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Bombers line up to drop foam and water onto the out-of-control wildfire two km southwest of Nordegg on Friday. Please see related slideshow at www. reddeeradvocate.com.

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Nordegg residents remain on alert FIREFIGHTERS STRUGGLE TO BRING WILDFIRE UNDER CONTROL

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Top: A helicopter lifts off for the North Saskatchewan River to load water for bucketing onto the out-of-control wildfire two km southwest of Nordegg on Friday. Please see related slideshow at www.reddeeradvocate.com.

BY RANDY FIEDLER ADVOCATE STAFF NORDEGG — Residents remained on one-hour evacuation notice on Friday as firefighters, waterbombers and helicopters battled an out-of-control forest fire.

Rocky Wildfire 15 grew to over 250 acres about two km southwest of the Nordegg townsite, near its industrial properties and west of the historic Brazeau Colleries mine site.

The industrial sites are on the Forestry Trunk Road, which remains closed from Hwy 11 to the North Fork Road.

“Fire crews have worked all night going along the edge digging breaks and scoring the perimeter,” said wildlife ranger and information officer Barry Shellian of the province’s Environment and Sustainable Resource Department.

“Nights make the work more effective since temperatures drop and relative humidity rises.

“We have about 50 firefighters with more coming, plus bulldozers on the fire line,” he said.

Four helicopters bucketed water from the nearby North Saskatchewan River.

And six planes continuously dropped water mixed with foam on the fire’s edges to prevent its spreading before racing back to Abraham Lake to refill.

Officials hoped a burn-out operation to clear strips of fuel around the fire’s perimeter would stop it from advancing further.

Blown down trees from the valley’s notorious plow winds — which can reach over 100 km/h — plus dry grass are feeding the flames.

Clearwater County chief administrative officer Ron Leaf said the evacuation plan called for putting up about 100 residents in Rocky Mountain House.

He’s glad that Friday’s lesser southeast winds pushed the fire back on itself and away from town, but the relief may not last.

“We’re looking at increased temperatures over the weekend and they tend to bring high westerly winds.”

Despite dry conditions compelling the province to issue a fire advisory for the Rocky Mountain House Wildfire Management Area, planned West Country controlled burns may still take place, said Shellian.

“It’s a fire-dependent ecosystem to regenerate.”

Shellian said the fire’s cause remains under investigation, although “there’s been no lightning this year and many of our fires are human caused.”

Resident Nancy Vermette hoped she and her husband wouldn’t have to grab their cats and run as they did for four days in 2006 when a 300-acre fire threatened the town.

“It does make you think about what to take if you have just an hour.”

Murray Yelland said he and other residents have had a trying spring after going without water last month due to a reservoir leak.

The mild winter was a plus, but contributed to the current conditions.

“It’s the least snow I’ve seen since I lived here for almost seven years.”

Updates on the fire are available on the province’s wildfire information line — 1-866-916-INFO(4636) — or by visiting www.clearwatercounty.ca. rfiedler@reddeeradvocate.com

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Unsung community leaders celebrated THE LEADERSHIP CENTRE OF CENTRAL ALBERTA’S FIRST LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Pillars of the community come in all ages.

Shirley Berry, 77, and Emily Parker-Ristau, eight, proved that on Thursday night when they each received a Pillar of the Community Award at The Leadership Centre of Central Alberta’s first leadership conference, which ran on Thursday and Friday.

Berry, retired president of the Red Deer Clothing Bank, said she hoped their age difference would inspire more people to help others.

“There’s some things in life you’re not rewarded financially for, but the feeling you get from it is sometimes better than those dollars,” Berry said on Friday.

She continues to see the difference that volunteers can make.

As an information booth volunteer at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, she said most people who come to the hospital are under some stress.

“It’s surprising. You give them a smile and they’ll return one,” said Berry, of Red Deer.

Parker-Ristau, a Grade 2

” her mom said.

In the last two years, the foundation has sent two families to Disneyland.

Pillar of the Community Awards recognize unique and exemplary contributions to building stronger communities.

The non-profit Leadership Centre runs programs to foster leadership capacity in individuals and organizations in Central Alberta.

“The conference is an opportunity to develop leadership skills, but on a grander scale.

“You don’t have to be in one of our programs. It’s open

student at Oriole Park School, is helping to make families who face multiple barriers happy by raising money to send them to Disneyland.

She is the CEO and founder of Emily’s Recycle and Dream Foundation.

When she was five, ParkerRistau raised enough money by collecting recyclables for her and her mother to go to Disneyland.

Priscilla Ristau said on the plane home her daughter asked her if there were other families who can’t afford to go to Disneyland.

“She said, ‘We can show them how. We can help them,’

to everybody,” said Linda Wilson, centre executive director.

The conference attracted 255 people who attended sessions on facilitation skills, coaching skills, personal development and life balance.

“The speakers we bought in really helped that personal leadership development on what’s important for you to keep you centred and help keep you healthy, and how do you motivate and support those around you to be able to do what they need to do.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate. com

RDC students scramble after programs cut STAFF ASSOCIATION FEARFUL THAT MORE JOB LOSSES WILL FOLLOW

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer College student Sarah-Jo Errity is unsure of her future.

The mother of two young children was one of the 180 students who received a phone call this week informing her there would be changes to her Red Deer College program.

Errity is just two courses shy of completing her Early Learning and Child Care certificate and had plans to enrol in the diploma program in the 2014 winter session.

This week, RDC announced changes and suspensions of six programs and 32 staff layoffs to cover a $6-million shortfall in provincial funding. Among the changes is the September 2014 suspension of the Early Learning and Child Care diploma program.

Errity said she will now have look to other colleges and other options to continue her dream of becoming an educational assistant.

“But it’s not the same,” said Errity, who runs a day home out of her house. “Red Deer College had the best program. I did some research at other colleges but the programs are not the same. They are not as good as what Red Deer College offers.”

The 28-year-old said the college registrar’s of-

fice will send out some information with advice and options.

“I had no idea this was going on,” said Errity. “I found out about it yesterday and the college called me this morning.”

Of the 10 full-time instructors losing their jobs, four were in the Hospitality and Tourism program, three were in Trades and Manufacturing, and one each in legal assistant, science and pharmacy technician programs.

The three trades instructors will be finished June 2014 while the seven others are done this June 28. The remaining 22 positions were in administration and support services.

“We’re looking at over 200 years of experience in teaching at Red Deer College,” said Ken Heather, president of the Faculty Association of Red Deer College. “You don’t replace that very quickly or very easily.

These people are passionate about what they do and have always done a good job.”

Heather said when programs are suspended and eliminated, they eliminate opportunities in Central Alberta.

Heather said the repercussions will take some time to be actually felt as college will not be in full swing again until September.

There is no clear indication how many sessional or part-time contracts

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff’

Red Deer College early learning and childcare student Sarah-Jo Errity is just two classes short of receiving her certificate in the program that has been cancelled at Red Deer College. Errity runs a day home. Here she is holding her daughter Sorcha Sandvik. Seated at the table are from the left, ‘clients’ Macen Nykolaychuk, and Hunter Devis, Errity’s son Trey Sandvik and Kree Carruthers. will be renewed for the upcoming year.

RDC president Joel Ward said the departments will no doubt be using fewer part-time and sessional staff as sections are combined.

“We are now meeting with all teams across the college to ensure we give the best possible service to our students when they come back,”

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Court erupts as Crown drops youth murder case JUDGE WOULDN’T ADMIT EVIDENCE Burrows pointed out the sting had been run on a 16-year-old boy who had no father, an absent mother and a history of sexual abuse by an uncle.

EDMONTON — A double-murder The teen had been living in a series trial collapsed into angry shouts and of group homes, and had been diagobscenities Friday when the Crown nosed with numerous psychological dropped the charges after a judge problems, including an attention-defruled that undercover police had co- icit disorder and a probable case of erced a confession from the accused fetal alcohol syndrome. teenager.

Undercover officers befriended At least six peace officers rushed him, gave him money, beer, access to a into the courtroom as members of the condo, tickets to a hockey game and a two victims’ families stood up and rock concert and a snowboarding trip loudly and repeatedly cursed the teen, to the mountains. his lawyer and the judge.

The youth had every reason to tell Queen’s Bench Justice Brian Bur- his new friends what he thought they rows left during the verbal fusillade wanted to hear to keep the good times without formally rolling, wrote Buradjourning court, rows.

“I CONCLUDE (THE leaving lawyers “Who in their ACCUSED’S) STATEMENTS to ask each other: right mind would “Are we done?”

WERE COERCED. THAT (THE risk returning to The outrage hell repreACCUSED’S) STATEMENTS the was a chaotic coda sented by (the acto the Crown’s deWERE MADE WHILE HE cused’s) life away cision to abandon from the Mr. Big WAS FUNCTIONALLY a case that began operation?” the almost four years DETAINED, SUBJECT judge asked. ago, when the acBurrows conTO COERCION BY cused was 14, and cluded that the unended on the day INDUCEMENT, AND IN A dercover officers of his 18th birthCIRCUMSTANCE WHERE had such a hold day. over the boy that HE BELIEVED THAT NO “This was a he was effectively confession-driven in custody. As a HARM AND ONLY GOOD case,” prosecuhis conWOULD COME TO HIM BY result, tor William Wisfession violated ter told the judge.

CONFESSING, ALL CREATE his constitutional “The confession’s right against selfgone. We close our A REAL PROSPECT THAT HIS incrimination. case.”

The judgment, CONFESSION TO MR. BIG The teen was which is subject to WAS UNRELIABLE.” originally charged a possible appeal, with two counts also found the teen — QUEEN’S BENCH JUSTICE of second-degree had every reason BRIAN BURROWS murder shortly afto embellish his ter the killings of story to people Barry Boenke, 68, he believed were and his friend Subenefactors. san Trudel, 50.

“That (the accused’s) statements The pair were found beaten and were made while he was functionshot to death on their rural property ally detained, subject to coercion by east of Edmonton in June 2009. inducement, and in a circumstance He was arrested with another teen where he believed that no harm and after they had escaped from a group only good would come to him by conhome and were found driving Boenke’s fessing, all create a real prospect that stolen truck. his confession to Mr. Big was unreliThe accused confessed to police, able.” but during pretrial hearings a judge Burrows pointed out that everything ruled the statement inadmissible. in the confession could have been Without that key piece of evidence, drawn from information presented at the Crown stayed the charges. the original pretrial hearings.

No forensic evidence linked the “There is not one detail in (the acboys to the killings. cused’s) statement that he could not Their DNA was not found at the have learned by listening to the eviscene and there was no blood or gun- dence as it was presented at the preshot residue on their clothes. liminary inquiry,” Burrows wrote.

The gun that killed Boenke and TruDefence lawyer Mona Duckett condel has not been recovered. ceded guilt on charges related to the Last May, the Crown reactivated the theft of Boenke’s truck and to two case against one teen after RCMP tar- break and enters — one at a convegeted both boys in a “Mr. Big” sting in nience store and the other at Boenke’s which undercover officers pretended trailer. The youth is to serve 12 months to be members of an organized crime probation for those crimes. syndicate.

RCMP released a brief statement Such stings try to win a subject’s that said the force was satisfied that it trust with the hope of getting informa- had conducted a thorough investigation on a crime as the suspect seeks to tion and would not be seeking other win the favour of fake gangsters. suspects.

Burrows, in a harshly worded “The RCMP will not be providing 84-page judgment, ruled the confession further comment due to ongoing legal obtained by the sting in this case was matters involving the young person in inadmissible. this case and the possibility of an ap“I conclude (the accused’s) state- peal of today’s ruling. ments were coerced,” said the judge, “Please note: calls to RCMP media who was hearing the case without a relations on this matter will not be jury. returned.”

BY BOB WEBER THE CANADIAN PRESS

Relatives of cyberbullying victims optimistic after meeting with PM REVIEW IN WORKS: HARPER

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — Relatives of four teenage girls who died after being cyberbullied or lured online met with Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Friday and came away optimistic that laws will be changed to crack down on Internet tormentors.

“I’m very pleased with the meeting because (Harper) took the time to listen to us,” said Carol Todd. Her daughter Amanda committed suicide in Jo-Ann Landolt the Vancouver area last year after being sexually exploited and harassed online.

“He’s made the suggestion that he will look at it and hopefully enforce a change that will make our communities and our society safer in the digital world.”

Glen Canning, whose daughter Rehtaeh Parsons committed suicide in Halifax earlier this year after relentless online torment, said Harper promised to “do everything he can so victims have a voice and to minimize the amount of victims we have in this country.”

The federal government is already considering new criminal laws that could include a ban on distributing intimate images without consent.

“We are expediting a review of the Criminal Code with the provinces that was already underway on these very

matters, to identify potential gaps with regard to cyberbullying,” Harper said before the start of the hour-long, private meeting. “And we are looking for other practical suggestions to combat such terrible acts.”

The relatives he met with had suggestions as well. Todd said Internet and cellphone service providers should be forced to cut off service to people who engage in cyberbullying.

Canning backed that idea and suggested governments and Internet providers also must lift the veil on anonymous commenters and fake online identities. “If you harass someone offline and you’re driving them insane, they can go to the police and they can have you arrested.

“But if you do it online, you can hide behind something. You can hide behind the nickname name Mickey Mouse and do whatever you want,” Canning said.

“You can drive someone to the point where they’re killing themselves, and that’s just wrong, and it has to change.”

Jo-Ann Landolt, whose niece Kimberly Proctor was murdered by two other teens in Victoria, B.C., in 2010, said schools should do more to warn students about the dangers of dealing with strangers online.

The meeting also included Pam Murchison, whose daughter Jenna Bowers-Bryanton committed suicide in 2011 after months of bullying both online and at her school in Truro, N.S. Canning said he hopes such meetings will soon be unnecessary.

“We’re a part of the worst parent group in the country and we don’t want any more members. The idea right now of a parent ... walking into a bedroom and looking at the horror of the consequences of us failing again is just not an option.”

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Doggie donors roll up coats and give at canine blood clinic EDMONTON — Maverick’s eyes dart and his breath quickens as he’s propped on a table for his first blood donation.

At one point, the four-year-old kicks in resistance and tries to squirm away from the firm hold of the workers.

A long needle is drawn into his jugular vein and blood starts flowing out.

Three long minutes pass as a unit of blood collects in an intravenous bag.

After a few moments to rest, one of the staff slips Maverick a cookie and the German Shepherd trots away, wagging his tail.

Maverick is one of three service dogs from the Edmonton police’s canine unit who donated blood Friday at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology’s Animal Blood Bank.

The move was part of the blood bank’s effort to address what it says is a chronic shortage of donated canine blood in Alberta.

More than 2,000 donations have been collected at the blood bank since it opened in 2001, but that’s not enough to meet regional demand, said Shauna Lesick, an instructor with the NAIT Animal Health Technology program.

The Edmonton blood bank is one of three in Canada and fills a quarter of the need for canine blood in the country.

Canine blood donations are used for dogs in need of a transfusions, especially animals with conditions that cause anemia.

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“This is a life-saving technique. If the blood isn’t there, we can’t save their lives,” Lesick said.

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Killing of sleeping five-year-old ‘domestic terrorism’ FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOY KILLED AS THREE TEENS TAKE TURNS SHOOTING AT HOUSE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WETASKIWIN — Three teens involved in the shooting death of a fiveyear-old boy on an Alberta reserve have received the maximum youth sentence for manslaughter in a crime the judge called “domestic terrorism.”

The youths, all members of a gang known as the East Side Playas, took turns firing a rifle at a home on the Samson Cree reserve south of Edmonton around 3 a.m. on July, 11, 2011.

One of the bullets hit young Ethan Yellowbird in the head as he slept in his bed.

“The shooting at the home was calculated to intimidate the occupants, and in addition would have terrorized the entire community,” provincial court Judge Geoff Ho said Friday.

“This constitutes domestic terrorism.”

The teens “were virtually playing Russian roulette with the lives of the occupants of the home,” Ho said.

The crime happened in a community that has been plagued for years by rival youth gangs fighting over drugs and turf.

Court heard two of the youths fired two bullets each into the home and one

SAMSON CREE KILLING fired a shot over the house.

The three, who were 13, 16 and 17 at the time of the shooting, pleaded guilty last fall to manslaughter.

The maximum manslaughter sentence under the Youth Criminal Justice Act when the crime was committed was three years of supervision with varying degrees of restriction.

The oldest boy, who shot over the house, was given six months of secure custody, six months of open custody and two years of supervision in the community.

The middle teen was sentenced to six months of secure custody, one year of open custody and 18 months of conditional supervision. The youngest received one year of open custody and two years of supervision.

As Ho read his judgment, the two teens who fired bullets into the house looked down impassively at the floor, their bodies shaking.

Across the court Lee Buffalo, Ethan’s father, wiped away tears as relatives gently stroked his arm and back to comfort him.

The teens all came from homes

filled with violence, drinking and drugs and were in and out of foster care. “All three young persons were gang members,” said Ho. “If they continue in that lifestyle, they will continue to be a danger to any community they live in.”

Court heard the three were hanging out and came up with a plan to walk to a nearby house and shoot at it in the middle of the night.

One of the teens told a Youth Restorative Action Project official that the idea for the shooting came from another gang member, who thought the house was a hangout of a rival gang.

The oldest fired one shot above the home, then passed the rifle to the two other boys and walked away. They each fired two bullets at the house.

One passed through the wall above Ethan’s mattress and struck him in the head.

Ethan’s father, his girlfriend and their one-year-old child had all been sleeping in a bed next to Ethan. They woke up to screams and blood.

Ho described Ethan as a “happy, loving, caring and giving child who could light up any room. He loved God.” “His death has been devastating to

his family. They have suffered physically, emotionally and spiritually.

Nothing this court does in sentencing will end their pain, suffering and tremendous sense of loss.”

After firing the shots, the teens picked up the shell casings outside, dropped them into a hat and ran off.

They broke the rifle into two pieces and hid them outside near some tree stumps. They were arrested six months later.

Outside court, Ethan’s mother, Ashley Charmaine Yellowbird, didn’t take much solace from the sentences.

She said she was more relieved that she will no longer have to come to court and see the youths who killed her son. “I’m happy they got the maximum sentence, I was glad for that,” she said. “There is no amount of time is going to ever ease the pain of our family or our loss.”

The Samson reserve and three others in the Hobbema area have been beset for years by shootings and stabbings as rival gangs fight over drugs.

More than half of the 14,000 people who live in the area are under 18 years old. Two months after Ethan’s death, his aunt was shot and killed outside the home next door.

At least 35 Canadians apply for one-way trip to Mars THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Andrew Rader has always wanted to be an astronaut and he’s ready to do anything to get into space — even spend the rest of his life on Mars.

The Ottawa native is one of at least 35 Canadians to apply for a mission to the Red Planet in 2023.

The Mars One project, the brainchild of Dutch entrepreneur Bas Landorp, plans to send a few willing pioneers on a one-way trip, with no chance of returning to Earth. The $6 billion project will use existing technology and be funded through sponsors and private investors.

Two weeks after the call for applicants went out, about 80,000 people from 120 countries have already responded in the hope of becoming one of the first four Martian settlers.

The Canadian applicants range in age from 18 to 47, with the majority of them in their 20s.

While most are men, as of Thursday at least four Canadian women have applied.

Rader, 34, had already applied to become a member of the Canadian astronaut corps in 2009 but he wasn’t chosen.

“I’ve always wanted to work in space and to be an astronaut is really my ultimate goal,” he said.

Rader has discussed

his far-out plan with his parents, and brother and sister, whom he said are supportive. Not everyone is thrilled with the idea, though.

He said his aunt considers the idea a “suicide mission.”

“There are enormous risks. That being said, I think that the risks are worth taking. I mean, major leaps required major risks,” he said.

“Life is short, life is precious and that’s why you really should do major things that you believe in.”

Rader admitted that he views the project as a “very, very long shot.”

“The chances if it actually getting carried out as stated are extraordinarily slim,” he said. “(But) I think there is a very small chance that if all the dominoes fall in the right place, it could happen.”

The modules that would be used to create a habitat, with the help of robots, would be sent up first. Eventually, the first settlers would arrive following a sevenmonth trip.

On its website, the non-profit Mars One group says the first four settlers would be followed by more groups, every two years. At first, the home base would be limited to provisions, oxygen and water, but would expand to everything the settlers might need, including solar panels.

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The ad features a man in jeans and a plaid shirt sitting on a fence and has the caption: “Worth another look.”

It’s meant to encourage farmers who still have grain in the bin to consider using the wheat board for marketing.

The man’s image is cut and pasted over an ad that brought the CWB some criticism in January.

That ad featured a 1969 print which showed a young woman in a cowboy hat and skirt straddling a fence with the caption said: “Still on the fence?”

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Love that lasts a lifetime IN PRAISE OF MOTHERS “Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.”

— Anonymous It was a Nov. 22 early evening in 1969, the seventh anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassination, when the front doorbell rang. A rambunctious three-year-old child playing in the hallway was told by her Mom to quiet down while she opened the door.

A young Mountie, grasping for the right words, stood before her. “I’m sorry ma’am,” he said in a wavering voice, “but your husband died today in a traffic accident. Is there anybody we can call?”

RICK In the years ZEMANEK following that horrific moment, that mother raised on her own eight children, much of the time getting by on little money and the genius of turning a Kraft dinner into a banquet.

That was my Mom, not unlike countless numbers of Moms we will thank this Sunday on Mother’s Day. So how do we thank our Moms?

It would be much easier to explain how a mosquito or fly gets in the house when all doors and windows are closed than to come up with the proper answer.

There are many profound quotes we can rely on: ● “A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.” ● “A mother’s love is the fuel that enables a human being to do the impossible.” ● “A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.” ● “God could not be everywhere and therefore He made mothers.”

There is one thing all Mom’s represent: Unconditional love — affection without limitations; support through thick and thin.

That means it doesn’t matter how bad we were growing up, she was always there for support. (“A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.” — Emily Dickinson) When we were careless and fell and skinned our knees, she was always there to share the pain, wipe away the

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tears and took great joy in seeing us smile again. (“My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.”

— Samuel Clemens) When we accomplished the seemingly impossible in our dreams, she was always there to share the joy, and we always remember the influence she played in our lives. (“I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always clung to me all my life.” — Abraham Lincoln) Mothers are a shining example of humility.

They never take well-deserved credit when credit is due.

Mothers are a shining example of inspiration.

Seldom do her children venture into the world without looking back for her approval.

Mothers are a shining example of what we all hope to become: Loving, caring, compassionate and an example to our own children, the same as what our mothers blessed us with.

All that aside, moms have a great sense of humour, or else they wouldn’t have put up with us kids for so long.

Here are a few definitions moms will understand: Ear: A place where kids store dirt.

Eat: What kids do between meals.

Fable: A story told by a teen arriving

home after curfew.

Full name: What mom calls her child when she’s mad at him.

Because: Moms’ reasons for having kids do things that can’t be explained logically.

Penitentiary: Where children who don’t eat their vegetables or clean their rooms eventually end up, according to mom.

In short, to all the moms out there, thanks for putting up with us for so long.

We love you.

Happy Mother’s Day! Rick Zemanek is a former Advocate editor.

Israel takes sides in Syrian civil war HEZBOLLAH FOUGHT THE ISRAELI ARMY TO A STANDSTILL IN SOUTHERN LEBANON IN 2006, AND ISRAEL IS ANXIOUS ABOUT WHAT IT COULD ACCOMPLISH WITH BETTER WEAPONS After making two major air strikes in and near Damascus in three days, Israel informed the Assad regime on Monday that it is not taking sides in the Syrian civil war.

But of course it is.

The Syrian government promptly claimed that these Israeli attacks proved what it had been saying all along: that the “armed terrorist groups” that are trying to overthrow Bashar al-Assad’s regime (i.e. the anti-regime fighters of the Free Syrian Army) are really the tools of a demonic alliance between Israel, the United States, conservative Arab GWYNNE states like Saudi Arabia and DYER Qatar, and the Sunni Islamist fanatics of al-Qaida.

That is just as ridiculous as it sounds, but there were always a few little bits of truth in the Syrian regime’s story, and they are gradually getting bigger.

It’s true that the Free Syrian Army is getting money and weapons from Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and that the United States supports it diplomatically. So do almost all other NATO members.

It’s true that the al-Nusra brigades, the most effective fighting force in the Free Syrian Army, are made up of Islamist extremists whose leaders claim to have ties with al-Qaida — and that this has not stopped the Arab Gulf states and the United States from supporting the FSA. And it’s true that Israel is now attacking military targets on Syrian territory. It insists that those targets are actually advanced missiles and anti-aircraft weapons that Syria is planning to deliver to the Hez-

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bollah militia in Lebanon, and that may also be true.

Hezbollah fought the Israeli army to a standstill in southern Lebanon in 2006, and Israel is anxious about what it could accomplish with better weapons.

But even if Israel’s main worry is that advanced weapons would reach Hezbollah, the air strikes took place on Syrian territory, and the Syrian regime claims that 42 officers and soldiers of its army were killed in them.

At the very least, Israel no longer feels that preserving the hostile but stable relations that prevailed for so long between Tel Aviv and Damascus is a high priority.

Maybe this is just because it now assumes that Assad is a goner anyway, so there’s no point in worrying about whether he will be overthrown, even if what follows may be an Islamist regime that is even more hostile to Israel.

Or maybe the Israelis believe that Assad will really accept that there is a difference between killing Syrian troops who are guarding weapons that may be shipped to Hezbollah, and killing other Syrian soldiers who are not.

They certainly hope that he’ll accept it.

Tzachi Hanegbi, a confidant of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, told Israel Radio that the Netanyahu government aimed to avoid “an increase in tension with Syria by making clear that if there is activity, it is only against Hezbollah, not against the Syrian regime.”

(Israel does not officially admit that it carried out the strikes, so it could not make an official statement about its motives for them.)

The Assad regime said that the attacks were tantamount to a “declaration of war” and that is true. It’s not that the Israelis have decided that Assad must go.

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seen a Sunni-Shia war looming in the eastern Arab world — and decided, rationally enough, that they have to be on the Sunni side.

That war is already underway in Syria, where men from the majority Sunni Muslim community are the main fighters in a revolt against a regime controlled

by Shias of the Alawite sect.

The same sort of war may be re-starting in Iraq, where the Shia majority who dominate the government have already fought one civil war with the Sunni minority in 2005-07.

Those two Sunni-Shia wars might then coalesce and spread to Lebanon, where the Shias of Hezbollah are at odds with the Sunni Muslim and Christian communities. Weapons, money, and maybe direct military aid would come from Shia Iran to one side and from the Sunni countries to the south (Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the smaller Gulf states) to the other.

In such a war, Israel would certainly prefer a Sunni victory.

It has no desire to take an active part in a SunniShia war, nor would its intervention be welcomed by either side.

It worries that radical Islamist regimes might come to power in Syria, in the western part of Iraq, and even in Lebanon if the Sunnis won such a war.

But Israel is at peace with its Sunni southern neighbours, while the Shia regimes to its north in Syria and Iraq and the Hezbollah group in southern Lebanon are all its sworn enemies.

If it comes to an all-out struggle, Israel knows which side it wants to win. And in the meantime, it already feels a lot freer to take direct military action against the Syrian regime and Hezbollah if it thinks its interests are threatened.

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The dark, deadly side of globalization It is the dark side of globalization. nies too often press for low, low prices This is the pressure of companies and by threatening to shift orders to facconsumers in the rich countries to tories in other countries where workprofit from exploitation and despera- er protection may be even weaker if tion among the poorest of the poor in workers’ rights are strengthened. high-poverty, developing The proper response is countries. not to boycott products from The recent collapse of poor countries nor to insist an eight-storey building in that they be paid the same Bangladesh, housing five wages as Western world clothing factories, which workers since the cost of left more than 700 workers living is so much lower in (mainly women) dead, many poor countries. Workers in injured and some still missthose countries need jobs. ing is among the worst of the But we should be workdisasters falling on develing to ensure that workers oping world workers who everywhere have similar frequently work in unsafe rights and protections for conditions, with low pay and safe working conditions.

DAVID long hours, and little protecThis is not a new issue.

CRANE tion by unions or the state.

Nike soiled its reputation But the tragedy was preby assigning production dictable, was not unique, to sweatshops, with brutal and could have been avoidtreatment of young female ed. workers in these factories and a conAs is clearly the case in Bangla- stant threat to relocate production undesh, in many poor countries with lots less strict price targets were met. Only of cheap labour and no natural re- when consumer activists made its unsources, corruption is endemic, with seemly corporate practices a major ispoliticians and officials routinely sue did Nike, to protect its brand, act. bought off, and wealthy factory ownMore recently, Apple was subject ers free to mistreat workers. Health to strong criticism for its use of the and safety standards scarcely exist giant outsourcing company, Foxconn, and unions and other groups seeking to assemble the iPad, iPhone and othto improve worker rights are subject to er products in giant Chinese factories violence and intimidation. that critics said functioned like harshMoreover, Western-world compa- ly controlled labour camps. Only when

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news of worker suicides and employee intimidation became widely known did Apple, and Foxconn, respond.

To its credit, the Weston family in Toronto has acknowledged that products for its Loblaw-related company, Joe Fresh, as well as for its British company, Primark, were manufactured at factories in the collapsed Bangladesh building site and has pledged financial compensation for workers and their families.

But what do we do to prevent such tragedies in the future?

While it is the responsibility of the developing countries themselves to set their own laws and ensure that workers’ rights are protected and unscrupulous employers punished, we can influence behaviour and practices by pursuing corporate responsibility and helping advocates of decent working conditions in these countries.

In the case of Bangladesh, clothing exports of about $20 billion a year account for about 80 per cent of the country’s exports, so the country desperately needs to attract Western retail chains and fashion companies to produce clothing there.

Our own government seems to feel it should promote religious freedom, with the appointment of a special ambassador. So why not an ambassador for a better globalization? Perhaps the Canadian International Development Agency can help fund local advoca-

cy groups to improve workers’ rights.

Canada has leverage as well. Products from poor countries enter Canada duty-free under the Generalized System of Preferences.

We could consider suspending that privilege from countries like Bangladesh, which show a blatant disregard for workers’ rights, as the European Union is threatening.

But ultimately it is up to Western companies to use their power to improve the conditions of workers.

Western businesses can invest more in auditing the factories where their products are made, publishing these audits and warning factory operators in developing countries they risk of losing contracts if conditions don’t improve. But corporations have to do this by working together, adopting common standards and sharing information on suppliers and subcontractors to maximize leverage.

The purpose of business is to make a profit. But we also expect business to act according to certain ethical norms.

The way workers are being treated, and their lives risked, in many developing countries clearly does not meet even minimal ethical norms.

But globalization cannot become a race to the bottom. It has to be made to work for all.

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

tutu and twirling her own baby version of a real ballerina. Watching her, we knew right then, the first day, that she was hooked.

And sure enough, we were on the road for the next 20 years.

She catapulted into the seriously technical and highly respected dance world in a big way in her first big roll.

She was a frog.

On the big stage, there was a row of little frogs behind a big log and when it came time for the little froggies to pop up with their green costumes and green hoods on their heads, with their big muppet frog eyes on the top, my little Rotten Froggie just stared straight up at the coloured lights in awe the whole time, but never missing a highlychoreographed froggie move. Basking in the bright light of the stage.

Fast forward a couple of decades

and a couple of thousand performances later at hundreds of festivals and recitals and professional shows covering a zillion kilometres or so and the Rotten Kid is still in the bright lights of the dance stage, only she’s at a university in a different province.

But I still see a little froggie, looking up at the lights and dreaming about being a dancer.

And for sleep deprived, caffeine-infused dance families and hockey families, doesn’t a moment like that make it all worth it?

Now, as for soccer moms? Well, they’re just plain scary.

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

Puck hounds, bunheads and soccer moms Winter. A weekend. 5 a.m. A typical You may or may not know that it’s Canadian family. … that time of year that makes hockey The alarm clock is screaming at tournament time look like a walk (or you, rudely interrupting the only re- skate) in the park. ally good dream you’ve had It’s dance season. You in ages and when you manmay have noticed a veritaage to wrench yourself out of ble plethora of little girls, your coma, the red numbers, and tweens and teenaged glowing like evil eyes in the girls and several boys weardarkness, are telling you a ing 15 times more makeup time that is so blinkin’ early than their moms, and they you just can’t comprehend. have sparkles in their hair, Much of anything. which is usually pulled But somehow you manage back into an onion-head to get the whole fam damily bun, and they are all hanginto the SUV and you’re in ing out in groups at places the pitch dark drive-through like Earl’s. lineup at Timmy’s and, yes, These said dancers are HARLEY there actually is a lineup in the throes of competiHAY even at this ungodly hour, tions and year-end recitand you can’t really rememals, whereupon countless ber how you got there. And families from kilometres you’re the one who’s driving. around converge on arts It’ll be hours before even the reluc- centres and performance halls with a tant sun comes up and the arena will fierce intensity and competitive zeal to be cold and for a while and for the rival any hockey playoffs. These bunumpteenth time you’ll wish your little heads are ready to drop those sparrotten kid had joined the chess club in- kling white dance gloves at the drop of stead of insisting on playing hockey. a hat. Good thing those sparkly bowler It’s just another typical winter week- hats are pinned directly into the skulls end of family bonding call the hockey of the dancers because it’s a real no-no tournament. It is always in a town or to lose part of your costume during a city many, many kilometres away and routine. it’s always many many degrees below Late spring. At 3:30 p.m. Friday. A zero. Oh, and of course, just for fun, a typical Canadian family. life-threatening snow storm is usually Your rotten kid or kids rush home involved. from school in a panic, throw their This is when one or more parental backpacks with their homework into units enjoy hours of said bonding time their bedroom, grab their dance bags with their precious charges, a bonding and their makeup bags and their prethat consists of one or more of the little packed suitcase with the pull-out hanones either sound asleep in the back dle and the rolling wheels and they seat for the whole trip, and/or com- wolf down a couple of slices of pepplaining or arguing the whole time, or peroni pizza and pile into the SUV. crying or asking “Are we there yet?”

Because you have to be at the city every three minutes or so. and checked into the hotel by supper All this as you drive white-knuckled time because your talented child’s first through the stormy darkness wishing performance is scheduled for 7:30 and you’d checked the AMA road report so she or he still has to get on 15 kilos you would have an excuse to cancel the of makeup (three kilos if he’s a male trip and stay in bed where you belong. dancer) and squirm into the $300 cosOf course, that all goes right out the tume with the sequins and the percar window an hour or two later when fectly fitted accessories and exactly your little Johnny or Jane (or these the right dance shoes, which Mom has days, perhaps Skylar or Moonbeam) is been up all night dyeing just the right thrashing up and down the ice chasing colour, and then spend at least 27 mina puck and having the time of his or utes getting the hair just right. And her life. they have to do this for, oh, a dozen or You can see their 1,000-watt smile so different dance numbers over the right through the face mask cage all course of the weekend. the way from the bleachers where you I know this because my Better Half sit with the rest of the bleary-eyed, Tim and Yours Truly have been one of the Hortons-overdosed parents, grandpar- most driven forces in the universe ents and other sundry relatives who — Dance Parents — for many years are cheering every move their little now. Starting when my Rotten Kid, the Gretzkys and Wickenheisers make. daughter one, was not much more than Even if it’s just falling down. two years old — a little sausage in a Of course, it was a dance recital I at- pink suit with a little tutu at her first tended this week that got me thinking dance class, standing in front of the about all this. wall of mirrors staring at her very first

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Passing on the best in us to our children We just spent two fabulous weeks doing something that some people desire to do but cannot for various reasons. It could be because of conflicts within a group or because of addictive habits rendering them as unfit.

But thank God we do not fall into these categories, so we were able to spend two weeks making faces, speaking in infantile languages and other childlike behaviours — yes, we had our (most beautiful girl in the world) granddaughter come to visit.

This was only the second time we were able to spend time with her since her birth last July, and already we see CHRIS the beautiful young woman SALOMONS she will become.

Her quick and easy smile endears people to her almost instantly, and the giving and loving nature of her parents makes it easy to see why she is so readily accepting of strangers.

Sometimes I almost feel guilty that my life should be so blessed while so many others are not.

When I deal with the people I serve, I am constantly reminded of the pain, the abandonment, and

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the rejection that has placed so many in a position as to rebuff life to the point of living on the street, totally without hope, without a future, and without reason to go on.

So as I reflect on the reasons for these differences, I see patterns that have readily lent to the negative and positive development of children.

For instance: a child raised in a home with alcoholic or drug addicted parents will often develop similar traits; or a child brought into the world and raised by parents who are totally self-seeking will in time become very selfish as well, looking only to please self.

The crazy thing is that some people think that is perfectly OK. I see the pain that young women go through when social services takes away their newborn child before they have had a chance to even learn to love it.

As in the case of one young woman when she “put away all hard drugs but still smokes weed,” who now sits at a table in the kitchen bemoaning the fact that she has lost her third child to exactly the same reasoning.

She does not seem to understand that her addiction makes her self-gratifying to the point of making poor decisions concerning her child.

When I see the self-sacrificing that my parents and many others went through to see that we were well taken care of and loved, even though we had very

little, I begin to understand why we did the same for our children and they now do for their children.

I’m not saying this to brag or to elevate myself, but more to try to understand why we choose to live the way we do. It also shows me why I have chosen the work that I do at the kitchen.

From birth I was shown what giving was and how important a role it plays, not only in raising a child but in the development of society, especially in times of crises.

We experienced it after disasters like the tsunamis and earthquakes that devastated and continue to devastate parts of the world; the outpouring of money and care is gratifying to see.

So you see, rather than feel guilty for being so incredibly blessed with the most beautiful grandchild in the world, I am grateful for the way I was raised, for the way we were able to raise our children, and the way our granddaughter is being raised. It gives us the reason and the hope that is necessary to help those around us who need a hand up in life.

I would love nothing better than for those who have no hope or reason to live to be able to experience the hope and reason that I was given.

So then in my mind, offspring are not only a blessing; they are also a rewarding responsibility that makes the world go round.

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

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CHAIR LEADERS Craig Scott, centre, is greeted by Doug Manderville, right and Jeff Dow of the Canadian Paraplegic Association at Motion Specialist in Red Deer Friday afternoon. Nine able-bodied community leaders including Scott participated in the Canadian Paraplegic Association Chair-Leaders event in Red Deer.

Chair-Leaders is an event that focuses primarily on the issue surrounding accessibility and mobility for persons with spinal cord injuries and other disabilities. Volunteers in the days activities are community leaders who volunteer to spend a day using a wheelchair and have committed to supporting the Canadian Paraplegic Association (Alberta), with the goal to assist persons with spinal cord injury and other physical disabilities to achieve independence, self-reliance and full community participation. Scott was both surprised at how friendly people were to him and how difficult it can be to get around in a wheel chair. The month of May being Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month.

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OTTAWA — The federal government is dismissing the notion that a terror suspect recently arrested in the United States entered from Canada.

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney suggested Friday that the Tunisian-born man, who had been studying in Canada, could not actually have entered from here.

“When we became aware of security concerns, he was back in Tunisia, and his study permit was not renewed,” Kenney told a news conference.

Ahmed Abassi was arrested last month in the U.S. and accused of planning an “act of international terrorism.”

He is accused of having ties to one of the two men suspected of plotting an attack on a passenger train in Ontario.

He has pleaded not guilty.

The ties to Canada were being downplayed in Ottawa.

Given the economic importance of CanadaU.S. border movement, the federal government is sensitive about the country’s interests being damaged by security concerns.

This country has been repeatedly, and erroneously, linked over the years to some of the 9-11 suspects and the Canadian government has aggressively combatted misinformation about terrorist ties.

Kenney addressed that general theme Friday.

“I think Canada has, frankly, had much less serious problems with terrorist-related security threats, homegrown terrorism than many other Western countries — including the United States,” Kenney said.

“Having said that, we can and must not be complacent.”

Initial reports, citing U.S. officials, said Abassi had travelled from Canada to the U.S. in midMarch, where he was arrested at JFK airport on April 22 — the same day Canadian authorities arrested Chibeb Esseghaier and Raed Jaser, 35 of Toronto.

Prosecutors allege Abassi had “radicalized” Esseghaier, a Montreal resident who is one of two men charged with plotting to attack a Via Rail train.

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FINDING YOUR INNER ARTIST IN A PEACEFUL COUNTRY SETTING Sometimes the best way to destress and reconnect with your creative side is to try something that you have never done before — even if you are pretty certain you won’t be good at it.

“We’re going to start with a little watercolour,” said Karin Huehold, the art instructor at Diamond Willow Artisan Retreat near Turner Valley.

“By that DEBBIE I mean you OLSEN will be painting on little canvases. I’m going to teach you some easy painting techniques and I think you’ll be surprised by the results.”

In two hours, I painted eight little canvases and I have to admit, I was surprised by the results.

As expected, nothing I produced was worth framing. My birch trees looked like giraffe necks, one of my landscapes looked like an ink blot test and my northern lights resembled an impressionist painting of African dancers.

The best painting I produced was on the paper towel I used to blot my brush.

The surprising part of the experience was how much fun I had creating the little paintings and how wonderfully relaxing the exercise was for me.

I learned that the benefits of being involved in the process of artistic creation are in many cases more valuable than the final product.

Not long ago, Diamond Willow Artisan Retreat was just a dream and Pat and Doug Lothrop, the owners and managers, were working and living in the city.

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Top: The view from the creek below the guest house at Diamond Willow.

Middle: The spring wildflowers are just starting to blossom at Diamond Willow.

Bottom: Ingrid Christensen ar work: Art classes in the outdoors or in the studio are a popular activity for groups at Diamond Willow.

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OLSEN: Area day trips They spent several years searching for the right property on which to build their unique retreat and when they found a large building site beside a picturesque creek near Turner Valley, they knew they were finally ready to build the place of their dreams.

Since its opening a few years ago, the 4,500-plussquare-foot house has become a popular retreat for artisans of all kinds including writers, painters, scrap bookers, quilters, photographers, foodies, woodworkers and musicians.

The five guest bedrooms can accommodate 10 to 12 overnight guests in total and many more day guests can be accommodated in a large dorm room for yoga, arts and crafts.

Some guests come to participate in group retreats while others bring their own supplies for an artistic weekend and use Diamond Willow as a bed and breakfast.

For large groups, Pat and Doug can sometimes plan an entire weekend event — including meals. My weekend group retreat began with a make-your-own pizza event where we cooked individual pizzas in a wood-fired pizza oven in the backyard. We relaxed and enjoyed the outstanding view of the brook and the surrounding country landscaping and then went inside to enjoy a house concert with a band known as The Wardens.

Diamond Willow has become known locally for hosting great house concerts and some guests purchase special tickets and come out just for the evening’s entertainment and a few drinks.

The Wardens is a band composed of three actual park wardens who share original stories and songs that relate to their experiences working in Canada’s National Parks System. The group also presented a slideshow that played during their concert.

During the concert intermission, Pat and Doug served hot apple crumble with vanilla ice cream.

Some of the overnight guests enjoyed a relaxing dip in the outdoor hot tub after the concert.

The next morning, our group enjoyed a wonderful homemade breakfast followed by a 90-minute morning yoga class with certified instructor Kim McNeil. Kim offers a therapeutic yoga program designed to relieve stress and help those who live with arthritis and chronic pain, so it is not at all intimidating for a beginner.

We followed up yoga with a two-hour watercolour painting class. And even though I didn’t manage to create anything worth framing, there were several people in the group class who found some previously undiscovered painting talent.

Even those of us who couldn’t paint well discovered that painting is a wonderful way to relax and de-stress.

Like many things in life, it is the experience and not the final outcome that matters most.

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Top: Meals at Diamond Willow are very special — especially breakfast. Large groups can arrange to have dinner or lunch included, and Doug and Pat Lothrop are excellent hosts and cooks.

Right: There are several interesting day trips near Black Diamond — including a visit to Spirit Hills winery. This new cottage winery offers tours by appointment.

If you go: ● Diamond Willow Artisan Retreat is located in the foothills just west of Turner Valley — about an hour’s drive from Calgary. ● Overnight bed and breakfast rates vary based on the room chosen and the season of travel, but they start at $100 per room per night. ● Weekend retreats begin on Friday evenings and end Sunday afternoon.

Photo courtesy of DIAMOND WILLOW ARTISAN RETREAT Snacks, meals, activities, non-alcoholic The idea behind this retreat is for visitors to de-stress and relax. Kundalini Yoga is offered and provides a great way to beverages and two nights of accommodations are included. Rates start at $350 per do that. person based on double occupancy. Diamond Willow is a licensed facility and alcoholic beverages are available at an additional charge. Prices on sessions that include instruction such as cooking classes, yoga retreats or art classes are listed in the calendar of events on the website. ● For more information, visit diamondwillowartisanretreat.com.

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BY BETH J. HARPAZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The Rockettes are best known for dancing at the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, but they did their signature kick line on a cruise ship Wednesday.

The dancers are the godmothers for Norwegian Cruise Line’s new ship, Norwegian Breakaway, which was christened at a pier on the Hudson River.

The ship is themed on New York City, with a colorful mural on the exterior hull design by pop artist Peter Max featuring the city skyline and the Statue of Liberty.

Max attended the christening Wednesday with Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the Catholic archbishop for New York. He blessed the ship.

Introducing the dozen high-stepping Rockettes in silver sequined costumes, the mayor said, “I don’t think anyone symbolizes our city’s energy, glamour and excitement more.�

Bloomberg also observed that with all the Big Apple touches onboard, “Breakaway passengers will never really leave New York behind.�

The ship offers ice sculptures of Lady Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge and the Chrysler Building at an ice bar, and its shows include a version of the Broadway ’80s rock musical, Rock of Ages.

Passengers can take a fitness class designed by the Rockettes, and two Rockettes will sail on each of the first six trips beginning Sunday, and on the first sailing of each month thereafter.

A Sabrett hot dog stand, complete with yellow umbrella, serves guests near an area called Rockaway Beach.

Norwegian Cruise Line CEO Kevin Sheehan, a native New Yorker, proved his own street cred by showing off a copy of his decades-old license to drive a yellow taxi. Sheehan said the ship “takes the best elements of New York City� and brings them to sea.

With a capacity of 4,000 passengers, the 18-deck vessel is the biggest cruise ship to homeport year-round in Manhattan.

On Sunday, the Breakaway begins its summer itinerary of seven-day trips to Bermuda.

The ship will sail to the Bahamas and Florida in the winter.

At a pre-christening party Tuesday night, Max said it was “unbelievable to have something so big with my art on it.�

Not everything onboard has a New York connection.

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Photo provided by Norwegian Cruise Line shows the company’s new cruise ship, Norwegian Breakaway, sailing from Southampton, England, to New York. The ship arrived on Tuesday and was christened on Wednesday. The art on the exterior hull showing a New York City skyline and Statue of Liberty was designed by artist Peter Max. The ship will homeport from New York.

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Vlastro emceed the christening festivities, showing off a large cake that looks exactly like the ship.

The ship also has a water park with five water slides, including free-fall slides, plus a three-story sports complex with nine-hole mini-golf, a basketball court and rock-climbing wall.

Norwegian Breakaway will have three eateries by Geoffrey Zakarian, a Food Network Iron Chef who has served as a top chef and restaurant owner at a number of New York City venues.

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It was acquired for $4 million in December 2011 from I-XL Industries Ltd. by the Friends of Medalta Society, which plans to preserve it as a heritage site.

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TE’O GOES TO ROOKIE CAMP Manti Te’o practised for the first time with the San Diego Chargers on Friday determined to push the infamous girlfriend hoax and his lacklustre national championship play into the past.

“I’m here to play football,” the Chargers’ second-round draft pick said on the opening of the rookie minicamp.

“I’m not focusing on what is going on on the outside. I’m worried about what we’re doing here in San Diego and I’m looking forward to when the veterans come in on Monday.”

The Chargers traded up in the second round of last month’s NFL draft to select the standout linebacker from Notre Dame. He arrived in San Diego with plenty of credentials and a back story that has transcended sports.

He slipped out of the opening round of the draft in part because of a poor performance in the national championship game against Alabama.

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Toronto 2 Boston 1 BOSTON — Tyler Bozak and Clarke MacArthur scored as the Toronto Maple Leafs stayed alive in the playoffs, hanging on to defeat the Boston Bruins 2-1 Friday night.

Trailing three games to one, the hard-skating Leafs probed the Bruins from all angles to quiet the yellow-and-black crowd of 17,565 — the Bruins’ 156th consecutive sellout.

But down 2-0 two minutes into the third period, Boston charged back to threaten the Leafs and pepper James Reimer.

Game 6 is scheduled for Sunday night in Toronto with Game 7, if needed, Monday in Boston.

Tuukka Rask, who had faced 95 shots in the previous two games, was immense in the Boston goal but could not get all of Bozak’s shot after a Bruins miscue at the Toronto blue-line allowed the speedy Leaf to race in midway through the second period for a short-handed goal.

An opportunistic MacArthur padded the lead at 1:58 of the third, taking advantage of a Boston turnover before racing past defenceman Johnny Boychuk and beating Rask.

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Reimer was finally beaten at 11:12 of the third when Bruins captain Zdeno Chara snapped in a shot after the line of David Krejci, Milan Lucic and Na-

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Toronto Maple Leafs centre Tyler Bozak beats Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask on a goal during the second period in Game 5 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series in Boston, Friday. At left is Bruins’ Andrew Ference (21). than Horton bottled the Leafs up in their own end. Boston had been pressing hard and Toronto could not clear the puck. It was Krejci’s 11th point in four games.

The goal brought the crowd alive. A Bozak penalty for delay of the game with 3:48 remaining further cranked up the tension but Toronto killed it off.

The Leafs were hanging on by the end. Captain Dion Phaneuf, pilloried for his role in the Bruins’ winning overtime goal Wednesday night, looked

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tory was against the Leafs.

Toronto was 1-13 all-time in best-of-seven series in which it trailed 3-1.

Boston, meanwhile, was 15-2 lifetime in best-of-seven series in which it had held that lead.

The Leafs came into the game with a 2-12-1 record in their last 15 games in Boston.

After being penned in their own end for the opening minute of the game, the Leafs came at the Bruins hard.

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OT winner from Zetterberg forces a seventh game WINGS’ WINGER NETS ENDS SCORING DROUGHT

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exhausted and possibly playing with an injury.

The Leafs have now won two of the three games at TD Garden and will be looking to bring some of that success home.

Boston, meanwhile, will be looking for a way to stop the Leafs from dictating the pace.

And to refocus its offence.

Krejci, who came into the game with five goals and five assists, did not manage a shot on goal in the first two periods.

Neither did linemate Lucic.

Coming into the game, his-

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Anaheim Ducks defenceman Luca Sbisa (5) protects the puck from Detroit Red Wings left wing Justin Abdelkader (8) in the second period in Game 6 of a first-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series in Detroit, Friday.

Detroit 4 Anaheim 3 (OT) DETROIT — Henrik Zetterberg picked a good time to break out of his scoring slump.

Zetterberg had his second goal 1:04 into overtime, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks in Game 6 on Friday night to extend their first-round series.

Detroit blew a two-goal lead in the last 3 ½ minutes of the third period, sending the original six NHL team to a fourth OT in a series for the first time in franchise history.

Emerson Etem and Bobby Ryan scored 51 seconds apart late in regulation to pull the Ducks into a 3-3 tie.

Zetterberg, who scored a goahead goal 6:19 into the third period, had a shot to win it with about a minute left. But his shot hit the right post and slid across the crease.

He found the back of the net with a slap shot from above the left circle to end the game and send the series back to California.

Second-seeded Anaheim will host seventh-seeded Detroit on Sunday night in the deciding game.

The Red Wings, in their 22nd straight post-season, have a chance to win their first series after being down 3-2 since the 2002 Western Conference finals. They beat Colorado then and went on to hoist the Stanley Cup. Detroit’s Jimmy Howard made 34 saves, all in regulation, and Jonas Hiller stopped 25 shots.

Zetterberg’s first goal snapped a career-long, seven-game postseason skid — dating to last year’s first-round exit against Nashville — and was the 52nd of his career in the playoffs. He has an NHL-high 50 goals in the playoffs since 2006.

Pavel Datsyuk netted the Red Wings’ first goal of the pressurepacked game and Justin Abdelkader created a two-goal cushion by scoring with 8:30 left in regulation.

Detroit looked like it got comfortable and it made some costly mistakes to spoil a chance to win in regulation.

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Canadian power play, Giroux too much for Belarus

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada 4 Belarus 1 STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Canada scored three power-play goals en route to a 4-1 win over Belarus and moved into first place in its group at the IIHF World Championship on Friday.

Claude Giroux was in on all of those power-play goals. The Philadelphia Flyers’ forward scored and assisted on the others by linemates Andrew Ladd and Steven Stamkos. Ryan O’Reilly scored Canada’s first goal even-strength.

Justin Schultz assisted on two goals. His Edmonton Oiler teammate and Canadian goaltender Devan Dubnyk made nine saves for his third win of the tournament.

Stamkos was tied for the scoring lead in tournament with nine alongside Ilya Kovalchuk of Russia and Petri Kontiola of Finland on Friday.

Canada doubled its power-play output from three goals to six in the tournament in one night.

“It’s going to make the difference in the big games,” Giroux said. “I think our power play was moving well before. It just wasn’t going in the net. Tonight was a great example of keeping it simple and getting the puck to the net.”

The top four countries in each pool of eight advance to the quarter-finals.

Canada (4-0-1) vaulted over Switzerland into first in their pool with 13 points, although the unbeaten Swiss were just two points behind with a game in hand. Sweden (3-2) was third with nine points and the Czech Republic (2-2-1) fourth with eight.

Canada has Saturday off and concludes

WORLD HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS the preliminary round with back-to-back games Sunday and Monday against the Czechs and Slovenia respectively.

Finland was the leader of the Helsinki pool following a 3-2 win over Russia, who lost their second in a row. The Finns had 11 points followed by Russia and the United States with nine.

Slovakia inched into fourth in that pool with one point from a 2-1 shootout loss to Austria. Thomas Vanek of the Buffalo Sabres scored the shootout winner as Austria claimed its second win of the tournament.

Canada added Vancouver Canucks defenceman Dan Hamhuis to the team Friday.

The Smithers, B.C., native is expected to arrive Saturday and will bump the roster up to 23 players, including eight defencemen.

Countries can carry a maximum of 25 players in the tournament.

The Canucks were swept in the first round of the NHL playoffs by San Jose.

Hamhuis represented Canada in four world championships. He won gold in 2007 and silver in 2008 and 2009.

“It’s giving us a really good veteran player that has played against every top opponent in the league,” Canadian head coach Lindy Ruff said.

Belarus is ranked No. 14 in the world behind Canada at No. 5 and is the host country of next year’s IIHF World Championship in Minsk.

The Belarusians held their opposition to three goals or less per game prior to facing Canada, but their offence has been anaemic. They’re the lowest-scoring team in the

tournament with six goals in four games.

Alexei Yefimenko foiled Dubnyk’s shutout bid at 15:58 of the third period. Goaltender Dmitri Milchakov made 33 saves.

Canada played its second game in as many days after beating host Sweden 3-0 the previous night.

The game against Belarus didn’t have the atmosphere of the night before, but the Canadians played a strong first period and fed off the success of their special teams.

In addition to scoring three times with an extra attacker, Canada held Belarus scoreless on five chances.

“We wanted to have a good start, with high energy,” O’Reilly said. “There’s never an easy game in this tournament. Every team can play, every team can skate.

“We wanted to play our style of game, get the puck deep, work it and put the puck in the net. That’s what we did.”

Giroux scored a wrap-around goal at 2:35 of the third period. He took a feed from Stamkos and deked one way to get Belarus’s defence going the wrong way before tucking the puck in the corner.

On a rush with Stamkos, Giroux dished the puck at the last minute so the Tampa Bay Lighting star had an easy tap in at 5:27 of the second period. Giroux teed Ladd up in the high slot for Canada’s first powerplay goal at 16:59 of the first.

“They made a couple of plays you can’t draw up,” Ruff said. “Just skill plays.”

O’Reilly whipped Jeff Skinner’s backhand pass from behind the goal-line past Milchakov at 11:17 of the first period.

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Boston Red Sox’s Jarrod Saltalamacchia reaches into the stands for a foul ball by Toronto Blue Jays’ Rajai Davis in the fourth inning of a baseball game in Boston, Friday.

Lester silences Jays bats with one-hitter

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Boston 5 Toronto 0 BOSTON — Jon Lester pitched a one-hitter Friday night, allowing only Maicer Izturis’ two-out double in the sixth inning, and the Boston Red Sox broke a three-game losing streak with a 5-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.

Just nine days shy of the fifth anniversary of his no-hitter, the left-hander retired the first 17 batters before Izturis lined a clean double several feet over the outstretched arm of third baseman Will Middlebrooks that landed just inside the foul line. Lester then ended the inning by striking out pinch hitter Adam Lind.

Lester (5-0) allowed just one of the remaining nine batters to hit the ball out of the infield and finished with five strikeouts.

The closest the Blue Jays came to another hit was Brett Lawrie’s low liner starting the sixth that centre fielder Jacoby Ellsbury caught easily.

Izturis was the only runner allowed

by Lester, who pitched the third shutout and 10th complete game of his career. He was coming off two of the poorer performances of his outstanding season, both losses in which he didn’t get the decision.

Despite Lester’s brilliance, the Red Sox led just 1-0 through six innings.

They scored in the second against Ramon Ortiz (0-1) when Daniel Nava

walked, took third on a single by Jarrod Saltalamacchia and scored when shortstop Izturis fielded Middlebrooks’ grounder but his throw to start a potential inning-ending double play eluded second baseman Mark DeRosa.

The Red Sox finally built a comfortable lead with four runs in the seventh, making it 5-0.

Singles by Ellsbury and Shane Victorino put runners at first and second and they moved up on a wild pitch by Brett Cecil. Dustin Pedroia singled in a run, but the next two batters struck out. Then Saltalamacchia doubled in two runs and Middlebrooks drove in another with his second double of the game.

On May 19, 2008, at Fenway Park, Lester pitched his only no-hitter in a 7-0 win over the Kansas City Royals.

Friday’s outing was the fourth time he allowed just one hit while pitching at least seven innings — and the third time against Toronto.

The other two were over eight innings in a 1-0 win in Boston on April 29, 2008, and seven innings in a 2-0 win at Toronto on April 28, 2010. He also did it against Kansas City in eight innings of a 1-0 win on July 18, 2006.

Boston continued to waste numerous opportunities. It left runners on base in each of the first seven innings after stranding runners in all nine innings of Thursday night’s 5-3 win over the Minnesota Twins.

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Red Wings forward Valtteri Filppula carried the puck behind Howard and passed it back to where Etem was the only one in a position to get it. Much to Howard’s surprise — the goalie wasn’t ready to slide over to make a save.

Ryan slammed a shot past Howard with 2:37 remaining to tie it.

Detroit was knocked out of the first round last year following five consecutive postseasons in which it advanced at least once, a run which includes winning an NHL title in 2008 and falling a win short of repeating the next year.

The Ducks are trying to earn a spot in the second round for the first time since 2009, when they were eliminated by the Red Wings in Game 7 of the conference semifinals.

Datsyuk put the Red Wings ahead with 1:12 left in the first period and Palmieri was credited with a tying goal in the second that went off a Detroit defenceman.

The Red Wings were given an opportunity to regain the lead when Palmieri was called for high-sticking in the final period, and they didn’t waste the opportunity.

Zetterberg’s slap shot from the top of the left circle sailed through the air and past teammate Johan Franzen, whose net-front presence made it tough for Hiller to stop it.

Detroit had an extra skater for a third time midway through the third period, leading to Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau screaming from the bench

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BRIEFS Braves split first two games of tournament The Red Deer Carstar Braves have a 1-1 record in the midget AAA division at the Okotoks Baseball Extravaganza.

The Braves downed the Sherwood Park Green 7-6 Friday after losing 6-3 to the Okotoks Dawgs White Thursday.

Taran Oulton and Jessie Muirhead shared the mound duties against the Green while Mike Ozga had an inside the park home run to score the winning run.

Mac Guckert started on the mound against the White with Ozga throwing the final three innings.

LEAFS: Game six Sunday Toronto was outshooting Boston 10-4 at the 10-minute mark, using its speed to come at the home side from all angles — largely silencing the fans in the process. The Bruins, meanwhile, looked to slow the Leafs down with hits. Lucic and Krejci treated defenceman Carl Gunnarsson like a Swedish crash test dummy on the same shift, sending him flying into the boards.

With a little more than three minutes remaining, Toronto’s Mikhail Grabovski pulled out one of his party tricks. Stationed behind the goal, the slender Belarusian flipped the puck over the goal and then sidestepped Boychuk on the edge of the crease, looking to bat the puck into the net from mid-air. Rask caught it, however, to end the magic act.

Toronto outshot Boston 19-8 in the first period and the Bruins were lucky not to leave the ice trailing. It helped that Boston won 18 faceoffs and only lost three in the period.

Fourteen Leafs had shots on goal in the first period, compared to seven Bruins.

The red-hot Krejci and linemate Lucic weren’t among them.

The question was how long Boston would stay dormant if the Leafs didn’t turn their pressure into goals.

The Braves face the Okanagan A’s JV team today at 11:30 a.m.

Prairie Fire finish season at .500 CALGARY — The Central Alberta Prairie Fire finished their Calgary and Area Midget Football League regular season at 3-3 following a 25-3 win over the Calgary Broncos Thursday.

Tylen Smith of Olds led the Fire attack, scoring twice on the ground and once on a 50-yard pass and run play with quarterback Brett Barrett of Hunting Hills.

Safety Owen Smith of Lindsay Thurber had an interception and had two other interceptions waved off on penalty calls. He also added a field goal in the second half.

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Soon after Anaheim killed the penalty, Abdelkader made it 3-1 with a goal from a sharp angle along the boards.

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Hockey NHL STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND Conference Quarter-finals (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Pittsburgh (1) vs. N.Y. Islanders (8) (Pittsburgh leads series 3-2) Thursday’s result Pittsburgh 4 N.Y. Islanders 0 Tuesday’s result N.Y. Islanders 6 Pittsburgh 4 Saturday’s game Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.

Sunday’s game x-N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Montreal (2) vs. Ottawa (7) (Ottawa wins series 4-1) Thursday’s result Ottawa 6 Montreal 1 Tuesday’s result Ottawa 3 Montreal 2 (OT) Washington (3) vs. N.Y. Rangers (6) (Washington leads series 3-2) Friday’s result Washington 2 N.Y. Rangers 1 (OT) Wednesday’s result N.Y. Rangers 4 Washington 3 Sunday’s game Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 2:30 p.m.

Monday, May 13 x-N.Y. Rangers at Washington, TBA Boston (4) vs. Toronto (5) (Boston leads series 3-2)

Friday’s result Toronto 2 Boston 1 Wednesday’s result Toronto 4 Boston 3 (OT) Sunday’s game Boston at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, May 13 x-Toronto at Boston, TBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Chicago (1) vs. Minnesota (8) (Chicago wins series 4-1) Thursday’s result Chicago 5 Minnesota 1 Tuesday’s result Chicago 3 Minnesota 0 Anaheim (2) vs. Detroit (7) (Series tied 3-3) Friday’s result Detroit 4 Anaheim 3 (OT) Wednesday’s result Anaheim 3 Detroit 2 (OT) Sunday’s game Detroit at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Vancouver (3) vs. San Jose (6) (San Jose wins series 4-0) Tuesday’s result San Jose 4 Vancouver 3 (OT) St. Louis (4) vs. Los Angeles (5) (Los Angeles wins series 4-2) Friday’s result Los Angeles 2 St. Louis 1 Wednesday’s result

Los Angeles 3 St. Louis 2 (OT) x — If necessary.

SUMMARIES FRIDAY Blues 1 at Kings 2 First Period 1. Los Angeles, Doughty 1 (Fraser, King) 12:37 Penalties — None Second Period 2. St. Louis, Porter 1 (Polak, Backes) 4:39 3. Los Angeles, Penner 2 (Scuderi) 19:59 Penalty — Martinez LA (hooking) 2:11.

Third Period No Scoring Penalty — Steen StL (interference) 10:28.

Shots on goal by St. Louis 8 6 8 — 22 Los Angeles 5 8 3 — 16 Goal — St. Louis: Elliott (L,2-4-0); Los Angeles: Quick (W,4-2-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — St. Louis: 0-1; Los Angeles: 0-1.

3. Detroit, Zetterberg 1 (Samuelsson, Datsyuk) 6:19 (pp) 4. Detroit, Cleary 2 (Abdelkader, Filppula) 11:30 5. Anaheim, Etem 2, 16:32 6. Anaheim, Ryan 2 (Perry, Beauchemin) 17:23 Penalties — Palmieri Ana (high-sticking) 5:39, Cogliano Ana (tripping) 9:12.

First Overtime 7. Detroit, Zetterberg 2 (Kronwall, Datsyuk) 1:04 Penalties — None Anaheim Detroit

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Goal — Anaheim: Hiller (L,3-3-0); Detroit: Howard (W,3-3-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Anaheim: 0-0; Detroit: 1-3.

Ducks 3 at Red Wings 4 (OT) First Period 1. Detroit, Datsyuk 2 (Zetterberg, Ericsson) 18:48 Penalty — Getzlaf Ana (tripping) 5:46.

Second Period 2. Anaheim, Palmieri 3 (Etem) 11:31 Penalties — None Third Period

Rangers 1 at Capitals 2 (OT) First Period 1. N.Y. Rangers, Boyle 2 (Brassard, Girardi) 0:53 Penalties — Chimera Wash (boarding) 4:40, Erskine Wash (elbowing) 9:57.

Second Period 2. Washington, Ward 1 (Johansson, Backstrom) 7:44 (pp) Penalties — Boyle NYR (slashing) 7:33, Hillen Wash (holding) 14:53, Carlson Wash (delay of game) 17:08.

Third Period No Scoring

Detroit, Fielder (9), Mi.Cabrera (7), Dirks (3).

Venable (5), Quentin (3).

Toronto 000 000 000 — 0 1 2 Boston 010 000 40x — 5 10 0 R.Ortiz, Cecil (6), Storey (7) and Arencibia; Lester and Saltalamacchia. W—Lester 5-0. L—R. Ortiz 0-1.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 101 000 001 — 3 10 1 Washington 020 230 00x — 7 9 0 Samardzija, H.Rondon (6), Fujikawa (7), Camp (8) and Castillo; Detwiler, Stammen (7) and K.Suzuki. W—Detwiler 2-3. L—Samardzija 1-5.

HRs—Washington, Desmond (5).

Penalty — Del Zotto NYR (interference) 1:52.

First Overtime 3. Washington, Ribeiro 1 (Brouwer, Alzner) 9:24 Penalties — None N.Y. Rangers 10 5 4 6 — 25 Washington 8 6 13 8 — 35 Goal — N.Y. Rangers: Lundqvist (L,2-3-0); Washington: Holtby (W,3-2-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — N.Y. Rangers: 0-4; Washington: 1-2.

Maple Leafs 2 at Bruins 1 First Period No Scoring Penalty — Kelly Bos (tripping) 1:46.

Second Period 1. Toronto, Bozak 1, 11:27 (sh) Penalties — Riemsdyk Tor (interference) 10:03, O’Byrne Tor (roughing), Chara Bos (roughing) 18:47.

Third Period 2. Toronto, MacArthur 2, 1:58 3. Boston, Chara 1 (Krejci, Seidenberg) 11:12 Penalty — Bozak Tor (delay of game) 16:12.

Toronto 19 10 4 — 33 Boston 8 17 19 — 44 Goal — Toronto: Reimer (W,2-3-0); Boston: Rask (L,3-2-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Toronto: 0-1; Boston: 0-2.

Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB New York 21 13 .618 — Baltimore 22 14 .611 — Boston 22 14 .611 — Tampa Bay 17 18 .486 4 1/2 Toronto 13 24 .351 9 1/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 20 13 .606 — Kansas City 18 14 .563 1 1/2 Cleveland 18 15 .545 2 Minnesota 16 16 .500 3 1/2 Chicago 14 19 .424 6 West Division W L Pct GB Texas 22 13 .629 — Oakland 18 18 .500 4 1/2 Seattle 16 19 .457 6 Los Angeles 13 22 .371 9 Houston 10 26 .278 12 1/2 Friday’s Games Detroit 10, Cleveland 4 Tampa Bay 6, San Diego 3 Boston 5, Toronto 0 Baltimore 9, Minnesota 6, 10 innings L.A. Angels 7, Chicago White Sox 5 N.Y. Yankees 11, Kansas City 6 Texas 4, Houston 2 Oakland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Today’s Games Tor (Buehrle 1-2) at Bos (Buchholz 6-0), 11:35 a.m.

San D (B.Smith 0-0) at Tampa (Hellickson 1-2), 4:10 p.m.

Cle (U.Jimenez 2-2) at Det (Verlander 4-2), 5:08 Balt (S.Johnson 0-0) at Min (Worley 0-4), 5:10 p.m.

Angels (Williams 1-1) at ChSox (Quintana 2-0), 5:10 p.m.

Yankees (Pettitte 3-2) at K City (Shields 2-2), 5:10.

Texas (Darvish 5-1) at Hous (Bedard 0-2), 5:10 p.m.

Oakl (Parker 1-5) at Seattle (Maurer 2-4), 7:10 p.m.

Atlanta Washington New York

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct 21 13 .618 20 15 .571 14 18 .438

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16 21 .432 6 1/2 10 25 .286 11 1/2 Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 22 12 .647 — Cincinnati 20 16 .556 3 Pittsburgh 19 16 .543 3 1/2 Milwaukee 15 18 .455 6 1/2 Chicago 13 22 .371 9 1/2 West Division W L Pct GB Arizona 21 15 .583 — San Francisco 20 15 .571 1/2 Colorado 19 16 .543 1 1/2 San Diego 16 19 .457 4 1/2 Los Angeles 13 20 .394 6 1/2 Friday’s Games Washington 7, Chicago Cubs 3 Cincinnati 4, Milwaukee 3 Pittsburgh 7, N.Y. Mets 3 Tampa Bay 6, San Diego 3 St. Louis 3, Colorado 0 Arizona 3, Philadelphia 2 Miami at L.A. Dodgers, late Atlanta at San Francisco, late Today’s Games Pitts (Liriano 0-0) at Mets (Niese 2-3), 11:10 a.m.

Col (Chacin 3-1) at St. L (Wainwright 4-2), 12:15 Atl (Maholm 4-3) at San Fran(Bumgarner 3-1), 2:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 0-5) at Washington (Strasburg 1-4), 2:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Burgos 1-0) at Cincinnati (Latos 3-0), 2:10 p.m.

San Diego (B.Smith 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson 1-2), 4:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Lee 3-2) at Arizona (Cahill 2-3), 6:10 p.m.

Miami (Slowey 1-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 3-2), 7:10 p.m.

Los Angeles 004 100 200 — 7 11 0 Chicago 100 400 000 — 5 7 2 Enright, M.Lowe (4), Kohn (6), D.De La Rosa (7), Frieri (9) and Conger; Axelrod, Lindstrom (7), N.Jones (8) and Flowers. W—Kohn 1-0. L—Axelrod 0-3. Sv—Frieri (6). HRs—Los Angeles, B.Harris (3).

Chicago, De Aza (7).

Baltimore 000 003 300 3 — 918 0 Minnesota 121 020 000 0 — 611 2 (10 innings) Hammel, McFarland (5), Tom.Hunter (7), Ji.Johnson (10) and Wieters; Pelfrey, Roenicke (7), Fien (7), Burton (9), Swarzak (10) and Doumit.

W—Tom.Hunter 3-1. L—Swarzak 1-1. Sv—Ji. Johnson (14).

Texas 001 001 101 — 4 9 1 Houston 011 000 000 — 2 5 0 Ogando, R.Ross (6), Scheppers (8), Nathan (9) and Soto; Keuchel, W.Wright (7), Clemens (8), Blackley (8) and J.Castro. W—R.Ross 1-0. L—W. Wright 0-1. Sv—Nathan (10). HRs—Texas, N.Cruz (8), Je.Baker (4), Dav.Murphy (3). Houston, Crowe (1).

New York 040 105 001 — 11 16 0 Kansas City 030 021 000 — 6 7 0 P.Hughes, Kelley (6), Logan (9) and C.Stewart; W.Davis, B.Chen (6), J.Gutierrez (7) and S.Perez.

W—P.Hughes 2-2. L—W.Davis 2-3. HRs—New York, I.Suzuki (2), Overbay (6). Kansas City, Dyson (1), Moustakas (4).

FRIDAY’S LINESCORES AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 100 100 200 — 4 6 2 Detroit 031 310 11x — 10 15 0 Kluber, Shaw (5), Hagadone (6), R.Hill (7), Albers (8) and C.Santana; Scherzer, Benoit (9) and Avila. W—Scherzer 5-0. L—Kluber 2-2. HRs—

INTERLEAGUE San Diego 201 000 000 — 3 5 2 Tampa Bay 002 000 40x — 6 8 0 Volquez, Thayer (7), Bass (7), Boxberger (7) and Hundley; Cobb, Lueke (5), McGee (7), Jo.Peralta (8), Rodney (9) and Lobaton. W—McGee 1-2.

L—Thayer 0-2. Sv—Rodney (5). HRs—San Diego,

Alberta Downs Weekend Entries Saturday Post time: 1:15 p.m.

First Pace, purse $3,500 (DD, EX, SF, TR).

1 Miss Dezilou (T. Redwood) 2 Smoken Blue Water (Q. Schneider) 3 Sweetycamtoplay (G. Hudon) 4 River Blues (W. Tainsh Jr) 5 Hf Pajama Party (H. Haining) 6 Wigesjet (J. Chappell) 7 Bettor Dreams (J. Jungquist) 8 Clearly Best (K. Dressler) Second Pace, purse $8,500 (EX, SF, TR).

1 Sixdaysontheroad (W. Tainsh Jr) 2 Trust The Artist (K. Hoerdt) 3 Timberline Court (G. Hudon) 4 Flak Jacket (J. Gray) 5 Mr Saratoga (J. Chappell) Third Pace, purse $2,800 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Tajwon (T. Cullen) 2 Hes Country (Q. Schneider) 3 Knickfree (J. Chappell) 4 Mackenzie Seelster (To Be Announced) 5 F Train (B. Piwniuk) 6 Katies Gun (P. Giesbrecht) 7 Nevermissabeat (R. Grundy) 8 Wrangler Hitech (T. Redwood) 9 Skirmish (W. Tainsh Jr) ae Silent Rescue (P. Davies) Fourth Pace, purse $5,400 (EX, SF, TR, W4).

1 Rays Crown Royal (K. Hoerdt) 2 Blue Star Admiral (W. Tainsh Jr) 3 Aerial Time (J. Chappell) 4 Burn The Floor (P. Giesbrecht) 5 Gaucho Hanover (R. Hennessy) 6 Acesndeuces (P. Davies) 7 Frisco (T. Cullen) Fifth Pace, purse $3,000 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Outlawishfulthinkn (C. Kolthammer) 2 Western Willy (J. Gray) 3 Rays High Noon (K. Hoerdt) 4 Mystical Fellow (B. Clark) 5 The Cracken (H. Haining) 6 Pinot Prince (P. Davies) 7 Pureform Nelson (T. Redwood) 8 Whosurhero (J. Jungquist) ae Two Pack Habit (H. Haining) Sixth Pace, purse $5,400 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Keystone Maddie (P. Giesbrecht) 2 Kim Chee (T. Redwood) 3 Outlawlookslikrain (C. Kolthammer) 4 Artprize (T. Cullen) 5 Cloud Nine (G. Hudon) 6 Outlaw Pot Of Gold (P. Davies) 7 Ruths Shadylady (J. Jungquist) 8 Crackers Hot Shot (W. Tainsh Jr) 9 Skade (K. Hoerdt) Seventh Pace, purse $3,600 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Cheswick (R. Schneider) 2 Shaker Boy (K. Hoerdt) 3 Attitude Adjuster (G. Hudon) 4 Dieselystic (J. Gray) 5 Jellos Fellow (P. Davies) 6 Im A Wildcat (W. Tainsh Jr) 7 Man Alive (J. Jungquist) 8 Location Baran (P. Giesbrecht) 9 Hesacamcracker (R. Hennessy) ae Artability (Q. Schneider) Eighth Pace, purse $7,500 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Greek Ruler (J. Chappell) 2 Kg Explorer (R. Goulet) 3 Bachelor Pad (B. Clark)

BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB—Suspended umpire Fieldin Culbreth two games because he was in charge of the crew that allowed Houston manager Bo Porter to improperly switch relievers in the middle of an inning. Fined umpires Brian O’Nora, Bill Welke and Adrian Johnson an undisclosed amount.

American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Reinstated OF Dayan Viciedo from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Jordan Danks to Charlotte (IL).

LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Placed RHP Tommy Hanson on the restricted list. Recalled LHP Michael Roth from Arkansas (Texas).

TAMPA BAY RAYS—Placed RHP Brandon Gomes on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 8. Recalled RHP Josh Lueke from Durham (IL).

TEXAS RANGERS—Placed C A.J. Pierzynski on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 6. Recalled C Robinson Chirinos from Round Rock (PCL).

National League CHICAGO CUBS—Activated RHP Kyuji Fujikawa from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Rafael Dolis to Iowa (PCL).

CINCINNATI REDS—Activated C Ryan Hanigan from the 15-day DL. Designated C Corky Miller for assignment.

American Association WICHITA WINGNUTS—Signed OF/INF Colt Loehrs.

Can-Am League QUEBEC CAPITALES—Signed RHP Karl Gelinas.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA—Fined Chicago F Taj Gibson $25,000

Pittsburgh 030 030 001 — 7 12 0 New York 000 010 002 — 3 10 1 W.Rodriguez, Mazzaro (7), Contreras (9), Grilli (9) and McKenry; Marcum, Carson (5), Atchison (7), Rice (9) and Recker. W—W.Rodriguez 3-2. L—Marcum 0-3. Sv—Grilli (14). HRs—Pittsburgh, G.Jones (5). New York, Recker (1), Valdespin (3).

Colorado 000 000 000 — 0 1 0 St. Louis 011 010 00x — 3 10 0 Garland, Escalona (6) and W.Rosario; S.Miller and Y.Molina. W—S.Miller 5-2. L—Garland 3-3.

HRs—St. Louis, Beltran (9).

Philadelphia 200 000 000 — 2 7 1 Arizona 100 000 11x — 3 4 1 Cloyd, Bastardo (7), Mi.Adams (8) and Ruiz; Kennedy, W.Harris (8), Sipp (8), D.Hernandez (9) and M.Montero. W—Sipp 2-1. L—Mi.Adams 1-3.

Sv—D.Hernandez (1). HRs—Philadelphia, Rollins (2). Arizona, M.Montero (3).

BASEBALL’S TOP TEN NATIONAL LEAGUE G AB R H CGomez Mil 32 118 22 44 YMolina StL 33 128 12 44 AdGonzalez LAD 31 108 8 37 Tulowitzki Col 31 95 17 32 SMarte Pit 34 138 27 46

Pct. .373 .344 .343 .337 .333

AMERICAN LEAGUE G AB R H Pct. MiCabrera Det 33 136 27 52 .382 Loney TB 35 101 14 38 .376 CSantana Cle 28 99 21 35 .354 Altuve Hou 35 146 17 50 .342 TorHunter Det 30 133 23 45 .338 Longoria TB 35 134 24 45 .336 AJones Bal 36 150 27 49 .327 Kinsler Tex 34 141 21 46 .326 LCain KC 30 108 17 35 .324 Pedroia Bos 36 139 22 45 .324 Home Runs MarReynolds, Cleveland, 11; CDavis, Baltimore, 10; Encarnacion, Toronto, 10; Arencibia, Toronto, 9; Cano, New York, 9; Fielder, Detroit, 9; Morse, Seattle, 9; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 9.

Runs Batted In MiCabrera, Detroit, 40; CDavis, Baltimore, 33; Fielder, Detroit, 33; Napoli, Boston, 32; MarReynolds, Cleveland, 30; AGordon, Kansas City, 27; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 26.

Pitching MMoore, Tampa Bay, 6-0; Buchholz, Boston, 6-0; Guthrie, Kansas City, 5-0; Lester, Boston, 5-0; Scherzer, Detroit, 5-0; Hammel, Baltimore, 5-1; Darvish, Texas, 5-1.

Golf 4 Cowboy Caper (K. Hoerdt) 5 Hollywood Warrior (G. Hudon) 6 Gts Jake (J. Jungquist) 7 Hilldrop Shady (W. Tainsh Jr) 8 Armbro Dublin (B. Piwniuk) Ninth Pace, purse $6,000 (EX, SF, TR, W3).

1 Outlaw Highvoltage (P. Giesbrecht) 2 Nobody Can (W. Tainsh Jr) 3 All Canadian Mjjz (P. Davies) 4 Playbook (B. Clark) 5 Arroway (J. Gray) 6 Kg Art Dreamer (G. Hudon) Tenth Pace, purse $3,800 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Fly Bye Elly (J. Gray) 2 G I Joan (B. Clark) 3 Truly Cruisin (P. Davies) 4 Apalamine (T. Cullen) 5 Js Honeybet (T. Redwood) 6 Red Star Jenny (K. Hoerdt) 7 Justabitfaster (G. Hudon) 8 Brave Rustler (P. Giesbrecht) 9 Whos In The Hat (W. Tainsh Jr) ae Hollywood Jubilee (J. Chappell) Eleventh Pace, purse $2,300 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Notacent Tobemade (G. Schedlosky) 2 Art By Dylan (K. Hoerdt) 3 Outlaw I See Red (J. Gray) 4 Kg Super Sonic (C. Brown) 5 Too Young Man (G. Hudon) 6 Steveofdestruction (R. Schneider) 7 Lakers R Electric (Q. Schneider) 8 Payoff (W. Tainsh Jr) 9 Rango (T. Redwood) ae Modern Man (C. Brown) Sunday Post time: 1:15 p.m.

First Pace, purse $3,200 (DD, EX, SF, TR).

1 Miss Reserve (P. Davies) 2 Mystic Angel (J. Jungquist) 3 Bite Size (P. Giesbrecht) 4 Eternal Grace (V. Sifert) 5 Rs Dottie West (J. Gray) 6 Tu Wong Fu (J. Chappell) 7 Wish I Was (B. Clark) 8 Ida Apache (R. Grundy) Second Pace, purse $4,000 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Outlawpocketrocket (P. Giesbrecht) 2 Life On Homicide (J. Jungquist) 3 Bettor In The Bank (B. Clark) 4 Shade Of Pale (G. Hudon) 5 Outlaw Falcon (C. Kolthammer) 6 Pedal Steel (W. Tainsh Jr) 7 Broadies Dancer (P. Davies) 8 Masada Rocks (K. Hoerdt) Third Pace, purse $3,600 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Whitehouse Secret (P. Davies) 2 Tequila Boom Boom (R. Hennessy) 3 Crafty Cracker (W. Tainsh Jr) 4 Me Myself And I (B. Clark) 5 Cinderella Smiles (P. Giesbrecht) 6 Hollywood Monroe (G. Hudon) 7 Brendons No Fly (T. Redwood) 8 Liz Lover (J. Jungquist) Fourth Pace, purse $3,400 (EX, SF, TR, W4).

1 Julie Caesar (P. Giesbrecht) 2 Westcoast Royal (C. Brown) 3 Westwood Chaos (J. Jungquist) 4 Glitteronthebeach (T. Cullen) 5 Cracklin Millie (G. Hudon) 6 Hf Nancys Babygirl (T. Redwood) 7 Flawless Art (D. Mcleod)

Fifth Pace, purse $4,800 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Revoler (W. Tainsh Jr) 2 B R Money Matters (J. Gray) 3 Somethinsgoinon (B. Clark) 4 Hollywood Lenny (Q. Schneider) 5 Terrorizer (P. Giesbrecht) 6 Total Rhythm (K. Hoerdt) 7 Balzac Billy (J. Jungquist) 8 Mr Brightside (J. Chappell) 9 Capablenrewarding (D. Mcleod) Sixth Pace, purse $3,400 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Minettas Leader (J. Jungquist) 2 Blue Star Cavalier (D. Mcleod) 3 Intended Gold (P. Giesbrecht) 4 Cams Wizard (W. Tainsh Jr) 5 Camtonite (R. Hennessy) 6 Pureform Nelson (T. Redwood) 7 Artability (Q. Schneider) 8 Arctic Muscles (C. Brown) Seventh Pace, purse $3,800 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Make It So (J. Chappell) 2 Farm Team (P. Davies) 3 Blue Star Quest (T. Redwood) 4 My Promise To You (J. Gray) 5 Hollywood Hotel (G. Hudon) 6 Ok Excalibur (T. Cullen) 7 Saltwater Cowboy (R. Schneider) 8 Psymadre (B. Piwniuk) 9 Hey Scoob (To Be Announced) Eighth Pace, purse $2,800 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Power Maid (P. Giesbrecht) 2 Cantcatch P (J. Chappell) 3 Dudes Bonnie (R. Goulet) 4 Samnmadie (J. Jungquist) 5 Tajerine Dream (W. Tainsh Jr) 6 Wrangler Diva (T. Redwood) 7 Fancy Camelot (T. Cullen) 8 Charm N Wits (P. Davies) 9 Arctic Pine (C. Brown) Ninth Pace, purse $5,700 (EX, SF, TR, W3).

1 Big Bang Theory (G. Hudon) 2 Just Saucy (J. Jungquist) 3 Ashlynn Grace (J. Chappell) 4 Outlaw Blue Danube (S. Campbell) 5 Feelin Flush (T. Cullen) 6 Gts Jerilyn (J. Gray) 7 Phoenician Gal (P. Giesbrecht) 8 Shirley Girl (R. Goulet) 9 Barona Josie (W. Tainsh Jr) Tenth Pace, purse $2,300 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Yankee Mystique (P. Giesbrecht) 2 Blue Star Classic (J. Gray) 3 Minettaszoombyyall (W. Tainsh Jr) 4 Major Ziggy (T. Redwood) 5 Outlaw Like A Lady (J. Jungquist) 6 Arctic Flame (C. Brown) 7 Wrangler Raine (R. Goulet) 8 No Limit For Mjjz (B. Thomas) 9 Baja Beach (J. Chappell) ae Barona Java (G. Hudon) Eleventh Pace, purse $3,300 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Modern Look (P. Giesbrecht) 2 Mjjz R Us (P. Davies) 3 Passing Breeze (W. Tainsh Jr) 4 Western Chrome (R. Goulet) 5 Red Star Chance (D. Mcleod) 6 National Interest (J. Chappell) 7 K B Hercules (J. Gray) 8 Silent Rescue (K. Hoerdt) 9 Kg Rowan (G. Hudon) ae Canbec Hooligan (T. Cullen)

PGA Tour-The Players Championship Scores Friday At TPC Sawgrass Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Purse: $9.5 million Yardage: 7,215; Par: 72 Second Round Sergio Garcia Tiger Woods Kevin Chappell Lee Westwood Henrik Stenson Ryan Palmer Casey Wittenberg David Lingmerth Matt Kuchar Hunter Mahan Adam Scott Zach Johnson Charles Howell III Marc Leishman Jason Dufner Webb Simpson Martin Laird Rory McIlroy Steve Stricker

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for verbal abuse of a game official during a May 8 game against Miami.

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES—Waived G Brandon Roy. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS—Agreed to terms with LB Karlos Dansby on a one-year contract. Signed RB Stepfan Taylor, WR Ryan Swope, RB Andre Ellington and TE D.C. Jefferson to four-year contracts.

BUFFALO BILLS—Signed WR Marquise Goodwin, DB Duke Williams, DB Jonathan Meeks and K Dustin Hopkins.

CINCINNATI BENGALS—Signed OT Reid Fragel and C T.J. Johnson.

DALLAS COWBOYS—Signed LB DeVonte Holloman to a four-year contract and QB Dalton Williams, LB Brandon Magee, LB Cameron Lawrence, LB Deon Lacey, LB Taylor Reed, CB Xavier Brewer, CB Dustin Harris, CB Devin Smith, S Jakar Hamilton, S Jeff Heath, WR Greg Herd, WR Eric Rogers, K Spencer Benton, TE Paul Freedman and RB Kendial Lawrence.

DETROIT LIONS—Signed DE Ezekiel Ansah to a five-year contract and CB Darius Slay, G Larry Warford, DE Devin Taylor, P Sam Martin, WR Corey Fuller, RB Theo Riddick, TE Michael Williams and LB Brandon Hepburn to four-year contracts.

GREEN BAY PACKERS—Signed OT David Bakhtiari, OT J.C. Tretter, RB Johnathan Franklin, CB Micah Hyde, DE Josh Boyd, LB Nate Palmer, WR C.J. Johnson, WR Kevin Dorsey, LB Sam Barrington, QB Matt Brown, C Patrick Lewis, LB Andy Mulumba, RB Angelo Pease, DT Gilbert Pena, FB Ryan Roberson, TE Jake Stoneburner, G Lane Taylor and WR Myles White.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Signed OL Eric Kush and LB Mike Catapano.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Signed DT John Jenkins to a four-year contract.

NEW YORK GIANTS—Named Joe Danos assistant strength and conditioning coach, Matt Shauger assistant director of pro personnel and Tim McDonnell pro scout. Signed LB Aaron curry, DT Jonathan Hankins, DE Damontre Moore, S Cooper Taylor, RB Michael Cox, RB Jeremy Wright, LB Etienne Sabino, LB Charleus Dieuseul, DB Charles James, WR Marcus Davis and S Alonzo Tweedy.

NEW YORK JETS—Signed OL Oday Aboushi, G Will Campbell, WR Zach Rogers, WR Ryan Spadola, WR K.J. Stroud, WR Antavious Wilson, TE Chris Pantale, TE Mike Shanahan, OL Dalton Freeman, OL Trey Gilleo, OL Mark Popek, DL Roosevelt Holliday, DL Jake McDonough, LB Troy Davis, DB Mike Edwards and S Rontez Miles.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Signed DT Jordan Hill, WR Chris Harper, DT Jesse Williams, TE Luke Willson, G Ryan Seymour, LB Ty Powell, G Jared Smith, WR Matt Austin, OT Alvin Bailey, DE Kenneth Boatright, LB Ramon Buchanan, LB John Lotulelei, S Ray Polk, G Jordon Roussos and LB Craig Wilkins to multiyear contracts.

Arena Football League ORLANDO PREDATORS—Added DL Claude Wroten to the roster.

HOCKEY National Hockey League COLORADO AVALANCHE—Announced the resignation of president Pierre Lacroix, who will serve as an adviser. Named Josh Kroenke president. Promoted Joe Sakic to executive vicepresident of hockey operations.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Recalled G Philipp Grubauer, D Dmitry Orlov, D Tomas Kundratek, D Cameron Schilling and D Nate Schmidt from Hershey (AHL).

Chris Kirk Sang-Moon Bae Jerry Kelly Kevin Streelman Brandt Snedeker Tim Herron David Lynn Peter Hanson Ben Crane Greg Chalmers Matt Every Ben Curtis Luke Donald Graham DeLaet Harris English Jeff Overton Brendon de Jonge Jeff Maggert Roberto Castro Sean O’Hair Andres Romero Davis Love III Martin Kaymer Carl Pettersson K.J. Choi Chris Stroud Jason Bohn

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Basketball NBA Daily Playoff Glance THE ASSOCIATED PRESS All Times EDT (x-if necessary) (Best-of-7) CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS Sunday, May 5 Oklahoma City 93, Memphis 91 Indiana 102, New York 95 Monday, May 6 Chicago 93, Miami 86 San Antonio 129, Golden State 127, 2OT Tuesday, May 7 New York 105, Indiana 79, series tied 1-1 Memphis 99, Oklahoma City 93, series tied 1-1 Wednesday, May 8 Miami 115, Chicago 78 Golden State 100, San Antonio 91, series tied 1-1 Friday, May 10 Miami 104, Chicago 94, Miami leads series 2-1 San Antonio at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 11 Oklahoma City at Memphis, 5 p.m.

New York at Indiana, 8 p.m.

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Milwaukee 000 200 001 — 3 8 0 Cincinnati 002 100 10x — 4 8 0 Gallardo, Figaro (5), Mic.Gonzalez (7), Axford (8) and Lucroy; Cingrani, Simon (5), LeCure (7), Broxton (8), Chapman (9) and Hanigan. W—Simon 3-1. L—Gallardo 3-2. Sv—Chapman (8). HRs— Milwaukee, Segura (5), Braun (8). Cincinnati, Phillips (6).

Segura Mil 32 123 17 41 .333 Cuddyer Col 31 119 18 38 .319 Braun Mil 30 113 18 36 .319 Choo Cin 35 132 28 42 .318 Sandoval SF 34 136 17 43 .316 Home Runs JUpton, Atlanta, 12; Buck, New York, 10; Harper, Washington, 10; Beltran, St. Louis, 9; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 9; Rizzo, Chicago, 9; YBetancourt, Milwaukee, 8; Braun, Milwaukee, 8; Fowler, Colorado, 8.

Runs Batted In Phillips, Cincinnati, 31; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 30; Buck, New York, 29; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 28; Craig, St. Louis, 26; Rizzo, Chicago, 26; Braun, Milwaukee, 25.

Pitching Zimmermann, Washington, 6-1; Corbin, Arizona, 5-0; Lynn, St. Louis, 5-1; SMiller, St. Louis, 5-2; Parnell, New York, 4-0; Harvey, New York, 4-0; KKendrick, Philadelphia, 4-1.

1. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 147 laps, 150 rating, 0 points, $44,965.

2. (2) Elliott Sadler, Toyota, 147, 118.9, 42, $33,600.

3. (4) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 147, 117.9, 41, $25,400.

4. (14) Joey Logano, Ford, 147, 102, 0, $17,450.

5. (3) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 147, 122.9, 0, $16,025.

6. (7) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 147, 99.5, 38, $24,675.

7. (11) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 147, 105, 37, $20,410.

8. (9) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 147, 101.7, 36, $19,270.

9. (6) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 147, 105.4, 0, $12,975.

10. (5) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 147, 90.9, 34, $19,925.

11. (8) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 147, 93.1, 33, $18,525.

12. (18) Chris Buescher, Ford, 147, 87.2, 32, $12,450.

13. (15) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 147, 80.4, 0, $18,400.

14. (26) Brian Scott, Chevrolet, 147, 81.6, 30, $18,350.

15. (12) Parker Kligerman, Toyota, 147, 81.2, 29, $19,475.

16. (21) Nelson Piquet Jr., Chevrolet, 147, 74.3, 28, $18,175.

17. (13) Alex Bowman, Toyota, 147, 72.4, 27, $18,125.

18. (16) Reed Sorenson, Ford, 147, 80.6, 26, $18,075.

19. (19) Mike Bliss, Toyota, 146, 67, 25, $18,025.

20. (27) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 146, 57.6, 25, $18,625.

21. (22) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 146, 59.9, 23, $17,900.

22. (24) Blake Koch, Toyota, 146, 63.7, 22, $17,850.

23. (20) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 146, 58.5, 0, $17,800.

24. (28) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 146, 58.3, 20, $17,750.

San Antonio at Golden State, 3:30 p.m.

Monday, May 13 Miami at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Memphis, 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 14 New York at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Golden State at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 15 Chicago at Miami, 7 p.m.

Memphis at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 16 Indiana at New York, 8 p.m. x-San Antonio at Golden State, TBA Friday, May 17 x-Miami at Chicago, TBA x-Oklahoma City at Memphis, TBA Saturday, May 18 x-New York at Indiana, TBA Sunday, May 19 x-Chicago at Miami, TBA x-Golden State at San Antonio, TBA x-Memphis at Oklahoma City, TBA Monday, May 20 x-Indiana at New York, 8 p.m.

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Ribeiro’s OT goal gives Caps 3 - 2 series edge Washington Capitals goalie Braden Holtby takes a skate in the face from New York Rangers right wing Ryan Callahan in the second period of Game 5 firstround NHL Stanley Cup playoff hockey series, Friday, in Washington.

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He slashed Ribeiro for no good reason in front of a referee near the Rangers net. It took only 11 seconds for the Capitals’ power play, the NHL’s best during the regular season, to tie the score on Ward’s one-timer from the slot.

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Duties consist of enforcement of animal welfare legislation including investigation, documentation, and court appearances. Knowledge of livestock and companion animals essential, with prior education or experience with a recognized law enforcement agency a must.

Successful candidate will have excellent verbal & written communication skills, outstanding work ethic, be physically ďŹ t, eligible for Alberta Justice Peace OďŹƒcer Appointment and hold a valid driver’s license with good driving record.

Apply by May 21 to:

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

Fax: 780.447.4748 or email kdean@albertaspca.org; execdir@albertaspca.org

The following opportunity is currently available:

The HR Specialist – Field Safety works to ensure employees of The City of Red Deer have a safe work environment.

The position provides OH&S consultation to the EL&P department to ensure compliance with OH&S legislation. The role advises monitors & implements policies and procedures relevant to safety & current industry best practices and regulations. The role leads safety initiatives at the department level, conducts incident investigation, root cause analysis and makes recommendations for corrective action.

The ideal candidate possesses some knowledge/experience in the electric utility industry.

Job Requirements: • Certification in Occupational Health & Safety • 3+ years experience in an organization where safety is a significant focus in a role that would provide expertise in safety committee work, and development of safety policies and procedures Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Jim Furyk putts from the rough on the 17th hole during the second round of The Players championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass, Friday, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

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

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

The Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission (AGLC) is seeking qualified individuals for the following position:

RESPONSIBLE GAMBLING INFORMATION CENTRE (RGIC) REPRESENTATIVES x x x

Edmonton (2 PERM) Red Deer (1 PERM) Calgary (1 PERM & 1 TEMP to MAY 2014)

Salary Range: $46,940.85 - $60,434.55 per annum Comp # 13-068 Closing Date: May 21, 2013 The AGLC is responsible for regulating gaming and liquor activities across the province. Our work environment offers challenging opportunities, career growth, and supports work-life balance.

For more information on these and other available positions please visit our website aglc.ca 50 Corriveau Avenue St. Albert, AB T8N 3T5 fax: 780.447.8918 email: hr@aglc.ca To apply, visit our website:

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Garcia on a roll at The Players Championship STUDON Electric & Controls Inc. is one of Canada’s Best 50 Managed Companies.

We are an industry leading Electrical & Instrumentation Contractor that prides itself in having committed and dedicated employees.

We are currently hiring for the position of:

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Finance Supervisor

Planning and Development

The ideal candidate will require the following for this position: â&#x20AC;˘ Minimum of 5 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience in full cycle accounting â&#x20AC;˘ Extensive background in month-end accounting â&#x20AC;˘ Experience preparing for annual audits â&#x20AC;˘ Supervisory experience with proven leadership ability â&#x20AC;˘ Strong organizational skills â&#x20AC;˘ Highly analytical coupled with a strong attention to detail â&#x20AC;˘ Accounting Designation (CA, CGA, CMA) a definite asset

The City of Lacombe is currently seeking a full-time one year term certain (maternity leave) Development Officer 1 (DO1) to join our Planning and Development Department.

The DO1 approves and monitors all permitted use permits, reviews development plans, presents to development authority, and collaborates with development stakeholders and City Staff.

The DO1 also issues gas, electrical, plumbing and building code permits, requiring knowledge of the Alberta Safety Codes Act and Regulations. The ideal candidate is comfortable working in a regulatory position with stakeholders in the community.

Preferred Qualifications: â&#x20AC;˘ Diploma in related field, preferably with Applied Land Use Planning Certificate â&#x20AC;˘ Competency in MS Office applications, AutoCAD and/or GIS â&#x20AC;˘ 3 years related experience, preferably some municipal â&#x20AC;˘ Familiarity with municipal development permitting processes and relevant legislation â&#x20AC;˘ Exceptional communication, organization and customer service skills

STUDON offers a competitive salary, and an opportunity to apply your skills in a challenging and rewarding environment.

â&#x20AC;˘ Equivalencies may be considered â&#x20AC;˘ Driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Abstract The City of Lacombe has an excellent benefits package.

Salary range is $54,171 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $67,724 dependent on education and experience.

If you see yourself excelling in this one year term certain Development Officer 1 position please submit an application form or resume on or before May 17, 2013 to: Attn: Human Resources City of Lacombe 5432-56 Avenue Lacombe, AB T4L 1E9 E-mail: humanresources@lacombe.ca Website: www.lacombe.ca All applicants are thanked for their interest, however only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Please note: This job posting closes on May 13th, 2013 STUDON Electric & Controls Inc. ATTN: Human Resources Fax # 403-342-6505 Email amercer@studon.com

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Please forward your resume to the address below. We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those candidates interviewed will be contacted.

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Sergio Garcia had one of those stretches where it felt like every putt was going to drop. He needed every one of them Friday for a 7-under 65 to match his best score on the TPC Sawgrass and take a one-shot lead over Tiger Woods at The Players Championship.

Next up is Woods and Garcia in the final group on the weekend, which is sure to add even attention to the stage that is Sawgrass.

Garcia didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss a fairway and putted for birdie on every hole on the back nine and wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t gaining any ground. That changed on the front nine when he made seven straight putts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; five of them from about 15 feet or longer â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to race by Woods and into the lead. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you start going like that, obviously it feels great,â&#x20AC;? said Garcia, who was at 11-under 133. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything seems kind of clearer in your head. You seem to see the break. You seem to feel like everything is a little bit easier, a little bit smoother, and you hit the putt and it manages to go in. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If it was easy, we would have plenty of those, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Enjoy them while you have them.â&#x20AC;?

Woods looks like heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s having a good time on the course that has vexed him more than any other on the PGA Tour, and he could be the greater threat on the weekend. Already a three-time winner this year on tour, Woods has rarely put himself in trouble and had his second straight 67.

Woods was at 134, his best 36-hole total by six shots at this tournament, including the year he won.

He tied for the lead with a 5-wood into 20 feet for eagle on the par-5 second hole, and then took the lead alone with a short birdie on the fourth. But it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t last long. Garcia, playing in the group ahead of him, ran off five straight birdies, finishing that stretch with a 20-foot putt on No. 5 and a 25-footer on No. 6.

Woods and Garcia have played together on big stages â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bethpage Black, Royal Liverpool â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with a big edge for Woods.

They first were linked when the Spaniard was 19 and gave Woods all he could handle at Medinah in the 1999 PGA Championship. They were paired in the final round of the 2002 U.S. Open and 2006 British Open, both won by Woods.

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Washington 2 New York Rangers 1 WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The New York Rangers scored their only goal in the first minute. Then the Washington Capitals made home-ice advantage work.

And in this series, home ice has been critical.

Nine minutes, 24 seconds into overtime, Mike Ribeiro was stationed by the crease to put in a deflected shot to give the Capitals a 2-1 win over the Rangers, restoring Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lead â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as well as its momentum â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in the first-round playoff series.

Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Braden Holtby made 24 saves as the Capitals took a 3-2 series lead, with the home team winning every game. Washington took the first two, with New York pulling even in Games 3 and 4. The Capitals have been fighting history along the way: The franchise has lost eight playoff series in which it has held a two-game lead.

Game 6 is Sunday at New York.

Brian Boyle scored the Rangersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lone goal 53 seconds into the game. Joel Ward tied it in the second period. Holtby and Henrik Lundqvist (33 saves) matched each other the rest of the way until Troy Brouwer deflected Karl Alznerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shot from the point â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the puck opportunistically ended up on Ribeiroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stick.

The Capitals were tight early on. Coach Adam Oates said before the game he was â&#x20AC;&#x153;worriedâ&#x20AC;? about the way his team would start out. His concern was justified: The Rangers scored quickly.

Dan Girardi dumped the puck behind the net. Derick Brassard was there and made a one-touch pass to Boyle, who had skated in front of the crease with barely a hindrance from Capitals defencemen. Boyle popped in his second goal of the series, and Brassard had his series-leading fifth assist.

The Capitals stayed out of sorts well into the first period, seemingly unable to put a stick on the puck with any flow. They again had trouble staying out of the penalty box, with Jason Chimera (boarding) and John Erskine (elbowing) taking penalties. Washington killed them both.

New York nearly took a two-goal lead when Erskine turned the puck over at centre ice, but he recovered in time to stop Carl Hagelinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s breakaway.

Meanwhile, Rangers defencemen kept getting their sticks in the way at the right times. John Moore did just enough when Ward had an open look at a deflected puck near the crease, and three of Alex Ovechkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s four first-period shot attempts were blocked before they made it to Lundqvist.

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Lacroix out, Kroenke Kings bounce Blues from Stanley Cup playoffs with Game 6 win in as Avs president

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOOKING TO TURNAROUND DOWNTRODDEN TEAM

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER — Josh Kroenke will now be keeping just as close a watch on power plays as power forwards.

Already in charge of the Denver Nuggets, Kroenke was announced Friday as the new president of the Colorado Avalanche. He will take over for Pierre Lacroix, who’s stepping down after 18 seasons and two Stanley Cup titles. Lacroix will stay with the team as an adviser.

Former team captain Joe Sakic also received a promotion as the Avs overhauled their front office. He’s now the executive vice-president of hockey operations and will have a big say on just about everything, including the next coach after Joe Sacco was fired last month.

Greg Sherman will remain the team’s general manager as the Avalanche try to get back on track after finishing last in the Western Conference and missing the playoffs for a third straight season.

“I like challenges. I’ve never been one to back down from a challenge in my entire life,” Kroenke said. “I don’t sleep a lot, because I’m constantly thinking about teams. I’m always paying attention and watching. I’m looking forward to taking these things to new heights.”

By many, Kroenke is viewed as primarily a basketball guy, especially since he played at Missouri. The Nuggets won a franchise-record 57 games this season before bowing out to the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the playoffs.

In the meantime, the Avalanche languished in Kroenke’s three seasons as the team’s governor.

He’s constantly heard the criticism that neglect is the reason for the Avalanche’s recent slide. He just shakes his head.

“I don’t like losing. I’m a very competitive person,” said Kroenke, whose father, Stan, owns the Nuggets, Avalanche, St. Louis Rams and a majority of the English football club Arsenal.

“The hard part about team building is staying patient. If we can continue to add and draft well, we will be in a good position in a few years.”

If Sakic didn’t believe that, he wouldn’t have signed on. Kroenke had to sell Sakic on taking a larger role with the team after spending the last two seasons serving as the team’s executive adviser/alternate governor, with somewhat undefined responsibilities.

“We’re not that far away,” Sakic insisted. “But we still have to add pieces for sure.”

Priority No. 1 is finding a coach. Sakic said he wants a leader with a nurturing nature.

Los Angeles 2 St. Louis 1 LOS ANGELES — Dustin Penner scored the tiebreaking goal in the final second of the second period, and the Los Angeles Kings advanced to the second round with a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues in Game 6 on Friday night.

Jonathan Quick made 21 saves and Drew Doughty scored his first goal of the post-season for the defending

Stanley Cup champions, who won four straight to finish off fourth-seeded St. Louis.

Penner put the Kings ahead with his latest big playoff goal, ripping a slap shot from just inside the blue line past Brian Elliott right before time expired.

Elliott stopped 14 shots and Chris Porter scored his first career playoff goal for the Blues, who were eliminated by Los Angeles for the second straight season, this time despite taking a 2-0 series lead.

Employment Opportunity

Planner/Development Officer Where People Are The Key! a key rolerole in shaping the communities withinwithin Lacombe Would you youlike liketotoplay play a key in shaping the communities Lathe you’ve lifestylebeen you’ve beenfor? looking for? combe and County County and have thehave lifestyle looking

We have a rare opportunity to contribute to the progress of a beautiful area while living and playing in an idyllic environment that you’ll never want to leave!

Full details of the position may be found under Opportunities on the Lacombe County website at www.lacombecounty.com.

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We are looking for a temporary full-time Planner/Development Officer to join our team (to cover a one year maternity leave).

Director II of Finance

Rocky View Schools (RVS) is the fifth largest jurisdiction in Alberta serving almost 20,000 students in both rural and urban schools. As a 21st Century student-centric learning organization, RVS is committed to engaging, enriching and empowering all learners through meaningful and challenging experiences that prepare them to understand, adapt and successfully contribute to our changing global community.

We are seeking an outstanding professional for the position of Director II of Finance.

To learn more about this job opportunity and the application process, please visit our website at www.rockyview.ab.ca or go directly to www.applytoeducation.com under Management and Professional.

Quote Competition #3367, closing date is May 21, 2013.

Why wait for the future when you can create it?

Want your career to have a meaningful impact on people’s lives?

To know your ideas and initiatives are helping transform communities and build futures? The Government of Alberta offers you an opportunity to play an active role in shaping our province—making it an even better place to live and work. Discover how working for the Government of Alberta can work for you.

Auditor Alberta Human Services, Calgary/Innisfail. If you are a creative, flexible and detail oriented individual who is passionate about quality improvement and service excellence, then we hope to hear from you! Under the general direction of the Audit Supervisor and working closely with management and staff, you will be accountable for planning, conducting and reporting on internal audits for the department of Human Services.

Job ID #1017233 (Calgary) Job ID #1017232 (Innisfail)

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Saturday, May 11, 2013

Heritage comes alive

Students from around Central Alberta took part in the 2013 Central Alberta Heritage Schools Fair at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery and the Golden Circle recently.

The 18th annual fair included students in Grades 4 to 9 from Byemoor (a school of just 24 students), Eckville, Ponoka and Red Deer.

They presented their Canadian history projects, helping to bring history to life for the public.

This year’s topics include everything from Black Friday, to Alexander Graham Bell, to the history of Cree lifestyles.

The projects were on display to the public and were judged.

In Alberta, Heritage School Fairs are sponsored by the Historical Society of Alberta and various museums and historic sites.

In Central Alberta, the fairs are also sponsored by the Central Alberta Historical Society and the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery.

Photos by ROD TRENTHAM/Educational Programs co-ordinator, Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery

Hunter Maginn explains his project on his Grandpa and his Grandpa’s friend who served in the Korean War, at the Byemore Heritage Schools Fair. At the Central Alberta Heritage Schools Fair at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery, Hunter was selected from the Heritage Excellence projects in the Junior category. He received a family pass for the Alberta Prairie Steam Train.

Assistant superintendant (curriculum) of the Clearview School Division, Rob Rathwell, talks to Rachel Yates about her project on Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump. Rachel was selected from the Heritage Excellence projects in the Intermediate category at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery and received a family pass for the Alberta Prairie Steam Train. In Red Deer, one of the judges, Kathy Swanson, now retired, started her teaching career on the Blood (Kanai) Reserve near Cardston and was blown away by the project.

Students try out Japanese caligraphy at a project on the Japanese Gardens, a display by Autumn Roos (left), from St. Augustine.

River Glen student Alexandra Potter, the Western Canadian champion in tumbling and trampoline at her age level, with her project on Canadian gold medalist Rosie MacLennan.

This is the History Wrangler, Rob Lennard, contracted by the Historical Society of Alberta to rustle up some schools and some interest in Heritage Fairs. He performs and writes history for youngsters. Here he talks to Kyrie Hemmingson (left) and Jessica Sweet of St. Augustine about their project.

Kaley Lewis-Johnson from Sampson, on the left, and Jor-El Whitebear from Ermineskin, on the right, at the St. Augustine’s Heritage School Fair in Ponoka.

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Kiwanis wants new members PLANT EXCHANGE The Red Deer and District Gardening Club is inviting all gardeners to their annual perennial plant exchange. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 25 at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre, at 6300 45th Ave. in Red Deer, people can peruse a variety of perennials ready to plant. It is first-come, first-serve, so gardeners wanting the best selection should arrive early.

If anyone would like to drop off plants early, go to www. reddeergardenclub. ca and look under contacts for more information. Prior to the plant exchange, there is a working bee scheduled for Thursday from 6 to 6:45 p.m. to put up plants in time for the exchange. There will be time afterwards to wash up and join a 7 p.m. talk from Wendy Daley on the hardy roses that grow in the area.

CLUB RAISES MILLIONS OVER LAST 50 YEARS

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF The Kiwanis Club of Red Deer is looking for a few good men and women.

In an experience shared by service clubs across Canada, the local Kiwanis Club has an aging membership.

That’s why the service club has launched a push to encourage new members to see what Kiwanis is all about and join

an organization that has raised millions in Red Deer over the past 50 years.

“Our recruiting drive is basically to try to get 10 new members a year for the next five years,” said Brent LaBrosse, recruiting drive co-ordinator and an 11-year Kiwanis member.

“The average age of our club is around 70 years of age. So we’re trying to bring the median age down and get some new recruits interested in doing some service work in the community and getting the Kiwanis name back out there.”

All new members are welcomed, but the group would es-

pecially like to see members in their 30s to 50s come and check out what the club has to offer.

“If you look at the history of the club here in Red Deer, they have done some tremendous things,” said LaBrosse, who became a Kiwanis member in North Bay, Ont., and signed up locally when he moved to Red Deer to work at the college nine months ago.

The Kiwanis Club has sponsored numerous initiatives such as Safety City, Camp Sherbino for Girl Guides, the Kiwanis Red Deer Festival of the Performing Arts, Ronald McDonald House, Twilight Homes Foundation and the Golden Circle,

among many others.

The club has 57 members and LaBrosse said they are looking to boost their service work in the community with help from new members.

Besides the philanthropic benefits, joining clubs such as Kiwanis offers a social aspect and opportunity to meet others residents from all walks of life.

Kiwanis members will be at the Bower Place Shopping Centre from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. today.

For information, go to www.reddeerkiwanis.org. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

SPRAY PARK Work is well under way on a Centennial project in Rotary Park that on hot summer days will provide a refreshing break from the heat. At the corner of Alexander Way at 47A Ave. at the northwest corner of the green space near the Golden Circle a spray park is being installed. Plans for the spray park include a large landscaped area with picnic tables and washroom facilities.

The park is designed to accommodate up to 325 users, with a variety of water features.

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

ROSE VARIETIES Learn about hardy rose varieties at the Red Deer Garden Club’s next meeting on Thursday. Wendy Daley, the botanic garden maintenance supervisor at Olds College, will speak about which strains can best bloom and survive severe Prairie winters at 7 p.m. at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre.

New members and the public are welcome to club meetings the third Thursday of each month, September through June, at the centre. Get more information online at www.reddeer gardenclub.ca.

ABOUT RAILWAYS The next Central Alberta Historical Society’s meeting will feature Paul Pettypiece who will discuss The Railways as Parents of a City on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

The presentation will look at how the building of three railways was the primary catalyst for the birth of Red Deer and establishment of Red Deer as the distribution hub of Central Alberta. The meeting will be held in the Snell Auditorium of the downtown branch of Red Deer Public Library, at 4818 49th St. Admission is free.

Everyone is welcome.

For more information, contact Iris at 403-3402588.

GIVE US A CALL The Advocate invites its readers to help cover news in Central Alberta.

We would like to hear from you if you see something worthy of coverage. And we would appreciate hearing from you if you see something inaccurate in our pages.

We strive for complete, accurate coverage of Central Alberta and are happy to correct any errors we may commit.

Call 403-314-4333.

Innisfail to contract Red Deer fire dispatch Improved fire dispatch services are expected to come to Innisfail under a new contract with Red Deer Emergency Services.

Innisfail town council recently directed administration to negotiate a contract with Red Deer after its existing dispatch provider, Rocky Mountain Dispatch, announced services would be terminated soon.

Terry Welsh, director of community and protective services, said that Alberta Health Services had taken over ambulance dispatch and so it isn’t economically feasible for Rocky Mountain Dispatch any more.

Welsh said a cost increase would come with the switch to Red Deer.

“However, Red Deer’s dispatch services are

state of the art,” said Welsh.

“Plus, there’s the proximity of it.”

Preliminary estimates show Innisfail paying $1.97 per person based on a population of just over 7,900, plus the fees generated by 911 call answering (37 cents per telephone line per month).

The current provider does not charge Innisfail more than the 911 fee collected from communication bills.

The per-capita fees through Red Deer would cost Innisfail just over $15,600 annually, so those dollars would have to come from the operating contingency in 2013.

Following negotiations, the contract would come to Innisfail town council for approval.

Camera captures thievery A camera installed in a Blackfalds home after various items went missing has resulted in charges being laid against a housekeeper.

Blackfalds RCMP began an investigation on April 22 after unusual occurrences of missing items, including money, from an individual’s home.

Police advised the complainant to consider buying a camera for the home to try to catch the individual(s) responsible.

A camera was purchased, and the day that the housecleaner came, the camera was turned on.

A housekeeper was seen allegedly going through areas of the bedroom that were not to be cleaned, including the closet, night stand drawers and other smaller areas containing personal belongings.

Joe Duval of Red Deer, who runs a private cleaning business in Red Deer, Blackfalds and area, has been charged with two counts of theft under $5,000.

Duval is due to appear in Red Deer court at the end of May.

Olds family loses everything in fire Insurance will cover the house, but the Ackermans did not have rental insurance and lost everything.

Their three children — Amie, 10, Montana, eight, and Talon, five — are staying with an uncle in Sundre for

BY PAUL COWLEY now. Dusty, a flooring installer, and ADVOCATE STAFF his wife are at a friend’s house. Tammy works as a child-care program director Dusty Ackerman had seconds, not for the Town of Didsbury. minutes, to act when he smelled smoke Dusty, 33, said there has been a huge in his Olds home late Wednesday show of support from the community night. since the fire.

“I woke up abut 11:15 or 11:30 p.m.,” “The town of Olds has been tremenhe said. “I could hear loud crackling dous,” he said. “Everyone and their and I didn’t know what it was. dog has been phoning me trying to “I got up and opened my bedroom donate clothes for my kids, and furdoor to a whole niture, and some wall of fire.” money and some ‘I GOT UP AND OPENED He didn’t waste cards and all MY BEDROOM DOOR TO A gift time. Rousing wife of that stuff.

Tammy, he raced WHOLE WALL OF FIRE.’ “The whole downstairs of the community is try— DUSTY ACKERMAN ing to come togethbi-level home and managed to get er for a guy here.” his three children, The local Dodge mother-in-law and dealership has offour dogs out of fered to tow his vethe house in record time. hicles to their shop and get him new “We had a 30-second window to get keys because he didn’t even have time everybody out of the house, and I took to grab them when he fled the house. full advantage.”

The dealership also gave him a loaner Thankfully, everyone got out safely. vehicle until the keys are ready.

Even their two cats, which had been The disaster has been especially outside at the time, were are all right. hard on his wife and older daughter, It was close, though. “If I wouldn’t he said. The younger ones are taking it have opened my door, within one min- better. ute it would have been too late.”

The two are now looking for a new The house, which he and his wife home. One person has already phoned were renting to own, was completely to say they have a vacant three-beddestroyed. The fire department, which room home available. was on scene within minutes, estimat“I’m just trying to get my family a ed the damage at more than $400,000. home base and go from there. It’s kind Olds Fire Department says the of a lost, hopeless feeling. cause of the fire is still under investi“The town made it a lot easier for a gation. person.”

Two homes on either side also sufDonations for the family are being fered some damage, including melted accepted at RBC Royal Bank in Olds. siding. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

NO INSURANCE ON CONTENTS; OLDS RALLIES TO HELP

Bower Ponds opens today, just in time for heat Bower Ponds, one of Red Deer’s most popular leisure locations, reopens today.

A forecast for of 25C today and 30C on Sunday coincides with the Bower Ponds’ Pavilion concession and boat rentals opening.

The public can rent paddle boats, kayaks and canoes. Boat rental services close one hour prior to dusk and during poor weather. For information and rental rates, call 403-318-6298.

Facility space within the Bower Ponds Pavilion can be booked for small gatherings and special events and the Bower Ponds

stage can be booked for use by the community.

Those interested in bringing their events to Bower Ponds can call 403-309-8411 for booking information and rates.

People are reminded not to feed the waterfowl.

“We know that many of the visitors to Bower Ponds like to feed bread to the birds,” said Deb Comfort, Neighbourhood Facilities and Community Development supervisor. “However, the bread is very bad for the birds because they cannot digest it properly, and feeding them increases the

risk of aggressive behaviours toward people, especially young children.”

Facility hours at Bower Ponds are as follows: ● May 11 to June 30 — weekdays: 4:30 to 9 p.m.; weekends/holidays: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. ● July 1 to Aug. 31 — weekdays: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; weekends/holidays: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. ● Sept. 1 to 30 — weekdays: 4:30 to 8 p.m.; weekends/holidays: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

For more information, call the Bower Ponds information line at 403-347-9777.

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Questions surround religious ministries, health mandates When describing how his disciples should serve the needy, Jesus told a parable about a good Samaritan who rescued a traveler who had been robbed and left for dead.

This businessman didn’t care that his act of kindness took place in public and that the injured man didn’t share his faith.

This raises a haunting question for those involved in the church-state struggles surrounding the Health and Human Services mandate requiring most religious institutions to offer their employees, and often students, health-insurance plans covering sterilizations and all FDA-approved contraceptives, including “morning-after pills.”

As Sister Mary Ann Walsh TERRY of the U.S. Conference of MATTINGLY Catholic Bishops noted in an online memo: “HHS has such a narrow standard as to who operates a religious ministry, Jesus himself couldn’t pass muster.”

After all, the good Samaritan wasn’t ordained and didn’t work for a church or a nonprofit ministry, noted Stanley Carlson-Thies, president of the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance.

He spoke during a recent religion-and-politics symposium at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., which was streamed online.

Also, this businessman provided food and health care and the “very point of the story” is that he “cared for the injured man even though ... the man was of a different religion,” stressed Carlson-Thies.

Today, it would appear that any ministry that follows Jesus “by giving a cup of cold water to anyone who needs it, including those of other or no religion ... has put itself outside the category of a religious employer.”

After all, the HHS mandate only recognizes the conscience rights of employers if they “fit a particular tax code definition that applies only to churches

and their closely controlled affiliates,” he said.

These nonprofit employers must have the “inculcation of religious values” as their goal, primarily employ persons who share their “religious tenets” and primarily serve persons who share those same tenets.

The mandate has created a legal storm.

Critics are asking whether the White House is promoting a two-tier approach to the First Amendment — with “freedom of worship” favored over a broader right to the “free exercise” of religious liberty.

Currently, an unprecedented number of lawsuits against the federal government — 54 cases with more than 160 plaintiffs — are creeping through the courts.

Meanwhile, noted Carlson-Thies, some branches of the government seem confused about what forms of religious work they want to encourage in public life.

For example, if leaders of religious organizations want to fit into the exempt category under the HHS mandate, they must be willing to violate the federal rules governing the faith-based initiative that seeks to promote cooperation between religious groups and the state.

After all, he said, the faith-based initiative “requires groups that receive federal dollars to serve everyone, without regard to faith.”

But there are complications that mandate opponents must acknowledge, said political scientist Leah Seppanen Anderson, responding to CarlsonThies.

For example, many schools, hospitals and social agencies that retain some ties to religious bodies also are willing to hire employees, and admit students, that do not affirm their doctrines or practice their faith.

Anderson noted that she teaches at Wheaton College and willingly signs a covenant expressing support for this evangelical school’s approach to life and faith.

However, this is not the case on campuses such as Georgetown University and the University of Notre Dame.

Many women work, study and teach there and

RELIGION

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11:00 a.m.

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43 Ave. & 39 St. • 403-346-4281 Pastor Chris Wilson Worship Pastor David Richardson

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10:30 a.m.

Worship Service

have not signed doctrinal covenants.

“What about these women, then? Why does the religious freedom of these organizations, who choose to hire people who do not ... necessarily share their religious values and convictions” matter so much, she asked, but “these women either have their religious freedom limited or their health-care options limited?”

It would be better, she said, if American public life continued to welcome many different religious perspectives on these kinds of divisive issues, but “that may not be the reality.”

In the end, stressed Carlson-Thies, that kind of broad civic tolerance is what must be defended.

“To my mind,” he said, “this is the most significant religious freedom challenge in our country in our time — to struggle against these restrictive trends in order to preserve the freedom of faith-based organizations to serve the public in a countercultural way, to follow what they believe God calls them to do even when those practices differ from the popular consensus.”

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

LOCAL EVENTS UPCOMING EVENTS Scott Woods Band Swingin’ Fiddles concert will be held on May 23, 7 p.m. at Sunnybrook United Church. Advance tickets available by calling 403-347-6073 or 403-3476539 or email the church at office@sunnybrookunited.org.

Friendship High Tea at Deer Park Alliance Church is on June 1 from 1 to 3 p.m. Women are invited to enjoy special music, summer entertaining ideas, and tea. Please bring your own tea cup. Tickets cost $7 and tickets must be picked up by May 26 at the church office. Phone 403-3431511.

THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CANADA

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Sunday, May 12

Sunday, May 12

ST. LEONARD’S ON THE HILL “A Church For All Ages”

www.firstbaptistrd.ca

43 Avenue & 44 Street 403-346-6769 www.stleonardsonthehill.org Celebrant: Rev. Gary Sinclair

Helping people encounter the goodness of God Corner of 55th St & 46th Ave 10:30 am Contemporary Worship

streamschurch.com 403.342.7441

Streams Christian Church afÀliated with the PAOC

Balmoral Bible Chapel 403-347-5450

Join us this Sunday, May 12 at 9:00am, 11:00am or 6:30pm Jesus: Friend of Sinners #6 - When Good Isn’t Good Enough CrossRoads Kids (to gr. 6)

Joffre Road (East of 30 Ave. on 55 St.) 10:30 am Worship Service Speaker: Bob McKenzie “Jacob Marries Twice”

SW Corner of 32 Street & Hwy 2, Red Deer County (403) 347-6425

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www.CrossRoadsChurch.ca

AFFILIATED WITH THE EVANGELICAL MISSIONARY CHURCH OF CANADA

Sunday Services Services Sunday 8:30a.m., 10:30a.m.

9:00a.m. & 11:00a.m.

Childrens Sunday School 2 1/2 - Grade 5 www.balmoralchapel.ca

Saturday, May 11 5:00 p.m. “The Gathering” Contemporary Eucharist Sunday, May 12 8:00 a.m. Holy Communion 9:00 a.m. Celebration Service 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist Sunday School/Nursery

ST. LUKE’S

"Old Church Blessing a New World"

Gaetz & 54th 403-346-3402

www.saintlukereddeer.posterous.com

Celebrant Noel Wygiera 8:00 a.m. Holy Communion 10:00 a.m. Family Friendly Worship with Eucharist Sunday School & Refreshments Thurs. 2:00 p.m. Eucharist

4718 Ross St. • 403-346-4560

Minister: The Rev. Wayne Reid “An Encounter With God” 10:30 am Worship Service

West Park Presbyterian 3628-57 Ave.

403-346-6036

SUNDAY WORSHIP 11:00 a.m.

WILLOW VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN

26016-HWY 595 (Delburne Road) Cowboy Church Sunday 10:00 a.m.

Inspirational Hymns Steve & June Potter, Rob & Lynda Purdie

Everyone Welcome!

& 12:30p.m.

Wednesday Wednesday Ministries Ministries 7:00p.m.

7:00p.m.

LUTHERAN CHURCHES OF RED DEER

Passion for God, Compassion for People.

2020 40th Ave, Red Deer www.livingstones.ab.ca 403.347.7311

Established 1898

WELCOME YOU

Loving God . . . Loving People 10:15 am Worship Service

Sunday, May 12

ELCIC CIC CI C GOOD SHEPHERD ELELCI 40 Holmes St.

403-340-1022

2960 - 39 Street, Red Deer 403.343.1511

www.deerparkchurch.ca

Rev. Marc Jerry

WORSHIP SUNDAY 10:30 AM with Holy Communion Everyone Welcome

Saved by grace - called to serve

UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA GAETZ MEMORIAL

Corner of Ross Street and 48th Avenue — Phone 403-347-2244

10:30 a.m.

"That All May Be One" www.gaetzmemorialunitedchurch.ca

SUNNYBROOK UNITED CHURCH 12 Stanton Street

403-347-6073

10:30 a.m. – Worship Service “One In God” Babyfold, Toddler Sunday www.sunnybrookunited.org Babyfold, Toddler Room,Room Sunday Club Clubwww.sunnybrookunited.org

MOUNT CALVARY (LC-C)

#18 Selkirk Blvd. Phone 403-346-3798

Pastor Don Hennig | Pastor Peter Van Katwyk DIVINE SERVICE 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 7:00 p.m.

Sunday School 9:00 a.m.

Kings Kids Playschool www.mclcrd.org

Growing in Faith Through Word and Sacrament

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Saturday, May 11, 2013

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Right to the (funny) bone OVER FIVE YEARS, THE BULL SKIT TROUPE’S COMEDY HAS MATURED — BUT IMMATURITY STILL HAS ITS PLACE

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF

ON STAGE

For five thrilling, nail-biting seasons now, Bull Skit co-founder Jenna Goldade has been trying to locate Red Deer’s funny bone.

It hasn’t always been easy, as some of the improvs and comedy sketches from her troupe’s fly-by-your-seat early seasons can attest.

But lately, Bull Skit has been scoring many more hits than misses with a colourful lineup of monthly humour that’s been drawing bigger and more diverse audiences by poking fun at the political, the local and the just plain loco (i.e. fibbing Alberta leaders, tardy City of Red Deer road workers, and a drunken Batman).

“There are good audiences in Red Deer, but Red Deer’s humour is also hard to pin down,” admitted Red Deer College Theatre Studies alumnus Goldade.

On the one hand, this city of some 95,000 people is still small town enough that it’s difficult to skewer local personalities (Goldade admitted the jury is still out on whether individual city councillors can recognizably be parodied on stage without drawing groans of disapproval from partisan audience members).

But Red Deer is also cosmopolitan enough to laugh at political jokes, such as a recent sketch depicting Alberta Premier Alison Redford as a kowtower to oil interests and snubber of Michener Centre’s vulnerable disabled.

Goldade admitted the troupe goes for more racy and controversial material than it used to — such as a sketch this season about a Red Deer motorist running down a biker. It was inspired by real-life public opinion, which was inflamed over the introduction of local bike lanes.

“I have more guts now to do it. Comedy gives you an opportunity to say something. You can say things that really shake the boat,” she added, with a chuckle.

Red Deer audiences have regularly

The Best of Bull Skit festival weekend will feature a bevy of special appearances — from Red Deer Mayor Morris Flewwelling, to musical guests Randi Boulton and The Dirrty Show, to improvisers from Edmonton and Calgary.

Local actors Blaine Newton and Chris Cook are also slated to appear in this fifth-anniversary Bull Skit season finale, which runs at 8 p.m., Thursday to Saturday, May 23 to 25, at the Scott Block in downtown Red Deer.

Each evening will bring a completely different show of sketch comedy, music and improvisation.

Flewwelling, Newton, Matt McKinney and singer/songwriter Boulton will appear on Thursday, guest improvisers from Calgary and Edmonton and folk artist Jason Thomas will help the troupe entertain on Friday, and Edmonton’s Rapid Fire Theatre members, Cook and adult comedy duo The Dirrty Show will perform on Saturday.

This month, Bull Skit has 36 sketches in the repertoire, including Drunk Batman, Robot Boyfriend, Alice and Sarah with Kyle, and parodies of Rent, Billy Joel and Beyoncé.

Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. There’s a cash bar. Tickets are $23 ($18 students/ seniors) and are available in advance from Sunworks at 403-341-3455 or online from Eventbrite.com.

Bull Skit contains mature language and adult themes.

The troupe is also available for parties or staff development exercises. Contact Jenna at 403-872-6706.

‘I HAVE MORE GUTS NOW TO DO IT. COMEDY GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY SOMETHING. YOU CAN SAY THINGS THAT REALLY SHAKE THE BOAT.’ — BULL SKIT CO-FOUNDER JENNA GOLDADE, WHO SAYS THE RED DEER COMEDY TROUPE’S MATERIAL HAS EVOLVED

cracked up at ludicrous, over-the-top Bull Skit characters, including hiphopping Mormons, foul-mouthed barflies, Hutterites behaving like a street gang, meatheaded motorists parking giant trucks across two spots, and party girls who scam ways of getting free drinks at bars.

By getting more laughs and fuller houses at the Scott Block over the last few seasons, the troupe has managed to attract more people in the 25 to 50 age range than the earlier crowds of

Photos courtesy of Bull Skit

Bull Skit (troupe members at top) have been mining the Red Deer psyche for comic inspiration for five years, and finding a devoted audience. In the middle, Blaine Newton and a bagged Jeremy Robinson, and below, Robinson is just too irresistible.

mostly college students.

Goldade believes Bull Skit’s comedy has, likewise, matured with experience since she co-founded the Against the Wall Theatre troupe in 2008 along with her friend Amy Erlandson.

The once inexperienced Red Deer troupe members have been honing their craft though collaborations with more seasoned improvisers in Edmonton and Calgary and Kids in the Hall’s Kevin McDonald. Goldade even attended a workshop at Chicago’s Second City last summer.

That’s not to say that immaturity doesn’t still rule at Bull Skit.

It does — and that’s generally a good thing, said Goldade, who noted her troupe likes to regularly push the envelope — even if it means eliciting grumbles and boos, as happened during the April show with an off-colour, too-soon joke about the Boston bombers picking up chicks — off the sidewalk, in pieces.

“I know, it was really bad,” said Goldade. “People started laughing and then they thought, should I be? And what is this? . . . But we like to test the waters and if we lose the audience, we will get them back.”

It might take an appearance by the naifs Alice and Sarah, who confront dating and other aspects of college life with a Bambi-like sense of wide-eyed wonder.

Bull Skit’s troupe members have come and gone (some of the alumni include Blaine Newton, Matt Dale, Whitney Grace and Richard Meen), but the writers have grown from two to five — which has really improved the

Dying for a good part

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF It’s a good day to die, according to Red Deer actor Larry Reese, whenever you’re “shot” by Tim Roth.

Reese plays a Yukon dress shop owner in the new TV miniseries Klondike. His character was killed this week by Roth’s ruthless character, The Count.

“Tim Roth murdered me,” said Reese, after wrapping up a small role in the Discovery Channel series that’s to air this fall.

The series about greed and ruthlessness around Dawson City during the 1890s gold rush was shot southwest of Calgary. It also stars Sam Shepard (Swordfish, the Assassination of Jesse James), Abbie Cornish (Bright Star, Seven Psychopaths) and Richard Madden (Robb Stark in Game of Thrones).

Discovery Channel’s first-ever scripted series is based on Charlotte Gray’s novel, Gold Diggers: Striking It Rich In The Klondike. It will tell the story of six

“TIM ROTH MURDERED ME.” — AND THAT’S A GOOD THING FOR LOCAL ACTOR LARRY REESE, WHO JUST WRAPPED UP SHOOTING DISCOVERY CHANNEL’S TV MINISERIES KLONDIKE, IN WHICH TIM ROTH’S RUTHLESS CHARACTER SHOT HIM.

strangers and their fight for survival and wealth in a remote northern frontier town.

Reese said he took the role of McDonald, the dress shop owner, to get to work with “name actors,” such as Roth (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction).

Although his five-minute scene ends badly for Reese’s character, the local actor said it was a great experience to be part of the miniseries, produced by Ridley Scott.

Reese, who co-chairs Red Deer College’s Motion Picture Arts program, was particularly pleased that one of his students also landed a role in the miniseries — Justin Brunelle plays a young Mountie and

quality of sketches, said Goldade. She feels more input is generally better in the see-what-sticks world of writing for laughs.

The troupe has even run with two casts this season — a regular one of more experienced actors (Jeremy Robinson, Serge Belliveau, Paul Sutherland, Lee Weselak, Erlandson and Goldade) and a cast of younger newbies, who are getting their training on the job.

Twenty-five-year-old Goldade was only 20 and in her last year at college when she started Bull Skit as a way of creating her own acting opportunities.

Back then, she never would have imagined that the monthly comedy shows would last five seasons and be continuing for a sixth.

“It’s been an extremely huge feat,” she admitted, with more than 300 sketches written over the last five years.

“I think what I’ve learned is that we can do it. And if you do it, (audiences) will come.”

Next year, the troupe is planning to do some “clean” Sunday matinee shows for kids that will allow youngsters to, for example, pick different endings for their favourite fairy tales.

Goldade believes in providing more local theatre options for children. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

RDC MOTION PICTURE ARTS CO-CHAIR LARRY REESE IS PLEASED WITH TV PART, EVEN THOUGH IT ENDED TRAGICALLY not only has a speaking part, but gets to partake in some “violent action,” too.

Reese recently wrapped up another film project in which he plays a shop owner — but this time, a baddie.

His larger role in Haunting Melissa involves Reese portraying Mike Cole, a hardware store manager who becomes an evil stalker after being possessed by the devil.

The project, produced by Neal Edelstein (Mulholland Drive, The Ring), is destined to become an app for electronic mobile devices.

Overall, it’s been a good month for Reese, who’s was also one of 37 visual artists chosen from Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan to be part of a Cenovus by-invitation-only art competition in Calgary.

Even though he wasn’t one of the three winners, he considers it an honour to be recognized. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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Pistol Annies packing some heat COUNTRY MUSIC’S UNEXPECTED SUCCESS STORY OUT TO PROVE THEMSELVES

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ashley Monroe, Angaleena Presley and Miranda Lambert of Pistol Annies perform at the 2012 CMT Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn. The female group released their new album, Annie Up, on Tuesday. had to prove ourselves.”

“But it’s also interesting because we’re like a baby band, but we didn’t really go on tours to build up our (profile),” Lambert said. “There’s not really a rule book and our manager is kind of scared sometimes because it’s like there’s nothing to compare it to.

You can’t say, ‘Well, they did this and it ruined their career,’ ‘They did this and it shot them to stardom.’ It’s, like, ‘We don’t know what the hell we’re doing.’ But we just know the music’s good and we want people to hear it.”

Those who listen to the 12 songs on Annie Up will find a group that’s gaining confidence with each new song and performance. Laced with humour and poignancy, the songs are both sassy and deep, finding the humour in even the toughest of circumstances.

They sing about family secrets (Hush Hush), the downside of beauty (Being Pretty Ain’t Pretty), low-life men (Unhappily Married), the occasional man who lives up to their standards (Loved By a Working Man) and sin. So much

GAME REVIEW

Video games came of age in the 1980s, a decade that was also the heyday of cheesy Hollywood action movies.

Thirty years later, you don’t have to look hard to see the influence of one medium on the other. The ultraviolent power fantasies that seem so corny today — movies like Rambo, Commando and The Delta Force — pretty much provided the template for popular games like Call of Duty and Gears of War. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (Ubisoft, for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, $15) makes that connection more explicit. It’s an affectionate tribute to a cinematic era in which one guy with a lot of guns could solve all the world’s problems.

The musclehead here is Rex “Power” Colt, a cybernetically enhanced supersoldier who’s sent to a remote island to prevent a madman from building an unstoppable army. Rex is voiced by Michael Biehn, a veteran of genuine ’80s classics like The Terminator and Aliens, and his growly one-liners contribute as much to the atmosphere as the game’s pulsing synthheavy soundtrack.

and then (Monroe) will be like, ‘Look!,’ and I’ll be like, ‘That’s so much better!”’

“We also challenge each other as songwriters,” Monroe said. “We know we have to be on our A game.”

“I won’t sing them a song I wrote by myself unless it’s something I really, really like because they’re great and it’s good to be around people like that,” Lambert said.

“Angaleena says, ‘If you don’t grow, you die.”’

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sin (I Feel a Sin Comin’ On, Dear Sobriety and Blues, You’re a Buzzkill).

They share the songs on stage, taking turns on lead vocal and blending into the background harmony. Monroe thinks they’ve even started to sound alike.

By the time you hear a song, it’s hard to pick out who wrote what and who’s singing where.

It goes back to that chemistry thing.

“It makes me mad sometimes,” Presley said. “I’ll think nobody will ever think of anything better than I just said

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NASHVILLE — When the women in Pistol Annies get together, song ideas just fall out.

They spent two days together recently to do promotional work for their new album, Annie Up, and had the makings for eight new song ideas— practically a whole album — by the afternoon of the second day.

“Somebody can just say something, we write it in our phone and it becomes a song,” Miranda Lambert said.

“Like the other day I said, ‘My mom’s wine store would probably do way better in our Baptist town if it had a back door.’ So now we’ve got Back-door Bar. As simple as that it can be.”

“We all have a Pistol Annies folder on our iPhones,” Ashley Monroe said.

“They just seem to write themselves when they’re ready.”

Spend a little time around Lambert, Monroe and Angaleena Presley and you get a glimpse of what those writing sessions might be like. They move in a swirling, laughing diamond- and metal spike-studded pack. It’s clear the three love each other’s company and jokes come fast and furious.

Ask them what each brings to the group and you should know you’re not going to get a straight answer.

“I bring big boobs,” Presley jokes in typically bawdy Annies fashion.

“Well I bring big words,” Monroe responds whipsaw quick.

That kind of chemistry pulled the solo artists together to form the Pistol Annies three years ago. And after a soft release on their runaway debut Hell on Heels, they’re now a fully realized group with an appearance-filled rollout for the new album, a radio campaign, a music video, a summer tour and a lot of momentum.

Lambert got the trio its initial meeting with Sony Music Nashville — she is Miranda Lambert, after all. But it was up to the group to prove itself from there. And it did far beyond expectations, disproving a couple of country truisms along the way. Fans found and downloaded the Annies’ digital-only debut on the Internet — about 500,000 copies so far — even though it is assumed most country listeners aren’t tech savvy. And the group found that widespread audience despite issuing no single to country radio, thought to be the traditional driver in the genre’s marketplace. Radio eventually caught on and started playing the music anyway.

“Every artist has to prove themselves and just because (Lambert is) freakin’ nominated for everything and stuff, as a group we aren’t,” Presley said. “We had to do what every new artist had to do. We’re a baby band. We

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Here are a few more inexpensive, downloadable releases that evoke memories of gaming in the ’80s: ● Guacamelee! (Drinkbox Studios, PS3, Vita, $15) combines the two-dimensional fisticuffs of, say, Double Dragon with the exploration of Metroid. It’s a fast-paced romp with gorgeous graphics drawn from Mexican mythology. ● Monaco: What’s Yours Is Mine (Pocketwatch Games, Xbox, PC, $15) takes the top-down perspective of early maze games like Robotron: 2084 and applies it to a nerve-racking heist caper. You can play solo, but it’s much livelier when you co-operate online with three other thieves. ● Thomas Was Alone (Curve Studios, PS3, Vita, PC, Mac, $10) boils down the running-and-jumping platform game to simple visuals that could have worked on an Atari 2600.

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The story has everything you could want from the genre, including a painfully awkward sex scene, a montage of Rex training and a flamboyantly overthe-top climax.

The plot is laid out in pixelated, minimally animated cut scenes, although most of the action takes place in the fully up-to-date engine Ubisoft created for last year’s Far Cry 3.

You don’t need that game to play Blood Dragon.

Instead, your $15 buys you a scaled-down version of FC3 with a smaller map, fewer weapons and a streamlined levelling-up system. It takes just six hours or so to play through, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing if you felt FC3 dragged on too long.

Blood Dragon is an intriguing experiment in downloadable content from a big publisher like Ubisoft.

If you loved the parent game, you get a fresh new adventure using the same mechanics. If you didn’t play Far Cry 3, you get a solid sample for one-quarter of the price.

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HALIFAX — Canadian TV producers Corus Entertainment (TSX:CJR.B), DHX Media and OUTtv are among the partners helping Google’s YouTube move into monthly subscription streaming.

YouTube announced Thursday that it has launched 30 premium channels in 10 markets, including Canada, the U.S., and the U.K., that can only be viewed with a subscription, priced as low as 99 cents per month. Each channel comes with a 14-day free trial.

Halifax-based DHX Media has three channels available for $2.99 a month or $24.99 a year each, which stream shows like “The Busy World of Richard Scarry,” “Calliou,” “Heathcliff,” “Inspector Gadget,” “Super Mario” and “Yo Gabba Gabba!”

“There is an insatiable appetite for kid’s content in the digital universe across the globe and DHX Media is positioned with our extensive library of evergreen favourites to satisfy that demand,” said executive chairman Michael Hirsh in a release.

Corus’ channels, which are not available in Canada, offer children’s favourites like “Babar,” “The Berenstain Bears” and “Franklin.”

OUTtv’s Gay Direct, which is also $2.99 a month or $24.99 a year, bills itself as the “premier destination for the best in LGBT drama, comedy, variety, entertainment and feature film programming.”

Chief operations officer Brad Danks said the deal reflects the

director of content partnerships.

The site plans to roll out a way for a broad number of partners to also launch pay channels on their own soon.

Other channels will feature Roger Corman’s campy B-movies, children’s shows like “Sesame Street” and inspirational monologues by celebrities.

Corman, a producer and director whose influential cult classics like “Deathrace 2000” and “Piranha” earned him an honorary Oscar in 2009, said he’s kept his 400-film library off of video streaming sites until now.

In an interview with The Associated Press, he said he turned down an offer from Hulu for about $5,000 to $6,000 per film several years ago, but sees promise in the YouTube offering. His channel, “Corman’s Drive-in,” will cost subscribers $3.99 per month for a rotating selection of 30 movies, refreshed with new interviews and clips from films that are in production. It is set to launch in June.

“I believed for many years that the future of motion picture distribution, particularly for the independents, is on the Internet,” said the 87-year-old director. “I think the time is now.”

YouTube will keep slightly less than half of the revenue generated by the subscriptions.

Corman’s wife and producing partner Julie Corman said they were taken aback at YouTube’s potential after a clip of their 2010 movie “Sharktopus” went viral with 11 million views.

If even one per cent of those viewers signed up for a subscription, it would amount to a healthy revenue stream, she said.

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company’s strategy to sell its content internationally.

“It does present an opportunity for us to export Canadian content to seven countries and I have every reason to believe that Google will keep stretching to new territories over the next number of years,” said Danks.

He acknowledged Netflix’s monthly subscription fee of $7.99 dictated how much he felt YouTube users would pay for Gay Direct.

“We think it’s exceptional value but Netflix has a pricing model you have to be aware of because your closest comparative is Netflix, really,” Danks said.

“They’re different in that they’re an enormous aggregator but you have to sort of look at that.

Based on that kind of measuring stick it was where (our price) would make sense. That can go up, that can go down in time, depending on how premium the service becomes and what the uptake is.”

Although YouTube has rented and sold movies and TV shows from major studios since late 2008, most use the site as a free service.

It’s the first time YouTube is introducing all-you-can-watch channels that require a monthly fee.

In the field of paid video content online, YouTube is playing catch up to services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon, all of which have millions of paying customers. But with a billion monthly visitors from around the globe, the Google-owned video service hopes to quickly add subscribers and add to the money it already makes from online advertising.

“This is just the beginning,” said Malik Ducard, YouTube’s

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US Treasury reports $113B surplus WASHINGTON — The government reported a rare surplus of $113 billion for April — the largest in five years and a sign of the nation’s improving finances. Steady economic growth and higher tax rates have boosted the tax revenue in recent months, keeping this year’s annual budget deficit on pace to be the smallest since 2008. A smaller deficit is also likely to give negotiators more time to work out a deal on raising the nation’s borrowing limit.

Through the first seven months of the budget year, the deficit was $488 billion, according to the Treasury. That’s lower than last year’s deficit of $720 billion over the same period.

The federal deficit represents the annual difference between the government’s spending and the tax revenues it takes in. Each deficit contributes to the national debt, which recently topped $16 trillion.

58.4 million GM shares sold WASHINGTON — The government says it has sold another piece of its stake in General Motors Co. The Treasury Department said in its April report to Congress that so far this year it has sold 58.4 million shares of GM stock and earned net proceeds of $1.6 billion. At the end of April, Treasury had recovered about $30.7 billion of the $49.5 billion bailout it gave the Detroit automaker. That means that taxpayers are still $18.8 billion in the hole. GM stock sold in April in a range of $27.52 to $30.84 per share.

For the government to break even on its investment, the remaining stock would have to sell for more than double the April high. On Friday GM shares closed at $31.42, down 23 cents.

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Marshall Construction employees Casey Boutrup, left, and Alfred Boateng work on a new home in the Garden Heights subdivision.

Home builders driving economy: report $350-MILLION IN CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYS ALMOST 900 PEOPLE

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Red Deer’s residential builders performed nearly a quarter billion dollars in construction and renovation work last year, employing some 880 local people in the process.

These are among the findings of a report released Friday by the Canadian Home Builders’ Association — Alberta. Completed by consulting firm Will Dunning Inc., it estimated the value of residential construction in Red Deer last year at $118 million, with renovations adding $128 million and other related expenditures a further $16 million.

The resulting direct jobs numbered 400 in the case of construction, 430 for renovations and 50 from related activities. A further 810 indirect jobs were also created, with 420 of these in Alberta and 390 elsewhere in Canada.

Will Dunning calculated the associated wages at $105 million.

Dan Ouwehand, past-president of the

Canadian Home Builders’ Association — Central Alberta and a member of the CHBA — Alberta board, said he’s not surprised by the magnitude of the numbers.

“I’m quite aware of how much the home building industry contributes to the marketplace.”

He acknowledged, however, that the residential construction sector tends to slip under the economic radar for many other people.

“Nobody says, ‘Wow, home-building — that’s one of the industries that drives the economy in Alberta.’ But we’re right there.”

Dave Hooge, president of CHBA – Alberta, made the same observation.

“We forget the key role home construction plays in Alberta’s economy because oilsands megaprojects get so much attention. But comparing the $12.9 billion Imperial Oil spent over three years to build the Kearl oilsands mine with the more than $15 billion spent on residential construction in a single year (in Alberta) puts the importance of housing in perspective.”

In addition to that $15.2 billion in value that Alberta residential builders and reno-

vators created last year, they supported 92,400 direct and indirect jobs and more than $5.7 billion in wages.

The Will Dunning report noted that average weekly earnings in the construction industry were $1,301, as compared with a $1,146 average for all industries in Alberta.

The fact that construction jobs are relatively well-paying is important, said Ouwehand, as is the fact that those in them live and work close to home. Also significant is the fact most residential construction companies are owned by local residents, he added.

“They’re honest people who live right here in this community, along with the people they sell homes to, and they have to buy groceries at the same grocery store.”

The report, which was commissioned by the CHBA, calculated that Red Deer accounted for 0.3 per cent of Canada’s total housing starts in 2012. That figure has been consistent over the past five years, but from 2002 to 2007 ranged from 0.5 to 0.7 per cent. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

What recovery? For young Unemployment Canadians, labour market rises despite as bad as during recession job gains

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Whether jobs are created or lost on any given month, the one constant in Canada’s post-recession employment record has been that for young people, the news has always bad.

And the lack of progress in job creation for young Canadians is becoming a political liability for the Harper government that continues to boast of having the best employment record in the G7.

Opposition Liberal MPs took turns Friday hammering the government on the issue after Statistics Canada released the latest labour market report showing a net gain of 12,500 jobs for the month of April, but a loss of 18,800 jobs for the 15-24 age group.

Liberal critic Rodger Cuzner zeroed in on Conservative ads promoting the government’s “Economic Action Plan,” noting that for the $95,000 cost of airing one spot during the NHL playoffs, 32

summer jobs could be created.

“Four hundred thousand young Canadians are looking for work and they have turned their backs on them. Last year was the worst year recorded for summer work in our country and they are on their way to beat their own record,” he said.

Heritage Minister James Moore rejected the criticism, saying the government had announced plans to create 36,000 jobs for students this summer.

“We are delivering for all Canadians ... for young Canadians, for middle class Canadians, in all regions of the country,” he said.

The data on youth employment suggests otherwise, however. April was a bad month for youth, but it was hardly an anomaly.

Since the end of the 2008-09 recession, Canada has created more than 910,000 new jobs, twice what was lost during the slump.

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BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Unemployment in the Red Deer region rose for the fourth consecutive month in April, despite the fact there were nearly 3,500 more local jobs than a year earlier.

Statistics Canada reported on Friday that the jobless rate for the Red Deer area last month was 6.2 per cent — the highest of Alberta’s eight regions and 1.8 percentage points above the provincial average.

In March, the local figure was 5.9 per cent and 12 months ago it was five per cent.

Darrell Winwood, a spokesperson with Alberta Enterprise and Advanced Education, pointed out that the number of people employed in the Red Deer region as of April was 112,000, up from 108,600 for the same month in 2012. However, the local labour force grew by about 5,000 people during the year — to 119,300 from 114,300.

“Compared to this time last year, there are more jobs and more people working in the Red Deer region,” said Winwood.

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Safety is everyone’s responsibility

CHARLES STRACHEY

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Dear Working Wise: My son works for a small construction company.

It’s frustrating to hear that he works in unsafe conditions at times, without proper equipment, supervision and training.

Who is responsible for ensuring his safety? — Worried Dear Worried: Safety is everyone’s responsibility.

Your son is responsible for working safely, helping keep the

workplace safe and watching out for co-workers.

Employers must comply with the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act, Regulation and Code, including: ● Keeping equipment in safe working order; ● Properly labelling and storing dangerous chemicals; ● Informing their workers of any dangers on the job site; ● Developing safe work proce-

dures and ensuring workers follow them; ● Ensuring workers perform their duties as required by the OHS legislation; ● Arranging for medical assessments for workers exposed to specific hazards; ● Monitoring workers who may be exposed to hazards such as chemicals or noise; and

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Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 83.78 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.06 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 13.61 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 46.50 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 12.50 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — North American markets capped off a mostly positive week higher Friday despite slightly disappointing job figures from Statistics Canada and a continuing retreat in commodity prices.

The S&P/TSX composite index was up 45.19 points to 12,589.09.

The Canadian dollar lost 0.37 of a cent to 98.89 cents US. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrials index jumped 35.87 points to 15,118.49, closing out its third straight week of gains. It is up one per cent for the week and 15 per cent for the year.

The Nasdaq climbed 27.41 points to 3,436.58. The S&P 500 gained 7.02 points to 1,633.69.

Statistics Canada reported that the unemployment rate was unchanged for April at 7.2 per cent, as the economy added 12,500 new jobs.

The pickup last month helped take the sting out of March’s massive 54,500 contraction, but was not enough to put job creation on the positive side of the ledger for 2013 as a whole. Analysts had expected an addition of 15,000 jobs.

But the report was better in the details, as there were 36,000 full-time workers added in April, although most of those were in the public sector.

The month saw a loss of 23,600 parttime jobs.

The figures weren’t a significant miss, but Kevin Headland of Manulife Asset Management says they may signal a downward trend for the Canadian economy.

“If we start seeing continuously negative numbers come out on a trend basis in Canada, that’s a big overall risk to the Canadian economy,” said Headland, director of Manulife’s portfolio advisory group.

“When you think about the overindebted consumer... the risk of the housing market, and if jobs creep in, and start becoming a risk, people will be less likely to spend when they’re worried about losing their jobs.”

Meanwhile, the decline in commodity prices continued.

The June crude oil contract declined 35 cents to US$96.04 a bar-

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The TSX was mainly positive, with the metals and mining sector as the main advancer getting ahead at 1.13 per cent.

In corporate news, shares in automobile parts giant Magna International (TSX:MG) closed up nearly four per cent after it reported an increase in first-quarter net earnings and revenue despite a meagre increase in vehicle production in North America and a downturn in Europe.

Magna said net profits attributable to shareholders rose to US$369 million or $1.57 per diluted share, up from US$343 million or $1.46 per share. Revenue improved to US$8.36 billion, up from US$7.67 billion. Its stock was up $2.25 to $65.46.

In the U.S., Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said in a speech that the Fed has broadened its oversight beyond banks and now monitors a wide range of financial institutions that could hasten another financial crisis. Bernanke said the country is still suffering from the effects of the 2008 crisis and economic downturn.

Overseas, G7 finance ministers and central bankers also began a two-day meeting in the U.K., which Bernanke did not attend. The bankers were expected to discuss monetary policy and how to shore up the global recovery just as the stimulus policy of one its members, Japan, has caused the yen to extend its slide against the U.S. dollar.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS At close of Friday: Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,589.09 up 45.19 points TSX Venture Exchange — 966.73 down 3 points TSX 60 — 721.05 up 2.90 points Dow — 15,118.49 up 35.87 points (record high) S&P 500 — 1,633.69 up 7.02 points (record high) Nasdaq — 3,436.58 up 27.41 points

Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 43.39 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.35 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 30.23 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 39.46 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 5.14 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 9.40 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.920 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 8.34 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 32.04 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.71 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 14.00 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 6.89 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 51.08 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 62.34 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 59.08 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.49 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 28.73 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.13 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 28.45 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 47.13 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 58.78 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 15.56 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 74.89 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.05 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 61.65 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 29.54 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.29

Currencies at close: Cdn — 98.89 cents US, down 0.37 of a cent Pound — C$15531, down 0.29 of a cent Euro — C$1.3127, down 0.06 of a cent Euro — US$1.2982, down 0.53 of a cent Oil futures: US$96.04 per barrel, down 35 cents (June contract) Gold futures: US$1,436.60 per ounce, down $32 (June contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $24.501 per oz., down 43.3 cents $787.71 kg., down $13.92 TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Friday at 966.73, down three points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 119.3 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: May ’13 $11.70 higher $648.50; July ’13 $11.70 higher $618.50; Nov. ’13 $1.20 lower $535.60; Jan. ’14 $0.50 lower $536.60; March ’14 $0.50 lower $532.10; May ’14 $0.50 lower $530.00; July ’14 $0.50 lower $528.10; Nov. ’14 $0.50 lower $503.70; Jan ’15 $0.50 lower $503.70; March ’15 $0.50 lower $503.70; May ’15 $0.50 lower $503.70.

Barley (Western): May ’13 unchanged $243.50; July ’13 unchanged $244.00; Oct. ’13 unchanged $194.00; Dec ’13 unchanged $199.00; March ’14 unchanged $199.00; May ’14 unchanged $199.00; July ’14 unchanged $199.00; Oct. ’14 unchanged $199.00; Dec. ’14 unchanged $199.00; March ’15 unchanged $199.00; May ’15 unchanged $199.00.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 167,380 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 167,380.

Bell says its needs Astral to compete with Netflix MONTREAL — Bell will drop its offer to buy Astral Media if it is forced to sell more of the company’s assets like The Movie Network because it would cripple its attempts to compete with services like Netflix, CEO George Cope said Friday.

Bell would also walk away from the deal if forced by the CRTC to sell more of Astral’s French specialty TV channels because it wants to bring more competition to Quebec, Cope told the CRTC. “If we were to be asked to divest any more of the channels or content, we would not move forward with the transaction,” he said told a regulatory hearing reviewing its proposed deal to buy Astral (TSX:ACM.A) Bell made its final pitch Friday to convince the Canadian Radiotelevision and Telecommunications Commission to approve the deal it killed last fall because it determined it was not in the best interest of Canadians.

Cope said the “strategic rationale” to buy Astral wouldn’t be there if it had to sell more of its assets to obtain the OK from the broadcast regulator.

Bell’s parent company BCE Inc. has said it wants to buy Astral to put its content across traditional TV, computers, smartphones and tablets. Astral’s English pay TV service, the Movie Network, and Frenchlanguage pay TV service Super Ecran, would be key providers of shows

and movies.

“My leadership’s strategic purpose is to make sure we’re ready to compete with what’s happening in the market going forward,” Cope said.

Online streaming service Netflix has more than one million paying customers in Canada for its offering of television shows and movies and Youtube launched its pay channels this week.

Cope also said he wants to bring more competition to Quebec, where Bell wants to compete with dominant Quebecor (TSX:QBR.B) for TV, Internet, home phone and mobile phone customers.

“Divesting more on the French side defeats the purpose of the French-language strategy,” he said.

Cable and wireless provider Rogers Communications (TSX:RCI.B) has asked the CRTC to make Bell sell the Movie Network as a condition of the $3.4-billion deal.

Rogers has said it would then take a look at buying The Movie Network itself.

Astral CEO Ian Greenberg said the consequences for his company would be severe if the CRTC doesn’t approve the deal the second time round.

He noted Astral is a family owned company and there are four families involved in its sale.

Greenberg said would have to consider other options for a sale and added a second denial could cause problems for Astral to keep its top employees and with its customer relationships.

“We have to remember for the last 15 months our employees and the business have had to cope with the distraction and the uncertainty associated with the sale of a company,” he said.

“Obviously what this would do is extend the uncertainty for our people and our business for at least another year and I think that would be a disservice to the industry and a disservice to our employees and to our shareholders.

“So, it would be quite severe.”

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Workers must: ● Take reasonable care to keep themselves and co-workers safe; ● Wear personal protective equipment required by their employer; ● Take and follow health and safety training provided by their employer; ● Follow health and safety work procedures developed by their employer; ● Refuse work that may put them or another worker in “imminent danger”; ● Report unsafe or malfunctioning equipment to the employer immediately; and ● Avoid tasks they are not competent to do unless they are being supervised.

For employees working in workplaces covered by workers’ compensation, there are separate requirements for reporting injuries to the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB). These requirements are covered under the Workers’ Compensation Act, which is different from the OHS legislation. For more information and access to WCB publications and forms, go to www. wcb.ab.ca.

The Government of Alberta promotes safe and healthy workplaces in a number of ways, including: ● Leading Work Safe Alberta: a strategy to strengthen and expand partnerships amongst employers, workers and government to make our workplaces safer; ● Partnering with safety associations, industry groups, employers, educational institutions and labour organizations; ● Recognizing employers who have developed a health and safety management system and met established standards with a certificate of recognition. ● Enforcing the OHS Act, Regulation and Code through inspections, investigations and prosecutions; ● Publishing OHS statistics; ● Supporting North American Occupational Safety and Health Week (NAOSH); and ● Educating employers and workers through free online training and public awareness campaigns, including: Before It’s an Injury, Bloody Lucky, etc.

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ALBERTA: Average 4.4 per cent Elsewhere in the province, the April unemployment rate was 5.5 per cent in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region, followed by Wood BuffaloCold Lake at 4.8 per cent, Calgary and Edmonton at 4.7 per cent each, BanffJasper-Rocky Mountain House at 4.2 per cent, Athabasca-Grande Prairie at four per cent and Camrose-Drumheller at 2.7 per cent.

The average for Alberta was 4.4 per cent, down from 4.8 per cent in March and 4.9 per cent in April 2012.

The province added 19,000 full-time jobs last month, while shedding 4,200 part-time positions, for a net gain of 14,800 jobs. Meanwhile, Alberta’s la-

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YOUNG: Show no rebound at all But for young workers, the numbers show no rebound at all — 254,000 jobs were shed during the slump, and since then, rather than recovery, there’s been an additional 3,000 jobs lost.

That has kept unemployment among 15-24 year olds not in school at a relatively high 14.5 per cent — more that double that of other age groups — but even that does not tell the whole story, says Angella MacEwen, a senior economist with the Canadian Labour Congress.

Add part-timers who want full-time jobs, those in unpaid internships and discouraged young Canadians, and the jobless rate rises to 21 per cent.

Meanwhile, the participation rate — the number working in relation to the population in that age group — has fallen from above 60 per cent to 54.5 per cent.

“It’s a pretty bleak picture for young people, especially when you factor in rising house prices and the high cost of tuition,” says MacEwen.

“And it’s not because the skills they are getting in universities (don’t match available jobs),” she added. “There are long lines of young Canadians waiting to get into trades. There is a two-year waiting line to be an electrician and Nova Scotia and we’re graduating lots of engineers and scientists.”

TD Bank economist Francis Fong, who has issued several papers on youth employment, says young workers suffer the most whenever there is an economic crisis, and in fact, the situation was worse for the age group during and following the 1991-92 recession. He notes it took until 1998 before the employment rate among youth started recovering, long after other workers.

“The job market for youth always takes a long time to recover,” he says.

“I’m not going to say it’s going to be as bad as the 90s, but it still might be some time before we see some recovery in the job market for youth.”

Fong believes the main reason is that there is still a “glut” in the overall labour market and given a choice between hiring those with experience and those without, employers are more likely to choose the former. As well, older workers are holding on to their jobs longer.

The CLC’s MacEwen says the government needs to give employers incentives to hire youth, as well as help pay for on-the-job training.

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Winwood said it’s difficult to speculate why the job-worker gap in Red Deer is wider than in other regions of the province. One factor might be the seasonal decline in oilpatch-related employment during the annual spring break-up, he suggested.

“Certainly there are a lot of oil and gas employers in the Red Deer region.”

Alberta’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was the second lowest in Canada last month, trailing only Saskatchewan’s four per cent. The national rate was 7.2 per cent, which was unchanged from March.

Statistics Canada calculated that the country churned out 12,500 new full-time jobs in April — a signal the long winter of labour market contraction may be at an end.

In March, there was a net loss of 54,500 jobs.

Economists said the result was more in line with the slow-growing economy and expected future months would produce similar results.

Jimmy Jean of Desjardins Capital Markets said the employment report may have marked the return to more normal results.

“Given the growth patterns we’re seeing right now, it’s the sort of job creation we normally ought to see. It was a decent number,” he said.

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Here’s some serious decorating zeal with acres of white and lashings of fresh blue. The combo immediately screams beach holiday and New England clapboard homesteads. Below: light but bland all but a memory.

Summer — an honoured guest LONDON — Summer, somewhat unexpectedly, has arrived here.

The scene in Chelsea, however, is rather confusing. Unaccustomed as Britain is to temperate highs (it’s almost 28C as we pen today’s epistle), folk are confused.

Woolly jumpers, thick coats and winter boots were clearly expected to be sartorially relevant (for some time, at least) though the mercury’s vertiginous ascent had other ideas.

London, consequently, is baking in its winter wardrobe.

Sunshine quotient aside what are we doing in Britain’s capital?

Well, we puddle-jumped last week for a spot of TV work, a magazine shoot and to COLIN & service our U.K. client roster JUSTIN — an army of style warriors who get jumpy when we stay away too long.

But back to the weather.

We’re also in London to preside over the summer update of our own London pad and now seems the perfect time to deliver some seasonal inspiration to help you prepare for the hot months ahead.

First things first: don’t stress out as the prospect of change looms closer.

We’re not talking grand-scale demolition but rather a few lightweight — and manageable — tweaks to effect optimal transformation. So relax.

Breathe in the warm air . . . and focus.

Then slap on the sunscreen, fix yourself a mojito and prepare for an escapist, summer journey.

Colour counsel: The simplest way to evoke summer is to replace darkness with light so do as we did (when transforming this bedroom for Cathy, one of our favourite Colin and Justin’s Home Heist subjects) and reach for the paintbrush.

Here, we added serious decorating zeal with acres of white and lashings of fresh blue. The combo immediately screams beach holiday and New England clapboard homesteads.

Change your material facts: Lighten up. In the living room, remove thick curtains and replace with diaphanous organza or white sheers.

Change knitted cushions for linen and cotton alternatives, and add occasional floral motifs.

Try Bed Bath and Beyond (http://www.bedbathandbeyond.ca/default.asp?bedbathandbeyond.caEND) for crisp cotton bedding and add soft cashmere throws by Pashmina Golden (http://www.pashminagolden.com/pashminagolden.com) one of our ‘little black book’ suppliers.

Go back to the land: Create an indoor market garden by using fruit — and even vegetables — as colourful accessories.

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and stylish.

Shop smart: Yearning for accessories with a beachy feel?

Scottish uncles to the rescue.

Shop smart in second-hand stores, auction sites and markets and prepare to be amazed at what you’ll find.

Antique garden tools, for example, sun-baked benches and weathered painted signs are all commonplace, and would imbue your outdoor space with a whisper of escapism without sending your bank manager into cardiac freefall.

It’s not that we’re tight, you understand, just that we appreciate ways in which to make everyone’s cash go that wee bit further.

Don’t be cold, be bold: Be inspired by Mother Nature’s dramatic propensity.

Swap plain crockery for floral motifs and hang bold botanical artworks to tempt the outdoors in.

We find the ranges at Art In Motion (http://artinmotion.com/artinmotion.com) to be exemplary.

Keep it cool: When temperatures creep up, cool down with a stylish electric fan. The Sunbeam ($39.96) from Walmart (walmart.ca) is perfect thanks to its retro lines, chrome detailing and powerhouse performance.

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For a modern twist, pop a dozen lemons into a clear glass vase, or try an ornamental cabbage (in glowing purple and lilac tones) as an unexpected table centrepiece.

Find gorgeous glassware at LSA (http://www.lsainternational.com/lsa-international.com) — we recently employed a raft of these in a NYC loft space and, arranged at different heights along a window ledge (with the famous skyline behind) they twinkle dramatically.

Flower power: ‘Formal,’ don’t you know, is so last season.

This in mind, ditch uptight arrangements in favour of lazy, relaxed bunches.

And be inspired by your garden — place foliage and flowers organically — use lots of small, delicate blooms and mix with droopy foliage.

Finally, forgo Granny’s crystal tankard and opt instead for milk jugs, teapots and tins to proffer a funky farmhouse feel. Oh-so chi chi. And oh-so casual.

Wicker tricker: Indoor rattan conjures images of exotic terraces basking in extreme temperatures but you needn’t travel the world for inspiration.

Gluckstein Home (http://glucksteinhome.com/ glucksteinhome.com) have wonderful sets — our favourite is ‘Biscayne.’ Designed in Canada by Cityline veteran Gluckstein, they’re well made, affordable

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Deck stain recommendations Question: What should I do to prepare an existing deck for a new finish?

The current finish is Cabot decking stain that was applied after the wood was sanded. It has lasted well, but needs to be redone.

Answer: There are two ways to make an old wooden deck look new again.

You can strip the surface back to bare wood chemically, followed by power washing and sanding. This is a ton of work, but remains the best option for decks that are peeling like crazy or show a lot of grey wood. Is the current finish just a little worn?

A simple option is to scrub off all dirt with a brush and water, then lightly sand the wood with a 100- to 120-grit STEVE abrasive in a random orbit MAXWELL sander.

This removes small areas of loose finish, and roughens the remaining stain so new coats stick better. If a single coat is enough to make your deck look good, then leave it at that. Apply a second coat only if needed.

Too many layers of deck stain can cause premature peeling, even if you’re using a good product.

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Dry basement quest Question: What can we do about a very leaky finished basement in the home we just bought? This is our first place, and the previous owners (who’ve lived here for many years) assured our real estate

agent that the basement was dry. Estimates for fixing the problem is $10,000. What should we do?

Answer: Depending on where you live, start by lodging a formal action with the real estate council in your province. Google ‘real estate council’ plus the name of the province where you live. Among other things, organizations like these enforce codes of conduct for all registered agents and brokers.

If the issue of basement leaks had been mentioned during negotiations, but your agent didn’t include any written assurances in the contract, then there may be something that can be done in your favour.

That said, it’s a sad situation when people like the previous owners so easily turn their back on basic honesty, all to make a quicker sale at a higher price.

Laws, courts and arbitration boards are a poor substitute for integrity.

Warming a cold floor Question: How can I warm the cold floor of my upstairs bedroom? There’s a garage underneath and the bedroom floor was really cold this past winter, even with carpet under foot.

Answer: Cold floors are common in Canada because so many home designs have rooms located over an unheated space — usually a garage. You need to add more insulation to the floor, and possibly add more heat to the bedroom.

Exactly how you do this is the big question. If the ceiling of your garage is open and uncovered with drywall or wood, then you’re in luck.

Apply 3- or 4-inches of spray foam to the underside of the subfloor and you’re done.

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The old-but-sound finish on this deck has been lightly sanded to scuff the surface for maximum adhesion before a maintenance coat is applied.

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If heat levels stifle, think about A/C — try The Home Depot (homedepot.ca) where you’ll find a well curated collection of integrated and portable options.

Add a summery scent: Transport yourself outside with a fresh scent inside.

Our candle range (candjhome.com) is made using essential oil fragrances that last and last.

Try Lavender and Lime, a delicate and vibrant scent combo inspired by the indulgent fragrance of a country orchard in full bloom.

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Behave in a summery manner: Fling open your portals and throw a sequence of glamorous lunch and dinner parties.

As your guests float between dreamy house and wondrous garden — and as they sniff your window boxes so lovingly stuffed with summer herbs — warm breezes will waft and you’ll be heralded as a social beacon.

For extra effect, use similar colours and patterns, indoor and out, to provide visual continuity.

Homesense currently stocks jaunty floral print partyware with a selection of serving platters and chip ‘n’ dip bowls that will add decorative pop on a budget.

Transition mission: Send winter hurricane lamps into summer display vases by filling with sundried driftwood pieces or sand and pebbles.

Find large glass candle holders at Ikea — they’re cheap as chips and sturdy enough to last well beyond seasonal application.

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Extend the day: Invest in a few new mirrors to bounce light and bring natural shine into your home.

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Glassy tiles great for makeover Question: We are doing a quick kitchen makeover and like your advice about decorating the backsplash area to give the space some character.

Are glass tiles going to get dated? We may be transferred in a year or so and are hoping to make a few upgrades that will help us sell.

Answer: Decorating with tiles is a timeless tradition.

All types of tile from elegant marble or rustic terra cotta to ceramics in transitional patterns have been utilized to beautify kitchens and baths, and apart from a few colour choices that do become dated, their allure continues to grow.

Glass tiles have reached DEBBIE a new high in popularity.

TRAVIS Coloured glass is being used in large sheets on countertops as well as the dazzling array of glass tiles available for backsplashes.

The sparkling, translucent properties of glass in both clear and coloured states make it a designer’s dream.

Soft blue light shimmers off these Glasshues glass tiles from Interstyle, and adds a sparkling fresh element to the kitchen.

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FLOOR: Insulate it This both insulates the floor above, and seals out drafts perfectly. You can buy tanks of foam to do this work yourself.

If you can’t conveniently add insulation to the garage ceiling, then you’ll need to add it to the top of the bedroom floor.

A couple of inches of extruded polystyrene foam on top, with sheets of ½-inch plywood over that, all secured with screws driven down into the underlying floor joists does an excellent job.

On the downside, this approach does raise the height of the floor significantly, and only makes sense if you’re replacing the finished floor anyway.

If you choose to insulate on top, live with the foam and plywood for a while during cold weather, without a new finished floor installed.

If your toes aren’t quite toasty enough, consider adding electric radiant infloor heating mats before the new finished floor goes down.

Steve Maxwell, syndicated home improvement and woodworking columnist, has shared his DIY tips, how-to videos and product reviews since 1988. Send questions to steve@stevemaxwell.ca

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Foam and OSB insulating panels applied over a plywood subfloor before a finished floor goes on. This adds a lot of warmth and also keeps out drafts.

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GLASS: Surprising colour shot in kitchen Coloured glass tiles can be a surprising colour shot in kitchen that is monochrome, or comprised of stainless steel or wood.

Glass mixes well with other tiles, stone and ceramic, to offer a wide variety of design patterns for a backsplash.

Be inspired by the choices available on sites such as www.interstyle.ca. Icestix are glass tiles that sparkle in a mosaic of textures and finishes.

They can be run vertically or horizontally to form unique patterns.

Agate glass tiles are made from recycled glass and their rounded shapes add a jewel-like character to a surface.

Dewdrops are a mix of glossy iridescent and matte tiles in brilliant hues that are mesh mounted for easy installation.

The modern crisp square shape of Glasshues tiles shown here come in matte or glossy finishes.

As well as on backsplashes, glass tiles can be applied to walls, tabletops and islands as a becoming detail.

They can carry a colour or theme around a room by matching up with colours or patterns found in other materials.

My bet is you’ll hate to leave your kitchen and will transfer this decorating touch to wherever you next land. Good luck.

Question: I have a large, bright bedroom that I want to paint teal. I love the colour, but it is very solid. Can you recommend a paint method that would give me a translucent effect and make the colour more airy without losing the vibrancy of teal?

Answer: This is where glaze becomes your best friend. A glaze is a clear translucent medium that, when mixed with paint, allows some of the undercoat to shine through.

It does not dilute the colour, but the translucent quality adds depth to your finish. Start with a light blue base coat.

Then mix your favourite teal shade half and

half with glazing liquid and roll this over the light basecoat with a sponge roller.

Allow to dry, and add a second coat of the coloured glaze if you prefer a deeper colour. It’s best to experiment on a board until you get the vibrancy you are after.

Question: The carpet on the stairs in our 20-yearold raised ranch home must be replaced but we do not need to replace the carpet it connects to, which is the living room.

When we take up the carpet how far back do we go when we get to the top?

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Answer: The carpet you are replacing on the stairs should stop at the top of the last riser as it is part of the staircase.

It’s best if you choose a shade for the stairs that complements but does not ‘match’ the living room carpet.

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Small backyard, deck or patio can still be packed with style them with lots of pieces,” says Flynn, founder of the design website decordemon.com.

“Instead, go big with sectionals, or flank perfectly square or rectangular areas with identical love seats or sofas.

This not only maximizes the seating potential, but it also keeps the space from becoming too busy or even chopped up. In my outdoor living room, I used a U-shaped outdoor sectional which seats up to seven comfortably.”

PLANT WISELY All three designers say your choice of plants is especially important when

space is limited.

Choose plants with a purpose: “Lavender’s great,” Lambton says, because it’s attractive, easy to grow and deters bugs. Marigolds will also help keep insects away.

Lambton also suggests putting up a trellis as a privacy wall, and planting it with colorful wisteria or climbing hydrangea.

Or choose a tall holly or cypress plant in a large planter.

“Holly will be green all year round,” he says, and can help transform an unappealing view.

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GO FLEXIBLE AND MOBILE “With a small outdoor space, I really like to think double duty,” says Schuneman, author of The First Apartment Book: Cool Design for Small Spaces (Potter Style, 2012). Look for seating that has hidden storage space inside and tall planters that add privacy.

And choose items that can easily be moved, such as lightweight flowerpots or planters on wheels, says Lambton, host of the gardening design series Going Yard on HGTV. “It’s an easy DIY thing,” he says, to buy an assortment of inexpensive plastic pots and paint them to match your outdoor decor.

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Letter to courageous parents Dear Annie: I am writing a long having sex as a teen, rather than overdue thank-you note to my par- buying me birth control. ents. They are faithful readers of You showed me how to forgive your column. Mom and Dad, I am others and overlook offenses, inthankful that: stead of letting me deYou stood your velop a bitter spirit. ground and did not You taught me the give in to me, even value of teamwork, when I threw fits and not a “Me First” attidemanded my way. tude.

You supported You guided me to me in school and develop goals and not gave me the tools to live for immediate succeed, instead of self-gratification. letting me waste my You helped me potential. choose friends careYou made me fully and wisely, inhonor the commitstead of welcoming ments I had made, everyone into my life instead of allowing under the guise of beMITCHELL me to quit when it ing non-judgmental. & SUGAR became hard or borYou insisted that I ing. apologize when I was You took me to wrong and make efchurch on Sundays, forts at reconciliation, rather than allowing me to sleep rather than create unnecessary in. enemies.

You insisted that I respect auYou lectured me often, instead thority, not thinking it was cute of biting your tongue. when I defied adults.

You were the authority figures You made me speak using clean in the home, and I knew it. Even language, not tolerating profanity though I yelled that you hated me, even though “everyone else talked I didn’t really believe that. that way.”

I knew that every word and acYou checked my Facebook tion from you came from a giant page and other social media, mak- heart of love. ing me remove anything inapproHere’s to you, Mom and Dad. priate or insulting to others.

Thank you for your courageous You explained the dark and parenting. — Young Adult Who Is dangerous path I was choosing Better for It when I was tempted to dabble in Dear Young Adult: We can only alcohol and drugs, instead of turn- imagine how proud your parents ing a blind eye. will be to see this.

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and where you want to go.

Family ties may not be as clear. Insist on a healthy discussion among each other.

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SUN SIGNS situation. Import and export negotiations can be plentiful and significant.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Tax and debt related matters will require your attention today. Someone influential will come to your rescue, most likely a family member. Be careful when travelling as you may encounter some disorder along the way.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Legal dealings and agreements will be openly put on the table. You and the other party will reach to a conclusion which you have tried to arrange for a while now. You seem to be rather satisfied with the talks you engage in.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): You may put into action a new course of diet or regimen. The conditions you set for yourself on your to-do list speak to you loudly and clear. You have no excuse that will make you deviate from your initial plan.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): You may be making a promise to someone dear.

Holding on to resentment will be a hard task for you. You’d rather speak what’s on your mind and deep within your heart. You want to appear honest and sincere.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If you’ve always wanted to sort things out around your house, start by organizing and prioritizing. Your head is lucid and your mind is sharp about your next move. A thorough clean up has never hurt anyone.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You may have to run some errands which cannot be left for later. You are also crisp about what you want

Sunday, May 12 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Malin Akerman, 35; Emilio Estevez, 51; Gabriel Byrne, 63 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The Moon joins forces together with Jupiter both in the dual sign of Gemini.

If luck seems to be coming our way today, think of it as in terms of a double luck.

We will feel happy exploring and cultivating new skills. Interactions and communication make us content being busy and mentally stimulated.

Feed your mind with lots of new information and juicy gossip and you’ll nurture your soul with a lot of essence.

Leave bitterness aside and let yourself fully enjoy a lighter mood.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, much of your focus will be directed towards your earnings and spending.

Expect a fruitful year on the financial front. Money will be pouring in and this makes you feel secure and more confident about your future.

You’ll manifest a strong desire for material goods this year.

Pleasurable things will surely catch your attention.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your mind scope will likely expand at this time making you inquisitive and quite talkative. Your curiosity and hunger for information makes you a very good researcher. You feel more secure being in the know of the latest news.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Anticipate some potential cash windfall. You feel optimistic about your income and you are in the mood to shop for some luxurious items.

You are certain that particular goods are simply necessary for your entire satisfaction.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You exude confidence that is highly charged with good-humoured energy. You see the best in people and

you want to believe in their best qualities. Your appetite may on the rise today. It would be wise to watch your food intake.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Transcend through a spiritual path to connect with your soul. Look deeper within yourself than you normally would. Spend some reflective moments philosophizing about your own life and contemplate on your next move.

A divine light hides somewhere within you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t stay alone in your own corner today. If nobody is reaching out to you then make a move and reach out to others. Get out there and socialize. There is no doubt that you will enjoy reconnecting with some of your old pals.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22): Your popularity could be on the rise today due to your social status. You will appreciate being noticed by others as well. Use your achievements and your current suc-

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Whoever believes there’s nothing new under the sun hasn’t seen the plants being introduced for the 2013 gardening season.

Think multi-colored blooms, high-yield vegetables bred for containers and ornamental edibles packing still more nutrition as breeders try to anticipate consumer demand.

Grafted tomatoes appear to be the hottest new trend in home gardening, while cocktail gardens, featuring plants that make or embellish alcoholic drinks, top this year’s niche category.

“We’re looking for earlier (maturing) varieties, things that work in smaller spaces and plants that are different,” said Kevin Roethle, head of new product development for Ball Seed Co. The West Chicagobased company lists 295 new introductions for 2013.

“We’re trying to create contrasts,” Roethle said.

“Deeper colours on leaves and more vibrant blossoms.”

Those attributes spur impulse buying, he said.

“You’re picking up milk and bread at a quick-stop (grocery) and then you wind up walking away with some flowers, too.”

Another trend sees many old standbys made new again. These include bi-colour dahlias (Marissa, Ball), petunias (Glamouflage Grape, Hort Couture) with deep colored blooms and variegated foliage, and shade-loving begonias (Sparks Will Fly, Ball) with brilliant flowers above rich, dark leaves.

Other noteworthy plant releases for the upcoming gardening season: ● Pint-size vegetables including the first sweet corn you can grow in a pot. On Deck Sweet Corn (Burpee) leads the parade of several high-yield vegetables being developed for patios or tight spaces. ● Herbs that are emerging as the hot new flowers. Many herbal varieties look great as standalones or when mixed with traditional blooms. Check out the new Cha Cha chive (The Cook’s Garden) with its unique “leafettes” and eminently edible flower heads. cess towards a better cause.

This will make you score extra bonus points.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You may see the light of certain questions you may hold on to.

You might also uncover the true meaning behind current circumstances in your life. Gaining further understanding to these issues uplifts your mood and consciousness to another dimension.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Help can come easier from others today. Ask and you shall receive. Don’t forget to take into account however what you are willing to give back. Being well aware of your own situation could lessen some problems for later.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): You can’t contain your positivity and heightened morale today. Your eagerness is asking you to merge forces with another special someone. Any negotiations are likely to be satis-

fying and perhaps better than expected.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If you have a health issue, today you are seeing signs of improvement. Your general state of wellbeing helps you carry on with the daily responsibilities and make them seem not as mundane.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18): You are more than certain where you should be heading to.

Your direction is specific and all you have to do is recognize it and follow it. You will be given this unique opportunity to excel in your chosen vocation.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your overall wellbeing is at peace today.

You find great comfort and delight deep within yourself. You know you had to work hard to feel what you feel right now. Light reigns within your soul.

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This indicates a busy time filled with lots of activity. Our thoughts are closely aligned to our intentions and our purpose in life.

Communication of all sorts is heightened and it may give us some bright ideas and inspiration. Plan making, contractual dealings and negotiations should be pretty amazing today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, you will show a great interest in new acquisitions and luxurious items. This can be a year of high expenses and of new loving moments.

Love can be mixed with money in the forthcoming year and you’ll indulge yourself fully into whatever brings you pleasure.

Your appetite grows stronger and you may be more than usual fond of great cuisine and of great quality of food.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You feel a sense of relief when you get to understand better what truly makes you feel safe and secure.

Your personal set of values is clearly identified to you right now. Create a budget plan that is based on your earnings and spending needs.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You may voice your plans clearly to others right now. You want your intentions to be loud and clear.

You are highly opinionated and you are conscious of that.

Avoid expensive purchases or anything without a return policy as you may end up regretting your acquisition.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You may see your hidden or problems under a better light. Don’t ignore them but rather face them. Removing roadblocks that contribute to your unhappiness will make of you a much more fulfilled individual.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Friends and acquaintances are a great source for a good opinion or advice.

Rely on them for useful tips on some of your pending dilemmas.

Today you may also meet people in higher position or of a superior standard.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): If you wanted to make a big presentation or to make an important sale, this is your day. Forces are such that they help you get your crowds attention and grasp their interest. You have great sustaining power for crowd persuasion.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22): Publishing and legal matters will come to light around this time. It may be easier for you to see the bigger picture of a very complex

to keep by their bedside and believe that their own child wrote it.

Thank you.

Dear Annie: “California” asked about the gifts for a young man entering boot camp.

Unless they do it differently now, you can’t just change your mind.

You sign a contract. Leaving would be “going AWOL,” and they will come looking for you. — Been There Dear Been: Actually, this is not so.

You can change your mind about enlisting, as long as you go through the proper procedures to do so.

Dear Annie: Your response to “Iowa” was a little short of information.

She questioned why toilet paper dispensers were so low.

According to the Americans with Disabilities Act, they are required to be at that height.

Requirements also include heights for side and rear grab bars, as well as minimum stall sizes and clearances.

Did you know that a 5-foot circle is required as a clear dim within a handicapped stall? There is more, but you get the point.— Christian in Aptos Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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LUANN May 11 1990 — Donald Cormie, founder of Principal Group, is sued for $235 million by the Alberta government. The suit will be dropped in return for compensating investors.

1964 — CN-CP Telecommunications opens Montreal-Vancouver microwave network.

1962 — RCMP arrest nine Sons of Free-

dom Doukhobors who are sentenced to 15 years in prison for bombing power station.

1942 — German submarine U-S53 torpedoes British steamer Nicoya and Dutch ship Leno near Anticosti Island. The Battle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence begins between the Royal Canadian Navy and German U-Boats.

1885 — Metis under Louis Riel defeated by the militia at Batoche, Sask., during the North West Rebellion. Riel later gives himself up and is charged with treason. He is executed at Regina on Nov. 16.

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BUFFUM Debra Lynn (nee Breitkreitz) Debra Lynn Buffum passed away peacefully from us on T h u r s d a y, M a y 2 , 2 0 1 3 leaving behind the true loves and joys of her life, hubby Gary, and sons Jason and Nicholas. Deb was a free spirit, full of fun, compassion, and love of life. Deb was an avid traveler and got the chance to see most of Europe, many Canadian and US destinations, Mexico and Jamaica. Deb was a devoted mom who loved to go on adventures with her boys, often accompanied by cousin Te r i . T h e b o y s ’ f r i e n d s always felt welcome for meals, talks, and hanging out - many of whom jokingly called her “mom”. Deb’s life journey was also blessed with treasured lifelong friends from Barrhead, university days, work colleagues, and travels. Deb will be fondly remembered for her love of her family, her great meals and baking, her flowerbeds and garden, her welcoming smile, and her gentle manner. Deb will live on in the hearts of husband Gary, sons Jason and Nicholas, brother Larry (Jacquie-Michael, Teri) of E d m o n t o n , s i s t e r Ta m i Brisebois (Lawrence - Gavin) of Poway California, brother Ken of Atlanta, mom and dad-in-law Bea and Ed Metz, and many close friends. Deb was predeceased by her mother Lottie in 1987, sister Karen Busch in 2004 (Bob Kristin, Daniel), Godfather Richard Leidtke in 2004, and father Arnold (Helen Peters) in April 2013. A celebration of Deb’s life will be held on Thursday, May 16, 2013 at the Meadowlands Golf and Country Club (corner of Highway 11 and 50th Street, Sylvan Lake) between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, Deb’s family would appreciate contributions made to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4R 3S6.

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KOWALENKO Alexander “Adam” 1979 - 2013 It is with tremendous sorrow that the family of Adam Kowalenko of Glennifer Lake announces his sudden and tragic passing on Monday, May 6, 2013 at the age of 33 years. Adam was born in Calgary, Alberta and raised in Delburne, Alberta. It was there that he met and married his wife Amanda J. Frere.

Together they resided near Innisfail, Alberta. Adam loved to golf and got his first hole in one on hole #7 at the Delburne Golf and Country Club. He later went on and received his class one license and loved trucking all over the place. Adam will be lovingly remembered by his wife Amanda, their children Kayla, Jarrid and Lexus; parents Alex and Heather Kowalenko; brother Darien; sisters Crystal, Jennifer, Chelsey and Bree, as well as by his in-laws and all the families and friends his contagious smile reached out and touched. A Celebration of Adam’s life will be held at the Delburne Community Hall, 2034-21 Avenue (Corner of 21st and King) Delburne, on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. In memory of Adam, a trust account will be set up for his children, Kayla, Jarrid and Lexus.

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

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THOMPSON Carol Elaine 1948 - 2013 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Carol Elaine Thompson of Red Deer, Alberta. Carol passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at the age of 65 years.

She will be lovingly remembered by her husband Douglas “Bud” Thompson, son Ryan Thompson (Stefani Fleischlacker), three daughters, Beverly Thompson of Sylvan Lake, Jodie Thompson of Blackfalds, Trena Thompson of Red Deer, seven grandchildren, Mattea, Taylor, Shae, Aislind, Tyson, Caleb and Olwyn, two brothers, Robert (Betty) Layden and Iver (Marrion) Layden.

Carol was predeceased by her parents Ethel and James and her brothers Earl and Doug Layden.

Interment will take place at the Innisfail Cemetery on Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. followed by a Celebration of Carol’s life at the Pioneer Lodge, 4324 46A Avenue, Red Deer, at 3:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Ronald McDonald House Central Alberta, 5002 39 Street, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 2P2.

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

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SNISARENKO Former Red Deer resident NAYLOR Ruth Elaine Snisarenko died Ralph Frederick December 31, 2012, in 1920 - 2013 Soldotna, Alaska, after a short battle with cancer. Ruth Mr. Ralph Naylor of Red Deer was born November 17, passed away peacefully at the Red 1943 in Hines Creek Alberta Deer Regional Hospital on to Mike and Barbra Polukoshko Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at the (nee` Lehune). As the second age of 92 years. Ralph was born of four children, and the only September 27, 1920 at Sunnynook, girl, Ruth was somewhat of a AB. He spent his early years in tom-boy. She often recounted Vancouver with his family, later playing hockey with “the moving back to Alberta to reside in boys” and beating them the Champion area where they soundly. She also excelled at farmed for the following ten years. softball and basketball. While His family purchased a quarter section of land near Rimbey, attending Hines Creek High AB where they operated a mixed farm. Ralph continued to School, Ruth met the love of work on the farm when he was called to duty in WWII; Ralph TURNBULL her life, Philip Snisarenko, took his basic training in Edmonton, Lethbridge and Kingston, Michael Robert Arnold from the neighboring town of ON before being shipped overseas to England. He worked in July 20, 1953 May 9, 2013 Fairview. The two were married the motorpool fixing damaged and broken down army vehicles It is with heavy hearts we in 1961. The couple worked and attained the rank of Lance Corporal. He served four at the Fairview Post; Ruth as announce the passing of our years in Sicily, Italy, Germany, France, Scotland and was in a type-setter and Phil as a beloved husband, father, Holland when he received word that the War had ended. printing press operator. In brother and friend. Mike’s Both he and brother, Jack, headed back to Rimbey to work 1964 they moved to Red final journey ended on May on the farm for another ten years. With the passing of his 9th 2013 after a courageous Deer where Phil began begin parents, the farm was sold in 1955 and Ralph moved to Red battle with cancer at the age a new career in the Oil Deer where he gained employment as a letter carrier with o f 5 9 .

M i k e w a s b o r n i n Industry and Ruth worked at Canada Post. He was one of the first mail carriers in Red Calgary Alberta July 20th t h e Tr e a s u r y B r a n c h . I n Deer; being well known for his extreme punctuality for his 1967, their son Shawn was 1953 where he spent most mail delivery, regardless of what the weather presented. He born and Ruth’s days were of his childhood. With Mike’s met the love of his life, Mary, in 1958 and were married in spent raising him and looking love of boats and water it 1962 by the Justice of the Peace at the old Court House in after the house. After Shawn only made sense to move to Red Deer with the girls as their witnesses. In 1970, daughter Sylvan Lake where he could started school, Ruth attended Faye was born to Ralph and Mary, and even though he was enjoy his passion.

Along with Red Deer College and ultinearly 50 years old he had a little girl to bounce on his his father and brother they mately obtained an associate knees. The family enjoyed many years of camping, fishing opened up Mister Tire in Red degree in accounting. In and enjoying nature. Ralph continued to work for Canada 1983 Phil was transferred to Deer, Alberta in 1977 which Post on a route that included his beloved West Park for Anchorage and served as led to the beginning of his decades until his retirement in 1986. Once retired, Ralph and operations superintendent for career In the Tire Industry. In Mary continued to enjoy camping, fishing and gardening Nordic Calista Services, a 1991 they sold the business together until Mary’s passing on May 26, 1988. Ralph was to Fountain Tire where Mike subsidiary company of Roll’n still very mentally and physically fit well into his 80’s, and owned/operated until the year Well Servicing of Red Deer. proof of that was a helicopter tour of the Columbia Ice Fields 2000.

The family then moved Phil’s initial commitment was at the age of 82; a hot air balloon ride on his 85th birthday t w o y e a r s ; h o w e v e r, t h e to B.C. where he continued and a train trip through the Rocky’s to Vancouver at a very couple fell in love with Alaska his career with Fountain Tire young and spry 87! Ralph had a very kind and gentle spirit. and elected to make it their until January of this year His humorous disposition and his wise qualities will be forever home. Ruth enjoyed Alaska’s when he was forced to early missed. Animals and children were very drawn to his tender abundant salmon fishing and retirement due to illness. soul. Ralph was predeceased by his Wife, Mary in 1988; son, Mike leaves behind his life the couple spent numerous David in 1976 and brother, Jack in 1989. Ralph is survived by partner and wife of 36 years weekends fishing and enjoying four daughters: Faye Naylor of Red Deer, AB, Wanda the Alaska lifestyle. In 1991, Linda, his two sons Kevin McKinley of Red Deer, AB, Fern (Walter) Kilvington of Alix, (Lindsay) Scott, his sister the Phil and Ruth built “Phil’s AB and Diane Wiltshire of Red Deer, AB; nine grandchildren: Cabin” their beloved vacation J a n i c e ( L o r e n ) R e n n i e , Tammy Coulthard, Tom (Sylvia) Coulthard, Ralph (Andrea) home on the Kenai River mother In law Lois (Harvey) McKinley, Don (Teresa) McKinley, Kealey Johnston, Marianne near Soldotna, Alaska. During Fulton, niece and nephews, Szalay, Michelle McLaughin, Damon (Janelle) Grant, Chantelle the summers, they entertained Ryan, Cameron, Lindsey and Cushway; great-grandchildren: Mary Ellen, Cody, Aaron, Alisha, Jeff, and the apple of his numerous friends and family Alyssa, Ashley, Lynsey, Maeryn, Camdon, Baylee, Parker, eye, granddaughter Harper, at the cabin. In 2007, the Dylan, Megan. A Celebration of Ralph’s life will be held at countless friends and business couple retired to the cabin, Eventide Funeral Chapel (4820, 45 Street, Red Deer, AB) on associates.

Mike will forever spending their winters in the Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, Southwest United States. be in our hearts. Mike was CASH donations in Ralph’s name may be made to the Red Before and after retirement, predeceased by his father Deer and District Food Bank, (12-7429 49 Avenue Red Deer, they were very fortunate to Harvey, mother, Marilyn and AB T4P 1N2).Ralph’s family also encourages anyone willing able to travel the world together. brother Brad. A celebration of to donate blood to their nearest Canadian Blood Services Office; Mike’s life will be held May They traveled extensively It’s In You to Give! through the Mediterranean, 25th 2:00 pm at Kwomais Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting Park, 1379-128th Street, Caribbean, South Pacific and www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

Surrey, B.C. In lieu of flowers, Asia. Ruth is survived by her Arrangements entrusted to son Shawn, daughter-in-law donations may be made to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL Casey, Granddaughter Mia The Canadian Cancer Society 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Isabella, Grandson Vincent or the Irene Thomas Hospice Phone (403) 347-2222 Philip all of Anchorage, Alaska, in Ladner, B.C. Your presence we miss, her bothers Ken Polukoshko your memory we treasure, ( Te r r i ) o f E d m o n t o n , E d loving you always, Polukoshko (Susan) of forgetting you never Stoney Plain and Jim Polukoshko (Gail) of Calgary, Sister In-Laws Lorraine Shudra (Ed) of Stoney Plain.

Rachel Lajuenesse (Andy) of In Memoriam B l a c k f a l d s . Vi v i a n H e c k In Memoriam In Memoriam (Lawrence) of Blackfalds.

Numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and her beloved grand dogs, Tori and Brady.

She is preceded in death by her husband of almost 50 years, Philip Snisarenko. A memorial service will be held at Gaetz Memorial United Church in Red Deer at 11:00 AM on May 25.

Over 2,000,000 hours St. John Ambulance volunteers provide Canadians with more than 2 million hours of community service each year.

An Invitation to Celebrate BILL EARL July 12 1919 - Dec. 27, 2012 Saturday May 18, 2013, 2 pm service, 3 - 5pm reception St. Leonard’s-on-The-Hill Anglican Church 4241 44 St. Red Deer, AB Linda and Brian Earl hope that you can attend.

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LAHTI, GRACE ANITA Aug. 13, 1941 - May 13, 2012

LAHTI, GRACE ANITA Aug. 13, 1941 - May 13, 2012

God looked around his garden And found an empty space He then looked down upon the earth And saw your tired face He put his arms around you And lifted you to rest God’s garden must be beautiful, He always takes the best He knew you were suffering He knew you were in pain He knew that you would never Get well on earth again He saw the road was getting rough And the hills were hard to climb He closed your weary eyelids And whispered- peace, be thine It broke our hearts to lose you But you didn’t go alone Part of us went with you The day God called you home

In Memory of a Dear Grandma

Always on our minds, Forever in our hearts, Kevin, Karen, Dave, Keltie, Scott, Karla & Dave

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It’s always sad but comforting To silently recall Your smile and dear familiar face So loved by one and all For the world may keep turning And change from day to day But the precious memories of you Will never fade away And here’s hoping that this message Which carries so much love Will somehow find its way to you In heaven up above It’s to let you know, dear Grandma That, although you are at rest You’ll live forever in the hearts of Those who loved you best Missed deeply, forever remembered

by Ken, LaRae, Alex, Natalie, Barry, Baylee, Kade, Nash, Michael, Karysa, Cody, Shelbie & Carter

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NEUMAN The family of the late Seb Neuman would like to express their sincere thanks - to the staff of the Red Deer Hospice for their care and compassion; to Reverend Father Les Drewicki for the wonderful funeral service; to St. Mary’s Music Ministry; to the Catholic Women’s League for providing the delicious lunch; to members of the Calgary Tanks and Red Deer Legion for their final respects; to trumpeter Gerald Ganson for his amazing performance of the Last Post and Rouse; to Rebekah and staff of Eventide Funeral Chapel and Crematorium for their professional services; and, to all relatives and friends who provided support, hugs and memorial donations.

Thank you ALL! ~The Neumans

presents its annual SPRING CONCERT “Songs For You” Sunnybrook United Church, June 2, 2013, 2:30 pm Admission: $10.00 (tickets at the door or from choir members)

GREGG - SANISZLO Lee and Gary Gregg of Edmonton are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter Kelsey to Daniel Saniszlo, son of Linda and Ron Saniszlo of Red Deer.

The wedding is planned for October in Edmonton.

We wish you a long and happy marriage.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-304-1207 (Pager)

Celebrations PARKS Join us for Preston’s 80th Birthday celebration on Sat. June 8, 1-4 pm. at the Pioneer’s Lodge in Parkvale 4324-46 A Ave. Red Deer.

No gifts please.

CLASS OF 1988 25TH CLASS REUNION WM E HAY COMPOSITE HIGHSCHOOL JULY 13-14, 2013 Stettler Golf & Country Club Golf, prime rib dinner & breakfast. Contact: Shawna Steinwand 587-991-5199 call or txt shawnas5@me.com Please contact me for details and registration forms.

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LANDOVER NURSERY NOW OPEN FOR 2013.

Annuals, baskets, containers, Cactii.

5 kms. east on 39 St. TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

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Reception/ Administrative Support

Chatters Canada Limited is looking for a front line ambassador who is a team player with an exceptional attitude and enthusiastic personality.

Self motivated, challenge driven individual must exhibit professionalism and be a detail and dead line oriented multi-tasker.

Duties to include: -Reception, Travel bookings, Mail coordination -Meeting scheduling -Office supply orders -General administrative support Knowledge of: -Microsoft Word and Excel -General record keeping -Accounts payable and receivable Remuneration based on education and experience.

Excellent benefits Apply in confidence to: careers@chatters.ca Or fax resume to: 403-347-7759

OFFICE ASSISTANT

HELPING HANDS requires an office assistant 1-2 days a week.

Clerical experience†an asset, must be organized and self motivated.

Please email your resume to: rdhelpinghands@gmail.com or Fax to 403-346-4100.† Call 403-346-7777 for more info.

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THE RED DEER CHAMBER SINGERS

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Is holding it’s Annual OPEN HOUSE, Sat. Only May 11, from 8 am - 4 pm

A great selection of plants!

We look forward to seeing everyone out again this year. 2 miles east on 39th Street from 30th Ave. R.D.

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EVERGREEN GREENHOUSES CELEBRATING 34 YEARS

Red Deer Midget AAA Optimist Chief Rebels League, Provincial, Pacific & National Champs We would like to take this time to thank all of our sponsors this 2012/2013 season.

Many hours of hard work and dedication went into this team, making it the success it was!

We would especially like to thank, The Optimist Club, Red Deer Minor Hockey, AMHL and many more!

The parents and coaches would also like to send a Huge thank you to Bobi Gorgi, team manager, You’re Our “Rock Star”.

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Accounting firm requires a F/T receptionist/bookkeeper.

You must be a highly organized individual with a professional and courteous manner. Good communication skills and proficiency in MS Office applications are essential.

Bookkeeping using QuickBooks will also be required. Please email your resume to jerilyn@ advancedbookkeeping.ca or fax to 403-346-3367.

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ADAM & EVE UNISEX REQ’S F/T HAIR CUTTING PERSONNEL. Above average earnings.

Submit resume in person at Parkland Mall.

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LPN & RN Positions Available! Both positions are part time with no evenings or weekends. Please bring in your resume to 215-5201-43rd Street or fax to 403-341-3599.

ASSISTANT DISTRICT MANAGER

PHARMACIST and PHARM TECHS, FT/PT, GAETZ IDA. Contact Fran 403.392.6488 or lkding@telus.net

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DENTAL RECEPTION/ OFFICE MANAGER for hygiene department.

Looking for mature, professional with exc. communication skills. Must be efficient and multi task with ease, and have the ability to follow through on policies and implement them amoung staff. Must be reliable and able to work extended hours. Exp. is an asset but not req’d.

Yearly Term position with strong potential for permanent position. Wage to be determined.

Fax resume or drop off in person to Associates Dental, Attn: Corinne.

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Hair Stylists

Medical

• • • A RED DEER BASED Pressure Testing Company req’s. Operators for testing BOP’s throughout AB. Only those with Drilling rig exp. need apply. Fax resume & driver’s abstract to: 403-341-6213 or email mikeoapt@gmail.com Only those selected for interview will be contacted.

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Experienced Dozer and Hoe operators required, 3-5 years preferred. Valid safety tickets required.

Reliable truck would be an asset, use compensated accordingly. Please forward resume with references to brent@ smithironearthworks.ca or fax 403-347-0147. No phone calls please.

Qualifications Include:

5-10 yrs experience in the Production Testing Industry Valid Driver’s License Business Management Skills Organizational Skills Project Management Experience

Duties required:

Coordinating field Operations Manage crew and personnel Flexible work schedule - after hours on call rotation Financial Management - Cost control

Please visit our website at: www. cathedralenergyservices.com or apply by email to: pnieman@ cathedralenergyservices.com wtopp@ cathedralenergyservices.com Your application will be kept strictly confidential.

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F/T LIVE-IN CAREGIVER req’d for senior in Rocky.

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Camp Kuriakos is hosting the

18th Annual Bike•Walk•Run

Fundraising Event OFFICE & PHONES CLOSED MON. MAY 20 Red Deer Advocate Publication dates: SAT. MAY 18 TUES. MAY 21 Deadline is: Fri. May 17, 5 p.m.

Red Deer Life Sunday Publication date: SUN. MAY 19 Deadline is: Fri. May 17 NOON Central AB Life Publication date: THURS. MAY 23 Deadline is: Fri. May 17, 5 p.m.

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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.

Choose from 100 km bike, 15 km run and 13 km walk event options. Participants collect pledges with all money raised going towards the Camp Kuriakos ministry. Free t-shirt and steak dinner to follow for all participants.

Also join us June 9 for a free Open House!

Visit www.kuriakos.ab.ca for more info.

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Ponoka & Lacombe Express Publication date: WED. MAY 22 Deadline is: Thur. May 16, 5 p.m.

Rimbey Publication date; TUES. MAY 21 Deadline is: Wed. May 15, NOON Stettler & Weekender

Publication date: WED. MAY 22 FRI. MAY 24 Deadline is: Fri. May 17, NOON Sylvan Lake News & Eckville Echo Publication date: THUR. MAY 23 Deadline is: Fri. May 17, 5 p.m.

Bashaw Publication date: TUES. MAY 21 Deadline is: Thur. May 16, NOON Castor - Regular deadline Have a safe & happy holiday CLASSIFIEDS 309-3300

A non-denominational Social Service Agency is seeking a couple, or an individual living in Red Deer to provide emotional supports and life skills training for an adult female with developmental disabilities.

The ideal setting would be a childfree environment with a basement suite that she would occupy and pay rent.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate flexibility in responding to the individual’s needs and work as part of a team.

Successful applicants will receive an orientation to the Approved Home Program, on-going support from an assigned coordinator, as well as monthly training allowance reflecting the level of supports required ( $ 1002.00 ) Interested applicants please contact

Catholic Social Services at 403 347 8844 ext. 2917

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38 CASTLE CRES. (back alley) Thurs. May 9, 3-8; Fri. noon-8, Sat. 9-4.

Household, tools, toys and much more.

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MULTI-FAMILY 23 EAST CLOSE Saturday 11th, 9-3 Fridge & stove, desk, table & chairs set, household, etc.

22 ODDSTONE GREEN May 9, 10 & 11, 11 am - 7 pm. Household, furniture, tools, yard care equipt, and misc. items.

4301 55 ST. May 9, 10 &11, 10-5 Downsizing, nice and clean, unusual housewares, souvenirs from other lands, tapestry, men’s tuxedo.

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HUGE FAMILY GARAGE SALE 173 Jordan Parkway Sat. May 11 8am - 3pm Sun May 12 8am- 2pm Blu-rays, dvds, Blu-ray Player, Fitness Equipment & many other household items

149 DIXON CRES May 10, 11 Fri. 9 -8 & Sat. 9-6: Tools, R.V. supplies, household misc.

Penz Oil, roller blades etc.

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Lancaster Green 184 LINDSAY AVE. May 11, 9-4 & Sun. 10-3 Furnitue and A little Bit of Everything!

Annual Garage Sale Normandeau We are now accepting donations May 2 - 21 9 am - 4 pm daily at Red Deer Curling Centre 4725 43 St. No drop offs Sat. May 18.

Sorry not accepting t.v.’s, clothing, shoes, computers mattresses or large appliances such as stoves.

Sale: May 24, 25, 26.

For more info 403-342-7722

#224 5344-76 St. Northwood Estates May 10th 4-8, May 11th 9-4 Many items from toys to tools.

83 NYMAN CRES May 8, 9, 10, & 11 10 am -6 pm.

Lots of everything plus furniture.

46 OTTERBURY AVE Fri. 10th, 4-8 & Sat. 11th, 10-5 Plants, shrubs, dahlias, household items 4TH ANNUAL Openview Close Garage Sale.

May 11th. 9-4. Everything from collectibles, clothes, household & more.

MS Society BBQ Hot Dog Stand on site.

Pines MULTI-FAMILY SALE Sat. 11th & Sun. 12th 9-4 93 PAGE AVE Power chair, printers, 2 horse trailer, Xmas items, TV/VHS combo, Antique coffee table & chair frame, much more!!

Rosedale 22 ROGERS CRES. May 10 & 11, Fri. 5-8, Sat. 9-2 MOVING SALE Lots of Everything

Out of Town BENTLEY, 403-748-4092 #5309 46A ST. May 10, 11, Fri. & Sat. 8-8 MOVING - Everything For Sale including util. Trailer You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Penhold 67 HAYTER STREET Sat. 11th & Sun. 12th 10-3 Leather & baseball hats, China & hutch, too many items to mention.

Sylvan Lake 60 ROZIER CLOSE Ryders Ridge. May 10, 4-9, May 11, 9-4, May 12, 9-2. Tools, Wii, large bdrm. suite, RV furnace, inverter, household, games, books.

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:

Class 1 Driver / Operators: Hydraulic Fracturing—Pump Operators Electronics Technician; Apprentice Heavy Equipment Technician 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

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Paid technical and leadership training Career advancement opportunities RRSP Matching Program

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

RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, May 11, 2013

LOOKING FOR

Oilfield Maintenance Labourer /Swamper Must have safety tickets.

No experience necessary.

Will train. Fax resume to 403-746-5131 or email smittysoilfield@gmail.com

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Qualified Day & Night Supervisors - (Must be able to provide Buying or Selling own work truck.) your home?

Field Operators - Valid First Aid, H2S, Check out Homes for Sale driver’s license required! in Classifieds Please see your website @ www.colterenergy.ca or contact us at 1-877-926-5837 Your application will be kept strictly confidential

Fletcher Production Services is now hiring experienced operators for the Sylvan Lake & Rocky Mountain House areas.

Please submit resume to fletcherproduction@telus. net or drop off at 120, 5028 50A ST Sylvan Lake, AB. Experience is a must.

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LOOKING FOR JOURNEYMAN WELDER For 6 month project in N.E. BC. No truck or welder necessary. Fly in camp job. Please email resume: info@GTChandler.com or fax: 403-886-2223

PROVIDENCE Trucking Inc

Fluid Experts of Red Deer is seeking experienced

Picker operator

Class 1 Operators

Bed Truck Operator

to haul clean fluids for the Oil & Gas Industry. Home every night, company benefits with exceptional pay structure. Must be able to work on their own with minimal supervision.

Compensation based on experience. Fax resume w/all tickets and current drivers abstract to: 403-346-3112 or email to: roger@fluidexperts.com

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SENIOR SALES MANAGER HOME AND HARDLINES - Lead the department managers and gift registry lead.

- Responsible for the overall sales plan in the Home and Hardline Category.

ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER - Lead the Department Managers, Merchandise Presentation team Leads and Visual Presentation Specialists - Assume responsibility for the General Manager in his absence To apply please send cover letter and resume to

msapien@sears.ca

PARKLAND YOUTH HOMES SOCIETY

PROGRAM SUPERVISOR (Full Time)

Responsible for the operational aspects of the Equinox Connection Group Home in Sylvan Lake, AB. Qualifications: A degree or diploma in the Human Services related field of study and a minimum of 5 years experience working with young people and families.

Please visit our website www parklandyouthhomes.ca for more information.

Applicants are sincerely thanked in advance for their interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Competition closes when position is filled.

Resumes can be emailed to HR@parklandyouthhomes.ca Faxed to 403-346-3225 or forwarded to: Human Resources Parkland Youth Homes Society 4920 54 Street, Red Deer, AB T4N 2G8

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SERVICE RIG

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking an exp’d FLOORHAND

another Red Deer location is

Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

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

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

Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Email: hr@bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 258-3197 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

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Nexus Engineering requires a full time permanent MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER. This position will involve the design and product development of Coil Tubing Pressure Control Equipment.

Duties will include: * Design of equipment using 3D CAD Winch truck Operator * Shop Testing of Prototypes All candidates must be * Support to able to pass a pre-employmanufacturing for ment drug screen. We existing products offer exceptional wages and benefits for exceptional Job qualifications: people. Fax resume and abstract to 403-314-2340 * Bachelor’s degree in or email to safety@ Mechanical Engineering providencetrucking.ca * Eligibility for registration with APEGA * Strong mechanical aptitude and interest in working with equipment * Solidworks experience an asset * Creativity and attention to detail required. * 3 - 5 yrs. exp. preferred.

Is currently looking for two Full Time Management positions to work mall hours:

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Teachers/ Tutors

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Teachers/ Tutors

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LUCKY’S LOUNGE located in Jackpot Casino, requires Experienced P/T Servers.

Please apply in person at 4950 47 Ave. No phone calls please

OPENING SOON

FULL TIME COOKS & SERVERS If you have a Great Attitude and can work with Minimal Supervision“WE WANT YOU”.

Company paid benefit plan and RRSP. Please send resumes to: resume@ nexusengineering.ca

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Sales & Distributors

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HONEST, reliable, full time sales position available.

Must be able to load & unload mattresses. Apply in person to Mike’s Mattress 7619 50 Avenue Red Deer

Experience is an asset or we will train. Competitive Wages and Room for Advancement.

LIGHTHOUSE MARINE

Please drop resume off at 100, 6130 - 67 Street Red Deer or E-mail to info@humptys.com, miles.1016@hotmail.ca or fax 403.266.1973.

in Sylvan Lake is looking to expand our sales team for our busy 2013 season.

Applicants must be able to handle a high volume of sales and work independently.

Please email resume with references to dan@mmservices.ca Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

another Red Deer location is

Teachers/ Tutors

OPENING SOON

FULL TIME COOKS & SERVERS If you have a Great Attitude and can work with Minimal Supervision“WE WANT YOU”.

Experience is an asset or we will train. Competitive Wages and Room for Advancement.

E-mail resume to info@humptys.com, miles.1016@hotmail.ca or fax 403.266.1973.

Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

200 Seat bar & grill in Red Deer now accepting resumes for Head Chef or Kitchen Manager. Salary negotiable based on exp.

Reply to Box 1042, c/o R. D. Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

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Poste d’enseignement École La Prairie (Red Deer)

Maternelle (poste temporaire) étp 1,00 Secondaire 1er cycle étp 1,00 Faire parvenir votre curriculum vitae avant le mardi 14 mai 2013 à : M. Henri Lemire, directeur général Bureau 322 8627, rue Marie-Anne-Gaboury (91e Rue) Edmonton (Alberta) T6C 3N1 Fax : 780 440-1631 hlemire@centrenord.ab.ca www.centrenord.ab.ca

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Chinook’s Edge School Division No. 73 invites applications from qualified individuals for the position of Principal at Delburne School - located approximately 45 km east of Red Deer on highway 21, (Grades K-12 with approximately 390 students), effective the 2013-2014 school year. The successful candidate will have: excellent interpersonal skills, a proven record of excellence in classroom teaching, demonstrated abilities to work with a wide range of community agencies, a willingness to be involved in the extracurricular activities of the school, and strong leadership abilities.

Administrative duties will include an active role in instructional leadership and responsibility for all aspects of administration.

Preference will be given to candidates with experience as a school based administrator, and those who have completed or are working toward a Master’s degree in Education.

Cover letter and resume, complete with the names and telephone numbers of three current work related references are accepted by email only and should be forwarded to: Shawn Russell, Associate Superintendent People Services Chinook’s Edge School Division No. 73 Email: careers@ chinooksedge.ab.ca For information on Chinook’s Edge School Division No. 73, please check our website (www.chinooksedge.ab.ca) Applications will be accepted until 12:00 noon, Monday, May 13, 2013.

The successful applicant will possess a valid Alberta Teacher Certificate, and be required to provide a criminal record check and a child intervention (welfare) check. While we thank all applicants for their interest, only those individuals selected for interviews will be contacted. Resumes of individuals not granted an interview will not be kept on file.

F/T & P/T KITCHEN HELPERS Wages $12./hr.

Apply in Person w/resume to: BLACKJACK LOUNGE #1, 6350 - 67 St. Phone/Fax: 403-347-2118

Sales & Distributors

Career Opportunity Do you like to compassionately serve others in their time of need?

Have an artistic flair?

Are you well connected to the community?

Enjoy a rewarding career providing families with a sense of honor, history and respect through artwork that will last hundreds of years.

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Is looking for general carpenters for the Red Deer area. Call Brad 403-588-8588

WOLF CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS invites applications for the following position:

Assistant Principal

École Secondaire Lacombe Composite High School For further specifics on the above positions, please visit Wolf Creek Public Schools’ website at www.wolfcreek.ab.ca, or contact the Division Office at 403-783-3473 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

WOLF CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS

invites applications for the following positions: • • • • • • • • • • • •

Teacher, Bentley Colony School Teacher, Bluffton School Teacher, Clive School Teacher, Ecole James S. McCormick School Teachers, Iron Ridge Elementary Campus Teachers, Iron Ridge Junior Campus Te a c h e r , P o n o k a Composite High School Te a c h e r s , R i m b e y Elementary School Teacher, Terrace Ridge School Family School Liaison Worker, Rimbey Elementary School L i b r a r y Te c h n i c i a n , Iron Ridge Elementary Campus Administrative Assistant, West Country Outreach School

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

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

850

JOURNEYMAN AUTO TECHNICIAN TO START IMMEDIATELY

CAPE Manufacturing Ltd. †is looking for: †

“B” PRESSURE WELDERS Profit Sharing Plan & Group Benefits † resume@capemfg.ca COMPETITION # : LL 13-10 FACILITY Lacombe Lodge DEPARTMENT: Engineering & Maintenance TITLE: Maintenance STATUS: Permanent Full-Time POSITION SUMMARY: Under supervision, this position performs a variety of maintenance duties on various types of equipment, buildings; and grounds under the direction of the Department Supervisor and/or other maintenance workers in accordance with acceptable standards, regulations, safety, policies and procedures. The work is defined as semi-skilled, routine, manual, becoming somewhat independent.

QUALIFICATIONS: Preference to have a 5th Class Power Engineering Certificate 3 years Building Operations Experience Valid Alberta Driver’s License with clean abstract High School Diploma CONTACT: Human Resources Lacombe Foundation 4622 C & E Trail Lacombe, AB T4L 1M9 403-782-4119 (Fax) lisa.leschert@bethanygrp.ca A current Police Information Check is a pre-employment requirement for new employees to The Lacombe Foundation. We sincerely thank all candidates for their application; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

CONCRETE Flatwork finisher req’d. Must have drivers license. email: crete_monster@yahoo.ca F/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS - Good hours, home every night, $4000-$6000/mo.

Contractor must have truck or van. Tools, supplies & ladders required. Training provided, no experience needed. Apply to: satjobs@shaw.ca

FURIX ENERGY INC is looking for

B-Pressure Welders with vessel and piping experience. Contractor or by hand, competitive top wages and benefits.

Email your resume to: Darryl@furixenergy.com

FIRESIDE NOW HIRING: Prep Cooks, Line Cooks, Breakfast Cooks, Dishwashers, Servers & Bartenders. Bring resume in person. 4907 Lakeshore Dr. Sylvan Lake.

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Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD. Requires

This position involves all internal reconditioning of Innisfail & Sylvan Truck Ranch vehicles for resale.

No retail work.

We have a great shop, with great equipment.

If you want to work great hours and earn an excellent income with an excellent benefits package, apply now.

To apply, contact Wayne or Daryl at 403-227-4456 for an interview. Or send your resume to wkarach@truckranch.ca

SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

Heavy Duty Mechanic

Red Deer Shop req’s Journeyman or 4th yr. apprentice with CVIP license. Manufacturing and Hydraulic system experience an asset.

Good hours, competitive wage & benefit package.

Fax resume to: 403-309-3360.

Work Control Manage your from Home own hours your income

If this ad resonates with you, call us to find out more!

Call Susan at 403-969-4804

Sunset Memorial & Stone Ltd. www.sunsetstone.com

STUDON Electric & Controls Inc. is one of Canada’s Best 50 Managed Companies. We are an industry leading Electrical & Instrumentation Contractor that prides itself in having committed and dedicated employees.

We are currently hiring for the position of:

Quality Services Manager For our Red Deer Office

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Reporting to the Director of HSE & Quality Services, the Coordinator will be responsible to provide subject matter expertise and support to the various business units within Studon. The position will require occasional travel.

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The ideal candidate will have the following: • Three – five years in a QA/QC role with management experience • Extensive experience in the Oil & Gas / Electrical Construction Industry with knowledge of recognized QA/ QC polices & procedures • Experience developing and implementing Corporate and Project Specific Quality Plans for large scale projects • Have / working towards Quality Management Certificate • JM Electrician with Interprovincial Certification • Dual Ticketed (Electrical/ Instrumentation) as asset • Strong Communication, Presentation, and Leadership Skills • Excellent computers skills with a working knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite of Products • Vast knowledge of the Canadian Electrical Code

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MECHANICAL Design Engineer

Is now hiring experienced:

Fluid Experts Ltd.

800

Restaurant/ Hotel

“People Pride & Service”

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Production Testing Personnel in Minot, ND: Day & Night Supervisors & Field Operators

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

Oilfield

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Join Our Fast Growing Team and Secure Your Future with our Optimum Benefit Package & RRSP’s!!

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LOCAL SERVICE CO. REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475

COLTER ENERGY SERVICES USA INC

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Oilfield

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Oilfield

Restaurant/ Hotel

JEETS PLUMBING & HEATING Service Plumbers.

Journeyman, w/service exp. Competitive wages.

Fax resume: 403-356-0244 LICENSED MECHANIC & AUTO BODY TECH. Reasonable rate.

A.J. Auto Repair & Body 11, 7836 49 Ave. Call 403-506-6258 LOCAL company now hiring exp’d dozer and grater operators. Fax resume 403-347-6296 NEEDED F/T Service Person for after sales service and set up of manufactured and modular home. Must have exp. in roofing, siding, flooring, drywall, paint etc., Competitive wages and health plan avail. Apply to James at M & K Homes, 403-346-6116 NEW EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Experienced Screedman Roller Operator Transfer Machine Operator Email resume to: office@ccal.com Fax resume to: 403-885-5137

Newcart Contracting (1993) is looking for

Safety Supervisors & Safety Watch People for the Plant Turnaround Season.

Must have valid H2S, CSTS/PST, First Aid/CPR, Confined Space, and WHIMIS Safety Tickets.

Fax resume to 403-729-2396 or email: resumes @newcartcontracting.com No phone inquiries please.

ROCKY RIDGE BUILDERS INC. is currently seeking mature individuals for modular horse barn manufacturing.

Carpentry exp. an asset.

Must have drivers license and transportation. 10 hrs/day, 5 days/week. 15 minutes south of Sylvan Lake. Fax resume to 403-728-3106 or call 403-373-3419

E4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, May 11, 2013 Trades

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NGC is a leading service provider, responding to customer’s needs in the Natural Gas compression industry, supplying quality We have immediate openings for the following:

EMR/EMT Security Positions

FIELD SERVICE TECH (STETTLER)

Securitas Canada is looking for qualified Security Staff for a Petro-Chemical plant outside of Red Deer.

SECURITAS CANADA Hiring Immediate FT & Casual

Qualification: Security/Emergency Dispatcher: Develop customer relationships and deliver *EMR/EMT- ACP registered *Valid license (Class 4) exceptional customer * Provincial Security License service. * Bondable • Perform customer maintenance and service *Good interpersonal skills w o r k i n t h e N a t u r a l *Good communication skills *Computer knowledge, Gas Industry. previous emergency experience, previous Candidate must be highly security experience, organized, possess client interaction excellent verbal communiexperience an asset cation skills and be able to function as part of a team.

WHY SECURITAS: This position may require *Extended Health and extended hours of work, Dental plan and possible weekends, *Above average wages must have a valid class 5 *Fully Paid uniform driver’s license, the suc*All training time paid cessful candidate will be *Dedicated quality group. required to supply a *Room to learn and grow. current drivers abstract, prior to employment How to apply: Fax: 403-314-8475 Experience with Cat, Email: White, Waukesha, Ariel, Dillicj@Novachem.com would be an Asset.

Fax: 403-314-8475 Integrity - Vigilance The successful candidate Helpfulness will be expected to follow Securitas Canada our Core Values celebrates diversity and Our Core Values are: we welcome and encour“Integrity”, “Respect”, age applications from the “Dependability” four designated groups; “Striving to Improve” namely women, aboriginal people, visible minorities If you are interested in and persons with disabilities. joining our company, please reply with your TOO MUCH STUFF? resume to: Let Classifieds help you sell it.

NGC Compression Solutions CELEBRATIONS Mail: PO Box 1654, HAPPEN EVERY DAY Stettler, AB T0C 2L1 IN CLASSIFIEDS Fax: (403) 742-5803 Email: SHUNDA dave.mclean@ngc-ltd.com Please note that only those CONSTRUCTION being requested for interRequires Full Time views will be contacted Carpenters Helpers Duties include the following:

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Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

NOW Hiring Site Superintendants, Carpenters, Apprentice Carpenters for Full Time Work in the Red Deer area. Fully paid Benefit Package, Pension Plan, Bonuses. Good wages. Experience in the Petroleum industry an asset, Service Stations, Bulk Plants. E-mail Resume to tedc@kellerdenali.com Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT WITH TJ PAVING. Looking for Exp`d Class 1 Driver to move equipment and haul material, and exp. Class 3 driver to haul material.

Competitive Wages. Great working atmosphere. FAX Resume to 403-346-8404 or email tjpaving@hotmail.com

REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY experienced Sand Blaster, oilfield painters and general laborers. Must have safety tickets and clean driving record. Please fax resume and docs to (403) 748-3036 or email to tayriver1@hotmail.com

& Labourers

For local work.

Competitive Wages & Benefits.

Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

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 Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

TRUE POWER ELECTRIC Requires

QUALIFIED 3rd and 4th yr.

JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIANS With Residential roughin exp. Competitive wages & benefits.

Fax resume to: 403-314-5599

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WE ARE......

17 Time Presidents Award Winner Locally Owned and Operated One of the Most Respected Ford Dealerships in Alberta

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850

WE are currently seeking full time

Carpenters and Apprentice Carpenters

Responsibilities include; framing, building forms, door and window installation, and various tasks that arise daily. The successful candidate will have the ability to perform a wide variety of tasks and be a team player. They will have outstanding communication, interpersonal and organizational skills. Must also be able to read and interpret blue prints, drawings and specifications.

Applicants must be a Journeymen Carpenter or Apprentice Carpenter.

Please email your cover letter and resume to info@tcdi.ca

Truckers/ Drivers

860

CLASS 1 drivers req’d for flat deck work. Steady year round work. Benefits, exc. wages and safety bonuses. Successful candidates must be hard working, must know your load securement and love driving as you will be traveling throughout BC, AB, SK & MB. Please fax resumes and drivers abstract to 1-855-784-2330 NEED experienced Class 1 drivers for short and long haul. Part time weekdays.

Runs AB., SASK, Manitoba & BC. Please call PROMAX TRANSPORT at 227-2712 or fax resume w/abstract 403-227-2743

Spanky’s Transit Mix is looking for concrete truck drivers. Call Brad 403-347-6562

Business Opportunities

870

I can SHOW you how to make an addition $600-$1200 this month.

For apt. Call Carol at 403-352-0428

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ACADEMIC Express Adult Education and Training

Spring Start

GED classes days/evening

Fall Start

Community Support Worker

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ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

in DEER PARK AREA Dawson St. & 1 Block of Davison Dr. ALSO Part of Dunning Crsc. and Dunning Close ALSO Dunlop St. Dixon Ave. Dixon Close ALSO Dandell Close Davison Dr. & 2 blocks of Dowler St. ALSO Dunham Close ALSO 2 Blocks Doran Cres.

Dunn Close & 1 Block of Davison Dr. ALSO Duncan Cres.

LANCASTER East half of Lampard Cres.

ALSO Landry Bend Lacey Close & Lenon Close area.

ALSO Leonard Cres. & 1 Block of Lancaster Ave. ALSO Part of Lanterman Cres.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 info

ADULT & YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED for delivery of Flyers Red Deer Express & Red Deer Life Sunday in GRANDVIEW MORRISROE MOUNTVIEW WEST PARK Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

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

ANDERS AREA Anders St. Addinell Close/ Allan St. Abbott Close/ Allan St. Allan Close/Allan St. Allsop Cres.

BOWER AREA Broughton/ Brooks Cres.

Bettenson St./ Baines Cres.

Brown Cl./Baird St Barrett Dr./Baird St INGLEWOOD AREA

Ingram Close

Michener Area West of 40th Ave. North Ross St. to 52 Street. $236/monthly Good for adult with small car.

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 info CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

NO EXP. NECESSARY!!

F.T. position available IMMEDIATELY in hog assembly yard in Red Deer. Starting wage $12/hr. Call Rich or Paul 403-346-6934 ATTENTION Students SUMMER WORK flexible. schedules., $16 base-appt, customer sales/service, no exp necessary, conditions apply, will train, 403-755-6711 www. summeropenings.ca

Truckers/ Drivers

F/T SORTERS NEEDED for recycling line in Red Deer. No exp. necessary.

Start immediately. Email to canpak@xplornet.ca

Apply in person at:

4412-50 St., Innisfail, AB or by Fax: 403-227-4544 or jdenham@fourlaneford.com sdavis@fourlaneford.com

Truckers/ Drivers

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Join us at Aveda Transportation and Energy Services as a

Health Safety & Environment Advisor We are a young, energetic company that provides specialized transportation to the oil and gas industry. We are looking for your passion and enthusiasm in providing safety support to our Canadian Terminals and Company HSE system.

Qualifications: 5+ years in a safety advisor position in related industry.

For more information on this position and how to apply, please visit:

www.avedaenergy.com

WESTLAKE 81 Papers $420/month $5040/yr.

If you’re looking for a challenging position with one of the world’s leading snack food companies, here’s your chance to join the largest sales team in Canada as a Weekend Part Time Account Merchandiser in Red Deer, AB. We’re looking for someone who pays great attention to detail, has a interest in building displays, and can ensure that our product is always well stocked and looking great. So if you’re an excellent communicator, have great people skills, a class 5 driver’s license, and a flawless driving record, we invite you to apply online at www. fritolay.ca or fax your resume to (780) 577-2174 ATTN: Elaine Diesbourg.

TOP WAGES, BENEFITS. Exp’d. Drivers & Swampers required.

MAPLE LEAF MOVING Call 403-347-8826 or fax resume to: 403-314-1457.

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Employment Training

OILFIELD SERVICES INC.

offers a variety of

SAFETY COURSES to meet your needs.

Standard First Aid , Confined Space Entry, H2S Alive and Fire Training are courses that we offer on a regular basis.

As well, we offer a selection of online Training Courses.

For more information check us out online at www.firemaster.ca or call us at 403 342 7500.

You also can find us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter @firemasterofs.

SAFETY

Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

403.341.4544

SUNNYBROOK AREA

For afternoon delivery once per week

Springfield Ave. Savoy Cres./ Selkirk Blvd.

Sherwood Cres.

VANIER AREA Viscount Dr./ Voisin Crsc

In the towns of: Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for

The Town of Olds No collecting!

Packages come ready for delivery!

Also for the afternoon in Town of Penhold!

Also GREENHOUSE WORKERS afternoon delivery in BLACKFALDS Town of Central AB Greenhouses Springbrook We have some seasonal 1 day per wk.

No collecting!!

Please contact QUITCY

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com NIGHT OWL SECURITY Now looking to hire mature, reliable person for overnight security guard position. Resumes to bestway@telusplanet.net attn: Ken. 403-740-4696

RAVEN TRUCK ACCESSORIES Has an opening for an INSTALLER POSITION, must be self-motivated, have strong leadership skills & be mechanically inclined.

Fax 403-343-8864 or apply in person with resume to 4961-78th Street, Red Deer rtard@raventruckstuff.com

PARTS COUNTER HELPER Duties to incl’d. helping customers with parts sales, & other aspects of parts dept. duties. Retail exp. is an asset.

SERVICE SHOP HELPER Must be mechanically minded to help with minor service in our service dept.

Previous mechanical abilities an asset.

Both positions are for summer only until Sept. 1.

Contact John Ferguson @ Precision Cycle Works Ltd. #17, Gasoline Alley East.

Red Deer.

No phone call please.

RESIDENTIAL APT MANAGER 23 suite apt. complex.

Live-in role. Responsibilities incl. cleaning, maintenance, yard care, administration.

Bondable. Reply to Box 1043, c/o R. D. Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

SEEKING

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) B.O.P. #204, 7819 - 50 Ave. (across from Totem)

RED DEER WORKS Build A Resume That Works!

APPLY ONLINE www.lokken.com/rdw.html Call: 403-348-8561 Email inford@lokken.com Career Programs are

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Seeking Purchasing Administrator Responsibilities include: Manage input & tracking of purchase orders - present for review, obtain necessary approvals, and submit to vendors & proof vendor order confirmations.

Administering price lists, organizing promotional information from vendors & stores & generating monthly sales reports.† Strong computer skills, with proficiency using Microsoft Office and proven ability to create and maintain complex analysis reports in spreadsheets.

Attention to detail, multitask oriented, strong communication & superior organizational, time management & problem solving skills required.† Remuneration based on education and experience.

Excellent benefits.† APPLY NOW! Email resume to careers@chatters.ca Fax resume to 1-888-409-0483 Online @ www.chatters.ca WEED SPRAYER required. No exp. necessary. Must have valid Class 5 Driver’s License.

Fax resume to 403-2275099, e-mail to cdsprung@ telus.net or call Cory @403-304-8201

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Antiques & Art

CARSWELL’S 24th Annual Red Deer

Antique Show & Sale

May 11 & 12

Sat. 10-6 & Sun. 10-5 Westerner Park Over 350 Sales Tables.

Carswell’s 343-1614

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Auctions

Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

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Clothing

HARLEY DAVIDSON RIDING BOOTS - Ladies.

Good cond. Only worn 3 times. $60. (403)302-6010

wegotservices CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

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To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

YOU WILL RECEIVE.....

Signing BONUS or Relocation Assistance (depending on experience) Ford experience not required

WESTPARK 81 Papers $425/month $5103/yr.

Langford Cres.

Lewis Close/ Law Close Lancaster Drive

A Licensed Technician or 4th Year Apprentice UP TO $40.00/Hr Flat RATE

EASTVIEW 84 Papers $441/month $5292/yr.

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

YOU ARE.....

A Positive Growing work environment Great Benefits Package

NEWS PAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for early morning delivery by 6:30 am

Part Time Account Merchandiser

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“Low Cost” Quality Training

positions available commencing immediately and F/T - P/T CLEANERS e n d i n g J u n e 1 , 2 0 1 3 .

Duties include planting 3am - 11am shift.

Need to be physically fit. seedlings, watering plants, moving plants from one Must have reliable area to another, loading transportation.

Please send resume attn: p l a n t s o n t o c a r t s a n d loading trucks. This position Greg Tisdale is labor intensive and gtisdale@ includes working weekends cashcasino.ca or fax 403-346-3101 or drop off and some evenings (approx. at Cash Casino, 6350 - 67 St. 65 hrs./wk.). Must have own transportatin. We will GRAYSON EXCAVATING train. Wage is $11.50/hr.

LTD. requires experienced Fax resume to foremen, pipelayers, 403-885-4147 or email to: equipment operators, ar-cag@telus.net.

Class 1 drivers, topmen Please note that only and general labourers for those to be interviewed will installation of deep utilities be contacted. (water and sewer). Fax resume to (403)782-6846 HERITAGE LANES or e-mail to: info@ BOWLING graysonexcavating.com Red Deer’s most modern 5 pin bowling center req’s Celebrate your life F/T kitchen staff, servers with a Classified and front counter staff.

ANNOUNCEMENT Must be avail. eves and wknds. Please send DISPATCHER req’d. resume to: htglanes@ Knowledge of Red Deer telus.net or apply in person and area is essential.

Verbal and written Classifieds...costs so little communication skills are Saves you so much! req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

IN SERVICE SHOP, exp’d with farm equipment and the ability to weld. Apply fax 403-341-5622 LIVE in caretaker req’d. for 13 unit Adult condo in Red Deer. Ideal for semi-retired person. Reply to ***POSITION FILLED***

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LANCASTER AREA

CASH CASINO is hiring a

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in

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Accounting Ferus Inc. specializes in the production, storage, supply and transport of liquid nitrogen and liquid carbon dioxide for the energy industry.

www.ferus.com

PROFESSIONAL

DRIVERS WANTED

Ferus requires experienced Professional Class 1 drivers with three years or more experience to operate a variety of late model liquid carbon dioxide and liquid nitrogen equipment out of our Blackfalds base.

We offer: • Industry competitive wages based on an hourly pay schedule • Automatic pay increases • Training Completion Bonus • Daily per diem allowance • Recognition and incentive programs • Mechanic-maintained equipment • Travel Compensation PLUS: • Flexible Spending Account • Group RSP Savings Plan • Comprehensive Health and Dental Plan • Career Advancement Opportunities We offer a work rotation of 15 days on & 6 days off.

Preference will be given to applicants with off-road experience.

If you are interested in working in a positive and dynamic environment please send your resume & driver abstract to

humanresources@ferus.com or by fax to 1-888-879-6125 Please Reference: Driver #0513

Thank you for your interest; however only those applicants considered for the position will be contacted.

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

Beauty/ Cosmetic

1040

KARLEY

would like to welcome all of her clients, as well as new clients to join her at Headrush Hair Dezign!

Located at Bay A 3440-50th Ave. Red Deer.

Appointments can be booked with her at 403-505-8465.

Contractors

1100

AA PHILCAN CONST. Int. & Ext. Bsmt. dev., decks, sheds, laminate flooring, reno’s, etc.. Call Ken 340-8213 or cell 391-8044 ARM & HAMMER CONST. Floors, garages, driveways exposed agg., stamped & colored. 403-391-1718 BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/patios/rv pads sidewalks/driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIAN’S DRYWALL Framing, drywall, taping, textured & t-bar ceilings, 36 yrs exp. Ref’s. 392-1980 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

Contractors

1100

SIDING, Soffit, Fascia preferring non- combustible fibre cement, canexel & smart board, Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

Computer Services

1110

Red Deer Techshop Grand Opening. Website design, pc/laptop repair.

Call 403-986-2066 or visit reddeertechshop.com

Escorts

1165

EDEN 587-877-7399 10am-midnight EROTICAS PLAYMATES Girls of all ages 598-3049 www.eroticasplaymates.net LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Handyman Services

1200

Massage Therapy

GREYSTONE Handyman Services. Reasonable rates. Ron, 403-396-6089

Massage Therapy

1280

Mother’s Day Special Linda’s Chinese Massage For details call 403-986-1550 or visit massagereddeer.com

Moving & Storage

1300

FANTASY

BOXES? MOVING? SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315

International ladies

Painters/ Decorators

MASSAGE

Now Open

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

Private back entry. 403-341-4445 HOT STONE, Body Balancing. 403-352-8269 MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161 THE BODY Whisperer www.mygimex.org 4606 48 Ave. 403-986-1691

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888 LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations.

403-342-7801.

PAINTING SERVICE Res./Com. Celebrating 25 years. 25% off paint.

403-358-8384

VII MASSAGE PRO-PAINTING at reaFeeling over sonable rates. 304-0379 whelmed?

Hard work day?

Seniors’ Pampering at its best. #77464 Gaetz Services Ave. www.

SENIORS need a HELPING viimassage.biz HAND? Cleaning, cooking In/Out Calls to companionship Hotels. 403-986-6686 - in home or in facility.

Call 403-346-7777 or visit New South location helpinghands.com for info.

5003A -50 St. 348-5650 Yard

1372

BUSY B’S HANDYMAN SERVICES LTD. Spring & summer bookings. Misc.

Res./com. Your full service handyman. Brian 403-598-3857

1280

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666

Care

1430

GARDEN ROTOTILLING & Yard Prep. 403-597-3957 GARDENS ROTOTILLED 304-7250 ROTOTILLING & Yardwork 403-346-0674 392-5657

ROTOTILLING, IRONMAN Scrap Metal power raking, aerating & Recovery is picking up grass cutting. Reasonable scrap again! Farm machinrates. 403-341-4745 ery, vehicles and industrial.

SPRING LAWN CLEANUP Serving central Alberta.

Call 403-304-0678 403-318-4346

RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, May 11, 2013

1630

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

1640

Tools

3 x 21 CRAFTSMAN belt sander $20; B & D router and case $15; Craftsman router $10; large B & D jig saw $8; Skill drill elect. vari. spd $5; small B & D electric drill $5; many more tools 403-358-7678 B & D radial arm saw 10” $150; 3 1/4” Makita planer $30; B & D 1/2 sheet shoe sander $10 403-358-7678

Firewood

1660

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood Spruce, Pine, Spilt, Dry. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Poplar. Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227

Misc. for Sale

1760

WANTED: USED LAWN LOUNGER for young senior.

Preferably with cushions, but will take with-out.

Call 403-340-1120

Musical Instruments

1770

VIOLIN, full size with case and 2 bows. $200.

403-986-2004

1830

Cats

SIAMESE also Belenese (3) KITTENS FOR SALE $50/ea. As well as some free kittens to give away.

403-887-3649 SUPER CUTE FLUFFY KITTIES. Great for pets or mousers.

Free to good homes.

403-343-0730

1840

Dogs

FREE

LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

MALTESE, white, 6 yrs. old. very loving dog. Sadly needs a good loving home, Senior cant take her with her. 403-341-4502

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275

SHELTIES 4M, 1F, vet checked, ready to go $500/ea.

403-722-3204 846-0198

Garden Supplies

1680

COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE 6’-20’ , equipment for digging, wrapping, basketing, hauling and planting. J/V Tree Farm.

John 403-350-6439.

ELECTRIC TILLER, for flower beds. $75.

403-314-0804

Household Appliances

1710

APPLS. reconditioned lrg. selection, $150 + up, 6 mo. warr. Riverside Appliances 403-342-1042

Household Furnishings

DININGROOM set, hutch, buffet, table extends to 7 1/2’ w/leaf, 4 side chairs, 2 arm chairs, exc. cond, $700 obo 403-346-0425 OAK ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE $175.

403-346-3708 OLDER LARGE HIDE-A-BED. Floral design. Asking $75.

Great for rec room.

Must be able to pick up.

780-884-5441

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514 WATERBED solid wood w/drawers and headboard, queen $150 403-356-1856

1730

SONY Mini stereo, $40., obo; stereo subwoofer; $30. obo; 17” computer monitor, $30. obo. 403-782-3847 SONY STEREO w/surround sound. $160.

403-782-3847

Jewellery

1750

DIAMOND solitaire ring, valued $12,790, asking $6000 obo 403-318-5290 or 403-346-3445

Misc. for Sale

1860

CALLAWAY Diablo Edge Driver, 10.5 degree, regular flex Alila shaft, exc. cond. $75. 403-346-0093 MISC. GOLF CLUBS With leather bag. $75.

403-314-0804

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

1720

BAG for waterbed and heating pads, accessories $75; blue armchair $20; fold out sponge loveseat $40 403-356-1856

Stereos TV's, VCRs

Sporting Goods

1760

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

IMMACULATE Blackfalds Townhouse Condo. 3 bdrm., 2 bath, walk-out bsmt. $1250/mo. RENTED SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

Riverfront Estates

Deluxe 3 bdrm. 1 1/2 bath, bi-level townhouse, 5 appls, blinds, large balcony, no pets, n/s, $1195 or $1225 along the river.

SD $1000. avail.

June 1, 403-304-7576 347-7545

3 bdrms, 2.5 baths, finished bsmt, 5 appls. Fenced yard w/shed. No pets. N/S. $1295& UTIL; SD $1295; Avail NOW. Hearthstone 403-314-0099 or 403-396-9554

VACANCY IN WOODLAND TERRACE Family friendly 2 & 3 bdrms, 1 bath. w/ balcony.

Card-op laundry. NO PETS, N/S. Avail NOW & June 1st. Starting @ $995 & Power, SD $995 Hearthstone 403-314-0099 or 403-396-9554

AGRICULTURAL 2000-2290

2140

3190

MOBILE HOME PAD, in Red Deer Close to Gaetz, 2 car park, Shaw cable incl.

Wanda 403-340-0225

CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

For Sale

2 year old, 3 bdrms., 2 baths, landscaped w/large trees, laminate & carpet & lino on dev. main flr. Large deck, fenced yard.

Incld’s 4 kitchen appls.

Will consider trade for farm. 403-600-2225

3040

MASON MARTIN HOMES New bi-level, 1320 sq.ft.

3 bdrm., 2 bath. $367,900.

Dbl. att. garage.

403-588-2550

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

1 BDRM. 2 appls. no pets $850/mo. 403-343-6609

GLENDALE

2 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $950 incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Avail.

June 1. 403-304-5337 3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $1075. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage.

Avail. now or June 1st.

Call 403-304-5337

Suites

3060

MASON MARTIN HOMES New bi-level, 1400 sq.ft.

Dbl. att. garage. $409,900.

403-588-2550

BLACKFALDS: 2 storey, 3 bdrm, 2 1/2 bath, upgrades $376,500 2 bdrm .bungalow, 2 bath, front att. garage $319,900 Prices include all legal fees, GST, and appls.

Riser Homes Lloyd Fiddler 403-391-9294

MORRISROE MANOR

104x353 lot in the heart of Sylvan Lake. Excellent location for future development. $499,900.

Pine Lake acreage! 4 bdrm., 3 bath, attached garage.

Lake view. $369,900.

403-318-4448

Family oriented acreages w/rolling hills, pristine ponds and poplar woodlands. $150,000-$160,000

GUARANTEED DELIVERY If your paper is wet, torn or missed, call our Circulation Dept. and we’ll gladly replace your paper.

2008 YAMAHA YZ85 great shape $2200 obo. Son grew out of it, 403-845-0442

5050

5100

1982 CHEV FRONTIER. Exc. cond. $4000 obo 403-746-5690

Fifth Wheels

5110

CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Antique & Classic Autos

5020

1967 CHRYSLER Newport 383 2 barrel auto, $2200 obo 403-227-2166 Buffalo Lake.3/4 acre with lake views, 4 bdrm, 3 bath. $342,500. 403-741-6190

5030

Cars

Executive acreage just north of Olds. 3750 sq ft.

6.84 acres. 30x40 shop. $789,000

2009 Cadillac STS Platinum AWD, 42750 Kms. Fully loaded like new. 2 sets of rims & tires. $35,000 403 348 3762

Beautiful views overlooking scenic river valley. Only 6 miles from Red Deer on pavement.

Starting at $269,000

2005 BMW 745LI, heated leather, sunroof, $19,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

2010 FORD Expedition Eddie Bauer 4X4, htd./cool lthr., $29888 7652 50 Ave. 348-8788 Sport & Import

2000 JAYCO Quest 23’ 3 pce. bath, air, sleeps 6.

Exc. shape $6000. obo 403-885-5608, 352-0740

1999 35’ DUTCHMEN pulled 600 kms., a.t., heat & air, full bath w/tub in main bdrm, 1/2 bath w/dbl. bunks at rear, 14’ pushout kitchen/living, sleeps 8, exc. cond., n/s, no pets, clean, lots of storage, 2008 Ford F150 4X4 stove and fridge, $9500 Supercrew XLT 143,600 km 403-227-6442 304-5894 $14,900 obo. tow pkg. , backup camera, exc. cond.

358-9646

1997 TRAVELLAIRE Prestige 265, clean, well kept, back kitchen w/sunshine ceiling, 2007 HONDA Ridgeline EX-L. electric front jacks, back Exc. cond. loaded, 96,000 km, tow hitch $8000. 887-6295 $19,800. 403-318-5747

2004 F150 QUAD 2000 PONTIAC Grand Am supercab 4x4, loaded, very 2 dr. Saftied SOLD clean inside and out, runs exc. $6600. ***SOLD

23 acres west or Rimbey.

4 BR home, 24x32 barn, 32x64 shop, 3 wells. $475,000 403-843-6182

HELP-U-SELL OF RED DEER 403-342-7355

Farms/ Land

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

4090

Manufactured Homes

MUST SELL

By Owner.

Sharon 403-340-0225

Income Property

Penhold new home! 2 bdrm., 1 bath, 6 appls, upgrades galore. $267,900

VIEW ALL OUR PRODUCTS at www.garymoe.com

4100

NEW DUPLEX, 2 suites, for $389,900. 2000 sq.ft.

2 bdrm., 2 bath. Mason Martin Homes 403-588-2550

COTTAGE in Caroline West Country. Great hunting & quadding. Priced to sell under $100,000.

403-740-6592

1994 TITANIUM model 31E36MK. Loaded, many extras. $28,000 obo.

403-347-1050 or 304-4580

Holiday Trailers

5120

2002 29’ BOBCAT hardwall, a/c, awning, sleeps 9 $11,900 obo 403-346-1569 1980 20’ CAMP TRAILER. Great shape for older unit.

2004 CADILLAC Escalade $5000 obo. 403-782-2669 AWD, lthr., DVD, $14,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import Boats & 1995 FORD F150. 310,000 km. Runs great. Body rust. $1000. 403-986-1905

4070

4130

Marine

5160

1992 DODGE Dakota needs trans, sell for parts or as is 403-318-7625

Vans Buses

5070

Locally owned and family operated

5040

SUV's

2001 DODGE Durango 4x4, $5000 o.b.o.

403-348-1634

Automotive Services

2005 BUICK MINIVAN. Loaded, excellent cond.

166,000 kms. $6,700 obo 403-343-7437.

5010

Sea Doo Wake 430 Boat 430 H.P. twin Rotax motors & jet pumps, low hours, like new. Priced to sell $26,500 O.B.O. 403-350-1007 782-3617

Auto Wreckers

5190

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

5200

A1 RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal. We travel. AMVIC approved. 403-396-7519

Specialists in Vehicle Financing regardless of Credit Quality

REMOVAL of unwanted cars, may pay cash for complete cars. 304-7585

Credit Solutions from a Reputable Dealer are your Best Bet Red Deer Toyota, the Right Choice!

WANTED FREE REMOVAL of unwanted cars and trucks, also wanted to buy lead batteries, call 403-396-8629

Call or email our Finance Specialists in strictest confidence: 403-343-3736 or getyourcredit@reddeer.toyota.ca

Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

4 bdrm., 3 bath with a warm, welcoming open floorplan. $339,900

GOLF, SKI, HIKE, WATER SPORTS, etc.

WHITEFISH, MT.

3090

ROOM for rent. $450 rent, d.d. $350. 403-343-0421 ROOMS FOR RENT, close to uptown. Employed gentleman Rent $350/mo, s.d. $250, 403-350-4712

SYLVAN LAKE - Pie lot, Well priced. Good location.

403-896-3553

5080

wheels

1 bdrm. apt. avail. May 15 Water & heat incld, clean and quiet, great location, no pets. 403-346-6686

Rooms For Rent

5070

2004 FORD FREESTAR SEL 1 owner. Exc. cond.

139,000 km. 403-347-7126

Motorhomes 1998 NISSAN Pathfinder Chilkoot 4x4, auto, $3900 obo. 403-342-5609

wegot

SUNNYBROOK

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

(Blackfalds) You build or bring your own builder. Terms avail.

403-304-5555

Trucks

Cottages/Resort Property

OPPOSITE HOSPITAL

THE NORDIC

FULLY SERVICED res & duplex lots in Lacombe. 2005 INFINITI FX 35 AWD Builders terms or owner sunroof, leather, $18,888. will J.V. with investors or 348-8788 Sport & Import subtrades who wish to become home builders. Great returns. Call 403-588-8820

OPEN HOUSE

3020

3030

E5

MASON MARTIN HOMES 1-5, Sat. 11th & Sun. 12th 639 Oak St. Springbrook 403-588-2231

3010

Large adult 2 bdrm. apt., balcony, No pets. $800 rent/SD, heat/water incld., 403-346-5885 PENHOLD lrg. 1 bdrm., incl. heat water. $685 avail.

June 1, 403-348-6594

Vans Buses

Motorcycles

Pinnacle Estates

wegot

NOW RENTING 1& 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/ onsite manager, 5 appls., incl. heat and hot water, washer/dryer hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955

5040

4160

MOVE IN READY

rentals

JULY 1, 2 BDRM., reno’d 2 OVAL fruit bowls $18/ea; main flr. w/ laundry, South 15 assorted cookbooks Hill, $1125 utils. incl’d. n/s, no pets 403-314-4418 / $1/ea; 30 peacock feathers 403-598-2626 $1.50/ea; 2 large Tupperware containers $3/ea., SPLIT level house in foot & hand paddle exerciser, newer part of Anders, 4 regular $60, asking $10; bdrm.. 2 baths, laundry, crystal pedestal bowl $5; parking in back, fenced six Chicken Soup for the Soul books $2/ea.; old backyard and deck, n/s, no matching vegetable bowl pets, $1650/mo., + utils & d.d., close to mini mall and meat platter $6/ea.; 403-357-0320 Vicks steam inhaler $3 403-346-2231 WESTPARK, entire house 5 bdrms., 2 baths, new COPPER craft Collectors: carpet/paint, fireplace, Chafing dish; large & small dble. garage, RV parking, chafing dish, coffee pot, private yard, all appls., coffee pot, goblets, cham$1450 + utils. pagne goblets, bar platter w/ice box, 4 egg holders, N/S, no pets. Avail. July 1 Call Alex @ 403-519-2944 gravy boat w/tray, octagon copper platter, large & small wall plaques, wall Condos/ sconce w/lamp, spinning wheel plaque. ALL for Townhouses $100. or will sell separateCLEAN TOWNHOUSE ly. 403-346-3708 3 bdrm, 1.5 bath, 5 appls, OLDER CEDAR CHEST fenced back yard, storage FOR SALE $50. shed, n/s. $1150 + DD 403-887-8785 June 1st. 403-343-0761 OLYMPIC flame glass col- EXCLUSIVE CONDO lection, $20; 4 party glass IN INGLEWOOD plates w/cups, $10; antique tea cup & saucer Large 2 bdrms, 2 bath, 5 top sets. (3 sets), $5. ea.; self appls. w/balcony. Reserved parking. No pets. N/S. contained wardrobe, $75.

In-suite laundry. $1325 403-346-3708 INCL UTIL; SD $1325; Avail June 1st.

REDWOOD Slabs, (2) Hearthstone 403-314-0099 1 for $100, 1 for $75. or 403-396-9554 403-340-0675

SUV's

FAST GROWING firewood 2012 MITSUBISHI RVR SE business. Incl. most equipment AWC, 33,719 kms., $21888 348-8788 Sport & Import needed. $125,000.

403-887-2428 Help-U-Sell Red Deer 403-342-7355

MASON MARTIN HOMES New bungalow 1350 sq.ft.

Dbl. att. garage.

403-588-2550

www.laebon.com 2 BDRM. adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, Laebon Homes 346-7273 lrg. suite, Avail now or WANTED: all types of June 1 $900/mo., S.D. horses. Processing locally $650. 403-304-5337 in Lacombe weekly.

FULL, newly reno’d bsmt.

403-651-5912 suite, 2 bdrms, inclds. utils, washer/dryer, some furniture, 1.5 blks. from Bower You can save thousands!

Helping sellers sell for a Mall, tenant employed, cat low set fee. No advance fee. friendly 403-347-7817 Money back guarantee.

LACOMBE 1 bdrm. $795; 2 bdrm. $895 CLASSIFICATIONS 403-782-7156 403-357-7465 small 2 room FOR RENT • 3000-3200 LACOMBE suite. Large windows, WANTED • 3250-3390 $650/mo incl utils.

403-358-8002 LARGE, 1, 2 & 3 BDRM. Acreages/ SUITES. 25+, adults only Great for retirement. 2 bdrm., Farms n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 2 Bath 1/2 duplex in Olds.

Attached garage.

EXECUTIVE BUNGALOW MODERN & BRIGHT $242,500. 403-507-0028 ON ACREAGE IN RED Suite for Mature Adults DEER. 4 bdrms, 2 baths, Lower walk-out suite, rent $2000 + DD 2 bdrm,1 bath, 6 appls.

Avail. now. 403-346-5885 Open concept, In-suite laundry. No pets, N/S. $1175 & UTIL; SD $1175; Houses/ Avail NOW. Duplexes Hearthstone 403-314-0099 or 403-396-9554 3 BDRM, 3 bath home , 4 bdrm 1/2 duplex in a great nice deck, new paint & carpet, family neighbourhood for over 40 couple with no in Sylvan Lake. $239,800 pets at 7316-59 Ave. 1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Rent $1500/Sec. $1500.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets Ph: 403-341-4627 403-755-9852 3 BDRM., reno’d 1/2 duplex, main flr. laundry, utils. incl’d. n/s, no pets $1200 June 1 403-314-4418 / 598-2626

Horses

Acreage with art studio awaiting your imagination.

3.09 acres of lush trees and 2 homes. $549,900

BLACKAFALDS Bi-level,

MASON MARTIN HOMES New 2 Storey 1500 sq.ft 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath, $399,900. Dbl. att. garage.

403-588-2550

FREE Shaw Cable + more $950/month Wanda 403-340-0225

4140

Lots For Sale

4020

3 bdrm. bi-level, lg. balcony, no pets, n/s, rent $1195 SD $1000.

Avail. June 1, 403-304-7576, 347-7545

Newly Reno’d Mobile

You can save thousands!

Helping sellers sell for a low set fee. No advance fee.

Money back guarantee.

wegot

WESTPARK

Manufactured Homes

4050

homes

FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

11/2 blocks west of hospital!

Acreages

Businesses For Sale

LACOMBE new park, animal friendly. Your mobile or ours. 2 or 3 bdrm.

Excellent 1st time home buyers. 403-588-8820

SPACIOUS Townhouse Houses In Eastview

ORIOLE PARK

CLASSIFICATIONS

Mobile Lot

299812E12

EquipmentHeavy

Quaint 3 Bdrm doll house with oversized single garage. $169,800.

Blackfalds bi-level. 5 bdrm, 2 bath walkout. Kitchenette down. $314,900

Townhouse in Mountain Park subdivision. Over 3700 sq.ft., 4 bedrooms & 3.5 baths. Features include 22’ vaulted ceiling in Great Room with floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, hardwood floors, Dacor stainless steel appliances, in-floor radiant heat, walk-out lower level & more. Slate spa shower & large walk-in closets with built-in cabinetry. House is fully wired for surround sound, security smart home. $599,900 For more information call 403-396-5516.

HELP-U-SELL OF RED DEER 403-342-7355

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

MASON MARTIN HOMES New condo, 1000 sq.ft.

2 bdrm., 2 bath, 5 appls., $189,800. 403-588-2231

314-4300

RAYMOND SHORES

GULL LAKE, 2012 Park model home, on professionally landscaped lot. Fully furnished.

Too many extras to list.

403-350-5524 for details.

Businesses For Sale Sierras on Taylor! 2 bdrm, 2 bath, sunroom & great amenities! $264,900.

Help-U-Sell RD 403-342-7355

4140

FAMILY BUSINESS - GAS BAR & CONVIENCE STORE FOR SALE/LEASE Email: kjsservices@live.ca

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E6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, May 11, 2013

CBS News anchor rips journalists for rash of mistakes

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Two astronauts are preparing for an impromptu spacewalk to work on a leaking ammonia coolant line on the International Space Station today. The line chills power systems but power was rerouted and is operating normally. The six-member crew is not in danger.

Space station leaking coolant, spacewalk needed to fix it

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Two astronauts will make a precedent-setting spacewalk Saturday to try to fix an ammonia leak in the power system of the International Space Station.

Spacewalks are rarely done on such short notice, but the space agency says the six-member crew is not in danger.

The ammonia leak was discovered Thursday and forced the shutdown of one of eight solar panels that power the station, but the outpost can operate fine with only seven, spokesman Kelly Humphries said.

One of the spacewalk veterans slated for the job is due to return to Earth on Monday, one of the reasons NASA wants to tackle the problem this weekend, he said.

Station Commander Chris Hadfield of Canada told NASA flight controllers Friday that the six-member crew is completely ready for the spacewalk.

“I think it’s really smart the way we’re all proceeding here,” Hadfield radioed down to Earth. “It’s

the right thing to do.”

Hadfield tweeted that the crew was working “like clockwork” and said the two astronauts were already getting their spacesuits ready, adding “Cool!”

The leak is in one of the radiator lines that chill the power systems. NASA spokesman Rob Navias said the line was expected to run out of ammonia coolant Friday. Power has been rerouted and is operating normally, he said.

NASA suspects the leak might be on the far left truss of the station from a pump box, which will be swapped out with a nearby spare during the spacewalk.

“What’s causing the leak is unknown because there’s a lot of plumbing underneath the box itself,” he said.

“We’ve had lots of experience in installing and replacing coolant loop hardware.”

U.S. astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn will do the six-hour spacewalk. The repair is what NASA calls one of the “Big 12” types of emergency repair work that all spacewalking astronauts train for in advance, Navias said.

NEW YORK — Top CBS News anchor Scott Pelley delivered a tongue-lashing to fellow journalists on Friday, urging them to worry less about the “vanity” of being first on a story and more about being right.

“This has been a bad few months for journalism,” Pelley said. “We’re getting the big stories wrong over and over again.”

The CBS Evening News anchor made the criticism while accepting a journalism award named for broadcast executive Fred Friendly from Quinnipiac University.

He didn’t exempt himself, noting that during early reporting of the Newtown, Conn., elementary school massacre last December he mistakenly reported that shooter Adam Lanza’s mother was a teacher in the school.

Media organizations were roundly criticized for falsely reporting an arrest of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect two days after the April 15 attack.

Stories and pictures spread quickly on social media websites erroneously suggesting some people on the scene were suspects, and the images were used by some news organizations.

“In a world where everybody is a publisher, no one is an editor,” Pelley said, “and we’ve arrived at the point today.”

Twitter, Facebook and Reddit are “not journalism,” he said. “That’s gossip. Journalism was invented as an antidote to gossip.”

He repeated a maxim heard often in newsrooms recently: “If you’re first, no one will ever remember.

If you’re wrong, no one will ever forget.”

The race to be first on stories is “vanity,” he said.

“It’s self-conceit. We do it to make ourselves feel better.”

Media critic Howard Kurtz apologized this week on his CNN show, Reliable Sources, for messing up a story about NBA player Jason Collins and was sharply criticized by other media critics on the air.

Kurtz had written that Collins, who made headlines by being the first active player in one of the four major U.S. pro sports leagues to come out as gay, had hidden a previous engagement to a woman in his announcement.

In fact, Collins revealed the engagement in his first-person Sports Illustrated story and in a subsequent ABC interview.

State department pushed for talking point changes

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Senior U.S. State Department officials pressed for changes in the talking points that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used after the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya last September, with senior officials asking that references to terror groups and prior warnings be deleted, according to department emails.

The latest developments are certain to add fuel to the politically charged debate over the attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans when insurgents struck the U.S. mission in two nighttime attacks.

Republicans have complained that in the heat of the 2012 presidential campaign, the Obama administration was trying to conceal that the attack was the work of terrorists and not a protest over an anti-Islamic film that got out of hand. Such revelations just before the election perhaps could have undercut President Barack Obama’s record on fighting terrorism, including the killing of Osama bin Laden, one of his re-election strengths.

Democrats have in turn accused Republicans of trying to capitalize on the attack to score political points.

The White House has insisted that it made only a “stylistic” change to the intelligence agency talking points from which Rice suggested on five television talk shows that demonstrations over an anti-Islamic video devolved into the Benghazi attack.

“There’s an ongoing effort to make something political out of this,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said Fri-

day of the disclosure of the emails, which the administration had provided to lawmakers.

“The problem with that effort is that it’s never been clear what it is they think they’re accusing the administration of doing.”

A scathing independent report in December found that “systematic failures and leadership and management deficiencies at senior levels” of the State Department meant that security was “inadequate for Benghazi and grossly inadequate to deal with the attack that took place.”

The report largely absolved thenSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, seen by many as the early Democratic favourite for president in 2016.

The State Department emails and other internal administration deliberations were summarized last month in an interim investigative report by Republicans on five House committees. New details about political concerns and the names of the administration officials who wrote the emails concerning the talking points emerged on Friday.

Before the presidential election, the administration said Rice’s talking points were based on the best intelligence assessments available in the immediate aftermath of the attack. But the report and the new details Friday suggest a greater degree of White House and State Department involvement.

Following congressional briefings in the days after the attack, members of Congress asked the CIA for talking points to explain the assault, and the CIA under the direction of David Pe-

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Gregory Hicks, former deputy chief of mission in Libya, testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s hearing on the deadly assault of the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi in Washington. traeus put together an assessment.

It said Islamic extremists with ties to al-Qaida took part in the attack, cited reports linking the attack to the group Ansar al-Sharia, mentioned the experience of Libyan fighters and referred to previous warnings of threats in Benghazi.

Numerous agencies had engaged in

an email discussion about the talking points that would be provided to members of Congress and to Rice for their public comments. In one email, thenState Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland worried about the effect of openly discussing earlier warnings about the dangers of Islamic extremists in Benghazi.

American man can’t hide from 22-year-old murder MISSING SINCE 1991, STEVEN KAMBERIDIS WAS ARRESTED IN FEBRUARY AND CONVICTED FRIDAY

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NASHUA, N.H. — An American man who fled a day before being convicted in 1991 of killing his 2-year-old stepson has been tried and convicted again in Greece, where he is serving an 18-year sentence for the boy’s death, authorities said Friday.

Federal and state officials held a news conference to provide an update on 45-year-old Steven Kamberidis’ whereabouts since he disappeared May 14, 1991, the day before he was convicted in Nashua of second-degree murder in the 1989 beating death of James Chartier.

Kamberidis, who was free on $50,000 bond when he went missing, was sentenced in absentia to 30 years to life.

U.S. law enforcement officials said they’ve known for at least a decade that Kamberidis was in Greece, his native country, and FBI officials said the agency had been making a concerted effort to bring him to justice

since 2006.

“It was a fugitive case, not a cold case, and not a cold fugitive case either,” FBI supervisory special agent Kieran Ramsey said before the news conference. “We’ve known he was in Greece for quite some time, for years.”

Police in Greece said Kamberidis was arrested Feb. 5 in a village near Thessaloniki, the country’s secondlargest city. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced again in late April.

At the news conference, Ramsey said the prosecution, conviction and sentencing of a Greek citizen for a U.S. crime was “unprecedented” for both countries.

“At times people may have thought justice was delayed,” said Senior Assistant Attorney General Jane Young, who heads the criminal bureau. “The efforts of the law enforcement community have certainly shown that justice was not denied to James and his family.”

Young said officials are continuing their diplomatic efforts to have

Kamberidis returned to the United States, where he would serve his original 30-year-sentence and face a federal charge of fleeing to avoid prosecution.

James’ mother, Tracey Nicholson, attended the news conference with other family members, but declined to comment. Her brother, Tim Grover, said “words cannot measure our thanks” to the FBI and other law enforcement officials for their “tireless” efforts.

Ramsey said Kamberidis had a vast network of relatives in Greece and had worked for relatives in various flooring businesses. He said Kamberidis had remarried, but he did not know if he has children.

Autopsy results show James died of a fractured skull. During Kamberidis’ trial in the state of New Hampshire, a medical examiner testified the child’s injuries were comparable to falling out of a three-story window and were caused by multiple, forceful blows. After his arrest, Kamberidis was held without bond. But once bond was set,

his father posted it.

Ramsey said he could not address the disparity in the sentences given by the New Hampshire court and the court in Athens.

“That was the prerogative of the Greek criminal justice system,” Ramsey said. “We are still very pleased with even an 18-year sentence in a Greek prison than no time anywhere.”

Ramsey would not address whether Greece refused to extradite Kamberidis. He said Kamberidis’ case was heard by a panel of judges in Athens.

Court documents from New Hampshire, including the autopsy report and transcripts of trial testimony, were translated into Greek and shipped to Athens, he said.

Ramsey and Nashua Police Chief John Seusing both said they do not know whether Kamberidis was required to forfeit his passport as a condition of bond. Seusing said some detectives in his department worked on the case for years, including some well into retirement.