.

Jerry Anderson Downtown businessman Red Deer

Double standard being applied It was with great interest that I read the letter from Earl Dreeshen, member of Parliament for Red Deer, published in the Advocate on Friday, March 15, 2013.

Mr. Dreeshen encouraged us all to work together to eliminate the abuse of women and girls in our community.

Yet it was only two weeks ago, after listening to a troubling interview on CBC radio, that I contacted Mr. Dreeshen to ask how he could, in conscience, support legislation which has had such damaging and abusive effects on innocent children in Canada.

On a daily basis, individuals and families arrive in Canada and apply for refugee status for a variety of reasons. Some applications are approved and some are denied, again for a variety of reasons.

Fair enough!

But apparently Mr. Jason Kenney, minister for Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, felt that those whose applications had been denied were exercising their rights to appeal too frequently instead of rushing for the exits. So, legislation was prepared and passed which denied health assistance for these applicants and their families.

The interviewee in the radio broadcast was a medical doctor who had been providing service to refugee children who had serious medical needs.

When the bills for service were submitted to the parents, the children were not being returned for necessary followup procedures. These children were being exposed to abusive circumstances in Canada as a direct result of actions taken by the government of Canada.

In my discussion with Mr. Dreeshen, he hastened to explain that if the children were born in Canada, they were Canadian citizens and the legislation did not apply to them.

When asked why it was different if the children had been brought to Canada by their parents, there was only silence.

So, in Canada, it is legal to abuse innocent children — you just have to select the right group of innocent children. (Note to teachers: Be very patient when addressing the issues of schoolyard bullying with your students. The concepts are not as clear as they appear to be. Some of our political leaders in Ottawa still don’t get it!)

We truly need to work together to eliminate the abuse of women and children in our community and in our country. A good starting point would be to demonstrate a commitment to this end by amending legislation which has been the direct cause of such abuse.

Dave Blacker County of Red Deer

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A sea otter floats in Kachemak Bay, Alaska, in this July 1, 2003.

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In the early 1900’s, these adorable-but-ferocious predators were hunted to near extinction for their luxurious fur.

With continual conservation efforts, the sea otter population is growing, and along with it the marine mammal’s appetite for shellfish.

First Nations and other shellfish harvesters say the sea otter’s rebound is hurting their bottom line.

But the population evidence is anecdotal, so Simon Fraser University assistant Prof. Anne Salomon will be spending the next three years trying to uncover their impact.

Salomon has worked with sea otters for 12 years, and describes them as cute and cuddly from far away, but up close “they’re as big as a German shepherd with very big teeth.”

Salomon has received a $150,000 fellowship — the Pew Fellowship — that will allow her to study how human interference on marine life is changing food chains along the coast of B.C. and Alaska.

She will be working closely with First Nations communities in her research, gathering traditional knowledge and oral histories along with scientific research in an attempt to figure out what is “normal” for the otter population, based on the level before they were hunted for their fur.

“The big question is, really, what is the baseline that we should be recovering these sea otters to,” said Salomon.

She said the sea otter is in direct competition for shellfish with harvesters and conflicts are emerging.

“They’re only going to arise even more as these very cute, but very effective, predators expand along our coastline.”

Sea otters have huge molars and need to eat a lot because of their lack of body insulation and high activity, she explained, so they crunch shellfish quickly and efficiently.

Roberta Stevenson, executive director of the BC Shellfish Grower’s Association, said otters are hard on wild shellfish populations.

Stevenson said she knows divers who have gone for geoducks, only to find empty beds, cratered like a moonscape because the otters got there first.

“The sea otter is a protected species by DFO (Fisheries and Oceans Canada), and it shouldn’t be,” said Stevenson.

“If you ever go out on the West Coast, as far as the eye can see they’re rafting up on the kelp beds.

There are tons of them.”

Salomon said kelp beds increase as sea otters do.

This is because otters eat creatures that normally dine on kelp such as sea urchins.

These lush kelp beds are beneficial, she said, because they create a habitat for creatures like rockfish and siphon carbon from the atmosphere, controlling carbon emissions.

According to Salomon, it is the contrasts in positive and negative impacts like this that creates stark differences in people’s interests.

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Julie Woodyer, campaigns director with Zoo Check Canada, said she personally requested help from the military in order to ensure the pachyderms are relocated as soon as possible.

However, a spokeswoman for the Canadian Forces said Thursday that “no such request has been received.”

“The Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces receive numerous requests each year for the use of military resources,” Capt. Kendrah Allison said in an email.

City councillors voted last November to transfer the only three elephants still living at the Toronto Zoo to the Performing Animal Welfare Society sanctuary (PAWS) in San Andreas, Calif. by year’s end.

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Cop remembered as fearless woman

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS GUELPH, Ont. — A young policewoman who achieved her childhood dream of joining the force only to have it cut short by a tragic car crash was remembered Thursday for her fearless approach to life and her unwavering devotion to her community.

Police officers from across the province were among the thousands of mourners who gathered to pay tribute to Const. Jennifer Kovach, 26, who was killed last week when her cruiser crossed the centre line and collided with a bus.

That Kovach was responding to another officer’s call for assistance at the time only shows how passionate she was about the work she considered her calling, Guelph Police Chief Brian Larkin told the sombre crowd that nearly filled the 5,000-seat Sleeman Centre.

“Without fear, she selflessly accepted that call to duty and sacrificed her life for the greater cause and the greater good,” said Larkin, describing his colleague as a “young, vibrant and dedicated police officer” who inspired all around her.

Const. Scott Grover, Kovach’s supervisor for the past two and a half years, asked those gathered to “mourn the loss and celebrate the life” of an officer he called “a hero in life, not in death.”

A daredevil who loved to ride dirt bikes and allterrain vehicles, often returning covered in mud, Kovach encouraged others to test their limits and live for the moment, or “live loud,” as friends and relatives said she put it.

Her taste for adventure meant her parents worried about her safety more outside work than on the job, her father Bill Kovach, a retired paramedic, joked during a tearful tribute to his daughter.

Kovach’s mother, a former longtime Guelph city councillor and former president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, said her daughter “never missed an opportunity” to experience new things.

“She packed more into her short life than most people do in a lifetime,” Gloria Kovach said.

Jennifer’s proudest achievement was earning her badge — number 72 — and serving her hometown, a goal she set as a young girl, her mother said.

“Jennifer didn’t just go to work, she lived her dream. She loved this community and the people in it,” she said, adding her daughter aspired to become a coach officer so she could share her passion with the next generation of recruits.

Even in death, Kovach thought of others, her mother said, noting her daughter’s decision to be an organ donor has allowed two people to see.

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Many mourners wore a memorial pin inscribed with the constable’s name and badge number, while Guelph Transit buses flashed “R.I.P. 72” and flags across the province were flown at half-mast.

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Matt Jotham, president of the Guelph Police Association, said Kovach’s death has weighed heavily on the force.

“We all know each other, we have two detachments but we’re a close-knit police service. It’s been difficult,” he said.

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MONTREAL — A top confidante to Prime Minister Stephen Harper testified at a preliminary hearing for accused killer Luka Rocco Magnotta as it wrapped up Thursday before a two-week break.

Several witnesses came from Ottawa to testify including Jenni Byrne, who has served the prime minister in senior roles in his office and in the Conservative party.

Magnotta, accused of first-degree murder in the slaying and dismemberment of Chinese engineering student Jun Lin, has pleaded not guilty to five charges and opted for a jury trial.

Magnotta is facing four counts in addition to the murder charge: committing an indignity to a body, publishing obscene material, criminally harassing Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other members of Parliament, and mailing obscene and indecent material.

Byrne, who is now the director of political operations for the federal Conservative party, testified in a Montreal courtroom as the hearing entered its ninth day. She delivered her account matter-of-factly, with no display of emotion.

Magnotta, meanwhile, sat impassively and listened.

He was shackled and seated in his fortified prisoner’s box in the high-security courtroom.

Evidence presented at the preliminary hearing is subject to a publication ban. The hearing is to determine whether there is enough evidence to send Magnotta to trial.

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Man who killed cop delusional: lawyer

By THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A barefoot man who killed a police officer with a stolen snowplow after a bizarre rampage through the streets two years ago had clearly lost his grip on reality, his first-degree murder trial heard Thursday.

In closing submissions, defence lawyer Bob Richardson said Richard Kachkar could not be held criminally responsible given his delusional state.

“He lacked capacity to form criminal intent,” Richardson told the jury.

“He wasn’t operating in our world.”

Dressed in light dress pants and shirt under a dark blazer, Kachkar, 46, listened impassively as his lawyer reprised the evidence of three psychiatrists, who concluded he was psychotic when he struck and left a dying Sgt. Ryan Russell, 35, bleeding in the snow.

Richardson reminded jurors how a shoeless Kachkar had bolted from a downtown shelter out into the snow on the early morning of Jan. 12, 2011.

“Whatever slim hold Mr. Kachkar may have had on reality, slips away,” Richardson said.

“His psychotic beliefs are driving his behaviour.”

Kachkar went to, and then fled, a nearby doughnut shop. He jumped into the idling snowplow. He drove erratically through the streets, making frequent Uturns, hitting cars and yelling about Chinese technology, the Taliban and microchips in his body.

“I don’t remember. I was chased everywhere,” Kachkar would later tell a police investigator.

“Where were you going?”

“Just running.”

“What were you running from?”

“I don’t know.”

Richardson quoted Kachkar as saying at another point: “I don’t know what happened. It was like a dream or something. A normal person wouldn’t do that. I don’t know what’s going on.”

In fact, the lawyer told jurors, Kachkar had shown signs of a major mental disorder for years, a situation that became increasingly obvious in 2006 after his father died.

Several people who had contact with him in those years were concerned about his mental health.

“They all said he was different,” Richardson said.

Kachkar, who had travelled to Toronto from St.

Catharines, Ont., in the days before Russell’s death, told one man in a hushed voice there were cameras all around, Richardson said.

On the day before Russell died, Kachkar went to a clinic, and said he was “scared,” but couldn’t say why although the doctor thought Kachkar’s fear “genuine,” court heard.

“Kachkar appeared panicked, crazed, scared,” his arresting officer has testified.

“My sister made me do it,” Kachkar told police.

“This is my sister’s fault.”

Richardson said the three psychiatrists who assessed him extensively — one at the prosecution’s request — were “uncontradicted” in their view that Kachkar was suffering full-blown psychosis when he went on his two-hour slow-speed rampage.

“He had completely lost touch with reality,” Richardson said. “This case was a tragedy, but it’s not a murder.”

The lawyer said the psychiatrists had rejected any suggestion Kachkar was faking his symptoms or had acted in anger, as the prosecution has maintained.

If the jury does decide he was criminally responsible, Richardson said, they should convict him of manslaughter.

Complaint filed over immigration raid VANCOUVER — A migrant worker who unwittingly starred in a reality television show about Canadian border guards was already back in Mexico on Thursday, when a rights group filed an official complaint with the federal privacy watchdog over his treatment at the hands of the Canada Borders Services Agency.

In the complaint, Oscar Mata Duran said he felt a surge of adrenaline March 13 when about a dozen immigration officers pulled up at his Vancouver lowrise condo construction site with a television camera in tow.

Running upstairs to hide, Mata Duran hoped he’d be overlooked in the raid. Five minutes later, however, he was discovered and bombarded with questions about his immigration and work status.

When found to be lacking the proper documents to work in Canada, the complaint filed by the B.C. Civil Liberties Association said Mata Duran and several others were taken into custody at a downtown immigration detention facility — the video camera trained on them the entire time.

“When he asked why there was a camera present, the officer told him ‘not to worry, it’s for a reality TV

show,”’ said the complaint.

Mata Duran was processed within the next hour, along with a number of others who had been rounded up in the raid.

The men were asked to sign “a piece of paper” and told the footage was for a new series called Border Services airing on Global TV and National Geographic.

“Confused and afraid about what would happen to him, Mr. Mata Duran signed the consent form without reading it,” said the complaint.

“At no point was he given a thorough explanation about the uses to which the footage would be put.”

Mata Duran was put on a plane home to Mexico on Wednesday.

The civil liberties association wants the privacy commissioner to recommend that filming in Vancouver and Toronto be halted, and the show be taken off the air.

While the privacy commissioner can not force a government agency to comply with the law, the BCCLA said it hopes its recommendations will publicly address the agency’s violation of privacy rights.

Lawyers anticipate a ruling in a month or two.

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As it turns out, one of the suspects isn’t who he says he is.

Authorities say one of the four people arrested gave them a fake name and, after having checked his fingerprints, they’re now working to confirm his real identity.

The man, who identified himself as Yage Beaudoin, is accused of being one of two people who hijacked a helicopter and helped a pair of inmates escape last weekend near Montreal.

He allegedly tried to dupe authorities one more time.

Quebec provincial police say the suspect told them during fingerprinting that the name he’d given them was fake, and that he gave them a second one which they’re now in the process of checking.

The dramatic prison escape of Benjamin Hudon-Barbeau and Danny Provencal has already made headlines around the world.

Two accomplices, including the now-unidentified one, allegedly rented a helicopter, pointed a gun at the young pilot, and forced him to land on a tower at St-Jerome prison.

From there, they tossed a rope out the window, and the two inmates came climbing up from the yard and toward dreams of freedom.

However, that freedom was short-lived.

All four men were arrested within hours and they now face nearly twodozen criminal charges — including breaking out of prison, kidnapping, and pointing a gun at someone.

The helicopter pilot was unharmed.

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International aid programs merged under Foreign Affairs ‘THIS ENHANCED ALIGNMENT OF OUR FOREIGN, DEVELOPMENT, TRADE AND COMMERCIAL POLICIES AND PROGRAMS WILL ALLOW THE GOVERNMENT TO HAVE GREATER POLICY COHERENCE ON PRIORITY ISSUES AND WILL RESULT IN GREATER OVERALL IMPACT OF OUR EFFORTS.’

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — A 45-year-old federal agency that’s spent billions trying to improve the lives of people around the world is being eliminated.

The Canadian International Development Agency will instead be merged into the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Thursday’s federal budget announced.

The move finishes something the Conservatives began in 2006, when they remarried the trade and foreign affairs portfolios to emphasize that trade policy was a key part of their foreign affairs agenda.

Now that those departments have adopted CIDA, the family is complete.

“This enhanced alignment of our foreign, development, trade and commercial policies and programs will allow the government to have greater policy coherence on priority issues and will result in greater overall impact of our efforts,” the budget document said in explaining the decision.

Rumours of CIDA’s demise as a stand-alone department have been circulating since the agency’s aid budget was drastically slashed in the last budget.

But the timing of the decision caught aid groups and opposition politicians by surprise.

The NDP decried the lack of public discussion on such a significant change.

“It’s not about streamlining seemingly, it’s not about ensuring that there’s more development assistance, because the commitments aren’t there,” NDP foreign affairs critic Paul Dewar said.

“It’s more about sending the signal that frankly, it’s not that important, that it’s about trade, it’s about foreign affairs, and somewhere in there is development assistance.”

NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair included the incorporation of CIDA into DFAIT as a policy position when he ran for the party leadership, characterizing it as putting “international development assistance at the heart of Canada’s foreign policy.”

Aid organizations say they are concerned about the new emphasis on aid as part of trade.

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BUDGET: Very much the status quo The exact nature of those program cuts remains something of a mystery.

The budget was delivered the same day the departing parliamentary budget officer, Kevin Page, was in Federal Court trying to force the government to release departmental details of spending cuts announced in last year’s budget.

“It’s very much a status quo budget,” said economist Derek Burleton of TD Bank. “Reallocation is a key theme.”

Political opponents of the government were less kind.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair called it a “shell-game con job,” and Green party Leader Elizabeth May dubbed it the “fudge-it budget.”

“The propaganda machine is going to be working overtime because they’ve repackaged and put together some old programs and given them new names,” groused Bob Rae, the interim Liberal leader.

The centrepiece of the document is a revamped plan for skills training to better align the Canadian workforce with employer needs.

“For the first time, the Canada Job Grant will take skills-training choices out of the hands of government and put them where they belong, in the hands of employers and Canadians who want to work,” Flaherty told the House of Commons.

The plan won’t kick in until April 2014 and is contingent on negotiations with the provinces, who are expected to foot the bill for a third of each $15,000 training grant, with Ottawa and the employer also chipping in $5,000 each.

should not compromise the purpose of aid — which is poverty alleviation and human rights,” Anthony Scoggins, Oxfam’s director of international programs, said in a statement.

“Foreign Affairs is not in the business of reducing poverty. We risk losing the expertise, focus, effectiveness — and results — that CIDA staff brought to this goal.”

The agency was created in 1968 with a mission to lead “Canada’s international effort to help people living in poverty.”

Its highest-profile projects in recent years were the rebuilding efforts associated with the war in Afghanistan and the aftermath of the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

Both those projects paved the way, to some extent, for the merger announced Thursday as they were undertaken as part of broader foreign policy goals in each country.

Canada was urged to keep following that model in a review of its aid policies by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development last year.

“Using these cases as an example, Canada should devise a whole-of-government approach to all of its development programs,” the report said.

CIDA directly funds projects in more than 30 other countries, as well as spending millions through international partners such as the World Health Organization and World Food Program.

Quebec’s sovereignist government had begun kicking up a fuss before the budget was even tabled, and likely won’t be the only provincial capital to squawk.

Skills training was moved to provincial jurisdiction in the last decade, and Ottawa’s more direct intervention may be construed as a sharp change of course.

Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa said the plan appears to remove much of the flexibility needed to meet the specific labour market needs of the province.

“That’s a concern,” Sousa said in Toronto.

“They’ve indicated that they want to come out with these initiatives, they want the province to participate, they want the employers to participate, but they sort of want to control the delivery.”

The NDP’s Mulcair suggested the Conservatives were “simply taking (back) part of what had already been transferred to the provinces ... and they’re putting a maple leaf on the cheque.”

And after years of corporate tax cuts, the government continues to wrestle with flagging business innovation, introducing a series of new adjustments in an effort to promote manufacturing development.

Other budget elements: — A renewed infrastructure fund worth $47 billion over 10 years, again starting in 2014.

— $241 million over five years linking training programs to First Nations people collecting income assistance.

— $100 million over two years to support housing construction in Nunavut.

— Additional tax breaks for adoption-related expenses.

— Reducing import tariffs on hockey equipment and baby clothes.

— A proposal to hike fees for processing visa and citizenship applications.

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BY LAURA TESTER ADVOCATE STAFF A federal dollar boost in municipal infrastructure and employee training will go a long way to helping Central Alberta’s economy, some community leaders said on Thursday.

The City of Red Deer, Red Deer College and Red Deer Chamber of Commerce were generally positive after looking at Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s budget.

Mayor Morris Flewwelling called it a good news budget for municipalities. He referred to the Community Improvement Fund, which will give more than $32 billion to municipalities for local community projects such as roads, public transit and recreational facilities.

“It’s basically a capital fund that we can access and it comes from GST money that we don’t have to pay,” said Flewwelling.

Acting on the advice of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), the Gas Tax Fund portion will be indexed at two per cent and therefore will increase over time. That’s good as well, said Flewwelling.

He’s also glad the Building Canada Fund, which will give $14 billion to support major projects, will be renewed for another 10 years. It was supposed to end in 2014. It will give cities like Red Deer badly needed dollars, said Flewwelling.

Flewwelling also applauded the new Canada Job Grant and the additional dollars for affordable housing and homelessness.

Federal dollars will funnel through the Alberta government, so Flewwelling hopes the province doesn’t skim too much for itself.

“Agreements have to be set up before the federal government comes through,” said Flewwelling.

“Sometimes Alberta has been the difficult child.”

Red Deer Coun. Paul Harris, who sits on several committees with FCM, praised the long-term funding and commitment to municipalities. This was important to the federal lobby organization.

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The Federation of Canadian Municipalities said in a release it was happy to get the infrastructure renewal — particularly a pledge to index the annual gas tax contribution to inflation and a 10-year timeframe that “entrenches the principle of longer-term sustainable infrastructure funding.”

And the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters said the budget directly addressed its priorities.

But most reaction was distinctly underwhelming.

The Conservative-friendly National Citizens Coalition sniffed that the budget “makes headline-inducing announcements for tinkering initiatives.”

The left-leaning Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives noted the infrastructure money, while long-term, actually reduces the annual funds available.

“Canada doesn’t have a deficit problem, it has a growth problem — and government austerity is part of the problem, not the solution,” said the centre’s David Macdonald. “You can’t cut your way to growth, particularly on infrastructure.”

With its emphasis on deficit reduction, personal skills training and catching tax cheats, it is a deeply conservative document. A number of Flaherty’s key assumptions, however, are decidedly not conservative.

The 2013-14 budget anticipates that closing tax loopholes and chasing tax cheats will rake in half a billion dollars this year and rise to $1.3 billion the year after. The Canada Revenue Agency is supposed to manage that

feat while absorbing a $19-million budget cut this year and another $58 million in 2014.

Flaherty’s officials assume GST revenues — which grew 1.8 per cent in 2012-13 — will rise 4.9 per cent annually and that corporate tax revenues will jump by 5.5 per cent a year, on average.

And they book in big savings from program cuts that are still working their way through the federal government.

To meet these targets, the budget document says the “government will introduce legislation as needed to consolidate operations and eliminate redundant organizations.”

The Canadian International Development Agency is to be absorbed into the department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

The forecast is that the federal deficit will fall to $18.7 billion this year, then plunge to $6.6 billion in 2014-15 in time to be balanced for 2015-16.

“The stakes are really high on 2015,” said Mary Webb, senior economist at Scotiabank.

The Conservatives dangled several pricey promises during the 2011 election campaign that were contingent on them balancing the books, including tax-splitting for couples with children under 18, doubling the annual tax-free savings account limit and doubling the children’s tax credit.

“There were some campaign commitments that were made so there’ll be lots of demands for funding in 201516,” Flaherty told a news conference.

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Lack of investment leaves First Nations skeptical of budget

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — A major budget initiative to make social assistance for First Nations youth contingent on entering into a training program is likely to get a rough ride on reserves, the NDP says.

Making good on a promise from last year, this year’s budget puts $241 million over five years into training programs for young people collecting income assistance.

Half the money will go to setting up the program on reserves, and the other half will only be accessible if welfare recipients agree to participate in the program.

It drew immediate and sharp criticism from Opposition members who said Prime Minister Stephen Harper is imposing unrealistic arrangements on First Nations without any discussion.

“At a time when First Nations are holding out a hand for reconciliation, he’s giving them the back of his hand,” said NDP Leader Tom Mulcair.

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REACTION: ‘Moderately happy’ with labour issues “We said we need to replace that (Building Canada Fund) because we depend on it, so the new fund continues for another 10 years,” said Harris. “That’s a huge commitment. We can budget for that, that money is coming. It’s very important for us.”

Besides the Community Improvement and the Building Canada funds, municipalities will be able to take advantage of the P3 Canada Fund. It gives $1.25 billion to build infrastructure through publicprivate partnerships.

“Overall, I think the budget was very fair, but I’m quite concerned it’s not addressing the environmental issues,” said Harris.

He was glad the federal government wants to balance the budget by 2015, something it hasn’t done in years.

“It’s insulting, it’s paternalistic and they’re the only ones who are getting this kind of proposal.”

Shawn Atleo, the Assembly of First Nations national chief, said the budget is a lot of talk but no action in the form of financial resources.

“Budget 2013 makes reference to First Nations in almost every section, which suggests that the unprecedented attention and engagement of our peoples is beginning to be heard,” he said in a release.

“But the investment just isn’t there. We will continue to press for direct engagement of First Nations themselves on full implementation of commitments in an urgent manner.”

The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs was equally skeptical.

“This status quo budget ensures the rich keep getting rich with tax credits and incentives that generally do not help First Nations individuals or communities,” said Grand Chief Derek Nepinak.

“A status quo budget for First Nations people means a continuation of escalating poverty and a

continuing failure to meet the basic needs of families in the communities.

“Announcements on re-allocated funding for skills and trade development tied to compulsory program changes is nothing short of coercion and racialized policy implementation.”

The money earmarked in Flaherty’s budget is divided in two.

The First Nations job fund will get $109 million to provide personalized job training for welfare recipients. Benefits cheques will be dependent on participation in the program.

The rest of the money will go into setting up the services necessary to deliver such a program, including compliance measures and counselling.

“Funding will be accessible only to those reserve communities that choose to implement mandatory participation in training for young income assistance recipients,” the budget warns.

Jonathan Seib, policy co-ordinator for the Red Deer Chamber, applauded the move to balance as well. A leaner operational budget is always a good thing, he said.

The chamber is “moderately happy” with Flaherty’s comments regarding labour issues.

The Canada Job Grant will give $15,000 or more per person to ensure Canadians are getting the skills employers are seeking. Ottawa will give up to $5,000 of that, the employer will match funds, and the province will match the final third.

“We think that can be a positive thing, but we are a little skeptical that it will address our needs out in the West,” said Seib. “We think it’s really focused on the unemployment in the East.”

The chamber was also interested in the discussion around innovation, research and technology and entrepreneurs. The Red Deer Chamber recently passed a policy calling for a reversal in the federal 2012 cuts to the Scientific Research and Experimental Developmental (SRED) program. In lieu of that, this budget is putting $225 million in upgrading research facilities so that’s good news, said Seib.

“We know that innovation and technology will be a key driver in the Canadian economy in the medium

to long term,” said Seib.

Red Deer College President Joel Ward, incoming Alberta board representative for the Association of Canadian Community Colleges, said this association encouraged the federal government to focus on advanced skills training, and this is what they have done in this budget.

There’s still some work Ottawa will need to do with the provinces because post-secondary education falls under them, he added.

Ottawa is showing it’s modernizing the apprenticeship program and that the provinces/territories have the same requirements, said Ward.

“We think that’s really important, particularly if we want to bring workers from other jurisdictions to Alberta,” said Ward.

Ward also applauded the $10 million for training for First Nations and Inuit students pursuing postsecondary schooling and another $222 million for job opportunities for marginalized groups, including those with disabilities, youth, aboriginals and newcomers. The new Building Canada Fund should also have money for post-secondary capital projects, said Ward. ltester@reddeeradvocate.com

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LUPUL GETS TWO GAMES The NHL has suspended Toronto Maple Leafs forward Joffrey Lupul for two games without pay for an illegal check to the head of Tampa Bay Lightning defenceman Victor Hedman. The league’s department of player safety issued the ruling Thursday, while Toronto prepares to play at Buffalo. The hit occurred a day earlier in the third period of Toronto’s 4-2 win.

Shortly after Hedman passed the puck in the neutral zone, Lupul left his feet while lunging into Hedman from the side. Lupul’s lower left shoulder struck Hedman in the side of the head. Lupul was issued a minor penalty for the hit.

Hedman returned after briefly leaving the game. The NHL ruled further discipline was necessary because Lupul targeted Hedman’s head.

Today

● Peewee D hockey: Provincial championship at Eckville, first game at 8 a.m., final game at 8:30 p.m. ● Peewee B hockey: Provincial championship at Three Hills and Trochu, first game at 8:30 a.m., final game at 7:45 p.m. ● Atom female hockey: Provincial championship at Red Deer Kinsmen Arenas, first game at 9 a.m., final game at 2 p.m. ● Peewee B hockey: Provincial championship at Three Hills and Troch, first game at 8:30 a.m., final game at 7:45 p.m. ● WHL: Prince Albert at Red Deer, first game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final, 7:30 p.m., Centrium. ● Midget AAA hockey: Edmonton Southside at Red Deer, first game of best-of-five AMHL final, 8 p.m., Arena. ● Senior AAA hockey: Stony Plain at Bentley, third game of best-ofseven provincial final, 8 p.m. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Okotoks, first game of best-of-five league final, 8 p.m.

WOMEN’S WORLD CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS RIGA, Latvia — A mediocre start nearly derailed Rachel Homan’s rink at the world women’s curling championship.

The Canadian team stuck together early on as they battled nerves, a tough field and some challenging conditions at the Volvo Sports Center. The result is a solid third-place finish in the round-robin standings and a four-game winning streak heading into the Page playoff 3-4 matchup.

“They’re all feeling very comfortable, calm, focused and confident,” said Canadian coach Earle Morris. “Those are the kind of feelings you hope your team has when you’re going into the playoffs.”

Entering play Thursday, Homan controlled her own playoff destiny but was still flirting with the cutline. She beat China’s Bingyu Wang 7-4 in the morning and locked up the third seed with an 8-4 win over Japan’s Satsuki Fujisawa in the afternoon.

Canada’s next game is Saturday afternoon. Russia and Switzerland will play a tiebreaker Friday morning with the winner to face the United States in the second tiebreaker with the fourth seed on the line.

Homan and teammates Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk and Lisa Weagle have been steady all week. Most games have been tight but the Canadians have shone in pressure situations.

“The good news about having close games all the time is you’re constantly playing pressure shots,” Morris said. “That bodes well because come playoff time, you’re used to the pressure and it means you’ll make the tough ones in the playoffs as well.”

Scotland and Sweden finished 10-1 and will meet in the Page playoff 1-2 game Friday night.

The winner advances to Sunday’s gold-medal game while the loser plays the 3-4 winner in the semifinal Saturday night. The semifinal winner will play for gold and the loser will play the 3-4 loser for bronze Sunday.

The playoff draw will be tough with both 2012 silver medallist Margaretha Sigfridsson of Sweden and four-time world junior champ Eve Muirhead of Scotland in top form.

Homan’s Ottawa rink is playing at the tournament for the first time. She said her teammates were determined to turn things around after a slow start.

Please see WORLDS on Page B4

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Mathew Dumba and the Red Deer Rebels other top players will need to be the team’s best players if they hope to move past the first round of the WHL playoffs.

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Flames become prey in loss to Predators

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Saturday

● 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.

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Calgary Flames defenceman T. J. Brodie battles for the puck with Nashville Predators’ Victor Bartley and Kevin Klein in the third period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, in Nashville, Tenn. The Predators won 5-3.

Predators 5 Flames 3 NASHVILLE — After a long, tough road trip, the Nashville Predators were definitely happy to be home on Thursday night.

Mike Fisher scored two goals and the Predators beat the Calgary Flames 5-3 to snap a four-game losing streak.

Martin Erat, Nick Spaling, and Brandon Yip had the other goals for the Predators, and Pekka Rinne made 19 saves.

Mark Giordano, Blake Comeau, and Jarome Iginla scored for the Flames, who have dropped eight consecutive road games.

The Predators grabbed control with four consecutive goals beginning late in the first period and carrying over to the third. Nashville improved to 7-2-4 at home.

Fisher converted a nice feed from Erat to tie it at 2 in the first, then put Nashville in front at 13:24 of the middle period. Carrying the puck down the right side, Roman Josi threw a pass to Fisher on the left side, and he beat Miikka Kiprusoff for his ninth of the season.

“They were great plays,” Fisher said.

“Marty made a great play forechecking on that first one and I was right in the slot. Josi made a perfect play backdoor to me. I was just in the right place at the right times.”

Just a minute later, Spaling deflected a slap shot from defenceman Victor Bartley

by Kiprusoff for his sixth on the year. The assist was Bartley’s first NHL point.

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McFaull closes chapter on junior career MOOSE JAW WARRIOR WILL NOW LOOK TO PROFESSIONAL RANKS WITH HOPES OF JOINING THE EDMONTON OILERS IN THE FUTURE

BY MATTHEW GOURLIE MOOSE JAW TIMES-HERALD

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Gerry Festa stepped into a tough spot in 2004 when he joined the Red Deer Rebels as the successor to all-stat netminder and future Stanley Cup playoff MVP Cam Ward. But the Calgary native and former member of the Hitmen and the Spokane Chiefs turned in a solid season as a 20-yearold, posting a 22-19-3 record, a 2.63 goalsagainst average and .900 save percentage.

Festa went on to attend the University of British Columbia for three years and has been stopping pucks at the minor pro level since 2009 — with Missouri, Fort Wayne and Bloomington of the Central League, Dayton of the Federal League and — for the past two years — the Pensacola Ice Pilots of the Southern Professional League.

The 29-year-old has a 9-7-3 record this season with two shutouts, a 2.72 GAA and .909 save percentage.

TOP 20 Tri-City Americans forward and captain Justin Feser was the WHL’s leading scorer among overage players during the regular season. The Red Deer product was one of five players to top the century mark in points with 106 (44g,62a). He aso managed a plus/minus rating of plus-20.

THEY SAID IT “I’ve been in the doghouse but for the right reasons.

He was trying to make me better. He knows his job. He knows what he has to do to make players better. He saw a little bit of talent in me and didn’t want me to waste it. He pushed me a little bit harder than some others but it was worth it. He has been a great coach.” — Regina Pats forward Dyson Stevenson, to Greg Harder of the Regina Leader-Post, defending head coach Pat Conacher, who, it has been speculated, may be leaving the club after two seasons.

Nothing has come easy for Kendall McFaull.

That suits him just fine.

The 20-year-old Moose Jaw Warriors captain was preparing to for the final weekend of his Western Hockey League career last week when it became official that his season will continue with the Oklahoma City Barons of the American Hockey League.

McFaull has signed with the Edmonton Oilers’ affiliate for the rest of the season and will look to impress and earn an NHL contract or camp invite.

“My whole life has kind of been like that I guess. Being from a small town ... it seemed like every road was a little harder,” said McFaull, who hails from Rosetown. He was cut by the Warriors as a 16-yearold and then was one of the few midget AAA players to earn a spot on Team West at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge.

“I came in through the back door to make Under-17s. Same with the Warriors,” said McFaull. “I enjoy it, I guess, to prove people wrong. To have someone say ‘we don’t think he’s for us’ and then keep working and keep working and have that hard work pay off.

“It’s an opportunity for me to earn a chance to get a contract for the next few years.”

McFaull was drafted in the sixth round, 155th overall in the 2010 NHL Draft by Atlanta.

When the team moved to Winnipeg — and their front office was overhauled — McFaull ended up out of the Jets’ plans and wasn’t signed. He had surgery to repair a sports hernia this past summer. That and the NHL lockout prevented him from getting a pro look before the start of his 20-year-old season.

“He’s so deserving of an opportunity to keep playing,” said Warriors head coach Mike Stothers.

Edmonton’s pro scout Duane Sutter came to see McFaull a handful of times during the lockout and met with McFaull to get to know him. A few months later the Oilers decided to give McFaull a chance to impress them.

“It’s going to be weird being the young guy again,” said McFaull whose nickname is ‘dad’ in the Warriors locker room.

“Playing with Morgan (Rielly), being a high-calibre prospect, will help me adjust to playing with higher calibre players. I

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Moose Jaw Warrior captain Kendall McFaull has had a tough road during his hockey career but it will only get more difficult as he moves on to the professional ranks with playing in the Edmonton Oilers farm system with the Oklahoma City Barons. think getting used to the pace will be the big thing.”

McFaull had been applying to schools — he’s looking to study engineering at either Saskatchewan, Toronto or Waterloo — but was happy to jump at the chance to play professionally.

This stint with the Barons won’t affect the five years of education funding he has coming from the WHL Scholarship Fund.

“If pro doesn’t work out I can still go back to school. I didn’t have to push one path out of the way,” said McFaull who has been the Warriors’ captain for the past two seasons. He has five goals and a career-high 20 points in 69 games played this season.

The 6-2, 208-pound defenceman is hoping to find a niche as a shutdown defenceman in the Oilers’ system.

When asked what Stothers liked the most about McFaull’s

game, he replied: “everything.”

Stothers coincided that he isn’t a dynamic skater like a Morgan Rielly and doesn’t have the kind of edge to his game that a Dylan McIlrath has, but he brings an awful lot of positive qualities to the table.

“He just does everything that a captain is supposed to do. He leads by example. He never shirks his responsibility on and off the ice. He applies himself and works as hard as he can,” said Stothers. “He goes about his job without much fanfare or recognition — and I think he prefers it that way. His work ethic is second to none.”

It was those qualities that led to McFaull being named captain a year ago on a star-studded, veteran team.

He is a rare two-year captain in Warriors history and has been a great fit for the rebuilding team this season.

Feser ends WHL career in blaze of glory Regardless of when his WHL season ends, Justin Feser will go out in a blaze of glory.

The Red Deer product and Tri-City Americans captain and forward, who will celebrate his 21st birthday in July, enjoyed a memorable final WHL regular season, setting a league record for the most consecutive games played and breaking the century plateau and placGREG ing fourth in league MEACHEM scoring with 106 points, including 44 goals.

The accolades kept coming Thursday when Feser was selected to the Western Conference first all-star team, along with netminder Mac Carruth of the Portland Winterhawks, defencemen Seth Jones of Portland and Brenden Kichton of the Spokane Chiefs and forwards Colin Smith of the Kamloops Blazers and league co-scoring leader Nicholas Petan of the Winterhawks.

The Winterhawks continued their allstar dominance with four players named to the second team, including forward Brendan Leipsic, who along with Petan racked up 120 points to finish atop the league scor-

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Forward Ty Rattie and rearguards Tyler Wotherspoon and Troy Rutkowski were the other ‘Hawks granted all-star status, while goalie Jordon Cooke and forward Myles Bell, both of the Kelowna Rockets, rounded out the second team.

Mitch Topping, another Red Deer minor hockey graduate and a teammate of Feser, is the Western Conference nominee for the WHL humanitarian award (see below).

Jones, meanwhile, is the Western Conference rookie of the year, while Carruth is the top goalie and Kichton has been named top defenceman. Other Western winners include Rourke Chartier (scholastic), Ryan Huska (coach of the year), Bruce Hamilton (executive of the year) and Zach Franko (sportsmanlike) all from Kelowna. ★

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Feser and Topping are onside with muscular dystrophy.

The Tri-City players have raised money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in the Tri-Cities area all season, donating $10 for each home win and the team matching the donation.

In addition, donation buckets have been present at each Tri-City home game for fans to support the cause.

As the Americans entered their final regular-season home game last week, the Making Awareness a Top Priority to Fes Out Muscular Dystrophy campaign had

raised $6,244, surprising even the two biggest supporters.

“Our original goal was $2,500,” Topping told Annie Fowler of the Tri-City Herald, noting the total did not include his, Feser’s or the team’s contributions. “The response from the fans has been unbelievable. Me and Justin, on behalf of the MDA, want to thank the fans.”

Feser, a forward, and Topping, a defenceman, have spent time with children with MD this season, and have been inspired by their courage.

“The disease affects each kid in their way,” Topping said. “We work with the kids and see the smiles on their faces. They deal with the disease every day, and they still laugh and smile. This (walking boot on his foot) is the biggest inconvenience in my life right now. They would trade everything for just that.”

Feser is closing out a five-year stay with the Americans while Topping is in his second season with the club after being acquired in a trade.

Despite being a relative newcomer to the area, Topping has been involved in several charitable projects, such as Habitat for Humanity and visits to schools and hospitals.

“My mom (Kathy) suggested I do something since I don’t go to school,” Topping said. “I have a lot of spare time. I hope to continue this next year. It has been a blessing in my life.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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McFaull said he learned a lot from Jason Bast and Spencer Edwards when they were his captains.

“I learned little things from Jason Bast and Spencer Edwards to help me become a leader. I hope that what I’ve done this year can help these guys in the future,” said McFaull. “I’ve got to be a father figure and a leader for these guys and that’s a role I strive for. I love that role.”

He credits his parents Kelly and Karen for helping him become the man he is. A farm family that lived in Rosetown, he said his parents were wellrespected in the community — though he notes that they would probably balk at that description.

“My parents stressed respect, doing the right thing and doing well in school,” said McFaull.

“The way they brought me up definitely helped me become the leader I am today.”

“I have to say that his parents did a hell of a job,” said Stothers. “They raised a good boy.”

As well-spoken and mature as McFaull is off the ice, he has a toughness and a tenacity that serves him well on the ice.

A quintessential McFaull moment came late in his career in the Warriors 5-4 comeback win over Saskatoon that ended their Blades’ 18-game winning streak on March 3. McFaull was injured in a fight and missed the four-goal third period comeback, but returned for overtime — minus some teeth.

“The first punch must have caught me square,” said McFaull.

“I could feel a couple of teeth rolling around, so I tried to lean over my shoulder, spit ’em out and keep going.”

In the penalty box teammate Sam Fioretti told McFaull that two of his surviving teeth were looking a little rough and the Warriors captain decided to get the two teeth that were pushed back examined.

“The dentist came down at looked at it and he thought there was a fracture in what holds the teeth together. He thought it was best that I get it stitched and wired straight,” recalled McFaull. “I didn’t really think it needed to be dealt with right then. Had that fracture not been there, I would have gone back out and played.”

McFaull left the arena and got his teeth stitched into his gums to hold them in place. He returned and dressed in time to start overtime on the ice.

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Rose has remarkable day at Bay Hill

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLANDO, Fla. — Justin Rose started out as another guy in Tiger Woods’ group Thursday at Bay Hill. He wound up in the lead.

Rose put on a clinic with the putter and ran off four straight birdies late in his round for a 7-under 65, giving him a two-shot lead after the opening round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Woods had two sloppy bogeys from greenside bunkers and didn’t hit it as well as he did when he won Doral two weeks ago. But he made enough key par saves and manhandled the par 5s to scratch out a 69, a reasonable start as he tries to win Bay Hill for the eighth time and return to No. 1 in the world.

It was only the sixth time in 31 rounds at Bay Hill that Rose broke 70.

“If you had said I would shoot a 65 on the range this morning, I would have probably said, ’How many holes have I played?’ And that didn’t change much,” Rose said. “The first five, six holes out there were a grind.”

John Huh had a chance to catch him late in the afternoon, but needing a birdie on the final hole, he found a fairway bunker on No. 9 and took bogey for a 67. John Rollins and Ottawa’s Brad Fritsch were at 68.

Rose and Woods played in the morning, the tougher side of the draw because of chilly temperatures and a strong breeze. The rough was thick without being terribly high. The hole locations were in spots Woods had not seen very often. The scores were reflective of a challenging morning until Rose and Woods began to pick up the pace on the par-5 16th.

Both made eagle from inside 15 feet — Woods hit a 9-iron for a second shot on a hole that was playing downwind — but that’s where their fortunes changed. Woods came up short in a bunker, hit a poor shot and took bogey on the 17th. Rose holed a 20-foot birdie putt.

On the front nine, both made three straight birdies starting on the par-5 fourth. Rose doubled his lead over Woods on the par-3 seventh with a 12-foot birdie putt, and Woods came up short in the bunker and failed to save par.

Also in the group at 69 with Woods were Ryo Ishikawa of Japan, Nick Watney, Sean O’Hair and Bill Haas, who bogeyed his last two holes.

Woods played the played the par 5s in 5 under, bringing his career total at Bay Hill to 118-under par.

British Open champion Ernie Els played with

Rose and Woods and disappeared quickly. The Big Easy kept pulling his tee shots and getting into trouble, dropping five shots in the opening five holes. He rallied with a 4-iron to 2 feet for birdie on the 18th, and a 9-iron to about the same tap-in range on his final hole at No. 9 to salvage a 75.

Others weren’t so fortunate. U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson and two-time major champion Angel Cabrera each had 80. Masters champion Bubba Watson birdied three of his last four holes for a 74.

Brandt Snedeker, playing for the first time in five weeks because of a rib injury, took triple bogey on his 17th hole and had a 76. Snedeker’s 5-iron on the 17th didn’t quite clear the hazard where the sand meets the lake. Coming off his injury, he wasn’t interesting in trying to gouge it out, which he probably couldn’t have done, anyway. At least he had his health at the end of the round. “Encouraged,” he said about his ribs.

Phil Mickelson felt terrible about his swing, and it showed. Even so, the four-time major champion made an eagle putt on the 16th to reach 1 under, only to throw those shots away with three-putt bogeys on the last two holes.

“I feel terrible walking off the course,” Mickelson said, and this was right after he was randomly selected for a drug test.

For Rose, it was all about the putter — and he didn’t even need any help from Steve Stricker, who gave Woods a key putting tip at Doral.

Rose began to work hard on his putting after the U.S. Open last summer, and he’s had some decent rounds. At Medinah last September, he knocked in a 45-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole against Phil Mickelson, in effect the difference in Europe winning the cup.

“I dedicated myself at making a few changes and getting better at that part of the game,” Rose said.

“I’ve had some good days, no doubt. And today was probably the first real hot day I’ve had with the blade in a long, long time. We all know it’s about consistency and that’s what I’m still working towards.

“It’s just fun to know that I obviously can do it, and I enjoy a lot of confidence from that.”

For all his birdies, it was crucial for Rose not to drop any shots after an early bogey on the 11th, and he did that with par saves on the 14th and 15th. Just as key was the 18th, when he played short of the water for his second shot from the rough, and then made a 10-footer for par.

Putting also saved Woods.

He spent close to an hour on the range after his

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Justin Rose, of England, chips a shot to the first green during the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament, Thursday, in Orlando, Fla. round to work on his driver and his irons, though he did enough right to stay in the game. It started on his opening hole when an approach from the fairway bunker went over the green and up a slight hill near the television tower. In grass still damp from the morning dew, he had to chip off the first cut of rough, down a closely mown swale to a slightly elevated green that ran away from him. The chip was so good it looked like a lag putt.

“It was one of my good ones,” Woods said.

Gonzaga, Marquette survive upset scares at NCAA tournament

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EAST REGIONAL MARQUETTE 59 DAVIDSON 58 LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Vander Blue’s layup with one second left capped Marquette’s rally from a ninepoint deficit and gave the third-seeded Golden Eagles a 59-58 victory over Davidson Thursday in the NCAA tournament.

Blue and Jamil Wilson made consecutive 3-pointers to bring Marquette within 58-57 with 11 seconds left. The Golden Eagles then caught a huge break when De’Mon Brooks’ long inbounds pass went out of bounds at midcourt with 5.5 seconds left, providing another opportunity.

Blue took full advantage after getting Wilson’s inbounds pass, driving left and finding room for the winning basket. He then sealed Marquette’s improbable win by stealing Davidson’s last-ditch inbounds pass at midcourt to set off a celebration among players and Golden Eagles fans at Rupp Arena.

Blue scored seven of Marquette’s final 11 points to finish with 16. Wilson added 14 points as the Golden Eagles (24-8) won for the fifth time in six games and advanced to face Butler in Saturday’s third round.

Jake Cohen’s 20 points led Davidson (26-8), who seemed in control leading 49-40 with 6 ½ minutes left.

BUTLER 68 BUCKNELL 56 Andrew Smith had a double-double including a career-high 16 rebounds, Roosevelt Jones added 14 points and Butler made its free throws down the stretch to hold off upset-minded Bucknell.

After trailing for most of the game, 11th-seeded Bucknell got back into it with a 19-2 second-half run. But after Joe Willman’s jumper cut Butler’s lead to 43-42 with 6:56 left, the Bison (28-6) went almost five minutes without scoring. Butler went 18-of-20 at the line in the last 4:43. Willman scored a careerhigh 20 points for Bucknell, but the Bison couldn’t overcome an off day by two-time Patriot League Player of the Year Mike Muscala. Bucknell’s alltime leading scorer had nine points, only the second time this season he’d failed to reach double figures.

CALIFORNIA 64 UNLV 61 SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Allen Crabbe had 19 points and nine rebounds, reserve Robert Thurman scored all 12 of his points on dunks and 12th-seeded California held off UNLV. Buoyed by the crowd support of a strong contingent so close to Berkeley, the Golden Bears (21-11) held the Runnin’ Rebels (25-10) without a basket for more than 11 minutes in the second half. Cal turned a tie game into a nine-point lead during that stretch and withstood a late UNLV push for its first tournament win since 2010.

The fifth-seeded Rebels rallied to within a point in the final seconds before missed free throws and a costly inbounds pass sealed the loss.

Bryce Dejean-Jones scored 15 points and Anthony Bennett shook off a poor start to finish with 15 points and 11 rebounds for UNLV, which beat Cal 76-75 in Berkeley on Dec. 9.

MIDWEST REGIONAL LOUISVILLE 79 NORTH CAROLINA A&T 48 LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Pay attention, No. 1s. This is how it’s done.

Russ Smith scored 23 points and set a Louisville NCAA tournament record with a career-high eight steals, and Peyton Siva had eight assists as the Cardinals demolished North Carolina A&T. Louisville finished with a season-high 20 steals as it forced the

MARCH MADNESS ROUNDUP Aggies (20-17) into 27 turnovers. It was the 11th straight win for the Cardinals (30-5), who will play Colorado State or Missouri on Saturday.

Rick Pitino and the Big East champions quickly ended a post-season run for the Aggies, who finally earned their first NCAA tournament win on Tuesday. Bruce Beckford led North Carolina A&T with 12 points.

MICHIGAN STATE 65 VALPARAISO 54 AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Derrick Nix had 23 points and a careerhigh 15 rebounds to help power thirdseeded Michigan State past the 14thseeded Crusaders in the Midwest Regional.

The Spartans went on a 26-5 run in the first half to take control, and cruised to an easy victory. Michigan State (26-8) will play Memphis on Saturday when coach Tom Izzo’s Spartans will be shooting for a spot in the round of 16 for the fifth time in six years.

The Crusaders (26-8) were no match for Michigan State in their first NCAA tourney in nine years.

Erik Buggs scored 14 and Matt Kenney had 10 points for the Crusaders.

MEMPHIS 54 ST. MARY’S 52 AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Matthew Dellavedova’s 3-pointer from the right wing missed everything as time expired, allowing sixth-seeded Memphis to hold on for a win over 11thseeded Saint Mary’s.

The Tigers (31-4) led by 15 in the first half but nearly gave the game away in the final seconds.

With Memphis ahead 54-49, Eividas Petrulis banked in a 3-pointer with 3.1 seconds to play. The Tigers then lost the ball when the Gaels’ Jordan Giusti deflected the inbound pass off Joe Jackson of Memphis and out of bounds.

Saint Mary’s (28-7) was out of timeouts but had a chance to regroup while officials reviewed the previous sequence.

It didn’t matter. Dellavedova, the career leader in scoring for Saint Mary’s, was able to get a shot off, but it didn’t come close to going in.

It was the first win in the NCAA tournament for Memphis since 2009, when John Calipari was still coach.

D.J. Stephens had nine points and eight blocks for Memphis, and Jackson had 14 points and seven assists. Brad Waldow scored 17 points to lead Saint Mary’s.

Dellavedova had 10 points, seven assists and six turnovers in 40 minutes.

SAINT LOUIS 64 NEW MEXICO STATE 44 SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Dwayne Evans scored 24 points, Cody Ellis added 12 points and fourth-seeded Saint Louis overwhelmed New Mexico State in the Midwest Regional.

Playing through the death of Rick Majerus in December, Saint Louis reached another mark for its late coach. The Billikens (28-6) eclipsed the 1988-89 team’s school record of 27 victories.

Evans shot 11 of 16 and finished a point shy of his career best to propel Saint Louis past 7-foot-5 New Mexico State freshman Sim Bhullar. The Billikens held Bhullar to four points, 11 rebounds and three blocks.

Saint Louis plays Oregon on Saturday. Bandja Sy had 17 points and nine rebounds for the 13th-seeded Aggies (24-11), who shot just 28 per cent.

OREGON 68 OKLAHOMA STATE 55 SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Damyean Dotson scored 17 points and Arsalan Kazemi added 11 points and 17 re-

bounds to help 12th-seeded Oregon extend a run that began in the Pac-12 tournament by beating fifth-seeded Oklahoma.

Dominic Artis scored 13 points and helped frustrate Oklahoma State star freshman Marcus Smart on the defensive end to give the Ducks (27-8) their first tournament win in six years.

Smart came into the game with the hype of a top NBA prospect but was held to 14 points on 5 for 13 shooting for the Cowboys (24-9).

WEST REGIONAL GONZAGA 64 SOUTHERN 58 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A March Madness warm-up turned into a great escape for Gonzaga.

The Zags got pushed to the limit by Southern, pulling out a victory in the closing minutes to avoid becoming the first No. 1 seed to lose to a 16 in the NCAA tournament.

Kelly Olynyk led the Zags (32-2) with

21 points. They play No. 9 Wichita State on Saturday.

But it was a pair of 3-pointers — one

by Gary Bell Jr., the next by Kevin Pangos — that staked the Bulldogs to a 6258 lead only moments after the game was tied at 56 with 3:45 left.

Derick Beltran had 21 points to lead Southern (23-10) and his 14-foot baseline jumper tied it at 56. But the Jaguars from the Southwestern Athletic Conference didn’t make another field goal. No. 1 seeds are now 113-0 against 16s.

WICHITA STATE 73 PITTSBURGH 55 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Malcolm Armstead scored 22 points, Cleanthony Early added 21 and ninth-seeded Wichita State ousted Pittsburgh.

Freshman Steven Adams led Pitt (24-9) with 13 points and 11 rebounds.

Call Hall added 11 points for the Shockers (27-8).

The Shockers forced Pitt into 15 turnovers and held the Panthers to 35 per cent shooting, including 1 of 17 from 3-point range.

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Sky’s the limit

Catalina Swim Club member Rebecca Smith, 13, powers through the water during a training session at the Michener Recreation Centre this week.

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RED DEER SWIMMER REBECCA SMITH HAS DOMINATED THE PROVINCIAL SCENE PLUS MADE HER MARK ON A NATIONAL LEVEL BY BREAKING A 28-YEAR-OLD CANADIAN RECORD

No one can predict the future, but it appears as if Red Deer Catalina Swim Club’s Rebecca Smith has the talent to take her career as far as she wants.

The Red Deer native, who just turned 13 last week, dominated the provincial scene at the 11-12 year-old age class during the short course season plus made her mark at the national level, breaking the 28-year-old Canadian 200-metre backstroke record with a time of two minutes 17.96 seconds at the Western Canadian championships.

“Backstroke is one of my best events and I worked really hard in practice to get that (record),” she said.

“I was really nervous going into it, but I think I knew I could do it.”

Competing against competitors 15 and under she finished sixth in the final.

“Being up against older swimmers helped push me,” said Smith, who also bettered six Alberta records at the meet.

She then attended the provincial age group championships, winning seven gold, breaking three more provincial records and eight club marks.

“My goal going into the provincials was to go for them (records), but really I just wanted to do my best,” she explained.

Smith has been swimming with the Catalina Club since she was eight. She first got into the pool at age six and took to it naturally.

“My dad used to swim and my sister (Madalyn) is two years older than me and she swims,” said Smith.

In fact Madalyn is one of the premier competitors in the breaststroke for her age group in the province.

“It’s a lot of fun having her on the team,” said Re-

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FLAMES: Couple wins Yip provided another insurance goal at 15:54 of the third, and Iginla scored on a power play with one minute remaining.

“You look at the standings and how close they are, what a couple wins can do, and we’ve come on this road trip and haven’t gotten those,” Iginla said. “We know where we stand and how much time is left.”

Giordano got Calgary off to a nice start with a short-handed goal at 5:01 of the opening period. Lee Stempniak forced a turnover by Josi and carried the puck in along the left side before finding Giordano above the left circle, where he fired a one-timer by Rinne for his third on the season.

Erat responded with a power-play goal at 11:36 when he redirected Josi’s slap shot from the blue line by Kiprusoff, who finished with 18 stops.

“The most important thing is we got the two points,” Erat said. “We had a couple of bad mistakes the last three, four games, and it happens. It is a long season and we bounced back today.”

basketball at Gateway Christian School.

While she competes in both short and long course, she indicated she may enjoy long course more, although she spends most of her practice time in the short course pool at Michener Centre.

“We do try to practice outdoors (at the Recreation Centre) in the long course pool when we can,” she said. “It does take a little bit to get used to swimming long course while practising short course.”

Smith has been on a number of provincial teams and also competed for the Junior National team last year at the Challenge Cup in Edmonton against Mexico and the United States.

Rebecca Smith “I don’t think they have that competition this year, I’m not sure, but that would be one of my goals to get back on that team,” she said.

What she did make, along with five of her teammates, was the Prospects West team that will attend the 13-and-under camp in Kamloops. Last year she was on the team that went to Montreal. She will also swim for Northern Alberta at the North-South provincial meet along with four of her teammates.

The Catalina Club is one of the top clubs in the province, which is a benefit said Smith.

“I really enjoy the club and it’s fun working with the older kids as they push me and it’s special being with my sister.”

She can’t say for certain what the future holds, but knows it will involve swimming.

“I plan on swimming a lot longer,” she said. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

Calgary came up with another short-handed goal when Giordano made a nice pass from the left faceoff dot to Comeau, who was coming down the right side. He tipped the puck by Rinne for his fourth of the season at 13:05.

“It was the perfect scenario,” Flames coach Bob Hartley said of the two short-handed goals. “I felt that we wanted to start with jump. We wanted to get the first goal, and that’s exactly what we did. Giveaways simply killed us.”

Nashville has allowed three short-handed goals in its last three games and four this season, equaling its total from the 2011-12 season.

“The thing that impressed me the most was that we didn’t go into a shell,” Nashville coach Barry Trotz said. “We’ve had a little bit of bad luck and a little bit of bad play that goes along with it. We didn’t score first tonight. As I said before the game, I wanted to keep a positive spirit.”

NOTES: Calgary D Jay Bouwmeester recorded an assist for his 300th career NHL point. ... Stempniak has a goal and five assists in his last four games. ... Fisher has points in five consecutive games, a season-long streak. ... Nashville C Craig Smith was a healthy scratch. It was the first game he has missed this season.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Alex Roach scored at 4:32 of overtime to lead the Calgary Hitmen to a 6-5 win over the Swift Current Broncos on the opening night of Western Hockey League playoffs Thursday.

Roach fired a slap shot past Swift Current goalie Eetu Laurikainen to give the Hitmen a 1-0 lead in their opening round best-of-seven series against the Broncos.

Brady Brassart had a hat trick for the Hitmen, while Brooks Macek and Colten Mayor also scored.

Greg Chase had two assists.

Ryon Moser, Graham Black and Coda Gordon each had a goal and an assist for the Broncos, who will attempt to even things up when the Hitmen host Game 2 of the series on Friday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Adam Lowry and Levi Bews also scored for Swift Current, while Colby Cave and Dillon Heatherington had two assists each.

Chris Driedger made 23 saves in the Hitmen net to record the win, while Laurikainen stopped 32-of-38 shots he faced at the other end of the ice.

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Morris feels the Canadians have regained the form that helped them post strong results all season and at last month’s Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

“When we came here I remember saying to the girls, ’All you have to do is keep doing what you’re doing,”’ Morris said. “Then we stumbled out of the gate and didn’t do what we had been doing. But now for the last four or five games I’ve said to them, ’Guess what girls? You’re back to playing like you did in the Scotties. So from here on in, just keep doing what you’re doing.’

“So it’s back to that message.”

The China-Canada game was a defensive battle over the first eight ends. China scored two in the ninth but Canada had the hammer coming home.

Homan used her last throw to take out a stone by the four-foot ring to score four for the win. Against Japan, the Canadians surged to a 7-1 lead after seven ends and were never really threatened.

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.

Alberta’s Heather Nedohin skipped Canada to a bronze medal at the 2012 world championship 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.

Latvia’s Iveta Stasa-Satsune recorded her first win of the tournament Thursday with an 8-7, extra-end victory over Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni. About 100 fans were in attendance and they joyously started chanting the host country’s name while cheering.

The Latvian players hugged and cried tears of joy after the upset win, a significant accomplishment considering there are only a few hundred curlers in the country and Riga has just one dedicated curling rink.

becca. “She’s good in the breaststroke and that’s my weakest stroke, so she helps push me.”

“They are great support for each other,” said Catalina head coach Mandi Smith, no relation.

“They do a lot for each other when they go through some tough stuff . . . if they have success or not. The kids support their teammates and despite being younger are team leaders, but also look up to the older kids.”

Rebecca Smith works on all four strokes — freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly — in practice as one of her favourite events is the Individual Medley.

“It forces me to work on all strokes in practice, which does make it more fun as I get to do everything every day,” she said.

“And I do work harder on the breaststroke.”

Mandi Smith knew from the outset Rebecca had the talent, and desire, to make her mark on the provincial scene.

“She has a natural talent,” she said. “She has a positive attitude, Mandi Smith loves racing and the loves the sport. She works hard to improve technically. She’s not a big kid, but had the aptitude for the sport.

“She’s been strong since the start. She undefeated in the short course this year and of course broke the 28-year-old Canadian record.”

Smith is now heading into the long course season and a new challenge as she steps into the 13-14 yearold division, but that’s fine with her.

“The older group will be a bit tougher, but it’s also a challenge for me,” said Smith, who also played

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Stepping up

Rebels top players are going to have lead the team if they hope to go deep into the playoffs

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Dumba started slow this season but turned his game around over the last two months. He finished third in team scoring with 16 goals and 42 points and was a plus-10, a true indication of how his defensive play evolved during the months of February and March.

Sutter wants to see more of the same from the dynamic defender with turn-on-a-dime wheels and a heavy shot. And the Rebels bench boss wants to see it on a consistent basis.

“With Matty, it about responsibility and accountability to have his game where it should be on a nightly basis,” said Sutter. “Obviously he’s one of our best players and we need him to be that.

“Where Matty gets to where he isn’t your best player is when he tries to do too much. When he just keeps the game simple, he manages the blueline the right way. He can create a lot of things in the offensive zone and if he just plays a simple, smart game in the other zones and understands when to rush up and when not to, he’s a very effective player.”

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The Rebels’ top players will indeed Bartosak will celebrate his 20th birthhave to be at the apex of their game if the day next week, but his age should not preteam’s post-season is to extend to another vent him from being selected in this year’s series. The likes of netminder Patrik BarNHL entry draft. He’s been that good this tosak, defenceman Mathew Dumba and winter and NHL teams have taken notice.

GREG forwards Turner Elson and Rhyse Dieno “This is the time of year when the NHL MEACHEM must make a difference; they have to be scouts are watching really closely,” said game-changers.

Sutter. “I’ve talked to numerous (NHL) Bartosak, first and foremost, holds the teams and there’s certainly a lot of interkey to the Rebels’ fortunes. The Eastern est there (in Bartosak). Yet they want to Conference goaltender of the year and first-team all- see him play at this time of the year.” star has been nothing short of excellent all season The Minnesota Wild, meanwhile, will be interestand has to continue in that vein. ed in Dumba’s playoff performance. The Wild draft“Any team that wants to have success . . . it starts ed Dumba in the first round last year and brought with your goaltending,” said Sutter. “You need good the 18-year-old to camp once the NHL season re-

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REBELS PLAYOFF PREVIEW

Home sweet home for Broncos in Calgary TEN SWIFT CURRENT PLAYERS ARE FROM THE CALGARY AREA WHICH GIVES THE FEELING OF A HOME AWAY FROM HOME FOR THE TEAM

BRONCOS-HITMEN

BY BRAD BROWN PRAIRIE POST Every game will be a home game for eight members of the Swift Current Broncos in their WHL Eastern Conference quarter-final with the Calgary Hitmen.

Adam Lowry, Jay Merkley, Ryon Moser, Dillon Heatherington, Brycen Martin and Bobby Zinkan all call Calgary home, while Levi Bews and Coda Gordon are from the nearby communities of Longview and Cochrane.

Gordon also happens to be a Calgary Flames draft pick.

Coincidence then, that the Broncos took three of four games this season from the Hitmen and their high-powered offence?

“It definitely gives us that extra boost playing in a lot of our hometowns,” said Lowry. “We have a lot of family and friends there and it’s always nice going there and trying to play well.

“It is definitely like a home away from home for the Swift Current Broncos.”

Playing catch-up for most of the year after a difficult start to the year, Swift Current (36-29-3-4) won eight of its last 10 games – including a 6-2 home win in Saturday’s season finale against the Regina Pats – to maintain a shot at fifth place going into the final night of the season.

The Broncos’ sixth-place fate was

sealed before they got off the ice Saturday though as Prince Albert beat Saskatoon to secure fifth.

As one of two active Broncos with any WHL playoff experience, Lowry is looking forward to a different experience than the one he went through as a rookie in 2009-10 — the last time the Broncos made the playoffs.

That year they played their home games in Regina due to Swift Current’s host duties for the world women’s curling championship and were swept in the first round by the Brandon Wheat Kings.

“The biggest difference from that year to this year is definitely our goaltending,” said Lowry. “There we had good goaltending but now with Eetu we have one of the premier goalies in the league.

“And I think our team’s built a little more for the playoffs. We’re a little bigger and we’re a little tougher. That year I remember we used to get pushed around a little bit and we didn’t have many tough guys to push back.

“Now I think we have some size and we can get in those trenches and we can get in those tough battles and more often than not come out on top.”

Game 1 of the series was played Thursday in Calgary with Game 2 scheduled for tonight at the Saddledome.

Games 3 and 4 will be played Monday and Tuesday in Swift Current at the Credit Union iplex.

If necessary, Game 5 will be Thursday in Calgary, Game 6 March 30 at the iplex and Game 7 April 1 in Calgary.

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STEPPING UP: Front and centre if the Rebels experience opening-round success “Because Matty is such a caring player, he sometimes wants to try to do too much and that’s when the mistakes occur,” added Sutter.

Up front, Elson and Dieno will surely be front and centre if the Rebels experience opening-round success. Dieno captured the team scoring title with 27 goals and 59 points in just 48 games, while Elson was runner-up with 26 goals and 57 points.

Elson, however, brings much more to the table than just offence. As the Rebels captain, he’s the undisputed team leader and has been the club’s most dependable forward game in and game out.

“No question, outside of Patty (Elson) has been our most consistent player,” said Sutter. “I look at that whole line, with Maxy (Brooks Maxwell), Dieno and Turner. They’re our best forwards and our best line and they have to play that way.

“At the end of the day your matchups have to be better than the other team’s, or you don’t win. In some way, shape or form, Our No. 1 line has to be better than their (Raiders’) No. 1 line.”

Dieno, who like Elson is a bookend on the Rebels’ top unit, has been noth-

ing less than a steal of a deal since joining the team in November. The cost of bringing the Davidson, Sask., native and former Medicine Hat Tiger/ Kamloops Blazer to the Rebels was . . . nothing.

“He’s been outstanding. He’s been a real good 19-year-old for us and he’ll be a great 20-year-old for us next season,” said Sutter. “He’ll definitely be one of our overage players next year and right now he’s certainly doing everything on his part to get some pro interest.

“For all these guys, it’s about making a difference and they’re all being watched. Even though Turner Elson is a signed player, the Calgary Flames will be watching him in the playoffs.

They’ll be looking at how he performs, how he responds when it comes down to crunch time.”

While the aforementioned quartet must be major contributors for the Rebels to emerge victorious in this opening-round series, Sutter noted that the supporting cast will have to be Oscar-worthy.

“Everyone has to take their game to a different level. At this time of the year it’s all about rising to the occasion,” he said.

“Our team game has been , for the most part, pretty good, and when we’ve had breakdowns our goaltending has saved us.

“We’ve been able to score enough goals to win games. When we’ve had to score three, four, five six goals, we’ve done it. All of it is due to a trust factor, a belief factor inside of the group that they can do it, that they have the skills to do it.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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Swift Current captain Adam Lowry is one of 10 Broncos players that are from the Calgary area which has given the team a boost when playing there.

WHY SWIFT CURRENT WILL WIN Special teams. The Broncos were superior to the Hitmen on the power play (fifth vs. 12th) and penalty kill (sixth vs. ninth) all season. The difference was especially evident in the season series when Swift Current went 4-for-11 on its own man advantage while shutting down all 12 of Calgary’s power plays.

WHY CALGARY WILL WIN The Hitmen bring four game-breaking forwards – Sylvester, Brassart, Macek and Victor Rask – to the dance, firepower the Broncos simply cannot match. They only combined for five goals against the Broncos all season and it seems certain at least one or two of them will break out eventually.

Rebels vs. Prince Albert Raiders First game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Centrium The Raiders closed out the regular season with back-to-back home-ice wins over the Saskatoon Blades and finished fifth in the conference with a 35-21-3-2 record. Prince Albert, however, struggled for a few weeks prior to their final regular season weekend and were 4-5-1 in their final 10 games . . . The Raiders can score, with five players having sniped more than 20 goals. The top scorers are forward and captain Mark McNeill — a firstround pick of the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2011 NHL entry draft — who has sniped 25 goals and accumulated 67 points, rookie forward and import draft selection Leon Draisaitl (21-3758 and a team-high plus-22), C Anthony Bardaro (25-32-57), RW Dakota Conroy (21-35-56) and C Mike Winther (22-2850), the Dallas Stars’ second-round pick in last year’s draft. Secondary scoring is supplied by the likes of C Jayden Hart (14-17-31) and D Josh Morrissey, a consensus first-round pick in this year’s NHL draft, (15-32-47) and fellow blueliners Dylan Busenius (834-42) and Davis Vandane (12-25-37) . . . Luke Siemens has carried a heavy workload between the pipes this season, with his 3,784 minutes played second only to Ty Rimmer of the Lethbridge Hurricanes and his 1,890 saves also second in the league to Rimmer.

Siemens, selected as the most valu-

Scouting report able player during the Raiders recent awards dinner, was 14th in the WHL with a 2.89 goals-against average. He posted a 35-21-3-2 record with six shutouts and a .912 save percentage . . . Morrissey shared the Raiders top defenceman award with Harrison Ruopp, who racked up a team-high 132 minutes in penalties, while Draisaitl was named top rookie and in fact was honoured Wednesday as the Eastern Conference rookie of the year.

Injuries — Prince Albert: None to report. Red Deer: LW Jesse Miller (upper body, indefinite).

Special teams — Prince Albert: Power play 15.4 per cent, 22nd overall; penalty kill 80 per cent, 11th.

Red Deer: Power play 17 per cent, 17th overall; penalty kill 84 per cent, fourth.

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Colton Sissons will not be able to help the Kelowna Rockets in the WHL playoffs this season. During the final weekend of the regular season, the Rockets captain got an upper-body injury that will keep him out of the lineup for the whole playoffs.

Ryan Huska insists the sky is not falling. Nor is the world ending.

“Absolutely not,” said the Kelowna Rockets’ head coach in discussing this week’s announcement that team captain Colton Sissons will miss up to three months with an upperbody injury sustained on the final weekend of the WHL’s regular season, in a 6-1 win over Vancouver.

Sissons, a 19-year-old North Vancouver native, opened the scoring that night, tallying his 28th goal of the season in front of family and friends, and later assisted on Damon Severson’s power-play marker that made it 4-1 for Kelowna early in the second period. But midway through the middle frame, with the score 5-1, Sissons got the worst of a collision with Giants defenceman Mason Geertsen, left the contest and did not return.

He showed up to Sunday’s awards banquet in a sling — indicative of a shoulder injury — and got the bad news upon seeing specialists on Monday morning. Sissons won’t require surgery, according to Huska, but he is expected to be sidelined eight to 12 weeks, meaning the earliest he could return is mid-May — or just in time for the Memorial Cup in Saskatoon should Kelowna emerge as WHL champions.

Accomplishing that feat becomes much more difficult without the services of Sissons, a top-line centre who was named Kelowna’s most valuable player and top defen-

sive forward on Sunday after finishing the regular season fourth in team scoring with 67 points (28-39-67) in 61 games.

“That’s what our team has trained for all year long — we’ve worked to be a team, and we haven’t had to rely on one player. At the end of the day, that (depth) has been the strength of our team,” Huska said.

“It gives some people a little opportunity to do a little bit extra, but at the same time, it doesn’t really change our approach at all. Yes, he’s a key member in our dressing room, but we have a lot of other key guys as well that get the opportunity now to step up and rise to a pretty cool challenge.”

That challenge begins this weekend, with the B.C. Division champion Rockets (52-163-1), seeded second in Western Conference standings, hosting the seventh-seeded Seattle Thunderbirds (24-38-7-3) tonight and Saturday to open their best-of-seven, first-round playoff series.

Yet, despite Kelowna taking a six-game winning streak into the post-season after setting a franchise record for regular-season victories, this week’s focus was squarely on Sissons — and rightfully so.

But the Rockets have been in this boat before, with Sissons having missed a month earlier this season with another upper-body injury — that one believe to be a concussion — sustained in a Nov. 30 home win over Moose Jaw. Kelowna’s depth was put to the test then, and, for the most part, passed with flying colours.

The Rockets played 10

games in that stretch, only losing twice — a 4-2 road loss to Seattle on Dec. 1 in their first game without Sissons, then a 6-2 loss in Calgary on Dec. 16 before breaking for Christmas.

But Kelowna also won eight times without its captain, including a 7-3 blowout of Kamloops at Prospera Place on Dec. 27, before welcoming Sissons back into the fold on Dec. 30.

So while an injury loss of this magnitude may be devastating for other teams, it’s not all doom and gloom for Kelowna.

Even Sissons was maintaining a glass half-full mentality when contacted on Sunday evening.

“We have a whole lot of confidence and there’s no reason that we shouldn’t, but we’ve got to keep that under control and keep it in check,” he said in looking ahead to Friday’s playoff opener. “We can’t underestimate (Seattle) because, as we all know, playoffs is a whole new season — and, really, anything can happen.

“We have to stay focused and not change anything about our game from the way we’ve been playing the past couple weeks.”

Huska was pleased to hear his captain’s focus hasn’t shifted in the wake of a personal setback.

“He’s a guy that’s always been team-first, and he knows that the way he handles himself will be important for our group,” Huska said. “That’s the important thing for him now, and he’s always been a guy that’s had a good attitude, so if that helps him to get better, that’s a great thing for us.”

Tigers have work cut out for them against Blades LOOKING TO BEAT BLADES FOR SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR

As to be expected, much was made about the Saskatoon Blades’ incredible second-half run on the eve of the WHL playoffs.

Many around the league, as Medicine Hat Tigers head coach and general manager Shaun Clouston said Wednesday when he stepped to the podium at a press conference at Credit Union Centre, were “hoping they wouldn’t turn it around.”

With the Blades winning 21 of their last 26 games heading into the playoffs, the Tigers have their work cut out for them in the Eastern Conference quarter-final rematch which started Thursday.

“There’s always pressure on that Memorial Cup host,” said Clouston. “I think obviously for the first part of the season it was a challenge for them.

“Their leadership group, the older guys really set the tone. They were able to pull it together and go on an unbelievable run — only drop a handful of games the last two or three months of the season. “(They were) arguably one of the best teams, if not the best team in the second half.”

In Clouston’s mind, there are two keys to beating the Blades in the open-

ing round for the second-straight year: secondary scoring and strong team defence.

Offensively, the Tigers rely heavily on Curtis Valk, who was eighth in WHL scoring with 91 points, and Hunter Shinkaruk, a consensus first-round pick in the 2013 NHL draft.

Valk was named a first-team Eastern Conference all-star Wednesday, while Shinkaruk, who had 86 points, was picked for the second team.

“It was a real good job by them stepping up and challenging different situations where teams can really key in on them,” said Clouston. “We’re not quite as deep as we were last year, so it’s easier for teams to match.

“We do expect those guys to score.

If they don’t score it’s going to be very challenging.”

Clouston plans on playing Valk and Shinkaruk with Elgin Pearce, a 1992-born centre who was acquired from Kootenay early in the year.

That trio is expected to regularly face the Blades’ top defensive pair of Duncan Siemens and Darren Dietz, especially in the first two games with Saskatoon having the last change on home ice.

Clouston said he will not hesitate to shuffle his lines in order to get the top line away from that matchup or to get Miles Koules, Logan McVeigh, Trevor Cox and Saskatoon product Boston

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Veteran forward Dylan Bredo, who has been playing defence since early January, will start the series on the blueline. Clouston said his presence could be much needed.

Bredo has played in 33 playoff games. The other seven defencemen on the roster have played 37.

The Tigers will go with Cam Lanigan — acquired in October from Portland for a seventh-round pick — between the pipes.

Clouston said the overage goaltender has been a big reason the Tigers reached the playoffs. For them to have success, he’ll need some extra support

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BY DANIEL NUGENT-BOWMAN SASKATOON STARPHOENIX

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Saskatoon Blade Michael Ferland is back for the opening game of the team’s first-round playoff series against the Medicine Hat Tigers. The 20-year-old has been out of the lineup since March 5 with an upper-body injury.

The Saskatoon Blades had their first-line left-winger back in the lineup for the opener of their Eastern Conference quarter-final series.

Over-ager Michael Ferland practised with his teammates for the first time this week since sustaining an upper-body injury March 5 against Calgary.

Ferland declared himself “100 per cent” healthy before practice and was slated to skate alongside his usual linemates Brenden Walker and Matej Stransky in Game 1 Thursday against the Medicine Hat Tigers.

“I feel good,” said Ferland, who has nine goals and 31 points in 30 games this season. “I’ve been working at it the last couple of weeks. I’m in a practice jersey now and I’m looking forward to playing.”

Ferland was injured in the first period of the March 5 contest after being rubbed out along the boards by Calgary defenceman Jesse Zgraggen.

It appeared Blades trainer Steve Hildebrand was attending to Ferland’s shoulders while he was sitting on the bench before he left the game.

Ferland wound up missing the last five regular season games with the undisclosed ailment.

“It was a day-to-day situation and we just wanted to make sure he was back to 100 per cent before we got him back into the lineup,” said Blades head coach and general manager Lorne Molleken. “He’s a presence with this

hockey club and obviously brings many different elements to the game.”

Ferland’s addition means Red Deer native Collin Valcourt will slide down the depth chart.

Valcourt filled in on the top line when Ferland was injured and when he received a one-game suspension Feb. 22. He will now play the wing with centre Lukas Sutter and Brett Stovin.

“Valcourt’s been a big part of this team’s success since Jan. 10 (when he was acquired at the WHL trade deadline from Spokane),” said Molleken.

“He’s a big power forward that plays in the tough areas and plays in all situations for us. To have that type of player is a real bonus for us.”

Molleken added that there could be some tinkering with the combinations on the power play.

This week’s practice featured a unit with Walker, Stransky, Ferland, Valcourt and defenceman Dalton Thrower.

The Blades were 4-0 against the Tigers in the regular season, but aren’t taking anything for granted.

Getting a power forward like Ferland back will only help in their attempts to avenge a first-round sweep by the Tigers last season.

“We know it’s going to be a tough series,” said Molleken. “Medicine Hat is a good team. They’ve got some highly skilled forwards. “Making sure that we make it difficult on them is going to be one of the key ingredients.”

The entire Saskatoon-Medicine Hat series will be shown by Shaw TV. dnugent-bowman@thestarphoenix. com

Portland not taking Everett lightly Injuries mounting as Royals EVERETT — Travis Green is saying all the right things.

Green’s top-seeded Portland Winterhawks know they’re the heavy favorites to roll through the eighth-seeded Everett Silvertips in their best-of-seven first-round Western Conference playoff series, which begins tonight in Portland.

Yet Portland’s acting head coach maintains he’s expecting the Tips to present a legitimate threat.

“It’s going to be a tough matchup,” Green said. “In the playoffs there are no easy teams, every team is there for a reason. It’s going to be a tough series, they always are.”

The racing form wouldn’t necessarily agree. Portland won the Scotty Munro Trophy for the league’s best record during the regular season, and the Winterhawks’ 117 points were more than double the 57 Everett earned. Portland also dominated the season series, winning nine of the 10 meetings.

“They’re a great team and they showed it in the regular season, but we’re here to battle,” Everett co-most valuable player Landon Oslanski said.

“It’s a huge challenge, but it’s a great opportunity,” Oslanski added. “We’re just going to do our best, we’re going to work our (tails) off, and we’re going to do what we can.”

But the Winterhawks have a habit of preventing opponents from doing what they want. Portland is a team that has it all. The Winterhawks have the league’s most prolific offense, having led the league in goals during the regular season. Portland also has an airtight defense, having allowed the fewest goals in the Western Conference.

Priority one for the Tips will be keeping that potent offense in check. That means limiting Portland’s scoring chances. It also means goaltender Austin Lotz will have to be at his acrobatic best to give the Tips a chance in the series.

“Goaltending will be important, special teams will be important, and we have to re-

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ally manage the puck well,” Everett general manager Garry Davidson said. “They’re going to get chances, they have too much speed and skill not to. But what we have to do is minimize the amount of chances we give up. And the way they play they’re going to give up some chances to us. So when we do get an opportunity, we have to bear down and put the puck in the back of the net. But each and every night we have to keep their high-octane offense under some control.”

Is that possible? The Tips are hoping they can unearth the formula for containing Portland’s offense.

“We have to play very disciplined — we’ve taken a few penalties over the course of the season — and we have to play sound defensive hockey,” defenseman Ben Betker said. “They’re a very active team, they jump up in the rush all the time, they activate their D like no other team I’ve ever seen. They definitely know what they’re doing and they have a lot of experience, too. So we have to match their compete level and we probably have to steal one or two on the road.”

Added Oslanski: We need to play really good defensively. We have to play mean and finish our checks.”

On paper, Everett presents fewer dangers. The Tips scored the fewest goals in the league, and Everett allowed the thirdmost in the Western Conference. Nevertheless, Green said he was wary of the threat the Tips present.

“They’ve got some forwards who can put the puck in the net, they work hard, and they’re playing a higher-speed game now,” Green said. “Now that they’re healthy their defense has stabilized, and their goalie has played well. Put those things together and that’s why they’re in the playoffs. For me, any team in the playoffs has to be respected, and you have to put your best foot forward to win.”

The one glimmer of hope that shines through for Everett is recent history. Although the Tips beat Portland just once during the regular season, that one victory is fresh in the memory. Everett topped Portland 4-2 at home on March 2 in what may have been the best game the Tips played all season long.

get set to take on Kamloops

BY CLEVE DHEENSAW VICTORIA TIMES COLONIST Riffing on a popular current catch-phrase, the Victoria Royals are just keeping calm and carrying on.

The only other choice is to make like another cultural reference, Alfred E. Neuman, and ask: What, us worry?

The Royals head into the Western Hockey League playoffs without their MVP and leading scorer Alex Gogolev, out for the season after leg surgery, and their captain Tyler Stahl and starting goaltender Patrik Polivka listed as day-to-day.

So it’s all the team needed when forward Brandon Magee went off briefly during practice this week with a bloody mouth. He was fine, however, which is more than can be said for other key members of the roster.

Blueliner Stahl was on the ice for portions of practice Tuesday but was not on the ice at the end of Tuesday’s session. Polivka, dealing with a lower-body issue, skated Tuesday but did side drills while it was Coleman Vollrath and Michael Herringer who took part in the main drills.

“It’s a little better and I’m feeling good,” said Polivka, the Czech import who had a 3.24 goals-against average, .894 save percentage and 28-16-5 record in 53 appearances.

The Western Conference sixthseed Royals open the best-of-seven first-round playoff series against the third-seed Blazers tonight and Saturday in Kamloops, before the series swings to Bear Mountain Arena next Tuesday and Thursday.

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Asked if he thinks he will get the call Friday, Polivka replied: “Ask coach.”

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“I am controlling what I can control,” said Vollrath, who had a 3.54 goals-against average, .888 save percentage and 4-12-2 record in 27 appearances. “I will work hard this week to [hopefully] earn the start Friday.”

In the WHL, 16- and 17-year-old players auger well for the future but it’s the older players who win playoff series in the here and now.

Yet, of the Royals three allowable 20-year-olds, Gogolev is out and Stahl problematic, leaving only forward Jamie Crooks.

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Friday, March 22, 2013

Hockey WHL Playoffs All Times Local FIRST ROUND Conference Quarter-finals (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Edmonton (1) vs. Kootenay (8) Friday’s game Kootenay at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Sunday’s game Kootenay at Edmonton, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, Mar. 26 Edmonton at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Mar. 27 Edmonton at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Friday, Mar. 29 x-Kootenay at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Mar. 31 x-Edmonton at Kootenay, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 2 x-Kootenay at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon (2) vs. Medicine Hat (7) Thursday’s game Medicine Hat 4 at Saskatoon 1 Friday’s game Medicine Hat at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Tuesday, Mar. 26 Saskatoon at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Mar. 27 Saskatoon at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

Friday, Mar. 29 x-Medicine Hat at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Sunday, Mar. 31 x-Saskatoon at Medicine Hat, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 2 x-Medicine Hat at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Calgary (3) vs. Swift Current (6) Thursday’s game Swift Current 5 at Calgary 6 Friday’s game Swift Current at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Monday, Mar. 25 Calgary at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Mar. 26 Calgary at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Mar. 28 x-Swift Current at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Mar. 30 x-Calgary at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Monday, Apr. 1 x-Swift Current at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Red Deer (4) vs. Prince Albert (5) Friday’s game Prince Albert at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m.

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.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Portland (1) vs. Everett (8) Friday’s game Everett at Portland, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s game Everett at Portland, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Mar. 27 Portland at Everett, 7:05 p.m.

Friday, Mar. 29 Portland at Everett, 7:35 p.m.

Saturday, Mar. 30 x-Everett at Portland, 7 p.m. (Memorial Coliseum) Monday, Apr. 1

Basketball x-Portland at Everett, 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 3 x-Everett at Portland, 7 p.m. (Memorial Coliseum) Kelowna (2) vs. Seattle (7) Friday’s game Seattle at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Saturday’s game Seattle at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Tuesday, Mar. 26 Kelowna at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday, Mar. 27 Kelowna at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.

Saturday, Mar. 30 x-Seattle at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 2 x-Kelowna at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 3 x-Seattle at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Kamloops (3) vs. Victoria (6) Friday’s game Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s game Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Mar. 26 Kamloops at Victoria, 7:05 p.m. (Bear Mountain Arena) Thursday, Mar. 28 Kamloops at Victoria, 7:05 p.m. (Bear Mountain Arena) Saturday, Mar. 30 x-Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Monday, Apr. 1 x-Kamloops at Victoria, 7:05 p.m. (Bear Mountain Arena) Wednesday, Apr. 3 x-Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Spokane (4) vs. Tri-City (5) Friday’s game Tri-City at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.

Saturday’s game Tri-City at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.

Tuesday, Mar. 26 Spokane at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.

Thursday, Mar. 28 Spokane at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.

Saturday, Mar. 30 x-Spokane at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 2 x-Tri-City at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 3 x-Tri-City at Spokane, 7:05 p.m. x — If necessary.

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA d-Pittsburgh 31 23 8 0 46 110 81 d-Montreal 30 20 5 5 45 97 75 d-Winnipeg 31 16 13 2 34 80 90 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 N.Y. Islanders30 13 14 3 29 88 101 Buffalo 31 12 15 4 28 84 99 Tampa Bay 30 13 16 1 27 98 90 Washington 30 13 16 1 27 83 87 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 d-Chicago 30 24 3 3 51 102 66 d-Anaheim 29 22 3 4 48 99 71 d-Minnesota 29 17 10 2 36 77 71 Los Angeles 29 17 10 2 36 88 73 Vancouver 30 15 9 6 36 83 83 St. Louis 29 16 11 2 34 87 83 Detroit 30 14 11 5 33 80 79

San Jose 29 13 10 6 32 71 77 Columbus 30 12 12 6 30 68 79 Phoenix 31 13 14 4 30 80 87 Nashville 31 12 13 6 30 75 84 Dallas 29 13 13 3 29 76 88 Edmonton 29 11 11 7 29 72 85 Calgary 28 11 13 4 26 81 96 Colorado 29 11 14 4 26 75 92 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. d-division leader Wednesday’s Games San Jose 4, Edmonton 3, SO Toronto 4, Tampa Bay 2 Minnesota 4, Detroit 2 Colorado 4, Dallas 3 Anaheim 4, Chicago 2 Thursday’s Games Buffalo 5, Toronto 4, SO Montreal 5, N.Y. Islanders 2 Florida 3, N.Y. Rangers 1 New Jersey 4, Carolina 1 Boston 2, Ottawa 1 Washington 4, Winnipeg 0 Nashville 5, Calgary 3 Vancouver 2, Phoenix 1 Dallas at Los Angeles, Late Friday’s Games Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.

Calgary at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Washington at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Tampa Bay at Ottawa, noon San Jose at Minnesota, noon 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.

Thursday’s summary Flames 3 at Predators 5 First Period 1. Calgary, Giordano 3 (Stempniak) 5:01 (sh) 2. Nashville, Erat 4 (Josi, B.Butler) 11:36 (pp) 3. Calgary, Comeau 4 (Giordano, Bouwmeester) 13:05 (sh) 4. Nashville, Fisher 8 (Erat) 18:09 Penalties — Brodie Cal (hooking) 4:12, Begin Cal (fighting, major), Clune Nash (fighting, major) 9:16, Backlund Cal (high-sticking, double minor) 11:15.

Second Period 5. Nashville, Fisher 9 (Josi, Erat) 13:24 6. Nashville, Spaling 6 (Bartley, Klein) 14:24 Penalties — Calgary bench (too many men, served

by McGrattan) 1:59, Stempniak Cal (high-sticking), Weber Nash (boarding) 8:15.

Third Period 7. Nashville, Yip 3 (Klein, Clune) 15:54 8. Calgary, Iginla 8 (Glencross, Tanguay) 19:00 (pp) Penalties — Josi Nash (interference) 3:46, Yip Nash (delay of game) 8:37, Clune Nash (roughing) 17:08.

Shots on goal Calgary 7 8 7 — 22 Nashville 10 10 3 — 23 Goal — Calgary: Kiprusoff (L,5-6-2); Nashville: Rinne (W,11-10-5).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Calgary: 1-3; Nashville: 1-4.

Attendance — 17,113 (17,113).

Curling 2013 World Women’s curling championships RIGA, Latvia — Standings Thursday following the final round-robin draw at the 2013 World Women’s Curling Championship, to be held through Sunday in Riga, Latvia: 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 — will play tiebreaker.

Thursday’s results Draw 15 Canada 7 China 4 Latvia 8 Switzerland 7 (extra end) Scotland 9 Russia Sweden 10 Italy 4 Draw 16 Canada 8 Japan 4 Denmark 8 Latvia 5 Scotland 8 U.S. 4 Sweden 6 Germany 6 Draw 17 Italy 7 Germany 6 Japan 10 China 6 Switzerland 8 Denmark 5 U.S. 6 Russia 5 (extra end) Friday’s games Tiebreakers Russia vs. Switzerland, 1 a.m.

U.S. vs. Russia/Switzerland winner, 6 a.m.

Page Playoffs One vs. Two Sweden vs. Scotland, 11 a.m.

Saturday’s games Three vs. Four Canada vs. Tiebreaker winner, 6 a.m.

Semifinal One-Two loser vs. Three-Four winner, 11 a.m.

Sunday’s games Third Place Three-Four loser vs. Semifinal loser, 6 a.m.

Championship One-Two winner vs. Semifinal winner, 6 a.m.

2013 Canadian Senior Men’s Curling Championships SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — Standings Thursday following draw 15 at the 2013 Canadian senior men’s curling championship to be held through Sunday (all times Eastern): Province (Skip) W L New Brunswick (Tallon) 7 1 P.E.I. (MacDonald) 6 2 Alberta (White) 6 2 Ontario (Rajala) 6 2 Nova Scotia (O’Leary) 5 3 Quebec (MacLean) 4 4 B.C. (Lepine) 3 5 Saskatchewan (Bell) 3 5 N.L. (Goss) 3 5 Manitoba (Sigurdson) 3 5 Northern Ont. (Munro) 2 6 NWT (Hudy) 0 8 Thursday’s results Draw 15 Alberta 8 Manitoba 7 (extra end) New Brunswick 7 Quebec 6 Newfoundland & Labrador 10 Northern Ontario 4 Ontario 10 British Columbia 6 P.E.I. 7 Northwest Territories 1 Saskatchewan 10 Nova Scotia 5 Draw 16 Northern Ontario vs. New Brunswick, NA Ontario vs. Saskatchewan, NA British Columbia vs. Alberta, NA Newfoundland & Labrador vs. Manitoba, NA P.E.I. vs. Nova Scotia, NA Northwest Territories vs. Quebec, NA Wednesday’s results Draw 13 British Columbia 8 Manitoba 4 Northern Ontario 12 Saskatchewan 4 P.E.I. 5 Quebec 4 Draw 14 Alberta 8 Ontario 6 New Brunswick 9 Northwest Territories 3 Nova Scotia 10 Newfoundland & Labrador 8

BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX—Reassigned RHP Chris Carpenter, RHP Terry Doyle, RHP Oscar Villarreal and LHP Chris Hernandez to their minor league camp.

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Optioned LHP Scott Barnes, RHP Trevor Bauer and RHP Corey Kluber to Columbus (IL). Reassigned LHP Giovanni Soto to their minor league camp.

American Association AMARILLO SOX—Signed C Chris Grossman and RHP Jason Johnson.

LAREDO LEMURS—Signed 1B/OF Marcos Rodriguez.

LINCOLN SALTDOGS—Traded INF Bryan Pounds to Sioux City for a player to be named.

ST. PAUL—Released RHP Nick Carr and INF Joe Spiers.

SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS—Signed INF Anthony Kaskadden.

Atlantic League SUGAR LAND SKEETERS—Acquired OF Adam Godwin from Lancaster for the 2013 negotiating rights to OF Jason Lane, OF Jason Botts and OF Bubba Bell. Signed RHP Roy Corcoran and INF Dominic Ramos.

Can-Am League NEWARK BEARS—Signed LHP Matt Fitton.

NEW JERSEY JACKALS—Signed INF Jose Cuevas.

QUEBEC CAPITALES—Signed RHP Jeff Duda.

TROIS-RIVERES AIGLES—Signed INF David JL Cooper, C Emerson Forstad and RHP Nick Sarianides.

Friday’s games Draw 18, 1:30 p.m.

Manitoba vs. Nova Scotia; P.E.I. vs. Newfoundland & Labrador; Ontario vs. Northwest Territories; Northern Ontario vs. Alberta; New Brunswick vs.

Saskatchewan; Quebec vs. British Columbia.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association HOUSTON ROCKETS—Reassigned F Terrence Jones to Rio Grande Valley (NBADL).

MIAMI HEAT—Reassigned F Jarvis Varnado to Sioux Falls (NBADL).

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS—Agreed to terms with DE Frostee Rucker on a one-year contract.

CAROLINA PANTHERS—Re-signed CB Captain Munnerlyn to a one-year contract. Signed S Mike Mitchell to a one-year contract.

CHICAGO BEARS—Agreed to terms with TE Steve Maneri on a two-year contract.

GREEN BAY PACKERS—Re-signed LB Brad Jones.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Signed WR Jordan Shipley.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Announced OT Branden Albert signed his franchise tender.

Signed FB Ryan D’Imperio.

RDC CURLING

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL—Suspended Toronto F Joffrey Lupul two games for an illegal check to the head of Tampa Bay D Victor Hedman during a March 20 game.

ANAHEIM DUCKS—Signed LW Patrick Maroon to a two-year contract extension. Assigned LW Brandon McMillan to Norfolk (AHL).

DALLAS STARS—Recalled F Alex Chiasson from Texas (AHL).

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Agreed to terms with D Andrej Sustr on a two-year entry level contract. Recalled G Cedrick Desjardins and F Richard Panik from Syracuse (AHL).

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS—Assigned D Mike Komisarek to Toronto (AHL). Called up F Ryan Hamilton from Toronto.

WINNIPEG JETS—Reassigned G Eddie Pasquale to the St. John’s (AHL).

American Hockey League GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS—Announced D Gleason Fournier was reassigned to the team from Toledo (ECHL).

HAMILTON BULLDOGS—Signed F Alex Belzile and F Dean Ouellet to professional tryout contracts. Loaned D Antoine Corbin and F Daultan Leveille to San Francisco (ECHL). Assigned F Alexander Avtsin to Wheeling (ECHL).

SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE—Recalled F David Pacan and F Josh Birkholz from Cincinnati (ECHL).

UTAH GRIZZLIES—Announced G Adam Morrison was reassigned to the team by Boston (NHL). Signed G Ben Meisner.

WORCESTER SHARKS—Signed F Lane Scheidl to an amateur tryout agreement. Signed F Peter Sivak to a player tryout agreement.

ECHL BAKERSFIELD CONDORS—Signed F Kyle De Laurell. Signed D Scott Macaulay to an amateur tryout agreement.

SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS—Fined New England MF Juan Toja an undisclosed amount for embellishment intended to deceive the referee in a March 16 game against Philadelphia. Fined Chivas USA assistant coach Walter Fleita an additional $500 for irresponsible behaviour in the technical area during a March 17 game against LA Galaxy.

Thursday’s Games Portland 99, Chicago 89 Denver 101, Philadelphia 100 Sacramento 101, Minnesota 98

GB — 5 1/2 15 20 29 1/2

Friday’s Games New York at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Milwaukee at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Portland at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Detroit at Miami, 5:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Houston, 6 p.m.

Memphis at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Boston at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Utah at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

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

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct x-San Antonio 52 16 .765 Memphis 46 21 .687 Houston 37 31 .544 Dallas 32 36 .471 New Orleans 23 46 .333 Northwest Division W L Pct 50 19 .725 48 22 .686 34 34 .500 32 36 .471 23 43 .348

GB — 2 15 17 25

Pacific Division W L Pct 47 22 .681

GB —

x-Oklahoma City x-Denver Utah Portland Minnesota

L.A. Clippers

EDMONTON - The RDC women’s team have put themselves out of contention at the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association curling championships Thursday.

The RDC team of Kaitlyn Sherrer, Tanis Stankeivich, Julie Primrose, Lindsay Janko and Taylor Lindstrom posted a 1-2 recrod Thursday to sit at 1-4 heading into the final two draws today.

They downed Niagara College of Welland, Ont., 14-7 in their opening draw as they counted six on the 10th end.

They then led Douglas College of New Westminster, B.C., 5-3 after eight ends, but gave up steals of two in the ninth and tenth to lose 7-5.

Against Confederation College of Thunder Bay, Ont., they had the hammer and twere ied 5-5 but gave up a steal of four in the ninth to drop a 9-5 decision.

NAIT, and Fanshaw College of Ontario and Confederation sit with 4-1 records while Lakeland and Grant MacEwan are both 3-2 and meet in the morrning draw. Douglas is 1-4 and Niagara College 0-5.

RDC clashes with NAIT and Fanshawe today.

If tie-breakers are needed they go today with the third and fourth place teams meeting for bronze on Sunday and the top two teams going for gold.

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Wednesday’s Games Miami 98, Cleveland 95 Charlotte 107, Toronto 101 New York 106, Orlando 94 Atlanta 98, Milwaukee 90 Brooklyn 113, Dallas 96 Houston 100, Utah 93 Memphis 90, Oklahoma City 89, OT New Orleans 87, Boston 86 San Antonio 104, Golden State 93 Washington 88, Phoenix 79 L.A. Clippers 101, Philadelphia 72

GB — 5 1/2 7 1/2 19 1/2 20

x-Indiana Chicago Milwaukee Detroit Cleveland

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.

Baseball Spring Training AMERICAN LEAGUE W L 18 6 15 6 17 7 15 9 14 10 14 11 14 12 11 10 13 12 12 12 10 12 10 13 10 14 10 16 6 14

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

Pct .750 .714 .708 .625 .583 .560 .538 .524 .520 .500 .455 .435 .417 .385 .300

NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct Atlanta 16 11 .593 Colorado 11 10 .524 St. Louis 12 11 .522 San Diego 13 14 .481 Arizona 12 13 .480 Washington 11 12 .478 San Francisco 10 11 .476 Philadelphia 11 13 .458 Miami 10 12 .455 New York 9 11 .450 Chicago 12 15 .444 Los Angeles 10 14 .417 Pittsburgh 10 14 .417 Milwaukee 9 13 .409 Cincinnati 8 15 .348 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

PGA-Bay Hill Scores Thursday At Bay Hill Club and Lodge Orlando, Fla. Purse: $6.2 million Yardage: 7,419; Par: 72 (36-36) (a-amateur) First Round Justin Rose 32-33 John Huh 36-31 John Rollins 34-34 Brad Fritsch 32-36 Charley Hoffman 36-33 Ryo Ishikawa 35-34 Tiger Woods 34-35 Nick Watney 35-34 Sean O’Hair 33-36 Thorbjorn Olesen 35-34 Bill Haas 32-37 Jimmy Walker 35-34 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano 35-34 Ben Kohles 37-32 Gary Woodland 35-35 Geoff Ogilvy 37-33 Ken Duke 35-35 Tag Ridings 35-35 Zach Johnson 35-35 Ben Crane 36-34 Stewart Cink 35-35 Pat Perez 35-36 Bob Estes 37-34 Matt Jones 36-35 Jason Dufner 35-36 Lee Westwood 36-35 Henrik Stenson 37-34 Sang-Moon Bae 37-34 David Lingmerth 35-36 Jason Day 35-36 Vaughn Taylor 36-35 Hunter Mahan 38-33 Chris Kirk 34-37 Jim Furyk 34-37 Mark Wilson 35-36 J.J. Henry 37-34 Vijay Singh 37-34 Camilo Villegas 36-35 John Senden 36-35 Matt Every 35-37 Boo Weekley 39-33 Ian Poulter 37-35 Graeme McDowell 37-35 Tommy Gainey 36-36 Carl Pettersson 34-38 Brian Harman 35-37 Scott Langley 37-35 Erik Compton 37-35 Brendon de Jonge 37-35 Billy Horschel 37-35 Tim Herron 37-35 Sergio Garcia 38-34 Ben Curtis 37-35 James Hahn 37-35 Cameron Tringale 37-35 Chris Stroud 34-38 Rickie Fowler 35-38 Robert Allenby 36-37 Richard H. Lee 37-36 Jeff Overton 36-37 Jeff Klauk 38-35 Charles Howell III 38-35 George Coetzee 36-37

Draw 18, 6 p.m.

Manitoba vs. Nova Scotia; P.E.I. vs. Newfoundland & Labrador; Ontario vs. Quebec; Northern Ontario vs. Alberta; Northwest Territories vs. Saskatchewan; New Brunswick vs. British Columbia End of Round Robin

.557 .522 .362 .333

Central Division W L Pct 42 26 .618 36 31 .537 34 33 .507 23 46 .333 22 46 .324

Sunday’s game Championship First Place vs. Semifinal Winner, noon 2013 Canadian Senior Women’s Curling Championship SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — Standings Thursday after draw 16 at the 2013 Canadian senior women’s curling championship to be held through Sunday (all times Eastern): Province (Skip) W L x-Nova Scotia (Pinkney) 9 0 Quebec (Derick) 6 3 Alberta (Santos) 6 3 Manitoba (Fowler) 6 3 Saskatchewan (Inglis) 5 4 New Brunswick (Hanlon) 5 4 Northern Ont. (Barrett) 5 4 B.C. (Lepine) 4 5 N.L. (Phillips) 3 6 NWT (McKellar-Gillis) 3 6 P.E.I. (Murphy) 1 8 Ontario (Oryniak) 1 8 x — clinched berth in championship game

31 33 44 46

GB — 15 1/2 29 36 37 1/2

Golf

Friday’s games Draw 17, 9 a.m.

Saskatchewan vs. Alberta; Northwest Territories vs. Northern Ontario; New Brunswick vs. Manitoba; Quebec vs. Nova Scotia; British Columbia vs. Newfoundland & Labrador; P.E.I. vs. Ontario.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Agreed to terms with LB Will Herringon a one-year contract.

NEW YORK GIANTS—Re-signed QB David Carr.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS—Signed G Rich Ohrnberger to a one-year contract.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Promoted Jeff Ferguson to vice-president of football operations.

Signed S Darcel McBath to a one-year contract.

TENNESSEE TITANS—Agreed to terms with S Bernard Pollard on a one-year contract.

y-Miami Atlanta Washington Orlando Charlotte

Golden State 39 L.A. Lakers 36 Sacramento 25 Phoenix 23 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

Southeast Division W L Pct 53 14 .791 38 30 .559 24 43 .358 18 51 .261 16 52 .235

Playoffs (no tiebreakers) Saturday’s game Semifinal Second vs. Third Places, 6 p.m.

Thursday’s results Draw 16 Alberta 7 British Columbia 6 Manitoba 7 Newfoundland & Labrador 6 Northern Ontario 7 Quebec 4 Northwest Territories 11 New Brunswick 7 Nova Scotia 11 P.E.I. 8 Saskatchewan 8 Ontario 3 Draw 17 Saskatchewan vs. Alberta, NA New Brunswick vs. Northern Ontario, NA Quebec vs. Manitoba, NA Northwest Territories vs. Nova Scotia, NA British Columbia vs. Newfoundland & Labrador, NA P.E.I. vs. Ontario, NA

Transactions Thursday’s Sports Transactions

Tiebreakers (if required) One Draw — Saturday, 7 a.m.

Two Draws — Saturday, 7 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Three Draws — Friday, 9:30 p.m.; Saturday, 7 a.m. and 1 p.m.

National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 40 26 .606 — Brooklyn 40 28 .588 1 Boston 36 31 .537 4 1/2 Philadelphia 26 42 .382 15 Toronto 26 42 .382 15

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Thursday’s Games Toronto 3, Tampa Bay 1 St. Louis 3, N.Y. Mets 2 Chicago White Sox 8, Milwaukee 3 Oakland 10, Cincinnati 9 L.A. Dodgers 5, Chicago Cubs (ss) 4 Cleveland 5, Arizona 4 Houston 7, Detroit 2 Atlanta 4, Washington 3 Boston 6, Philadelphia 1 Baltimore 0, Pittsburgh 0, tie, 10 innings Minnesota 6, N.Y. Yankees 1 Texas 10, L.A. Angels 9 Colorado vs. San Francisco, Late Chicago Cubs (ss) vs. Seattle, Late Friday’s Games Baltimore vs. Tampa Bay (ss), 11:05 a.m.

Tampa Bay (ss) vs. Pittsburgh, 11:05 a.m.

Boston vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

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

N.Y. Yankees vs. Minnesota, 11:05 a.m.

Atlanta vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

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

Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 2:05 p.m.

Kansas City vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Colorado (ss) vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs. Colorado (ss) at Scottsdale, Ariz., 2:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 5:05 p.m.

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

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

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

David Lynn Phil Mickelson D.A. Points Retief Goosen K.J. Choi Lee Janzen Doug LaBelle II Luke Guthrie William McGirt Greg Owen Seung-Yul Noh Kevin Streelman Keegan Bradley David Toms Scott Brown Justin Hicks Brian Stuard Nicholas Thompson Bubba Watson Martin Laird Marc Leishman Casey Wittenberg Ernie Els Aaron Baddeley Josh Teater David Hearn Scott Gardiner Ross Fisher Francesco Molinari Harris English

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LPGA-Kia Classic Scores Thursday At Aviara Golf Club Carlsbad, Calif.

Purse: $1.7 million Yardage: 6,593; Par: 72 (36-36) First Round Jane Park 32-34 Caroline Hedwall 30-37 Karrie Webb 32-35 Jessica Korda 33-35 Giulia Sergas 36-32 Amanda Blumenherst 34-35 Paula Creamer 34-35 Austin Ernst 34-35 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 34-35 Haeji Kang 34-35 Mo Martin 34-35 Se Ri Pak 34-35 Inbee Park 35-34 Beatriz Recari 34-35 Lizette Salas 35-34 Carlota Ciganda 36-34 Jacqui Concolino 36-34 Sandra Gal 35-35 Cristie Kerr 34-36 Maude-Aimee Leblanc 37-33 Stacy Lewis 34-36 Kristy McPherson 36-34 Belen Mozo 34-36 So Yeon Ryu 36-34 Jenny Shin 35-35 Karlin Beck 36-35 Chella Choi 34-37 Paz Echeverria 36-35 Shanshan Feng 35-36 Jennifer Johnson 36-35 Moriya Jutanugarn 36-35 I.K. Kim 36-35 Paola Moreno 35-36

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Soccer Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Montreal 3 0 0 9 5 2 Philadelphia 2 1 0 6 4 4 Columbus 1 1 1 4 5 3 Sporting K.C. 1 1 1 4 4 3 D.C. 1 1 1 4 1 2 Houston 1 1 0 3 4 3 Toronto FC 1 2 0 3 3 4 New England 1 1 0 3 1 1 New York 0 1 2 2 4 5 Chicago 0 2 1 1 0 5 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA 2 1 0 6 5 5 2 0 0 6 3 1 1 0 1 4 5 1

FC Dallas Vancouver Los Angeles

Chivas USA 1 1 1 4 4 Real Salt Lake 1 1 1 4 3 San Jose 1 1 1 4 3 Portland 0 1 2 2 5 Colorado 0 2 1 1 2 Seattle 0 1 1 1 1 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

5 2 4 6 4 2

Saturday, March 23 Columbus at D.C. United, 1:30 p.m.

Sporting Kansas City at New England, 2 p.m.

New York at Montreal, 2:30 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at FC Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Houston, 6:30 p.m.

Colorado at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Seattle FC at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 24 Chivas USA at Chicago, 3 p.m.

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Machan leads team with bad intentions

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already scheduled to meet Alexandra Delgado Lopez (1-1) for KOTC on April 5 in Edmonton and it’s clear there is some urgency to that goal. Judging by the raw gameness of her performances that went undermined by organizational folly, it’s simply a matter of time.

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The owner of an impressive fight record (17-9), the decision to move, albeit temporarily to MontreRyan Machan has been in the MMA game longer than al’s Tri-Star Gym. anyone currently fighting out of Red Deer. Not only The camp, which has become Canada’s most celhas he been fighting longer, but he’s doing so with ebrated fight club, is called home by a number of unrivaled determination. It’s this trait above all else journeymen and up-and-comers, most notably UFC that has defined him as a true fighting professional welterweight and reigning champion Georges St. through injuries, health problems, tough losses and Pierre. While Chapman ranks among the top of Albunk decisions, berta amateurs, the levels of both skill and commitMachan has held fast to what he is best known ment at Tri-Star are of the most revered in the sport. for — bringing the fight each and every time the bell It’s a new standard he’ll have to meet if he hopes to rings. Gifted with a rare dedication to improvement, return home a changed fighter. he is clearly more than just a hardened pugilist, but Scheduled to spend close to a month in the coma martial artist. pany of some of Canada’s best and brightest, ChapIn the words of his coach Gary Vig, Machan is a man is hoping to glean as much as he can from the hard gainer who trains tirelessly for the slightest im- program’s top wrestlers. provement. “I want wrestling to be my strong suit� “There are so many guys, some of them says the 20-year-old, adding that it’s a in this gym who are so talented but don’t range of fighting where he feels very comwork as hard as they should to make the fortable. “The coaches and fighters in most of that talent,� says Vig. “Then there Montreal are some of the best wrestlers is a guy like Ryan who isn’t known for just out there.� picking up new technique and making it It’s a sentiment that while not neceswork for him that day. He’s worked very sarily agreed upon throughout the uber hard to build an effective skill set and it’s competitive world of MMA, can’t easily be something I respect the hell out of him disproven either. for.�

Boasting strong ties to both the MonIt’s also something that has paid divitreal Wrestling Club and former wresdends on fight night. Out of his 17 victotler-turned-conditioning guru Jonathan ries not a single one has come by decision.

Chaimberg, Tri-Star certainly seems to CHRIS Twelve times he has found his way to the have a winning formula when it comes to SULLIVAN winner’s circle by way of submission, five applying its wrestling to mixed combat time via TKO. scenarios. For Chapman, who is countFor some fighters, extended periods ing the days until he gets his next crack of physically intense training can bring at David Swanson and a belt that in his about a myriad of problems, both mental and physi- mind should already be his, it might be just the edge cal. In the case of “The Sylvan Lake Strangler� the he needs to put a stamp of success on this chapter of dues paid in the practice room have molded him into his career. a potent finisher.

It’s a distinction he’ll be looking to live up to come March 30 as he steps in against Mike Chavez (5-8) at Xcessive Force 1 in Grand Prairie. Though his oppoThe road to Chilliwack, B.C., and Warpath MMA’s nent isn’t especially well known and hasn’t even as many fights as Machan has wins, the bout still holds March 8th show for Lynell House (1-0) was supposed to end with a competitive return to the ring. The unmistakable importance.

Prior to his last bout at Hard Knocks 30 in which 21-year-old First Nations fighter, who hadn’t seen ache dropped a split decision to Wanderlei Silva prote- tion since November of 2012, was looking to reclaim ge Michael Madrid, the Arashido veteran was riding lost momentum with another standout performance.

Despite turning heads previously with a hard a three-fight win. The loss snapped a crucial momentum for Machan and his management team, whom fought three-round unanimous decision win over the fighter says has a very specific plan to broaden Sara McRann late last year, her progress was halted by a lengthy suspension. The organization for which his horizons.

Following the controversial decision in February the bout took place failed to complete all necessary the plan looked to be derailed, but with a decisive paperwork so as to receive sanctioning by the Edvictory over Chavez in less than a week’s time things monton Combative Sports Commission.

As a result, the bout was challenged and both should be right back on track. “I don’t know what it is, if it’s my style or that House and McRann were forced inactive for 90 days, I don’t take easy fights, but I just can’t seem to no small amount of time for a fighter looking to strike win a decision� ponders the 30-year-old welter- while the iron is hot.

The time off, however, did little to quiet discusweight. “After Mike Madrid it’s understood that I can’t trust the judges. I’m going to Grand Prairie sion of potential future opponents.

Rumors surfaced that Lynell would square off with bad intentions. I’m going to KO Mike Chavez.�

Given a proven ability to close the deal inside the against one of two top Red Deer females, either cage, a statement like that resonates as something Stephanie Essensa (2-0) or Sy Jewett (2-1). Though more than promotional hyperbole — it’s an order of when no bout agreements materialized, she along with her coach and manager Dwight Roux began business.

The focus is something his team best pull from, as seeking opportunity elsewhere.

That opportunity came from Warpath MMA and an additional three fighters from Arashido Martial Team MAMBA trainee Suzy Watson (0-0). On paper, Arts will decorate the night’s line-up.

Making a professional debut at 135 pounds is Rick the fight was a practical matchup with both fighters Pfeifer (4-2), as he intends to injure established pro sharing a similar depth in experience. Come fight Michael Glover (0-6). The amateur portion of the card day, Watson would receive an advantage when Lywill feature Red Deer up-and-comer Austin Ryan nell and her team were confronted with a last minute and Liam McGowan, both enjoying undefeated (1-0) glove switch. It wasn’t until the action was already status. Ryan will be matched up with another 1-0 underway that Roux could see just how much bulkier Lynell’s gloves were than that of her adversary. fighter in Robert Nelson.

It is worth mentioning, however, that the B.C. McGowan, who is riding high off a sensational knockout of Tyler Kinghorn in 2012, will bring his fighter showed expert timing in her takedowns and heavy hands and wrestling pedigree to the front a formidable presence on top, but with her opponent against Will Robbins, also 1-0. For the Red Deer fight unable to effectively counter-wrestle or secure any team, this is a prime opportunity to log some wins in type of grip that may have thwarted her offense, the 2013. After finishing out 2012 at a wopping 39-6, the outcome remains a point of controversy.

The end came midway through the second round squad has had a slow start losing their first two bouts (Machan vs Madrid & Chapman vs Swanson) via split after House landed several combinations, trapping Watson against the ropes inside a defensive shell. decision.

Although the blitz was as effective as it was crowdpleasing, it handed the hometown fighter just the opening she needed to close the distance and take the fight to the mat, where she was able to secure A local fighter’s quest to bring home Red Deer’s mount and land strikes of her own, prompting the first Amateur MMA Championship continues to un- referee to call a halt to the contest. fold.

House had little to say when asked to comment Having come up empty-handed in his five- round on the controversy, noting only that she’d be in the title tilt at Hard Knocks 30. Chris Chapman has made cage again soon, looking to get her mojo back. She’s

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Bautista hits fifth spring homer to help Jays top Rays You’re just what we’ve been looking for.

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — With every ball that Jose Bautista launches far over the wall, the Toronto Blue Jays are more certain he’s back to form.

Bautista hit his fifth home run of the spring, a long solo shot that helped the Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 Thursday.

Bautista, a two-time home run champion, had season-ending surgery on his left wrist last Sept. 4.

He finished the year with 27 homers and 65 RBIs while batting .241.

His drive to deep left-centre field was another reassuring sign for his team. “He’s healthy. We’ve felt good about him the last three weeks,�

Toronto manager John Gibbons said. “He’s gotten past that and shown no signs of anything being wrong.�

Roberto Hernandez is feeling better himself, too.

The Tampa Bay pitcher threw six innings, allowing one run on

HANLEY RAMIREZ - DODGERS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TUCSON, Ariz. — Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez is scheduled to undergo surgery Friday on his right thumb and is expected to be sidelined for eight weeks, leaving Los Angeles to look for alternatives at shortstop until he’s ready to play.

An MRI indicated that Ramirez has a torn ligament in his thumb, the team said Thursday. Dr. Steve Shin, a sports-medicine hand specialist, is scheduled to perform the surgery in Los Angeles.

Ramirez was injured Tuesday night while playing for the Dominican Republic in its victory over Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic championship

ter he completed a work program, and Major League Baseball suspended him for three weeks.

Hernandez sprained his right ankle last August and missed the rest of the year. He has pitched seven years in the majors, all with Cleveland. He was 0-3 with a 7.53 ERA last season.

The Rays, remembering the 198 arm and not the struggles that followed, signed him in the offseason. He is competing for the fifth spot in the rotation. “Every game is very important for me,� he said. “Whenever I have the opportunity to go the mound, every pitch is important.

Today, I think I did great. I tried to keep the ball down and get some groundballs.�

Eugenio Velez also homered for Toronto. The Rays’ only run came in the sixth inning on an infield single from James Loney.

Four Blue Jays pitchers, led by starter Claudio Vargas, combined to allow only six hits and struck out nine.

game in San Francisco.

Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti said Ramirez could stat rehab in about three weeks.

Colletti ruled out an immediate trade to address the temporary loss of Ramirez. “Not as of now,� Colletti said. “If it was all year long, we’d think about it differently. We’ve got some depth.�

Dee Gordon and Luis Cruz appear to be the leading candidates to be the opening day shortstop.

It looked as though Gordon was headed to TripleA Albuquerque. Gordon, who appeared in 87 games last season, was the Dodgers’ starting shortstop last season until he underwent surgery on July 6 for a similar injury to his right thumb.

Cruz, a former shortstop, has been playing third base during the spring. He was projected to be at third for the opener against the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium.

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three hits while striking out two and walking no one. He also got Bautista to ground into a double play in the first. The only blemish was a home run by Colby Rasmus. “Everything was working,�

Rays manager Joe Maddon said. “His fastball really had good dive to it. Nice changeup, His slider.

All good.�

By now, most are somewhat familiar with the Hernandez story.

He is probably still best known as Fausto Carmona. It was under that name that in 2007, at age 26, he went 19-8, finished fourth in the AL Cy Young Award voting and helped the Indians get within a game of World Series.

A big contract followed, but Hernandez was never able to replicate the success he enjoyed that season. His heavy sinking fastball didn’t sink enough, and he couldn’t locate the rest of his pitches.

The 32-year-old Hernandez was later arrested in the Dominican Republic on false identity charges. The charges were dropped af-

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, March 22, 2013 B11

Changes in rules, strategy help clean up NHL PLAYERS SAY THEY FEEL SAFER THAN THEY EVER HAVE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PITTSBURGH — The fear is gone. The doubt too for that matter. Ditto the hesitation.

A year into his comeback from the concussion-like symptoms that nearly derailed Sidney Crosby’s career, the Pittsburgh Penguins superstar is back atop the NHL scoring race thanks to his unparalleled mix of artistry, speed and grit.

It wasn’t the avalanche of points — 50 and counting heading into Friday’s game against the New York Islanders — that let Crosby’s teammates know their captain was back at the top of his considerable powers. No, the proof lay in the tight places around the net where Crosby makes his living better than anyone else.

“To play down low in the defensive zone against him is a nightmare,” Penguins forward Craig Adams said. “It’s a long way back, but I can’t imagine a guy playing better than he is right now. You can’t get the puck from him.”

Perhaps because Crosby doesn’t have to worry about getting knocked around so much anymore. Don’t get him wrong, the game has never been faster. The players have never been bigger and he’s never drawn more attention.

Yet thanks to a series of rule changes made by the league and a shift in attitude by the guys wearing the sweaters, players say the NHL is as safe now as it’s perhaps ever been.

“I can only speak to the games we played in, there’s been a difference,” Pittsburgh defenceman Brooks Orpik said. “I think guys are a little bit more conscious, a little more respectful.”

In the 2-plus years since Crosby sustained a concussion following a blindside hit from Washington’s David Steckel in the 2011 Winter Classic, the league has outlawed shots to the head entirely and given senior vice-president of player safety Brendan Shanahan great leeway in handing out punishment for dangerous plays.

Though Crosby says it’s still too early to tell whether the steps taken by the league have made any impact on the number of concussions sus-

tained by players, he does see evidence of guys playing more under control.

“I know it’s changed from my first couple years, that’s for sure,” Crosby said. “The game is much tighter.”

Crosby pointed to the average number of penalties as evidence that sticks, elbows, etc., aren’t flying quite as much as they used to. Teams are averaging 3.6 power-play opportunities a game this season, down from 5.8 per game during Crosby’s rookie year in 2005-06.

Part of the decline can be attributed to the decreasing amount of open ice.

After offences flourished following the 2004-05 lockout, the pendulum has swung back to more conservative, defensive-minded schemes. The result is more clutching and grabbing, sure, but also a decision by players to avoid the kind of unnecessary penalties that can tilt games.

It doesn’t always lead to thrilling hockey, but it can lead to smarter, safer play.

“Obviously everyone needs to protect their heads and do the right thing in that mindset,” Nashville forward David Legwand said. “But we also want to win hockey games and play the right way.”

The definition of what “right way” is, however, remains entirely up for interpretation. Where some players see progress, New York Rangers coach John Tortorella sees a problem. Tortorella believes the game has become almost too sanitized, particularly the closer to the goal the puck gets.

“Underneath the hashmarks, I think you need to let us play a little bit more,” he said.

“And I kind of miss that part of it. I know it’s not going to come back to that. But I thought that was a big part of hockey back in those years, and we certainly can’t do those type of things now.”

Tortorella isn’t embracing brutality as much as he is vocalizing what is, in some ways, an identity crisis for many contact sports.

Hockey is trying to preserve the spirit of the game while also protecting the health of its players.

Getting hard data on concussions is difficult because

many teams remain vague about the nature of an injury, often never getting more specific than “upper body” and “lower body.” Even the Penguins — one of the few progressive franchises in the league when it comes to discussing such matters — grew reticent when reigning NHL MVP Evgeni Malkin left a game against Florida last month after sliding into the end boards.

Pittsburgh declined to label Malkin’s injury as a concussion until two days had passed. The play in question, unlike the hit that sent Crosby’s career into crisis, however, was clean. And the league understands that no amount of legislation will be able to eradicate head trauma from the game for good.

Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland believes the number of players diagnosed with concussions this season are down compared to last year but even he is working mostly off anecdotal evidence.

“I think we’re doing as good of a job as we ever have in protecting our players,” he said.

“But, when you have 6-foot-2, 200-plus pound players on skates going 25 miles per hour and they’re hitting each other, you’re going to have some injuries.”

Don’t mistake positive steps, however, for victory. Every week Shanahan is forced to review tape of questionable plays.

Buffalo forward Patrick Kaleta received a five-game suspension three weeks ago after sending New York Rangers forward Brad Richards into the boards. Philadelphia’s Harry Zolnierczyk sat four games for launching his shoulder at the head of Ottawa’s Mike Lundin.

Both penalties — like all others handed out by the league — were accompanied by a video from Shanahan breaking down the play and explaining what the guilty player did wrong. Coaches can then use the video as teaching moments during team meetings.

Adapting can take time. Yet there are success stories. Pittsburgh forward Matt Cooke was considered one of the league’s dirtiest players two years ago but has cleaned up his act to

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In this Nov. 25, 2011 photo, Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby sits on the bench during a time out in an NHL hockey game against the Ottawa Senators in Pittsburgh. A year after his return from concussion-like symptoms, Crosby is his old self.

And due to the fallout from the devastating hit he took more than two years ago, the NHL may be better off for it. the point where when he does something wrong, it is almost a shock. He earned a rare double-minor for boarding and unsportsmanlike conduct in a win over Washington on Tuesday.

Cooke said he knew he needed to change if he wanted to extend his career. And even players who lack Cooke’s pedigree as an enforcer have taken a hard look at how they go about their business.

Adams, a grinder who has spent 12 years in the NHL as an aggressive forechecker, admits there are times he gets frustrated when he skates 200 feet only to have an opposing player intentionally turn his back to Adams to try and in-

vite a penalty. Yet Adams — and most of his brethren — understand the need to hold up instead of following through.

Mistakes will happen. So will concussions. Yet Adams sees a league trying to maintain a portion of its soul while also getting rid of the kind of cheap shots that almost prematurely ended Crosby’s career.

“We’re avoiding those hits,” he said. “I think it’s starting to get into the culture that that’s not OK.” AP Sports Writers John Wawrow in Buffalo, Teresa Walker in Nashville and AP hockey writer Larry Lage in Detroit contributed to this report.

Lucrative broadcast Vancouver’s B.C. Place Stadium to host deal means stable soccer final of 2015 Women’s World Cup future for CFL EDMONTON AND MONTREAL WILL HOST SEMIFINAL GAMES

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TORONTO — CFL commissioner Mark Cohon believes the road to profitability for the league’s two troubled southern Ontario teams is now significantly easier thanks to a lucrative new broadcast agreement.

The deal with TSN, which runs from 2014 through 2018, is worth in the neighbourhood of $40 million per season, according to a league source.

That’s more than 2 ½ times the previous five-year agreement, which was worth $15 million a year. That means starting in 2014, CFL teams can expect to receive more money from the league.

That’s good news for the Toronto Argonauts and Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the CFL’s only money-losing teams. Cohon said the new deal should allow clubs that struggled financially in the past to become profitable while also enhancing franchise values.

“Absolutely it does,” he said. “The biggest chunk of revenues still comes from ticket sales . . . however this gives teams the ability to recoup any historic losses but also invest in improving their franchises.”

It’s a strong foundation to build on, said Cohon.

“When you think about the new stadiums that are being built, this helps some of our owners invest in those,” he said.

“It allows us to invest in fan experience in the game. It allows us to start thinking about new businesses like fantasy football. The past was about building a strong foundation . . . now it’s about investing in the future.”

Senator David Braley, who owns the Argos and B.C. Lions, was pleased with the deal.

“When you look at it, we have to be almost ecstatic about the agreement we’ve signed with TSN,” he said from Ottawa. “The strength of today’s CFL and our future at this point look extremely bright.

“We have a very good contract.”

The TSN agreement should also help ease the Ticats’ move into their new facility in 2014. Hamilton will play at the University of Guelph this year — with the CFL helping financially to cover those costs —while its new home is being built.

Next year, not only will the Ticats benefit from playing in a new state-of-the-art stadium, but also be buoyed by increased CFL disbursement payments.

The new deal is also good news for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, who are scheduled to move into Investors Group Field this year. The increased CFL cash should make it easier for the club to handle the annual $4.5-million mortgage payment for its new facility.

The previous TV agreement between the CFL and TSN included an option clause the broadcaster exercised for the upcoming season.

The new agreement gives TSN and RDS exclusive media rights to all CFL exhibition, regular-season and playoff games — including the Grey Cup — as well as the league’s annual draft and combine.

In addition to broadcast and digital rights, the agreement also includes exclusive radio rights to the Grey Cup to TSN and TEAM radio stations.

The 2014 CFL broadcast schedule will expand to 84 games in 2014 with the addition of the Ottawa expansion franchise.

VANCOUVER — B.C. Place Stadium will be the site of the first-ever World Cup soccer final played on artificial turf.

The 55,000-seat venue was named as the site of the championship game for the 2015 Women’s World Cup on Thursday, with organizers adding that all other senior men’s and women’s finals have been played on grass.

“There’s a lot of factors that go into (choosing the final venue),” national organizing committee member Steve Reed said following a new conference to announce the selection. “The final match, certainly, we wanted to maximize the number of participants, the number of people that are in the seats. B.C. Place obviously has that capacity.”

Canadian organizers and FIFA, the sport’s world governing body, made the decision on the final venue jointly. Reed is hoping to build on the success of the soldout 2012 CONCACAF women’s Olympic qualifying tournament that was held in Vancouver.

He said the stadium’s new retractable roof, which was installed after the 2010 Winter Olympics, upgraded suites and seats also appealed to FIFA. All games during the CONCACAF tournament in January 2012 were sold out, with only lower-bowl open. During the World Cup, all seats will be available.

“We’ve got good facilities across Canada,” said Reed. “But, I think, at the end of the day, FIFA looked at B.C. Place and determined that was obviously the best (place) for them.”

Montreal and Edmonton will host semifinal games in the tournament that runs June 6 to July 5 in six Canadian cities.

“Vancouver for the final was part of trying to reach our goal of 1.5 million ticket sales,” said Sandra Gage, the event’s chief marketing officer. “There are really three venues of the six host cities that are capable of reaching that number for us because of their capacities, so (they) would be Montreal, Edmonton and Vancouver.

“And, really, Vancouver is probably the newest stadium in Canada right now (of the host venues), with its refurbishment. So we felt that it was the appropriate place to (host) the final.”

In the past, FIFA has frowned on using artificial turf in major men’s events and professional leagues, because of injury concerns. But Gage said the use of artificial turf has not been an issue in the women’s game.

The Canadians, seeded No. 1 in the Pool A, will open group play with two games in Edmonton and then move to Montreal for their next contest. Other nations will have similar schedules of two games at one venue and one game elsewhere.

“That is done with travel times, distance, time zones to ensure that (the schedule) is fair across the teams,” said Gage.

In total, 52 matches will be played over 30 days with games also scheduled for Winnipeg, Ottawa and Moncton.

“Each of the groups will have a No. 1 seed in them, so all of the markets will have a No. 1 seed playing in them at least two times,” said Gage.

SOCCER ‘FIFA HAVE NEVER HAD A CHALLENGE LIKE THIS IN TERMS OF A COMPETITION THAT INVOLVED FIVE TIME ZONE CHANGES.... IT TOOK US 33 VERSIONS TO GET TO THE FINAL VERSION WHICH WE FEEL WAS AMENABLE TO ALL-INCLUDING FIFA.’ — PETER MONTOPOLI GENERAL SECRETARY, CANADIAN SOCCER ASSOCIATION

Even if Canada does not reach the final, Vancouver fans will still get to see captain Christine Sinclair and company in action.

“Actually, if you look at the way the schedule is now, if Canada were to finish first in their pool, they would actually play a round of 16 and a quarter-final game here in Vancouver,” said Gage. “If they do not (finish first), the quarter-final would be in Ottawa.”

The schedule was unveiled during news conferences in Vancouver and Edmonton.

Vancouver Whitecaps president Bob Lenarduzzi said the selection of B.C. Place as the final venue was a testament to the support the city displayed for the 2012 CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament.

“The venue is as good as you get anywhere in the world,” said Lenarduzzi. “The province is one of the most beautiful places to visit. So to be hosting the world in July of 2015 is a very exciting prospect.”

Peter Montopoli, the general secretary of the Canadian Soccer Association and the tournament’s national organizing committee chairman, said Vancouver was chosen because of its state-of-the-art facility and experience hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics.

But schedule makers faced many challenges as they slotted games.

“The idea was that we needed the spirit of play throughout the entire schedule,” said Montopoli in a telephone interview after attending the Edmonton news conference. “And when you’re working across 52 matches, six official host cities, five times zones, it’s very difficult. It’s never been done before.

“FIFA have never had a challenge like this in terms of a competition that involved five time zone changes. ... It took us 33 versions to get to the final version, which we feel was amenable to all — including FIFA.” The governing body did not have any concerns about playing the final on artificial turf, and the surface did not impact scheduling, he added.

“Right now, the state a two-star artificial turf is on a par with grass, and FIFA is a high proponent of artificial turf,” said Montopoli. “So there’s no reason why it wouldn’t be successful.”

The World Cup draw will be held in November 2014 after all qualifying games are complete.

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Lineman D’Aguilar ready to impress at CFL combine MCMASTER STANDOUT IS ONE OF MANY TOP PROSPECTS SET TO SHOW OFF SKILLS THIS WEEKEND immediately on special teams while learning the nuances of the pro game.

Once ready, D’Aguilar would give the club roster flexibility being a Canadian at either defensive end or linebacker, positions often manned by Americans.

“That flexibility is invaluable,” Ptasek said. “If you watch Ben play, when you see the lights come on and he’s completely confident and comfortable, you’re blown away by the plays he can make.

“I think the CFL has to look at him longterm and recognize once they get him into that comfort zone he is incredibly unique.”

Ptasek said there’s much more to D’Aguilar than meets the eye.

“The young man you get to know if you can get him in an environment where he’s completely comfortable is actually not quite as flamboyant,” Ptasek said. “He’s a pretty grounded young man and I think very highly of him.

“He is a worker. He has been blessed with a lot of natural ability but has busted his butt to be where he is today and it’s hard work that has got him prepared to be one of the top picks

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in this year’s draft. If you invest time in Ben D’Aguilar, it’s time well spent.”

D’Aguilar will be one of four Marauders at the combine, joining offensive lineman Matt Sewell, receiver Michael DiCroce and defensive back Michael Daly. Sewell is the No. 2-ranked draft prospect behind Oregon linebacker Bo Lokombo, who won’t be attending.

Other top prospects not participating are UConn defensive lineman Jesse Joseph (No. 8), Virginia defensive linemen Brent Urban (No. 9), Iowa offensive lineman Nolan MacMillan (No. 10), Florida receiver Stephen Alli (No. 12) and Eastern Michigan defensive lineman Kalonji Kashama (No. 15).

Seven of the nine top prospects taking part will be linemen.

Joining Sewell on offence will be Eastern Michigan’s Corey Watman (No. 7) and Regina’s Brett Jones (No. 11).

D’Aguilar, Calgary’s Linden Gaydosh (No. 3), Regina’s Stefan Charles (No. 4) and Eastern Michigan’s Andy Mulumba (No. 6) headline the defensive line corps.

The CFL draft is May 6 with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats selecting first overall.

D’Aguilar could be a future selection by then should he be taken in the NFL draft April 25-27 or sign as an undrafted free agent.

“Growing up that (NFL) was the dream, I’m not going to lie,” he said.

“Since I was seven watching the Buffalo Bills with my pops, I was like, ’Yeah, I’m going to play in the big leagues one day.’

“The Bills are my favourite squad and have many of my favourite colours so I’m partial to them. But honestly, I just want to play professional football.”

D’Aguilar would be just as happy in the CFL, with Hamilton being a natural fit even if it would mean D’Aguilar spending his rookie season at the University of Guelph, an OUA rival. The Ticats play at Alumni Stadium this year before moving into a new Steeltown facility in 2014.

“My favourite animal is a tiger and I have tiger tattoos,” he said. “Not knowing what the future holds, well, you have no choice but to take it as it comes because realistically you won’t know until your number comes up.

“It’s all over the place but that’s what I love about football.”

TORONTO — Ben D’Aguilar won’t hold anything back this weekend.

The McMaster Marauders defensive end will attend the CFL combine eager to display the quickness and tenacity that made him Canadian university football’s top pass rusher last season.

But the colourful 23-year-old will also let his personality shine through in interviews with league officials.

“I like that they get to know what everyone is all about, that’s pretty sweet,” D’Aguilar said. “I like answering questions.

“They’ll see I’m hilarious. I’m definitely confident, but there’s a difference between cocky and arrogant where it’s just inflated but I’m actually a confident, self-made man.”

D’Aguilar and the 53 other prospects undergo medicals today before testing begins Saturday in such events as the bench press and vertical jump. On Sunday, players will run the 40-yard dash indoors at Varsity Stadium and don pads for one-on-one drills.

D’Aguilar is very much a free spirit with a sharp wit and good sense of humour.

His honesty is very refreshing in today’s era of political correctness but could prompt some to label him eccentric or quirky.

That’s fine with Jim Barker, the GM of the Grey Cup-champion Toronto Argonauts.

“Quirky never scares you off,” Barker said.

“There are some great players who are a little bizarre, we have a bunch of them on our team that are out there.

“That doesn’t make them bad, just different.

Guys have to love to play.

You look for guys that playing football is the most important thing in the world to them.”

D’Aguilar certainly qualifies, having dreamed of a pro career since he was a youngster. He understands the importance of the combine — where CFL officials are anxious to see and hear how prospects react to being outside their comfort zone — but isn’t overwhelmed by it.

“I’m not nervous at all, it’s just another step on the ladder,” he said. “All that stuff isn’t a big deal to me because I feel like football is the biggest deal and all this other stuff is trivial at times but I’ll do what I’ve got to do.

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Centrium set for ‘bigger’ things $5.5-MILLION EXPANSION WITH MORE SEATING, LUXURY BOXES COMPLETE

DOG SHOW The world is going to the dogs at Westerner Park from Friday, April 5, to Sunday, April 7. And the puppy sweepstakes runs on the Thursday night at 7 p.m. before the Dog Show gets underway.

Scent hurdle racing competition gets underway on Saturday after “best in show.”

Conformation junior handling runs on Sunday at noon while obedience junior handling will run the same day. Donations will be gratefully accepted to the Red Deer Food Bank and rescue/shelters. People are invited to “like” the Red Deer and District Kennel Club on Facebook or visit website at www.rddkc. com.

FIELDHOUSE GOAL NEAR The Blackfalds Field House Society is fast approaching its fundraising goal of $750,000 for equipment for the future facility after another successful fundraiser. Held on March 16, the Goods, Services and Talents (GST) Auction raised $10,094.75, the highest amount brought in in the auction’s three years. The auction featured more than 150 auction items, from cinnamon buns to car detailings. The next fundraiser for the field house facility, to be built as early as 2014, will be the Blackfalds Fun Run & Walk on May 11. For more information, visit www.blackfalds fieldhousesociety.com.

POKER RALLY HELPS SPCA Poker players helped the Red Deer and District SPCA raise $2,500. The organization’s first Pet Poker Tour drew about 80 players who played for fun and the chance to win numerous door prizes worth $5,000, including a trip for two to Las Vegas. “It was an initiative done by volunteer Brenda Spark, who also organizes our annual garage sale,” said executive director Tara Hellewell. “The participants really enjoyed it and we’re looking to do another one.” The $2,500 will be used for the shelter’s veterinary program to vaccinate, spay and neuter animals for adoption.

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BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF The 2013 Memorial Cup was supposed to be both a foundational event in Red Deer’s centennial celebrations and a fitting way to christen an expanded Enmax Centrium.

That will not happen, with Saskatoon having been awarded the hockey championship, but with the additions to the rink unveiled on Thursday, the hope is that a future Memorial Cup will be just one of many major events that come to town.

Featuring the addition of 1,000 seats, 13 luxury boxes and a 40-seat club suite to the 22-year-old arena in Westerner Park, the $5.5-million expansion project seeks to set up the facility to host more major gigs in the coming years.

The upgrades are part of Westerner Park’s larger strategic development plan implemented in 2008.

“Now that we have extra seating capacity we can attract bigger attractions and bigger name bands, and we can expand our horizons, so to speak, as far as bigger offerings to our guests,” said Westerner Park president Kent Olson.

He said the expectation is that the facility will be able to attract four additional major concerts annually, and its chances of procuring national and international events will increase.

“We truly believe that we’re well on our way to being able to bid, and competitively bid, and to go after some of these larger functions,” said Olson, citing major curling and hockey events as possible events for Red Deer.

The Centrium hosted the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in 2012 and the World Junior Hockey Championships in 1995, but lost out on hosting bids for the 2001 and 2013 Memorial Cups.

This year’s edition was awarded to Saskatoon partially due to its larger rink capacity.

The changes mean the Centrium now has

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A view of the 13 new luxury suites that were built as part of the ENMAX Centrium Expansion Project on the west end of the ENMAX Centrium in Westerner Park on March 21, 2013. The project began on April 16, 2012.

7,000 seats and 30 luxury boxes.

Nine suites were part of the original rink construction in 1991; eight were added in the 2000s.

The new boxes, located in the rink’s west end, have higher ceilings and are not closed off by glass like the older boxes. Olson said there was high demand for more boxes, with 46 businesses on the waiting list.

The seats and boxes have been in place since Dec. 28. Other facility upgrades included a new kitchen on the lower level, new washrooms in the Parkland Pavilion, and a mechanical system to improve air flow.

The expansion project was marked by a

number of delays since its start last April.

At one point, Hurricane Sandy left the 1,000 new seats stuck in New York harbour for about two weeks.

The overall project cost also rose from $4.5 million to $5.5 million, with Westerner Park having to borrow the additional $1 million needed. The city, province and Red Deer County all contributed funding to the project.

The Red Deer Rebels have averaged nearly 5,200 fans per game this season, up 600 fans per game from three years ago, but down from a 6,129 average during the 200607 season. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

CENTENNIAL PROJECTS

Naming rights for venues available

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF

Conscious of its historical connection to Benalto, the Cupples decided to donate it to the hamlet in time for its centennial celebrations next year.

Fundraising efforts have already raised $30,000 to pay for the move and get started on the creation of a park with gazebo, fire pit, toboggan slope and boards for a winter pond hockey rink.

The station will be turned into a small museum and archives.

“Our first step is to get it here,” said More.

The train station will be moved to a site about 100 metres from its final resting place for the time being.

“To have the actual site prepared and all that was just impossible. We didn’t get word until late November that this gift was even offered.

“At this point, it’s just one step at a time.”

Naming rights for two of the city’s major centennial projects are up for grabs.

The city is seeking expressions of interest for the title sponsorship of two parks that will open this summer in Red Deer — a spray park and skate park.

The skate park, to open in early July, will be a 17,000-square-foot haven for bikers and skaters, featuring bowl terrain and an expansive amphitheatrestyle lawn viewing area. The $1.4-million project will be adjacent to Glendale School, with plans for a nearby community centre in the future as well.

With a planned opening in August, the $1.1-million spray park will be located in the northwest corner of Rotary Recreation Park. The 7,500-square-foot space will feature a variety of water structures, a representation of the meandering Red Deer River through the park, and a rail yard theme recalling the history of the location.

The city has hired a consultant to lead the sponsorship process, which is a pilot project that council has instituted as an alternative means of generating revenue. Businesses, organizations, and service groups are being contacted regarding interest in sponsorship.

Historically, contributions from service organizations have helped fund parks, and their names have been attached to the spaces. Barb McKee, city Recreation, Parks and Culture Department business supervisor, said those contributions are valued.

“It’s not to downplay those, it’s to know that there is certainly untapped value in our facilities.”

The city’s most recent strategic process for sponsorship and naming rights was in 2001, when its new recreation facility became the Collicutt Centre due to a $1-million-plus donation from Steven Collicutt.

“That demonstrates the ability to generate revenue and be able to not put the burden on the tax base when it comes to operational and capital projects in the city,” said McKee. Wendy Madden, sponsorship project lead, said the naming rights will not necessarily go to the highest bidder.

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Benalto station move delayed COUNTY APPROVALS NEEDED

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Benalto’s former train station will have to wait a little longer before making the journey home.

Originally, the historic train station was to be loaded on a flatbed early next week and hauled from the Burnt Lake area just west of Red Deer.

But it has taken more time than expected to line up the necessary Red Deer County approvals, said Dave More, co-chairman of the Benalto Booster Club and Centennial Committee.

The moving company out of Taber was able to reschedule the move for April 23.

Built in 1928 for the Canadian Pacific Railway, the station was moved to the Cupples family’s property more than 40 years ago and was used as a home until recently.

Computer technician joins race for city council

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF A computer technician who is always welcoming is the latest to announce his bid for Red Deer city council.

Troy Wavrecan, a 32-year-old WalMart greeter and fireworks pyrotechnican, announced his campaign on Wednesday.

“I am someone who can be there for residents of Red Deer and Troy Wavrecan not just for a specific group,” said Wavrecan.

“I can also give insight to how we can reach out to those people who might not have a computer to stay informed about Red Deer.”

Improving accessibility, public services and transportation for all residents are issues high on Wavrecan’s priority list.

“Making Red Deer a safer place is important,” said Wavrecan. “Statistics nationally for Canada show Toronto is a lot safer than Red Deer yet Red Deer is a lot smaller than Toronto.”

Wavrecan would like to add more outdoor gyms in neighbourhoods across the city. “(Another) thing is snow removal,” said Wavrecan. “I know there’s a certain budget that has to be followed but there’s been times when it snows and some of areas where the bus stops, the snow does not get plowed.”

He wants to improve the timing and frequency of snow removal.

Wavrecan says he is pro-bike lane but he was not happy with the locations for some of the lanes that increased traffic problems.

He felt council should have put the lanes on streets with less traffic.

Wavrecan grew up in Rocky Mountain House and has lived in Red Deer since 2000.

Wavrecan earned a Computer Systems Technology diploma from Red Deer College in 2001.

While at Red Deer College, Wavrecan was twice the secretary of the Computer Systems Technology Society.

Also in the running for council are Darren Young, Lawrence Lee, Calvin-Goulet Jones and Matt Chapin. Four councillors, Paul Harris, Dianne Wyntjes, Lynne Mulder and Buck Buchanan, are seeking re-election. Councillors Tara Veer, Frank Wong and Chris Stephan have not confirmed their intentions.

Mayor Morris Flewwelling is not seeking re-election. Coun. Cindy Jefferies and Chad Mason are running for mayor. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Time capsule to be buried for centennial celebration

BRIEFS Eleven charged in drug offences Eleven people in the Rocky Mountain House area have been charged with a number of drug-related offences following a Wednesday raid.

Led by the Edmonton Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, a collection of law enforcement agencies executed search warrants at three Rocky Mountain House residences on Wednesday, seizing 380 grams of cocaine and over 450 grams of marijuana from the residences.

A loaded handgun, a hunting rifle, over 600 rounds of ammunition, a collapsible baton, drug trafficking paraphernalia and cellphones, along with $5,000 cash, were also seized.

Trafficking, possession and firearms offences are among the charges laid. The suspects range in age from 21 to 32. All of the accused will appear in court on March 27.

Wildlife rehabilitators conference this weekend Wildlife rehabilitators from across the province will converge on Red Deer this weekend for the annual Alberta Wildlife Rehabilitators’ Association conference.

Members of the association’s seven member centres and others will gather at the Sheraton Hotel on Saturday and Sunday for a number of sessions focusing on wildlife and the rehabilitation of injured animals. Sessions will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days, with talks about the history of Alberta’s birds of prey, snowy owls, bird banding and methane flares accompanied by leadership training.

On Saturday evening, longtime head of conservation outreach at the Calgary Zoo Brian Keating will deliver the keynote address in conjunction with the conference banquet. The wilderness adventurer and wildlife expert will speak on three prominent female researchers and the African animals — gorillas, chimpanzees and elephants — they have dedicated their lives to.

Anyone interested in hearing Keating’s talk or attending the entire conference can obtain tickets by contacting Sharon Bright at 403-860-8009 or sdbright@telus.net by tonight. Tickets for the banquet are $40. To attend conference sessions costs $55.

Telling the story of Red Deer in 2013, a time capsule will be buried in City Hall Park as part of the city’s birthday celebrations on Monday.

And following the ceremony, the 1963 time capsule will be opened at the Snell Gallery in the Red Deer Public Library.

The old capsule was uncovered recently, solving a mystery. When it was buried on March 25, 1963, there was no plaque or sign to mark the capsule’s location.

Failing to find the capsule recently, city staffers enlisted the help of local historian Michael Dawe and others to track down the missing capsule. The location was narrowed down to two places on the outside of City Hall. Workers from Pascal Mancuso Construction Ltd. located the missing capsule behind the plaque on the steps facing the park.

The 2013 time capsule ceremony gets underway at 10:30 a.m. on Monday in the park. Everyone is invited to the library for a reception following the ceremony.

Items in this year’s capsule will profile how Red Deer has grown in size, progressed as a community and the way technology, the media and residents have shaped Red Deer.

Starting at 5 p.m., a centennial meeting of city council will take place in council chambers. Former and current council members will be present. Space is limited but the city encourages residents to watch the broadcast on the city website. A reception will follow on the second floor.

STATION: Lots of support There has been lots of support of the project from community members, and Red Deer County staff have helped the committee with the necessary paperwork.

More plans to see if environmental landscaping students from Olds College will be willing to help design the park.

Once a detailed budget is established, the committee plans to apply for government grants and seek corporate support, including a pitch to CP. Meanwhile, local fundraising efforts continue.

Donors will be recognized with rail-themed silhouettes inside the station. For instance donations of $5,000 or more are recognized with a locomotive plaque, with those donating $3,000 to $5,000 a caboose and so on.

“The people in the surrounding community, the farmers, the ranchers, the people in the town have been really very supportive.”

However, he said, “At this point, we’re definitely going to need a lot more funding.”

Fundraising chair Lynne Lawrence can be reached at 403-746-5746. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

SPONSORS: Looking for a ‘philosophical fit’

Safe Communities AGM registration closes today Registration closes today for the Safe Communities Central Alberta annual general meeting on Wednesday.

The event begins at 2 p.m. in the St. John Ambulance building at 6519 67th St. in Red Deer.

Working with its members and community partners through a variety of initiatives, the organization strives to make Central Alberta a safe place to live, work and play. To register, call 403-346-8101 or email sccca@telus.net.

The city is looking for a “philosophical fit.” Council defined businesses involved in alcohol, tobacco or pornography as not suitable for the partnership.

The hope is to have sponsors in place for the park openings.

The deadline for expressions of interest is April 2. For sponsorship information, contact Madden at 403-356-8929. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

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City schools will get anti-suicide resources, thanks to a donation by the Red Deer Firefighters Children’s Charity.

The $5,000 will buy materials from Josh Shipp, an American teen behaviour expert who will speak at a number of city schools two days next month.

Shipp is being brought to Red Deer by Eastview Middle School teacher Monique Stennes-Koot and her son Jacob Stennes, 14, in the wake of numerous local teen suicides. The mother and son chose Shipp, 31, because as a teen, he faced being in foster care, addiction and contemplated suicide.

Donations to help pay for Shipp’s presentations and materials can be dropped off at Eastview Middle School, 3929 40th Ave.For more information, call Stennes-Koot at the school at 403-343-2455.

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Harley Richards, Business Editor, 403-314-4337 E-mail editorial@reddeeradvocate.com

Cultivating corporate culture ONLY JOB APPLICANTS WHO FIT INTO IT SHOULD BE HIRED

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR While many Alberta companies were struggling to find employees last year, Calgary-based WestJet Airlines Ltd. sifted through 63,000 applications for 332 jobs.

David Irvine explains this contrast with one word: culture.

WestJet has become an employer of choice because it’s developed a clear corporate culture, and solidified it with reputation, said Irvine, a leadership and personal development expert, who spoke in Red Deer on Thursday.

The airline’s mantra — “We succeed because David Irvine I care” — is one that staff are urged to memorize and practise, said Irvine during an employee attraction and retention presentation organized by Central Alberta Economic Partnership (CAEP).

“They have an image, a vision, of where they’re going,” he said, explaining that it appeals to customers — and employees. “If you’re going to retain and attract people, you have to have a vision of what you’re trying to build.”

In fact, said Irvine, a tight labour market shouldn’t be a concern if you carefully define and then live by your culture.

“Don’t worry about the economy, worry about your philosophy.”

Employees must be aware of your culture, and only job applicants who fit into it should be hired, he said. Employers often only consider applicants’ skills, which sets the stage for retention, productivity and other problems.

“WestJet spends 10 hours before they hire anybody,” said Irvine.

He suggested that an organization that can’t find someone who fits its culture, shouldn’t hire.

“My bias is it’s better to have a small company that’s successful than a large company that fails.”

Irvine also described ways to foster an appealing workplace environment. These include focusing on employee engagement,

clarity, strong morale, minimal politics, low turnover and trust.

Building trust should be the Number 1 leadership priority, he said. Employers can do this by spending time with their staff, encouraging them and listening to their concerns.

Irvine drew a distinction between leaders and bosses, explaining that the former inspire, engage and connect with employees, while the latter manage, enforce, dictate and supervise.

“You will not attract and keep great people by being a boss,” he said, suggesting that a balance between the two must be struck, with at least half of an employer’s time spent leading.

Much of Irvine’s presentation dealt with the importance of ensuring employees are engaged: wanting to help the organization succeed and seeing their work as meaningful.

Such engagement can be encouraged by communicating a clear vision, setting a positive example, connecting with staff and learning what motivates them, he said.

Please see CULTURE on Page C4

Bank overtime lawsuits to proceed

BlackBerry CEO calls iPhone outdated The chief executive of BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion says Apple’s iPhone is outdated. Thorsten Heins made the comment a day before the much-delayed new touchscreen BlackBerry goes on sale in the U.S. Heins also said in an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday that a new keyboard version won’t be released in the U.S. until two or three months from now.

Both models are part of RIM’s attempt at a comeback after the pioneering brand lost its cachet not long after Apple’s 2007 release of the iPhone.

Heins says a lack of innovation at Apple has left iPhone’s user interface outdated.

He says users have to go in and out of applications and it doesn’t allow for multitasking like the new BlackBerry Z10 does.

TD Bank says it was hit by ‘targeted’ cyber attack TD Canada Trust (TSX:TD) says it was hit by a “targeted” cyber attack, forcing its banking website and mobile banking service to go offline for several hours. The bank says the denial-of-service attack occurred midmorning and prevented its customers from logging to its website and mobile site. A denial-of-service attack occurs when hackers flood a website with a large amount of fake traffic, and in turn, preventing others access. Bank spokeswoman Barbara Timmins says the attack had no effect on clients’ personal information or accounts and that most of the services are now up and running.

She says business customers may still be unable to login to their online accounts.

The breach did not affect branch banking, telephone banking or ATMs. — The Canadian Press

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Bank, would be restructured.

Queues of 40 to 50 people formed at Laiki ATMs, which responded by capping daily withdrawals at 260 euros ($340) per person from 700 euros ($906).

Although ATMs have been functioning, many often run out of cash.

“We need cash. We have families, children, grandchildren and expenses, and the banks have been closed since Saturday,” said Andri Olympiou after withdrawing money from a Laiki branch in Nicosia, the capital.

The central bank governor, Panicos Demetriades, urged lawmakers to vote immediately on a legal framework bill to rehabilitate Cyprus’s banking sector.

The bills include restructuring Laiki, a move that would raise an estimated 2 billion euros out of the total 5.8 billion euros Cyprus needs, according to local media.

The Supreme Court of Canada has cleared the way for two class-action lawsuits against CIBC and Scotiabank seeking hundreds of millions of dollars for unpaid overtime to go ahead.

The banks had sought leave to appeal for a lower court decision allowing the cases, but the Supreme Court dismissed the application.

Laywers David O’Connor and Louis Sokolov who represent Cindy Fulawka and Dara Fresco said their clients were pleased that the cases could now move forward on their merits.

The lawsuits allege thousands of workers were denied overtime pay even though they were assigned more work than could be completed within their standard hours.

A lower court had denied class action status to the CIBC (TSX:CM) case, while a different court had allowed class action status be granted to the Scotiabank (TSX:BNS) lawsuit.

However, the Ontario Court of Appeal felt both cases, which have not been proven in court, should be handled the same way and ruled they could go ahead.

Both CIBC and Scotiabank noted the decision by the top court was not on the merits of the lawsuits or the banks’ overtime policies, but rather the class-action certification process.

“This is just another step in what is a multistage legal process and CIBC will defend its position vigorously in the subsequent trial on common issues related to this case,” CIBC spokesman Kevin Dove said.

Please see CYPRUS on Page C4

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People wait to use the ATM of a closed branch of Laiki Bank in southern port city of Limassol, Thursday.

The European Central Bank says it will keep emergency aid for Cyprus’ troubled banks in place at least until Monday but will have to cut it off after that unless an international rescue program is drawn up.

Time running out for Cyprus DRAWS UP PLAN TO AVOID BANKRUPTCY

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cypriot politicians moved Thursday to restructure the country’s most troubled bank as part of a broader bailout plan that must be in place

by Monday to avoid financial ruin.

Concerned customers rushed to get cash from ATMs as bank employees protested.

Cyprus has been told it must raise 5.8 billion euros ($7.5 billion) if it is to receive 10 billion euros ($12.9 billion) from its fellow eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund.

If it does not find a way by Monday, the European Central Bank said it will cut off emergency support to the banks, letting them collapse.

That would throw the country into financial chaos and, ultimately, cause it to leave the eurozone, with unpredictable consequences for the region.

Several new bills were being submitted to Parliament Thursday night, including restructuring the banking sector, setting up an “Investment Solidarity Fund” and restricting banking transactions in times of crisis.

Together, they will make up at least part of the alternative plan Cyprus hopes will secure it bailout money. The lawmakers said the bills would be discussed and potentially voted on Friday morning.

The pressure has increased since Parliament on Tuesday rejected an earlier proposal to seize up to 10 per cent of people’s bank accounts.

Banks have been shut since last weekend to avoid a run and will not open until Tuesday at the earliest.

Uncertainty was growing among Cypriots as the deadline approached and it became clear that the country’s second-largest bank, Laiki or Cyprus Popular

IROC reports record revenues for 2012 IROC Energy Services Corp. (TSXV: ISC) has reported record revenues for 2012.

The company, which is headquartered in Red Deer, generated $101.2 million in revenues last year, up 18 per cent from $85.7 million in 2011.

For the three months ended Dec. 31, revenues were $27.1 million, up 1.5 per cent per cent from $26.7 million.

IROC’s operating income for the year was $19.2 million and its net income was $13.4 million, up 1.5 and 10 per cent respectively from the 2011 figures of $18.9 million and $12.2 million.

For the final quarter of 2012, operating income was $5.3 million and net income was $3.5 million, down 17 and 27 per cent from $6.4 million and $4.8 million for the same period in 2011.

The company said in a release that its larger average fleet size in the fourth quarter of 2012 boosted revenues relative to 2011, but lower fleet utilization, competi-

tive pricing pressures and increased field operating costs cut into margins.

The company paid $5 million in dividends during the year, while investing $37 million in capital expenditures. Its service rig fleet grew by nine rigs, to 50, and it added $10.1 million in new rental assets.

IROC has budgeted $25.2 million for capital expenditures in 2013, which will include six service rigs, $8 million in new rental assets and $2.5 million for miscellaneous equipment and maintenance capital.

On Feb. 21, IROC entered into an arrangement agreement with Western Energy Services Corp. through which Western is to acquire IROC’s outstanding shares in exchange for a combination of cash and Western shares.

The transaction is expected to be completed by April 30.

Meanwhile, IROC announced on Thursday that its Eagle Well Servicing division has entered into a joint venture with

O’Chiese First Nation. Eagle and O’Chiese will construct and operate a mobile freestanding double service rig.

Expected to be completed in June, the rig will be marketed to oil and natural gas exploration companies that operate wells on O’Chiese lands.

It will provide a commercial opportunity for the O’Chiese, as well as jobs, said IROC in a release.

“We are excited to participate with Eagle in building a well-servicing business on our lands which will provide opportunities for our people to work in the oil and natural gas industry and learn the service rig operation, which the O’Chiese has a direct interest in,” said Darren Whitford, chief for O’Chiese First Nation.

IROC provides services and equipment to the oil and gas industry, operating under the business names of Eagle Well Servicing, Aero Rental Services and Helix Coil Services.

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COMPANIES OF LOCAL INTEREST Thursday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 102.80 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 88.23 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.65 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.18 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.60 Cdn. National Railway . . 98.84 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 129.24 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 76.25 Capital Power Corp . . . . 21.73 Cervus Equipment Corp 20.22 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 32.48 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 46.84 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 25.13 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.60 General Motors Co. . . . . 28.63 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 17.65 Research in Motion. . . . . 16.52 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.49 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 42.37 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 44.29 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 69.65 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 14.93 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 49.67 Consumer Brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.40 Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 70.00 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.20 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.30 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 13.32 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — North American markets weakened on Thursday as worries over a fast-approaching deadline for the debt woes in Cyprus intensified, overshadowing economic data on both sides of the border.

The S&P/TSX composite was down 78.68 points at 12,747.87, while the TSX Venture Exchange dipped 2.99 of a point to 1,102.98.

The Canadian dollar gained 0.11 of a cent to 97.63 cents U.S. After a failed plan to tax bank savings accounts and raise 5.8 billion euros, Cyprus has returned to the drawing board to iron out a “Plan B.” The small Mediterranean island has four days to reach an agreement designed to raise enough money to avoid bankruptcy.

The European Central Bank warned Thursday it will pull the plug on the country’s banks at the start of next week if no solution is found.

On Wall Street, the Cyprus effect was combined with a surprise drop in sales at Oracle during its fiscal third quarter, which yanked down technology stocks and knocked the wind out of a climb that had pushed the Dow to new record highs just a week ago.

The Dow Jones industrials dropped 90.24 points to 14,421.49.

The Nasdaq was down 31.59 points at 3,222.60 and the S&P 500 index slid 12.91 points to 1,545.80.

In commodities, copper continued its pullback on uncertainty over European demand. The May contract lost 0.12 of a cent to US$3.435 to pound.

The TSX base metals sector dropped one per cent.

The May crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell $1.05 to settle at US$92.45 a barrel, as energy stocks fell 0.7 per cent.

Gold stocks led the gains, as April bullion rose $6.30 to US$1,613.80 an ounce.

TSX financials were 0.8 lower as Cyprus concerns spread to international banking stocks.

Also, TD Canada Trust (TSX:TD) says a “targeted” cyber attack caused its banking website and mobile banking service to go down for several hours on Thursday, though it says no personal information on its clients

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.07 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.00 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 53.68 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.13 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 24.00 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 30.31 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.70 First Quantum Minerals . 20.60 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 34.24 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.88 Inmet Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . 70.15 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 8.30 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 40.50 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.09 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 28.77 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 26.84 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 38.07 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 44.67 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.68 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 49.52 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 32.79 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 21.32 Canyon Services Group. 11.03 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 32.19 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.700 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 19.51 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.04 was obtained. TD shares fell 61 cents $83.67.

In economic data, Statistics Canada said that retail sales rose one per cent in January to $38.9 billion, on higher sales at motor vehicle and parts dealers The U.S. Labour Department reported that applications for unemployment assistance rose 2,000 in the latest weekly reporting period to a seasonally adjusted 336,000, which is better than most had expected.

Home sales rose in February to a fresh three-year high, according to the National Association of Realtors.

It is the latest signal that the housing recovery is solidifying.

In corporate developments, Lululemon Athletica Inc. (TSX:LLL) posted a US$109-million profit in the fourth quarter, coming in slightly ahead of analyst estimates. But the company also said that the recall of its black Luon pants earlier this week will cut into sales and profit — pushing its outlook for the current quarter below forecasts.

The company expects to lose between $12 million and $17 million of revenue in the first quarter because of the recall and earnings will be reduced by 11 to 12 cents per share.

Lululemon shares were 89 cents higher to $66.26.

Shares of Yellow Media Group (TSX:Y) were lower after it said its long-time chief executive Marc Tellier would be leaving by this summer but would remain to assist with a transition period. The shares were down 27 cents to $10.20.

Harry Winston Diamond Corp.

(TSX:HW) posted a gain after it said it has received all the regulatory approvals required for the sale of its jewelry and watch division to the Swatch Group. Shares were down a penny to $17.11.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at close Thursday: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,747.87 down 78.68 points TSX Venture Exchange — 1,102.98 down 2.99 points TSX 60 — 731.56 down six points Dow — 14,421.49 down 90.24

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 88.17 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 39.47 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.40 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 29.72 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 42.55 IROC Services . . . . . . . . . 3.02 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 5.45 Penn West Energy . . . . . 11.84 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 1.180 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 8.88 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 30.91 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 12.22 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 14.55 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 7.50 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 52.01 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 63.72 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 59.10 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.09 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 27.82 Carefusion . . . . . . . . . . . 34.19 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 27.35 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 45.60 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 64.50 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 15.12 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 75.38 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.04 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 60.74 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 27.94 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.37 points S&P 500 — 1,545.80 down 12.91 points Nasdaq — 3,222.60 down 31.59 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 97.63 cents US, up 0.11 of a cent Pound — C$1.5539, up 0.48 of a cent Euro — C$1.3207, down 0.63 of a cent Euro — US$1.2894, down 0.47 of a cent Oil futures: US$92.45 per barrel, down $1.05 (May contract) Gold futures: US$1,613.80 per oz., up $6.30 (April contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $31.038 per oz., up 38.3 cents $997.87 kg., up $12.31 TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Thursday at 1,102.98, down 2.99 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 138 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: May ’13 $7.10 higher $630.40; July ’13 $6.50 higher $616.80; Nov. ’13 $5.50 higher $564.40; Jan. ’14 $4.70 higher $565.60; March ’14 $4.00 higher $563.40; May ’14 $4.00 higher $561.30; July ’14 $4.00 higher $559.40; Nov. ’14 unchanged $535.00; Jan ’15 unchanged $535.00; March ’15 unchanged $535.00; May ’15 unchanged $535.00.

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.

Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 282,760 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 282,760.

CULTURE: Find the ‘sweet spot’ With respect to motivation, Irvine recommends learning what excites and drives each employee both on and off the job.

“Wouldn’t you like to know what people’s sweet spot is away from work?

Because if you can help them in their career to keep their sweet spot at home, in their personal life, you’ve got a loyal employee.”

In fact, said Irvine, research has shown that people who have clear personal values but are not clear about the values of their organization are almost as engaged at work as those who are clear about both.

As long as an organization pays a competitive wage, more money does not contribute to greater engagement, even though many employers assume this is the case.

“It’s easy to throw money at people.”

Irvine is a best-selling author with five books to his credit: Authentic Leadership: It’s About Presence, Not Position (co-authored with Jim Reger); Becoming Real: Journey To Authenticity; Simple Living In A Complex World: A Guide To Balancing Life’s Achievements; Accountability: Getting A Grip On Results (co-authored with Bruce Klatt and Shaun Murphy); and Bridges of Trust: Making Accountability Authentic.

CAEP is a regional economic development alliance, with 42 municipal members and 15 associate members in Central Alberta. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

BANK: Disappointed Scotiabank spokeswoman Ann DeRabbie said the bank was disappointed by the court’s decision.

“We’re confident that employee policies have been fairly applied and consistently applied,” she said.

In the CIBC case, Fresco filed a lawsuit in June 2007 on behalf of more

than 31,000 tellers and other front-line customer service employees working at more than 1,000 CIBC branches across Canada, including assistant branch managers, financial service representatives, financial service associates and branch ambassadors.

Fulawka, a personal banking representative at Scotiabank, filed her class-action lawsuit against the bank in December 2007 seeking to represent some 5,000 Scotiabank personal or senior bankers, financial advisers and small business account managers.

CYPRUS: Bad bank strategy Once it is done, the country would be in a position to guarantee all deposits up to 100,000 euros ($130,000) — the EU-wide limit for bank guarantees.

Officials said the restructuring would split Laiki into two, with a “bad bank” taking over its soured investments, and a “good bank” retaining the healthy ones.

Setting up a bad bank is a strategy that’s been used before in Europe’s financial crisis, by Ireland and Spain.

A bad bank is tasked with recovering as much money as possible from the investments.

Without the restructure, Laiki would collapse and drag down the rest of the banking system and the economy, Demetriades said.

“The restructuring constitutes a significant step toward the achievement of an economic support agreement for the Cyprus Republic from the European support mechanism and the International Monetary Fund,” he said.

But the bank’s acting CEO, Takis Phidias, opposed the restructuring, saying it would do more damage than good.

“It would mean Laiki being transferred to a new bank, an existing one, with only deposits of 100,000 or under going into a good bank, while 6 billion euros in loans would be frozen, most of them would be lost,” Phidias said.

“Who would pay the loans, frozen assets?” he questioned.

“This would crush confidence in the banking sector and hurt the retail sector.”

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Statistics Canada said Thursday that retail sales for the first month of the year were up one per cent to $38.9 billion, after a drop in December, spurred by higher sales at motor vehicle and parts dealers.

The consensus expectation by economists had been for a gain of 0.9 per cent.

“January retail sales, both on the headline and excluding autos, were above expectations,” David Watt, chief economist at HSBC Bank Canada, wrote in a report.

“However, downward revisions to prior readings and a flat month in real terms erase much of the optimism from the report.”

Watt noted that while consumer confidence jumped in the month, it did not translate into spending.

“The headline retail sales number hinted at a firm backdrop for Canadian consumers to start 2013. However, the flat real reading points toward a more cautious interpretation of the report,” he said.

The January retail sales follows a disappointing holiday shopping season and a weak end to 2012 for the economy in general.

Real domestic product output — which adjusts for inflation — crept ahead by a meagre 0.6 per cent in the fourth quarter, following 0.7 per cent in the third. For the year, the economy grew by an average of 1.8 per cent.

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NASA spacecraft spies impact sites on moon

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — When NASA’s twin spacecraft Ebb and Flow crashed into the moon last year, scientists did not count on seeing the aftermath.

On Tuesday, the space agency released beforeand-after pictures of the lunar north pole where Ebb and Flow came to rest. Months after the backto-back, mission-ending dives, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter flew over the crash sites and imaged the final resting spots.

Ebb and Flow broke into smithereens upon impact and pinpointing the small craters they carved was difficult, said Arizona State University researcher Mark Robinson, who operates the orbiter’s camera.

Even the mission’s chief scientist, Maria Zuber, was surprised when she saw the impact sites, which looked like dots.

“I was expecting to see skid tracks,” said Zuber of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Ebb and Flow deliberately plunged into a lunar mountain in December after mapping the moon’s gravity field in unprecedented detail. The location was chosen because it was far away from the Apollo landings and other historic sites.

Launched in 2011, the spacecraft spent nearly a year flying in formation, exclusively collecting gravitational data.

Among the discoveries: The lunar crust is much thinner and more battered than scientists had imagined.

Initially flying at 35 miles (56 kilometres) above the lunar surface, the spacecraft dipped lower and lower in altitude during the $487 million mission.

Scientists are still poring through the last chunk of data beamed back just before their demise.

The Ebb and Flow crash sites were named in honour of mission team member, Sally Ride, the first American woman in space who died last year. Ride’s educational company supplied the cameras on the mission that allowed students to take their own pictures of craters and other geological features.

Inroads being made in thermoelectrics Small electronic devices use small amounts of power. Normally this energy is provided by batteries, but technology is working on solutions to make these items autonomous by harvesting energy from alternate sources.

The thermoelectric effect was discovered in 1821 and uses two dissimilar conductors to produce a voltage when they are heated.

Most of us are familiar with the thermocouple in our hot water tank or furnace.

Johann Seebeck’s discovery was further developed in 1834 when Jean Charles Athanase Peltier found that running a current though the junction of two dissimilar metals could create heat with the current direction one way and cool if the current direction was reLORNE versed.

OJA Today, we are familiar with electric heaters and thermocouples.

Thermocouples can generate three volts with a five-degree temperature gradient.

However, with an efficiency of 10 per cent, we won’t be seeing large generation capacity any time soon, although electronics are making inroads to increase energy output.

The pyroelectric effect uses temperature or, specifically, a change in temperature to generate electricity. These pyroelectric materials are stable at temperatures up to 1200° C and are generally used for the energy harvest of electricity in heat recovery situations such as in chemical processes or from operating machinery.

Piezoelectric energy harvesting uses a mechanical strain or an exerted pressure on a material to generate small electrical currents.

This strain or pressure can be generated by the motion of our body as it exerts pressure on our shoes as we walk, or acoustics, literally the ambient noise of our environment such as around an engine.

The energy generated is small but more than adequate for small electronic devices.

Magneto static energy harvesting uses magnets wobbling on the end of a lever that is fixed at one end.

This wobbling causes the lever to reciprocate, which in proximity to an electrical conductor causes current to flow, utilizing the same principle as an engine turning a generator.

Small units can produce energy independently of outside sources.

Electrostatic (capacitive) energy harvesting uses small devices designed for charging batteries that use the mechanical energy of a vibrating source to drive a capacitor.

They need some electrical input as a polarization source is needed for the device to work. One solution is to use dielectrics, a small electric insulator that can be polarized by an electric field, and it can then be used to polarize the capacitor.

Pacemakers and other implants can be powered by a biofuel cell, which uses the oxidation of blood sugars. Clarkson University has created an implantable biofuel powered pacemaker exploiting this technology.

Bioenergy harvesters have been developed that make use of the metabolic processes of trees to charge batteries and provide remote location sensors for fire, weather stations, or cameras with continuous power.

The living forest is literally being used as a source of low voltage electric current.

One day, with improvement and possibly perfection of these technologies, we will see our phones, laptops and who knows what else powered by “energy harvesting” as opposed to existing methods.

Lorne Oja is an energy consultant, power engineer and a partner in a company that installs solar panels, wind turbines and energy control products in Central Alberta. He built his first off-grid home in 2003. His column appears every second Friday in the Advocate. Contact him at: lorne@solartechnical.ca.

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Apollo-era rocket engines pulled from the depths of the Atlantic

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Two mammoth rocket engines that helped boost Apollo astronauts to the moon have been fished out of the Atlantic.

An expedition led by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos pulled up the engines and is headed back to Cape Canaveral, Florida, after three weeks at sea.

Bezos and NASA announced the recovery on Wednesday.

The sunken engines were part of the mighty Saturn V rocket used to fly astronauts to the moon during the 1960s and 1970s. After liftoff, they fell into the ocean as planned.

The engines are the property of NASA. The space agency congratulated Bezos on his efforts. The team planned to restore the artifacts for later display.

Bezos’ space company, Blue Origins, has a NASA contract to develop a private space taxi to the International Space Station.

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Westlake 4. J Wilson – a 40.87 m2 temporary building with a 0.45 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard, to be located at 6240 Cronquist Drive.

In accordance with The City of Red Deer Neighbourhood Planning and Design Guidelines & Standards (2008) and the approved Garden Heights Area Structure Plan, the property within legal land description Lot 30, Block 3, Plan 112 5834 and located within the new Garden Heights neighbourhood, is available for sale as a site for the possible development of a Social Care Facility.

Details as to eligibility, conditions of sale, prices, etc. may be obtained from: City of Red Deer Land & Economic Development Department 403-342.8106 or Liz Soley directly at 403.356.8940 If this site is not purchased for the purpose listed above by February 28, 2014 it will alternatively be developed for low density residential uses in accordance with the approved Garden Heights Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan.

Discretionary Use Vanier Woods 5. Sorento Custom Homes – a 1 bedroom secondary suite within a new single family dwelling with attached garage, to be located at 43 Veronica Close.

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Phase 1 of Laredo Neighbourhood (Lancaster/Vanier) Land Use Bylaw Amendment 3357/B-2013 City Council is considering amending the Land Use Bylaw by rezoning the first portion of the north half of the Lancaster/Vanier Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan, 18 hectares of land, for a variety of residential lots, public open space and a social care site. The neighbourhood will be called the Laredo neighbourhood. The land will be rezoned from AG-Agriculture District to R1 – Residential (Low Density), R1G – Residential (Small Lot), R3 – Residential (Multiple Family), P1 – Parks and Recreation District and PS-Public Service District. Approximately 147 single detached lots and two multi-family lots will be created.

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The year is 2004, the day is Dec. 26.

The family of Sonali Deraniyagala, her husband, her two young boys, eight and five respectively, along with Sonali’s parents are enjoying a Christmas holiday in Yala, Sri Lanka.

The boys love to visit with their grandparents, and Yala, is a National Park, full of wheeling birds, and adventures in nature and the sea.

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PEGGY They are almost ready to FREEMAN leave when Sonali’s friend Orlantha notices the sea.

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They grab the boys hands and they run, as hard as they can run.

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No one has thought to warn the grandparents.

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The little boys Vikram and Malli, the father, Steve, even the friend Orlantha, are they all gone?

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She visits her childhood home, now barren and grim. She returns to the hotel at Yala and finds that the waves were 30 feet high and travelling at 25 mph.

The sea went inland for two miles. Facts do not help. She cannot come to terms with her own survival.

There are many stories written about the death of a partner or a child. This story of someone losing everyone is harrowing.

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Sonali’s spirit begins to return to her when she can finally relive in her mind the wonder of her children, and the magic of their lives together. The boys were bookish and full of information about the Earth. They loved the whales and the eagles, and Harry Potter books.

They teased Sonali because there were “three boys in the family but only one girl.�

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Keith Ainscough as Norman, left, and Konstantin Vorosmarty, playing Bill, rehearse their parts in preparation for the Central Alberta Theatre production of On Golden Pond.

Actors urged to dive into the Pond

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF

ON STAGE

Tara Rorke generally likes her comedy black and her plays edgy — so it comes as a surprise how much she’s enjoying directing the bittersweet dramedy On Golden Pond for Central Alberta Theatre.

“It’s fantastic to direct a play about personal relationships, where people are really connecting with each other,” said Rorke. whose production opens on Good Friday, March 29, at Red Deer’s Memorial Centre.

Since the story concerns “real people” of some depth, not the two-dimensional cut-outs that inhabit door-slamming farces, Rorke believes the onus is on the cast to bring believable characters to life.

“It’s not action-packed. If the people (in the play) aren’t interesting, no one will be watching . . . (but) there’s a lot of stuff here to work with and there’s a genuine feel to it,” she added.

“It’s a good opportunity for CAT actors to dive in and not just play a superficial role for laughs.”

The Ernest Thompson stage vehicle, which won Tony and Drama Desk Awards, is probably better known for being turned into a 1981 Oscar-winning film starring Henry Fonda as crusty retired professor Norman Thayer, and Katharine Hepburn as his supportive wife, Ethel.

The couple in their twilight years are grappling with Norman’s memory loss and some unresolved issues with their daughter Chelsea, who in the movie is played by Fonda’s real-life daughter, Jane.

Rorke’s answer to directing such familiar characters is to instruct her cast members not to see the film — and if they saw it a while ago, to try to forget the portrayals. “I didn’t want my actors to steal from somebody else’s performance” — even unintentionally, she explained.

The 30-year-old Rorke, who previously directed

What: CAT presents On Golden Pond, by Ernest Thompson When: 7:30 p.m., March 29 to April 6 Where: Red Deer’s Memorial Centre Tickets: $28.70 Black Knight Ticket Centre

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Central Alberta Theatre cast members of the upcoming production of On Golden Pond rehearse at the Memorial Centre. In the cast from the left are Keith Ainscough as Norman, Cole Brown as Billy, Dale Latam as Ethel, Angel Paulsen as Chelsea and Bill, played by Konstantin Vorosmarty. several full-length CAT plays including the off-kilter black comedy Asylum, is after a fresh take on the story about aging spouses who know their idyllic days at the family cottage on Golden Pond are numbered.

The plot spins around Norman’s 80th birthday.

Daughter Chelsea is planning to fly in to help celebrate it. She’s bringing her dentist fiancé, Bill, and his son, Billy, to introduce them to her parents.

Bill is understandably jittery about meeting the formidable Norman, while his kid, Billy, come across as someone who’s used to being knocked about by life.

His mother recently surrendered his custody to a

father he doesn’t really know. And no sooner does Billy arrive at Golden Pond than his dad and Chelsea take off for Europe together, leaving him to fend with the Thayers for the rest of the summer.

Stubborn Billy goes head-to-head with equally obstinate Norman, and the two end up as unlikely friends — something the returning Chelsea envies, since she’s never been able to form a close bond with her critical father.

Rorke believes there are many relatable themes in this two-act play, featuring CAT veterans Keith Ainscough as Norman and Dale Latam as Ethel.

“There’s a lot of baggage that everybody brings” — from feelings of abandonment (Billy), to a fear of dying (Norman), a fear of not measuring up to expectations (Chelsea), and being left behind after a spouse’s death (Ethel).

“You get to see a transformation in this show,” said Rorke, who notes that most of the characters are not the same at the end as they are at the beginning.

She is proud of her cast for plumbing the depths of their own emotions in rehearsals for On Golden Pond.

Rorke said the community actors are having to come up with authentic feelings. “I tell them, ‘If you don’t feel like crying, don’t.’ I don’t want fake crying.

“If you don’t feel like crying, be angry or do whatever comes naturally to you. It’s got to be real. I like a naturalistic approach, without a lot of imposition.” lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Tomlin steals the show in Admission TINA FEY AND PAUL RUDD CO-STAR IN THIS UNEVEN ROM-COM WITH A SIDE OF DRAMA

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BY LINDA BARNARD SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Admission 2.5 stars (out of four) Rated: PG Fresh off now-wrapped 30 Rock, Tina Fey teams with This is 40’s puckish Paul Rudd for Admission, a romantic comedy that doesn’t live up to its serious ambitions to reach outside the genre for some deeper meaning beyond screwball antics and kissy-kissy.

Following up big-screen comic turns in Baby Mama and Date Night, Fey stars in the story of tightly wound Princeton admissions officer Portia whose by-the book rigidity and quest for transparency is suddenly muddled by a body slam to her ethics.

The comic rewards are there in the early going for those who are missing Liz Lemon.

But when Admission stumbles, which it does often, aiming low for easy laughs at the price of missed opportunities to go deeper, the picture lays there uninspired, like a slice of boiled ham.

Worse, perhaps because she’s our funny-smart SNL wonder woman, Fey

falters in her romantic scenes with Rudd, where the screenwriter Karen Croner can’t resist having her lob zingers when she’s supposed to be concentrating on locking lips.

It’s as awkward as watching a tyrannosaurus rex learn to bowl.

No such problems arise with Lily Tomlin, whose low-key, acerbic delivery as Portia’s radical-feminist mom Susannah (complete with a hilarious tattoo) is the movie’s highlight.

Haphazard directing from Paul Weitz, who went from About a Boy to bottom-trolling for cheap yuks with Little Fockers in less than a decade, has to take a good chunk of the blame for Admission’s poorly connected, vignettelike setups.

A little more depth and less predictability — witness fussy Portia gradually pruning her desktop bonsai to death to show us she has maternal-deficit issues — would have helped.

The story is based on Jean Hanff

Korelitz’s 2009 novel about those who channel academic hopefuls willing to do anything to gain entrance to those ivy-covered walls through the soul-killing chutes of Princeton’s admissions office.

Judge not, as the saying goes.

There’s some cutthroat competition going on behind those tightly shuttered office doors, too.

Admissions dean Clarence (The Princess Bride’s Wallace Shawn) is about to retire, launching a cage match for his desk. Portia and her chief rival Corinne (Toronto’s Gloria Reuben) square off.

They ruthlessly comb the country to discover the best and brightest grist for the Princeton mill.

Portia doesn’t get much encouragement at home from her professor-boyfriend Mark (pompously self-absorbed Michael Sheen), who pats her head at the end of the day and otherwise ignores her.

Looking to mine some intellectual gold, Portia follows up on an invitation from a former college classmate John Pressman (Rudd) to check out the (very) alternative New Quest school.

It’s a quirky place where milking cows and creating sustainable water systems are as valued as solving math problems.

Portia barely remembers John, but he has no such memory lapses.

Remarkably, he even recalls the day and time Portia gave up her son in a hush-hush adoption after a college

pregnancy.

It’s information he’s used to deduce his star pupil, Jeremiah (Nat Wolff playing pleasingly nerdy) must be Portia’s kid.

Social misfit Jeremiah is the oddest duck in the pond, given to awkward vocal ramblings and free associations.

But his weirdness can’t hide the shining beacon of his intellect or his openhearted sweetness.

He’d like to go to Princeton but his marks light a path to remedial classes at a hillbilly college.

Can a woman who would rather eat nails than bend rules muzzle her inner cop enough to help slide her son past the gatekeepers of the toughest school admissions process in the country?

Pulled back from comedy into dramatic territory, what Portia does with this newfound information forms the moral dilemma at the heart of Admission. It also provides some of its best onscreen moments as she tries to deal with the demands of her job versus her own moral code, her newfound role of mother and her dealings with Susannah — who steadfastly refuses to name the man who fathered Portia during a chance encounter.

Susannah may be a minor character but her presence in Admission is so terrific she deserves her own movie.

Or perhaps a talk show. Or even a lecturing slot at Princeton: how to steal a movie.

Linda Barnard is a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

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This Is Home; We Are Guests, photographs by Rocky Mountain House photographer Roberta Murray, are on exhibit at the Marjorie Wood Gallery at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre from March 15 to April 30. This Pigment Print photograph entitled In A Field is one of several in the exhibit depicting the natural world. More work by the artist can be seen on her website at www. uncommondepth.com.

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LIVE DATES ● The Hideout welcomes Rising Star Recording of the Year nominee Mo Kenney with singer/songwriter Ron Sexsmith on March 28, and Juno-nominated singer/songwriters Peter Katz and Emma-Lee on April 28, and The Steel Wheels with Americana and fresh-sounding acoustic fervour on April 10. ● Lotus Nighclub presents Swollen Members with Cityreal as guests on April 1. ● The Centrium presents on April 17 punk/emo rock band from Vancouver — Marianas Trench. Special guests are Down With Webster, and Anami Vice. Doors open at 6 p.m. and show gets going at 7 p.m. Ticket sales are through Livenation.com or from Ticketmaster. Ticket prices are $29.50 and $45 (plus FMF and service charges).

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced the broadcast date Wednesday and said the pageant will be held at the place where it began in 1921.

The pageant had been held in Las Vegas the past six years.

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The Miss America pageant left Atlantic City in 2006 after deciding it was just too expensive to stage its production there.

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“Awkward” may best describe President Barack Obama’s Women’s History Month reception Monday at the White House, what with the guest list including an executive producer and a corporate suit behind the miniseries The Bible.

The previous night, The Bible gave viewers their first good look at Satan — who bore a more than passing resemblance to Obama, according to some viewers.

History channel spent a good-ish chunk of Monday defending the makeup job done on Moroccan actor Mehdi Ouazanni that left him looking a lot like our 44th president in some people’s eyes.

“Anyone else think the Devil in #TheBible Sunday on History Channel looks exactly like That Guy?” Glenn Beck — an early adopter — tweeted over the weekend.

(Interestingly, hours later, Beck chastised himself for making the comparison, saying: “Media — relax.

Actor has been in similar roles b4. Funny, nothing more.” He added: “For different reasons, #TheBible is 1 of my fav shows. Keep watching.”)

On Monday evening, the hashtag #ObamaIsNotSatan was trending worldwide on Twitter.

“They do look alike, you got to admit that,” CNN newsman Wolf Blitzer said Monday on The Situation Room.

Horseradish, said History: “History channel has the highest respect for President Obama. The series was produced with an international and diverse cast of respected actors. It’s unfortunate that anyone made this false connection.

The Bible is meant to enlighten people on its rich stories and deep history.”

“Utter nonsense,” added The Bible exec producers Mark Burnett and Roma Downey: “The actor who played Satan . . . is a highly acclaimed Moroccan actor. He has previously played parts in several Biblical epics — including Satanic characters — long before Barack Obama was elected as our President.”

Downey went on to note that she and Burnett “have nothing but respect and love” for Obama, noting that he’s “a fellow Christian.”

“False statements such as these are just designed as a foolish distraction to try and discredit the beauty of the story of The Bible,” she concluded sternly.

During Monday’s Women’s History Month reception, Obama wisely made no reference to his morethan-passing resemblance to History’s made-for-TV Satan; he did, however, give a shout-out to Abbe Raven, who is chief executive of History’s parent company, A&E Networks.

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BALLET At the Kennedy Center, the New York City Ballet will perform Jerome Robbins’ Glass Pieces.

FORGETTING THE MYTHS AND EMBRACING

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ere’s a simple truth for all the skeptics, the people who have never watched a ballet and have no intention to, or those who went to The Nutcracker once and checked it off their list of things to never do again: Ballet is more than layers of tulle and satin shoes.

It’s ripples of muscle, explosive athleticism and inexplicably moving stories.

Ballet is “like the English language, which can be used by Shakespeare and by Emily Dickinson and by Ernest Hemingway, but also by MAD Magazine and ‘Family Guy,’ “ says Washington Ballet artistic director Septime Webre. “It’s very pliable.”

So step away from the stereotypes and read on for solid evidence of why the common misconceptions about ballet are bunk.

It’s froufrou Even dancers who retired their pink slippers at age 7 know that ballet isn’t just an art form, but also a sport. Ballet dancers need to leap like LeBron and spin like Ronaldo while also keeping rhythm, telling stories and conveying emotion. Those men in tights?

The sartorial choice only highlights their extreme athleticism and eye-popping quadriceps.

A pro’s schedule is grueling. Between class and rehearsals, dancers spend upward of 35 hours a week working on such steps as pirouettes (spins) and jetes (jumps), and that schedule doesn’t include performances. They also cross-train, pumping iron to prepare for lifting, throwing and catching other dancers, and do cardio to keep from losing their breath under the hot stage lights.

“We’re sprinters,” Webre says. “We do solos that are a minute and a half long, duets that are two to six minutes long. . . . We’re doing very big bursts of energy.”

What to see: Those in search of feats of physicality should get tickets to the New York City Ballet’s performance of Glass Pieces, part of one of the company’s mixed-repertory programs (a sampling of shorter works). Set to a repetitive and minimalist yet haunting score by contemporary composer Philip Glass, the 1983 piece by choreographer Jerome Robbins is “for somebody that’s not going to be so much into romantic ballet — or, you know, tutus and swans,” says NYCB principal dancer Jared Angle.

The costumes are contemporary, the setting is urban and there are some captivating scenes, including a stunning pas de deux (a type of duet) that unfolds in front of a backdrop of silhouetted dancers moving in unison.

“It has a very sort of New York energy to it,” Angle says. “The last movement of that ballet just builds and builds and builds, and it’s so exciting. For a first-timer, or for somebody you want to introduce to the ballet that might want something with a little more edge, that would be a great piece.”

It doesn’t make sense Ballet aficionados know the tragic tale of Giselle and the climactic shipwreck of Le Corsaire, but others might be put off by the unfamiliar narratives, much less pieces with no plot whatsoever. But newcomers needn’t stress over the sequence of events.

“For the first time, don’t try to understand everything,” says Alexander Daev, ballet master of the Russian National Ballet Theatre. “Sit back, listen to the music and watch the dancers, as the choreography and their bodies will tell you the story.”

If being in the dark puts you off, seek out eveninglength ballets with strong narrative threads, and keep in mind that ballet doesn’t always mean foreign

lot of sex appeal.”

It’s boring

In a high-tech world that feeds short attention spans, the prospect of sitting for a couple of hours and watching a show without being able to flip the channel or surf to another image might seem daunting. (Not to mention that there is no talking or singing.) Even dancers can sympathize.

“We’re on screens all the time . . . like you can see anything on your phone,” Angle says. “I think sometimes the experience of being in a theater can seem not as exciting. Even for me, [I think], ‘Well I’ve already heard this on my iPod.’ “ But the doubts tend to fade once the curtain rises.

“There are 100 people onstage and in the orchestra pit doing this thing that only happens once,” Angle says. “You can’t go watch it on YouTube again.

That’s what’s so special and relevant. It’s something the performers and the audience collectively share, just one time.”

If concentration is truly cause for concern, consider a mixed-repertory program instead of an eveninglength production. That option promises a buffet of dance with a series of shorter pieces, often with an intermission between each work.

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Jared Nelson will be dancing the lead role in Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises at the Kennedy Center in Washington.

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titles. The National Ballet of Canada, for example, recently brought a spectacular Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to the Kennedy Center. The Washington Ballet’s recent productions have included such diverse yet familiar titles as The Great Gatsby, Dracula and Peter Pan, which debuted in 2009 and gets a remount in 2014. Part of Webre’s mission is to demystify ballet without dumbing it down.

“I like to present work that represents the best from the canon but also new works that reflect the world around us,” he says. “In that [latter] case, the audience can somehow see themselves onstage more easily and relate to the work.”

What to see: The Washington Ballet is staging adaptations of two famous tales in the coming weeks — Cinderella and the world premiere of Webre’s Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises. Webre choreographed the fairy tale in a more traditional style with a strong nod to classicism. Yet there’s also comedy, he says.

The score is conventional, with music by Sergei Prokofiev.

Hemingway is less typical, using French cafe music, 1920s jazz and Spanish flamenco to capture the novel’s European settings.

“Cinderella has a kind of classical appeal,” Webre says, “and Hemingway is a big new production with a

How scary can an activity practiced by millions of little girls in tights and leotards really be?

Yet some forms of high art, such as opera and Russian literature, can turn people off. Ballet has that tendency. But watching dance is ultimately no different from going to a play or a concert. And unlike with those endeavors, ballet audiences aren’t expected to participate; the fourth wall is intact.

Not that you should leave your brain at home, but there’s nothing wrong with simply sitting, staring and letting the action and music wash over you. Webre has especially easy-to-follow advice for first-timers: “Enjoy watching these superhuman dancers just move in amazing ways.”

What to see: There’s a reason the classics have endured all these years, and some newcomers might benefit from starting with a mainstay. Russian National Ballet Theatre’s program includes two such beloved ballets — Giselle and Swan Lake. Daev leans toward the latter for a novice.

“It is a very simple story, and the music is recognizable and very beautiful,” he says.

The soaring Swan Lake score by Tchaikovsky — best known in the mainstream for his Nutcracker arrangement — is another benefit.

Angle adds: “You’re seeing music that was pretty much meant to be danced to.”

TIPS FOR ENJOYING BALLET It’s fun if you know a few of the basic steps of ballet . . . just a few building blocks of the language. Kind of like when you go to France, and if you don’t know any French, but you learn a handful of words and get along a little more easily, even if you just need to ask where the hotel is or for a menu.

I think knowing a little bit about ballet kind of helps.

— Septime Webre, Washington Ballet artistic director ★★★ When I go either hear music or see dance, I sort of go in with no preconceived notions. Just relax into it.

— Jared Angle, New York City Ballet principal dancer ★★★ Don’t sleep, and remember to clap. Don’t sit too close to the stage because you get a much better picture of the whole production from further back in the audience.

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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

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

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.

Expressions of sympathy may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe & Rimbey in charge of arrangements.

Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”

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.

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Obituaries

REDEL Gordon Thomas Apr 4, 1921 - Feb 17, 2013

In Memoriam

Obituaries 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, Susan (Brent) Sage, Lynne (Cameron) Madsen, and Stephen Warner; grandchildren, Brittni, Kaylee, Brayden, Phillip, and Dana; great-grandchild Kayden; Keith Warner and Family as well as numerous family and friends. A Remembrance Tea will be held at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church Hall, 3628 - 57 Ave, Red Deer, on Monday, March 25, 2013 at 2 pm. In lieu of flowers, a donation in Mary’s memory may be made to the Canadian Diabetes Association, #6, 5015 - 48 Street, Red Deer, AB, T4N 1S9. The family 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

Gordon was born at Consort Alberta. He passed away peacefully at the Comox Valley Senior’s Village with loving family at his side.

Gordon grew up on a farm near Consort, moved briefly to Joffre and then settled at Red Deer where he worked as a carpenter for the Government of Alberta. He married Lucille Hauer in 1945. They celebrated their 67th anniversary in November 2012. He is survived by his loving wife Lucille, son Ken (Serene) of Langley, BC; son Murray (Elaine) of Eaglesham, Alberta; daughter In Memoriam Bonnie (Doug) of Merville, BC; son Evan (Sheila) of Westlock, Alberta; son Rick (Barb) of Whitecourt, Alberta; sister Hazel Burkinshaw of Rimbey, Alberta; twentythree grandchildren; fourteen great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and many friends. Gordon was predeceased by his parents Will and Minnie Redel, siblings Laverne, Irene, Bruce and Chester. A memorial service will be held at the Lacombe Memorial Centre at 1:30 pm on Saturday March 30, 2013.

Refreshments will follow the service. Private internment on Saturday morning.

BARTLEY, Laura March 22, 1971 I remember

Celebrations *NIFTY NIFTY Look Who’s Fifty*

~Luv your House Dental Family

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GLEN COATES Aug. 8, 1920 - Mar. 24, 2008 When we get together we continue to share Those special times we travelled through, For these are memories that warm our hearts As we honour the memory of you.

Although we miss you so very much We know we’ll see you once more, For this is the hope we have in God, Being re-united in the Lord Always loved and sadly missed by your family.

403•340•4040 Taylor Dr. ˜ Red Deer “ONLY locally owned & operated Funeral Home in Red Deer” www.parklandfuneralhome.com 36617B3-L28

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GOLDSTROM, Dorothy Jean Dorothy went to her heavenly home March 22, 2012.

See you in the morning.

Loving husband Wilbur and son Brian

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~Heather, Darren, Blake & Hayley

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

CHRISTENSEN, Henry L. March 22, 2012 You left our lives but we will always have you in our hearts. We miss you brother.

Sis and Rosie

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.

403.340.4040

JOAN KING 1941 - 2012 In our hearts your memory lingers Always tender, fond and true; There’s not a day, dear mother, We do not think of you.

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hether it happened Yesterday or Today, Whatever you want to say, To celebrate your special day...

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Email: classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

E2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, March 22, 2013

CLASSIFICATIONS 50-70

Class Registrations

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Coming Events

EAST 40TH PUB

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

Various Artists

EAST 40th PUB BLUES JAM Sunday’s 5-9 p.m.

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

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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

presents

Acoustic Friday’s

Legal

780

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.

SULLY CHAPMAN BEATTIE LLP

has an immediate opening for a full time legal assistant with particular experience in corporate organization and filings and wills and estates. Salary and benefits are negotiable and will be commensurate with experience. We will only reply to those applicants meeting our criteria. Please email your resume to kbeattie@scblaw.ca.

Medical

790

GOOD MUSIC ALL NIGHT, OPEN JAM & DJ MUSIC. TUESDAYS & SATURDAYS @

EAST 40th PUB MONDAYS AT EAST 40th PUB “Name That Tune”

Play to win East 40th Bucks 7-10:30 p.m.

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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

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Found

CAT, adult, good mouser, black with white mouth and underbelly. Found near Springbrook. To claim please call 403-886-2358

PART TIME HEALTH CARE AID

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

Oilfield

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Companions

I AM a 56 yr. old widower/ SERVICE RIG farmer who is looking for Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd an attractive, unattached is seeking an exp’d farm girl, 48 - 62 yr. old FLOORHAND lady to come live with me Locally based, home every on the farm and help with night! Qualified applicants all things, e.g. driving small must have all necessary grain trucks, raking hay valid tickets for the position etc. Must have clean driver’s being applied for. licence, like cattle, and Bearspaw offers a small dogs. You should be very competitive salary h a p p y, g o o d s e n s e o f and benefits package humor and have a positive along with a steady attitude, n/s, and very light work schedule. drinker as I do not drink.

Please submit resumes: Please provide picture & Attn: Human Resources phone number. Reply to Email: Box 1037, c/o R. D. Advohr@bearspawpet.com cate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Fax: (403) 258-3197 or Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9 Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

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Personals

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650

800

Top Wages, Bonuses & Benefits

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

Oilfield

Oilfield

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

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

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

Trades

850

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.

850

Trades

STAIR MANUFACTURER Req’s F/T workers to build stairs in Red Deer shop.

MUST HAVE basic carpentry skills. Salary based on skill level. Benefits avail. Apply in person at 100, 7491 Edgar Industrial Bend. email: earl707@telus.net. and/or fax 403-347-7913 Start your career!

See Help Wanted

Truckers/ Drivers

860

Misc.

Help

880

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in Timberlands Area Talson Place, Thomas Place Trimble Place, Traptow Place Timberstone Way $152/mo.

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

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 Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

CARRIERS REQUIRED to deliver the Central AB Life, one day a wk. in Rimbey & Sylvan Lake ALSO Adult Carriers needed in Sylvan Lake & Bentley

850

870 880

Please call Debbie for details 314-4307 F/T & P/T sales position.

HALLMARK CARDS BOWER MALL

810

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

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION requires

F/T Safety Officer

to help implement & maintain safety programs.

Fax resume to: 403-343-1248 or email admin@shunda.ca

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

DAD’S PIZZA

PART/FULL TIME COOK Apply at East 40th Pub. 3811 40th Ave.

EAST 40TH PUB

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

Crawford St. $155/mo.

Moody's Equipment is a progressive agricultural and construction equipment dealership with locations in Calgary, High River, Olds, Edmonton, Lloydminster, Saskatoon, Kindersley, Unity and Perdue. Since our first dealership in Perdue, Saskatchewan in 1964 we have maintained a high focus on taking care of our customers and people.

Clearview Ridge Carrington Drive & Crossley St. area $202.00/mo.

We are currently recruiting for the position of: Branch/Sales Manager Olds, Alberta We Offer: • Excellent wages • Bonus structure • Training and development programs • Annual performance reviews • Annual salary review • Bereavement pay • Comprehensive health benefits -medical -prescription -dental • Health travel insurance • Group life insurance • Educational assistance program • Company matching Deferred Profit Sharing • RRSP plan • 3 week's vacation per year to start Please apply by sending your resume and cover letter In text format to: careers@moodys,e qulpment.com

GAMES MUSIC - F/T Sales Clerk. Submit resume to 5209 50 Ave Red Deer

850

IS NOW ACCEPTING RESUMES FOR THE UPCOMING TURNAROUND SEASON

Lancaster Area East half of Lampard Crsc. $61/mo.

ALSO Landry Bend Lacey Close & Lenon Close area $76/mo.

ALSO ACCEPTING RESUMES FOR PERSON(S) EXPERIENCED WITH:

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 info Arnett & Burgess Pipeliners is seeking a

COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-304-1207 (Pager)

Trades

Bring resume when applying.

Deerpark Area 3 blks of Duston St. Denmark Crsc & West half of Donnelly Crsc. $94/mo.

Good for adult with small car.

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators.

Michener Area Outside Sales Rep If you are a team player We offer lots of home time, for our solutions driven interested in the oil and West of 40th Ave. benefits and a bonus sales team. Experience in gas industry, please North Ross St. to program. Grain and super air compressors and submit your resume, 52 Street.

B exp. an asset but not Furix Energy Inc is hiring pneumatics a definite current driver’s abstract necessary. If you have a $236/monthly for the following positions asset, but will train the and current safety clean commercial drivers Journeyman and right candidate. Base + certificates to the following: abstract and would like to Apprentice Pipefitters commission + mileage + Fax 403-887-4750 Good for adult with start making good money.

Skilled Labourers benefits. For Red Deer & lkeshen@1strateenergy.ca small car. fax or email resume and Sandblasters area. Apply: comm.abstract to ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK Industrial Coaters and del.trynchuk@cea-air.com Please specify position 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net Painters when replying to this ad.

Call Jamie NOT HAPPY IN YOUR MEGA CRANES is looking Apprentice Welders 403-314-4306 info current store?

Busy Red for a ticketed crane and Journeymen welders with We would like to thank all Deer import dealership boom truck operator. Must CWB and 400BBL tank those candidates who is seeking a Finance have Class 1. Good manufacturing experience. apply, however only Manager. Above avg wage wages, benefits, 10% qualified personnel will earn 10-20K/month, full Please email your resumes holiday pay, RRSP’s, and be contacted. benefit pkg, demo plan.

ADULT & YOUTH to Darryl@furixenergy.com most evenings and weekRelocation incentive ends off. Fax resume to or fax to 403-348-8109.

CARRIERS available. Its time you get 885-4269 or email NEEDED paid for your hard work!!!!

You can sell your guitar cathy@megacranes.com Email resume to for a song... for delivery of P/T CLASS 1 Truck Driver kingofcars@hotmail.com or put it in CLASSIFIEDS Flyers req’d to haul feed with and we’ll sell it for you!

B-Train Tanker to our farm Red Deer Express in Ponoka. 2--3 days per LICENSED mechanic for & Red Deer Trades wk, approx. 8-10 hrs. per truck maintenance on 20 Life Sunday in day flexible hrs. Must have truck fleet. Reply to Box TANKMASTER RENTALS clean driving record 1036, c/o R. D. Advocate, requires CLASS 1 BED CANUCK FRAMING Fax resume (403)783-5239 GRANDVIEW 2950 Bremner Ave., Red TRUCK Operators for is hiring all framers with 1 or email: Deer, AB T4R 1M9 Central Alberta. Competiyear+ exp. in commercial MORRISROE vandepolfarms@yahoo.ca tive wages and benefits. or residential framing.

MOUNTVIEW Phone 403-704-0257 m.morton@tankmaster.ca Top Wages to Top Guys. NEEDED F/T service perWEST PARK son for after sales service or fax 403-340-8818 Transportation a Must.

Call James at 403-872-0159 and set up of manufac- Business tured and modular home, Call Karen CONNELLY INDUSTRIAL Must have exp. in roofing, Opportunities for more info INSULATION siding, flooring, drywall, is seeking ticketed Alberta paint etc., Competitive Join Distinctly Tea in the 403-314-4317 Asbestos workers and wages and health plan high growth & high margin Mechanical Commercial avail. Apply to James at M retail loose leaf tea indusClassifieds Insulators. Email resume & K Homes, 403-346-6116 try. Steve@fylypchuk.com Your place to SELL URS FLINT TUBULAR to: info@ Your place to BUY MANAGEMENT S M A L L R U R A L M E AT connellyinsulation.com SERVICES SHOP in central AB look- Misc. requires Tubing Inspection MECHANICAL FOREMAN ing for F/T meat cutter. Help Are you our next store operator, manual lathe NEEDED FOR SHOP Knowledge of cutting manager? We are operator, loader operator IN LACOMBE. hanging carcasses searching high and low for and Shop & Yard Duties include: Servicing n e e d e d . R e n t a l h o u s e an honest, friendly, serLaborers. Exp. an asset diesel company vehicles avail. within walking disvice-minded individual to but will train to suit. and fabricating. Please fax t a n c e o f m e a t s h o p . ADULT or YOUTH fill the role of General ManCompetitive wages and resume to: 403-342-7447. Please call 403-843-4383 ager for West Park Market.

CARRIERS benefits. Apply w/resume This position oversees to: 4115 Henry St. NEEDED operations for a well(Blindman Industrial Park) For delivery of established, fast-paced, Professionals neighbourhood food store/ Flyers, Express and bakery. To apply, email Sunday Life in your resume to westparkmarket@gmail.

Clearview Area com or drop it off in person at #110 - 3722 57 Avenue, Castle Crsc.

Red Deer, AB. No phone Clark Crsc. & calls please.

CUSTOM Energized Air is a leader in compressed air technology and requires an

Misc.

Help

General Maintenance Worker for our Blackfalds office.

General office/shop/yard upkeep. P/T Flexible hours. Phone: 403.290.7800. Email: HR@ ABPIPELINERS.COM.

Trades

850

JOURNEYMAN/APPRENTICE : PIPEFITTERS BOILERMAKERS RIGGERS (CRANE) 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.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING

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jobs CLASSIFICATIONS 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.

700-920

710

LIVE IN CAREGIVER FOR 49 yr. old F, exc. living cond., 403-346-3179

We are currently hiring for the position of:

INSTRUMENTATION & ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE and COMMISSIONING TECHNICIANS

P/T F. caregiver wanted for F quad. Must be reliable and have own vehicle. 403-348-5456 or 403-505-7846

720

Junior Software Developer -Red Deer based software company seeking FT developer. For further info and to apply, please visit us at www.visual-eyes.ca

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

Experienced RDA II required at House Dental Centre for maternity leave position. Some evenings required. Please fax resume to (403) 340-2971 or email to info@ housedental.ca.

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.

7 day on/7 day off schedule

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:

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: • • • • •

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.

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

Dedication to safety; reflected in practice and experience Excellent interpersonal skills Strong focus on customer satisfaction Team player Long term employment

STUDON offers a competitive salary, and an opportunity to apply your skills in a challenging and rewarding environment.

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STUDON Electric & Controls Inc. ATTN: Human Resources Fax # 403-342-6505 Email: hr@studon.com “People Pride & Service”

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Caregivers/ Aides

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, March 22, 2013 E3

880

LOOKER OFFICE FURNITURE

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

ANDERS AREA Adams Close/ Adair Ave.

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

For afternoon delivery once per week

INGLEWOOD AREA

LANCASTER AREA

SUNNYBROOK AREA

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

LOGS

Sherwood Crsc

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

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

VANIER AREA Viscount Dr./ Voisin Crsc Valentine Crsc.

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com SYNIK CLOTHING, Gasoline Alley. F/T - P/T Great pay for right person.

Apply within w/resume.

Employment Training

900

OILFIELD SERVICES INC.

offers a variety of

SAFETY COURSES to meet your needs.

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1720

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2140

Horses

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403-651-5912

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1520

ANTIQUE SHOW Western Canada’s longest running collectors show Antiques, collectibles, and pop culture. 38th Annual Wild Rose Antique Collectors Show & Sale.

Sellers from across Canada. Special collectors displays. Antique evaluations by Canadian Antiques Roadshow LIVE in caretaker req’d. for 13 unit condo in Red Deer. appraiser Frank Hall - $12 per item. Good Friday, Contact Deb 403-341-5606 Mar. 29, 9AM - 5PM, Sat Mar 30, 10AM - 5PM. MEGA CRANES is looking Edmonton Expo Centre, for a YARD person with Edmonton. 780-437-9722.

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900

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homes 4000-4190

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3030

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ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incld., Oriole Park.

403-350-1620 Gloria WANTED Antiques, furniture and BRAND NEW legal upper estates. 342-2514 suite in Sylvan Lake. Avail. www.laebon.com Apr. 1, 3 bdrms., 2 baths, Laebon Homes 346-7273 6 appls., deck, walk-in Misc. for closet, laundry/storage rm., Sale sep. meters, no pets, n/s, Commercial $1300. rent/dd. 1 yr. lease. Property FURNACE fillter, (Dust 403-887-7047 eater) electrostatic LARGE, 1, 2 & 3 BDRM. washable, asking $80; COMMERCIAL SUITES. 25+, adults only 403-227-2653 n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 RETAIL BUILDING

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3040

5110

Fifth Wheels

1993 ALJO 25’ 5th wheel trailer, $5000 obo 403-556-5456

5120

CENTRAL AB ACREAGE Exc. Location. Less than 2 miles from Alix. Beautiful bungalow w/many upgrades incl. underfloor heat in bsmt. & on demand hot water system. 5 yr. old, 5 bdrm. home on 36+/- acres of cultivated land & has a lease revenue of approx $3100. $495,000.

Call George, 780-608-6555 Listing # S-37, Linview Realty

4090

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1977 Lincoln Continental mint, new cond, only 7000 orig. miles. “You won’t believe your eyes” $25,500 Call Keith 403-350-5346

5030

SUPER Vacation packlage All new no mileage Lottery Win Sale 2013 Ford Lariat truck 6.71 L diesel Crew cab, all electronics 5th wheel 38.5’ 2013 Coachman Brookstone 367KL 4 slide outs Furnace, a.c.,, fireplace 2007 MONTE Carlo SS Total retail price $169,300 Total net sale price 5.3L, 71,000 kms, loaded $105,000 $16,500 403-346-3844 Phone 1- 403-650-8947

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112 ACRES of bare land, located in Burnt Lake area structure plan, great investment property with future subdivision potential. Asking 1.2M 403-304-5555

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5190

Auto Wreckers

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A1 RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal. We travel. AMVIC approved. 403-396-7519 REMOVAL of unwanted cars, may pay cash for complete cars. 304-7585

5040

WANTED FREE REMOVAL of unwanted cars and trucks, also wanted to SYLVAN LAKE - Pie lot, buy lead batteries, Well priced. Good location. call 403-396-8629 1999 MB-ML430 full load, 403-896-3553 $9000 obo, BC vehicle 403-556-5456 SYLVAN LAKE Car/Truck HURRY!! CALL TODAY Something for Everyone Rental Only 1 large building lot Everyday in Classifieds left for sale in Lakeway Landing. Quiet close 2000 PONTIAC Grand Am location in New Lakeway 2 dr. clean 403-318-3040 d oca e o Landing Subdivision Trucks Sylvan Lake. Ready for immediate construction Call Keith Bickerton @ A Star Makes 403-350-5346 ************************** Your Ad Mara Lake, B.C. We have for sale a beautiA Winner! ful view lot in Mara View CALL: Estates. Located in very private 15 lot Close and 309-3300 ready for you to construct 2010 SIERRA ext/cab 4x4, To Place Your 5.3L 6 spd, auto, your new home. Asking $15,500 403-346-9816 $175,000. For info call Ad In The Keith 403-350-5346 today!

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

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4806-51 STREET, RIMBEY, ALBERTA

PUBLIC NOTICE

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$

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Beauty/ Cosmetic

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1200

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Massage Therapy

1280

DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

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stuff

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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

Employment Training

1680

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Lancaster Dr

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Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler

Illingworth Close

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.

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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.

1590

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1530

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1290

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1300

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1335

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U.S. lawmakers move on gun control WOULD EXPAND BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR GUN BUYERS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Gun control legislation that the U.S. Senate will debate next month will include an expansion of federal background checks for firearms buyers, Majority Leader Harry Reid said, indicating that lawmakers’ most effective possible response to the December school massacre will move forward.

The shooting that left 20 young children dead brought gun safety back as a top national issue, and President Barack Obama’s administration moved quickly to win lawmakers support for several gun safety proposals before the high emotions faded.

But this week, Reid said the most controversial proposal, an assault weapons ban, had

been dropped to make the remaining legislation to win approval in the Senate, which is controlled by Democrats but has plenty of gun rights supporters — or lawmakers supported by gun-rights groups.

Many gun supporters argue that gun restrictions run counter to the constitutional right to bear firearms.

Democrats intend to take an aggressive approach in the effort to broaden the background checks, which currently required for transactions involving federally licensed firearms dealers but not private sales at gun shows or online.

The background check system is designed to keep guns from criminals, people with serious mental problems and others considered potentially dangerous.

The overall gun measure will also include legislation boosting penalties for illegal gun trafficking and modestly expanding a grant program for school security, said Reid.

The measure’s fate remains uncertain, and it will all but certainly need Republican support to survive.

Reid said that during Congress’ upcoming two-week break, he hopes senators will strike a bipartisan compromise on broadening background checks.

Without a deal, he indicated the bill would include a stricter version approved this month by the Senate Judiciary Committee that would the system to virtually all private gun transactions with few exceptions.

“I want to be clear: In order to be effective, any bill

that passes the Senate must include background checks,” Reid said in a written statement.

Opponents, including the National Rifle Association, say background checks are easily sidestepped by criminals and threaten creation of a government file on gun owners — which is illegal under federal law.

“We remain as committed as we have been to opposing gun bans. History shows us that gun bans don’t work to reduce crimes,” said Andrew Arulanandam, an NRA spokesman.

The NRA wants Congress to fund more armed guards at schools, step up prosecutions of people who file false gun applications and increase the background check system’s access to state records of people

with serious mental illness and other problems.

“Senator Reid’s announcement is a tremendous step and we recognize there is still a tough road ahead,” said Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

Reid said he will allow votes on amendments including an assault weapons ban, curbs on high-capacity ammunition magazines and mental health.

There is wide-ranging agreement that many states poorly report mental health records to the federal background check system.

The assault weapons ban’s sponsor, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, plans to offer the provision as an amendment that seems certain to lose.

SYRIA

No chemical weapons used in attack: Intelligence

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

File photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Residents celebrate the results of the Referendum 2013 in Stanley, Falkland Islands, Monday, March 11, 2013. An overwhelming 99.8 percent of Falkland Islands voters have backed keeping their government just the way it is: a British Overseas Territory. Of the 1,517 valid votes cast, only 3 islanders voted “no” to the question: “Do you wish the Falkland Islands to retain their current political status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom?” One vote was somehow lost, officials said Monday.

Papers reveal Thatcher’s Falklands isolation DISMAY AT REAGAN STANCE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAMBRIDGE, England — Margaret Thatcher felt betrayed by close ally President Ronald Reagan over the Falkland Islands, according to newly released papers that reveal how isolated Britain’s prime minister was in her determination to repel the Argentine invasion by force.

When Argentina seized the British territory off the South American coast in April 1982, Thatcher’s government presented a united front in public.

But private papers released Friday by the Thatcher archive at Cambridge University show that the British leader’s closest advisers urged her to negotiate over the islands’ future rather than go to war.

And the Reagan administration backed a peace plan that called for Britain to drop its insistence on self-determination for the islanders — a stance that led Thatcher to say Anglo-American friendship had brought her “into conflict with fundamental democratic principles.”

The war was one of the pivotal moments of Thatcher’s career.

But many doubted she would triumph in retaking the South Atlantic islands, 8,000 miles (13,000 kilometres) from London and home at the time to fewer than 2,000 people.

On April 6, four days after the invasion, Chief Whip Michael Jopling sent Thatcher a note outlining the views of Conservative lawmakers.

The blunt assessments ranged from “my constituents want blood ... invade as quickly as possible” to “we are making a big mistake.”

One lawmaker was described as “hopelessly defeatist, depressed and disloyal,” another as “desperately depressed.”

Historian Chris Collins of the Margaret Thatcher Foundation said the documents reveal confu-

sion, uncertainty and dismay inside 10 Downing St. “I think the range of opinion and the degree of confusion is startling,” Collins said.

“Particularly in the first few weeks, people don’t know how to react.”

Thatcher’s opponents weren’t just the liberal “wets” she often derided, but loyal lieutenants who shared her uncompromising economic policies.

Thatcher’s economic adviser, Alan Walters, wrote in his diary — also made public Friday — that he had proposed that “we should get Argentina to pay compensation to the Falklanders.”

John Hoskyns, head of Thatcher’s policy unit, wrote in his diary of his fear “that we are about to make almighty fools of ourselves.”

He said it would be sad if the Falklands “precipitated the downfall of the Thatcher government and the long-run effect was that the country ended up with an economy unable to sustain proper defence for 56 million people rather than 1,800.”

Meanwhile, former Thatcher adviser Alfred Sherman confided to Hoskyns that the Foreign Office, which had urged restraint, “is staking everything on a defeat for Margaret, to prove themselves right all along.”

Thatcher was especially stung

by Reagan’s stance. A Peruvian peace plan backed by the United States called for a ceasefire but insisted the U.K. give up its insistence on the Falklands remaining British.

Thatcher’s War Cabinet agreed — but it’s clear from the papers that the prime minister remained opposed to the concession.

Her hurt and anger shine through a hand-written letter to Reagan, her strongest international ally.

“I think you are the only person who will understand the significance of what I am trying to say,”

Thatcher wrote on May 5.

“That our traditional friendship, to which I still loyally adhere, should have brought me and those I represent into conflict with fundamental democratic principles sounds impossible while you are at the White House and I am at No.10.

“I too want a peaceful settlement but we really must put up a more formidable diplomatic fight for the Falklanders and for others who may be similarly treated if we fail.” Collins said Thatcher felt betrayed and “profoundly let down” by Reagan.

The letter Thatcher drafted was never sent. A toned-down version was posted, but by then Argentina had rejected the peace plan.

Britain retook the islands on June 14 after a battle that killed 649 Argentines, 255 British troops and three islanders. Thatcher’s popularity surged after the victory, and her government easily won reelection in 1983.

She led the country until 1990, transforming Britain’s economy with her free-market policies.

The files contain letters hailing Thatcher’s Falklands victory — some from unlikely sources. The leftist Revolutionary Democratic Front of El Salvador sent flowers and a note of thanks, saying Thatcher had “succeeded where we failed” and got Argentina to withdraw military advisers from Central America.

Among her more surprising fans was spy novelist John le Carre, who expressed regret as he turned down an invitation to a literary dinner party attended by Thatcher.

“Please give her my good wishes if you have a chance,” le Carre, a critic of successive British governments, wrote to dinner host Hugh Thomas. “I never thought I could find her admirable, but I do somehow. Perhaps because I do believe she is an honest and extraordinarily brave person.”

WASHINGTON — The U.S. has strong indications that chemical weapons were not used in the attack in Syria’s Aleppo province on Tuesday, a U.S. administration official said Thursday.

While officials won’t entirely rule out the possibility, the official said that additional intelligencegathering in recent days has led the U.S. to believe more strongly that it was not a weaponized chemical attack.

The U.S. and allies have been looking into allegations by the Syrian regime that rebels carried out a chemical weapons attack on Khan al-Assal village in northern Aleppo province. The rebels have blamed regime forces.

U.S. officials said they were able to determine that an attack did take place in that area. Officials, however, did not rule out the possibility that some type of nonlethal chemical — which could include riot control or tear gas-type materials — might have been used.

Syria is widely believed to have a large stockpile of chemical weapons. And, there are fears President Bashar Assad would use those weapons against his people in the ongoing civil war and also concerns that al-Qaida-linked rebels might obtain and use them.

The United Nations announced Thursday that it would investigate the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria, which would amount to a crime against humanity.

The probe could also help determine the security of the weapons stockpile.

Intelligence reports late last year showed the Syrian regime may be readying its chemical weapons and could be desperate enough to use them.

Those reports prompted a sharp warning from President Barack Obama, who said that Syria’s use or movement of its chemical weapons stockpile would change his “calculus” about whether the U.S. might intervene militarily in the conflict.

Although officials won’t detail the latest intelligence that was gathered, the U.S. and its allies are generally able to use information from surveillance, intercepted communications, people at the scene, medical and autopsy reports, and soil samples, if available.

Syria is believed to have hundreds, if not thousands, of tons of chemical agents, including mustard gas, a blistering agent, and the more lethal nerve agents sarin and VX.

UN wants to disarm Congolese rebels

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A proposed U.N. Security Council resolution would authorize a new “intervention brigade” to help bring peace to conflict-wracked eastern Congo by neutralizing and disarming rebel groups.

The draft resolution, circulated by France and obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, would give the brigade a mandate to carry out offensive operations alone or with Congolese army troops “in a robust, highly mobile and versatile manner” to ensure that armed groups can’t seriously threaten government authority or the security of civilians.

The brigade would be part of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo, known as MONUSCO, within its troop ceiling of 19,815.

The United Nations currently has more than 17,700 U.N. peacekeepers and more than 1,400 international police in Congo.

The proposed resolution would extend MONUSCO’s mandate until March 31, 2014 and authorize the “intervention brigade” for an initial period of one year, with headquarters in the key city of Goma. U.N. officials say it will probably include between 2,000 and 3,000 troops.

The draft resolution also demands that Congo and 10 other African nations implement a peace accord signed in late February “in good faith” and expresses the council’s intention “to take appropriate action as necessary” against any party that doesn’t comply with its commitments.

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Friday, March 22 tures. You radiate most when you CELEBRITIES BORN ON know you can express your unique THIS DATE: Reese Witherspoon, talents and your true individuality 37; Will Yun Lee, 42; William Shat- through fields such as art and phiner, 82 losophy. Your giving nature knows THOUGHT OF THE DAY: To- no boundaries. day can be marked by strong deVIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): sires and impulses as Venus in This can be a time when you can Aries brings in us a more daring solve some pressing matter and attitude. We seek more adventure which had given you much anxiwithin our personal relationships ety. You find it easier to tap into and we take on a few your subconscious risks with much sponmind and get to the taneity and zest. A root of any personal child-like nature may problem. be evoked in us as LIBRA (Sept. we seek affection and 23-Oct. 22): You love. The cosmos are may receive an inendowing us with vitation to a social great willpower and gathering or a relabravery and perhaps, tionship you engage a strong temper. We in may finally seem might be inclined to so much more fulfillact with much more ing and giving. You rebelliousness tofeel cared for and ASTRO wards our personal loved mostly when DOYNA causes. you know you’re HAPPY BIRTHboth sharing a simiDAY: If today is your lar vision about the birthday, the forthfuture. coming year will be active and full SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): of social events. Your presence The office environment may seem will be much sought-after and you too hectic and overwhelming. You will love to indulge in the oppor- may feel less vitality in your overall tunities life has to offer you. You physique while sensing that your may find a new love interest or energies are being drained by the you will simply have a number of responsibilities you have to take suitors trying to court you. Enjoy a care of. Accomplish one task at a pleasant year. time.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. What a magnetic day this will be 21): You have a sudden impulse to for you. Charm and a higher ap- be bold and self-expressive. You peal will definitely be marked in may show more rebelliousness your nature and so will that devil- and a daring attitude which may may-care attitude. Watch out for intimidate the more quiet types. that unpredictable side in you You have a sunny outlook on life which may surprise even you. and you take great pleasure in it.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. Despite your good-spirited mood, 19): Your next course of action is you may experience some irritable clear and concise. You have a lucircumstances that are not quite cid mind and a though-out strategy apparent to others but which are for your future. You may want to bottled up in your subconscious. focus on the values of your partner You may be tempted to act in a and how you can perk up your way that may shock others today. shared income.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your social life will pick up fast and Your daily activities may pick up despite some tensions related to so fast that you may have a hard your public image, you will actually time catching up with all the onenjoy life at a higher degree. You going information and surprising are feeling more outgoing and so- circumstances. You have the drive ciable at this time. to start a new project. Your brain CANCER (June 21-July 22): is on fire.

You cultivate a harmonious relaPISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): tionship with your superiors and You put a greater emphasis on others see you as a very coop- your diet and your lifestyle habits. erative and tactful individual. Your You may watch your health closer social image is captivating a major and implement the necessary adboost now and you seem to enjoy justments in order to enhance it. its rewards.

Be of service to others today but LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You avoid acting like the martyr. develop a strong attachment for Astro Doyna is an internationforeign places and diverse cul- ally syndicated astrologer.

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ANNIE ANNIE

quite a few people would not receive one.

You send a gift to wish your friend well.

If you do not wish your friend well, and you do not attend the wedding, you do not need to send a card or a present.

Dear Annie: This is for “Disappearing Connections,” the recently retired aunt who decided to “unburden” herself of possessions and offered some of her clothing to a niece.

She’s now miffed because the niece has not thanked her.

Stop it! You offered your niece a bunch of clothes you no longer wanted, and she was kind enough to accept them. Now you are acting like it was a gift and she needs to send you a thank-you note for stuff you didn’t want anymore.

Go find a hobby, and give your clothes to a charity.

Trust me, your niece does not want to wear clothes from an old lady. She was just being kind by accepting them in the first place. — Been There Dear Been There: There is NO excuse for not acknowledging receipt of a package, especially when the niece asked to have the clothes.

And the clothes were indeed a gift, regardless of where they originated.

How unconscionably rude to thank someone only for those gifts you like.

The niece should have said the package was received and Book your thanked her aunt for taking experience the the time to send it. Period.

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Dear Annie: I grew up with a sister who had substance abuse problems.

While I studied hard, “Carla” dropped out of school and led a life of partying.

My parents always made sure she was well provided for. Every time they gave her something expensive, my mother would say, “Don’t worry, you will get the same in my will.”

Then one day, my parents told me they had signed over the family home to Carla.

She told them I had agreed to it, but I never discussed it with her.

But when I said this to my parents, they yelled MITCHELL and screamed and & SUGAR called me a liar.

They said it didn’t matter anyway because they would make it up to me in the will.

They then told me the value of the house for the sake of the will, which was a quarter of its actual worth.

I suggested they get the house appraised, and they became angry. They also lied to our relatives about what happened, although when my parents die, it will be obvious that I received nothing from them.

Annie, I have been a good son to my parents for my entire life. How can they do this to me?

This hurts so much that it’s the first thing I think of when I wake up in the morning.

I am ready to walk away from my family. I deserve better. — Left-Out Son Dear Left Out: You do deserve better, but your parents feel so guilty and obligated toward Carla that they give her everything in a misguided attempt to protect her from herself.

You cannot fix this. But you can forgive them and move forward.

Accept that you are not likely to get an equitable share of their estate.

If there is a specific item that you would like to have, it’s OK to ask your parents whether you can have it now, and tell them that you do not expect anything more.

Once the inheritance is off the table, you will be able to have a relationship with your parents based on who they are and not on what you deserve to get as a reward for being a good son.

Dear Annie: I’ve been invited to the wedding of an old college friend who is gay.

I am a Christian and believe that homosexuality is a sin. I will send my regrets.

My question is: Do I send a gift?

I know that traditional wedding etiquette says to send a gift when invited, but would a gift say I approve of and support her decision?

What should I do?— Reluctant Gift Giver Dear Reluctant: A gift does not indicate approval of the marriage.

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